odessasteps Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 I love how the Cowboy outsmarts Slater in that angle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 7 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: not sure how long Buzz Sawyer and Rick Steiner remained together, but that seems like a pairing that rubbed off on Rick in a few ways Steiner was around during the very end of the Irish McNeil Boys Club days but as a mostly milquetoast JTTS though he was never fully squashed, commentary would put over his athletic potential, and you could tell that potential was there. But yeah, there is definitely a "flip switch" that turns on with how he handles himself in the ring once he starts hanging around Buzz, the "eating jobbers alive" aspect of what the Steiners would ultimately become definitely starts up around then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Speaking of George Wells, you gotta be pretty trusting to do a rana on a WWF job guy in 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OIsuCyXoEg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Adonis, Vince and Molly only people to get their heads shaved at mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Adonis in Portland, this is mentioned in the Flowers for Adrian book. I've never seen any Portland so that makes this doubly interesting to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 More Adonis is Portland also fun to take a look at Buddy Rose and The Sheepherders pre-WWF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 not sure how many WWF matches are onlne for Edouard Carpentier but he really worked like an old man who ran a martial arts academy in a strip mall. Probably one of those styles that might get old if he was on TV every week but occasional matches from a guy who looked like Benny Hill and would do flips would be fresh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4IJTrOOw8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 More Portland footage, interesting to me as Portland is kinda one of those territories that time forgot (aside from MJF'sBetter than Piper in Portland comment) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 I saw Buddy Rose for the first time on one of the Shawn DVD sets tagging with Somers against the Rockers, and my first thought was “where have they been hiding this guy?” PWO has some tremendous write-ups about him. This is more of an oddity than anything else, but I love that it exists: Buddy and Hogan in Japan teaming against Fujinami and Yatsu. Hogan later main evented the WWF Wrestledream show with Yatsu, presumably because they were familiar with each other from the early 80s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Nope. It was a joint show and Yatsu was Tenryu's #2 in SWS, which is why. I'm sure the familiarity didn't hurt of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 On 9/23/2023 at 7:09 PM, Cobra Commander said: not sure how many WWF matches are onlne for Edouard Carpentier but he really worked like an old man who ran a martial arts academy in a strip mall. Probably one of those styles that might get old if he was on TV every week but occasional matches from a guy who looked like Benny Hill and would do flips would be fresh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4IJTrOOw8 We got a ton of him in France when he was younger. He knew how to come off like a star in a way most guys there didn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 I certainly see where Buddy Rose rubbed off on HBK From The AWA Jesse Ventura & Adrian Adonis v Jim Brunzell & Greg Gange The High Flyers vs The East West Connection (03/01/1981) - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Buddy Rose in Portland is one of my favorite acts. He was an incredible heel and his face turn against Oliver's Clan when all the kids rush the ring is an all time moment for me. Not a match but I have to post it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 "The smell of agony" haha Never noticed this before, but Buddy has the same accent as Piper. Fuck, what a turn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Buddy Rose v Matt Borne - No DQ Lumberjack Match - YouTube Continuing down the Portland youtube rabbit hole, interested to see a pre-Doink Matt Borne after DSOTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 https://youtu.be/HQB_UhVBuMY?si=RV2ke64ySBZvBZCm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul sosnowski Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 (edited) September 25, 1987 Ric Flair vs Ron Garvin, NWA World Heavyweight Title Edited September 26 by paul sosnowski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 WWF- Adrian Adonis vs. Bob Backlund Lumberjack Match 3/28/1982 - YouTube More Adonis, think the only other 80's Backlund match I've seen is him dropping the title 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Curious to see some of Dynamite's Japan run after reading Dynamite and Davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 2 hours ago, paul sosnowski said: September 25, 1987 Ric Flair vs Ron Garvin, NWA World Heavyweight Title Ronnie enjoyed rubbing JJ's I have strong opinions about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which you should PM me about. But I wanted to express them here too because I can't help myself all over himself more than holding the belt for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Bob Orton Jr. vs Adrian Adonis - Southwest Championship Wrestling - YouTube 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 ECW Hardcore TV 2000 - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 AJP 2009 Riki Choshu and Manabu Soya vs Osamu Nishimura and Sanada https://youtu.be/Knhom9iFAXk?si=5rRQdxr9YrsBe1LL Nowadays Sanada works for NJPW and Soya is in NOAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 WWF Tag Team Title Bout - Sergeant Slaughter & Terry Daniels vs Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch - YouTube Adonis & Murdoch Japanese Broadcast - YouTube Jack & Jerry Brisco vs Dick Murdoch & Adrian Adonis Championship Wrestling Nov 24th, 1984 - YouTube Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo (Hartford 1/21/85) - YouTube 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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