Guest Edwin Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: 2. Bruiser Bedlam (I think?) doing a Flair Flop onto the basketball court That's Bill DeMott as Crash the Eliminator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Ah. The shitty haircut* and size made me think Bruiser. * I actually had a cut close to that once, with just a mohawk in back and the rest pretty well shaved. I call it the "Hare Krishna". Dave Dictor from MDC once rocked it so that's why I tried it out; eventually it grew into a full-on mullet that I was made aware of by a laughing coworker at a new job. Thaaaaaat did not stay on my head long after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Terry being Terry and antagonizing the Boston Garden crowd until they're throwing shit at him. They want his ass on a platter in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 This match is a hoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) Women's wrestling from the late 70s was so basic (in a positive way), My exposure to it was an occasional match live and on TV. There were no storylines or feuds, and few consistent players. Usually the matches were in the first half of the cards, often in the death spots. No color, top rope moves & out of the ring brawling were rare and no one had a gimmick past face/heel. Therefore, the ladies had to try harder and they usually did. This was why I often looked to these matches for inspiration, structure and finishes when I layed out on a random match on an indy card in front of a crowd that had never seen me before (often with an opponent I had never worked before). Keep it basic, strong essentials and psychology, get over with the crowd, less is more. I tried to push this on others workers but studying Lelani Kai tapes paled in comparison (vicarious thrill=wise) to imitating/being the next Rob Van Dam. I did discover that while it's easy'n'fun to watch ECW tapes with most of the boys (and there's a lot of gold there as well), much of time the smartest workers (often the promoters or bookers) could appreciate the less dynamic but more subtle and eminently watchable/copyable/educational vintage stuff. Not all of it stands up to this day, but the best workers were always great. You could swipe a 10 year old Fabulous Moolah spot and it would still get over (and few would know where you, uh, acquired it from). No wonder the Jumping Bomb Angels blew everybody's minds. - outside of time, RAF Edited June 25, 2020 by thee Reverend Axl Future fixin' my terminology, stuck in bed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I now find myself watching every early Barbarian match I can find after watching him work Kamala on GCW TV. Youtube is great sometimes. This one jumped out immediately... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveprazak Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) Here's Kana vs. Ayako Hamada from 2012. Edited June 25, 2020 by daveprazak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 A good way to spend an hour: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Minoru Tanaka vs. TAKA Michinoku 04/14/96. Battlarts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul sosnowski Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 NWA Chicago World Tag Team Title Match, September 25, 1953 ----------- IN COLOR!!!! Billy Darnell & Bill Melby (c) vs. Bob Orton & Mighty Atlas This is the only known existing footage from the Chicago Film Archives (Russ & Sylvia Davis Collection) that is in color. It really looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I like those not-so-swinging neckbreakers at 24:10. As the decades passed the move got bigger and bigger. Darnell and Atlas stood out for me here. - RAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Yes. More POWER RAIDERS! Marabunta is fucking awesome in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 A missing piece of the NOAH/New Japan Juniors Hate Puzzle. Around about the time of the screencap is when it gets good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Matt D said: A good way to spend an hour: Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Edwin said: Reveal hidden contents Pound for pound Santito may have just been the best ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Here, Shawn Michaels is a really good Ricky Morton and Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers are the Best Possible Midnight Express. Marty Jannetty is a perfectly fine Robert Gibson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Toshiaki Kawada vs. Danny Spivey (Champion Carnival 1995) 03/30/95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 What the hell is this match? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Quote Onita, Aja Kong, Okamoto vs Bob Sapp, TARU, Jaguar Yokota Now THAT is a WAR lineup if you ever seen one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul sosnowski Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Apparently this just surfaced recently, after being unseen for over 40 years..... NWA Southeastern Wrestling from Knoxville, July 29, 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBVFhQ3MgE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, paul sosnowski said: Apparently this just surfaced recently, after being unseen for over 40 years..... NWA Southeastern Wrestling from Knoxville, July 29, 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBVFhQ3MgE https://winterpalacepodcast.squarespace.com/podcast/2020/6/17/episode-eighty-eight-let-loose-the-cannons Hear Les Thatcher talk about it with me from a couple weeks ago. Edited June 28, 2020 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 So is that the first episode of Southeastern or something? BTW, love Les' Tony Montana getup. The beard and 'fro too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: So is that the first episode of Southeastern or something? BTW, love Les' Tony Montana getup. The beard and 'fro too No, it's just an episode Les still had in his collection. If anything, it's closer to the end of Southeastern in Knoxville [79] than the beginning [75]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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