username Posted May 14 Posted May 14 6 hours ago, SirSmUgly said: What I find most neat about it springs from a conversation that I had with a couple of people back in my Lucha Underground review thread about the WW(W)F North American Championship, the short-lived precursor to the WWF Intercontinental Championship that was created when Pat Patterson unified the WWF North American (this existed) and WWF South American (this did not) Championships into what we now know as the title that makes one the champion of all the Americas. So I had thought up until a few years ago that they just created the IC title out of thin air and gave it to Patterson because of a phantom tourney, when I found out it was basically just a rebranded version of a belt he was already holding my mind was a bit blown. 1
Dragon Posted May 14 Posted May 14 AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Show - 1999 at the Tokyo Dome Giant Kimala, Haruka Eigen, Jun Izumida vs. Masao Inoue, Mitsuo Momota, Rusher Kimura 1
Cobra Commander Posted May 14 Posted May 14 just when you thought the WCW Vault was taking today off... here's 30 minutes of the Four Horsemen beating people up
Dragon Posted May 14 Posted May 14 AJPW Champion Carnival 2002 04 09 B Block - Keiji Muto VS Nobutaka Araya
Cobra Commander Posted May 15 Posted May 15 (edited) Today on the Vaults: May 1983 at the Omni! The card for this Omni show on CageMatch: Quote Brett Wayne Sawyer vs Joe Lightfoot Chick Donovan vs Brian Blair Ron Garvin vs Bob Roop Ray Candy and Tommy Rich vs Arn Anderson and Matt Borne Brian Blair, Dick Murdoch and Stan Hansen vs Killer Brooks, Paul Ellering, and the Iron Sheik Larry Zbyszko vs Paul Orndorff Tony Atlas vs Killer Brooks (EDIT: neither the six man or the Atlas/Brooks match are in the video) Edited May 15 by Cobra Commander 1
driver Posted May 15 Posted May 15 An interesting episode because it covers: Sullivan/Head Hunters vs. damn near everybody, "Hustla" Rip Rogers(just eighteen months removed from his "Loser Gets Painted Yeller" feud with Tommy Rich) vs. Adrian Street, the return of the "Original" Nightmares. The previous episode seemed like an extended interview session with Gordon Solie and Ron Fuller(with interviews with Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden, and Sullivan from Florida(complete with Mark Lewin emerging from the surf)). Aligned with Sullivan(besides the Head Hunters) were Sheik Abdullah(guessing the same one from WWA and Central States) and Chris (Von) Colt. 1986 summed up in an episode. 1
Cobra Commander Posted May 15 Posted May 15 (edited) Notes from the May 1983 Omni show Spoiler Joe Lightfoot shakes hands with Brett Wayne. Joe keeps standing with his back to the camera which makes Brett look huge because Joe is tiny. Nice cartwheel to the side by Lightfoot to avoid a monkey flip. Feels like there's lots of 1983 GCW babyface vs babyface opener match spots that you can still tell your basic indy guys to use before they learn how to kill each other in front of 50 people. Brett wins after reversing a sunset flip into a cradle. Face vs Face tension teased postmatch and eventually sportsmanship wins out Maybe Chick Donovan was born too late. Brian Blair definitely was born too late. It's actually a surprise that Blair didn't get an AWA run because he certainly fits there more than where he's from. Blair wins with a sleeper on Donovan after a bit of a sleepy match. Blair jumps off the second turnbuckle to hit the move to wake up Donovan Ronnie Garvin vs Bob Roop is fun on paper. Both of these guys slummed it together for years in Kentucky. Roop has the look and build of a guy that could hang out with Ole to make Ole look less fat. First three matches and I can come to come conclusions that business is relatively down from what it was before and what it would be in a few months. I don't know if Ole had the controlling power yet since I don't know exactly when he runs Barnett out, but it feels like a lot of Ole-booked wrestling involves stuff like this. Nice running knee by Roop. If Ronnie Garvin had lasted long enough as a heel in 1988 JCP, he should have grown his hair out (which might be a tough ask). Fans fired up as Garvin is hitting punches and Roop is flying round. Garvin Stomp. Back Rakes of Death by Garvin. The crowd really woke the fuck up during this match. Garvin wins with a schoolboy After a fade, we see footage of Bob Roop trying to attack Ronnie Garvin postmatch Arn Anderson and Matt Borne were supposed to get the push that the Road Warrors got. Only that Matt Borne experienced legal trouble (to put it super-mildly) and had to get out of Georgia. So instead Animal and Hawk showed up and the rest is history. Arn and Borne are taking on Ray Candy and Tommy Rich. Not sure how much bleach blonde Matt Borne i've seen. Can't imagine Arn being able to bleach his hair without it all falling out. Ray Candy in red tights looking like "what if Ahmed Johnson got really fat and kept wearing his Ahmed colors". Ray Candy is in a certain amount of peril until he tags out. Arn has a visible bald spot at age 24. Rich/Candy win after Rich reverses into a small package to pin Borne Larry Zbyszko vs Paul Orndorff is a match I don't think i've seen and it's intriguing on paper. Orndorff is obviously the face here. Larry reacting to the idea of locking up with Orndorff like he doesn't want to touch the guy which is a fun stall. More lockups before Larry complains to the ref. Larry shoves Orndorff through the ropes in a spot that the camera mostly missed. Kinda feels like Orndorff did portions of the same comeback that Garvin did (and Orndorff/Garvin would have a feud in Smoky in 1992). Zbyszko pins Orndorff with Orndorff's leg caught on the rope. Zbyszko knocks Orndorff's knee off the rope behind the ref's back. A friendly shirtless babyface (Tommy Rich?) snitches out Zbyszko and this match will continue. Orndorff wins with a cradle. If I had to rank the matches from most to least enjoyable: Garvin/Roop, Orndorff/Zbyszko, Lightfoot/Brett Wayne, Arn+Borne/Candy+Rich, and Blair/Donovan Some of these 83/84 GCW Omni shows inspire people who were fans in that era to remind us that this promotion was on it's ass.. and this promotion was very much on it's ass in May 1983 Edited May 15 by Cobra Commander 1
Curt McGirt Posted May 15 Posted May 15 1 hour ago, Cobra Commander said: Only that Matt Borne experienced legal trouble (to put it super-mildly) and had to get out of Georgia What was this about now?
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 15 Posted May 15 1 minute ago, Curt McGirt said: What was this about now? IIRC This one would an underaged girl.
Curt McGirt Posted May 15 Posted May 15 I was afraid that's what it was. Guess that would be memories of his Dark Side rattling around in the old thought-hole
Dragon Posted May 16 Posted May 16 WCW Monday Nitro, May 20, 1996 WCW World Heavyweight Championship The Giant (c) vs. Arn Anderson 1
Dragon Posted May 16 Posted May 16 WWE SmackDown 16 05 2002 Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho vs Edge and Triple H
Dragon Posted May 17 Posted May 17 AJPW Summer Action Series II 1997 .9.6 Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki vs Kenta Kobashi and Kentaro Shiga
Cobra Commander Posted May 18 Posted May 18 (edited) 75+ minutes of Andre the Giant in the territories tomorrow (May 19th) being Andre's 80th birthday Edited May 18 by Cobra Commander
Dragon Posted May 18 Posted May 18 TJPW Grand Princess '24 in Sumo Hall International Princess Championship Yuki Arai (c) vs Yuki Kamifuku
SirSmUgly Posted May 18 Posted May 18 (edited) I've had some '82 Memphis on while I've been in my office working this morning, and one episode gave us this grand performance from Jimmy Hart, who is tremendously punchable in every way in '82 Memphis (not that I need to tell anyone posting here this): That same episode, we got a Dutch Mantell/Jerry Lawler title match montage to ABBA's "Winner Takes It All." If you like music (or hate it), this show is a show for you! Edited May 18 by SirSmUgly 2
Dragon Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Lucha Fiesta Especial in Sumo Hall 27 04 2025 Hayabusa vs. Masato Tanaka
Cobra Commander Posted May 19 Posted May 19 Bunkhouse Buck returns to face nWo Sting as the people of Greenwood, SC figure out quickly that it's not Sting 2
hammerva Posted May 19 Posted May 19 (edited) Lucha Libre AAA YouTube running a marathon of Mask vs Mask matches now. Not sure when it started https://www.youtube.com/live/bIyS7viAV80?si=vX7uiFJ8hPKpiaq4 Edited May 19 by hammerva
Dragon Posted May 20 Posted May 20 WWF Wrestling Challenge, May 1993 King of the Ring Qualifying Match: Lex Luger vs. Bob Backlund
MarcosLoura Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Finally watched the The Rise & Fall of WCW (uploaded on the WCW vault) and can't believe they were charging people money back in the day for such a shoddy documentary. I remember watching the ads for it on Raw and Smackdown and thinking "damn wish I could get that and watch it on my DVD player" and I'm glad I didn't, just a bunch of footage with uninteresting voice over, a couple of quips from the boys "yeah that was good but also bad" and no real through line for an hour and forty four minutes. Lame as hell.
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