WRESTLING ON THE INTERNET NOT FROM THE NOW

[Web Conn]

 

[Thomas Bugg]

Brody and Abby gettin' that shit in!

 

[Web Conn]

 

[Web Conn]

 

[Matt D]

This just dropped and looks awesome. I won't be able to catch it for a while. Someone watch it and tell me if it's awesome. If you need incentive, just look! It has Spanish commercials from 1999 too.

 

[paul sosnowski]

Handheld footage from Greensboro NC, March 29, 1986

 

[Web Conn]

 

["Stone Cold" Steve Austin]

 

[Web Conn]

Nick Bockwinkel defends his AWA World Heavyweight Championship in Japan against Terry Funk

Suggestion to Rippa, it'd be cool to see a Nick Bockwinkel entrant to the 1001 matches ala Harley Race\

 

["Stone Cold" Steve Austin]

 

 

[Web Conn]

Early Harlem Heat (they're still going as Kane and Kole) teaming with Sid Viscous vs Ric Flair Sting and The British Bulldog

And as a bonus here's Bockwinkel vs Hogan

 

["Stone Cold" Steve Austin]

 

[paul sosnowski]

FREEBIRDS in JAPAN, January 20, 1984

 

["Stone Cold" Steve Austin]

 

[Web Conn]

 

[Curt McGirt]

Matt D talking up Matsunaga vs. Otsuka on Segunda reminded me of this match 

which led me to this match, which I had no prior knowledge of 

...and here's some Blue Panther and Gran Hamada, just for fun

 

EDIT: The whole key to the Ishikawa match is it sets up the Otsuka match, so watch it first. Really good working around the nail stip and some of Matsunaga's best kicks ever. The Yamakawa/Usuda match has been reviewed in the Driver before and that's just a blast. Too bad the title gives the "incident" away. 

[zev]

Is Michinoku Pro still a thing?

Was there a lawsuit over gimmick infringement over this one?

 

[Web Conn]

Ron Simmons vs Tracy Smothers

 

[clintthecrippler]

I feel like if anyone tried to enforce copyright on the Great Sasuke Space War matches the minute someone says "and it ends with an ex-Congressman in a barrel and he falls through a table while inside the barrel" it gets tossed out of court under the "satire is protected speech" statutes.

["Stone Cold" Steve Austin]

 

[odessasteps]

 

[Captain Kronos]

I need to see if I can find that match with Hansen. There's just a quick clip, with Hansen in a bloody-faced sleeper hold. 

 

ETA: If it's Hansen. 

[paul sosnowski]

This is from the Brawl in St Paul, 12/25/86 (not the famous one hour draw)

 

[cwoy2j]

Yikes. Dynamite looks awful in that video. 

[zev]

I'm thinking that today, someone at one of the big indie shows will be saying "Yeah I was one of those Executioners in that Steiners squash." I expect that to be verified next month in the Lies Wrestling Fans Tell thread.