Tuesday, August 21, 2018

From The AWA You Get.. Larry Zbyszko vs Greg Gagne, Bockwinkel turns babyface

November 4, 1985. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Nick Bockwinkel also gets involved in the match. This is the match where Bockwinkel turned babyface. Pre-match interview with Larry Zbyszko included.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL2Al-jmeCo

This is from the AWA. Larry Zbyszko vs Ray "The Crippler" Stevens

July 11, 1987. Las Vegas, Nevada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE5UhF8tPAw

Zybysko is Absolutely brilliant in this promo wise. Larry Zbyszko vs Nikita Koloff (AWA)

November 18, 1989. Rochester, Minnesota. Larry Zbyszko defends the AWA World Heavyweight Title against challenger Nikita Koloff. Pre match and post match interviews included.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xsC-vT3QVI

CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling: Worldwide #161 - ABSOLUTE JUSTICE

The Absolute Justice event presented in it's entirety. Everything to Lose: Dawsons(tag title) vs Redemption(future as a tag team) vs Ric Converse(PWI Heavyweight title) & Cam Carter(PWI Ultra J title) vs Trevor Lee(Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight title) & Aric Andrews(Worldwide Television title) No DQ: Chet Sterling vs Brad Attitude 2 out of 3 falls: Cain Justice & Ethan Sharpe vs Snooty Foxx & Dirty Daddy RGL title: Kool Jay vs Mace Li Donnie BitDon & Otto Schwanz vs The Cross Brothers Aaron Biggs vs Garrett Coleman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfI7-wgLjFs

LOOK! A Rare Time I Actually Post a WWE Thing Without Smart Comments. How Samoa Joe proved WWE wrong: WWE Chronicle

amoa Joe was told he'd never make it in WWE, but he's fought his way to a WWE Championship Match against AJ Styles at SummerSlam. Follow him on his journey from missing his second consecutive WrestleMania, to competing for the WWE Title at The Biggest Event of the Summer.

Bert Prentice's USA Championship Wrestling: Ep. 24 - 8/18/18

USA Championship Wrestling TV. Featuring: Kevin Zion, w/ Lucky P., Mr. USA, & Starr Power w/ Jason Prentice. Plus The "LVR Boy" Matt Riviera gives us a special look at his victory over Jerry "The King" Lawler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDooZhgIYsM

Yeah Ok There "Vince Russo".. Chris Jericho: 'Great Matches Don't Matter. Personalities And Character - That's All That Matters'

Chris Jericho has been around the professional business long enough to know a couple things about keeping a career alive. He's been able to reinvent his in-ring persona many times and continues as one of the best sports entertainers alive today.
At 47-years-old, Jericho is IWGP Intercontinental Champion and experiencing a fresh breath of life to his career with his continued involvement with Fozzy as well, but he always has time to give advice when he feels it's warranted.
"I've wrestled a few times now," Jericho recently said on Talk Is Jericho. "I'm gonna go on record here -- uh-oh Jericho spews the truth -- guess what guys? Great matches don't matter -- here's the secret to wrestling -- personalities and character. That's all that matters."
Will Ospreay is an amazing professional wrestler and at 25-year-old, he has a lot of his career ahead of him. The Aerial Assassin is known for his impressive tactics in the ring and high spots that wow the crowds, but one recent move caused Y2J to call Ospreay about it.
When Ospreay nailed Marty Scurll with a Spanish fly on the apron at Sakura Genisis on April 1st, Ospreay was busted wide open when his head hit the apron. Jericho didn't like seeing that one bit and phoned the Englishman to give him some words of wisdom.
"I told him," Y2J said of Ospreay after he smashed his head on the ring apron. "People were predicting he's gonna be the next Dynamite Kid. I called him on the phone and said, 'dude you do not want to be the next Dynamite Kid. I want you to be around when you're 47 just like me kicking ass. Stop doing stupid moves that don't mean anything."
Jericho said Ospreay agreed with him and since then his matches have been "much cleaner."

Acouple Of House Of Hardcore Dates For You.

House of Hardcore 50 will take place on Monday 9/3 as part of the Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Virginia as a special attraction for the Festival.  Admission to the show is included with the Festival ticket.  Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman, Billy Gunn, The Hurricane, Carlito, Sami Callihan, CW Anderson, Trevor Lee and the debuting New Jack will be appearing at the event.   The show is being dubbed the "24th Anniversary of Hardcore."

House of Hardcore will be also have a table and presenting exhibition matches over the course of the weekend at the Keystone Comic Con in Philadelphia, PA next month.  The convention takes place over 9/14 - 9/16 at the Philadelphia Convention Center, which was the venue for the Wrestlemania Rage Party broadcast the night before Wrestlemania XV.

An Interesting Table For Three Was Filmed (nnnaa, it's not that interesting, Though WWE Thinks So, lol)

(Yawns) You mean with all the talent they have, legends contracts, etc. that THIS is the best they can do?

WWE filmed new episodes of Table for 3 over the weekend, including one featuring Mrs. Rebecca Hardy, Mrs. Kimberly Orton and Mrs. Giovanna Angle, based on the theme of the wives of WWE stars.

The Crusher, The Bruiser & Raschke vs The Koloffs & Crusher Kruschev (Superclash 85)

I wsas at this show and saw this match. Still ranks as the best wrestling show i ever went to, bar none.
September 28, 1985. Chicago, Illinois. Six man tag team action as the team of Crusher Lisowski, Dick The Bruiser, and Baron Von Raschke take on the team of Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff, and Crusher Kruschev (Barry Darsow. Demolition Smash)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KuicrkxgiE

Dick the Bruiser vs Paul Christy (Either March 3, or July 14, 1979). Now this, is what I grew up watching in Chicago (along with the AWA).

I always thought Christy was a very under rated heel.

George Cannon's Superstars of Wrestling received a major shot in the arm, marquee-wise, when Dick the Bruiser graced the promotion in the spring of 1981. Despite being in the twilight of his career, Dick the Bruiser could still guarantee a strong house and action, as evidence by his work for the St. Louis territory in the same timeframe. To hype the Bruiser's arrival, Cannon aired this bout from Dick's WWA territory between the Bruiser and familiar foe Paul Christy (accompanied here by valet/future wife Miss Bunny Love). This match most likely occurred sometime in 1979 in Indianapolis, IN (Any help on the exact date and/or venue would be appreciated) and was reaired on Superstars sometime in April 1981. The action is joined in progress with the team of George "Crybaby" Cannon, Milt Avruskin, and heel manager Dr. Jerry Graham Jr (then managing the Mad Iranian, better known as The Iron Sheik) providing commentary from the studio.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2bUKN6dpC8