OWT: all things related

[riker7]

Its time for my 5th installment of awesome matches casual fans don't know...Before his racist outbursts and Hulkamania, before the rise of WWF...he was a big guy who could actually have good matches. Kids, let me introduce you to Work-rate Hulk Hogan!

Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Kuramae Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan
6/2/1983

Was all of that an act? Holy cow.

[nutt]

So Miro was supposed to be the last person eliminated in the Rampage Rumble and refused to be apart of it unless he won, so he was sent home. LMFAO.

Also, AEW Saturday Night is going to premiere either the night before Forbidden Door OR right around then. The Regina Rampage date was moved back a week to Saturday Night.

They will use AEW SN as a pre-show for Full Gear as it is now the only Saturday PPV on the books. Have been told it will have pre-emptions and most likely will not air at all in some weeks due to this which is fine, because why the fuck do they need six fucking shows (Dynamite, Rampage, Collision-Saturday Night, Dark, Elevation, ROH) a week?

[JTrain]

Its time for my 5th installment of awesome matches casual fans don't know...Before his racist outbursts and Hulkamania, before the rise of WWF...he was a big guy who could actually have good matches. Kids, let me introduce you to Work-rate Hulk Hogan!

Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Kuramae Kokugikan Tokyo, Japan
6/2/1983

[JTrain]

Yea, the Vikingo-Omega match was special. Can't believe they gave that away on free TV.

[Pollaski]

This Hijo del Vikingo kid is spmething else.

[Pollaski]

The Third installment of my awesome matches that are not well known to casual fans...

Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard
NWA Starcade 85'
11/28/85
Greensboro, NC

I was gonna actually suggest this one.

[JTrain]

For some of you, my fourth installment of underrated awesome matches will be your introduction to Japanese wrestling. Here is a great example of how amazing tag team wrestling was in Japan in the late 80s/early 90s, with a pair of large American stars:

Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Budokan Hall, Tokyo Japan
12/16/1988

[JTrain]

The Third installment of my awesome matches that are not well known to casual fans...

Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard
NWA Starcade 85'
11/28/85
Greensboro, NC

[JTrain]

Revolution got 2 matches at 5 Stars (almost 3), and had 5 of 8 get 4 stars or better. If you enjoy pro wrasslin, you should find a way to check out this show.

[JTrain]

I watched Revolution, it was a great show. MJF-Danielson had one of the best Iron Man matches of all time. Trios title was great, Hangman-Mox was great, and everything else on the card (save maybe Wardlow-Joe) was really damn good. Find a way to watch that show. Mania has no chance at topping it.

[JTrain]

The 2nd in my series of awesome matches that are not as well known to the casual fan...

Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers vs. The Midnight Rockers
AWA
09/02/1986
Las Vegas, Nevada

[JTrain]

Im going to start a new weekly post, where I post an awesome match from the past that may not be very well known to the average fan. To start things off, we have:

Bret Hart vs. Dynamite Kid
Cap Center
09/14/85
Gorilla Monsoon and Lord Alfred Hayes on the call

[JTrain]

Being reported that WWE higher ups are concerned about Sami's popularity overshadowing Cody...Yea, no shit morons. Thats what happens when a guy gets over organically and instead of going with it you try to kill it because it wasn't your idea.

[Gyle]

You got your money's worth.

It was right after Jericho's debut and I was a HUGE Rock fan, so the hype was big for 13-year-old me

[riker7]

Randomly saw one of those "Check out this insane card" tweets from the 80s that was just loaded with Hall of Famers, which made me want to go back to find the card from the one WWF house show I've been to so I could see if it was worth a shit because I couldn't remember every match.

Augusta Civic Center - Sept. 25, 1999

IC champ Jeff Jarrett > The Godfather
Hardcore champ Al Snow > Hardcore Holly
Women's champ Ivory > Jackie
Mark Henry > D-Lo Brown
Crash Holly > Chaz (this must've been right after Beaver Cleavage)
Davey Boy Smith > Test
Kane > Big Show (LMFAO @ having him lose basically in his hometown)
Christian & Edge > Matt & Jeff Hardy, the Dudley Boyz and the Acolytes
The Rock > Chris Jericho

You got your money's worth.