August 1978

This to Matt's and mine knowledge the only singles match between these 2 ever to make tape. 1978 Dusty is loaded with charisma and is in pretty good shape for Dusty. He even throws an awesome drop kick in this. I enjoyed early in the match Brody's stooging. Dusty's charisma carried this. Their were moments where Brody would turn it on and came across as a force of nature. Their have been better matches on the service; but this is a true treasure and a piece of history. 2 1/2*

Match review courtesy of Jetlag (had to repost due to some board glitch that wouldn't take you to the actual review after approving the post)

This match is 2/3 falls for Fujinami’s WWF Junior Heavyweight Title, Ray Mendoza, the lucha legend is the challenger for Tatsumi’s crown, he is the father of the Villanos, this match is the only complete match we have from him, there weren’t any cameras in Arena Mexico until 1983, considering he was in his twilight years in 1978 (when this match took place), this match is even more impressive because of that, if this is what he was capable of doing in 1978 imagine how good he was in 1965, Ray debuted in 1943 so this match came 35 years into his career, that’s wild if you think about it, that’s Black Terry levels of longevity, we have clips of Ray Mendoza’s best matches si…

Solid matwork throughout the first fall with good pacing and some neat counters and reversals from Máscaras. They kept it moving without much downtime until Destroyer uses a...uh, powerbomb pin to take the first fall. Second fall picks up where the first left off, with Mil focusing more of his efforts on Destroyer's arm and Destroyer going after the leg. More struggle here, less finesse. Mil picks up steam with a couple of flying cross chops and submits Destroyer with the standing deathlock/double underhook hold. The third fall was pretty good with Mil stretching Destroyer on the mat and Destroyer takes advantage of Mil aggravating his knee off the atomic drop. Mil surviv…

From the Cornette Dumpster tapes. About a 10-minute clip with both wearing red. Talk about it here.

I am almost 100% certain that this is the correct date for this match

I am almost 100% certain that this is the correct date for this match

WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund vs Ivan Koloff - MSG 8/28/78 Tremendous Bob Backlund match! Pretty much everything you want out of a Backlund match and more! The best part of Backlund matches are his raw power, lots of struggle, interesting, dynamic wrestling strategy and logical progression. Here you get the added bonus of more Backlund selling and his opponent getting a chance to work on top. I thought the first half of this match was the more entertaining version of the Murdoch/O'Connor Headscissors AJPW 75 match. I loved how Backlund first got into the hold as there was a ton of struggle over a hiptoss so Backlund used Koloff as a base wrapped his legs ar…

Available on The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes Story DVD