March 1976

Bruno defends the WWWF World Heavyweight Title at MSG. WWE has the date wrong. 3/1/76 is correct

WWWF Tag Team Champions Tony Parisi and Louis Cerdan defend their titles at Madison Square Garden, March 1, 1976. The footage is dated incorrectly

Almost 8 minutes of silent footage

This is the first of the ten-match trial series that Jumbo would have from 1976 through 1979. (All but the fifth, against Bobo Brazil, and the ninth, against Kintaro Oki, survive in some form, though with the fifth against Billy Robinson that form is heavily clipped.) It's also one of only five Verne matches in AJPW, according to Cagematch. First, I'd like to note that if the copy I saw was from a contemporaneous broadcast, then it very well might be the earliest VHS (or maybe Betamax?) All Japan footage in circulation, and it looks a hell of a lot better than a lot of others in the coming years. Whatever, I thought that was cool. Verne has become a poster child of his er…

The INA has uploaded some wrestling on YouTube, giving some hope there is more to come. They labelled this video as "Inca Viracocha vs. Mr. Montreal" (a match where only 3 minutes are shown) and mispelt Caclards name, so I'm not sure they know what a mountain of greatness they are sitting on, but everytime a match like this gets uploaded is like finding 20 $ on the street. This goes about 35 minutes and is a total wresting clinic, just an absolutely bonkers match. Sanniez & Caclard I've loved before and they look like an all time great heel duo. Just really dedicated stooges who will take every bump in the book (Sanniez at one point just does this huge no water in th…

Originally aired on All Star Wrestling 3/20/76

7 Minutes of silent footage from St Louis. Terry Funk defends the NWA Title against Jack Brisco