February 1977

NWA North American Tag Team Champions Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi vs Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda - NJPW 2/2/77 2/3 Falls A 70s New Japan match without Inoki! The NWA North American Tag Team Titles are sanctioned out of Los Angeles but primarily used in Japan, but Inoki & Sakaguchi did wrestle the Original Hollywood Blonds and some Nazis in the mid 70s. Sakaguchi & Kobayashi have been champs for about a year. Singh is the main heel of the promotion and Ueda is a Japanese heel with bleached hair, I have seen once or twice before. First Fall: Entertaining babyface shine all the usual trappings, hot babyface offense, double teams, heel m…

Terry Funk vs. Harley Race NWA World Heavyweight Championship - Toronto, ON February 6, 1977 Cut to a snapmare takedown by Race, who follows up with a knee drop. Race goes up top and Funk slams him down and then works the leg. Race escapes the spinning toe hold twice by raking the eyes. Race hits a huge suplex for a 2 count. Funk is up first and grabs a side headlock but works into a hammerlock and grabs the leg again. Harley again escapes the toehold and hits the kneebreaker followed by an Indian Deathlock. Funk is struggling but can't get out. Race clinches harder every time Funk tries to twist out. Eventually, Funk relents and submits the NWA World Championship t…

I thought this was a well worked matched. Dusty was pretty spry here. In the 1st fall I enjoyed Patton's arm work. He also incorporated a hair pull to control Dusty. All the work in the 1st fall was really smartly done. Dusty hits a beautiful cross body for the 1st fall. The 2nd fall was entertaining as well. Patton using stomps. Great looking punches to the eye. It looked like he was trying to bust Dusty up hard way. He's smashing Dusty's head onto the table by the ring. Then they have this beautiful punch exchange. Overall really smart match. 2 1/2*

Five days after defeating Terry Funk for the NWA World Title, Harley Race defends against Superstar Billy Graham in St Louis. Silent footage