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For Thursday October 3, 2019 SmackDown Taping Dark Match 11/29/2001 – Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton face off as phenoms [Duration: 00:08:17] Before they would go on to dominate the WWE landscape for nearly two decades, Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton face off in this rarely seen contest. SmackDown Taping Dark Match 01/03/2002 – Brock Lesnar before he was “The Next Big Thing” [Duration: 00:06:27] An up-and-coming Brock Lesnar gives Rico one of the toughest challenges of his career. SmackDown Taping Dark Match 03/23/2007 – Kofi Kingston and The Miz’s early showdown [Duration: 00:08:10] Kofi Kingston shows The Miz the definition of awesome as he battles the cocky superstar in The Miz’s hometown of Cleveland. SmackDown Taping Dark Match 12/14/2007 – A young Kofi Kingston faces an extreme opponent [Duration: 00:08:20]

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There was a TV taping in August that had Zbyszko defending the title against a 47 year old Harley Race

For Thursday September 25, 2019 AWA 04/08/1990 – SuperClash 4 [Duration 01:58:18] Masa Saito puts the AWA World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Larry Zbyszko and much more action in this rarely seen supercard. Jake Milliman vs Todd Becker Brad Rheingans & DJ Peterson vs. The Texas Hangmen (Killer & Psycho) Baron von Raschke vs. Col. DeBeers Tommy Jammer vs. Tully Blanchard Kokina Maximus (the future Yokozuna) (w/Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie) vs. Nord The Barbarian AWA World Heavyweight Championship w/ Nick Bockwinkel as Guest Referee: Mr. Saito © vs. Larry Zbyszko Non Title Tag Team Steel Cage Match: Paul Diamond & The Trooper vs. The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom)

For Thursday September 19, 2019 AWA 09/18/1988 – The Road to SuperClash III [Duration: 02:19:50] A who’s who of WWE Hall of Famers, including Cactus Jack, Jeff Jarrett, Kerry Von Erich and more compete in this AWA spectacular.

House show footage from Greensboro. Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Title

House show footage from Greensboro NC. Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Title.

For Thursday September 12, 2019 WCW 01/20/1995 – WCW All Nighter 1995 [Duration: 04:36:24] Join Tony Schiavone, Gene Okerlund and Bobby Heenan as they count down the 10 greatest Clash of the Champions matches of all time.

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Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Title This is a 2 out of 3 falls match, but each fall has a 20 minute time limit. Three 20 minute periods. I believe this is the sixth ever meeting between these two. Gordon Solie tells us that Luger played 5 years on the Green Bay Packers. This is a lie. He spent the entire 1982 season on the injured reserve list and was released in 1983. Never played a single game.... Luger has been wrestling less than one year, he started his career on 10/25/85 and then won the Florida Southern Heavyweight Title from Wahoo McDaniel about 3 weeks later. First Fall-- Bill Alfonso is the referee for this match. Flair offers a handshake, Luger accepts. Luger outpowers the champion and immediately shoves him down to the mat. Luger grabs a headlock, powers Flair down again. Flair takes control with a knee to the midsection and he chops and punches him in the corner, but Luger does not react to the blows!!! Flair bails to the outside and takes a walk. Luger backs Flair into the ropes and politely lets him go. Luger with a big hiptoss, Flair begs off in the corner. Luger with a side headlock, Flair nails him with two elbows to the gut and a chop to the throat. Luger is feeling it now but reverses Flair to the opposite corner, and press slams Flair over his head. Then he does it again, with a great look of intensity and determination. Luger whips Flair into the ropes, but Flair nails him with a big blow to the gut. Luger is down! Flair kicks him repeatedly in the stomach and once in the head. Flair took a lot of punishment, but now the tide has turned. Flair nails Luger with punches and chops in the corner, Luger fires back with punches. Luger runs toward Flair in the corner, but misses and his knee jams into the turnbuckle. Flair sees his advantage and attacks Luger's injured knee. Flair hits a back suplex and continues to work over the knee. He picks up Luger in an atomic drop maneuver and brings him down hard on the left knee. Flair locks on the figure four leglock, Luger cannot reverse the hold and concedes the fall. Alfonso counts his shoulders down to the mat for three!!! Second Fall -- Luger is limping hard, Flair does not waste time and goes right back to work on the left knee. Flair extends Luger on the mat and tries to stomp on the knee, but Luger rolls out of the way. Flair tries to ram Luger's head into the top turnbuckle, but Luger reverses it. Luger comes on strong with punches to the midsection and chest. The crowd is going bananas. Luger comes out of the corner with a shoulderblock tackle, goes for a pin, but gets a two count. Flair charges at Luger, but Luger catches him with a beautifully executed powerslam and pin!!! Luger takes the second fall at 2:53. Third Fall-- The first two falls are exactly timed, but they are shaving right away here in the third. The five minute call is announced at 3:18. Flair immediately starts stalling for time. Neither man is very steady on his feet. Flair comes off the top rope, but Luger catches him in a bearhug. Flair is screaming and writhing in pain as Luger takes him down for a two count...twice! Flair escapes the hold with a rake to the eyes. Luger hits a terrible looking lariat to Flair's chest, but still gets another two count. Flair tosses Luger between the ropes to the outside and slams Luger's head twice into the ringside table. Flair makes several attempts to pin Luger with his feet on the ropes, but to no avail. Flair goes for the big kneedrop to Luger's temple, but Luger moves and drags Flair to the outside. Luger punishes Flair's leg on the apron. Luger hits a sunset flip and comically tries to bring Flair to the mat, finally with an assist from the referee. Flair locks on a sleeper hold and Alfonso checks to see if Luger has gone limp. Luger escapes and Flair's head goes into the top turnbuckle. Luger retaliates with a sleeper of his own, gets a two count, Flair gets his foot on the ropes for the save. Luger poses and flexes for the crowd and intimidates Flair. They announce the 15:00 call...but it's really only been about 11. Flair hits another back suplex, and throws Luger outside and follows after him. Luger reverses and slams Flair's head into the post, he comes up bloody. Luger posts him again and slams his head into the table. Flair is severely lacerated. Luger whips Flair, Flair hits the flip and flop onto the apron. Flair attacks Luger's knee and gets the figure four inside the ring. This time Luger reverses it. Flair gets up and hits a big elbow drop to Luger's chest. Luger powerslams Flair and scoops him up in the center of the ring for a bearhug. Time expires (really was 16:18, but was announced as a 20 minute draw in the 3rd fall). This was not nearly as exciting as it sounds...Luger was sloppy and green and...not very good. I can give it about 2 3/4** but all for Flair's tremendous efforts. But hey...Lex gets that big money contract with Turner in just four months. He must have greatly improved. Lol

The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) defend the AWA World Tag Team Titles. Talk about it here

Kazuchika Okada defends the IWGP World Heavyweight Title. Talk about it here

Tomohiro Ishii defends the NJPW NEVER Openweight Title. Talk about it here

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WALTER defends the WWE United Kingdom Title. Talk about it here

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Both of those MS Street matches are currently in circulation

For Thursday 8/29/19 --- LATEST WWE NETWORK HIDDEN GEMS TO FOCUS ON ADRIAN STREET AND RARE OVERSEAS CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSES Stampede Wrestling 10/30/1981 – Street’s Stampede [Duration: 03:34] Two of Britain’s best square off when Adrian Street faces Davey Boy Smith from Stampede Wrestling. Mid-South Wrestling 10/01/1984 – “Exotic” Adrian Street vs. Bobby Fulton [Duration: 15:27] “Exotic” Adrian Street battles Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics in this exciting match from Mid-South Wrestling. Mid-South Wrestling 12/02/1984 – Terry Taylor vs. Adrian Street [Duration: 12:02] Terry Taylor takes on one of wrestling’s most interesting characters in Adrian Street in this bout from Mid-South Wrestling. WWF Live Event Ontario 11/30/1991 – The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog for WWE Title [Duration: 12:07] The Undertaker defends his WWE Championship against the British Bulldog in this rarely seen contest from Canada. WWE Live Event Nottingham 04/13/2008 – Randy Orton defends WWE Title against Triple H [Duration: 27:54] Randy Orton looks to successfully defend his WWE Championship against Triple H across the pond. NXT Live Event Cardiff 12/15/2015 – Bálor defends NXT Title vs. Samoa Joe & Zayn [Duration: 29:49] Finn Bálor puts the NXT Championship on the line against Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn in a Triple Threat Match.