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Bockwinkel vs Ricky Hunter - 6/14/81 (might be TV air date instead of actual) Bockwinkel vs Nacho Barrera - 1981

Did we ever decide on an exact date for the Race/Funk match?

My FAVORITE cage match? Ronnie Garvin vs Ric Flair, 9/25/87. Garvin was one of the very first wrestlers I really liked as a kid and seeing him win the world title in a terrific match makes this my favorite. We'll leave out the part about my Dad asking if I wanted to go to this show and me declining because "nothing ever happens at those shows". Grrrr. I also love the rematch at Starrcade for how they play off the finish of the 9/25 match and for the incredible in-ring audio.

I would agree with this. The web site interface, both old and new, seem to almost be designed to prevent you from finding things.

I don't see any record of Jack ever defending in Houston or against the Spoiler (anywhere).

Exactly why should I care if Hogan has someone bankrolling his lawsuit? It's not illegal, it's not unethical, and it doesn't change the merits of the suit - so how is it a problem?

https://twitter.com/itsvadertime/status/736307748309073920 That sequence sucked.

This would be the famous match where Greg busts Wahoo's leg!

Kyohei Wada - the guy so many love. The guy I can't stand. From giving away finishes by pausing for the three count to PHYSICALLY INTERFERING in at least one match by dragging one guy on top of another... ugh. Terrible, just terrible.

It's the rematch.

September 20, 1986 That episode was 8/23/86. I prefer the later one with: R&R & Dusty vs MX & Bubba (bunkhouse) A Landell squash Magnum vs Nikita, 2/3 Falls

FWIW, that tag switch is one of the worst All Japan main events from the 80s and 90s I've ever seen. It's amazingly bad for the talent involved.

WHOO! 3 for 3 on my requests! Maybe I need to make more...

Gee Bruce, it's like you're just walking down my request list. I like it!

Senseless double selling is something I've been noticing a lot in the stuff I've been watching lately. A guy is in control, hasn't been hit by anything recently, hits a move and they both sell. The double selling should be used during a transition, but it seems like in a lot of cases it's just another shortcut used to create drama. Bob Backlund was the king of that. In control on offense, hits a piledriver, suddenly he's dead from exhaustion. Tons of that in his MSG match against Race.

From the new list: Spoiler vs David Bockwinkel vs Morton Gino & Tully vs Mil & Tito

Yeah, the last few weeks have been very slow, to say the least.

Lots and lots of potential greatness in that batch of matches. Can't wait to see them.

The guys on the Belt Talk forum rave about it.

The real number is closer to 93,000 than 78,000.I know that this a longstanding debate, but you seem to say that with a lot of certainty so I'm curious to know if there's any evidence that I missed that proves this.For my statement to be true, the actual attendance would have to be 85,501 or higher. The Lions got 80-81k for football. There's easily 5000 on the floor, thus my very confident statement.

Don't think he ever slammed Andre but did beat him in a handicap match - where Ronnie was the 1 vs Andre's 2.

The real number is closer to 93,000 than 78,000.

Definitely Harley vs Andre and the Duggan/Dibiase cage match. Everything else is gravy

Yep, that's the match. GREAT match. Near as I can tell, Flair didn't wrestle Morton at all in 1987, let alone 11 draws in 9 days. They wrestled a bunch of times in 1986 but no stretch of draws like that in 86 either.

There's one with Ricky Morton that made tape.