Ricky Jackson

Here's a visual aid for the old PNW belt mentioned several times on the show.

Here is a playlist including all the matches and promos discussed on the show. Enjoy:

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrest...land-1980-1981/ Big thanks to Pete and Martin for joining me on this show. Join us as the Titans journey to the wilds of the Pacific Northwest for another look at Portland Wrestling, this time from 1980/81. Kelly assumes the hosting seat, and he is joined by Lead Anaylst Pete and young superstar Martin (Superstar Sleeze, aka "Marty Sleeze") for a fun and insightful exploration of what was once one of the most exciting territories in the NWA. On the docket tonight: 4-26-80 Buddy Rose vs Rick Martel 6-14-80 Battle Royal 8-2-80 Roddy Piper & Rick Martel vs Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskowski 8-9-80 Buddy Rose vs Rick Martel No DQ 8-16-80 Roddy Piper vs Igor Volkoff 5-1-81 Buddy Rose vs Jay Youngblood Also on tonight's show: -Rick Martel: Drawing the ladies to the Portland Sports Arena -"Dandy" Sandy Barr -Opinions on Frank Bonnema as an announcer -A celebration of the greatness of the Buddy Rose vs Rick Martel series - A show-ending discussion on 1980 Portland vs 1980 WWF

Nope. No "Televised on the MSG Network - featured Vince McMahon on commentary" line before the result of the card on History of WWE, nor do I know of any of these matches being out there. The Hogan-Tito match you're thinking of is the rematch from 3/24/80. Untelevised cards weren't unusual back in the 70s and early 80s. Several MSG cards per year were untelevised for whatever reason. Too bad about this one, because the Bob-Ken match may have been good, and I believe this was also Tommy Rich's one and only appearance at MSG.

I didn't get around to mentioning this on the show, but Tor and Abby teamed in Japan quite often. I haven't watched this, but here is a match with them as a team:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqBIUTzQQc Also, look out for my amazing personal Kamata story on Titans #14. Edit: Beat me to it, Muracofan.

Fantastic!

Yeah. It's one of most surprising wild brawls I've ever stumbled upon. But that's how DeNucci rolled.

*clears throat* Also a bio on this guy:

Awesome info as always El Boricua!

RIP They just mentioned his death on CBC2 here in Vancouver and played a clip of him cutting a promo. Unfortunately his pro wrestling career was pretty much summed up as "he wrestled for the WWF in the 1980s". They also claimed he was in 13,000 "fights" during his career.

Yeah, 7/30/79. One of Backlund's greatest matches. We discussed it on this show:http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?showtopic=21025

Just read this. I don't think it has been mentioned yet. It's from the book The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman, about the 1986 New York Mets. On page 63 is the following quote: "Up until the early to mid-80s, Cardinals versus the Mets was no more of a rivarly than Hulk Hogan versus Molly Ringwald."

I'm at a point in my life where Andre vs Buddy in 81 is a dream match. That sucks.

Let's just say there were numerous recording problems during the first hour.

Thanks for pointing this out. Duly noted and will be fixed the next time I host a show.

1974 promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANKDVFxkbo

Great comments Kevin. Thanks.

http://placetobenation.com/titans-of-wrest...ouis-wrestling/ Join us as the Titans pause their ongoing journey through 1980 WWF to explore the world of classic St. Louis wrestling and the iconic Wrestling at the Chase TV show! Kelly assumes the hosting duties, and he is joined by Parv (for the first time in a non-hosting capacity) and lead analyst Pete for an interesting look at wrestling from what was known as the "crown jewel" city of the NWA. On the docket tonight: 1962 Footage from the original Wrestling at the Chase show hosted by Joe Garagiola, featuring: -JOHNNY VALENTINE vs BILL FRAZIER -PAT O'CONNOR vs LORENZO PARENTE 1979 A feature on the "Giants of Wrestling"--Andre the Giant and King Kong Brody 1979 Two interviews with King Kong Brody 1979 DICK MURDOCH vs PAT O'CONNOR Missouri State Title match 1979 A look at NWA World champion Harley Race from around the world 1978 HARLEY RACE & BULLDOG BOB BROWN vs TED DIBIASE & PAUL ORNDORFF (JIP) 1979 Highlights of the Dick Murdoch/Kevin Von Erich feud, featuring: -DICK MURDOCH & BULLDOG BOB BROWN vs GENE KINISKI & KEVIN VON ERICH -DICK MURDOCH vs KEVIN VON ERICH 1979 HARLEY RACE vs DAVID VON ERICH & FRITZ VON ERICH Special 30-minute Gauntlet Challenge Also on tonight's show: -A brief look at the history of St. Louis wrestling, featuring an extended discussion of the "philosophy" of St. Louis wrestling -The interesting career of Joe Garagiola (that's a mouthful) -The pros and cons of Larry Matysik -"Grandma St. Louis"! -Thoughts on Brody, Race, DiBiase, Kiniski, Brown, Murdoch, Valentine, and O'Connor, as well as extended analysis of the Von Erich's by Pete.

I'm just a perfectionist.