Ricky Jackson

After the 77-78 feud with Graham, Dusty did MSG shots for several years. In 1981 he did a few TV appearances leading up to a big MSG match with Killer Khan, during the period when Khan had put Andre on the shelf with a broken ankle in storyline. Other than that it was strictly special attraction appearances, which ended after Vince Jr left the NWA in August 83

Also, great stuff Loss. I've been following along on Twitter already. Keep it up

I'm biased because I used to be part of a podcast about the Backlund-era, and while the match quality for MSG, Philly, etc, undercards could be extremely poor at times, matches with the JTTS crew on regular TV were often pretty damn good. Even the midcard vs midcard matches on TV could be much better than matches between the same talent on a house show. I think there was definitely something to the idea that undercard wrestlers on house shows were often careful not to upstage the main event, but on TV they let loose a bit more

Zayn was a really great babyface in NXT circa 2013-15, but I agree. I loved the Generico gimmick. The tag with him and Steen, really. That was the only time I've ever been into ROH

December 1, 1990 Superstars, during the Snuka match obviously. The audio is on this ep of Greetings from Allentown https://open.spotify.com/episode/43nsQ1hbKarwPdRFxZQPwv?si=rPY1eEOwSWCbAUm_DAN6Cw&utm_source=copy-link

Hell, Vince and Piper even *wink, wink* joke about Snuka possibly murdering his girlfriend on a late 1990 Superstars. Wish I could provide more info off the top of my head. It was talked about on an old Greetings From Allentown pod

Maybe this thread can be changed to "state of fandom in 2021" or something. As for me, outside of hanging out here and a few other things (a podcast here, an occasional get together with Johnny and friends for Mystery Titans there) I've been been on a total break from wrestling since last May or June. I just needed it I think, and the pandemic era has made it easy not to care about new stuff. I'm ok, comic books are keeping me sane. Glad others are still finding joy in the squared circle

It made sense because his whole heel turn came about because he was bitter over being screwed out of the title, by Shawn at Mania 12, and Sid and Taker on Raw a few weeks before. (Austin too, of course) And originally Bret was to face Sid at the next PPV iirc. It also got him over as a whiney, entitled asshole heel, to Americans at least

Was it really that bad back in the day? Sure, JVK vs jdw was a blood feud, and a few posters were banned for being dicks, but compared to a lot of places PWO was usually pretty tame. I guess it depended on how serious one got into debates over wrestlers and matches

He had it all and then he got that damn tattoo

When I see "twinkletoes" I only think about it being Fred Flintstone's bowling nickname

My hole starting a new boom period

Try goodhelmet, I guess?

That's a cool bit of historical info. Thanks for sharing

Oh you Americans and your competitive marketplaces, with tons of subscription perks. (bitter Canadian here who once used a VPN to circumvent crappy near monopolistic Canadian cable systems, with their stupid streaming rules and other bullshit barriers)

I've seen a lot of praise for the magazine version of Planet of the Apes. I had a few issues when I was a kid because I was a big fan of the movies. Plan on reading the run eventually. The confusion with Savage Tales is probably because it was canceled after one issue but Stan brought it back after he became publisher over a year later. Red Nails is really good. I finally got a copy of the 80s color reprint last year

Ha, this should be fun. Gotta be more L's than W's, even with that 10-year or so stretch of epics (some of which were really bloated and dont hold up)

Nah, that's just some old made up newz. Backlund was a pro about the switch, although privately crushed it was finally over. As soon as Hogan signed around mid-Dec 83 the decision was made to drop the strap to Backlund's next MSG challenger (Sheik) in order to get it to Hogan asap

That's an interesting one. I read Backlund's autobiography but I cant remember if he outright stated he did that or not. Superstar Graham definitely claimed Backlund was paranoid and iirc it stemmed from a match where he got Backlund to agree to a screwy finish where Graham was briefly declared the winner and new champ, or something like that. Nearfalls in general back in the day were far, far, far (infinitely) less common than today though, so claims that Backlund refused to give anyone more than a one-count may be exaggerated. Years back I watched a ton of Backlund matches and specifically remember him kicking out at one from a big, finishing type move from Sika and thinking "really, just one?", but then again, it was only Sika. That was in 1980, and later in the year he let Killer Khan get an almost 2.9 on him during a match at MSG, so he wasn't a total selfish ass lol

They had run Tito vs Hammer I think 6 times at MSG prior to Mania, including a lumberjack match only a few weeks before. It was the right call to go with the fresh match here, even if it turned out to be a dud

It was "resolved" about 5 issues after Gerber's run ended. Then years later it was brought back when DeMatteis was the writer but I've haven't read those issues

I love Astro City but something about the Dark Age didnt grab me like other arcs and stories in the run. I seem to remember that in real time it took quite a while for all the issues to come out, like several years, and I didnt finish it until much later, when it was all collected in trades. May have to re-read someday. Gerber can be hit and miss. I really liked a lot of Howard the Duck when I tried reading the whole run back in the day but eventually tapped out about halfway through. Man Thing was similarly inconsistent. I really enjoyed his Defenders run, although at the end, the Headmen saga went on a bit too long and the climax wasn't great. Going to read his Guardians of the Galaxy next and then finally Omega

Shit, I'm not sure if I knew about that and had forgotten or not. Horrible

Re: Captain Marvel reprints. Was listening to a comics history podcast the other day, a retrospective of 80s Secret Origins from DC, already 5-6 years old, and one of the hosts (seemed very historically knowledgeable) offhandedly mentioned that the lack of Captain Marvel reprints is due to the racism depicted in some of the 40s issues. I've read some of the old issues but not a lot. I dont remember anything glaring like some comics from the time. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Wow, obscure ass thread. https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=konst&letter1=D&wrestler1=262&letter2=T&wrestler2=1115&letter3=&wrestler3=0&letter4=&wrestler4=0&matchtyp=0&anzeige=matches Looks like most of their matches were from March 1992. They did wrestle at a tv taping in May 91