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Just quoting this so it doesn't get lost on the bottom of the page. Trust in Yohe, always.

Yes! Diminishing returns in that feud, but that's one intense punch out.

The Boot Camp match is the perfect blowoff to an incredibly heated feud. The fact that Slaughter was somehow able to top the Alley Fight (in terms of violence and heat if nothing else) is truly masterclass stuff. The heat for this feud really fell into their lap, but it took a superworker to take it to the next level. It's hard to understate how talented Slaughter really is when his best match (and maybe the best match period) is in there against the Sheik. It's insane really. Another Slaughter match I'd like to call to mind is the 1/81 Philadelphia Cage Match against Backlund. Watching this recently I thought it to be a contender for best WWE cage and put it just under five stars. Another amazing Slaughter cut and of course Backlund holds his own. The Valentine-Santana Cage is right there too. Savage-Santana No DQ Summer 86 (****1/4) and Savage-Steamboat 2/87 (*****) both from Toronto deserve a mention as well.

This seems pretty comprehensive, I'd add the Piper-Rude Cage Match and Hart-Lawler SummerSlam for completists sake. For my money, Piper-Hart is the best of the bunch with Hart-Lawler very close behind. Warrior/Savage doesn't floor me as a match anymore, it really is a smoke-and-mirrors backdrop for an angle. Good match and Loss is on point as usual with his comment. Just not my cup of tea in 2017.

There's a bunch of stuff out there from before 1920 as well. Nothing complete to my knowledge.

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Sort of crazy to watch both Warrior and Owen's debuts and imagine someone thinking, "Yep, THAT guy is the guy we need to carry the company".

Amazing.

A Jarrett with a drinking problem? Well, you know?

Must have been a small run bc this is sold out everywhere.

Okay, reading about him now and Pat Roach actually had an amazing film career. Aside from the Indiana Jones series he also worked for Stanley Kubrick and George Lucas and was a part of several other legendary series (Bond, Titans, Conan, Robin Hood). He did alright.

Tony has been pretty consistent and if you put these two ideas together it really adds up. Schiavone worked for an incompetent company for 15 years and finally someone comes in with some organizational skills. It wasn't enough to turn things around, but to Tony at least Russo was a organized professional and he really respects that. I think if he worked with Russo in TNA we might get a different story.

Any reviews of this out there? Did the match live up to the hype? Saw this on twitter:

I've been on the hunt for this. Haven't found anything concrete yet, but: So there could at least be footage of their 8/7/81 match in STL since Dusty's jacket says '81 on it.

What I really like are the Cornette channels where Brian has pulled the most interesting topics from the podcasts. They do commentary over a few matches even.

The 94 Queendom tag is the only thing I feel comfortable calling in the same universe as Chicana/MS-1. I almost hesitate to start writing about it, because I don't want to turn this into a thesis. So I'll just say its the greatest storytelling in a match ever. Watch that shit! Parv & Peach I probably could/should have put the 12/78 tag league match on towards the bottom. HOWEVER. I know Peach is talking about the 9/78 match. Oh, wow. THAT match. Pretty sure I had that at #1 for 1994 even. Sorry to disappoint but the only Funks/Arabs tag from that year is 12/78. The version that had been on YouTube was of really poor VQ so that may account for the difference in opinion on rewatch. Clarity breeds contempt. First world problems.

With 3 of them placing in his top 40! Can we assume he hasn't seen the 1978 match?

I haven't seen nearly as much from Japan, but these are some of my favorites as well. Although I have no memory of that 94 AJW tag for whatever reason.

Let be the first to say, this is cool. I haven't looked through the whole list yet, but the first named piqued my interests. Meltzer's bio:

I just start watching this stuff and the band gets back together

We also got a video quality upgrade since this was on the Best of WWE at MSG DVD. Which is why it's sort of insane that it finished 20th on the DVDVR Memphis results. Don't get me wrong, I love the fight, but it's a post-match angle, not a match. The Louisville Brawl from earlier in the year is almost as entertaining, but wasn't in contention for similar reasons I assume.

The first Flair NWA title win is really something the Network should produce. Damn shame not to have more than the finish to such a historic match.

The 30 seconds of Hindu was enough to convince me to do just that. I turned on the Japanese commentary instead.

Video title: A New Hope: Loser Leaves Town '83 Claimed by: WWE Note that while there are thousands of Memphis videos on YouTube, there are no copies of anything that appeared on the Lawler DVD. So I can have the Original Tupelo Consession Stand Brawl on my page, but not the Empty Arena Match. Which, to be fair contained footage from the 24/7 version.