Posted January 17, 201114 yr comment_5462120 Video quality isn't too hot to start here and it eventually goes to black & white. Little Mr. T vs. Little Tokyo (June 1986) This was your standard fare midgets match and it was fun for what it was. Next we get a Mr. Kareem Muhammad video. Then we get Miguel Perez Jr. beating some masked guy in seconds. Super Medico (Jose Estrada) vs. Fumihiro Niikura (June 1986) Man there was a lot of air on some punches here. This wasn't much of anything. Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. El Vikingo (June 1986) Spotlight match for Huracan. Bruiser Brody vs. Mike Albino (July 1986) Squash. The Islanders (Tapu & Tio) vs. Juan Rosado & Isaac Rosario (July 1986) Squash. Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Tony Colon (July 1986) Easy win for Huracan but I loved Colon's glasses here. Miguel Perez Jr. vs. Mike Kelly (July 1986) Spotlight match for Miguel. The Medic vs. Jorge Clemente (July 1986) Squash. Next we get clips of a Sheeps/Invaders match where the Sheeps kick ass. The Invader vs. Tapu (July 1986) Invader uses lots of cradles here until he gets one to win. Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Mexican Angel (July 1986) Angel gets DQed for putting Huracan in the tree of woe and refusing to stop kicking him. Ron Starr vs. Hiroshi Hase (July 1986) Hase is in full amateur wrestling gear here and looks like Mini Japanese Dr. Death circa 1983. Hase shows fire here but Starr puts him away with a DDT. This would've been a really fun match in 1989. Next we get a video with Hugo Savinovich where Ron Starr has transformed into "Rambo" Ron Starr in a gym where he is working out. Extra material. The Rock n Roll RPM's (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane) vs. Tony Colon & The Destroyer (July 1986) Squash. Then we get a promo with The Invader from some ruins somewhere. WWC TV Title Tournament: Miguel Perez Jr. vs. Tio (July 1986) Miguel gets the win here after some clubbering by both men.
June 30, 201312 yr comment_5549468 The Medic is Dusty Wolfe. The Sheepherders/Invaders clip sounds fun. Hase in WWC could be an extra. The Rambo Ron Starr and Invader at the ruins promos could be extras.
October 23, 201311 yr comment_5568523 Little Mr. T vs. Little Tokyo I am tempted to nominate this because of Will's midget fetish and because we specifically mocked the idea that a midget match would make the PR set on the AWA podcast. Still I think this falls a little bit short (figuratively and literally). I actually liked several of the spots in this, especially T's rolling cradle and the big back drops both guys took. But this needed more Tokyo offense to feel like the sort of match I could see on one of these sets even as a novelty. Close but no cigar. Kareem Muhammed highlight reel might be an extra. Super Medico (Jose Estrada) vs. Fumihiro Niikura The black and white nature of this makes me feel like I'm watching golden age of wrestling footage from the 50's. I didn't see any air on the strikes. In fact I thought the strikes in this looked really great, except for one particular sequence where you couldn't see the contact because of the angle. Still this was short and nothing special. The next string of matches were squashes and weren't much, though Brody kneeling to worship a piece of wood he broke off was something. Invaders v. Herders clip is pretty funny because it's all in slow mo. The Invader vs. Tapu This is a weird match as Tapu dominates and sort of owns the ring, with Invader just running around and trying to work quick spots to steal a win which he eventually does. Odd. Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Mexican Angel Seemed like the first match in a feud. This was okay, but Castillo isn't exactly dynamic or exciting. Ron Starr vs. Hiroshi Hase Fun little match. Way to short for a nomination, but I imagine these guys could have had a really good match during this period. Hase creams Starr with a roundhouse leg lariat, before Starr finishes him off with a pretty nasty knee strike and a DDT. The Rambo Ron Starr segment is an EXTRA RPM's squash was entertaining I feel like the Invader at the ruins promo/clip would be a good extra if I spoke Spanish. Miguel Perez Jr. vs. Tio Nothing here other than a nice Perez powerslam
