Hey bud, once Dylan is finished with the random comms, handhelds and big shows, would you be able to look at the list of stuff he reviewed and know what is missing? If I have to get every super mix, I will. However, I would prefer to just pick up footage we are missing that tyou would be able to easily locate.

 

Also, we definitely need to get the TV seasons except for the ESPN Classics. However, what seasons are out there that we need to pick up?

 

Do you have a list of the 24/7 / WWE release stuff we need to pick up?

 

What about matches that appeared on Japanese TV?

 

Help me Obi-Hawk Kenobi. You're our only hope.

Hey bud, once Dylan is finished with the random comms, handhelds and big shows, would you be able to look at the list of stuff he reviewed and know what is missing? If I have to get every super mix, I will. However, I would prefer to just pick up footage we are missing that tyou would be able to easily locate.

Yep.

 

Also, we definitely need to get the TV seasons except for the ESPN Classics. However, what seasons are out there that we need to pick up?

My 82 year in review is everything relevant from that year. 83 is spotty at best, 84 is more complete but not totally. 85 is mostly PWUSA material, regular TV outside of that is spotty. 86, 87, 88, and 89-90 are all pretty complete. The ESPN stuff is random in what was aired best that I can tell, so that's a little tough to go by. 80 and 81 are even more spotty but I have what is available.

 

 

Do you have a list of the 24/7 / WWE release stuff we need to pick up?

I have all of the 24/7 AWA that has aired so it won't be too hard to make a list.

 

What about matches that appeared on Japanese TV?

I have most of those matches transferred to Super Mix discs so that part is pretty much done.

 

Someone let me know when Dylan's supply is exhausted (or close to being exhausted) and we can go from there.

I have 23 discs left of the original batch of stuff Will sent. I have a few other projects I have to wrap up this week but realistically I should be done with what's left by next Friday at the absolute latest. More than likely I will be done by Monday evening. I also have probably around 100 disc of ESPN Classics I got from Phil so I can move to that right afterward and send that first batch to Kris ASAP while we figure out what else is needed.

It might be easier for me to pick the stuff out that you don't see on the ESPN Classics stuff you have, once it's reviewed. I can get you what you need at that point...from 86-90, it probably won't be much.

Cool deal. I figure I'll be done with that by mid-April at the latest. We shall go from there

What about matches that appeared on Japanese TV?

These are the relevant AWA Japan discs I have recently made:

 

3132 AWA Super Mix #34: The AWA on World Pro Vol. 1—“Winnipeg” VG-/VG

All matches have Japanese commentary.

Rick Martel (AWA Champ) vs. Nick Bockwinkel (8/16/84, Winnipeg)

Road Warriors vs. Steve O/Brad Rheingans (8/16/84, Winnipeg)

Tony Atlas vs. Steve Regal (8/16/84, Winnipeg)

Fabulous Ones/Blackjack Lanza vs. Zbyszko/Saito/Robinson (9/20/84, Winnipeg)

Rick Martel (AWA Champ) vs. Nick Bockwinkel (9/20/84, Winnipeg)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Tony Atlas/Jim Brunzell (non-title, 9/20/84 Winnipeg)

Tag Team Battleroyal (10/18/84, Winnipeg)

Mr. Saito vs. Sgt. Slaughter (1/10/85, Winnipeg)

 

3133 AWA Super Mix #35: The AWA on World Pro Vol. 2—“St. Paul” VG/VG+

All matches have Japanese commentary.

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Fabulous Ones (10/21/84, St. Paul)

Bruiser Brody vs. Jerry Blackwell (Death match, 10/21/84, St. Paul)

Greg Gagne vs. Sheik Kaissie (Cage match, 11/22/84 St. Paul)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Jerry Blackwell/King Kong Bundy (11/22/84, St. Paul)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Fabulous Ones (12/25/84, St. Paul)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Sgt. Slaughter/Jerry Blackwell (2/22/85, St. Paul)

The Freebirds (Hayes/Gordy) vs. Rick Martel/Curt Hennig (8/11/85, St. Paul)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. The Long Riders (8/11/85, St. Paul)

AWA Thanksgiving Battleroyal (11/28/85, St. Paul)

BONUS: Bob Backlund vs. Rick Renslow (Early 1985, Winnipeg)

BONUS: Baron Von Raschke/Jerry Blackwell vs. The Alaskans (Early 1985, Winnipeg)

BONUS: Bruiser Brody vs. Leon White (Early 1986 AWA TV)

 

3134 AWA Super Mix #36: The AWA on World Pro Vol. 3—“Various” VG/VG+

All matches have Japanese Commentary.

Baron Von Raschke/Crusher (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Road Warriors (Las Vegas 8/25/84)

Rick Martel (AWA Champ) vs. Jim Garvin (Winnipeg 12/6/84)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Fabulous Ones (Las Vegas, Late 1984)

Rick Martel (AWA Champ) vs. Jim Garvin (Las Vegas 1/17/85)

Battleroyal (Unknown venue, 1985)

Road Warriors/Paul Ellering vs. Fabulous Ones/Crusher (Winnipeg 12/6/84)

Rick Martel (AWA Champ) vs. Nick Bockwinkel (New Jersey 7/19/85)

Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. The Freebirds (New Jersey 7/19/85)

Sherri Martel vs. Candi Devine (Denver 6/29/86)

BONUS: Jerry Blackwell works out and then eats lunch

 

3135 AWA Super Mix #37: The AWA on World Pro Vol. 4 VG/VG+

All matches have Japanese Commentary.

June 29th, 1986, Denver:

Brad Rheingans vs. Col. DeBeers (7:28)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (AWA Tag Champs) vs. The Midnight Rockers (11:52)

Nord the Barbarian/Boris Zurkov/Sheik Kaissie vs. Jimmy Snuka/Verne & Greg Gagne (14:52)

October 18th, 1986, Las Vegas:

Ken Timbs vs. Earthquake Ferris (3:26)

Alexei Smirnoff & Yuri Gordyenko vs. Curt Hennig & Steve O (12:39)

Marty Jannetty vs. Buddy Rose (11:25)

AWA Fall Battleroyal (14:52)

August 30th, 1986, Las Vegas:

Nick Bockwinkel (AWA Champion) vs. Boris Zurkov (8:48)

Jimmy Snuka vs. Larry Zbyszko (6:22)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (AWA Tag Champs) vs. The Midnight Rockers (15:26)

BONUS: Stan Hansen (AWA Champion) vs. Paul Barnett (AWA TV 5/17/86)

 

3136 AWA Super Mix #38: The AWA on World Pro Vol. 5 VG/VG+

All matches have Japanese commentary.

November 27th, 1986, St. Paul:

Curt Hennig vs. Boris Zurkov (7:00)

The Midnight Rockers & Despina Montegues vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers/Sherri Martel (13:23)

Col. DeBeers vs. Jerry Blackwell (Ladder Match) (10:44)

Nick Bockwinkel (AWA Champ) vs. Larry Zbyszko (8:38)

January 27th, 1987, Bloomington:

Jimmy Snuka vs. Col. DeBeers (Diamond Miners Glove match) (9:55)

Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (AWA Tag Champs) vs. The Midnight Rockers (13:31)

April 18th, 1985, St. Paul:

The Road Warriors (AWA Tag Champs) vs. Curt & Larry Hennig (12:47)

King Tonga/Masked Superstar/Sheik Kaissie vs. Sgt. Slaughter/Jerry Blackwell (Hdcp. Cage) (11:16)

March 9th, 1986, St. Paul:

Stan Hansen (AWA Champ) vs. Sgt. Slaughter (12:19)

Brad Rheingans vs. Sheik Kaissie (6:40)

BONUS: The Road Warriors vs. Nord the Barbarian/Boris Zurkov/Doug Somers (St. Paul) (7:00)

 

...plus this one has a bunch of rare Martel Montreal matches. The AWA title matches I assume would count if nothing else.

 

 

3137 AWA Legends: Rick Martel Vol. 5 VG/VG+

Matches from Quebec Wrestling TV, 1983-85.

Rick Martel vs. Dino Bravo (International title match, Quebec City, late 1983) (10:03)

Rick Martel & Dino Bravo vs. King Tonga & Nick Bockwinkel (Quebec City, 1984, no finish shown

(16:43)

Rick Martel & Dino Bravo vs. King Tonga & Masked Superstar (end clip, Quebec City) (5:02)

Rick Martel (AWA Champion) vs. King Tonga (Quebec City, 1984) (14:03)

Rick Martel vs. Abdullah the Butcher (Montreal, 1984) (6:37)

Rick Martel (AWA Champion) vs. Jim Garvin (12/21/85, Montreal) (25:40)

Rick Martel & Dino Bravo vs. Sheik Ali & Jim Garvin (Quebec City, probably 12/22/85) (14:04)

Martel has his back examined in the dressing room after Ali and Garvin injure it (1:00)

Rick Martel (AWA Champion) vs. Stan Hansen (12-25-85, St. Paul, from Quebec TV) (8:24)

Rick Martel (AWA Champion) vs. Stan Hansen (12-29-85, New Jersey, from Quebec TV) (7:15)

BONUS: Quebec City Battleroyal from 1986 featuring Martel, Bockwinkel, Kamala, Hayes,

And many more. (3:32)

BONUS: Road Warriors & Tom Zenk vs. The Long Riders & Steve Strong (clips from Montreal

Forum, 1986) (:41)

For VQ purposes, trick with those Japanese commentary matches is finding what Classics or TV show they are on

For VQ purposes, trick with those Japanese commentary matches is finding what Classics or TV show they are on

A lot of those matches only aired on World Pro, at least the stuff I have listed there.

 

I'm sending a big batch of discs to Dylan today with a lot of stuff not already reviewed. I'm assuming that these discs can be passed around amongst the reviewers/nominators?

Yeah when I'm done with them I will mail them to Kris.

Good. Package went out today via airmail, it's about 30 discs worth or so, I think.

Ok so I was thinking I could do this next:

 

I can e-mail one or all participants my AWA list, and you can go through it and figure out what you might not have seen as of yet. Now, my matchlists aren't always complete, but I have all the tv match lists listed for 86, 87 and 88 so that's a start. Plus i have a list of all the known Winnipeg matches that can be checked over. I can get the next batch of need-ables out after I get a list.

 

Eric, Dylan, Phil, Will, etc (all the principle watchers of the footage), let me know if this is how you want to proceed and if it is you can PM me your e-mail address and I can get the lists out to you over the next few days. Ideally I would send needs to one guy and it can be passed around in whatever order you guys are doing it in. Right now that's what I'm doing with Dylan.

 

Also FWIW I've been enjoying reading the match critiques very much. Good stuff.

Do you still have my email address? If you do you can send over your list and I will go through it for things I've missed/haven't seen.

I might but PM it to me to me anyway.

Fuck it I'll just post here in case anyone else needs it for some reason:

 

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