Posted May 11, 201213 yr comment_5502296 As of 9:55 PM tonight I am done with all the AWA. I wanna thank Khawk for being so awesome about getting these discs to me. On this last batch there are several discs I didn't do write ups for because there was nothing fresh on them. These discs should go out in the mail tomorrow to Kris. Depending on what Will's schedule is like with school it is entirely feasible we can have a match list done by June 1st.
May 11, 201213 yr comment_5502300 I don't remember seeing it reviewed so I'll ask: Did you see the Donahue episode from 1981 with all AWA wrestlers on it, including some matches in a ring set up in the studio? I'm doing a mail run tomorrow so I can send you a copy. I also have a few other odds and ends you might want to check out for the project that I will include. Did all of the matches from March of 1984 during Jumbos tour as AWA Champion get reviewed?
May 11, 201213 yr Author comment_5502311 I don't remember seeing it reviewed so I'll ask: Did you see the Donahue episode from 1981 with all AWA wrestlers on it, including some matches in a ring set up in the studio? I'm doing a mail run tomorrow so I can send you a copy. I also have a few other odds and ends you might want to check out for the project that I will include. Did all of the matches from March of 1984 during Jumbos tour as AWA Champion get reviewed? I don't recall the Donahue thing offhand. Sounds like it would be good extra material, but that is something I don't have to watch right this second. We are trying to get the set out ASAP, and that is something that could safely be added to an EXTRA disc after the match list is finalized. I don't know what Jumbo matches we would be missing. I saw a few of his tv squashes on this last batch and I know he worked Martel a couple of times. At this point unless it is something obvious that absolutely would/has to make the set I don't want to hold up the process for anything. We are already running behind and I don't want to extend things another few weeks. Worst case scenario if we are missing a key Jumbo match, we could add it to the matchlist at the end of the day.
May 11, 201213 yr comment_5502318 The Jumbo stuff I'm thinking of is his bout against Blackjack Lanza (3/4/84, Chicago), vs. Robinson (3/11/84, Green Bay), vs. Brunzell (3/15/84, Salt Lake)...but it isn't just those ones, it's the other matches on those cards that were filmed and shown on Japanese TV from the noted venues...Blackjacks vs. Race/Bockwinkel, Patera/Blackwell vs. Crusher/Greg gagne, etc. I have not looked back to see if those got reviewed, they may well have been. If they have not been reviewed, they need to be for this set. The Donahue disc along with AWA Super Mix 43 (Stony Burke/Jeff Jarrett vs. The Nasty Boys from las Vegas), and a disc full of Martel stuff from Montreal when he was AWA champion and slightly before that are going out to you tomorrow. I dunno if any of the Martel stuff is eligible for the set but they are AWA title defenses. Worst case scenario, it can be passed along to the people reviewing the Canadian material for whenever that set gets going. If the Japan-filmed stuff is needed I will peel that off tomorrow.
May 11, 201213 yr comment_5502319 The bolded bouts are the AWA matches I'm talking about: 1427 Classic AJPW of SAMURAI #97 #98 #97Dory Funk,Jr vs Tiger Jeet Singh(83/12/5,Hukuoka) NWA World Heavyweight Championship(83/12/12,Tokyo) Ric Flair vs The Great Kabuki 83 World Strongest Tag League Match(83/12/10,Nagoya) Giant Baba,Dory Funk,Jr vs Stan Hansen,Bruiser Brody #98NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship(84/2/26,Osaka) Chavo Guerrero vs Mighty Inoue Blackjack Mulligan,Blackjack Lanza vs Nick Bockwinkle,BobbyHeenan(84/3/15,Salt Lake City) 83 World Strongest Tag League Match(83/12/12,Tokyo) Giant Baba,Dory Funk,Jr vs Tiger Jeet Singh,Umanosuke Ueda 1428 Classic AJPW of SAMURAI #99 #100 #99 AWA World Tagteam Championship(84/3/4,Cicago) Jerry Blackwell,Ken Patera vs Jerry Lawler,Blackjack Mulligan Bruiser Brody vs Dory Funk,Jr(83/12/8,Sendai) The Great Kabuki,Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Gordy,Michael Hayes(84/1/22,Higashi-murayama) #100PWF Heavyweight Championship(84/3/24,Tokyo) Stan Hansen vs Giant Baba AWA World Heavyweight and International Heavyweight Championship(84/2/23,Tokyo) Nick Bockwinkle vs Jumbo Tsuruta 1429 Classic AJPW of SAMURAI #101 #102 #101International Tagteam Championship(84/1/20,Tokyo) Giant Baba,Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Gordy,Michael Hayes AWA World Heavyweight and International Heavyweight Championship(84/2/26,Osaka) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkle #102Billy Robinson,Brad Rheingans vs Steve Regal,Kevin･Kerry(84/3/4,Cicago) AWA World Heavyweight Championship(84/3/4,Cicago) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Blackjack Lanza AWA World Heavyweight Championship(84/3/11,Green Bay) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Billy Robinson 1430 Classic AJPW of SAMURAI #103 #104 #103AWA World Tagteam Championship(84/3/11,Green Bay) Jerry Blackwell,Ken Patera vs Greg Gagne,Jim Brunzell AWA World Tagteam Championship(84/3/15,Salt Lake City) Jerry Blackwell,Ken Patera vs Greg Gagne,Crusher Lisowski AWA World Heavyweight Championship(84/3/15,Salt Lake City) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jim Brunzell #104Crusher Lisowski,Dick the Bruiser vs Nick Bockwinkle,Stan Hansen(84/3/4,Cicago) Nick Bockwinkle,Harley Race vs Blackjack Mulligan,Blackjack Lanza(84/3/11,Green Bay) AWA World Heavy weightChampionship(84/3/24,Tokyo) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkle
May 11, 201213 yr comment_5502321 I have all the AJ Classics. I can watch those too. Hell, Chris probably still has the discs as well from the 80s AJ set. Worth looking into. If you are sending the Donahue disc out just for that as an extra, send it to me. The MOntreal matches will be considered for a Canada set.
May 11, 201213 yr Author comment_5502323 Some of this I have definitely seen. I don't recall seeing: Jumbo Tsuruta vs Blackjack Lanza AWA World Heavyweight Championship(84/3/11,Green Bay) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Billy Robinson AWA World Tagteam Championship(84/3/15,Salt Lake City) Jerry Blackwell,Ken Patera vs Greg Gagne,Crusher Lisowski AWA World Heavyweight Championship(84/3/15,Salt Lake City) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jim Brunzell #104Crusher Lisowski,Dick the Bruiser vs Nick Bockwinkle,Stan Hansen(84/3/4,Cicago) Nick Bockwinkle,Harley Race vs Blackjack Mulligan,Blackjack Lanza(84/3/11,Green Bay) If Will and Kris want to knock those out feel free.
May 11, 201213 yr comment_5502327 OK, so: -donahue stuff to Will -Martel Montreal stuff to will also...you may be able to use the St. Paul Hansen-Martel match and New Jersey Hansen-Martel switch for the set, if not you can pass along that disc to whoever is doing Canada when the time comes. -AWA Super Mix 43 to will for that one match at the end I mentioned with the Nasty Boys and Jarrett/Burke (those two discs are already copied so I may as well send them) The rest of the Japan stuff I don't need to send or copy for anyone. This goes out tomorrow. ...Dylan I would bet you did see Gagne/Crusher vs. The Sheiks given how much Blackwell you watched and noted earlier in the project. It is on on of my Blackwell comp discs. Just guessing.
May 11, 201213 yr Author comment_5502328 If it's on one of the Blackwell discs I definitely saw it. I know I saw at least match between those two teams but wondered if this was another I'd missed.
May 21, 201213 yr comment_5503199 Done with what I have besides the AJ Classics stuff which I'm about to get into.
May 21, 201213 yr comment_5503237 Cool. I start tonight!!! Kris, mail me the stuff you finished asap!
May 22, 201213 yr comment_5503283 Um... whatever you have from Dylan. He got the last few packages from KHawk so I don't have any of that stuff.
May 22, 201213 yr comment_5503289 And it is so all I need to send to you is the stuff in the sleeves. I'll get them out to you.
May 22, 201213 yr comment_5503290 I will send you stuff Dylan and I disagree on in the next couple of days. I plan on knocking out everything that has 0 replies in the next day or two.
May 23, 201213 yr comment_5503472 No, everything but the stuff with my hand writing. I may need the others for extras!!!
May 23, 201213 yr comment_5503543 Everything with a zero next to it has been watched. I will transfer my thoughts when I get home. Over the next couple of days, I will start tie breaking between Dylan and Kris. June 1st is absolutely reasonable for the final listing.
May 23, 201213 yr Author comment_5503544 Awesome. I posted a brief quip at DVDVR asking people to get any AJPW ballots in if they are pending because AWA would be finalized very soon. Good to see I'm not gonna be a liar.
May 23, 201213 yr comment_5503551 I've been busy all day today so I couldn't go to the post office but discs go out tomorrow.
