January 8, 20169 yr comment_5719564 DeNucci vs Arab was a TV match, from either Hamburg or Allentown. I'd upload it but I don't think I have my 79 discs right now Another hidden gem is a Larry Z vs Ivan Putski Texas Death Match from Philly, I think August 1980
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719644 I have been watching the 6/27/77 MSG on the Network, inspired by this thread. Superstar/Bruno is far from a technical wonder, but Bruno carries him to lots of fun times. Also, Andre/Strongbow vs Volkoff/Patera is terrific. While I enjoyed most of that show, Putski/Raschke was painful. Putski gets on the mic and wants five more minutes. Dear lord, you had 30 minutes and didn't do shit.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719645 That was the only match I skipped. I'd seen the results and knew it went 30. There was no way in hell I was going to sit through that with Putski in it.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719720 The Graham vs Dusty bullrope match from Philly is quality. One of those matches where Dusty carries things with his charisma. But yes, WWWF wrestling was kind of terrible for the most part. The Backlund era changes things because of his style and opponents, plus the addition of the IC title and better tag teams much of the time.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719760 I saw this on 24/7 years ago. I'd never seen an Eddie Gilbert match before but knew of him, but didn't know he worked with the lighter guys back then.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719772 Oldskool keeps pumping out the 70s MSG videos. 12/19/77 (Mascaras vs Graham) and 8/28/78 (Backlund vs Koloff) just uploaded
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719774 He left a comment on one of the videos that he has about 80 full house shows to put up. Hope they stay up for a little while, especially since there's football to be watched too for the next 3 days, lol.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719775 I've been ripping them and saving them to my hard drive because this can't possibly last
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719779 I have no idea how to do that or what it even means exactly. But, I'll definitely be getting one of my kids to do it for me.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719780 It wasn't until a few months ago that they showed me that I could watch YouTube videos on our big screen TV through the Xbox. That was a game changer, lol.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719796 Haha... I'll hook you up with a link to the site I use to "rip" videos from YouTube. Rip means to convert the video to an MP4 file, which you can save to your computer. Don't worry, it's easy
January 10, 20169 yr comment_5719828 http://convert2mp3.net/en/ Just copy and paste the url from the youtube video into the "Insert video link" bar and select mp4 from the drop down menu. Then click convert. Hopefully it makes sense from there. Or just ask your kids
January 10, 20169 yr comment_5719908 If you want to do it quickly you can also download a program called jdownloader. You can actually copy and paste the Youtube channel URL and it will let you download every video or a selection of them.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720005 The Patterson-Backlund MSG cage match is very good with some very convincing near escapes. The ending is clunkier than what Backlund remembers in his book, but still effective. I find all of the stuff from the 1984 St. Louis tapings to be super heated and lots of fun. WWF for sure though.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720010 Awesome idea for a thread. WWWF stuff can be so hard to work through so getting these recommendations from you guys is really helpful. I love the Dusty/Graham stuff so I know it can be good.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720014 The Patterson-Backlund MSG cage match is very good with some very convincing near escapes. The ending is clunkier than what Backlund remembers in his book, but still effective.I find all of the stuff from the 1984 St. Louis tapings to be super heated and lots of fun. WWF for sure though. Patterson vs Bob from 7/30/79 MSG is the real money match of that series. Anyone interested in this era should track that one down
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720018 Just watched Backlund/Valentine from March '79 that OldSkool uploaded. Add that match to this list.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720020 I also liked Backlund/Koloff a lot. Never quite understood why being unable to continue didn't cost the champ his title, but it allowed a big push for the next months rematch, I suppose.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720022 Just watched Backlund/Valentine from March '79 that OldSkool uploaded. Add that match to this list.If that's the same match I'm thinking of, which I have as 2/19/79, I wasn't impressed. Way too much stalling and selling of exhaustion where it wasn't appropriate.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720024 Just watched Backlund/Valentine from March '79 that OldSkool uploaded. Add that match to this list.If that's the same match I'm thinking of, which I have as 2/19/79, I wasn't impressed. Way too much stalling and selling of exhaustion where it wasn't appropriate. The match I watched is dated 3/26/79. Vince on commentary mentioned that they had gone 60 minutes the previous month. Based on your comments, that may have been the match from February 19.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720025 Backlund and Valentine had two matches at MSG in 79. 2/19 (a Broadway) and 3/26, the one on the recent youtube upload
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