February 13, 20196 yr comment_5879254 I dunno, I found the 9/1/73 card on Wrestlingdata and it lists Thesz vs Valentine https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=158040
February 13, 20196 yr comment_5879255 38 minutes ago, Captain Redneck said: According to wrestlingdata.com Greg wrestled and lost to Tommy Seigler in Miami Beach that night. Johnny Valentine not Greg.
February 13, 20196 yr comment_5879256 3 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said: Oh man, that Valentine vs Thesz match could be awesome Was Thesz in '73 still decent? He was 57 by my count.
February 13, 20196 yr comment_5879259 And yes, based on what I've seen of him around that time he was still pretty good
February 13, 20196 yr comment_5879262 On 2/12/2019 at 3:33 PM, WrestlingPower said: Who is the announcer on the 1981 World Class stuff? He's much better than Mercer & Lowrance ended up being. Sorry if this has already been covered here. I remember reading on Wrestlingclassics that Steve Harms did the commentary. Edit : found a link. http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=113999
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879266 There's film of that Thesz-Valentine match out there, but I'm pretty sure it's not 14+ minutes worth. Big find.
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879267 31 minutes ago, conker8 said: I remember reading on Wrestlingclassics that Steve Harms did the commentary. Edit : found a link. http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=113999 Cool. Thanks for finally solving that mystery
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879276 Hold on....we have two more coming on 2/14!!! Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 07/17/1980 – Masters of the Figure Four [Duration: 09:44] Two masters of the figure four leg lock collide when ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair takes on Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine from the Norfolk Scope. WWWF @ MSG 02/19/1979 – On Broadway [Duration: 01:08:14] The WWE Championship is on the line at the World’s Most Famous Arena as Bob Backlund defends against Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine.
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879283 3 hours ago, Ricky Jackson said: I dunno, I found the 9/1/73 card on Wrestlingdata and it lists Thesz vs Valentine https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=shows&show=158040 I'll take all the Lou Thesz we can get, but I really hope they're sitting on a stash of Dory-Jack title matches ready to drop one of these weeks.
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879284 42 minutes ago, paul sosnowski said: Hold on....we have two more coming on 2/14!!! Mid-Atlantic Wrestling 07/17/1980 – Masters of the Figure Four [Duration: 09:44] Two masters of the figure four leg lock collide when ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair takes on Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine from the Norfolk Scope. WWWF @ MSG 02/19/1979 – On Broadway [Duration: 01:08:14] The WWE Championship is on the line at the World’s Most Famous Arena as Bob Backlund defends against Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine. Well now this is a horse of a different color. Not sure if the first clip is out there at all, but the broadway is a stone cold classic. Marty's 5 star review
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879290 I'm assuming Flair-Valentine is 8mm ringside footage a la Flair-Rogers from the same venue. It would definitely be "new." Weird that the rest of that MSG show hasn't turned up since the main event aired on 24/7 years ago, not that it looks like an overly interesting card, but it does have Tatsumi Fujinami and Allen Coage working squashes.
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879315 Wonder if that Norfolk match is from the George Pantas collection that they bought. This was stuff originally used as bonus footage on one of the Mid-Atlantic documentaries.
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879316 Hmm...Thesz vs Valentine is silent footage...Where's Gordon Solie???
February 14, 20196 yr comment_5879318 re: Flair vs Valentine. I have no idea whether we had this or not, but the angle leading up to this series sounds pretty cool. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-6.html http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-7.html There's audio on those two pages. Reference for the second page: The 60 minute draw between the two was 5/25. The promo is 5/28. The Valentine swerve came on 6/8. The match is 7/17.
February 15, 20196 yr comment_5879348 I’m a mark for those wrestling is real segments. So I loved the Valentine breaking boards with his elbow drop.
February 15, 20196 yr comment_5879353 On 2/13/2019 at 5:59 PM, Ricky Jackson said: And yes, based on what I've seen of him around that time he was still pretty good Too bad he never worked a match with Flair
February 15, 20196 yr comment_5879372 9 hours ago, flyonthewall2983 said: Too bad he never worked a match with Flair no, but I bet he worked Jack Brisco
February 16, 20196 yr comment_5879414 On 2/14/2019 at 11:08 AM, Matt D said: re: Flair vs Valentine. I have no idea whether we had this or not, but the angle leading up to this series sounds pretty cool. http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-6.html http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/dream-team-part-7.html There's audio on those two pages. Reference for the second page: The 60 minute draw between the two was 5/25. The promo is 5/28. The Valentine swerve came on 6/8. The match is 7/17. We also have clips from 7/26, 9/1, 9/24, and 12/20 and tags with Flair & Mosco vs. Valentine & Sheiky baby from 8/17 & 9/6 if anyone needs more Dream Team Implodes in their life.
February 17, 20196 yr comment_5879492 On 2/14/2019 at 9:36 AM, WrestlingPower said: Wonder if that Norfolk match is from the George Pantas collection that they bought. This was stuff originally used as bonus footage on one of the Mid-Atlantic documentaries. The clip from the doc that used the Pantas footage is dated 9/18/80, from the Scope. Not to say that they used all that footage in the bonus features of the doc, I am sure they didn't.
February 20, 20196 yr comment_5880054 For Thursday February 21, 2019-- Another new match from Houston!!! Championship Wrestling From Florida 03/03/1966 – The Mighty Monroe [Duration: 13:50] Legendary pioneer Sputnik Monroe goes one-on-one with Jack Pesek in this bout from Florida. AWA 09/07/1974 – Bobo, Bobby and The Bruiser [Duration: 13:01] Bobby Heenan teams up with the sadistic Sheik to face the tough tandem of Bobo Brazil and Dick the Bruiser from historic Comiskey Park. Championship Wrestling From Florida 02/14/1978 – Tangling in Tampa [Duration: 09:49] The Florida Tag Team Championships are on the line as WWE Hall of Famers Rocky Johnson and Pedro Morales take on Ivan Koloff and Mr. Saito. Houston Wrestling 09/09/1983 – Every Dog Has Its Day [Duration: 13:41] Junkyard Dog and ‘Mad Dog’ Buzz Sawyer battle to see whether it’s the size of the dog in the fight or the size of the fight in the dog.
February 21, 20196 yr comment_5880070 21 minutes ago, conker8 said: Sputnik Monroe !! That's who I'm interested in seeing. Is the Comiskey Park footage with Heenan and the Sheik new? Edit: Never mind, it's on YouTube. Surprised I haven't watched it before. Or maybe I have lol
February 21, 20196 yr comment_5880082 I'm assuming the Sputnik match is one of those no-sound 16mm deals from Florida? I never quite understood why they would film things like that. Other territories barely valued taping on regular film and the Grahams are out there all avant garde and shit.
February 21, 20196 yr comment_5880083 Is this one of the first full or close to full matches of Sputnik Monroe out there? Maybe in Memphis TV they showed a best of him with small clips. I know there was a 70's Memphis house show DVD' many years ago but not sure if a Monroe match was on it
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