Posted January 14, 200817 yr comment_5427023 “Wildfire” Tommy Rich vs. Pat Rose (12/11/82) Flair is on commentary for this and there is no finish. “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Jackson (12/11/82) Good little match. “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Starbuck (12/11/82) Squash. Flair cuts a promo putting over every promotion inside the NWA burying outlaw groups. They show a Kabuki squash match from the past. “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer vs. Zane Smith (12/11/82) Squash with Buzz nuking him with a German. They show Koloff & Buzz attacking Johnny Rich and trying to cut his hair from a few weeks prior and it was this angle that led to Buzz putting his hair on the line on Christmas night. “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer vs. Bill Smith (12/18/82) Squash with Buzz just nuking Smith with a German. Iron Sheik & “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Jackson & Bob McKenzie (12/18/82) Jackson looks good but this is still a squash. Sonny King is awesome at this time as manager of these guys and rules it on commentary. “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. John King (11/6/82) This is from the Best of Sunday show. Orndorff brawls with Koloff after the match. The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika) vs. Larry Hamilton & Randy Mulkey (10/9/82) This ends up with the Samoans brawling with Ole & Stan after Stan & Sonny King have a verbal confrontation at the desk. You didn’t get much heel vs. heel stuff back then. It was funny at this time that the Samoans were working both Georgia & WWF. “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. Tom Prichard (11/6/82) This is JIP and Prichard was getting a little push here as both a wrestler and announcer. Koloff tries to use the chain and gets DQed but Brad Armstrong chases him off. “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer vs. Mike Starbuck (12/25/82) Total destruction. Masked Superstar vs. Mike Starbuck (12/25/82) Squash. Masked Superstar vs. Bob McKenzie (12/25/82) Squash. This actually aired on 1/1/83 but it was taped on Christmas Day. Iron Sheik & “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. Jim Brown & Tom Moore (12/25/82) Squash. This actually aired on 1/1/83 but it was taped on Christmas Day. “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff & “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer vs. Randy Barber & Johnny Rich (12/4/82) This is from the Best of Sunday show. This was competitive due to Rich getting a push. Orndorff & Tommy Rich come in with Reed in tow to rid the ring of the heels. Masked Superstar & Super Destroyer vs. Randy Barber & Fred McKenzie (10/23/82) This is also from the Best of Sunday show. “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Jackson (1/8/83) This is pretty competitive. Bruiser Brody returns to TBS and destroys Randy Barber & Chick Donovan as they were having a match. (1/8/83)
