Disc 1

Jimmy Valiant vs. Jesse Ventura (Maple Leaf)

- It appeared Jesse had the match won but Valiant had his leg on the ropes. The match is restarted and Valiant wins the match... with his legs on the ropes.

 

Hulk Hogan vs. Nick Bockwinkel (AWA)

- This match has so much historical significance that it will have to go on the AWA set.

 

Jimmy Snuka vs. Angelo Mosca (Maple Leaf)

- I was really bored with this but Mosca wins by DQ.

 

Dino Bravo vs. Jerry Blackwell (AWA)

- Blackwell squash but he is DQed I guess.

 

Jimmy Snuka & Iron Sheik vs. Ric Flair & Greg Valentine (Mid Atlantic)

- Arena clip that is narrated by Flair with a bandage on his nose. EXTRA

 

Greg Valentine-Ric Flair Confrontation. Flair strips Valentine. EXTRA

 

Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood (NWA Mid Atlantic)

- This is not the Maple Leaf match from AJ Classics. Early part of the match is Steamboat controlling and working spots out of the headlock. One great spot which was probably done a thousand times has Snuka leapfrogging Steamboat twice and when Snuka goes for the third leapfrog, Steamboat stops and chops. I was surprised at how little the heels controlled in this match but they bumped huge for the faces. Steamboat ends up getting tossed out of the ring and the heels keep preventing him from getting in. Snuka stomps on Steamboat's hand and Steamer sells it like death but he eventually comes in and gets the hot tag to Youngblood. Hot ending as it looks like the faces have it won with Steamboat press slamming Youngblood on Stevens but Snuka saves. Stevens and Snuka end up jumping on Jay's leg from the top rope and Jay is unable to continue. Still, this is one of the better Mid Atlantic studio bouts I have seen and a nomination.

 

Blackjack Mulligan & Masked Superstar vs. Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens (NWA)

- Arena clip with Mulligan commentary

 

Tito Santana vs. Jerry Blackwell (AWA)

- Much more competitive than the Bravo match but I wasn't really excited about this. Maybe when we do the AWA set, I'll revisit it.

 

Ric Flair & Ricky Steamboat Interview (EXTRA)

 

Ric Flair vs. Greg Valentine (NWA)

- This was a televised arena match that looks like a Worldwide match but I don't even know if Worldwide was around at this time. Man, Valentine has some nice strikes that Ric has no choice but to sell for. Still, this was just getting warmed up when Valentine pinned Flair with his feet on the ropes but the match is restarted and Flair small packages Valentine for the pin. Piper and Valentine beat Flair down after the match. I am borderline on this as it was pretty good while it lasted but ended way too soon.

 

 

Disc 2

Hussein Arab vs. Angelo Mosca (Cage Match) (Maple Leaf)

- The first ten minutes or so pretty much sucked with little action and a lot of choking and resting. It picked up as Sheik was trying to escape and he rammed Mosca's head on top of the cage. The last couple of minutes were pretty good but not enough for me to nominate.

 

Ric Flair-Roddy Piper Confrontation (EXTRA)

 

Ric Flair vs. Roddy Piper (NWA)

- Arena clip with Flair commentary

 

Blackjack Mulligan-Iron Sheik Confrontation (Persian Club Challenge) (Extra)

 

The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke vs. John Studd & Jerry Blackwell (AWA)

- JIP and not much shown.

 

Roddy Piper & Jimmy Snuka vs. Ric Flair & D. Robertson (Maple Leaf)

- Already reviewed from Maple Leaf comps. Need to compare VQ.

 

Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel (AWA)

- I'lll defer to KHAwk on this one.

 

Roddy Piper vs. Tony Parisi (NWA)

- Parisi wresltes in jeans and this doesn't last long before Piper disappears.

 

Ric Flair vs. Ivan Koloff (NWA)

- Arena clip

 

Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell (AWA)

- I think this is the match Loss loves so much. Again, KHawk territory.

 

Jay Youngblood vs. Johnny Weaver (NWA)

- Decent match with a screwy ending. No vote.

 

Tito Santana vs. Bobby Duncum (AWA)

Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Duncum (AWA)

- KHawk stuff

 

Vancouver: Tomko, Flowers, TJ Singh

Judging by the match list and what I remember aobut my own vhs tape of this, it is mostly action from Maple Leaf's AWA/NWA broadcasts in 1980-82-ish. Some notes about the AWA stuff that I remember:

 

Disc 1

Hulk Hogan vs. Nick Bockwinkel (AWA)

- This match has so much historical significance that it will have to go on the AWA set.

I "think" this is the first St. Paul bout, from April of 1982. Hogan leaves the ring with the belt even after an obvious foreign object shot to Bock (courtesy of a miscue by Bobby Heenan). By "historical signifigance", I assume you are talking about the April 1983 Super Sunday bout. This one will be worth a look, too.

 

Dino Bravo vs. Jerry Blackwell (AWA)

- Blackwell squash but he is DQed I guess.

This is from April 1980, and I'm pretty sure it's a bodyslam challenge. Blackwell lays out Bravo before he can make an attempt at the slam. This set up a feud. There is another Winnipeg bout available after this one.

 

Tito Santana vs. Jerry Blackwell (AWA)

- Much more competitive than the Bravo match but I wasn't really excited about this. Maybe when we do the AWA set, I'll revisit it.

I liked it well enough. Nothing spectacular but Tito and Blackwell in this time frame are/were two of my favourites and that helps.

 

The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke vs. John Studd & Jerry Blackwell (AWA)

- JIP and not much shown.

Part of the "revenge for Mad Dog" feud (Raschke came in at Dog's request while he was injured to get revenge on Blackwell and Studd. Baron ended up ridiculously over out of it all.)

 

Verne Gagne vs. Nick Bockwinkel (AWA)

- I'lll defer to KHAwk on this one.

I think this is Verne's retirement match (5/10/81). Signifigant because, well, it's Verne's first retirement. Good because you knew Verne was winning but they but the seeds of doubt into your mind by the end of it.

Alternately, this is an earlier bout from the Minneapolis Auditorium from February 1981 that I actually liked better, or the short Winnipeg clip that is just the ending (with a decision reversal finish) that isn't worth mentioning at all.

 

Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura vs. Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell (AWA)

- I think this is the match Loss loves so much. Again, KHawk territory.

The match Loss loves is I think from Minneapolis and runs about 22 minutes long. Great bout, that one. This one I think is a non-title match with about 5 minutes shown from Winnipeg. A clip of the same length, probably same month, with the same finish from Minneapolis is also available. Good, but short, and shown on TV more to set up the rematches between the teams after the Flyers regained the belts. Sort of a bridge to the Cage matches they had later in 1981.

 

Tito Santana vs. Bobby Duncum (AWA)

Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Duncum (AWA)

- KHawk stuff

Nothing too memorable here at the moment. Tito vs. Bobby was a typical AWA mid-card match, in the sense that either man could win or lose plausibly without really damaging their status in the AWA.

 

If any of these don't seem right let me know and I'll do a quick re-check.