Hi All,
I'm back and I'm currently doing an old school wrestling project. I'm watching matches from 80's from territories I never watched. So I'll posting matches from the AWA, World Class, Portland, Memphis, & Mid South. So I'll start it off now:
Mr Saito vs Curt Hennig-AWA 3/28/85- This is really good. Hennig was a terrific worker even in his early years
Tito Santana/Rick Martel vs High Flyers-AWA 8/29/82. This match is fantastic. I bet most didn't realize that Santana & Martel were tag team partners in the AWA. During the 80's, Gagne/Brunzell were one of the best tag teams. Wait till you see Jim Brunzell's dropkick.
The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Von Erichs-World Class 2/18/1983. This is a lumberjack match and it's wild. The crowd goes crazy for the Von Erich's.
The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Von Erichs-World Class 7/4/84. This was a Badstreet match. Definitely worth going out of your way to see.
Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk-Memphis 3/23/81. This is no doubt my favorite Memphis match of all time.
Jimmy Garvin vs Chris Adams-World Class 1/30/84
Rick Rude vs Kerry Von Erich
Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich- World Class 12/25/82- This is the match that spawned the Von Erich Freebirds feud.
Mr Wrestling II/Magnum TA vs Butch Reed/Jim Neidhart-MidSouth 12/25/1983. A great match. In case you didn't realize Jim Neidhart worked for Bill Watts. Anyway enjoy the match.
Buddy Landel/Butch Reeds vs The Rock N Roll Express-Midsouth 3/28/1984. Look how you Ricky Morton looks in this match. Another goodie.
Ted Dibiase vs Jim Duggan-Mid South 3/8/85
Terry Gordy vs Dr Death Steve Williams-Mid South 9/28/86. This is a hell of a match for Gordy's UWF Title.
Owen Hart vs Jerry Morrow-Stampede Wrestling 1984. This is pretty good. Owen was very young in this match.
Dynamite Kid vs Great Gama-Stampede Wrestling. Really good match. Dynamite Kid was a hell of a worker.
Davey Boy Smith vs The Cobra-Stampede Wrestling 1980's. This was really a good match.
Brian Pillman/Bruce Hart vs Rip Rogers/Kerry Brown-Stampede Wrestling 1980. Pillman/Bruce were known as Bad Company. Pillman was great when he was young.
Playboy Buddy Rose vs Brett Sawyer-Portland Wrestling 2/13/82. Both are great here. One of my favorite matches from the Pacific Northwest.
Jimmy Garvin/Terry Gordy vs David/Kevin Von Erich-World Class 8/15/83- David was truly the workhorse of the Von Erich boys.
The Sheik vs Tiger Jeet Singh-Detroit Big Time Wrestling. This match was a cage match and took place in Canada.
Bobo Brazil vs Michael Angelo-Detroit Big Time Wrestling-Brazil was a huge babyface.
Bobo Brazil vs Killer Karl Kox-Detroit Big Time Wrestling. I've never seen much of Kox. I'm familiar with him but haven't seen many of his matches.
Fabulous Ones vs The Moondogs=Memphis 5/2/83. This was a stretcher match and the blood flows like wine in it.
Abdullah the Butcher vs Bobby Jaggers-Southwest Championship Wrestling. Bobby bleeds like a pig in this match.
Rick Martel vs Nick Bockwinkel-AWA 7/19/85
Nick Bockwinkel vs Hulk Hogan
Ric Flair vs Kevin Von Erich-WOrld Class 4/1/83
Harley Race vs Iceman King Parsons-World Class 10/7/83
The Road Warriors vs The High Flyers-AWA 3/28/85. Gagne & Brunzell were one of the great teams of the 80s.
The Fantastics vs Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams-Mid South. A really good match that show cases how great the Fantastics were as a team.
The Fantastics vs Buzz Sawyer/Dick Slater-Mid South 10/27/85
Ric Flair vs Jake Roberts-Mid South 11/24/85. This is proof that Jake Roberts wrestled other places than just WWF.
Dick Murdoch vs Barry Windham-UWF 7/11/87. Windham was one of the great workers of the 80's.
Magnum TA vs Ted Dibiase-Mid South 5/27/84. It's a shame Magnum had a short career. He was an excellent worker and no doubt would have carried the torch for the NWA.
Nobuhiko Takada vs Akira Maeda-UWF 11/10/88. This is fantastic and these 2 guys beat the holy hell out of each other.
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu-All Japan Pro Wrestling 6/5/89-This match was ranked as the best All Japan match of the 80's.
Curt Henning vs The Assassin-Portland Wrestling 7/9/83
Curt Henning/Buddy Rose vs The Assassin/Dynamite Kid-Portland 10/29/83.
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1/28/86. This was fantastic. During this era, Riki Choshu and other wrestler's jumped ship from NJPW to AJPW.
Ric Flair vs Jumbo Tsuruta-All Japan Pro Wrestling 6/8/83. This is one of my top 5 Ric Flair matches.
Dory/Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy-All Japan Pro Wrestling 8/31/83. This match ruled.
Stan Hansen/Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Yoshiaki Yatsu-All Japan Pro Wrestling. This match was OFF THE CHAIN.
Stan Hansen/Genichiro Tenryu vs Giant Baba/Rusher Kimura-All Japan Wrestling 11/29/89. Another insanely good match.
Stan Hansen/Ted Dibiase vs Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu-NJPW 12/12/85
Tiger Mask vs Dynamite Kid-NJPW 8/5/82. One of the greatest rivalries in wrestling.
Kerry Von Erich vs Chris Adams-World Class 1/11/85. A really good match.
Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich-World Class 5/6/84 This match was from the first Parade of Champions and the people went nuts for every move that Kerry made.
Ric Flair vs Chris Adams-World Class 2/3/84. Adams was always one of my favorites growing up. A fantastic worker.
The Fabulous Freebirds vs Kevin/Mike/Fritz Von Erich-World Class 5/6/84. This was also from the same show as Flair/Kerry. I don't think in the 80's nobody was over more than the Von Erich's.
Stan Hansen vs Genichiro Tenryu-All Japan Wrestling 7/27/88. I liked this especially the blade job Tenryu did.
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Nick Bockwinkel-All Japan Wrestling 2/23/84
Ric Flair vs Koko B Ware-Memphis 11/18/85. This is good. Koko was a very underrated wrestler in Memphis.
Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis-WWF 1/18/82
Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik-WWF 6/16/84. This was their famous Boot Camp Match
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Jim Brunzell-AWA 3/15/84. Tsuruta teaches Brunzell a lesson in this match.
Genichiro Tenryu vs Ricky Steamboat-AJPW 2/23/84. This is fantastic. One of my favorite Steamboat matches of all time.
Ric Flair vs Rick Martel-AJPW 10/21/85 This was a classic match. Martel doesn't get the respect he deserves. In the 80s he was one of the best.
Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka-All Japan Women 2/26/87. Possibly one of the greatest Joshi Puro matches of all time.
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Tiger Mask-AJPW 3/9/88. One of the greatest matches I've ever seen. A must watch!
Owen Hart/Ben Bassarab vs Viet Cong Express-Stampede 9/6/86. Definitely the best match in the history of Stampede Wrestling. Owen was fantastic.
Jaguar Yokota vs La Galactica-AJW 5/7/83. This was hair vs mask match and is really good.
Ric Flair vs Ted Dibiase-Mid South 1984. This is great. Dibiase juices a gusher.
Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu/Ashura Hara-AJPW 12/11/87. This match is killer! Hansen just beats the living daylights out both guys.
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu-AJPW 10/10/87. Another great match between these 2. Personally I liked this match better than the heralded match from 6/5/89.
Ric Flair vs Butch Reed-Mid South 10/27/85. This was the best Butch Reed match I've seen.
Steve Regal vs Matt Borne-Portland 2/27/82. This is not the Steve Regal that your thinking of. This is Mr Electricity Steve Regal. A great 80s worker.
MS1 vs Sangre Chicano-EMLL 9/23/83. This lucha match is great. Definately go out of your way to ee it.
Emilio Charles Jr vs El Dandy-EMLL 7/29/89
Jumbo Tsuruta/Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada-AJPW 8/29/89
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Dick Slater-AJPW 5/1/80. Another Jumbo classic. This time with Dick Slater.
Jumbo Tsuruta/Kenta Kobashi vs Genichiro Tenryu/Stan Hansen-AJPW 7/15/89. Kobashi was young here but was able to hang with the veterans.
Sheepherders vs Invaders-WWC 9/21/85. This was a blood bath.
Ric Flair vs Harley Race -AJPW 5/22/84
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Giant Baba/Tiger Mask-AJPW 11/28/86. A spectacular match. All Japan Ruled the 80s!
Joe Malenko vs Masa Fuchi-AJPW 8/27/89. Joe is Dean's brother. A good technical match.
Atlantis vs El Satanico-EMLL 1/20/84. A terrific lucha match. Atlantis is still going strong today.
El Canek vs Don Corleone-UWA 2/14/82.
Sangre Chicano vs Perro Aguayo-EMLL Hair vs Hair 2/28/86. You could smell the hate between these 2 in this match. One of my favorite Lucha matches from the 80's.
Dory/Terry Funk vs Bruiser Brody/Stan Hansen-AJPW 4/22/83. This is a wild match with all four guys pounding on each other.
Ric Flair vs Genichiro Tenryu-AJPW 9/12/84. This is a fantastic match and very underrated. This would be one of my top 10 Ric Flair matches.
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu/Toshiaki Yatsu-AJPW 12/6/86. This was another classic between the 4. This was one of the best rivalries of the 80's between these 2 teams.
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu-AJPW 1/24/87. Yet another classic from these 2 teams. Let's just say I'm a sucker for this rivalry.
Tiger Mask vs Eddie Gilbert-WWF 11/1982-I've been watching Tiger Mask's run in the US and came across this match. This was good. Tiger Mask was over with the crowd in Philly.
Owen Hart/Jason the Terrible vs Steve DiSalvo/Makhan Singh-Stampede 3/4/88. This was good. It reminded me of a good old southern style tag match.
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Dick Murdoch-AJPW 2/23/80
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Dick Murdoch-AJPW 3/5/80
Giant Baba/Jumbo Tsuruta vs Harley Race/Dick Slater-AJPW 12/13/82. This was really good. It was from the annual Real World Tag League Tourney.
Rick Martel vs Riki Choshu-AJPW 10/19/85. Just a great match. Imo Martel was probably the most underrated world champion in the 80s.
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu-AJPW 4/20/89. Just another classic with these 2.
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu-AJPW 2/5/87. This would make my top 10 best match listing. Just a super match.
Ringo Mendoza vs Sangre Chicana-EMLL 10/28/83-This is excellent. Good technical work by both.
Rayo De Jalisco Jr vs Mascara Ano 2000-EMLL 8/15/86 This was excellent as well. One of the best lucha matches I've ever seen.
Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig-AWA 5/2/87. This was fantastic. Both guys exclled and worked hard. One of my favorite AWA matches.
Freebirds vs Road Warrios-AWA 9/28/85. A good match. The Freebirds carried the Roadies to a good match.
Hulk Hogan vs The Iron Sheik-WWF 1/23/84. This would be my favorite Hogan match.
Bret Hart vs Dynamite Kid-One of the best and underrated matches in the 80s.
Pirata Morgan vs Brazo De Oro-EMLL 11/16/89. Just a great match.
Rick Martel vs Terry Gordy-AWA 8/1985. Martel in my opinion a very underrated worker in the 80's.
Buddy Rose/Doug Somers vs Midnight Rockers-AWA 8/30/86 Definately a match to go out of your way to see. If you like double juice this is your match.
East West Connection vs High Flyers-AWA 3/1/81. A really good match. Adonis bumps around like a bumper car.
Jimmy Snuka vs Col Debeers-AWA 10/18/86
Mil Mascaras/Dos Caras vs Chavo Guerrero/Ricky Steamboat-AJPW 9/6/81.
Ric Flair vs Brett Sawyer-Portland. This is good. Sawyer was very underrated.
Iceman King Parsons/Brian Adias vs Super Destroyers-World Class. A good tag team match. I always liked The Super Destroyer.
Rick Martel vs Harley Race-AWA 4/20/86. These 2 always have great matches.
Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA 12/13/88 This match is a blood circus.
Barry Windham vs Dick Murdoch-WWF 2/16/85 Both guys tear it up here.
Wahoo McDaniel vs Boris Zhukov-AWA 8/29/87. Another blood bath.
Jerry Lawler vs Bruiser Brody- Memphis. This is one of my favorite Lawler matches.
Nick Bockwinkel vs Ric Flair-AWA 1/17/86
Perro Aguayo vs Villano III-UWA 10/7/84
Carlos Colon vs Hercules Ayala-WWC 9/10/88. This was the Fire Death Match. This is something to see.
Carlos Colon vs Jos Leduc-WWC 2/22/86. This was a barbed wire match. If you like blood this is the match for you.
Abdullah The Butcher vs Victor Jovica-WWC 7/86. This is a chain match and a bloodbath.