An AWA Title bout, 4/19/84. Champion Jumbo Tsuruta vs Greg Gagne.      This is as classic a style for a World's Championship as it gets! Lots of great holds counter/ recounters throughout!  The two men shake hands before the bell and the crowd claps. This is why I love Wrestling from Japan, such respect given by everyone.      The crowd is chanting for Tsuruta right from the start. Jumbo hooks Gagne in a standing Surfboard hold early and Greg tries several times to escape. Before finally reversing the maneuver and now applying the hold to Jumbo. Tsuruta makes it to the corner forcing a break.      They do a "test of strength" and as you might expect, Tsuruta goes out on top with a arm wringer and forces Gagne to the mat! Tsuruta works his position into an attempt at his double arm supplex, Gagne manages to block it and again force a rope break.      When they tie up again Greg gets a leg dive in and stretches Jumbo's hip and hamstring then clamps down on an inside

Two AWA house show matches from Winnipeg.      Match #1 Billy Robinson vs Brad Rheingans. Joined in Progress.... The 5:20 clip of this match we get is good, it is all action and Lord knows these two guys can mat wrestle you to a pulp!       As we join it Robinson is working on Rheingans neck snaping it down over the top rope. Rheingans hits a headbutt to Robinson's mid-section and hits a piledriver(the crowd popped big) for a two count! Brad hits a reverse neckbreaker but the old veteran counters a backdrop attempt by pulling up short and hitting a teeth rattling forearm.      This one is back and forth as the Appleton Minn native hits an atomic drop that sends Robinson bounding out of the ring landing at the feet of his manager Bobby Heenan. Billy climbs back in and soon after for no real reason Rheingans grabs Robinson by the hair and fires him over the top rope! Why? ….Your Winner by DQ Billy Robinson!....Solid 5 minutes here but a very odd out of the blue finish!.... https:/

A World Class Championship Wrestling tag bout, from Dallas 4/15/84. Mike and Kevin Von Erich vs Hayes and Gordy. (this was taped for TV in Japan, Obviously)      To begin I gotta say Hayes's trunks are a site to behold! They look like the bottoms of a set of Leopard Pajama's he got at a Spencer's Gifts!....Back to the match, Mike Von Erich is much better now than he was when he debuted, Poor man still has no business in a ring yet, if at all, though make no mistake. The Birds have to get heat on Kevin so Mike can just come into clean up. I felt sorry for the Bad Street boys here because On one hand Mike was super limited. But Kevin(who is outstanding) works stiff as a board. It looks like a legit fight many times with Kevin! Mike does make the tag and hits a very nice, albeit a bit scary looking headscissors on Gordy.      Meanwhile Hayes is in his corner bad mouthing Kevin on the other side of the ring. Kevin Shakes the ropes and Hayes somehow hurts his crotch, (the ca

Mid-South Wrestling TV for the 3rd week of April 1984. We begin with Boyd and Jim at the desk reminding us that this week is the finals of the Mid-South TV Title Tournament. Pitting Krusher Kruschev againist Terry Taylor. The winner recives 10,000 dollas and a medal.We then go to an odd taped segment of Ross in another studio, explaining in more detail how each man got to this point and then showing us those moments! I guess Watts was not happy with the segment during the original taping. This felt strange like it was post produced it obviously  and shoe-horned in. This was the entire first segment.      Both men are in the ring to begin the title match as they return from break. However before introductions ring announcer Reeser Bowden says that theu have a special presentation for Taylor at ringside. A woman is there with a box of roses from a"Little Crippled girl that is Taylor's biggest fan"! Taylor accepts the gift and kisses the young lady very willingly! Butch Ree

All Japan Pro Wrestling TV 4/14/84  Match #1 Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen vs Ashura Hara and Takashi Ishikawa. This was a stiff looking one-sided ass whopping by the Crazy Texas duo. In 7:45 Stan and Frank sold not one damn thing and safely but still with malice beat the piss out of Hara and Ishikawa At the finish Hansen's "Lariat" nearly ended Hara. While Brody hit his "King Kong knee drop for the pin! I am not breaking new ground here but good Lord, Hansen might be the most fear inducing tag team ever....HUSS.....YOUTH!!! Match #2 Giant Baba and Dory Funk JR vs Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta. I know by 1984 Baba was not in his prime working years, but even with that this is dream contest for an old school purist like me.      This was taped for tv the day before it aired. The next segment begins as we see Hansen/Brody coming back to the ring. In the other three corners are the two teams involved in the upcoming bout plus the team of Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell. Lord

     Championship Wrestling from Florida, the weekend of 4/7/84. "The Dean"of wrestling announcers Gordon Solie welcomes us desk side with Buudy Colt, Barbara Clary and special guest Mike Rotunda. The big story in this hour, so big they showed it twice in fact is the on going and escalating feud between The "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and as Dusty often said "The Devil Himself" Kevin Sullivan! Dusty is over to talk to Gordon at the desk. Solie informs him that the NWA has sent legal word that this issue between Dusty and Sullivan must stop with all this mayhem must calm down or both will face possible suspention! That not only applies to Rhodes but his good friend "The Midnight Rider" as well. Dusty says they wanna talk about suspending him after what Sulivan had done recently....      We go to arena footage of Dusty and Adrian Street vs Sullivan and Buzz Sawyer. (In case you dont know this blood fued began months back when they brought Dust