Reel in Place

The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure.  Wahoo McDaniel vs Johnny Valentine - August 30, 1974 Last week had the Johnny Valentine vs Bull Curry match, and that was incredible, so I tried to find some more Johnny Valentine. There isn't much, a couple clips and some short matches, but this 16mm film of the big screen, chopped up into bits, is about as good as it is going to get. Wahoo throws 7 different kind of chops that seem like they would break you in half.   Ernie Ladd vs Tito Torres & Sylvano Sousa - January 7, 1977 More Ernie Ladd, this time mostly yelling at Vince McMahon. Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis - January 18, 1982 Some people will try to tell you Bob Backlund is boring and that he was bad. Those people are not your friends, cut those people out of your life.  Super Dragon vs Rising Son - January 5, 2001 These early RevPro shows are this sort of wild amalgam of matches from a Japanese comp tape, where they're doing a mix...

The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure.  Gran Hamada vs Baby Face - April 3, 1980 1980 New Japan is a wild place where you've got Inoki and his nonsense on the top of the card, and then Fujinami, Dynamite Kid, Tiger Mask, Gran Hamada and company having these wild matches on the undercard. Gran Hamada has a great dive in this match that's worth checking out.  Ernie Ladd vs Tom Jones - January 2, 1981 I've been watching WWWF All Star Wrestling lately, mostly on in the background while I'm doing something else, and it can't be overstated how much life Ernie Ladd brings to the shows. He's just the coolest motherfucker alive, especially compared to Bob Backlund, Dino Bravo, and the rest of the late 70's WWWF crew. I'm not sure he was ever a great wrestler in the ring, but it doesn't really matter, and the double leg drop is great.  Hijo del Santo vs Brazo de Oro - January 13, 1991   As I've been working my way through all t...