Reel in Place

  vs Pedro Morales & Ray Stevens (San Fransisco 12/27/1975) We're watching this short, silent, 8mm footage instead of anything else for one reason really, and that is, unless there's some extenuating circumstance or outstanding reason not to, like a "five star" match I want to revisit, I want to use these posts to watch new stuff, not stuff I've seen before. I've watched, to my knowledge, all of the All-Star Wrestling from the Fuji and Saito era of WWF, along with all of the house show footage from that period. That doesn't leave a ton to watch, and this, if nothing else is novel. We get to see a little of Fuji working his schtick, Morales hit a really big backbreaker, and some brief moments otherwise. No much to be gleaned, but Ray Stevens is one of those mythical sort of guys with limited footage and a big reputation, and is worth investigating. He doesn't do much in this short sample, I'll say that.  vs Andre the Giant & Rick McGraw (WWF...

  vs The Fabulous Ones 10/18/1984 Bockwinkel starts off isolating Kiern in the corner, and he and Saito work him over for the early parts of the match. Gene Kiniski is the special guest referee, and he's already on Bock's case. Despite Bockwinkel's best effort, Kiern can crawl over and tag in Stan Lane. Lane is out for revenge, smashing Saito's head into the turnbuckle, side-kicking everybody. He tags back in Kiern so he can get his pound of flesh. The Fabs take over from here, first Bockwinkel and then Saito, both of whom don't take too well to having the tables turned, and you can see the frustration on both.  When Bockwinkel gets in there, he's going to do anything to turn the tide, and so when he gets the chance, he gouges Lane's eyes, and then rakes them with his boot laces. Everything seems to be going in Bockwinkel and Saito's favor, but Saito gets a bit overeager, and Stan Lane schoolboys him for the win. A very solid performance from Saito, espe...