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Post by BakFu on Oct 31, 2019 13:02:22 GMT
Crazy match from 1969, video quality is great for the time. I heard about this on Jim Cornette’s show, bull curry’s son ( I wonder if it was curry man... 😁) was hospitalized by valentine, so curry came out of retirement for this grudge match! This was pro wrestling FIFTY years ago! Enjoy!
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Post by El Marsh on Nov 2, 2019 3:28:30 GMT
I've seen Johnny Valentine a couple of times (plus, having an also famous wrestling son helped the familiarity) but I don't think I've ever heard of Bull Curry. Reading up on him, was apparently 56 years old in that match and didn't quit for good for like another decade. He might have been THE first hardcore wrestler. Pretty cool stuff that I never knew. Thanks for sharing that!
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Post by BakFu on Nov 2, 2019 16:44:38 GMT
I've seen Johnny Valentine a couple of times (plus, having an also famous wrestling son helped the familiarity) but I don't think I've ever heard of Bull Curry. Reading up on him, was apparently 56 years old in that match and didn't quit for good for like another decade. He might have been THE first hardcore wrestler. Pretty cool stuff that I never knew. Thanks for sharing that! Yeah, I didn’t know about Bull Curry either, but Jim Cornette and Brian Last mention him often, and they do credit him as being one of he early hardcore guys. It’s crazy that he’s almost sixty in this match, it has been fun learning more about him! Cornette was really praising the match, and I thought holy shit, I need to see what this guy actually LIKES (which isn’t a hell of a lot these days)! It’s such a cool match, and Cornette liked it as an example of pacing, story telling, SELLING, and for the fact that it made sense. The integrity of the title and the champ were maintained, Curry avenged his son, Curry’s home crowd got what they wanted, and the promotion sold a shit ton of tickets. I figured C!C crowd might find this to be a cool match and had to share it! Apparently this match is on a four hour DVD of a Huston promotion from back in the day, it sounds pretty bad ass! www.jimcornette.com/store/houstons-wrestling-spectacularFor all the shit Cornette gets for having an opinion, the guy is a CHARACTER, an amazing pro wrestling historian, and a great story teller. I could never quite put my finger on why I have no interest in WWE and some other modern pro wrestling offerings, but over time listening to the podcast, between the complaining, he explains what is missing from the traditional formula, what’s in excess, and how things could be presented differently. It’s cool that there are options and that people like stuff that’s out there now, but I thought I outgrew pro wrestling and that is why I don’t care for it anymore, but now I’m aware of what exactly it is that is missing for me. It’s a great podcast if you listen between the lines, JC is a frustrated traditionalist that doesn’t like seeing the thing he loves mistreated and unprotected ( big kayfabe guy!). |
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Post by BakFu on Nov 5, 2019 2:05:15 GMT
RVD going off on “all petite” wrestling is pretty funny, I guess impact has to get in on the Wednesday night wars as well. 🙄
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 18:45:57 GMT
Been watching 'The Wrestlers' documentaries on Vice. Really insightful look at pro graps. My favourite was the death match one featuring Jun Kasai, he seems like a really nice bloke, but completely nuts at the same time. I also recommend the Stardom episode as well.
I'll check the the dark side of wrestling series at a later time as well.
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Post by BakFu on Nov 16, 2019 18:55:36 GMT
I just watched a few NXT shows that I had recorded, they’re the first ones I’ve seen from start to finish. Pretty fun stuff to watch, and there are some interesting wrestlers on the show. Some stand outs for me are Keith Lee (first time I’ve given a shit about a BIG man in a very long time, and it’s not the moonsaults, leapfrogs, or dives to the outside, although those are incredible for such a big dude, I love how he uses his mass to completely stop smaller peoples offence, his power offence is sweet, too. He needs to lose barefoot Stevie Richards 2.0 though.) and The Kabuki Warriors (man they’re fun to watch! The green mist, the makeup, the outfits, and they work like a TEAM!)! Fish and O’Rielly are old faves, so it was cool to see them as well! I also like the long lost Briscoe brother with the crutch, and Prince Devit nailed a TIGHT brain buster on some job guy outside of the ring! I don’t mind this show at all, looking forward to seeing more! 🙂
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Post by faulknasty on Nov 16, 2019 21:18:25 GMT
I just watched a few NXT shows that I had recorded, they’re the first ones I’ve seen from start to finish. Pretty fun stuff to watch, and there are some interesting wrestlers on the show. Some stand outs for me are Keith Lee (first time I’ve given a shit about a BIG man in a very long time, and it’s not the moonsaults, leapfrogs, or dives to the outside, although those are incredible for such a big dude, I love how he uses his mass to completely stop smaller peoples offence, his power offence is sweet, too. He needs to lose barefoot Stevie Richards 2.0 though.) and The Kabuki Warriors (man they’re fun to watch! The green mist, the makeup, the outfits, and they work like a TEAM!)! Fish and O’Rielly are old faves, so it was cool to see them as well! I also like the long lost Briscoe brother with the crutch, and Prince Devit nailed a TIGHT brain buster on some job guy outside of the ring! I don’t mind this show at all, looking forward to seeing more! 🙂 Did you just call Johnny Gargano a job guy? Or is there a joke I don't know here? |
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Post by faulknasty on Nov 16, 2019 21:39:17 GMT
For me right now NXT has the best wrestling show that is relatively easy for me to watch followed by AEW Dynamite and then NWA Powerrr and then it's a pretty big gap.
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Post by BakFu on Nov 17, 2019 3:07:56 GMT
For me right now NXT has the best wrestling show that is relatively easy for me to watch followed by AEW Dynamite and then NWA Powerrr and then it's a pretty big gap. About Gargano, I was making fun of my total ignorance of current wrestling, hence the lost Briscoe brother, Devit not Balor, etc. NXT is the most interested I’ve been in WWEff for a very long time, but RAW and smackdown still confuse the shit out of me. The NWA show is pretty awesome as well! |
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Post by faulknasty on Nov 17, 2019 3:13:15 GMT
For me right now NXT has the best wrestling show that is relatively easy for me to watch followed by AEW Dynamite and then NWA Powerrr and then it's a pretty big gap. About Gargano, I was making fun of my total ignorance of current wrestling, hence the lost Briscoe brother, Devit not Balor, etc. NXT is the most interested I’ve been in WWEff for a very long time, but RAW and smackdown still confuse the shit out of me. The NWA show is pretty awesome as well! Ok that's why I was asking if it was a joke. Raw and SmackDown have been garbage for awhile it's a bummer my boy Owens deserves better so do the new day. |
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Post by El Marsh on Nov 17, 2019 3:50:26 GMT
^I'd say that most of the roster does
As a whole, WWE still has the best collection of in-ring talent around, even if you were to ignore like 30% of their enormous combined roster. They just choose not to utilize it because hey, at least they're not making the other feds money!
It really is quite frustrating.
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Post by faulknasty on Nov 22, 2019 1:40:59 GMT
ROH fired their women's champ who was out with a concussion. ROH is already done so much shit it's hard to see them having a good reason for this one
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Post by El Marsh on Nov 22, 2019 3:29:15 GMT
ROH fired their women's champ who was out with a concussion. ROH is already done so much shit it's hard to see them having a good reason for this one Yeah, from what I saw, she got concussed and couldn't get proper treatment (possibly because of cost), developed worse effects from the injury (post concussion syndrome), was goaded by ROH to work through it, prompting her to say something about it online....which led to her dismissal. If all of that's true then yeah, that's an absolutely disgusting look from ROH. |
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Post by BakFu on Nov 23, 2019 22:11:43 GMT
HEEL lesson,
I have to dig this up and watch it from time to time. This is some CLASSIC, heel 101 shit (and that laugh at the end, sinister as hell)! 😈
‘Member when people used to boo heels, ‘member? 🙂
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Post by spiderfab4 on Nov 24, 2019 13:34:28 GMT
HEEL lesson, I have to dig this up and watch it from time to time. This is some CLASSIC, heel 101 shit (and that laugh at the end, sinister as hell)! 😈 ‘Member when people used to boo heels, ‘member? 🙂 A heel will say in a promo "I don't care about the fans"; a GOOD heel doesn't have to 'say it'. :D |
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