Matches You Didn't Think Existed

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

It really is too bad that we never got any sustained Hogan & Dusty interaction. I feel like '82 to '87 Hogan had the fire in the belly and the charisma to stand side by side with the Dream. By the time Dusty actually showed up in WWF, I think Hogan's ego was too huge to risk being upstaged by his hero.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Minus Rumble 90, I would say they never crossed paths (Unless there is a house show battle royal out there?) in WWF.

Unless my brain has melted, I'm almost positive I've posted Hogan/Inoki vs Dusty/??? matches from New Japan.

Something to look into on Wrestlingdata some day.

 

[alkeiper]

23 minutes in here...

Dusty and Hogan only fought two one on one matches, and they only teamed twice. Mostly there's a tour in May-June '81 where Hogan frequently teams with Stan Hansen against Dusty and a partner. But except for the Rumble they were never in the same match after that.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

This is why I love WCW

 

[BruiserBrody]

Fuck yo' star ratings

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1587520728529879041

I forgot or genuinely didn't know Macho Man did job work in WWWF early in his career.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1587520728529879041

I forgot or genuinely didn't know Macho Man did job work in WWWF early in his career.

Surprised he went under the Poffo name. I knew he did early work as "The Spider" and maybe another mask gimmick to get around his baseball career.
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WCW Great American Bash Tour 1991 - Day 27
1991/08/10 @ Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina (United States of America)
Robert Gibson, Ron Simmons, Sting and Tom Zenk defeated Diamond Studd, Nikita Koloff, One Man Gang and Ricky Morton [War Games Match]

War Games you didn't know happened.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1588713611219697666

 

[BruiserBrody]

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Jimmy Snuka faced Col Debeers in the main event of whatever this start up promotion's TV taping is.
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Bonus:
Public Enemy faced Snuka/Muraco in early ECW, which is fun.

 

[Valeyard]

what

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1593663571296223234

Is it possible for a match that happened on a PLE and only happened five years ago to qualify for this thread? This whole show was so damn weird.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1594280076215984132

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

This might be most random tag team match of all time.

Did not know Giant Silva was active as late as 2008. Cagematch says his last match was in 2010. Even more amazed to learn he is still alive. Good for him. Can't be too many wrestling giants that made it to 60.

 

[alfdogg]

Six-man tag teams You Didn't Know Existed

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1601296554580930561

Should have given Sid the rap master gimmick.

 

[alfdogg]

(Rap)Masters of the Powerbomb

 

[Valeyard]

News being great in Europe is one of those things I think about. Maybe because Cannonball Grizzly is the coolest wrestling name ever.

 

[alkeiper]

News being great in Europe is one of those things I think about. Maybe because Cannonball Grizzly is the coolest wrestling name ever.

If nothing else CWA usually have wrestlers better names. Pit Bull II became Mad Bull Buster. Duke Droese became Marshall Duke. Etc.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1602364516725133320

 

[Valeyard]

PCO getting pinballed by the Giant sounds incredible, though. They could click really well.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Unfortunately, this match is literally 1-2 minute schmozz with The Giant half heartedly selling some clubs and clotheslines from PCO and then getting counted out.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1603259768424247296

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604251090962169859

Here's the Harley Race/Heenan interaction we talked about recently.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Harley Race getting Ronnie Garvin's grizzled, mid-card babyface gimmick in '89 could've been good. Plus we would've gotten Harley impersonating Don Rickles at SummerSlam '89.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1607321585714593794

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1608221858884714501

This rules.

 

[Valeyard]

I don't think I've ever seen two guys look super strong and come out better in one minute. Legit smart match.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1609282680969134080

Somehow David Flair looks almost as old as Dusty and Cowboy. I scrolled by it quick and thought it was Piper until I stopped and read the caption.

 

[BruiserBrody]

In July 1982 Baron Mikel Scicluna & Charlie Fulton were put under hoods as "The Demons" and given two TV squash wins. They then worked one other match 2 weeks later to put over the Strongbows at MSG and never worked the gimmick again.
Perhaps even more odd is that the promoters hadn't even had Fulton and Baron working as partners in the lead up to this, but I guess tag team cohesiveness didn't matter if the plan was only 2 basic squashes and then 1 more match.
Of bonus interest is that the WWF had an Executioner floating around at the same time, as well as a Red Demon and Black Demon.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1610365514903351297