WCCW TV

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1740556537360482343

WUT? I don't have time to dig into my notes right now, but the USWA came from this. They were running Memphis and Dallas...

There's a whole story about Kerry and Kevin trying to stay on as minority owners who could then take over if Jarrett made business work and JJ balked at such an absurd stip.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Listening to Jan 93 results on Between the Sheets and apparently Iceman Parsons' 13 year old son debuted (as Iceman Jr) on one of the endless Texas shindy shows trying to relive 1983.
There is as a Dino Hernandez hopping around. Points if he gave himself a coke head gimmick.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753772827239715204

Little did Kerry know on his birthday in 1993 that he already had one foot in the grave.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Per the WON of the era, Dr Death was pissed JCP got rid of the UWF without even giving him a promised unification match with Flair. So after getting arrested for drugs in early 88 he nearly went to WCCW with the UWF belt to defend it.
Apparently WCCW was still plugging a UWF Training school as the school never changed their name after JCP bought UWF out.

 

[BruiserBrody]

"Matches I didn't know existed" cross post

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Texas Wrestling! - Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw

Some of the most important moments and craziest stories in pro wrestling history-from guys who were there!

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Eric Embry is high up there on my personal list of people I forget are still alive.

 

[Valeyard]

Embry's been kinda done dirty by history. Guy should still have a place in the business.

 

[AA484]

Embry was a good face but also awesome at disgusting sleazy heel shit like playing "hide the chain," but instead of putting the chain in his trunks, he'd put it IN HIS MOUTH

 

[Valeyard]

See I think he's a bad face but that's charming, somehow. The total miscasting as the last hero of Dallas, like if they cast Tom Sizemore as a Von Erich. It's awesome.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764395742360445054

We needed a Mama Doris shoot interview.

It's been a long time since I've seen the Von Erich Family Album tape, I'm pretty sure she speaks on there.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1632249162853937152

A proper booker would have had Akbar kidnap her and speed off towards the closest well near the Sportitorium.

(Baby Jessica is the first news story I can recall unfolding in front of me. I was playing Atari 2600 at my uncle's farm house while my parents and them played cards and bullshitted)

Don't do the math on how outdated that video game system was. I probably didn't touch a Nintendo until 88 or 89.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Mmm. *adjusting glasses * Baby Jessica was Fall of ‘87 but Brody has recollections of watching ‘85-‘86 WWF.

 

[snuffbox]

I don't think 1985-86 WWF was an unfolding news story.

I think that Atari to NES pattern a few years behind was kinda normal in places like Wisconsin.

Use of "and them" was very Upper Midwest

 

[Valeyard]

Atari 2600 was in production until like 1992 so it isn't that weird people had it.

I have vague memories of Baby Jessica, however I have vivid ones of being in the shopping cart with my mom and talking to strangers about Oliver North because I knew him from TV. Kid brains are weird.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I’m a little bit younger than you guys. First current event memories are of people talking about the 1992 POTUS Election. First distinct memories though are Oklahoma City bombing and OJ trial.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Mmm. *adjusting glasses * Baby Jessica was Fall of ‘87 but Brody has recollections of watching ‘85-‘86 WWF.

My wrestling memories pre 88 are pretty vague. As I've stated Mama Brody wrote in my baby book for my 3rd Birthday "Loves wrestling. Can name lots of wrestlers like JYD and Hillbilly Jim. REALLY likes Hulk Hogan!"

So I can remember watching the Hillbillies angle. Hating Piper. SNME stuff with Mr. T/Lauper/Hogan etc I had the Wrestling Album cassette so I listened to that a 1000 times. I still have the case from it in my Hogan corner of the museum.

So I recall the Hogan/Andre stuff unfolding in 87 but at the same time in 1990/91ish when I got a load of PWIs from 1983 to 90 from my buddies rummage sale and saw Demolition at Survivor Series 87 and was shocked as I thought they showed up in Jan 88 and were rocketed to the titles.

Only AWA stuff I recall pre 89 was Snuka being murdered via piledriver by Col Debeers and Greg Gagne's world title stuff in 87 (and that maybe fake memories from reading the Apters, but I was a big Gagne fan. ) My uncle and Grandpa being AWA marks fed my obsession.

I can recall seeing some WCCW but nothing concrete. It would have been the garbage era for them anyway. And for JCP I have foggy memories of seeing Dusty in a Russian chain match. A Rock and Roll Express music video and a fake memory of Luger and Flair being laid out with titles draped over them that I think was actually a tag team beat down that my brain reissued with bigger names.

Oh yeah and for the longest time in the late 80s/early 90s I thought Hogan beating Sheik and WM1 were like 4 months apart.

 

[BruiserBrody]

I’m a little bit younger than you guys. First current event memories are of people talking about the 1992 POTUS Election. First distinct memories though are Oklahoma City bombing and OJ trial.

After Baby Jessica its a big gap and then I can recall coming home to watch the David Koresh compound being "attacked". And the Dahmer stuff in 91 which of course got big play in Wisco.

I think its fair to say I didn't watch much news, but did watch Unsolved Mysteries WAY too early in life and that helped make me a coward for life. The UFO and bigfoot stuff horrified me.

 

[Valeyard]

I have very vague Challenger memories, or at least the Punky Brewster Challenger episode memories from much later

 

[strummer]

Remember Challenger. Was in 1st grade. They wheeled in the tv to watch. We got sent home from school early that day.

We got first NES for .Christmas 87. Which I guess is a little late

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1767751426149617751

"Christian Athletes"

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Special Guest - Black Bart Returns! - Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw

Some of the most important moments and craziest stories in pro wrestling history-from guys who were there!

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Howdy Brod

 

[Valeyard]

I hope he talks about how he was going to be the Undertaker.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Or the Fox Network sitcom that the Desperados were going to star in.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Catching up on some Between the Sheets from Jan/Feb 88 and it's kind of funny/sad that as soon as Kerry can wrestle again Ken Mantel is trying to get JCP to loan Flair out for a Kerry/Flair match. That would kill off any hope of using their "World title" as a drawing point and ruin the legacy of former World Champ Black Bart.

Bix and Kris are going on about how much better the roster and booking was compared to 87, and yet this is the era where Missy Hyatt says Terry Taylor was making 30 bucks a night.
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Kerry would have been a much better option than Hawk for the Bunkhouse Stampede PPV - but clearly Dusty really thought his Bunkhouse Battle royal was going to draw and a World title match was an afterthought. Yes, the Rumble has proven to be a draw over time, but the main event title match is always a key part of the build after 1989.

 

[JHawk]

Talent wise, the first 4-6 months of 1988 are eons better than 1987. That doesn't mean people were paying to see it (Texas Stadium in May only drew around 7,000)

 

[Valeyard]

I've never seen this before. I wasn't aware they had an open casket memorial for him in Japan before sending his body back. How odd. Explains why they didn't have one in Dallas, because there is no way he was all presentable.

 

[BruiserBrody]

One of the Japan mags posted a bunch of pics of it. I actually just caught flak yesterday at the Stick to Wrestling FB page by some offended by the pics.

 

[Valeyard]

Has Bill Irwin just admitted he and Brody flushed the drugs instead of protest too much that it was definitely not drugs?

 

[BruiserBrody]

Has Bill Irwin just admitted he and Brody flushed the drugs instead of protest too much that it was definitely not drugs?

Drugs surely played a part, but David did have something going on in his belly. People have watched his last TV matches and noticed the gauntness to him.
He very much likely loaded up on pain pills to gut through the AJPW tour. God forbid you upset Baba or show unmanliness by taking care of yourself.