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Good editing fun by this guy. I don't think I've seen his stuff before.
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He has two recurring series: a look at a mid-90s shindy called the World Wrestling Empire, and reviews of Thunder in Paradise in order.

Highly recommend watching his videos from the beginning if you can, I will probably set up a World Wrestling Empire playlist sooner rather than later because there's tremendous content there.
 
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Coverage of Super Cards '87

Growing up in the mid-late ’80s, one of my greatest joys would come when I would go to the grocery store with my Mom and be able to pick up a new wrestling magazine.  It never mattered to me which one I got as long as I got one.  If you know anything at all about the glory days of the Apter magazine
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IIRC I got this magazine for my 5th birthday. A lot of the pics here hit me personally as being engrained in my soul.

It's absolutely jarring to see the massive WM3 crowd pics and then you scroll down to see WCCW running in a literal empty Texas Stadium.
- Apparently on top of Glen Goza singing "Heaven Needed a Champion" for David, he also sung "A Poet named Michael" for Mike Von Erich, who literally had just killed himself. (His suicide is covered in another article in the mag) These fucking fans had to just be done with this shit.
- This was the show Nord refused to job for Kevin in the "World title" match. Ballsy move on a show for his dead brothers.
- UWF was in the Superdome, but the fans are not lite up, so it doesn't look bad like Texas Stadium
- The Apters ask why the AWA didn't run WrestleRock 87 after the success of last year. (They had the highest single venue attendance compared to Mania 2 and the Crocket Cup.)
- PWI actually gives JCP some shit for ticket packages for their 2 night show, and openly mention that the night one show was full of shitty on paper matches.
- PWI listed the Road Warriors vs Midnight Express over Savage/Steamboat on the "most action packed matches" list
- The UWF buyout is covered as "The UWF and NWA will be co promoting future shows"
 
Cortez's death must have really impacted Trongard. That was almost 20 years earlier.
 

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I personally think all celebrities should ritually self-immolate at 45 so we don't have to witness their aging bodies.
 
Not enough Springsteen talking about blood and one legged dogs.
 
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