Lol what a strange run he had

What's the funniest thing you have seen in wrestling?

Dale will back me up on this :Kal Rudman and Dick Graham doing commentary on old Philadelphia Spectrum house shows. The WWF used to show Philly house shows on the PRISM Network. Similar to the MSG shows airing on the MSG Network. Anyways, Dick Graham was a Prism employee so they had to use him. Kal was a music industry mogul who somehow got put on commentary between 1980 to the fall of 1982.

They are a riot.

I tried watching Prism earlier. It was unusually bad quality and I got fidgety very quickly.

hmm which show? they're usually decent considering a lot of them are original VHS rips. There's one i can remember that is bad during the 1st match but sorts itself out.

Yeah pretty much all my copies are great quality and I pretty much have every show from that time period.

Also, this promo kills me everytime

Oh and the Vince/Kurt/Austin skits

oh man, literally 3 of the funniest people in wrestling ever together being fucking hilarious. Baby crack corn.

I think Bob Backlund was in it. It was at 240p. I will give PRISM another shot tonight, I may be confused with the plethora of old wrestling shows available on the tube.

Backlund ruins everything

This is my most treasured wrestling memory. Even my sister watched it with me and laughed her head off.

Imagine if Austin and Kurt were both pre-neckbreak at the time. They'd have become the greatest heel team of all time.

Might watch some Hollywood Blondes matches tonight.

Even just Kurt and Vince alone was gold. I remember Angle pleading with Vince to use his 2nd draft pick on him. Vince relented and Angle hugged him all happy. Only to shake his finger at him and go "but I should've been picked first!"

The adverts have not been cut out of some of these old shows. Hostess Pudding Pies and Lady Remington... Also a WWE plug for Predator featuring Jesse Ventura.

Good nostalgia.

yeah that's amazing

Dick Graham and Kal Rudman are dressed like Artie Ziff, they look like Artie Ziff and they seem to come from the Mcmahon style of "Oh No!" "Uh Oh!" and "Look Out!" school of commentary.

Bob fucking Backlund is in every God Damn show jumping around in his gay red jacket like a shit head.
I sure hope Hogan takes this guy down soon.

84-85 is virtually backlund-less. though 83 heavily features don muraco. I like the 85-86 shows with Randy Savage being the best fucking heel ever. Get to see some early Hogan vs Savage matches which rules.

Their 3 MSG show set in late 85 is amazing

In retrospect, WM2 really is a masterclass in how to take a "Not very good but hey it's got a sort of quaint charm" show, as was the original WM, and mercilessly wring all the joy out of it.

I really like WM1 and like WM2 but not as much. They way overcomplicated it.

Hahahahaha

So true

What do you think of Bill Apter?

Wait, tell me more

His contributions to the wrestling business are so understated . He's extremely grating though.

Yeah... Like I know my gran lived through some wild shit and did some cool stuff but she's still a crazy old bat when you sit her down and listen to her talk.

He 100% believes Benoit didn't do it

I just heard him say that in some shoot interview. He also questioned something else legit as if it was a work but I can't remember what because it made me so angry I said out loud "TO WHAT END, BILL?" and turned it off.

He also has this thing where he asks to put wrestlers he interviews in a figure 4 leg lock.

My girlfriend bought me his book for part of my birthday present. Kinda meh.

Started my week vacation today. Got some wrestling shows on the itinerary.

Gonna watch the 350 Days documentary
Gonna continue my 1997 Raw watch. Just finished the April 14, 1997 Raw. I love doing deep dive projects.
I have a September 20, 1980 Madison Square Garden show that I obtained about a year ago that i forgot about. Backlund vs Race Main Event
Plus some 80s Memphis Wrestling.

Jackson Andrews?...Chavos body guard? or was it Tyson Kids body guard?

Oh fuck I completely forgot about Jackson Andrews.

Remember Key?

I really need to know why an old man is putting wrestlers in a figure four

It must be an old person thing.

Ric Flair’s been an old man putting wrestlers in a figure four for twenty years.

Nobody has tapped for at least 25

..............Was he dressed in all white? White hair?

Yessir. He was supposed to be Droz and Prince Albert's drug dealer. Key was supposed to be short for "kilo". Made a couple appearances. That's it.

Reminds me of Reddog, or Mad dog, who would later turn into Rodney Mack.

Watched the April 21,1997 episode of Raw. Still enjoying it more than 98 Raw.

Got the Sept. 22 1980 MSG show on with Vince McMahon and Kal Rudman on commentary. This should be amazing.