The match that didn't happen n should have n would have been huge was Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs the Road Warriors ! The two best tag teams in the bussiness going against each other was supposed to happen at the Battle of the Belts in Florida back in 1985 but didn't.
Hansen in his shoot...
If I had to pick a favorite memory it had to be the feud he and Lanny had vs the Rock n Roll express in Memphis. The highlight was when Randy took Ricky Morton and gave him a piledriver through a table ! This was around 1984 and u didn't see moves like that anywhere !!!! Just an awesome moment !!!
If I had to pick a best year I'd go 1985:
WWF gets Saturday Nights Main Events on NBC
Get their own Saturday morning Cartoon
The first Wrestle Mania
The War to Settle the Score on MTV
Hogan on the cover of Sports Illustrated
This was the year that Vince was able to get the non...
Some possible names for me:
Nikita Koloff- The Russian Nightmare n Magnum T.A. had a great feud over the stap back in 1986.
Magnum T.A.
Roddy Piper
But I'm gonna go with Tully Blanchard as my favorite followed closely Barry Windham n Greg Valentine
Pound for pound I'd go with 3 guys:
Doug Furnas
Bruno Samartino
Steve "Dr.Death" Williams
Feats of strength:
Johnny the Bull press slaming Rikishi n Dr. Death press slaming Big Bubba( Boss Man) 5 times in a row over his head.
From the list I'll go with Piper but a couple of guys from the 80's who haven't been mentioned n should be: Gino Hernandez, Michael Hayes, n Tully Blanchard. These guys were GREAT heels who would get NUCLEAR heat from the fans ! They were so naturally hateable it was rediculus !!!!
Bruno-Larry Zbyszko easily ! It drew packed houses all up and down the East coast and set gate records at the time that stood for years ! It climaxed of course at Shea stadium in August of 1980 drawing 36,000 fans !
Of course it's Flair ! Look at who he put over, gave a rub, or made:
Ric Steamboat: Took a no-name and lost on t.v. to Steamboat while Flair was the mid-atlantic champ and Steamboat was made !
Sting: First Clash of Champions main event made Sting a legit star !
Magnum T.A.: Left...
Gonna go with Ric Flair easily. Won the NWA title in 1981 and held it for the majority of th decade and defended it all over the country and the world. He was still on top of his game by 1989, it may have been his best year inside the ring !
Fantastic promo's and classic matches against the...
Oh this is Flair easily and Sting would probably agree himself. It was his feud and pursuit of the WCW title against Flair that put Sting on the wrestling map ! This should really be a no-contest in my opinion.
Without question Sting's overrated, and this is coming from a NWA/WCW fan who hated the WWF/WWE. This idea of him as a legend and an all-time great is just crazy !
Don't get me wrong I liked Sting, I loved his feud with the Great Muta and of course with Flair, and the guy had lots of...
As someone who started watching back in 1977 and used to buy all the wrestling mags every month I grew out of the current product 10 years ago. I still watch old school wrestling on YOUTUBE and the tapes that I have but I can't watch "Sports Entertainment". I do keep up with what's going on in...
I'm going with Kobashi on this one easily ! He's not only one of the best workers of his time but of all-time ! Be it as a singles wrestler or tag teamer he's been involved in some of the best matches of the 1990's and along with Misawa and Kawada they were the best in-ring workers among the...
The 4 Horsemen get the nod from me ! Flair,Ole,Arn,Tully, and J.J. Dillon dominated the NWA and held all the titles !
I'd also have the Freebirds a very close second.
Has to be both Bruno Sammartino and Lou Thesz ! Both had title runs of over 7 plus years and defended the titles all over the world and in different territories all over the country !
Moolah had at times lost her title but much like Andre not being beaten for 15 years or never being slammed...
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