Magazine Cover of the Week

1975

NWA Florida Tag Team Champions (1970s)

NWA Florida Tag Team Champions

Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi

Defeated Dick Slater and Toru Tanaka on December 28th 1974 in Tampa, FL. and held the titles until February 4th 1975.  They lost the belts to Dick Slater and J.J. Dillon.

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!

The Valiant Brothers

(Luscious Johnny and Handsome Jimmy)

WWA Tag Team Champions (January - May 1974)

WWF Tag Team Champions ( May 1974 - May 1975)

NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions (July - September 1976)

NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team Champions (Dec 1976 - Feb 1977)

NWA (Florida) US Tag Team Champions (January 1978)

WE LOVE ALL JAPAN

Shohei "Giant" Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta

6 time NWA International Tag Team Champions

Between 1975 and 1983

International Match of the Day

April 1975

All Japan PWF Heavyweight Title Match

Shohei "Giant" Baba

(champion)

vs

Dick the Bruiser

09/13/1975: Andre the Giant vs. Eric Von Heller & the Masked Marauder

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

May 1975

Wrestling Magazine of the Day

November 1975

History of the WWF/WWE Tag Team Titles

History of the WWF/WWE Tag Team Championship

1971-09/16/2012

(see a full listing of title holders here)

Dick the Bruiser in Japan

I dont know what year this was or what they heck they are saying (I need to learn japanese if I keep posting these) but this is probably the rarest of Dick the Bruiser footage. Bruiser in Japan 1975 facing fellow legend Giant Baba.
Now Bruiser wasnt a big traveler to Japan so the crowd doesnt have much reaction to him and they sit in studied silence watching this match unfold.
We get to see a Bruiser probably unfamiliar to most Bruiser fans, the heel wrestler facing a tremendous fan favorite in Baba and the japanese crowd arent sure what to make of our Bruiser.
Now Bruiser had to make a small fortune to do this because Baba usually didnt do the the blade jobs and this match both men brought the blood and he gave Baba a pinfall victory over him which was a rarity. Notice at the end of the match that Bruiser's "second" in the ring was a young Bob Orton Jr. and Bruiser almost clobbers Lord James Blears who is in the ring to present Baba with his title belt.
At the end of Part 2 there is a brief clip of Bruiser facing Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Title.