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1982 WRESTLING OBSERVER TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

NWA World Tag Team Champions

185 days in 1982

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling May 1, 1982

Magazine Cover of the Week

Sports Review Wrestling

October 1982

Match of The Day (Memphis Classic)

Memphis Wrestling (Louisville Feed) - 8/14/82 - Flair vs. Lawler

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Sweet Brown Sugar (Koko B Ware) and Bobby Eaton

5 time AWA Southern Tag Team Champions

Today in Wrestling History (August 29th)

August 29th 1982

St. Paul, MN

Otto Wanz defeats Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA World Heavyweight title.

Wanz would hold the title for 41 days before losing the belt back to Bockwinkle in Chicago IL on October 9th 1982

This would be Wanz only reign with the AWA World Title.

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Week

Pro Wrestling Illustrated 

March 1982

1982 PWI Tag Team of the Year

The High Flyers

Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell

AWA World Tag Team Champions

June 14th 1981 - June 26th 1983

02/06/1982: Tommy Rich vs. Buzz Sawyer

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

February 1982

Match of the Night (Junkyard Dog vs Dibiase)

The Mid South North American Heavyweight Title

June 23rd 1982

Shreveport, LA

Junkyard Dog

North American Heavyweight Champion

vs

Ted Dibiase

(3 time former champion)

Killer Kowalski on Late Night with David Letterman

Killer Kowalski being interviewed in 1982 by David Letterma on his NBC show Late Night.

sorry for the sometimes muddled audio

Match of the Day

Today's match of the day goes back to circa 1982 and a different looking Dynamite Kid.
Just before he would be blown up on steroids he was actually just a little muscular but always very quick and agile and a highflyer.
In this match we see him against Japanese legend (the first)Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama.

Match of the Day

From 1982 WWF Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund defends against Cowboy Bob Orton. This is truly kicking it old school.