June 1984
The tragic passing of David Von Erich at young age of 25 while on tour in Japan.
He was tabbed to be the next big thing and probably win the NWA World Championship when back in the US.
Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1984. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Monday, August 5, 2019
WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING (Harley Race Edition)
October 26th 1984
NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Harley Race challenging Rick Martel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship at Kiel Auditorium in St.Louis, Missouri.
The match ended in a 60-minute draw and only Martel's AWA World Title was on the line.
Thursday, February 21, 2019
PWI Achievement Awards 1984
Ric Flair
Pro Wrestling Illustrated 1984 Wrestler of the Year
This was The Nature Boy's 2nd of an eventual 6 Wrestler of the Year Awards from PWI. His first was for 1981 followed by 1984, 85, 86, 89, and 1992. He has by far the most Wrestler of the Year awards followed by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and A.J. Styles with 3 apiece.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Monday, December 25, 2017
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING
The great music videos done for The Fabulous Ones
(Steve Keirn and Stan Lane)
This is the first wrestling music video I ever saw, it was 1984, done on the cheap but I just never forgot this and I became a fan of the Fabulous Ones after this!
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The British Bulldogs
The British Bulldogs
Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team champions
Won the belts March 31st 1984 in a tournament final over
Bad News Allen and The Cuban Assassin
They held the titles until leaving for the WWF in August of 1984
Friday, July 4, 2014
Today In Wrestling History (July 3rd and 4th)
July 3rd 2006
Edge defeats John Cena and Rob Van Dam in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Heavyweight Title during Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia.
July 3rd 2006
Taiyo Kea defeats Satoshi Kojima in Tokyo, Japan to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight championship.
July 4th 1983
Kevin, Kerry and David Von Erich defeat The Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Championship
July 4th 1984
The Fabulous Freebirds defeat Kevin, Kerry and Mike Von Erich for the vacant NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Titles.
(A Badstreet style match)
Edge defeats John Cena and Rob Van Dam in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Heavyweight Title during Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia.
July 3rd 2006
Taiyo Kea defeats Satoshi Kojima in Tokyo, Japan to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight championship.
July 4th 1983
Kevin, Kerry and David Von Erich defeat The Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Championship
July 4th 1984
The Fabulous Freebirds defeat Kevin, Kerry and Mike Von Erich for the vacant NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Titles.
(A Badstreet style match)
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day
Sports Review Wrestling
March 1984
coverage of the first StarrCade held in November 1983
Friday, December 27, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Tag Team Match of the Night (Moondogs vs Fabulous Ones)
Anything Goes Tag Team Match
The Moondogs w/Jimmy Hart
vs
The Fabulous Ones
January 9th 1984
Mid South Coliseum
Memphis TN
Monday, October 22, 2012
Today in Wrestling History - October 22nd
1979 - Tito Santana and Ivan Putski defeat Johnny and Jerry Valiant for the WWF Tag Team Titles in Madison Square Garden, New York City.
1984 - The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane) defeat Rick Rude and King Kong Bundy to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning Keirn and Lane's eighth of 14 reigns as champions
1994 - Toshiaki Kawada defeats "Dr. Death" Steve Williams for the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight in Tokyo, Japan.
1995 - WWF held their fourth In Your House Pay-per-view in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at the Winnipeg Arena.
Here are the results: -
Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Fatu.
WWF World Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns defeated The 1-2-3 Kid & Razor Ramon when Billy pinned The Kid. -
Goldust, in his WWF debut, defeated Marty Janetty.
Yokozuna vs. Mabel ended in a double disqualification.
Shawn Michaels, who had been beaten up outside of a bar (legitimately) and was unable to wrestle, forfeited the WWF Intercontinental Title to Dean (Shane) Douglas.
Razor Ramon defeated Dean Douglas to win the WWF Intercontinental Title.
Davey Boy Smith defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel via disqualification.
1984 - The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane) defeat Rick Rude and King Kong Bundy to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning Keirn and Lane's eighth of 14 reigns as champions
1994 - Toshiaki Kawada defeats "Dr. Death" Steve Williams for the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight in Tokyo, Japan.
1995 - WWF held their fourth In Your House Pay-per-view in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at the Winnipeg Arena.
Here are the results: -
Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Fatu.
WWF World Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns defeated The 1-2-3 Kid & Razor Ramon when Billy pinned The Kid. -
Goldust, in his WWF debut, defeated Marty Janetty.
Yokozuna vs. Mabel ended in a double disqualification.
Shawn Michaels, who had been beaten up outside of a bar (legitimately) and was unable to wrestle, forfeited the WWF Intercontinental Title to Dean (Shane) Douglas.
Razor Ramon defeated Dean Douglas to win the WWF Intercontinental Title.
Davey Boy Smith defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel via disqualification.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Today in Wrestling History - October 20th
1984
The NWA World Tag Team Title Match
Cage Match
Greensboro NC
Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle
(Champions)
vs
Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Match of the Night
October 14th 1984
Madison Square Garden
The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff
vs
Sgt Slaughter and Andre the Giant
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Match of the Day
Today's match is from Feb 1984 and just before the WWF turned some of the legends of pro wrestling into cartoon characters. This battle royal was in St Louis MO, the hotbed of pro wrestling west of the Mississippi.
The fans loved it and it was a ring full of some of the biggest names in the sport then and now.
The fans loved it and it was a ring full of some of the biggest names in the sport then and now.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
This Week in Wrestling History July 4th
1966 - Don Leo Jonathan & Haystacks Calhoun defeat John Tolos & Tony
Borne to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title.
1974 - Ric Flair & Rip Hawk defeat Paul Jones & Bob Bruggers in Greensboro, North Carolina to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title.
1983 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:
- Michael Hayes defeated Iceman King Parsons in a Lights Out match.
- Bruiser Brody vs. Kamala ended in a double disqualification.
- David Von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin to win the vacant World Class Texas Heavyweight Title.
- The Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin & David) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) in a three falls match when Kevin pinned Hayes to win the deciding fall.
1987 - Jim Crockett Promotions holds the main show of their 1987 Great American Bash tour in Atlanta, Georgia at the Omni, featuring the debut of "War Games: The Match Beyond". The match features two rings, side by side, covered by a large steel cage with a roof. The bout saw The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger) & manager JJ Dillon vs. Dusty Rhodes , Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors & manager Paul Ellering. The match started with Rhodes vs. Anderson for five minutes, then the teams alternated sending in a wrestler in two minute intervals.
Once both teams were completely inside the cage, the match could only end by submission or surrender. Dillon surrendered after being bloodied by the Warriors and Ellering, giving Rhodes' team the victory. Dillon was injured during the match, and was replaced in the other War Games matches on the Bash tour by "The War Machine" (Bubba Rogers under a mask). The match would become a staple of Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW for years to come.
Here are results from the rest of the card:
- Kendall Windham defeated Gladiator #1.
- Sting defeated Thunderfoot #1.
- Lazertron defeated Spike of the Mod Squad.
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Basher of the Mod Squad.
- UWF Western States Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner.
- Ronnie & Jimmy Garvin defeated Vladimir Petrov & The Barbarian.
- UWF Tag Team Champions Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong defeated Big Bubba Rogers & Angel Of Death.
- Chris Adams defeated Black Bart via DQ.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) defeated Ivan Koloff, Manny Fernandez & Paul Jones.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock N' Roll Express defeated The Midnight Express via DQ.
- Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch in a Texas Death Match.
1984 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:
- Killer Khan defeated Mike Reed.
- Scott Irwin & The Missing Link defeated Jose Lothario & Buck Zumhoffe.
- World Class American Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated
Jules Strongbow.
- Kelly Kiniski defeated George Weingroff.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) defeated The Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin & Mike) to win the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Title when Hayes pinned Kevin.
- Iceman King Parsons defeated Bill Irwin in a singles match to win the World Class American Tag Team Title. Parsons chose Buck Zumhoffe as his partner.
- Gino Hernandez won a "Pole Battle Royal" in which a check was affixed to the top of a pole in the corner of the ring and the wrestlers had to try and climb the pole to be the first to get it.
- Chris Adams & Stella Mae French defeated Jimmy Garvin & Precious in a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match when Adams pinned Garvin.
1985 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:
- Steve Casey defeated Jack Victory.
- Brian Adidas vs. Jim Powers ended in a no-contest.
- The Fantastics defeated Rip Oliver & Kelly Kiniski in a three falls match in two straight falls.
- Iceman King Parsons defeated Tim Brooks.
- Kerry Von Erich defeated The One Man Gang in a Chicago Death Match.
- The Great Kabuki defeated Chris Adams.
- Sunshine defeated Jim Cornette. Cornette had to wrestle with one arm tied behind his back and a blindfold on.
- Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich when Adams pinned Kerry.
1986 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Dallas, Texas, with the following results:
- The Grapplers defeated Brad & Bart Batten.
- Buzz Sawyer defeated Brian Adidas to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated The Great Kabuki to win the World Class
Brass Knuckles Title.
- Sunshine defeated The Raven.
- Steve Simpson defeated Tim Brooks.
- Bruiser Brody vs. Abdullah The Butcher ended in a double disqualification.
- Chris Adams defeated Rick Rude to win the World Class World Heavyweight Title.
- World Class Six-Man Tag Champions The Von Erichs (Kevin, Mike & Lance)
defeated Butch Reed, Buzz Sawyer, & Matt Borne.
1990 - John Tatum defeats Bill Dundee in Dallas, Texas to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title for a third time, ending Dundee's third reign, and putting an end to a back and forth series of title switches between the two.
Borne to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title.
1974 - Ric Flair & Rip Hawk defeat Paul Jones & Bob Bruggers in Greensboro, North Carolina to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title.
1983 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:
- Michael Hayes defeated Iceman King Parsons in a Lights Out match.
- Bruiser Brody vs. Kamala ended in a double disqualification.
- David Von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin to win the vacant World Class Texas Heavyweight Title.
- The Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin & David) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) in a three falls match when Kevin pinned Hayes to win the deciding fall.
1987 - Jim Crockett Promotions holds the main show of their 1987 Great American Bash tour in Atlanta, Georgia at the Omni, featuring the debut of "War Games: The Match Beyond". The match features two rings, side by side, covered by a large steel cage with a roof. The bout saw The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger) & manager JJ Dillon vs. Dusty Rhodes , Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors & manager Paul Ellering. The match started with Rhodes vs. Anderson for five minutes, then the teams alternated sending in a wrestler in two minute intervals.
Once both teams were completely inside the cage, the match could only end by submission or surrender. Dillon surrendered after being bloodied by the Warriors and Ellering, giving Rhodes' team the victory. Dillon was injured during the match, and was replaced in the other War Games matches on the Bash tour by "The War Machine" (Bubba Rogers under a mask). The match would become a staple of Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW for years to come.
Here are results from the rest of the card:
- Kendall Windham defeated Gladiator #1.
- Sting defeated Thunderfoot #1.
- Lazertron defeated Spike of the Mod Squad.
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Basher of the Mod Squad.
- UWF Western States Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner.
- Ronnie & Jimmy Garvin defeated Vladimir Petrov & The Barbarian.
- UWF Tag Team Champions Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong defeated Big Bubba Rogers & Angel Of Death.
- Chris Adams defeated Black Bart via DQ.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) defeated Ivan Koloff, Manny Fernandez & Paul Jones.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock N' Roll Express defeated The Midnight Express via DQ.
- Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch in a Texas Death Match.
1984 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:
- Killer Khan defeated Mike Reed.
- Scott Irwin & The Missing Link defeated Jose Lothario & Buck Zumhoffe.
- World Class American Heavyweight Champion Gino Hernandez defeated
Jules Strongbow.
- Kelly Kiniski defeated George Weingroff.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) defeated The Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin & Mike) to win the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Title when Hayes pinned Kevin.
- Iceman King Parsons defeated Bill Irwin in a singles match to win the World Class American Tag Team Title. Parsons chose Buck Zumhoffe as his partner.
- Gino Hernandez won a "Pole Battle Royal" in which a check was affixed to the top of a pole in the corner of the ring and the wrestlers had to try and climb the pole to be the first to get it.
- Chris Adams & Stella Mae French defeated Jimmy Garvin & Precious in a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match when Adams pinned Garvin.
1985 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Fort Worth, Texas, with the following results:
- Steve Casey defeated Jack Victory.
- Brian Adidas vs. Jim Powers ended in a no-contest.
- The Fantastics defeated Rip Oliver & Kelly Kiniski in a three falls match in two straight falls.
- Iceman King Parsons defeated Tim Brooks.
- Kerry Von Erich defeated The One Man Gang in a Chicago Death Match.
- The Great Kabuki defeated Chris Adams.
- Sunshine defeated Jim Cornette. Cornette had to wrestle with one arm tied behind his back and a blindfold on.
- Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich when Adams pinned Kerry.
1986 - World Class Championship Wrestling held their "Independence Day Star Wars" event in Dallas, Texas, with the following results:
- The Grapplers defeated Brad & Bart Batten.
- Buzz Sawyer defeated Brian Adidas to win the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated The Great Kabuki to win the World Class
Brass Knuckles Title.
- Sunshine defeated The Raven.
- Steve Simpson defeated Tim Brooks.
- Bruiser Brody vs. Abdullah The Butcher ended in a double disqualification.
- Chris Adams defeated Rick Rude to win the World Class World Heavyweight Title.
- World Class Six-Man Tag Champions The Von Erichs (Kevin, Mike & Lance)
defeated Butch Reed, Buzz Sawyer, & Matt Borne.
1990 - John Tatum defeats Bill Dundee in Dallas, Texas to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title for a third time, ending Dundee's third reign, and putting an end to a back and forth series of title switches between the two.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Back to Japan
A tag team match from Japan, May 18th 1984. Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis (WWF Tag Team Champs) vs The Mask Superstar and Hulk Hogan.
Hogan was on his way to the WWF and the Heavyweight Championship and changing the course of pro wrestling in the USA. The Masked Superstar was Bill Eadie who in a few years would show up in the WWF as a member of Demolition (Ax) and also become a WWF Tag Team Champion.
Here in another unusual pairing where we see some down and dirty old school wrestling. Just black tights, black boots and wrestling.
Hogan was on his way to the WWF and the Heavyweight Championship and changing the course of pro wrestling in the USA. The Masked Superstar was Bill Eadie who in a few years would show up in the WWF as a member of Demolition (Ax) and also become a WWF Tag Team Champion.
Here in another unusual pairing where we see some down and dirty old school wrestling. Just black tights, black boots and wrestling.
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