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So I was born in 92 so I don't remember a lot of classic wrestling and I would like to binge some old wrestling but I don't quite know where to start.

Background:
Growing up I remember being fans of old school WWF but then my parents switched us to WCW when things started getting nasty on WWF. (I believe my mom states Mark Henry and the transvestite as the last straw) So we watched WCW until it closed and then I dont remember coming back to wrestling until Goldberg came to the WWF (he was my dads favorite) and then I recall stopping again around 2006 and then coming back and staying in in 2009.

The question waswhere should I start? The semi-joke answer is Starcade 83 and alternating ppvs until I quit or get to modern memory and then I started Starcade 83 so what the hell I'll start here. I started the PPV in my other topic. My few comments are below:

eaedwards6400 posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

If you?re only gonna watch the PPVs you might as well watch them all

That being said, I started Starcade 83 just to see if they had it, and A. It's funny his many of these names I recognize but B. How much freaking blood there is just in two matches! Lol

eaedwards6400 posted...

Charlie Brown from outta town lol. That was surprisingly enjoyable match. Also, Harlie Race carries a dark promo lol

eaedwards6400 posted...

I stopped for the night before Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper match. Charlie Brown was doing a lot of the Rich Swann Dance where he moves his legs back and forward and pointing at his opponent. Perhaps Charlie Brown from Outta Town was ahead of his time lol

Scare would then tell me that these are dances move from James Brown. Oops lol

I resumed my watch tonight while my wife was at the gym. Piper and Valentine was freaking intense. It's so funny too because after all that it was a no title match. There is a lot of blood in this PPV. I wasnt expecting that at all. I'm watching the Briscoes vs Steamboat and Jay Youngblood.

Side notes: Its so funny how young Tony Schiavone looks in 83. Also, does anyone know who this commentary team is? I like it they definitely feel like they are like almost monotone but they treat it like a true sport and I like it.
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I absolutely love how alive that crowd in Greensboro is. They are absolutely pumped up.

So, I finished the tag match and this match had the tag interference by the ref and then the titles change hands but then the Briscoes attacked... I think the Charlie Brown match was the only one where the wrestlers didnt continue to fight after the match lol
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I tried getting through all the WWE PPVs a few years back and kind of stalled out in the mid-2000's. Every once in a while, when I'm bored I'll go through another one of those, but I'm still in 2005. I didn't pick back up on watching wrestling until 2012, so I've still got a ways to go there.

I never considered doing something like this with all the past WCW ones worked in too. I'd like to hear your thoughts on them as you go!
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Oh we're having the star spangled banner before while they put up the steel cage lol
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Lol Flair gets the entrance music, the lights, fog, even a tiny bit of pyro, and a police escort lol. Harlie Race just gets the escort lol
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I like Harlie Race. I feel like we see people in the modern era do less than Race is doing here. Races moveset could work in a modern setting if the pace was picked up a tad bit. Flair is looking good too but I think this is the first time I've seen a Race match is the difference. Also, typicall Flair busted open.
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That's the finish? That was so sloppy lol
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Well that's Starcade 83!

Top 3 matches:
1. Race v Flair
2. Piper v Valentine
3. Steamboat/Youngblood vs The Briscoes

Top 3 stars:
1. Harlie Race
2. Roddy Piper
3. Ricky Steamboat

Honorable Mention: Charlie Brown from Outta Town
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Just for accuracys sake, its Harley and The Briscos

When you add the e, that indicates the ROH tag team
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I always wondered how you were supposed to distinguish between Brisco teams

I wanted to bring Jimmy Valiant (AKA Charlie Brown) in on TEW after seeing some of his stuff. I forget why that didn't work out.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Just for accuracy?s sake, it?s ?Harley? and ?The Briscos?

When you add the ?e,? that indicates the ROH tag team

D'oh. Thanks!
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Tom Bombadil posted...

I always wondered how you were supposed to distinguish between Brisco teams

I wanted to bring Jimmy Valiant (AKA Charlie Brown) in on TEW after seeing some of his stuff. I forget why that didn't work out.

So now knowing this his after match interview where he said that win was for Jimmy "The Boogie Woogie Man" Valiant is even more hilarious.
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As I understand it was like a Mr. America/Hulk Hogan situation
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That makes more sense. I think that will be hard to track some things like that during this binge.
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Tom Bombadil posted...

As I understand it was like a Mr. America/Hulk Hogan situation

Im sorry, but its so precious that this is your reference point for the Midnight Rider angle
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For reference, Dusty Rhodes lost a match where he was banned from the state of Florida for 60 days

Coincidentally, a new masked wrestler debuted on the next show

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/9b/4f/109b4fe443e0176d60b15c962071130a.jpg
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that was the Yellow Dog thing with Pillman too right?
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Correct
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I didn't watch but next up is going to be Starcade 84.

Also for reference, I am just following these wiki pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NWA/WCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_events#1980s

We'll see what the next work has and what it doesn't have and go from there.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Tom Bombadil posted...

As I understand it was like a Mr. America/Hulk Hogan situation

Im sorry, but its so precious that this is your reference point for the Midnight Rider angle

Ah, the old Mysterious and Handsome Stranger routine
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Starting Starcade 84 aside from the recap and the announcers the first familiar face is Earl Hebner!

Also, JR Heavyweight Championship? Hmmm.
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Also, I feel like production value has increased in the year
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I didn't watch last night, bump
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I was watching Starcade 84 tonight. Barr defended his title with dirty pin and the commentary cuts to talking about the title being disputed and then the feed cuts to another freaking ring/commentary team and someone tying someone else in the corner. What the hell is happening lol
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Oh I guess it was a recap from another show?
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How many titles are there?! Brass Knuckle, South Florida, Jr Heavyweight. And that just hour 1
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It's the pre-Turner NWA, so it's not all consolidated around just the Mid-Atlantic set of titles yet.
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bumpo
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Thanks!
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JJ Dillion is like the Bobby Heenan before Bobby Heenan.
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Bobby Heenan predates JJ Dillon as a manager by a long time
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Oh that makes sense but the similarities are quite strong nevertheless.
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Bump
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oh
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Thanks for the bump!

I'm watching Steamboat vs Blanchard now. I dont love how much they are focusing on Steamboats ribs. It is taking away from looks like would be a much better match.

And I type this steamboat does two leap frogs over blanchard and a powerslam. Also, I thought blanchard would be bigger.
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Also, a lot less blood in Starcade 84.
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Was that really a brash knuckle finish? Lol.

Wow! How did the ref miss that?! Lol
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Superstar Billy Graham is much older than I thought he would be too. But the same goes for Wahoo McDaniel.
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Wow. That match was short and disappointing.
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Oh, Hey smoking Joe Frazier and Kyle Petty.
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Next time it is Flair v Rhodes
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bumpo
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Tonight if we're lucky
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The Rhodes Flair match was extremely disappointing. I wonder how much of that was Kayfabe but the whole thing was awful.

That show was just so much worse than Starcade 83

Top 3 Matches:
1. Steamboat vs Blanchard
2. Koloffs vs Ole Anderson and Keith Larson
3. Jesse Barr vs Mike Graham

Top 3 Wrestlers
1. Ricky Steamboat
2. Tully Blanchard
3. Ric Flair

Honorable Mention: Jesse Bar

Overall:
Shows:
1. Starcade 83
2. Starcade 84

Matches
1. Race vs Flair
2. Piper vs Valentine
3. Steamboat vs Blanchard

Superstars
1. Harley Race
2. Ricky Steamboat
3. Roddypiper
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Have you seen WM1 before?
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I have but not recently. If I recall correctly, Starcade 83 is still going to be better.
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Just started Starcade 85 and we have a theme song and Tont Schiavone the desk!
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Why did you skip WM?
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