Wrestling Observer Flashbacks 1986

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/15/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-22-86/

Time to wrap up 1986 in a neat little bow.  I’ve still gotta write the Sporting News preview for Money in the Bank and maybe do some TV reviews as a break from WON recaps for a little bit, so we’ll probably dive into 1987 starting on Monday.  Plus…Orange is the New Black.

It’s our third straight of the dreaded Slow News Weeks over the Christmas season.  I can only save so many of these with dank memes, Dave!

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/14/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-15-86/

Previously…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/13/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-08-86/

Do you get the feeling that the NBA finals are on a personal mission to destroy WWE’s ratings single-handedly?

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/12/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-01-86/

I’m gonna be sad when the free play weekend for Rocket League on Xbox One comes to an end this morning, because it’s been SUPER easy to find good games online with 40,000 people playing instead of 4000.  My obsession with the game will continue either way, though.  I’m kind of annoyed that apparently a new version of the console is launching this year that doesn’t weigh 400 pounds and supports 4K video.  I guess I could just buy a Roku 4 or Amazon Fire box…OH WAIT I CAN’T I’M IN CANADA.  Not that I’m bitter.

Hey, guess what happened in the week before this issue came out?  STARRCADE ‘86!  Let’s hit the review…

We’ve gotta skip all of November due to more gaps, but at least I can now promise that everything from now on is 100% complete!  And we didn’t miss Starrcade.

Previously…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/10/wrestling-observer-flashback-10-26-86/

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/08/wrestling-observer-flashback-10-06-86/

Unfortunately we skip another couple of weeks, but that just gets us closer to 1987, I guess.

Also unfortunately, this week is a very sad one for fans of the NWA…

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/07/wrestling-observer-flashback-09-22-86/

I’m always amused at how something as innocuous as Dave calling Gorilla Monsoon a horrible announcer can really get under people’s skin.  My views are clouded by nostalgia as much as the next person, but I don’t think he was very good either.  But then I was also never a fan of the Heenan/Monsoon combo either.  YES, I WENT THERE AGAIN.

Previously…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/05/wrestling-observer-flashback-09-15-86/

It’s another one of Dave’s “slow news weeks”, which I guess just means no one died or no promotions vanished.

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/04/wrestling-observer-flashback-08-03-86/

DAMMIT, I knew I should have ordered that UFC last night.

The rest of August is gone, but we head into September with THE BIG EVENT!

This issue only has the first 4 pages, so it’ll be a truncated recap, but all the good stuff is in those pages anyway.  Sadly, the rest of August is gone, though, so it’s off to September after this.

Previously…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/03/wrestling-observer-flashback-07-28-86/

Hey Scott, any chance of a re-rant of Starrcade 86 once you get that
far in the flashbacks?

All things are possible with Jesus and/or the Olive Garden.  A re-rant of the Big Event is definitely coming when we get there, for instance.

Previously… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/06/02/wrestling-observer-flashback-07-21-86/

It’s time for the continuation of the Great American Bash, as in Dave bashing Dusty Rhodes’ booking every week.

To the news!

OK, so I guess suicide and depression discussions are a bit dark for this column.  Duly noted, we’ll keep it light from now on.  We’re pretty much smooth sailing for major deaths until 1987 anyway.

Finally, after our trip back to 1984 and our eventual arrival here, it’s the return of the most-requested* feature in Blog of Doom history**, the running joke by which all other gags are judged!

THIS WEEK IN KERRY VON ERICH STUPIDITY!

* requested by me

** “history” defined as the Memorial Day weekend.

Happy Memorial Day!  Or thoughtful and respectful Memorial Day, however you’re supposed to feel about it, I guess.

See, this guy gets it.

Farewell Raptors!  Now I can go back to not giving a shit about basketball along with the rest of Canada.

The blog is super-dead here on Memorial Day weekend (or as we call it up here, normal weekend), so hopefully there’ll be some dank memes to liven up the joint.

Ah, wrestling, where one guy can beat up another guy for real and flush his head in the toilet for riding with his ex-girlfriend and people are just like “Eh, it’s Dick Slater, what are you gonna do?”

So…Sharks eat Penguins in nature, I’m assuming?

Congrats to the San Jose Sharks on making their first Cup final.  In the absence of teams that I give a shit about this year, I’m rooting for someone new to win the Cup, or at least someone who hasn’t won it in a while, so probably Sharks v. Lightning would be ideal at this point. 

By the way, a reminder that the link to my rant archives is always available for the low price of $20 via Paypal, and it’s now Cultstatus approved!  Instead of updating a zip file, what I do now is give a special link to my OneDrive account, which gives you access to everything I write, updated and archived as I write it.  The only thing that’s not (currently) there is these Flashbacks, because I write them directly to the blog rather than making a Word document first.  There might even be a surprise in there, who knows?

Back to 86 we go…

Skipping ahead again, unfortunately.  Once we get to 1987 it’s a weekly and well-organized trip, thankfully.

Previously on Barbie’s Dreamhouse:  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/05/21/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-30-85/

Sorry, more gaps, as January is missing, but I think it was it was only the Yearbook anyway.