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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCCW 03-29-1986

16th January 2023 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: March 29, 1986 (taped 03/21)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Bill Mercer

How will the Fantastics fare against Grappler and Tatum? What happens between Sunshine and Missy? Can Simpson upset Rude? What’s going on with Brody? Hit the couch and enjoy some Texas ‘rasslin’!

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Bret & Owen Hart vs. Well Dunn (and other Dream Matches!)

14th December 2022 by Jabroniville
1995 WWF Magazine Wrestling - Gallery | Trading Card Database

Boy, I hope you guys like Well Dunn, because I went on a tear of YouTube clips featuring the lowest-tier heel team in WWF history! My god, they faced the Blus, Headshrinkers, and did all sorts of trios matches! This column will be a veritable “Best of Well Dunn”! I bet you can’t WAIT!

Welcome back to more Dream Matches! I fill this one with a handful of oddities today, as we get an ever-rare “Bret & Owen Hart in a tag team” match, as they dress like a real tag team and take on an actual team in the bottom-tier Well Dunn shortly before the “Hart Brothers vs. Not-Jerry Lawler and His Knights” Survivor Series match!

After that, it’s a follow-up to last week’s column, as Terry Funk & Stan Hansen meet each other again, this time with Dory Funk Jr. backing up his brother and Terry Gordy backing up Stan! Then it’s something that’s apparently an old tape-trader classic, as the “Gotta get all the Sabu matches we can find!” days saw a lot of Sabu vs. Chris Candido matches on fancams! Oh, and I didn’t want this to be only three matches long, so I stick in a WCW Prime jobber match- “Dirty” Dick Slater & Bunkhouse Buck vs. Los Especialistas! I was hoping they’d be some interesting Luchadores… but no.

BRET & OWEN HART vs. WELL DUNN (Timothy Well & Steven Dunn, w/ Harvey Whippleman):
(WWF Wrestling Challenge, Nov 14th 1993)
* Hahahaha HELL YES, couldn’t find Harts vs. Steiners on YouTube, but I have THIS! Well Dunn were two indie tag guys just slapped in singlets with goofy thongs over top and thrown out there to die as a “Fake Featured” tag team that just jobbed to all the top ones. I didn’t realize they’d been fed to the Harts. They’re in black singlets & purple thongs this week, and hey, wasn’t Well in better shape? He looks pasty and with no physique here. Of more interest is the Hart Brothers’ matching outfits- Bret’s in all pink (his regular look temporarily) and Owen’s in all BLUE, dropping his parachute pants and lacking the black singlet he’d later wear for the rest of his life. For “Gear Nerds” like me, that’s a very unique look, especially as a duo.

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Rock Star Gary reflects on Tales from the Territories: WCCW

28th November 2022 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from God knows where

Airdate: November 22, 2022

Attendance: 5

Hosted by Kevin Von Erich, Brian Adias, “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin, David Manning, & Chavo Guerrero, Jr.

Time to head to Texas for the WCCW episode. I normally don’t review talk shows, so let’s play a game…

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCCW 02-08-1986

14th November 2022 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: February 8, 1986 (taped 01/24)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Bill Mercer

Can Lance and Parsons put the Freebirds in their place? Or will Gordy have something up his sleeve? All this and more, but first we have some…

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCCW 02-01-1986

7th November 2022 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: February 1, 1986 (taped 01/24)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Bill Mercer & Marc Lowrance

Can Kerry defeat Gordy, or will the Freebirds get in his way? How will Tatum perform being stuck in Missy’s doghouse? What’s the latest on the Dynamic Duo? Get comfortable, and let’s enjoy some Texas ‘rasslin’.

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCCW 01-18-1985

24th October 2022 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: January 18, 1985 (taped 01/10)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Bill Mercer

Can Adias recapture the Texas title, or will Grappler find a way to retain? What’s new with the Freebirds? How did they fare against the Von Erichs on Christmas night? Who wins between Victory and Parsons? Get this before it’s all gone!

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCCW 01-04-1986

3rd October 2022 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: January 4, 1985 (taped 12/25)

Attendance: 14,000

Hosted by Bill Mercer

Who are the Cosmic Cowboys, and will they become American tag team champions? How will the Freebirds fare against Peterson and Youngblood? What’s the latest on the Missing Link? Since it’s Christmas, let’s show some holiday cheer!

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Rock Star Gary reflects on WCCW 12-21-1985

19th September 2022 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Dallas, TX

Airdate: December 21, 1985 (taped 12/13)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Bill Mercer

Can Casey and Parsons topple Kabuki and Link? How will Adias and Youngblood fare against the Dynamic Duo? Who are the new kids in town and what do they want?

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling “The Ultimate Challenge Special” – March 25, 1990

28th June 2021 by LScisco

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan host tonight’s show, which aired on USA Network on March 25.  Instead of doing the show from the studio, though, they are on location from the Sparkles Nightclub in the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  The matches on this broadcast were taped in San Francisco, California on March 7 as part of the Wrestling Challenge tapings that took place in the same location.

Heenan is anxious about being in CN Tower, telling Monsoon that the building is swaying.  They renew their gag about Heenan needing tickets for WrestleMania VI and when Monsoons says he has secured them, Heenan demands to know if they are in the front row.  Monsoon asks Heenan why he agreed to have the Colossal Connection face the Rockers a week before WrestleMania.  Heenan responds that he arranged the match because Andre the Giant wanted to send a message to the Hart Foundation.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – March 4, 1990

4th June 2021 by LScisco

Tony Schiavone and Gorilla Monsoon are in the booth and they start a new round of television tapings in Tucson, Arizona.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on February 14.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – February 18, 1990

19th May 2021 by LScisco

Tony Schiavone and Gorilla Monsoon are doing commentary and they are taped from Fort Myers, Florida.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – February 11, 1990

12th May 2021 by LScisco

Tony Schiavone and Gorilla Monsoon are doing commentary and they are broadcasting from Fort Myers, Florida.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on January 23 and drew a sellout crowd of 5,000 fans.

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Rock Star Gary reflects on AWA on ESPN 09-03-1985

5th April 2021 by Rock Star Gary

Taped from Atlantic, City, NJ

Airdate: September 3, 1985 (taped 07/08)

Attendance: unknown

Hosted by Larry Nelson, Dick McLeod, & Nick Bockwinkel

Can Gordy defeat Martel and become World champion? What’s on the mind of the Road Warriors? Long Riders? Jimmy Garvin? What’s that? A pair of wrestlers have infiltrated this reflection? Let’s check it out!

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What the World Was Watching: SMW Thanksgiving Thunder ’95 (Cookeville) – Last of the Series!

3rd March 2021 by LScisco

This event – the last in Smoky Mountain Wrestling’s history – took place at the Cookeville Community Center in Cookeville, Tennessee on November 26, 1995.  Attendance for the show could not be found, but there are lots of empty seats and a generous estimate of the crowd might be 150 people.  Like the Thanksgiving Thunder show in Johnson City, this event was recorded by a fan.

Fans do not take kindly to the announcement that Terry Gordy is not in attendance because of a “concussion.”

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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – November 18, 1995

10th February 2021 by LScisco

Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are doing commentary and they are taped from Cumberland, Kentucky.

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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – November 11, 1995

3rd February 2021 by LScisco

Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher kick off the last television taping in the promotion’s history at Cumberland High School in Cumberland, Kentucky.  According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the taping took place on November 6 and attracted 200 fans.

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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – November 4, 1995

27th January 2021 by LScisco

Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are in the booth and they are concluding the tapings in Harlan, Kentucky.

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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain Wrestling – October 28, 1995

20th January 2021 by LScisco

Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are handling commentary and they are taped from Harlan, Kentucky.

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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – October 21, 1995

13th January 2021 by LScisco

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Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are doing commentary and they are taped from Harlan, Kentucky.

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What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – October 14, 1995

6th January 2021 by LScisco

Chip Kessler and Les Thatcher are calling the action, originating from Caywood High School in Harlan, Kentucky.  According to prowrestlinghistory.com, the taping, which took place on October 9, drew a small crowd of 200 fans.

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