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The legendary Jim Cornette "garbage tapes" are indeed real and for the first time, to my great delight, are now available on DVD via Cornette's official website. They are amazing, but we'll get to that in a moment. First, here's some back story for those who don't know of this legend:
When Turner Broadcasting purchased Jim Crockett Promotions and representatives of what would become WCW cleaned out the old Crockett office in Charlotte, they didn't take everything...but Jim Cornette did.
In a story that has been told and re-told so many times it's become an almost ridiculous fable (the first version I was told, in 1994 by the late former AWF promoter Gordon Scozzari, was that Cornette had ventured into a garbage dump and found the material under a pile of chicken bones), Turner executives decided that some old film reels had no value at all and discarded them (yes, even then, WCW was making stupid decisions) leaving them behind to be thrown out by the janitor....the same janitor who Jim Cornette had already asked to call him if Turner execs didn't take everything. Cornette came by and picked up the reels as well as some other material that was left to be thrown in the garbage.
The aforementioned reels that included clips of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling live events that were shot on 16 MM film for potential inclusion in the old Crockett TV....which included footage of Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, promos, and even an early TV episode, and so much more....so much that I'll just include the list below, because the best way for you to say "Oh sh**" the way I did when I first learned of this set is to read through the sheer amount of material available and feel like Indiana Jones did when he finally found the Lost Ark of the Covenant.
Cornette, realizing that the material had not been stored well, found a friend that could transfer the old film to VHS and paid for that expense. He eventually offered copies to his friends and those VHS tapes (well second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. generations) made the rounds among the trading circuit but the originals remained locked in a vault somewhere in Louisville, Kentucky inside Cornette's home. It was extremely rare to find a perfect condition, complete set.
Until 2014.
Cornette has transferred all the originals to DVD, allowing, for the first time, a true window into not just some of the matches and talents from that era in their prime, but also a time travel device into what the atmosphere and live experience was like during that era for fans who believed in their heroes, hated their villains and truly, truly, truly believed.
The DVDs are an absolute joy. Jimmy Snuka, Paul Orndorff, Greg Valentine, Roddy Piper, Blackjack Mulligan, Big John Studd, and a ton of others are all represented, at a very young, fiery period in their careers. Remember that for most of these men, they certainly had national runs in the mid 1980s, but these are the formulative 1970s years and you get to see them figuring out what works for them in the ring - and you get to see not the WWF versions of their in-ring work but the more gritty, harder hitting side of their athleticism. While the older talents we saw on TV in the 80s were certainly more mature, this is really the "full of piss and vinegar" era of many of these talents.
Then you have names that never worked the national expansion era. We've all heard the legends of how tough Gene Anderson was, but how many of us under the age of 40, who didn't live in that era and area, have seen footage of him work? How about The Spoiler? Mr. Wrestling II in his prime? Buddy Colt? There's a wealth of material from talents who never had a big national run later on for whatever reason - injuries, age, politics - but here they are, unrestrained and at the top of their game.
As you will see in the listing below, there are Battle Royals, six man tags, tag bouts, singles bouts - a real overview of what was happening in the territory and which stars were headlining and coming through. As much as you can read about history, it's another thing to try and go back and immerse yourself in it to truly get the full picture. Had these reels been tossed in the trash, we'd never really have the chance and Cornette should be commended for his insane level of passion for the business for even wanting the stuff to be preserved.
There's some interesting knowledge to glean from the set. As much as fans hold up the NWA and its members as the more scientific wrestling vs. the cartoonish WWF of the 1980s, there's a surprising amount of brawling on the discs as well. John Studd vs. Blackjack Mulligan is all over the place, including Studd getting worked over on a ringside table and just watching the fans surge and surround the brawling on the floor is a treat itself. As much as old timers will knock the "ECW" style, the origins of it are right there to see.
It should be noted that not all the matches are complete (and some have portions spread over the discs, the reels weren't labeled so they were transferred in a random order) but over 18 discs, you get a nice picture painted of why Mid-Atlantic means so much to fans that there are still annual gatherings every summer in Charlotte.
I cannot help but to give these discs my highest recommendation and trust me, if you want to give yourself a true old school wrestling fan's perfect Christmas present, well, you've found the motherlode....at least until WWE one day swoops in to buy the footage, which is what I assume will eventually happen. As they say, time is running out.
I can't help but to name this my personal ultimate Christmas gift. For more on the set and how you can order, visit JimCornette.com.
The complete listing of material on the DVDs:
DVD #1
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BIG JOHN STUDD
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. BIG JOHN STUDD
GORDON SOLIE INTROS TAPES FROM FLORIDA,
ALL WITH SOLIE COMMENTARY 1972/73:
STAN HANSEN (ROOKIE) VS. TOSH TOGO
BUDDY COLT VS. JOHNNY WALKER (MR WRESTLING 2)
EDDIE & MIKE GRAHAM VS. THE MEDICS
DICK MURDOCH VS. PAUL JONES
19 MAN BATTLE ROYAL
TONY CHARLES VS. JIM BROOKS
JACK BRISCO VS. BOBBY SHANE
GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1978:
RIC FLAIR & HARLEY RACE & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & DICK MURDOCH & WAHOO MCDANIEL
(3:00 PART 3 OF MATCH--PART 1 ON DVD 2, PART 2 ON DVD 7--1978)
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. BIG JOHN STUDD
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & PAUL JONES VS. GREG VALENTINE & BARON VON RASCHKE
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BARON VON RASCHKE
FLORENCE, SC 7/7/78:
ANDRE THE GIANT VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR (NO FINISH)
OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON & ART NEILSON VS. RIP HAWK & SWEDE HANSEN & GARY HART
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. PAUL JONES
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. KEN PATERA
DVD #2---------------------------------------------------------------
RICKY STEAMBOAT & PAUL JONES VS. BARON VON RASCHKE & CYCLON NEGRO
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE & BARON VON RASCHKE
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORF VS. GENE ANDERSON & JACQUES (RENE) GOULET
ATLANTIC COAST TAG TITLE--EARLY 70'S:
RIP HAWK & SWEDE HANSEN VS. JOHNNY WEAVER & ART NEILSON
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GENE ANDERSON
WAHOO MCDANIEL VS. SUPER DESTROYER (DON JARDINE)
RIC FLAIR & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT & PAUL JONES
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (NO FINISH)
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (DISTORTED AUDIO)
GREENSBORO COLISEUM:
RIC FLAIR & HARLEY RACE & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & DICK MURDOCH & WAHOO MCDANIEL
(5:00 PART 1--PART 2 ON DVD 7, PART 3 ON DVD 1)
DVD #3---------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP--COLUMBIA, SC--1978:
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP--1973:
DORY FUNK JR VS. JOHNNY WEAVER (NO FINISH)
JERRY BRISCO VS. THE SPOILER (DON JARDINE)
BARON VON RASCHKE VS. JOHNNY WEAVER
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. GREG VALENTINE (9/23/78)
WAHOO MCDANIEL VS. KIM DUK
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BIG JOHN STUDD
CAGE MATCH--GREENVILLE, SC--1974:
OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON VS. NELSON ROYAL & SANDY SCOTT
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON (NO FINISH)
IVAN KOLOFF VS. PAUL JONES
MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. PAUL JONES
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. GREG VALENTINE
CAGE MATCH:
JOHNNY VALENTINE VS. PAUL JONES
DVD #4---------------------------------------------------------------
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BOBBY DUNCUM
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. THE IRON SHEIK
RIC FLAIR & HARLEY RACE & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & DICK MURDOCH & WAHOO MCDANIEL (REPEAT FROM DVD 2)
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (1978)
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (NO FINISH)
RIC FLAIR & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT & PAUL JONES (REPEAT FROM DVD 2)
WAHOO MCDANIEL VS. THE SPOILER
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GENE ANDERSON
RIP HAWK & SWEDE HANSEN VS. JOHNNY WEAVER & GEORGE BECKER (EARLY 70'S?--NO FINISH)
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GENE ANDERSON & JACQUES (RENE) GOULET
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE & BARON VON RASCHKE
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE & BARON VON RASCHKE
JIMMY SNUKA & BIG JOHN STUDD & "NATURE BOY" BUDDY ROGERS VS. JAY YOUNGBLOOD & RUFUS R. JONES & S.D. JONES
(1978--ROGERS' LAST COMEBACK AS A WRESTLER)
NICK BOCKWINKLE VS. JIM BRUNZELL (NO FINISH)
JIMMY SNUKA VS. GREG VALENTINE
CRUSHER BLACKWELL VS. DICK MURDOCH
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP--1978:
HARLEY RACE VS. DICK MURDOCH
ANDRE THE GIANT VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR (REPEAT FROM DVD 1)
DVD #5---------------------------------------------------------------
TONY ATLAS VS. KEN PATERA
TONY ATLAS VS. KEN PATERA
TONY ATLAS VS. KEN PATERA
LUMBERJACK MATCH:
TONY ATLAS VS. KEN PATERA
TONY ATLAS & DINO BRAVO VS. BIG JOHN STUDD & KEN PATERA
RIC FLAIR & KEN PATERA VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT & TONY ATLAS (1978)
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. BARON VON RASCHKE & GREG VALENTINE (DISTORTED AUDIO)
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP:
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (NO FINISH)
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
HARLEY RACE VS. DICK MURDOCH
AFTERMATCH BRAWL MULLIGAN & BOBBY DUNCUM (BAD FOCUS)
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. IRON SHEIK (BAD FOCUS)
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR
DICK MURDOCH VS. CRUSHER BLACKWELL
JIMMY SNUKA VS. GREG VALENTINE (NO FINISH)
JIMMY SNUKA & JOHN STUDD & BUDDY ROGERS VS. JAY YOUNGBLOOD & RUFUS R. JONES & S.D. JONES (REPEAT FROM DVD 4)
NICK BOCKWINKLE VS. JIM BRUNZELL (REPEAT FROM DVD 4)
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. BARON VON RASCHKE & GREG VALENTINE
DVD #6---------------------------------------------------------------
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR (1978)
LUMBERJACK MATCH:
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR (1978)
CHARLOTTE, NC 1978:
ANDRE THE GIANT & BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. RIC FLAIR & KEN PATERA
RIC FLAIR VS. DICK MURDOCH (1978)
CAGE MATCH--1978:
RIC FLAIR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. PAUL JONES
TONY ATLAS VS. KEN PATERA
GREENVILLE, SC:
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. BIG JOHN STUDD
RIC FLAIR VS. JIMMY SNUKA (1979)
"MR WRESTLING"
TIM WOODS VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN
ANDRE THE GIANT VS. BIG JOHN STUDD
"MR WRESTLING"
TIM WOODS VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN
JIMMY SNUKA VS. SWEDE HANSEN
ERNIE LADD VS. TONY ATLAS
JIMMY SNUKA VS. KEN PATERA
DICK MURDOCH VS. KEN PATERA (NO FINISH)
DVD #7---------------------------------------------------------------
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
HARLEY RACE VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (NO FINISH)
DAVID CROCKETT INTERVIEWS JOHNNY VALENTINE
(1974--THIS IS VALENTINE'S INTRODUCTORY PROMO
ON COMING TO THE CAROLINAS)
PAUL ORNDORFF & PAUL JONES VS. GREG VALENTINE & BARON VON RASCHKE
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. PAUL JONES
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. PAUL JONES
RIC FLAIR & BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BARON VON RASCHKE & PAUL JONES
CAGE MATCH--1978:
RIC FLAIR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN (FINISH ONLY)
TWO RING BATTLE ROYAL WITH ANDRE THE GIANT
RIC FLAIR VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL
(1975--EARLY FLAIR BEFORE PLANE CRASH)
RIC FLAIR VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL (1977--DISTORTED AUDIO)
RIC FLAIR & HARLEY RACE & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & DICK MURDOCH & WAHOO MCDANIEL
(6:00 PART 2--PART 1 ON DVD 2, PART 3 ON DVD 1)
RIC FLAIR VS. DICK MURDOCH (1978)
DICK MURDOCH VS. CYCLONE NEGRO
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. GREG VALENTINE
RIC FLAIR VS. GREG VALENTINE (1980)
TAPE #8---------------------------------------------------------------
RIC FLAIR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN (1978)
(FAN ATTACKS FLAIR)
TEXAS DEATH MATCH:
RIC FLAIR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN (1978)
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP--10/26/74:
JACK BRISCO VS. JOHNNY VALENTINE (NO FINISH)
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP--COLUMBIA, SC:
JACK BRISCO VS. PAUL JONES
INTERVIEW PROMOTER HENRY MARCUS WITH JACK BRISCO
RIC FLAIR VS. BOBO BRAZIL (1976-77)
RIC FLAIR VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL (1977)
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
HARLEY RACE VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
HARLEY RACE VS. PAUL JONES
RIC FLAIR VS. PAUL JONES
(1975--EARLY FLAIR BEFORE PLANE CRASH)
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (NO FINISH)
GREENSBORO--7/16/78:
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT
(GENE ANDERSON, REFEREE)
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (1977-78)
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (7/3/77)
DVD #9----------------------------------------------------------------
MIGHTY IGOR VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR W/BORIS MALENKO (12/10/76)
NWA WORLD TAG TITLE:
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON (1977)
MIGHTY IGOR VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR
LUMBERJACK MATCH:
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL & OLE ANDERSON (NO FINISH)
CAGE MATCH--WORLD TAG TITLE--5/8/77:
(WAHOO McDANIEL REFEREE)
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON
NWA WORLD TAG TITLE:
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF
RIC FLAIR & BIG JOHN STUDD VS. JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF
NWA WORLD TAG TITLE--GREENSBORO--1/28/79:
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF
OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON VS. JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF (NO FINISH)
JIMMY SNUKA VS. GREG VALENTINE
RIC FLAIR VS. JIMMY SNUKA (2/11/79)
JOHNNY VALENTINE VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL (1974--VIDEO JUMPS)
DVD #10--------------------------------------------------------------
GREG VALENTINE VS. DINO BRAVO
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. PAUL JONES
TONY ATLAS VS. JACQUES (RENE) GOULET
INTERVIEW RIC FLAIR W/PRIVATE PLANE & WOMEN (1977?)
ALTERNATE TAKE OF FLAIR PROMO ABOVE
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (NO FINISH)
LENGTHY BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS WITH ANDRE THE GIANT
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BOBBY DUNCUM (NO FINISH)
RIC FLAIR & GREG VALENTINE VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & WAHOO MCDANIEL
INTERVIEW DAVID CROCKETT W/SUPER DESTROYER (JARDINE)
INTERVIEW CROCKETT W/SONNY KING
INTERVIEW CROCKETT W/IVAN KOLOFF & JOHNNY VALENTINE
JOHNNY WEAVER & GEORGE BECKER VS. BRUTE BERNARD & ???? (EARLY 70's)
DICK MURDOCH VS. RUSSIAN STOMPER (ZARINOFF LEBOUEF)
JIMMY SNUKA VS. KEN PATERA
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GREG VALENTINE
5:00 BLANK
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR (NO FINISH)
DAVID FINDLAY VS. SWEDE HANSEN (NO AUDIO)
(FINDLAY IS DAVID CROCKETT--ONLY VIDEO OF HIM WRESTLING)
DVD #11--------------------------------------------------------------
WBBG BODYBUILDING CONTEST FOOTAGE WITH RICKY STEAMBOAT, TONY ATLAS, JIMMY SNUKA & FRANK MONTE COMPETING--LATE 70'S
SKANDOR AKBAR & DOUG GILBERT VS. JERRY OATES & TED OATES
CRUSHER BLACKWELL & JACQUES GOULET VS. JERRY OATES & TED OATES (DISTORTED AUDIO)
KEN PATERA VS. JOHNNY WEAVER
OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL & PAUL JONES
DUSTY RHODES VS. IVAN KOLOFF
SKANDOR AKBAR VS. BRIAN ST. JOHN (DISTORTED AUDIO)
STEVE REGAL VS. PAUL JONES
MORE BODYBUILDING WITH ATLAS, MONTE
BILL HOWARD VS. JOE FURR
VIDEO OF BUDDY ROGERS WORKING CROWD--NO AUDIO
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT
RIC FLAIR VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL
RICKY STEAMBOAT & PAUL JONES VS. BARON VON RASCHKE & CYCLONE NEGRO
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP--ANDRE THE GIANT REFEREE--1978:
RIC FLAIR VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (10:00 BUT NO FINISH)
GREENVILLE, SC--REFEREE BEARCAT WRIGHT--1974:
JOHNNY VALENTINE VS. JOHNNY WEAVER
DVD #12--------------------------------------------------------------
JOHNNY WEAVER VS. SUPER DESTROYER
TWO RING BATTLE ROYAL WITH ANDRE THE GIANT
JAY YOUNGBLOOD & JOHNNY WEAVER VS. GENE ANDERSON & SWEDE HANSEN
TWO RING BATTLE ROYAL (NO FINISH)
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. GENE ANDERSON
JAY YOUNGBLOOD & RICHARD BLOOD (TITO SANTANA) VS. GENE ANDERSON & JACQUES (RENE) GOULET
PAUL ORNDORFF & JIMMY SNUKA VS. BRUTE BERNARD & CHRIS TOLOS
BATTLE ROYAL WITH ANDRE (NO FINISH)
INTERVIEW KEN PATERA RE: WAHOO MCDANIEL
ALTERNATE TAKE OF ABOVE
INTERVIEW PATERA RE: PAUL JONES
INTERVIEW PATERA RE: STEAMBOAT
ALTERNATE TAKE OF ABOVE
WAHOO MCDANIEL & MIGHTY IGOR VS. MASKED SUPERSTAR & MR. SAITO
BUDDY COLT VS. PAUL JONES
(FLORIDA--GORDON SOLIE COMMENTARY)
GORDON SOLIE INTERVIEWS BUDDY COLT
GORDON SOLIE INTERVIEWS PAUL JONES
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. JACQUES (RENE) GOULET
IN RING HEADSHAVING, EARLY 70'S, NO AUDIO
BRUTE BERNARD & MISSOURI MAULER & HOMER O'DELL VS. JOHNNY WEAVER & ARGENTINA APOLLO & ????
(1:00 HIGHLIGHTS--EARLY 70'S)
RIC FLAIR VS. SWEDE HANSEN (1974--NO FINISH)
(EARLIEST FLAIR CAROLINAS MATCH ON FILM?)
GREG VALENTINE VS. WAHOO MCDANIEL
JOHNNY VALENTINE VS. JOHNNY WEAVER (1974)
INTERVIEW JOHNNY VALENTINE & PAUL JONES
OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON VS. BEARCAT WRIGHT & DANNY MILLER
JOHNNY VALENTINE VS. JOHNNY WEAVER 1974
INTERVIEW ANDRE THE GIANT AND FRANK VALOIS
(ANDRE'S FIRST PROMO COMING TO CAROLINAS 1974)
DVD #13--------------------------------------------------------------
"MR WRESTLING" TIM WOODS & JOHNNY WEAVER VS. SKANDOR AKBAR & MR. X
GYM WORKOUT FOOTAGE STEAMBOAT, WOODS, TIGER CONWAY, WEAVER
GENE ANDERSON & JACQUES GOULET VS. JERRY OATES & TED OATES
SWEDE HANSEN & RUDY KAY VS. HERB GALLANT & GARY YOUNG
SWEDE HANSEN & JACQUES GOULET VS. RUFUS R JONES & JOHNNY WEAVER
STEVE REGAL VS. CHARLIE FULTON
JAY YOUNGBLOOD VS. CYCLONE NEGRO
SKANDOR AKBAR & BILL WHITE VS. JERRY OATES & TED OATES
DON KERNODLE VS. BILL WHITE
SKIP YOUNG VS. JACQUES GOULET
"MR WRESTLING" TIM WOODS & SKIP YOUNG VS. JACQUES GOULET & MR. X
JAY YOUNGBLOOD & JOHNNY WEAVER VS. SWEDE HANSEN & CHRIS TOLOS
RICHARD BLOOD (TITO SANTANA) VS. MR. X
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. BOBO BRAZIL (NO FINISH--DISTORTED AUDIO)
SKIP YOUNG & JAY YOUNGBLOOD VS. GENE ANDERSON & SWEDE HANSEN (DISTORTED AUDIO)
INTERVIEW OLE ANDERSON RE: FLAIR & VALENTINE
DVD #14---------------------------------------------------------------
LOCAL PROMO ROANOKE, VA SUPER DESTROYER (1974)
LOCAL PROMO ROANOKE, VA SONNY KING (1974)
INTERVIEW WAHOO MCDANIEL AT HOME WITH BROKEN LEG
JOHNNY VALENTINE & SUPER DESTROYER VS. SONNY KING & ???? (NO FINISH)
GORDON SOLIE INTERVIEWS EDDIE GRAHAM,
DORY FUNK JR & JACK BRISCO
RE: NWA WORLD TITLE MATCH IN GREENSBORO
BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS W/ANDRE
DAVID CROCKETT INTERVIEWS WAHOO MCDANIEL
(WAHOO'S FIRST PROMO COMING TO FACE JOHNNY VALENTINE 1974)
INTERVIEW SUPER DESTROYER
WAHOO MCDANIEL VS. GREG VALENTINE (NO FINISH)
INTERVIEW JACK BRISCO RE: DORY FUNK JR
JACK BRISCO DEFEATS MISSOURI MAULER (:30 CLIP)
INTERVIEW BOB BRUGGERS
OLE ANDERSON & GENE ANDERSON VS. NELSON ROYAL & ???? (NO FINISH)
BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS WITH ANDRE & HAYSTACKS CALHOUN
SONNY KING TRAINING ON PUNCHING BAG
HAYSTACKS CALHOUN VS. SUPER DESTROYER (SWEDE INTERFERES)
LOCAL PROMO LYNCHBURG, VA SONNY KING
LOCAL PROMO LYNCHBURG, VA JOHNNY VALENTINE & SUPER DESTROYER
HAGGAR SLACKS TV SPOTS
WAHOO MCDANIEL & LEE TREVINO IN GOLF TOURNAMENT (NO AUDIO)
GREG VALENTINE & BARON VON RASCHKE VS. DICK MURDOCH & PAUL JONES
INTERVIEW LES THATCHER W/MASKED SUPERSTAR & BORIS MALENKO 1976
EVEL KNIEVEL JUMPING CAESAR'S PALACE FOUNTAIN
BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS
BRIEF HOME MOVIES UNKNOWN
WAHOO MCDANIEL VS. GREG VALENTINE
JOHNNY VALENTINE VS. BOB BRUGGERS (1974--NO FINISH)
PAUL ORNDORFF VS. CHRIS TOLOS
DAVID CROCKETT INTERVIEWS JOHNNY WEAVER
CROCKETT WITH SUPER DESTROYER
CROCKETT WITH SONNY KING
CROCKETT WITH JOHNNY VALENTINE & TIGER CONWAY
CROCKETT WITH SUPER DESTROYER
PREMATCH CLIPS BUDDY ROGERS, SNUKA, STUDD & PATERA
CROCKETT INTERVIEWS KILLER KARL KOX
CHARLOTTE PARK CENTER--EARLY 70'S:
JOHNNY WEAVER VS. BOB ROOP
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. RODDY PIPER
REPEAT OF KOX PROMO
WAHOO MCDANIEL WINS MATCH 1974
SUPER DESTROYER VS. SWEDE HANSEN
(BRAWL WITH ANDRE, WEAVER, FRANK MORRELL)
DVD #15----------------------------------------------------------------
RUDY KAY & CHRIS TOLOS VS. JERRY OATES & TED OATES
BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS ANDRE, DUSTY, WAHOO, HAYSTACKS CALHOUN
INTERVIEW SWEDE HANSEN & TIGER CONWAY
INTERVIEW RIC FLAIR AND RIP HAWK 1974
(POSSIBLY FLAIR'S INTRO PROMO TO CAROLINAS?)
ROBERTO SOTO VS. FRANK MONTE
BIG JOHN STUDD VS. TED OATES
ABE JACOBS VS. CHARLIE FULTON (DISTORTED AUDIO)
MR. X 1 & 2 VS. JERRY & TED OATES
BARON VON RASCHKE VS. "MR WRESTLING" TIM WOODS
SKIP YOUNG VS. MR. X #1
STEVE REGAL VS. FRANK MONTE
SWEDE HANSEN VS. STEVE TRAVIS
SWEDE HANSON & MR. X VS. JERRY & TED OATES
JAY YOUNGBLOOD & JOHNNY WEAVER VS. BRUTE BERNARD & SWEDE HANSEN
GYM WORKOUT VALENTINE, PATERA & MONTE
INTERVIEW KEN PATERA WITH WEIGHTLIFTING TROPHIES
JAN NELSON VS. TIGER CONWAY (DISTORTED AUDIO)
GENE ANDERSON & JACQUES GOULET VS. SWEDE HANSEN & ROBERTO SOTO
DVD #16----------------------------------------------------------------
RICHARD BLOOD (TITO SANTANA) VS. RUDY KAY
JOHNNY WEAVER & SKIP YOUNG VS. MR. X 1 & 2
BILL WHITE & BILL HOWARD VS. RUDY KAY & DON KERNODLE
TWO RING BATTLE ROYAL WITH ANDRE, ORNDORFF, SNUKA & LADD
KEN PATERA VS. JOHNNY WEAVER (DISTORTED AUDIO)
JOHNNY WEAVER VS. SWEDE HANSEN
MR. X VS. ??
PEDRO MORALES & LES THORNTON VS. BRUTE BERNARD & MISSOURI MAULER
GREG VALENTINE VS. DINO BRAVO
GENE ANDERSON & SWEDE HANSEN VS. JAY YOUNGBLOOD & SKIP YOUNG
BIG JOHN STUDD VS. DINO BRAVO
RUFUS R JONES & DINO BRAVO VS. GENE ANDERSON & ??
INTERVIEW OLE ANDERSON
INTERVIEW DORY FUNK JR (NO AUDIO)
KEN PATERA VS. JOHNNY WEAVER
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. OLE ANDERSON (BAD FOCUS)
BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS
INTERVIEW BLACKJACK MULLIGAN ON HORSEBACK
WAHOO McDANIEL WINS MATCH (REPEAT FROM DVD 14)
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. RODDY PIPER (REPEAT FROM DVD 14)
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN ON HORSEBACK FOOTAGE
SKANDOR AKBAR VS. SKIP YOUNG
MR. X VS. ??
TIM WOODS & JOHNY WEAVER VS. SKANDOR AKBAR & MR. X (REPEAT FROM DVD 13)
DVD #17----------------------------------------------------------------
WORLD WIDE WRESTLING 3/21/79 COMPLETE TV SHOW:
ERNIE LADD & JOHN STUDD VS. JOHNNY WEAVER & HERB GALLANT
NTERVIEW RICKY STEAMBOAT
RICKY STEAMBOAT VS. SWEDE HANSEN
INTERVIEW SNUKA & ORNDORFF
BARON VON RASCHKE & PAUL JONES VS. PEDRO MORALES & STEVE REGAL
RIC FLAIR VS. NICK DECARLO
INTERVIEW JONES & VON RASCHKE
JIMMY SNUKA & PAUL ORNDORFF VS. BRUTE BERNARD & FRANK MONTE
INTERVIEW RIC FLAIR, ERNIE LADD & JOHN STUDD
GREG VALENTINE VS. DON KERNODLE
CRUSHER BLACKWELL & CYCLON NEGRO VS. TONY ATLAS & JAY YOUNGBLOOD
BLACKJACK MULLIGAN & MASKED SUPERSTAR VS. MIGHTY IGOR & KEN PATERA (1976--NO FINISH)
CRUSHER BLACKWELL & CYCLON NEGRO VS. JOHNNY WEAVER & JAY YOUNGBLOOD
DVD #18---------------------------------------------------------------
ERNIE LADD VS. TONY ATLAS
STEAMBOAT BEING STRETCHERED OUT
THE AVENGER & ROBERTO SOTO VS. ?? & ??
RIC FLAIR VS. BLACKJACK MULLIGAN (1978)
DICK MURDOCH VS. BARON VON RASCHKE
NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
HARLEY RACE VS. RICKY STEAMBOAT (LONG MATCH, NO FINISH)
BATTLE ROYAL HIGHLIGHTS
TONY ATLAS VS. KEN PATERA
TONY ATLAS VS. PAUL JONES
INTERVIEW OLE & GENE ANDERSON IN HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA AFTER
FLAIR & VALENTINE INJURED GENE IN GREENSBORO 4:00
BATTLE ROYAL 1974-5 ANDERSONS, WAHOO, SHEIK, JOHNNY VALENTINE
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