96. To the news!This is up for them, and Dave notes what a great night for wrestling that Thanksgiving really is, because even Central States almost drew money! Later, he corrects a previous title change, noting that Art Crews actually won the TV title from Gary Royal on 11/27 in Ft. 29. 22. The team (Gene and Ole Anderson) dominated tag team. The grand plan for five days a week has been dropped and ESPN will air reruns of Pro Wrestling This Week instead. – In the top story of the week, and in fact one of the top stories in wrestling history, Ric Flair was fired from WCW effective immediately when negotiations fell through. Addeddate. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 12. – In the top story, the Justice Department dropped one of the charges against Titan Sports. By Scott Keith on 19th March 2016. – Dave proclaims that no promotion is any hotter here in 1996, with more mainstream popularity, than NJPW is. 18. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 11. – To Mexico, where it looks like EMLL is about to split. He’ll return for real on 11/20, but will be false advertised as appearing in tag team matches on the road against the Enforcers and subbed out when the show starts. Well it’s been two months. I know this year has been a slog, but we’re getting closer to September, when the magic happens! But first, WWF returns to your house! Whether you wanted them there or not. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 08. Well, sort of. 27th May 2016 by Scott Keith. – Flair defended the World title on a pair of Mid-South shows in Oklahoma, but there’s no plans or indications of Watts joining the NWA. It’s week 3 of the WWF title being held hostage by Diesel! But don’t worry, this can’t possibly last very long. 96. Back in the saddle with these again. It's great historical reading of the rise and fall of wrestling's biggest boom period. – In Japan, SWS continues to alienate Japanese wrestling fans by booking WARLORD v. There’s a big main event at the Tokyo Dome! And it sure didn’t go down how anyone expected. Bobby Eaton pinned Chip the Firebreaker in 4:52 with a back suplex. Wrestling Observer Flashback–04. And NOW the main event! Hog Wild 96 and the introduction of the Observer Hall of Fame awaits! This one took me a little bit longer to write than last night’s quickie, obviously. DUD – Ric Flair still hasn’t officially signed with the WWF, but it’s a formality at this point. Also, the Rock & Wrestling Connection was all his idea and he had to convince Vince to play “Eye of the Tiger” as his entrance theme in 1984. 94. 95 I love that the teaser for this one on the site is “Hotline sleaze award winner” because really it could be ANYTHING coming out of Mean Gene’s mouth. -. 05. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 12. Ware on 12/14, as expected. Manuel Cruz (Jose Gonzalez) b Beauregarde;. GROUP #2: Nobuhiko Takada is forming the UWFi (Union of Pro Wrestling Force International) and they’ll also be running Korakuen Hall, in May, and. By Scott Keith on 1st January 2021. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 08. – Anyway, moving on…. Everything is confusing and it’s all centering on the AWA. – In the Deep South, the main guys are Wrestling II and Tommy Rich, and they run out of Georgia. It’s a patented Slow News Week as we head into Summerslam, but the issue is still 10 pages. Thankfully, the Observer archives are fixed, so let’s get back into the swing of things again. But if you’re reading it in the archives in December, then MERRY CHRISTMAS! – Continuing on with the saga of Dynamite Kid’s messed up back, he was flown into Calgary for surgery after being paralyzed from the waist down. -. Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive talk about the biggest news in wrestling! Wrestling Observer Live podcast on demand - Wrestling Observer Live is among the most popular wrestling shows in the world. Back to the trenches after taking Friday off! And the big story this week is an abject lesson in John Lennon’s famous saying, “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans”. 10. Obviously, doctors gave him some mumbo-jumbo diagnosis about “severe spinal disc and sciatic nerve damage”, and. Also, the fears about Sting winning the IWGP title from Muta proved unfounded, as Muta retained in a disappointing match where he was trying to be The Great Muta instead of Keiji Muto. Flair’s contract was scheduled to be terminated as of 08/01, and Flair was scheduled to drop the WCW World title to Barry Windham on 7/1 in Macon, GA. Wrestling Observer / Figure Four. Ocr. 96. Dave notes we. 3. 96 Remember how in last week’s issue, Kevin Nash had until the weekend to make up his mind about leaving…? – In the top story, Kevin Nash officially gave notice to the WWF that he’d be accepting an offer from WCW, via phone call to Vince McMahon on 3/5. 4. Which is still 10 pages long. – Buzz Sawyer agreed to work an indy date for Rob Russan in San Jose, and was supposed to provide the ring and some students from his wrestling school as underneath jobbers. ABBYY FineReader 11. Hosted by Sean Oliver, he welcomes guest the Honky Tonk Man as he talks about SummerSlam ’88. 03. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 12. 28. Also, Prime Time Wrestling is just getting destroyed on Monday nights and is down to a 1. Badd quit WCW on 3/11 after a discussion with Eric Bischoff in the airport, and will be signing with the WWF for three years. – To the WWF, where Wrestlemania III passed 70,000 tickets sold, officially making it the largest crowd ever to witness a wrestling show in North America. ”. D if wrestling was fake and got slapped around pretty good as a result. 88. It’s just getting to be too much work to do the bookkeeping and maintenance for 800 people instead of 200, especially when he’s already got a full-time job now as editor for a soccer magazine. 5 to a 2. 8 this week. Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1. 29. The government side says it’s for “tactical reasons”, while the WWF. By Scott Keith on 18th October 2016. Gene Anderson, founding member of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew tag team died. 06. Wrestling Observer Historical Pieces. They even flew in Steve DiSalvo as part of the ring crew to. Collection. It’s kind of hard to say what to expect around here as the show has been bouncing back and forth between focusing on the Intercontinental Title feud and then the World Title situation. Warrior pinned Haku with the shoulderblock and splash in 4:48. Ah, wrestling, where one guy can beat up another guy for real and flush his head. 96. 96. Buyrate looks to be between 0. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 04. – Vince then called the show, FURIOUS about the misleading edit (POT, KETTLE, BLACK) and questioning the credibility of Bruno, who clearly had an axe to grind, and Alex Marvez, who dared to question the WWF’s commitment to testing after announcing it five times and not delivering. Wrestling Observer Flashback–06. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 08. – Brad Armstrong will be coming back again, this time as the Candy Man, who throws candy to the kids as his gimmick. 95, which is good but well below the 2. Unfortunately, he was the furthest thing from an. 03. ”. I know, I know, I’ll give you a minute to let it sink in. Continue reading. Wrestling Observer Flashback–02. 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. Well, that probably won’t happen again for a while. tesseract 5. 19. 86. 95 Guys, I don’t think this UFC thing is gonna be around much longer if lawmakers have their way! – The debate over whether UFC and the other events like it should be banned has been raging in the press and the city of Denver has become a hotspot for the controversy. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 03. I’m giddy. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 06. 20. He was the person credited with popularizing the superplex, although he didn’t invent it. I like how even the editors of the Observer site are scoring off Dave with the headline on this one. So you picked a great time to start reading! – In the top story, Jerry Lawler was accused of being a very, very bad boy. com~!Wrestling Observer Rewind • Dec. By Scott Keith on 22nd September 2023 Wrestling Observer Flashback – 12. Sacramento Memorial Auditorium. 96. 09. Identifier. By Scott Keith on 16th December 2017. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 11. – Fall Brawl was great undercard wrestling, bad main event, and booking filled with more holes than Swiss Cheese. 86. 60 and 0. 94. This isn’t unique in itself, but if Idol. Wrestling Observer Flashback–05. Topics. 96 (Part Two) BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! – ECW also held their biggest show ever, the 1996 November to Remember, which was an immediate sellout of 1500 people at the ECW Arena, and Dave even attended the show! – Steve Richards pinned David Morton Tyler Jericho in 9:25, as Stevie had his. 92 By Scott Keith on 16th February 2017 Hey, I picked up a Nintendo DSi XL for $60 (Canadian) from EBGames and it’s pretty rad. Anyway, back to 1985 again… – The big news is that the war in St. The suit alleges unfair competition, trademark. 96. 1. 94. I know, I know, what a bombshell. Crockett! Dusty v. The first wrestling move of the match came at 10:00, which was Hogan no-selling the powerbomb and making his comeback. Thanks for reading! UWFI president and top star Nobuhiko Takada announced that the company is officially going out of business and that the final show will be held this week. – The big story this week is Dave’s preview of the Ultimate Ultimate 96!. Michaels worked his ass off, although it came out later that he was hungover and stoned at the time. 25. It’s the Observer issue so huge that Dave has to post it to the archives TWICE to make sure! So yeah, Flair got fired, let’s get back into it! – The Flair firing actually made the national news, with papers throughout the country picking up the story, with all coverage being sympathetic to Flair. 23. *. The Twin Towers beat the Rockers at 8:02 when Akeem splashed and pinned Michaels. Wolf, where. Wrestling Observer Flashback–05. 16. So don’t be disappointed at the lack of a review here. 0 number predicted by. – Michinoku Pro debuted on 3/16 to huge amounts of local publicity, since they’re the first attempt at a regional promotion in the country. It’s time for SUMMERSLAM! But first, the WWF is messing with their PPV schedule again. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 10. 86. Tickets are 45,000 yen, which translates to $429, aka the most expensive wrestling tickets in history. 87. 96. So apparently the WrestleWar 92 issue (05/25/92) is missing from the F4WOnline. 96. Tenryu as the main event of a show on 2/7. – Anyway, moving on. 01. Well this was all well and good, but wrestling magazines found out about it and started publishing stories and photos, and the NWA had to go into coverup mode. Despite running in the red for the past three years, both WCW and the WWF are confident that they’re going to be profitable in 1995 thanks to this new-fangled PPV market. We’re almost there! One week left! – It’s almost time for the new fall season of wrestling, and it’s a big one. 07. Dave is flabbergasted by how bad a show it was, wondering if this was a dream or a nightmare that he hasn’t woken up from. 77, or about the same as Starrcade. 86. – Zulu was fired from World Class for refusing to do a job to Mike Von Erich. 88. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 07. – The top story of the week, and for a long time in general, was Ron Garvin winning the NWA World title from Ric Flair on 9/25 in their debut in Joe Louis Arena. This got the most heat of the night from all the sumo fans, because they’re not hardcore wrestling fans and just knew Kitao as the “bad boy”, and thus booed the shit out of him and cheered everything Earthquake did. 92. Owen Hart was the second-best star of the show after Flair. Tenta was pretty over during his one appearance, so EMLL is trying to get him back. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 02. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 10. Rants. And now it’s time for the issue that kicks off one of the biggest stories in the history of wrestling, although we didn’t. 95. 14. By Scott Keith on 10th July 2016. Mike stuff and get into the main event: STARRCADE ‘84. – So UFC III was supposed to be another easy ride for Royce Gracie, but in fact the KING IS DEAD. – It’s COLD WAR in Toronto. Dave thinks it was counterproductive to kill off the Rockers like that. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 03. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 12. – The WWF announced that the Wrestling Classic did about 60,000 buys on PPV, which was 200,000 less than their announced projections. It’s the year end awards issue! Lots to argue about here, I’m sure. 0. 21. “Hey look, it’s Joe Weider” – Not sure what that refers to, but I’m sure we’ll find out. By Scott Keith on 14th March 2019. Ted Dibiase & Virgil beat Dusty & Dustin Rhodes at 9:57. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 07. Main event is. Mr. 30. By Scott Keith on 1st June 2019. 0 (Extended OCR) Ppi. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 11. Wrestling Observer Flashback–11. OK, 2005 posts are FINALLY complete, and I got to see Star Wars, so let’s get back to Observing. Wrestling Observer Flashback–02. – Inoki’s business-killing freakshow ended up drawing 11,000 people for somewhere between $800,000 – $1. 02. Wrestling Observer Flashback–06. Oh, Dave. But I think it’s a pretty famous case of hotline sleaze related to Blackwell’s death. By Scott Keith on 24th February 2019. 19. – The show drew 7000 with 4700 paid and a $94,000 house. 28. 90. 96. 04. I’ve noticed a sudden uptick in 1985-related questions on the Wrestling Observer radio show lately. 94 (Part 2) – In the only non-tournament match on the show, Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck won the tag titles from the Public Enemy after Terry Funk missed his flight and couldn’t make the show. – And now, let’s talk about pay-per-view. – Dave’s opening salvo this week: “After its television show reached a new low in. Collection. ” (Now there’s an understatement!) – Based on current trends and advertising, SuperBrawl is looking to do. Well, amazingly he no-showed and they had to quickly contact another local promoter for some jobbers (there were only four name guys even booked for the. 5-11-1987. 93. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 01. com archives, and any other sources I’ve checked, so we’re skipping ahead a week. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 03. Marc Mero pinned Hunter Hearst Helmsley in 16:23. The one in 1995, although you might also assume I was talking about the NXT one recently because that one wasn’t great either. 0 (Extended OCR) Ppi. Wrestling Observer Flashback–03. 06. On May 2 they did an angle where the AWA World title was held up following a Bockwinkel/Hennig match where Hennig used a foreign object. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 05. Couldn’t do this one last night, because Daredevil is a thing that exists. 25. 25. Dave has no idea how successful it’ll be. (1) Ultimate Warrior & Legion of Doom & Texas Tornado (Kerry Von Erich) beat Team Demolition & Mr. – There’s very little going on due to Christmas, but Jerry Lawler did regain the USWA title from Koko B. 3-21-1988. – But first, the lead story is the rapid descent of UWFI, as they have reached out in desperation to New Japan for a combined show at the Tokyo Dome on 10/9 and maybe more after that. 11. The Best of the Wrestling Observer-Greatest matches of the Observer years-15 most influential wrestlers of the past five. 96. – Dave watched the 12/19 All Japan show, and dished out another full monty, this one for Misawa & Kobashi winning the tag team tournament over Kawada & Taue in. By Scott Keith on 22nd September 2023 Wrestling Observer Flashback – 12. OK, after yesterday’s super-abbreviated edition (well the one I wrote at least, Dave was still 100,000 words into it) we’re back with a full double issue this time to recap all the stateside news! Continue reading Rants. Wrestling Observer Rewind ★ Dec. – Latest figures are in, and WCW is looking like a 0. – In the top story, the WWF held a press conference, which got more attention in Mexico, to announce that Royal Rumble 97 would be held in the Alamo Dome in San. 26. 96 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… – After 15 years of being the world’s biggest babyface, Hulk Hogan turned heel in the main event of WCW’s Bash at the Beach PPV in an angle that Dave thinks will be “remembered for years”. So after Masa Chono won the NWA title tournament, Thesz did a press conference for UWFI where he agreed to award his old NWA World title belt to the winner of the UWFI World title match between Takada and Gary. – Art Barr’s petition for a wrestling license was denied by the commission once again. 30th August 2017 by Scott Keith. And since “long term thinking” these days is “three. 96. Heyman is making. Severn. 20. Time to welcome in 2021 with everyone’s favorite blog column! And to celebrate, I’m currently three drinks in with “Best Rock of 1988” on Spotify in the background, so hopefully I’ve got lots to snark on tonight. Owen won with a Rocket Launcher on Tanaka. – The Ole Anderson & Gordon Solie version of World Championship Wrestling returned to TBS on 8/13, so in fact we missed the entire Black Saturday era! – The Road Warriors won the AWA tag team titles from the Crusher & the Baron as Dave breathes a sigh of relief, and apparently this was booked very last minute because Vince. Ken Wayne found the body after. Rants. 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,. Daprice did every issue for the 90's through 2001. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 08. 19. 24. The idea is to combine a bunch of small promotions into the Global Wrestling Federation, with offices in five different regions, including Jarrett now officially going back into Dallas to run the USWA there again. Scanner. And now, Dave would like to talk about PPV. Observer Flashbacks; Wrestling Observer Flashback–04. – Next up, Dave offers a preview of the next WCW PPV, Uncensored, which he sums up thusly: “On paper it looks like a weak show as none of the matches look to be sure bets to be good. 60 (150,000 buys) for King of the Ring. By Scott Keith on 7th March 2017. Wrestling Observer Flashback–12. Jim Herd has already killed the wrestling business, and now he’s working on killing the magic business. Let’s take a break from being nostalgic for 1998 and be nostalgic for 1994 again for a bit! – It’s been quiet in the wrestling world leading up to Halloween Havoc, Dave notes. OK, let’s get back into these again. 1. It's a recap of the old issues of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. By Scott Keith on 22nd August 2022. For It’s Time. 48 buyrate (120,000 buys) for the Great American Bash in June, with WWF doing 0. *1/4. 1985 Wrestling Observer Yearbook. But don’t be fooled by the Slow News, as two major promotions actually reach their finales this week, although we didn’t realize it at the time. See if you can guess when we get to it. 19. )This argument includes Wrestlemania V, which is widely believed to be the highest grossing wrestling show in HISTORY. wrestlingmagazinesmisc;. I believe that’s known as the Kerry Von Erich Special in wrestling. as they did a matinee taping of the new Sunday edition of World Championship Wrestling in Atlanta, then did a show in Columbus GA, then finally. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 02. 18. Nasties sold well at least. Until then, there’s the Clash! – Dave was in Japan for DreamSlam (very short version: It was an amazing show) and missed the Clash of Champions from Jacksonville, but to say it wasn’t well received would be an. He apparently gave WAR $1. They’re owned by Jody Hamilton (Nick Patrick’s dad) and they do about 200 people per show. – Actually, first it’s a bit of political talk, as Hiroshi Hase won election to the senate in Japan. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 02. The WWF drew 16000 and Crockett drew 3000, so point to Vince on that one. Davey Boy Smith (“Athletically the best in the business. ”This is horrible, Gorilla. 30, 1996 (Final Post for 1996) Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words. They’re exclusively running small towns on the far Northern island of Japan, and mostly using lucha libre guys, which the mainstream papers didn’t really get. Big John Tenta pinned Koji Kitao with an elbowdrop in 6:10. When it comes to catching and wrestling a giant. So in fact apparently there was a shitload of wrestling fans in Chicago that weekend ready to spend money, but advantage Verne on that night. 567. Specifically, advertisers look at stuff like this and use it to justify their already terrible ad rates for pro wrestling shows. 94. 16. – Antonio Inoki is trying to get into the boxer v. Wrestling Observer Flashback–10. 95. 28. 90. Wrestling Observer Flashback–08. Smackdown Date: May 12, 2016 Location: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Byron Saxton, Jerry Lawler. And now it’s time for the MONDAY NIGHT WARS. So let’s take a look at what’s going on in the international scene!6. 90. 10-28-1991. Wrestling Observer Flashback – 10. 95. The taped episode of RAW wasn’t particularly different than any other one they’ve. Also, be sure to check out the SquaredCircle subreddit, where some dude is RIPPING OFF MY. Guys, it sounds like the Diamond Studd will soon be appearing in WCW again! We’ll see how that goes for them. (This is why. Dodge Iowa. Dave also lists the match with the Rock N Roll Express v. 23. By Scott Keith on 27th October 2016. 90. Dave runs down the TV shows over the past month and it’s all classic stuff, like the Magnum TA-Mr. The biggest story of the week is actually buried way down. Lesson the Fourth: Antonio Pena is the new innovator in wrestling and everyone should listen to him. Jack Petrik would have to wage war against the WWF and spent lots of money to win, and it. *. By Scott Keith on 23rd November 2017. 96 Apparently it’s time for WCW to get rowdy. 95. 2022-03-05 07:34:36. 96.