From: hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   08/27
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:30:10 GMT

 - The WWF has it's SummerSlam PPV scheduled for August 31st (to be
   taped at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on August 29th).
   The line-up is as follows: 
     - Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior for the WWF Title
     - Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith for the IC Title
     - Undertaker vs. Kamala
     - Shawn Michaels vs. Rick Martel
     - Money Inc. vs. Legion of Doom 
     - Beverly Brothers vs. Natural Disasters
     - Tatanka vs. Berzerker
     - Crush vs. Repo-Man 
     - Nailz vs. Virgil
     - Jim Duggan & The Sheepwhackers vs. The Mountie & The Nasty Boys
     - Papa Shango vs. Tito Santana  

 - Rumours persist that Hulk Hogan and/or Roddy Piper will make an 
   appearance at SummerSlam on Saturday.  There is also talk that
   Randy Savage wants to stay on in the WWF after SummerSlam...as
   champion.  

 - WCW has a Clash of Champions scheduled for September 2nd on WTBS.
   The line-up is:
     - Ron Simmons vs. Cactus Jack for the WCW Title
     - Sting & Nikita Koloff & Steiners vs. 
        Jake Roberts & Rick Rude & Van Vader & Super Invader
        in an elimination tag match
     - Highlights from the NWA Singles tourney
     - Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin for the TV Title
     - Brad Armstrong vs. Brian Pillman for the Lightheavyweight Title
     - Van Hammer vs. Diamond Dallas Page
     - Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes vs. Barbarian & Dan Spivey
     - Greg Valentine & Dick Slater with Larry Zbyszko 
        vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton, with Paul E. Dangerously
        suspended above the ring in a cage
     - Johnny B. Badd vs. Scotty Flamingo
     - Fan vote on the "no-off-the-top-rope-rule"
   Rumour has Bret Hart jumping to WCW immediately after losing the 
   IC Title to Davey Boy Smith and making an appearance at the Clash.
   Rumours also abound that Ted DiBiase will get squashed big-time
   at SummerSlam before he also jumps to WCW.  

 - Jesse Ventura was on "Entertainment Tonight" tonight.  They mostly   
   discussed his dedication to his job as mayor of Brooklyn Park.  Of
   course, it's only a story because of Jesse's colourful pro-wrestling
   past.  They showed him talking to a kid who said that he thought "it"
   was all fake, and Jesse said something to the effect of "how do you
   fake a body-slam?"  They also showed him doing commentary for WCW
   and mentioned how he's still involved with the sport, but I don't
   think they actually gave WCW a plug.  Jesse also said his heart lies
   in becoming a serious heel actor, like a 250 pound Robert DeNiro.
   Keep dreaming.

 - Videotape: I'm on the final batch of people (actually, the last 20+
   people).  If anybody else is interested in the video or wonders what
   I'm talking about let me know.  You won't have to wait through a
   queue anymore.  

 - Videotapes!  The 24 pound parcel of 36 videotapes arrived on Monday
   afternoon.  As I said before, there were five Calgary Stampede tapes
   and the remaining 31 were mostly Japanese.  The Japanese stuff runs
   from 1980 through to 1989.  I'm going through things slowly.  I've
   seen a few interesting things and will post more details on them
   later.  For now, though, I thought I'd post something that's from the  
   1989 Observer Yearbook.  In that book, Jeff Bowdren selected the
   Observer's top 100 matches of the 80s.  The first 80 matches are
   present in chronological order and the remaining 20 are presented
   in order of match ranking.  I hope this brings some memories on for
   some of you.  I pulled it out in order to see if any stellar matches
   I happen to watch on the videos are "critically acclaimed".

      04/81 - Wayne Ferris & Kevin Sullivan vs. Bill Dundee & Dream Machine
   04/21/81 - Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter
   12/12/81 - Bruiser Brody & Jimmy Snuka vs. Dory & Terry Funk
   09/02/82 - Satoru Sayama vs. Dynamite Kid
   12/13/82 - Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Terry & Dory Funk
   03/12/83 - Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
               vs. Don Kernodle & Sgt. Slaughter
      06/83 - Jerry Lawler vs. Jim Dundee
   04/03/83 - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Riki Choshu
   07/04/83 - Freebirds vs. von Erichs
   08/31/83 - Dory & Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy
   12/08/83 - Riki Choshu & Animal Hamaguchi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
               vs. Akira Maeda & Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura
   04/19/84 - Nobuhiko Takada vs. Toshiaki Yatsu
   05/14/84 - Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich vs. Koko Ware & Norvell Austin
   06/16/84 - Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik
   07/04/84 - Freebirds vs. von Erichs
   07/05/84 - Dynamite Kid vs. Cobra
   07/23/84 - Satoru Sayama & Nobuhiko Takada
               vs. Akira Maeda & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
   08/02/84 - Cobra vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
   11/22/84 - Terry Gordy vs. Killer Khan
   11/27/84 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Tully Blanchard
   12/05/84 - Satoru Sayama vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
   12/08/84 - Tiger Mask vs. Pirata Morgan
      05/85 - Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka
   01/04/85 - Ric Flair vs. Bruiser Brody
   01/25/85 - Ric Flair vs. Kerry von Erich
   06/01/85 - Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor
   09/16/85 - Antonio Inoki vs. Bruiser Brody
   10/27/85 - Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed
   11/11/85 - Jim Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer
   11/26/85 - Magnum T.A. vs. Tully Blanchard
   12/31/85 - Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch
      04/86 - Midnight Express vs. R'N'R Express
      10/86 - Bull Nakano & Condor Saito vs. Dump Matsumoto & Yasuko Ishiguro
   03/20/86 - Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Jumping Bomb Angels
   04/07/86 - Fantastics vs. Sheepherders
   07/31/86 - Riki Choshu vs. Killer Khan
   08/31/86 - Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers
   09/06/86 - Owen Hart & Ben Bassarab vs. Viet Cong Express
   10/06/86 - Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Bull Nakano & Condor Saito
   10/09/86 - Akira Maeda vs. Don Nakaya Neilsen
   11/07/86 - Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto
   11/21/86 - Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig
   11/24/86 - Nobuhiko Takada & Shiro Koshinaka
               vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Keiji Muto
   12/02/86 - Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu
               vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
   01/04/87 - Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo vs. Yumi Ogura & Kazue Nagahori
   02/05/87 - Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka
   03/20/87 - Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Muto & Shiro Koshinaka
   03/29/87 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage
   04/27/87 - Antonio Inoki vs. Masa Saito
   05/25/87 - Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
               vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Toshiaki Fujiwara
   06/01/87 - Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert vs. Sting & Shane Douglas
   07/04/87 - Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
               & J.J.Dillon vs. Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff & Road Warriors
               & Paul Ellering
   07/18/87 - Negro Casas vs. El Hijo Del Santo
   09/01/87 - Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
               vs. Kazuo Yamazaki & Toshiaki Fujiwara
   12/05/87 - Chigusa Nagayo & Yumiko Hotta & Mika Suzuki & Yachiyo Hirata
               & Mika Takahashi & ? vs. Lioness Asuka & Mika Komatsu
               & Kazue Nagahori & Mitsuko Nishiwaki & Etsuko Mita
               & Sachiko Makamura
   12/11/87 - Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara
   02/04/88 - Nobuhiko Takada vs. Hiro Hase
   02/05/88 - Hiro Hase vs. Keiichi Yamada
   03/09/88 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tiger Mask
   03/27/88 - Ric Flair vs. Sting
   03/27/88 - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics
   04/26/88 - Midnight Express vs. Fantastics
   06/10/88 - Owen Hart vs. Keiichi Yamada
   06/24/88 - Owen Hart vs. Shiro Koshinaka
   07/19/88 - Foot Loose vs. Shinichi Nakano & Shinji Takano
   07/22/88 - Ted DiBiase vs. Randy Savage
   07/31/88 - Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Don Nakaya Neilsen
   08/08/88 - Antonio Inoki vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
   08/28/88 - Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara
               vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu & Jumbo Tsuruta
   09/20/88 - Foot Loose vs. Shinichi Nakano & Shinji Takano
   10/28/88 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
   12/26/88 - Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
   02/16/89 - Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson vs. Rockers
   03/18/89 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
   06/05/89 - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu
   07/13/89 - Jushin Riger vs. Naoki Sano
   07/22/89 - Ricky Steamboat v. Lex Luger
   07/23/89 - Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk
   09/20/89 - Jushin Riger vs. Naoki Sano

   Top 20:

   07/01/84 - Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami & Cobra
               vs. Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith & David Shultz
         81 - Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton vs. Masa Fuchi & Atsushi Onita
   12/16/88 - Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy
               vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada
   03/22/85 - Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan
   06/21/85 - Tiger Mask (Misawa) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
   01/20/87 - Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
   11/15/89 - Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk
   03/24/86 - Bill Dundee & Buddy Landel vs. Jerry Lawler & Dutch Mantell
   04/02/89 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
   08/05/82 - Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
   08/19/87 - Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda & Kengo Kimura
               & Super Strong Machine vs. Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi
               & Keiji Muto & Kantaro Hoshino & Yoshiaki Fujiwara
   06/12/86 - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda
   02/26/87 - Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka
   02/14/86 - Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
   01/28/86 - Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu
               vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu
   12/25/82 - Ric Flair vs. Kerry von Erich
   02/20/89 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
   08/22/85 - Lioness Asuka vs. Jaguar Yokota
   04/23/83 - Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask
   05/07/89 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat

                                                            Herb...
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