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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 16, 2013 1:18:08 GMT -5
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Post by turkeysandwich on Nov 16, 2013 2:06:37 GMT -5
Wow neat find, I had no idea this existed. Its funny that its just him cutting a heel promo.
Any idea what year this is?
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Post by saintpat on Nov 16, 2013 2:19:58 GMT -5
Best guess is probably the second half of 1979 -- Diana Nyad made news in August of that year by setting a world distance swimming record by swimming from the Bahamas to Florida. So she was topical during the August-September period.
Great find.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Nov 16, 2013 3:02:21 GMT -5
Man, it is so surreal seeing him standing next to Vince.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 3:15:00 GMT -5
Woah great find. Is this new discovered footage because the upload date was yesterday and only 22 views. I'm a big Kaufman fan and didn't know this existed so I'm marking out. Plus I love how Vince looks like he's corpsing. So surreal and I wish he was already in the HOF already.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Nov 16, 2013 3:33:58 GMT -5
I bet Vince is thinking "my dad's an idiot for refusing to do business with this guy".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 7:43:58 GMT -5
There's a lot of topical information in here:
Recently, someone matched Diana's swim from Cuba to Key West.
Also, there is a weird news article that insists Andy Kaufman is still alive and his death was just to get away from show business. Jerry Lawler was quoted as saying that if true, he would love to face Kaufman at WM 30.
Mr. Lawler? Um, no.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Nov 16, 2013 8:02:04 GMT -5
There's a lot of topical information in here: Recently, someone matched Diana's swim from Cuba to Key West. Also, there is a weird news article that insists Andy Kaufman is still alive and his death was just to get away from show business. Jerry Lawler was quoted as saying that if true, he would love to face Kaufman at WM 30. Mr. Lawler? Um, no. It wouldn't be any worse than Bret vs. Vince and would be better than Lawler vs. Cole. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 8:08:37 GMT -5
I didn't say that, but Jerry has aged to the point I don't think he can carry a dead man through a match - even if his name was Mark Calloway.
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Post by odor31 on Nov 16, 2013 10:37:57 GMT -5
Amazing. Great find.
WWF @ New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden - October 22, 1979
Televised on the MSG Network - featured Vince McMahon on commentary
Johnny Rivera fought Johnny Rodz to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Ivan Putski & Tito Santana defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Johnny & Jerry Valiant at 13:39 to win the titles when Santana pinned Johnny, the illegal man, with a crossbody after the champions collided in the ring, with Jerry being knocked to the floor (Tag Team Champions)
Nikolai Volkoff pinned Moose Monroe a 3:56 with a boot to the face and a stomp; after the bout, Vince McMahon interviewed Andy Kaufman at ringside; Kaufman appeared the previous Saturday on "Saturday Night Live" with his inter-gender wrestling challenge and challenged any woman at MSG $500 if they could beat him
WWF World Champion Bob Backlund pinned Swede Hanson at 16:28 with the atomic drop after Hansen missed a move off the top; prior to the bout, Freddie Blassie escorted Hansen and Arnold Skaaland escorted Backlund ringside
Hussein Arab defeated Dominic DeNucci via count-out at 6:31 after DeNucci attempted an airplane spin but Arab grabbed the ropes, with both men falling to the floor
Bruno Sammartino defeated Greg Valentine when the referee stopped the match due to excessive bleeding at 15:10 after Sammartino slammed Valentine's head into the metal part of the turnbuckle; prior to the bout, the Grand Wizard escorted Valentine ringside
Dusty Rhodes pinned Jimmy Valiant at 5:27 with the Bionic Elbow
Larry Zbyszko defeated Bulldog Brower via disqualification at 3:49 after Brower kicked Zbyzsko low and would not follow the referee's instructions
WWF IC Champion Pat Patterson pinned Ted Dibiase at 7:54 by putting his leg on the middle rope for leverage after Dibiase attempted to hit Patterson with the champion's own foreign object; during the bout, music industry pioneer Kal Rudman briefly joined Vince McMahon on commentary (History of the Intercontinental Championship)
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Post by mrjl on Nov 16, 2013 10:59:13 GMT -5
"Hussein Arab"?
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Post by Juice on Nov 16, 2013 11:16:57 GMT -5
its bs that of all celebs in the hof kaufman isnt
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 12:40:00 GMT -5
Thanks for finding the card, I was wondering who lost to Volkoff and who Backlund was about to face. Swede Hansen - I didn't recognize him with the cowboy hat on.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Nov 16, 2013 13:34:52 GMT -5
As cool as the video is, I just can't help but really miss this era. The shitty camera, shitty audio, dark arena, basically everything looking and sounding like a boxing match. Fink introducing the wrestlers when they are in the ring, climbing back into the ring after to declare a winner and time of the match, just everything.... I miss it.
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Post by hotshotalex on Nov 16, 2013 14:11:29 GMT -5
Wow great find. I had no idea this existed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2013 14:23:49 GMT -5
There's a lot of topical information in here: Recently, someone matched Diana's swim from Cuba to Key West. Also, there is a weird news article that insists Andy Kaufman is still alive and his death was just to get away from show business. Jerry Lawler was quoted as saying that if true, he would love to face Kaufman at WM 30. Mr. Lawler? Um, no. It wouldn't be any worse than Bret vs. Vince and would be better than Lawler vs. Cole. Yeah plus Kaufman was a fantastic showman who actually got the wrestling business and the entertainment aspect of it. It would of been great because Kaufman would understand to keep it short but entertaining by being the most obnoxious entertaining hated troll with possible goons to help him out only for something to backfire on him which leads to Kaufman begging Lawler for forgiveness with Lawler having none of that and boom head shot he f***s him up. Crowd pops match is over. Then for the post match have Kaufman crying and blaming everyone and the crowd just making him stoop to low pathetic levels. As long if the match is short the match should be entertaining just like on how if Vince and Bret was short it would of been a fun squash match. If they really needed to kill time I'm sure Kaufman would come up with the brilliant idea of cutting an evil trollish promo before the match officially begins. |
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Post by chazraps on Nov 16, 2013 14:24:41 GMT -5
Even as a huge Kaufman devotee, this is absolutely surreal.
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 16, 2013 20:43:49 GMT -5
Vince wanted to bring him in but his father wouldn't do it
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Post by horsemen4ever on Nov 16, 2013 22:28:05 GMT -5
And look who is in the ring right after this, Classy Freddie Blassie. Seriously this would have awesome to see Kauffman wrestler in the WWF.
Seriously why is he not in the WWE Hall Of Fame? He is more relevent and important to wrestling than any of the celebirties in the WWE Hall Of Fame.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Nov 17, 2013 0:22:38 GMT -5
I didn't say that, but Jerry has aged to the point I don't think he can carry a dead man through a match - even if his name was Mark Calloway. Sad thing is, Andy Kaufman's corpse could get greater heat than Michael Cole's live body. |
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