andrew8798
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 9, 2013 16:35:57 GMT -5
On 24/7 this month
Brian Adias beat Frank Dusek.
Jose Lothario & Al Madril beat Magic Dragon & Checkmate.
Lone Eagle beat Little Tokyo.
World Class American Champ Kevin Von Erich beat King Kong Bundy via DQ.
World Class Texas Champ David Von Erich beat Bill Irwin.
Ken Mantel won a "battle royal."
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & David Von Erich beat Tom Steele, Mike & Tommy Sharpe to become the first World Class Six Man Tag Champs. Von Erich was a substitute for Buddy Roberts who was given a share of the title.
NWA World Champ Ric Flair beat Kerry Von Erich in a "no DQ steel cage" match. Michael Hayes was the special referee. This is the match where Hayes slammed the cage door in Kerry's face and started the Von Erichs vs. Freebirds feud.
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Post by saintpat on Dec 10, 2013 2:30:59 GMT -5
On 24/7 this month Brian Adias beat Frank Dusek. Jose Lothario & Al Madril beat Magic Dragon & Checkmate. Lone Eagle beat Little Tokyo. World Class American Champ Kevin Von Erich beat King Kong Bundy via DQ. World Class Texas Champ David Von Erich beat Bill Irwin. Ken Mantel won a "battle royal." Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & David Von Erich beat Tom Steele, Mike & Tommy Sharpe to become the first World Class Six Man Tag Champs. Von Erich was a substitute for Buddy Roberts who was given a share of the title. NWA World Champ Ric Flair beat Kerry Von Erich in a "no DQ steel cage" match. Michael Hayes was the special referee. This is the match where Hayes slammed the cage door in Kerry's face and started the Von Erichs vs. Freebirds feud. All midget wrestlers should by law have to use "Little" as their first name. With the exception of Sky Low Low.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 6:46:19 GMT -5
Magic Dragon and Checkmate sound hilarious.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Dec 10, 2013 10:59:40 GMT -5
All midget wrestlers should by law have to use "Little" as their first name. With the exception of Sky Low Low. I would add Fuzzy Cupid to that exceptions list.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 11:14:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mac on Dec 10, 2013 23:13:20 GMT -5
I HATED Magic Dragon. His role was supposed to be that of some mystical ninja, but he had a beer gut and outside of the rolling sleeper was just terrible.
I really loved watching world class but sometimes anything away from the Von Erich storylines suffered.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 11, 2013 11:24:48 GMT -5
Anyone have images of Checkmate? I grew up watching WCCW but he was before my time as a fan, and I've never found any pics of him.
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Post by Mac on Dec 11, 2013 22:24:10 GMT -5
Anyone have images of Checkmate? I grew up watching WCCW but he was before my time as a fan, and I've never found any pics of him. Im pretty sure this was him w/o the mask Put a Checkerboard mask on him.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 12, 2013 10:13:39 GMT -5
Okay then, what was his gimmick? Sounds kinda weird to me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 8:28:47 GMT -5
I'm probably wrong, but the name "Checkmate" and the checkerboard mask would give the impression he was a technical wrestler who can plan a few moves ahead of time like a chess master.
I've seen a wrestler with that kind of gimmick before, but don't think that was the same guy. It's actually pretty interesting. Something wrestling really could use these days.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 15:23:13 GMT -5
Part one just showed the battle royal and the 6 man match.
Part two was the Flair-Kerry match.
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Post by cabbageboy on Dec 14, 2013 17:48:02 GMT -5
Yeah I have seen some of the old WCCW shows leading up to this big event and those shows were terrific. I actually quite liked Checkmate from what I saw of him. I think it was Les Thornton under a mask. He did a lot of cool stuff for that era. I think it was him and Dragon vs. Madril and Bugsy McGraw on a show one time that I remember thinking was really a fun tag match, if you can believe it.
Bundy's odd tweener act was also of note in 1982 era WCCW. He had this dirt on Flair putting bounties on people or something.
The main event finish actually kinda sucks. It needed to just end after the Hayes cage slamming spot, but instead it kinda drags on and the ref finally stops it. Flair doesn't even really get the win per se.
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