WCW/NJPW Supershow I (March 21, 1991)

Today I’m going to take a look at a WCW show from 1991 I do not think I’ve ever seen before, their joint show with New Japan Pro Wrestling originating from the Egg Dome in Tokyo. Much like they would later do with the Collision in Korea show (another New Japan collaberation), WCW released a truncated version of the show for American audiences which is the version I’m watching. I might go an see if I can find the matches that were cut from this version since they apparently exist but I don’t know if I really need to see Scott Norton take on the guy that would go on to become Evad Sullivan or random early 90s New Japan guys I’ve never heard of so who knows? As for why I’ve never seen this show that’s because it’s one of the few WCW PPVs that, to my knowledge, never got added to the WWE Network. I’m assuming it’s due to some sort of New Japan related rights issues (Collision in Korea is another one that’s nowhere to be found on the Network). Anyway here we go!

WCW Clash of the Champions XXXI (August 6, 1995)

My quest to clear out my hard drive of wrestling shows I haven’t reviewed continues today with some mid-90s WCW, specifically Clash of the Champions XXXI. I know for a fact I watched this live on TBS when it happened and remember the main event and Hulk Hogan’s shenanigans that happen during this show but don’t remember much of the undercard so I guess it’ll be interesting to see what WCW was up to in the lead up to Nitro becoming a thing.

Championship Wrestling From Florida (February 19, 1983)

Today we’ve got another exciting episode of Championship Wrestling From Florida, specifically the February 19, 1983 episode of the show which unlike most of these shows I’ve seen does not originate from the Sportatorium at 106 N. Albany Ave. but rather the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa. That’s right folks, we’re going to see some arena matches (taped on February 15, 1983) today…or at least some clips of arena matches since I’m doubtful we’ll get any in full.

Championship Wrestling From Florida (January 8, 1983)

I found the January 8, 1983 episode of Championship Wrestling From Florida on the ol’ YouTube though due to the length of the video it does not appear to be complete. I have no idea what, if anything, is missing from this one but if there is stuff I missed and you have a more complete copy of this episode or know of where a more complete copy can be found please let me know. Anyway let’s get down to it.

Championship Wrestling From Florida (April 10, 1982)

My dive into the Florida territory continues with this April 10, 1982 episode of Championship Wrestling From Florida. I’ve watched every other April ’82 episode (albeit completely out of order) so I decided to just watch this one and finish off the month. So let’s get ready for crimson masks and suplays in the Sunshine State!

NWA World Championship Wrestling (May 11, 1985)

I’m burnt on on the Attitude Era and have already done a write-up for the episode of Raw Is War I would be scheduled to watch this week anyway so instead of checking out Sunday Night Heat or SummerSlam ’98 I’ve decided to watch some good-ass studio wrestling from the 1980s, specifically NWA World Championship Wrestling from May 11, 1985. Didn’t really pick this for any other reason than the fact that it popped up on YouTube and had a thumbnail of Abdullah the Butcher looking nuts and that’s good enough for me.

NWA World Championship Wrestling (May 17, 1986)

There’s not really any reason that I watched this particular episode of NWA World Championship Wrestling other than the fact that I went looking for a random hour long studio wrestling show on YouTube and this one came up and had a pretty funny thumbnail so I went ahead and checked it out. Don’t really know what we’ll get here besides a bunch of squash matches and dudes with scarred up foreheads screaming hot bullshit at each other which is really all anyone needs in pro-wrestling anyway so let’s get to it.

WCW Halloween Havoc 1989: Settling The Score (October 28, 1989)

So it was Halloween which means I wanted to watch some Halloween themed wrestling bullshit. Luckily for me the cheap as free tier of the award winning WWE Network has my back and has put up a bunch of old WCW Halloween Havoc PPV as this month’s freebies unfortunately they kept the one I really wanted to see, Halloween Havoc ‘91, behind the paywall so I decided to check on ‘89 inside because it’s one I don’t think I’d ever seen before so let’s get spooky!

WCW World War 3 1997 (November 23, 1997)

For reasons I cannot even begin to fathom the 1997 edition of WCW’s often reviled World War 3 PPV was one of the offerings on the freebie tier of the award winning WWE Network. Since WCW and shitty gimmick matches are my shit I had no choice but to watch it. So I did. Here are words about it.

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling World Wide Wrestling (March 21, 1979)

When looking for the next 1982 episode of Mid-Atlantic over on the ol’ YouTube, I came across this episode of World Wide Wrestling from 1979. World Wide Wrestling was the Jim Crockett Promotions B-Show, and as long time readers are quite well aware, there are few things I love more in this world than B-Shows so we’re going to take a brief detour and see what was happening on this particular episode of World Wide Wrestling.