Detroit “Big Time Wrestling” dvd 1 & 2
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Disc # 1
FABULOUS KANGAROO’S V JIM WADDELL/BIG REDD
JOHN IRISH V ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER
BILLIE BYRD V THE SHEIK
STEVE COOPER V AUSTIN IDOL
DORY FUNK JR/PIERRE LaFIVE V KURT VON HESS/BULLDOG DON KENT
GARTH VADER V STAN STASIAK
Disc # 2 (1969)
HELL’S ANGELS V ARNOLD SKAALAND/J.J.DILLION
JIM PATERUSKI V THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON
THE SPOILER V SPIROS ARION
BLACKJACK GORDON V BIG JESS ORTEGA
MARK LEWIN V OX BAKER
JUNIOR PATERUSKI V KILLER KARL KOX
J.J.DILLION V ANESTIS BRESNICK
Disc # 1
This was called BIG TIMNE WRESTLING. They were in a studio, small audience. They would do circle vision, I guess you can call it, where the screen would be in the shape of a circle and would zoom in on a particular wrestler.
FABULOUS KANGAROO’S V JIM WADDELL/BIG REDD
The Fabs are Al Costello and Bob Heffner, whom I can’t find listed in any incarnation of the Kangaroos. They did this little warm up routine before thw match that was odd and funny at the same time, something to piss off their opponents. This match was all Kangaroos. Lots of heavy forearms to the chest, lots of chops to the jaw by Costello, lots of cheating and double teaming, but real old school, slow, plodding even, and Waddell just looked like some bum off the streets. Big red came in and he did kicked the Kangaroos asses but his partner just got his ass handed to him as the Roos won the match.
JOHN IRISH V ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER
Abby just attacked his opponent right off the bat and beat him in like 10 seconds. Mark Lewin, who was on commentary with someone else, went to the ring to help Johnny Irish.
BILLIE BYRD V THE SHEIK
The fans were cheering the Sheik, so he was a babyface, but he didn’t do anything but beat the shit out of this guy Byrd in a heelish fashion. Lewin kept commenting on how Sheik was a good guy now, but he was biting the guy’s forehead! He won with a camel clutch, and then, just like any good guy, he slapped it on the guy again. I loved his pointy boots, by the way.
The music in between the breaks was awesome porno music.
STEVE COOPER V AUSTIN IDOL
The Universal Heartthrob looked great, his opponent, not so great. These jobbers were just straight up awesome jobber-jobbers. Just guys off the street-level nobodies. Only Big Red was any good. Idol beat his guy up with the usual 70’s offense, hit a weird clothesline that his jobber buddy messed up, then won the match with an Atomic Noogie to the forehead!? Mark Lewin called it something but I didn’t catch what he called the maneuver.
More to come… just havin fun…
DORY FUNK JR/PIERRE LaFIVE V KURT VON HESS/BULLDOG DON KENT
Pierre LaFive is no where to be found on the internet. So THAT’S why he gets his ass kicked by Von Hess and Kent. I hate Bulldog kent, always have. he just looks like a fat pud. They heel it up and beat the shit out Pierre, but then the hot tag comes and Dory kicks their asses, schoolboys Von Hess, who appears to make zero attempt to kick out of the hold, and Dory wins it all by himself. Bulldog grabs a chain and he busts open Dory, out runs Terry Funk and Mark Lewin. They bandage Dory right there in the ring and back out comes Bob Kent. Dory wants to fight and even gives Kent his back, getting down on all fours, but Kent won’t bite. Funny stuff.
GARTH VADER V STAN STASIAK
Holy shit! Garth Vader is a guy in a Superstar mask! I was expecting more. Stan Stasiak was old here, as was everyone on this show! These two fought tooth and nail but Stan pretty much pummeled Garth from the get go. It went a while actually, with Garth getting some offense in here and there, but Stan was just toying with him. Then, The Sheik came out, Stan hit the heart punch and pinned Garth! Then Stan and The Shiek went at it, with a chair, with a small table. Mark Lewin grabbed Stan and Shiek hit him with the chair, but it was very worked, he didn’t lay it on. They circled each other for the remainder of the show, and Stan even got to cut a promo on Sheik about the fire, and that he would be all over him like a fly, and stiff that made little sense and wasn’t very good.
No wonder Big Time Wrestling and the Detroit territory went under.
HELL’S ANGELS V ARNOLD SKAALAND/J.J.DILLION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWjpHuMx … 81943E6275
Bob Finnegan for Lord Athol Layton… CALIFORNIA Hell’s Angels, they are called, to be more specific. In looking into some info on this match and this tag team I find out one of the Hell’s Angel’s is frikkin’ Chris Colt. 12/2/1969 is the date for this match. From youtube ltrott3: After this match, the HAs went to the Phoenix territory and became the Commancharos. They then proceeded to get the promotion kicked off the local TV by burning an American flag on air.” And also from ltrott3 on youtube: The other HA was Ron Dupree. He was forced to stop wrestling due to a heart condition (can you say Randy “The Ram” Robinson?) So he became a ring announcer. Six months in, he dropped dead of a heart attack after announcing the opening match of a card.
I love the gear the Angel’s are wearing, this faux-jeans and bikers boots, cut off shirt sleeves. Pretty awesome. Tons of cheating by the HA’s, tons of hair pulling and double teaming, lots of blatant choking and ghost tags, I really liked this match because of their cheating, and the total lameness of Skaaland and JJ. The HA’s win with a Bombs Away knee drop from the top.
JIM PATERUSKI V THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON
Straight squash match, Thunderbolt does alot of strutting around, lots of shots to the throat, and wins with a punch to the jaw.
THE SPOILER V SPIROS ARION
Spiros is billed from Greece. The Spoiler is not THE Spoiler. I am quite sure of it, but PM me if I am wrong. Spiros beats his opponent very fast with a shin breaker, not a good match.
BLACKJACK GORDON V BIG JESS ORTEGA
I wouldn’t know who is the guy whose gonna go over from the start of this match. Ortega is a big guy, very wide. These guys were just terrible. Gordon tried to out-muscle Ortega to his dismay. Body scissors by Ortega, he gives him a “raspberry” which I call atomic nuggies. Gordon tried a lot of offense but Ortega shrugged much of it off. Ortega won with the splash.
MARK LEWIN V OX BAKER
Lewin looked “for real”, and OX was bald even back then. He was already a middle-aged guy at this time. Ox was the heel, and he tried a few shortcuts. I liked the OX bearhug where Lewin immediately went to the bell-ringer to get out. Lewin wins with a sleeper hold in a short match. He then had to “wake him up” with the slap on the neck, very old school, loved it.
JUNIOR PATERUSKI V KILLER KARL KOX
Kox goes to his trunks and punches and chokes Pateruski right away. He totally abuses this guy with the foreign object, we never get to see it, he wins the match. then Killer Karl cuts a God-awful promo about Detroit and how bad it is living there. he talks about The Sheik and how he wants to win the United States Title. Out comes “The Weasel”, a guy in a Fez cap. Kox says The Sheik blinded him with fire once. “The Weasel” says after the Sheik blinds him again they will buy him a tin cup and some pencils and he can start a new career. Great promo from that guy. Kox then shakes the interviewer’s hand. He comes off all wrong, cheating in the ring, but then being sorta a nice guy during the interview.
J.J.DILLION V ANESTIS BRESNICK
Anestis is billed from Russia. Everyone works the same. Hidden punches, chokes, head-lock take downs. Standard match, same as the rest, but the show ends before the match does. Nice twist we don’t see these days, but, leaves me thinking, what happens? But then again, this was so boring I didn’t care.
Overall: Historically, worth a look. Fucking shit, Chris Colt! JJ Dillon! Mark Lewin! And “The Weasel”! I liked that guy. A lot of these matches are on youtube if you want to see them. Big Time Wrestling!
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