Retro Rasslin' Review

This is part 2 of our 2-week Dynamite Kid retro rasslin' extravaganza! Last week, we covered Dynamite Kid vs Tiger Mask. This week, we watch along to Dynamite Kid vs Bret Hart from the Calgary Stampede territory in 1978 as well as those two men doing battle in the WWF in 1985. These two gladiators carried their rivalry from the light heavyweight division of the Calgary territory all the way to their tag-team feud in the World Wrestling Federation as the British Bulldogs dueled with the Hart Foundation. These two have always been can't-miss wrestlers, and these matches are no different!

There are so many amazing, classic matches between Dynamite Kid and Tiger Mask to choose from, but we picked just two. One of the matches we're covering today is from All Japan Pro Wrestling whereas the other is from WWF in Madison Square Garden. Dynamite Kid was and is to this day a divisive figure, but his in-ring work was second to none. Let's also not leave out the amazing talent of the man who donned the Tiger Mask. This is part one of our two-week Dynamite Kid extravaganza! I hope you enjoy the watch-along as well as the facts I'm going to be throwing at you. Watch and learn!

The man currently known as LA Park became famous in AAA and WCW under the name La Parka. But when he left AAA in 1996, he had to change his look up a bit and became LA Park (La Authentica Park). Today, we're talking about some of the history of the character, the man behind the character, and watching along to two matches from very different eras. The first match is from 2016 where LA Park takes on Caristico (the former Mistico & Sin Cara). The second match is a 6-man tag from 1993 where La Parka teams with Psicosis and Heavy Metal to face the team of Lizmark, Rey Misterio Jr, and Eddie Guerrero.

In the summer of 1988, Curt Hennig, who was the reigning AWA World Champion, was about to head east for the WWF. Jerry Lawler, who ruled Memphis, tried for almost a decade and a half to get some sort of World Title. So, this made for a perfect storm that led to Hennig defending his title against Lawler in the Mid-South Coliseum. We review that match and a return match that aired on ESPN for the AWA!

Little known fact: Andre the Giant finished out his illustrious career in Japan. However, back when he was a spry, young man, he did quite a few tours in Japan with historic matches, including a few with Antonio Inoki in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Today, we watch along to a couple of his classic matches (back when Andre had his famous afro), review the matches, and we go through some BIG facts about the Eighth Wonder of the World, his run in the Land of the Rising Sun, and his opponents.

In honor of Women's History Month 2021, we are going to Japan way back in 1989 and in the early '90s for two matches involving Joshi wrestling legends, Madusa Miceli and Lioness Asuka. The first match is a classic bout of theirs where Nick Bockwinkel was the special guest referee. The second match was a tag-team encounter where Madusa completely changed her look and attitude to team up with Bison Kimura to take on Yumiko Hotta and Mariko Yoshida. Your host, Troy, has much difficulty keeping all of this straight in the tag match and struggles to pronounce some names, but he tries his best. At the very least, you'll be entertained and you might learn something!

We're hopping on the time-traveling wrestling ring to go back to the mid-1970s for two amazing matches from the world's most famous arena! "Superstar" Billy Graham is most well known for his triumphs in Madison Square Garden, so we are going to be watching along as he takes on two other titans of the industry on that very venue. First, in 1975 (supposedly), Graham squares off against one of the WWWF's biggest babyface draws, Bruno Sammartino, in a battle of the big men. In the second match, we're heading to 1977 to watch Graham and "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes brutalize each other in a Texas Death match! Listen in and watch along if you can, but you'll have fun either way!