World Class Diaries: Match #149
Match #149: Eric Embry & Chris Adams vs. Gary Young & Billy Joe Travis (12/1/89) Looks like Billy Joe Travis is getting a big heel push.
Match #149: Eric Embry & Chris Adams vs. Gary Young & Billy Joe Travis (12/1/89) Looks like Billy Joe Travis is getting a big heel push.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Match #146: Eric Embry & Chris Adams vs. PY Chu-Hi & Gary Young (8/11/89) We kick off the USWA era with Flamboyant Eric and The Gentleman still fighting Akbar and Yamamoto’s minions.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Match #144: Chris Adams vs. Gary Young (7/21/89) Adams’s feud with Young escalates when he gets him in the ring.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Match #143: Chris Adams vs. Cactus Jack (7/14/89) A bizarro dream match in some circles as a young Mick Foley takes on a now veteran Gentleman Chris Adams, with Adams as the transplanted local hero.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Match #141: Chris Adams vs. Dutch Mantell (6/16/89) Dutch Mantell, a favorite from Memphis, comes in as a heel to take on the Gentleman, perhaps the most consistent performer from Dallas in the 1980s.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Match #122: Chris Adams, Steve Simpson & Kevin Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy, Iceman Parsons & Buddy Roberts (Cage Match) (12/25/87) We’ve seen the Freebirds. Now meet the Blackbirds. Hayes is out and Parsons is in. There’s still on Von Erich on the other side of the ring though. And it’s in a cage!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Match #118: Chris Adams & Brian Adias vs. Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne (7/11/86) A match full of lost potential and greatness, as Adams, Sawyer, and Borne should have been so much more on the national stage in the 90s.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Match #117: Chris Adams vs. Buzz Sawyer (6/16/86) So excited to see the mad man, Buzz Sawyer, bring his heel act to Texas against a quality opponent in hot babyface Chris Adams.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Match #116: Chris Adams, Kevin & Lance Von Erich vs. Blackjack Mulligan, The Great Kabuki & Rick Rude (6/13/86) A six man tag from in front of a hot crowd at the Dallas Sportatorium. My first ever unclipped look at Black Jack Mulligan too.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Match #115: Chris Adams, Kevin & Lance Von Erich vs. One Man Gang, The Great Kabuki & Rick Rude (5/26/86) The first of two six man tags featuring the Von Erichs and Adams facing a heel team anchored by Rick Rude.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Match #114: Chris Adams vs. John Tatum (5/16/86) Tatum marches Missy Hyatt into the Dallas Sportatorium to take on the recovering (from a blinding) Gentleman.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Match #105: Chris Adams vs. Gino Hernandez (Hair vs. Hair) (1/27/86) The Dynamic Duo breaks up—and they’re still obsessed with haircuts. Let’s watch.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Match #104: Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (12/25/85) These teams hate each other so much they took Christmas Day to have one more blow off match.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Match #102: Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Texas Tornado Cage Match) (11/28/85) The Dynamic Duo may have lost their hair, but they aren’t done with the Von Erichs. Get the cage ready, we’ve got a brawl brewing.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Match # 99: Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Hair vs. Hair Match) (10/6/85) The most talked about World Class match of 1985 finally makes it’s way to my TV set. We start with background and work from there.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Match #96: Chris Adams vs. Kevin Von Erich (No DQ) (9/2/85) A big Labor Day battle includes a no DQ stipulation, and Gino Hernandez in a cage… wearing a suit. Adam’s partner in crime, Gino, is forced into a small “penalty box” cage by overly involved, self-important ref David Manning. The cage is raised to [...]
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Match #94: Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (Texas Tornado Match) (7/26/85) Non-title, all four men in the ring match with a sixty minute time limit. This feud is getting crazy, like Freebirds/VE before it, so we’re in the home stretch. Enjoy.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Match #93: Chris Adams vs. Kevin Von Erich (7/13/85) A bout notable enough that it was put on the WWE-produced World Class DVD. These are the main figures in the Dynamic Duo/Von Erich feud, so I expect sparks and a solid bout.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Match #92: Chris Adams vs. The Great Kabuki (7/8/85) I guess they didn’t settle things at the July 4th show where Kabuki won with his thrust kick. They go at it for the third time on our set.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Match #91: Gino Hernandez & Chris Adams vs. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich (7/4/85) Adams wrestles his second match of the night as a new chapter in this awesome feud is written, stipulations included.
Friday, March 25, 2011
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