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It was not but I wish I had come up with that. I have said it created the modern lens of "justice" in wrestling, which is how many fans now view it. Being *deserving* of pushes, wins, etc.

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1987-The Year In Review in less than 3 minutes from
@NINaylor.

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It's A Small World After All: How Pro Wrestling Divvied Up a Tinier Pie in 1988

A 30,000+ word look at a turning point year in wrestling history.

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113 issues covering an epic year are complete. Thanks to everyone who came along for it. An incredible year. I feel like I learned wrestling all over again. Looking forward to finishing out the 1980s and continuing beyond! Subscribe to Wrestling Playlists.

UP NOW from @NINaylor! A long-form music video retrospective on the history of Mid South Wrestling!

Coming next Sunday:

It's A Small World After All: How Pro Wrestling Divvied Up a Tinier Pie in 1988

A 30,000+ word look at a turning point year in wrestling history.

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Up now: A musical look at December 1987 from
@NINaylor.

Over the next week, we'll get THREE new music videos from
@NINaylor. The first will look at December 1987. Then we'll get a retrospective on Mid South Wrestling and a year in review for 1987!

UP NOW: For New Japan Pro Wrestling, a chaotic Sumo Hall card turned out to be a microcosm of a tumultuous year.

Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot: A Fitting End to 1987 at NJPW Year End in Kokugikan

UP NOW: In December 1987, WCCW was turned over to new owners who continued the proud, tactless Dallas wrestling tradition.

Out With The Old, In With The Old: Lines Crossed at WCCW Christmas Star Wars 1987

We're about to enter the final week of an epic year. We've been covering it since the end of July. On February 15, we'll have a long-form article looking at 1988 and then that week, we'll start diving in. Great time to come on board! Subscribe at Wrestling Playlists dot com!

For those who have inquired about this, there was an outer layer of fabric covering the slap bracelet that started falling off, and at that point it became very easy to get color from it. A really thin piece of metal with sharp edges. Very safe!

The rest of the card:

Johnny Rich vs Jesse Barr
Brad Armstrong vs Les Thornton
Ron Garvin vs King Kong Bundy
Mr. R (Tommy Rich) vs The Spoiler
NWA National TV Title: Jake Roberts (c) vs Jerry Brisco
NWA Natl Tag Team Titles: Road Warriors (c) vs Pez Whatley & Sweet Brown Sugar

YouTube video by WWE Vault FULL EVENT: Road Warriors, Roberts, DiBiase in action at Atlanta’s Omni

WWE Vault just released a new Omni show from February 5, 1984. Ted DiBiase vs Jack Brisco was previously released by itself as part of Hidden Gems, but the rest is new. youtu.be/MbWtYEYydEw?...

UP NOW: The competition had not fully surrendered, but the WWF’s lead was now insurmountable.

Happy Thanksgiving, War Is Over: A Turning Point at the WWF Survivor Series

UP NOW: Jim Crockett ended what once seemed destined to be his biggest year ever with a whimper.

When It Rains It Pours: How Starrcade '87 Served As A Reality Check for the NWA

It's A Small World After All: How Pro Wrestling Divvied Up a Tinier Pie in 1988

30,000+ words on the year coming to Wrestling Playlists on February 15

Among the best matches of the decade. Fujiwara and Saito is a makeshift alliance after the tournament was destroyed but it's a dream team and just ... works. Inoki and Saito have had the 1987 feud of the year and Murdoch is awfully inspired. A magical time period in pro wrestling.

UP NOW: Everyone Just Got Paid in November 1987, as
@NINaylor takes a musical look at the month in wrestling.

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In the lull between the Megapowers forming and the build to WrestleMania IV beginning, WWF fans stayed tuned in, waiting to see what would be next.

Everybody's Watching: WWF Saturday Night's Main Event 11-28-1987

Check out today's issue for the pun on Stampede Wrestling that was so bad it made me briefly consider just stopping the newsletter.

This whole thread has a ton of cool thoughts.

🤼Today's Wrestling Playlists from @pwoloss.bsky.social covers Starrcade '87 and Survivor Series '87, real tale of two shows, both of which I happen to remember pretty well. On the Crockett side... look, I was excited when I rented that tape sometime in 1988 because I didn't have cable as a kid...

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World Class Championship Wrestling went into hype overdrive to make Thanksgiving night successful, but the larger story remained unchanged.

Don't Believe The Hype: The Success of WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars 1987

It is!

I debated this a few times but have decided 1988 will just focus on the daily issues. We'll continue the Timelines and music videos but that will be it. Frees me up to do some other things I want to do, including a big 80s retrospective when we wrap up the decade in spring 2027.

The Kick That Broke Professional Wrestling Akira Maeda, Riki Choshu and the Dawn of the Shootstyle Revolution

By coincidence or design, today both @pwoloss.bsky.social's Wrestling Playlist and @jonathansnowden.bsky.social's Hybrid Shoot discuss the Maeda/Choshu shoot kick incident from 1987. You can read the most thorough examination of one kick you can imagine here
hybridshoot.substack.com/p/the-kick-t...