Retrospect
Main Eventer
Joined on: Sept 20, 2019 16:39:04 GMT -5
Posts: 1,059
|
Post by Retrospect on Mar 30, 2020 13:26:11 GMT -5
I’ve always been a fan of the old 80s NWA wrestling but never got to watch it because it was before my time. I’ll watch matches here and there but I don’t really know much about which years are good or not. I want to go back on the network and watch an entire year of programming but I don’t know where to start. So in your opinion what are some of the best years for 80s NWA?
|
|
|
|
Post by Nivro™ on Mar 30, 2020 14:22:30 GMT -5
86-88 tends to be my favorite. 85 wasnt terrible either. Once you go back further then that you get into the Mid Atlantic stuff and I just really didnt enjoy it as much...89+ wasnt terrible but you started to lose a lot of big names to the WWF at the time so star power really wasnt there.
|
|
|
|
Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 30, 2020 14:27:53 GMT -5
Definitely 1998!!
You had Jim Cornette, Dan Severn, Jeff Jarrett, Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Barry Windham, Bob Holly and Bart Gunn!
Occasional appearances by Thrasher, Mosh and Bradshaw too!
Can't get no better than that right there!
|
|
Retrospect
Main Eventer
Joined on: Sept 20, 2019 16:39:04 GMT -5
Posts: 1,059
|
Post by Retrospect on Mar 30, 2020 14:49:11 GMT -5
Definitely 1998!! You had Jim Cornette, Dan Severn, Jeff Jarrett, Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Barry Windham, Bob Holly and Bart Gunn! Occasional appearances by Thrasher, Mosh and Bradshaw too! Can't get no better than that right there! LOL yea I’m actually watching 98 Monday night wars right now and that’s what got me thinking about NWA. It seemed really out of place in the attitude era. |
|
|
|
Post by The Brain on Mar 30, 2020 15:43:50 GMT -5
85-89 for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by Mongo Bears on Mar 30, 2020 16:22:15 GMT -5
I hated the NWA
|
|
|
|
Post by Grumpyoldman on Mar 30, 2020 17:40:49 GMT -5
|
|
Deleted
Joined on: Nov 28, 2024 11:38:53 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2020 17:42:56 GMT -5
in case you didnt feel it, i just backhand slapped you!  |
|
Deleted
Joined on: Nov 28, 2024 11:38:53 GMT -5
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2020 17:45:51 GMT -5
for me, 88-90 were best years. i LOVED 1985-87, but those other 3 years were solid. LOTS of great matches, tag teams, clash of champion events, etc!
|
|
|
|
Post by Grumpyoldman on Mar 30, 2020 17:46:29 GMT -5
Start here & keep going. There are 177 parts in all. Great promos, excellent wrestling & amazing talent.
|
|
|
|
Post by PJ on Mar 31, 2020 5:35:07 GMT -5
|
|
jason1980s
Main Eventer
Joined on: Sept 30, 2009 14:58:56 GMT -5
Posts: 2,335
|
Post by jason1980s on Mar 31, 2020 7:44:37 GMT -5
I'd say the same thing. It had more spectacle than years prior and more larger than life characters like WWF but it still focused a lot on the match quality rather than gimmick or character quality. The match quality generally made the characters. One thing I preferred with NWA over WWF is the open stadium shows. NWA had many more open stadium shows than WWF did. When WWF did a show like that, it was one of my favorites as a kid (Big Event, Wrestlefest) but those type of shows also made me enjoy NWA a lot. NWA/WCW definitely stopped that when Ted Turner took over but maybe even before and that was disappointing. |
|
phantomdreamer
Mid-Carder
Joined on: Sept 12, 2018 20:24:32 GMT -5
Posts: 54
|
Post by phantomdreamer on Mar 31, 2020 15:11:40 GMT -5
I'd say 1985-88 were the best NWA years. Prior to that it was overly regional, after, the exodus of talent to the WWF (Tully, Arn, Windham, Rhodes, etc.) was hard to hide.
|
|
Retrospect
Main Eventer
Joined on: Sept 20, 2019 16:39:04 GMT -5
Posts: 1,059
|
Post by Retrospect on Mar 31, 2020 15:20:08 GMT -5
Thanks for all the feedback! The WWE network has episodes of JCP World Championship Wrestling (the tv show) starting at Nov 85 going all the way to 89. So I’m starting right before Starrcade 85 and I’m going to see how far this’ll take me. They also have a good amount of Mid Atlantic from 86 so I figure I’ll catch that too.
|
|
