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1988: Thread of my picks for best matches of the year, as covered in Wrestling Playlists. Subscribe to see why I said what I said: wrestlingplaylists.substack.com We'll get the thread going on Tuesday, putting it here so I remember to come back to it.

Home Alone hit France like an atom bomb.

this is the hardest court sketch i’ve ever seen

@elliottswrstlin The armdrag celebration!

The Dennis Rodman & Hulk Hogan vs Lex Luger & Giant match from Bash at the Beach 97 is a classic match. So much better than you'd expect. People can learn a lot about pro-wrestling from a match like that.

@pwoloss Added to my profile, great stuff!

Today you'd learn that in March 1988, Billy Travis won a battle royal, which made him the official Covington Pike Toyota Wrestler of the Week.

We recovered thousands of minutes of French Catch from the 50s-80s. Hundreds of matches. Amazingly varied footage. Technicians. Acrobats. Villains. Strange characters. Bizarre gimmicks. Passionate crowds. Lost lore. This is my favorite thirty seconds.

Greg Gagne vs Pat Tanaka (AWA TV Taping 03/19/1988) ★★★1/2

Dave Finlay vs Danny Collins (All Star Wrestling 03/16/1988) ★★★1/2

Antonio Inoki vs Riki Choshu (NJPW New Year Golden Series 02/04/1988) ★★★★

@lizzyflanagan @coolguysinceO1 They think you know them.

Edge and Christian had their most recent tag title reign in 2001. I was not even a year old. I just don’t really care man. This isn’t nostalgic for me.

Man, Don Leo Jonathan was an animal in his prime. Just the way he stalks the ring and takes up space like a scarecrow. These lock ups are pure intensity. Then Verne bitchslaps him and segues right into a perfect takedown. 1950s wrestling was sick

“We’ve had one of our best runs of Smackdowns lately” would be so good.

Going to the cinema and posting “THIS IS WRESTLING” when the movie is good.

Imagine if every job was like wrestling. Working at a restaurant, opening twitter and seeing dozens of people saying “that waiter was a fucking asshole”.

NEW: Tony Khan bid on WWE in 2023. There were 4 bidders: winner Endeavor, plus KKR and Liberty Media... Those were apparent for some time. Newly unredacted court records show the 4th was AEW owner Tony Khan's lesser-known entity, Base 10. 1400+ words: postwrestling.com/2026/03/19/ton…

Releasing it for the first time for the public to see, this is incredible 8mm footage of a St. Louis battle royal, from my collection, that took place on Friday night, September 14 1979. Watch as Andre, Bruiser Brody, David Von Erich and many others compete to see who wins !

PREMIERING on 3/26: Our star-studded WCW Draft, as @NINaylor & @pwoloss join @brxinbusterr, @ConfirmedShoot Classic, @ContrarianAlex, @JoeHulbert, @kingmotivatorh & @RobertONeill31 for a celebration of World Championship Wrestling's all-time talent pool!

@elliottswrstlin What era/promotion do you see as your biggest footage gap?

Fuck it why not🤷