I think so. In the mid 80s, Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea tried to revive the Australian WCW, which had died out in 1978 after losing their TV timeslot on Channel 9.
Killer Khan, Don Kernodle, Manny Fernandez un -document matches in their careers in the USA! If anyone attended this matches, I need the date & place, City , Australia
This can hardly be called “sport” - don’t get me wrong - I grew up on Jack Little and World Championship Wrestling and loved it, but it is best described as “performance theatre”. But I was shocked to hear Channel 7 commentators, calling the wrestling. Looks like it didn’t last long.
No, but he was from the US, he was a heavyweight and he must have been a champion at something, somewhere, and the crowd didn't know the difference. A big part of Ron Miller's persona was 'the Australian Champion', he built it up the credibility of the belt with broadways against Race and Dory Funk Jr when he challenged for their titles, World Champ v Australian Champ. As booker he brought Ed Wiscoski over when he was the US champ, partly just to sell the fans the aura of title belts and champions. (Of course if Kernodle was the champ he'd have the belt on him like Miller does.) But this crowd don't care, Miller was way over as 'The Champion', selling it as a champion v champion angle worked in that moment for that crowd. Australian TV wrestling stopped in 1978, most of the fans by 1985 had lost interest as there had been no wrestling on Australian TV until WWF appeared on screen in 1985 on the back of Wrestlemania. 99% of that crowd would not know anything of wrestling from the US between these times, they would not have a clue who champions were outside the WWF, but they remembered Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea from the old days. Ron still had the belt, he had a quality opponent from the US for some of the solid grappling, reversals and hard hits they remembered him for, and the famous submission finisher, the reverse figure 4 leglock, that was all they wanted and they got it
Good show thanks for posting. It is the type of ''pro rassling'' I like to see.
Impressive Professional Wrestlers in brutal matches 28:03,28:26,29:13
ロン・ミラーって…確かジャイアント馬場が日本プロレスを辞める直前の1972年の夏にコワルスキーやショーラックと来日していたように記憶してます！
Superb tough as nails fighters 8:10
Garry Wilkinson and Mike Raymond usually commentated the Motor Racing. Credit to them for trying something different.
Didn't realise Kernodle Khan Fernandez were all here in the 80s in Sydney, who was the promoter Ron Miller?
I think so. In the mid 80s, Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea tried to revive the Australian WCW, which had died out in 1978 after losing their TV timeslot on Channel 9.
@@actionsub Thanks.
Ron Miller must have been in his 50s for this match, still in pretty good shape.
ドン・カヌードルとロン・ミラーのカードって最高じゃんか? 渋すぎるよ! マニー・フェルナンデスの顔も観えました！
cool!
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Killer Khan, Don Kernodle, Manny Fernandez un -document matches in their careers in the USA! If anyone attended this matches, I need the date & place, City , Australia
Don Kernodle didn't wrestled for JCP 5/13/85-10/1/85. Maybe around in-between this Time
このロン・ミラー対ドン・カヌードルのカードをメインに後楽園ホールで興行をやったらチケット100枚は無理だろうネェ?
Right, because they are really old now.
They start right off with an error.....Kernodle was NEVER a United States Heavyweight Champion. *sigh*
Manny Fernandez & Don Kernodle we're good guys for JCP in 1985 but heels aka bad guys here
This can hardly be called “sport” - don’t get me wrong - I grew up on Jack Little and World Championship Wrestling and loved it, but it is best described as “performance theatre”. But I was shocked to hear Channel 7 commentators, calling the wrestling. Looks like it didn’t last long.
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Don Kernodle was never NWA United States hw champion!
No, but he was from the US, he was a heavyweight and he must have been a champion at something, somewhere, and the crowd didn't know the difference. A big part of Ron Miller's persona was 'the Australian Champion', he built it up the credibility of the belt with broadways against Race and Dory Funk Jr when he challenged for their titles, World Champ v Australian Champ. As booker he brought Ed Wiscoski over when he was the US champ, partly just to sell the fans the aura of title belts and champions. (Of course if Kernodle was the champ he'd have the belt on him like Miller does.) But this crowd don't care, Miller was way over as 'The Champion', selling it as a champion v champion angle worked in that moment for that crowd. Australian TV wrestling stopped in 1978, most of the fans by 1985 had lost interest as there had been no wrestling on Australian TV until WWF appeared on screen in 1985 on the back of Wrestlemania. 99% of that crowd would not know anything of wrestling from the US between these times, they would not have a clue who champions were outside the WWF, but they remembered Ron Miller and Larry O'Dea from the old days. Ron still had the belt, he had a quality opponent from the US for some of the solid grappling, reversals and hard hits they remembered him for, and the famous submission finisher, the reverse figure 4 leglock, that was all they wanted and they got it
Wrestling is a work don't remember this guy holding the us heavyweight belt