#Jim Brunzell

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Jim Brunzell

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Jim Brunzell (AWA)

2023 Wrestling Authentic Signature

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Most Beloved WWE Wrestler Tournament

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Fantasy Booking- AWA 1981

Fantasy Booking- AWA 1981

Rob Faint The year is 1981 and Verne Gagne was the AWA champion.  He had been wrestling since 1949 and the years had taken their toll.  He decided to retire and instead of a long tournament it was decided that the title would be awarded to the top contender, Nick Bockwinkel.   This move infuriated many fans.  Continue reading Untitled

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Should I make more gifs of him and post them on his birthday?

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Mr Perfect vs Jim Brunzell Prime Time May 14th, 1990

😍😍😍FB for the FBP 🙌🙌🙌

@84reedsy new match...by the way Gorilla is talking it seems as if he's just starting out here 💯👍

The YELLOW BUMPAGE IS OUUUTTT 🥵🥵🥵 UGHHHH AND ALLLLL the SASS!!!

"Is that PERFECT or what??!!"

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Killer Bees (Jumpin' Jim Brunzell / B. Brian Blair) - WWF Wrestling Superstars (LJN)

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The Royal Rumble Marathon: 1988

I’ve been re-watching the Royal Rumble, starting with the first one in 1988. Only the Rumble itself.  Let’s begin the marathon:

Warning, spoilers ahead for the past Royal Rumbles…

1988

I remember reading there was a Rumble before the first televised one in 1988. The 1988 Royal Rumble is the one that introduced the concept to the world at large. Battle royals had been used in wrestling for decades, but the Rumble introduced the concept of starting with two men and adding more in various intervals.

The Rumble in 1988 was still in prototype mode, missing many of the staples of later Rumbles:

No participants had entrance music.

Fans weren’t counting down for the next participant.

Managers were allowed at ringside.

No comedy spots.

No rapid eliminations.

No surprise entrants.

No big man going on a rampage, causing multiple eliminations.

No tag team fighting each other.

No “winner goes to Wrestlemania”.

No storyline to the Rumble.

The 1988 Rumble only had 20 participants as opposed to the traditional 30.

The participants, in order of entrance:

Bret Hart (accompanied by Jimmy Hart), ½ of the Hart Foundation

Tito Santana

“The Natural” Butch Reed

Jim Neidhart, ½ of the Hart Foundation

5) Jake Roberts

Harley Race

Jim Brunzell, ½ of the Killer Bees

Sam Houston

Danny Davis

Boris Zhukov, ½ of the Bolsheviks

Don “The Rock” Muraco

Nikolai Volkoff, ½ of the Bolsheviks

“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan

“The Outlaw” Ron Bass

B. Brian Blair, ½ of the Killer Bees

Hillbilly Jim

Dino Bravo (accompanied by Frenchy Martin)

Ultimate Warrior

One Man Gang

Junkyard Dog

Bret had the longest performance in the Rumble. Not many highlights in the Rumble as the “tropes” weren’t in place yet. Bret and Tito were my favorites to watch as they are my preferred type of wrestler. Butch Reed and One Man Gang are interesting as they would be in much different spots in the next year. Butch Reed would leave for WCW and form the “Doom” tag team with Ron Simmons. One Man Gang would turn into Akeem the African Dream and form the Twin Towers with the Big Bossman.

Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, the Ultimate Warrior, and Junkyard Dog received the biggest reactions from the crowd.

Jim Duggan wins the Rumble.

Of the twenty participants, eight have passed away: Butch Reed, Harley Race, Nikolai Volkoff, Ron Bass, Dino Bravo, the Ultimate Warrior, and the Junkyard Dog. If you include non-wrestling participants, the total is eleven: Howard Finkel (the ring announcer) and Joey Marella (the outside referee).

Overall Rating: 4 out of 10

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WWF first ever Survivor Series on November 26th 1987. Af the Richfield Coliseum, Richfield Ohio.

Survivor Series Ten Man Tag Team Elimination Match

Brutus Beefcake, Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, Randy Savage & Ricky Steamboat (w/Miss Elizabeth) vs. Danny Davis, Hercules, King Harley Race, Ron Bass & The Honky Tonk Man (w/Bobby Heenan & Jimmy Hart)

Survivor Series Ten Man Tag Team Elimination Match

Rockin' Robin, The Fabulous Moolah, The Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno) & Velvet McIntyre vs. Dawn Marie, Donna Christianello, The Glamour Girls (Judy Martin & Leilani Kai) & The Sensational Sherri (w/Jimmy Hart)

Survivor Series Ten Team Tag Team Elimination Match

Demolition (Ax & Smash), The Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff), The Dream Team (Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine), The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) & The Islanders (Haku & Tama) (w/Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Johnny V, Mr. Fuji & Slick) vs. Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana), The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid), The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell), The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau) & The Young Stallions (Jim Powers & Paul Roma)

Survivor Series Ten Man Tag Team Elimination Match

Bam Bam Bigelow, Don Muraco, Hulk Hogan, Ken Patera & Paul Orndorff (w/Oliver Humperdink) vs. Butch Reed, The Heenan Family (Andre The Giant, King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude) & The One Man Gang (w/Bobby Heenan & Slick)

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J: From the AWA in 1985, "Jumping" Jim Brunzell takes on the Masked Superstar

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Happy birthday Jim Brunzell!

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THE KILLER BEES double team Johnny K-9! WWE All Star 1985

Happy Birthday B. Brian Blair!