1980s Euro Compendium

 About a year ago there was a plan to revive the DVDVR 1980s Europe project. That plan kind of went back to sleep, but lots of matches were reviewed and those thoughts shouldn't stay buried in my text files. And with a recent wave of World of Sport uploads, it's a good opportunity to dive into some of the more elusive bouts of the era. I will try to rank the matches as I go through. Expect lots of British wrestling, with the occasional match from France, Germany, Austria, and maybe even Belgium to make an appearance.

1980

1. Johnny Saint vs. Steve Grey, WoS 1/28/1980
   
2. Jim Breaks vs. Young David, 2/23/1980
3. Alan Dennison vs. Jim Breaks, 7/14/1980
   
4. Jon Cortez vs. Pete LaPaque, 1/28/1980 
   
5. Ken Joyce vs. Tony Costas, 1/9/1980
6. Ringo Rigby vs. Johnny South, 8/5/1980
   
7. Jeff Kaye vs. Tony "Banger" Walsh, 1/28/1980 
8. Pat Roach vs. Pete Roberts, 2/13/1980 
9. Fit Finlay & Ian Gilmour vs. Alan Mitchells & Guy Mercier, 9/25/1980
   
10. Jon Cortez vs. Jeff Kaye, 2/5/1980
11. Tony Lamotta & Gerard Herve vs. Golden Falcons, 8/11/1980
    
12. Romany Riley vs. Lenny Hurst, 2/13/1980
    
13. Pete Roberts vs. Mark Rocco, 5/28/1980 
14. Jim Breaks vs. Alan Dennison, 8/30/1980
    
15. Jon Cortez vs. Keith Hayward, 11/5/1980
    

1981

1. Alan Kilby vs. King Ben, 10/7/1981
   
2.  Jon Cortez vs. Bobby Barnes, 3/31/1981
   
3. Jim Breaks vs. Jon Cortez, 2/2/1981 
4. Alan Kilby vs. Terry Rudge, 6/18/1681
5. Alan Kilby vs. Tom Dowie, 1/13/1981
   
6. Jim Breaks vs. Steve Grey, 5/12/1981
7. Clive Myers vs. Keith Haward, 7/15/1981
   
8. Johnny Saint vs. Steve Grey, 1/31/1981
   

1982

1. John Elijah vs. Ray Steele, 7/22/1982 
2. Fit Finlay vs. Young David, 3/9/1982
3. Marc Rocco vs. Steve McHoy, 2/17/1982
   

 

1983

1. Marty Jones vs. Dynamite Kid, 1/19/1983 
2. Terry Rudge vs. Pete Roberts, 3/21/1983
   

 

1984

1. Jim Breaks vs. Dan Collins, 4/26/1984 
2. Keith Haward vs. Chic Cullen, 3/5/1984
   
3. Steve Grey vs. Steve Speed, 1/25/1984
   

1985

1. Mike Bennett vs. Dan Collins, 2/12/1985 
2. Little Prince vs. Keith Haward, 12/11/1985
   
3. Indio Guajaro vs. Pete Roberts, 11/13/1985
   

1985

1986

1987

1. Johnny Saint vs. Robbie Brookside,  4/28/1987

1988

1989