Baltimore Jack
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Mine would be 1976. Flair vs. Wahoo feud lasted the whole year, plus Blackjack Mulligan vs. Paul Jones for the US title, Anderson Brothers dominating as tag champs and finally upset by their cousin Ric Flair and Greg Valentine at the end of the year; the Anderson's feuds with Rufus R. Jones (the cap) and Wahoo (the cast). The trio of Mulligan, Flair, and Mosca in the fall of that year, like an early version of the Horsemen. The heel vs. heel NWA vs. IWA tag team feud between the Andersons and the Mongols. The debut of the Masked Superstar with Boris Malenko. It was just a magic year. My 2nd favorite year, or at least part of that year, was 10 years later - 1986 - that amazing four month period of May-August: The James Boys vs. The Midnight Express and the near lynching of Jim Cornette, the Tully Blanchard vs. Ronnie Garvin feud with the taped fists and the roll of quarters, the return of Ole Anderson and the return of the Four Horsemen to full strength; the Magnum TA vs. Nikita Koloff best of seven series; the Andersons vs. Rock and Roll Express feud all summer (I liked their matches together better than R&R vs. Midnight, I know that's blasphemous to some), the Rhodes/Flair NWA title switches along the Greensboro – Kansas City – St. Louis axis, and the out of nowhere heel turn on Dusty at that amazing August TV taping in Charlotte, one of the most heated crowds I’ve ever seen.
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