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  • 2 weeks later...

Does anyone know how much Sheik we have on tape?

 

70s Big Time Wrestling from Detroit has a bad rep, but I was so taken with Sheik's performances in those matches with the Funks that I want to seek out some more.

 

Any and all recommendations welcome.

 

Bobby Heenan always maintains that Sheik was the greatest heel of all time. And certainly in those AJPW tags, he put on a masterclass in villainy. You don't hear Japanese crowds boo like that very often.

 

I was also one of the few people to absolutely love his match vs. Ricky Steamboat on the 80s AJPW set.

 

EDIT: I found this listing ...

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 1

Sheik vs Tom Jones

Sheik vs Don Red Cloud

Sheik vs Tom Reeseman

Sheik vs Sailor Art Thomas

Sheik/Sgt.Jacques(Rene)Goulet vs Dick the Bruiser/Sailor Art Thomas

Sheik vs Mark Lewin (U.S.Title)

Sheik vs Andre the Giant

Sheik vs Tiger Jeet Singh (Mud Match)

Sheik vs Dusty Rhodes

Sheik vs Terry Funk

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 2

Sheik/Bobby Heenan vs Bobo Brazil/Dick the Bruiser

Sheik/Abdullah vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr.

Sheik/Abdullah vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (Rematch)

Sheik vs Giant Baba

Sheik/Great Mephisto vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr.

Sheik vs Abdullah the Butcher

Sheik/Jimmy Snuka vs Jumbo Tsuruta/Ricky Steamboat

Sheik vs Tiger Jeet Singh

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 3

Sheik vs Dory Funk Jr.

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr.

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr. (Rematch)

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs The Destroyer/Mr.Wrestling (aka Tim Woods)

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Giant Baba/Jumbo Tsuruta

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Kim Duk/Kintaro Oki

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Billy Robinson/Horst Hoffman

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Wahoo McDaniel vs Frank Hill (aka Jules Strongbow)

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 4

Sheik/Sabu vs Atsushi Onita/Tarzan Goto (Infamous Ring of Fire Match)

Sheik vs Terry Funk

Sheik/Sabu vs Terry Funk/Tarzan Goto

Sheik/Sabu vs Dr.Hannibal/Dr.Loser

Sheik vs Abdullah the Butcher (Cage Match)

Sheik vs Abdullah the Butcher

Sheik/Pat Tanaka vs Taz/Kevin Sullivan

Sheik vs Atsushi Onita (Barbwire Match)

Sheik vs Damien 666

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 5

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Terry & Dory Funk Jr.

Sheik/Dory Funk Jr. vs Stan Stasiak/"Bulldog"Don Kent

Sheik/John Tolos vs Mighty Igor/Pampero Firpo (Silent Film Hi-Lites)

Sheik/Tully Blanchard vs Henry Garcia/El Zapata

Sheik/Mark Lewin vs Harley Race/Larry Hennig

Sheik/Bugsy McGraw vs Giant Baba/Kintaro Oki

Sheik vs Ricky Steamboat

Sheik/Mark Lewin/Kevin Sullivan/Prince Kamalama vs Bruiser Brody/Lars Anderson/Grizzly Smith/Superfly Tui (Bloody Cage Match)

Sheik vs Bruiser Brody (Bloody)

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 6

Sheik/The Crusher vs Rudy Kay/Sky Hi Lee

Sheik vs Bill Melby

Sheik vs Chief White Owl

Sheik vs The Guru

Sheik vs Giant Baba

Sheik vs Bobo Brazil

Sheik vs Chief Jay Strongbow

Sheik vs Carlos Colon (WWC Title)

 

BEST OF THE SHEIK VOL. 7

Sheik vs Chief Jay Strongbow (U.S. Title)

Sheik vs Tiger Jeet Singh (Cage Match)

Sheik vs Tom Reeseman

Sheik vs Bobby Blaine

Sheik/Abdullah the Butcher vs Giant Baba/Jumbo Tsuruta

Sheik vs Don Red Cloud

Sheik vs Billy Bird

Sheik vs Seiji Sakaguchi (Shakey Picture but very Rare Match)

Sheik/Mark Lewin vs Ueda/Tiger Jeet Singh

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  • 6 months later...

I made a start: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/30890-os-original-sheik/

 

Without doubt, he is one of the best heat-generating heels of all time. Although for GWE purposes, I don't know how to weigh that yet. It depends if there are any more matches of the quality of the Funks tags in any of this. If "playing one's role" is a criterion though, Sheik is a 10/10.

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