This video is a little overview of the notable personalities and events in Australia and New Zealand. It mainly focuses on the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Johnny Doyle and Jim Barnett took Australia from a respectable market to one of the hottest in the world in the 1960s and 1970s. All the top names toured Australia and nearby New Zealand began picking up steam in the 1970s. When Australia’s WCW was taken off Network Nine, it quickly sunk. New Zealand hooked up with the NWA and saw some good years into the 1980s before it, like the rest of the NWA, fell into obscurity. Intro – Bulldog Brower going nuts First Part (Music is Digeridoo by the Aphex Twins) – flying into Sydney in the 1960s and shots of the Auckland Harbor Bridge in New Zealand; Abdullah the Butcher, Waldo Von Erich and Big Bad John triple-team Spiros Arion; Siva Afi bodyslams NWA Champion Harley Race; Mark Lewin dumps NWA Champion Ric Flair over the top; Big Bad John’s caneshot to Mario Milano; King Curtis Iaukea stares down Blackjack Slade; Arion’s atomic drop to Hans Shroeder; Network Nine’s bumper Second Part (Music is a Battle without Honor or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei) – the original Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello & Roy Heffernan); Killer Kowalski; Steve Rickard (a) savaging someone; Larry O’Day; Mark Lewin clip; Dick Dunn; Jim Barnett; Rick Martel (a) & Mark Lewin; Peter Maivia; Bulldog Brower (a); Killer Karl Kox & The Spoiler (Don Jardine); The Australians (Larry O’Day & Ron Miller); George Barnes (a …

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