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Post by marc91 on Aug 16, 2024 12:47:25 GMT 1
#0247 Mid-South Tag Team Titles Match Matt Borne & Ted DiBiase (c) vs Mr. Wrestling II & The Junkyard Dog (HOUSTON WRESTLING 25.02.1983)
Great crowd, every little thing caused a huge reaction, this made the match so enjoyable. DiBiase and JYD touched at times, with the heel getting the worst every time, but in general this worked as a great skirmish for their feud. I was never a great fan of II, he looked quite silly in his strutting at times, but the crowd loved him so who am I to judge. Good heat segment on II, Borne and DiBiase are an underrated tag team in terms of heel tactics and leading a bout. As expected, great hot tag for JYD and the finish was very fun, despite the disqualification finish
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Post by marc91 on Aug 17, 2024 13:04:09 GMT 1
#0248 Two Out Of Three Falls Match Chris Adams vs Buddy Rose (PNW 26.02.1983) This was a very good match, Rose was absolutely gold as usual and Adams made a great impression on the crowd. Adams had a knee injury, but the plot of the match was not the usual one, as Rose couldn't get his hands on his opponent's injured body part until the end of the bout. Adams outwrestled his opponent, with a good arm work, and managed to keep the pace up despite Rose's attempts to take a break from him. All hell broke loose in the last falls, with a few good near falls and a great Adams dive too, but finally Rose managed to hit his bad knee and got the cheap countout win
***1/2
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Post by marc91 on Aug 18, 2024 18:36:11 GMT 1
#0249 NWA World Tag Team Titles Steel Cage Match Don Kernodle & Sgt. Slaughter (c) vs Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat (MACW 12.03.1983) I had to watch this twice, as I wasn't too sure about it. Slaughter was the absolute man here, he bled a lot and led the match with incredible in ring presence, making the champions' attacks vicious and building the crowd's passion toward the late comeback. Great use of the cage (bumps and Slaughters' dive), a very good Steamboat reaction and a good finish to boot. However, this went for 30+ minutes and it did drag at times, especially at in the first part; we had lots of 2 wrestlers in the ring and 2 on the apron, which feels quite anticlimactic in a cage match. It's a shame, because they insisted too much on the traditional stuff, when the crowd wanted blood and bumps (they got it in the end, but this was too long as a result)
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Post by marc91 on Aug 19, 2024 21:15:33 GMT 1
#0250 Baron von Raschke & Mad Dog Vachon vs Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie (AWA 13.03.1983) I didn't like this as some people would do, but this was a very good bout for what it was. It also had one of the best crowds of the 80s. Clipped in the middle and straight to the point, with Raschke and Vachon beating the heels for most of the match, with lots of blood involved. The energy was there, but the babyfaces' offence wasn't always the smoothest and they didn't sell much, even though I liked the flashy finish. Props to Blackwell, he took a beating and bumped around despite his size, making the grizzled veterans look as good as they could
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Post by marc91 on Aug 20, 2024 21:27:57 GMT 1
#0251 Hulk Hogan, Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell vs Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura & Ken Patera (AWA 13.03.1983) This was a blast and very fun to watch. Do not let anyone tell you Hogan wasn't over before joining the WWF, because good god, the crowd was crazy for him. This went pretty much as one would expect: good shine time for the High Flyers, fun heat segment from the heels and Hogan taking no prisoners at the end. Not like the action was particularly flawless, but everything went smoothly and it was a very solid 15 minutes. Absolute loved when Gagne tagged Brunzell instead of Hogan because the referee was in the middle, it made so much sense
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Post by marc91 on Aug 21, 2024 17:54:28 GMT 1
#0252 AWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Nick Bockwinkel (c) vs Rick Martel (AWA 13.03.1983) While not a masterpiece, this was a very good example of how easy a wrestling match can be in terms of structure and risks to be taken. They put a lot of emphasis on Bock dominating a clinch until Martel finally got the out it after a couple of minutes of struggle, which got a huge pop from the crowd. Not the best heat part, though, as Bock never really focused on limb work like he usually did. Martel was very energetic in his comeback, even though it never looked like he had a serious nearfall. The finish was clever enough, as Martel got protected while losing
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Post by marc91 on Aug 22, 2024 21:11:47 GMT 1
#0253 Terry Rudge vs Pete Roberts (JOINT PROMOTIONS 21.03.1983) This was JIP 6 minutes into the match, unfortunately. A solid bout, albeit unexciting for most of its duration. Roberts looked good and so did Rudge considering that, as the announcer remarked, he was a part-timer at that point in his career. The falls had acceptable finishes. I also liked they way they sold the fatigue and gradually got slower towards the end, even though this meant that nothing special happened during the last moments of the match, where a modern fan is used to see a lot of stuff going on. A good typical British sports-orientated bout
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Post by marc91 on Aug 23, 2024 19:59:03 GMT 1
#0254 Alan Kilby vs Fit Finlay (JOINT PROMOTIONS 23.03.1983) This was another really good Joint Promotion bout. The 20 minutes limit, with no rounds system, made the match more digestible and allowed them to keep working on the momentum that they were gradually building. Finlay was really good when focusing on Kilby's back, throwing really hard irish whips and keeping it very simple. Kilby looked good and was quite quick for his size. Not a fan of the ridiculous bump Finlay took towards the end, which caused his knee injury and protected his loss; I get why they did it, but that jump was silly, especially for a no non-sense wrestler like him
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Post by marc91 on Aug 24, 2024 20:24:13 GMT 1
#0255
Two Out Of Three Falls Match Curt Hennig vs Buddy Rose (PNW 26.03.1983) This was a good match and also an useful angle to continue their feud. Rose was great at selling Hennig's offence, he made the babyface shine by bumping around with nice agility, while the armwork was affecting his performance. Again, Hennig's leg injury came into play only later in the match, albeit just for short time. The final angle was quite original and worked quite well, even though I would have reserved the stretcher job for a babyface, rather than a heel like Rose. The match was sacrificed for the sake of the angle, but they did it quite well anyway
***1/4
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Post by marc91 on Aug 25, 2024 12:25:36 GMT 1
#0256 NWA World Heavyweight Title Match Ric Flair (c) vs Kevin von Erich (WCCW 01.04.1983) Flair and Kevin clearly didn't have the same chemistry that the Naitch had with Kerry, but this was a good match anyway. Kevin's shine segment wasn't the best and looked a bit awkward, but they got enough heat when Flair started hitting Kevin's broken nose, using it as a saving strategy whenever the challenger managed to get the upper hand. The finishing stretch was overbooked and I get why, but 2 referee bumps looked unnecessary, like the dusty finish on top of it; it just seemed a light version of what Flair did with Kerry the year before, in terms of keeping the title luckily against one of the brothers
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