Killer Tim Brooks vs Brian Adidas
Good little match here, always fun to see Brooks fighting
dirty against an opponent. Loved Brooks variation of a hiptoss here, as he
chucks Adidas across the ring by his head. There’s a fun look of apprehension
on the face of Adidas on a rope break, but Brooks breaks cleanly…before moments
later raking the eyes with his finger then along the top rope. Adidas doesn’t
offer much, but he makes Brooks’ offence look good. The end sees Adidas charge
into a corner, but Brooks takes him down with a double-leg and pin him holding
the ropes, a decision later reversed by a second referee.
Checkmate & Magic Dragon vs Al Madril & Bugsy McGraw
This was a reasonable match with an eyerolling ending. The
majority of the match sees Checkmate and Dragon in control of Madril, with
Checkmate keeping Madril’s arm under his control, pulling him back to the mat
by the hair if it looks like Madril is recovering. Love the kicks and chops
Dragon throws in the corner, looked really nasty. The heels really cut the ring
in half, Madril nowhere near tagging out, until Checkmate grabs the arm again
and Madril is able to whip him into a corner at speed. This lets him tag in
McGraw and, as limited as he is as a wrestler, McGraw does at least have the
energy you need for a good hot tag. Then the ending. McGraw and Dragon, the two
legal men, are in the ring, and McGraw gets a really shitty looking sunset
flip. The ref doesn’t start counting. Then Madril hits a top rope sunset flip
on Checkmate as he enters, at which point the ref does double count, counting
both heels down. Just nonsensical, he could have counted three on Dragon before
Madril had even left the top rope.
David von Erich vs The Great Kabuki
This is for Kabuki’s All-Asian title. Loved David’s
aggression at the bell, wanting revenge for the injury Kabuki caused to Kerry,
and he gets an early 2 count right away. The bulk of this match is worked as a
battle of the Kabuki nerve hold vs the Von Erich Claw, with both men fighting
to apply their move. Loved David’s smarts, as he tries for a while to claw Kabuki
on the head then, realising this left the rest of Kabuki vulnerable, suddenly
switching and locking in a stomach claw instead. Kabuki does get to lock in a
nerve hold on the shoulders of Von Erich, who manages to break free and get
another Claw to the head. Loved David’s running knee to the head, looked like a
knockout blow. We get a ref bump, and Kabuki’s manager Armand Hussein holds
David for a misting. With hilarious inevitability, David ducks and Hussein gets
the mist. Beautifully timed too, as the replay shows. This leads to a DQ win
for David, which also seemingly gives him the title. Odd. Match was
surprisingly fun for two men trying to apply the same moves over and over.
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