Mid-South Wrestling 30/01/1982

Dick Murdoch vs Tom Renesto

Fun little squash, with a few nifty little touches by Murdoch. Liked him just grinding his knee in place after hitting a kneedrop to the arm. Murdoch hits a short range punch to the face in a submission hold, hits a flying headscissors and a brainbuster to win.

Wild Samoans vs Frank Monte & Terry Daniels

Blink and you’ll miss it, as the Samoans attack at the bell, sending Monte out of the ring and blitzing Daniels with a Samoan Drop and a top rope headbutt to win

Brian Blair vs Carlos Zapata

Unremarkable squash, though Blair looked decent throughout. Liked him going through a range of pin attempts early to try a quick win. Blair stops a brief Zapata rally with some nice body shots and a back suplex, before going into the abdominal stretch pin to win.

Paul Orndorff & Bob Orton Jr vs Junkyard Dog & Mike George

Really enjoyable sprint of a tag match, no resting from either side. I liked how both teams used quick tags, trying to get out of the ring at the first sign of any danger. Liked little bits like JYD stopping an attacking run with a diving headbutt to a standing Orndorff to get to tag out. Orton hits a great driving kneedrop to the face of George from the top rope, but the end sees Orndorff hold JYD in a full nelson, Orton try a top rope axe handle, only for JYD to lean forward, powering Orndorff into the way of the Orton blow. This leaves Orndorff unable to break the pin as JYD hits the Thump to pick up the win.

Mr Olympia vs Ed Wiskowski

Decent bout for Olympia’s Mississipi heavyweight title. Liked the start with Olympia working a load of headlocks to keep Wiskowski down. Wiskowski works over the kidneys and ribs of Olympia, hitting a set of nice kneedrops to the torso, and locking on an abdominal stretch to maintain the focus. The end sees Olympia whip on a sleeper hold from nowhere to win.

Rick Ferrera vs Bill Ash

This is a “thrown together” main event after an angle before, where Paul Orndorff claims he’s been allowed to officiate a title match between Bob Roop and Ted DiBiase. DiBiase doesn’t fall for this obvious ruse and we end up with a brawl. This replacement match runs barely 2 minutes to the end of the show, and is utterly unremarkable in that time.