January 1981

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I loved Billy cranking Dory with a leverage move.Billy with one of his carnie escapes. At the end he snaps Dory's leg. Billy slaps the taste out of Dory and the crowd reacts. Billy working the arm, but takes an elbow and bumps to the outside. Billy is pissed, and Dory takes a powder. A Robinson back breaker gets 2. European forearms rocks Dory. Another back breaker gets 2. Billy focusing on the back, and hooks on a surfboard. Now Billy transitions to put his knee in Dory's back. Loved Robinson trap pin attempt on Dory. Dory hits a forearm shiver. Now Dory is hitting Robinson with stiff looking European forearms. Robinson is reeling. We jump to the final 5 minutes. Dory wi…

Leon with a nice Lucha arm drag to start. A lot of back and forth. Gordman is in full Rudo mode. Gordman is great at feeding Leon. He also knows when to cut it off. Overall, a good solid underneath match.

I have high hopes for this. Chavo is a stud, and Mansfield has been a lot of fun. Chavo has the NJPW jr. belt. Mansfield is chewing up the scenery early on. Big punch and miss by Mansfield. Chavo on the leg. Still working the leg with a fun knee lock. Mansfield flips Chavo, but he lands on his feet. He then goes back to the leg. Chavo's shine has been pretty solid. Chavo with the flying ankle pick , and back to working the leg. Chavo with leg kicks. Then he snaps the leg, and does a toe hold. I like Mansfield selling and trying to protect the leg. Mansfild suckers him in. A back breaker by Mansfield. Eddie tosses Chavo to the floor. Mansfield working him over. Chavo goes …

The Duo seem to always deliver. This is an odd camera angle. Tiger unloads on Tully, and the camera angle is back to normal. Both Tully and Gino are bumping and stooging big time. Love Tully selling his attempted headbutt on Tiger.Finally the #'s game catches up to Tiger, and he's FIP. Both members of the Duo are great at working the apron. Hot tag to the Cowboy. Casey standing tall and kicking ass.The dbl team to set up their advantage. They cut him off and work him over. He tags to Tiger, and hits an amazing flying headbutt. 1,2,3 Fall 2 Conway dominating early. Casey in and they mesh as a tag team. Tiger presses the moment. The faces have all the momentum …

Ivan dancing to the Polka was great. I love Tank's get up. Keep an eye for Patton's cast. He swings and misses . headlock spots work. Like Patton using the cast for some small jabs. I loved how Putski uses the cast to his advantage. Big back breaker by Patton, and again. Again the cast is in play working over the back. This is basic but Putski's charm carries it.

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This is an attempt to unify Verne's AWA Title with Baba's PWF Title, so the finish is almost blatantly obvious. But, this winds up being a fun match, even more so when you consider that both Baba and Gagne had age, and other factors, catching up with them. The first fall is a bit dull, with Verne keeping things on the ground, but, Verne does bust out a nice pair of dropkicks. The second and third falls are more like sprints, with Baba bumping Verne, and Verne doing a surprisingly nice job of stooging, but not overdoing it, until they eventually go to the double count out.

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This was your basic solid undercard match set up to highlight Chvo's strengths. This was a solid back and forth match. We saw Chavo work the arm, the leg, and even works the neck. Lane worked the arm, and used rough house tactics . Lane is a technically sound heel, who lacks charisma. This was a back and forth encounter that sees Chavo go over. 2 1/4*

This is a bout not ever been seen. It's 2 out of 3 falls and is historic because the AJPW tag belts are defended in H-Town. We're getting a serious feeling out process. Terry putting over Putski's strength. Wahoo lighting up Dory, Putski working a bear hug on Dory. Putski has a trickle of blood. Nice butterfly suplex by Wahoo. The Funks steal the 1st fall with a big cheat by Terry, Both Funks work over Wahoo. Spinning toe hold. Each brother took their trurns. Wahoo is playing FIP. Wahoo turns the tide and scores with an Oklahoma roll. Putski and Terry are having an awesome brawl. It settles down Terry has Putski in a sleeper.Wahoo and Putski win b y DQ. Thi…

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