Posted August 13, 201015 yr comment_5454442 AWA World Heavyweight Title: Jumbo Tsuruta © vs. "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell (4/26/84) This is a headlock/armbar festival mostly although Jumpin Jim gets his great dropkicks in and this match is worked more like a 1974 match than 1984. The work here was solid but you could tell that Brunzell was rusty as far as working singles match as he & Greggy were still regularly teaming at this time. The finish was pretty nondescript as well which finished off a nondescript match. Dory Funk Jr. vs. Stan "The Lariat" Hansen (4/26/84) This was really good early on with both men working hard on the mat but it doesn't really get going until they go to the floor where Dory whacks Hansen with a steel chair busting him open and he taps a good one. Hansen then tries to finish off Dory but he would miss a running knee smash into the corner allowing Dory to go for the spinning toehold which brought out Brody for the DQ. This was getting good before the Brody interference. AWA World Heavyweight Title: Jumbo Tsuruta © vs. Rick Martel (5/13/84) We will have the AWA version of this so I'll wait. After this is all 70's stuff.
