JIP though you get the feeling most of what was cut was Adonis stalling. Adonis with an early bump to the floor after Hogan mocks him. Adonis goes to some chain wrestling but Hogan easily reverses course and locks in a hammerlock of his own. They work some more amateur stuff than fire up for a big exchange with Hulk hitting some nice forearms and a big bodyslam and then dragging Adonis back into the ring with a headlock. Adonis wild selling of a turnbuckle smash was pretty great and Hulk going straight back to the headlock actually made sense. Adonis with a big bump to the floor off of a shoulder block. Adonis shoots Hogan into the ropes and hits a clothesline that spins both men around and to the ground. Adonis hits a couple of nice looking elbows to a downed Hogan and then decks him with a chair at ringside. Hogan hulks up but it's not egregious. He pays back Adonis for his chairshot then punches him into the standards Adonis backflip rope bump where he paintbrushes him and taunts him. Adonis takes another huge corner bump. Adonis goes for a foreign object but Hogan kicks out after taking a shot with it. He ends up hitting his leg drop for a pin while Adonis leg was on the bottom rope. Post-match Adonis beats down the ref and Hogan comes back in and chases him off. This was really good stuff.

"Incredible" Hulk Hogan vs. Adrian Adonis (10/17/82)

 

JIP but it starts with both men still jockeying for position. Both men would work some holds for a while but they keep it interesting as they are constantly moving plus Hogan mixes in some power moves before Adonis nails him with a clothesline giving him an opening to go on offense. Adonis sends Hogan to the floor where he hits him with a chair before going back in the ring to gloat but as he tried to pin Hogan he was launched in the air on the referee. Adonis comes back with a nice inverted atomic drop before firing off some punches with Hogan hulking up and teeing off on Adonis where he would hit him with a chair on the floor as revenge from earlier. Adonis does his tied up in the ropes spot after a Hogan punch and then Hogan starts slapping him in the face which was funny before he throws Adonis shoulder first into the ringpost which looked like it hurt. Adonis would go to his tights though hitting Hogan with something before catching him with an elbow off the middle rope for a nearfall but Hogan would hulk up a second time sending Adonis reeling into the corner then hitting the legdrop for the pin but Adonis got his foot on the second rope which the referee didn't see then told Adonis to take that foot off it was over which was hilarious. Shitty refereeing there. This was fun while it lasted and I'll push it forward.