Posted December 30, 201014 yr comment_5461201 JIP but I don't think that much is missing. Opens up with Bock eating a bunch of Martel highspots and fleeing to the floor. Martel slams him back into the ring for a nearfall. They end up working a really lengthy knuckle lock spot which sounds terrible but I liked it as they were both feeding off the crowd and it built to Martel getting bumped to the floor and Bock taking over. Martel keeps battling up to the apron but keeps getting drilled back down. He finally makes it back to the ring and fires up and it's Bock's turn to fly around for some bumps off Martel's big moves. Martel hits a nice piledriver which really sends the crowd into a frenzy and gets a good nearfall. Bock is begging off like crazy and really seems desperate to survive and ends up barely kicking out of Martel's slingshot splash. Martel follows up with a nice headscissors and charges the corner for a splash but Bock moves and Martel hits the turnbuckle hard leading to a Bock pinfall. Good match, with the stretch run being pretty great. Martel was an incredible babyface at this point.
March 30, 201114 yr comment_5468600 Rick Martel vs. Nick Bockwinkel - Solid sprint with both guys working faster as normal. It doesn’t last long before Bock gets the roll-up. Decent match and I back the nomination.
March 30, 201114 yr comment_5468627 They had so many bouts, I can't remember if this is from St. Paul or if it's the Winnipeg match off the top of my head. Bock won by pin in both bouts in I think similar circumstances. Winnipeg was fall 1983, St. Paul was March of 1983.
January 30, 201213 yr comment_5493724 AWA World Heavyweight Title: Nick Bockwinkel © vs. Rick Martel (3/13/83) JIP but not by much by the way it looks. Martel was on fire to start the match taking it to Bock with high impact moves but Bock would slow it down with a test of strength which the crowd was really into because of the wrestlers' actions. Bock would chunk Martel to the floor and kept taking shots at him as he tried to come back but he would finally get back in there and fired up like crazy on Bock throwing some great dropkicks followed up by a piledriver. Martel then goes nuts stomping on Bock before hitting him with a backbreaker for a nearfall. Bock is great here selling and begging off before Martel gets another nearfall with his springboard diving body press. Martel continues taking it to Bock before missing a wild dive into the corner hitting all turnbuckle allowing Bock to roll him up to win. This was a blast as Martel looked awesome and Bock was Bock. Another fairly easy nomination.
