Posted January 18, 201114 yr comment_5462182 The opening exchanges with standing switches, a nice Gordy sunset flip, and Martel hitting a sweet Backlund roll up was really sweet and somewhat surprising. Martel goes to a headlock and really cranks it. Martel hits a nice headscissors take over and they do a cool spot with Gordy flipping forward on a headscissors and slowly easing his way into an escape only to get trapped right back into the headscissors after going for a quick headlock. Gordy goes for another break but gets kicked off, monkey flipped and taken down with a headlock. Gordy forces Martel into a corner and hits some quick blows, but gets caught with a crossbody and trapped back into the headlock. Gordy gets back up again and ends up hitting a semi-flubbed cross body though the camera angle sort of protected it and Bock did a good job covering it on commentary. Weird moment as Martel gets tossed off on a headlock awkwardly and ends up eating a huge cross body for a nearfall. Gordy gets caught in another headlock and finally says "fuck this" and hits a back drop driver to break the hold. Really awesome snap suplex from Gordy for a nearfall. Gordy with a nice side slam and takes over with a neck crank of all things. Martel starts to fight back but gets caught with another nice side slam. They actually repeat this sequence again a few minutes later which is either thematic or lazy depending on your perspective. Gordy hits a neckbreaker for a nearfall and goes back to his reverse chinlock. Gordy goes for another side slam but Martel back flips through and rattles off a string of offense. Just as Martel hits a suplex the bell rings and it is a time limit draw. Post-match the Birds come back out and they ambush Martel, but Martel evades them and cleans house. I imagine some people would find this tedious and repetitious. I liked it.
January 18, 201114 yr comment_5462192 I remember watching this years ago off Will's Gordy comp and really liking it.
January 18, 201114 yr comment_5462250 I always wished they'd found a way to have a Gordy-Martel series because I think they could have had better matches each time out, just learning and perfecting things from each other. Sadly this is the only one on video. Gordy no-showed a lot of title matches they did book, unfortunately.
March 30, 201114 yr comment_5468658 Rick Martel vs. Terry Gordy - Damn, nice fast start by both guys. Both guys getting caught up in flash pins and neither is safe from the other. Martel slows things down with a headlock but they work in and out of it and nicely transition into a Martel head scissors. Damn, these guys are like soul mates in the ring…. Loving it so far. From the head scissors, Martel eventually hooks the headlock again. Good strategy. Damn, with all of the quick pin attempts, you never know when the match is going to end. Gordy finally escapes and hooks on a headlock of his own to maintain control. HE works on the back out of the headlock until Martel makes a comeback leading to the end when another shit finsh ruins a really good match. I think the match was solid enough for a middle nomination but that finish will hurt it.
September 12, 201114 yr comment_5482616 AWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © vs. Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy (August 1985) Dick Woehrle kicks out Michael & Buddy before the match making this one-on-one and they start at a rapid pace with a quick nearfall a piece. They would continue the fast pace while trading the advantage with Martel trying to keep Gordy grounded and Gordy trying to use power moves. Gordy has his bumping shoes on and pinballs around for Martel even trying to jump up on the second rope after being thrown in the corner to hit a splash but he would trip up hitting the splash anyway awkwardly but they would recover with Martel going back to a grounded headlock. Martel is very spunky here taking it to Gordy until he gets dropped hard on a German Suplex giving Gordy the advantage. Gordy works over Martel's neck and he's weakening Martel but the time is short here and Martel fires up with less than a minute left just giving Gordy everything he has as the crowd goes nuts. Time runs out as they battle but they keep it up after the bell rings until Michael & Buddy shows up to make it 3-on-1 but Martel makes his own comeback and leaves the ring on his own terms. Damn good match and a shame it wasn't longer as they sped up the comeback sequence to get to the draw. Solid nomination.
June 16, 201213 yr comment_5506829 Kris, in the disc thread, you said this was November 1985. Here you have August 1985. What's up?
June 18, 201213 yr comment_5507008 Kris, in the disc thread, you said this was November 1985. Here you have August 1985. What's up? I've sent the question to Clawmaster but I *think* it's this show: 7/8/85 Atlantic City, NJ @ Royal Swan ballroom, Tropicana Hotel & Casino Pro Wrestling USA TV tapings Two separate shows. One at 5 PM. and another separate one at 9:30 PM Including: Nick Bockwinkel, Fabulous Freebirds, Baron Von Raschke, Buck Zumhofe, Masked Superstar, Ray Stevens and many others ...I can't remember if this is from Atlantic City or Vegas, though. I can't find a listing that makes sense besides this one. November 85 seems too late for me as Martel was getting into a program with Hansen and the Birds were not feuding with him anymore.
