Posted February 18, 201114 yr comment_5465294 This is Roberts and Hayes. The opening with the Birds stalling and avoiding contact setting up a nice flash run from Brunzell off of a Hayes rope running exchange and leading to the Birds bailing to the floor while the faces mockingly danced in the ring was good stuff. They sort of continue with this theme for a few minutes which is sound as the Birds are good at working this sort of match. They actually worked a really effective arm sretcher spot with Hayes being thwarted trying to sneak in, Buddy escaping with stomp to Greg's face, a cross body attempt from Greg, and a nice punch exchange on their knees all coming out of the hold. Greg ends up in the heel corner but Hayes misses a big knee and Brunzell comes in and takes over on his leg. Cool spot as Hayes breaks this up by punching Brunzell in the face but as soon as Buddy is tagged in he is dragged back in and eats a knee drop off the ropes from Greg to his leg. Greg locks on his Indian Deathlock and they do a cool bit with Hayes trying to come into the ring several times only for Hayes to be scared off by the crowds screaming which alerted the ref every time. Brunzell comes in and locks on a figure four but Buddy quickly rolls to the heel corner and tags in Hayes while Brunzell is still applying the hold which allows Hayes to take over. The heels do a nice job isolating Brunzell who has to resort to an eyepoke for a hope spot. Cool to see the knee to the rope running faces back used as a cut off spot here as that is usually used at the beginning of a heel heat segment. Gagne gets the hot tag and the match quickly turned into a melee with everyone in the ring slugging it out. Brunzell ends up locking on a figure-four on Buddy but Hayes leaps off the top with a diving knee as Greg is tied up with the ref for the finish. I thought this was as pretty awesome little match.
March 25, 201114 yr comment_5468288 High Flyers vs. Freebirds - God, I hate Greg Gagne. However, I like Buddy Roberts so maybe Buddy can entertain me as he gets dominated by Gagne. Business picks u owhen Brunzell and Hayes get in there. Brunzell is the FIP and I “love” how he makes the hot tag to Greg and cleans house. Overall, the match was pretty good so I have no problem with the nomination but I know it is going to be hard to get through these Gagne matches.
February 29, 201213 yr comment_5495994 The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts) vs. The Hi-Flyers ("Jumpin" Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne) (5/23/85) Hayes & Roberts were working a lot together at this time due to Gordy becoming a regular in Japan and when they were in matches against teams like the Flyers they were at their best. The Flyers worked this like a technical version of the RnR Express and this played to the strengths of everyone in the match with some great selling and psychology. The shine segments were fun and the finish run was well done as well with the Birds going over in a big win. This is a really good match and a nomination.
