Posted March 2, 201114 yr comment_5466498 Martel really dominates the opening minutes of this but he is such an energetic wrestler that I don't mind it being this lop sided. You would like Jimmy to take something more dynamic in the way of bumps but realistically I'm not sure that was ever his M.O. Garvin hits a really sweet looking escape into a fireman's carry, but Martel goes back to the headscissors where they work a pretty solid struggle spot or two. Jimmy finally slips out of the headscissors base and locks on his standard leg hold. Man Garvin REALLY grinds this shit to a halt with a LONG and not particularly well worked chinlock/semi-sleeper spot. They finally come up for a nice clothesline nearfall from Garvin and Jimmy goes to the Camel Clutch. They end up doing a lengthy "Martel at bay selling on the floor" sequence and just when you think it is over their is a ref distraction spot and Martel takes a crazy over the top bump back out. Martel ends up getting tossed out a third time and this time comes back with Hector Guerrero style roll around the ring fire up. Man the Martel near fall on the rana here is one of the better near falls I've seen out of the AWA watching so far. Hey look, this is the match with Garvin winning with the cheapshot with the foreign object. I think this is the only version of this that is in full though I could be wrong. I am actually really lukewarm on this match but feel like it probably should go on the docket for others to watch.
January 10, 201213 yr comment_5492047 AWA World Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © vs. "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin (12/6/84) Martel is very strong early taking it to Garvin who goes to the floor trying to keep Martel at bay but Martel would stay dominant for a long period of time and at least he kept everything going at a good pace so it wasn't boring. Garvin would take control with a very long chinlock/sleeper section which Martel's selling saved it from being boring. Garvin then throws Martel over the top rope numerous times as Precious has the referee distracted with Martel taking big bumps and after the last one he came in a house of fire going to war on Garvin. Martel's delayed rana was always great and no exception here as he almost had Garvin but he kicked out. Precious would hand knux to Garvin who used it to KO Martel in the back of the head and covered for the win. Wally Karbo would come out of course and reversed the decision giving Martel the win. They used the finish two times in a 2 1/2 month span, that's pretty weak. Pretty fun match though and it moves forward as Martel was so good here.
May 25, 201213 yr comment_5503799 Jimmy Garvin v. Rick Martel Low End Nomination - AWA Wpg 850 2 - I think I would have liked this match more if I didn’t just watch Flyers vs. Strike Force. Jimmy is trying to do something with the toe hold but it just isn’t that interesting. Decent match with both guys working holds but the work isn’t really compelling on either end. I think the clip I aw yesterday was more entertaining overall. I like both guys and enjoyed parts of the match but not enough for a nomination.
