The crowd is super hot for this early as the heels are on the defensive with Rose going after Rip's arm and Billy going after the Assassin's mask. Billy Jack gets isolated and caught with a dropkick. Billy Jack catches the Assassin in mid-air and hits him with a crazy delayed rib breaker of sorts. Then Rose comes in and Assassin takes a nutty over the top bump off of an atomic drop and then ANOTHER one and the crowd is going totally insane. Quick early fall for the faces but it was fun stuff.

 

Second fall opens with the faces working over the back of the Assassin. Nothing outstanding but decent focused work. Rose eventually goes FIP after getting caught with a kick. Buddy takes over with the little things here, wincing and stumbling at the heels offense and working in some fun teases. Really loved the Assassin selling his back on a backbreaker attempt which set up the Rose hot tag off of a head cracker from a lateral position. Billy Jack comes in hot but gets got quick with a neckbreaker for a somewhat surprising fall.

 

Third fall starts with Assassin "adjusting his hood" and hitting a cheapshot on Billy Jack to take over. Billy is a decent FIP and man does the crowd explode when Assassin misses his second rope headbutt. Rose comes in and his deliberate poke to the throat was awesome. Oliver takes a great headbump off of a slingshot. Buddy with the backbreaker but Oliver gets his foot on the bottom rope. Rose goes for an atomic drop but Assassin sweeps the leg and Oliver falls on top for the final fall.

 

Really fun match.

Dylan did an excellent job describing the action so I won't bother. Very fun match with animated performances by the odd-couple team of Buddy and Billy Jack and solid work from the heels. Easy yes vote.

 

Patterson Portland Disc 26