Posted April 30, 201114 yr comment_5470629 1. Baron Von Raschke v Pistol Pete Baron seems really broken down here, and can't even really do basic moves like backdrops or vertical suplexes without falling over. 2. Rocky Mountain Thunder v Daryl Nickle Not as dangerous as some of RMT's other matches, but Nickle takes some big bumps (somersault bump in the corner tying him up in the ropes). RMT appeared to be holding back a bit here, so as not to break Nickle's neck. 3. Billy Robinson v Ray Stevens – European title Denver, CO 9/13/81 Greg is even wearing an "Aspen Ski Patrol" hat to further put over that this match is from CO, but thanks to khawk I know the secrets. Really would've liked to see all of this match, instead of the last 3 minutes. Robinson basically squashes Stevens here, I mean the whole final run was Robinson beating him on the floor, then beating him back in the ring, then pinning Stevens with a backslide. 4. Greg Gagne v Pat Tanaka – AWA International TV title. Tanaka works Gagne over for the first few minutes, and say what you will about Gagne but the fans almost always get way into his comeback offense. Tanaka pinballs all over for the dropkicks and the crowd goes nuts, then Diamond interferes, ref doesn't see it, and when Gagne punches Diamond then DeRusha DQs Gagne for it. Crowd is unhappy. With more time I could've seen nominating this. 5. Curt Hennig v Wahoo McDaniel – AWA title. First part of this match was all Hennig doing his big Hennig bumps for Wahoo's offense. One of them was really spectacular, as he takes a high-speed Cassandro bump, wrapping himself around the turnbuckle in the corner on his way to the floor. Curt transitions back to offense, punching away at Wahoo's temple and Wahoo gets busted open right over his eye, and it bleeds really cool down the side of his head and spreading out over his chest. We get some good nearfalls, and Hennig cheats with his feet on the ropes to win. Afterwards Wahoo gets on the mic and says the pinfall was bullshit. This seems like a pretty easy NOMINATION right here.
