Posted May 15, 201114 yr comment_5471166 Jerry Lawler v Soldat Ustinov – AWA title I wish this was a little bit longer as I likely would have given it full nomination with more time. It was like a standard classic Lawler title defense, just shorter (only went about 7 minutes). I love Lawler's straight right hand. It may be my favorite punch of his, where he just rears his arm straight back, and punches a guy straight on the chin or nose. There were some cool spots revolving around a bearhug, sometimes with Lawler escaping with that punch, other times Ustinov doing something cool like releasing near the turnbuckles, only to shove Lawler into the buckles and lock it right back on. Lawler sells a shoulder to the ribs while in the buckles like few, really made it look nasty. Finish was screwy but I liked it. Lawler got shoved into the ref, Khan tries to cheat and Lawler ducks out of the way, so Khan just levels Ustinov with the diving clothesline. I am on the fence on this one. I will give the go ahead if someone else does. LOW LEVEL NOMINATION. AWA on ESPN Classic 5/31/08, All-Star Wrestling 1988
September 26, 201114 yr comment_5483583 Lawler decking Khan and then dancing a jig after he tried to interfere was really awesome. Lawler's punch to the downed Ustinov looked really great and I liked the one armed test of strength spot a lot. I thought Jerry sold the bear hug well but that spot would have worked a thousand times better if there had been any sort of real heat section started on Lawler before hand. I wasn't really bothered by the length of this per se, but if you are going to go this short you need to have some bigger spots, a faster pace, or at least better offense from the heel in the heat secton As a Lawler mark I enjoyed the match, and Khan killing Soldad with his finish and then taking the huge bump over the top was actually a pretty sweet finish, but I really don't see this as something that would have a lot of support from voters.
May 5, 201213 yr comment_5501846 AWA World Heavyweight Title: Jerry "The King" Lawler © vs. Soldat Ustinov (6/12/88) Lawler jackslapping Teijho Khan then doing the Fargo Strut was great and may have been the highlight of the match. Lawler was fun here as usual but Ustinov isn't good and his offense stunk kinda like his comrade Boris Zuhkov. Lawler's selling of what little Soldat did made it look better than what it was. The finish was cute though with Teijho taking out Ustinov with a diving clothesline before taking a hard bump to the floor but there isn't enough here to warrant a nomination.
