Posted September 3, 201114 yr comment_5481817 JIP. Love the fast and furious takedown and reversal exchange with Martel and Gagne. Future Strike Force works the shit out of the headlock, but I thought it was done well with the ups for highspots that you need to keep things from being boring. Greg trying to break the tension with a seated cravate was cool and the crack with the leg he gives to Martel to set up the tag to Brunzell was great. Martel was fucking awesome just fiery up on Brunzell immediately and dragging him down to the ground stopping him in his tracks. They keep working the headlock as a base and keep coming up for highspots so I'm still digging things. Small clip here, but they cut back to the action with Tito tagging in and Brunzell doing a cool rolling escape leg snap, tagging straight to Gagne who hits a great looking diving knee and then going to his awesome Indian Deathlock variation thing. Awesome spot as Tito gets to the ropes, but Jim tags in and immediately drags him center ring and locks on a figure-four. Tito kicks off of a second attempt and Martel comes in showing awesome fire again and just lights up Brunzell with forearms to his kidneys and a heaving body slam. Great spot as Martel is targetting the back and hits a backbreaker but hurts his own knee in the process. They go to a reset with Santana getting tagged at the same time as greg. Tito runs in for a leaping dropkick and Greg just moves and gives him an awesome "fuck you" look and goes straight to work on the leg. Tito frantically kicks off and quick tags in Martel who pens up on Greg in nasty fashion and fucking creams him with an elbow drop for a near fall. Martel is awesome selling frustration of not winning with the near falls he is rattling off and Brunzell is great on the apron freaking the fuck out and practically begging Greg to kick out at one point literally leaping into the air on a Tito near fall off of a crossbody. Greg locks on a sleeper but Tito rolls through and looks to go back to work. He goes for an atomic drop, but while he is in the air Greg leans back and tags Brunzell. Greg takes the big bump but Tito turns around straight into a Brunzell dropkick that fucking murders him. Seriously one of the nastiest looking dropkicks in the history of wrestling which makes a great finish. This is holy shit great. I have no clue how much of this we are missing, but this has to be on the set in some form. Definite EXTRA and I'm nominating it and praying to God we have at least half this match (it seems like we do, but it's hard to say for sure). Edit: Consensus is this is 80% of the match or more. It's a lock.
May 23, 201213 yr comment_5503560 High Flyers v. Tito Santana/Rick Martel Easy Nomination - AWA Super Mix #31 - Can’t disagree more with the easy nomination. Really good hot finishing run but how much of this was missing. These guys looked like they were going at it for 20 minutes when the JIP joined in. I liked what I saw but the finish was lame (countout) although the bump was pretty great. How much of this was missing? If less than 5 minutes, this can go on and I won’t fight it. Any more than that and I don’t think it should be more than an extra. I liked what I saw but I thought the Heenan-Hayes match and the John Studd tag were both more entertaining to watch. I’ll remember those matches in 2-3 weeks. I may struggle to remember anything about this match.
May 24, 201213 yr Author comment_5503638 Will reading this you watched and reviewed the wrong High Flyers v. Strike Force tag. They did have a JIP late in the game match too that is a hot run and nothing else. The match I nominated is the second of two matches on this disc between the teams and is nearly complete.
May 24, 201213 yr comment_5503699 Will reading this you watched and reviewed the wrong High Flyers v. Strike Force tag. They did have a JIP late in the game match too that is a hot run and nothing else. The match I nominated is the second of two matches on this disc between the teams and is nearly complete. This. The one you reviewed is the last 8 minutes or so only of a match that went around 29 minutes. It'll make the JIP disc(s) easily but not the main set.
May 25, 201213 yr comment_5503787 High Flyers v. Tito Santana/Rick Martel, Easy Nomination - AWA Super Mix #31 - Early on, that is some of the prettiest headlock stuff I have ever seen that wasn’t from a British wrestler. Greg Gagne – leg submission expert!!! Nasty stuff. Love Martel and Tito both becoming overzealous and injuring their legs after thy had just been twisted up. This is one of the best non- Rose/ Somers or Rockers tag matches on the set. Thanks for clearing it up that I watched the wrong match.
