Universal Heavyweight Title: Carlos Colon © vs. Abdullah the Butcher (March 1988) Another wild bloody brawl between these two and this was a total blast because this is what you wanted from these two. This moves forward although I liked the match from 9/21/85 a little better than this one.

Here is my review from the other thread. Not combining them yet, because I need to follow up on what this other Abby v. Colon match might be.

 

 

I'm almost positive that I've not seen this before and I've seen all the other Abby/Colon matches nominated in this forum. Barring the Dusty finish this was right up there with the best of them. Kind of a novel spin on this here as they did a bit where both guys snuck in stabbing spots with the ref desperately ripping at them to take away their weapons. This was really back and fourth, but it included some fun and surprising moments. I loved Abby hitting his big elbow and cockily leaning back for the pin, only for Colon to escape and bring the war right back to him. I also really loved Abby getting kicked in the face and flying back almost completely over the ringside table. The ref end up taking a completely insane bump onto his head on the floor. Right after this Colon hit a slam and a fucking Big Josh style seated senton off the top which I wasn't expecting and was completely awesome. Abby ended up going to the weapon to take control and actually got the fall, but then they did a lame Dusty finish. Still this was a really good brawl.

Universal Heavyweight Title: Carlos Colon © vs. Abdullah the Butcher (March 1988) -

 

This was a real good brawl. They threw a bunch of different strikes at each other. Abby's jabs always looked good to me. I like Colon's headbutts too. Colon is in control first and Abby tries to bring out the fork but the ref takes it away from him. Abby takes control with a low blow and punches Colon's head. He then does this really awesome and nasty eye gouging. He stays in control for awhile until Colon uses a fork of his own and beats the shit out of Abby all over the ring and on the outside. I loved the eye gouging payback spot the most. The ref takes a bump and Colon powerslams Abby and hits the top rope sitting splash. The ref is down and can't count the pin. Colon goes for the figure four but Abby pushes him into the ref. Abby gets out another fork and stabs Colon with it then hits a brutal clothesline and an elbow drop. A new ref shows up and counts the pin. I think they reversed the decision and called it a DQ with Colon winning. Abby then gets chased out of the building by Colon who's whacking him with the belt. This was what it was supposed to be. SOLID nomination.

Fixed everything.