This is one of the greatest matches ever. Period. It's not going to get beat. I'm confident this is going to be and remain my number one match of the decade. Something would really have to be extraordinary to match this. The pomp and circumstance before Sarge's entrance gives a great vibe before the match. Sarge marching to the ring in his field helmet was tremendous. Shit is already fucking great at the start with Sarge taking off his field helmet and beating Sheik's face in with it. Sarge putting it back on later to headbutt him is one of my favorite spots in a match ever. Sarge beats the hell out of Sheik with a baton. Soon enough, Sarge takes his ludicrous turnbuckle bump to the floor and Sheik now has the advantage. Sheik hits him hard as fuck with a chair. I loved Sheik struggling to lift the chair making one think that the weapon is extremely devastating. He then takes his belt off and violently whips Sarge with it. Also, he wraps it around Sarge's throat in pretty viciously chokes him with it. Sarge came back briefly and tossed Sheik to the floor and gave him a back breaker there and went for the pin but only got a near fall. Sheik starts to load his boot with Sarge in the corner but Sarge blocks the shot. However, Sarge gets his head smashed into the ring post instead and bleeds buckets. The crowd is so fucking hot in this match it's fucking awesome. Sheik works the cut and Sarge is totally covered in his blood. Sarge took another great turnbuckle bump then Sheik went for a gord buster but Sarge blocked it with a punch which was a tremendous spot. Then Sarge got on the top rope and literally stomped on Sheik's skull. Sheik is now bleeding profusely and covered in blood. The whole ring is at this point full of debris from the crowd, broken weapons, and soaked in blood. That is fucking awesome. Both guys sell the shit out of the exhaustion of the match (I don't know how much of that was selling) and traded offense. Sarge kicked out of a gord buster and a suplex from Sheik. Sheik removed his boot then loaded it on the turnbuckle. He swung it at Sarge but missed after Sarge ducked and Sheik took a tremendously great clothesline on his head that sent the boot flying into the front row. The boot got thrown back into the ring and Sarge loaded it up some more then cold cocked the fuck out of Sheik with the boot for the win. Sarge's bloody expression and celebration in the pool of blood and debris was a tremendous visual that let's everyone know that this match was successful in what it was trying to accomplish. This is on a totally other level from most matches I've ever seen. It's probably going to be number one on my ballot and possibly a lot of other people's ballots. Don't be surprised to see this as number one once again and I can't fathom it not being just that.

I don't see anything beating this for the number one slot. This holds up and then some. If anything it is even better now than the last time I watched it. I am not going to do a huge rundown because I have written this up multiple times before. But the blood loss, the momentum swings, the battle for the boot...I just don't see anyway, anyone could think this was anything less than a great match. Sarge tends to get tons of credit for this as he should, but this was also an excellent performance from the Sheik. That stretch run with the ring littered with debris and blood and both guys totally spent is just about the best thing I've ever seen in a wrestling ring. This might be the best singles match of all time.

Sgt. Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik (6/16/84 MSG)

I Rewatched this again and went in like it was my first time seeing it. Nothing prepares you for this type of emotional rollercoaster. Really, whatever set we are doing is jsut to say... lets see what #2-#175 look like. #1 is reserved... for all time. 

SGT. SLAUGHTER vs IRON SHEIK-BOOT CAMP (06/16/1984; WWF MSG; New York, NY; 00:22:06) 5*
-    Terry Daniels walking the flag to the ring sends chills up the spine. Sarge coming out and hitting Sheik with the helmet right away is an iconic moment. That should be plastered on every WWE video. He’s got the riding crop and he is whipping him with it. He isn’t trying to hurt Sheik. He is trying to maim him. He’s using the stick to the throat, to the face. Smashing the helmet to Sheik’s head. It made the Garden erupt. IN the #1 and the best spot… he puts the helmet on and gives him a headbutt!!! Irish whip reversal has Sarge take that nutty ass bump over the ring post and on to the floor. Fuck, that bump NEVER gets old. Sheik is now trying to destroy Sarge. He rams Sarge into the ring post. Slams him with a chair. He goes inside to grab a belt. He goes outside and gets a two count on the concrete. He unhooks the belt and whips Sarge like a mule. HE chokes the shit out of him. He sees the riding crop and gives Sarge a receipt. Sheik is flung to the outside so Sarge could save himself. This allowed Slaughter to grab the belt. FUUUUUCCCCKKKK. Sheik stops Sarge cold with the big boot. Sarge punches him in the throat. These guys are beat. Sheik going over the top rope sends the crowd into a frenzy. Backbreaker and a 1 count. Sheik loads the boot and Sarge blocks the boot shot twice. Sheik bites Sarge’s head and Sarge rammed his head into the steel post. Sheik hates the USA. He hates the Sarge. He spits at him. He kicks his head in. Blood gushing out of Sarge. Sheik bites at the cut. Sarge has blood smeared on his head, his back, his arm. He is such a fucking mess… and still goes for a nutty ring post bump. Sheik gets nailed in the ribs to give Sarge a breather. Sarge kicking Sheik in the head from the 2nd rope was wild. Sheik is now a bloody mess. I can’t comprehend the violence of this. How important this match is to the USA when we were proud to be American where at least we knew we were free. Sarge can’t just punch him. He needs to wind it up because this Sheik is everything wrong with the world. Sarge wanted the Cannon but Sheik kicks him in the fucking nuts. “Iran #1. USA Phooey”… 2 count. Suplex. “I fuck your ass”. 2 count. Sheik unlaces his boot. I will destroy you. “Fuck your American boycotts and embargos and xenophobia”... “GI Joe, a real American hero…. SLAUGHTER CANNON! Sarge has Sheik’s boot, Iran’s nuclear stockpile, and the Berlin Wall in his hands. He kills the enemy dead… Rambo, force of freedom. The SDI program ain’t got shit on Sgt. Slaughter. Say no to drugs. Born in the USA. Fortunate Son. Fuck. 
No other match will be greater than this match ever.