Posted August 22, 201213 yr comment_5513227 Tremendous match. I'm someone who thinks this might be HF's best match ever. This had a lot of the same spots and similar structure as their previous match in Boston but with a really hot crowd, a better face shine segment, and an awesome finishing run. Brunzell and Anvil started. Anvil was much stronger than Brunzell so Brunzell was getting outmatched in lock ups. Therefore, Brunzell slipped in a drop toe hold instead to get the big man down. The Bees then began working on Anvi's leg really aggressively. The leg work was great here and Brunzell did his spinning toe hold which ruled. Blair put Anvil in the figure four and Anvil looked to be done but Bret came in and gave Blair a leg drop across the throat to break the hold. Blair was now FIP and HF worked him over. This section was mostly Bret working a reverse chin lock and Anvil getting in some cheap shots behind the referee's back. Bret went for a second rope elbow drop but slipped and had a nasty crash to the mat. Blair was able to make the tag to Brunzell who came in fired up. Brunzell threw some great punches and strikes but was caught with a knee from Anvil that set up another FIP segment. HF worked on his back pretty extensively here. Brunzell was excellent as FIP and the crowd really got into it during this portion of the match. HF did the back breaker/second rope forearm on Brunzell. Bret also swung Anvil full speed and shoulder first into Brunzell into the corner which looked painful as hell. Bret got in a front face lock which I love when that is used and Brunzell worked hard to try and fight out of it to make the tag. Brunzell got a great hope spot off of a sunset flip for a near fall during all of this as well. He was tossed to the floor and Bret slammed him on the MSG concrete to further hurt his back. Back in the ring, Anvil held Brunzell up and Bret dropkicked him. Not long after that, Brunzell had a tremendous hope spot where he connected with an awesome dropkick on Bret. They did the spot where the referee doesn't see the tag. However, Brunzell managed to finally make the tag and Blair went on a wild offensive flurry. The crowd was off the charts by this point and HF were great stooging for the Bees. Blair got a near fall off of a small package on the illegal man Anvil which was a slight annoyance but then later got some great near falls on the legal man Bret with some fun heel stooging spots. The finish is awesome with Brunzell hitting a terrific dropkick on Bret but time expiring shortly thereafter as Anvil went to break the cover and a mini-brawl broke out. The match went to a time-limit draw and the Bees were the last team standing in the ring and the fans cheered them afterwards. This was a brilliantly structured and executed match with another outstanding performance from Jim Brunzell. This is one of the better WWF 80s tags ever.
June 24Jun 24 comment_6031754 HART FOUNDATION vs KILLER BEES (02/17/1986; WWF MSG; New York, NY; 00:23:23) - Bees working on Anvil’s leg. It peaks with hart dropping a leg drop to break up the figure 4. Great selling by Anvil who tries to stand up but collapses. Anvil does get the tag and Bret takes over on Blair. Typical Hitman offense but he misses the 2nd rope elbow drop and Blair gets the hot tag. Brunzell comes in and he is quickly put down with a knee in the back. They work over Brunzell and do the front face lock prevention to keep Brunzell from getting the tag. The crowd is outraged when Brunzell is thrown out and Bret body slams him on the concrete. Blair comes to save and fights with Neidhart. Inside, Brunzell is punished some more and they do the double battering ram sequence and hot tag almost move for move from the match earlier in the month. The big difference is the crowd is so much louder and biting on all the near falls. Blair gets the ab stretch but no pin combo and Anvil breaks it up. Irish whip noggin knocker. Two count. O’Connor Roll. Two. Brunzell tag and dropkick… 1, 2, bell. This is so much hotter than the Boston match with a time limit draw. STRONG NOMINATION.