Posted January 27, 201312 yr comment_5531027 Barry Windham v. Terry Funk - 1986 I have watched this before many times and it is a match that will be divisive to say the least. There are four piledrivers on the floor in this match and none of them spell doom for anyone. Having said that, if you can get over that this is fun as fuck and a really awesome Funk performance. One thing I love about Terry is that he works different variations of "crazy old man" in different places. In Puerto Rico he totally plays up the crybaby, whiny, self important, chickenshit, pussy act. He literally can't even run the ropes without almost falling onto the floor onto his head. He can't execute a headbutt without almost killing himself. He goes for a neckbreaker and Windham stands him up and he falls right on his ass. So what does he do? Well he suckers Windham out to the floor and post the shit out of him of course! Then he proceeds to do every dirty thing he can thing of, including one of the most deliberate nut shots I've ever seen. When Barry takes over and gets the call back post shots and piledrivers it's probably egregious, but I can't help but smile and Funk's way of reacting to everything is perfect. Barry does this really great measured uppercut at one point while Funk is staggering around and it's just awesome. Both guys take some really massive bumps, Funk gets angry and throws chairs, and the cheating bullshit finish was classic. Capped off by a ridiculous Funk promo where he calls everyone in PR pigs, says he doesn't need to cheat and says he will make Rick Martel end up like his brother. God even I wanted to slap the shit out of him for that one.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549108 This is from September 19, 1986. The first night of Aniversario 86 in Ponce, it is a first round match in the Universal title tournament.
October 23, 201311 yr comment_5568570 Universal Heavyweight Title Tournament - Quarterfinals: Terry Funk vs. Barry Windham (9/19/86) Funk is wild to start as after some spirited action he drops the floor and throws ringside chairs in the ring. Funk would go to the floor baiting Windham which he was successful in doing as he posted him then gave him two piledrivers right on the concrete. Windham is really good here at bumping hard for Funk and selling for him especially the nutshot. Funk then threw his awesome headbutts before colliding with Windham's head which sent Funk to the floor. Windham would then return the posting favor to him before joining him for a fun little slugfest. Windham would send Funk back to the ring where he hit his own piledriver for a nearfall before throwing Funk back to the floor where he would give him two piledrivers there for good measure. Windham took the action back to the ring where he tried to put Funk away numerous times but Funk kept kicking out. The stretch run here was good as Windham was going balls out with nearfalls along with pounding his head into the turnbuckles as Funk sells his ass off. Funk eventually got his head stuck in a ringside chair until Windham would punch it off of him in a cool spot. Funk would almost get Barry as he took his legs out and pinned him with his feet on the ropes but he was caught by the referee. Windham came back hitting a lariat but Funk would get his foot on the ropes then got an O'Connor Roll using the tights for leverage to win. Total blast and a definite nomination.
