Posted February 10, 201312 yr comment_5534337 This is my gift to John Williams. Thank you John for providing me with the back story and history of AJPW half a life time ago when I was a kid looking to discover new things (that sounds mildly perverse). Now let me return the favor by viewing this classic encounter between your two all time favorites. You know what? These two should have only been allowed to wrestle each other, because they had that miracle on the AJPW Set and this was actually an entertaining brawl. Brody even sells a fair amount in this and the bit with Brody destroying the wooden chair and Dory using piece of it to go all Sheik on Brody was pretty clever. I'm not really sure how well Brody getting stabbed in stomach in PR match in 1988 ages, but this was solid stuff really. Both guys took some big bumps by their standards and I even sort of liked the finish. Completely painless and actually pretty good all things considered.
June 30, 201312 yr comment_5549382 February 27, 1988. First round match of the 1988 Gillette Cup. Dory won this match, but lost to Carlos Colon (the eventual winner) in round 2.
May 10, 20169 yr comment_5752175 Brody's Last Days We have this disc and Kris Z said it was not good.
May 13, 20169 yr comment_5752715 This was what I said Gillette Cup - Round 1: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Bruiser Brody (2/27/88) Dory went hardcore here using a chair and other foreign objects to pound on Brody but Brody would return the favor and just clocked Dory with a chair which popped the fans huge. After that the match just fell apart and Dory would win by countout. This wasn't good at all.
