Posted June 8, 201312 yr comment_5547032 Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Jay Youngblood (October 1981) This starts out with some fun amateur style matwork before Piper rolled himself out of the ring to the floor. Piper gets frustrated and tries to stall but Youngblood keeps up the attack taking Piper to the mat but Piper to his credit gathers himself on the floor and comes back in getting a nearfall on Jay with a sunset flip. Piper would hit a backbreaker which started his control section as he would focus on the back even using a bearhug before Jay would fight back only for Piper to counter with a sleeper. Piper looked good here on offense before hitting a suplex where he hit the back of his own head hard on the mat. Jay would get a nearfall after a cross body block and the crowd was very into this. Jay starts firing off chops before we got a double collision with both men getting up and firing off strikes trying to put the other one away but time would run out. Piper would jump Jay after the match pounding on him before the referees would get him out. Very fun TV match and a low-end nomination.
July 8, 201312 yr comment_5550322 This was a fun little bout and have no problem with it as a low end nomination, but in the grand scheme of things I see this getting lost in the shuffle or missing the cut. I thought the amateur stuff on the mat was interesting, but I think should be protected like a finisher and only let a few of the guys with reps do it. I was digging Jay's work on Piper's leg , but it ended abruptly. Piper's focus on Jay's back was good, and focused . I thought Piper's suplex looked great.
