Tully Blanchard v. Carlos Colon

 

 

It's been awhile and I'm a bit ahead on 2013 stuff right now so I decided to watch this which I've been sitting on for months. Pretty good match, but it's a better match on paper. Tully is of course the great cocky douche you expect him to be and he does some really awesome little things with his ring positioning but I this lacked the epic heat of the truly great WWC matches. There as some great punches and some good individual brawling spots in this, but it never even approached that "out of control" vibe you often get from PR. It seems odd but my real criticism of this is that it felt more like a real wrestling match than a real fight. Still I loved a lot of the visuals that they worked around the guardrail and thought the way Tully was able to take over on offense was very clever. Again this was good, but the finish being unsatisfying sort of solidified my stance that this wasn't close to high end PR.

WWC World Heavyweight Title: Carlos Colon © vs. Tully Blanchard (Fall 1983)

 

Tully is in chickenshit mode early and often here baiting Colon who comes back firing some great punches. Tully would use a foreign object to get the advantage on Colon and started working him over with some really good left handed punches. Tully would send Colon to the floor where he would throw him into the crowd which brought over the cops to keep the order while Tully would run back and forth to the railing keeping Colon on the other side. Tully at one point tried to pin Colon on the floor but this wasn't a falls count anywhere match which was funny. Colon runs around the ring to start his comeback which was great and he came back in teeing off on Tully before sending him to the floor. Colon threw Tully over the railing and he was taking it to Tully with the railing keeping him standing so he could take more punishment. Colon hitting a jumping headbutt off the railing was sweet as the referee was doing his best to get them back in the ring. Tully would come back getting an atomic drop on the railing but Colon had balls of steel and he finally gets the fight back in the ring. Colon would then start working over the left knee setting up the figure-four which he would get but Tully would get the ropes. Colon kept up the pressure and started pounding him on the floor until Tully kneed him in the balls then hit a desperation left hook back in the ring. Colon fights back though and hits his own nutshot as payback but Tully would throw him back to the floor. Colon comes off top but has to leap over the referee and got stomach punched by Tully which was a cool spot. This is turning into a slugfest before the ref gets bumped and as he is laying on the mat Tully tries to suplex Colon but trips and falls with Colon falling on top to win. There was no blood here but I really dug this match a lot as it was a slugfest with both guys looking really good. This feels like a solid nomination.