Posted October 9, 201312 yr comment_5566760 Gillette Cup - Round 1: Abdullah the Butcher vs. Dirty Dutch Mantell (2/27/88) Abby mugs Dutch at the bell and throws him to the field on a ringside table. Abby gets the juice from Dutch early and works over the cut but Dutch finds a neutralizer in Shoebaby and he starts pounding on his head with the cowbell bringing out juice from Abby. Dutch is great here throwing some wild punches before Chicky Starr gave Abby a coathanger which he used to choke out Dutch before the referee called for the bell. Just another wild match and a fairly easy nomination.
October 18, 201312 yr comment_5567844 It's impossible for me not to enjoy Abby matches like this on some level. Just a short fight with both guys bleeding and getting there licks in. Abby even slammed Dutch on a table at the jump which was surprising. Dutch made a comeback with his whip, but ended up getting back down when Chicky Starr slipped a coathanger in which Abby used as a weapon for the DQ. Entertaining sprint. Rewatched this just now to reward myself for making it through three discs of WWC t.v. This is really short (maybe less than five minutes bell-to-bell) but it has a great atmosphere and it was cool to see Abby selling some for Dutch and almost treating him as an equal. I also loved Chicky's get up at ringside and him freaking out on the cameraman at one point. I feel pretty confident in saying this is good enough to make a set, though it's not something that will finish in anyone's upper tier.
