This was no DQ. Buddy still wore the wig mask after several months. He ran away from Martel at ringside, then sucker punched him as he got back in. He immediately raked Martel's back to set a nastier tone that fit the stipulation. He later bit Martel's finger to break a chinlock. But Rick worked just as nastily, raking Buddy in retaliation and popping Buddy in the face when he tried to hide behind special ref Dutch Savage. They really went back and forth here. Buddy caught Martel on the way into the corner with a vicious knee to the gut and followed up with punches and chops to the throat. Martel responded with his own flurry, which included a beautiful back drop, dropkicks and finally the frankensteiner to take the fall. That was an all-action opening with plenty of nastiness mixed in. Martel just assaulted Buddy's back in the second fall with stomps, knees, suplexes and finally a Boston crab. Buddy broke up the attack with a desperation crotching of Martel on the turnbuckle. Unfortunately, the video clipped at that point, but I gather it led directly to Buddy taking the fall. More nastiness in the third fall as Buddy really ground a double claw into Martel's gut, and Martel responded by trying to tear the wig mask off. They traded midsection assaults, with Martel hitting a few nasty double stomps to the belly. Buddy tried the crotching gambit again only for Martel to reverse it and finish Buddy with the same move. Really cool payback ending that also served as a strong nod to the no DQ stipulation. This was a nastier match than their previous ones and proof that these guys could keep cranking the gold in various forms. This is one of the best series of the decade. It's a shame they never hooked it up in the AWA.

 

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This was on VS 180-B Portland Mat Classics Disc 2

 

No DQ Match for the Northwest Heavyweight Title: Rick Martel © vs. "Playboy" Buddy Rose (8/9/80)

This had some really good back and forth matwork to start which wasn't boring as both men were working holds and keeping active. This didn't last long though as Martel chases Rose around the ring and when they come back in the action gets pretty fierce. Both men are so great at selling and bumping for each other that it definitely made me wish Martel had stayed in the AWA in 1986 and had a feud with Buddy then. Martel would get the 1st fall with his huracarana pin again and this was so damn good. Frank Bonnema announces between falls that the NWA Pacific Coast Wrestler of the Year would be presented later on tonight before talking to Roddy Piper who is selling a throat injury so he can't talk in his normal voice and Piper said that he may not be able to wrestle much longer because of it. Piper is fucking awesome here talking about Martel saving his life earlier in the week from a beating by Rose & Wiskowski. The 2nd fall starts up with both men feeling each other out until Martel starts working over Buddy's back like a madman. Martel just dominates the whole fall here until Buddy picks Martel up and drops him on the turnbuckle with Martel falling right on his head to even the falls. Rose starts the 3rd fall roughhousing Martel and working over Martel's ribs so Martel counters by trying to rip off Buddy's mask where you see Buddy's hair underneath which is dark. Buddy is now pissed and just kills Martel with a double foot stomp on the ribs. Martel though is tough and comes fight back with his own stomps on the ribs before Rose tries his turnbuckle move again but Martel counters with the same move that he lost to in the 2nd fall on Rose to win the 3rd fall. Tremendous match here and another slam dunk nomination.

Can somebody post the youtube link because the disc version was unbearable!

Is this it?