Posted November 21, 201311 yr comment_5573638 Fucking nuts to see Abby get such a huge baby face pop when he ran out and hit Strong in the back of the head with a huge board. That's not something you see every day. Strong tried to sell and play the fool on the ground and it worked to a degree, but the problem is that the thrill was watching Abby work as a babyface aggressor. The other problem with this is that Strong was not a good offensive wrestler at all, though the guard he used on his arm at least covered for his shit strikes some. Having said that I thought Abby's selling as a FIP was shockingly compelling. I especially loved when he would take a single shot and slump up against the ropes, blood pouring out of his head, as it looked like a slobbish guy having a stroke. But what makes this a nomination to me is Abby pulling the fork out of his boot to a massive pop. Yeah the DCO comes almost right after that, but man it is a great moment when Abby stabs this fucker and is treated like a hero. This probably wouldn't finish super high on any ballots, but it's one of the more novel things I've watched and I could see using a personal on it.
December 7, 201311 yr comment_5575323 "Sadistic" Steve Strong © vs. Abdullah the Butcher - Abby's face here and getting huge pops. I really hated his weak shots with the 2X4. Abby's not know for stiffness but this was hurting the match for me. It got better once Strong bled out. Then Abby just hit him with jabs and hung him on production wires. Strong got the advantage back in the ring and bloodied Abby with a slew of forearm shots. Strong's forearms were weak too but I did like how he kept it going after Abby started to bleed. This got boring quickly but I did like the cut off spot where Strong gave Abby a shoulder tackle even if it didn't have the best execution. Abby pulls out the fork in the end and stabs Strong in the throat with it. The match ends in a double count-out and we get a fun post-match with Abby slinging the ref to the ground and chasing Strong with the fork into the dugout. Besides the bleeding and prerequisite working of cuts, this was boring and had terrible offense. I did like Abby's selling but I'm going NO here.
December 7, 201311 yr comment_5575336 Fucking nuts to see Abby get such a huge baby face pop when he ran out and hit Strong in the back of the head with a huge board. That's not something you see every day. Strong tried to sell and play the fool on the ground and it worked to a degree, but the problem is that the thrill was watching Abby work as a babyface aggressor. The other problem with this is that Strong was not a good offensive wrestler at all, though the guard he used on his arm at least covered for his shit strikes some. Having said that I thought Abby's selling as a FIP was shockingly compelling. I especially loved when he would take a single shot and slump up against the ropes, blood pouring out of his head, as it looked like a slobbish guy having a stroke. But what makes this a nomination to me is Abby pulling the fork out of his boot to a massive pop. Yeah the DCO comes almost right after that, but man it is a great moment when Abby stabs this fucker and is treated like a hero. This probably wouldn't finish super high on any ballots, but it's one of the more novel things I've watched and I could see using a personal on it. There are a few Strong vs. Abdullah matches around from Montreal that you should check out. Abby as a face in Montreal was very similar to what you describe above (a match I saw live between Abby and Hercules Ayala came to mind when I read this), in terms of Abby the babyface.
December 7, 201311 yr Author comment_5575338 Pretty sure I've seen at least one of them. Abby coming to the ring to Fat Bottom Girls is a sight to behold
February 13, 201411 yr comment_5587746 Universal Heavyweight Title: "Sadistic" Steve Strong © vs. Abdullah the Butcher (August 1989) Abby is a face here and the crowd fucking loves him as he beats the shit out of Strong. This wasn't very good though to me so no on a nomination.
