Total dream match for me right here. A lot of time you'll get "traditional build" as an excuse for long segments of boring headlock and whatnot, these two guys are constantly working and always looking to improve their position. I'm sure not watching 70s puro for quite some time has a lot to do with it but regardless so many of the sequences felt fresh. There was a cool spot here where Destroyer tried to escape Hoffman's Headscissors and Hoffman used his hands to pull himself back, it looked really cool and I don't remember ever seeing it before and the match was filled with stuff like that. I love the gags Destroyer pulled during the match, and while this was mat heavy both of these guys can strike, I loved Hoffman's right hook counter to the Figure 4 and he busted out some nasty kneedrops. ***3/4

I need to see this. I wonder how similar it would have been to their matches in Germany, where they had a number of matches when Beyer was on his world tour in 1972 wrestling for Gustl Kaiser (3-4 Kaiser tournaments ended with these two battling for the tournament victory on the last day). Just like with Andrè in IWE you might find hints what their Euro matches might have been.