Posted May 16, 20178 yr comment_5800596 Died today at 65. one of the feuds that hooked me as a wrestling fan was Rose and Somers v Shawn and Marty in 86/87. Just great stuff and an epic title chase. RIP
May 17, 20178 yr comment_5800627 He was one of those guys that I thought sucked when I was 15-16, and now I realize he was pretty fucking great. I also was too stupid to get the joke that a guy that ugly was called "Pretty Boy". 😄
May 17, 20178 yr comment_5800629 Midnight Rockers vs Somers and Rose feud has been one of my favorite things in pro wrestling since I was a kid reading the mags and watching AWA on TSN. So great. RIP
May 17, 20178 yr comment_5800657 Doug was a very under-rated bump taker and to my eye was very smooth on offense as well. Nobody took a Rocker-plex better than him, and he was the perfect compliment to Buddy Rose as a tag team partner...Buddy could do all the talking, all Doug had to do was hang with him in the ring, and he was quite successful in that regard.I don't think just anyone could have hung with Buddy and the Rockers as well as he did. RIP. *** I made Doug a comp of his matches through someone that knew him years ago. Sent me a nice thank-you and an autographed picture, and seemed genuinely happy to have some video record of his career. Times like that I remember that for most of these guys it's a job and looking back comes later for them.
May 17, 20178 yr comment_5800670 Will never really get the recognition he probably deserves. I never really go into him until well after his time, but god damn did he entertain.
May 17, 20178 yr comment_5800681 Primarily familiar with this AWA run but I seriously loved that. I remember reading a review of the "blood on the camera lens" match with the Rockers where it was mentioned that Somers didn't do anything of note in that match. I later found that comment ironic in retrospect when I realized that my two absolute favorite moments from that match were courtesy of Somers : A) Michaels making the desperation lunge punch out of the corner and Somers just nonchalantly walking out of the way; and a bloodied Michaels desperately struggling to make the hot tag out, and Somers holding him back by his hair and laughing his ass off while he did so.Classic stuff.
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