Terry “Bamm Bamm” Gordy vs. “Capt. Redneck” Dick Murdoch (5/30/87)

 

Okay this is what we want right here. Hayes is at ringside to counter Gilbert. Gordy just nailed Murdoch with a right hand that Murdoch sold like a gunshot. Murdoch starts throwing his great punches and elbows to counter Gordy’s and we have a slugfest before Murdoch goes to the floor. Hayes is awesome at ringside leading the cheers while on commentary and Gordy does a good job in responding going to work on Murdoch’s arm as we go to commercial. We come back from break with Murdoch having Gordy in a reverse chinlock so we missed a chunk of the match. Gordy makes a comeback hitting some running tackles but Murdoch gets him back down again in the reverse chinlock. Murdoch starts peppering Gordy with punches but gets caught in the running lights with a big boot in the corner. Gordy makes his comeback with Murdoch trying to hide in the corner but Gordy starts nailing him with punches but Murdoch fights back before going down. Gordy goes for the Oriental Spike but Gilbert cuts his knee then dropkicks Hayes as he tries to enter the ring. Murdoch & Gilbert try to injury Gordy’s knee but Hayes throws Gilbert off the top rope and runs them out. The fans go nuts for the post-match promo. This wasn’t as good as I hoped it would be but it was still a good match and a nomination.

I liked this match. It was solid. It showed the versatility that both men had as wrestlers. The guys were able to mix brawling with some nice wrestling. The arm work that Bam Bam was doing to Murdoch looked great; it's a shame we got a commercial break when we did. Overall, it was solid and it will probaly make a disk.

I love Dick Murdoch and I love Terry Gordy. I did not love this match. I wish they were able to go a good 15 minutes or so before the screwjob ending. I vote no.

I liked the early punch exchanges but this was pretty dissapointing, as this should have been epic. I am going no