Posted June 1Jun 1 comment_6030612 DON MURACO vs PEDRO MORALES (01/22/1983; WWF MSG; New York, NY; 00:16:49) - Great Muraco interview before the match. - The crowd was quiet for the Bob match. They are electric here. Muraco tries to attack early but Pedro catches him. He takes off the IC belt and whips Muraco with it. He rips Don’s shirt and whips him across the ring with it. This starts hot!!! Great Pedro sunset flip for an early near fall. Muraco doesn’t know what hit him. HE tries to get in the ring, gets his head rammed in the corner and takes a nasty bump on the apron back to the floor. Pedro teases a dive to the floor but Don rolls under the ring and saves himself. Smart. Muraco in the ring and he still gets beat up. He does a drop down only to get pounced by Pedro. Low blow by Muraco stops the punishment. Now Muraco is choking Pedro with the shirt and Pedro low blows Muraco!!! Morales jumps into the corner and injures his knee. Muraco smells blood and attacks the leg. Pedro tries to fight back but can’t. HE works a spinning toe hold until he hooks a figure 4. Pedro reverses the figure 4 and they reach the ropes. Pedro cant stand but he can rake the eyes. He blocks another figure 4 attempt and rams Muraco into the ring post. Pedro finally stands and hits a backbreaker on Muraco with his bad knee. He applies a Boston Crab but cant keep it on. Pedro whips Muraco, catches him but Muraco falls on top for the 3 count. This may be my favorite Muraco match ever. Smartly worked. Hot crowd. Big title change. EASY NOMINATION in my view.
