Posted June 17Jun 17 comment_6031379 TITO SANTANA vs BOB ORTON (07/26/1986; WWF Philadelphia Spectrum; 00:22:32) - Tito Santana Interview with Killer Kal Rudman. - Orton controls early and when Santana is outside, he grabs Bob’s legs and crotches him around the ring post. He teases a figure 4 but Bob hooks the headlock. Orton tries to slam Tito’s head but Tito counters and slams Bob on the turnbuckle and gets a 2 count. Orton rakes the eys and takes over. Raking the eyes, pointed elbow drops. HE takes off the turnbuckle cover and chokes Tito with it. Vicious. Orton is just abusing Tito. Orton hooks in a chin lock and they stay there a little too long for my liking. Tito breaks and he gets a headbutt to the groin/abs for his troubles. The lack of crowd heat is hurting this match. Tito fighting back gets some fans back but pretty quiet, overall. Sad. They battle outside and Orton gets a Manhattan drop on Tito and Tito can barely get back in. A small Tito chant breaks out, crowd showing a little bit of life. Orton goes for the superplex but Tito fights out. Tito with a leaping forearm and a figure 4. Bob reaches the ropes. Now the crowd is alive and Tito attacks Bob outside. Tito rams Bob into the table and Bob retaliates with soda to the face. Bob rolls a paper cup and jams it in the eye of Santana. Irish whip inside and Bob goes to the post. Tito tries a piledriver but Bob drops to his knees and jams his head into the groin. Tito almost got a pinfall on a roll-up. Inside, Tito lights Orton upwith punches as the bell rings and a time limit draw. - The positives are definitely here. Both guys worked their asses off and they eventually got the crowd in to it but barely. The intensity was there but it was also hurt by some long chin locks and crowd apathy early on. MIDDLE NOMINATION.
