Posted March 1, 200817 yr comment_5428871 Giant Baba vs. Harley Race (PWF Title, 10/26/82) - Another good match between these two. The crowd isn’t as fired up as they were during the NWA title changes but this had some good moments worth mentioning. Halfway through, Race goes for a headbutt from the apron to the floor and misses giving Baba control. Later on, both guys end up bloody after ramming each other into the ringposts. The end run washot. Baba hits his Hart Attack clothesline that he won the NWA title with but Race kicks out. He attempts a dropkick but Race moves and hits a SWEET diving headbutt to win the match. Another nomination for these two guys. I have watched a shitload of Race the last few days and I don’t know where Phil is coming from at all. Yes, he has had bad matches but so has nearly every other wrestler I have seen. Yes, he hits a ton of big moves but usually in the context of trying to put the match away at the end. I still need to find the piledriver match Tom mentioned but so far I give Harley a nice big fat thumbs up. (AJC 75)
April 7, 201015 yr comment_5449117 Pedestrian body lifted by a strong closing run. I was indifferent until Baba started bleeding, but his rally was pretty great, with Race showing great timing in eating the big boots and the Hart attack. The finish itself was pretty nifty too as Harley held the ropes to counter a Russian legsweep and ascended for a nasty diving headbutt. And yeah, another clean finish! Harley left me cold in his 1980 defenses but he was excellent here, both at selling Baba's stuff and at delivering painful looking offense. I'll second the nomination.
August 28, 201015 yr comment_5455072 PWF Heavyweight Title: Giant Baba © vs. "Mr. Puroresu" Harley Race (10/26/82) This wasn't the NWA title matches but this was still good stuff as you got yet again double juice then a really fun stretch run that saw Baba hit all his big moves before missing the russian legsweep allowing Race to just kill him with a diving headbutt off the top rope to win the title. This was really fun and moves forward easily.
