Posted March 11, 200817 yr comment_5429368 Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Stan Hansen & Ted Dibiase (12/04/85) - Hansen & Dibiase control Dory early on. When Baba gets in the ring, it is a different story and soon Ted is playing pretend-Texan in peril. Hansen ahs enough and just throws Dory out of the ring. I may have to rewind but it looked like Dory was running away from Hansen. This startegy worked becasue they get the advantage back and work over Dory once he gets back in the ring. Awkward moment as Ted jumps off the 2nd rope onto Dory. It looks likke he doesn't know what he wants to do or he is too far away so he just kicks him in the face and shoulder. It looked pretty stiff and awkward at the same time. He does it again later in the match so maybe it is his new 2nd rope move. I like the fact that Dory played FIP becasue I prefer to see him getting his ass kicked instead of being on offense. This also allows Baba to get the hot tag and bring the crowd into the match. The match ends in a double countout but Stan & Ted destroy Dory in the post-match until Baba clears them out with a chair. As Baba is checking on Dory, Stan comes back in and pounds Baba with the cowbell. Sweet. I would say that the match by itself is a borderline nomination but the fun post-match puts it over the top. (AJC 123)
December 19, 200915 yr comment_5446546 Baba took a great hot tag in this after Dory played face in peril. I dug seeing the old man raise his game for the tag league. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. But I found it terribly deflating that the top two teams in the tourney went to a double countout in their showdown. If they had produced a few other moments as great as the avenging Baba sequence, I could forgive the finish. But strong post-match aside, this is a no vote for me.
August 16, 201015 yr comment_5454540 Real World Tag League: Ted DiBiase & Stan "The Lariat" Hansen vs. Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr. (12/4/85) Heavy armwork by Baba & Dory on DiBiase's left arm early in the match until Hansen would chase Dory off into the crowd setting up for when he came back in they would work him over. I thought the DiBiase 2nd rope boot to the face was a cool spot and he should've used that more. Dory took a lot of punishment here from both men which was the smart way to go since he would be a better FIP than Baba who when he got the hot tag hit all his spots but you could tell that his days in matches like this were ending. Baba would eat a lariat on the floor and both teams would get counted out before Dory would get destroyed in the ring until Baba cleaned house with a chair. Baba checked on Dory but as this happened, Hansen attacked him with the cowbell then along with DiBiase beat on them some more before leaving. This was good stuff and the brawl after the match was fun as well so I'll push this forward but not strongly.
