Pretty fun match, Dory has some of the best headlock take overs I have seen. Started slow, but broke down into a fun brawl with Lawlers punches v. Dory's awesome looking uppercuts. Fun stuff and worth a nomination

Funk Jr. vs. Lawler

 

- This was ok. I wouldn't call it an upper-tier match though. I also had a hard time getting into the match with the subpar VQ. I am also not a big Dory fan at all and have seen much better Lawler and Dory matches so this gets a no vote from me.

Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Dory Funk Jr. (3/30/81)

 

Jimmy Hart is suspended above the ring making this quite the spectacle. Dory was great at the start here using his ground game and vicious european uppercuts to jack Lawler’s jaw around in the corner. Dory actually brought Memphis style action to his normal game even slamming Lawler’s head on the ringside table. Lawler would pull out a chain to help him fight off Dory but he would drop it and Dory would pick it up and put it away. Lawler started firing punches to get Dory away from him and he succeeds following him to the floor where Lawler would chase Dory with a step from ringside but they would get back in the ring soon enough. Dory goes into chickenshit mode putting his body between the ropes then goes to the floor again to get away from Lawler but he would get pounded into the table. Lawler takes control and starts punching Dory so Calhoun tries to stop him letting Dory get a knee to the gut taking Lawler down. Lawler gets up and tries punching him again with Calhoun again stopping him and again Dory kneeing Lawler in the gut this time for a nearfall. Lawler would soon drop the strap and he would fire his own knee in Dory’s gut before using Dory’s head as a punching bag but Dory would push Lawler into Calhoun. Hart drops a chain down to Dory and he would use it to KO Lawler but Calhoun was still down. Calhoun would finally make the count but Lawler kicks out so Dory uses the chain to choke Lawler into another nearfall. Calhoun this time would find the chain and would fight him over it so Lawler pulls out another one and decks Dory a few times then Calhoun tries to fight Lawler for his chain so Lawler throws him down. Dory would then cradle Lawler using his feet on the ropes but Calhoun sees it so Dory nails Calhoun with a forearm for the DQ. They would continue to brawl after the match and Lawler was just punching the hell out of Dory. Hart would get lowered and went after Lawler but he would get beat up as well as Dory. This was great stuff and a definite nomination as Dory was off the chain good here bringing a Memphis-style to his game and Lawler was just fucking great as usual.

I third the nomination. This was a lot of fun, especially seeing Dory all fired up.