Posted August 13, 200817 yr comment_5433998 2. Kevin Von Erich vs Chris Adams - Cotton Bowl, 10-27-84 This was one of their 1st matches in just a great feud.I was digging Adams getting all flashy with the handstands and somersaults. The hammerlock spots were neat. With the bumps and throws it had a quasi lucha feel to it. That Tope' that Adams did just murdered Von Erich. The finish seemed to come out of nowhere though. I thought the wrestlers were building to a 20 minute match. Though the killer angle afterwards made up for it. Overall, a good match and a nomination.
September 29, 200817 yr comment_5434922 Kevin Von Erich vs. “Gentleman” Chris Adams (10/27/84) This is another legendary match from the Cotton Bowl because this was the real catalyst for the Dynamic Duo/Von Erichs feud because at this point Adams hadn’t done the real killer heel turn but would at the end of the match which they sold like Kevin had been murdered. The reason why they did such an angle was because Adams was still getting lots of cheers even after turning on Kevin a month earlier so they had to make him a real heel and it worked as there were girls legit crying their eyes out at ringside. These two were a natural matchup against each other because Adams had his hybrid style and Kevin worked a more mat-based style that could counter Chris. Adams broke out an awesome tope that hit Kevin flush on the nose and he looked out of it but got back in the ring using a great O’Connor Roll with a bridge to get the win. Then we had the angle after the match to cement this as a nomination.
June 29, 200916 yr comment_5441293 At the top of the match, Adams grabs the mic and demands that Kevin "keep his punches and his kicks to himself", because he wants to have a clean wrestling match. Kevin obliges. This immediately establishes two things: 1. Kevin and Chris are going to spend some time trading holds, and that's going to be awesome. 2. This will eventually break down into a slugfest. #1 holds true. Kevin and Chris do spend a lot of the match trading holds, and it is awesome (although I can't help but notice Adams getting drop toe held and immediately putting his legs in deathlock position before Kevin can even apply the hold). The trick is with #2. It takes a while before we get there, and it's not a straight jump from working totally clean to Adams losing his cool and brawling, either. Adams gets mad after losing some early exchanges, but then goes to Irish whipping Kevin hard into the corner and locking in a really aggressive chinlock. They get rougher, but still "keep their punches and their kicks to themselves". Then the first ones show up, but they pop in rather surreptitiously - Adams throws some closed fists while they're turned away from the ref, and Kevin drives his feet into Adams' chest when he carges the corner, making him look around in shock. And even after that they restrain themselves a little while longer, but soon enough Adams is violating the spirit of his request - throwing knees and clotheslines - but not the letter - no punches, no kicks. Kevin similarly fights back with a rising shoulderblock before Adams finally, finally has enough. But even then, this never breaks down into a knock down drag out brawl. We don't get a cluster bomb of punches and kicks, but rather a few precision strikes - Adams throwing punches in the corner (and really relishing the moment right before he starts in), and superkicking Kevin on his knees to send him to the outside. Then he blasts Kevin with a tope, pretty much just because he can. Of course, it's not long after that that Kevin grabs the flash pin, but I can forgive the abrupt ending when you have the kind of action they had before it. Afterwords, Kevin offers to forgive and forget if Adams fires Gary Hart, which goes about as well as you might imagine. All in all, definitely a solid nomination. [best of the Von Erichs]
