Posted September 17, 200817 yr comment_5434647 David Von Erich vs. The Great Kabuki (11/23/82) You can tell here that the attendance is picking up as the product is starting to get hot and the fans are all over ringside wanting autographs. David comes out brawling and just taking it to Kabuki preparing him for the claw, which he tries to attempt by Kabuki does his best to block it. David then applies it to the stomach instead but Kabuki would go to the eyes and used his own claw to break free. Kabuki then started using his martial arts game to weaken David with one thrust kick sending him to the floor. David would come back to the ring bleeding with Kabuki going for the cut but David would start firing punches for his comeback. David would hit the Harley Race high kneelift for a nearfall but Kabuki hits another thrust kick to the throat to regain the advantage before going to the nerve hold. David would get free again and hit a dropkick taking Kabuki down then locking in another stomach claw as Kabuki tried a scissors kick. David tightens the claw up before taking it to the head as Kabuki is basically passed out but Kabuki recovers and goes back to the eyes again. Kabuki would kick David right in the head before going back to a nerve hold but David again fights out of it. Kabuki then goes up top but David presses him off before locking in a sleeper until Kabuki took him into the corner where he hit head first. Hussein jumps on the apron leading to David putting the sleeper on him as Kabuki gets up behind David but he gets tricked as David turns around and puts the sleeper on him. Magic Dragon then jumps in for the crappy DQ and they double up on David until Kerry makes the save. The finish was blah but this was a damn solid match especially for Kabuki and it had great crowd heat. I’m throwing this up on the block.
November 19, 200915 yr comment_5445905 I thought this was pretty bad. World Class was a really stiff promotion, but David's dainty offense stuck out like a sore thumb. I think every move until the first claw was blown. You'd probably have to blame Kabuki for not getting any height off of the hiptoss, but that shitty headscissors takedown was all David. For match built around dueling clawholds, this is smoked by the Kevin/Kabuki lumberjack match. [Romdam 10]
December 7, 200915 yr comment_5446235 David Von Erich vs. The Great Kabuki This was another bout that did nothing for me.
