Posted January 10, 201015 yr comment_5447045 There's really not too much I can say about this one. It's not quite as good as their 1983 match, it's only 11 minutes and it ends in a count out, but jeez it's 11 minutes of dudes punching each other really hard and Hansen kicking Terry with the toe of his boots and throwing chairs at his head. I watched this while flying up to Portland, and some dad across the aisle watched the whole thing over my shoulder, until finally saying "Jesus, this is a little different than John Cena, huh?" and was generally fascinated by two big white guys beating the crap out of each other in front of a bunch of Asian people. STRONG NOMINATION. (AJC Retro #11)
January 11, 201015 yr comment_5447050 My take... Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk (9/11/82) - Both guys are awesome brawlers and throw awesome punches so I am expecting a lot. Early on, Hansen punishes Terry and Terry looks like he has no plan to counter Stan. Terry gets control shortly but then both guys go to the mat where the camera really captures some great stuff with Funk’s stiff strikes and Hansen’s selling. This started off great but descended into silliness. We get ref bump, Hansen giving a lariat to the 2nd ref, Ron Bass coming in so Hansen can lariat Terry, Hansen choking Terry with streamers. This would have come off so much better if it was just a DQ ending and the craziness happened post-match.
January 11, 201015 yr Author comment_5447054 But surely you must nominate this, right? Of course the match devolved into silliness, but how awesome was all the silliness? He lariats a ref and chokes Terry with streamers!! You say that stuff like it's a bad thing, Will.
April 7, 201015 yr comment_5449115 I'm in the "this was great bullshit" camp. I could watch these guys brawl seven days a week. No one was better than Stan at mounting a relentless attack and no one was better than Terry at taking that kind of attack and timing his rallies. Lots of great punches in this one. I loved Terry chopping his way out of the bearhug from the ground and Stan nailing his leg with a chair thrown from the ring to the floor. I didn't even mind seeing the second ref take a bump off the Western lariat. Anyway, I vote yes with the caveat that some of these crazy brawls will probably need to be cut in the end.
August 28, 201015 yr comment_5455065 Terry Funk vs. Stan "The Lariat" Hansen (9/11/82) This was nothing but a wild brawl with a hot crowd as both men just teed off on each other with Hansen being more dominant of course. They just kept beating the hell out of each other and this is awesome although the ref bump was pretty shitty as it seemed like Hansen ran right for Higuchi. The backup ref with a Vincent Price style mustache showed up and of course he got his ass kicked eating a serious lariat. Ron Bass then ran out holding Terry by the legs so he could eat another serious lariat. Higuchi then got back in the ring and the match kept going until he called for the bell. This was insanity and definitely moves forward.
October 20, 201015 yr comment_5457460 Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk, 9/11/82 (Retro 11) - Early on wild brawling to start. Inside, Stan punishes Terry and he bounces around like a pinball but Stan’s shots look nasty, especially the knees to the back of the neck. Terry continuously retreats to the outside because he is getting his ass kicked inside. At one point, Stan has Terry in a body vice and Terry uses Killer Khan chops to break the hold. I like Terry trying to get any advantage he can by grabbing Stan’s knee pad to drop him for a spinning toe hold but Stan disposes of him easily. Terry shows his desperation by tossing a chair in the ring only for Stan to throw it back. Good stuff. Still don’t like the ending of the match but this is a good solid mid-level nomination. I totally whiffed on the match because of Terry’s pinball selling and the bad finish but there was enough good stuff where I won’t force you guys to use a personal pick to push this through.
