Posted April 19, 201015 yr comment_5449676 Curt Hennig vs. Ali Hassan (Death Match) 4/30/83 -Weird stipulation here. Each guy has his hands tied to a corner and the first one who escapes can attack their helpless opponent. Looks like Hassan breaks free first but Hennig punches him so they both basically escaped at the same time. Well, that was useless. Hennig is showing some fire here exchanging headlocks with blatant chokes. Well it’s anything goes so that helps. It picks up on the outside with Hassan getting busted open. However, Hennig misses a flying body press, Hassan hits a neckbreaker (looked kinda weird) and picks up the fall. 2nd fall starts and Hassan is in control. He looks fucking sick with the blood pouring down his face. Nice sequence as Hassan hits a couple of blatant low blows and to reinforce the rules, Hennig hits his own low blow and an atomic drop that sends Hassan flying over the top rope. Damn, these two are fucking battling. The best I have seen either guy. Hennig earns bonus points by punching Hassan and attacking the cut. Shit, time limit draw as the show is about to end. Hennig does an interview afterwards. Shit, not happy with the end result but this was too fun not to nominate. (Lynch 9)
April 9, 201115 yr comment_5469478 Will is right about the uselessness of the gimmick, but man do they go after each other with cruel intentions early. Seriously they are both throwing bombs and wrenching everything in deep. I thought Hennig's torque on his chinlock almost looked dangerous. Hennig also took a top rope turnbuckle bump super hard, a nice bump to the floor and I liked his cross body pin for the first fall a lot as a desperation move that was also believable. Hennig gets jumped at the bell and man Hassan is a gnarly motherfucker. Really loved his standing dropkick as it is hard to make a standing dropkick look violent and he managed to make it work. Hennig comes back and chucks Hassan to the floor and posts him. The post shot was the weakest looking thing in the match but Hassan sold it like death. Hassan is bleeding and Curt goes for another crossbody but whiffs and eats a neckbreaker for the second fall to even shit up. Hassan is fucking bleeding something fierce in the third fall, throwing shots with his Iron Sheik boots and just looking sick. Hennig powers up on a chinlock that actually looked violent and comes back with big shots. Shit gets incredible as they battle back and fourth with ball shots! Hennig hits a massive atomic drop and Hassan takes a huge wild bump to the floor. Hassan comes back with a sick shot to the throat once he is back in the ring and just starts pulling at the eyes of Curt making an awesome facial expression in the process. Hennig fights back and they go to a slugfest spot. Both guys go for a double dropkick and time runs out. I actually did not mind this finish at all. This was a fucking awesome, violent match. Probably the best thing I've watched so far. PP #14
May 9, 201114 yr comment_5470933 The third fall of this was awesome, with Hassan gushing blood and the two of them trading dirty, dirty shots. I loved Curt's evolution from technical, bumping babyface to a guy who was totally willing to fight fire with fire. This wasn't the only match where he did that, but it's a good example of his gift for it. The first two falls were fine, except for the pointless stipulation. But it was really the end run that made this a no-brainer. The draw finish didn't bother me too much because of the intense work leading up to it. Yes vote.
