25 Days of Murdoch day 1

I bet you people thought I would forget this but I didn't. Most of these matches are from my dvd collection. Day 1 starts with a match from Mid South Wrestling and the great DVDVR(Death Vallyey Driver board) set,

Kamala and Kareem Muhammad vs Dick Murdoch and Hacksaw Duggan July 14th 1985

Kamala dn Kareem are managed by Skandar Akbar and part of Devastation Inc. I'm pretty sure this is from a house show in Tulsa but not postive. Duggan and Akbar have had a long running feud and he brought in Murdoch to help against Akbar's charges. Akbar has always been a favorite of mine and it's a shame he didn't like to travel cause he would have been great in WWE as manager of Sgt. Slaugther. Best thing about this match is Murdoch trying to dance when Duggan does his foot stomping thing. This isn't the best match but man it's fun. I'd say 99% of the match was just punches and there is no one better at doing that than Dick Murdoch. Duggan tries to bring in Akbar but Kamala stops him. After that it turns into a total brawl before Dr. Death and Ted Dibaise come in but Murdoch and Duggan get the upper hand on them and the crowd goes ape shit. Murdoch and Duggan win by DQ and challenge the tag champs Death/Dibiase.

I know it's supposed to be one match for the day but screw it, Here's another:

Dick Murdoch vs The Nightmare from July 14th 1985

That's right 2 matches in the same day. Not uncommon in wrestling during the 1980s. The Nightmare is Randy Culley aka Moondog Rex aka Detroit Demolition. He got a big push in Midsouth and was the North American champion at the time. He's also managed by Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. Pretty funny stuff as Murdoch keeps doing heel type things like going after Nightmare's mask, Punching him and going after the manager but the crowd keeps loving him. That's what makes Murdoch so great, he can do that stuff or the little things but the crowd still loves him. Another great moment is Murdoch punching Nightmare and the ref grabs his hand to stop so Murdoch just uses his other hand to punch him. The finish is a ref bump and Murdoch hits Nightmare with a cane for the win.