Dick Murdoch vs Rick Nelson January 9th 1988
This is pretty much a Squash match but interesting cause Murdoch is managed by Jim Cornette. He had just tuned on Dusty Rhodes. Murdoch destroys the poor jobber with punches, elbows and going after the Shoulder. He finishes it off with a Brainbuster right on the neck. Dick then cuts a promo on Dusty Rhodes and just buries him, his family and talks about a Cage match coming up. Good entertaining Squash.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
25 days of Murdoch Day 3
Dick Murdoch vs Butch Reed September 22nd 1985
Going in I knew this was an hour long match so it was going to be worked like that. Butch was at the peak of his career here as he had been wrestling Flair and was pushed to the moon. First 20 minutes or so of this is Murdoch going after Reed's arm and Ribs. Also Reed did a 5 minute Headlock which was interesting seeing Murdoch try to get out of. Around the 30 minute mark is where the match gets really good. Murdoch starts to get angry and brings the punches and kicks while Reed has some of his own. Few men sell a punch like Murdoch does. Forty minutes in and it starts to resemble a boxing match with punches and they are obviously gassed out as they start leaning on each other. Reed goes after the leg with a figure four. So what does Murdoch do? He lays on his back and just up kicks Reed right in the face in a awesome way. Match ends in a double countout and they continue to brawl before Tommy Gilbert and Grizzly Smith break it up. Long match but good.
Going in I knew this was an hour long match so it was going to be worked like that. Butch was at the peak of his career here as he had been wrestling Flair and was pushed to the moon. First 20 minutes or so of this is Murdoch going after Reed's arm and Ribs. Also Reed did a 5 minute Headlock which was interesting seeing Murdoch try to get out of. Around the 30 minute mark is where the match gets really good. Murdoch starts to get angry and brings the punches and kicks while Reed has some of his own. Few men sell a punch like Murdoch does. Forty minutes in and it starts to resemble a boxing match with punches and they are obviously gassed out as they start leaning on each other. Reed goes after the leg with a figure four. So what does Murdoch do? He lays on his back and just up kicks Reed right in the face in a awesome way. Match ends in a double countout and they continue to brawl before Tommy Gilbert and Grizzly Smith break it up. Long match but good.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
25 days of Murdoch Day 2
Dick Murdoch, Hacksaw Duggan and Bill Watts vs Kamala, Kareem Muhammad and Skandar Akbar July 28th 1985.
So it's about Midnight on the 2nd so this would be the second day of the topic. Murdoch and Company arrive on a MONSTER TRUCK to the ring as it's held at Wrestlefest 85 on what looks like a big fairgrounds type thing. Akbar fakes a injury before the match starts but no one buys it. Grizzly Smith comes out and lays down the law. Fun match with tons of punches and USA chants. Murdoch takes a beating even from Akbar which looked a little weird. Then Watts gets the tag and gets the pin by Bodyslaming Kamala. Yeah when Watts came back he was basically superman.
Time for another match:
Dick Murdoch vs Dr. Death Steve Williams 9-20-1985
Murdoch is the North American champion at the time and Dr. Death is second by Bob Sweetan. This is a weird match since Dr. Death dominates it and it mostly worked as a amateur bout. The finish is crazy as Sweetan interferes which brings out Reed and Reed accidentally hits Murdoch and Murdoch beats up Reed all while the Ref is down. After the match Reed and Murdoch brawl which leads to the next match which I will review tomorrow.
So it's about Midnight on the 2nd so this would be the second day of the topic. Murdoch and Company arrive on a MONSTER TRUCK to the ring as it's held at Wrestlefest 85 on what looks like a big fairgrounds type thing. Akbar fakes a injury before the match starts but no one buys it. Grizzly Smith comes out and lays down the law. Fun match with tons of punches and USA chants. Murdoch takes a beating even from Akbar which looked a little weird. Then Watts gets the tag and gets the pin by Bodyslaming Kamala. Yeah when Watts came back he was basically superman.
Time for another match:
Dick Murdoch vs Dr. Death Steve Williams 9-20-1985
Murdoch is the North American champion at the time and Dr. Death is second by Bob Sweetan. This is a weird match since Dr. Death dominates it and it mostly worked as a amateur bout. The finish is crazy as Sweetan interferes which brings out Reed and Reed accidentally hits Murdoch and Murdoch beats up Reed all while the Ref is down. After the match Reed and Murdoch brawl which leads to the next match which I will review tomorrow.
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