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Davis didn't show a ton of fire on the hot tag but that dropkick was really good. This was one of the matches that sold me on Jaggers on commentary, before he just got to be too much. I'd agree this would not look out of place on WCW TV for the next 5 years.

World Wrestling Council Owner: Victor Quinonez Play-by-Play: Rickin Sanchez Color: Hugo Savinovich Interviewer: Hector Moyano Ring Announcer: Eliud Gonzalez Referees: Tomas Marin, Ricky Vargas, Victor Quinonez Roster: 1. Abdullah Tamba 2. Al Madril 3. Angel Acevedo/Mercenario 1 4. Angelo Rivera/El Profe 5. Bam Bam Bigelow 6. Bart Batten 7. Brad Batten 8. Barrabas 9. Bobby Jaggers 10. Butch Miller 11. Carlos Colon 12. Chicky Starr 13. Don Kent/Super Medico 3 14. Dutch Mantell 15. Eliud Gonzalez (ring announcer) 16. Gama Singh 17. Hector Moyano (announcer/interviewer) 18. Hercules Ayala 19. Hugo Savinovich (announcer) 20. Huracan Castillo Jr. 21. Huracan Castillo Sr. 22. Invader 1 23. Invader 2 24. Invader 3 25. Jerry Morrow/Mercenario 2 26. Jonathan Boyd 27. Juan Rivera/Savio Vega/TNT - 5th degree black belt, cobra dinamita 28. Luke Williams 29. Miguel Perez Jr. 30. Miguel Perez Sr. 31. Mike Davis 32. Rickin Sanchez (announcer) 33. Ricky Santana 34. Ricky Vargas 35. Rip Morgan/the Crusher 36. Ron Starr 37. Steve Strong 38. Super Medico 1 39. Tomas Marin 40. Tommy Lane 41. Victor Jovica 42. Victor Quinonez 43. Victor the Bodyguard

WWC adds: Tomas Marín Ricky Vargas Victor Quiñonez All are referees.

I would guess the expectations of some going in were for a less...mainstream I guess is the word...set of results.

I like Luger vs. Reed a lot. Would be fun matches and a young Lex would end up learning a lot. Midnights vs. JYD/Wahoo will be all kinds of fun heeling. The Armstrongs should pretty much always be in blood feuds.

Regal is a great choice. He brings some things to that division that it sorely needs to spice it up. I like Nish also, he can help keep things from constantly having to go forward and show the value in looking back in time to find new ways of doing things.

To me it's more that projects like this seem like "scheduled" watching. Where I have to watch all of this stuff in a certain amount of time. Once you start that it's very easy to get into a mode where you kill your own enjoyment of the matches because you feel like you have to watch them. I very much prefer to watch what I feel like watching right now and not feel like there is a ticking clock on watching this group of matches. I have found that it helps my enjoyment of wrestling a lot.

I like the mixing of teams, but I do take issue with the pairing of Kobashi and Hansen. Only because Kobashi was Hansen's best opponent, lol. The junior division is a nice addition, I think that one thing you could do is shore up the heavyweight division with some big names like Vader that were not there until 1998 and would have been a breath of fresh air right around 1995-ish. Maybe bring in somebody like Masato Tanaka or a different guy on that level for Akiyama to feud with that wasn't way up there out of his league.

Chaos after that main event! Benoit vs. Douglas would have been a fun match at this time. Not the workrate we wold have gotten 8 years later, but definitely worth a watch.

One thing I truly love about PR is that when they have a stip, they god damn well are gonna use it. Most barbed wire matches make nods to the barbed wired, but in PR it is front and center. The wrestlers are using it early and often, and usually in ways you don't see anywhere else. So while this was not going to blow you away with technique or highspots, it delivers on the promise of two guys trying to maim each other with barbed wire so they can get a win. Which is what a barbed wire match should be. For me it is one of the examples I would hold up as a reason that I love Puerto Rico as a territory.

Invader 1 is really great in this. He might be one of the top bleeders in pro wrestling history after watching the set through multiple times. And he's really good at selling and building sympathy, even while mounting comebacks. Kamala keeps up a pretty good pace here. The blood licking was a nice touch too. For what this match was it was absolutely perfect.

I thought this was a really strong tag. Colon working the apron and the hot tag was great stuff. The end was again decadent for the babyfaces and they have no intention of quitting even when the bell sounds. Boricua mentioned to me that the Sheepherders went crazy in PR through most of 1985, so all of this stuff makes a bit more sense now. If these two had spent the last 9 months (or more) or more running amok, the crowd would be happy to see this kind of excess from the babyfaces.

I liked this a lot. Really good brawl with easily the wildest scene I've ever witnessed following the match. The fans attacking Butch while he was on the table was pretty nuts. Colon and Invader go way, way, way, way, way...I think you get the idea...too far in attacking Luke on his way out. How they actually got the ambulance out of there without hurting anyone I don't know.

Colon's entrance was incredible. Colon biting Abby's ear is something you just don't see every day. Abby standing on Colon was pretty sick looking. I did like the one facial expression Abby gave after Colon headbutted him early on. They did almost enough to keep ti interesting, but fell a bit short in spots. Still, not the worst Abby match you'll see by a long shot.

I think that the biggest positive of this is the interaction and the exposure to something different. It's a positive thing for the board as a whole.

I think that whatever GWE did to the board, good or bad, it did introduce a whole lot of people to PWO that had not even heard of it before. However you view the fallout of GWE, that particular aspect has to be a positive. And I suspect that those involved in the negative aspects will come around eventually. Perception can be a very powerful thing and I think that is what is driving a lot of those negative aspects. Once things are looked at in a different light they can be moved past. As far as the concerns of Loss, we all make mistakes. They get magnified when we happen to be in charge of something a little bigger is all. The worst thing you can do is let it make you afraid of doing it again. I'm thinking about this, but I have to say that doing the top 100 matches out of Japan in the 2000s was a slog. The top 100 ever seems like a very big challenge I may or may not be up for.

I like the mix of shootstyle and pro style a lot. Funaki going over Tamura was a shock to me.

The pre-match stalling by the Sheepherders is really good. I liked the chaos in the match but agree that it could have had more flow. This definitely falls into the "fun" category more than they really good side of things, but I'll watch it again.

I also thought the pacing was great. If they had worked it too fast it would have made no sense for Ayala to be dominating the match against the much quicker Savage. Ayala is certainly limited in what he does, but it seems like he plays a solid base for Savage's shenanigans to play off of. If he tries for more what does it add? This match is about Randy Savage the heel and it's pretty damn good because of that. There was one instance where they had some miscommunication, but it didn't stick out like a sore thumb.

One thing I am trying to do with the less experienced guys is not give them real complex stuff to do. Like for Bam Bam it is mostly "don't bump and only sell when they paste you" and the set pieces he has with Abby here. For Owen I just had him doing it 99% straight with the one sort of cheat spot. Just easier to imagine a young guy being able to pull that stuff off for me. Instead of having Owen try to pull off subtle heeling all match, which would just not be something that worked. And as a visual aid for that last Chickys Sports Shop, if you look it up on youtube you will see the visual I was going for. Just don't do it close to when you eat or intend to because it's pretty gross looking...

Not a fan of bullshit finishes for chain matches. That being said, Hugo Savinovich took that kick from Brody like a freakin champ. The match itself was good. broday actually sold and made Colon look good, probably because he's the boss, but who cares? Colon can carry lesser workers than Brody to good matches and a motivated Brody makes this a pretty good match.

Andre looks so damn massive in the ring with Abby. The fork shots in this match were really great. Andre picking up an entire section of fence and hitting Abby with it is breathtaking. Fun match that hopefully had a big payoff for someone somewhere.

I'm trying to think of a better Savage interview I've ever seen. I'm also trying to think of ten better promos I've ever seen. Can't do either. Brilliant, brilliant stuff here. Here's how much I like this. You know that Arn/Barry junkyard promo that basically blows you away every time you see it? It just got relegated to number two on the year.

I really like that you didn't go with the race card with Harley and Rocky Johnson. David Sammartino is gonna be a face right? Backlund vs. Sheik could pretty much draw anywhere in the States in 1986. Taylor and Bob Roop should be a good feud for Taylor. Gets him over as a technician with Roop's cred.

WWC Three Kings Day January 6th, 1986 Roberto Clemente Coliseum Frank Conners vs. TNT TNT shows off his offbeat striking with overhand chops to the head and throat thrusts. He hits a big roundhouse kick that gets 2. A 360 degree roundhouse puts Conners out long enough for TNT to put on the cobra clutch for the submission win at 5:08. Miguelito Perez vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Perez and Boyd go back and forth brawling around the ring and ringside. Perez is in trouble, but comes back and hits a big powerslam for a close nearfall. Perez is tripped by Barrabas and Boyd takes over. Boyd mises Perez with a three point clothesline and just barely stops before knocking Barrabas off the apron. Boyd is dropkicked into Barrabas and rolled up for 3 by Perez at the 12:35 mark. Gama Singh vs. Super Medico 1 Technical match early as they exchange holds on the mat. Both men get good responses when they score a big reversal or takedown. A punch by Singh leads to tempers flaring and a short brawl. This leads to a vertical suplex by Medico 1 for a nearfall and an inside cradle by Singh that Medico 1 barely kicks out of. After a few rope-running sequences Gama Singh leaps over Medico 1 into a sunset flip for the three count at 10:17. Both men shake hands after the match and Gama Singh raises Super Medico's arm as the crowd cheers. Al Madril, Ron Starr & Chicky Starr vs. Los Invaders Chicky Starr showed up with his hair already cut down to stubble, taunting the crowd and the Invaders with it for most of the pre-match. All action early as the heels are caught with double and triple teams by the Invaders when they aren't running into each other trying to change the momentum of the match. A low blow by Chicky Starr to Invader 1 turns the tides. Invader 1 hits a low blow on both Chicky AND Ron and things go crazy with all 6 men brawling around ringside. Madril hits a low blow on Invader 3, but Invader 1 breaks up a piledriver on the floor. Invader 3 with a low blow to Chicky inside the ring and slams him down. A somersault senton lands on Chicky and Invader 3 gets the win at 21:43. The brawl doesn't stop. Ron Starr and Invader 1 have to be pulled apart before things truly settle down. Owen Hart vs. Ricky Santana A handshake before the match sets the tone as Santana brings his high energy offense to counter Owen's crisp, clean offense. The crowd is getting more and more behind both as the match wears on and Ricky slams Hart before climbing up top. Hart staggers into the ropes, crotching Santana. He hesitates a moment before climbing up to the second rope and positioning Santana. A belly to belly suplex off the second rope gets the three count for Owen Hart at 9:52. Owen is being booed on his way back, but seems confused by it. The Crusher & Bam Bam w/Barrabas vs. Abdullah Tamba & Abdullah the Butcher w/Chicky Starr Bam Bam faced Abby three times. First he was stunned by Abdullah's throat thrusts and kicks, which made Chicky Starr very happy. Bam Bam fought back, but seemed on his back foot. The second time Bam Bam went in confident after a talking to from Barrabas. He matched Abdullah strike for strike but had no answer for the fork. An attempted corner splash had some effect, but Abdullah was able to regain the advantage to Cjicky Starr's delight. The third meeting saw Bam Bam muscle Abdullah to the ropes and wrest the fork from him. A few stabs and Abdullah hit the floor with Bam Bam following. Neither made it back into the ring the rest of the match as they brawled around ringside. They were both counted out at 14:28 and fought their way back out of the arena as everyone else involved tried separating them. Los Tejanos vs. the Rock'n'Roll RPMs The crowd was dead for this match, but the RPMs rolled over los Tejanos with their side slam/neckbreaker combo in 4:31. Short Intermission Bruiser Brody w/Chicky Starr vs. Carlitos Colon © for the NWA WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship The crowd comes alive when they see Brody and absolutely explode when Colon comes out. Chicky is in Colon's face pre-match, which leads to Brody ambushing Carlitos. Colon is bleeding after several chairshots to the head outside the ring less than four minutes in. Colon makes a comeback, but Brody is able to stop Colon from banging his head into the stands and Colon's head gets knocked to stall the comeback. Chicky is taunting Colon. Colon makes a furious comeback after a cartwheel and sends Brody outside with a headbutt. A few chairshots later Brody is bleeding as badly as Colon. A wild finishing stretch sees the referee go down and Chicky Starr hit the ring with a chair. Colon moves and Chicky hits Brody in the leg with the chair. Colon sends Chicky outside of the ring and nails him with the chair. Brody is at the ropes, but Colon pulls him down and rams his leg on the apron. Chicky is down and bleeding. Colon is working over the leg in the center of the ring with elbow drops and puts on the figure four with the referee coming around. Brody is almost at the ropes when Colon halts his momentum and pulls him back towards the center of the ring. Brody passes out from pain and the ref counts him out at 19:48. Colon is barely able to stand right away, but seems to perk up as the crowd roars their approval.