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Jill Fontaine vs The Fabulous Moolah (4/8/81) This was bad. Jill looked extremely green and Moolah either didn't want to make her look decent or simply couldn't. They did a stupid spot where the referee (finally) caught Moolah using a rope to strangle Jill, so Moolah strangled the referee himself and somehow wasn't disqualified. Go figure. Jill threw some horrible leg scissors and strikes, but she seemed lost and even tried a pinfall despite Moolah's legs being completely outside the ring. Moolah got her comeback when Jill was smart enough to spend 20 seconds pushing and arguing with the referee. Moolah then no sold a shitty running forearm from Jill, who fell to the mat like an idiot, before pinning her with a bad looking flapjack. Ugh. -*

SD Jones vs The Hangman (2/25/81) Yeah, this was not good at all. They started with some average lockups, then SD began no selling Hangman's offense for some reason, getting up immediately after a bodyslam and even headbutting the turnbuckle a few times by himself to mock his opponent's attempts. After Hangman's boring armbar, the real mess began, as they seemed unsure of what to do and had a few obvious miscommunications. They were clearly waiting for the time limit draw finish, but they tried to go home early and ended up improvising very badly. At one point, they stared at each other for about 15 seconds to kill time, then went back to a lockup (so SD never had a comeback), which made everything feel even more awkward. They rang the bell at 9:13 to signal the draw, thankfully somebody realized that another minute of this would have felt like an eternity. -1/2*

Dominic DeNucci vs Killer Khan (2/16/81) The MSG crowd wasn't too bad and kind of saved this. Their opening lockups weren't very interesting, as not much happened until Khan put DeNucci in a long armbar to kill some time. When a match goes 7/8 minutes, having a rest hold last for about 2 whole minutes is embarrassing. DeNucci finally made his comeback, throwing bad punches with his good hand, with his usual pace of throwing a punch and then staring at the opponent before hitting the next one. DeNucci then comically collapsed under Khan's weight once he lifted him, which fair enough as they were putting over Khan's size, but it looked so bad and uncoordinated. Khan went over clean after that. 1/2*

Pedro Morales vs The Hangman (11/8/80) So sloooooooooooooooow. They stalled a lot at the beginning, then Hangman trapped Morales in a few holds and Morales always managed to get out of them, which was at least consistent, albeit not very smoothly executed. Hangman finally got the upper hand with a long armbar that completely silenced the crowd. He sent Morales shoulder first into the turnbuckle and the announcer screamed "RIGHT INTO THE RING!". The arm work wasn't terrible, but it was incredibly boring and lacklustre. Hangman kicked Morales in the face about 10 times in a row, but Morales didn't sell it at all and immediately started a comeback, winning with a small package about 20 seconds later. I hate these abrupt endings. 1/2*

That is terrifying. I can't believe they kept him around until 1982.

Dominic DeNucci vs Larry Sharpe (10/20/80) Another bad DeNucci match, featuring yet another irritating stalling sequence, as Sharpe undressed very slowly to get some heat from the crowd. They did some decent arm-based limb work for a minute, but then Sharpe took over and simply started punching DeNucci in the back of the head for several minutes, leading to a few "boring" chants from the stands. DeNucci wasn't good at selling and his comeback had terrible timing, as he would get all fired up and create a lot of commotion just to hit his opponent once and then stare at him. Sharpe then punched DeNucci low right in front of the referee for some reason, but still lost to a small package 5 seconds later, so it's safe to say DeNucci had no balls. 1/2*

Good juniors match. Momota came in hot and opened this with a dive, which I did not expect at all. Fuchi drew good heat with his arrogance and his arm work on Momota was good, at times nasty, feeding the opponent's underdog state. Momota clearly gave all he had here and the Korakuen Hall loved the nearfalls towards the end, with a flashy fashion that you wouldn't expect from either man. Decent flashy finish too. ***1/4

My usual comment on Lucha matches from the 80s is not being happy at the first two falls being so brief, so I finally saw something different here. This started with good matwork and the rudos trying to cut off the tecnicos at all times, even though Charles was somewhat more a sportsman, compared to Morgan. Atlantis was easily the best tecnico in here, taking care of the high spots and leading the selling for his trio. While not a masterpiece, this was refreshing from the usual formula. ***1/4

This was a great match, way better than it had any right to be. Machine and Nakano got their asses kicked for so long and were defiant in their stubborn comebacks, making Choshu and Saito beat them down even more. Takano especially was a bloody mess and he got some great selling going for him, as the crowd cheered the challengers. The count-out finish was perfectly acceptable, given the underdog nature of Nakano and that the titles changed hands. ***3/4

This was a good match, but also a bit frustrating because DiBiase stalled too much at the beginning to get some crowd reaction and play his character. However, the action was solid and well executed once it got going, it was a WWF C-level event but they clearly made an effort for the Texan crowd and the TV broadcast. Hart shined with a first draft of his signature moves and later sold DiBiase's stuff in an effective way, getting also protected by the non-finish. ***1/4

Dominic DeNucci vs Baron Mikel Scicluna (10/11/80) This lasted 10 minutes and felt like forever, thanks to the usual stalling at the beginning of the match. Scicluna's gimmick was all focused on hiding a foreign object in his trunks so the referee couldn't see it, which was stupid enough, especially when he got away with using it on three different occasions in the same match! Even between those spots, the match sucked, as Scicluna dictated the pace in a very slow and inconsistent manner, while arguing with the 3 or fans that cared about this. DeNucci tried a "Hulk Up" sequence at one point and things got even worse, as he followed it up with a comedy leg work routine that wasn't funny. DeNucci won with a bad looking backslide pinfall. -* Tony Garea vs Sika (10/11/80) This was more 'boring' than 'bad', but they didn't manage their time correctly. It actually started well, as Garea took a great bump off a back body drop and Sika, instead of capitalizing on it, put Garea in the most conservative and boring nerve hold imaginable, possibly because it was the only one he knew. Sigh, okay. The hold was long and pointless, lasting about 4 minutes (out of an 8 minute match) and it didn't go anywhere of course. Once again, Garea showed some good stuff with a few solid punches during his comeback, but the match ended like 30 seconds later, as Sika got out of the ring and stalled until the referee counted him out rather quickly. 1/2*

Rene Goulet vs The Hangman (8/9/80) This had some extremely annoying studio commentary from Michael Cole and Mick Foley shitting all over the match, which fair enough, but it's really hypocritical when Cole spent his whole adult life acting like mediocre matches were masterpieces. So, yeah. The action itself was very far from being any good anyway, and this felt incredibly long despite lasting less than 10 minutes. Hangman worked on Goulet's arm in a very slow and methodical way, only for Goulet to use that same arm without any issues during his comeback, so he never really sold the damage. Goulet watered things down even further with a chinlock, before losing clean to one of the worst hanging finishers I have ever seen. -1/2*

Dominic DeNucci & Rene Goulet vs Afa & Sika (5/7/80) Not them again. The bell rang and they stalled for 3 solid minutes as usual, doing absolutely nothing that is worth mentioning. What saved this from being a complete disaster was the comedy routine. It was bad comedy to be fair (the babyfaces stealing Capt. Lou's slippers and the Samoans retrieving them), but at least the crowd got into it, and it that weird stuff wasn't as bad as the actual wrestling. Goulet was actually decent here and did what he could, plus keeping DeNucci out of the ring was surely the right call. DeNucci showed some of his horrible offense once he got the hot tag, but he was thankfully counted out less than a minute later. 1/4*

I agree, some of these matches are actually fun to watch because of how bad they are.

Dominic DeNucci vs Afa (3/24/80) They stalled for a solid minute, and hell, it was the best part of the match. Afa engaged in silly faces while he was attacking DeNucci, including some 'Chono-like' whines and growling at the crowd, which was very weird. DeNucci at least sold his stuff this time, despite not looking good at all. 50% percent of the match consisted of a horrible nerve hold by Afa and it was so boring. Literally nothing happened in the central part of the match. DeNucci had a bad comeback, but he got pinned by Afa despite the Samoan missing his finishing headbutt by like 4 inches at least. A horrible finish to a boring match. DUD