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  • GSR changed the title to [1980-03-24-WWF-MSG, NY] Hulk Hogan vs Tito Santana
  • 8 months later...
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Good stuff. I think Hogan’s heel work was rather bland but Tito had tons of babyface fire and his punches were pretty great. The match wasn’t outstanding but I liked it to a certain extent and I’d like to see more of it. *** 

  • 4 years later...
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1980-03-24
WWF
Hulk Hogan vs Tito Santana
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA
Card
★★★

This was a little firecracker of a match to send the paying customers home happy. Tito is the perfect opponent for Hulk at this time because his selling is good enough that he makes Hulk’s offense look great, but he also has enough offense himself that when he makes his comeback, or during his hope spots, it looks effective, legitimate and any selling that Hulk does doesn’t feel like a token effort.
On Hulk’s selling, I would say that this is the largest weak point. The selling isn’t quite there yet. It looks stiff and unnatural, or rather it doesn’t have that organic quality you want from good selling. But he executes everything else he’s asked to do to the money.
They didn’t reinvent the wheel here, you got what you would hope to get and they maximised their time really well. Hulk finally swatted the annoying Santana down with a huge suplex to take the win. Easily would call this a good match.

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