[1985-11-11-Mid South-New Orleans, LA] Jim Duggan vs Buzz Sawyer (No DQ)

[Superstar Sleeze]

Hacksaw Duggan vs Buzz Sawyer - Mid-South 11/11/85

"Kiss my fucking ass!" - Hacksaw Jim Duggan to Buzz Sawyer in the post-match fracas from Hell.

Hacksaw Duggan is for real! His run in Mid-South should go down as one of the best "everyman" brawler types in the history of Mid-South. The DiBiase matches are exceptional, but you can point to them being propped up by the angle the matches with Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer are just unadulterated violence. At this time, Dicky Slater & Buzz Sawyer were the lead heels in the Mid-South territory soon to be Universal Wrestling Federation and Duggan and Butch Reed were among the lead faces. While Slater & Reed were feuding over the North American title, Duggan was left to face Dicky's gatekeeper, the crazed Mad Dog.

THIS IS A BLOODBATH! Duggan jumpstarts the match with fists of fury that sends Buzz packing. I love the Duggan Superman pose juxtaposed with his goofy ass face. Duggan obliterates Sawyer's face into the guardrail and busts him WIDE open. Buzz does his best Chris Webber is asking for a timeout, but there are NO TIMEOUTS in wrestling, you fool! Hacksaw continues the onslaught of punches to the head. The ref takes pity of the pathetic bloody heap that is Buzz Sawyer and tries to hold Hacksaw back. Ruh roh! Buzz tries to claw Duggan;s eye out and then kicks him in the balls. Hacksaw takes an equally wicked bump into the barricade and now he is busted WIDE open too. Buzz slams a table on him! I love this raucous mayhem. There is no real story other than two guys kicking the absolute shit out of one another. Hacksaw is trying to mount a comeback, but does not have much in the tank. When Hacksaw stops Sawyer from slamming his head into the turnbuckles, this feels like the most important thing in the world given the amount of effort both men are putting in. Hacksaw wins out and hits a back elbow. WEDGEBUSTER~! The Mad Dog heads for the hills and the crowd is on his case. Buzz ain't yellah; he races back into the ring and blasts Duggan. The ref throws this chaos out. Buzz wants to maim the hero of Mid-South with a piledriver , but Hacksaw reverses and kicks ass. The wrestlers come to break it up, but they are just getting started. Duggan breaks free and jumps Buzz in a crazy moment! Crowd is chanting bullshit. This is incredible! We see Buzz get dragged back to with his friends and he is moaning and groaning. Then Hacksaw is coming to the back and Buzz breaks free again. Holy shit an absolutely nuts brawl breaks out again! Hacksaw is screaming kiss my fucking ass as Buzz Sawyer is left wailing. The whole shebang is the epitome of pro wrestling. All the stars in the world for this! Hacksaw Duggan is my hero! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! *****

 

[PhilTLL]

I adore this match, especially the backstage portion which is one of the best of its kind ever, I watch it at least once every few months, and if we had the Mid-South balloting over again, I might vote it #1. (I think I went with Windham/Murdoch.) Like Sammy Sosa said, ees so reeeeal! For once in the history of wrestling, "you can feel the hate" is not at all hyperbolic.

 

Another Hacksaw bon mot is telling the ref "You leave me the fuck alone!" Okay then!

[zep81]

HOLY FUCKING FUCK FUCKING BALLS

 

When you grow up watching WWF Hacksaw and then years later get introduced to this!!!

 

Duggan telling the ref to "Get the fuck away from me" lol

 

Duggan shouting "Come on then you son of a bitch"

 

This is a fucking HATE brawl. One of the best of its kind. Sawyer get the fuck beat out of him and is bleeding just a few minutes into the match.

 

There's a woman in the crowd just fucking screaming at them throughout lol too.

 

She screams to Buzz at one point

 

"Get the fuck back in the ring".

 

Then at the end when Sawyer is being helped to the back, I think the same woman shouts

 

"Duggan beat the shit out of him".

 

Duggan/Buzz then continue to brawl in the back as other wrestlers try and keep them apart and Duggan shouts "Kiss my fucking ass"

 

I LOVE THIS MATCH and i implore EVERYONE to watch and fully appreciate how fucking GREAT AND LEGIT it is. Not the first time i have watched it, but it's been a while and watching it today reminded me of it's greatness.

[paul sosnowski]

Let's not forget at around the 10:00 mark, Buzz says to Duggan "Grab my pants"....and Duggan exposes Buzz's ass cheeks. Lol

 

This was great....FN insane match. I'm not used to this Duggan either compared to WWF

[JKWebb]

Mid-South has one of my favorite angles of all time on 11/06/1985 (Flair/DiBiase), and on 11/11/985 one of my favorite matches ever between Duggan and Sawyer. They tear each other apart. I was lucky enough to meet Duggan WresteMania 32 weekend in Dallas, and this match is what I asked him about. He jokingly stated that this match was more of a shoot than a match, and he joked about how he was still feeling aftermath from the match. He really lit up talking about it, and when on to talk about working with Sawyer and Mid-South for about 10 minutes (when he really didn't have to). He seemed like really nice guy. He also seemed to have a genuine love for this match. Anyways, it doesn't get more brutal than this. What a war! I love all of the parts and comments mentioned above. Yeah, *****.

[WrestlingFan]

Decent match, not great. I like the violence present in this match. The after match is long. First, Sawyer and Duggan continue their fight for a moment. Then the referees and then the wrestlers come to try to separate them. The two wrestlers are escorted each by a group of colleagues in the locker room or in a place whose name I don't know. But they meet again and the fight resumes. They are finally separated for good. I like the way Sawyer screams like a possessed man. Unfortunately, the after match is way too long.

[PhilTLL]

I am re-watching this match for the 25th time or so on WWE Network, and there is just something so fucking real about it--like, if he had just bashed Mad Dog's head into the hardwood floor three or four more times in the first few minutes, Hacksaw might have KEEEEELED him! If Mad Dog had just been able to JAB HIS EYES OUT he might have woooon! etc.--it is still one of my favorite matches of all goddamn time.

I have watched this stone cold sober and howling drunk and somewhere in between, and the only way I could imagine calling this "decent not great" is if you just don't like the style of violent Southern pro wrestling.

[cactus]

I'm not quite seeing what most of you see in this if I'm honest. This was a good brawl, but I feel that the Dibiase/Duggan matches smoke this. Sawyer gets his head violently thrown into the barricade a number of times. I liked that Sawyer will happily get himself counted out if it means that he has a chance to blindside Duggan, shows what a nasty bastard Sawyer was. Simplistic brawl with a super hot crowd. 

★★★¼