[1983-05-20-Houston Wrestling] Gran Markus vs Johnny Rich

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This was the opening match of a loaded card where the WWF and AWA world titles are defended.

 

This was just a solid match. The job of the opening bout is a good back and forth that would be easy to outshine.Allows people to get a coke or beer. We see Rich do a lot of headlock take overs. Work the arm a bit. Gran Markus would use cheapshots to get heat. He was getting Tito next week. So the other purpose of this is for Markus to look good in winning. Markus wins with his finisher of the double elbow drop.