Death From Above Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's a real shame that Vader's WCW debut where he just squashes Z-Man appears to no longer be on Youtube because it's legit one of my favourite 5-ish minutes (with entrance) thing in wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKWildcat Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 There's a WWF squash from around 87 even more brutal with Ware than this. I would legit have refused to go up for the ghostbuster if I were that jobber. Was Koko a tough guy? I've seen him treat jobbers like this at least half a dozen times and wondering if anyone ever tried anything with him. There's a famous Memphis story of him just kicking the shit out of Steve Keirn. When Lane came around, Ware asked if he wanted some, with Lane backing away. Koko will always be a fav. I went to the Louisville Gardens for years, and if he was a face, Koko NEVER would turn away autographs or slapping hands with fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKWildcat Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Koko B Ware. Heaven help you if you take a liberty with the Birdman I second this. I'm trying to rack my brain, but I don't remember any heel turn by Koko at this time as he was feuding a lot with Buddy and Dundee. I think he left for Mid South around March (granted, in Louisville we got the condensed version, so you miss some stuff). But his demeanor is showing heel turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I remember the Samoan Swat Team having some great squashes. This is the correct answer. I remember years ago Rob Naylor making a HL of them squashing jobbers mostly that was epic. Sucks I haven't seen that online in years. The other obvious picks: Demolition and the Road Warriors who were great in squash matches too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbeeach Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Samoa Joe's extended competitive squash run in 2005 was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 What's the general opinion on Ryback as a squash match worker? I remember when he first came about, I'd love seeing him take on multiple jobbers at a time. He had a flashy powerhouse moveset and was insanely charismatic. It was just so much fun watching him throw jobbers about. At the time, I believed he could of been a top guy if he was booked right and was working with guys who knew how to protect his flaws and bring out the best in him. It's a shame how it turned out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 What's the general opinion on Ryback as a squash match worker? I remember when he first came about, I'd love seeing him take on multiple jobbers at a time. He had a flashy powerhouse moveset and was insanely charismatic. It was just so much fun watching him throw jobbers about. At the time, I believed he could of been a top guy if he was booked right and was working with guys who knew how to protect his flaws and bring out the best in him. It's a shame how it turned out... He was entertaining and he could have been a bigger star than he was but it's no different to Wrath in WCW. Giant athletic charismatic dude squashing jobbers is a formula that usually works. He did way too many silly WWE video game style mannerisms to start a chant and/or a Pavlovian reaction and the little walk before the finisher was really annoying. This is more an indictment of the style than him as a wrestler to be fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 Nikita Koloff and Tully Blanchard. I could watch Koloff run over guys for hours. With Tully, he gave most guys just enough to make the match more entertaining than it had any right to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Midnight Express squashes are fantastic for the variety of offense and Cornette ranting on commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 That Koko Ware squash is brutal. Hadn't seen it before but that lariat he gives is All Japan mid-90's stiff. Had to be leading to a heel turn or else the "Masked Patriot" was not a friend to Ware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 What's the general opinion on Ryback as a squash match worker? I remember when he first came about, I'd love seeing him take on multiple jobbers at a time. He had a flashy powerhouse moveset and was insanely charismatic. It was just so much fun watching him throw jobbers about. At the time, I believed he could of been a top guy if he was booked right and was working with guys who knew how to protect his flaws and bring out the best in him. It's a shame how it turned out... He was entertaining and he could have been a bigger star than he was but it's no different to Wrath in WCW. Giant athletic charismatic dude squashing jobbers is a formula that usually works. He did way too many silly WWE video game style mannerisms to start a chant and/or a Pavlovian reaction and the little walk before the finisher was really annoying. This is more an indictment of the style than him as a wrestler to be fair. fun fact: that was the exact same finisher saba simba had, down to the high-stepping. first thing i noticed about him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragemaster Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Razor Ramon always had brutal squash matches. Yokozuna before he got really fat, had fun jobber matches as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownNDirtyTN Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I always enjoy watching the Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony kick the shit out of jobbers. A lot of good stuff on this list. Besides Anthony the first names to come to mind were Vader and Scott Hall as Razor Ramon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lust Hogan Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 If I recall the reason Koko was amped up was because he got screwed in a previous big match. I can't remember if it was the NWA title match vs. Flair or where he got a TV broken that he won. It was something like that and the squash was more to show his frustration....but my memory is hazy so I could be off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKWildcat Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 If I recall the reason Koko was amped up was because he got screwed in a previous big match. I can't remember if it was the NWA title match vs. Flair or where he got a TV broken that he won. It was something like that and the squash was more to show his frustration....but my memory is hazy so I could be off. The match with Flair was in Nov and this was Feb, so I'm not sure it was the Flair match and Koko was gone right after this match to Mid South. Just his demeanor walking to the ring was signifying a heel turn though. He was just dressed like Santa a few weeks back, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Razor Ramon always had brutal squash matches. Yokozuna before he got really fat, had fun jobber matches as well. I remember as a kid really enjoying Yoko's early run where he had that gimmick for a while where no one could even knock him down and he just killed jobbers, that led into the Jim Duggan angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Been going through 1994 Raw's recently, and Jeff Jarrett is a guy who is a lot of fun in squashes, really good at getting his character across which helps keep things interesting. He's so cocky that he leaves openings which the jobbers take advantage of to take control on him. He'll get up embarrassed, beating the jobber down in fury, then start letting his guard down again, repeating the cycle. It gives a fun edge to his squashes. He ended one match by pulling the jobber's tights, a totally unnecessary piece of cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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