[1986-11-09-WWC] Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen

[Loss]

Another great, compact brawl with a very different feel from the previous one. When Colon missed the jumping knee in the corner, I thought, he's Stan Hansen and they're doing a brawl, no way is he going to go after the knee, but he did! And it was great! And he managed to do limb work that fit the chaotic nature of the match. They followed suit with Hansen missing a lariat and crashing into the ringpost which led to Colon targeting Hansen's arm during the mayhem. This feels like a super high rating for a match this short, but if anything, I wanted to go higher. I do think of the two brawls, this is the slightly better worked ones, although both have their merits, and I'm starting to get a feel for Carlos Colon as well. He was definitely impressive in this match. ****

[El Boricua]

Some background context:

 

After our previous match, Stan Hansen appeared to have won the Universal title thanks to loading up his elbow pad with a foreign object handed to him by Al Perez. However, a week or so after the match, a segment aired on commissioner Pedro "Huracan" Castillo overturned the title change due to the illegal object that was used. As a result, Carlos Colon was still the champion, but a rematch would take place.

 

This return match is from the Estadio Hiram Bithorn. To start, Colon turns the tables on Hansen and jumps him to start the match. Hugo mentions that Hansen was not expecting for Carlos to jump him right out of the gate with such ferocity. This match is basically a brawl out of the ring, with Hansen eventually grinding Carlos' face against the fencing. The turning point comes when Hansen tries to lariat Carlos by a metal tube and ends up hitting the tube when Carlos dodges. Colon proceeds to work on the arm. Hugo once again mentions on commentary that Hansen is a former AWA champion, that he didn't lose the title, instead he turned it in to the AWA president and is now here for the Universal title (that's a subtle way to put over your top title / make it seem important). Carlos is on the offensive and at one point starts biting Hansen in the corner. The ref backs Carlos off and Hansen proceeds to load up the elbow pad and catch Colon with a loaded lariat. As the ref counts the pin, Commisioner Pedro Castillo jumps in the ring and stops the count. He calls for the bell and declares Carlos the winner by DQ. Hansen, pissed at this turn of events, proceeds to attack the commissioner. He piledrives Colon and hits a loaded lariat on the commissioner outside of the ring before leaving the ringside area.

[tcg91]

Easily one of the best 5 minute matches ever. Colon wanted to get revenge from the previous bout and he was a furious bull from the start, dominating the brawl in a satisfying way, given what happened between them before. Not sure why he would do a cartwheel during the match, but okay. It got bloody quickly and Hansen seemed ready to cheat once again, before the annoying but needed non-finish, as this was a textbook angle advancement
***

[Superstar Sleeze]

WWC Universal Champion Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen - WWC 11/9/86

Thanks again for @El Boricua again for the context as it did appear won the Universal title in October but Commissioner reversed it based on the loaded Lariat with a foreign object from Al Perez.  This is the rematch!

COLON IS HOT OUT THE GATE! HE IS PISSED OFF AND READY TO FIGHT! There’s a real Rick Martel energy to Colon or is there a real Carlos Colon energy to Rick Martel. Colon jumps touches his touches and goes back to kicking ass. God Bless the 1980s. He wallops Hansen all over the Ballpark and beating him into the dugout. He is playing Hansen’s game and winning. Making him taste his own medicine. Colon misses a knee on a charge and eats the buckle. Hansen works the knee like only he can raw, violent and sloppy. Loved the Figure-4 around leg with his arms. Hansen now brutalizes Colon around the ballpark. He goes for the Vaunted Lariat but eats steel! Amazing! Colon works the arm smashing it into hard objects around the ballpark! FUCK YEAH! Hansen is bleeding. Colon is working the cut and he delivers a ROUND-OFF! God Bless Him! Hansen loads up the Lariat with a foreign object! BANG~! It looks to be all over when the Commish comes down from his perch and calls the match off. Colin wins by DQ! Hansen kicks the shit out of the Commish. The Commish had balls sticking up to Hansen like that. Hansen piledrives Colon and Lariats the Commish! FUCKING AWESOME! Kicks ass brawl and angle! Loved this! ****