[1982-06-05-Portland] Buddy Rose vs Matt Borne (2/3 falls)

[JKWebb]

This was a really good brawl, and possibly my favorite of the Borne/Rose matches thus far. The match ends too violent for TV, so a lights out match will follow with lumberjacks ... this is to contain the violence and keep them out of the crowd. Whoa, how things have changed! Borne's blood splatters onto some elderly folks that are very well dressed for this environment. You can see them wiping their mouths and trying to get blood out of their suits and off their dresses... crazy. Loved it!

[paul sosnowski]

 

[tcg91]

They had a really nice brawl and it worked as a very strong angle, more than a classic match, as it was too short to be a blowoff between the two. Rose was such a good heel that fans were now cheering Borne, despite his anti hero attitude and words. It got blood and Rose's beatdown on Borne was fantastic, in and outside the ring, after everyone making fun of his weight. This was clipped here and there, which was a shame, but it all made sense given where they were going
***1/4