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[1982-05-14-Houston Wrestling] Nick Bockwinkel vs Junkyard Dog


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The crowd is hot for JYD. I love Heenan diving over the top rope to get away from the dog. Love Bock stalling early. Bock roughing him up early. I like Bock cheating while blocking the ref. JYD teases his strength. JYD taking it to Bock, and a giant thump later and the dog gets the 1st fall.

 

The 2nd fall JYD focusing on the back and Boesch is getting the story over. I'm loving the Kozac/Heenan interaction. Bock evens it up with the piledriver.

 

The 3rd fall and it's for all the marbles. Bock is all over JYD. JYD reverses the piledriver. JYD back to the back with a Russian Leg Sweep. A double head knocker. JYD with a running punch that looked really nasty. Abdominal stretch by the dog. JYD goes back to the big thunp. Heenan takes an incredible bump off a JYD headbutt.. 3 1/4*

 

I thought this was smartly worked. Bock laid this out so smartly. It highlighted all of JYD's strengths. Worked Heenan into the mix spot on. I liked the story of JYD working the back. This was good stuff.

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This was nothing special, to be fair. Yes, lots of interesting details (Bobby Heenan was great at ringside and JYD had a massive pop with his entrance), but the action itself wasn't extremely good. Paul Boesch was really good on commentary, also moaning on some silly fans throwing objects in the ring. Dog was hitting hard, but something didn't click despite Bock's ring presence. The finish was quite of a genius spot, when Heenan counted the pinfall instead of the referee to deceive JYD, I liked it so much that the DQ ending felt perfectly fine
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