[1974-03-14-Joint Promotions] Peter Szakacs vs Robby Baron

[Jetlag]

Peter Szakacs is the brother of Tibor. He is not as charismatic, but on the mat he was fast and graceful like a panther. Baron is one of the more freaky WoS workers and this a terrific contest full of wonderful and outlandish matwork. Great moments include awesome body scissor work, Szakacs countering a roll up by just dropping on Baron's legs in really painful fashion, and some really dreamy luchaesque pin attempts. It almost resembled carny BJJ (which is how I fantasy booked brazilian wrestling in my mind to be). The bout also got a wee bit temperamental towards the end and then Peter busts out this nasty Volk Han-like choke hold. Great great match, may have the best matwork in a 70s WoS match I've seen.

[Control21]

I enjoyed the matwork here. As Jetlag said, it was really well done in the context of the style of the time and the creative stuff stood out. The pacing was good as well. Good stuff all around ****1/2