[1981-10-30-Houston Wrestling] Tully Blanchard vs Mike Graham

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These guys have a history, and it starts off with Mike throwing hands. Tully takes a powder to stall Mike's momentum. Tully grabs an arm and delivers a knee. Mike scapes and ups the tempo, and goes for the Figure 4. We get a quick rope break. Cheap shot by Tully and Tully using all his tricks. Tully already bleeding. Mike revereses only to get his hair pulled. Another hair pull when it looked like Mike might reverse the headlock. A 3rd hair pull and Mike is ready with a hammer lock into an arm drag only for Tully to pull the hair and get the advantage. This is amazing how much Tully is getting out of a hair pull. Tully with a dead leg, and then a knee to the neck. Of course followed up by a 5th hair pull. Mike with a back drop to spark his comeback. Tully suckers him into the corner to shut it down. Tully is the master of the cheapshot. Graham again starts a comeback. Graham works the leg. Graham is hamstringing the shit out of the thigh. Fig 4 is eyeraked away. Graham again working the leg. Tully kicks him in the back, and follows up with an elbow drop. Tully attempts a suplex, but his injured leg gives out. Both guys know the time limit is coming up. a great nearfall off a cross body by Mike gets 2. Both guys clunk their head and we see a small package. Graham gets the Figure 4 as time expires. Gino is out. I thought Tully's was a great heel performance and did a great job of giving Mike opportunities. Tully with 5 hair pulls was tremendous. Their is a lot to like about this match. Though the time limit draw was telegraphed. 3*