[1976-06-30-Joint Promotions] Marc Rocco vs Marty Jones

[paul sosnowski]

 

[squidlad]

This is an an absolute stone classic and one of the best matches of the 70s on tape. Mark Rocco is so vicious here, so nasty and relentless. Joint Promotions was home to a lot of cowardly heel stooging, which was great, but it's another thing entirely to watch Rocco get molten heat for being brutal. In particular, Rocco's arm work has such efficiency to it. He just jams that thing with reckless abandon, then takes his opponent down and stomps on it. Marty Jones is also fabulous here. He's a great angry babyface, who is not going to give in to Rocco's bullying. He's incredibly athletic at this point in his career, and comes full force at Rocco, hitting his offence with pinpoint precision. Even the normally reserved Kent Walton is clearly blown away by two goregous dropkicks Jones lands on a sprinting Rocco. A sublime match. The current source for this is quite old with a pretty bad framerate, and it would be great to get a HQ upgrade to really do it justice. *****