[1983-03-23-Joint Promotions] Jim Breaks vs 'Grasshopper' Phil Johnson

[GSR]

A first round contest from a knockout tournament with the winner meeting Mick McMichael later on in the evening.  Grasshopper is a bit of an odd looking chap, wearing green cycling shorts with a yellow strip down the side, barefoot with a shaven head and little in the way of a physique.  He's a Judo black belt who was supposedly brought into the pro wrestling game by Chris Adams.  Johnson opens up with a few headmares, then when Breaks tries one of his own it's blocked.  The crowd start laughing, cheering and clapping at his inability to execute the move and the guy really is a master of having them eating out of his hand.  An early sunset flip by Johnson and Breaks lifts his shoulder informing the referee 'I'm up!'.  He offers the hand to Johnson who accepts, but is pulled in and met with a closed fist to the face.  Grasshopper fires back with one of his own which drops Breaks and he looks on in disbelief that the referee hasn't warned him at all.  With one minute left in the first Breaks turns his attention to the left arm looking for his patented submission.  Johnson reverses it trying to put the special on the man himself, but Breaks halts the attempt with a punch to the stomach in full view of the official for his first public warning.  In the second round Johnson again tries to use Breaks' own hold against him before badly botching a folding press.  Toe and ankle as he looks to weaken Breaks, before Breaks turns the table and starts bending and manipulating Johnson's ankle.  On to the third and yet again Johnson tries for the special.  This time Breaks pushes him backwards and then traps Johnson's arm in the ropes.  Breaks pretends to try and release Johnson whilst in reality tightening the ropes, softening the arm even more.  He offers Johnson his hand as a way of an apology (you'd think that he'd have learned) but Breaks immediately grabs him and applies his special for the submission.

They do seem to pair Breaks up with a lot of the greener or younger talent and it depends really on how adept that they are on the quality of the match and what Breaks can get out of them.  Johnson is not very good and as a result this is towards the bottom of the ladder for him.