[1981-05-10-AWA-St. Paul, MN] Verne Gagne vs Nick Bockwinkel

[paul sosnowski]

Verne Gagne's retirement match

 

[tcg91]

Gagne's retirement match. This felt like a big deal and the taped interviews were also really well done. The match was slightly clipped in the middle, but it was a rock solid contest with a long wrist lock sequence at the beginning. Then, Gagne started working on Bock's leg and the challenger sold as much as he could. The No DQ stipulation might have been just a swerve, as nothing really happened and no major rule was ever broken. It was a decent match, that mostly relied on crowd reaction and on the two grizzled veterans knowing how to get the basics done. Gagne's clean victory also felt like a good (but selfish) moment

**3/4