[1985-09-21-WWC-Anniversario '85] Carlos Colon vs Abdullah the Butcher

[paul sosnowski]

 

[Superstar Sleeze]

WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion Carlos Colon vs Abdullah The Butcher - WWC 9/21/85

With GWE 26 behind us, all eyes are to GWE 36 and what better spirit to have then expand my horizons to Puerto Rico. Got my first taste with the epic Carlos Colon vs Stan Hansen which help Hansen get another Top 5 finish on my ballot. Colon is someone I’d consider but need to see more of. I have seen a limited amount of Abdullah the Butcher who is never as imposing as you think he will but the fat tub of goo has some charm undoubtedly.

Even with my limited knowledge of both men I expected double juice, working the cuts with short punches, Headbutts and gnawing. That’s exactly what I got. I feel like we JIP’d of fast forwarded to the part where both men have been battered, bruised, exhausted and eaten away by attrition rather than earning it. There was nice flurry of action early with Colon getting the upper hand I was surprised by an early bump by Abby and then powering. Then after that they acted like it was minute 10 or 15 of the match. I would have liked to seen more of each of them fighting through the others offense. They made it too easy on each other. Abby especially is a bad at selling. He just sort of stands there and gets hit. Then after enough time has gone by he hits back with punches and Headbutts and Colon starts to sell. Loved Abby standing on Colon dropping the elbow. I love Colon going for the balls not once not twice but three times and doing his touch the toes jump in excitement after the first ball shot fell the monster. Colon gives us our first high spot a vertical suplex and a middle rope leg drop. I appreciate how minimalist and Lo-fi this is. I don’t appreciate Abby just bent over for minutes just taking shots. He’s just a ragdoll. But at the same time some of the shots punches and Headbutts down the stretch with both men bleeding is so captivating. High Knees from Colon. He wants something up top and he crashes down on a standing Abby and Colon ricochets off him and bumps the ref. 
 

I forgot to mention JJ Dillon is managing Abby who I believe has brought Abby into Crockett and is managing him there as well. He takes some shots from Colon and bumps off the apron when Abby inadvertently charges him. Dillon blades who knows why he is a Crockett guy in Puerto Rico I guess. Colon and Abby do some crowd brawling come to think of it I was surprised how they wrestled the whole match in the Ring. We lose them in the crowd never to come back. Must have been a Double Countout or a No Contest. Checking Wikipedia they said the WWC Universal Title was held up as a result.

Some great Lo-fi brutal elements here. The stuff you expect to be good is good the working the cuts with punches, Headbutts and gnawing. The selling needed to be better especially on Abby’s part. He was NOT No Selling; he was just not selling. Like he was No Selling it would have added to his monster aura. He was just absorbing and doing nothing. It is my first Colon/Abby match keeping any open mind. *** 1/4