[1986-06-29-WWC] Abdullah the Butcher vs Carlos Colon

[paul sosnowski]

 

[Superstar Sleeze]

@El Boricua are we sure this is 6/29/86? It is for the Universal Championship and both Cagematch and Wikipedia have the title vacant on 6/29. It doesn’t feel like a rematch to the eye clawing. I am thinking this is the March 1986 match from the DVDVR set or at least before April 29th when title is listed as vacated. What do you think?

WWC Universal Champion Carlos Colon vs Abdullah The Butcher - WWC 1986 

Holding off on putting a date on this as there feels like a discrepancy between the match date listed (6/29/86) and Thai being for Universal Title which according to Cagematch and Wikipedia was vacant at the time. 
 

The other strange thing about this match s it has English Commentary overdubbed but it sounds like it was done in the early 2000s has that ROH sort of dweeby commentary feel where they are trying to ape the 80s style but come off sounding like tools and just no one would talk like that. 
 

As for the match this is a MASSIVE upgrade over the 6/15/86 snore fest I watched yesterday. This is way more heated and has a real hate-filled fight to it. Abby gets caught with the fork early but he a low blow and is able to bust Colon open. The blows are more uptempo and there’s a real fighting through each others offense. Abby goes for the eye! This match feels like it happened before the 6/15/86 where Colon was going for the eye in revenge. Abby gets an elbow drop as a climax to his heat segment. Colon pulls out a fork and busts Abby open. ROUND OFF! He is blasting Abby with punches and headbutts. Good brawling on the floor. Low blow! Great finish. Dropkick causes ref to be wiped out by Abby. TOP ROPE ATOMIC SENTON DROP! No ref. Abby shoves Colon off and hits ref. Abby gets a fork and a wicked clothesline and the heel ref counts three. NEW CHAMP?!? But the original ref throws the match out and awards the title to Colon. Did this cause the title to be held in abeyance? Is this March 1986 match on DVDVR set? 
 

So many questions but if you want ignore the commentary, this is a very entertaining brawl. It felt like a fight. Abby had a really good control segment. There were strong meaningful momentum shifts and enjoyed the finish a lot. Recommend this one as a very good Colon/Abby match *** 3/4