[1977-10-22-PNW] Buddy Rose, Ed Wiskoski & Sam Oliver Bass vs Dutch Savage, Lonnie Mayne & Skip Young

[corwo]

Fun six-man tag with a bunch of vibrant characters. Rose & Wiskoski are only out for themselves, so they keep getting into situations where they accidentally hit Bass and try to calm him down. Mayne and Savage on the other hand, want to get their hands on Rose for trying to break Jay Youngblood's arm. The finish falls a little flat, being a TV time-limit draw, but it all leads to the post-match angle where Bass gets his payback by attacking Rose & Wiskoski during an interview.

[Wahoos Leg]

Such a well-told story. Rose and Wiskowski want no part of the fan favorites so they keep forcing Bass into the fray. Meanwhile, one miscommunication after another between the three heels, until after the second hall, things boil over. Bass gets beaten down and bleeds buckets, only to come back after the match, bandaged, furious, and out for blood. Bass challenges Rose to a singles match the next week that apparently has been lost to the sands of time, but we do get their rematch the week following.

Check out my full review of this match and Portland footage from October of 1977 here.