[1977-08-01-WWWF-MSG] Superstar Billy Graham vs Bruno Sammartino

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WWWF Heavyweight Champion Superstar Billy Graham vs Bruno Sammartino- WWF MSG 8/1/77

Rare Saturday bonus review. The fiancé is making a Tiramisu for Christmas Eve tomorrow. Double bonus bitchin’ Tiramisu and a bitchin Graham/Sammartino match! Headed to Quebec on Tuesday to see the in-laws glad I could finish all the Graham title defenses in MSG.

Graham vs Bruno is night and day from Graham vs Dusty. Bruno just brings out the best in Graham. This is a total departure from their formula of Graham applies a Bruno breaks the hold and applies the same hold as Graham. This is wrestled like a blood feud street fight with Gorilla Monsoon as the Special Referee. Superstar jumps him at the bell but Bruno battles back and the first half is all Bruno punches and stomps. Great Superstar bumps on the back drop and the high knee miss on the turnbuckles that leads to a single crab near fall. Superstar tries to grab a rope to choke out Bruno but Bruno gets a hold of it and chokes him out. Monsoon is call this down the middle but letting shit fly. Superstar ball shots Bruno and busts him open with the Championship belt. This shit is great, he misses the top rope flying knee. Bruno misses a charge. Superstar tries to capitalize but Bruno powders. Bruno comes roaring back! Slamming Superstars into hard metal objects until he bleeds. BEARHUG~! Graham flails and whacks Monsoon as he tries to break the Bearhug. It is a slug fest with Bruno winning! Then Wet Blanket Gorilla Monsoon calls the whole thing off due to too much blood from both men. Vince said he was there two referee from a wrestler’s perspective make sure there is a winner. What a little weenie Monsoon is even if he did get slugged by Superstar.

Now why all the heat is on Monsoon, you know there would still be a fuck finish but this doesn’t take away from how awesome of a brawl this is! I have really been loving their series and this is such a departure from the rest of their matches which I love. You need to watch the whole series to appreciate this and appreciate how kick ass both wrestlers are! ****