Superstar Sleeze Posted September 28 Report Share Posted September 28 WWF World Heavyweight Champion Yokozuna vs Hacksaw Jim Duggan - WWF Summerslam Spectacular 8/22/93 The swan song for Hacksaw in the WWF. Hacksaw has a new baby girl and Yokozuna is going to make sure he has plenty of time to spend with her. Duggan is another wrestler that I am well-versed in his Mid-South career but after that have seen very little. This is on a Summerslam Spectacular Card which is a USA Network special to hype Summerslam a week out with Jim Ross and Gorilla on the call. Again this is excellent booking as Duggan is the perfect sacrificial lamb for Yoko heading into the All-American showdown against the Lex Express. This is a million times better than the Crush match because Duggan is a million times more charismatic. The crowd is molten for Hacksaw! I will say for how trite this angle should be in 1993 it was over! Patriotism was alive & kickin’ in 1993! They had a title match in June at a Superstars going where Yoko BANZAI~! Duggan to hell. It was Yoko’s first defense and it seems like that’s where the body slam angle started. Duggan is a dick to start interrupting the Salt Ceremony. Duggan goes to hit Yoko with 2x4 but the ref stops him and Karate Chop by Yoko as he takes over. Duggan is so much more interesting fighting from underneath than Crush. We get the liberal Fuji interference, headbutts and bear hugs. Duggan is the ultimate Dadcore wrestler. Big looping cartoony punches and biting Yoko’s nose to get out of the bear hug. It is just his mannerisms he just feels so much like a Dad. Yoko drops the leg to end one Duggan rally. Yoko misses a big splash in the corner to start the big Duggan comeback. Three well-times clotheslines takes the big man off his feet! Milked to perfection so much better than Crush! 3-point stance but Fuji trips him. BANZAI~! That’s all she wrote for Hacksaw in the WWF. Good Cornette promo afterwards on the behalf of Yoko against Luger. Good Craic. Really enjoyable larger than life cartoon wrestling. A lost art. ***1/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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