Wrestling Dream Battles

Bruiser Brody vs Great Kabuki (Cage Match - World Class - 06/07/81) : A really good old school back and forth cage match. There's a fair bit of action here as opposed to a lot of stabbing and face grating like Abby cage matches. It's nothing earth shattering but a perfect match to watch while eating lunch 🙂

Cactus Jack vs Terry Funk (IWA Japan -  No Rope Barbed Wire Death Match - Duel of the Wilds  01/08/95): Quite possibly the greatest deathmatch that I've seen. It was everything that makes Terry Funk & Cactus Jack great- violence, comedy, physical disregard, psychology, etc. They really sucked me into this match. They didn't depend on the gimmick- they used it to their advantage. The barbwire was just there for them to use. The chairs, flames , blood , stumbling, chaos, terror, exhaustion- it was demented, no! depraved. Just fantastically orchestrated violence. I can't rave enough. For complaints, it didn't have a tremendous build to an orgasmic finish. Hell the finish wasn't that great but, it was a psychological masterwork, dare I say in spite of...no! because of these things. This was a spectacle as all deathmatches should be. They put everything into this one. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Abdullah The Butcher vs The Sheik (Cage Match - TWA 1991): Hot damn! This is what Psycho September is all about! Sheik is cutting up the ref before Abby gets in the ring. We get bloody carving in the ring. Sabu throws a metal trash can over top of the cage. Sheik caves the bin in over Abdullah's bald head. Eventually there's a winner but things don't end. In fact, things get crazier! Sabu is in the mix, Kevin Sullivan comes out, Terry Funk is fighting. Sheik gets a sign off a wall or something. Abby is choking a camera man. Some other dude gets it! Highly Recommended mayhem!

Mighty Inoue & Great Kusatsu vs Gypsy Joe & Mad Dog Vachon (IWE - 02/27/1977) : 10 minutes of madness! Fighting in the crowd, weapons, blood , Mad Dog & Inoue slapping the shit out of each other...this was a blast! Rules were thrown out the window. Surprisingly we get a winner! We only get one camera angle like Fire Pro Wrestling but the footage has been restored and is great. The match is clipped at points but it feels just right in intensity and length. Gotta recommend this one if you're looking for 1970's hardcore wrestling 👍 Click the labels below for more stuff you might like!

Abdullah The Butcher vs Kevin Sullivan (10/02/93 - ECW Bloodfest - Steel Cage Match) : Nice violent stuff! My favorite bit was when Woman comes out to stop Abby from choking Sullivan. Then the Madman from Sudan goes after the vivacious valet; her eyes rolling back in her head and Kevin Sullivan whacks the Butcher with a chair!! Damn you can hear it smack his broad back like a Ric Flair chop! Inside the ring is the good but standard "use the cage as a weapon" fighting. Taz comes out and throws a metal briefcase in there to help Sullivan. Then it gets really good again 😁 Fun, fun stuff. 

Shinya Hashimoto vs Shiro Koshinaka (08/06): joined in progress but really good stuff. 8 of 12 punishing minutes. And a bit of post match melee as well! Jushin Liger & Tatsumi Fujinami vs Pegasus Kid & Jim Neidhart (08/06): Very fun, all action tag match. The teams were excellent pairings and everything felt really good although I can't recall if they teamed before or since. Liger was in the ring for his team a majority of the time so, you can't go wrong there. 10 minutes of excellent tag wrestling 🙂 08/11 Shinya Hashimoto & Osamu Kido vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura (08/11): 10 minutes of chaotic wrestling goodness. Akitoshi Saito & Aoyagi are at ringside and are jacking Hash & Kido up! Dusty Rhodes is in the stands (in official context) and is enjoying this one.  Super Strong Machine vs Arn Anderson (08/12): Good meat & potatoes wrestling by two of the best big enforcer type wrestlers, in my opinion. Big impact moves at the end. Nice stuff at 8 ...