Curt McGirt Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 This might have already been posted here but I watched and reviewed it so here you go. This match is absolutely fucking electric. The crowd is rabid from the jump for Terry. He gets in the ring and the look on his face is one of fear and defiance. When Hansen gets in the ring I thought of Clarence Boddicker in Robocop saying "bitches, leave"... then one of the ring girls immediately got bowled over by the two and the serendipity was seamless. Of course they just start beating the hell out of each other and Hansen eventually gets to play "King of the Mountain" as Terry keeps bailing under the onslaught. At one point Hansen kneedrops him a couple times on the back of the head and he gets to do his spastic seizure sell. Eventually control is regained, momentarily, but Hansen is just too much. He snapmares Terry, reels back, and the camera catches this split second moment where Stan's eyes BUG THE FUCK OUT as he launches down into a chinlock. It's priceless. Everything is so tense and chippy in this, with Terry grinding into Stan's face, grabbing the kneepad to trip him, Stan daring him to get into HIS ring and play. Terry falls out of the ring on his face and wildly tosses a chair over the ropes which Stan catches and launches right back at him. After this Joe Higuchi gets knocked down, another ref takes his place and of course the poor dude takes the Lariat which they get a great shot of the guy making this face like someone just hit him in the gut with a 2X4 (which in reality, he just got hit in the clavicle with the human version of a piece of rebar). In the chaos one of the gaijin wrestlers helps hold Terry so Stan can nuke him with the Lariat, Joe recovers and starts counting Terry out on the floor, then realizes what went down and refuses the pinfall, at which point Stan loses it and we get Baba and Jumbo running in after the army of young boys gets mowed down. Stan sneaks out of the ring only to come in and nutshot Jumbo from behind before finally tossing chairs and skulking away while Terry has a stroke on the mat. If you don't like this match, just go find another hobby, take up badminton or something. Also of note is the great banner for Terry: "BITTER ENDER TERRY FUNK TEXAS BRONCO". Judging by his face in much of the match, this felt like the bitter end... EDIT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 but seriously guys, I NEED a Stan Hansen t-shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistah Na1m4rk Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 and also found this. I can only imagine the comical amount of pain Ogawa has inflicted upon him here. I also am so so happy Ogawa didn't end up an All Japan Week wrestler of the day, though it would have given me an excuse to post Abby mutilating him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKDH4TKUWY I took far too much enjoyment from this. Also, first Misawa match I've watched since his death Great match. I love this thread overall, Hansen, Vader, and Williams are probably the top three wrestlers I could watch anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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