odessasteps Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Matt took me to task over my greatly undervaluing Babyface Martel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I went into the Army in October of 85' and saw next to no wrestling for three years, so I missed most of Martel's championship run. I do remember seeing a long ass t.v. taping at the Showboat, where he wrestled a couple of times, including once against Kamala, though I'm very hazy on the date. I do remember very clearly watching highlights of the title victory over Jumbo on All-Star Wrestling with my dad. Rick dropped an elbow on Jumbo's back and my dad was all, "C'mon Rick!! You're better than that!!!!". Those were the days, my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 He did have really good punches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 It's amazing how neutered he was a heel in WWF too. I'm not saying that you have to do a lot of stuff. I'm the last guy to say that. But he definitely had a lot more stuff than he either chose or was allowed to use in WWF. We have very little of him as a heel outside of that, but by far the most interesting match is this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Martel should be in the above average group! In tag matches was very good as either the face in peril or the face coming in like a house of fire after getting he hot tag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 12 hours ago, Control said: I like Terry Taylor too, but was he ever at the centre of anything great? He was always a fun baby face in whatever Midsouth footage I’ve watched, but none of it was essential. This seems like a better mediocre choice. Terry Taylor seems more like he'd be in that category of wrestlers where people wax poetic for him less for what he WAS (a pretty good babyface who was solid but nothing to write home about), and more for what he REPRESENTS (namely: he was a rising prospect who was made the Red Rooster, and it destroyed his career.) He's still a mediocre wrestler, but talking about how WWE killed his career by making him the Red Rooster angries up the blood enough so people won't see he was...well, a solid but mediocre babyface (and ironically, EXACTLY THE RIGHT person you use to play the Red Rooster.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Bret Hart, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 This thread has jumped the shark if we're bringing up Rick fucking Martel, possessor of some of the best babyface fire ever. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Not only that, we were talking about Terry Taylor on page one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Wait until I bring up Bret Hart for a third time and actually mean it; then, we are officially done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Martel also had that random but awesome WCW run in the mix with Booker, Benoit, etc for the TV title. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 12 hours ago, Yo-Yo's Roomie said: This thread has jumped the shark if we're bringing up Rick fucking Martel, possessor of some of the best babyface fire ever. A perfectly good point to close this inane thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custos Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 13 hours ago, happjack said: Martel should be in the above average group! In tag matches was very good as either the face in peril or the face coming in like a house of fire after getting he hot tag. He’s hot tagging Mike Sanders (?!?!?!) and yes, definitely doesn’t belong in this thread for many reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Mike Sanders? Like 'showed up in BJPW when they still had the P, was witness to Shadow WX setting himself on fire' Mike Sanders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: Mike Sanders? Like 'showed up in BJPW when they still had the P, was witness to Shadow WX setting himself on fire' Mike Sanders? You are thinking of Mike Samples. They are talking about late period WCW mid-carder "Above Average" Mike Sanders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Now I strangely want to see Mike Samples in the US See, this thread can serve a purpose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 34 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Now I strangely want to see Mike Samples in the US See, this thread can serve a purpose... I actually dug Samples on the Memphis TV I used to get from my old college bro Brian. Big burly guy who could work, solid selling and on the mic, seemed equally comfortable as a loudmouth heel or rally-the-troops babyface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Wrestling Observer legend, HIV Kid, from Incredibly Strange Wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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