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Ever watched a match on the Youtube and once it was over saw another match in the recommended section and then watched that one? And then the next one? And then you were divorced and living with your Dad and his girlfriend Maxie? And then Maxie made a pass at you? And then your Dad and you had a long talk about Maxie and he decided he wasn’t with her for love but because he was scared about being alone after your Mom left? And then you hugged your dad? Great! Let’s do it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgJOjXEuf2c Red Rooster vs. Richard Charland I came to this off a suggested link from the King Kong Bundy Wrestler of the Day thread by the way. I have no idea who Richard Charland is but he has some of that good undercard Cuban Assassin bulk to him. I always felt Terry was a bit underrated by the community at large for being in the Rooster gimmick but was only able to flash occasional greatness. Terry Taylor comes out firing with some basic opening card stuff before he jams himself into the ring post with a charge. This allows Dick Char to go to town on the shoulder with some punchy kicky goodness. Very simple stuff going on here as Rooster puts some nice heat on a no name guy. Richard steps on his shoulder and pulls up on it in a nice little spot before taking Taylor to the canvas with a hair pull. But Charland misses a Bossman straddle and gets hit with a jawbreaker. Terry dodges a charge and picks Charland up with a chickenwing submission for the win. This is pretty good opening match fodder as Terry puts his opponent over quite a bit before taking a win with nothing that is going to be hard to top later in the card. Simple stuff and kind of a lost art in today’s scene since the way shows are put together have completely changed. This is more of a pre appetizer to a large meal rather than the first act of a blockbuster movie. I would reference amuz bouse here but hell if I can spell that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-FQte518_Y Terry Taylor vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts This is to determine the number one contender to the North American Heavyweight Title and a shot with Dick Slater. They start off pretty quick with some arm work with Jake getting a slight advantage before a shoulder tackle sends him across the mat. Jake looks to hook the DDT early but Terry escapes quickly and when Jake goes to a headlock, Terry drop him with a belly-to-back suplex. Taylor drives Jake out of the ring with the five arm and capitalizes with a suplex and a leg drop for a two. Terry starts to work the arm over and turns an arm wringer into a back slide in an interesting transition before going back to the arm. Jake finally has enough and winds him up for the short arm clothesline. Jake goes to the reverse chinlock but Taylor manages to counter into a side backbreaker. Jake fights back with this knee lift that Terry sells like hot death. And when Terry reverses an Irish whip, Jake is ready and waiting with the DDT. But when he rolls Taylor over, Taylor’s leg is under the bottom rope! Nice way to buy some time by Taylor getting out of ring here but as he comes back in, Jake levels him with another knee lift coming through the ropes. Jake goes to the kneelift well one too many times though and misses a third one, letting Taylor capture him with a small package for the three. Terry does a good job selling post match as he alternates between celebrating a key victory while having the world’s worst migraine. This is an interesting contest. Jake’s DDT is seen as a devastating weapon but not the red hot weapon of complete death. Like I cannot imagine someone taking a DDT and still winning back in the day. They still protect the move by having Terry not even putting his foot on the ropes and having him roll to the outside but still. This is still a spirited outing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlTdKXcHtUg Jake "The Snake" Roberts & The Barbarian vs. Rock N Roll Express - June 28, 1985 This is John Nord as The Barbarian I do believe. I love The Rock ‘n’ Rolls so much, I can watch them squash jobbers all day long and I know how backwards that sounds. I enjoy how they used misdirection as a weapon in Smokey Mountain. The Barbarian is obviously raw at this point and seems to want to work a headlock when he should be a murder machine. Jake goes to Ricky’s arm but its uninspired as Ricky shockingly doesn’t sell it well. I know! Jake is better at directing traffic as he misses an elbow and directs Barbarian to come in and do one too. Jake is clearly the leader of the team. This is really not as good as I hoped thus far. Robert and Jake play around with a side headlock for a bit with Jake grabbing him by the tights for pinfall attempts about a million times. They do a rope run deal that looks like it was set for Barbarian to throw a knee from the outside but he never does. Jake continues to do the tights pulling out of the headlock and ugh. Jake does the Andre caught in the ropes spot and this shows some life as The Rock’n’Rolls take turns getting licks in as Barbarian chases each of them away. Jake finally gets out and takes a face plant in the ring to a really nice payoff to the spot. Things start getting weird though as Ricky and Robert keep covering Jake in turn and the referee counts. Finally The Barbarian gets in and press slams Ricky before going back to the standing headlock. Thankfully he goes to clubbing and backbreakers but the headlock is back soon. He tags out to Jake who goes to the chinlock. Ricky flips out but eats the knee lift. Robert comes in to allow the Barbarian to punch Ricky really poorly. Barbarian drops a leg and goes to the front facelock. Ricky tries stomping his feet to escape but it doesn’t work. Ricky finally gets the tag after a miscommunication spot and Robert gets in. The Barbarian goes on to mess up pretty much everything the Rock’n’Rolls try and boy Jesus… Bowling Shoe Ugly. Robert gets a roll up but Jake DDTs him for the pin. This just is not good even discounting the Barbarian. Jake just doesn’t have his trademark timing here either and Ricky and Robert are not their normal selves either. I don’t know if they just had to slow down so much so Barbarian could keep up or what. I can't recommend this less as a fan of three of the guys. What’s next? I'm thinking some Berzerker! Who is with me?