Johnny Saint vs. Steve Grey, 1/31/1981
Here‘s something you don‘t see every day: a WoS sprint. This was no rounds with 10 minute time limit. Just a barrage of pin attempts and credible nearfalls. Plenty of fast, intricate rope running too. Greys dropkicks ruled. And Saint completely tuned out the jokes for a change. Very nice stuff.
Jon Cortez vs. Bobby Barnes, 3/31/1981
Great match. Holy lord was Cortez brilliant here. I mean, he is usually brilliant, but he was just completely on here. Barnes was a proficient wrestler himself but Cortez had him with his back against the wall here. Cortez was busting out all kinds of graceful transitions and even made shit like the trite Zach Sabre escape look great. I love that Barnes transition to offense is him and Cortez going into an unusually grumpy amateur style scramble for a pin attempt and then Barnes just stands up and stomps Cortez. Barnes doesn‘t even work an exaggerated heel persona here, he is just pissed off with being shown up and goes to boot this jocks ass. Barnes launched a vicious heel assault full of underhand punches and vicious forearms and Cortez made some slick comebacks. Cortez dropkicks were just great. This was a formula match for sure but executed on a ridiculously high level.
Jim Breaks vs. Steve Grey, 5/12/1981
Another excellent signature Breaks match. Breaks played fair early but snapped soon. As usual, plenty of great armwork. Grey didn‘t leave his imprint on this match like others but he was as technically brilliant as they come and they crowd loved him.
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