Friday, October 29, 2021

80s Europe #6

 
Terry Rudge vs. Alan Kilby, WoS 6/18/1981

This was from one of the biggest shows ever in Britain at the Wembley Hall, main evented of course by Big Daddy vs. Haystacks. These two delivered  an appropriate match. Starts with some slick heavyweight grappling before Rudge naturally turns up the hit. Kilby was a bit nondescript here but reliably likable, and Rudge is one of the biggest asskickers of all time and makes this entertaining bitchslapping Kilby and headbutting him in the face. It got pretty unruly for a WoS bout and resembled shootstyle here and there the way Rudge as butting Kilby around. Tremendous tremendous heat as you'd expect.


Clive Myers vs. Keith Haward, WoS 7/15/1981

 Slick technical match with some fun kung fu spots from Myers. He was doing this goofy "Iron Fist" gimmick at this point, but largely turned down the bullshit to go at it with Haward. Haward had the reputation of being a wrestling machine, but I thought Myers outclassed him here. It was like everything Haward could do, Myers could do faster and slicker. His pin off the butterfly suplex was awesome. Classy Myers showing.

Alan Kilby vs. Tom Dowie, WoS 1/13/1981

Tom Dowie was another old as dirt, bald wrestler. He had some fun ways to block Kilbys moves, and really great heel mannerisms. His punches from the side headlock where possibly the greatest I've ever seen, really turning such a simple heel move into an artform. His corner bumps were amazing as well. Kilby put in another tremendous babyface performance. He may have been the best babyface in the country, how can you not love a deaf wrestler. And when it was time to trade blows he looked hard as iron. This was mostly heatseeking built around Dowie doing a handful of things but super effective. One of those super simple but great WoS matches.

1980s EURO COMPENDIUM

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