Texas Death Match
Fritz Von Erich vs. The Great Kabuki
WCCW Christmas Star Wars 1981
I was going to review the show, then I decided not, then I decided to review the show, the I decided not to, ugh.
This sucked. That may seem harsh but it really did. First of all, it takes forever to get started because Fritz is mobbed by autograph seeking fans from ringside. He signs a lot of autographs until someone gets in the PA and more or less tells fans to sit the fuck down.
Kabuki tries to jump Fritz but the veteran telegraphs it. Immediately Fritz attempts to go to the Iron Claw and eventually succeeded locking it on Kabukis mid-section. This went on for a while…a quiet, boring while. Fucking omen this proved to be. The rest of the match is a plodding, slow brawl that leads to another long Iron Claw spot.
Fritz gets a three count off of this Claw but it’s not over. Now Kabuki has a thirty second rest period, and after that he has a ten count to answer. Which he does. More chicanery from Gary Hart leads to both being knocked out and counted out. There must be a winner however so the ref decides that the first person to their feet in the ring wins. Kabuki suddenly finds enough energy to stand for long enough to be declared the winner to like no reaction.
When the highlight is one of the refs getting tossed from one ring to the other like a soccer ball something has gone awry. Slow, boring, this was rough. Neither man seemed interested in trying too hard or selling for that matter. Not that they no sold, oh no. They just laid there and stumbled around. It feels like it goes on forever at points and you just want something to happen, a mist spot, interference just something exciting. It never comes though and this eventually ends in unspectacular fashion. Maybe it’s not so bad that Vince took over the business after all…
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