[VIDEO REVIEW] The Rap Sheet Streaming Video Edition #18

The Rap Sheet - from the Crimefighter
Special Streaming Video Edition #18
12/3/2K3

This rap sheet is posted on rec.sport.pro-wrestling.info and the full
archive resides at http://rap-sheet.tripod.com.

It's back to www.clickwrestle.com for videos, and I've decided to look at
the Legends for this edition.

Feds Unknown, Various Locations

Andre the Giant vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Haystacks Calhoun vs. Killer Tim Brooks
Fritz Von Erich vs. Yukon Eric
John Tolos and Chris Tolos vs. Bob Nandor and Chet Wallick

International Wrestling Association - Pureto Rico

Mil Mascaras vs. Jose Rivera

Pacific Wrestling Federation - Oregon

Playboy Buddy Rose vs. Jay Youngblood

All Japan Pro Wrestling - Japan

Abdullah the Butcher and Tor Kamata vs. Nick Bockwinkel and Blackjack Lanza
The Destroyer vs. Mil Mascaras

Andre the Giant vs. Abdullah the Butcher - This match took place in Puerto
Rico back in 1978, though as to who held the match we don't know.  BTW,
Abdullah is 40 years old at this point.  Andre with a headbutt and the
Butcher flees the ring.  The Butcher gets back in and Andre backs his arse
up and pins him in the corner.  Repeated chops and headbutts from Andre in
the corner.  Irish whip chop Andre, he sits and chokes him on the ropes.
Lockup, whip Andre, he gets chops in the face.  The Butcher with a headbutt,
Andre's down, choke on the mat.  More headbutts on Andre, Andre stands up,
choke on the ropes but Andre fires back.  Abdullah chops him, Andre works
him in the corner.  Andre with another choke, gets close to being DQ'ed.
Andre is choking him with something, a rope or something, the ref tries to
break it up but has trouble.  Andre with a headbutt and the action spills
outside, Andre has some large board and tries to use it, Butcher blocks it
and they fight among the crowd and get counted out in the process. Pretty
much a brawl, no wrestling.

NO WINNER:  Double countout -> 6:15 mins. ½*

Haystacks Calhoun 625lbs. Morgans Corner, AK vs. Killer Tim Brooks 250lbs.
Austin, TX - Man Calhoun at 625lbs.is bigger than Yokozuna.  Brooks attacks
him as he's getting in and chokes him with a shirt, then chokes him with his
chain.  Haystacks tries to punch him off and gets up off, but he's got the
chain and chases him out.  Headlock punch by Haystacks, then bumps his body
into him, whip to the corner, has him by the beard and punches him.  Rake by
Brooks, elbow to the head, he punches him repeatedly.  Brooks gets mad over
the chanting of "Crazy".  Haystacks nails him, whip and bearbug but Brooks
breaks it up with a rake.  Haystacks kicks him down and sits on him.  Brooks
has a brace on his elbow, maybe loaded, Haystacks hides the horseshoe in his
overalls.  Haystacks with a whip, Brooks knees him but gets the horseshoe.
Brooks slugs away, elbow, Haystacks kicks back.  Ad break.  Brooks has
Haystacks in the corner and chokes him with a boot.  Cinninati was the town
for the match.  Brooks is still choking him, now using a rope.  Brooks
continues to stomp away.  Haystacks punches back, Brooks with a rake.  Punch
punch punch, kick kick kick.  It's a slugfest, they go out on the apron,
Haystacks gets knocked down on the ropes, Brooks off the ropes and drops an
elbow sending him out.  Ref counts ten. This one's also a brawl with no
wrestling.

WINNER:  Killer Tim Brooks countout -> 8:55 mins. shown ½*

Fritz Von Erich 6'6' 270lbs. Berlin, Germany vs. Yukon Eric 6'6" 280lbs.
Fairbanks, AK - Fritz gets faked out and he flees the ring.  Fritz won't get
in the ring, Eric tries the pull him in but it gets broken up.  A lot of
stalling going on.  Lockup in the corner, headlock Fritz, shoveoff,
shoulderblock on Yukon has no effect.  Fritz off the ropes and gets caught
in a bearhug.  Fritz pulls the hair and forces a break, now he starts
kicking away.  Yukon with a full-nelson but Fritz hops off the ropes to take
him down.  Fritz tries to pin him but Yukon turns it over and slugs him.
Fritz with a takedown and stomp.  Yukon gets a headlock and slugs him.
Lockup to the corner, Fritz starts slugging away, headlock shove, drop kick
Fritz, kip up, splash misses.  Yukon up, axe to the back, and Fritz begs
off.  Lockup, Fritz with a knee lift, rake, he slugs away in the corner,
Yukon with a hip toss and Fritz bails.  Come on already!  Lockup, Fritz with
a bodyscissors while hanging on the ropes and Yukon axes him in the belly.
15 minutes have passed it's announced.  Yukon gets a full-nelson, Fritz
kicks the ropes to break it up.  Fritz goes up but Yukon moves away so he
aborts his move.  Lockup, Fritz slugs away in the corner, then tosses Yukon
out.  Fritz prevents him from getting back in, then rams him into the post
on the apron.  Fritz slugs away as Yukon tries to get in, Fritz with a big
stomp, Yukon trips him though and slugs away in the corner.  Yukon refuses
to back off and slugs the ref twice and he's DQ'ed on the spot.  This was a
slow lengthy brawl, not a wrestling match. Yukon continues to pound on Fritz
after the match.  6 minutes was clipped off, though I'd say 75% was
stalling.

WINNER:  Fritz Von Erich DQ -> 17:23 mins. (11:25 mins. shown) ¼*

Tag 2/3 Falls Tag Match
Tolos Bros. - John Tolos and Chris Tolos vs. Bob Nandor and Chet Wallick -
This one is from 1961. :22 First fall:  Bob and Chris start, headlock by
Chris, turnbuckle smash in the corner, Nandor gets choked and slugged in the
corner, tag John Tolos.  He shoves Nandor in the corner, Chris chokes away,
Nandor with some uppercuts cover gets one.  Tag Chris Tolos, he's got Nandor
by the hair and bounces his head off the canvas.  Rake of the face, Nandor
pokes him in the head with the feet, tag Wallick.  Lockup, armbar Wallick,
rake breaks it, choke, tag John.  Geez, it's just chokes from these guys,
choke on the ropes.  Snap mare, stomp from John Tolos.  A punch from Wallick
and cover gets zero.  Chris is tagged in, and he stomps away.  John chokes
him with the boot, LOW BLOW Wallick gets one.  Another choke is broken up by
Nandor.  Skip in the tape.  Wallick rolls away and tags Nandor.  Nandor has
an armbar then a mule kick.  Chris Tolos has another choke and rams him in
the corner.  Wallick grabs Chris, but John nails Nandor from behind.  Nandor
slugs Chris, tag John and it's a slugfest.  Nandor covers for one, tag
Wallick, John clobbers him to the mat, tag Chris, rake by John, rake by
Chris using a bandage.  Chris off the middle rope with a stomp to the head
that gets three at 6:05 mins. Bleh.  Second fall:  Chet Wallick against
Chris Tolos to lead off.  Lockup, Chris gets slugged by both men on the
other side.  John is tagged in, Wallick gets a full-nelson, holds him for
Nandor to slug him, cover gets two before it's broken up.  Nandor puts
Wallick back on the cover but does no good, whip to the corner, forearms
smashes by John, whip to the corner but John eats a boot.  Wallick turns it
around but Chris rakes him.  Both men reach their corners to tag in.  Chris
and Nandor are in, and Chris chokes away, the ref actually kicks Chris off.
Nandor is tossed out and in the lap of the broadcaster, breaking the table.
Wallick attacks John and pulls him in, Nandor snap mares the other brother
in, double head ram makes the Tolos Brothers flee.  The commentator
apparently caught a punch.  Order is restored now we have Wallick in against
Chris, lockup to the ropes, John with repeated kicks to the kick while Chris
forearms him in the head.  Wallick is repeatedly stomped, John gets a shot
in, another choke by Chris, the ref is trying hard to pull him off.  Just DQ
him already!  Chris pulls Wallick to the outside and they slug it out on the
floor.  Wallick is put in, runs into a kick, tag Chris with another eye
rake.  Geez, where's the DQ?  John is tagged in, he stomps repeatedly, Chris
with a stomp from the middle rope and gets three.  Sheesh, if this was what
passed for wrestling back then and the public had the same level of
knowledge on the sport back then as they do now, methinks the sport would
had died a quick death.  Choke and slugfest this was, it gets old, and yeah
this match was 40 years old but STILL.  Nandor gets a parting shot.

WINNERS:  The Tolos Bros. (2-0) pin, pin -> 12:05 mins. ¼*

Moving on we go to the IWA.

Mil Mascaras 237lbs. Mexico City, Mexico vs. Jose Rivera 231lbs. Havana,
Cuba - Mil is the International Wrestling Association heavyweight champion
and this is non-title.  They spell Mil with two L's.  Charlie Smith is the
referee. Lockup, arm drag Mil.  Lockup, snap mare Mil.  Lockup, full nelson
Rivera it gets reversed into a takedown, rollup gets two.  Mil with a slam,
Mil double underhooks the arms with one foot hooking Rivera's right leg but
he makes the ropes.  Mil gets a surfboard, Rivera gets up from it.  Headlock
by Rivera but gets nailed, Rivera gets a shoulderblock, Mil headlock
takeover, whip and double flying thrust, drop kick, Rivera is rammed into
the turnbuckle, Mil on top with a flying bodypress gets three.  Total
squash.

WINNER:  Mil Mascaras pin -> 2:55 mins. **

Now we jump to Oregon for a PWF match.

PWF Heavyweight Championship 2/3 Falls
(c)Playboy Buddy Rose vs. Jay Youngblood - This is from Portland Wrestling
back in 1980 or so.  Looking at this, I'm fuming at that guy that's ripping
off Buddy Rose's name claiming to be his kid or the man himself.  Jay slugs
away and Rose steps out.  Armbar by Rose, Jay finally lands a hit to the
head, Rose yanks him down by the hair and holds that armbar on the mat.  The
announcer says 13 minutes are left...in a 2/3 falls match???  Jay chops his
way out, kick to the gut, Rose with a rake, turnbuckle smash, chops by Rose.
Rose wraps the arm around the rope and yanks.  Rose goes back to the armbar,
then yanks it over his shoulder.  Jay slugs him to break it.  Jay slugs some
more, Rose with a kick that knocks him down, stomp.  6 mins. have elapsed.
Jay whip clotheseline misses, shoulderblock Rose, Jay with a rollup and
bridge gets a pin at 6:21 mins.  Second fall, Jay with an armbar and pounds
away on it.  7 mins left.  Sheesh 15 minutes ain't enough for a 2/3 falls
bout.  Jay with a legdrop on the back of the arm.  I could swear I'm hearing
Baker's Street playing in the background.  Jay goes outside with the armbar
and yanks down off the ropes.  6 mins. left.  Jay holds that armbar, then
into a wristlock behind the head.  Rose tosses Jay out but Jay slams Rose's
arm on the post.  Rose whip, rollup blocked, elbowdrop on the head.  Rose
shoveoff, backslide Jay gets two.  Back to the armbar, 3 minutes left.  Jay
yanks the arm off the top rope, goes up, but gets slammed off into a small
package for two.  Chop floors Rose and gets two.  Jay whip double chop gets
two.  Jay with a roundhouse punch, time's running out, one minute left.
Rose bails out to stall out the last minute, if he stays out too long it
will be a countout.  Time's up, The ref raises Jay's hand and take the belt
away from Rose.  Sandy Barr says he stalled on purpose so he's holding the
belt up and it will be a rematch with no time limit.  Jay says he beat him
and he ran like a chicken, but he'll beat him next week.  Jay is the winner,
but doesn't win the title.  Match just dragged on with the armbars.

WINNER:  Jay Youngblood (2-1) pin, time limit draw -> 15 mins. *

And for the last two matches today, we go to the AJPW.

Abdullah the Butcher and Tor Kamata vs. Nick Bockwinkel and Blackjack
Lanza - All right, jump back to 12/15/78 to an All Japan Pro Wrestling show
where commentary is all in Japanese.  Bockwinkel is AWA Heavyweight Champ at
this point.  Kamata and Lanza are gonna start, and Tor attacks him before
the bell.  Tor drags Lanza over to Abby where they double team him in the
corner.  Butcher is tagged in, whip into a bearhug.  Tag Tor, Lanza with a
rake and he slugs away.  Whip into Nick's knee, tag.  Bockwinkel kicks away,
snap mare and stomp gets one.  Headlock on the mat, Kamata turns it over and
kicks away, toss into Abby's corner, tag Butcher.  Whip throat thrust by the
Butcher, headbutt, Nick slugs him on the head, knee to the head.  Abby chops
him, but Lanza is tagged in and he has a clawhold on him.  Butcher shoves
him away, lockup, toss into the turnbuckle.  Lockup and Blackjack slugs away
at his head and gets the claw back on.  Abby chops him but Nick is tagged
in.  Rear waistlock, Abby turns it around but Nick trips him.  They take
bows to each other.  Abby with a rollup and gets zero.  Lockup to the ropes,
Nick with a break but Lanza chokes him with something.  Choke on the top
rope by Nick, lockup, Kamata is tagged in.  Nick takes him to the other
corner, tag Lanza, he slugs him in the head.  Nick pounds away and sends
Kamata outside, now it's a fight on the floor.  Nick and Kamata are back in,
Nick tries to slam him but can't get him up so he small packages him for
two.  Kamata gives Nick some vicious knees, tag Lanza, he gets kicked, tag
Abby.  Double whip, double punch to the chest.  I think Kamata is bleeding.
Choke on the apron by Abby and Kamata, Tor's biting him!  Apron smash and
toss in by Kamata.  Flying headbutt off the bottom rope by Abby, tag
Bockwinkle.  Armbar by Nick, into a hammerlock and rams him in the corner.
Arm wringer and he slugs away, Abby's got Nick however in a choke.  Lockup,
toward Butcher's corner but Nick escapes.  Nick goes for the leg and gets a
takedown, but now everyone's in the ring and the ref puts him out.  Kamata
has a chair!  He whacks Bockwinkle with it, Abby drags Bockwinkle into the
crowd where they slug it out, Lanza and Kamata are fighting alongside the
ring and it's a double countout.  The fight goes all the way to the back.

NO WINNER:  Double countout -> 11:30 mins. ½*

All right, I've seen enough kick/punch/chokefests, let's go to the "main
event".

AJPW Heavyweight Championship 2/3 Falls Match
(c)The Destroyer vs. Mil Mascaras - We're at an All Japan Pro Wrestling show
again back in 1974, the wrestlers are looking at some contract or rule sheet
before the intros.  First fall:  Lockup to the ropes, clean break.
Destroyer gets a hammerlock, Mil scissors the legs, Destroyer comes out of
it.  Lockup, armdrag Destroyer.  Destroyer gets another hammerlock behind
the head and works on the arm.  Destroyer pulls him over for a pin but only
gets two.  Mil stands up holding a firearm's carry and drops Destroyer
locking in what looked to be an inverted Texas Cloverleaf but changes it
into an Indian deathlock with a bearhug.  Destroyer rakes his way out of it.
Headlock Mascaras, snap mare, Destroyer tries to bridge out, then stands up
and hip tosses him for one.  Lockup, test of strength, monkey flip, and Mil
has a Boston crab.  He can't hold it and we have a rollthru to the ropes.
Mil does a flip to his feet, cute.  Mil grabs the Destroyer's leg, ties the
legs but Destroyer rolls him off.  Lockup, headlock, shove, drop toe hold by
Destroyer but gets kicked away.  Lockup, armdrag, standing surfboard by
Mascaras.  Full nelson with one leg hooked by Mil, rollup gets two.
Hammerlock by Destroyer, into a surfboard, then it's a butterfly armbar.
Mil tries to turn it around and they're in the ropes.  Lockup in the ropes,
clean break.  Lockup, full nelson by Destroyer, he uses his legs to get him
to the mat but gets no count.  Lockup, another test of strength,
headscissors by Mil and he takes him down.  Destroyer stands up while
scissored and tries to pin him but gets one.  Mil takes him down with it
again.  Destroyer pulls the legs apart and twists the leg around before
trying the figure four and doesn't get it.  Lockup to the ropes,
shoulderblock Destroyer.  Lockup to the ropes, clean break.  Headlock Mil
and he slugs him.  Lockup to the corner, another clean break.  Drop toe hold
Mil, stands on one leg and pulls the other as far as they will part, he goes
for the figure four but Destroyer escapes.  Headlock shoveoff, shoulderblock
Destroyer, Mil with a double thrust to the chest getting one.  Whip to the
corner, flying chop by Mil gets two.  Whip Mascaras but he crashes into the
turnbuckle.  Destroyer with a knee on the mat and gets two.  Slam Destroyer,
he goes up, flying kneedrop gets three at 15 minutes.  Rest period now, it
lasts for about a minute.  Second fall:  Destroyer slugs away, drops a knee
on the arm, spinning neckbreaker gets two.  Destroyer whip drop kick just
grazes Mascaras.  Mil with a scoop slam, then sits on the neck and shoulder
of Destroyer as he pulls the arms up in a submission hold.  Inverted
butterfly armbar?  Destroyer makes the ropes.  Mil with a sleeper but
Destroyer is still on the ropes.  He's slow to get up.  Lockup, whip Mil
back body drop.  Mil whip sunset flip Destroyer gets one, they're still tied
up, dueling sunset flips but no one gets a fall from it.  Lockup to the
corner, forearms by Destroyer, Mil rams Destroyer in the other corner, does
it again.  Mil whip flying headbutt to the chest.  Another headlock by Mil
to the ropes, clean break.  Lockup to the ropes, clean break.  Mil has
Destroyer in a headlock and rams him headfirst into the corner.  Suplex by
Mil gets two, he runs to the top and hits a flying bodypress for three at
19:55 minutes in.  We're tied.  Third fall: 23:55  Lockup, headlock Mil, he
rams his head in the corner.  Suplex Mil gets two.  Mil with a piledriver
gets two!  Another attempt at one is backdropped out and Destroyer goes for
the legs but Mil escapes.  Destroyer goes for the leg again but Mil ties him
up, scissors the waist.  Destroyer tries to push himself on top of Mil to
get a pin, then suddenly gets the figure four!  Mil turns it over, but
Destroyer rolls through and we reach the ropes.  Destroyer is refusing to
release it on the apron.  Destroyer claims he can't untie the legs and
officials have to untie them.  Yeah right, Destroyer goes after that bad
leg, puts it on the bottom rope and sits on it.  Destroyer tries it again
but Mil kicks him over the top rope.  Destroyer back in, Mil suplexes him in
for two.  Mil shoves Destroyer off, shoulderblock Destroyer, leapfrog Mil
and Destroyer goes through the ropes and hits the floor hard.  Mil with a
slam, hops off the ropes for a splash but gets two.  Headlock shoveoff and
both men go for flying headbutts and knock themselves down.  Headlock,
shoveoff, Mil goes for either a Thesz press or a leapfrog but catches a LOW
BLOW headbutt in the process.  The ref decides to call for the bell and stop
it at 27:20 minutes for an inadvertent low blow.  Mascaras is on the mat
riling in pain.  Destroyer checks on Mil and unties his trunks to get some
circulation, then officials give aid.  Other officials bring in a trophy and
the referee awards the match to Destroyer by techincal knockout.  Match took
a while to get going, the finish was probably not what was planned.

WINNER and STILL CHAMP:  The Destroyer (2-1) pin, TKO -> 27:20 mins. ***

Man too much of the old time stuff does not hold up to today's standards,
expect for Mil Mascaras.  Next time a look at matches from NWA Wildside.


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