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Post by fxnj on Mar 15, 2019 2:24:49 GMT -5
Pretty damn great showcase for a young Andre. Hell of a sight to see a guy of his doing all kinds of athletic grappling maneuvers and taking some big bumps. Franz meshes pretty well, too, always trying to push the action even if it's apparent Andre has his number.
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Post by jetlag on Apr 28, 2019 10:24:00 GMT -5
2nd
Man, young lion Andre is something. He did come across as pushed beyond his ability here, but that uncanny force of nature vibe was there for sure. Anytime Andre put his giant hand or boot in Francis' face was scary, and his bear hug looked like it would break you. Van Buyten is guy who always struck me as a hidden world class worker, and he does look world class here, as he really makes his hold look like there's a ton of pressure in them and clashes into Andre with big european uppercuts and flying headbutts. Franz adds these neat touches as always such as dropping his weight on Andre's leg to bend it, countering a european uppercut into a wristlock or rolling up Andre from the gutbuster aswell as hitting plausible huracanranas on the Giant. Really neat discovery, and DAMN do I ever want to see every french match that was ever filmed show up!!
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Post by microstatistics on Apr 29, 2019 22:28:51 GMT -5
Third. Best Andre match I've seen thanks to an incredibly urgent Buyten performance.
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Post by elliott on Apr 29, 2019 23:08:32 GMT -5
Third. Best Andre match I've seen thanks to an incredibly urgent Buyten performance. Um, whoa. I guess I know what I'm watching next. |
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Post by kas on May 4, 2019 12:59:40 GMT -5
Wouldn't go as far as saying this is Andre's best, but this really is terrific, with Van Buyten putting in a great performance full of urgency, with some great working of holds and stiff as hell looking offense.
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Post by puropotsy on Jul 23, 2023 15:29:34 GMT -5
This is such a great piece of history with Andre winning his first title. The match is kept short at about ten minutes but van Buyten did some control early on working over Andre/Jean Ferre’s leg. Andre managed to take over the match and delivered a couple of dropping backbreakers over his knee that I’m sure were not fun to take, nor was the bodyslam he used to win it.
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