Invader I vs Eric Embry (WWC - 6/1986)
Dec 7, 2017 22:09:35 GMT -5
Post by elliott on Dec 7, 2017 22:09:35 GMT -5
Invader I vs Eric Embry (WWC - June 1986)
My review from DVDVR 80s set watching:
This starts off with both dudes going toe to toe. With Invader getting a quick advantage. WOW that slapping combo by Invader on Embry was nuts. Speaking of nuts, Embry takes over for a second so Invader kicks him right in the balls. You know normally what I’m digging about these Invader matches is his awesome selling but he’s great knocking the shit out of Embry early on and Embry is great at selling so this is really hitting the sweet spot for me. The brawl inside and outside the ring and back inside. Embry eventually takes over by tossing Invader out of the ring and hitting him with a chair. Crowd is super hot for this. They brawl outside the guardrail and into the crowd with Invader getting busted open. I gotta say I liked Embry on the Texas set a lot but he has been a revelation so far in Puerto Rico as a more vicious Tully Blanchard. He also invents ECW in this match by brawling through the crowd and piledriving Invader through a table. J Beatdown on Invader continues and we get what I this point I feel comfortable calling the typical great Invader selling. Only instead of awesome selling for a bum like Brody, Embry is bring a bunch of cool and good looking offense to the table (those Harley Race headbutts are great). As a life-long Barry Windham fan, I love the double knockdown as a momentum building transition spot and they do a great job with it here. Crowd really great for this match with a lot of kids in the audience and both guys just hitting everything perfectly. I fucking love this match holy shit. Embry hits an insane blade job. Before the set you’d hear Dylan & Goodhelmet talk a lot about Puerto Rico as Memphis and Goodhelemt told me it was more in the extras that the matches. Well this match feels like the sort of thing you’d see in Memphis. Its not as good as the best Lawler vs Dundee or Lawler vs Funk matches, but this shit would compare really well with the best Lawler vs Dutch Mantell matches for sure. Fantastic match. Even better than the one Embry had with Invader III earlier in the set.
My review from DVDVR 80s set watching:
This starts off with both dudes going toe to toe. With Invader getting a quick advantage. WOW that slapping combo by Invader on Embry was nuts. Speaking of nuts, Embry takes over for a second so Invader kicks him right in the balls. You know normally what I’m digging about these Invader matches is his awesome selling but he’s great knocking the shit out of Embry early on and Embry is great at selling so this is really hitting the sweet spot for me. The brawl inside and outside the ring and back inside. Embry eventually takes over by tossing Invader out of the ring and hitting him with a chair. Crowd is super hot for this. They brawl outside the guardrail and into the crowd with Invader getting busted open. I gotta say I liked Embry on the Texas set a lot but he has been a revelation so far in Puerto Rico as a more vicious Tully Blanchard. He also invents ECW in this match by brawling through the crowd and piledriving Invader through a table. J Beatdown on Invader continues and we get what I this point I feel comfortable calling the typical great Invader selling. Only instead of awesome selling for a bum like Brody, Embry is bring a bunch of cool and good looking offense to the table (those Harley Race headbutts are great). As a life-long Barry Windham fan, I love the double knockdown as a momentum building transition spot and they do a great job with it here. Crowd really great for this match with a lot of kids in the audience and both guys just hitting everything perfectly. I fucking love this match holy shit. Embry hits an insane blade job. Before the set you’d hear Dylan & Goodhelmet talk a lot about Puerto Rico as Memphis and Goodhelemt told me it was more in the extras that the matches. Well this match feels like the sort of thing you’d see in Memphis. Its not as good as the best Lawler vs Dundee or Lawler vs Funk matches, but this shit would compare really well with the best Lawler vs Dutch Mantell matches for sure. Fantastic match. Even better than the one Embry had with Invader III earlier in the set.
