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Post by rickyjackson on Jan 7, 2018 13:49:56 GMT -5
I'm going to start pimping Bruno matches. This may not be his best on tape, but it's up there. The 1st of 3 between these two at MSG is a classic. What starts as a battle to see who the better wrestler is slowly turns ugly because of Arion's underhanded ways, leading to one of the great babyface comebacks I've ever seen as Bruno finally has enough and snaps. Nuclear MSG crowd of course, and a great example of Bruno being so much more than a "punch-kick guy". Watch this! youtu.be/ecn_fhdnQFA |
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Post by elliott on Jan 14, 2018 0:43:28 GMT -5
I'll second this.
I've never seen this before. I've got to say I didn't love it. Bruno's comeback is excellent. But I wasn't super impressed with the opening "technical" work and I thought Spiros came across as pretty limited when he was dominating the match. There's a Bruno match out there that is going to kick me in the nuts on a top 100 level, so keep nominating them!
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Post by karlpg on Jan 15, 2018 15:59:22 GMT -5
Thirded. This is war. Superb example of why Bruno was the man in WWWF. The ultimate babyface.
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Post by tetsujin on Jan 31, 2018 13:58:47 GMT -5
Is 17/2 the correct date? The link says "august 75".
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Post by rickyjackson on Jan 31, 2018 17:46:05 GMT -5
Yeah 2/17 is correct. WWE is notorious for screwing up dates on old footage
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Post by tetsujin on Jan 31, 2018 19:45:26 GMT -5
Nice, thanks!
Well, I watched this today and it was kinda 'meh' to me, but the build up to Bruno's comeback and the comeback itself are amazing. Nice match, Bruno is an incredible worker.
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Post by wrestlingfan on Jan 3, 2019 19:56:52 GMT -5
There is no fucking way I'm going to include this match is my ballott. In fact, I think it should be nominated in a worst match ever project. What a boring match. The end is a little bit better, the crowd is getting hot and Sammartino is throwing nice punches. I don't have such a bad opinion because i'm not used to the style, not at all. I love a lot of seventies matches and I suspect to inclunde some of them in my ballott but never this one !
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Post by yojianjodefence on Jul 19, 2022 3:55:11 GMT -5
Brilliant match, just the most basic, unwieldy, increasingly enraged meatfighting during Brunos comeback spots, distills the essence of simple af WWWF era storytelling into a slightly more sophisticated pub car park fight by the end, which is a good thing.
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Post by elliott on Aug 29, 2023 21:59:18 GMT -5
I'll second this. I've never seen this before. I've got to say I didn't love it. Bruno's comeback is excellent. But I wasn't super impressed with the opening "technical" work and I thought Spiros came across as pretty limited when he was dominating the match. There's a Bruno match out there that is going to kick me in the nuts on a top 100 level, so keep nominating them! I take it back, Bruno is the best. Arion isn't my favorite of his opponents, but this is still lots of fun. |
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