Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon (Bullrope - WWC - 1/6/1987)

I second this nomination. All time classic match. Yes, I prefer the Cage match overall, but this is still a top 50 lock and the best touch four corners with wrestlers attached to each other match. I'll probably end up watching this whole feud again for the purposes of this project because in addition to this and the Cage match, I will probably rank the February match as well.

This is already through, but if I were doing a ballot, and doing one today (and realistically if I do a ballot I'm likely to throw it together based on stuff I've already seen with a handful of exceptions) this could very well be my highest rated singles match and would absolutely make my top ten.

I rewatched this recently along with three other matches as part of what I plan to be a semi-regular thing for me. I am grouping matches and comparing and contrasting them. For this session I watched:

Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (Hair vs Hair – 9/23/1983)
Shinobu Kandori vs Akira Hokuto (4/2/1993)
Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon (Texas Bullrope Match – 1/6/1987)
John Cena vs Umaga (Last Man Standing – WWE Title – 1/28/2007)


You can find my entire post on all four here: gweproject.freeforums.net/post/2387

Most of my analysis is grouped by qualities of the matches, but here were my final thoughts on this match.


Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon (Texas Bullrope Match – 1/6/1987)
Current Rank: 5
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I dug into this feud around the time I joined the PWO boards (around the summer of 2015) when I was also digging into wrestling on the whole a little more deeply, getting into the 70s and especially the 80s, back into indy wrestling, and into promotions that had historically been blind spots to me. I believe I posted something then about how much I loved this match over on PWO and nothing has changed since that then. This is peak Hansen dropped into the frenzy of 80s wrestling in Puerto Rico. Its both fun and masterful all at once. It is everything I want in my wrestling and more, despite the fact that I am generally not a fan of strap matches with the corner finish. It's a perfect combination of chaos, violence, and pro wrestling cheese. I have seen the criticism by Matt D – a rightful one I think – of Hansen that he is only giving to certain people and has a tendency to gobble some guys up. That may be true, but it makes it so much more meaningful when he does give. This one would probably be hard pressed to break the top 2, but I would be surprised if it was outside the top 10 when the dust settles.

I rewatched this and it is even better than I remembered. So much action upfront and great selling throughout and drama at the end. I have this above the cage match and can see it in the top 10. The best of its kind.

I’m curious, did it fall because of some of the other things you watched bumping it downward or were there flaws in this match that you noticed or bothered you more? Top 100 is nothing to sneeze at of course, just curious about the story behind the drop.

What a battle. This is to “touch the four corners’” matches what Bret vs Owen is to escape-the-cage matches. The gimmick isn’t limiting, it’s how you make use of it. They had a long brawl that interspersed sections of trying to touch the corners. The last section of the match had duelling battles over this with Colon getting a dramatic win. These guys are epic opponents for each other.

Are people fans of the 11/9/86 match?