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Post by elliott on Dec 7, 2017 1:10:06 GMT -5
Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (Boot Camp Match - WWF - 6/16/84)
One of my top 3 WWE matches and one of the few WWE matches that are locks to make my list. This is one of those "WTF more can you say about it?" matches. It was highly regarded as a classic match when it happened and has remained so with near universal appeal. I can't remember ever reading a bad review or even someone saying it was anything less than a great match. It'll be interesting to see how this does compared to similar matches like Magnum vs Tully. I'd also like to see people talk about it in direct comparison to something like Funk vs Hansen or Chicana vs Perro.
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Post by Cap on Dec 7, 2017 20:36:30 GMT -5
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Really interested to see where this one lands. I am not as high on it as some. I may like Sgt vs Patterson better myself. This is still fantastic stuff. It is a great bloody brawl that I always thought of as sort of WWE's take on the 80s Brawl style. It is larger than life, but still gritty and out of control. Great match.
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Post by Grimmas on Jan 4, 2018 23:16:52 GMT -5
This is everything you can want in a bloody blow off match. Slaughter gets his bloody revenge, Sheik is a coward. This is a thing of beautiful hateful beauty.
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Post by stunninggrover on Jan 14, 2018 16:20:15 GMT -5
This was the Bootcamp Match. It was a wild anything goes type of brawl. Slaughter took his signature awesome turnbuckle bump to the outside. The WWF had several very good matches in 1984, but this great match is my favourite WWF match of 1984. Slaughter juiced. Iron Sheik juiced. The crowd was really into this great match. I think this will be in my top 100.
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Post by shrike02 on Jan 16, 2018 1:24:24 GMT -5
Easily will make my list, even though it is probably going to rank behind Slaughter vs. Patterson, Hart vs Hart, and Hart vs Austin and the 10-man Canadian Stampede IYH match, and a couple of others. So a top-ten all-time WWF match.
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Post by puropotsy on May 13, 2018 19:53:16 GMT -5
Great match, which I somehow haven't watched before. I loved Sarge vs Patterson but think this is superior, with Slaughter's blood working better as a babyface. The battle over the boot at the end was classic. I did just try banging my shoe on the counter to see if it hurt more when I hit myself in the head with it but there was no difference
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Post by superstarsleeze on Jul 22, 2018 15:53:13 GMT -5
Candidate for the Greatest Match of all time. You need to see Sarge turn babyface and lead the crowd in Pledge of Allegiance. Chills! The build up matches are also required viewing. It all leads to this, a bloody, Patrotic brawl that epitomizes pro wrestling in America in the 1980s.
Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik - WWF, MSG 6/16/84
What some call the greatest match in WWF history, still lives up to the hype. I have seen this before as I have seen all the Slaughter/Sheik matches before, but never in one day and man what a helluva series. This took the May Match and just amplified everything hundredfold. Slaughter charging to the ring with the helmet and blasting Sheik was the perfect opening shot. Slaughter using his swagger stick (always found that to be an oddly sexual name for it) to beat Sheik and then headbutting him with the helmet on was a great babyface shine. Slaughter takes his usual nasty spill over the top turnbuckle onto the floor. He really lets it all hang loose on that bump! Sheik bounces a chair off Slaughter's back and then whips him like a dog. I love a good belt whipping. Sheik is choking him with the belt and whipping him with the riding crop. That's awesome. Slaughter bucks him off to the floor and now Slaughter has the belt! Payback is a bitch, Sheik! Sarge is still quite disoriented and beaten up from the Sheik's devastating attack. Sheik is looking to destroy Sarge by ramming his head into the loaded boot after several attempts he gets it and we get that big bladejob from Sarge. Here comes the Sheik's spit. There needs to be more spit in pro wrestling. It is fucking gross and you immediately hate that muthafucka for doing it. Sarge takes his patented bump over the turnbuckles again. This is an absolute ass kicking. Slaughter in a last ditch effort loads his boot and comes crashing down on Sheik's head busting him open. Finally, The Iron Sheik bleeds! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Big windup and an uppercut gets a massive pop, but only a two count. Both men are absolutely spent. I say it a lot, all wrestling fans say it a lot, Triple H says it way more than all of us, but this is a WAR~! They are both just collapsing, but each man has too much pride to let their shoulders stay down for three. Sheik gets one last string of offense: two big suplexes and when neither one win him the match. He looks to end the match and possibly the career of Slaughter with his boot. He takes the boot off and loads against the turnbuckle. A wild swing and a miss! SLAUGHTER CANON! HE NEARLY TOOK OFF HIS HEAD! The boot goes flying and someone tosses it back in. They both crawl for the boot and it is Slaughter that gets it. LOVED THAT SPOT! Sarge loads up the boot and clobbers Iron Sheik for 1-2-3! HUMONGOUS POP!
Awesome match! Loved how it built around the boot and paid off all the boot-related offense in the earlier matches. One of the biggest disappointments in WWF wrestling of the 80s is the lack of quality, violent heat segments. This match was the exception as Iron Sheik beat the living shit out of Sgt Slaughter. Slaughter earned every inch of that comeback. The selling down the stretch is magnificent and the crowd is molten. I dont know if it is the best match in WWF history, but it is currently in my top 5 with Cena/Umaga, Hart/Austin (I Quit), Hart/Hart (WM X) and Savage/Warrior. Awesome, awesome brawl! *****
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Post by Cap on Aug 6, 2018 19:55:32 GMT -5
From my rewatch on 6/26/2018 Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (Bootcamp Match -6/1/1984) Current Rank: 73 Trending: Up I mentioned earlier that I thought this match was somewhat overrated for a long time. This is precisely why I rewatch and I do so in juxtaposition to other great matches. The match holds up and then some. It exceeded my expectations in terms of action and drama. It got and held my attention from the beginning. Its a brawl that stands up next to those from regions with a much more favorable in-ring reputation on the whole, but does so in a way that never loses its larger than life feel. Sgt. Slaughter might be the best big match worker of the 80s and this is probably his best work. It has everything you want from wrestling: emotion, violence, good/evil, and a satisfying finish. This will shoot up my list a fair amount. Full post can be found here: gweproject.freeforums.net/thread/657/caps-watching-project-reports#ixzz5NRvVUYWJ |
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Post by tetsujin on Nov 27, 2020 9:08:28 GMT -5
I thought this match was this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvDtvuZ6T-EBut based on some reviews here, I don't think I've seen THE Bootcamp match yet. The one I saw didn't have any Slaughter over-the-turnbuckle spot, Sheik using his belt as a weapon or anything. Any links? |
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Post by Cap on Nov 27, 2020 13:18:54 GMT -5
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Post by nintendologic on Nov 27, 2020 17:21:59 GMT -5
Here's a version with more of the pre- and postmatch: www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pysxmTo clear up any confusion, there was indeed more than one boot camp match. In addition to the legendary one at MSG, they had one in Landover, MD one week prior. They also had a few on the house show circuit, but I don't think any of those were taped. If you're not sure which boot camp match you're watching, the MSG one has Gorilla Monsoon and Gene Okerlund on commentary while the Landover one only has Monsoon. |
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Post by tetsujin on Nov 27, 2020 18:25:13 GMT -5
Thank you very much guys! I'm so hyped.
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Post by tetsujin on Nov 27, 2020 19:09:55 GMT -5
Well, It fucking ruled. So glad it was that good, because the one I saw earlier left me a small bad taste considering the high praise of the match. But now that I watched the real classic, I'm in peace.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2020 20:17:39 GMT -5
I think this made my ballot, though I chopped and changed so many times I'm not sure now. Hands down one of the greatest WWF matches and one that I can throw on at any time and enjoy.
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Post by mvz on Oct 24, 2021 21:50:03 GMT -5
Got to see this on The TV with the whole show loaded on Peacock and it was as awesome as I remembered it. Top 20ish match ever.
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