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Post by fxnj on Mar 13, 2019 6:37:36 GMT -5
Great gem that got overshadowed by dropping as part of the same collection as the Last Battle of Atlanta. This is one of the earliest touring champ matches we have and one of my favorites well. Thesz is an awesome crafty touring champ who really makes Gunkel work for all his stuff, and Gunkel displays a lot of enthusiasm working as the local white meat face. I really dig how the match progressively builds up, until it gets to a powerbomb that still looks pretty brutal all these years later.
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Post by gradykm on Jun 18, 2021 8:30:30 GMT -5
Great match with a great finish. I second this.
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Post by Cap on Jul 1, 2021 9:17:37 GMT -5
Third
Also, there is some issue with the date. I changed it to what I THINK is correct. If I am wrong, please let me know and I'll look into it further.
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Post by yojianjodefence on Jul 19, 2022 3:27:29 GMT -5
I need to try again with this one, I think. My mileage varies with Thesz and I struggled with stretches of this. I often feel with Thesz matches that I *want* to like them more than I do and I struggled to get into the rhythms of this.
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Post by puropotsy on Jul 22, 2023 11:01:39 GMT -5
Not sure of the date? I assume that what I watched is the same match.
The first fall had a superb stretch with Thesz using a short-arm scissors which reminded me of the epic Valentine-Backlund February 1979 Broadway even though this was almost thirty years before. Gunkel took the first fall and then tempers flared at the beginning of the second before a bit of a lull. At the end of the second fall Thesz started unloading strikes the corner and got backdropped twice by Gunkel before bridging out of two pin attempts. Thesz then delivered a nasty gut-wrench powerbomb before such a concept existed and got the pin to win the second fall. Before the third fall, the commission doctor stopped the match to a dislocated vertebrae for Gunkel. Really great stuff.
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Post by mrjmml on Jul 22, 2023 11:50:59 GMT -5
It happened in 1951 right?
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Post by elliott on Aug 26, 2023 21:13:37 GMT -5
Another great one from Thesz. Terrific finish.
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