Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. v Paul Orndorff & Bruno Sammartino (WWF, 9/28/85) - GREAT
This was bananas. I don't know if it's no DQ or whatever but they spent a fair amount of this brawling around ringside, and then for the parts where they were actually in the ring it was just as wild. There wasn't a whole lot of structure; it was balls to the wall with a molten crowd, everybody disregarding the referee's instructions, coming in whenever they wanted to, it spilling to the floor several times, everything happening in that confined Spectrum space between the ring and the guardrail which gave it the feel of a prison riot. In fact this was way closer to one of your Memphis concession stand brawls than a WWF tag. Bruno still moved pretty well at this stage and I loved some of the quasi-dropkicks he'd throw from his back, or how he's use the turnbuckle to elevate and kick his opponent off. Piper tried to strange him with his shirt and wrist tape, Orton clobbered him with that big cast the athletic commissions clearly didn't give a damn about, then Orndorff would jump off the top rope to save him or chuck Orton clear over the steps and into the second row. Piper jabbed him with TWO amazing eye pokes and then gets javelined into the ring post. All it needed with a gallon of blood and we'd REALLY be cooking, but I see there's a cage match a couple months later so maybe I'll get my wish after all. Piper's pre-match promo is so good even Rudman can't help but laugh like a goober.
Complete & Accurate Hot Rod
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