AJPW 11/7/1979 - NWA World Title - Giant Baba vs Harley Race
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| Must of been some chop there |
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| The finish |
Harley Race won the NWA title after reversing a flying body press from Baba at around 21 minutes in. Good match but not great. The finish was amazing for the sight of seeing Baba fly, but he and Race ended up blowing the reversal. negating the coolness of the dive. The match was mostly headlocks and some of Baba's moves like the backdrop and russian leg sweep early. Race got chopped and sold it well and even bled after Baba did some chops to him on the mat. They exchanged piledrivers, which was quite the sight and went to the finish. I liked this one. Nothing too fancy but perfectly fine. Rating:***1/2
Race's selling in GIF format looks ridiculous, but strangely works in the matches. Good lord that finish was ugly.
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