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Mid South Diaries: Match #119

Match # 119: Chavo Guerrero vs. Buzz Sawyer (6/13/86) We start out in progress (a minute in) from Houston. Boesch is giving us the details. I like the match up on paper. Chavo Guerrero is a hot head with good work ethic and Buzz is a wacko character that also has a flare for entertaining. Won’t [...]

Mid South Diaries: Match #104

Match # 104: Ted DiBiase, Dr. Death & Jim Duggan vs. Masked Superstar, Dick Murdoch & Buzz Sawyer (1/31/86) Just in the first minute you see the level of greatness you’re dealing with here. With the exception of Bill Eadie (Sorry Masked Superstar), who isn’t horrible either, this is a solid main event level gathering of [...]

Mid South Diaries: Match #103

Match # 103: Buzz Sawyer vs. Dr. Death (1/28/86) Buzz is such a heel he yells on the mic like a stereotypical wrestler, and then complains of hair pulls when they first lock up. The early head lock stuff is awesome. Anyone who reads my reviews knows I’m a sucker for a good head lock with [...]

Mid South Diaries: Match #96

Match # 96: Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed (Dog Collar Match) (12/31/85) It looks like the Babyface Butch Reed was set to have a friendly run of the mill match with the evil Buzz Sawyer when Sawyer demands they have a dog collar match while the two are in the ring. Smart, considering he’s recently beaten [...]

Mid South Diaries: Match # 92

Match # 92: Buzz Sawyer vs. Jim Duggan (Dog Collar Match) (12/27/85) This is a blood feud that surprised me not only for its intensity and also my own interest in it. Dog collar matches are big risk-big reward in terms of quality, so let’s hope they continue to impress. I’m usually not gung ho about [...]

Mid South Diaries: Match #84

Match# 84: Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) Alright, I took a break of a day before this one. After all the greatness on this disk we get two guys I’m not a huge fan of work wise. Sure, Duggan was in my tentative # 1 match, but that was an anomaly. I don’t assume [...]

Mid South Diaries: Match #81

Match # 81: The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) We know who the faces are in this (It’s the Fantastics if you don’t follow this blog). The heels I know from the Mid Atlantic territory. I’ve heard Dick Slater is someone to follow through the territories as he doesn’t get the credit. Sawyer [...]