Match # 41: Bill Dundee vs. Terry Taylor (4/4/83) [EWY-2] Decent 10 minute match that never really gets past 2nd gear. It built well for the ten minutes the match lasted, but then abruptly ended in a DQ finish when Dundee kept kicking at Taylor while his leg was tied up in the ropes.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Match # 145: Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/87) Magnum TA is announcing with Jim Ross. This must be post car accident. He shares the booth with Jim Ross for this rematch. Early on both guys struggle and escape holds like this is a shoot match. I love that. Back and forth to show they [...]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Match # 144: Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor (4/19/87) These two men were partners and tag team champions recently. We reviewed one of their matches with Hot Stuff International. Now they’ve decided to be singles competitors, though I’m not sure if Adams has turned yet. I can almost bet cash it won’t be Taylor who [...]
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Match # 142: Chris Adams & Terry Taylor vs. Eddie Gilbert & Iceman Parsons (3/20/87) The story is Adams and Parsons were once tag team partners in a tournament in Mid South (apparently because of the World Class connections). They broke up and Parsons went heel, joining Eddie Gilbert’s Hot Stuff International. Hence this match.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Match # 133: Ted DiBiase & Terry Taylor vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts (Country Whipping Match) (10/12/86) This match comes out of the 8/31/86 lumberjack match I’d guess. Heel Freebirds are cocky when they come out. Faces come out to “Born in the USA” because we can’t have a face not come out to [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
Match # 127: Hacksaw Duggan, Terry Taylor & Bill Watts vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (8/17/86) It just dawned on me that in the last year the Mid South/UWF management figured out how to curtain off and maximize the arena in Tulsa to look good on TV. Good job. Tulsa has a real hot crowd most [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
Match # 126: Terry Taylor vs. John Tatum (8/17/86) Taylor is your vanilla babyface here, and John Tatum is your heel. I know so because of his strut, the great heat he gets for doing it, and the fact Missy Hyatt is on his arm. Tatum looks like a tanner version of Buddy Landell. Terry [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
Match # 123: Hacksaw Duggan, Terry Taylor & Bill Watts vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (7/20/86) This match was set up by the last match we saw, with Cowboy Bill Watt’s coming out of retirement. Seems like the show was promoted as “The boys are back in town”, which cause mean the good guys with Watts [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Match # 121: Terry Gordy vs. Terry Taylor (6/17/86) Thankfully this one starts out from the beginning. Gordy is still the champion and Taylor the TV champ. Only the big belt is on the line tonight. I’m curious if this is still Houston. It does resemble the Houston venue, though in the last half year [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Match # 120: Terry Gordy vs. Terry Taylor (6/13/86) This match is a shining example of why this debate and list is fun, but by no means true or complete. We’re about to get into some serious Gordy at this level, and Gordy is one of the best big men of all time. He was [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Match # 118: Terry Taylor vs. Buddy Roberts (6/8/86) How crazy is it that after the last match I watched (Hayes/Roberts vs Dibiase/Taylor) the match up I’d rather see at this moment is Dibiase vs Taylor. I’m not crying about this one by any means though. Hayes is at ringside and JR mentions right away [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Match # 117: Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Ted DiBiase & Terry Taylor (5/25/86) The production of the shows and tapings has gotten a lot better very quickly. Then again, everything I’ve been watching has been at the Houston tapings which are the big house shows with full matches so I haven’t seen a [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Match # 116: The Fantastics & Terry Taylor vs. The Sheepherders & Jack Victory (Barbed Wire Cage Match) (5/25/86) Faces are in the ring and the crowd is hot right off. Weird thing is this “cage” looks like something that more trade-related backyard wrestlers would construct. It’s a 2×4 castle that looks like the start [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Match # 115: The Fantastics & Terry Taylor vs. The Sheepherders & Jack Victory (5/9/86) Another bullshit nationalistic angle. Bobby Fulton leads the crowd in the pledge of allegiance. I know some people like nationalism in their own lives, but I don’t, and certainly makes my skin crawl in wrestling. Nationalism in wrestling tends to [...]
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Match #106: Terry Taylor vs. Jake Roberts (2/11/86) Is Jake a heel here or is this face vs face? It’s a TV taping, so we should get commentary background. It’s being pushed as a # 1 contender’s match for the North American Title. That seems fair given the participants. Taylor gets a mix of cheers [...]
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Match # 63: Terry Taylor vs Ted Dibiase (7/3/85) Boyd Pierce intros this TV match from Mid Ring. It’s actually a North American title match to start, with Terry Taylor challenging some generic masked man named The Nightmare. Having only heard of him, I looked it up, and it’s Randy Colley. You might know him [...]
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Match 58: Ric Flair vs Terry Taylor (6/1/85) We gots to do it one more time. This is the Super Dome match, built up through Taylor’s near wins a month ago when Flair came through mid South. I’d assume this will be an epic main event style match, and it may be the longest (37 [...]
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Match # 54: Ric Flair vs Terry Taylor 5/4/85 Odd, this match and the last are from the same event, but this one looks like it’s off a commercial DVD. Great quality video. Both Flair and Taylor look more intense and ready than the last match they had, but maybe that’s the video quality impressing [...]
Monday, August 11, 2008
Match # 51: Ric Flair vs Terry Taylor 4/28/85 The champ is in town tonight! Slick Ric makes his way to the Mid South Territory as the traveling NWA Champion. During the 80s Flair’s defenses in the territories produced perhaps more great matches and fondly remembered moments than his work in Crockett Promotions at the [...]
Monday, November 24, 2008
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