Legends Tournament V. 13

[bookerbill]

Andre The Giant (9) v. John Pesek (41)

Pesek looks dwarfed in the ring. Pesek into the ropes . . . double clothesline. Pesek is fast to his feet . . . Scorpion death lock! Andre kicks him off. Andre back to his feet . . . Pesek cannot get a hold . . . goes after the eyes . . . HEAT. Andre with a tackle. Andre with a bear hug. Sitdown splash. Andre settles in with body scissors and lifts, big boot to face and tackles. Head butt. Tackle and a bear hug. Pesek makes the ropes (R7/P4). Pesek is reeling. Whip to the ropes . . . Pesek counters a backdrop with a piledriver! OMG! Scorpion death lock countered. Pesek attempt to work the arm . . . Andre counters with arm crank into turnbuckle squash. 1, 2, kick out (R9/P5). BIG SPLASH. 1, 2, 3 (R8/P11).

“The British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith (8) v. Mark Henry (25)
Smith wants to keep things moving . . . Henry rebounded off ropes . . . crack skulls! Smith is up first . . . Delayed vertical suplex!!! OMG! Smith dominates. Legdrop. Face drop on turnbuckle. Dropkick. Another dropkick is brushed aside. Follow up elbow drop misses. Superplex . . . RING ALMOST BREAKS! Henry bails . . . Dr. Mike Lano is a human foreign object! Back inside, headbutts rock Smith. Backbreaker. Henry counters a surfboard with a backbreaker. 1, 2, 3 from Morgan Dollar in a shocker (R3/P3).

It is the “World’s Strongest Man” against “The Eighth Wonder of the World” in the next round.

Up next . . .

Bob Backlund (4) v. Bobo Brazil (29)

and

Nick Bockwinkel (13) v. Big John Studd (45)

What will Bobby “The Brain” Heenan do?

[TTX]

Went about how I expected though Pesek did not want to go down easily.

Wrestling Machine and Tricky Nicky

[Pariah]

Andre vs. the WSM is gonna be fun to watch... They were the final two in a Battle Royal that I played recently and Henry walked out the winner (with a little help from outside factors).

As much as I like Bobo, he will probably lose to Backlund... And I think Heenan will side with his golden goose... Bockwinkel gets the win.

[Cruising00]

Backlund and Studd

[Deleted]

Gonna roll with Bobo and Studd.

[Vegas]

Bob Backlund and Nick Bockwinkel

[bookerbill]

Bob Backlund (4) v. Bobo Brazil (29)
Handshakes as Joey Marella looks on. Backlund flings Brazil into corner . . . they collide! Backlund up first . . . off the top with a hammer. Brazil powers out of a hammerlock. Brazil with dropkicks and headscissors. Bobo body slam for a one count (R6/P1). COCO BUTT . . . 1, 2, kick out (R5/P2). COCO BUTT. TWOOOO (R5/P3). Brazil climbs the corner . . . LEAPS! 1, 2, ¾ (R5/P4). OUT OF MY SEAT! COCO BUTT for the win (R3/P5).

Nick Bockwinkel w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (13) v. Big John Studd (45)
Heenan comes out with Bockwinkel . . . Studd is not impressed! “Weasel, Weasel!” Studd uses his size to cut off the ring. Head butt from Studd is countered. Bockwinkel into the ropes . . . double clothesline! Bockwinkel works the leg on the mat. Studd with clubbing forearms. Back elbow smash misses. Bockwinkel off the top. Choke on the ropes. Studd bails to regroup. Bockwinkel out . . . chair to the back! 7, 8, 9, Studd under the ropes. FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK. Studd forearm breaks him free (R13/P4). Bockwinkel with an abdominal stretch. Studd powers out. Bockwinkel locks it back on. FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK . . . Studd is too big to maintain the hold (R11/P5). All Bockwinkel on the mat. Studd with backbreaker on knee. Bear hug slows Bockwinkel. Clothesline lands. Head butt countered. Studd rebounded into back elbow. Abdominal stretch. Battle on the corner . . . Studd kicked to the mat. Bockwinkel off the top with a smash. Choke on the ropes . . . back suplex . . . Studd bails. Studd shoves Dr. Mike Lano into Bockwinkel! Body slam from Studd. Bear hug. Bockwinkel makes the ropes (R6/P2) BACKBREAKER . . . Heenan distracts! Tackles, slams and clothesline from Studd. Bockwinkel with a drop toe hold. Studd counters and whips to corner . . . Bockwinkel bounces out with clothesline. Both go down! Choke on the ropes. Abdominal stretch. Bockwinkel with butt drops to legs. Piledriver. Back suplexes. Bockwinkel with smash to leg from the top. Studd into the ropes . . . tackle drops Bockinkel. Bear hug . . . Bockwinkel bails. Brawl on the floor . . . Both men refuse to stop. MARELLA GOES DOWN. There is bell. It is another double disqualification!

We wrap up the top half of the draw with the next two match ups!

Dr. X (44) v. Ilio DiPaolo (53)

and

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper (5) v. Sgt. Slaughter (28)

[Pariah]

Brazil advances while taking out a major threat... Pleasant surprise! And that match between Bock and Studd has been one of the highlights of the tournament so far, imo.

I'll go with Dr X and the Hot Rod... But, either match could easily swing the other way... Exciting times!

[TTX]

I picked Backlund but won't complain about Brazil and his upset specials.

Heenan is going to have a long talk with his boys after that match.

Piper and I'll be cheering for DiPaolo.

[cruefan68]

I always hate a DDQ in a tournament, but that Bockwinkel vs. Studd match was awesome. Psyched to see Bruiser Brody, Andre, Inoki and Vader advance among others. I was a little bummed to see Ray Stevens knocked out so quickly by The Patriot, though.

Bobo Brazil over Bob Backlund was a shocker for me, but Bobo has a potent Coco Butt that can lead him to big victories. I'm pulling for Ilio DiPaolo and Roddy Piper in the upcoming bouts.