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Cactus Jack v. Sabu ECW 12/23/95

PAS: This was during a period I was watching and following ECW pretty closely, and during a period where Cactus Jack was my favorite wrestler and Sabu was top 5, yet I have no memory of this match existing. I really wouldn't have figured that this would have held up as well as it did, but fuck, you kind of forget how much both guys used to rule. This was advertised as an Olympic rules match but, 911 comes out chokeslams the ref, and turns it into ECW rules, and man alive are both guys not afraid to die. Foley especially takes a huge beating, eating Arabian facebuster on the nose and eye, and getting Flair tossed to the floor. In an especially crazy moment, he does the hangman spot, which I always figure he dumped after Germany, but doesn't just do it, he has Sabu dive on to him so he slides out in the exact same way he slid out when he lost his ear. He turned losing his ear into a signature bump.

TKG: The whole Olympic rules gimmick amuses me as its essentially Cactus Jack vs. Sabu working same story as Bobby Hill v. Connie Souphanousiphone. Bobby and Connie worry about potentially embarrassing themselves or the other in an amateur rules match. They avoid that by working a "real" wrestling match. For fat guy who pathetically sees himself as a funny stand up comic, I find Bobby Hill not just more endearing but also funnier than Foley. As an actual wrestler...well that's the only Bobby Hill match I've seen and well I had forgotten how much fun Foley can be in this type of brawl. I'm not sure about the Khan, Khan Jr relationship vis a vis Sheik and Sabu...But Sabu is really facially young here, has nice punches and is the reason you used to watch Sabu matches. He hits this Arabian facebuster at almost a Yohshino speed. He lands hard and it looks brutal and Foley gets up and you have the whole great Sabu everything is out of control feel where you don't know what's deliberate and what isnt.