WWF 305 Live: Festus! Dusty! Akeem! Big Show!

Akeem vs. Dusty Rhodes WWF Wrestling Challenge 11/19/89 - EPIC

ER: Damn. A truly legendary showdown, a literal DREAM match! How often have we ever had the reigning American Dream vs. the reigning African Dream? Showdowns between Dreams are a rarity. This match here was everything. It was every single thing. Who among us knew when I started this project that it would already yield fat boy perfection a mere 3 posts into the project's existence? We are truly blessed. Dusty had the best theme music in wrestling, and there was nobody in wrestling who could move like Dusty to his music. That alone makes this era Dusty extremely worthwhile. Akeem was such a big giant goon, Richard Moll who got fat, and such an awesome wrestler. Dusty and Akeem have a dance off and it's exactly what I wanted out of my pro wrestling at that precise moment. Dusty had the best moves, and if this wasn't even a match at all and instead just Dusty shaking his ass while Akeem sways his hips and swims through air, this was going to be the greatest. Is Dusty the greatest dancing babyface of all time? Watch him here and you might think so. The best part is, outside of the dancing, is we get two huge dudes clonking each other in the head! Akeem bumps around for Dusty, throws some great shots of his own, yells at the not-yet-named Sapphire, attacks Dusty after getting counted out and bumps big to the floor again. This was all about movement, big guys moving with rhythm, Dusty an absolute legend.

The Big Show vs. Festus WWE Smackdown 1/30/09 - GREAT

ER: We as a people have collectively forgot about how great the brief Festus singles run was, and this will maybe remind you. This was not even 3 minutes, but this was everything that anyone could have wanted. This was a condensed sprint that opens with Festus trying to pick up show for a big double leg, getting him off the mat, and then getting absolutely SPIKED into the mat on a DDT. I mean Festus' head was tucked and he landed bad. He sold it like my parent's cat when it ran straight into the freshly cleaned sliding glass door. Both guys threw big shots here, like Big Show's cool punches buried into Festus' gut, or Festus getting caught off the ropes with an overhand chop right to the throat. The best strikes in the match were Festus unloading two rights and a left out of the corner, really cracking Show with nice shots, before...well, they attempted a tornado DDT, and this is arguably the most combined weight we've ever seen doing a tornado DDT spot. Show breaks out his awesome alley oop facebuster, and Festus really whips his melon into the mat. Big Show's Big Punch sends us home just shy of 3 awesome minutes. Festus, baby!!


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