Another Iron Mike Sharpe Gem

Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Marty Jannetty WWF Superstars 11/14/92

ER: I was not anticipating my becoming such a big fan of Iron Mike, but when you get familiar enough with various WWE tropes and house styles throughout the years, it's easy to argue that Sharpe understood what to do and where to do it and how loud to be while doing it better than most. You can learn a lot by watching two minute long Mike Sharpe matches, seeing so many things he does that are almost completely absent from modern wrestling. Now, part of it is he had a loud personality and it really felt like him; there are plenty of people working gimmicks that seem dishonest to who they really are, but Iron Mike Sharpe knew the importance of being an oafish blowhard who takes bumps differently than anyone else. I love his bits, like how Jannetty ducks out of the way of Sharpe's match opening lock-up and Sharpe flips out, slaps the top rope in anger and tells the ref to take care of this issue. I love how much Sharpe griped to referees about problems that didn't exist, or just made those problems exist. 

There's another great bit where Sharpe uses his size to break out of a Jannetty full nelson, flexes his Canadian muscles to the surely appreciative fans in Saskatoon, then takes a fantastic bump over the top to the floor as Jannetty dropkicks him between the shoulder blades. Sharpe is the king of weirdo bumps, but they're all so good! After he gets back in he takes a monkey flip out of the corner and then takes an armdrag by...rolling halfway across the ring, into the ringpost, then oozes down to the floor like toothpaste running down the drain. Sure, sure, his big clubbing arms are nice and all but we're here for bumps like that. Jannetty's greatest contribution came at the finish, as he hits one of the sweetest, most goddamn GIF worthy fistdrops off the top rope. Is there such thing as the perfect fistdrop? Trick question, as every single attempt at a fistdrop lies somewhere in the Perfection Blast Radius. Jannetty's fistdrop here would be in that tiny circle at the center of the blast zone.