EDDIE & MIKE GRAHAM v THE MASKED MEDICS jip from Atlanta.
This match exists to proves several things. One, that even Gordon Solie can’t
make this pedestrian affair – the moveset of which was composed entirely of
standing side headlocks and arm twists – seem like anything other than a
poorly-rendered showcase for Florida’s first family of pro-wrestling. A young
Mike Graham got most of the offense in here; I guess it helps to be teaming
with your dad for that kind of thing. I remember seeing that the Medics were in
fact pushed at one point in time, somewhere; however, upon watching these
doughy men in white masks and white bodysuits (think Thunderfoot 1 and 2,
without muscle tone, as epitomized when a Medic got arm dragged and was selling
the move, yet bothered to hitch up his tights) it’s hard to imagine any
promotion making use of these workers.

NO DQ Lights Out Match: DICK MURDOCH v PAUL JONES
Lights Out matches take place outside of the sanction of the NWA, and with
prototypical Texas asskicker Murdoch involved the setup is promising. And for
what it’s worth, Murdoch’s offensive sequences come off as very realistic. His
punches look crisp and he gives off the vibe of someone legitimately doling out
abuse when pounding Jones. But Paul Jones was not up to this task. His vanilla
style wasn’t suited to the type of brawl this had to be, and the match lost
points for that. Nonetheless, Gordon’s calling the match, so you know someone
dons the crimson mask (Jones) and someone else is lacerated (Murdoch). Runin at
the end as the match allegedly got too out of control. Bah.

A BATTLE ROYAL, jip featuring Tim Woods, Hiro Matsuda, The Samoans (not
the Afa / Sika Samoans), Ron Fuller, Tosh Togo, Gorgeous George Jr, Dale
Lewis, and more.
Not being twelve years old anymore, I’m not too into battle royals. 19 folks in
this one, and $6012 is at stake. Huzzah. The Samoans in this are set up as
monster heel badasses, and when the field’s down to 7 Ron Fuller comes out and
starts giving Stone Cold Stunners. Er, sorry. I guess we’re to buy him as a
monster face here, as he eliminates folks singlehandedly. Apparently he had won
a previous battle royal but the Samoans had worked an injury angle with him, so
he comes out with a bandaged head as he clears the ring. But he doesn’t go
over, as George cheats to win. Nothing remarkable here.

TONY CHARLES v "BIG" JIM BROOKS from Florida, 1972.
Solie bills Charles as a fast wrestler with a sound technical knowledge.
Charles is the British Isles Champion, which means little to me, but might to
some UK old-schoolers out there. Jim Brooks is actually Tim "Killer" Brooks; I
have no idea why he’s being billed as Jim here, but he still isn’t very good.
Charles with the world’s longest standing top wristlock early on. Brooks is a
cousin of Dick Murdoch. Charles with a fair cross armbreaker, and we spend some
time watching Brooks power out. Then we see Charles hit some leg dives until
Brooks kicks him into the ropes, and Charles pins Brooks on an attempted monkey
flip. Nothing special here, I’m afraid.

JACK BRISCO v BOBBY SHANE jip from St. Petersburg, FL, 1972. "Shane was
one of the biggest stars in wrestling at this point, but was tragically
killed in a plane crash," or so John McAdam says. Bobby Shane is the "King of
Wrestling" according to Solie. This is for the Florida TV title. We join the
match during the finish, and see Brisco working total US style; dropkicks,
atomic drops, etc., in variance to his match in CBVR#1. Shane blocks a couple
of figure four attempts and then clobbers Brisco with his knee brace. Shane
with a legdrop and an attempted bodyslam, but Brisco slips out and rolls him up
for the pin. This was nothing as well.