Rap Vandals, Stomp Your Ass Like Wahoo McDaniel

Wahoo McDaniel (c) VS Greg Valentine - MACW NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship 9/7/1977

JJZ: I've always had a soft spot for Valentine which is weird to even say because he is such a hard man. So obviously the potatoes in this bout were off the charts. Making a stew with all those taters. I was really happy with the more than expected "wrestling maneuvers" to quote that POS. Loved the snap mare exchange half way through the match. They had a couple nice roll ups. Just more technical than I expected in general. Probably my favorite part of the match was that Wahoo would get 2,000 dollars in silver coins if he won. We need more stipulations like this today! Also the finish was pretty great.

CJD: Holy shit John. I can't believe PIF brought this match into my life. This is one of those matches you hear about growing up a wrestling fan, but you just assume isn't on tape or maybe is clipped down to nothing with dubbed over audio. But here it is in perfect VQ, in full, uploaded by Kazushi Sakuraba?!? That can't actually be him, right? Anyway. This was a freight train of a match barreling down on you for 10ish minutes of gritty grimey pro wrestling perfection. No daylight, no wasted anything. This lived up to everything I could have imagined and much more. I couldn't take my eyes away. I was actually happy when a stupid Liberty Mutual ad gave me a second to catch my breath! Greg Valentine is a PIF favorite for sure, but god damn did Wahoo McDaniel leave his mark on our imaginary MDTSOCWWKD Championship with this pair of matches!

Hit You With The Belly To Belly, The Suplex, Off The Roof Of The Duplex, Willin' To Group Text

Wahoo McDaniel (c) VS Magnum TA - NWA Worldwide US Championship Steel Cage Match 3/30/1985

CJD: Wahoo McDaniel versus Magnum TA for the United States Championship in a Steel Cage Match. Is there a more pro wrestling sentence in the English language? I hadn't watched a match in a minute, and with this bad boy I was sitting down to some of that meat and potatoes, basic food groups kinda wrasslin here to get my strength back! I wasn't aware just how much Magnum was built up and protected at this point, but this wasn't the only match I watched where his shortest match record was mentioned and such. That said, you can tell this was a match that was worked with the idea that under different circumstances, or different opponents, it would have been over much sooner. These two went the extra mile for what this night called for, and heel Wahoo was something I didn't know I needed in my life. But I did! Even while taking shortcuts he makes this feel like a gritty bar fight like only he can, and you know Magnum's bringing that babyface fire. Let's get after it babycakes!! Wrestling, yay!!!

JJZ: Wow, I don't think the crowd chilled out for a second. Meat and potatoes is the perfect description for this match CJD. They utilized every minute. All the punches, kicks and whips into the cage needed to happen to soften the guys up for the bodyslams and backdrops. Which exploded the crowd. Talk about using every part of the animal too. My initial thought was, man I'd kill for this to be ten more minutes. But after thinking about it, it kinda was perfect under fifteen. Well done homie!