[1981-04-06-WWF-MSG, NY] Sgt. Slaughter vs Pat Patterson

[Loss]

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[Superstar Sleeze]

Sgt. Slaughter vs Pat Patterson - WWF 4/6/81

 

My review of the alley fight has the background to this match.

 

WOW! Loved this pure babyface vs heel match. Patterson was keyed up and ready to roll. Sarge was feeling it. Sarge is running away from Patterson at every turn as Patterson is revved up. Sarge tries to catch him from behind, but Pat turns around and wallops him! This is pure WWF/AWA style babyface throwing all that heel shit right back at the heel. Sarge takes his classic nutty bump over the top turnbuckle into the post not once, not twice, but three times! Patterson chokes him, rakes the eyes and bites the hand. Boston Crab for Patterson gets a pop! MSG is rockin! Sarge throws Patterson to the outside, who takes a nasty tumble. Slaughter thinks about coming off the top rope, but thinks the wiser it. He bites Patterson's forehead. Working a decent King of the Mountain. Slaughter misses the Bombs Away Kneedrop, Patterson's own move! Figure-4 by Patterson on the bad knee! Genius! Slaughter uses the ropes again. Patterson kicking at the knee and hits it with a chair. I love it! The ref wants Patterson to break and he shoves him. Slaughter eye rakes Patterson to avoid the figure-4. Slaughter and Patterson go at it and they throw the ref out. Slaughter low blows Patterson and applies the Cobra Clutch. The ref back in and Slaughter kicks him in the gut. The whole thing gets called a Double Disqualification. Patterson is livid and almost comes to blows with Dick Whirly. Calls bullshit on it. I love how into it he is. Awesome, awesome placesetter for the big Alley FIght, just enough energy to get hyped, but not too much that they cant top it the next month. ****

[xlynwoodx]

Patterson was really itching to get his hands on Slaughter.  I did some googling, looks like Slaughter beat Patterson down quite brutally after Patterson nearly broke the Cobra Clutch during a televised "Cobra Clutch Challenge" deal.  Slaughter kept running from Patterson, then tried to sneak up on him from behind but got caught.  Patterson went nuts on Slaughter, with Slaughter bumping all over the place.  Slaughter sidestepped an oncoming Patterson who went flying out of the ring.  We had this extended sequence where Slaughter would leave the ring and give Patterson a stomp or throw him into the ring post, then get back in the ring and rile up the crowd.  Slaughter missed a kneedrop off the ropes then got put in a Figure-4.  Patterson was really feeling it and had Slaughter cowering in the corner.  The ref was struggling to get control of the match and both guys kept shoving him to the mat.  He put up with this a few times before finally calling a Double DQ after Slaughter broke a Cobra Clutch to kick him in the gut.

Just great heeling from Slaughter throughout.  He had zero redeeming qualities here and it felt like there was no way he could compete with Patterson in an even fight.  He made look like a million bucks.  The Double DQ wasn't the most satisfying finish but the closing brawl was pretty wild and left you wanting more.