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[1986-12-06-WWF-Boston, MA] Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake vs The Islanders


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The Dream Team vs Islanders - Boston 12/6/86


Tama is looking PIMP at the beginning of the match. That jacket is fuckin *****, maybe that's why I got distracted. beefcake add his one useful contribution drops down to the Superfly pose and does "Up Yours!". Haku/Tama start with early double teams on Valentine's arm. Haku gets him a figure 4 armlock and head headscissors and also a hammerlock pinfall attempt. Tama and Valentine have a nice vicious exchange and Valentine also takes a cross body from Tama. Haku veers off cours and starts going after legs: single Boston Crab and spreading his legs apart. Basically the first half of the match was jaw-jacking and then has been working over Valentine. Valentine has kept it interesting with some stogging, but I really want to see him light someone up. Valentine gets a wicked reverse elbow to turn the tide and send Tama crashing to the paraquet floor. Tama is milking it for all its worth and once back in gets thrown back to the outside to take some light Beefcake offense. Valentine brings him in a with a suplex. Tags in Beefcake, but before exiting steps on Tama. Beefcake distracts Haku & ref for more Valentine offense. Beefcake knew where his bread was buttered.


Beefcake displays why he is a candidate for worst wrestler of all time with his lame offense. Tama is selling incredibly well and really trying to make up for Beefcake's shitty offense. In such a short time period, Tama has proved himself to have more versatility than most wrestlers display in their whole careers as he plays both an excellent sympathetic face in peril and a great douchebag heel. Valentine comes in and hits a reverse tombstone and then gets a figure 4, but Haku sensing the end is near breaks that up. Tama blocks a Valentine suplex and hits his own. Haku gets the tag and the place is rocking. Haku is a Tongan Tribal Fire Fully Ablaze!!! Haku is just killing the Dream left and right. TIMBAAAAAAAH! Beefcake is calling for timeout. The Islanders have the former champs where they want them. Haku hoists Valentine up and Tama comes acorss with the flying cross body and the bell sounds signaling the time limit draw. TAMA IS PISSED!!! He calls for 5 more minutes. The Dream Team tease taking them up on the offer before bailing. Gorilla gets a word with the three of them and it is a pretty non-descript promo. ***1/2

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They announce a 20 minute time limit to start, two matches before JYD & Adrian Adonis had a 1 hour time limit.

The heels take forever to get started.  The Islanders take control pretty quickly and there is an extended beatdown on Valentine.  Haku does this move where he stands on Valentine's ankles and spreads his legs apart, then screams in his face.  Valentine dodges an attack from Tama and he goes flying to the outside.  His facials are great here, he is selling like his knee is destroyed.  Haku has to pick him up and place him back in the ring so they don't get counted out.

The heels take over here and they proceed to cheat and beat Tama down for a while, but never to the knee.  Beefcake stomps and stomps away to the chest.  Valentine drops an elbow to the gut.  Tama is in trouble, but after selling a serious knee injury after the tumble to the outside it turns into an average heel beatdown.  Haku eventually gets the hot tag and the crowd goes wild.  Tama comes off the top with a huge cross body, and the bell rings for the time limit draw.  Good match but I was let down that they didn't really follow up at all on Tama's leg.

I really liked Tama here.  He sold well, moved with speed, had some exciting offense, and was especially fired up at the result of the match.  I was surprised because he has to be the least well known of the four men in this match.

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