[1978-02-10-Houston Wrestling] Jose Lothario & Al Madril vs Dick Murdoch & Killer Brooks

[shoe]

Gary Hart is with the heels, and this is by far the best he's looked in the footage. Hart has never been about the bumps to me. He's been about his projection of Evil. The crowd here is insanely hot for this match. Like nuclear and the heels know how to stoke that flame.

 

In the 1st fall we get an early shine. The heels cut Lothario off and just beat him down. Here it's really neat. Instead of hope spots, Lothario gets hope punches. This was really neat. He gets a hot tag to Madril and shows some fire.He gets cut off and they just destroy the leg. Madril is just worked over for a bit. He hot tags to Lothario and the crowd erupts, then goes silent when Murdoch just nails him with a punch. This leads to the finish,

 

The 2nd fall the faces score a quick flash pin. The heels protesting here really puts it over.

 

The 3rd fall and the crowd heat is nuclear.The heels just get mega heat and beat on the faces. The crowd erupts when Madril spears Hart. Faces go over, and the crowd goes crazy. Heels post match attack the champs .

 

This was just great stuff. Murdoch and Lothario really shined in the match. 4 1/4*

[paul sosnowski]

They have the wrong date on the footage!!!   On 3/31/78 Brooks & Leroy Brown defeat Madril & Lothario to win the titles.

This is actually February 10, 1978

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