shoe Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 This was a good match. We get some fun spots milked for comedy that got over big with me. Stasiak's main weapon is the Heart Punch. In the 1st fall he teases it like Jake Roberts teasing the DDT. Finally he hits it and Andre sells it like he's shot in the heart. Though it's a DQ because the Heart Punch has been banned. In between falls Andre is selling like death. Finally he recovers and the 2nd fall starts. Basically Andre is pissed and kicks the crap out of Stan and goes over. 2 1/2* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I really don't know what I can say about this except that Andre is really great in this Houston footage. He sold his ass off in this match, even after he wins but he still comes across as capable of wrecking anyone in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Really fun short 2/3 falls match. First fall is all Staisiak bumping around for Andre and trying to work towards the heart punch. The first couple of times hit tried it Andre fired back with this huge thrust punch which looked like he almost beheaded him. Stasiak hits the heart punch and gets DQed for the first fall which felled the giant. Stasiak goes after him in the second fall but Andre counters and takes him out with a big splat. Really smartly worked fun stuff, all of this early Andre has been a gold mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMS Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 1980-10-31 Houston Andre the Giant vs Stan Stasiak Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, USA ★★ Card Lacked some rhythm in the first fall. Andre did some of his usual spots, but they plodded a bit between the action. Stasiak again and again went for the heart punch before finally nailing it and sending Andre to the mat like a ton of bricks. Massive credit to Andre here, he sold the hell out of that move for the whole break between falls and even after the match was done. In fact, this may be the most vulnerable I can recall seeing Andre period. Suffering the effects of the punch going into the second fall (Stasiak was actually DQ’d in the first for using the banned move), Stan jumped on Andre to begin the second and Andre was really hurting, taking blow after blow to the head. Finally he steadied himself, got serious and proceeded to pummel Stasiak into the mat for a straight falls victory. Overall this was brief, but Andre’s selling and subsequent intensity in destroying Stasiak was worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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