It’s kinda weird to think we came up with the idea of SQUASH of the Week years ago, and thus the logo came along about the same time. How, HOW I ASK YOU DEAR READER, have we never featured Adam Bomb in this column? It’s a natural I tells ya!
Today he’ll be taking on one Mitch Bishop. We talk about those classic 80’s Crockett jobbers, but let’s not sleep on early to mid 90’s WWF ones. This guy right here looks to be the embodiment of that select group, with his mullet, track jacket, and terrified look on his face.
And can you blame him for his abject terror? Look at who he has to face! Straight from three mile island, it’s ADAM BOMB, a man so infected with radiation that his eyes are yellow and his tongue is Kool Aid Cherry red!
Oh yeah indeed! Wait, did Randy Savage steal his catchphrase from the Kool Aid Man? Inquiring minds want to know!
Horrifically dated references I hope no one but me possibly gets aside, Mr. Bomb comes in a house of fire, blasting young Mitch with punches a plenty before just throwing his face into the mat.
All of this is done to please his manager, Johnny Polo. It’s been like thirty years and the transformation of what you see above into ECW’s Raven (!!!) remains one of life’s beautiful mysteries.
Bomb decides he wants to show everyone he’s more than a master of the fisticuffs, so he uncorks a giant drop kick. And you know what? It looks pretty good too!
He then tosses Bishop back into the ring. Once his hapless foe gets to his feet, Adam hits him with a springboard clothesline over the top rope. And again, he looks completely competent and kinda impressive in the process. That gains him the 1-2-3 and the match is over.
Except I guess it’s not, as Johnny points to the big screen – and I gotta say I LOVE that grid of what I hope are the heaviest CRTs known to man stacked on top of each other. Polo urges Bomb to give him one more move, a power bomb, which he himself counts again as yet another victory. These two together looked to be a great pairing…it’s just too bad that the gimmick was so absurd Bryan Clark couldn’t overcome it.