I dare say the heyday of epic squashes would have been in the old Jim Crockett version of the NWA. It seemed there was a mandate from management to find the most hapless, doughiest, and palest jobbers for their top stars to demolish. Such as this the case today as The Warlord is here to take on Bill Mulkey.
But the Warlord isn’t alone, as he is brought to the ring by none other than Baby Doll! You newer folks may not remember Baby Doll, but she was a mainstay in the promotion for a few years. While folks always remember her for the infamous photos of Dusty Rhodes (a pro wrestling mystery that was never solved!), I will always remember her for having a hat with an honest-to-God taxidermied snake on it, fangs fully displayed and ready to strike! I looked and looked and could not find it.
So instead, here’s an ancient picture of me and Bryan with a monkey, which I did find.
So Warlord circles Mulkey like lion stalking its prey. He lifts him high in the air, and tosses him backwards into the turnbuckles. Poor Bill collapses into a heap, then attempts to pull himself off the canvas, barely able to do so with his buggy whip arms.
Warlord then picks him up and carries him around the ring a bit. Like literally, that’s all he does! He doesn’t slam him to the mat or anything, he just throws him over his shoulder and wanders around, then gently positions him to stand up. What a gentleman!
Well, a gentleman for a moment anyway, as he then picks him back up gorilla presses him to the mat. As he gets the three count, he stares right at the camera and looks for all the world like Glacier.
Not just me, right?