"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs Super Calo WCW Pro 07-13-1997
I really wanted to find a Super Calo squash match.
I searched through YouTube, but the results that I yielded were not promising. Super Calo did get some enhancement matches, but they were far too competitive to be covered in this blog. Wimpies can get offense in and it's still considered a squash, but Super Calo matches were too 50/50 for my taste. It's a damn shame though because Super Calo is my favorite of the WCW luchadores. After all he had that great match with....ummmmm. There was also that angle with ....ummmmm. Oh remember when he....uhhhh. I guess it's time to be honest with myself
Its because he wears a backwards hat and sunglasses
The first step is admitting you have a problem, and my problem is my ill-defined sense of what it cool. In 1997, anyone who wore cool sunglasses and a backwards hat was the coolest cat in town. So imagine how stoked I was when all of a sudden WCW had a luchador who looked like Super Calo. I was such a huge Super Calo fan. Whenever they did the Monday Nitro Lucha Multi-Man matches, I'd get so disappointed if that sunglassed superman wasn't one of the competitors. I honestly don't even know if Super Calo is good and I don't really care. While all the kids in my school were talking about how cool Steve Austin and the NWO were, I knew the truth. They didn't wear backwards hats when they wrestled so they weren't that cool.
So I had a dilemma, I really wanted to cover a Super Calo match, but I had to resort to a match where Super Calo is the wimpy not the...wimper? I got to work on that. I've mentioned this before but the abundance of WCW syndicated programming has been a godsend for this blog. There's just so many hours they had to fill and they filled it with all manner of content. Now let's see, should I find a Super Calo match with another luchadore. I bet that'd be nice. Hmmm, there is one where he faces off against Perry Saturn. I bet there's some good suplexes here. I really need to think this one through
Wait, Super Calo wrestled "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan"?
Screw the thinking, let's get down to brass tacks.
A fun fact, 60% of tacks are brass.
It's the summer of 1997, and on this edition of WCW Pro we got Super Calo taking on "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Super Calo out first and I feel like Leonardo Leonardo , "Isn't he Magnificent". Jim Duggan out next and, did Duggan put highlights in his hair? Jim Duggan seems blonder than I ever remember him being. Duggan has looked the same since well, I was born, so any subtle change in his appearance really makes him stand out. Duggan is of course still waving the American flag and for which it stands. Duggan is massive compared to Super Calo. I think Duggan is one of those deceptively big guys, the guys in wrestling you don't realize is a tall sumbitch. Duggan tries to lock up with Calo, but Calo evades. I have a soft spot for goofy Jim Duggan. When he's in full USA babyface mode, he walks around like Frankenstein. After Calo starts kicking him, Duggan sells like Frankenstein too with his random grunts.
Oh my god, "Hacksaw" Boris Karloff over here.
Calo smartly attacking Duggan's knee with a dropkick and then knee to the thighs. Duggan's got great facials, the SEO on this is going to be amazing, as he sells that he's more annoyed by Calo than anything. In a sentence I never thought I would ever type, Super Calo comes off the top rope with a spinning headbutt that knocks Duggan down. I would like the buy that previous sentence as an NFT. Duggan has heard enough as he gives the "Little Boy pouting you won't buy him the new Karate Fighters at KB Toys". My references might be a little out of date. He hulks up and then unloads with punches in the ropes while Calo bounces around. DUGGAN PULLS CALO'S HAT DOWN AND BLINDS HIM THEN PUNCHES HIM.
Fuck you Jim Duggan. Fuck you
A USA chant starts being that Super Calo is a heel because he......wrestled fairly? Oh wait, I forgot racism and xenophobia was a thing for a second there. My mistake. Duggan hits, without exaggeration, the laziest hiptoss of all time followed by more punches in the corner. Duggan gets Calo up and parades him around the ring before slamming him. Duggan in the corner in his 3 point stance, he must be looking for the tackle. Nope, Duggan instead hits a move I've never seen before. He fires up in the corner and hits, a walking clothesline. It's hilarious and I think it's supposed to be on purpose. That or Duggan is the smartest man in wrestling. Just barely doing anything and cashing checks. Duggan reaches into his tights and pulls something out. Sexy SEO. It's not his weiner though, its a roll of tape as Duggan tells the camera "He asked for it, he's gonna get it". I don't think he did Jim. Duggan than begins spinning the tape around his wrist. I get the idea of it, because it would visually look super cool if all of a sudden Duggan had a tape fist. Instead, it like half wraps around his hand and he has a bunch of tape on his hand. It doesn't stop him from punching Super Calo in the face for the win.
This was better than I ever could have imagined. It's a quick two minutes, and both men played their roles. Calo hit a cool move and bumped around for the much bigger man. The highlight is obviously Duggan who I never realized I liked as much as I do. I always had a soft spot for him, but he is just so silly and goofy in an endearing way in this match. I will definitely say I think Duggan is kind of cool now.
Be a lot cooler in a backwards hat
TLDR Review
All hats should be backwards. All Wrist Tape should be put on before the match. All KB Toys should be open
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