This short Squash Match was posted recently to the fantastic YouTube channel “My Wrestling Obsession.” The match was from the classic AWA federation (which was a wrestling lover’s wet dream thanks to the abundance of gorgeous athletes, revealing gear, and hot punishment.)
Basically the masked Texas Hangmen beat the hell out of pretty-boy Red Tyler as his partner watches.
A pre-match intro features young Eric Bischoff in a suit, perfect hair and perfect teeth as he flashes his dimples and gets us all excited about the cruel Hangmen and what they’re going to inflict on vulnerable Red Tyler. AWA had some remarkable talent even in the supporting roles. Between Eric Bischoff grinning on the stick and young Gary Derusha trying (but failing) to maintain order in the ring, I swear I barely had time to gaze at the shirtless wrestlers!
Poor Red has zero defense (and even less offense.)
The match delivers what we expect when a soft-bellied pretty-boy is tossed in the ring against two madmen named Psycho and Killer wearing black Fetish gear. We get Red’s exposed body tossed around violently. We get brutal assaults like this stiff Headbutt. And speaking of butts, Red shows us his red trunks a few times.
One nice surprise was the pure isolation of Red Tyler; his partner (perhaps the less pretty of the pretty-boys) never tags in. It seems as if the Heels were into Red (and who could blame them) so they never let his less-desirable friend get involved in their play-time.
You know you’re a jobber when…
Whenever I see two jobbers waiting for a tag match to start, I always pick a favorite (usually the one with less clothing) and hope that he suffers the brunt of the abuse. This time my wish was fulfilled because I love Red.
Here he is thrown out of the ring to roll around on the dirty floor like jobbers do. One of the Hangman (the ILLEGAL one) then proceeds to fuck with him outside the ring.
The blogger who uploaded this video wrote the following enthusiastic description of the action and how much he enjoyed it. (He should write speeches for the political conventions. He sure knows how to inspire excitement in a candidate!)
“Dang! Every uncovered match of these nasty varmints makes me sadder the Texas boys didn’t get a real push. Just disrobing out of their chaps was like a solemn ritual. AND WHAT THEY DO TO POOR GINGER MUSCLE BOY RED TYLER! YEEEEEHAW!
They just do down and dirty so well and they jump right into squashing gorgeous Tyler. And when they threw him out of the ring onto the unforgiving cement floor, HE LANDED HARD. Anyway, it would take awhile to write a blow by blow narrative, JUST WATCH! Draped across the ropes, what a sight….AND MORE! WATCH HIS BREATHING AT THE PIN! I’d say he really wished he was able to tag in his partner Jimmy Magnum! LUCKILY FOR US HE DIDN’T!”
We get a stunning view from the Baby-Face corner, with Red being Double-Teamed in the distance as his partner watches anxiously.
I dig those Superman tights & boots on the waiting partner. In fact, this image seems familiar, like I’ve posted this exact shot before. I can’t find it on this website, so maybe I’ve posted similar photos — I do always love this camera angle.
Oh good — one of my favorite Tag Team torture moves.
Being the “Hangmen,” they’re required to use the ring ropes to destroy their opponent. So Red is tossed between, stretched backwards over, and laid out upon the ropes.
Here they hammer his belly as if they’ve placed him on their workbench to pound him into a different shape. The ref, Gary Derusha, tries to stop this trainwreck, but he is totally ineffective and weak (just like Red Tyler.)
This was another entertaining Helpless Wimp vs Cruel Freaks upload by My Wrestling Obsession. It was short but it sent me off to work excited to face my day. Actually My Wrestling Obsession posted a second Hangmen vs. Tyler match, but I’ll need to discuss that one another time. I’m late now and I still need to take a cold shower and put on pants…
