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Doug Basham was great. 2/3 Falls with Nick Dinsmore. Would get over 4.5 stars if it happened today. That whole OVW period was really good. Critically lauded but overlooked by many because a lot of the key players got lost to history.
Basham knew how to work and carry himself as a heel. Would add lots of great detail to what he was doing. If he was up against a jobber, for example, he would walk up to them and slap them with his left hand, which is cheeky as fuck because they’re not expecting it from that side.
That whole period is full of guys with really great bases. You don’t get that much these days. Most wrestlers can’t even throw a punch.
A lot of people also confuse what someone gets to show off with what they could potentially do. A 10-minute TV match was not “get your shit in” like today. And wrestlers back then were still calling it in the ring.
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