Sunday 5 February 2017

Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen (NJPW 9/23/81) Review

Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen (NJPW 9/23/81)

Well this'll be fun. If you wished to show someone what Andre could do in a setting like this, then show them this match. It's him and a big, hard bastard in Mr. Stan Hansen, going balls to the wall to kick the living shit out of one another........and it's fucking GLORIOUS.

Hansen is the babyface here so it's pitted like the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object. So here we go.

Andre barley gets in the ring when Hansen just goes straight after him lol, but Andre gives him a swift kick to the gut. He follows this up with a couple of strikes and a headbutt, before Stan takes charge with some big elbows. Crowd is hot for this and for Hansen, already. He whips Andre into the corner, but Andre gives him a big bot to the face, which topples Hansen right over. He's selling it like “What the fuck was that, where am i”

Andre then puts him in a bear hug, whilst Stan tries to break free with some clubbing blows to his back, but Andre has got those arms wrapped around tight and won't let go. Hansen then gives him a walloping right arm and it knocks them both onto the mat, together. Stan delivers a couple of more punches before Andre puts him in a armbar and takes it to the mat. Crowd is loud and chanting for Hansen, as Andre tells them to “Shut up”. He gets up off Hansen and stomps on his hand, before trash talking the crowd some more. This allows Stan to get back up and gives Andre one hell of a big chop

Andre gives him a headbutt, before going back to work on the arm. He whips Hansen into the corner and runs at him, shoulder first, but misses and topples onto the apron. This gives Stand the opportunity to start stomping the shit out of Andre. He tries to then lift Andre for a bodyslam, for which both the crowd and the commentators are going wild for, but Andre blocks it and goes back to Hansen's arm.

Andre continues to twist the arm in a sort of Kimura type lock. Hansen starts to try and break out of it by clubbing Andre's legs with some big right hands. There is a slight break, but Andre goes right back to the arm. Stan is in agony as Andre is literally twisting his arm and his wrist, but he gets a hold of Andre's hair, who screams like a wild beast

Andre gets up and once again, targets the arm, but Stan keeps punching the stomach of Andre with big fists to try and finally break free. Andre delivers a great Suplex-Slam onto Stan, and then goes for a big Headbutt, but Hansen moves out of the way, so Andre suddenly has to put the brakes on.



Andre gives him a big right hook to the back, before applying a chinlock, with a really aggressive expression on his face I have to say. Hansen tries to grab a piece of Andre;'s hair again to break the hold, but Andre swats him away and gives him a big club to the midriff, before using his big legs to apply a big squat on Hansen's back. He whips Stan against the ropes, but Hansen kicks him in the face and delivers a BIG ASS BODY SLAM HEARD AROUND THE WORLD



Crowd and commentators alike are fucking loving this. Stan then gets to work on Andre's back with some kicks and big forearms. He then puts on the Camel-Clutch to try and inflict more pain to the back area. Andre gets out of it, but Hansen just gives him a stiff arm to the back of the head and starts stomping the back of his head with some big knee strikes. They both eventually roll onto the outside and just start beating the shit out of each other. Just big fucking clubs, they both takes turns in ramming each other's heads into the post and apron respectively. Then the bell suddenly rings, can't be a count out yet, so I think the ref has had enough of them wailing on each other?

Hansen gets in the ring and is like “What the fuck happened”, and signals, asking the cord if they want more of this. Yes we fucking do, please. Andre gets back in the ring and starts politely asking the ref for an explanation



DRAMA

Both of these two big bastards just want to continue and fight. Stan is like “Let's fucking get this thing on again”, and is more than ready to carry on trying to beat the shit out of Andre. Andre is grabbing the ref and an official and seems to tell the ref  to 'Get this other fucker to get this match started again'. Eventually it is announced that the match would be restarted, for which the crowd go fucking NUTS for. Andre waives the officials to gets out the ring, and Hansen takes this opening to go right after him with big forearms and a bloody HIP TOSS!!! Which rather hilariously knocks the ref down for a moment



Hansen just keeps giving Andre big strikes and knees and one of these sends Andre into the ropes, which he ends up getting caught in. Stan is overjoyed by this and knows he's got him right where he wants him. He just starts to punch the shit out of him, before Andre breaks free and reveres it, putting Hansen in the ropes and giving him one hell of a big chop to the chest. It was that fucking big, it even knocked Andre off his feet. Andre gives a great bad guy “HA, HA HA HA”, before giving Hansen a headbutt. Andre then seems to remove the turn-buckle and tries to ram Stan's head into, but he reverses it and it's Andre's head that connects.

This knocks Andre half way across the ring. Stan then goes for a drop elbow, but Andre moves and quite ingeniously, puts him straight into an armbar. I'm sure Hansen is probably saying at this point “Not that fucking arm again”. He then grabs Stan's arms from behind and starts stretching him and giving him a big headbutt. He eventually picks him into a bodyslam and throws Hansen across the ring. He goes for a big splash, but misses, and Hansen tries for a flying elbow, but also ends up missing.

FUCK THIS HAS BEEN A BATTLE

Andre whips Hansen into the ropes, but Hansen ducks and delivers a LARIATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Which sends Andre flying out of the ring. Andre gets back in the ring and the ref tries to then separate them both and tell Andre to back off

What the hell are you doing, you got a fucking death wish, Son? Andre is obviously having none of this shit, and swats the ref away before giving him a big clothesline. As the ref lies dead on the floor, they both just continue to beat the crap out one another. A bunch of trainers end up helping the ref out, but Stan and Andre couldn't give a fuck, they just want to kill each other by now. The bell then rings, again, is this the end?? The trainers then try and again keep this two BIG HARD BASTARDS
apart, yeah wise move, lads.

One of them ends up with a big clump by Hansen



The bell ringer is going mad ringing that bell lol, but these two just won't stop, and the trainers continue to try and keep them apart. Leave them alone you insane people. Hansen then just goes 'Fuck this shit' and throws a chair in the ring, before the both finally leave the ring amid utter chaos.

Well, where does one start even trying to sum this up? Two big bastards beating the living daylights out of each other. Andre is great with his bumping here too and has some great expressions and mannerisms throughout the match. Just a wonderful spectacle that everyone who hasn't seen it, should watch it.

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