Sunday, May 9, 2010

Roddy Piper vs. Keith David "Glasses Match" - They Live - 1988

PC: We'll start by breaking down the backstory. Piper has found a pair of sunglasses that reveal the evil aliens that have long been controlling our world (Calm down folks, it's just wrestling). He now wants to show his acquaintance and former co-worker, Keith David.

Coach: A clash of life philosophies here. Piper is a loner. He goes around with his backpack, looking for work, being a bum. David, on the other hand, is a family man who wants no part of Piper's shenanigans. He is the model of Reagan's conservative working class who wants nothing more than to go to work every day and not buck the system. I'm sure they will be able to work out their differences in a peaceful fashion.

PC: Piper starts by checking David with the glasses.

Coach: Phew...not an alien.

PC: David with the first punch. Piper is a powder keg. He informs David that he can either put on the glasses "or start eating that trash can."

Coach: Not this year.

PC: Piper is still reluctant and David nails him with a quickk flurry to start. Piper responds and informs David of his peaceful intentions between punches. Piper is practically Gandhi here.

Coach: We have our first fake ending! David goes to help Piper up and lands a punch instead.

PC: David tries to stomp on the glasses. They struggle and Piper is hit square in the jaw with a stiff knee. And now it's on. Piper hits a huge back drop driver on David but David locks in the headlock upon landing. Piper slams David's skull onto the concrete. David responds with several knees to the groin. Drop toe hold by Piper.

Coach: Fake ending number two: It looks as if they will laugh it off due to several mishaps with a car window and a bottle.

PC: Spine buster by David!

Coach: Fake ending number 3: Piper looks beaten and is bleeding out his nose.

PC: Piper with the kidney bunch! He follows it up with a gutwrench suplex and forces the glasses onto David.

Final Thoughts

Coach: They need to bring back the "Glasses Match." I'm hoping for a Edge vs. Triple H "Glasses Match" at Summerslam, myself.

PC: The best match of the 80's that doesn't involve the name "Ric Flair."

1 comment:

  1. A testament to "The Man" that this doc didn't is only now becoming an American classic; it had it all: biting social commentary on our pathetic slothful obedience and knees-to-the-groin.

    ReplyDelete