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Buddy Roberts vs.
King Parsons
Buddy Roberts was also involved in several conflicts in
1983 with "
Iceman" King Parsons, including a match in which
Roberts lost his hair in a hair vs hair match despite winning the match.
Parsons, who lost the match, managed to grab the infamous
Freebird Hair Cream (used as a plot device in earlier matches as a fictional hair remover) and rub the contents onto Roberts' head.
This prompted Roberts to wear a wig and headgear to cover his bald head, whose hair grew back in a time span of six months.
Jimmy Garvin vs.
Chris Adams
A secondary feud was born between Jimmy Garvin, who had spent much of 1983 feuding with
David Von Erich, against
England's Chris Adams.
Adams faced Garvin for the first time on August 26, 1983 at the
Dallas Sportatorium, both wrestling to a time-limit draw.
Afterwards, both Garvin and Adams exchanged insults, calling each other a coward, with Adams challenging Garvin to a title match on October 7, as Garvin was about to face David Von Erich (which proved to be the last-ever match between Garvin and
Von Erich).
Prior to this, Adams was involved in a long angle against
The Mongol, which was ranked the third top angle in the promotion behind Garvin vs.
David and Freebirds vs
Von Erichs.
The angle reached new heights on
October 21 when Adams disguised himself as
The Masked Avenger and faced Garvin.
Playing possum, Adams surprised Garvin with some wrestling moves, and then as he threw Garvin to the ropes,
Chris superkicked him, which stunned the Sportatorium crowd and announcer
Bill Mercer whose famously uttered "a thrust kick
...HEY that looks like...here it is;
1, 2, 3; a superkick". Afterwards, he unmasked to reveal himself as Chris Adams, which proved to be a turning
point in Adams' tenure in
World Class; elevating him from mid-card to main-event status.
Sunshine, who previously was Garvin's valet, joined Adams' side two weeks later, and with Sunshine in his corner, Adams defeated Garvin for the
American title on
November 24 at
Reunion Arena; the first of five
NWA American/World Class heavyweight title reigns for the
British star.
Adams and Garvin traded the American title on numerous occasions, and engaged in mixed tag team matches involving Sunshine and
Precious.
It was said to be among the first mixed tag-team matches in modern wrestling history, and would pave the way for future mixed tag team matches, including one Adams promoted himself six years later involving two of his ex-wives (Jeanie
Clark and
Toni Adams) and his protégé
Steve Austin.
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