10 Infamous Pro Wrestling Squash Matches
Not every squash match is forgettable
Squash matches are supposed to be a standard piece of business.
Over and done with before you really have time to even think about them, they’re not necessarily designed to live long in the memory.
There have been thousands of televised squash matches over the years and the vast majority of them are innocuous. Not these bad boys, though.
Whether it was due to the participants, the content of the match itself or the result, the following bouts may have been short, but they sure were spectacular in their own way.
These are 10 Infamous Pro Wrestling Squash Matches.
10. Rick Rude vs. Mark Starr
Big, ripped, mean and with one of the most impressive moustaches in the game, Ravishing Rick Rude was a feared man in any locker room.
Now, we’re not entirely sure just what English journeyman Mark Starr did to irk Rude before they clashed in a WCW International World Heavyweight Title match at the April 21, 1994 Saturday Night tapings, but something was clearly off from the start.
Rude stared down his opponent and then proceeded to beat the ever-loving jobber out of him with brutal clotheslines and a rib-shattering punt to the mid-section after Starr made the mistake of catching the champ’s kick and forcing him to hop around on one foot.
Starr made another mistake when he attempted to fire back with slaps, earning him a straight punch to the jaw for his troubles.
In some ways, it was totally routine as Rude got the win within four minutes, but watching it back there is clearly something amiss.
Interestingly, this was Rude’s second-last match ever, as he suffered a career-ending back injury in Japan just a couple of weeks later.
