Over the years, I’ve done a complete 180 on the legendary Repo Man. Yes, LEGENDARY I say. What should have been one of the all-time stupidest gimmicks of all time has grown on me in such a manner that I now absolutely love watching Barry Darsow sneaking everywhere at all times in his trench coat and Lone Ranger mask.
Really, look at him – have you seen anyone ever appearing to have more fun at their job? Darsow could have easily said “Screw this, I’m Demolition Smash for crying out loud”, but he didn’t – he gave it his all trying to make this absurd character actually work.
With that in mind, it makes perfect sense that we would find him here in the good ol’ SQUASH of the Week column. And today we get to witness him taking apart none other than future WCW and WWE referee Mickey Jay!
As the match starts, Repo gets right up in Mickey’s face. We’re not told why he was so agressive, but I am betting it’s due to him being a week behind on payments for his mobile home. He covers him up in his coat (!!!) and punches him right upside the head.
This causes Jay to collapse into the ropes, so Repo very craftily goes into stealth mode, sneaking around the ring to smack his foe once more in the schnozz. Solid Snake ain’t got nothing on the Repo Man!
We get a nice Irish whip and a clothesline, followed by the Jaybuster legdrop. And then, for absolutely no reason, Repo starts looking around. Why?
(Luger is getting inducted as well this week, so thought it was only right to give him a run-in here.)
Punch punch punch goes the Repo, finally tying up young Mickey in a leglock. And just like that, he gets the win.
He then decides to have some fun after the match, grabbing his rope and tying it around the deadbeat’s neck. It’s like he updated Ken Patera’s swinging full nelson for the 90s! Hmmm…I wonder if Patera and Repo ever had a match? Timing would seem to say no, but I like to live in a fantasy world where they drove around at night looking for places to eat and repoing boulders in the process.