This is one of the first ladder matches featuring two wrestlers before they would get huge in the WWF. Jake Roberts and Big Daddy Ritter, who would later become the Junkyard Dog, battle for the North American Heavyweight Championship and $1000. One thing about this match that is different than most is the ladder is a leaning ladder unlike the fold up ladders you see in matches today.
The match is joined in progress, and it is a very slow type of match up. Both wrestlers are just trying to incapacitate their opponent long enough to climb up the ladder and the get the belt and money. Ritter loses a boot at one point and that becomes a weapon for him to use in the match. Roberts would try to do all he could to win here, but it would not be enough. He would get dumped to the outside allowing Ritter enough time to climb the ladder and win the North American Heavyweight Championship and the $1000.
My Grade: C+
Not what you would expect these days from a ladder match, but for its time, it is innovative.
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