>>15318021The difference is Jeff Cobb (who I think has good looking stuff in the ring) is doing it 8/10 nights to guys that are smaller than him. Backlund was doing it 10/10 nights to guys bigger than him. Also it was 40 years earlier and Jeff Cobb looks like he has about 40 pounds of muscle on ole Bob. Some of those moves would never be even be considered to use in the ring or they would be the finish. It was a different business back then, Bruno was the big face before Backlund and he was using a goddamn bear hug as his finish.
The moves they do have in common, the deadlifts, drop and catch moves and stalling suplexes I find Backlunds stuff to look better. The stalling vertical with the arm extended Cobb uses his other arm to keep the guy in place, Bob does it with one arm to guys way bigger than him. Cobb is doing 3 dozen of these moves a match though whereas Bob would do half a dozen. Just a different style of working different era. It would be a matter of taste, Cobb is way faster in the ring and wrestling in general is better now and more watchable but I think Backlunds stuff is way more impressive all things considered.
