These guys get about a 1/2hr and had another kick ass bout. The no DQ stip was worked within the bout, but in a subtle way. They wouldn't break holds on the rope, chairs on the knees, and other illegal holds. Hennig came into the bout with a bum knee and Rose just murders it. Hennig would also work Rose's knee in revenge spots. I dug how both the 1st 2 falls led to submissions from all the work on the knees. Thev 3rd fall I'm not sure what the finish was. It was either a t.v time draw or a Dr. D caused dq which would make zero sense with the stips. I thought this bout was the best between the 2 so far. Nomination

Hennig has a hurt leg coming in so naturally Rose ends up taking a huge flip bump into the ropes early and Hennig goes to town on his knee to even things up. The early leg work was a lot of fun as Buddy sells his ass off and took several theatrical bumps to set up various hold and attacks from Hennig. Kind of a funny spot with Rose trying to pull Hennig to the floor to scramble in but he ends up getting trapped and has his leg smashed into the steel post several times. Buddy ends up giving up to a half crab to end a very fun first fall.

 

2nd Fall sees Rose bail out right away and hobble around on one leg before getting trapped in a half crab again. Really cool moment with Hennig shoving Rose own foot into his mouth. Hennig stays aggressive even with Rose in the ropes as it is no DQ, but Rose gets in a couple of shots at Hennigs knee and ends up taking over, including some chairshots to the knee. Hennig comes back jettisoning Rose to the floor and working in on Buddy's knee. I really liked the spot with Rose bailing to the floor here as Hennig is over aggressive and this time gets cut and takes a chairshot into his knee to lose momentum. Rose locks on a half crab center ring and Hennig throws punches and elbows to the back of Buddy's knee joints trying to break the hold but Rose sits down on it and wins the fall. Really good fall, with very well done momentum swings.

 

3rd fall has kind of a fun beginning as they start out on a tentative lock up, but Hennig suckers him in and beats Rose's knee with a chair and just lights him up. Buddy cut shim off with one of the nastiest eye rakes ever and goes to work on Hennig's leg on the post but Dr. D comes out for the non-finish after cheapshotting Rose. Stupid finish to an otherwise really great match match.

 

PP #7

It was interesting to watch this after seeing their match from the previous week, because it was basically a fleshed-out version of the same thing. The leg work was extremely focused and mostly very good, though Henning's kicks to the thigh looked pretty weak. They worked the stip intelligently, with both guys getting away with stuff they might not have under regular rules. I didn't think the finish was confusing. Dr. D drilled Buddy at ringside, leading to Buddy losing by countout because it was no DQ. That's not to say it was satisfying, though I liked Dr. D nailing Henning as well. Anyway, the match is an easy pick for the set. I wonder if you guys will want to keep the 6/26 match, given the similarities.