I am not the biggest fan of Orndorff, but his overbumping off the initial rope running exchange was entertaining and looked really good. I like how they established early that Horner was the better wrestler which leads to Paul breaking out some forearms to get the upperhand. Horner responds in kind knocking Paul to the floor and Orndorff ends up jawing with a blue hair who seems to be trying to jump the rail. Another good rope running exchange ends with a Horner crossbody and our first edit. Damn. Back from the jump and Paul is in control. I've gotta say that meatheaded Orndorff really does make a good heel in this setting and Horner really takes some nice bumps to the concrete for Paul's offense. Really loved his weeble wobble selling on the floor after the second concrete bump. They work a longish chinlock spot, but they sort of add some depth to it with Horner bridging his neck over Orndorff's knee that the long camera shot really showcases well. Horner gets a teased comeback which Orndorff breaks up. Man the cutoffs in this are really well done in large part because of Horner's selling. Horner finally makes his comeback after getting the knees up on a Vader bomb attempt. Finishing run is Orndorff working an "on the ropes" gimmick and winning via cheap roll up with Horner hooked up in the ropes. This was not a great match, but it was very well developed and built well. I enjoyed both guys in it. Edit was fairly minimal. For projects like these you have to set a baseline of sorts in order to get things rolling and this feels like a match that fits that designation well.

SMW Heavyweight Title Tournament - Quarterfinals: "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff vs. "White Lightning" Tim Horner (5/22/92)

 

Good back and forth action to start with Horner trying to keep Orndorff grounded and Orndorff fighting back with forearms. Horner keeps frustrating Orndorff with his speed advantage getting a nearfall on a cross body block before the clip which takes us to Orndorff being in control. Orndorff is fun here using the roughhouse tactics to weaken Horner on the floor such as using the camera wire to choke him. Horner comes back in the ring and Orndorff works a chinlock with a knee in Horner's back but the fans get Horner riled up and he fights out only to meet a hard clothesline by Orndorff. Horner got a schoolboy on a distracted Orndorff for a nearfall and tried to fight back but Orndorff would put him back down until he missed a Vader Bomb attempt getting all knees which kickstarted Horner's comeback. Horner has Orndorff reeling before catching an elbow in the running lights as he charged him in the corner but again Horner is pesky coming back with a backslide and an inside cradle for nearfalls before locking on a sleeper. Orndorff grabbed Horner by the trunks and chunked him to the floor where he smashed his head into the table but Horner would again fight back and smashed Paul's head into the table. Horner then tried to bring Orndorff back into the ring but Paul grabbed his legs taking him down then used the ropes to get a pinfall right before the time limit was up. The story here was good and the action was solid as well so this moves forward.

I don't have the match in my collection so I can't comment.