Lots of heel schtick/frustrated Budro here early. Liked the early backslide nearfall and loved the spot with him suckering Mark Curtis and blaming it on Anthony. Then Budro follows it up by collapsing on the ground during a corner break claiming he was punched. DWB has enough and unloads with a great punch exchange that Landell takes perfectly. Buddy crawling around on hands and knees holding his crotch after getting kicked low is way funnier than it reads. All the amusing Buddy bullshit leads to him hitting DWB with a loaded fist behind Curtis back to take control. Cocky Landell is the best and here he is in all of his glory, strutting around and moonwalking after every punch. God damn does he deck Anthony on the floor before posting him. DWB makes a comeback with some great punches and they end up going to a weird finish where Landell somehow wins by DQ even though he appeared to be pinned? Match is good enough to have others take a look, especially since Landell was on fire.

I loved the early portion of how Landell would sucker hit Curtis and blame DWB. All the punches thrown here were good if not awesome. The finish was weird. It made zero sense unless this was non-title and if Landell wins he gets a shot at DWB. DWB looks like he pins Budro. Budro totally lets him but slips a chain into DWB arm. So when the ref lifts his arm in victory a chain falls out from the DWB. This causes a DQ. I thought what we got was a lot of fun, but not enough for the nomination.

SMW Heavyweight Title: "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony © vs. "Nature Boy" Buddy Landell (12/30/94)

 

Landell is awesome before the match calling DWB and the fans "white trash" then follows that up by being awesome with his schtick and selling the frustration of DWB getting the best of him while riling up the fans like a motherfucker. Landell was almost teaching a master class here at how to be a chickenshit heel as it was awe inspiring. Landell using Mark Curtis numerous times built to him sneaking a punch with a chain behind his back then Landell just fucking around after every shot was phenomenal. Strutting, moonwalking, jumping you name it he was doing it and it was fucking great before DWB fired back with the crowd going nuts. DWB would sit on Landell's chest for the win or so it seemed as while he was sitting on Budro, he put the chain in his tights with it hanging out so Curtis saw the chain and called for the DQ. The match wasn't technically great but Budro put on a fantastic performance here and this is a solid nomination to me.