The Rock N Roll Express/Arn Anderson v. The Heavenly Bodies/Bobby Eaton

 

The early going in this is a lot of fun. Pritchard is a just a good goofball heel. He takes Morton's delayed rana really well, does the criss cross drop down spot where the heel goes for the monkey flip and eats a shot (this time a fist drop from Gibson), gets beaten on and crotch posted from Arn, et. Eaton comes in and takes a pretty big corner bump. Then Arn runs through a set of DDT's on all three guys. He goes for a DDT on Cornette but it gets broken up and Gibson ends up taking a cool looking blindside bump to the floor on a rope running spot that sets up Robert In Peril. This winds up just being a teaser as Ricky tags in and ends up hitting the post. Then we get an edit and when we come back Ricky is on the ground in a hammerlock from Eaton. Morton gets bumped to the floor off of an atomic drop and gets rammed into an upright table. They are focusing in on Morton's arm and he is doing a good job selling. Liked Pritchard's powerslam comeback spot. Arn gets tagged in and ends up getting beatdown by Eaton. Miscommunication spot with Eaton accidentally hitting a body with a tennis racket to set up the finish.

 

Chris Candido/Brian Lee/Bruiser Bedlam v. The Rock N Roll Express/Randy Savage

 

Meltzer/Corny on commentary. Savage is in first and dominates Candido before getting worked on by Brian Lee. It really is impressive to see how much Savage is giving Lee on a random house show like this. Savage hits a nice double axe after taking a pretty big butt kicking. Heels end up isolating and beating on Bedlam which is just bizarre. Morton and Candido in and they have a really nice teaser exchange. Morton bumps around huge for some stuff. Unfortunately we have an edit here, which is too bad as when we come back Candido misses a rocket launcher for a huge bump and Savage gets the hot tag. Savage is really fired up and looks great. R N R's get the pin after the double dropkick. Might be worthwhile as an EXTRA

 

The Heavenly Bodies v. The Steiner Brothers

 

Scott works over both guys early and the bulldog the Steiners have almost attacks Pritchard. Really amusing variation of the criss cross spot, this time with the heel walking away. Rick just keeps running while Pritchard talks to Del Ray and then when Pritchard turns around he gets clotheslined by Rick who was still rope running. More comedyesque stuff with monkey flips, dogs in the corner, et. Another criss cross spot this time with Scott bailing and Cornette ending up cut up on the ropes. Both Bodies fall over trying to save Cornette and then Pritchard gets "attacked" by the Bulldog on the floor. Del Ray ends up in a posing contest with Scott and then gets hit with a tilt a whirl slam coming off the ropes before whiffing on a frankensteiner. An edit here and we are in the middle of a heat section with Scott getting beaten on the floor. Scott ends up getting spiked with a DDT on a a couple of different occasions which was sort of odd. Del Ray goes for the DDT a third time and it gets reversed into a pretty sick looking release Northern Lights. Scott with the hot tag. Yes, we get the Awesome Rick Steiner powerslam! Cornette in with the racket and the Bodies look go to steal a win but Rick just gets his shoulder up. Heels work over prone Rick so Scot breaks the bulldog lose and DQ's the Steiners. Pretty sure we have this in full on a handheld though it is one of the disc that won't play right for me. I'm going to pass this version on for the time being.

 

Cactus Jack/Tracy Smothers v. Chris Candido/Boo Bradley (Falls Count Anywhere)

 

JIP though I don't think much is missing. Lots of big guardrail bumps and brawling on the floor early. There is a Cactus table bump that isn't visible, though Boo took a really nasty looking posting and then gets tossed face first into a table wildly. Cactus with the table suplex onto Boo. Boo starts beating Tracy with the ringbell and then pushes him over the table. These guys are really punching each other hard as shit. Back in the ring briefly and Candido works over Cactus before taking a big corner bump and then eating a nearfall off of a legdrop from Cactus. A fan hands Cactus a chair and he levels Boo on the floor at the same time Candido powerbombs Smothers for a nearfall in the ring. Boo gets DDT'ed on a chair for a nearfall. Cactus gets taken out on the floor and Smothers blindsides Smothers with a sub-Lance Storm chair shot. Smothers with a sick bump from the apron to the guardrail. Really close nearfall on Smothers. Cactus finally fights up to help Smothers and Boo misses an over the top bump, but they make up for it with a really nasty looking rolling senton from Foley on the floor. Candido gets worked over and tries to retreat but Smothers lunges after him. They brawl deep into the crowd and unfortunately a huge amount of this is missed by the camera. They are fighting behind plexiglass and at one point you see Smothers just leaping onto both of the heels wildly. Smothers chases Candido back to the ring area and hits him with a running chairshot while Cactus beats the shit out of Boo with a trashcan. Cactus gets DDT'ed on the trashcan for a nearfall as Smothers bumps to the floor on a chairshot. Boo ends up accidentally splashing Candido when Smothers pulls Cactus out of the way. I liked this one a lot.

 

Ricky Morton v. Al Snow (Cage Match)

 

JIP. Morton comes in with a neck injury and Snow is working over it and hits a nasty wheelbarrow suplex. We have this on the Al Snow disc, but it's not as complete as it is here. Snow walking around with Morton's neck brace on. Ricky is selling his ass off. Snow goes to the top for a splash but Ricky raises the knees. They fuck up a back kick spot pretty badly for a cutoff spot. Shortly thereafter we get the ref bump and the great spot with Unabomb coming through the bottom of the ring.

 

The Heavenly Bodies v. The Thugz

 

This is the commercial from the Super Bowl of Wrestling and actually the match comes across much better here.

 

Mongolian Stomper/Boo Bradley v. Terry Gordy/Tommy Rich

 

Dave and Corny on commentary again. Trying to remember if we already have this or not. This was pretty decent. I thought Boo was good as he had to carry the entire babyface end of this and bumped well throughout. Rich looked good as well. Gordy didn't have much left at this point.

 

Jim Cornette v. Butch Cassidy

 

I liked this almost as Cornette v. the turtle. Opening few segments are all typical comedy spots but they are all done really well and get the desired response. Really enjoyed the criss cross spot with Corny getting winded and then being victimized by the midget. Cornette gets credit for his bumping as he should, but he actually has good offense too. Here he hit a really vicious looking uppercut that Cassidy sold like a million bucks and a an equal nasty looking elbow drop. There is a really great hope spot with Cassidy hitting a good crossbody off the ropes for a nearfall then Corny drops to his knees as he comes off the rope and levels him with a clothesline. When Cassidy finally fires off he hits some great punches, a midget snap mare(!) and a fucking suplex that actually looks really good. Jackie ends up running in for the DQ, but this was still a very good, fun match.

 

Funk Brothers v. The Armstrongs

 

JIP though I don't think much is missing. Funk takes over on Scott really early and he and Dory work him over. Scott takes all of the Funk's stuff well. Terry throws his jabs, hits a powerbomb and a neckbreaker. Dory breaks out the butterfly suplex and some really good looking forearms. Scott really sells his ass off and ends up in a really great strike exchange with Dory in the corner that sets up the Scott hot tag. Terry meets Steve coming through the ropes with headbutts but knocks himself silly in the process and end sup taking a wild face planting bump. Chaos breaks out on the floor and Terry ends up getting hit with a top rope dropkick behind the refs back. Corny tosses his racket in behind Curtis back and Dory blindsides Steve allowing Terry to steal the fall. Not as good as their house show match but still good.

 

The Rock N Roll Express v. The Gangstas

 

Match ends in an immediate DQ and turns into a wild brawl all over the Arena with everyone on the roster. Probably should be an EXTRA

 

Arn Anderson & The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. The Heavenly Bodies ("Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, "Sweet" Stan Lane, & Dr. Tom Prichard) (3/21/93)

 

This has some really fun action to start as the Bodies take punishment from everyone and bumping all over the place. Arn gave DDT's to everyone which was awesome then teased Corny but got jumped before that could happen. Gibson would get cornered and the Bodies worked him over before Morton took a shoulderblock into the ringpost and of course here comes the fucking clip right as the FIP section started. Morton got worked over in and out of the ring including taking a facefirst bump into a table. The Morton armwork was fun too and then came the hot tag to Arn who was awesome cleaning house then going right for Eaton who would catch him with a sweet swinging neckbreaker followed up by a Rocket Launcher. Corny threw the racket to Eaton but he hit Doc by mistake then got hit by Arn for the win. If we had the full Morton FIP this could've been a nomination.

 

The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) & "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Bruiser Bedlam, Chris Candido, & "Primetime" Brian Lee (5/21/94)

 

This is JIP and there is clipping but this was a fun match especially seeing Savage teaming with RnR. I'll co-sign this as an extra.

 

Rick & Scott Steiner vs. The Heavenly Bodies ("Gigolo" Jimmy del Ray & Dr. Tom Prichard) (10/8/93)

 

Steiners come in with their dog which keeps the Bodies at bay. This is also JIP with Scotty throwing around both Bodies before tagging in Rick who does the criss cross spot with Doc but keeps going as Doc stopped and then just nailed him with a Steinerline as he walked into him. Lots of stooging and bumping by the Bodies early here and the dog was getting involved as well. Scotty would miss a frankensteiner and that would start the FIP section but like the other matches on here that is when we get the clip because God forbid we get heels on offense for too long. Scotty took some punishment here before getting the hot tag to Rick and that setoff the 4-way brawl. Gigolo would hit Rick with the racket and as this was going on the dog was in the corner barking his head off at the Bodies which was a cool look. Scotty then released the dog and Mark Curtis called for the bell as everyone went running out of the ring. This moves forward but I wish we had a full version.

 

Falls Count Anywhere Match: Cactus Jack & "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" Tracy Smothers vs. Boo Bradley & Chris Candido (12/25/94)

 

This is also JIP. Fun brawling early with Candido & Smothers taking some hard guardrail bumps and Cactus going through a table which we don't see. A lot of wild action going on here that the cameras can't stay with and they are in Knoxville so the house lights go up during the wild brawling in the crowd but the hard camera still misses the action due to fans being in the way. Lots of craziness here and I think this moves forward fairly easily.

 

Then we get stuff I've seen already.

 

Jim Cornette vs. Butch Cassidy (11/23/95)

 

Cornette is with Sgt. Rock (Miss Texas) and this is built along the lines of Cornette vs. Cowabunga. Some good comedy here as this is worked like a midget match with Cassidy working as a face where he would normally be the heel in the match so he was doing the babyface midget spots. Assbiting, crisscrossing with Corny passing out, Curtis catching Cassidy and throwing him on Corny were all in play here. Corny went on offense and was fun using his strikes before Butch made a comeback that was cut short by Sgt. Rock who ran in for the DQ. This was fun but not as fun as Cornette vs. Cowabunga but I'll pass it through for now.

 

The rest of this is stuff I've seen.