Bobby Fulton has a good right hand. Really fun sequence with Fulton skinning the cat, Lane skinning the cat, and then Fulton punching him in the face and knocking him back to the floor. Lane is bleeding from the mouth probably from one of those stiff as fuck Fulton punches. Pritchard takes a huge bump over the top and Bobby drills him with one of the title belts. Now he's got a steel bar and he hits Lane with it. Interesting to see the babyfaces so intent on being the first to break the rules. Jackie hits a nice gutwrench suplex for a nearfall. Fun spot as Bobby holds Tom still and they do a diving sunset flip from Jackie for a nearfall. Really good rope running spot with Pritchard and Jackie leading to a nice dropkick. Bobby hits a nice spinning wheel kick for a nearfall. Bobby finally gets isolated and Cornette and Pritchard work him over, posting his balls. Bobby getting up shortly after this and hitting a bulldog and tagging out was sort of strange but Lane and Prtichard blatantly using a chain and beating the shit out of Jackie with it sort of made up for it. Bobby has enough and runs to go get a chair but the ref holds him off as the Bodies/Cornette continue to choke Jackie with the chain. Jackie gets chunked over the top and Stan Lane runs over and grabs a fucking sandbag and drops it on Jackie's back which came across a lot cooler on tv than it sounds on paper. Bobby comes in and gets some licks in but Jackie is still by himself and Lane pulls something out of his headgear to use as a weapon while Dutch calls the Fantastics "mentally retarded" on commentary. Jackie gets the hot tag after whacking Lane in his busted ear drum. Pritchard and Jackie get into a punching battle on the floor while Bobby is working a spinning toehold. Good ref bump as Bobby bumps into Jackie who essentially dives on to the ref on the floor. Lane punches Bobby Fulton with a foreign object for a nearfall. Bobby Fulton locks on a sleeper coming off the ropes and the ref gets bumped again. Cornette busts out an ether soaked rag, which he actually soaks in ether on camera! He knocks out Bobby with it and the ref counts the fall for the Bodies as Pritchard holds Jackie at bay on the floor. This is EASILY the best tv match I've seen so far and maybe the best match I've seen between these teams period.

I thought this was just a damn good match. I feel it falls more as a slam dunk than a solid nomination. It probably falls somewhere in between. Fulton's punches are like jack hammers. The opening segment with Lane and Bobby was great. Dutch putting over the Japan tricks that the Fulton's have picked up in Japan. Pushing the sleeper hold which was great in that it played a part in the finish. This was the best Jackie has looked. I love the old Bill Watts finish of the either soaked rag. The diving sunset flip from Jackie was scary as hell. The match had an edge to it where the fans are like these guys don't each other.

No DQ for the SMW Tag Titles vs. $20,000: The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton) © vs. The Heavenly Bodies ("Sweet" Stan Lane & Dr. Tom Prichard) (8/10/92)

 

Fants are on fire early taking it to the Bodies who bump and sell like madmen for them while Corny goes nuts on the floor. The Bods double team Bobby giving them the advantage while the ref holds back Jackie is great considering this is a no DQ match and they whine about WWE and their rules today. I fucking loved Stan dangling the chain he used to punch Jackie in the mouth right in the referee's face. Jackie would work FIP here and even got a sandbag thrown on him at one point as the Bodies were doing whatever they could to win. Bobby gets the hot tag and he runs wild with the fans going nuts before it turns into a 4-way brawl. Bobby grabs a spinning toe hold on Stan before a convoluted ref bump happens as Bobby has Stan pinned but there was no referee so Mark Curtis shows up as Stan hits Bobby with a chain for a nearfall. Bobby locks on the sleeper as Corny breaks out the rag and sprays ether on it then puts out Bobby before waking up the original referee who counts the pin and the Bods win. This was a helluva match and a easy nomination.