Posted February 17, 201114 yr comment_5464731 JIP. Gagne works an insanely long leg lock on Stevens that is just. Well. It looks fine but I'm not sure it was the best choice. Bock does get hung up on the ropes and takes a nice bump in when Brunzell starts whipping the top rope around but overall this segment just seemed like time killing. Bock comes in and breaks up a figure-four attempt and Brunzell ends up going FIP. Man the Brunzell FIP is all based on a front facelock which is all well and good but is not terribly compelling. Stevens end sup taking a big bump off the top and then another wild one in the corner off the hot tag to Greg. Bock also takes some great bumps off of Gagne' dropkicks at this point. Gagne ends up missing a diving knee and gets his leg smashed into the post by Stevens and Bock. Gagne ends up in a figure-four but it gets broken up. Bock hits a piledriver but Gagne is int he ropes and can't get a pin. Greg hits a desperation rolling cradle at this point for a good nearfall. Cool spot as Gagne back drops out of a piledriver and floats over into a pinning combination. Bock ends up missing a corner charge and gets locked in the sleeper but Heenan trips his legs out from under him and Bock lands on top for a really good nearfall. Bock locks on a sleeper but Gagne backs into the turnbuckle to break the hold. Brunzell gets the hot tag and hits two dropkicks on Bock while Gagne dropkicks Stevens out of the ring to take the fall. Beginning to end this was lacking but the second half of this was really good.
April 1, 201114 yr comment_5468866 High Flyers vs. Stevens & Bockwinkel - The match starts JIP with Bock and Stevens locking in Brunzell but that doesn’t last long and Greg hooks in a foot lock. Not much going on here and it doesn’t look particularly painful. Come on dammit, work the fucking hold. I think Stevens was stuck in that hold for four fucking minutes and didn’t change expressions or body movement the entire time. After some momentum changes, Stevens puts Brunzell in a front face lock and he doesn’t work that hold either. At least when he tags to Bock, Bock continues the strategy and I like Brunzell finally trying to move and reach his corner. Man, I don’t know… there were some good parts but when Stevens was either locking in or locked in a hold, he sucked. The hot ending redeems it somewhat so I can support a low level nomination but not much more than that.
February 22, 201213 yr comment_5495572 The Hi-Flyers ("Jumpin" Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne) vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens (5/14/81) This is JIP which is a strike against it and this was a good match but there were some parts of this that wasn't interesting and kinda boring. This felt like one of their lesser matches and even with a fun ending there wasn't enough to warrant a nomination. Maybe if we got this in full it could've changed it but I kinda doubt it.
February 22, 201213 yr comment_5495584 This was billed as a #1 contenders match, winner getting Ventura/Adonis on the next show. Gagne and Brunzell won the tag titles a few days later in Green Bay...that turned the Flyers-East/West match the next month into a non-title affair, which east/West won. This, of course, extended the program between the two teams for a few more months.
