Posted February 21, 201114 yr comment_5465749 I have to admit that the opening stuff was fun as Regal took his only good repeat bump on the Irish Whip and then Garvin came in and had a fun exchange with the Baron. Baron continues his run as a shockingly good FIP. He is just so strange looking that you almost feel sorry for him anyway so when he is getting his asskicked the sympathy factor goes through the roof. Baron hulks up and goose steps around but gets caught with a kick on a back body drop attempt. Baron doing a teased sunset flip spot was awesome and unexpected. Hot tag was pretty lame as Baron just stumbled into a tag while he was still getting his ass kicked. Buck has a pretty fun run and ends up doing a mini-FIP himself before hitting a nice crossbody for a nearfall and tagging the Baron back in. The Baron has Garvin in the ropes and hits his running old man head butts which is a spot I enjoy more than I should. Baron locks on the claw but Regal comes in to break it up. Buck goes on a run and goes for his reverse splash finisher but misses. The heels hit each other and the babyfaces get the win. Fuck it, I am going to toss this on the dock.
March 30, 201114 yr comment_5468643 Zumhofe & Von Raschke vs. Garvin & Regal - Nice touch after the whip in the turnbuckle of Regal selling the back and Precious rubbing out the pain. Raschke plays FIP but I wish that Garvin & Regal were a little more vicious. When Zumhofe gets in, he has a short shine before he becomes FIP. I am liking this change of pace in AWA tag matches where they have more than one heat segment before running to the finish. Goose-stepping Baron gets me every time. Nothing overly memorable about the match but it was solidly worked.
February 9, 201213 yr comment_5494516 Baron von Raschke & "Rock n Roll" Buck Zumhofe vs. "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin & "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal (4/21/85) Future AWA tag champs teaming up for the first time in a match. Regal hits his great bump into the corner off an irish whip and that is the highlight of his section with Buck. Garvin tags in and of course Buck would bring in Baron and the crowd was hot for Baron beating the crap out of Garvin. Baron would miss a diving elbow giving Garvin the chance to tag in Regal and they worked over Baron although it was uninspiring. Baron did a good job of selling and Garvin throws some decent punches but it's not worldbeating. Baron firing up stomping around was fun and had some fine hope spots but the hot tag was kinda anticlimatic as Regal was punching Baron who fell back into Buck with no build. Buck came in and ran wild before Regal caught him in the corner and started working him over with Garvin. Buck would eventually tag Baron again with no build and Baron was fun taking it to Garvin who was tied in the ropes. Baron would eventually lock on the claw before Regal would come in forcing a 4-way brawl ending up with Buck missing his Vader Bomb on Regal and it was at this point the match fell apart as both legal men ended up on the apron while the other two battled in the ring. Garvin would accidentally hit Regal and Buck would cover for the win. This had some decent moments but it totally fell apart at the end and I can't back this as a nomination.
