Posted February 22, 201114 yr comment_5465831 The heels try and keep the Rockers out of the Cage to no avail. Rockers dominate early with Buddy taking some fun bumps and Michaels hitting some nice punches and a back elbow. Rose goes low to change the momentum and slingshots Michaels into the cage busting him open. Michaels is disgustingly bloody as always and gets pinballed into the cage, gets bitten, hell at one point Somers just comes in and steps on him to keep him from making a hot tag. Rose pulls up a on a cover and ends up getting decked in the balls by Shawn. Marty gets the tag and tosses both heels into the cage. He ends up pulling up on a pinfall attempt on Rose who is also busted open. Sherri starts to climb the cage and Marty rakes Rose's face directly against the steel right where it separates their faces causing her to drop back down. Somers and Jannetty end up in and Jannetty gets bumped into the steel and ends up crawling blindly over to Rose who bites his freshly cut head. Michaels runs over and rams Rose's head into the steel while Jannetty gets bumped into the Cage again. Marty and Doug end up in a punching exchange on their knees and Somers takes a huge bump into the steel. Shawn tags in and hits a diving elbow off the top. Somers takes a couple of more big bumps into the steel. Michaels goes up top and Rose tries to stop him but Michaels gets off a diving elbow but pulls up Somers who is finally bleeding himself. Rose comes in and ends up trying to escape as Marty comes back but Marty pulls him up to the top by his ears. They get into a punch exchange while sitting on top of the cage and Michaels sprints across the ring and creams Somers with a clothesline. Rose gets knocked down on his ass and the Rockers hit a double lawn dart onto Somers for the pin. This was not as good as the other Cage match IMO but I can't think of any reason why this wouldn't make the set.
March 25, 201114 yr comment_5468299 Midnight Rockers vs. Rose & Somers (Cage Match) - Again, Michaels gushes blood and the bad vibes from the Russians match fade away. At one point, as Rose was being busted open, they used the cage 4 or 5 times as a battering ram. Hell yeah, using the cage as a weapon, what a novel idea! Loved the spot where they rubbed Rose’s face in the cage when Sherri was on the apron to taunt her. Shortly after, the heels give a receipt and do the same to Marty. I am loving this… I think I could watch a cage match where the only offense is punches, ramming a dude’s head into the cage and rubbing a bloody forehead in the wire all day long!
April 18, 201213 yr comment_5500379 Steel Cage Match for the AWA World Tag Titles: "Playboy" Buddy Rose & "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers) © vs. The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels) (1/17/87) Another fantastic match although this cage match isn't as good as the St. Paul one from 12/25/86 but that is no way a slight on this as it is still fucking awesome. More blood and guts as these guys yet again kill each other and I could watch these teams go it at all day long in matches like this. The payoff to this is fantastic as the Rockers finally win the belts and this is a Dr. J jumping from the free throw line slam dunk nomination.
April 18, 201213 yr comment_5500387 This is a non-title match and/or a screwjob ending as the belts changed for real in Bloomington on 1/27/87.
