I liked the dueling monkey flip escapes early with Rose cartwheeling aside and Rocky flipping through. The subsequent criss cross spot was pretty cool too with Buddy claiming that he landed on his feet a la Rocky after a back body drop. Of course Oliver comes in and Rocky DOES land flat footed on a back body drop attempt which really pops the crowd. Bret and Rocky take turns dropping double axes on Oliver who hits a few short rights and tags Buddy in. Buddy hit some big shoulder tackles off the ropes but ends up getting taken over by Sawyer and the faces go to work on his arm. Rocky ends up isolated in the heel corner and goes FIP. Really love the finish to this fall as Rose is great selling befuddlement at Rocky's rolling through escapes before eating a dropkick and sunset flip for the first fall.

 

Opening of second fall is awesome as Rose goes for a headlock and Rocky slides out over and over and Rose just looks absolutely perplexed and appalled by this. Rose tries to escape from a Rocky headlock and ends up face planting himself. Rocky takes a nice bump off of a knee to the gut coming off the rope and goes FIP. Strangely the heels work a nervehold. Even stranger Oliver's working of it is a lot more spirited than Rose's was. Rocky goes for a comeback but gets caught with a back elbow coming off the rope for a near fall. Rocky makes the tag twice but both times the ref misses it and the heels end up taking the second fall.

 

Third Fall starts out hot with Sawyer hitting a great dropkick on Oliver, followed by rose and Sawyer trading missed dropkicks. Dr. D shows up when Rose goes up top and knocks him off, then takes him to the floor and posts him. Rose bleeds big time and the match gets thrown out.

 

This was a match where the big spots were really cool and the work around those spots was solid enough where I think it deserves a real look.

I thought this was great stuff. The 1st two falls were tremendous, and Rose made Rocky look like big time star. The 3rd fall was to further the Rose Dr. D feud. Dylan covered it all but the spots in this was loads of fun. Buddy's schtick was on full effect. This is a solid nomination.

I really liked the early comedy, with Buddy and Rocky trying to one up each other's athletic feats and Rocky using Oliver as a prop to teach Hack how to throw an uppercut. More good comedy in the second, with Buddy unable to keep a headlock on Rocky's semi-fro. I didn't love the nervehold section, though the action picked up again at the end of the second fall, with Hack unable to get a hot tag that the ref could actually see. The third fall didn't amount to much, with Dr. D coming in to take out Buddy again. I thought it was stupid for the ref to hold up Sawyer and Rocky's belts over interference they couldn't control. Real mixed bag of a match. I won't be bothered if it goes on the set, but it's a lukewarm pick for me.