Posted April 17, 201114 yr comment_5469999 1. Ricky Rice/John Paul v Terry Adonis/The Beast Shame this didn't go longer, as it was fun while it lasted. Adonis looked like a real sleaze and the Beast looked like a Jimmy Del Ray/Missing Link hybrid. This was all action and a brisk 4 minutes, but not quite enough to nominate. 2. Ron Garvin v Scott Steiner – AWA International TV title My girlfriend didn't realize that this Scott Steiner was the same guy as the current Scott Steiner. She thought the name was a coincidence. Steiner was really green here, didn't really know how to take the Garvin Stomp (he just kinda lied there), and the match only goes two minutes. 3. Baron Von Raschke v Kevin Collins Another short, 2 minute match. 4. Kerry Von Erich v Gary Young Now this is really disappointing. It only gets like 90 seconds, but is really awesome until it just lamely ends. Bruno takes a MASSIVE bump from the apron to the floor when Kerry shoulderblocks him. I mean Bruno just goes flying. Young bumps giant off a Kerry discus punch, and the match ends shortly after when Young does a crossbody, and Kerry just lamely rolls him over after taking a crossbody. So lame. 5. Greg Gagne v Ron Garvin JIP match from when Garvin controversially wins the International Title, or something. Garvin wins after reaching into his tights for something we never see, and just BLASTS Gagne in the temple to win the title. If you're gonna win a match with a punch, you better make it look as awesome as this one. 6. Wendi Richter/Magnificent Mimi v Madusa Miceli/Sylvia Eh, it was a women's match that got a lot of time. Nobody really looks that great, nobody looks horrible. Madusa's outfit leaves nothing to the imagination. Rachel laughed as she noticed Madusa on the apron trying to conceal the fact that she was slyly trying to cover her vagina. 7. Jimmy Valiant/Bill Dundee/Jeff Jarrett v Tommy Rich/Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden Now this is what I'm talking about! 12 minutes, everybody gets time to shine. Valiant has no beard here, which weirds me out. He's also pudgier than I remember him being, and Verne on commentary points out that Valiant added weight on purpose, to help him be more impactful. He then goes on to talk about how Adrian Adonis did the same thing, but then took it too far and got obese. Jarrett is really great in this, but Tommy Rich isn't in enough. Dundee always looks great and a bunch of guys pinball for Valiant. Ending is a schmozz as Stud Stable is cheating and young Jamie Dundee runs in looking like a young Kenny Powers (announcers genuinely think it's a fan running in) and who cares because this was all action. I dig what these guys do.
June 20, 201114 yr comment_5474500 Ricky Rice/John Paul v Terry Adonis/The Beast Really fun tag sprint. The Top Guns are one of those "as good as their opponents" teams and their opponents were game here. There dropdown/dropkick combo finish always looks lethal. Ron Garvin v. Scott Steiner This was a novelty match and need to watch from that perspective but it also kind of pisses you off because the same match a year or two later would have been really fucking awesome. As it was Steiner took a lovely bump and then got his clock cleaned. Baron Von Raschke v. Keith Collins A waste of a couple of minutes as nothing really happens of note. Kerry Von Erich v. Gary Young This was worth watching just for Bruno's insane bump and for me realizing that the barricade surrounding the ring is literally a chain length fence. Clips of Garvin v. Greg Gagne Wendi Richter/Magnificent Mimi v Madusa Miceli/Sylvia Okay say what you want but the body scissors spot that ends with Madusa deadlifting Richter while in the hold and then walking her over and slamming her at Mimi's feet demanding she tag in was cool as shit. Mimi does a great walk up counter of an armbar after Madusa shit talks her and takes over. Madusa eventually boils over with rage and just piefaces Mimi into the corner where she gets worked over by the heels. Then she follows this up with the old "stand on the hair, pull up the body" spot that always looks brutal. Madusa is fucking crazy heelish in this, literally working like Brody as she is chest bumping the refs, blows off a Richter dropkick on a face hope spot and just fucking steamrolls her. Seriously she is standing on her head and cursing out the ref at one point. Bizarre moment as Richter makes a comeback and Madusa covers her vagina up as she gets attacked from various angles while hung up in the face corner. This is followed by another strange spot with Madusa hitting a huge suplex in what looked like a finish but then they claim there was a double pin or some weird shit. This was perversely entertaining due to Madusa being an unbelievable prick. I actually liked this better than the woman's single match that Eric liked but with such a shit finish I can't see it on the set. Jimmy Valiant/Bill Dundee/Jeff Jarrett v Tommy Rich/Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden LOVED the early Jarrett stuff with the suplex-bridge-suplex spot, followed by dropkicks galore and Jarrett doing the butt bump with Jimmy while Tommy Rich flips out on the apron complaining about a hairpull (on a dropkick!). Dundee pulling back on a kick was cool. Dundee actually looks incredibly fast in this which really shouldn't be surprising but it kind of felt that way. His sprint crawl out of the corner being followed up by Jimmy throwing the ref out of the hand, beating on Bruno, kissing Syliva, et was some of the most lovable horseshit wrestling stuff I've seen in a long time. Honestly this is really just an extended squash as the heels get in NOTHING in this match, but it was so much fun and everyone looked so good it's hard to argue against it. The crazy riot at the end with everyone running in, including a young JC Ice is the icing on the cake.
