Pre-match Rose taunts White by miming that he is going to bodyslam him. Strange to see Vader teaming with a jobber here as he was already getting a bit of a mini-push if I'm not mistaken. Rose refuses to start v. White so Hernandez comes in and Rose stalks over to him and spits at him drawing him into the ring. The ref chases him back out so Buddy walks over and gives him the "kiss my @#!*% " mime. Seriously Buddy is doing some expert mime work here and follows it up with a sweet standing swtich exchange only for Hernandez to reverse it and Rose faces the wrong direction and tries to tag in Vader before almost falling on his @#!*% in fear. Cool spot with Hernandez taking over and walking Buddy to the corner where he tags in White. White comes in and Buddy flees with him and Somers bailing to the floor and running half way to the back. Rose finally comes back in and they do a shoulder block spot with Rose getting flattened so he Rose and Somers try and double shoulderblock and they both get flattened and bail again where they jaw with a couple of rednecks that look like they walked off the set of Swamp People. Man Rose and Somers are just awesome putting over the power of White here and we get a unique camera angle of the textbook Buddy bump through the ropes as the shot is right on top of it and you actually see the impact on the floor close up. Rose eventually goes for a body slam but Vader reverses with a sick powerslam for a near fall. White foolishly tags Hernandez in as he almost immediately goes FIP. Cool finish as Buddy throws a cheap right to Hernandez who is in their corner. Vader comes in to make the save and Rose jabs at his face. There is an audible gasp throughout the audience that really makes this as a moment and White hits the floor chasing Rose around while Hernandez jobs to a suplex. Post-match White gets his heat back. This is a strange match since it is an obvious jobber teaming with a babyface monster who is getting a push v. the soon to be tag champs. As a result the dynamic is interesting but limiting. The appeal of the match is that dynamic which makes it a match worth watching and strongly considering for the set. On the other hand the dynamic alos sort of restricts this from being a lock.

"Playboy" Buddy Rose & "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers vs. Jesse Hernandez & "Baby Bull" Leon White (5/1/86)

 

Rose is awesome here early on shit talking Leon as he works over Hernandez and baits Leon to come in so the referee can get him out and as this happens Rose taunts him like crazy. Rose & Somers both try to take down White but he uses his power to send them scurrying to the floor as the fans go nuts. Leon continues to work over Rose who is fucking awesome here selling and bumping for Leon. Somers is good here as well but really no one compares to Buddy here who made Leon look like a monster. Hernandez comes back in and the heels immediately work him over which was predictable. Leon chases Rose around on the floor as Somers puts Hernandez away with a vertical suplex which was interesting. The heels would try to attack Leon afterwards but he destroys them both sending them running. Wow this was quite the match as it was a showcase for Leon and the future tag champs but Hernandez was total jobber meat and this was just a strange match psychologically. I'm still pushing this forward though because I thought it was a blast.