The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. The Heavenly Bodies ("Gigolo" Jimmy del Ray & Dr. Tom Prichard) (8/19/93)

 

Cornette gets on the mic before the match and says that he is pressing chargers against Cowabunga for impersonating a wrestler. This had the comedy stuff from the night before but at a faster pace and with Cornette involved for his spots. Bodies are great in their roles as the stooging heels for RnR's opening offense. Cornette is fantastic at selling his frustration at the Bodies looking like fools and sits on the ringside table to talk to the camera about this garbage. Then we get a rarity as Gibson works FIP and this is fun as Corny uses the racket and two female fans go to the railing to give him shit including one shooting him a bird. Morton cleaning house was fun for the short time it lasted and the finish was different as Morton jumped on a tennis racket clothesline attempt then covered Gigolo to win. This wasn't one of their classics by no means but it was pretty fun and I'm throwing it on the block.

This is interesting as they work a lot of the same "heels are fools" type stuff as the night before, but they mix it in with more up tempo stuff and antics from Cornette. Weird to see a semi-botch of the spot where the babyface leaves the ring on a criss cross to chase Corny into the ring for a big bump, but they covered it up well and if you didn't know that was a staple spot you would have never known their was a problem at all. Morton hit his really cool huracanrana in this which I still mark out for every time I see it. Amazingly enough Gibson plays FIP here after a blindside thrust kick and then hits his shoulder on the post on a corner charge a minute later to really up the ante on the sympathy factor. The heels do some decent work and Gibson was fine in the role, but he's no Ricky Morton. Finish is kinda silly with Morton getting the win after breaking up a clothesline attempt with the racket. This was fun to watch because it deviated a bit from script and it was better than the match from the night before. But it's not enough to nominate.

I didn't feel this one at all. It was better than the 1st one. We are going to have a ton of this match up anyways on the set so this was one of their lesser ones.