Rose's offense was fun here. His stomps always look great, but I liked his elbow drop sequence, his ab stretch looked cool, his knee, his suplex, @#!*% everything just looked really good. Anderson's comeback is really great because of Buddy's reaction to everything. Seriously his facial expression after the first hip toss is awesome and I love that he took his nutty backwards bump in a @#!*% match against a jobber. Rose's DDT finish was cool too. Consensus seems to be that this is fun, but not good enough for the set. That's probably true, but I thought this pretty well destroyed the Lawler v. Joe squash that Eric liked.

 

I talked myself into nominating this after talking this match up multiple times in the last week to a few people. It's a great showcase for Buddy Rose, sort of proving he was still a prime wrestler in 86. Depending on how the set shakes down I could actually see this as a personal pick given how much the match stands out in my mind for a competitive squash.

"Playboy" Buddy Rose vs. Billy Anderson (3/13/86)

 

Great spotlight match but I think it's too much of a squash to be a nomination.