The actual date on this is 9/22/84. Wow, this was good. Rivera went after Valentine before The Hammer could even get his robe off. He sent Valentine to the floor who was eventually able to take his robe off. Valentine came back in and took control. He worked on Rivera's midsection and did a lot of cool stuff. He gave him a gut buster, vertical suplex on to the top rope, stood on his stomach, stomped him really hard, and really pounded on him for a good while. Also, he gave him a shoulder breaker and did a really painful looking wrist lock hold. Rivera kept fighting back in the corner with some nice punches and got in a few body slams. In his last effort to come back he and The Hammer got into this really intense fist fight in the corner which ruled. Valentine won the fight and gave him a snap under hook suplex then applied the figure four for the win. He re-applied it after the match and other wrestlers came to the aid of Rivera after The Hammer left. I really enjoyed this and thought it was a very good JTTS match.

I enjoyed the match and really feel it's on the cusp of a nomination. It's a good enough match if it took place right after the Tito injury and wanted to make Rivera into an ethnic challenger for the belt while Tito is hurt. This scenario would have worked. We don't have that backstory. Instead we have a match that needs a little extra something to make it as a nomination.

 

Rivera attacks Greg to start. Valentine counters with some wicked forearms. Valentine delivers a stomach buster. It looks like Valentine is going to start focusing on the leg, but he quits there. Valentine tosses him outside. Back in Valentine delivers a shoulder breaker. Valentine works the shoulder. Rivera starts a fiery comeback , but gets cut off. Another punch oriented comeback by Rivera ends in his defeat. A fun match, but a no.