Posted October 25, 201212 yr comment_5517816 Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson (1/13/87) Okay match but slower paced than what you wanted from these two here but it would pickup as they went to the floor with Windham taking a hard bump over the top rope and getting smashed into the railing. Arn would hit a shitty spinebuster for a nearfall before Windham would lock on a sleeper with Arn going to the ropes sending him to the floor. Windham would come back with a sunset flip over the top for the win. Lackluster. Brad Armstrong vs. "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin (1/22/87) This was another lackluster match but the matwork was fine and I liked Brad doing MUGA spots. Very crappy finish as Brad goes to punch Garvin in the corner and he chunks him over the top for the DQ. Rock n Roll Express concert is next and this is a definite EXTRA. Central States Tag Titles: The Mod Squad (Basher & Spike) © vs. Bart & Brad Batten (1/30/87) Decent match here with good psychology but that's about it. The finish was almost botched to hell which was funny. Next we get a promo by Paul Jones, Rude, & Manny and this is great for all the wrong reasons. Extra material. The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. "Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov (1/16/87) GOD Petrov is terrible here as he botches a bearhug right after the match starts. This wasn't good at all. Next we get Tony Schiavone pimping Crockett Cup 87 with Gary Juster. NWA World TV Title: Tully Blanchard © vs. "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (1/29/87) Dusty is great early doing what he does best and Tully was one of the best to eat the flip flop and flying. Dillon also gets brought in the ring for some fun as well and this is easily the best part of the match. I liked Dusty using the slingshot suplex after Tommy Young was bumped to the floor which would bring out Arn Anderson to attack Dusty but Windham would tell Tommy what happened causing a brawl seeing Barry count out Tully and the match was thrown out. Next is Magnum TA's first interview since his car crash and this is a slam dunk extra. No DQ Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Title: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair © vs. "Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff (1/11/87) Fun match with Flair doing his normal schtick but he added some different stuff such as using a piledriver which Nikita no-sold as Tony preached that it was an illegal move in a regular match. Nikita breaking out the figure-four was nice and the crowd was going nuts for this. The crowd here was the hottest one on the whole show mainly because they were in Charlotte. We get the customary ref bump even in a no DQ match which makes no sense so Nikita could hit his Russian Sickle off the middle rope. Tully would show up to attack Nikita with Flair rolling over him but it's a nearfall. Flair is juicing here and hurts himself trying to get Nikita over the top rope so this turns into a brawl on the floor with Tully & Dusty getting involved as the match ends in a double countout. No nomination. Scaffold Match: The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) vs. The Midnight Express ("Loverboy" Dennis Condrey & "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton) (1/29/87) If you saw the Starrcade 86 match this is almost the same exact match. Not really good.
