Fuck this is not a match I wanted to watch three times in one night. I haven't watch anything for any of these projects in a long time and I skipped over to St. Louis thinking it would be something different and might yield something I could put into the service of my Patera fetishism. Instead I get three Brody matches. Anyway this goes right into the Flair on the ropes stuff and the crowd again really helps this one. I will say that given how the draw went the first big Brody near fall was good stuff. After that it looks like there is an edit though. Either that or Flair just senselessly takes over on offense - which Brody quickly steamrolls through. I was started to fade out of this when Flair hit a gusher and Brody sold a missed knee drop by spinning around on his back like a turtle trapped on his shell. The figure-four spot was well timed, but it felt long and I just don't buy Brody selling anything. Another bullshit heavy finish to protect Brody. I don't really like any of these matches but I feel obligated to pass them onto the next level. Someone else should have to suffer with me.

NWA World Heavyweight Title: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair © vs. Bruiser Brody (1/4/85)

 

Now for the 3rd match of the series on this disc and Brody worked the early part of this match as a beast with Flair getting very little offense and Brody no-selling like crazy. Brody then bashes Flair in the head with a steel chair on the floor which brings out the juice but as Brody goes for the kill on his King Kong Kneedrop, Flair would move out of the way and gave him the opening to work the figure-four leglock. Brody sells for this about as good as you would hope for for his gimmick and the crowd is very hot for this as he seemed actually in trouble. We get yet another ref bump and Brody would throw Flair over the top rope to the floor where he would bash his head on the ringside table. Flair would get a nearfall though after coming back to the ring then brought a chair into the ring where the referee would get back up and DQed Brody for using the chair on Flair. This match had more action you could say than the other matches but I think this had the worst finish. I'm going to say no on a nomination.