Posted September 29, 201411 yr comment_5629661 This starts with clips of a Roadies squash narrated by Flair, Ole, & T-Bolt. Paul Jones is out next and he narrates over clips of SBG vs. Adias from 12/25/84. Magnum TA vs. Doug Vines (1/2/85) Vines lasts longer here than normal against Magnum. Dusty is out next and he narrates over clips of Kernodle vs. Ivan from 12/25/84. Dusty is great here delivering a patriotic speech that Bill Watts would be proud of. Definite extra. Then we get clips of the Slater/Terry Funk bounty angle. NWA World TV Title: Tully Blanchard © vs. Mike Davis (1/15/85) This is clipped up. Next we get Tully & Baby Doll out to talk about a match with Dusty on 2/3/85 where they went to a draw then Baby Doll attacked Dusty who took it but yelled at her. Flag Match: "Pride of the USA" Don Kernodle & Ricky Steamboat vs. Ivan & Nikita Koloff (2/6/85) The faces are dominant early here taking it to the Russians especially Ivan who is solid at bumping and selling for them. Nikita even takes some punishment as well as the crowd is molten hot for everything. The tide would soon turn though as the Russians worked over Kernodle's injured neck. Kernodle is wearing a collar here and gets brutalized but he shows great fight here and the fans extremely behind him trying to get the hot tag. Steamer finally had enough and jumped in the ring where a 4-way brawl ensued where they sent Nikita to the floor and then they hit Ivan with the clothesline off the top rope like the Koloffs used to win the match. This was damn good stuff and is a fairly easy nomination. Then we get clips of Tully beating Denny Brown and Dusty coming out to confront Tully who leaves the ring immediately and goes to David Crockett yelling about Dusty coming out. Tully then sends Baby Doll down to tell Dusty he isn't coming down there which she does and she gets in his face then slaps Dusty with him returning the favor as the crowd goes fucking insane. Dusty wants Tully to get in the ring as David goes to the ring to talk to Dusty and both of them basically gloat about the situation although Dusty does apologize to all the women which is funny. This is a great angle and a slam dunk extra. (2/26/85) Next we get clips of The Russians vs. Brett Sawyer, Starship Eagle, & Buzz Sawyer from 7/1/85. Then we get clips of Arn vs. Sam Houston from 3/5/85. This is followed by clips of Landell vs. Keith Larsen from 3/5/85. Then we get clips of Magnum squashing Golden Terror & Inferno in a handicap match from 3/13/85. Next we get clips of Tully vs. Steve Casey where Tully is just destroying him on the floor until Dusty runs down and brawls with Tully then almost hits Baby Doll before stopping himself where she would claw him in the eyes. Tully gets a figure-four on Dusty but he would reverse it but Doll would use her high heel to break the hold. Dusty would get beat down until Casey ran Tully off. Extra material. (3/13/85) Then we get clips of Bull & Magnum vs. Rock n Roll RPM's from 3/13/85. Arn Anderson vs. "Ragin Bull" Manny Fernandez (3/23/85) This was Arn's first feud in the territory and Manny was a great opponent for him to shine against. Manny works over Arn's left arm before trying a twisting reverse senton off the middle rope which looked great even though he missed and it allowed Arn to show Manny how to work over an arm. Arn is solid here in his armwork but Manny fights back and hits a big clothesline off the middle rope to get back in the match. Manny fights back using only his right arm and he is enraged as he throws Tommy Young down twice prompting a DQ. Arn would attack Manny afterwards and kept working over his arm until Manny was pulled out. Cheap finish but a damn good match and a nomination. Next we get the Magnum/Wahoo cage match. "Ragin Bull" Manny Fernandez & "Avalanche" Buzz Tyler vs. Black Bart & Dory Funk Jr. (2/20/85) Quite the teams here and the babyfaces start this match very strong taking it to the heels who stooge around because of it and the fans are nuts for everything. Dory would chunk Manny to the floor where Dillon would get a cheapshot in and that gave the heels the opening they needed to take over. Bull did a good job here working as the FIP getting in some shots before firing up on Dory which was subsided by a backdrop suplex from Dory. Bull though would roll over and got the hot tag to Tyler who cleans house on both heels before Dillon would grab the ropes as Tyler was running causing him to tumble to the floor. Bull then tees off on Dillon and hits him with the Flying Burrito as Tyler & Bart brawl on the floor. This was a fun TV match but not a nomination. Then we get clips of Arn vs. Manny from the 1st TBS show. Sam Houston vs. Tully Blanchard (4/17/85) The way they were pushing Houston was so great here as the fans were apeshit for a 19-year-old kid that didn't win many matches but the fact that he got the rub from the stars and the fact that he was portrayed as an underdog made everything work so well. Tully was also a great opponent for someone like this because he was so hateable. Tully bullies Sam around but Sam doesn't back down which frustrates Tully enough to break out a piledriver which was illegal in JCP at that time to get DQed. Damn good segment. Magnum TA vs. Black Bart (4/24/85) Bart attacks Magnum at the bell but Magnum squelches that quickly and goes to work on his left arm. This becomes a pretty decent back and forth match until Budro runs out and attacks Magnum for the DQ. Bart then joins him and it's 2-on-1 before Magnum ducks out. Next we get clips of Tully regaining the NWA World TV Title from Dusty in Charlotte on 4/28/85 which is followed up by promos from Tully & Baby Doll then Dusty in the locker room afterwards. NWA World TV Title: Tully Blanchard © vs. Don Kernodle (5/7/85) Magnum is out with David on commentary so Baby Doll comes over to him and she sends him a warning to not get involved in their business. Great to see Kernodle get a high profile singles match on TV and Tully is tremendous to start bumping and stooging around for Kernodle as the fans go insane thinking that Kernodle was going to put him away early. Tully was on the ropes before chunking Kernodle to the floor which is where he got the opening he needed to take control or so he thought as Kernodle would fight back to again work over Tully. Kernodle even got the Cobra Clutch on Tully but Tully would get to the ropes for a break. There is a commercial break during the match but it doesn't look like we missed much as Kernodle is still trying to put away Tully. Kernodle was so pesky here as any time Tully thought he had the advantage Don would take it right back to him. Kernodle though would get greedy and tried to put Tully away instead of trying to pin him so Baby Doll would jump up and tossed him off the top rope for the DQ. Magnum then runs down and he gets into it with Tully before Dusty would come out to make the save. The match was so damn good that even with the shitty finish which was done for the angle afterwards I'm going to pass this forward as a nomination.
