This was a good match. It did seem like it would have been better suited if 5 minutes were cut. Early Taylor had all the answers to Tully. Taylor gets the arm and would work it in between fighting with Tully. Eventually, Terry went for the leg and it seemed Tully wanted him to because it lead to an eye rake by Tully to lead to his heat segment. Tully would use roughhouse tactics to work over Taylor. Taylor would eventually lock on the Figure 4 as time expires. Low-end nomination.

 

WCW 8/10/85

US Heavyweight Title: Tully Blanchard © vs. Terry Taylor (8/10/85)

Tully hemms and hawws early on trying to keep Taylor at bay and control the pace. Taylor takes control of Tully and keeps him grounded working over the left arm but Tully would send Taylor through the ropes which gave him the chance he needed to get control. That doesn't happen though as basically this match is all back and forth with Taylor having the edge at times. Both men were tired and tried to capitalize on the other one's fatigue to get the win. One problem was on commentary where they clearly told you this was going to a draw so you knew the finish which I always hated with draws. The fans are into everything and Taylor gets some good nearfalls but just can't put Tully away. Taylor would get the figure-four locked on as the time was about to run out which it did then Baby Doll got in the ring jumping in Taylor's face before Tully jumped him from behind. Tully then dropped Taylor with the Slingshot Suplex for good measure. This was a pretty good match and I'll back a low-end nomination.