Posted January 12, 20169 yr comment_5720236 Sting/Steve Williams vs Rick Steiner/Mike Rotundo At this point in time Sting is charisma, and pretty athletic. It's the faces early. They hit some big moves, but their is no follow up. The match is pretty basic, and boring at times. The faces shined for 10 minutes. The heels got heat for 3, and the hot tag. Luger promo Kevin Sullivan vs Ricky Santana If this took place in Puerto Rico . Quick squash here. Magnum TA promo Lex Luger vs Bobby Eaton Luger controlling early with a headlock. Eaton bumping hard for Luger. Eaton transitions to working the arm. Again a solid bout, but not nom worthy.
April 3, 20178 yr comment_5795548 "Captain" Mike Rotundo & "Dogfaced Gremlin" Rick Steiner vs. Sting & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams (4/28/88) Sting looks great early on especially against Steiner who takes some crazy bumps. The faces are fairly dominant early on but Doc takes some punishment way more than Sting does. Kevin Sullivan also gets involved taking shots at Doc on the floor which gives the Varsity Club that extra advantage. Doc is pretty good working as the FIP here fighting to get the hot tag to Sting but they are telegraphing the time limit draw which he does with 20 seconds left. Sting runs wild and gets the Scorpion Deathlock on Steiner but the bell rings for the draw. This was a decent TV match nothing more. Next we get a promo from Luger about Windham turning on him and that he did what he did and there's no turning back now. "Gamesmaster" Kevin Sullivan vs. Ricky Santana (4/28/88) Santana comes out firing shots but Sullivan just mauls him before finishing him off with the diving double stomp. Magnum TA talks to Tony before the match about Windham becoming a Horsemen and he said that he made his choice now he has to live with it. "Total Package" Lex Luger vs. "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton (4/28/88) Magnum does commentary for the match which was JIP and Eaton did a good job of bumping and selling for Luger naturally. I liked this matchup because it was Luger against a fresh opponent and fresh matchups were needed on the NWA TV in this era. Eaton also got some offense in as well as he worked over Luger's left arm very well. I loved the finish too as Eaton missed a big dive off the top rope and Luger schoolboyed him to win so no Torture Rack a fluke. Good match but not a nomination.
