This only getting four minutes was unfortunate but they told a good story given the time. Regal dominates and is being semi cocky without the obvious character tones of his snooty WCW character. Spanky comes back with a barrage of offense and some great nearfalls including a Sliced Bread #2. He misses a frog splash and Regal locks on the Stretch quickly to gain the victory. *1/2

Spanky announces how recently he’s been coming out here and acting all goofy, like a little boy, but he’s just had his 21^st birthday and that means he has to stop acting like a boy. Now he’s a man and makes an open challenge to any man man enough in the back to take this man on! The challenge is answered by Steven Regal (so it looks like he’s sticking around and isn’t off to the WWF just yet) and Spanky’s face says it all, instantly regretting what he’s just said when he sees who is walking out. The venue here is a tent, and Kevin Kelly talks about how this would take Regal back to his roots, about how he started out fighting all comers out of the crowd at carnivals. Nice escape and reversal out of a wristlock by Spanky, but Regal then just smacks him across the face with a forearm. Butterfly suplex before he starts kicking Spanky in the ribs, using the point of his boot to do so. Headbutt to the mid-section, but Spanky counters the double underhook with an arm drag. His comeback doesn’t last long though as he runs into a stiff Regal boot to the chops. Forward roll slam (the old Kendo Nagasaki finisher) for a two count. He sits Spanky on the top rope, but he fires back again on his Lordship and hits a tornado DDT. Missile dropkick, ‘Sliced Bread #2’, he’s throwing everything he’s got at Regal trying to put him away. Spanky goes to the well once too often though, missing the frog splash and the ‘Regal stretch’ for the submission. He refuses to break the hold after the match and Shooter Schultz comes to Spanky’s aid. A bunch of referees then separate the two of them just as Schultz is about to put him in the ‘Shooter clutch’.

 

Regal looks in great physical condition here, although we’re back to those sub-five minute matches. Real good final minute or so of action with Spanky hitting one high impact move after another as he tries to put Regal away.

Spanky with a nice promo. His charisma comes off well here. Fun stuff and a great run of high energy nearfalls from Spanky before Regal puts him away. Cool glimpse at what looks like good chemistry from these two.

 

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