Posted July 22, 200718 yr comment_5419636 Hacksaw Duggan & Butch Reed vs. Hercules Hernandez & Kamala (2/10/85) Reed is in his war paint so of course this match starts with a wild brawl. Reed was real impressive early as he used some great body punching on Kamala making it look like he was ready for a shot at Larry Holmes. Reed wasn’t happy with just that as when Herc came in the ring he started using the soupbones to take care of him and as Herc went to tag Kamala, Kamala threw him back at Reed. Duggan came in and looked good against both Herc & Kamala especially his punches. Reed stayed in the ring quite a while taking a beating from both heels before finally making the hot tag to Duggan. Duggan comes in and cleans house on everyone punching them into an oblivion before Reed joins the fray using combinations on Kamala. Duggan gets the pin on Herc after the spear and they clear Kamala out of the ring before celebrating. Fine match nothing spectacular. North American Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase © vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) I’ve seen this one already on my stuff I had and I liked it so now I get the full version and I still liked it with it still being nom worthy on my end although Phil didn’t think so. Both men were really solid here as they had wrestled many times before so they were very fluid with everything. DiBiase’s heelwork here was also great as his stalling worked to piss off the fans and his selling was really nice. Just a good technically sound match. $10,000 vs. 5:00 with Jim Cornette for the Mid-South Tag Titles: The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton) (2/24/85) Another match I had on my stuff earlier and this time with the correct date also complete and I also had this one as nom worthy match, which Phil agreed upon in his earlier post. This was the basic RnR/MX match but that is usually a great match and this one didn’t disappoint. Phil was right about Cornette at the end as he bumped his ass off in the post-match thus giving this one an extra umph to make it. North American Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase © vs. Terry Taylor (2/24/85) This was damn good match but it was incomplete so it’s thrown out unfortunately. Dutch Mantell vs. Steve Casey (4/28/85) Once again Dutch is great here as a heel and Casey was fine but as a match it wasn’t nothing to write home about. Brickhouse Brown vs. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams (4/28/85) Great sign held up by a fan before the match saying “Mid-South Wrestling – Real Athletes, Not Actors”, the Watts anti-WWF spiel was working in Tulsa. This was an okay match between two guys I really love and Doc’s heelwork was great here. Finish was terrible as Edcar “Boo” Thomas got involved and Brick got him in the ring and eventually pinned him for the three count that made no sense. Brick then cleaned house on both men afterwards. The Snowman vs. Jack Victory (4/15/85) This might have been Snowman’s first match for Mid-South and he was wearing the Buzz Sawyer furry boots that in retrospect he should’ve kept for his gimmick and it looked cool on a big black guy. Match was as bad as you would expect with both men being green as grass. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Kamala (4/15/85) This wasn’t the usual Duggan/Kamala match as it wasn’t a wild brawl or really fast paced as it was a slower paced longer match but just as hard hitting. Akbar got involved a lot here as well and got his ass beat by Duggan eventually. Duggan brought a chair in the ring and knocked the referee out of the ring, Kamala eventually got the chair and nailed Duggan with it for the win. Like I said this was a different version of their match and while it was really good, it wasn’t as good as their others later on.
November 17, 200717 yr comment_5424076 Hacksaw Duggan & Butch Reed vs. Hercules Hernandez & Kamala (2/10/85) Good start ehh finish North American Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase © vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) This sucks, you all just want on a disc because of the crotch shots of semi-erect Armstrong. Fags $10,000 vs. 5:00 with Jim Cornette for the Mid-South Tag Titles: The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton) (2/24/85) I don't know this would be the least match from both teams if it was on, as it never really kicked in gear for me, some fun stuff as always, but I don't think it makes the cut. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Kamala (4/15/85) These guys must have had a great singles match, I just wish we had it
November 19, 200717 yr comment_5424150 This DVD put me to sleep. North American Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase © vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) I didn't dislike this as much as Phil did. Perfectly fine wrestling. Brad ate a hotshot nicely and Dibiase takes a backslide well. I imagine if this match were worked move for move between Mosh and Sonny Beach or the guy who became Chubby Dudley it would make top 20 NE indie match of the nineties. That said this is Mid-south and think the standards are a little higher. This was perfectly fine wrestling but for time filler midcard matches not sure if its that much of a big step above Dundee v Pritchard (which had the bigger bups and the more elaborate story)or Reed v OMG neither of which I see making a set. Dibiase v Armstrong is for a title so it being wrestled at with the sense that there was as little on the line as there was in Dundee v Pritchard or OMG v Reed is odd. $10,000 vs. 5:00 with Jim Cornette for the Mid-South Tag Titles: The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton) (2/24/85) Again this was good. This was best match on the DVD easily. I imagine we have better matches between the two teams. This is one of those MX v RNR matches where all I remeber is the RNR opening wface control stuff and Gibsons superplex. The face in peril was the least memorable aspect of this match. Also they don't show me the five minutes with Jim Cornette. I could see this going onto DVD but mild recomendation from here. North American Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase © vs. Terry Taylor (2/24/85) This started out almost move for move identical to the Brad Armstrong match earlier on DVD. And comparing the two, I'd say the Brad one was the more enthusiasticly wrestled. Plus this had no finish. Dutch Mantell vs. Steve Casey (4/28/85) I like these brit vs American rudo matches where both guys aren't quite on the same page with lots of defensiveness regrouping and restarts. But here it felt like they never got on same page. These things need to be paced "start on different pages come together, fall apart come together fall apart, etc.". I don't even remember a lock up. Brickhouse Brown vs. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams (4/28/85) I swear I've seen this before. The Snowman vs. Jack Victory (4/15/85) Yikes the Snowman should stick to Morton Downey. I did like his boots Hacksaw Duggan vs. Kamala (4/15/85) Did someone slip the roster valium? This wasn't so much slow as like everything else on this DVD it felt mildly disinterested. Guys unenthusiasticly running through the motions while they desperately wanted to go home to watch the evening news. Did Terry Anderson just get kidnapped? General malaise in the locker room while Watts tried to come to grips with Reagan touring Bitberg? What happened between February and April of 85?
November 19, 200717 yr comment_5424151 Awesome. Wikipedia has an entry for Chubby Duddley but none for Sonny Beach. Sonny Beach was in Herb Abrams UWF, Global and at least one AJ tag league tourney. no that he deserves a wikipedia entry either but still: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Dudley
November 19, 200717 yr comment_5424154 We have the Cornette ending on another disc and I edited it in... plus the match is much better than the 12/31 85 tag. If this goes, that has to go. I laugh at your higher standards... bwhahahahaha.
November 19, 200717 yr comment_5424158 Is that match nominated anywhere on the matches board? I didn't see it
