Posted September 28, 200718 yr comment_5422339 “Nature Boy” Ric Flair & “Mr. Unpredictable” Dick Slater vs. “Hacksaw” Butch Reed & Jake “The Snake” Roberts (12/18/85) Reed has his neckbrace on but takes it off early in the match before press slamming Flair & Slater. Watts burying the NWA on commentary is great saying that he is independent and wants to run his show. Flair takes a beating from the faces and has to fight for his life to stay out of the DDT. Jake gets a nearfall with a backslide but Flair kicks out and tags in Slater as the match goes to commercial. We come back with Dark Journey slapping Reed as Flair attacks Jake and Slater joins Reed on the floor for a quick scuffle. The heels would work on Reed’s neck and Flair would break out his dirty tricks like a kick to the balls and raking his eyes over the rope. Flair got Reed in the figure-four with Dark Journey giving him more leverage and Reed does a great job selling this. Reed would reverse the hold but Flair would tag in Slater who resumed the attack on the neck with a piledriver but would kick out of the pinfall. Reed then started firing away with the soupbones but ended up in a double collision with Slater. Slater cuts Reed off before he can tag Jake but gets caught with a punch to the gut as he jumped off the top rope and Butch gets his tag to Jake. Flair also tags in and Jake starts firing away hitting the high kneelift but would get jumped by Slater who had dumped Reed to the floor. Jake is being double teamed and as they try for a double clothesline, Reed trips Slater, Jake ducks Flair and rolls him up in a schoolboy for the win. This was a very fun match although we missed some of the middle this feels like a low-end nomination for me.
September 29, 200718 yr comment_5422357 I would say no on this one. The set will have plenty of Flair/Reed done better than this, and it's the Flair/Reed exchanges that stand out here for me.
October 27, 200717 yr comment_5423140 I have to go with Loss on this one. Maybe this was a case of heightened expectations but this one did not scream "One of Mid South's best". I would like to know what Phil and Tom think when they get this match.
December 14, 200717 yr comment_5425244 Flair was fun in this, and I got no really complaints about the match, still the commercial break hurts it a bit, and when it comes right down to it, this just doesn't stand out enough to make a Mid-South set.
