Posted January 15, 200817 yr comment_5427120 Ragin' & Ravishin' vs. Rock N Roll Express (19:42) - The crowd is going insane early on. Rude ends up in the RNR corner and gets a few punches for his troubles and the crowd is going insane. This is the kind of heat that was lacking through out the entire STOTST show. The Ricky Morton shine segment was absolutely great with Morton throwing Bull around and the heels bumping and selling for the Express. It is about this time that you can see Rude really coming on strong, selling and just improving on a weekly basis. The RNR stick to working over the arm but it is the selling of Rude that actually puts it over. The tide turns after a commercial break with Gibson playing FIP. Initially, it looked like Gibson botched a throw over the top rope but it was actually Tommy Young who stopped him from going over so the match would not end in a DQ at that time. Then, in a genius move, when Young's back is turned, Rude throws him over on the other side. Sweet spot. The edning was screwy but actually played into the earlier theme as Morton gets disqualified for throwing Bull over the top rope. Screwy ending aside, I think this tag match will hold up against anything else put on this set and it gets a nomination. (NWA TV 2/87 Disc 3)
August 3, 201411 yr comment_5616837 This is a high end nomination. Man this is a hot crowd. The shine segment was really well done and Fernandez really made them work for it. The hip toss spot on the Bull was awesome. Rude was great in his selling . I loved how they 'd go back to his arm from time to time. Because the heels shined them up so good it made the heat segment get over to an even greater degree. We get a Dusty finish. Man all 4 guys worked so hard here.
February 4, 20178 yr comment_5787161 NWA World Tag Titles: Ragin & Ravishing (Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude) © vs. The Rock n Roll Express (2/14/87)RnR look great early on and Charlotte is going nuts for them on offense as Bull & Rude are pinballing good for them. Rude in particular did a great job of selling everything here as the RnR viciously worked over his left arm. We go to a break and Gibson was working over Rude and we come back and Gibson is now selling for Manny so we missed the heat switching. It's rare for Gibson to work FIP so this is always a treat and the champs really work him over good. I liked Tommy Young saving Gibson from being thrown over the top rope then missing Rude do it as Morton jumped in the ring with Gibson landing hard on the floor. Gibson fought valiantly trying to get the hot tag to Morton which he does and Morton fires away on Manny before the 4-way brawl gets going. Gibson throws Tommy Young out of the ring to the floor and Morton hits Manny with a big blow to get what looks like a pin but there is no referee. Manny comes back and hits a big cross body block off the top rope but Morotn reverses it into a pinfall which was counted by Roughhouse Fargo. Tommy Young then comes back in the ring and said there was a DQ because he got thrown out of the ring and the champs retained their titles in a Dusty Finish. This was a pretty good match but I'm leaning more on a low-end nomination here.
