Posted February 26, 200817 yr comment_5428657 We get an Austin/condrey vs. Mantell/Stark to start. Their are some neat exchanges between both heels and Mantell. condrey was great in his attempt to ride Stark on the mat. The heels are just super bumping around for the faces. The faces have controled the first 6 minutes of this match. At the 8 minute mark the heels take control and put Stark in FIP. The heels are great at cutting off Stark's attempted tags. The heels offense looks crisp. The heels throw Stark over the top rope and get disqualified. Post match while Stark sells outside the MX just put a beating on Mantel. Just as the MX were going to hit their finisher on Mantell; Lawler makes the save. Mantel wants nothing from Lawler. This was a tremendus studio bout and the whole presentation deserves a nomination. The wrestlers got 11 minutes to have a killer studio match.
March 10, 200817 yr comment_5429274 Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin vs. Dutch Mantel & Joe Stark - Surprisingly, Stark doens't look like a complete jobber here. He gets the better of Austin, forcing him to tag and then hangs woith Condrey for a little while until he makes the tag to Dutch. This caught me off guard as I expected this to be similar to the Batten/Savage match where Stark gets beat on by the heels the entire time. Eventually, all would be right with the world and Stark would get his ass kicked but this was abiout 7 minutes after him and Mantel had their shine. Even though the MX had the match under control, they inexplicably throw STark over the top rope for the DQ. Strange ending when the Doomsday Device could have been the finisher but this was still a decent tag that won't rank high but should be nominated.
May 22, 200817 yr comment_5431459 I enjoyed this, especially for Norvell's bumping, and Starks amature stuff, the post match angle was pretty great too as it was a nasty beatdown. I am going to vote yes for now, although to be honest I think this probably won't make the final cut.
May 29, 200817 yr comment_5431782 I dug this a bunch. Norvell is just an amazing bumper. I think the Doomsday device was illegal top rope move so it's heels do one illegal thing to face behind the ref back and then go to do second illegal move (over top rope) in effort to beat up face... only ref catches second illegal move. Stark does neat job at making both doomsday device and over top rope bump look killer. Eric Embry and Bobby Fulton also take awesome bumps in role of Tony Zane/Mike Jackson "jobbers coming in t stop heels only to get tossed".
July 18, 200817 yr comment_5433085 Dirty Dutch Mantell & Joe Stark vs. Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey (4/17/82) Count me in also as impressed with Stark early in this match as they let him get some offense in and he looked fine in doing it. MX were also great here in selling for their opponents then punishing Stark when they finally got the advantage and I loved the way they were keeping Stark from making the tag then baiting Dutch in the ring. The nise Doomsday Device was great and I think they were just so frustrated with the faces that they chunked Stark over the top rope and didn’t care about the finish. Jerry Calhoun tacking Norvell Austin then getting punched was awesome as well as Lawler making the save. You guys are underestimating how good this match was as this was a helluva sprint and is an easy nomination.
