Posted March 5, 200817 yr comment_5429038 Gilbert vs Rich This is a battle of the New Fabs. That was a killer angle and an extra. So far I haven't seen it on the discs I've watched. I love Gilbert as a heel. I loved Gilbert's chicken shit stalling to keep from getting it on with Rich. Gilbert does a shortcut on Rich and begins to work the leg. Gilbert's leg work was good with the stomps,punches,posting, and a toe hold. Now Gilbert goes for the figure 4 to work the leg even more. Gilbert tries a big splash from the 2nd rope and misses, and dings his leg. Rich goes for the leg but Gilbert kicks him off to the turnbuckle. Gilbert is back in control, but it's shortlived. The men battle outside and it's a double countout. This was sorts of awesome, until the crap finish. I understand the reasoning behind the finish though. I still think this is a nomination. Their is some slight clipping. I need a date on this.
April 20, 200817 yr comment_5430777 I am going to give this a lukewarm endorsement. Really should have been more heated and nastier for the angle leading up to it. I didn't think this was nearly as good as Rich v. Masao Ito. Let's move it on to the next level, but I could see it falling off
July 12, 200817 yr comment_5432835 This is the sort of match that plays well on a comp like the Gilbert set. The lack of anger and hate really hurts it. Good match but not a feud match which is what you expect after the Tag Team of the Year angle.
August 2, 200817 yr comment_5433502 Tommy “Wildfire” Rich vs. Eddie Gilbert (8/13/84) This is their first official match post New Fabs breakup. If they didn’t have the mega hate angle to setup this match there wouldn’t have been a big problem with this match but since they did and this match didn’t reflect that hate, it really hurts the overall match. The work was fine here no doubt but it seems like that Gilbert was more into this than Tommy and man is it evident that Gilbert idolized Lawler because he worked this match like a heel Lawler did back in the 70’s. The double countout finish was understandable considering they just started the feud so it wasn’t that bad. I’m going to have to go no on this, which is sad because of the hot angle that setup this match.
