This might be the best match I've seen so far. Phenomenal hybrid of your classic Southern tag formula match and the Regal/Finlay "let's hideously beat the fuck out of each other until they have to call the match early to stop one of us from ending up in the morgue by the end of the night" style. Match is built around Kevin Von Erich being pissed off at Jimmy Garvin for screwing him out of the American Title and constantly rushing him whenever he gets the chance, and David being more than happy to help in that regard, and early on, Garvin seems to cross the line from cowardly stooge heel who wants to avoid the Von Erichs because he knows they can beat him to guy who is just sick to death of having to put up with the Von Erichs and wants them out of his life at any cost, even if it means actually getting in the ring and putting them down himself once and for all. This puts Terry Gordy in the rather unusual position of having to be the voice of reason for his team, trying to get Garvin to keep a level head so they can maintain control over this match. Of course, the Von Erichs hate Gordy too, and vice-versa, so that's easier said than done. So the story here is that when Gordy can keep his and Garvin's emotions in check, they can use the Von Erich's rage against them, allowing them to slip up and cut both guys off from their partners at different points in the match. When they can't do that, the match becomes a free-for-all mauling, one that eventually gets so wild and out-of-control that the third fall ends in a double DQ because the ref just can't keep control of it anymore. As World Class non-finishes go, this was pretty much perfect, and really hammered home the entire story of the match: these dudes hate each other, and their rage can't be controlled in a standard wrestling match. Even the announcing kind of hearkened back to Regal vs. Finlay from Uncensored '96, where Tony, Bobby, and Dusty were forced to stop verbally masturbating over Hulk Hogan for five seconds because what they were seeing was so unbelievable. Mark Lowrance has a similar reaction here. "We've got a great card coming up on Labor Day...but I can't really tell you about it right now when we've got this going on!" "Can you believe we've actually had three falls of this?" Wrestling is so hype-oriented. Anytime you can have a match that actually trumps hype, you've got something special on your hands. Million billion stars, and a slam dunk nomination.

David & Kevin Von Erich vs. Terry Gordy & Jimmy Garvin 2/3 Falls

 

This was awesome and a slam dunk. This is a top 10-20 bout. It was a great brawl thsat had a real feel to it. Just awesome stuff.

2 out of 3 falls” “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin & Terry “Bamm Bamm” Gordy vs. David & Kevin Von Erich (8/15/83)

 

Always great seeing Garvin doing the Freebird knuckle bump during this era and Sunshine was looking pretty good in her all leather attire. SLL did a fantastic job writing about this match hitting all the major points here and I especially loved Garvin finally deciding to go from the stooge to the ass beating heel forcing Gordy to take the Michael Hayes role as the voice of reason. This was nothing but a wild brawl with everyone just beating the hell out of each other to molten crowd heat. Slam dunk nomination indeed.