Posted October 10, 200817 yr comment_5435106 If a Freebird gets pinned, they have to leave Texas for a year. If either Von Erich gets pinned, Kevin leaves for a year and Michael Hayes gets to come back. You know, when working as overmatched, underskilled rookie who wants to help/impress his brothers but still needs their help to get by, Mike Von Erich is actually entirely tolerable. I guess the best gimmicks are an extension of a wrestler's real personality. I mean, he won't set your world on fire. That's the job of his brother, who is awesome as always in the ring, and in this case, on the apron while Mike plays face-in-peril. Great spot where Kevin is leaning over the ropes trying to encourage Mike after Gordy was beating on him, and then Gordy goes over to Kevin, and while Gordy's taunting him, Mike makes a sudden lunge from the side of the screen to try and get the tag, and Gordy just swats him away like it was nothing. Man, Gordy was fucking awesome. Kevin finally gets the hot tag, and at some point, Santa Claus - who has been milling about at ringside - attacks Mike. But that's not the real Santa Claus! It's Michael Hayes, but it's all besides the point, because Bronko Lubich was downed, and by the time David Manning makes it to the ring, Kevin has pinned Gordy with a sunset flip (with an assist from Mike, who kicked Gordy over in one of the few genuinely cool things he ever did in his career). Slam dunk nomination.
October 11, 200817 yr comment_5435123 No Rules Freebird Leaves Town vs. Kevin Leaves/Hayes Comes Back: Kevin & Mike Von Erich vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry “Bamm Bamm” Gordy & Buddy Roberts) (12/25/83) Buddy gets rid of his wig before the match showing that he has grown some hair back. For a match with no rules and with such a stip this started out pretty dull as Mike spent most of the time on offense and he didn’t do much. Soon enough though the Birds would get the heat on Mike and they pounded on him for a while but he would get the hot tag to Kevin who comes in blazing away. Kevin would slam Gordy but would miss his 180 splash off the top rope allowing Gordy to set up the Oriental Spike which he locked on but not for long as Kevin used the ropes to spring off to break the hold. Kevin then locked in the claw as Mike would run in causing a 4-way brawl. Buddy would chunk Mike over the top rope and at this time Santa Claus gets closer to the ring then he would attack Von Erich then punched a fan who tried to jump him in a wild situation. The fans are going nuts as police gets around Santa to protect him. As this is going on the Von Erichs would get the pin on Gordy to win the match. Santa jumps up and down then attacks the Von Erichs proving himself to be Michael Hayes. Michael would hit a great piledriver on Mike before running away. This wasn’t a good match in my eyes but the angle was scorching hot and a slam dunk extra.
October 30, 200817 yr comment_5435455 Romdam 24 5. Kevin + Mike Von Erich vs Terry Gordy + Buddy Roberts - Reunion Arena As a match I won't give it a nomination. Though as an angle at the end it is a sure fire extra.
