Posted October 22, 200816 yr comment_5435331 American Tag Titles: The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) © vs. The Midnight Express (“Loverboy” Dennis Condrey & “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton) (12/25/84) MX makes their debut here and the Fants throw out candy canes before the match. I am so sick of hearing about how great Mike Von Erich is on commentary on this block of TV, it’s making my ears bleed. Back to the match, it was the normal formula with the Fants dominating early on with the MX playing great straight men for the Fants schtick and the fans hate the MX’s guts on sight. World Class hasn’t had this type of tag-team style in there as they’ve never had the southern tag-team psychology in full effect as you could tell on how the psychology was in their other tag matches. Rogers played FIP here and was awesome of course as the MX just demolished him and there was a great looking pin attempt used by Condrey here as he locked in a headlock on the mat then cradled the leg and laid back for a nearfall. To tell you how different this was compared to other matches, the Rogers FIP section here was nearly double any other individual FIP section I’ve seen so far. Cornette is also something World Class has never seen before and I love how the MX is supposedly from New York here considering their accents. Rogers had a great move to start his comeback as he countered a double clothesline attempt into a sunset flip taking both men down which was awesome before rolling over to tag Fulton that made the crowd go nuts. Fulton comes in cleaning house until Rogers joins him and the 4-way brawl is on but Rogers would soon get sent to the floor where he would trip up Condrey allowing Fulton to hit a cross body block on Eaton to retain their titles. The crowd goes apeshit as the heels protest in the ring and this is a easy nomination.
November 14, 200816 yr comment_5435717 Fantastics vs Midnight Express - Reunion Arena Another kick ass match between the 2 teams. Some of the exchanges between Rogers and Eaton were breathtaking. I loved how the MX just focused on working over Roger's neck. Bret Hart talks about the Foundation and the Bulldogs setting a tag team standard for the WWF. Well the MX and The Fantastics set the pace for the territory here. The finish was great as well. This is a no brainer nomination.
January 1, 200916 yr comment_5436590 These two teams had a million matches against each other, and they were almost all great. This was no exception. Rogers was just getting killed in the FIP section, and the MX were just mugging him the whole time. Also has a classic Cornette temper tantrum at the end. Easy nomination. [Legends of WCCW Featuring 12/25/84 Star Wars]
