Posted November 6, 200816 yr comment_5435558 2 Ring No DQ Decision Match for the vacant American Tag Titles: The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) vs. The Midnight Express (“Loverboy” Dennis Condrey & “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton) (5/5/85) I have always been a fan of the matchup between these teams but this one had something different in that the Fants had Little John in their corner to go along with the 2 rings. You may remember John as Milt from Bachelor Party but he didn’t cut any balls off here. Cornette’s tuxedo is a must see. There is a referee for each ring and there is constant action. Eaton takes a high backdrop on the wooden planks on the grass that looked like it hurt. Rogers hits a beautiful dropkick off the top rope on Condrey for a nearfall. Eaton gets a steel chair and starts swinging like Babe Ruth with both Fants taking great shots but no blood. They do some great spots using the middle of the two rings with the Fants being bounced around like pinballs. Fants fight back though and Rogers hits an awesome powerslam that Buzz Sawyer would be proud of on Eaton for a nearfall. Eaton starts choking Rogers on top of David Manning, which brings Little John over and Condrey lays Fulton over the middle rope with Cornette bashing him in the head with the tennis racket to win the match. The referees then have a conference with Rick Hazzard raising the hand of Condrey but David Manning reverses the decision and gives the belts over to the Fants as Manning counted for one of the Fants as Hazzard counted for the MX. Shitty finish to a pretty damn good match but this has enough to go forward.
November 19, 200816 yr comment_5435833 Fantastics vs Midnight Express - 2 ring match; Texas Stadium This had a lot of neat stuff in it. I had a problem following what was happening though. Because of the 2 ring format you missed a lot of the action. On top of that the timing was off on the finish so it looked like the refs screwed the MX.I vote no.
February 15, 201015 yr comment_5447858 It was a bit hard to follow at the beginning and the end (which, as shoe noted, made it look like the Fantastics won for no reason). Also, Little John ends up getting metaphorically castrated, as after all the build-up for him as the Fants' equalizer, he proves completely unable to counteract Cornette's interference. Still, the body of the match was really strong, and I did enjoy Cornette's interaction with Little John at ringside, so I'm gonna go ahead and second this as a nomination.
June 4, 201015 yr comment_5451631 Early on, I didn't like this nearly as much as you guys. It wasn't just that they cut from ring to ring. It is that it made each cut seem like a collage of spots rather than a cohesive brawl. Compare this to Austin Idol/Tommy Rich vs. Jerry Lawler/Bam Bam Bigelow from Memphis and it isn't even close. Plus, I hate when David Manning gets involved in the matches. I think there are already 3 or 4 of this matchup already in the LOVE section. This one, with the camera problems and the bad ending will only end up pissing people off. No vote.
