“Gentleman” Chris Adams vs. Kevin Von Erich (10/18/85)

 

Adams debuts the Dynamic Duo masked gimmick wearing a Cien Caras style mask which was fucking awesome. Kevin running his fingers through his hair was a great taunting move to Adams and would go for the mask early which was the highlight of the early part of the match because they worked on the mat. There was some really solid matwork between these two with some good counter wrestling but Adams would get the control that wouldn’t last long though as Kevin made a comeback and got the iron claw on Adams who would drop to the floor as Gino would come down in his mask. Of course they would do the switch with Gino getting a small package on Kevin to get the win. I fucking loved this as Gino had to start wearing kneepads to get this gimmick over and the fans were confused. Very fun match and a nomination.

Romdam 45

 

5. Kevin Von Erich vs a masked Chris Adams

 

The masks add a nice wrinkle to the feud. The mat work was fun to watch. Adams was working rudo style here. Gino comes down to ringside with his mask telegraphing the finish. Still good enough to go forward

Really good match that introduced a clever gimmick, but we've seen much better stuff from these two in both singles and tags. I have to say "no".

Chris Adams vs. Kevin Von Erich

- Really loved Kevin working Adams over to untie the mask. Getting him in a sleep er and body vice looked good. I also loved all the work they did out of the head scissors as these two are so fluid together. When Adams takes control, he uses some tape to choke Kevin out and hits a superkick on Kevin while he is draped on the ropes. Sick. Bill Mercer sells the iron claw on the mask. Of course, the Duo pulls the switcheroo. I enjoyed the match but it wasn;t as good as some other matches I watched today. I won’t fight for it but I would call it a nomination. Maybe I need to watch the other matches between the two.