Chris Adams vs. Iceman King Parsons

 

I liked this more than SLL. The finish was a great exclmation point on his heel turn. This is worked in a total face vs. face style bout till that finish. I thought the mat work was fun with both exchanging arm locks and reversals several times. thought the heat was great here. Plus I This was just a fun bout and a low end nom from me.

World Class TV Title: "Gentleman" Chris Adams © vs. Iceman King Parsons (10/8/84)

 

Adams still signs autographs for his fans here as he himself hasn't fully accepted his heelness yet and shakes Iceman's hand before the match as Iceman mouths to him that there is no problem with them. We get some really fun matwork early from both Adams & Iceman featuring Adams using his MUGAness to get in and out of holds. It was really fun watching both men try to outwork each other in every way even with their schtick such as Adams doing his cartwheel with Iceman following up with his dancing. Adams then gets pissed and turns up the heelness by slingshotting Iceman into the ringpost but Iceman would bounce back hitting a sunset flip and an inside cradle for nearfalls. Adams then ties up Iceman in the ropes Andre style but backs off when he tries to him only to nail him with the Superkick when he breaks free. This was tremendous and one of the best matches I've seen over the past couple of days. Definite nomination.

Good but not great match. It's usually said that Adams' heel turn was pretty sudden, and they do a good job playing that up here. Adams is still signing autographs for the fans - the ones who still want his autograph anyway - and he wrestles the match cleanly, only starting to get frustrated with Iceman near the end. Finish is pretty great in fitting that theme. Adams blows his stack and ties up Parsons in the ropes. Before he can do anything, the ref is able to convince him to back off, but the very second he gets free, Adams blasts him with the superkick to get the pin.