The face-off between Borne and Starr where they both drop the strap alone might make this a worthy inclusion. As it is, the rest of the match is great, with Jarrett, Borne, and Starr all dishing out some punishment. Braddock once again is tasked with eating the babyfaces' offense early on, and he is getting better at that. He still manages to blow raking Jarrett's eyes across the rope later on, which I didn't even know was possible, but you can only expect so much from Braddock. Jarrett makes a great FIP, though his hot tag to Borne doesn't feel very hot, probably because it happened right as Akbar came to ringside to get in on commentary, which kinda split attention. Still, really good babyface comeback, including the faces trying to whip the heels into each other, only for Braddock to drop down so Starr can go over, but Borne catches him in a weird, lucha-ish looking abdominal stretch variation. Unfortunately, Akbar manages to distract Borne, which allows Starr to get an O'Connor roll with a handful of tights to send Borne packing. Jarrett comes in with a chair as the heels continue to go after Borne, but it's too late. This doesn't seem to have been a title match, which is weird given the stips, but whatever. This has been a strong feud despite the presence of Braddock, and this match was no exception. Yeah, it was flawed, but still feels like a low-level nomination.

Loser Leaves Town for the USWA Tag Titles: "Maniac" Matt Borne & Jeff Jarrett © vs. Sheik Braddock & "Rotten" Ron Starr (10/6/89)

 

The faces start strong early as they get some nearfalls trying to win this quickly. I liked the standoff between Borne & Starr where both men took one strap down trying to show up the other one with Borne sending Starr to the floor. Jarrett would eventually work FIP with Starr really working him over including using a tombstone piledriver with Lowrance selling it like death but Jarrett would kick out. Braddock would continue the attack with help from Starr in the corner although they botch a double clothesline as Braddock wouldn't grab Starr's hand so Starr just held Braddock's wrist during the clothesline. Borne would finally get the hot tag and the brawl was on but Akbar would jump on the apron to distact Borne although Starr would hit Akbar. Borne would get an O'Connor Roll on Starr but Starr would reverse it with the tights to send Borne packing. Starr would then use Akbar's lit cigar on Borne's face for good measure as he has to leave town. This was on the border but I'm going no on this one. Blame Sheik Braddock.