Hawk vs Samoan Warrior & Don E Allen
Unsurprisingly, the debuting Hawk squashes the unimpressive
pairing of Allen and Warrior. Big double-clothesline, powerslam and top-rope
clothesline to Warrior, followed by press-slamming Allen onto his partner –
easy win.
Battle Royal
This is to crown the Pennsylvania State Heavyweight title, a
terrifically unimportant sounding belt. It’s basically everyone on the roster,
bar the Dangerous Alliance. Sandman and Rockin’ Rebel eliminate each other
straight away. Suicide Blondes show the most smarts by working as a team
throughout, in direct contract with Larry Winters and Tony Stetson, who break
up as a team following Winters’ elimination of his partner. Stetson lays out Winters,
leading to his elimination at the hands of match-winner Tommy Cairo (though
Winters does botch his elimination, leading to a re-do). Stetson then
apologises outside the ring. With his apology finally accepted, he brilliantly then
rams Winters into the ring post. Aside from this, the battle royal was pretty
unremarkable.
Suicide Blondes vs Tommy Cairo & Glen Osbourne
Not much of a bout. Osbourne actually looks a lot better
than usual here, mainly because he’s got the Blondes stooging and bumping around
for him. Cairo has a nice belly-to-belly suplex that he lays out both Blondes
with, but he gets hit by Hunter Q Robbins with a cane – RIGHT in front of the
referee – and pinned for the win. Cairo and Osbourne should really be asking
this ref what he was playing at. Match only existed as a backdrop for Robbins
joining the Blondes as manager and the Super Destroyers turning face.
The Sandman vs Don Muraco
This is Sandman’s ECW title rematch. We’re JIP with a long
Sandman headlock section. I’m a bit of a sucker for “face frustrates heel with
long headlock” sections, but Muraco’s head threatens to slip lose at any
moment, ruining the illusion. Muraco responds with a lengthy cheat-filled
abdominal stretch, before Sandman is counted out on the outside when he tries
to attack Paul E Dangerously and gets taken out by Muraco. Terrible stuff.
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