Super Destroyer #1 vs Sal Bellomo
If you thought a face turn might make Bellomo into a more
interesting wrestler, you’d be wrong. He’s still letting rip with some terribly
weak looking offence, and SD#1 seems more than happy to play along. Just
nothing here looks like it may hurt, epitomised by Destroyer “wrenching Bellomo’s
leg around the bottom rope”, where he’s just about holding onto it. Bellomo
hits a truly appalling slam and a low-altitude splash, before Super Destroyer
#2 comes in for the DQ.
Eddie Gilbert & Jimmy Snuka vs Tommy Cairo & Glen
Osbourne
Gilbert takes Osbourne to the floor early, where they have a
brawl in the crowd, which feels like the only way Gilbert can make Osbourne
interesting. Keeps him from having to try to wrestle. I dug Gilbert going to
the floor to escape Tommy Cairo, and then hugging Snuka in a cowardly moment
for big heat from the crowd. Snuka controls Osbourne with some so-so offence,
though Gilbert cheapshotting Glen with a can of soda looks good. Gilbert pins
Cairo with a Hotshot following some Paul E Dangerously interference. Gilbert is
the only guy here you’d actively call good, but this was inoffensive.
Max Thrasher vs JT Smith
This was odd on many levels. It starts with Thrasher downing
Smith with 3 headbutts whilst wearing a hockey mask, before cutting to a
special announcement. The announcement basically gives away loads of spoilers
for the next few weeks, before coming back to the end of the bout: Thrasher
getting caught by the ref trying a pin with his feet on the ropes, before Smith
gets the win doing the same thing. So baffling.
Don Muraco vs The Sandman
This is for the ECW title, and it feels odd not seeing
Sandman defend against Rockin’ Rebel. Sandman controls early with some basic
offence, not crisply executed, but at least hit enthusiastically. Muraco turns
the tide following a distraction, hitting a shitty second rope fistdrop and a
surprisingly good backfist. Sandman reversing a tombstone looks pretty awkward,
before we get a big clusterfuck finish, with Dangerously, Rockin’ Rebel and Peaches
all getting involved. This hubbub allows Dangerously to nail Sandman with his
phone, and there’s a new ECW champion. Not a bad bout, but utterly pedestrian.
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