The Great Kabuki vs The Samoan & Raul Castro
This is a handicap elimination match. The Samoan at least
takes the fight to Kabuki, whilst Castro is basically useless, hesitant to
attack from any angle. Kabuki looks good here, nice precise strikes and I loved
the backwards roll into a body scissors. Kabuki forces a submission from Castro
with two leg scissor knee drops. The Samoan actually fares better without his
useless partner, but misses a top rope headbutt and Kabuki drops two more knee
drops for the submission.
The Fabulous Freebirds vs Gran Markus II & the Destroyer
Before we’re anywhere the match starting, we get an awesome
brawl as Bill Irwin and King Kong Bundy attack the Freebirds. The whole locker
rooms seems to empty and the ring is filled with guys brawling. Eventually,
order is restored and the match can start. It’s pretty one sided, as the
Freebirds control their masked opponents. Hayes is face-in-peril for
approximately 30 seconds before he hits a back suplex on the Destroyer and tags
out to Gordy. Spike piledriver on Gran Markus gets the win. Fun squash, but the
brawl beforehand was excellent.
Al Madril & Bugsy McGraw vs Checkmate & Magic Dragon
The opening sections, with McGraw facing Checkmate, is
pretty entertaining. Checkmate constantly goes to the mat, curled in a ball,
which seems to baffle McGraw who paws at his like a confused wild animal.
Checkmate’s constant reverting to the ball state seems to be frustrating both
McGraw and the crowd. There’s a fun spot where McGraw dives into the corner to
save Madril on an Irish whip attempt, but when Magic Dragon tries to do the
same, Madril changes direction and whips Checkmate into the opposite corner.
The heels work over Madril to make him face-in-peril, and though he tags out to
McGraw, he ends up getting tagged in pretty quickly. It looks at first like it
was too quick, as Dragon beats him down, but Madril nails a crossbody to pick
up the win. This was a really fun match, the two teams played off each other
nicely.
Kevin von Erich vs Wild Bill Irwin
Feels a bit one-sided, considering how well Irwin was
presented earlier, but I enjoyed this. Von Erich is all motion, constantly on
guard. Loved his quick little leg sweep when he catches Irwin off guard. Kevin’s
running forearms into the corner look terrific, really goes in full pelt. Irwin
counters a headscissors attempt by dropping Von Erich neck-first on the top
rope. Irwin sells his ribs as hurting even when in control, which gives Kevin
openings for hope spots, and the hesitation allows Kevin to lock in an
abdominal stretch. Irwin takes out the ref whilst in the hold to give KVE the
win by DQ, but despite a cheap ending, this was a fun little sprint.
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