The Fabulous Freebirds vs Frank Dusek & Killer Tim
Brooks
Pretty decent match, liked how well these two teams matched
up. There’s some little touches that indicate a bit of hate, like Brooks biting
Hayes’ hand early on, which goes with the vicious brawling that occurs every
time the two are in the ring together. The Freebirds are the more fluid team,
loved some of their early quick tags and teamwork. Gordy is briefly isolated,
but makes the tag after a big back suplex on Dusek, and the Freebirds win as
Gordy holds Dusek in a fireman’s carry, leaving him prone to a Hayes elbow to
the head.
The Great Kabuki vs The Samoan & Sal Olivares
Very similar to the Kabuki squash on the last episode, as he
blitzes both opponents with thrust kicks. Like before, the Samoan is left alone
when his partner falls to the Kabuki legbreaker, and he gets a brief run before he falls through the ropes and takes
the legbreaker for the submission.
Kerry von Erich vs The Destroyer II
Nice little Kerry showcase. They work a brief mat stint,
before Kerry ups the pace. Pair of nice kneedrops give von Erich control and he
finishes with the discus punch.
Bugsy McGraw vs Checkmate
There were bits of this I liked but the ending was very
frustrating. McGraw strikes me as someone I wont like as much when he’s not
facing Checkmate, but he works well in this type of match, as he sells the
frustration of not being able to deal with the mat smarts of his opponent.
Checkmate will roll into a ball, annoying McGraw and luring him in so that he
can grab an arm or a leg. Checkmate can also look vicious, hitting some nice
headbutts, and McGraw does get to drop a nice elbow when he finally unravels
the knot of Checkmate. Unfortunately, the ending makes Checkmate look foolish,
as he lures McGraw to the apron, but seemingly has no plan as he gets put in a
bearhug for the double count out. Weak end, but I enjoyed the meat of this.
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