La Parka vs Hugh Morrus
This starts off with Parka doing some hilarious posturing,
sadly getting cut off by Morrus levelling him with a big clothesline. This is
mainly Parka bumping around for Morrus, who at least unleashes some decent
offence. Morrus decks Parka with a shoulderblock and a big chop, and hits a
decent back elbow from the corner. No Laughing Matter gets the win.
Jim Powers vs Goldberg
Hilariously short. Goldberg dominates from the off, working
Powers down to the mat with a leglock. Powers hits a knee lift, but gets
planted with a spear and the Jackhammer gives Goldberg victory.
Kidman vs Juventud Guerrera
These guys would have better matches later on, but this wasn’t
great. A few too many awkward moments with Kidman looking lost. Guerrera looks
good though, moving really quickly and with a flying headscissors looking
really fluid. Great spot as Juvi ranas Kidman off the apron into Lodi. Running
Juvi Driver looks great, before a Lodi distraction allows Kidman to hit a
bulldog and the SSP for the win.
Silver King, Villano IV & Villano V vs Super Calo, Chavo
Guerrero & Lizmark Jr
Unsurprisingly, this is a fun little sprint. Lots to take in
here, they pack a good lot of offence into a short bout. Loved Lizmark blocking
a monkey flip, allowing Calo to come in with a big high clothesline. Chavo
landing on his feet from a Silver King monkey flip was impressive, he was never
a guy I associated with that level of agility. Lizmark hits a big dive to the
floor, and Chavo hits a great tornado DDT on Silver King, only for Psychosis to
run in behind the refs back and hit a guillotine legdrop to give King the pin.
The Steiner Brothers vs Konnan & Buff Bagwell
The NWO team tries to jump the Steiners pre-match, an
advantage that doesn’t last long as both eat belly-to-belly suplexes. The build
up to the Steiner split has seen their matches run pretty short, and this is no
exception. Lovely moment as Ted DiBiase takes out Vincent outside, but the NWO
get involved and Scott Hall pushes Rick off the top onto Scott for the DQ.
Appreciate the effort to forward the Steiner split, but this isn’t much of a
match.
Raven vs Marty Jannetty
Not as good as their previous match, but still pretty
decent. They fight in the aisle, and I loved Jannetty wisely taking Lodi out
early with two superkicks. Raven hits a crappy looking elbow from the apron, but
a bulldog on the chair looks good. Marty gets a little run off offence, hurling
Raven into the ringpost, but a Rocker Dropper gets reversed into the Evenflow
in a really great looking spot for three.
Disco Inferno vs Saturn
This gets plenty of time, and improves as it goes along. In
the early stages, they don’t seem to be on the same page, a few awkward moments
as they both miss opening or try things that don’t seem to work. Saturn hits a
few big overhead belly-to-belly suplexes as things start to improve. Disco gets
in more offence than you’d expect, even hitting the Chartbuster after Saturn
misses a top rope legdrop, only for Kidman to save. Disco lands on top on a
back suplex for a really close two count. Sadly, the end goes back to being odd
again, as Kidman pushes a groggy Saturn onto a downed Disco. The ref starts to
count, but Disco is on his stomach, so the ref realises this isn’t a good idea.
A few seconds pass and Saturn locks in the Rings of Saturn for the win.
Louie Spicolli vs Jim Neidhart
Man, the Anvil looks to be in great shape. This goes barely
two minutes, as Neidhart batters Spicolli, knocks Scott Hall off the apron and
goes for the win before Hall comes in for the DQ. Bit of a waste.
Diamond Dallas Page vs Chris Benoit
This is a US title match, and they give this a real big
match feel. They stand off, facing each other from opposite corners, and this
runs through the commercials. Sadly, we can see less than 7 minutes remain on
the Network’s timer, so this won’t live up to the hype. What we go get is
really good, DDP hits a huge tilt-a-whirl slam, Benoit hits some nasty kidney
shots to DDP’s taped ribs to set up a back suplex and there’s some real
intensity to the punch exchanges. Sadly, the Flock predictably hit the ring,
ending the bout in it’s prime. Good stuff for what we get.
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