Bugsy McGraw & Al Madril vs Checkmate & Bill Irwin
The early stages of this, with McGraw working a pointless
and not-very-good mat section with Irwin, weren’t great, though I did like
McGraw actually tripping up his opponent on a drop down. Madril becomes
face-in-peril, and Checkmate works the arm. Lovely little bit where Checkmate
uses his wristlock on Madril to kick the ribs, knowing Madril can’t block it.
Heels control Madril nicely, quickly tagging in and out when Al gets any kind
of hope spot. They throw Madril to the floor, but this is a mistake as it gives
him plenty of time to recover. After a brief flurry by a hot-tagged McGraw,
Madril locked in a figure-four on Irwin, but Checkmate stomps on his throat to
earn the pin. This is quickly overturned by another ref, and we get a brawl to
finish. Fun stuff.
Destroyer II vs David von Erich
Very short match, with David controlling on the mat after
some fun misdirection on a drop down. Von Erich hits a big leaping knee to the
face, drops a series of knees and hits a proto-Vader Bomb to win.
The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon vs the Fabulous
Freebirds
Decent tag action, with the Freebirds controlling early with
lots of quick tags. Dragon is portrayed the weak member of his team, as Gordy
has far more difficulty with Kabuki than he does with Dragon, before Hayes
blitzes Dragon with strikes. The Freebirds tag continuity allows them to string
together 3-4 moves on each tag to give them control. The heels do get some
brief heat on Gordy, but Dragon backflips out of the corner into a Gordy
dropkick and a big elbow gives the Freebirds the win.
Kerry von Erich vs Killer Tim Brooks
Really quick sprint, but this was the match of the show.
Brooks attacks before the match, and Kerry has to put on a headscissors to keep
Brooks subdued long enough to enable him to take off his robe. Brooks locks on
a big choke after ducking the discus punch, really liked the commentary
highlighting that the punch forces you to briefly turn your back on your
opponent, which helped explain it. Kerry gets knees on a slingshot splash, but
Brooks instantly hits knees on a splash of his own, and a sunset flip wins it
for Kerry.
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