#1984WrestlingWars 4 bouts from a Mid-South Wrestling House Show, Houston TX 2/24/84
Match #1 Black Gordman and Great Goliath vs Buddy Moreno and Jose Lothario This stems from a single match in Houston 2 weeks previous were Moreno beat Gordman, with help from Lathario in his corner! ( a bout so boring it took me way to long to watch it!) This has to be better!... From the opening bell it is obvious this crowd loves Jose Lathario. He had a mainstay in Houston, San Antonio hell all throughout Texas for many many years!(in an interview I saw once Dusty Rhodes called him one of the best "babyfaces" that Dusty ever saw!)... They did several classic tag team spots early, including Goliath coming in to punch Lathario who was being held from behind by Gordman. Jose ducks and both he and Gordman backdrop Goliath! The crowd is up for this match!...Moreno does the take both opponets over at the same time spot, Goliath in the head lock and Gordman in the head scissors and the place goes crazy! When the heels return to the ring they get a little heat on Moreno. He does manage to roll to his corner and tag Lothario, who comes in and goes nuts every time he hits Gordman or Goliath with is lethal left hand, the crowd grunts and you can feel it! He was a one man wrecking crew here...Until the heels double team him and get him down.,,,,But you need to see Lathario's hot tag here I am in awe! Dusty was right!...Nietheir team had the uoer hand for long in this match, it was a differnt pace, not bad just different! Jose makes a hot tag back to Moreno. It breaks down into 4 way brawl chaos, and Moreno puts Goliath in an Abdominal Stretch, the ref is busy trying to get Lathario back in his corner. Meanwhile Gordman tries a chain out of his tights and nails Moreno in the head with it wrapped around his fist! Goliath crawls on top the ref turns and counts the three! ....your Winners Gordman and Goliath! A far better match than two weeks ago! https://youtu.be/5JVhvavFLoI
Match #2 Masao Ito vs Junkyard Dog This was your typical JYD bout, crazy fan reaction, and very short! Dog was made for this, could he wrestle??? ....nope! .....Did that matter one bit???....HELL NO! He was one of them he fought for them and by God they loved him!...I love "WorkRate" style wrestling. Dog however gives me chills every time I see him pre WWF! You can feel the admiration!.... Dog hits the ring and sends Ito Scurring away and bows at Ito and the fans are joyus! Dog gets on a bear hug and Ito hits a double chop to dog's neck and gets the heat right away with his nerve hold! Match has been in the ring 90 seconds and we are already building to the comeback by JYD! Dog has three tiny hope spots, and when he finally gets free Ito ducks a back elbow and reaches into his tights and grabs powder and throws it in JYD's face! Causing the DQ your winner JYD!.... https://youtu.be/0R-SJgR9rCA
Match #3 "Hacksaw" Butch Reed VS Jim" The Anvil" Neidhart in a "Football Helmet On A Pole Match"!I grew up on Memphis wrestling and I thought I had seen every gimmick match under the sun...I Was Wrong! This match was 10 minutes of bloody carnage! Exactly what it needed to be, on other words! Both men tried to climb the pole immediately. Reed hit Anvil three times in the throat with a chair to get him off the pole! Niedhart used the same chair on Reed and ran him into the post twice but to no avail! Both the huge men fought on the pole sweat flying with each blow struck! Anvil at one point shook the ropes on the opposite side of the ring causing Butch to lose his balance and fall off the pole! Anvil gets the helmet off the pole and puts it on, but as he is running across the ring to tackle Reed, Hacksaw comes up with powder and throws it in Jim's face blinding him! Reed removes the helmet and put it on and tackles Niedhart twice off the ropes with it and busts Anvil open(you can clearly see Jim "Blading" after the 1st tackle!) Reed gets a decisive three count and beats Anvil post match with the helmet! Terry Taylor runs in and Reed beats a retreat! I believe this was the Blow-off to the feud as Anvil was soon to be in Memphis! https://youtu.be/3KvabuxBerQ
Match #4 Midnight Express vs Mr Wrestling II/Magnum TA! The losing members of each team, including Cornette will get 5 lashes with a leather strap! This was just off the charts in every way, heat workrate storytelling you name it! It checks every box! For the 1st 12 minutes Eaton and Coundry were bounced around that ring like pool balls! The were knee lifted to near death by II! TA was the picture of strength here and speed! He hit Coundry with a dropkick that was picture perfect. So hard it made my teeth rattle! When the Express managed to get the heat on TA, they slowed the pace way down, heels are supposed to be cool, so no cool moves on offense! After making the "hot" tag no lays waste to all he sees until while the ref is on the floor with TA and Eaton. Who trips II bounding from the ropes, II falls Dennis hits an elbow and Cornette knocks II foot off the bottom rope before the ref sees it and the heroes are beaten! The must endue the humiliation of the leather strap by both Express and a shot by Corny! This was high melodrama as the facials of TA and II told the whole tale! But you see they are heroes so just or not they took their punishment like men! Lord this crowd was so damn mad in was beautiful! Afterward we get a fired up II/TA promo swearing revenge!
Match #2 Masao Ito vs Junkyard Dog This was your typical JYD bout, crazy fan reaction, and very short! Dog was made for this, could he wrestle??? ....nope! .....Did that matter one bit???....HELL NO! He was one of them he fought for them and by God they loved him!...I love "WorkRate" style wrestling. Dog however gives me chills every time I see him pre WWF! You can feel the admiration!.... Dog hits the ring and sends Ito Scurring away and bows at Ito and the fans are joyus! Dog gets on a bear hug and Ito hits a double chop to dog's neck and gets the heat right away with his nerve hold! Match has been in the ring 90 seconds and we are already building to the comeback by JYD! Dog has three tiny hope spots, and when he finally gets free Ito ducks a back elbow and reaches into his tights and grabs powder and throws it in JYD's face! Causing the DQ your winner JYD!.... https://youtu.be/0R-SJgR9rCA
Match #3 "Hacksaw" Butch Reed VS Jim" The Anvil" Neidhart in a "Football Helmet On A Pole Match"!I grew up on Memphis wrestling and I thought I had seen every gimmick match under the sun...I Was Wrong! This match was 10 minutes of bloody carnage! Exactly what it needed to be, on other words! Both men tried to climb the pole immediately. Reed hit Anvil three times in the throat with a chair to get him off the pole! Niedhart used the same chair on Reed and ran him into the post twice but to no avail! Both the huge men fought on the pole sweat flying with each blow struck! Anvil at one point shook the ropes on the opposite side of the ring causing Butch to lose his balance and fall off the pole! Anvil gets the helmet off the pole and puts it on, but as he is running across the ring to tackle Reed, Hacksaw comes up with powder and throws it in Jim's face blinding him! Reed removes the helmet and put it on and tackles Niedhart twice off the ropes with it and busts Anvil open(you can clearly see Jim "Blading" after the 1st tackle!) Reed gets a decisive three count and beats Anvil post match with the helmet! Terry Taylor runs in and Reed beats a retreat! I believe this was the Blow-off to the feud as Anvil was soon to be in Memphis! https://youtu.be/3KvabuxBerQ
Match #4 Midnight Express vs Mr Wrestling II/Magnum TA! The losing members of each team, including Cornette will get 5 lashes with a leather strap! This was just off the charts in every way, heat workrate storytelling you name it! It checks every box! For the 1st 12 minutes Eaton and Coundry were bounced around that ring like pool balls! The were knee lifted to near death by II! TA was the picture of strength here and speed! He hit Coundry with a dropkick that was picture perfect. So hard it made my teeth rattle! When the Express managed to get the heat on TA, they slowed the pace way down, heels are supposed to be cool, so no cool moves on offense! After making the "hot" tag no lays waste to all he sees until while the ref is on the floor with TA and Eaton. Who trips II bounding from the ropes, II falls Dennis hits an elbow and Cornette knocks II foot off the bottom rope before the ref sees it and the heroes are beaten! The must endue the humiliation of the leather strap by both Express and a shot by Corny! This was high melodrama as the facials of TA and II told the whole tale! But you see they are heroes so just or not they took their punishment like men! Lord this crowd was so damn mad in was beautiful! Afterward we get a fired up II/TA promo swearing revenge!
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