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The Fantastics & Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Cornette (7/20/84)

I’m not doing a big write up for this. Sometimes I feel I must for a match; sometimes I enjoy it, and sometimes it just happens. But the point of this journey through the Mid-South is exploration and fun, and I just don’t think a full write up would be worth it.

Simple notes. The gimmick is Cornette is finally gonna get his. Not only from his teams new rivals, the Fantastics, but from the top babyface, Hacksaw Duggan.

Match works this way: Eaton in, does work, and gets shown up by a Fantastic. Then he gets the advantage, tags in Corny, who does two moves to REAL heat. Then the face gets up and Corny runs away. He gets heat on the face, the pure definition of it, and then they tease him getting beat up. His boys, the Midnight Express, protect him through both Fantastics and Duggan. Barely.

Then the second rope breaks. What a surprise! We’re in Houston. Where was I? Oh, The Midnights get heat on the faces and it’s awesome. The entire match is slower but well paced, like a WWE PPV midcard match. Unfortunately, this match ends with interference.

Duggan kills everyone, gets Cornette in the ring alone, and Hercules Hernandez comes down to protect him. Well, I guess it protects Corny in a booking sense. Whatever.

I don’t rate this highly. I get the gimmick, I thought they did it well, but even a gimmick gets a match that bored me a half star of extra credit. That’s just how I feel. Not horrible, but won’t be in my top 100. 2 1/2 stars 4/10.