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Match # 140: Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes (Badstreet Match) (1/25/87)

No need for a huge write up. We’ve seen many combinations of these four men in the ring during the last several Mid South Diaries. In fact, we’ve seen this exact match with this exact stipulation. Funny thing is the stip isn’t really changing much of the match, as it is wrestled as a regular tag.

Everyone hits there stuff. The work is actually tight much of the time. The crowd isn’t blown away, but they see the match as a big deal. The heels have that presence they usually do. The Babyfaces work is pretty inspired from an effort standpoint. Nothing is horrible about the match. Yet it’s very average, run of the mill, and at times I lose interest. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before from these men, and like I said, it’s JUST solid.

My biggest interest is why Sunshine was paired with the Freebirds? I never heard about that in Freebird history. Perhaps her and Hayes were a thing.

Hayes does make it more interesting during the heel when he uses his boot to beat a bloody Doc. Gordy bumps nicely as they tease a hot tag, and I’m realizing this is better then what I’ve seen in the last 5-7 matches, but that stuff was dull enough I’m burned out on it.

Hot tag to Dibiase, it breaks down to a street fight, and wouldn’t you know it they’re out of time! That old finish most remember from WCW Saturday Night as the show goes off the air without a finish to the match. The cool thing is they flip to next week where Michael Hayes is with JR heelin’ it up and watching the footage of what we didn’t see. We didn’t see Gordy just kill Doc with a clothesline like the bad ass he was. Or Hayes send Dibiase over the rail hard as hell. We are treated to a two-on-one beat down on Doc with a boot. Dibiase gets beat up by Devastation Inc. on the outside because he and One Man Gang in a feud. They leave and Doc lays beaten in the ring. A DQ in a Bad Street match. Hated a little less here than before, but yuck in general. 2 ¾ and 6/10.

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