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Match # 47: Rock N Roll Express & Bobby Eaton vs. The Moondogs & Jimmy Hart (7/25/83) [EWY-8]

This match is probably on here just as much for novelty as match quality. Here we have a really early pairing of the Rock N Roll Express, and they partner with future famed rival Bobby Eaton. How cool is that. Apparently Eaton is now out of the Hart led First Family. Good for him.

This starts out as a brawl when everyone hits the ring. I’ve seen a lot of them lately. Luckily for me this settles into the Moondogs bumping around and selling to showcase the smaller/quicker face team. Hart tells the announcers the match is under protest in a triva note, because Ricky Morton’s dad is the referee. Interesting. Morton manages to throw the greatest drop kick soon after. I’d sold. He misses it a minute later, so we know the heat portion will be pretty good.

Morton sells like…well, Ricky Morton, so the next few minutes are good. They are made better by the fact that the Moondogs are rough powerhouses, making the offense seem really impressive. The hope spots really get the people going too.

Something I like: Morton tags in your resident house of fire, Robert Gibson. Every Mid South tag with the RnR ended with Gibson getting the tag and go to some finish. Here he gets drop kicks in on the Moondogs, then misses big. The match continues.

Eaton gets tagged in and takes both men on. He ends up on the floor after the rope gets pulled down on him. Then the Moondogs hit him low on the floor. I love this tag team of Moondogs. Hart chokes Eaton with something while ref Paul Morton is distracted. Unfortunately with Eaton selling the match loses some of it’s luster. It’s still good, but it was a little better before.

Hart comes in to get punched in the face and pinned by Eaton in 12 minutes. Great finish and a real good match. I should point out Hart never sells his beating nearly as much as I’d like a non-wrestler to do. 3 ¼ and 6.4/10.

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