Memphis Diaries: Match # 65
Posted on December 19, 2008 by John Philapavage
Match # 65: Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert vs. Phil Hickerson & The Spoiler (Tennessee Street Fight) (6/25/84)
Not really a tag match so much as a fight with four men that can go anywhere. Somehow the rules are you have to rip off the other man’s clothes to win. Memphis could have a lot of gay undertones.
The match is a lot of brawling that goes everywhere. I feel like I’ve seen this before. More so I think I need to re-evaluate the Tupelo Concession Stand brawl and put this match in the low position I put that one in. Maybe move up the TCSB.
Decent to good brawling and some blood, but this doesn’t capture me, and Hickerson/Spoiler give off a jobber vibe to someone like me. The match proved the faces were tough and the final few minutes were pretty good. Gilbert does a cool piledriver to the outside, but then the finish is Rich with a loaded mask head butting a heel, which is just lame to me. Eight minute match which I guess I should be glad was kept short. 2 ¼ and 4/10.
Tags: Eddie Gilbert, Memphis Diaries, Tommy Rich


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