Memphis Diaries: Match # 117
Posted on March 20, 2009 by John Philapavage
Match # 117: Bill Dundee & Brickhouse Brown vs. Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller (9/18/88)
A very by the numbers heel/face tag match here. It suffers having the AWA announcers after all that time hearing Lance Russell tell the stories. It’s odd seeing the AWA present Memphis wrestling, as this is from the AWA on ESPN show. The heels bump and stooge around for Brickhouse early, while Dundee adds his usual tricks.
The Stud Stable is a typical heel faction complete with female valet and manager Downtown Bruno. Don’t worry, they are perfectly evil cheaters. Some fun stuff includes the arm wringer spot where the heel on the apron ends up doing it to his partner after first getting the face. The “Singapore cane” is a “Korean kendo stick” here, and valet Sylvia uses it on Dundee on the floor. Brickhouse Brown was a lot more enjoyable when I was a kid, as his offense after the hot tag isn’t as cool as I remember it being. It’s not bad either.
The finish is only 6 minutes in and it sucks. Sylvia uses the cane to break up a pin and the Stud Stable gets DQed. Bonus feature is Cactus Jack running in as part of the Stud Stable beat down, and then Jimmy Valiant coming out to kick some ass saving the babyfaces. It doesn’t save the match though, as this one is lower on my radar. 2 ¼ and 5/10.
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