Match # 65: Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (7/14/85) A lot of fun stuff here. Jake is so great with how he carries himself, and you can really see what Raven was trying to emulate with his ECW character in the late 90s. I actually enjoyed Raven more in [...]
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Match # 59: Rock N Roll Express vs Ted Dibiase/Dr. Death (6/19/85) The first of a RNR Exp. Trifecta of matches. Should be state-of-the-art tag wrestling to go with the state-of-the-art Flair matches from earlier. My ballot is getting turned upside down this week, though I’ve since read others saw the Flair matches as more [...]
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Match # 53: Rock N Roll Express vs Dr. Death/Ted Dibiase 5/3/85 Want to guess the faces here? I loves me some Doc/Dibiase heel action. Let’s just get to it. Ricky Morton against Doc to start. I loved this match up earlier in the set, and they actually execute better hear. Morton smoothly and legit [...]
Monday, August 11, 2008
Match # 49: Steve Williams/Jake Roberts vs The Fantastics 4/14/85 Not sure why Jake and Doc are a team here other then they’re both heels. I’ve never been a fan of miss-mosh teams that have totally different characters and yet are supposed to be a cohesive unit that’s not questioned storyline wise. That being said, [...]
Monday, August 11, 2008
NOTE: Since the ballots are in and the winners of the DVDVR Mid South 80s matches are being released, I’m going to stop dragging my feet and post reviews and real-time thoughts for the rest of the set (#46-150). Match # 34-45 will be along soon enough. Be prepared for ALOT of Mid South 80s [...]
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I always try to deliver in threes, so today I’ll discuss Claudio Castagnoli going under the mask as “Swiss Ice Cream” for the 2007 Trios Tourney, Doc gets a shot at the Triple Crown, and some Sean Denny vs Damien Wayne action leading up to their respective ROH debuts.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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