117. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar vs. Brett Sawyer & Al Perez (1/19/86) [JGP-14]
118. The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) [BW-7]
119. Jake Roberts vs. Lord Humongous (Cage Match) (11/29/85) [JGP-1]
120. Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. The Fabulous Ones (Texas Tornado Cage Match) (2/28/86) [TB-8]
121. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [BR-4]
122. Adrian Street vs. Chris Adams (10/10/84) [SDM-12]
123. Mr. Olympia vs. Bob Roop (7/15/82) [PTB-5]
124. Stagger Lee & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (12/18/82) [PTB-9]
125. Hacksaw Duggan & Dick Murdoch vs. Kamala & Kareem Muhammad (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-6]
126. Chavo Guerrero vs. Buzz Sawyer (6/13/86) [TB-16]
127. Dick Murdoch vs. Dr. Death (9/20/85) [TSGDIA-12]
128. The Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee (10/4/85) [BW-2]
129. Chavo Guerrero vs. Steve Keirn (no DQ loser is painted yellow match) (1/31/86) [TB-2]
130. Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan vs. Butch Reed & Hercules Hernandez (8/19/84) [SDM-8]
131. Butch Reed vs. Skip Young (9/23/84) [SDM-10]
132. Bob Roop vs. Mike George (12/16/81) [PTB-1]
133. Jim Duggan, Dick Murdoch & Bill Watts vs. Kamala, Kareem Muhammad & Skandor Akbar (7/28/85)[TSGDIA-9]
134. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (No DQ) (12/13/85) [JGP-2]
135. One Man Gang vs. Buck Robley (Lumberjack Match) (9/15/82) [PTB-7]
136. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [BR-3]

1. Hacksaw Duggan, Terry Taylor & Bill Watts vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (8/17/86) [BSUSA-8]
2. Terry Gordy vs. Dr. Death (9/15/86) [BSUSA-11]
3. Ted DiBiase & Terry Taylor vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts (Country Whipping Match) (10/12/86) [BSUSA-14]
4. Terry Gordy vs. Hacksaw Duggan (8/3/86) [BSUSA-6]
5. Terry Gordy vs. Dr. Death (9/28/86) [BSUSA-13]
6. Terry Gordy vs. Dr. Death (6/22/86) [BSUSA-3]
7. Hacksaw Duggan, Terry Taylor & Bill Watts vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (7/20/86) [BSUSA-4]
8. Ted DiBiase vs. One Man Gang (11/18/86) [BSUSA-16]
9. Terry Taylor vs. John Tatum (8/17/86) [BSUSA-7]
10. The Fantastics vs. John Tatum & Jack Victory (11/4/86) [BSUSA-15]
11. Terry Gordy vs. Terry Taylor (6/17/86) [BSUSA-2]
12. The Fantastics & Missing Link vs. Eddie Gilbert, John Tatum & Sting (8/3/86) [BSUSA-5]
13. Terry Gordy vs. Terry Taylor (6/13/86) [BSUSA-1]
14. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts (Lumberjack Match) (8/31/86) [BSUSA-9]
15. Terry Gordy vs. One Man Gang (9/21/86) [BSUSA-12]
16. Terry Gordy vs. Dr. Death (12/26/86) [BSUSA-17]
17. The Fantastics vs. Sting & Eddie Gilbert (9/7/86) [BSUSA-10]

1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner’s Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [BR-14]
2. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [BW-1]
3. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7]
4. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16]
5. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4]
6. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [SDM-2]
7. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (10/11/85) [BW-4]
8. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrero (6/24/83) [PTB-13]
9. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (No DQ, Dark Journey In A Cage) (2/28/86) [TB-9]
10. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6]
11. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3]
12. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (10/14/85) [BW-6]
13. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (7/6/84) [SDM-5]
14. Dick Murdoch vs. The Nightmare (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-5]
15. Buzz Sawyer vs. Dr. Death (1/28/86) [JGP-17]
16. The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [SDM-13]
17. Midnight Express vs. Rock N Roll Express (No DQ: Tag Titles vs. $50,000) (5/23/84) [PTB-20]
18. Ted DiBiase, Dr. Death & Jim Duggan vs. Masked Superstar, Dick Murdoch & Buzz Sawyer (1/31/86) [TB-1
19. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8]
20. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (6/30/85) [TSGDIA-1]
21. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/29/85) [JGP-7]
22. Brad Armstrong vs. Ted DiBiase (1/16/85) [BR-5]
23. Ted DiBiase vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) [BR-10]
24. Jake Roberts vs. Ric Flair (11/24/85) [BW-12]
25. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [BR-17]
26. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [BW-10]
27. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [SDM-3]
28. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (7/2/84) [SDM-4]
29. Ted DiBiase vs. Terry Taylor (7/3/85) [TSGDIA-2]
30. The Fantastics vs. Dr. Death & Jake Roberts (4/14/85) [BR-15}
31. Buddy Landel & Butch Reed vs. Rock N Roll Express (3/28/84) [PTB-17]
32. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (11/16/84) [BR-2]
33. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [BW-8]
34. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (1/1/86) [JGP-13]
35. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Hacksaw Duggan (8/18/82) [PTB-6]
36. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (OKC 8/9/84) [SDM-7]
37. Koko B. Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert (2/28/86) [TB-6]
38. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14]
39. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (1/24/86) [JGP-15]
40. Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch (No DQ) (12/31/85) [JGP-9]
41. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (5/11/85) [RNRIK-5]
42. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3]
43. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [BR-13]
44. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (1/21/85) [BR-8]
45. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/27/85) [JGP-4]
46. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Rock N Roll Express & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (1/18/85) [BR-7]
47. Ted DiBiase, Dr. Death, Terry Taylor & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Dick Murdoch, Buzz Sawyer & The Masked Superstars (2/28/86) [TB-7]
48. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (4/15/85) [BR-16]
49. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [BR-11]
50. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (No DQ) (9/28/84) [SDM-11]
51. Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (11/22/85) [BW-11]
52. Buzz Sawyer vs. Jim Duggan (Dog Collar Match) (12/27/85) [JGP-6]
53. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (2/14/86) [TB-5]
54. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (Taped Fist) (10/11/85) [BW-3]
55. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (1/18/85) [BR-6]
56. Killer Khan vs. Chris Adams (9/9/84) [SDM-9]
57. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [SDM-1]
58. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (Mexican Death Match) (1/24/86) [JGP-16]
59. Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch (12/27/85) [JGP-5]
60. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1]
61. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart (Cage Match) (12/25/83) [PTB-15]
62. The Fantastics vs. Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantell (9/22/85) [TSGDIA-13]
63. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (11/8/85) [BW-9]
64. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10]
65. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Gordy (Texas Tornado Match) (1/21/85) [BR-9]
66. Midnight Express vs. Bill Dundee & Porkchop Cash (4/6/84) [PTB-18]
67. Dick Slater vs. Hacksaw Duggan (12/31/85) [JGP-11]
68. Dick Slater vs. Dr. Death (12/18/85) [JGP-3]
69. Ernie Ladd & Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A. & Master G (Street Fight) (11/4/84) [BR-1]
70. Brickhouse Brown & Master G vs. Butch Reed & Ernie Ladd (10/21/84) [SDM-14]
71. The Fantastics & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (7/20/84) [SDM-6]
72. Bob Roop vs. Ted DiBiase (4/2/82) [PTB-3]
73. Terry Taylor vs. Jake Roberts (2/11/86) [TB-3]
74. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (5/3/85) [RNRIK-2]
75. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-4]
76. Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts (7/22/85) [TSGDIA-7]
77. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (1/1/86) [JGP-12]
78. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Ted DiBiase & Terry Taylor (5/25/86) [TB-14]
79. The Fantastics & Terry Taylor vs. The Sheepherders & Jack Victory (Barbed Wire Cage Match) (5/25/86) [TB-13]
80. Gustavo Mendoza vs. Brett Wayne Sawyer (5/9/86) [TB-11]
81. The Fantastics & Terry Taylor vs. The Sheepherders & Jack Victory (5/9/86) [TB-12]
82. Rock N Roll Express & Butch Reed vs. Dr. Death, Kamala & One Man Gang (2/25/85) [BR-12]
83. Ted DiBiase vs. Butch Reed (7/25/85) [TSGDIA-8]
84. Junkyard Dog vs. Nick Bockwinkel (6/11/82) [PTB-4]
85. Mr. Wrestling II & Junkyard Dog vs. Matt Borne & Ted DiBiase (2/16/83) [PTB-10]
86. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dusty Rhodes (5/20/83) [PTB-12]
87. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar (2/14/86) [TB-4]
88. Terry Taylor vs. Buddy Roberts (6/8/86) [TB-15]
89. Dick Slater vs. Hacksaw Duggan (4/11/86) [TB-10]
90. Butch Reed vs. Iron Sheik (4/8/83) [PTB-11]
91. Al Perez & Wendell Cooley vs. Dr. Death & Bob Sweetan (8/30/85) [TSGDIA-11]
92. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (6/19/85) [RNRIK-8]
93. Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed (Dog Collar Match) (12/31/85) [JGP-10]
94. Midnight Express vs. Bill Watts & Stagger Lee (4/22/84) [PTB-19]
95. Mr. Olympia vs. Paul Orndorff (2/3/82) [PTB-2]
96. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (10/13/85) [BW-5]
97. Rock N Roll Express vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (6/24/85) [RNRIK-9]
98. Rock N Roll Express vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (6/28/85) [RNRIK-10]
99. Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare vs. The Bruise Brothers (12/31/85) [JGP-8]
100. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar vs. Brett Sawyer & Al Perez (1/19/86) [JGP-14]
101. The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) [BW-7]
102. Jake Roberts vs. Lord Humongous (Cage Match) (11/29/85) [JGP-1]
103. Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. The Fabulous Ones (Texas Tornado Cage Match) (2/28/86) [TB-8]
104. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [BR-4]
105. Adrian Street vs. Chris Adams (10/10/84) [SDM-12]
106. Mr. Olympia vs. Bob Roop (7/15/82) [PTB-5]
107. Stagger Lee & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (12/18/82) [PTB-9]
108. Hacksaw Duggan & Dick Murdoch vs. Kamala & Kareem Muhammad (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-6]
109. Chavo Guerrero vs. Buzz Sawyer (6/13/86) [TB-16]
110. Dick Murdoch vs. Dr. Death (9/20/85) [TSGDIA-12]
111. The Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee (10/4/85) [BW-2]
112. Chavo Guerrero vs. Steve Keirn (no DQ loser is painted yellow match) (1/31/86) [TB-2]
113. Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan vs. Butch Reed & Hercules Hernandez (8/19/84) [SDM-8]
114. Butch Reed vs. Skip Young (9/23/84) [SDM-10]
115. Bob Roop vs. Mike George (12/16/81) [PTB-1]
116. Jim Duggan, Dick Murdoch & Bill Watts vs. Kamala, Kareem Muhammad & Skandor Akbar (7/28/85)[TSGDIA-9]
117. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (No DQ) (12/13/85) [JGP-2]
118. One Man Gang vs. Buck Robley (Lumberjack Match) (9/15/82) [PTB-7]
119. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [BR-3]

I’m in the home stretch here with only two disks and roughly 30 matches to go. At times I look at this list and think “How the hell is that match ranked # 32 and this one ranked # 68? At that moment I’d try to compare them from memory and find them reasonably equal, or that I could flip them from moment to moment. When I’d look at the field I’d realize how razor thin some matches can be from others further down the list. Someone said at Death Valley Driver that while they were positive about their #1-25, that almost anything #25-75 could be debated or was roughly a half a star-rating in difference.

I completely agree. I think #75-120 would show an obvious step down as you moved through that section of rankings. #120-150, and everyone’s are different, are generally matches you could have done without watching.

Everything in my top 25 I see as being over 4 stars. You can debate whether everything top 5 is five stars for its era, or say one or two are while the others are 4 ¾ stars. It doesn’t matter to much. To show how strong the set is, and back up my statement above, I believe everything from # 25 to somewhere between #80-90 is above 3 stars. Some of it could be four stars or just below, and some of it is barely 3 stars, but everything in there has its place. This isw made even stronger by the fact that I have only watched and ranked 120 matches. That only leaves about 30 matches so far that I wouldn’t go out of my way to see.

I think this next disk will really throw things for a loop as it will be some of the strongest stuff. I also feel that reassessing my top 25 after this project will be very tough yet necessary, while anything post-25 isn’t worth splitting the hairs it would take to re-evaluate.

1. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (No DQ, Dark Journey In A Cage) (2/28/86) [TB-9]
2. Ted DiBiase, Dr. Death & Jim Duggan vs. Masked Superstar, Dick Murdoch & Buzz Sawyer (1/31/86) [TB-1]
3. Koko B. Ware vs. Eddie Gilbert (2/28/86) [TB-6]
4. Ted DiBiase, Dr. Death, Terry Taylor & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Dick Murdoch, Buzz Sawyer & The Masked Superstars (2/28/86) [TB-7]
5. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (2/14/86) [TB-5]
6. Terry Taylor vs. Jake Roberts (2/11/86) [TB-3]
7. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Ted DiBiase & Terry Taylor (5/25/86) [TB-14]
8. The Fantastics & Terry Taylor vs. The Sheepherders & Jack Victory (Barbed Wire Cage Match) (5/25/86) [TB-13]
9. Gustavo Mendoza vs. Brett Wayne Sawyer (5/9/86) [TB-11]
10. The Fantastics & Terry Taylor vs. The Sheepherders & Jack Victory (5/9/86) [TB-12]
11. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar (2/14/86) [TB-4]
12. Terry Taylor vs. Buddy Roberts (6/8/86) [TB-15]
13. Dick Slater vs. Hacksaw Duggan (4/11/86) [TB-10]
14. Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. The Fabulous Ones (Texas Tornado Cage Match) (2/28/86) [TB-8]
15. Chavo Guerrero vs. Buzz Sawyer (6/13/86) [TB-16]
16. Chavo Guerrero vs. Steve Keirn (no DQ loser is painted yellow match) (1/31/86) [TB-2]

1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner’s Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [BR-14]
2. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [BW-1]
3. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7]
4. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16]
5. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4]
6. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [SDM-2]
7. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (10/11/85) [BW-4]
8. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrero (6/24/83) [PTB-13]
9. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6]
10. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3]
11. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (10/14/85) [BW-6]
12. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (7/6/84) [SDM-5]
13. Dick Murdoch vs. The Nightmare (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-5]
14. Buzz Sawyer vs. Dr. Death (1/28/86) [JGP-17]
15. The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [SDM-13]
16. Midnight Express vs. Rock N Roll Express (No DQ: Tag Titles vs. $50,000) (5/23/84) [PTB-20]
17. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8]
18. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (6/30/85) [TSGDIA-1]
19. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/29/85) [JGP-7]
20. Brad Armstrong vs. Ted DiBiase (1/16/85) [BR-5]
21. Ted DiBiase vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) [BR-10]
22. Jake Roberts vs. Ric Flair (11/24/85) [BW-12]
23. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [BR-17]
24. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [BW-10]
25. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [SDM-3]
26. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (7/2/84) [SDM-4]
27. Ted DiBiase vs. Terry Taylor (7/3/85) [TSGDIA-2]
28. The Fantastics vs. Dr. Death & Jake Roberts (4/14/85) [BR-15}
29. Buddy Landel & Butch Reed vs. Rock N Roll Express (3/28/84) [PTB-17]
30. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (11/16/84) [BR-2]
31. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [BW-8]
32. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (1/1/86) [JGP-13]
33. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Hacksaw Duggan (8/18/82) [PTB-6]
34. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (OKC 8/9/84) [SDM-7]
35. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14]
36. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (1/24/86) [JGP-15]
37. Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch (No DQ) (12/31/85) [JGP-9]
38. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (5/11/85) [RNRIK-5]
39. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3]
40. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [BR-13]
41. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (1/21/85) [BR-8]
42. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/27/85) [JGP-4]
43. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Rock N Roll Express & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (1/18/85) [BR-7]
44. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (4/15/85) [BR-16]
45. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [BR-11]
46. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (No DQ) (9/28/84) [SDM-11]
47. Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (11/22/85) [BW-11]
48. Buzz Sawyer vs. Jim Duggan (Dog Collar Match) (12/27/85) [JGP-6]
49. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (Taped Fist) (10/11/85) [BW-3]
50. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (1/18/85) [BR-6]
51. Killer Khan vs. Chris Adams (9/9/84) [SDM-9]
52. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [SDM-1]
53. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (Mexican Death Match) (1/24/86) [JGP-16]
54. Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch (12/27/85) [JGP-5]
55. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1]
56. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart (Cage Match) (12/25/83) [PTB-15]
57. The Fantastics vs. Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantell (9/22/85) [TSGDIA-13]
58. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (11/8/85) [BW-9]
59. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10]
60. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Gordy (Texas Tornado Match) (1/21/85) [BR-9]
61. Midnight Express vs. Bill Dundee & Porkchop Cash (4/6/84) [PTB-18]
62. Dick Slater vs. Hacksaw Duggan (12/31/85) [JGP-11]
63. Dick Slater vs. Dr. Death (12/18/85) [JGP-3]
64. Ernie Ladd & Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A. & Master G (Street Fight) (11/4/84) [BR-1]
65. Brickhouse Brown & Master G vs. Butch Reed & Ernie Ladd (10/21/84) [SDM-14]
66. The Fantastics & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (7/20/84) [SDM-6]
67. Bob Roop vs. Ted DiBiase (4/2/82) [PTB-3]
68. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (5/3/85) [RNRIK-2]
69. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-4]
70. Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts (7/22/85) [TSGDIA-7]
71. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (1/1/86) [JGP-12]
72. Rock N Roll Express & Butch Reed vs. Dr. Death, Kamala & One Man Gang (2/25/85) [BR-12]
73. Ted DiBiase vs. Butch Reed (7/25/85) [TSGDIA-8]
74. Junkyard Dog vs. Nick Bockwinkel (6/11/82) [PTB-4]
75. Mr. Wrestling II & Junkyard Dog vs. Matt Borne & Ted DiBiase (2/16/83) [PTB-10]
76. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dusty Rhodes (5/20/83) [PTB-12]
77. Butch Reed vs. Iron Sheik (4/8/83) [PTB-11]
78. Al Perez & Wendell Cooley vs. Dr. Death & Bob Sweetan (8/30/85) [TSGDIA-11]
79. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (6/19/85) [RNRIK-8]
80. Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed (Dog Collar Match) (12/31/85) [JGP-10]
81. Midnight Express vs. Bill Watts & Stagger Lee (4/22/84) [PTB-19]
82. Mr. Olympia vs. Paul Orndorff (2/3/82) [PTB-2]
83. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (10/13/85) [BW-5]
84. Rock N Roll Express vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (6/24/85) [RNRIK-9]
85. Rock N Roll Express vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (6/28/85) [RNRIK-10]
86. Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare vs. The Bruise Brothers (12/31/85) [JGP-8]
87. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar vs. Brett Sawyer & Al Perez (1/19/86) [JGP-14]
88. The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) [BW-7]
89. Jake Roberts vs. Lord Humongous (Cage Match) (11/29/85) [JGP-1]
90. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [BR-4]
91. Adrian Street vs. Chris Adams (10/10/84) [SDM-12]
92. Mr. Olympia vs. Bob Roop (7/15/82) [PTB-5]
93. Stagger Lee & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (12/18/82) [PTB-9]
94. Hacksaw Duggan & Dick Murdoch vs. Kamala & Kareem Muhammad (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-6]
95. Dick Murdoch vs. Dr. Death (9/20/85) [TSGDIA-12]
96. The Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee (10/4/85) [BW-2]
97. Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan vs. Butch Reed & Hercules Hernandez (8/19/84) [SDM-8]
98. Butch Reed vs. Skip Young (9/23/84) [SDM-10]
99. Bob Roop vs. Mike George (12/16/81) [PTB-1]
100. Jim Duggan, Dick Murdoch & Bill Watts vs. Kamala, Kareem Muhammad & Skandor Akbar (7/28/85)[TSGDIA-9]
101. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (No DQ) (12/13/85) [JGP-2]
102. One Man Gang vs. Buck Robley (Lumberjack Match) (9/15/82) [PTB-7]
103. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [BR-3]

1. Buzz Sawyer vs. Dr. Death (1/28/86) [JGP-17]
2. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/29/85) [JGP-7]
3. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (1/1/86) [JGP-13]
4. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (1/24/86) [JGP-15]
5. Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch (No DQ) (12/31/85) [JGP-9]
6. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/27/85) [JGP-4]
7. Buzz Sawyer vs. Jim Duggan (Dog Collar Match) (12/27/85) [JGP-6]
8. The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (Mexican Death Match) (1/24/86) [JGP-16]
9. Ted DiBiase vs. Dick Murdoch (12/27/85) [JGP-5]
10. Dick Slater vs. Hacksaw Duggan (12/31/85) [JGP-11]
11. Dick Slater vs. Dr. Death (12/18/85) [JGP-3]
12. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (1/1/86) [JGP-12]
13. Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed (Dog Collar Match) (12/31/85) [JGP-10]
14. Eddie Gilbert & The Nightmare vs. The Bruise Brothers (12/31/85) [JGP-8]
15. Dick Murdoch & Masked Superstar vs. Brett Sawyer & Al Perez (1/19/86) [JGP-14]
16. Jake Roberts vs. Lord Humongous (Cage Match) (11/29/85) [JGP-1]
17. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (No DQ) (12/13/85) [JGP-2]

1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner’s Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [BR-14]
2. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [BW-1]
3. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7]
4. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16]
5. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4]
6. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [SDM-2]
7. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (10/11/85) [BW-4]
8. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrero (6/24/83) [PTB-13]
9. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6]
10. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3]
11. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (10/14/85) [BW-6]
12. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (7/6/84) [SDM-5]
13. Dick Murdoch vs. The Nightmare (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-5]
14. The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [SDM-13]
15. Midnight Express vs. Rock N Roll Express (No DQ: Tag Titles vs. $50,000) (5/23/84) [PTB-20]
16. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8]
17. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (6/30/85) [TSGDIA-1]
18. Brad Armstrong vs. Ted DiBiase (1/16/85) [BR-5]
19. Ted DiBiase vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) [BR-10]
20. Jake Roberts vs. Ric Flair (11/24/85) [BW-12]
21. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [BR-17]
22. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [BW-10]
23. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [SDM-3]
24. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (7/2/84) [SDM-4]
25. Ted DiBiase vs. Terry Taylor (7/3/85) [TSGDIA-2]
26. The Fantastics vs. Dr. Death & Jake Roberts (4/14/85) [BR-15}
27. Buddy Landel & Butch Reed vs. Rock N Roll Express (3/28/84) [PTB-17]
28. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (11/16/84) [BR-2]
29. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [BW-8]
30. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Hacksaw Duggan (8/18/82) [PTB-6]
31. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (OKC 8/9/84) [SDM-7]
32. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14]
33. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (5/11/85) [RNRIK-5]
34. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3]
35. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [BR-13]
36. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (1/21/85) [BR-8]
37. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Rock N Roll Express & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (1/18/85) [BR-7]
38. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (4/15/85) [BR-16]
39. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [BR-11]
40. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (No DQ) (9/28/84) [SDM-11]
41. Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (11/22/85) [BW-11]
42. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (Taped Fist) (10/11/85) [BW-3]
43. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (1/18/85) [BR-6]
44. Killer Khan vs. Chris Adams (9/9/84) [SDM-9]
45. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [SDM-1]
46. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1]
47. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart (Cage Match) (12/25/83) [PTB-15]
48. The Fantastics vs. Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantell (9/22/85) [TSGDIA-13]
49. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (11/8/85) [BW-9]
50. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10]
51. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Gordy (Texas Tornado Match) (1/21/85) [BR-9]
52. Midnight Express vs. Bill Dundee & Porkchop Cash (4/6/84) [PTB-18]
53. Ernie Ladd & Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A. & Master G (Street Fight) (11/4/84) [BR-1]
54. Brickhouse Brown & Master G vs. Butch Reed & Ernie Ladd (10/21/84) [SDM-14]
55. The Fantastics & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (7/20/84) [SDM-6]
56. Bob Roop vs. Ted DiBiase (4/2/82) [PTB-3]
57. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (5/3/85) [RNRIK-2]
58. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-4]
59. Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts (7/22/85) [TSGDIA-7]
60. Rock N Roll Express & Butch Reed vs. Dr. Death, Kamala & One Man Gang (2/25/85) [BR-12]
61. Ted DiBiase vs. Butch Reed (7/25/85) [TSGDIA-8]
62. Junkyard Dog vs. Nick Bockwinkel (6/11/82) [PTB-4]
63. Mr. Wrestling II & Junkyard Dog vs. Matt Borne & Ted DiBiase (2/16/83) [PTB-10]
64. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dusty Rhodes (5/20/83) [PTB-12]
65. Butch Reed vs. Iron Sheik (4/8/83) [PTB-11]
66. Al Perez & Wendell Cooley vs. Dr. Death & Bob Sweetan (8/30/85) [TSGDIA-11]
67. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (6/19/85) [RNRIK-8]
68. Midnight Express vs. Bill Watts & Stagger Lee (4/22/84) [PTB-19]
69. Mr. Olympia vs. Paul Orndorff (2/3/82) [PTB-2]
70. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (10/13/85) [BW-5]
71. Rock N Roll Express vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (6/24/85) [RNRIK-9]
72. Rock N Roll Express vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (6/28/85) [RNRIK-10]
73. The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) [BW-7]
74. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [BR-4]
75. Adrian Street vs. Chris Adams (10/10/84) [SDM-12]
76. Mr. Olympia vs. Bob Roop (7/15/82) [PTB-5]
77. Stagger Lee & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (12/18/82) [PTB-9]
78. Hacksaw Duggan & Dick Murdoch vs. Kamala & Kareem Muhammad (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-6]
79. Dick Murdoch vs. Dr. Death (9/20/85) [TSGDIA-12]
80. The Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee (10/4/85) [BW-2]
81. Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan vs. Butch Reed & Hercules Hernandez (8/19/84) [SDM-8]
82. Butch Reed vs. Skip Young (9/23/84) [SDM-10]
83. Bob Roop vs. Mike George (12/16/81) [PTB-1]
84. Jim Duggan, Dick Murdoch & Bill Watts vs. Kamala, Kareem Muhammad & Skandor Akbar (7/28/85)[TSGDIA-9]
85. One Man Gang vs. Buck Robley (Lumberjack Match) (9/15/82) [PTB-7]
86. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [BR-3]

1. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (9/22/85) [BW-1]
2. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (10/11/85) [BW-4]
3. Butch Reed vs. Dick Murdoch (10/14/85) [BW-6]
4. Jake Roberts vs. Ric Flair (11/24/85) [BW-12]
5. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer (11/11/85) [BW-10]
6. Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85) [BW-8]
7. Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (11/22/85) [BW-11]
8. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (Taped Fist) (10/11/85) [BW-3]
9. Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair (11/8/85) [BW-9]
10. Ted DiBiase vs. Bob Sweetan (10/13/85) [BW-5]
11. The Fantastics vs. Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater (10/27/85) [BW-7]
12. The Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee (10/4/85) [BW-2]

Murdoch vs Reed 1 and 2 are the best compliment I can think of that I’ve seen in a while. I’m talking Flair-Steamboat ’89, Joe-Punk ’04, and maybe thrown in the Danielson-Morishima stuff from last year. Sandwiched in there is Reed completely redeeming himself with Flair in a much better paced and shorter match. Flair at 22-28 minutes is a thing of beauty, as noted, and another Flair match makes the top 25. I can’t move on without saying that while I don’t think Reed is the worker many do, you can’t deny his role in these three matches and his body of work in Mid South overall. He has my respect.

Actually this set was so good the famed Dibiase face turn was a mid-point on its own disk. Dibiase was amazing in carrying Sweetan, but they aren’t classics. Just more for my mark out session over Dibiase’s Mid South run. Fantasics are definitely becoming the disappointment of the set, and I must apologize to the RNRs for wondering who was better. Dick Slater was oddly enjoyable in a few matches on here, but maybe the biggest surprises was Hacksaw Duggan-Sawyer in a violent brawl. Wow, this set rules and this disk had three matches I rated well above 3 stars, and two over four stars.

1. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner’s Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match ) (3/22/85) [BR-14]
2. Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85) [RNRIK-7]
3. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Midnight Express (2/10/84) [PTB-16]
4. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (5/4/85) [RNRIK-4]
5. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (Tulsa 5/27/84) [SDM-2]
6. Mr. Olympia vs. Chavo Guerrero (6/24/83) [PTB-13]
7. Dirty White Boys vs. Terry Daniels & Bill Dundee (5/11/85) [RNRIK-6]
8. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (5/3/85) [RNRIK-3]
9. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (7/6/84) [SDM-5]
10. Dick Murdoch vs. The Nightmare (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-5]
11. The Fantastics vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (10/12/84) [SDM-13]
12. Midnight Express vs. Rock N Roll Express (No DQ: Tag Titles vs. $50,000) (5/23/84) [PTB-20]
13. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (Loser Leaves Town) (10/27/82) [PTB-8]
14. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (6/30/85) [TSGDIA-1]
15. Brad Armstrong vs. Ted DiBiase (1/16/85) [BR-5]
16. Ted DiBiase vs. Brad Armstrong (2/10/85) [BR-10]
17. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (4/28/85) [BR-17]
18. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (6/8/84) [SDM-3]
19. Rock N Roll Express & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Ernie Ladd (7/2/84) [SDM-4]
20. Ted DiBiase vs. Terry Taylor (7/3/85) [TSGDIA-2]
21. The Fantastics vs. Dr. Death & Jake Roberts (4/14/85) [BR-15}
22. Buddy Landel & Butch Reed vs. Rock N Roll Express (3/28/84) [PTB-17]
23. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (11/16/84) [BR-2]
24. Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Hacksaw Duggan (8/18/82) [PTB-6]
25. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (OKC 8/9/84) [SDM-7]
26. Ted DiBiase vs. Hacksaw Duggan (Street Fight) (7/29/83) [PTB-14]
27. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (5/11/85) [RNRIK-5]
28. Ric Flair vs. Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85) [TSGDIA-3]
29. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan (No DQ) (3/8/85) [BR-13]
30. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (1/21/85) [BR-8]
31. Buddy Landel, Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Rock N Roll Express & Jose Lothario (Elimination Match) (1/18/85) [BR-7]
32. Rock N Roll Express vs. Dirty White Boys (4/15/85) [BR-16]
33. Rock N Roll Express vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (2/13/85) [BR-11]
34. The Fantastics vs. Midnight Express (No DQ) (9/28/84) [SDM-11]
35. Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams (1/18/85) [BR-6]
36. Killer Khan vs. Chris Adams (9/9/84) [SDM-9]
37. Magnum T.A. vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ) (OKC 5/27/84) [SDM-1]
38. Kerry Von Erich vs. Ric Flair (4/28/85) [RNRIK-1]
39. Mr. Wrestling II & Magnum T.A. vs. Butch Reed & Jim Neidhart (Cage Match) (12/25/83) [PTB-15]
40. The Fantastics vs. Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantell (9/22/85) [TSGDIA-13]
41. Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed (8/10/85) [TSGDIA-10]
42. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Hacksaw Duggan & Terry Gordy (Texas Tornado Match) (1/21/85) [BR-9]
43. Midnight Express vs. Bill Dundee & Porkchop Cash (4/6/84) [PTB-18]
44. Ernie Ladd & Butch Reed vs. Magnum T.A. & Master G (Street Fight) (11/4/84) [BR-1]
45. Brickhouse Brown & Master G vs. Butch Reed & Ernie Ladd (10/21/84) [SDM-14]
46. The Fantastics & Hacksaw Duggan vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (7/20/84) [SDM-6]
47. Bob Roop vs. Ted DiBiase (4/2/82) [PTB-3]
48. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (5/3/85) [RNRIK-2]
49. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-4]
50. Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts (7/22/85) [TSGDIA-7]
51. Rock N Roll Express & Butch Reed vs. Dr. Death, Kamala & One Man Gang (2/25/85) [BR-12]
52. Ted DiBiase vs. Butch Reed (7/25/85) [TSGDIA-8]
53. Junkyard Dog vs. Nick Bockwinkel (6/11/82) [PTB-4]
54. Mr. Wrestling II & Junkyard Dog vs. Matt Borne & Ted DiBiase (2/16/83) [PTB-10]
55. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Dusty Rhodes (5/20/83) [PTB-12]
56. Butch Reed vs. Iron Sheik (4/8/83) [PTB-11]
57. Al Perez & Wendell Cooley vs. Dr. Death & Bob Sweetan (8/30/85) [TSGDIA-11]
58. Rock N Roll Express vs. Ted DiBiase & Dr. Death (6/19/85) [RNRIK-8]
59. Midnight Express vs. Bill Watts & Stagger Lee (4/22/84) [PTB-19]
60. Mr. Olympia vs. Paul Orndorff (2/3/82) [PTB-2]
61. Rock N Roll Express vs. Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (6/24/85) [RNRIK-9]
62. Rock N Roll Express vs. Jake Roberts & The Barbarian (6/28/85) [RNRIK-10]
63. Adrian Street vs. Terry Taylor (Loser Leaves Town) (12/7/84) [BR-4]
64. Adrian Street vs. Chris Adams (10/10/84) [SDM-12]
65. Mr. Olympia vs. Bob Roop (7/15/82) [PTB-5]
66. Stagger Lee & Mr. Olympia vs. Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne (12/18/82) [PTB-9]
67. Hacksaw Duggan & Dick Murdoch vs. Kamala & Kareem Muhammad (7/14/85) [TSGDIA-6]
68. Dick Murdoch vs. Dr. Death (9/20/85) [TSGDIA-12]
69. Dusty Rhodes & Jim Duggan vs. Butch Reed & Hercules Hernandez (8/19/84) [SDM-8]
70. Butch Reed vs. Skip Young (9/23/84) [SDM-10]
71. Bob Roop vs. Mike George (12/16/81) [PTB-1]
72. Jim Duggan, Dick Murdoch & Bill Watts vs. Kamala, Kareem Muhammad & Skandor Akbar (7/28/85)[TSGDIA-9]
73. One Man Gang vs. Buck Robley (Lumberjack Match) (9/15/82) [PTB-7]
74. Rock N Roll Express vs. Midnight Express (Scaffold Match) (12/2/84) [BR-3]

Alright, some disk five thoughts and overall set thoughts, halfway through.

As far as disk five, I’m sure my rankings of them and overall ballot will most likely not be in line with many of what I’d call “traditional ballots” will be. But I think we abandon the thought of matching up a long time ago, though it was never a goal. I’ve tried, after the fact, toi keep up on the thoughts of others voting on the set. I’ve found their thoughts interesting, both for things I didn’t see, but also for why they loved or hated something I felt the opposite about. Most of you who have followed this know I’ve tried to examine the matches and their places from every angle (I have changed scores and re-watched several matches). When I do hand in my ballot I feel I’ll be confident in the quality of the match selection in as far as what I look for in a match and what universally tends to make for a great match.

The Murdoch vs Nightmare match captured my imagination with storytelling. I tend to enjoy matches that take risks and/or are presented with handicaps and overcome them. Wrestling is performance art to me, and being able to tell the story based around a punch that they did, and not having an announcer to further that, definitely helped it in my eyes. It was a good length , not being a short angle driven TV match given little time to develop, while also not feeling the need to be an epic they may have not been able to pull of, nor was that necessary. Just a great story.

That being ranked #1 for the disk, and the less-loved MNX vs RNR being # 2 here may cause people to see this as a “statement” vote disk ranking. Perhaps, but after the Brad Armstrong vs Dibiase TV match, I think statement votes have already been made by me, but also that I’ve gone back and forth on those things and in the end feel strong enough to keep most or all of my scores/ranks intact. When I haven’t, like with Flair vs Wahoo, I’ve corrected it.

Perhaps more thought provoking is Flair vs Reed finishing in the middle of the pack. I’ve seen in top five in many other ballots at the halfway mark, but to me that was Flair’s worst match (along with the 4/28/85 Von Erich match) on the set. I liked the Dibiase – Reed tv match better, because I’m not in love with Reed’s work at this point, but he is good. Dibiase may be a poor man’s Flair at times, but he knew how to have a great TV match with the man. Plus Reed actually worked on the glove, and you had the drama of will the heel that “always” wins hit his finish again!

Obviously a bunch of Flair is going high on the set list, but I’m really excited to see Murdoch take a more prominent role in the promotion. I’m also excited to see Dr. Death Steve Williams in more of a singles role (he was so versatile), and Jake Roberts has been great from a presence and psychology aspect. Frankly, I’m not sure I’ll ever be a huge fan of Butch Reed, and I’m hoping for a quick exit from Duggan soon because he seems to be stuck in “monster of the week” matches as a face, like Undertaker periodically throughout his career, after Duggan’s run climaxed with the Dibiase stips match.

Half way home, Flair, Dibiase, Taylor (thanks the Flair), MNX, Duggan, RNR, and Magnum TA are all well represented in the top 20-25. Though the set is heavily weighted to 84-85, there are a few matches representing pre-84 in the top 25, and something like nine matches in the top 25 are from the first two disks. In al, it’s a great mix of matches, personas, and styles.