WCCW Christmas Night Star Wars 1985
From the Reunion Arena in Dallas.
Bill Mercer tells us the headliner is the Dynamic Duo vs. Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez. He tries his best to play it up as a big event, but this feud had been going on for over a year and that HAD to be at least a part of why attendance started to collapse as 1986 unfolded.
Some dude warbles through "God Bless America". I'd prefer Glen Goza in a heartbeat. W-R-A-S-S-L-I-N'!
Missing Link vs. Jack Victory
Victory bumps all over the place for Link's assortment of headbutts. Victory turns to choking to try and slow down the wild man, but more headbutts put Victory into a daze. Link hits a powerslam and a diving headbutt for the quick win.
Percy Pringle and Rick Rude come down. Pringle tries to cheer Link on and perhaps calm the beast down. This is all a ploy so Rude can sneak around back with a chair and attack the Link. Sunshine rushes to the ring to aid her....friend?... Rude tries to offer her some of his sex package, so she maces him! Pringle attacks the valet and wrestles the mace from her. He is about to mace the wee lass, only for the Link to make the save. Okay, the post match stuff was actually a hell of a lot of fun!
The fans are allowed to rush past the barricade as the Freebirds come to the ring.
Mark Youngblood and David Peterson vs. Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts
Peterson would go on to be known as D.J. Peterson and find work in JCP, WWF and AWA. He has a good look, with a Magnum P.I. like stache and some obvious chemical enhancements to his body. Youngblood was probably still reeling from the untimely death of his brother Jay months before. The Freebirds were all over the place in 1985 as Florida, the AWA, Japan, Memphis and the Mid-South area all saw the Freebirds in action.
Youngblood outwits both heels with his speed. Gordy is downed and Peterson takes over the attack. Since I mentioned earlier how the Von Erichs main event scene was stale, I should note that Mercer puts over the Von Erichs and Freebirds reigniting tensions.
Would working a jabroni tag match in Dallas really pay better than working the AWA's Xmas show? Gordy headlined AWA's December show in Chicago against World champ Rick Martel and Gordy and Roberts had an intriguing match against Freebird ally Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal in an AWA tag title match on a different show. The Freebirds were also wrapping up their feud with Crusher Blackwell.
Anyway, the faces run wild for a bit, but the heels cut Peterson off, and Gordy finishes things with a powerslam off the top rope. A perfectly acceptable formula tag match.
Kerry and Kevin Von Erich vs. Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez
These teams had a hair vs hair match in a stadium two months earlier and yet the feud goes on. Kerry and Kevin are "the Cosmic Cowboys" and listed as unknowns but neither are wearing masks and Mercer is just calling them Kevin and Kerry. Without context this seems really goofy.
Kerry is working barefoot (while he still has two feet to bare). The guys hit high spots to kick us off as Kerry is sent to the floor via an Adams superkick and Von Erich responds by dropping both Gino and Adams with a discus punch.
The Von Erichs use mat work to keep Adams down. The heels do eventually take over as Kerry is battered for several minutes. Kerry, being a MAN, makes his own comeback and locks both heels in the CLAW at the same time. Kerry doesn't bother tagging out and tries to take Gino out with a sleeper. Gino escapes and begins to work Kerry over again.
Mercer covers for the men calling spots as he explains they are trash talking one another while in close quarters. Gino misses a charge and Kerry again doesn't go for the tag. He tries to make his own comeback again, but then goes over and tags Kevin anyway which the crowd doesn't pop much for at all. Weird psychology by Kerry....
Kevin hits some splashes but can't score the pin. Adams tries to tag out, but Gino won't do it. Adams is frustrated so he tosses Kevin over the top rope for a DQ. Despite a DQ normally being a title change in WCCW (????) this one isn't???? I'm confused.
Adams is annoyed at Gino and slaps him post-match to finally, maybe, possibly end this feud with a whimper.
More to come....