Sage Cortez
Starrcade has finished, and with that begins the build towards a something that never happened. By that I mean, Sting vs. Ric Flair at WrestleWar 1990. There’s a lot of other stuff here too. For one, there’s a debut of a guy that everyone knows and loves, him being CACTUS JACK. We also have to pick up the pieces of everything else that happened at Starrcade. And in addition to that, the United States Tag Team Championships are making a return. I’m looking forward to seeing where it all leads. So, let’s do exactly that!
– Taped to air December 16th, 1989, on World Championship Wrestling, from Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
Rick Fargo & CACTUS JACK MANSON vs. The Steiner Brothers (NWA Tag Team Champions)
This should be fun. I remember that Foley really hated that Manson thing. During the Steiners entrance, Rick Steiner was holding babies. It’s like a parody of a political candidacy. Cactus took one clothesline from Rick that looked horrific, then got slapped in the face a few times. How’s that for stiff? Anyway, what matters here is the finish, as it established Cactus Jack as somebody to pay attention to. He was doing the crazy thing for the entire match, and it culminated in something great. He was apparently a bit upset about the way Fargo lost the match, so with it being over and all, he snapped! He attacked Fargo, threw him out of the ring, and set him up for the big elbow drop all the way onto the concrete floor! The commentary from Jim Ross was awesome, too. Obviously, more to come from this guy in the future.
– Taped to air December 23rd, 1989, on World Championship Wrestling, from Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina
Sting vs. Lex Luger for the NWA United States Championship
Pre-Match Thoughts: Well, of course I was going to watch this. Even though I just watched it at Starrcade, this is a really important and probably integral match to watch in order to keep track of the stories in the promotion. It should also be very entertaining, given the way these two had been working. Interestingly enough, this match actually took place before Starrcade. Also, remember that while Sting won the Iron Man tournament, he did not beat Lex Luger. Sting’s paint for this match is quite interesting looking. Luger needed a police escort, must be all that heat he has.
Match Review: The match begins with these two locking up, and it is made clear that Jim Ross is on commentary with Gordon Solie. That’s good. Luger went out to the apron to talk to some fans, and Sting pops him. Smart. Luger comes back in with punches, but Sting gets the better of him and takes Luger to the corner for more punches. He follows with a backdrop, and goes for the STINGER SPLASH only for Luger to get his knee up. Luger heads up top, but Sting brings him down with a slam. Luger goes to the outside to stall, but Sting chases him back in, only to wind up getting kicked a lot. Sting comes back by throwing Luger into the rail as they hit the floor, and doing so for a second time as well. In they go again, and Sting gives Luger a back suplex for 2. Luger comes back with punches and clubbing blows, and now apparently Kevin Sullivan is going to be gone for a while. No more commentary from him I guess. Sting hits Luger with a cross body for 2, then Luger takes back control by sending Sting’s face into the buckle. Sting responds with a dropkick, and suplexes Luger in from the ring apron as well for 2. He borrows a page from the Hogan handbook with some scratches to the back, then flies over the top with a missed cross body, only to land on his feet! He rushes up to the top rope, and down he comes with a cross body for 2. Great spot. Sting heads up top again, but this time Luger catches him and crotches him on the top rope. A clothesline sends Sting to the floor, and Luger follows him out there to send him into the railing. It takes Sting a while to get back in the ring, but when he does, it’s because Luger suplexed him in there for 2. Luger follows that with a gorilla press that Sting hits him during, leading to Luger dropping him on his head. Not such a good spot, guys. Luger clotheslines Sting, but Sting’s not selling anymore I guess. He fires back to his feet with punches, and sends Luger into the corner for another backdrop. Sting follows that with a standing dropkick, and now Luger wants to leave. Or not, instead he grabs a chair. After a missed swing, Sting rolls him up for 2. Crowd bought a title change. Sting goes for the STINGER SPLASH, but Luger picks up the chair to block it at 12:06, leading to a DQ.
In typical NWA fashion, the match is not over. Luger goes for another chair shot, but out comes SLICK RIC. He chops away at Luger until J-TEX comes out there and puts a beatdown on him and Sting both. Fortunately, the Andersons ran out there to make the save. Segment couldn’t have ended any differently.
My Thoughts: This was a lot of fun, although the ending was entirely predictable. This seemed at the time like it was building to the Horsemen facing J-Tex. It was, but that wasn’t the feud they were really building towards. In any case, nice to see Flair doing something on the weekly television, as he had started doing more and more. ***1/4, good work although that botched gorilla press slam was a bit scary.
– Taped to air December 30th, 1989, on World Championship Wrestling, from Peoria, Illinois
Jim Cornette (w/the Midnight Express) vs. Shane Douglas (w/Johnny Ace)
Pre-Match Thoughts: This should be a lot of fun. I know there’s no chance of this match actually happening, so let’s see what actually does happen. The Dudes made their silly entrance, and Cornette grabs the microphone. He says that he slipped in the shower while picking up the soap, and can’t wrestle for 8 months. He has a note, and his replacement is Stan Lane. That’s funny, seeing as this match was made because Cornette was tricked into signing a bogus contract.
So, we have…
Stan Lane vs. Shane Douglas
Match Review: Lane attacks, but Douglas fights back to knock him out of the ring. He brings Lane in the hard way, and hits him with a flying forearm. Douglas follows that with a hip toss, but Lane starts kicking back at him. Lane hits Douglas with a back elbow, and takes him down for a chinlock. Lane then takes something from Cornette and chokes Lane with it, then throws it back outside. He drops Douglas throat-first on the top rope and follows with a bodyslam, but misses an elbow drop. Lane hits Douglas with an uppercut, but Douglas comes back with a cross body for no count. Cornette gets in the ring with the racket, and gets hit while trying to use it. Then, Douglas slams Cornette, and pins Cornette for the victory after a 3:20 long nothing match.
My Thoughts: I detest matches where combatants pin wrestlers who aren’t part of the match, but this actually made sense! So I don’t hate it. Douglas was really bad in the ring, though. He blew a few spots here and the match wasn’t even long enough for him to do that. DUD. Cornette getting pinned was a good moment though.
The Dragon Master (w/Gary Hart & Buzz Sawyer) vs. Sting (w/the Andersons)
Pre-Match Thoughts: Really low expectations for this match, and with good reasons. J-Tex is a really weak idea to me, and something that the Horsemen are above. If the match sucks, then it would just about say it all about this entire idea. I guess this could be good, seeing as there are four guys at ringside who may make it so.
Match Review: These men lock up, and Sting hip tosses Dragon Master after some running sequences. He also dropkicks the guy out of the ring. The Master gets in and Sting goes for the SCORPION DEATHLOCK, but he makes the ropes. He comes back with chops, then goes to an armbar. Sting gets out and backdrops him, then takes him down with an arm drag. After holding onto that arm, Sting hits the Dragon Master with some knee drops. They go to the corner and Sting goes down after some kicks, then the Master slaps a nerve hold on him. Sting gets out, and gets tossed outside the ring. This better have a good ending, or I will regret watching this. When Sting gets back in, the Master grabs onto the arm. Sting reverses to an armbar, and slams the guy. Sting misses an elbow drop, and it’s back to the arm with a cross armbreaker. The Dragon Master lets go and follows with a side slam, it gets 2. Then, he goes to a kimura like hold while having Sting’s other arm barred up by his legs. Sting hoists him up to his shoulders, and uses a Samoan drop to break the hold. The Master still puts an armbar back on him, and they trade blows until they collide with each other. Sting gets up first and tries a slingshot splash, but it’s blocked. Dragon Master covers for 2, and Sting replies with a cradle that gets 3! About 11 minutes long, that match.
Of course, that isn’t going to be the end. The Andersons get in the ring, Buzz Sawyer goes crazy on the outside, and nothing comes of it except for a promo by the Andersons. At the Omni, it’s going to be the Andersons and Sting against J-Tex!
My Thoughts: This was very slow and methodical, not my kind of match at all. It also didn’t have any sort of payoff at the end. The selling was good, and the holds that were used on Sting made sense to some degree. However, if you were attacking one of Sting’s body parts, it would be one or both of his legs, as doing so would severely impact his athleticism. *1/4.
– Taped to air January 6th, 1990, on World Championship Wrestling, from Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
THE ROCK AND ROLL EXPRESS RETURNS!
This was quite a big deal for obvious reasons. Anyway, Jim Ross simply announced their return, and they cut a promo. These guys looked so weather beaten and worn by time. They want to challenge for titles, but we’ll see about that!
– Taped to air January 7th, 1990, on NWA Main Event, from the Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois
Bobby Eaton (w/Jim Cornette) vs. Ric Flair for the NWA Championship
Pre-Match Thoughts: This is a combination that could lead to greatness. In fact, it has to lead to greatness. Two of the best workers in the business getting a chance to have a singles match on TV is just awesome. I’ve never seen this before, but you’d expect a 4 star match with this quality. The Midnight Express has stalled a lot, so nothing would be lost by having Eaton do a clean job to Flair on television. I’ve been looking forward to watching this match for a few weeks.
Match Review: These men lock up, and Flair doesn’t break cleanly, deciding to chop away instead. Eaton slaps Flair with some big right hands, and Flair comes back with a hip toss. He takes Eaton over with a headlock, and when they get up, he knocks Eaton out of the ring with a shoulderblock. Eaton gets up to the apron and Flair throws him into the post, then he chops him down to the floor and Eaton takes a side-first bump. That was cool. They get in and Flair grabs hold of an armbar, chopping Eaton down after getting hit with a right hand. Flair does so again, and Eaton takes control with a punch that sends Flair out to the floor. However, Flair launches Eaton from the apron into the guardrail! Eaton makes it up to the apron and Flair pulls him back in, only for Eaton to fly off the ropes and give him a neckbreaker. Great move to use seeing as Flair’s neck troubles are documented. Eaton elbows the neck for 2, and bulldogs Flair as well for 2. He shoots Flair into the buckle upside down, and to the outside he goes. Cornette hits Flair in the throat with his racket, but Flair pops up and tries to go after Cornette. Of course, he doesn’t quite make it. So, Eaton rams Flair’s head into the post, and once again Cornette hits Flair with the racket. Flair finally gets back in the ring, only to eat a lot of right hands. Flair tries to come back with chops, but Eaton knocks him back down and chokes away. Eaton puts Flair in a head-scissors, then gives him another neckbreaker for 2. When you think Flair’s going to start his charge, he gets cut off. Once again with the head-scissors, but Flair eventually powers out of it. Cornette chokes him now, and Eaton follows that with a suplex. He heads up top for the first time, and down he comes with a flying elbow for 2. THE HEART OF THIS CHAMPION! Eaton goes back to the head-scissors, but that won’t finish the match. This time, Flair stops Eaton with chops, and they send Eaton to the outside. He pulls Flair out there, and Flair backdrops Eaton on the concrete floor! He follows that with a hip toss, and it seems like we’re going through Eaton’s greatest hits. Back in they go and Flair goes upside down, but this time he runs the apron and flies off the top with a forearm that hits. He drops the knee on Eaton as well, and backdrops him. Stan Lane has made his way to ringside now, and Eaton hit Flair with a back elbow. He went up top again, and this time Eaton came down with a knee drop that Flair caught. He goes to work on that knee, and into that FIGURE-FOUR! Lane and Cornette get on the apron and Flair brings Cornette in, then hits him with the racket. He does the same to Eaton, and covers for the victory at 17:24!
My Thoughts: This was a hell of a match, even though I didn’t like the finish much simply because Flair never got to beat guys clean. He also didn’t get to do it here. A fitting finish, though! The story here was perfect, with the work on the neck and throat. Good use of interesting holds rather than the usual chinlocks used for that story. The commentary by Lance Russell was also really good. Eaton’s bumping on the outside helped make the match a lot better too. ***3/4 and recommended as this is one of Eaton’s best singles matches. Also, I don’t think I’m going to review it, but Flair was near to joining up with Woman not long after this. Perhaps the next time I see him, he will be.
– Taped to air January 12th, 1990, on the Power Hour, from the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia
Arn Anderson vs. The Great Muta for the NWA Television Championship
Pre-Match Thoughts: Man, am I glad to be watching more Arn Anderson singles matches. It feels like it has been a year since the last time. It may actually have been. Muta wasn’t going to be around a lot longer, and they had big plans for Arn. Also, this show being where it is, no doubt Arn will be over like rover.
Match Review: Muta spits mist in the air to scare Arn, but Arn doesn’t get scared by that mess. They lock up, and struggle over a waistlock before hitting the ropes. Arn rolls Muta up for 2, and Muta hits the floor to regroup. He gets back in and grabs hold of a wristlock, which Arn reverses. Buzz Sawyer and the Dragon Master have made their way out to the ring, and who knows what for. Muta misses a kick, and Arn drops him with a suplex. The crowd chants for Sting, so where’s he at? Arn puts Muta in a headlock, takes him down, and drops a knee on the left arm. After repeating the knee drops, Muta gets up and kicks Arn in the face. He follows with his elbow drop, and tosses Arn out to the floor. Muta then throws Arn into the rail, and brings him back in the ring. Muta flies in with a chop from the top rope, and follows with the HANDSPRING ELBOW! He locks Arn up in that inverted full nelson type manuever, but Arn powers out and lands some punches. However, Muta kicks him in the face again. Muta hits Arn with some big chops, and takes him to the corner for punches. Arn comes out of the corner with an inverted atomic drop, and follows with another. Arn gives Muta a hammerlock slam, haven’t seen anyone use that hold since the last time I saw him wrestle a singles match. He puts Muta in an abdominal stretch, but Muta makes the ropes and they both tumble over the top. Muta throws Arn into the railing, and back in they go again. Arn comes back with a SPINEBUSTER out of nowhere, and it’s time for interference. The Dragon Master gets on the apron, and Sawyer hits Arn with a shot from the top rope. Of course, all that was never spotted by the official. Muta covers, and it only got 2! Muta kicks Arn now, and signals for the MOONSAULT. First, Muta gives Arn a backbreaker, and he flies off the top with that moonsault only for Arn to block it with his knees. Arn drops Muta with a DDT, covers, and wins the TV Title at 13:17!
My Thoughts: I’m really happy that Arn won his title back. He was the best TV champion, so I’m looking forward to his defenses. As a bonus, this was a good match. Buzz Sawyer didn’t do anything to interfere, but his actions at ringside helped make the match better. I liked Cornette’s line about Sawyer being mentally ill. The match should have been a bit shorter, ***1/4 though. I’m a big Arn fan and found him to be really good as a babyface.
– Taped to air February 2nd, 1990, on the Power Hour, from Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina
The Z-Man vs. Ric Flair for the NWA Championship
Pre-Match Thoughts: This is a total babyface match, and it looks like we have a lot of time allotted for the match! I wonder if Zenk will get booed because he’s facing Flair. The athleticism on display here is great, that’s why I picked this match. Flair is repping the Four Horsemen, and doing that smiling babyface thing still. Haha. Not for much longer!
Match Review: The guys shake hands, showing this is going to be a clean and fair affair. Zenk grabs on with a headlock, and they break clean at the ropes. He takes Flair down with a shoulderblock, and Cornette drops a line about there being too many Mexicans in Corpus Christi. GODDAMN. The two wrestlers fight over a hammerlock, and tumble into the ropes again. Zenk puts Flair in a headlock again, and Flair gets out only to be hip tossed. Zenk follows with a dropkick, and takes Flair down with the headlock again. Cornette says that Flair is just wearing Zenk down by making him do things that won’t lead to a victory. Flair gets up and they struggle over a wristlock, then Flair gets taken down with a drop toe-hold and it’s back to the headlock. These two shove each other and exchange slaps, so it’s time for more action I hope. Zenk backdrops Flair, and goes for a flying head-scissors that connects. They slap each other again, and it appears Woman has made her way to the ring to watch. They had run an angle that she wanted to buy the Four Horsemen. We’ll see where that goes. Flair and Zenk exchange chops, and Flair teases leaving the ringside area as he’s not too happy about the goings on here. Instead, he pulls Zenk out there for some chops, and Zenk winds up throwing him into the railing. Zenk comes in with a sunset flip for 2, and follows by putting Flair in an abdominal stretch. Nice plug for Mil Mascaras, who also uses that hold. Zenk falls down for a pin of 2, and keeps holding on for pins of the same count. Flair gets out of it, and lays into Zenk with some chops. He follows with a double underhook suplex, and it gets 2. Flair drops a knee, and brings Zenk to the corner for more chops. The first was the hardest of the match. Flair picks Zenk up for an inverted atomic drop, and follows that with a small package for 2. He suplexes Zenk shortly after, getting another 2 count. They start exchanging shots, and Zenk wraps Flair up in a sleeper. Ross sells that as being Zenk’s big hold to get the finish, but Flair reverses with a back suplex. Flair heads up to the top, and it’s about time Zenk slams him down. Zenk shoots Flair into the buckle, upside down and out to the floor, then suplexes Flair back into the ring for 2. Zenk then goes for a cradle, but Flair grabs the tights and reverses for 3 at 16:29. Cheating to win!
My Thoughts: This was a fun match, nothing earth shattering, but very solid all the way around. The finish was also a great call in that it foreshadowed some changes to come on Flair’s part. The dirty tactics were slowly creeping back into his wrestling too. Zenk was a very generic wrestler who needed more big spots, I can’t count any that happened here. Perhaps his tag team with Pillman will lead to some. *** match.
Now, Clash of the Champions 10 was up. There were matches between the Road Warriors and Skyscrapers, the Steiners against Doom, and a steel cage match with the Horsemen facing J-Tex advertised for the show. Also, they were building up Steve Williams to face Lex Luger at WrestleWar. I also found the Horsemen/J-Tex feud to be getting extremely repetitive and one-sided, so I skipped quite a bit of that. As everybody knows, Sting got hurt at the Clash. I’m going to cover that later. The Horsemen turned, and we’ll cover some of the aftermath of that now. Fortunately, there wasn’t a whole lot between the two events. Other than a Rock ‘n’ Roll Express vs. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson match, I’ll watch what happened. Couldn’t find that one.
– Taped to air February 17th, 1990, on Worldwide, from the Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas
NWA US Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: The Midnight Express (w/Jim Cornette) vs. Brian Pillman and the Z-Man
Pre-Match Thoughts: Yes, they were bringing back these belts even though the roster was being carved up into pieces, with guys getting released all over the place. That doesn’t sound too smart to me, but I’m excited to see the new babyface team that will be replacing the Dynamic Dudes. A much better replacement at that! I didn’t cover the whole tournament, but I also didn’t see the point this time. For other tournaments that don’t apply to secondary tag team championships, I’ll do my best to cover all of them. Pillman and Zenk are the definition of WHITE MEAT.
Match Review: Pillman and Lane lock up, and Lane tries a hip toss that Pillman flips through. He hits Lane with a dropkick, and Eaton tags in for Pillman to arm drag him. Zenk comes in with an enziguri for 2, and the commentary here is hilarious. Terry Funk keeps calling him Zeeman. Haha. Eaton blocks a cradle, and Zenk backdrops him anyway. Lane rushes in and gets bodyslammed, and Pillman tags in. Eaton rakes his eyes, and puts Pillman on the top rope for a superplex that Pillman flips out of. He hip tosses Eaton, and follows that with a flying head-scissors. After a chop by Pillman, he flips through a side slam attempt and takes Eaton down with a crucifix for 2. Lane tags in and Pillman gives him an atomic drop, then follows with a big headbutt. Lane replies with a bodyslam, and tags in Eaton, who gets slammed. Zenk tags back in, and Lane hits him with a knee from behind. Pillman does the same to Eaton when Eaton runs the ropes, and Eaton gets thrown into Lane. The new team follows with a double backdrop and double dropkick, which clears Lane out of there. He comes back in with a gutwrench suplex on Zenk, and Eaton tags in for a neckbreaker. Zenk dodges a charge by Lane after another tag, and he tags in Pillman with a slingshot double clothesline. After some dropkicks by Pillman, he backdrops Eaton. He hits Lane with a flying back elbow, and all four guys are in now. Zenk puts Lane in a SLEEPER, and Cornette runs in, getting put in a SLEEPER. Lane hits Zenk with the racket, but nobody covers for a while. Zenk then kicks out at 2! Lane slams Zenk and tags in Eaton, who flies off the top with a ROCKET LAUNCHER, and misses! Pillman flies off the top with a cross body on Eaton, and gets the 3 count at 7:03!
My Thoughts: Pillman wasn’t the legal man, but I don’t know how much that matters. His performance was absolutely excellent. Tons of move reversals, lots of athletic displays, Zenk on the other hand did a lot of things that didn’t make too much sense to me. The Midnight Express were just constantly getting moved further and further down the card, despite Eaton getting better and better. A bit confusing to me. **3/4.
– Taped to air February 17th, 1990, on World Championship Wrestling, from Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia
Ric Flair (NWA Champion, w/Woman) vs. Brian Pillman
Pre-Match Thoughts:
Of course Woman joined up with Flair after Flair turned heel. Even though I haven’t recapped that, everyone knows that’s what happened. No surprise there, right? The dates just worked out really weird here. Early in the show, it was recapped that Pillman made comments about Flair on the previous week’s episode. He said what happened at the Clash really bothered him, and he wanted to meet Flair face to face. Flair and Woman showed up, and Flair said if Pillman doesn’t like it, he better get in the ring and shut him up. Woman said that Pillman didn’t know the difference between men and boys. His response was that Woman didn’t know the difference between a lady and a tramp! Flair got mad, dropped a BOMB, and Pillman’s got an hour to get in that ring. This was great. Pillman was super over, definitely a guy worth pushing hard. This is a non-title match, so maybe Pillman has a chance!
Match Review: Look at that, I linked the match too! These guys lock up, and Pillman shows no lack of courage. He takes Flair down with a hip toss to a huge cheer, and dropkicks him over the top as well! Man, what a crowd! He throws Flair back in the ring, and they exchange chops for a bit with Pillman getting the better of it. He backdrops Flair, and Flair tries to leave. Pillman follows, meets him in the aisle, and Flair gets control with a poke to the eye. He throws Pillman into the barricade, and sends him into the ring once more. Pillman comes back with more chops, and takes Flair to the corner for punches until Flair comes out with an inverted atomic drop. He follows with a knee drop, and brings Pillman up to his feet so he can chop away at him. Flair follows that with a double underhook suplex for 2, and a vertical suplex gets 2 as well. Pillman comes back with a sleeper, but Flair gets out with a back suplex. He goes for the FIGURE-FOUR, but Pillman cradles him up for 2. Flair fires off a shin-breaker, and goes to work. So, I think the figure-four is going to be put on. He keeps wrenching away, and there it is! Flair cheats by using the top rope during pinfalls, and Pillman finally reverses the hold. Pillman suplexes Flair into the ring from the apron, and follows that with some chops. Flair trades chops with him, and Pillman gets the better of it, eventually backdropping the champion. Pillman tosses Flair upside down into the corner, and dropkicks him as well after Flair’s failed leap from the top. Pillman goes for a sunset flip, and Woman reaches in to slap Pillman, getting his attention. Flair has the perfect distraction now, and knees Pillman from behind. He throws Pillman over the top, but Pillman holds on and makes the apron. He hits Flair with AIR PILLMAN, but it only gets 2. The crowd thought it was over. Pillman heads up top, and down he comes with a cross body that Flair reverses for the victory at 11:43. Wow.
At about 3:28 on this video, we have what happened after the match. Lex Luger was given the opportunity to back out of his title match at WrestleWar earlier in the show. He had an answer at the end. Once he showed up, he told Ole that he was NOT giving up his title match. Look at the response to that, even after all the work they did to get him heat, he got a huge pop for knocking down the Horsemen. As a bonus, in that video we have the interview from the next week, as well as Sting talking about his injury.
My Thoughts: This match was excellent, although Pillman didn’t get to use as much of his athleticism as he did in the last tag team match. While it was similar to Flair’s match against Zenk, it had a lot more action and better spots. Also, it had a great story going in, and I really wanted to watch it. ***1/2, I enjoyed it a lot. Pillman should have been pushed harder, but Flair was in favor of that push and was not in power for very much longer. So, it didn’t happen. He was totally ready for it though. The angle at the end was PERFECT for building to WrestleWar. Also, earlier in the show, the Andersons attacked the Steiner Brothers, leading to their match. So we really had a lot of things going on with the Horsemen involved.
I didn’t have anything else to watch, seeing as I couldn’t find the match where Pillman and the Z-Man won the US Tag Titles by beating the Freebirds. I know they face each other at WrestleWar, so not a lot was lost. In similar notes, Kendall Windham was arrested over being part of a counterfeit money scheme. What was lost, however, was that Ric Flair resigned from his position as booker. It was expected that Flair would possibly leave as a result. It sucks because his booking period was excellent, and a lot of things that happened during it made a ton of sense. But, that’s the way the company worked. Jim Herd became chairman of the booking committee, which obviously caused a lot of things that later happened. According to the WON, he wasn’t given credit for anything good that happened, including their good TV ratings and good PPV sales. Next up, I’m going to review Clash of the Champions 10, which took place before he resigned, and before the events of the last few matches I watched.
Best: Bobby Eaton vs. Ric Flair. A lot of competition for that, but it had to be.
Worst: PERHAPS the US Tag Title tournament. None of the matches were on the main TV show.
