One all-time team and a very underrated one. It's a shame the Southern Boys couldn't have dialed back the gimmick just a little, say not wearing Confederate battle garb to the ring. Just being two good ol' boys who can wrestle looking for a fight could have been really good.
The poor Fantastics can't even get into the underrated tag match. That's how many great underrated teams there have been. A dream US Tag Title tournament would probably be even more fun than the dream World Tag Title tournament.
The Fantastics don't get enough love, period. Ricky Morton got a title shot at Flair. Bobby Fulton or Tommy Rogers, especially Tommy Rogers would've made a great one off challenger to the Nature Boy.
Would the Rockers be considered underrated? Never won the titles or really any big match but they definitely influenced a whole generation of wrestlers like Jericho, Edge, Christian, etc.
Maybe "the Re-enactors" could work as an indy gimmick. They have to wear burlap uniforms in the ring, they carry one of those long poles used to load cannons, they show up gassed because they had to march to the arena, and they can only use an 1860s move set.
One all-time team and a very underrated one. It's a shame the Southern Boys couldn't have dialed back the gimmick just a little, say not wearing Confederate battle garb to the ring. Just being two good ol' boys who can wrestle looking for a fight could have been really good.
ReplyDeleteUltimate underrated tag team dream match: The Wild Eye'd Southern Boys vs. The Killer Bees.
ReplyDeleteThe poor Fantastics can't even get into the underrated tag match. That's how many great underrated teams there have been. A dream US Tag Title tournament would probably be even more fun than the dream World Tag Title tournament.
ReplyDeleteThey did when they became The Young Pistols. Switched to tan trunks with two pistols on the back.
ReplyDeleteThe Fantastics could take on the Rougeaus.
ReplyDeleteThe Fantastics don't get enough love, period. Ricky Morton got a title shot at Flair. Bobby Fulton or Tommy Rogers, especially Tommy Rogers would've made a great one off challenger to the Nature Boy.
ReplyDeleteThat's right. I thought the Young Pistols were Tracy and Brad, but they were indeed Tracy and Scott.
ReplyDeleteCurrently watching the WWE Vintage episode from last week and they're airing the Starrcade '90 Pat O'Connor Memorial Tournament.
ReplyDeleteWhoever was booking WCW in 1990 (Ole?) sure loved him some tag-team wrassling.
Such...ferocious...mullets...
ReplyDeleteIt pales in comparison to the RAW Bowl and when the Smokin' Gunns won the prestigious Steve Lombardi trophy.
ReplyDeleteWould the Rockers be considered underrated? Never won the titles or really any big match but they definitely influenced a whole generation of wrestlers like Jericho, Edge, Christian, etc.
ReplyDeleteI vaguely recall a Raw Bowl but that's about it. Man the finishes in this O'Connor tournament are some of the worst i've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteThe referee is shitting the bed in every finish. I've forgotten how bad this show was, even before the Black Scorpion nonsense.
Believe it was the first RAW of 96
ReplyDelete**** 1/2. Love me some early 90's WCW
ReplyDeleteTremendous finishing sequence. At least 3-4 dramatic false finishes.
ReplyDeleteSteve Armstong actually
ReplyDeleteMaybe "the Re-enactors" could work as an indy gimmick. They have to wear burlap uniforms in the ring, they carry one of those long poles used to load cannons, they show up gassed because they had to march to the arena, and they can only use an 1860s move set.
ReplyDeleteOf course, they'd have to be comedy jobbers.
Yup this is the shit
ReplyDeleteYoung Pistols wasn't even that great a name, but it was 1000000 times better than "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys."
ReplyDeleteI cringed because of their gimmick/name/promos, but they were a good team.
ReplyDeleteRASSLIN' at it's finest. I watched this over Fourth of July weekend and have taken a new found appreciation of the match.
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