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Post by elliott on Dec 3, 2017 17:35:44 GMT -5
The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger, & JJ Dillon) vs The Road Warriors, Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes & Paul Ellering (“War Games” – JCP Great American Bash – 7/4/1987) It is possible that I will have this as my highest ranked Crockett/WCW match. It will definitely be my highest ranked War Games. I love everything about this. Brilliant gimmick. Brilliant work. Heat. Atmosphere. Emotion. Blood. This is the peak of the Goddamn Four Horsemen. Its fucking Wargames. One of the best matches ever.
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Post by Cap on Dec 3, 2017 20:53:08 GMT -5
Second
This isn't my favorite wargames, but I will happily second its nomination here. The wargames gimmick is one of my favorites and this was one of the best. If nothing else, this a touchstone match. Its high drama, has an electric atmosphere, and delivers what I would consider sort of meat-and-potatoes wrestling goodness. You could show this to just about anyone and they would get it and could probably enjoy it to whatever extent they were capable of enjoying wrestling.
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Post by Grimmas on Jan 6, 2018 22:18:17 GMT -5
Well fucking of course this gets a nod. One of the greatest wars in wrestling history. These two teams beat the shit and blood out of each other with Dusty and company getting some semblance of revenge. JJ getting murdered to end this is a great finish. Will make my list somewhere, I think.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Mar 24, 2019 18:02:01 GMT -5
Not a huge Wargames fan but this is one of the better ones. All outlined below.
Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, JJ Dillon) vs. The Dream Team (Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors, Paul Ellering) - WARGAMES I
Definitely one of the best WARGAMES matches of all time. Much, much better than Wargames II and overall it had a lot more energy & zip than the other ones that I have seen. The Road Warriors remain the best suited for this environment. Road Warrior Animal may have gotten one of the loudest sustained roars I have ever heard in my life. That was enough to power the city of Greensboro. Animal must have been jacked! He was just steamrolling Anderson & Blanchard. Then he did his two spots with Blanchard lawn darting him to next ring and the sit up spot. I thought Dusty vs Arn was a better five minute opening. Dusty was ballshotting and flipping off the Horsemen. Also, Dusty used the roof of the cage twice. You know Dusty wanted to be the first to use the roof since that was his innovation. Tully & Arn stooging for the Double Bionic Elbow before settling in to work the leg was good. I covered Animal. Flair was a ton better in this. I love when just jumps on somebody. There were ballshots galore in this match. Flair was definitely in the right mindset here, just brawl mode. I liked Flair trying to cut Nikita off at the pass at the door by raking the eye. This made the Double Russian Sickle all the sweeter. Koloff was just Sickleing everything he saw. Luger came in and started beating on Nikita and then moved on. I really liked the fact they did TWO Spike Piledrivers on Koloff, who had a n injured neck remember he had a neck brace on at the Crockett Cup in April. Some actual strategy! Hawk came in and not quite as good as Animal, but was just a wrecking ball of energy. I love the Road Warriors! JJ was of course completely ineffectual. Paul Ellering brings in his spiked wristband, which I dont love. It is too small. When you have eight behemoths and two managers, two ring and a massive cage, you should have something HUGE so everyone can see. I feel like that Spiked Wristband is too small. DOOMSDAY DEVICE~! JJ breaks his collarbone. They ram his head into the cage and he surrenders. I feel like that finish was still anti-climatic, but the energy level was through the roof. This did NOT feel like a battle royale, much, much better. ****1/4
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Post by elliott on Mar 24, 2019 19:32:33 GMT -5
This made my top 10 and I still feel like I lowballed it.
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Post by elliott on Aug 15, 2020 18:32:12 GMT -5
My 2020 #1.
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Post by puropotsy on Jun 4, 2023 17:10:26 GMT -5
This is an ageless match. It is so cool to watch knowing it was the first of its kind with no real blueprint and in fact it was the opportunity to write one. Everyone plays their role perfectly. Dusty and Arn are the best to start and then the Horsemen advantages play so well off the powerhouses coming in. Arn and Tully got some good teamwork in and the Warriors working over JJ for the finish was epic. Possible Top 10 finisher for me.
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Post by [Darren] on Jun 4, 2023 17:32:22 GMT -5
I had 92 above this until rewatching recently. Top 20 lock.
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Post by elliott on Jun 4, 2023 17:47:26 GMT -5
Yeah I always thought it was crazy to see other War Games rated over this. This is insanely great. I've voted it 8th, 1st and 10th in the 3 years we've done this. A perfect match.
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