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Post by Kadaveri on Jan 17, 2018 16:09:23 GMT -5
The Fantastics vs. The Midnight Express (NWA United States Tag Team Championship - Clash of Champions 1 - 03/27/88)
This is one of the best crazy tag team brawls that the NWA excelled at in these days. Before the match officially starts they're fighting all over the place throwing tables and chairs and each other. The crowd is super hot for it all. Jim Cornette is on the outside and of course never misses an opportunity to get involved. There's a nice spot where he holds up a table against the ring ropes just as Tommy Rogers gets thrown at the ropes and smacks his head on it. I've never seen that! Someone in 2018 needs to reuse that spot. Tommy Rogers is fully in the Face In Peril role just getting his ass kicked all over the place while the crowd cheers him on to get that tag. It's standard stuff but it's executed so excellently. Now a lot of people are a bit down on this match because of the finish, but whatever your position on that I don't think it hurts the match enough to render it unworthy of consideration for a Top 100 list. It's still one of the best US tag matches ever.
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Post by maddog1981 on Jan 17, 2018 17:47:51 GMT -5
Second,
I've seen this numerous times and it still manages to surprise me how out of control it gets. The way they use the table is great and really stands out at the time. I think this would have a chance of making my list over a lot of Midnight matches.
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Post by gordi on Jan 26, 2018 21:38:36 GMT -5
Thirded.
Almost the Platonic Ideal of an NWA tag match. Both of the good guys get a long FIP segment and a hot tag. They execute the formula perfectly, work right up to the edge of losing control, and drive the crowd insane. The Rock n Roll Express were the Midnight's greatest feud, but in my opinion this is their greatest match.
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Post by headcheese on Apr 26, 2018 23:16:58 GMT -5
For the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on Clash of the Champions 1
Really, really intense brawl and sprint. The crowd is really energetic in this match. Kind of strange finish. Highly recommend this match. Probably a lock.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Jul 22, 2018 18:43:29 GMT -5
This is a match that I never understood was not rated higher.so much energy and break-action action done with struggle and urgency. I think this is the Greatest US Tag of all time. NWA US Tag Team Champions Midnight Express vs Fantastics - Clash of the Champions I FUCKING AWESOME! Have loved this match for years nothing has changed, it is fucking incredible! If it was not for the Dusty Finish, this would be my choice for the greatest US tag team match of all time. I don't understand why it never gets *****, probably due to the finish who care they fucking deserve it! I almost feel like I don't need to write a review because everyone and their mother knows about this match and its sheer awesomeness. The energy and urgency is unreal. This is pro wrestling! This is what it gets me going! I will tell you what really added to this viewing watching the Pro match from the night before (3/26/88) which is a standard Southern tag with a big upset by the Fantastics in their debut. It really adds to that opening brawl. What a brawl! I was remarking on twitter the art of brawling is lost. I implore young talents to watch this, It is RAUCOUS MAYHEM! Then once it settles into a tag the party don't stop! Eaton is great taking that stooge bump. THE HOLY SHIT TRANSITION! Blind tag -> Total Elimination! Midnight Express are Gods and we are just mortals. I remember during the drop toehold and elbow sequence saying out loud "Bobby Eaton is fucking great!". Stan Lane's kicks looked awesome. Lane got mean in this too. Raking the eyes during the heat segment. Love that spot where Cornette holds up the table and they bash Roger's head into it. Fulton is great in trying to help Rogers, but hindering him at the same time. I forgot to mention there is a point in the opening brawl where Fulton hits such an awesome right to Eaton. Eaton punishing Rogers on the outside with bodyslam and bulldog on table was awesome. Rogers makes the tag but ref does not see it. I cant believe I forgot to mention Greensboro was MOLTEN for this throughout the match. Fulton is being impeded by the ref. Cornette is bashing Rogers with the racquet. Fulton basically says FUCK YOU AND TOSSES THE REF!!! CROWD LOSES THEIR SHIT! Cornette blitzes Eaton by accident with racket and Fulton clobbers Corny. ROCKET LAUNCHER~! TOMMY YOUNG 1-2-3!!!!!! Dusty Finish! BOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Awesome post-match brawl with MX kicking some Fantastics ass DOUBLE FLAPJACK and then they WHIP HIM LIKE THE DOG HE IS! Corny likes it! He really likes it! Rogers saves with chair. INSANE!!! The heat from the crowd and from the wrestlers just WOW! Everyone was turned to fucking 11! Love that brawl and what a heat segment. JUST WOW! Loved Fulton's reaction to the ref, the Rocket Launcher! It was important for MX to get some heat after losing the upset and then the visual Rocket Launcher loss so kicking ass at the end really adds heat to the rematch!!! Everybody stop being so damn stingy with your snowflakes! Writing this review, I actually think this is the greatest US tag match in history. ***** Cue the response, this was not even the best tag team match on the show.  I will deal with you when I get to Luger/Windham vs Horsemen soon. Lol. |
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Post by KB8 on Dec 9, 2018 16:32:02 GMT -5
Definitely.
This match-up never fails to deliver. I don't even know how many MX/Fans matches I've seen by now, but from Texas to Oklahoma to North Carolina it's pretty much always money. If this isn't their best match together there's a decent chance it's their wildest. That first little stretch of chaos is so good, tables and chairs and tennis rackets all over the place, like some kind of alternate universe ECW that ran out of a flea market in Greensboro. Cornette was a sensational little irritant, swinging that racket and running for his life, at one point flinging a chair at Bobby Fulton's face, only for Fulton to catch it and send Cornette bolting so fast you expected his jacket to fly off. The heat segment on Rogers might be the best MX beatdown of them all and boy does that cover some major ground. The transition comes when Lane makes the blind tag and they catch him with an awesome chop block/leaping clothesline Total Elimination style, then from there they just run through all sorts of killer offence. Lane's karate was landing with a little extra mustard, Eaton was hitting body slams and a bulldog across a table on the floor, they rolled out the drop toe hold/running elbow double team, Cornette got involved again by holding up that table as a target for Tommy's head, it all ruled. You know you're onto something special when Eaton's blowing out his arse after running through his bag of tricks and Lane keeps tagging him back in anyway. The Dusty Finish had probably been run into the ground as a concept by this point, but Fulton was going apeshit on the apron the entire time Rogers was being mugged so you can certainly buy that missed hot tag being his tipping point. Extra points for the post-match whipping and this whole thing was the bomb. One of the best US tag matches ever and a likely vote.
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Post by kas on Feb 5, 2019 18:39:44 GMT -5
Thirded. Contender for best Southern Style Tag Match of all time. The Midnight Express are bastards throughout, The Fantastics are fiery on offense, and the pace and urgency is fantastic.
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Post by puropotsy on Jun 4, 2023 19:38:08 GMT -5
This was a great southern tag. Rogers plays a fantastic face-in-peril and takes a beating from the Midnights. Of course there was a Dusty finish which impacts the strength of the match but other than that it was great stuff.
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Post by mrjmml on Jun 4, 2023 20:11:49 GMT -5
The best Crockett match of the year.
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Post by elliott on Sept 6, 2023 23:08:43 GMT -5
Awesome match. Haven't watched it in ages and it's still great.
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I will deal with you when I get to Luger/Windham vs Horsemen soon. Lol.
