Posts Tagged ‘Rock N Roll Express’

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling – August 23 1986

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - August 23 1986

- Your hosts are Tony & David, with assistance from Jim Cornette.

- Sad news to start, as the Rock N Roll Express have regained the World tag titles from the Midnight Express, and America mourns as Nikita Koloff has taken the US title home to Moscow.

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Back to Starrcade

Monday, December 15th, 2008

I didnt agree with most of the matches on the Starrcade set but I was wondering the matches that You would have included and which one you would kick off

Just off the top of my head, I can tell you that these matches didn't need to be there, or at least not as high as they were:

- Dusty & Sting v. The Road Warriors

- Eddie Guerrero v. Dean Malenko

- Midnights v. Rock N Roll Express scaffold match

- Three Count v. Jung Dragons ladder match

As for what SHOULD have been there...

- Ric Flair v. Ron Garvin, from Starrcade '87.  Yeah, I give it grief, but it was a better match than all of the above and one of the big moments for both guys.

- Ricky Steamboat v. Tully Blanchard from Starrcade '84.  Hell of a match that's forgotten by the current fanbase just because it's not pimped as a classic on DVD releases.

- Rock N Roll Express v. The Andersons from Starrcade '86.  I love this match more every time I watch it.  The perfect storm of the bully heels and the pretty babyfaces.

- Midnight Express v. Midnight Express from Starrcade '88.  A great and historic match that means nothing to current fans.

- Rick Steiner v. Mike Rotundo from Starrcade '88.  Another great match that was a HUGE deal at the time but grew to mean nothing once Steiner became a tag team star and Rotundo became a taxman. 

That being said, I understand how the voting worked and what the mindset was, so I'm not blaming fans for not knowing what a shitty match they voted for in a couple of cases. 

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling – August 16 1986

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - August 16 1986

- They seem to be sneaking more SMW stuff into the channel, with a clip before this show and a clip of Rock N Roll Express v. Gangstas in the Shorties section, and yet still no weekly TV show. Where's the Smoky Mountain love, WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand?

- Hosted by Tony and David and Jim F'n Cornette.

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