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Arn Anderson v Big Josh (WCW 2/5/92)

--“Hey guess what.” “What?” “Arn had another good match in 1992.” “Get the fuck outta here.” “Ok I’m lying; Arn had another MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME match in 1992.” Yeah this is MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME and while it’s not exactly the total Double A you know who’s making you hooked. Big Josh is Matt Borne who’ve I’ve always liked, but he’s never the guy I’d say has had a lot of great career performances or matches, and I can’t call this an excellent performance or anything, but he did absolutely nothing to deter from how great this was. It’s 2/3 falls with like forty minutes so they get a shit ton of time to do stuff. First fall ends up being Josh basically cutting off any offence Arn tries to give, then going for Arn’s back (who I can say might be one of the best sellers ever at this point) only to get screwed by AA holding the ropes down for a pin. Second fall has Josh trying to get to Arn’s back straight away, and it turns into Arn targeting Josh’s arm, after a ducked clothesline-onto-ringpost spot. And targeting body-part Arn might be better than selling a body-part Arn. Josh ultimately wins by pulling the tights as a bit of a “screw you”, and I thought it was excellent how he wouldn’t get his hand raised because his arm was hurting that much. Third fall has a lot of “either guy could win”, and I love spots where they both get put down and you have Paul E. pounding the mat until his hands are purple so Arn can wake up. Add that in with Arn throwing woozy punches like only he can and winning with a spinebuster and this is MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME. Listed like a bitch.

Bobby Eaton v Dustin Rhodes (WCW 8/5/92)

Bobby Eaton v Dustin Rhodes (WCW 9/5/92)

--Oh YES these were great. Not “great” great, but like “eight minute lose your shit” great. I bundled them together since they have spots which I don’t remember came from which match, but either way you’re going to want to watch them both. They both have Eaton failing to get the upper hand, but they’re different aside from that. I remember Eaton getting fed up and trying to ram Dustin’s head into the ring post, only for it to be reversed and have Dustin armdrag him into the entrance way and dropkick and lariat him right there. Dustin’s terrific in selling the leg in one of them too, Eaton goes for an Irish Whip and he just collapses because he can’t take moving at that pace. Um…I recall thinking Bobby Eaton is awesome at taking punches and going over the top rope after one of those spots where he bounces back and forth on the same set of ropes, Dustin hitting a ring post somewhere, some interferences, and Dangerously yelling “DOES IT HURT DUSTIN? OH BOO. OH BOO HOO. DOES IT HURT DUSTIN? DOES IT HURT?”. Uh…yeah. Idk, just….watch them.

Steve Austin v Barry Windham (WCW 9/5/92)

--Much better than their last 2/3 falls match, which I still enjoyed and they actually kind of played off of here. Austin spends a lot of the first fall keeping a snug headlock on and Windham does what he can to try to break it, and Austin still keeps in on after a backdrop, but loses his grip the second time around. Windham trying to end the fall with a suplex was great since he won the first fall of their last 2/3 falls match that way. Thought it was even greater that he had to resort to a superplex to actually put that fall away. I’m actually having trouble remembering the second fall at all since I watched this nearly 24 hours ago (and I’m surprised I remembered even that much about the first), but Austin wins it. So there. Third fall was almost all Austin until Windham picks up the victory after Austin’s assistance from Paul E and busting open Windham fails. Windham winning sets a fuse in Dangerously’s head off and he gets on the ramp way and yells at Austin to pummel Windham with the Title he just lost. Not something I loved but it was real good.