Dustin Rhodes v Bunkhouse Buck (WCW 17/4/94)
--Couldn't have asked for anything more in a Bunkhouse match. Buck comes out all cocky because this is his time and Bunkhouse is part of his name and how can little rookie boy even try to touch him. Minute later and Dustin's launched himself over the ropes with some sort of piece of wood in his hand. I haven't seen what lead up to this, but the announcers said "Dustin's looking for revenge", and that equals good pro wrasslin'. Typical shine period where there's no rules, and typical heelish arsehole antics from Buck, low blows and all. He grabs that piece of wood eventually (which s apparently a 1x2) and smashes it over Rhodes head. It's one of those ECW shoot hits as well, where he goes "pro wrestling's fake you bastards? FUCK IT!" Dustin's entire faces goes red with blood and it's dripped on the mats outside. You're getting two types of Dustin Rhodes here; sympathy Dustin, and enraged Dustin, and they're as good as each other. Once sympathy Dustin is out of the way, enraged Dustin takes over by shaking in the corner drawing energy from God and his Texans at home. or something. Enraged Dustin's all about that revenge, he's whipping and punching making sure Buck goes home to the trash can where he lives on a stretcher. WCW are awesome at ending a match and making you want a proper conclusion in the future and this naturally had that. This is sitting in my top quarter right now, and even if I don't think it'll stay there, it was everything a guy could want.
Dustin Rhodes v Bunkhouse Buck (WCW 22/5/94)
--They had a Bunkhouse, here's a bull-rope! Dustin's still all piss and vinegar and he doesn't even let the tie the rope to Buck before he tries to murderise him. I'm almost struggling to remember any Buck offense, because Dustin beat on his for a *long* time, but it's the kind of Mid-South-esque babyface beating that you crave in a feud as vie as this has been. There are these absolutely nasty cowbell shots where it's Dustin's turn to go ECW on Buck, and he just swings the thing straight at his head and he's content with wherever it lands. There were plenty of shots like that and I remember saying "Jesus" out loud on one of them. Buck's bumping like Terry Funk everywhere and Dustin's whooping him all over. Watching Col. Parker lose his mind is always fun as well. Then the actual TERRY FUNK comes out with a cloth on his head once this is finished after having one of the more batshit matches ever with Tully Blanchard earlier in the night (seriously watch that one) and there's madness everywhere. This definitely wasn't as good as the Bunkhouse match, but it's a great, great fight and it's laying in my top 50 right now. Two matches and I already think this feud is the greatest.
Dustin Rhodes/Arn Anderson v Terry Funk/Bunhouse Buck (WCW 17/7/94)
--"YEAH, I'LL BE YA PARTNER!" Arn accepts Dustin's invitation to be his partner and "take them down". More enraged Dustin! He throws both guys over the top rope when the referee has his back turned and Jesse Ventura on commentary is yelling at everyone. I mentioned Buck bumping and selling like Terry Funk himself, and they're both in the ring now so you can imagine what the hell is going on in there. You don't see a huge bunch of Arn in this, likely because of the turn, but he's a crazy babyface apron. He's shaking and yelling and jiving once he gets the final tag he gets up Dustin up and plants a mega DDT on him in the mother of al betrayals. Meng's out and they're stomping on his arm like the Horsemen did to his pa in the '80s. Just more build up, fun and twists in a really great feud.
Dustin Rhodes v Bunkhouse Buck (WCW 6/8/94)
--Nothing much to write about here, this was more tame than the other matches since is the a ten minute match on free TV, but it was really good for the time given and it made me think that Buck has more stuff to his name other than the Dustin/Studd Stable feud. You obviously get your hatred and fiery punches, but there's no whipping or cowbell shots to the noggin around here. Buck pushes the camera man down before getting to ring, and that's fairly batty. Post-match is the mother load, though. Dusty was at ringside the whole match and he gets involved into this tussle with Meng and Parker and you see the sparks fly everywhere. If WWE were half as good at building matches off of little ten minute matches on TV as WCW were in this era, I'd be watching.
Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes v Terry Funk/Bunkhouse Buck (WCW 28/8/94)
--"All I need's is a hug t' seal d' deal." Dusty's really over from facing up to the Studd Stable and he can't move a whole lot but he knows what he's doing in there and is a great crowd worker. More Funk and Buck bumping, Terry tries to rip off the barricade in a ad bunch of frustration. Dustin's shine periods really are great, he has those post where he dominates both guys and they don't look completely arse-stupid like they might. the transitions posts are really good as well, I dig it when people miss stuff/opponent's evade. AA bring a DQ and post-math has Dusty swinging a wooden chair over Meng's head with the fucker not even reacting and you hear five thousand audience members dump in their pants. Meng's choking Ol' Dusty out and Dustin's grounded so it's pretty clear they need back-up in their little war. Like the Dustin/Arn vs. Buck/Funk tag this isn't a match to list, but it's really, really fun and it's a great feud-builder. Punches and elbows, man.
Dustin Rhodes/Dusty Rhodes/Jerry Sags/Bran Knobs v Bunkhouse Buck/Terry Funk/Arn Anderson/Col. Robert Parker (WCW 18/9/94)
--It's WarGames and in one of the more ridiculous TV snippet segments you see Dusty come to The Nasty Boys for help in some kind of goofy looking bar area. But forget about that; this is WarGames, motherfucker! First period has Dustin getting in without hesitation and trying to be more piss and vinegar against an Arn Anderson who's putting a more Wile E. Coyote strategic approach forth. That's to no avail obviously, and he eventually gets one of his classic WarGames spots where he has his head shoved between both rings and Dustin's treating him like a jackhammer. Period 2 allows Bunkhouse to come through and give Arn a chance to rest before the both of them can double team Dustin's arm that they stomped on months back. The next two minutes is up and Jerry Sags brings it with double clothesline and cage-ramming that I swear to God looked like could tip the cage over. The Studd Stable are pissy on the outside and Funk wants in NOW; that bezerk motherfucker tries to somehow throw a chair in there, forgetting there's a roof on it and everything. Looney. Gets even loonier when he gets to legally come in with one of his boots off, wavering it everywhere and tipping himself over the ropes in the process. He's got Dustin and rubs his face against the cage of the are where Dusty's standing watching his son being treated as cheese. Then Funk gets caught in a piledriver and ends up falling between the two rings way down the floor. <3 Terry. Knobs is the nest guy in and blows every heel in sight into the cage like darts, and the revenge boot shots Funk gets are brutal lump-giving blows. More Funk lovin' when he gets so dizzy out of his mind he ends up swinging his fists at an already dazed Buck (who's his partner). Final heel period sees Parker sweating his arse off and tuggin' at his shirt collar because he thought Meng was gonna be in this thing up until a week ago. He slowly tries to creep in only to see Dustin staring him down and he takes the longest time. Buck grabs Dustin and Parker grubs up the confident to come in and lay those cheap manager shots in. Now's the point of the "I hope the cameramen get the best parts on tape" section where they have no idea what to stick on TV. We get a AA Spinebuster, Funk whipping Dustin, Colonel whipping Sags, and Dustin getting the belt and whipping everyone all in the space of a couple of minutes. The crowd blow their arse off once he gets to Colonel, and you have Meng trying to tear the cage off to get in there like originally planned. Dusty's in once the final ten count's done and before he gets triple-teamed he's shining all oevr the place with his signature elbows and is that good ol' house o' fire. The Dusty/Colonel stare-down is awesome and once Parker gets clobbered Meng decides to try to climb the cage to only be knocked down. Dusty's got a Figure-Four on Colonel and the Nastys are taking turn splashing and dropping elbows on him before he finally gives up before he becomes paraplegic. Meng's in after the match is done and head butts a camearman in madness. I found it odd that there was no blood the entire match, but apart from that, this was an insane blow-off (even if there were matches after it). Terrific stuff, probably the best WarGames behind 87, 91 and 92.
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