Guest RickyChosyu Report post Posted July 15, 2002 Borred out of my skull with the usual crap coming out of Stanford these days, I headed over to Wrestleholics (go there, now) and ordered a few NWA shows from the late eighties. One of these shows was The Crockett Cup from 1987, an elimination tag tourniment for a prize of one million dollars going to the winning team. It was one hell of a tourniment, from where I was standing. While none of it was what I would call classic, I think stuff like this should be required viewing for any aspiring wrestling promoter/booker/wrestler, because it was an absolute clinic in the southern tag style formula of wrestling. Watching this, it really becomes apparent how things like being a face in perril, building up a hot tag, good selling, and proper timing on comebacks have become practically a lost art in today's wrestling business. I felt that the Midnight Express Vs. Rhodes/Koloff match was especially good in this respect. Also included on this show was a Bubba Rogers/Ole Anderson steel cage match (which wasn't too bad), a Flair/Windham World Title match (which was as good as one would expect) and best of all, a segment with Magnum TA hilighting his most famous matches for the US title, one of which is the famous "I Quit" match against Tully Blanchard. While I'm not shiting my pants after watching this, I can definately see why it was so ground-breaking for the time. The drama was real, the intensity was there, both guys weren't afraid to bleed, and the ending was great, managing to be both suprising and climactic at the same time. I would highly recomend this stuff to anyone who hasn't seen it, as it's quite a nice change of pace from the meaningless tag team garbage we're served on a weekly basis these days. Plus, you get a good amount of Magnum TA, which is always a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
