Thanks for reading folks! This is part #2 of Mid South Wrestling from 1985!

April thru June 1985

The Fantastics (Fulton/Rogers) vs. The Dirty White Boys (4/14/85 Convention Center, Tulsa) - This was a great face/heel tag match. Excellent selling from the Rogers, the Dirty White Boys have a great clubbing style, great finish too. They really hooked me with this one!

Terry Taylor vs Chris Adams (1985-05-26 - Convention Center, Tulsa, OK) - This was a good match but felt a little bland for some reason. I appreciated Adams' British moves here & there plus his awesome super kick. I think Terry Taylor was just too vanilla in this match. And Taylor's appeal is that he is a cookie cutter baby face but he's got to be in there with a heel who's got character like Ted or Jake. Watching WCW '94, I think Steven Regal would be a good opponent for Terry Taylor.

*The Snowman vs. Jake Roberts (06/01/85) - There looks to be plenty of other Jake matches they could have included that were better but Muhammad Ali was involved. Nevertheless it was a spectacle with Ali, John "Barbarian" Nord. It's weird that this was the only Jake content they included on the WWE Mid South DVD but Jake was still in pretty bad shape when this was released so maybe they didn't want to over promote him??

*Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (06/01/85) (DVDVR#16) - This was a classic match! I really dug Terry's fire in this match. Flair truly brought out the best in him. He looked like a gutsy, never say die baby face here...trading shots with Flair. Whew, there's a real intensity here. Taylor is really representing Mid South style. It's a Flair title match so you know some of what to expect but in the same breath there's a lot that's unexpected. He had so many tricks up his sleeve and knew when use them. And this was perfectly paced too... Honestly, it might be an all time classic. It just did everything right and was a treat to watch at 30+ minutes... and I don't say that much anymore. MUST SEE

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Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams vs The Fantastics (06/13 ep.#301) - Badass 10 minute TV match! Bell to bell action that honestly could have taken place in an AJPW ring in '85. This had a great in ring story of Rogers & Fulton needing to use speed & technique to overcome the strength advantage of Williams and DiBiase. I could give it more praise but I'll just say it's a very good match.

The Fantastics vs The Dirty White Boys - 6/30/85 - Really fun stuff! Begins with The Fantastics shining and a bit of comedy. Eventually the DWBs get to clubbering & body slamming. Simple tag team wrestling done right!

Lots to love with this stuff! More to come next post. Be sure to check out a match or two in the meantime 🙂