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The Graham vs Conway is new.

I thought one of the guys was Chic Donovan.

Yes their are 2 matches in circulation.

You can never forget Eaton’s Alabama 1/2 shirt.

If it’s not on that comp I watched it from here. NWA # 82: July 10, 1988 - Aug 6, 1988 1. Barry Windham vs Dusty Rhodes Bash 7/10/1988 15:55 2. Ron Garvin backstage Bash 7/10/1988 3. Ric Flair vs Lex Luger Bash 88 7/10/1988 23:45 4. Jim Crockett interview NWA Sat 7/16/1988 5. Ric Flair/JJ Dillon interview NWA Sat 7/16/1988 6. Barry Windham interview NWA Sat 7/16/1988 7. Ron Garvin interview NWA Sat 7/16/1988 8. Lex Luger interview NWA Sat 7/16/1988 9. Cornette interview (challenge Horsemen) NWA Sat 7/16/1988 10. MX/Cornette vs Fantastics (Bunkhouse) NWA House 7/16/1988 15:07 11. Cornette interview (challenge Horsemen) NWA Sat 7/23/1988 12. Tully/Arn/JJ interview (re:MX) NWA Sat 7/23/1988 13. Windham/JJ/Garvin interview NWA Sat 7/30/1988 14. MX & Tully/Arn confrontation NWA Main 7/31/1988 15. Horsemen interview NWA Sat 8/6/1988 16. Cornette interview NWA Sat 8/6/1988 17. JJ Dillon/Jim Cornette confrontation NWA Sat 8/6/1988 18. Mike Rotundo vs Steve Williams NWA Pro 8/6/1988 7 mins

The Bunkhouse match I’m pretty sure is on Corny’s MX comp he did years ago.

You were on the money. Where were you seeing the hints?

This was a great cage match. We get a glimpse of Valentine as a face. Another great Valentine performance and a guy I'm glad I started reevaluating his career 10-15 years ago. The dude has tons of great matches and performances in his ledger. Love how these guys lay their shots in on one another. This is very physical, and you get that this needs to be settled in a cage. I love the cage tease early, though the payoff we'll have to wait for. Greg's chinlock shine was eh. I loved the progression of violence.Valentine gets meat grindered . The visual of Valentine's blood on Slater is just nasty. Slater just peppers Valentine with punches working over the cut. They do a great job milking Slater going into the cage. Once he does, he becomes a bloody mess. Valentine is great at working over the cut. This turned into a hell of a fight. They didn't over due the cage spots, and made the ones they did matter. Up until this point their was no blood on the show so it made the match more impactful.Instead of the chin lock shine I would have preffered Valentine did some leg work since the Figure 4 played into the finish. This was gritty and violent. 4*

100% agree. Plus having to get voiceover would cause a delay on getting this type of stuff out.

This has popped up on the network and has added a few more minutes to the bout.Barry really had a great 87. Barry's so tall he doesn't even have to jump to do a leapfrog. Love Arn early setting up Barry for some nice shine spots. Barry working the arm. Arn looking for a way out and a knee lift into the stomach was the way to go. On the floor Barry posts Arn's arm. Back in the ring more arm work continues. Barry's offense is very focused, but not a lot of variety to it. A big time hot shot sets up Arn's heat. Arn's heat is rather basic, but works because the crowd try's to rally Barry. It still needed a little more nasty for my taste. Barry gets a break when Arn crotches himself. Comeback, ref bump, and then Barry rolls him up. Solid match that wasn't spectacular. It told a story, but it didn't suck you in. 2 3/4*

This is a feud that has generated some good matches. This may be one of Jake's last matches before heading to WCCW. Love the reaction when Jake face plants on a tie up. Totally dig Ronnie using the leg scissors as a weapon. I love how Garvin takes the mount from Jake. These guys are making everything a struggle. Jake is good at selling the ribs. Jake looks to be focusing on the arm. Jake with some nasty punches and elbow's to the back. Jake's size is causing problems for Garvin. Jake ,back to the arm some more. Controlling the arm, more so than working it. I loved the tape spot with Jake. He's positioned it so the ref can't see. A great idea to get heat and to get the crowd to rally behind Garvin. They brawl a bit on the outside. Garvin nails Jake with a chair right in front of the ref. Garvin works the cut, and does the Garvin stomp. No clue why he wasn't Dq'd. Garvin hits him with his finish and the crowd erupts for the new champ. This had some interesting things in it, but had it share of flaws. 2 1/4*

We do have Arn vs Barry, but it's from World Pro so there's a clip in there I bet.

I gave this a rewatch and liked it better on 2nd watch. Rich's shine was much better than I gave it credit for. If you compare it to Buzz and Ted chinlock, Ted was happy to sit in it. Flair was constantly working for outs in the headlock. Flair really pushed the action here. Because Rich was so established Flair treated him more as a peer in the match, and we got less bitching and stooging. Their were some cool KOTM spots. 3 1/4*

Rich was a top 5 babyface in the country here. We get some mat wrestling to start. Rich using the headlock and headscissors during his control. Rich's shine was pretty mediocre and didn't play to his stregths as a wrestler. A spot I liked was Flair going for the Figure 4 and Rich turning it into an Adominal stretch. Flair's heat was lukewarm until he started working the leg. Then it got nasty and focused. The finishing run was normal Flair. The finish looked ugly to boot. 2 1/2*

This s a wild brawl from jump street. This is utter chaos. Brett's arm is in a cast and he's using it as a weapon. It calms down and becomes a straight tag. Sawyer's have an interesting shine with walking tall spots. Finally the Roadies use their strength. Buzz gets a hot tag and is running wild. Finish was pretty sudden. Fun match in a chaotic way.