[1990-11-21-NWA-Clash of the Champions XIII] Pat O'Connor Tag Team Tournament Hype

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

A brief explanation of who Pat O'Connor is and an explanation of how the tournament will work.

[PeteF3]

They show O'Connor pinning Rogers in the first fall at Comiskey Park and treat it like he won the match. Ah, pre-Internet (except for Miss York) pro wrestling.

 

Only the #1-seeded Steiners and Muta/Saito are announced at this point.

[soup23]

Can Starrcade please be a straight show for once? Iron Man, Pat O connor, world Cup, Battlebowl... enough already.

[Kevin Ridge]

Tag tournament set up for Starrcade to determine the international champions. Only Steiners and Muta/Saito have been announced as appearing.

[garretta]

This whole tournament seems like an excuse for a Steiners/Muta and Saito match. Wouldn't Doom as the World tag team champions be the logical ones to represent the United States if this is truly a tournament for the best teams in the world?

 

I don't think Soup really has a complaint. There are plenty of other matches besides the tournament, although the tournament does get the lion's share of the attention. from what I remember. The fact was, they had no viable challengers for the Steiners (since the Nasties had apparently left) and needed to have them wrestle someone of a higher caliber than some thrown-together midcarders. The tournament got Muta and Saito over here and allowed the fans to see them as a team before they wrestled Rick and Scott, so it served its purpose.