[1984-01-27-Houston Wrestling] Midnight Express vs Mr Wrestling II & Magnum T.A.

[shoe]

This is another match that has never aired. It's a doozy. We get a wild brawl to start. That morphs into an incredible shine. Both TA and Wrestling 2 look like a million bucks. The MX are so good at getting their opponents over. Eventually we see the MX get heat on 2. It is pretty great. 2 is a really good FIP. The hot tag blows the roof off the place. We get this wild finish. Again the heat here is ridiculous. The MX are masters at getting heat. 4 1/4*

[Tim Cooke]

So is this a new match or is it from the DVDVR set?

[peachchaos]

So is this a new match or is it from the DVDVR set?

 

New.

[shoe]

The DVDVR is from Feb.

[Tim Cooke]

Got ya. Just watched. Really good match. Houston had some great crowds

[Matt D]

I loved the moment when Eaton conducted the "two" chants during the beat down on Mr. wrestling II.

[shoe]

I loved the moment when Eaton conducted the "two" chants during the beat down on Mr. wrestling II.

 

 

Ditto. Fuck people who say he doesn't show charisma. Bad promo yes, his in ring instincts are top notch.

[Superstar Sleeze]

Mid-South Tag Team Champions Magnum TA & Mr. Wrestling II vs Midnight Express - Houston 1/27/84

I cant remember the last time I smiled this much watching wrestling, oh yeah, it was probably the last time I watched a Midnight Express match. Tremendous shine! Wow! So much fun! TA & II hit the ring and they are all business. The MX take back drops still in their ring robes. They try to retreat. They can run but they can hide. Basically TA will go out chase one of the MX members back into the ring and that will leave them at the booty-shaking mercy of Mr. Wrestling II & his Knee Lift. Eaton does an incredible sell of the knee lift. No one sells overwhelmed and discombobulated as well as the Midnight Express. After about five minutes of insanity, the match finally settles down enough that we can get some one on one action, but still the MX are outmatched. They try to cheat but every effort is overwhelmed by the intensity of the TA & II onslaught. Condrey tries to rake the eyes but TA just punches his way out of it. The MX do their standard punch each other by accident spot. They are totally flummoxed and look completely out of sorts. I love how good Eaton & Condrey are at heel selling. I am not supposed to feel sympathy for them. I should be pointing and laughing and thats whats happening. TA & II are great babyfaces showing amazing fire and some really, really good punches from TA. I just noticed how good Mags is at punching during that match with Ole but it is true here also. For a babyface shine that is pretty much all punches and kneelifts, this is one of the best of all time because of the emotion all four men are conveying.

I thought the transition to heat was a little weak. Condrey just kicked II in the gut and then drove his head into Eaton's knee. I love how much choking and cheating there was the MX. Nothing fancy just a ton of urgency on frequent tags and being nasty. II was great at selling notice how he is not bumping all over the place. He is staggering and sometimes he will take a knee. Only towards the end does he end up on his back. He is protecting his character. He is a tough son of a bitch. Heels bump. Babyfaces sell. II is selling his ass off, but he is not dying. He is fighting back and making the MX earn their offense. I noted this before but the frequency of tags by the MX is great stuff and really shows how hard they working to keep II in their corner. They are taking shortcuts going for the throat and eyes and they even use a chair. A lot of headbutts by Condrey to the midsection. The big highspot of the match is Eaton lands a kneedrop from the middle turnbuckle. He takes time to mock the "Two" chants! Condrey in for the pin but only two, wasted too much time. Backbreaker and gets two. Whip and sets too early KNEE LIFT! II on his knees crawling and tag to Magnum! Magnum decks anything in his path! IT IS RED HOT IN HOUSTON! Magnum seems to get distracted by Cornette and the MX double team II when all of sudden Magnum OBLITERATES a wooden board over Bobby Eaton's head! HOLY SHIT! I popped for that. Mags & II start beating the shit out of the Midnight Express with pieces of wood triggering the DQ. I thought this was even better than the rematch which made the Mid-South set. Classic Midnight Express match that is designed for maximum pleasure put a clean finish on this bad boy and you got a MOTYC! Outrageous energy from both teams! ****1/4

[Makai Club #1]

Incredibly fast start with Magnum and Mr Wrestling II attacking the MNX while they are still in their robes and totally beat them pillar to post for the opening five minutes. The Midnight Express do the recover on the outside spot but Magnum chases Eaton around the ring, putting a stop to that and causing the MNX to panic even further. The crowd continued to go mental for Magnum punching Eaton’s face when the match finally began to get some order. Mr Wrestling II does the same thing to an even bigger reaction. This is all sold really well by the Midnight Express who are flying everywhere selling, desperately scrambling for cover and cheating whenever they can. MNX are their usual great selves when they work over Mr Wrestling II with some great tag team work that gets great heel heat from the crowd and even elicits a bizarre “TWO” chant. Magnum TA gets a small hot tag but the MNX regained control before Magnum got himself DQ’d with a 2x4, which will lead to a rematch next month. The energy was crazy with the crowd being into EVERYTHING, very little downtime and great wrestling all round. ****
 

[PhilTLL]