[1984-03-23-Houston Wrestling] Mr Wrestling II vs Magnum T.A.

[shoe]

This was a pretty interesting match. Houston really supports their babyfaces. Here even before the match starts TA is getting a huge Goldberg like chant. This starts slow but they made everything matter. TA tries to establish his strength and athleticism. Wrestling 2 sets out to take TA down and work the leg. I thought the leg work was really well done. I loved 2 teasing the Million Dollar Knee Lift, and TA showing how much he respects the move. Wrestling 2 playing a long con game in the match was awesome. 2 constantly selling a drubbing by TA throughout the bout. Finally though TA gets sucked in for the MDKL only to get his feet on the rope for 2.Another thing I loved from Wrestling 2 was the headlock and sucker punch. They came across real slimy. I thought TA showed great fire. I enjoyed him taking the match to 2. The finish was weird because Wrestling 2 took a weird bump before the Belly to Belly. Still this was a blast. Post match promos to boot. 3 1/2*

[Tim Cooke]

Don't have much to add to what shoe said above. Really liked this as the first match in the feud. Lots of heat, great finish. We already have the 4/6 match and know how good that is so this made perfect sense within the context of the promotion and feud.