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[1987-01-03-NWA-World Championship Wrestling] Tully Blanchard vs Tim Horner


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NWA World TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs Tim Horner - NWA WCW 1/3/87

 

Damn good TV match. Blanchard and JJ have gotten cocky. They have extended the time limit to 25 minutes and are putting $10k on the line! Blanchard is definitely one who likes to get his ass kicked. Not much in terms of stooging or bumping BUT I thought Horner was actually pretty damn technically sound and compelling working the arm. He had plenty of different holds and was going for pinning combinations out of them and had cool ways to apply them like a flying hammerlock. Tully uses the tights to get him out, but Horner gets a sunset flip. Barry Windham is on commentary and actually pretty good getting everything over. Tony had been bugging Flair when he would put his title on the line on TV and Barry thinks that's a good idea. :) Love the slow burn.

 

Tully clips the leg and applies a figure-4, but is in the ropes and gets a kneecrusher. Tully seems like he is in control now, but Horner snaps and starts firing off punches. Some nice nearfalls for Horner like a dropkick and O'Connor Roll. They timed the finish perfectly. Blanchard couldn't get Horner up for the slingshot suplex due to some leg work and Horner hit a suplex for a nearfall. Horner went up top for a corssbody roll through grab the tights and Tully retains. BW is pissed. Horsemen jump Windham.

Perfect TV studio booking. Make Horner look good as he was a cut above a jabroni. Blanchard looks desperate gets his win in cheap fashion. Gives Windham reason to interfere and Horsemen beat him down for heat. Solid TV title studio bout. ***1/4

 

 

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This was a real fun TV match. Tully is so good at flopping around like a fish out of water when Horner gets the better of him. And then Tully taking little shortcuts to assert his control over the match. Horner really has some spry and technically proficient offense as he executes some basic moves and uses some pin combinations that look neat. The run of nearfalls that he manages to put together get a lot of heat and Tully sells the situation well before rolling him up and using the tights to escape with the win.

 

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