[1988-07-10-NWA-Great American Bash '88] Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotundo & Ivan Koloff & Russian Assassin & Al Perez vs Jim Garvin & Ron Garvin & Road Warriors & Steve Williams (Tower of Doom)

[Superstar Sleeze]

Varsity Club, Russians & Al Perez vs Garvins, Road Warriors & Dr. Death - GAB '88 Tower of Doom

 

Damn Precious is hot!

 

They should have just done a Wargames. Way too convoluted. No drama. Too claustrophobic for anyone to do anything. Nothing mattered until it was Jimmy vs Sullivan, which was the main crux of this feud anyway. Perez had been feuding with Nikita, but Nikita got moved to tagging with Sting. So he is kinda paired off with Dr. Death who has been completely aimless since Starrcade 1987. The Road Warriors had been feuding with the Powers of Pain who were being mentored by Ivan Koloff, but POP departed for the WWF leaving the Roadies without dance partners. So they put Jack Victory under the mask and called him the Russian Assassin paired him with the Russian Bear to give the Roadies someone to feud with. The main feud which was the Varsity Club represented by Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo (Rick Steiner wrestled a dark match) against the Garvins. Sullivan started the Varsity Club story post-Starrcade 87 by attending Rotundo and Steiner matches saying they had all the tools but were not realizing their potential due to their lack of a mean streak. Sullivan subverted these clean-cut All-Americans and basically brainwashed them into doing his bidding. Sullivan proved his worth early on in January of 88 when Rotundo won the Television Championship from a directionless Nikita Koloff. From there, Michael Hayes left for Texas leaving Gorgeous Jimmy on his own. Sullivan was lusting after the sexy Precious. He kidnapped her on TV and started speaking of their past together. I thought Sullivan and Steiner were great squash match wrestlers and that Jimmy Garvin was very fired up in his TV performances also. It all came to head in this triple cage structure which Sullivan had learned from his trips to Singapore to speak to the man with the Third Eye, Abbuda Dein, Hail Satan and all that good Satantic stuff. Precious was to have the key at the bottom to let the wrestlers out.

 

There was literally no drama until the end. Ronnie Garvin exited within 5 minutes and did not get touched once. Nobody else was featured in a meaningful. No spots were created to be memorable. The babyface would kick some ass in the bottom leave and then the heel would get to his feet and also leave. So it felt like nothing had consequence. The ending was Garvin and Sullivan and even that did not come as telling a story. It was kinda heated but they did not take you on a ride. Garvin exited. There was no real drama with Precious. The post-match was dramatic with Sullivan cornering Precious and ultimately strangling her until Hawk clotheslined him to a huge pop! Jeez Gorgeous Jimmy did not even get to save his woman and get the glory.

 

Way overthought. Just do Wargames. One of the most boring matches I have ever seen. It is really disappointing because I really liked the Sullivan/Garvin feud.