[1986-04-19-JCP-Crockett Cup '86] Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs The Fantastics

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Rock_Of_Jericho]

Seeing the full version of the match finally, I liked the intensity between the two teams.  They seemed to have some good chemistry in there.  The Fantastics are in my top 5 favorite teams to watch and seeing Arn and Tully go down for the upset had to have been a surprise at that time.  Tommy Rogers was so underrated.  As for the match itself, I felt it was going extremely well, but ended too soon after the hot tag to Rogers.  Would've liked to have seen more of these two teams together.  Still, a really fun match.

[tcg91]

A proper dream match, but it was obviously spoiled by the tournament format, as they only got 10 minutes and couldn't go all out. Still, this had enough goodness and they worked it like it was a TV bout. Fulton did really well as the babyface in perils, so that set a nice tone towards the finishing stretch, with a fun and energetic flashy finish. A bit of a pity, but I am happy this exists on tape
***

[Superstar Sleeze]

Fantastics vs Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard - NWA Crockett Cup 4/19/86

Helluva tournament for Fantastics as they had this match and the Fabulous Ones which were very good and the Sheepherders match which is a classic. Love the Fantastics. Bobby Fulton is criminally underrated. Great punch, great seller and a world class booty shaker.

One thing thats interesting about 80s tag matches is the climax is a the hot tag. The finish is the resolution. All the heat is not in the pin But the tag. Which makes for interesting structure I wish we went back to that. 

Tommy Roger’s starts this one and immediately trades leather with Tully and that doesn’t go well for Tully. Pretty fun shine. Tommy brings in Tully the hard way. Tommy gets the best of Arn with a dropkick. Clears the Ring for a Fargo Strut punctuated by a booty shake. The transition to heat isn’t out and out cheating But I liked how simple and effective it was. Short knee by Tully which was a staple for him and Flair at the time. I love the Short Knee it needs to make a comeback. He throws Fulton into Arn’s knee. Really strong heat segment. I love Fulton throwing punches, always fighting and struggling to get to the corner. Horsemen throw Fulton to the outside a bunch, great spine buster by Arn, I love the drop toe hold by Arn to prevent the tag and the Tully making Bobby show some ass to prevent tag. Great Stuff. Arn jam’s his knee on a kick. Tommy hot tag! House a fire but gets put out by a Gourdbuster. Fulton dropkicks Roger’s on top of Arn for the win.

Reallu fun 80s tag match. *** 1/2