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[1993-05-06-WCW-Terre Haute, IN] Barry Windham vs Dustin Rhodes (Handheld)


paul sosnowski

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Barry Windham defends the prestigious NWA World Heavyweight title....in a high school gym...before about 300 people...

Big Van Vader was the WCW World Heavyweight Champion at this time.   Dustin Rhodes is the US Champ, but only Windham's belt is on the line.    

Dustin gets the advantage during the initial lockup, punching Barry in the corner and gets a high backdrop, Windham rolls out of the ring.    Windham takes Dustin down with a side headlock, but Dustin quickly escapes.    Barry chops and elbows Dustin in the corner, Dustin nails some big punches from the bottom, and takes Windham down again.   Dustin hits a suplex and gets a two count.   These guys like to punch each other a lot.    Barry cheats using the ropes for leverage, rakes Dustin's eyes.  They brawl outside, Windham hits a big chop, and a nice lariat when they are back in the ring.   Dustin fights back, kicks to the midsection and a dropkick.   Windham gets Dustin in the corner, goes to the middle rope, and I'm thinking "Superplex", but Dustin instead fights him off and goes for a clothesline off the top, but Windham ducks out of the way.  Barry drops a knee on Dustin's head and gets a two count of his own.   The ref catches Barry using the ropes and breaks them up, as Dustin struggles to his feet.  They brawl in the corner, Dustin hits a backdrop followed by a nice DDT.   Barry comes off the ropes, Dustin catches him in a powerslam.  Windham shoves Dustin into the referee. Dustin with a bulldog and a visual pin, but the ref is still down.   Barry takes off his boot and nails Dustin with it as the ref revives for the DQ at 15:16.

This was better than fine, both men looked very good, but how much enthusiasm and excitement can you generate before 300 fans?  You cannot criticize these guys for working hard though.    I would give it maybe 3 1/2 stars.   I was glad to see it, I'm glad it exists.

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