Reel in Place

  vs The Midnight Express (Mid-South 4/21/1984) This is the second televised match, as far as I know, between these two teams. It is a pretty standard, but pretty good, television tag. Ricky and Robert are already over, getting the better of the Midnights, but then Cornette comes out in a dress and nails Ricky with his purse. The referee sniffs the whole thing out and calls for the DQ. Not a great match; it wasn't supposed to be, but you can see already that these teams are, probably not made for each other at this point, but sympatico for sure. vs Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo (Memphis 6/25/1984) This is the famous match that ends with Savage hitting a piledriver on a table. I think that moment had to have been transcendent in 1984. I have to say that the match leading up to that moment is fine, but I don't know if it is quite up to the level of violence for that to be the next logical step, but I suppose that just excentuates the unpredictability of Randy Savage. As for the ...

Ted DiBiase & Matt Borne vs Junkyard Dog & Mr. Olympia (Mid-South 10/30/1982) The face team hits the ring, and it's on with Dog and Olympia taking the upper hand. The Rat Pack rolls to the outside to regroup, and when they get back in the ring, order has been restored. JYD and DiBiase are obviously two of the bigger stars in the territory, and Watts really puts this over on commentary and a bit of dick measuring contest to see who the top guy really, truly is. Borne, and to a greater extent, Mr. Olympia hold up their end of things, as proxies and as individuals, but this is not a match about Matt Borne or Jerry Stubbs. Most of this is JYD and Mr. Olympia kicking ass, I'd say Mr. Olympia really comes off as an ass kicker in this match, really taking it to DiBiase. The Rat Pack eventually isolates Stubbs and work him over for a bit. As you might expect, eventually the Dog gets in, takes over, and takes it to The Rat Pack, until Jim Duggar comes out in a Gorilla Suit, turn...