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Sunday, March 3, 2019

WCW Saturday Night 1/3/1998 - John Nord and Barry Darsow vs Disorderly Conduct

John Nord picked up the win here with a camel clutch. The match was fine til the end with Nord and Darsow controlling everything. They tried to do a double team stun gun on DC, but they couldn't get control of him and it looked choreographed. Then they hit another one that didn't look that great either before going into the camel clutch finish. Disorderly Conduct got nothing in and looked like jobbers unfortunately. Both Nord and Darsow showed flashes of their old selves here being rugged old vets and Darsow looked to be in pretty good shape.

WWF Raw 3/10/1995 - Adam Bomb vs Tatanka

This went to a double countout after about 5 minutes. Adam Bomb got the advantage early, making Tatanka go to the outside. Tatanka took it back, they went to a commercial and likely cut out a good chunk of this, then Bomb started to make his comeback including a hulk up type of spot before they got counted out. I liked fiery face Adam Bomb here and he showed some good agility but the match just never really flowed and between the commercial, Tatanka's stalling and the finish, it didn't really have a chance. A shame too as this was one of the better outings I've seen Adam Bomb have.

Saturday, March 2, 2019

WWF Superstars 6/24/1995 - Bam Bam Bigelow vs Mantaur

The finish

Bam Bam Bigelow beat Mantaur with a top rope headbutt. This wasn't totally clean, but this wasn't a bad match at all. We got the battle of the big men here with Bam Bam busting out the dropkick and a big slam early, Mantaur coming back with some restholds and some offense before Mantaur missed a corner splash and Bam Bam hit the finish above. I enjoyed this more than I expected to and face Bam Bam was fun. I always maintain that the Mantaur gimmick wasn't bad, just the bull mannerisms were. Without that, I think Mantaur could have been a solid midcard heel and even if you don't love his look, it was memorable to this day.