Post by buckethead on Nov 15, 2021 15:48:44 GMT -5
It was also a terrible card. Why bother having such an event if you're not going to have any dream matches?
Main event matches
Flair vs Martel
Road Warriors vs The Von Erichs
Then have matches like Sgt. Slaughter vs Magnum TA.
They put in zero effort. Hell...the main event (Martel vs Hansen) was two minutes long and a double countout.
Yeah for sure...but they should've cared.
The buzz would've been off the charts. It would also build momentum for future shows the companies did together.
This was the era where the magazines would fantasy book dream matches of Hogan, Flair, and Martel. To have two of the three on the same card yet do nothing with it is asinine.
How do you book the match? 60 minute draw. Both come out of it looking good.
Crockett made the same mistakes with the Crockett Cup. Do fans get killer matchups like The Road Warriors vs Rock N Roll Express or The Midnight Express vs the Russians?
Nope...
Fans got to see so many disqualifications and countouts that there were no semifinals!
The final match was ok but Dusty should've been Magnum's partner. The Flair/Dusty match here pointless. Flair should've been teaming up with Tully in the tournament.
Crockett was shocked by how little interest there was in this event. I wasn't. He didn't even try to make it a huge event like it was supposed to be.