This was about five minutes and really only here to set up an impromptu Flair v Windham match. It should've been three times as long and used to set up Hector v Tully around the horn and then an eventual Hector Guerrero World Title run. Alas. Wrestling promoters are dumb as fuck. The opening few minutes had the heels in their stooging glory as all three of them got hit by Tim Horner dropkicks, Arn after he lowered his head for a back body drop only for Horner to flip over his back and catch him on the spin, Tully after he thought he'd wrapped Horner up in a hammerlock, and Flair after he thought Horner would just stand there and be chopped. Then Hector came in, immediately backed Flair into the turnbuckles and unloaded with corner punches, then clonked Flair and Arn's heads together when the latter came running up the apron to intervene. Hector takes Flair over with - I'm not actually kidding here, btw - the best sunset flip I've ever seen, as he leaps into it like he's trying to use actual momentum, bridges all the way up off the floor, hands wrapped TIGHT around Flair's waist, using his own legs to try and drag Flair away from his corner, really making Flair work to stay upright and reach out for that tag. The Tully/Hector segment was about 20 seconds and fully perfect pro wrestling. It comes after the also-perfect Flair/Hector exchange and Flair is pissed about that sunset flip, so after he tags in Tully he shoves Tommy Young. Tommy ends up on his butt and upon landing clips Hector in the leg, which distracts him long enough for Tully to pounce. He whips Hector into the ropes, ducks low for a back body drop, but Hector flips out into a headspring and hits a dropkick as Tully turns around. Hector cocks his fists ready for more, Tully retreats to the corner and throws a temper tantrum for the ages. I'm telling you now, if this lasted ten more minutes it would've been seven stars and I'd wager at five minutes it's already better than every Young Bucks match in recorded history. Arn murdering Denny Brown with the Spinebuster was the sort of transition with AUTHORITY that you want from your heels, then Flair comes in and goes right to the figure four, causing our man Denny to pass out. Five minutes of the very best studio wrestling. Then a melee starts afterwards as Flair won't release the figure four and Windham comes out and he and Flair have a match, but Windham is not Hector Guerrero and so the viewership switches off their TV and ratings plummet and here we are some 35 years later, wondering why Hector Guerrero was never given that big gold belt. Wrestling promoters were fucking dumb as fuck.
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