"Wild Brawls" Reviews
Definites: Sting vs. Cactus Jack (Beach Blast `92), those below
Possibilities: Steiners vs. Nasty Boys (Halloween Havoc `90), Barry Windham vs. Brian Pillman (SuperBrawl I), Vader vs. Cactus Jack (Halloween Havoc `93), Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan (Fall Brawl `94), Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage (Spring Stampede `97), Diamond Dallas Page vs. Raven (Slamboree `98) Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Hak (Spring Stampede `99)
. Cactus Jack vs. Paul Orndorff (Falls Count Anywhere)(SuperBrawl III)
Everyone's favorite madman interrupts an interview with Mr. Wonderful and almost takes him
out early with a shovel. The crowd loves this super-fun brawl, which sees Jack hit a Sunset
Flip from the turnbuckle to the floor (hear that liver-on-the-kitchen-floor splat!). Orndorff
works this style of match very well and takes his bumps along the way; hell, he even uses a
proto-Mandible Claw! This turns into an attack on Cactus Jack's knee by Mr. One-Arm-derful,
which is violent and makes this better than the average streetfight. Finally Jack grabs his
shovel and blasts Orndorff (who appears to over-protects himself) and gets the win.
Unbelievably fun and this showed how a good worker and great bumper can create a match you
wouldn't expect to be quite this good.
Rating: ***3/4
. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne vs. Nasty Boys(Falls Count Anywhere)(Spring Stampede `94)
The ECW style makes it to the big time here. Before WWF was ripping off ECW (the nat'l
product), WCW was and it was little more than an indy with a cult following. While certainly
not as good looking back almost a decade back upon this doesn't have the same effect, but it's
still an energetic and even historical brawl. This was the biggest program of Payne's career
(outside of Europe) and he "looks" the part, but it really is not his thing. The Nasties are
good at taking liberties and Jack is good at the exact opposite. They go all over the ringside
area and have awesome heat (easily best prolonged heat of the night). A few problems, but
considering those involved it's damn good. Finale is Jerry Saggs killing Cactus Jack with a
shovel-shot to the head. While one may want to call this the 90s answer to Gilbert/Morton-
Onita/Fuchi and couldn't argue that, the rematch with Sullivan in Payne's place is right beside
it and they're often paired together. While this one is probably better, I'd say the other is
more fun.
Rating: ***1/4
. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. Nasty Boys("Broadstreet Bully" Match)(Slamboree `94)
Alright lemme get a few qualms out of the way: guest referee Dave Schultz (no relation to
the infamous "Dr. D") was not the most famous member of the Flyers in the 70s; second, why does
he come down to Jack & Sully's music? That aside this is as fun as a streetfight can be. Sully
and Knobbs equals one of the worst pairings ever as far as selfish, over protective slobs. The
Philly crowd is great though, ooh-ing and ahh-ing everything.
Rating: n/a