Match #7: The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious & Danny Spivey) vs. Big Cat & The Motor City Madman
Before the opening graphic is off the screen, all four men are brawling. Spivey dumps the Madman out of the ring. Big Cat is sent for the ride and gets a double backbody drop. Madman is back in the ring and he’s immediately handled with an Irish whip and consecutive shoulder blocks. The Skycrapers lift him for a double powerbomb and pick up the win.
Winners: The Skyscrapers (Sid/Double Powerbomb)

• After The Bell: Paul E. has some words with the winners at ringside, they lift Dangerously up so he can see on their level and explain that no one tells them what to do. Sid screams that The Skyscrapers rule the world.
• EA’s Take:No real point to this one other than the reunion of The Skyscrapers. Which doesn’t matter in the end because it will be the last time Sid and Spivey team as such.

Match #8: The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael ‘P.S.’ Hayes & Jimmy ‘Jam’ Garvin) w/Little Richard Marley vs. Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton w/Robert Gibson
The crowd chants “Freedbirds Suck!” and the Birds react accordingly. Garvin and Morton starts it out. Collar and elbow and they run the ropes. Leapfrog followed by a hiptoss by Morton. Hayes rushes the ring and eats hiptoss. Garvin gets a drop kick and Marley gets the same treatment from the apron. The Freebirds are flustered. The crowd gets on the Freebirds’ case once again. Back to the ring and it’s Hayes’ turn. He lands some strikes. Morton reverses an Irish whip into an atomic drop. Hayes is dumped outside the ring. He blocks the attempt to run him in the post, turns around to taunt Morton, but injured partner Gibson attacks him from behind.

Hayes is run into the post afterall and slowly returns to the ring. Hayes blocks a collar and elbow with a kick to the gut and strikes Morton’s back. Big chop and a snapmare by Hayes. He misses a knee drop and Morton rolls him into a figure four. Garvin rushes the ring but Tommy Rich cuts him off and also applies the same submission. The Birds escape and regroup outside. Garvin is tagged in and screams to Rich “I want you, boy!” and his opponents oblige. A hip toss from Rich and Marley rushes the apron. Rich uses the rope to pull the groupie into the ring. Rich spanks Marley who proceeds to quickly escape. Hayes rushes the ring but meets some rights from both opponents. The Freebirds try to slow things down. It’s Garvin and Rich again.

Side headlock from Garvin who makes the legal tag to Hayes. Michael lands some rights and sends Rich for the ride. It’s reversed but Hayes still gets the upper hand, landing a big left. Hayes sets up for the DDT but he’s back body dropped instead. Garvin is tagged in, but so is Morton. A running knee lift by Morton who then bashes both Freebirds’ heads together. Hayes is knocked out of the ring by Rich. Morton reverses Garvin into a rear waistlock roll up but the ref isn’t there to count. Hayes rushes back into the ring with a bulldog. Rich rushes back into the ring and duels with Garvin while Hayes works on the leg of Morton on the opposite side. Little Richard Marley goes to the top rope but he is hit by Robert Gibson’s crutch. He runs into Garvin who is incensed and chokes the groupie. Morton rolls up the distracted Garvin and they win.
Winners: Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton (Morton/Roll-Up)

• After The Bell: The enraged Freebirds attack Marley and deliver a double DDT. Rich and Morton run them out of the ring, but it leaves Gibson vulnerable on the entrance ramp. The Birds hit him with a double clothesline.
• Off The Top: I’m such a mark for the Freebirds’ music. “BAAAD STREEEET, ATLANTA, G-A!” Two months after Halloween Havoc and Gibson still isn’t back in the ring. Therefore, Tommy Rich slides in once again for a match that was a little shorter than I had anticipated, but with that wonky tag tournament, I suppose it’s necessity.

Backstage: Tony Schiavone is joined by NWA United States Champion Stan ‘The Lariat’ Hansen. Hansen explains that this sort of title match has never been done with such a stipulation and why he’ll have the upper hand.

Match #9 – Pat O’Connor Memorial Tag Tournament Semi-Finals: The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott) vs. Konan & Rey Misterio
Konan and Rick kickoff the match with Rick executing a single leg take down. Konan escapes a rear waist lock and they’re both vertical. A heel trip by Konan and he turns it into a submission. Rick counters, but there is a quick, clean break. Rick moves into a waist lock and tags in his brother. Knee to the face by Scott. Konan is sent for a power slam. Scott lifts him on his shoulders while Rick heads for the top rope. A leaping bulldog from the Steiner Brothers. Scott grabs his head, but he’s able to roll over for the tag to Misterio.

He squares up with Scott who quickly takes him down. Clean break. They measure each other again and Misterio goes for a quick drop toe hold and grabs Steiner’s waist. Scott lifts him up for a fall away slam. Snap mare take down, reverse chin lock and a tag to brother Rick. He gets up, sends Misterio, and is victim to two football tackles. Misterio runs the ropes but is caught with a modified powerbomb.
Winners: The Steiner Brothers (Rick/Powerbomb)

• EA’s Take: I know the gimmick of this tournament was that “countries from all over the world sent teams”, therefore there were a lot of participants unfamiliar to the NWA/WCW at the time. That would be fine if the matches were good. Almost all of them clocked in at under 5 minutes and most of them were flat out boring. I know you’d remove the international premise, but if half of your card is going to be a tag team tournament, just use your roster. This tournament could have included The Steiners, Doom, The Horsemen, The Skyscrapers, The Freebirds, Morton and Rich, Muta and Saito. You could have set it up so rivals collide and you’d have had a much, much more entertaining card.

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