It's back to multi-tag team action I go. Recently, I took a look at the 15-tag team battle royal that opened WrestleMania XIV, and that was a clusterf*ck. This time, thankfully, there's only four teams to focus on, so that's a plus. It's The Headbangers Mosh & Thrasher vs The New Blackjacks (Barry) Windham & Bradshaw (JBL) vs Henry & Phineas Godwinn with Hillbilly Jim in their corner vs Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon in an elimination fatal 4-way tag match to determine the #1 Contenders for the Tag Team Championships. The Headbangers AND JBL in the same match? That just sounds like a winning combination, doesn't it? Let's get into this.
Kick off with a brawl, ending with Bradshaw & Henry Godwinn in the ring. Godwinn floors Bradshaw with a clothesline before Thrasher tags in to take a big boot from Bradshaw. Bradshaw hits a pumphandle slam and tags in Phineas Godwinn. Phineas hits a backbody drop on Thrasher before tagging in Mosh. Since they're on the same team, they joke around before Thrasher tags in LaFon and the Headbangers hit a double flapjack. Standard stuff so far.
LaFon suplexes Mosh before hitting an overhead belly-to-belly suplex on Windham. Furnas tags in and hits a hurricanrana. Furnas & LaFon are by far the best wrestlers in this match. Windham responds by catching Furnas off a leapfrog and hitting a powerslam followed by a leg drop. The Blackjacks double team Furnas before he dodges a clothesline from Bradshaw and dropkicks him out of the ring. Furnas tries to suplex Bradshaw back in the ring, but Windham stops him, causing Bradshaw & Furnas especially to take a nasty fall to the outside. LaFon runs over and he & Furnas brawl with the Blackjacks. Bradshaw shoves the referee, getting the Blackjacks disqualified and eliminated from the match. Also for a reason not explained, Furnas & LaFon get eliminated too, leaving the Godwinns & The Headbangers.
The Godwinns double team Thrasher, with Henry bodyslamming Phineas onto Thrasher. Phineas then does this odd move where he sets up Thrasher for a powerbomb, but instead hits something like a Pedigree, except instead of landing on his knees, he just jumps up. Doesn't even look like it would have any effect whatsoever. The Godwinns continue to beat down on Thrasher before Thrasher no sells a headbutt. Thrasher & Phineas spit on eachother (gross) before the two punch it out, ending with Phineas hitting a corner splash.
Mosh & Henry both tag in and Henry clotheslines Mosh out of the ring, sending himself out of the ring in the process. Mosh hits a springboard tope clothesline before the Headbangers hit the Rocket Launcher on Henry. The Headbangers hit a double clothesline on Henry, but Henry dodges a moonsault by Thrasher. Phineas gets the tag, bodyslams both Headbangers and calls for the Slop Drop on Mosh. Thrasher stops him, and Henry enters the ring to brawl with him. The ensuing chaos allows Mosh to hit a diving seated senton for the win.
And finally, the last, but certainly not least, the final entry (for now) in the Worst in the World is...
Kick off with a brawl, ending with Bradshaw & Henry Godwinn in the ring. Godwinn floors Bradshaw with a clothesline before Thrasher tags in to take a big boot from Bradshaw. Bradshaw hits a pumphandle slam and tags in Phineas Godwinn. Phineas hits a backbody drop on Thrasher before tagging in Mosh. Since they're on the same team, they joke around before Thrasher tags in LaFon and the Headbangers hit a double flapjack. Standard stuff so far.
LaFon suplexes Mosh before hitting an overhead belly-to-belly suplex on Windham. Furnas tags in and hits a hurricanrana. Furnas & LaFon are by far the best wrestlers in this match. Windham responds by catching Furnas off a leapfrog and hitting a powerslam followed by a leg drop. The Blackjacks double team Furnas before he dodges a clothesline from Bradshaw and dropkicks him out of the ring. Furnas tries to suplex Bradshaw back in the ring, but Windham stops him, causing Bradshaw & Furnas especially to take a nasty fall to the outside. LaFon runs over and he & Furnas brawl with the Blackjacks. Bradshaw shoves the referee, getting the Blackjacks disqualified and eliminated from the match. Also for a reason not explained, Furnas & LaFon get eliminated too, leaving the Godwinns & The Headbangers.
The Godwinns double team Thrasher, with Henry bodyslamming Phineas onto Thrasher. Phineas then does this odd move where he sets up Thrasher for a powerbomb, but instead hits something like a Pedigree, except instead of landing on his knees, he just jumps up. Doesn't even look like it would have any effect whatsoever. The Godwinns continue to beat down on Thrasher before Thrasher no sells a headbutt. Thrasher & Phineas spit on eachother (gross) before the two punch it out, ending with Phineas hitting a corner splash.
Mosh & Henry both tag in and Henry clotheslines Mosh out of the ring, sending himself out of the ring in the process. Mosh hits a springboard tope clothesline before the Headbangers hit the Rocket Launcher on Henry. The Headbangers hit a double clothesline on Henry, but Henry dodges a moonsault by Thrasher. Phineas gets the tag, bodyslams both Headbangers and calls for the Slop Drop on Mosh. Thrasher stops him, and Henry enters the ring to brawl with him. The ensuing chaos allows Mosh to hit a diving seated senton for the win.
The Verdict
Pretty nothing match, not much really notably bad.
Rankings (Best to Worst)
- Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
- Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
- Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
- T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
- Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
- Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
- Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
- Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
- Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
- Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
- The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
- Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
- The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
- The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
- Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
- ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
- Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
- Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
- Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
- Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
- Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
- The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
- Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
- Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
- Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
- Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
- Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
- Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
- Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
- Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
- Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
- Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
- Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
- Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
- Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
- Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
- Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
- Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
- Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
- Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
- Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
- Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
- Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
- Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
- Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
- Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
- Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
- Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
- Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
- Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
- Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
- PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
- Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
- Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
- Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
- Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
- Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
- King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
- Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
- The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
- The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
- Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
- Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
- Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
- Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
- Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
- David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
- The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
- The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
- The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
- Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
- Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
- Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
- Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
- Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
- Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
- Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
- The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
- The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
- Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
- The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
- Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
- Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
- Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
- The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
- Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
- Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
- Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
- The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
- James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
- John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
- Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
- Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
- Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
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