State Patrol vs The American Males
I’ll be honest – one of the least interesting of the choices I had on offer, but I am a man of the people, so I got to watch eight minutes of the State Patrol vs The American Males.
The State Patrol are Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and James Earl Wright, and they are bland as hell. Throughout the match as a whole, there are two reasons that I ever feel the need to be interested in them as a tandem – the suplex/top rope spear combination (which was pretty swank), and some CLUBBERRIN’! Dusty’s attempts to explain the methodology behind CLUBBERIN’ to Tony is pretty golden.
In fact, once again this match is made more bearable by Dusty on commentary. His Lady Godiva/Elizabeth metaphor is a personal favourite.
I’ve touched on the American Males before, and you can see why the audience like them (and they do….they get a very sizeable pop), though this probably isn’t the best match to showcase what they were all about in the ring. Bagwell looks more polished already, and though I always thought he was a natural heel, he does play the plucky babyface really well (in the vein of a mid 90’s Pillman type). I did get a little confused when Bagwell entered the ring randomly before Riggs missed a charge into the corner – no real need for the referee to be wrapped up for that.
Ultimately forgettable match outside of a few choice spots, and the Males pick up the obvious victory with a double dropkick.
WCW Saturday Night results:
Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Scotty Riggs defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl when Bagwell pinned Earl (1/18/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Men at Work defeated Scott & Steve Armstrong when Kanyon pinned Scott (1/18/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Kevin Sullivan (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Todd Morton (1/18/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Alex Wright defeated Dusty Wolfe(1/18/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Fit Finlay defeated Brad Armstrong via disqualification (2/14/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Diamond Dallas Page defeated Mike Winner (2/14/96; Center Stage Theatre)
WCW Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger defeated Dave Taylor & Bobby Eaton (w/ Lord Steven Regal & Jeeves) when Eaton submitted to Sting (2/14/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Chris Benoit defeated Joey Maggs (w/ Teddy Long) (2/14/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Public Enemy defeated Buck Quartermaine & Larry Santo when Johnny Grunge pinned Santo (2/14/96; Center Stage Theatre)
Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (w/ Woman) defeated the Nasty Boys when Flair pinned Brian Knobbs (2/14/96; Center Stage Theatre)
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