The Stud Stable (Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater) vs. Harlem Heat (w/Sister Sherri)
WCW World Tag Team Championship Match
Booker T and Ray come out with Sister Sherri, and Booker shouts utter gibberish at the camera. Bunkhouse and Dick Slater look like dirty, old hobos as they walk to the ring with Colonel Robert Parker.
Match starts with Dick Slater and Booker in the ring. There’s a lot of stalling as Booker takes an early advantage. He tags to Stevie as they take turns kicking Dick, who looks exhausted already. Ray holds him in place while Booker hits a stiff kick to his sternum with the tag, but Dick drives him to the ropes, where he’s able to tag Bunk in, who’s first move is an arm drag, what a technical master he is.
Several rest holds later, Booker’s got Bunk on the floor in a headlock as the announcers mention the love angle between Parker and Sherri, the two managers of these teams. Bunk tags Dick, but Ray no-sells all of his punches and proceeds to beat him for the classic 10 corner punches. Dick finally gets some offense in with a neckbreaker and sends Booker T out to the floor as the momentum finally shifts to the heels.
Slater continues to ground Booker in the ring, knocking him over repeatedly, as he struggles to hit a piledriver. Bunk is in as he sends Booker T to the floor again, as we’re already stalling for time. Tony picks an awkward moment to call WCW the best promotion in the world. Bunk drops Booker with a big boot and cinches in a reverse chinlock.
Five minutes later, Booker’s still grounded as the heels work him over in this typical tag formula match. Bunk is tagged in and locks in a semi-Boston crab for a long while, but drops it for an attempted pin. Booker T finally gets up and hits a sidekick as he goes for the hot tag. Ray comes in and batters both men, but Bunk seems slightly confused as to where he’s supposed to be. All four men are in the ring, Ray’s thrown out as Bunk and Dick tag team on Booker once more. In the other ring, Sherri tries to seduce Colonel Parker as she crawls to him. What the hell? The Nasty Boys run in and knock out Slater with a boot. Parker and Sherri kiss as Harlem Heat pick up the win and the belt.
Winners: Harlem Heat
It’s unclear as to whether Parker allowed his men to lose and set them up for Sherri, or if he just let it happen. The finish makes Harlem Heat look slightly incompetent as they could have won themselves, but the right team went over. Presumably Nasty Boys vs Harlem Heat is happening in the future. Either way, the match was fine, fairly generic tag-team match besides the completely unexpected finish.
Gene and the Stud Stable berate Colonel Parker for an interview segment, but Parker says he loves Sherri and that he’ll get them another match. Gene calls him disgusting for kissing a woman. What? Parker says his heart is soaring like an eagle and continues to ramble in southern metaphors.
We’re back with Tony and Bobby as we see a graphic for Halloween Havoc ’95… oh god. They shill the Dungeon vs Hogan War Games match, before introducing us to the Flair/Anderson rivalry. Time for Anderson’s promo with Gene, but we first see a video package of the Four Horsemen and how the stable dissolved, mainly because Flair kept leaving Arn to fend for himself against Vader and in numerous tag matches. Both men do a great job of selling this match, saying that they love each other, and that’s why they needed this match. It’s about respect, nothing else. It’s the kind of well-built genuine rivalry that you just don’t see in modern wrestling.
