Wipe Out!

Arn Anderson (c) VS Shane Douglas - WCW TV Title 2/15/1990

JJZ: Yes. Yes yes yes. This was a no brainer of a pick for me baby cakes. Holy hell. Talk about a perfect pairing to create such a fantastic story. Off the bat I wish the finish was stronger, but what a body on this hunk of a match. Sometimes you forget how athletic Douglas was during his first WCW run. I remember him jumping off the top rope in '97 during in ECW and sinking like a stone in a lake. Shane is flip flopping and flying all around that ring. AA. The Enforcer. You know that I know that you know I'm a mark for Arn. I feel like he is a timeless wrestler and really does no wrong in that ring. I wish I could clone him and have him wrestle during every era. I so enjoyed this. Hope you do too.

CJD: Is there a wrestler that was better at doing more with very little than Arn Anderson? I know there are some candidates, but he's definitely way up there. I was so irrationally excited for this match and it didn't disappoint. Maybe the first Dynamic Dudes era Shane match I've watched as an adult. I'm surprised you were wishing for a better finish, on first watch I assumed the unusual nature of the booking on the finish was part of what hooked you on this match! This was awesome, Douglas was game, but AA really went above and beyond to put everything you needed to make something memorable out of an opportunity that many would have seen as a night off.