SUMMARY: APPROX. RUNNING TIME: 12:32 Min.
After the NWA/WCW’s Chi-Town Rumble Pay-Per-View on February 20, 1989, “The Total Package” Lex Luger had become a two-time U.S. Champion at ex-partner Barry Windham’s expense. This house show re-match has Windham (one of two Horsemen managed by Hiro Matsuda – the other being Ric Flair) seeking vengeance upon Luger.
The specific date and location of this title match are unclear; one possibility is that it transpired on March 18, 1989 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Ultimately, Windham departed the NWA/WCW in March 1989 once his contract expired.
There is not an official match commentator.
REVIEW:
As a kid-friendly, formulaic title defense, this Luger/Windham match-up delivers all the necessary goods. Luger, in that regard, puts on a good show as one of the NWA/WCW’s elite ‘super-heroes.’
More so, this bout’s entertainment value readily surpasses Luger & Windham’s lackadaisical 1991 Great American Bash cage match for the vacant WCW World Championship. Even if Windham was simply biding time days before leaving the company, his ‘average’ here is still better than most of his contemporaries.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 7 Stars
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