PG-13 vs Sonny Rogers and Al Brown WWF Monday Night Raw 9-25-1995
Within the past few years there has been such a major resurgence in The Rock n Roll Express. Nobody ever thought they sucked, but the praise for them has only increased this decade. With that praise also came dream match after dream match as they started going toe to toe with the great tag teams of this generation. FTR, Proud and Powerful, Lance Archer and Mr. Hughes ( This is a real match I just found out happened and I cannot wait to see it ). Truly the Rock and Roll Express are a great tag team and deserve their flowers. Ricky and Robert are legends who deserve all the respect and praise they get. Now, I said all that stuff to say this
Fuck The Rock n Roll Express . I want a PG-13 nostalgia run
Not to sound too much like the professor who housed Dylan's burger, but when I think about a PG-13 match in 2022 all I can think is GIMME DAT. JC Ice and Wolfie D are one of my favorite tag teams and I cannot figure out why more teams don't use them as an inspiration. Of course I mean in the ring, because outside of the ring it seems probably best to just ask JC Ice what he would do in a situation and do the opposite. But in ring I think they're fantastic. Two smaller guys who work when separate aren't intimidating, but as a team they are so quick and sneaky they can take down bigger and better teams.
To me, this match is a perfect example of what made JC Ice and Wolfie D great. Their opponents in this match are Sonny Rogers and Al Brown, names that strike fear into all their opponents before them. I believe this is one of a handful of actual PG-13 matches in WWF before they became the rappers for The Nation of Domination. Next week they'll be taking on The Smoking Guns for the tag belts in what I remember being a very fun match.
I think part of why I love PG-13 as heels is, they're just such assholes. They are not cool, they are not likeable, everything they do makes you want to see their asses kicked. I have no ideas if that's how you correctly pluralize ass, I'm guessing so because the only other way I could think of spells assess. Wolfie and JC have such a great big guy/little guy dynamic for two guys who aren't even that big. Wolfie is the muscle who starts the beating and JC comes in and acts like a little prick. Lots of cool tandem offense here WHICH I NEVER SEE ANYONE DO. You got a Dropkick/Russian Leg sweep, You got a Front Atomic Drop/Hart Attack, You got a Spinning Tilt A Whirl Assisted Splash. Attention any indie wrestler who stumbles upon this.
STEAL
THEIR
SHIT
Plus JC Ice dances after big moves, including once when he defiantly dances at the referee like a White Trash Footloose Kevin Bacon. It's fantastic. At one point Al Brown actually gets some offense in and starts bumping Wolfie for a bit. Just when he gets the advantage, Wolfie cuts him off and tags in JC who distracts the referee for no other reason than HEEL. This allows Wolfie to HIT A TOP ROPE FACEBUSTER BULLDOG THING in 1995 WWF. I don't know if I've ever seen that before. It leads into the finish and a PG-13 victory.
I'm not stupid, I know a PG-13 renaissance run isn't realistic, because JC is well...JC ( Plus I think him and Wolfie are on the outs again), but a man can dream. If we can't get their run against modern indie teams than please I'm begging you...someone rip them off. There's gotta be a tag team with a size difference and a lot of charisma who would excel at this dickhead stuff.
Does anyone have a direct line to The Ass Boys?
TLDR REVIEW
Great Squash. Hall of Fame. So good I forgot to mention the commentary track is mainly OJ Simpson talk
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