Jerry Allen vs. Pete Doherty

[5.0] "As much as I like Jerry Allen, I think I rated his matches here way too high, but anyways, The Duke Of Dorchester takes on New Haven's youngest talent. You get very old school wrestling from both guys, the crowd here was clearly more into Duke than Allen. It's just basic grappling at the end of the day, and of course Allen gets a TV DQ win."

[5.0] "Entertaining opener with colorful local jobber Pete Doherty who put on an entertaining performance before moving back into his familiar losing position."

[5.0] "Pete Doherty just won't go away. He'll probably rush out and ruin the night with commentary later. But he's got Jerry Allen as his opponent here, and Jerry is an underrated talent who never got a big shot anywhere and would retire less than a year after this match. Doherty, however, would hang around a few more years and be available as a quick squash to guys like Akeem and Kerry Von Erich before finally hanging it up for good. So this match basically means nothing as neither guy has much of a future ahead of them in wrestling. Still, it was fun seeing Doherty overly animated and getting defeated, even if it was by DQ."