Terry Funk vs. Tully Blanchard

[4.0] "From today's perspective, of course, this is nothing special. However, the intention behind this situation is to promote WCW to ECW fans, specifically at the Philadelphia Civic Center. And the audience in the front rows consists in part of prominent hardcore ECW fans. ECW icon Terry Funk and the occasional (by Atlanta standards) rough spot do the rest, and the result is good enough for the WCW officials. As a neutral observer, it's nothing to write home about--it's over quickly, after all--so it's not really a recommendation either."

[7.0] "This is ECW Funk vs. out of prime Tully. Match was decent with some hardcore bits placed in with some offense you expect from Funk around this era. Funk attempted a piledriver off the top rope onto a chair but Tully just like gave up and flopped over the top rope."

[6.0] "This was a wild brawl that had the Philly fans chanting "ECW" right away. Funk dominated most of it, busting out a couple of crazy spots like a moonsault and a failed powerbomb off the top rope onto a chair. Not sure what he was thinking on the latter, tbh. Fun match though, too bad it ended pretty quickly. ***"

[4.0] "I don't even know what the point of this match was. Just seems entirely pointless, doesn't even have a proper finish. All "big" spots looked lame as hell, except for the missed moonsault. It's watchable I guess."

[4.0] "Surprising that this match felt more one sided with the result that came from it but it was really just a Funk showcase. Obviously Tully doesn't stick around but just in theory on paper I'd think it be more back and forth then the double dqs. **"

[7.0] "Not a great match from a technical standpoint, but Funk and Blanchard fought like two people who genuinely hated each other. In the context of the wild brawl, the disqualification ending was fine."

[4.0] "Terry officially was in his ECW era, which means that you couldn't expect a normal match out of him anymore, just a hardcore bollocks and Tully wasn't the guy to get him out of that mindset. They fight all around the ring area, Terry hits his Piledrivers where he's clearly the one going through the furniture with his ass and the finish is lazy. It was nice to see both these guys, but work-wise it wasn't very good."

[5.0] "Yikes...Not sure what the plan was here. Bizarre match in so many ways. Didn't seem like either guy wanted to be there."

[7.0] "This was a fun brawl featuring two "legends", though neither guy's career would be completely over by this point. Terry Funk was at his crazy best and Blanchard proved he could still go..."

[7.0] "In ECW country Terry Funk was the fan favorite. A brutal brawl. Gordon Solie on commentary was a nice touch on this match. The ending was a bit weak with the double DQ. As far as legends matches go it wasn? t bad."

[5.0] "I think this was Blanchards first big ppv match since SummerSlam 89. So many years lost to bad decisions. Pretty good for a legends match."

[6.0] "A fairly normal Terry Funk match. Bvli carried out classical techniques using objects. But it is too short and the ending is nothing. So no more than 6/10."

[8.0] "great short and brutal 80's-style stiff fight between two amazing wrestlers that really knew how to sell and how to give that aura of credibility to their matches"

[7.0] "Seeing WCW fans chant ECW at Funk was very amusing to see. The match was a good scrap. A brawl from the very start with the two laying into each other with some heavy shots, commentary putting over the family history between the two which was a nice touch. The ending is a bit of a downer but good match. ***œ"

[9.0] "Thought this was surprisingly great, glad it made it to the matchguide. Two legends just, out of nowhere, decide to go absolutely crazy on each other, Terry Funk is especially wild in front of a rabid ECW crowd (and in Philly that's what the crowd is, no matter if this took place in WCW), including crazy attempts to piledriver Tully on chairs. Had a blast with this, even with the non-finish."