Lex Luger vs. Stan Hansen

[8.0] "While the finish was weak, I'm not surprised there was a bit of a screwy finish. But this was a really good match. The crowd was more into this than they were at the Halloween Havoc match, likely due to being a better crowd but they were more violent and action packed in this match. It's a shame that this was the blow-off because they could've gone further with Hansen in general but also this feud. These two had great chemistry and could've gone the whole mile. Both looked great too. Luger regains the US title, being saved by the ref. ***3/4"

[7.0] "Not a gimmick match I'm fond of but this was pretty good despite that. Hansen was never the same in WCW as he couldn't do most of the shit he did in Japan but this is about as close as he gets to that. Luger has really been booked terribly through 1990 since WrestleWar so again he has a ceiling. Crowd was well into this though with Luger a huge babyface and it was pretty decent brawling all round. Finish was predictably fucked up which is the standard for this company."

[6.0] "I've never been a big fan of this style of bull-rope match, but they did this one well. Hanson and Luger are a surprisingly good pairing."

[6.0] "Could have been a little more brutal, but they still did a decent job here. The crowd was invested in this, which was the most important thing, and they genuinely were rooting for Luger, giving Hansen a huge amount of boos when they teased a screwy finish."

[7.0] "This was a really fun brawl. Hansen always comes across as unhinged, and Luger is very good at being explosive when the moment calls for it. Lame and unnecessarily complicated finish, but everything prior to that was really good and delivered on the wild feeling that you'd hope to see from a Bull Rope match."

[6.0] "Much like their last bout on Halloween Havoc I surprisingly enjoyed this matchup again. This pairing doesn't feel like it should work, but it does. Lex gets his title back here; at this point in the big wrestling watch-through I'm doing Lex is a contender for the best US champ; it's a good spot for him if he can't get to the big one."

[6.0] "These two worked surprisingly well together in the two matches they had in 1990. This was a strap match. Two complete opposites. Stan Hanse, the rough and brawling brute from Texas, should have been able to beat Lex Luger, the chiseled pretty boy from Chicago. But the fact that they were opposites worked in their favor. The ending was jacked up, though."

[7.0] "This felt aggressive and wild, which is no real surprise given Stan Hansen's involvement. It wasn't pretty but these matches never are. It felt like a proper fight and that's about all I can say. The end was kinda cheesy otherwise I might have gone 8. ***3/4"

[7.0] "I liked this match a lot, it felt like a fight. It was brutal, nasty, ugly (in a good way), dramatic, etc. The crowd were into all of it and it allowed the wrestlers to get a number of good false finish teases in. The finish could've been better, but what can you expect at a time when HerdMania was running wild... ***1/4"

[7.0] "Finish was unnecessarily convoluted but good god was this some proper old school goodness. Stan Hansen was the heel of heels for like 25 years and Lex Luger was still a white hot babyface at this point. These 2 beat the hell out of each other and the match felt real. Again, the finish was a mess, but this is Jim Herd era WCW. Worth a watch."

[6.0] "Good old classic Bullrope match with Luger fighting to get back the title and Hansen cheating as a bruiser for the match. I like the story behind the fight and it's better than my expectations. The momentum at the end was well done. Three full stars."

[9.0] "Shocked to see that people are down on this match, I thought it was quite good in fact. The ending is a drawback, yes, it's too messy, but on the whole this match really delivers some extremely hard hitting stuff not to mention good storytelling, in that Hansen has a kind of "home field" advantage and Lex must figure out how to beat his game (and not get hung in the process! ). One of the best singles matches WCW had to offer in 1990, along with their other encounter at Halloween Havoc."