Barry Horowitz vs. Jose Luis Rivera

[5.0] "Two more enhancement guys going at it here. Most of these types of matches were underrated because no one cared about them. But I always enjoyed Horowitz. Rivera is good, but no charisma whatsoever. Horowitz botched a few times, resulting in a standard solid match. Not much more to it."

[8.0] "Match also found on Prime Time Wrestling May 2nd 1988: Barry Horowitz in orange and he looks a bit paunchy, he would fix that soon. Jose Luis Rivera looks excellent. I live for this kind of matchup. I love the enhancement guys who were actually very good professional wrestlers. Really great match that I love to watch over and over. Highlights are PLENTIFUL. There is so much gold in the commentary here as well. Gorilla Monsoon jokingly calls an improv-move by Horowitz the "Double Lead Leg Lay Back". Lord Alfred Hayes has a superb comment that in some ways summed up Barry's entire career, it's the comment where he uses the word "intersplices". There is one major blemish on the commentary, it's Monsoon's fault and no one else's. There's so much well done work here, both men have moments to look damn good. Often the work is fluid, crisp and done in textbook fashion. Not all of it, I won't outright lie as even the finishing cradle was only a cradle in theory. Sure it's not much more than an exhibition but good stuff from both and it's hard to find fault in this. 8.25"