Arn Anderson vs. Dustin Rhodes

[7.0] "A breath of fresh air after the unmitigated disaster that was Dave vs. Kevin Sullivan. There's nothing flash or especially groundbreaking here, it's just a good, solid wrestling match. Dustin comes out swinging as the fiery young babyface until he takes an impressive bump over the top rope to the floor, allowing wily grizzled veteran Arn to turn the tables, but Arn's dirty heel tricks end up costing him the match after quite a clever little finishing sequence. I really enjoyed this and thought it deserved longer, but unfortunately it didn't really seem like the big payoff it was supposed to be, and to its detriment, WCW was beginning to move away from this style of wrestling."

[5.0] "Giving them half the amount of time on a PPV as they had on their January TV match was typical WCW. Atomic drop followed by the lariat to the back of the neck was a cool spot from Dustin. Arn was class though. His counters were so good. I thought the match was really starting to cruise when they did the finish. Arn's beat-down post match looked brutal."

[6.0] "Solid idea Dustin needs a tag partner and Arn betrays Dustin and then attacks his arm. Knowing that this is not a setup but the end of the feud makes me expect a bit more. Since this match is here to settle the score it can only go one way, waiting for some aggression and for Dustin to get his revenge."

[6.0] "I liked the match, but I think that there wasn't enough hatred between both guys, considering the build and the length of their feud. Nevertheless work-wise it was very good, as both guys were fantastic wrestlers. Arn's little heel tricks were great, Dustin took a fantastically looking bump to the outside of the ring and the finish was nice."

[6.0] "Comfort graps if I've ever seen any. Simple storytelling from two greats. Arn's arm gets worked on after his blunder early into the post and then Dustin gets behind the eight ball after throwing himself over the top rope. Dustin able to get the quick rollup on Arn after Arn gets caught holding the ropes for his pin. 3/5 Stars"

[7.0] "A nice reminder of just how good Arn Anderson is. He gets every thing absolutely spot on both big and small. Not sure Dustin brought the intensity and hatred he should have considering the build but in a vacuum this is good stuff."

[6.0] "Dustin was good here, but I think it lacked some intensity after Arn's betrayal. Dustin should have been fierier and he just wrestles like it's just another match."

[7.0] "The first good match of the card, this is a hard hitting match between two very solid workers. There's little flash here, but plenty of intelligence and ring awareness on display to go with the power on display. A good ending where Arn's cheating comes back to bite him, followed by post match action to continue the feud. Plus, Dustin's "The Natural" theme is a banger, which always helps."

[7.0] "Very good little match here. They started off with some fun mat sequence before Dustin starts going for the arm in various different fashions. Arn gains control after Dustin took a wild bump to the ramp, and he works him down to set up an expectedly fired up comeback from Dustin. The finishing sequence was smartly done, and AA immediately laying Dustin out with the DDT afterward was an awesome heel move on his part. Need an extra few more minutes and this one a classic. [***1/2]"

[7.0] "Man, Arn has to be one of the smartest workers ever. Although this lacks the heat from their opening segment they had during the Wargames match, this a gritty, technical bout. Dustin looked like a megastar babyface here. I reckon he would of went on to be a bigger deal if he wasn't southern as WCW looks to be moving away from being classed as a southern wrestling promotion around this time. I love the small details this has like Dustin pulling down his kneepad before attempting a knee drop. Arn teasing the DDT was great too. I'll have to check out their 1992 match at some point as I loved this."

[9.0] "Great match, you've got Dustin's natural brawling and innate sense of when to take big spots, coupled with Arn's impeccable timing and flawless execution. You've got crazy moments like Dustin's big bump to the floor, and on point sequences like Arn's DDT attempt and Dustin's counter. Really good stuff from both, I'd say this match is certainly way underrated."

[7.0] "Probably the best match of Halloween Havoc 1994. It's technical but also the brawl is good, there are a couples of spots that work fine. Overlooked because there wasn't a strong hype for this match, but both wrestlers tried everything to get it interesting. ***1/2"

[7.0] "Obviously this could've been a better match given both Dustin Rhodes and Arn Anderson's god given talents in the ring, but I thought this was still a pretty good encounter at Halloween Havoc 94 for their feud that they had back then. I liked the finish of the match too especially considering how the aftermath went down after that finish. Arn Anderson tried to cheat by using the ropes, the referee saw it, then Dustin got the quick pin on him for the win, then Arn being the great heel that he was, he attacked Dustin immediately after that win cause of course he wasn't going to let Dustin have the last laugh like that. Good stuff regardless."