[5.0] "Much more athletic match here than the opener, at least on McGhee's part. This probably would have made more sense as the opener to get the crowd hot because of that. The heels were good here, utilizing good quick tag psychology to stay on top. The quick tags made more sense to me as a tag psychology thing, sometimes it was a bit off putting how fast they would tag, do one more, then tag out, but as heels doing quick tags it makes sense to me. Sullivan clearly the better worker of the two heels, though it feels odd to me seeing him sold as a hungry young gun here considering where his career goes (or what I know about it). The part where commentary said he's "accused of being a druid" or something like that made me laugh. McGhee did most of the work on the face side and impressed me with his dropkicks. I didn't really get a sense of what Weaver can do from this, I also couldn't tell how old he was at this point but online reviews say he was older and mostly doing commentary at this point so, that might explain why. Commentary said he's a good "scientific wrestler" but I didn't really see that. Finish was kind of deflating, which is a theme throughout this show. Manager interference while the ref was distracted allowed Lewin a chance to drop a knee from the top rope onto... the arm? and then cover for the pin. Just felt kind of out of nowhere and deflating but maybe I'm using modern standards. Aftermath was an angle where the heels kept beating on the Weaver and McGhee went in for a brief save, including dropkicking the heel manager Gary Hart, but then Hart responded to that by bringing out a classic old school "foreign object" out. He charged McGhee himself at first, but then Lewin wrestled the object out of his hand and attacked McGhee with it himself and busted the kid open. Good post-match angle for heel heat. Brought up the overall segment's rating for me. This was like a... 5.5/10 for me? So about **3/4. For Cagematch purposes I'll round down to 5 rather than up to 6 when I get ratings access."
"An improvement on the first match. Much better action, although the quick tags between Sullivan and Lewin with no real plan for what to do in between killed some of the momentum. Top selling from Weaver and McGhee, and that post-match punishment beating was nicely done."
[5.0] "Johnny Weaver's got a massive head and could've been anywhere from 35 to 65. The match itself was a little better than the previous one, with a nifty little counter for an arm wringer by McGhee at one point. Sullivan and Lewin, who looks like Irish mob enforcer, tried to murder McGhee at the end, busting him open bad before Angelo Mosca made the save out of nowhere. That's been the most interesting part of the first two matches by far."
[4.0] "After a couple of dropkicks to start, it ends up being mostly rest holds and tests of strength. I didn't find the match very engaging but it picked up after the pinfall. The post-match brawl was more exciting and featured more moves than the actual match."
[2.0] "Sorry but that was not even a proper wrestling in my eyes. Just tagging continuously your partner, before even use some moves or gapples, It's not a thing to be follow. Tho I loved the aftermath of this match. (*)"
[4.0] "Limited in variety, but better written and slightly better executed than the previous match. In-ring quality: 0.5/4. Stakes: 0.5/2. Justification ? /1. Place on the map: 0.5/1. Suspense ? /1. Bonus/Malus: none. Total: 4.5/10. Match seen on WWE Network."
[4.0] "Significantly better than the opener, some somewhat innovative offense for the time and you can see Sullivan was a superior talent and storyteller. Lot of blood spilled in the after match angle with Lewis showing off some of his mad persona with the spike. A very skippable match but if youre only gonna watch one of the first two on this card definitely choose this one."
[6.0] "It wasn't too long, but the action was pretty good with Sullivan impressing me especially with his quickness here. The heel team had their cheating tactics mastered and the babyfaces did a good job of getting the crowd's sympathy. The finish could have been built up a little more, but they still did fine with the time they got."
[4.0] "2 and a quarter stars overall average match and it has the 1st post match beatdown something you'll see more often and the shot of scott mcgee slumped over like a corpse infront johnny weaver in a interview is something scary."
[4.0] "A bit better than the opening match for Starrcade but it still ends up being a very NOTHING match. Not much really happens during this one and they didn't really go out of their way to showcase what they can do. The aftermath of this match was far more impressive then anything they did in the ring. [**1/4]"
[5.0] "A match that had more going on for it than the opener. Competitors showed greater pace and worked well with each other to create interesting sequences. Unfortunatelly, the ending came too soon and didn't let the match find the extra gear it needed. Post-match angle was a plus though."
[4.0] "If I was really summarizing this I would simply say "this was fine." Honestly I didn't think this would be a good as it was but these guys went out and did a decent job. Was interesting seeing a younger Kevin Sullivan at work, and Gordon Solie teasing if he's a devil worshipper or not. I thought the after match angle to this one was also decent."
[7.0] "I haven't seen a lot of early eighties material and I got to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by Scott McGhee's maneuvers in this match. I was far from suspecting that this kind of moves existed in 1983. Sullivan and Lewin did a good heel's job and the aftermatch was crazy, especially with this terrible blade job on McGhee. The blood was flowing all over his face and chest. Again, that was another thing that I didn't have a clue was happening in those times. Which shows that the ECW did not invent anything."
[4.0] "Nothing to write home about. Honestly the best part might be the running dropkick that McGhee hits Gary Hart with after the bell. The blade job on McGhee looked absolutely brutal. The guy gets a scary amount of juice in a very short amount of time. Seeing Kevin Sullivan in his early 30s instead of pushing 50 is definitely a novelty as well."
[4.0] "Nearly as unmemorable as the first match of the show. The future Taskmaster gains a highly unspectacular victory alongside Lewin and led by the legendary Gary Hart. Since there was little comparative material for major events of this conceptualization at the time, I'll call what happened adequate."
[3.0] "Not much to this one. The heels made a bunch of amusingly quick tags (i.e. came in for a punch then immediately tagged out) and dominated most of the match. The ending was rather abrupt, and even the commentators got confused by it being a three count. Afterwards there was a pretty nasty bladejob by McGhee. *1/2"
[4.0] "Nothing bad but nothing interesting or memorable in any way either. Most entertaining part was commentary speculating on whether Kevin Sullivan might be a druid. The post match was more exciting than the match itself as Scott McGhee gets assaulted and bleeds a fair amount."
[4.0] "Your standard tag match, although below average. Both teams were fine, but like the first tag match, the finish was abrupt and anti-climactic. 4/10 (**)"
[6.0] "I thought that was a pretty solid match with some decent storytelling. I liked the teasing of the hot tag by Weaver, and felt that was a nice touch. Sullivan and Lewin makes the most sense. That post-match scrum was a lot bloodier than I expected. 6/10"
[4.0] "A bit better from the first match with some decent action. I was getting into the match but it ended abruptly which was a bit disappointing to me. Fine match overall. [**]"
[6.0] "About as good as a 6-minute tag match could be. Some really good heelwork from Sullivan and Lewin and a great post-match beatdown from the heels."
[4.0] "The younger Sullivan and McGhee bring the speed and youthful energy, while Weaver and Lewin feel a lot more old school. McGhee lands a neat counter early on. Weaver hits a bulldog, but he is countered on his second attempt. Lewin and Sullivan work over Weaver and score an underhanded win that comes out of nowhere, but all hell breaks loose in the afterbirth. Gary Harts hands Lewin a weapon. McGhee hits a beautiful running dropkick on Hart before he ends up bleed a gusher after he's hit with the weapon. Angelo Mosca runs in to save the faces but ends up getting juice on his arm."
[5.0] "The match is nothing special but the angle afterwards is nicely done. You can see Sullivan blade McGhee and he does a good job of it as there's a fair amount of blood afterwards."
[5.0] "Again, nothing to write home about but man was this a bloody affair after the bell. Interesting to see a way younger Kevin Sullivan. This and the first match just really warmed up the crowd for what came next."
[5.0] "Unremarkable little tag team match. It was pretty cool seeing a young Kevin Sullivan, since I'm so used to seeing him as the Taskmaster or in the Dungeon of Doom, Generally well-worked but nothing to say beyond that, other than the out of nowhere and gory closing angle that sees Gary Hart carving up the babyfaces."
[5.0] "Decent tag team match with great mat based moves and logic. Too short to be anything, after the match Gary Hart brought in a sharp pointy object and his team cut Weaver and McGhee, went from being realistic to not very quickly."
