WCW Main Event 01/24/1993: No DQ Match: Vader & Paul Orndorff (with Harley Race) def. Cactus Jack & Barbarian in 6:30:

If you wonder why the dates don’t match, the video isn’t titled correctly. Man, this looked like so much fun on paper, but I also admittedly love Barbarian more than most. This match was no DQ because both teams fought to a double-DQ the week before. That’s a beautiful premise, but a no DQ match where men patiently wait on the outside to be tagged in while their partners get beat up doesn’t make much sense, and that’s what we had here. There was some wild brawling on the floor at times, and the use of chairs, even if it was the plastic elementary school auditorium chairs. That almost made me want to do the Pledge of Allegiance. I thought this one lacked some consistency and flow. Cactus worked most of it solo when it was in the ring, but there’s no hot tag, making the use of tags even more puzzling. It just often felt like guys going out there and doing stuff. Some of the brawling looked good and was fun, but Orndorff won quickly with a knee off the top on Cactus at only 6:30. Why is your world champion in a No DQ match on television, and it’s only going six minutes? Vader gave Barbarian a chair shot to the head with one of the plastic chairs after the match. It was so light, Joseph Maroon would have been proud. Thankfully, Barbarian no-sold it, and the teams fought more on the floor to end the show. Man, Vader didn’t pull that stiff working shit with Barbarian, did he? No one wanted to fuck with the Barbarian. This was too short and very blah, given the participants. **