Pay-Per-View Rewind of: NWA/WCW Starrcade '83: A Flare for the Gold 24/11/1983 Match 5/Part 5 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Pay-Per-View Rewind of: NWA/WCW Starrcade '83: A Flare for the Gold 24/11/1983 Match 5/Part 5 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Warning/Disclaimer: there is flashing effects/colourful effects and disclaimer I have never been or likely to be a professional wrestler.

Match/Stipulations: "From Out of Town"/"Down Town" Charlie Brown vs. the NWA Television Champion Great Kabuki [with Gary Hart] Title vs. Mask Match for the NWA Television Championship [Additional included Stipulation this Match has a 60 minute time limit, but however for the first 15 minutes the Title vs. Mask stipulation applies; basically said by Tom Miller: ring announcer]

Match Attributes:

Match Quality: 3/10

Match Storyline: 1/10

Crowd Participation: 10/10

On Commentary: Bob Caudle & Gordon Solie 6/10

Satisfying Conclusion: 1/10

Recommend Watch: 5/10

Match Total: 32/60 - this match is mixed.

Comments: as I have already just said this match is mixed, but as the marking would suggest on Recommend Watch, you will have to just wanted because this is one of those matches/match slots, where you just have to say " What the hell was that all about?"

Solie straightaway makes reference to another name for Charlie Brown hence why it is up there. Then the Referee [Sonny Fargo] should have disqualified Brown for using a chair. Then for some strange reason Kabuki client to the top buckle, whilst Brown is on the floor face up to deliver this submission move; The Claw and I get the mechanics of this submission move, but why come off the top buckle to apply it? I mean if you started applying this move whilst you were on the top buckle them to go down whilst maintaining hold of it I could get that that makes sense to me, but as things are okay it may slightly hurt more like a smidgen, but not enough to justify doing it in the first place or again in this match [just for the record; this submission move is well-known for being one of the most debilitating, based on the grounds in essence you are squeezing on the skull.]

Then I have to be honest what a complete and utter cock up this was. I should give you a little bit of background first, based on here and now as then this match/match slot  Kabuki with Hart has been quite clearly and obviously been built up as this ominous presence, wrestler/wrestling style and everything else. So how the hell does he lose from a pin after receiving an elbow drop off the ropes [as in running off them to deliver an elbow drop to the ground?] I mean yes Kabuki gets up after the pin quickly with Hart going crazy. But unless it was the worst finisher in the world "The People's Elbow" delivered by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson this outcome should have never happened.

We have Solie questioning the timing, so on some research I looked up the length of this match it was apparently 14 minutes and 12 seconds, but however I would like to squash that, by saying it was roughly 10 minutes and 28 seconds give or take a second, I have time this twice but either time length Brown is still within the time length of 15 minutes. I really don't like this 15 minutes stipulation, it just feels like a bad idea and potentially leaves things open to this level of confusion.

This is purely speculation; maybe they were trying to take this championship off Kabuki and protect him from the loss kind of with this confusion, but it doesn't go as smoothly or potentially according to plan. Because we never see Brown pick up his newly won championship and I did look up the record books, yes he did win it here and the very last thing I would like to put in this section is this; the crowd really did everything to make this match/match slot feel like a big-time deal, they were in the corner of the babyface Brown. The crowd as my marking would suggest somewhat make this match/match slot much better than what it actually is, so I praise them for doing that.

Basic Result: "From Out of Town"/"Down Town" Charlie Brown is your new NWA Television Champion.

Briefly things to know:

* Bob Caudle & Gordon Solie: fallout of this match talking about the confusion, Caudle brings in Dude Walker from Dude Radio he is asked about his opinions about Flair vs. the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Race from Caudle [Walker leaves,] our commentary duo carry on building up this main event other matches on the card which are still to come up or next.

* Tony Schiavone: interviews Bob Orton Jr. & Dick Slater with the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race in the segment as well with Race doing a promo.

* Barbara Clary: interviews the next No1 Contender "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, I am speculating here mixed in with observational/hearing fact that the first time that they tried this interview segment earlier on in this pay-per-view there was technical issues, so they are trying again here. In true "The American Dream" fashion he gives they perfect promo/challenge where he challenges either winner; puts himself, Flair and Race over.

 * Tom Miller: ring announcer introducing the next match