Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship: Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle (c) vs. Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood
MACW Final Conflict - March 12, 1983
Today we go from one cage match in one territory to another. Slaughter and his army had been terrorizing the Mid-Atlantic territory for months and Steamboat and Youngblood were a hot young tag team with a bright future ahead of them. After a back and forth battle of wills, it finally came down to this. Both teams locked inside of a cage. Winner takes all. If Steamboat and Youngblood win, they get the belts. But if Slaughter and Kernodle win, the babyfaces must split up and never team again. This match starts slow, with lots of headlocks and technical wrestling. But once it gets going it gets intense. Brutal cage bumps, tons of blood and Sgt. Slaughter (of all people!) diving off the top of the cage like he's Jimmy frickin' Snuka. A hell of a match if you're patient enough to get through the opening sequence. By the way, you can totally tell Steamboat was destined to be a wrestling god here. And Youngblood wasn't far behind, but he tragically died only a few years after this.
Link to the whole event here.
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