First fall: Basic early stuff. Babyface would get on a hold (generally a headlock). Heel would try to get out. Babyface would snap it right back on. This worked with the tags too. Wiskowski would tag in and Oates would eat him right up with a headlock. Buddy's great on the apron as a presence trying desperately to find a way to help out his partner. He also does a lot if really interesting stuff working from the bottom and trying to fight out desperately. This is heel in peril stuff, down to the hope spots but they make it really interesting and it also works more because we're looking at vulnerable champs vs plucky underdogs here. Rose and Wiskowski are portrayed as extremely savvy but lacking the zing of the faces. Young does this delayed dropkick which is a thing of almost impossible beauty. They keep things interesting and varied with the heels using all sorts of different ways of escape or get a temporary advantage only to get immediately shut down through simple fundamentals and superior, single-minded speed.
Buddy initially takes over on Young with sheer persistence but they do a good job drawing it out. Some nasty double stomps from both heels. Young fights back and gets through the legs for a hot little tag. Oates clears house until he goes for the turnbuckle running headlock takeover, which he'd done twice already. Wiskowski reverses it into a belly to back and that's the first fall. Fun stuff. Almost all faces but they were kept doing really simple things while the heels made the match. The finish was foreshadowed well and logical.
Second fall: Wiskowski has a great flying knee. Nice reversal of the first fall as Buddy desperately tries to hold on a front facelook. Great facial expressions here and a very strong sense of fight. Wiskowski distracts the ref and Rose grabs the trunks to pull Oates back to his corner. Solid heeling. They're getting so much out of so little. Oates gets well built hope spots but the heels do quick tags and cut him off. This fall is all front facelock but it's really well worked. Second half of the second fall has the heels trying to put Oates away with cradles and thudding offense but he manages to makes it to the corner and Young blows Rose away with headbutts. Oates comes back in way too early. Fun but a little weird finish with Wikowski missing a kneedrop off the top in order to try to break up a pin and Oates using a spinning toe-hold to force the submission. I'm not sure he ever tagged in but I suppose that's what the heel gets for trying to cheat so brazenly.
Third fall: Oates starts on Wiskowski's knee but Buddy interferes enough he can break it up. Oates tags out and the match moves back to faces beating on Buddy. Highlight is his selling of an Oates Atomic drop. Fairly back and forth in this fall until the heels get Young in the corner and swarm him. Wiskowsi has this weird lanky offense including a body drop and rapid fire falling headbutts to the arm, which ultimately look just cool enough that you buy them stopping the match due to damage to Young's shoulder. Ref calls the match. This was good stuff but very much a "TV match." the third fall was there to put over the heel champs at the end, but I think the faces come out of this looking pretty strong, past, y'know, Young being injured.
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