10 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania V

By Michael Hamflett / February 12, 2019

6. Strike Forced

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...even if former WWE Tag Team Champions Strike Force weren't long for it. It may have been 1989, but they were never ever ever getting back together.

Taken to school by the brutal Brain Busters as their relationship collapsed, Tito Santana and Rick Martel had barely reunited before the future 'Model' left his eternal babyface parter in a Spike Piledriver-shaped pile of sh*t.

What's so fabulous about this luxurious little tag match is in how much pleasure Arn and Tully take from their opponents' sad demise. Far from showing sympathy to Tito after Martel departed, the duo rounded on Santana like the trained wolves they were.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett

First Posted On: 13th Feb 2019