There was a period of time in 1994 where WCW was consistently producing the best wrestling TV programming anywhere in the world. Cactus Jack wrestling Vader in a Texas Death Match in a TV studio at a children's theme park being one of the most significant reasons that was the case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSqmTJZMFdM David Penzer tells us this is a dream match, and it takes all of 30 seconds to become a nightmare. six minutes later, it's over. Somehow in losing a match in such an epic manner, a feud is kicked off that literally lasts half a year. Man. Vader was f***ing incredible, and Cactus, too.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
