Tv Reviews 2/22/86

Tv reviews 2/22/86 Memphis For once a rather eventful Memphis Show! Austin Idol was "late" to the studio. He was supposed to wrestle perpetual loser Tony Faulk. Idol comes out in street clothes and apologies for being late. He leaves to go get his gear on and Faulk comes out of the ring and says no time and no excuses he wants to go now! Idol obliges and beats Faulk (of course) with the "Las Vegas LegLock"(his version of the figurefour. While that is going on in ring Buddy Landell comes out and cuts a promo at the desk with Lance. Saying it's a figuefour not a Las Vegas leglock and that he is the master of the hold not Idol.Calls Idol washed up! Landell comes out later for his match and puts the figurefour on a jobber and refuses to let go of the hold. Idol =comes out gets in the ring and tells Landell to break the hold. Landell refuses and spits in Idol's face! That went over real well as Idol takes of his belt and whips Landell like he stole something! Dundee runs in and distracs Idol.Landell knees him in the back and puts him in the figurefour.While Dundee chokes him with his own belt. Dundee goes to the desk to brag to lance and dave. While he does Idol reverses the hold. Dundee sees this and runs back in with a chair and hits Idol with it! The faces come out the heels run away and Idol gets help to the back! Dutch Mantell and Bill Dundee have a match against BillyTravis and Frank Morell.The duo bloody up Travis with a chain and throw powder in the eyes of Morell! The Midnight Rider(guy in a black mask and white duster trench coat) comes out with a cattle prod and chases the heels away. Other things in the show the Mod Squad and Manager JD Costello sent in another taped interview. The fantastics and a horrible newcomer Ken Prince(have no memory of him at all) had squash bouts. Plus they had some taped promos about the "thunderdome(bunkhouse) matches coming to the area.A very solid hour !
     NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 2/22/86 Big news of the show Jim Cornette's lawyers stopped his tennis racquet from being banned by the NWA. In a bout later in the show Cornette uses the racquet to injure Sam Houston as he and Nelson Royal were wrestling the Midnight express. In an interview with Dusty Rhodes and the Rock N' Roll express Rhodes gave them "Betty Lou" (a shark cage) to put Cornette in! The highlight of the show was a in-ring Promo by Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin! He said he was happy to be here in the NWA that Precious his valet, was the only "10" in the world(a baby doll reference) and that Magnum TA used to be a male dancer in San Fran! (this was a tremendous debut promo)! Ivan and Nikita were doing a promo when TA got in the ring on the house mic and challenged him to a match right now! Ivan held him back saying Magnum had not signed the contract yet. Nikita said that he was not dumb that TA' friends would attack him! Another fine program!
     NWA Worldwide Wrestling 2/22/86 This was for all practical purposes a one match show, but my God what a Match! Ric Flair and Arn Anderson signed on to wrestle "The Risky Biness Boys"(I spelt it the way Dusty said it). Who turn out to be Dusty Rhodes and Ronnie Garvin! I have been watching Wrestling since I was 2(1980) and I have NEVER LET ME REPEAT THAT NEVER HEARD A CROWD REACTION LIKE THIS!!! These folks in Fayetteville NC lost their damn minds for every bump in this match! Their in no way to convey this properly thru words. If you have not seen it go watch it! I'm not even gonna go over the bout! You need to see this! If you love wrestling as I do it may raise the hairs on the back of your neck! Best thing I'll see all week!
     NWA World Championship Wrestling (tbs 605 show 2/22/86 Best match on the show Arn Anderson Tv title defense against World Junior Champ Denny Brown! Flair was out to do commentary. So Dusty came out for a reason I guess!(it was never brought up) AA and Brown had a really good back and forth bout! With Flair putting both guys over strong to the home audience. He said just because Brown was smaller made no difference he was a World Champion and he deserved it!(I miss guys putting their rivals over as tough men to beat!) Denny put his head down on a backdrop attempt to soon and AA snatched him into a gourdbuster to get the win and retain the tv title! The heels acted like they were going to Jump Rhodes post match. Magnum TA hit the ring and they backed off! The RNR express attacked the Midnight express with tennis racquets of their own after a Midnights Squash match! Cornette Said he was not a criminal or a parakeet so he would not be getting in any cage above any ring! In other action Tully Blanchard and (my favorite jobber of all-time) The Alabama Jr Heavyweight Champion Mike Jackson had a good match. As Did the RNR Express vs Thunderfoot and Black Bart(dadgumit!!!) The closing angle was a tremendous pull apart brawl between Magnum and Nikita! The Russians did a promo while Magnum was in the ring. Saying he was a coward for not signing to wrestle Nikita on Television for the US Belt! After the TA Squash Ivan has to hold Nikita back from going in the ring. While this is going on Magnum jumps off the apron and hits Nikita from behind! Then the brawl was on folks! Every wrestler there it looked like spilled out of the dressing room to try and stop the fight! They would get them apart for a few seconds then boom right back at it! That's how the show went off the air! Good wrestling storylines continued well very fun show!