AWA Championship Wrestling 3/4/86 Main event was Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukoff(yay???) Blackwell won with his big splash after ole Boris missed the worst looking headbutt off the ropes I've ever seen! Biggest news coming out of the match was somewhere in the middle of the bout Blackwell got his damn nose broken! it was purple bleeding and misshapen! Blackwell was a great promo he did one post match of the flag waving variety! Basically "AMERICA WE'LL BEAT ALL YOU FOREIGEN A-HOLES! Elsewhere on the show Scott Hall defeated Doug Summers in a competitive bout with a powerslam. Shawn Michaels won a long squash bout(every AWA squash takes a long time.) Plus Larry Z had his interview segment with a piece of wood that looked like Marty Jannetty!
Philly Spectrum WWF house show(partial) 3/7/86 Match #1 Bob Orton"Cowboy" if you like vs Ricky Steamboat! This should be great. Match started super fast as Orton attacked Steamboat while he was turned around talking to fans at ringside. Steamboat quickly reversed the advantage by getting Orton hung upside down in the corner by countering a whip into said corner. Eventually knocking Orton over the top rope to the floor. The Dragon did not keep the momentum long as Orton reversed a whip into the turnbuckle and nailed Steamboat coming out with a nice clothesline. Orton hooked Steamboat in a neck cravat and turned it into(I swear this happened) a RKO/Diamond Cutter! Orton sunk in a reverse chin lock. Then they went to two great near fall spots. The 1st was very simple Steamboat went for a desperation bodyslam but couldn't hold it and Orton landed on top for a close two count. Second one was classic Steamboat as he was whipped into the ropes he slid thru Orton's legs twice came up and in one fluid motion threw Orton in and hit a bodypress, Orton rolled thru pulling the tights and got another near fall!(the crowd thought this was 100% the finish)! Orton then scooped him up and hit a beauty of a running over-the-shoulder powerslam! Orton then goes up top and flies down into a chop from the canvas by Steamboat. Soon after Ricky goes for a splash but Orton gets up his knees. Orton puts Steamboat in the corner for a running shoulder block This time Steamboat gets his knee up and Orton slams into it! The do several quick near falls including Orton barley kicking out of Steamboat's Flying Bodypress from the top rope. Orton manages to hit a Presslam into a backbreaker. The referee makes the three count, before the last count comes down Steamboat drapes hit foot over the bottom rope. The official sees this and waves off the pin, but Orton does not and Steamboat cradles him up from behind for the victory.(playing into and calling back to the sneak attack to start the bout.) Orton to get his heat back, hits the Dragon with jackhammer right hands to the face and executes a piledriver. Steamboat has to be helped up by the ref, who Orton also punched in the head! This was fantastic 2 all-time mat techs here!
Match #2 George Steele vs Adrian Adonis(why God Why Again???)! Not gonna waste much space on this match,if you have seen it once that's one time to many! Adrian won when he distracted animal by ripping up a picture of Elizabeth, George tried to pick up the pieces and Adonis hit him with a knee to the neck and hit a top rope splash to get his hand raised. The crowd loved this dumb shit! Just so you know even at eight years old I thought/knew this was dumb shit!
Match #3 Roddy Piper vs Paul Orndorff This was a quick fast moving crazy brawl! This went to the floor almost right away. Piper got his face bounced off a ringside table. Orndorff got back in the ring and was fighting with Roddy on his hands and knees. Piper still outside grabbed a drink off the table and threw it into Orndorff's face. Paul sold this like he had been hit with a fireball!(Why you ask?....because it's wrestling and we say so!) This continues for a few minutes. Until Paul hooks in a boston crab. At that point " ACE Cowboy" Bob Orton(Piper's bodyguard runs in and gloms Paul with a chair to the back causing a DQ! Orndorff fights both men off until Orton sneaks back in with a chair. The heels prepare to hit Paul in the throat, off the top rope with the chair when Tony Atlas and Corp Kirchner(really???)make the save. The heels hightail it out of the area.
Match #4 Main event Randy Savage IC Title defense against former champ Tito Santana! This match only went about 12-15 minutes, but it was good for the time they had! Match began before the bell rang. Santana hit his flying forearm finish(type that 5 times fast! HA!) the referee wouldn't count the pin because the match was not officially underway. Savage got the advantage by using Santana's trunks to whip him outside. After several minutes of taking a brisk beating Savage grabbed a side-headlock Tito countered in a millisecond with the shinbreaker and then went from there to his figurefour. Savage struggled and used the referees pant leg to hold on to and drag himself to the bottom rope. Hold was broken Savage slipped outside to the floor. Santana was close behind a brawl began as did the count! A double coutout sadly was the outcome, but the match was action packed and entertaining to be sure!
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