WWF All-Star Wrestling/Maple Leaf Wrestling(same show two different names) All tag squash bouts with a different set of in-set interviews/promos for a Sacramento show and a Toronto show(a much better show it seems by the card rundown!) If you love one-sided tag matches this is your show!
WWF Baltimore Arena House Show 3/1/86 Match #1 Jim Powers vs Barry O. Better match than you might think! Powers had control early with the side headlock. It is sort of amazing Barry O was not badly injured. When Powers snapped the hiplock over several times to take the side-headlock to the mat, Barry O came very close to landing straight on his head and neck! Barry O hit a nice Backbreaker to counter a flying bodypress attempt by Powers. Jim hit a dropkick to take the advantage back quickly. The big momentum change happened when Barry O Sidestepped Powers and grabbed him by the hair and threw him over the top rope! Powers went sailing over the rope and hit his back hard an the apron(the bump made me wince).The crowd popped a bit as well. Powers got back in after several thwarted attempts by Barry O via a sunset flip and near fall. Barry O hit a nice powerslam after whipping Jim into the turnbuckles for a two count. Powers won the match with a small package out of nowhere following the powerslam spot! Crowd reacted I think due to the suddenness of the pinfall.
Match #2 Jose Luis Rivera vs George Wells. Wells did his always(mostly) spot on flying head scissors early. Always works for crowd response when he pulls it off as he did here! Best spot of the short match was when, Wells caught Rivera on a backwards crossbody attempt and by pure strength turned it into a reverse atomic drop! Wells went for a splash off the middle turnbuckle and Rivera got his knees up. The went to the finish right after this. Rivera hit a shoulder tackle came of the ropes again Wells leapfrogged his man and hit his flying shoulder tackle for the victory.
Match #3 Ron Shaw vs Danny Spivey. Spivey took over with armdrags to start the bout. He was very quick for a big man when he was young. Shaw hit a running knee to the midsection to gain momentary control. Spivey took over once again and tried to slingshot him self from the apron of the ring over the top rope and splash Shaw. Who as luck would have it got his knees up. Spivey countered a backdrop with a kick to the sternum. Followed that up with a clothesline in the corner and hit his big bulldog for the pin! (camera angle was great for the finish here.)
Match #4 Rene Goulet vs Sivi Afi. Afi used the headlock and his tremendous leaping(sorry Lanny)ability early. Goulet got the upperhand with a knee to the gut(popular move on this card). He applied his "Scorpio" claw hold twice during the contest. Afi hit a splash, and a flying crossbody and couldn't get the pin, but he landed a flying crossbody from the top and secured the victory! The crowd turned on this match early with boring chants and utter disinterest!
Match #5 Junkyard Dog vs AJ Peturzzi This match took no time, JYD hit his "all fours" headbutts a clothesline and his powerslam and it was over! On one hand the crowd paid money to see this, but on the bright side didn't have to suffer through a long JYD match!!! After the bout JYD got some kids and a security guard to "Juke"with him in the ring! At least he was entertaining!
Match #6 Tony Atlas vs Iron Mike Sharpe This was a solid back and forth affair. With arm drags and punches to the gut, and heads in turnbuckles. However the finish caught me so unaware that I have forgotten most of the bout I just saw! This may be one of the most shocking wrestling sentences you ever see/I ever write. Tony Atlas won this match with a FLYING HEADSCISSORS! (Let that sink in). Atlas sent Sharpe into the ropes leapfrogged him and as he came back hit a head scissors cradled the near leg and got the pin! My jaw is on the floor!
Main Event (I guess) Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs CPL Kirchner and George "The Animal" Steele. (Get your VCR's ready folks....... to burn and throw away!) My favorite thing about this match happened before it began. Volkoff is singing the Russian national anthem and amidst all the crowd booing and jeers their is one fan at ringside with an American flag shirt on standing ramrod straight at attention while giving a military salute! (I love pro wrestling)! Their wasn't much to the match itself(thank Allah) Sheik blindsided Corp before the bell. They beat on him for awhile. Steele made the tag he got the same treatment. Sheik put him in the Camel Clutch, Corp ran in and broke it up. Steele makes the tag a brawl begins. While the referee is tied up getting Animal back to the corner, Kirchner hits a fireman's carry drop on Volkoff, Sheik loads up his boot and kicks ole Corp in the head. He puts Volkoff on top(the official clearly sees this)and in his shinning intellect counts the pin anyway! This show was fairly entertaining mid-card madness!
SNME 3/1/86(taped 2/15/86) #1 Bob Orton vs Mr. T Boxing match. They both did pre-match interviews. Piper showed a newspaper clipping of a photo T had taken with Boy George and said "This is what the youth of America is supposed to look up to?" T said that unlike the movie "Rocky III" he was not gonna take a dive! (He does know that we know that was a movie right???) He said he was gonna beat him up and knock him out. By the way, if you think ole Vinnie Mac was a sub par wrestling announcer wait till you hear him do "Boxing"! Rd 1(god this whole thing is dumb as hell!) Orton gets warned about an eye poke, the "doctor" wants to stop it but T won't let them(I thought the Doctor's verdict was law, but how dare I use logic in a fake boxing match!) As the bell sounds to end the rd, Orton hits T with a punch while the ref is between them and both the referee and T go down! Rd 2 Orton is showing off and takes a big punch that staggers him. Piper distracts the official and Orton lands a knee on T. Then Orton holds him while Piper throws a punch. T ducks Orton goes flying gets up and T knocks him over the top rope. Piper fails to get Orton back in the ring before the 10 count. You're official winner Mr. T. Piper then climbs in the ring to challenge T to a boxing match. T moves the referee out of the way. Piper Gets T's back turned then Orton runs in with a knee to the back of T! The heel twosome take out T's corner men. Then Piper takes of his belt while "Cowboy holds T's Arms and Piper lashes him with the belt. On commentary Ventura says "It's like ROOTS 2! He said thin on network TV! T gets up and the heels hit the road! T does a post match promo where he vows to get even with Roddy(setting up their boxing match at Mania 2 oh Joy)
Match #2 The Dream Team(Valentine/Beefcake Champions) vs The British Bulldogs The Bulldogs controlled this match in every way possible besides getting their hands raised! Valentine and Beefcake were headbutted and suplexed by the Brits back to the stone age! Valentine managed to hit Dynamite Kid with a reverse atomic drop and tag Beefcake who had the advantage for a few seconds before Captain Lou Albano and Johnny V the respective managers almost came to blows on the floor. All four men jumped outside and threatened to go at it. That's when the commercial break came along! They come back from break and Valentine and Dynamite are standing just beating each other to death with forearms and chops! Hammer hits an elbow drop off the middle rope for a near fall! He eventually gets shoved off a sideheadlock and he and the Bulldog both go down, but Valentine lands with his leg on top of Davey (I think) and gets the "Lucky fluke" three count for the win! This of course sets up the Bulldogs rematch at Mania 2! PS The 1986 Slammy awards were broadcast on this night on MTV! I didn't cover them because No actual wrestling took place and therefore I could care less! You wanna watch that you do it! I refuse(old man voice!)
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