Commentary team, Monsoon Okerlund and Cathy Lee Crosby. Crosby was a co-host of the very popular "That's Incredible" TV Show! Her big contribution during the show was saying "Wow" and "I have never seen anything like this"! A real asset!
Match #1 WWF Women's Champion Fabulous Moolah defends her title against Velvet Mclntyre. Do not blink you will miss this whole 90 second bout! Moolah attacks right at the bell, Velvet Takes over after a leap frog with a couple awful looking one footed dropkicks. The Irish lass hits a back elbow then a bodyslam. She goes to the top for a splash, but Moolah moves and Velvet crashes into the canvas(almost popping out of her top when she does! Easily the most exiting moment of the match!) Moolah jumps on her and gets the pin! Nothing to the match really!
Match #2 A flag match, Corporal Kirchner vs Nikolai Volkoff Another really rushed nothing match. As the entrances/pre match stuff by both men takes just as long as the bout! For whatever reason a minute into this 3 minute match the Corp blades and bleeds after getting sent head first into the ringpost twice. Volkoff attacks at the bell throws Kirchner outside does the ringpost thing. Corp climbs back in the ring and he and Volkoff trade punches. During this fracas The ref "bumps when Corp knocks him down on his back swing. When he goes down "Classy"Fred Blassie Volkoff's manager attempts to throw his cane to his man. Kirchner intercepts the throw and smacks the Russian with the cane. The ref is there now and counts the fall! your Winner corp Kirchner! Two matches and tops four minutes of ring time.
Match 3 The 20 man invite Battle Royal The big draw of this match for Chicago two superbowl champ Bears are in the match along with several former/current NFL Players of the era. I will not try to cover every moment of this or any Battle Royal , for that matter a impossible task. So here are the high points! The Bears had just crushed the Patriots 3 months prior in the Super Bowl 46-10 and it wasn't that close. So the two Bears in the Battle Royal were mega stars to these folks. Jimbo Colvert he did a passible post bout interview later. The big star though was no doubt folk hero of that year, William "The Refrigerator" Perry! He and Big John Studd had been having verbal warfare leading into the match! Studd and Fridge did square off with Studd selling several football tackles until he ducked one as Perry charged and "kinda" hip tossed him over the top rope. Perry then did the old "were friends now handshake spot with Studd who was still in the ring and pulled him over the top rope to the floor! A spot most will remember repeated in the 92 Royal Rumble with Sid Justice and Hulk Hogan. The final four men in the ring were Former NFL Star and former pro wrestler Russ Francis, The Hart Foundation and Andre The Giant. Guess who won....Nope Andre! The Harts got rid of Francis and then Andre did the same to the "pink and black attack"! I don't really like traditional Battle Royals much because it is mostly a hard to follow mess! This match in spite of star power had the same problems!
The Chicago main event, For thee WWF Tag titles The champions The Dream Team, Valentine and Beefcake vs The British Bulldogs. Coming the ring with the Bulldogs Capt Lou Albano and A seemingly high as hell Ozzy Osbourne....why?....I have no idea. At least Albano was their manager although he did nothing. Valentine starts the match with Davey Boy and the bulldogs control the early stages. Hitting Valentine with slams and suplexes galore until he goes to the floor! Greg regains control for a few moments by countering a back drop out of the corner attempt with a forearm to the back of the neck. Stunning the Bulldog long enough to tag in Beefcake. Brutus quickly gets out wrestled(huge shock there huh!) and takes a thrashing until Valentine tags back in and comes from the top rope with a forearm onto the back of the neck of a bent over Davey Boy. Neither team gains more than that moments advantage until Valentine moves from a corner charge and Davey strikes the ringpost hard shoulder first! The Dream team goes to work on the shoulder. With Valentine doing damage coming off the middle turnbuckle with a "Hammer" on Smith's outstretched arm. While Beefcake moments later hammerlocks the arm and picks up his foe by said arm and throws him down on it! The crowd popped for that one. It looked brutal! Valentine hits a running shoulder breaker and has the Bulldog down for a two count then laughing breaks the pin and pulls him up at two. The match then turns in the blink of an eye as Valentine grabs a headlock Smith shoves him off into the Bulldogs corner where he and Dynamite Kid, who had been standing with his feet on the middle rope giving his partner encouragement. He and Valentine smash head to head and Kid goes flying off screen off the apron! Valentine is knocked silly and a very groggy Davey falls down on him and gets the pin! New WWF tag champions in a iconic finish! It happens so fast the crowd is stunned. Once it hits them they come unglued! Dynamite landed way back on the concrete even by 2019 crazy standards that bump is crazy! Post Match Ozzy gives a nutty coked out interview where he screams "BRITISH BULLDOGS FOREVER! If you have never seen this bout please take the time to watch it on my facebook (John Morris II) or my Twitter @Mashfan0678) where it will be posted! It is worth it!
Next blog Part 3 Los Angeles
Monday, September 2, 2019
Thursday, August 29, 2019
WrestleMania2,Part one New York
Before I began on the matches themselves here is a general overview of the event! it was a technical mess and nightmare. To run 3 cities in one night hundreds of miles apart now could be difficult in 1986 it was damn near impossible! It was a brave attempt to make the event seem grand in scope but it really fell flat. If you need proof of how big a challenge this was to pull off, simply consider, it has been 33 years and it has never been tried again!
Second point by in large the commentary is dreadful! They tried the gimmick of female color commentators in each city. This was beyond horrible! Personally I hold the company much more responsible for the awful commentary than all the tech issues that plagued the show. At least with the 3 city thing they were trying to innovate. There is no excuse for the decision to put those 3 famous ladies mic side! More on each of them as we go.
Commentators Vince McMahon and Susan Saint James
Match #1 Paul Orndorff vs Don Muraco with manager Mr Fuji Orndorff is super over on Long Island on this night. Our 1st technical issue of the night comes right away as right as the bell rings McMahon tries to throw to pre-recorded video comments by both men,but because the match has already started, I guess we get just the audio of the promos piped in over the opening moments! This was clunky and distracting. After a fast exchange of bodyslams "Mr Wonderful takes over with an arm drag into a bar. Muraco attempts several escapes but each time Orndorff steadfastly holds on to the arm. Muraco gets the advantage after hoisting Orndorff up on his shoulders and hitting a good looking Samoan drop. Don keeps the uperhand for an astonishing 30 seconds at most. He hits one punch and gives Paul one head in the turnbuckle then both began fighting along the ropes! The both guys do a awkward double tumble to the floor. The ref has a super quick ten count! So Mania2 the biggest show of the year ends in a six minute rushed double coutout with 2 of the best workers in the company, yea!!! I have seen this bout many times and every time it bothers me all over again! Why??? Saint James said almost nothing the whole match, witch after her performance in the next match will seem like a blessing!
Match #2 IC title Match Champ Randy Savage vs George "The Animal" Steele In the late 1960's thru the 70's George Steele was tremendous Monster heel. Late in his career he became a beloved comedy figure and he was great at both! This feud i gotta say made no sense to me even at 7 years old! Macho Man was a far superior wrestler! Did anybody take Steele as a threat? Here is the match in a nutshell, Steele chased Savage Around the outside of the ring several times finally catching him and biting his leg through the boot. Leading Susan Saint James a very well thought of actress to scream with sadistic glee "BITE HIS LEG OFF GEORGE!" This whole thing was strange! Steele bit Savage in the arm picked him up by the throat and destroyed a arrangement of flowers over his head! Savage had taken the flowers from a ringside fan to use on Steele but the Animal turned the tables. The most brutal offense of the match was the dreaded '" FLOWERS TO THE SKULL! .....George did kick out of a top rope elbow a very rare thing vs Savage in that era! Steele attempted to kill Savage by biting open a turnbuckle taking the stuffing out of said buckle and shoving it down the throat of Savage! The finish was simple Steele is pummeling Randy in the corner, the ref steps in and backs him off. When Steele goes back over Savage scoops his legs George hits the deck and Randy puts both feet on the ropes for leverage and the pin! Savage grabs Liz and goes to the back like he has a cab waiting! Steele eats another buckle and leaves. There is your IC Title bout! At best not a good use of Savage at worst a utter waste of talent and time!
Match # 3 Jake Roberts vs George Wells Be still my heart a wrestling match at a wrestling show! Good News this was by a wide margin the best bout the LI fans saw live! The bad news that's a very low bar! This was a all action 5 minutes as Wells did very well hitting Roberts with a fling tackle a good knee lift and a jarring powerslam! The tide turned when Jake beat George back in the ring and caught George coming thru the ropes with his own kneelift(A move that was his finish prior to the DDT). He then hit the afore mentioned DDT and got the victory! Roberts then got Damian out of his bag and wrapped him around the body of Wells! Vince and Saint James acted as if they were gonna faint from a combo of fright and disgust!
Match #4 the New York Main event A 10 rd boxing match as Mr T faces "Rowdy" Roddy Piper! The match with legit the most heat on the whole card as these 2 didn't loke each other at all! I am not gonna really go over the "boxing"in this match. This was Carny spectacle at its best! A barley contained real fight is what it feels like. It was in my eyes sorta boring but man the crowd who cheered Piper throughout loved it! The match ended in rd4 when Piper shoved the ref down and bodyslamed T! If you have never seen it watch it just for the atmosphere if nothing else!
Of the three cites involved in Mania2 this was the weakest card! you had a double countout, a joke on an IC title match that was smoke and mirrors. A glorified squash match where the star of the match was a actual snake. The main event was a snapshot of WWF of that era spectacle over skill!... Tomorrow Chicago!
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
UWF Tag Title Bout 4/5/86, WWA TV 4/5/86 and AWA TV 4/6/86
UWF 4/5/86 Tag Title bout Champions The Sheepherders vs The Fantastics This is a classic old school tag bout between two tremendous teams. First off The Fantastics could sue have the women in Tulsa, OK,where this match took place for sexual harassment! Wow! As per usual The Fantastics use their quickness early to confound the Sheepherders and take charge! They send the boys from New Zealand out of the ring more than once! They reverse a attempt at running them together mid ring to cause the old "Malfunction at the Junction" spot for the Sheepherders! The heel team keep an advantage for more than 30 seconds, until Luke Williams throws Tommy Rogers to the outside where he hits the ring barricade kidney first. They continue the punishment As Luke drops knees in Rogers back forcing him right back to the arena floor. Butch then goes out and drives Tommy chest 1st into the barricade. Tommy fights back into the ring where he makes the tag to Bobby Fulton. All four men are in the ring, Tommy hits the concrete again. This time however, he climbs to the top rope on the outside and hits a dropkick to the back of Butch which cause him to collide with Luke. Butch falls outside, meanwhile the Fantastics use a double team move wghere Tommy presses Bobby over his head and trows him on a prone Luke. The ref counts the pin and we have new UWF Tag Champions!
WWA TV (God help me!!!( 4/5/86 Well this episode of the WWA was not as god awful as the 1st I reviewed, It was still bargain basement bad! The good first, "Flying" Fred Curry has a not terrible match with the rip off Russian Igor Zakoff. Curry won the ok bout with the "Brisco" corner sunset flip! The other bright spot is the manager in the area Dr. Jerry Graham he had very good mic skills and made the crowd hate him onsite! The Great Wojo had a boring main event win over "Man Mountain" Tyler. There was plenty of things that were bad/made no sense. Like say a supposed 7ft 2 550 pound ex coal miner called the "Kentucky Butcher"(who was green and horrible) have his entrance music be Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical" What the actual hell?.... Or how bout the fact that El Brasero was in a tag match and got the win on a pin where the man he beat clearly had a shoulder up!,,,,and they showed a replay of it in case you missed it!
AWA TV 4/6/86 This show was shown in the Metro NJ/NY area! In ring it was all squash bouts. The best part of the show was various promos done for an upcoming Meadowlands show on 5/28/86. This event was a joint event between the AWA and NWA! I wish there was video of this card!......Also on this show was the debut of the infamous WRESTLEROCK Rumble! Worth a look just for the promo work!
WWA TV (God help me!!!( 4/5/86 Well this episode of the WWA was not as god awful as the 1st I reviewed, It was still bargain basement bad! The good first, "Flying" Fred Curry has a not terrible match with the rip off Russian Igor Zakoff. Curry won the ok bout with the "Brisco" corner sunset flip! The other bright spot is the manager in the area Dr. Jerry Graham he had very good mic skills and made the crowd hate him onsite! The Great Wojo had a boring main event win over "Man Mountain" Tyler. There was plenty of things that were bad/made no sense. Like say a supposed 7ft 2 550 pound ex coal miner called the "Kentucky Butcher"(who was green and horrible) have his entrance music be Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical" What the actual hell?.... Or how bout the fact that El Brasero was in a tag match and got the win on a pin where the man he beat clearly had a shoulder up!,,,,and they showed a replay of it in case you missed it!
AWA TV 4/6/86 This show was shown in the Metro NJ/NY area! In ring it was all squash bouts. The best part of the show was various promos done for an upcoming Meadowlands show on 5/28/86. This event was a joint event between the AWA and NWA! I wish there was video of this card!......Also on this show was the debut of the infamous WRESTLEROCK Rumble! Worth a look just for the promo work!
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
NWA Worldwide Wrestling, NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/5/86
NWA WorldWide Wrestling 4/5/86 Again on syndicated show nothing really happens! They show the Ric Flair/Ricky Morton segment from the Saturday night show several weeks before. They also showed an incident that i assume happened, on Mid-Atlantic Championship wrestling that week.Crockett's other syndicated show. Where Magnum TA and Nikita Koloff had a run in. Nikita was whipping a jobber with his "Russian" chain! TA comes out and ends up hanging Koloff over the top rope with the chain. Wrestling is odd sometimes Magnum tried to murder another human being in front of a large group of folks and the crowd loved it! In ring wise the show was squashes all. The main event saw Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in six man action, So good quick promo's, fast bouts and nothing much else!
NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/5/86 The Main event of this show NWA World TV Title on the line. Champion Arn Anderson vs Ronnie Garvin, this bout is the beginning of an angle and a series of bouts that would go thru the great American Bash tour that summer! Arn being a smart heel bails outside after the 1st lock up! When the go collar-and elbow again Arn grabs a side headlock and uses several hair pulls to keep control. Garvin wrestles his way out of an armbar and then starts to take over with chops and punches. Garvin knocks Anderson down with a headbutt then he puts AA in one of his "stretch" holds he has Arn on his side with his arms behind him pulling up on his left leg! That cannot feel good "work" or not! Garvin lets him up, they slug it out again for a moment then Arn escapes again to the floor. They exchange holds as we go to a tv timeout. When we return to action Garvin is in control, but Tully Blanchard and JJ Dillion are at ringside. Arn hits a short shoulder to the midsection then slaps a body scissors on "hands of stone". Gavin seeds controlagain and sets up for his Ko punch finish, but Arn sees it coming and goes outside. After he returns Arn gets caught in an Abdominal Stretch by Garvin. Tully then runs in for the DQ. Arn throws the ref down and bith he and Blanchard deliver a double "GourdBuster" to Garvin! While Ronnie is woozy AA and Tully drag him to the corner. While Arn And JJ hold Garvins hand against the ringpost Blanchard takes off his boot and Smashes Garvin's hand five times! Twill lead as you will see to a "Broken Hand" for Ronnie and a series of Taped Fist matches between Blanchard and Garvin! That was the big event of the show! There were great interviews as always on this show as well!
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NWA World Championship Wrestling 4/5/86 The Main event of this show NWA World TV Title on the line. Champion Arn Anderson vs Ronnie Garvin, this bout is the beginning of an angle and a series of bouts that would go thru the great American Bash tour that summer! Arn being a smart heel bails outside after the 1st lock up! When the go collar-and elbow again Arn grabs a side headlock and uses several hair pulls to keep control. Garvin wrestles his way out of an armbar and then starts to take over with chops and punches. Garvin knocks Anderson down with a headbutt then he puts AA in one of his "stretch" holds he has Arn on his side with his arms behind him pulling up on his left leg! That cannot feel good "work" or not! Garvin lets him up, they slug it out again for a moment then Arn escapes again to the floor. They exchange holds as we go to a tv timeout. When we return to action Garvin is in control, but Tully Blanchard and JJ Dillion are at ringside. Arn hits a short shoulder to the midsection then slaps a body scissors on "hands of stone". Gavin seeds controlagain and sets up for his Ko punch finish, but Arn sees it coming and goes outside. After he returns Arn gets caught in an Abdominal Stretch by Garvin. Tully then runs in for the DQ. Arn throws the ref down and bith he and Blanchard deliver a double "GourdBuster" to Garvin! While Ronnie is woozy AA and Tully drag him to the corner. While Arn And JJ hold Garvins hand against the ringpost Blanchard takes off his boot and Smashes Garvin's hand five times! Twill lead as you will see to a "Broken Hand" for Ronnie and a series of Taped Fist matches between Blanchard and Garvin! That was the big event of the show! There were great interviews as always on this show as well!
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Saturday, August 24, 2019
4/5/86 AJPW Tenryu vs Ole Anderson, Stan Hansen vs Riki Choshu 4/5/86 Memphis Wrestling TV
Tenryu vs Ole Anderson This bout is joined in progress, we only see about four minutes of action. As we join Ole is beating Tenryu's arm to a pulp.he has a wrist lock on grinding it in. He trows him shoulder 1st into the buckle and then stamps on it and drops knee after knew on the arm while Tenryu is down! Anderson throws him outside bashes his head on a ringside table and hammerlocks the arm and throws Tenryu in the ringpost! Tenryu goes over the rail and ends up sitting in a chair at ringside. Anderson waffles him with a chair in the arm 5 times They return tp the ring Anderson whips Tenryu in the corner and he goes between the ropes hits his shoulder on the steel again and takes a hard bump to the floor. Tenryu gives Ole a shoulder to the gut and climbs back in and takes over. He hits overhand chops and his insugary to the back of Anderson's head! Tenryu slams Ole and goes up top for his backward elbow. Ole sits up mid move and Tenryu hits him with the elbow to the top of his head. Ole kicks out a 2 but Tenryu then hits his powerbomb for the pin! Ole took a powerbomb, Wow! What a short sweet brawl!
Match #2 Stan Hansen vs Riki Choshu This had more exchange of holds/mat work than any Hansen match I have ever seen! I am dumbfounded! Both men started out slow and cautious.With neither man gaining any prolonged advantage early! Choshu went after the lariat arm of Hansen, Hansen focused on the legs of Choshu to weaken his Scorpion Death Lock. Hansen used a leg dive and scissored the leg of Choshu. Riki countered by working and turning that into a leg scissors on the arm of Hansen. Stan got a hold of Riki's Ankle and began to grind at it until after several minutes he got under the ropes and the ref made them break. "I went to a Hansen/Choshu fight and a wrestling match broke out!" stan wuth a bodyslam and an elbow drop after a count of 2 he snapmare's Choshu and grabs a outside toe hold and drops knees to the thigh of Choshu. Who counters by grabbing Hansen's arm and applying a version of an arm scissors. Hansen escapes after dropping a knee across Choshu's face. Hansen whips his foe in and hits a elbow smash! When he tries a second one choshu reverses and hits his own elbow. Choshu then leg dives Stan and goes for the Scorpion. The crowd pops big for this. Hansen counters by grabbing the free arm of Choshu and wrenching it until he lets go of the hold and Hansen starts driving knees into his forearm and shoulder. Hansen keeps the wristlock until Riki kicks him off and gets a leg scissors. Stan manages to break the hold by kicking Choshu to the floor. Riki comes back in the ring and then the fight stars! Hansen charges in the corner Choshu moves and Stan goes vaulting over the top rope. Riki goes outside and Stat whips him into the ringpost back first! Hansen goes for his lariat and Choshu ducks and Hansen hits his arm on the post. Riki clamps on the arm scissors once again. Hansen powers out and hits a elbow smash that sends Choshu to the floor. Hansen with a suolex from the outside in. He goes for a big splash but Choshu gets his knees up, He then hits a Lariat of his one that sends Hansen to the floor! Ted DiBiase comes to ringside he was Hansen's tag partner at this time. Hansen gets back in the ring and goes on the offense in a major way. He counters a backdrop attempt with a stiff kick. Hits a elbow and a dropkick. It continues with a piledriver and more elbows. The he hits Choshu with 2 lariats! but no pin attempt. he throws his adversary outside when he returns Hansen hits a big boot and sets up for a standing Lariat. Choshu drops out of the way and Stan smashes the ref! chaos reigns as Dibiase and Killer Khan who was in chousu's corner, begin to brawl! The ref rings the bell Choshu wins on a DQ I normally hate that finish but iI get this one. you don"t want to beat either man and it was very entertaining!
Memphis TV 4/5/86 The big angle on this show was "The Bill and Buddy Show" As Dundee and Landell came out and said since Lance Russell,Who Dundee Slapped last week, refused to talk to them they were going to do thier own show. They did just that The bought from the back their own commentary desk with The Bill and buddy show on the front of it! Dundee stood out as he did really funny side heel commentary! As in when Joe Luduc wrestled a handicapped match Dundee said he was real strong for a Canadian dumb goof! And that Joe was tough but not as tough as them! This little stunt came to a head when Lawler/Mantell came out to wrestle the Rose Brothers! Dundee and Landell were hurling insults galore ate the king and dutchmen. To the point where Lawler and Mantell were distracted and got counted out of the ring. Dundee and Landell thought this was great and loved it! That all came to a halt when the "faces came back from the back with chairs and destroyed the Bill and Buddy table!Memphis had simple well told angles! In other action new International champ Billy Travis came out for a interview and was attacked from the backside with a garbage can by former champ Abdul Kadaffi. In the Leduc handicapped match there was a scary bump. One job guy was already on the floor so big Joe takes the other presses him overhead and throws him outside on his partner. When he does the guy sent fling leg smashes his partner in the head! the crowd popped! In other action the Mod Squad and Memphis Vice won tag bouts.
Match #2 Stan Hansen vs Riki Choshu This had more exchange of holds/mat work than any Hansen match I have ever seen! I am dumbfounded! Both men started out slow and cautious.With neither man gaining any prolonged advantage early! Choshu went after the lariat arm of Hansen, Hansen focused on the legs of Choshu to weaken his Scorpion Death Lock. Hansen used a leg dive and scissored the leg of Choshu. Riki countered by working and turning that into a leg scissors on the arm of Hansen. Stan got a hold of Riki's Ankle and began to grind at it until after several minutes he got under the ropes and the ref made them break. "I went to a Hansen/Choshu fight and a wrestling match broke out!" stan wuth a bodyslam and an elbow drop after a count of 2 he snapmare's Choshu and grabs a outside toe hold and drops knees to the thigh of Choshu. Who counters by grabbing Hansen's arm and applying a version of an arm scissors. Hansen escapes after dropping a knee across Choshu's face. Hansen whips his foe in and hits a elbow smash! When he tries a second one choshu reverses and hits his own elbow. Choshu then leg dives Stan and goes for the Scorpion. The crowd pops big for this. Hansen counters by grabbing the free arm of Choshu and wrenching it until he lets go of the hold and Hansen starts driving knees into his forearm and shoulder. Hansen keeps the wristlock until Riki kicks him off and gets a leg scissors. Stan manages to break the hold by kicking Choshu to the floor. Riki comes back in the ring and then the fight stars! Hansen charges in the corner Choshu moves and Stan goes vaulting over the top rope. Riki goes outside and Stat whips him into the ringpost back first! Hansen goes for his lariat and Choshu ducks and Hansen hits his arm on the post. Riki clamps on the arm scissors once again. Hansen powers out and hits a elbow smash that sends Choshu to the floor. Hansen with a suolex from the outside in. He goes for a big splash but Choshu gets his knees up, He then hits a Lariat of his one that sends Hansen to the floor! Ted DiBiase comes to ringside he was Hansen's tag partner at this time. Hansen gets back in the ring and goes on the offense in a major way. He counters a backdrop attempt with a stiff kick. Hits a elbow and a dropkick. It continues with a piledriver and more elbows. The he hits Choshu with 2 lariats! but no pin attempt. he throws his adversary outside when he returns Hansen hits a big boot and sets up for a standing Lariat. Choshu drops out of the way and Stan smashes the ref! chaos reigns as Dibiase and Killer Khan who was in chousu's corner, begin to brawl! The ref rings the bell Choshu wins on a DQ I normally hate that finish but iI get this one. you don"t want to beat either man and it was very entertaining!
Memphis TV 4/5/86 The big angle on this show was "The Bill and Buddy Show" As Dundee and Landell came out and said since Lance Russell,Who Dundee Slapped last week, refused to talk to them they were going to do thier own show. They did just that The bought from the back their own commentary desk with The Bill and buddy show on the front of it! Dundee stood out as he did really funny side heel commentary! As in when Joe Luduc wrestled a handicapped match Dundee said he was real strong for a Canadian dumb goof! And that Joe was tough but not as tough as them! This little stunt came to a head when Lawler/Mantell came out to wrestle the Rose Brothers! Dundee and Landell were hurling insults galore ate the king and dutchmen. To the point where Lawler and Mantell were distracted and got counted out of the ring. Dundee and Landell thought this was great and loved it! That all came to a halt when the "faces came back from the back with chairs and destroyed the Bill and Buddy table!Memphis had simple well told angles! In other action new International champ Billy Travis came out for a interview and was attacked from the backside with a garbage can by former champ Abdul Kadaffi. In the Leduc handicapped match there was a scary bump. One job guy was already on the floor so big Joe takes the other presses him overhead and throws him outside on his partner. When he does the guy sent fling leg smashes his partner in the head! the crowd popped! In other action the Mod Squad and Memphis Vice won tag bouts.
Friday, August 23, 2019
Two AWA Matches from 4/3/86 Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers Vs Jesse Hernandez and Leon white (Vader). COl Debeers vs Nick Bockweinkel,
Match #1 Rose/Summers vs Hernandez and White(Vader). This whole match was built around getting the "Baby Bull" White over as a super strong young Face. It severed that purpose in every way! The heels wanted nothing to do with Leon! He got a tag early on and the heel team bailed to the floor. Rose finally gets back in ring and tries a shoulder tackle. He goes down, Summers tries it and he hits the deck. Then Rose and Summers try a double team shoulder tackle! White does not budge! The heels hit the mat and then run back outside again! This spot was simple but man the crowd loved it! Vader was very Green but you knew he was going to be a big star! He had great babyface fire and energy! Then Rose and Summers did the same spot but instead of tackles it was double wrist locks. White then smashes Rose in the corner with a splash, hits a huge headbutt Buddy gets tied in the ropes.White hits him with a huge forearm across the chest of Rose who gets untangled from the ropes and takes a back 1st bump thru the ropes to the floor.The Heels Manage to get White in their corner and double team him for a moment! White comes back and hits the "Playboy" with a running powerslam for a 2 count. Rose rakes the eyes to escape the pin, Leon in pain reaches up and tags Hernandez. The heel team quickly takes over on Hernandez with several double teams! White comes in to break that up, Rose slaps him. Rose heads to the floor where White chases him around the ring. Meanwhile in ring Sommers hits a suplex and gets the pin on Hernandez! This was great on two fronts, Leon looked Strong and the heels used their smarts to gain victory! A Win/Win.
Match #2 Nick Bockweinkel vs Col DeBeers This match was so well worked by both men. Bockweinkel in a "Face" roll here, DeBeers was a Supporter(in storyline of the racist policy of Apartheid) He would refer to Jimmy Snuka as "that Monkey"! in all reality Ed Wiskowski(real name) was Polish! The gimmick got over at least with me a 7-year old! I knew wresting was "put on" but I hated this guy! You could not be that sort of heel in wrestling today! The bout began slow as DeBeers twice backed Bockweinkel to the corner gave a clean break and twisted his handlebar mustache. Nick then returned in kind as he backed DeBeers up smiled at him and twisted an invisible stach! The crowd like this and the good Col was livid! DeBeers grabbed a side headlock,Nick tries to power out but theCol catches him with a knee to the stomach and takes the sideheadlock down to the canvas!Bockwinkel does escape the hold but DeBeers gains control again by Sitting Nick up mid ring and splashing down on the back of his neck! DeBeers tries an O'Connor Roll Bockweinkel kicks him off at the 2 count. Nick scoops the leg of Debeers and slaps on a Indian Death Lock. Every time Debeers gets his shoulders off the mat Nick gives him a forearm along the side of the ear. After several minutes DeBeers manages to make the ropes. Nick has put a bullseye on the weakened leg of the South African and goes to work stomping on it, driving knees into it and basically turning it to pudding! Debeers at one point grabs Bocweinkel by the front of the trunks and hurls him outside! Bends him back over the rope and smashes down with a forearm that makes Nick fall into the ring between the ropes in a heap! Both men do the criscross and bonk into each other. Col falls thru the ropes to the outside. Bockweinkel suplexes him back in. They battle nip and tuck to a time limit draw! A stellar 15 minutes!
Match #2 Nick Bockweinkel vs Col DeBeers This match was so well worked by both men. Bockweinkel in a "Face" roll here, DeBeers was a Supporter(in storyline of the racist policy of Apartheid) He would refer to Jimmy Snuka as "that Monkey"! in all reality Ed Wiskowski(real name) was Polish! The gimmick got over at least with me a 7-year old! I knew wresting was "put on" but I hated this guy! You could not be that sort of heel in wrestling today! The bout began slow as DeBeers twice backed Bockweinkel to the corner gave a clean break and twisted his handlebar mustache. Nick then returned in kind as he backed DeBeers up smiled at him and twisted an invisible stach! The crowd like this and the good Col was livid! DeBeers grabbed a side headlock,Nick tries to power out but theCol catches him with a knee to the stomach and takes the sideheadlock down to the canvas!Bockwinkel does escape the hold but DeBeers gains control again by Sitting Nick up mid ring and splashing down on the back of his neck! DeBeers tries an O'Connor Roll Bockweinkel kicks him off at the 2 count. Nick scoops the leg of Debeers and slaps on a Indian Death Lock. Every time Debeers gets his shoulders off the mat Nick gives him a forearm along the side of the ear. After several minutes DeBeers manages to make the ropes. Nick has put a bullseye on the weakened leg of the South African and goes to work stomping on it, driving knees into it and basically turning it to pudding! Debeers at one point grabs Bocweinkel by the front of the trunks and hurls him outside! Bends him back over the rope and smashes down with a forearm that makes Nick fall into the ring between the ropes in a heap! Both men do the criscross and bonk into each other. Col falls thru the ropes to the outside. Bockweinkel suplexes him back in. They battle nip and tuck to a time limit draw! A stellar 15 minutes!
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Adrian Street vs Wendell Cooley Continental Heavyweight Tittle match 3/29/86, WWA TV 3/29/86 Hogan/Steamboat vs Muraco/Mr Fuji/Johnny V 3/30/86
Adrian Street vs "Wildcat"Wendell Cooley. Street is defending his Continental Heavyweight title! I love "Exotic" Adrian! A Standout gimmick/persona.Sort of Goldust version 1! A double tough "shooter" as well!His valet/wife "Miss Linda" was no joke in her own right. Street had the belt painted pink! Interesting side note the ring announcer for the match former Alabama Jr heavyweight champion and "job guy"1st class Mike Jackson! My god he was a great worker!....Right at the bell Cooley scores with several rights, Street hits the floor and Cooley comes out and chases him down the aisle. Cooley comes back to the ring and goes after Miss Linda. Street set Cooley up perfectly as Adrian runs back down and clobbers the "Wildcat" from behind. Street beats him up on the floor then gets in the ring and skips around! That draws "HEAT" in Alabama folks! Adrian and Miss Linda take Turns one distracts the ref while the other beats the dog out of Cooley. Cooley finally gets back on the apron and starts to "No sell" Streets punches. Adrian backs away Cooley steps through ropes and begins doing the Hacksaw Jim Duggan bigfoot stomp. Street rushes him and puts on a full Nelson. Cooley reverses the hold and begins to drive Street's face into the turnbuckle while still holding onto the hold. Adrian escapes and goes behind and hits a beautiful crucifix! Cooley kicks out at two and somehow ends up on top and pins Adrian for three to win the Championship, The finish was clunky and odd and made no sense! The match has legit 98% street beating the crap out of Wildcat Cooley! This was odd why have a babyface win your big title on a "flash/fluke" pin!
3/29/86 WWA(Indianapolis) TV This is going to be very bad get ready! We start the show mid-match,My guess is the 1st Part of the match was so bad they didn't wanna show it, but then why show what they did??? The match is "Flying"Fred Curry vs the Hooded Hangman. This is on the short list of the worst 2 minute squashes I have ever seen! Curry won with a botched snap mare(I doubt the hangman had taken many by the looks of him)! Two eye rakes with the heels of his boots and the single worst front roll i have ever seen, Curry did not get off the ground he very gently rolled over the guy and pinned him!
The hosts of the show are Terry Sullivan sounds as if he is reading cue cards with forced zeal and Dick the Bruiser who talks so low and growls i cant understand a word he is saying(that is probably for the best). Next we have a "Jumping"Jeff Farmer level interview from Calypso Jim! The Audio on this show is really bad,so I don't know who he is talking to here. but he calls him Camel Breath and says he is going to ride him all over the ring next Saturday night(i swear i'm not making that up!) This promo should air on LOGO! He says he doesn't like people from this guy's country and then seconds later says he doesn't know where his opponent is from! He keeps rambling for so long they cut to black as he is still raving! This is a big ole train wreck so far! The rest of this show got no better as there were at least three men who were called by famous names but were very cheap knock off's of their namesakes of 20 and 30 years before 1986! There was a Great Wojo A Dr. Jerry Graham and believe it or not some big goof called "Yukon: Moose Cholak! I find this tactic by Bruiser really desperate and sad! To top it off they introduced a island "savage" gimmick that does not age well! Late in the show Calypso Jim came out and stripped the 3rd rate Dr Jerry Graham pf his clothes! This show was so bad it was funny to begin wuth but after 40 minutes i'm just sad!
3/30/86 from the spectrum in Philly a 3 on 2 handicapped match with Don Muraco, Mr FUJI And Johnny V vs Ricky Steamboat and Hulk Hogan. Muraco and Hogan start and right off the bat Muraco goes after Hogan's taped ribs(a injury he got at the hands of Don and King Kong Bundy on a Saturday Night's main event to set up the Hogan/Bundy cage match as the main event for WrestleMania2 on April 7th! Hogan gains control after a moment by hitting Muraco with a clothesline in the corner! He then tags Steamboat who gets a nice pop and they double team Muraco. The heels finally get the heat on steamboat and do some great heel double team work in the corner! Muraco distracts Hogan and the ref and the 2 managers do a number on steamboat! Dragon finally gets to Hogan for the hot tag. Muraco gets hogan from behind but he quickly regains the advantage by using Steamboat to drop kick the heels as the come to the corner. All six men are in the ring as Ricky climbs Hogan's shoulders in the corner and come off with his flying bodypress knocking Muraco and Johnny V both down as Hogan hits Fuji with a clothesline and the big legdrop for the pin! This match was nothing special but the crowd went crazy for the finish!
3/29/86 WWA(Indianapolis) TV This is going to be very bad get ready! We start the show mid-match,My guess is the 1st Part of the match was so bad they didn't wanna show it, but then why show what they did??? The match is "Flying"Fred Curry vs the Hooded Hangman. This is on the short list of the worst 2 minute squashes I have ever seen! Curry won with a botched snap mare(I doubt the hangman had taken many by the looks of him)! Two eye rakes with the heels of his boots and the single worst front roll i have ever seen, Curry did not get off the ground he very gently rolled over the guy and pinned him!
The hosts of the show are Terry Sullivan sounds as if he is reading cue cards with forced zeal and Dick the Bruiser who talks so low and growls i cant understand a word he is saying(that is probably for the best). Next we have a "Jumping"Jeff Farmer level interview from Calypso Jim! The Audio on this show is really bad,so I don't know who he is talking to here. but he calls him Camel Breath and says he is going to ride him all over the ring next Saturday night(i swear i'm not making that up!) This promo should air on LOGO! He says he doesn't like people from this guy's country and then seconds later says he doesn't know where his opponent is from! He keeps rambling for so long they cut to black as he is still raving! This is a big ole train wreck so far! The rest of this show got no better as there were at least three men who were called by famous names but were very cheap knock off's of their namesakes of 20 and 30 years before 1986! There was a Great Wojo A Dr. Jerry Graham and believe it or not some big goof called "Yukon: Moose Cholak! I find this tactic by Bruiser really desperate and sad! To top it off they introduced a island "savage" gimmick that does not age well! Late in the show Calypso Jim came out and stripped the 3rd rate Dr Jerry Graham pf his clothes! This show was so bad it was funny to begin wuth but after 40 minutes i'm just sad!
3/30/86 from the spectrum in Philly a 3 on 2 handicapped match with Don Muraco, Mr FUJI And Johnny V vs Ricky Steamboat and Hulk Hogan. Muraco and Hogan start and right off the bat Muraco goes after Hogan's taped ribs(a injury he got at the hands of Don and King Kong Bundy on a Saturday Night's main event to set up the Hogan/Bundy cage match as the main event for WrestleMania2 on April 7th! Hogan gains control after a moment by hitting Muraco with a clothesline in the corner! He then tags Steamboat who gets a nice pop and they double team Muraco. The heels finally get the heat on steamboat and do some great heel double team work in the corner! Muraco distracts Hogan and the ref and the 2 managers do a number on steamboat! Dragon finally gets to Hogan for the hot tag. Muraco gets hogan from behind but he quickly regains the advantage by using Steamboat to drop kick the heels as the come to the corner. All six men are in the ring as Ricky climbs Hogan's shoulders in the corner and come off with his flying bodypress knocking Muraco and Johnny V both down as Hogan hits Fuji with a clothesline and the big legdrop for the pin! This match was nothing special but the crowd went crazy for the finish!
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
( Blog Note( 3/27/86 Central States Heavyweight Title bout, 3/29/86 AJPW TV
Blog Note: There was a stellar 5 on 5 elimination bout that took place on 3/26/86. Between NJPW and the UWFI, a shoot style grappling based promotion! The match is great and worth your time if you love that style(i do)! I chose not to do a review because i am not familiar with the UWFI guys and not knowing names makes for a bad review! But please as I said if you like that MMA Hybrid style seek it out!
3/27/86 Central States Heavyweight Title match Champion "Bulldog" Bob Brown defends against the late great Harley Race! Brown is managed by a very young looking "Dr of Style" Slick! The ring announcer says before the bout that Bob Brown's original challenger Jerry Blackwell had been injured by Brown, but the promoter had found a replacement 8 times NWA Champ Harley Race! Brown and Slick do a great job of going berserk! The action quickly spills out to the floor where Brown drives Race chest first in the safety rail thin hits him with three rather soft looking/sounding chair shots to the chest.Harley controlled about 90% of this ten minute match! This match would have been good in 66, and i think damn great in 76! By 86 this was slow plodding and looked like two grizzled vets trying not to get hurt! I don't blame them. They fought on the floor several times, The finish saw Brown take a chair in the ring and try to hit Race in the corner. Harley moved and brown took the chair to the head as it bounced off the turnbuckle. Harley then used a sunset flip to pin a bent over Brown to capture the title! Everything about this match screamed "Time Warp and not in a positive way!
AJPW TV 3/29/86 Match #1 Killer Khan vs Ted Dibiase DiBiase's ring attire looks like a cross between Rambo(the thing around his head) and a cowboy (he had chaps on) this was damn weird! This was a quick but solid match. DiBiase is one if the all-time greats and Khan for being a crazy man knew how to work with American Wrestlers. He was a big star for the then WWWF in the early 80's with his big push coming while "breaking the leg" of Andre the Giant! Neither man had an advantage for a long period of time during the match! Early on DiBiase hit a top rope elbow that popped the crowd.Khan came back with knees and eye rakes! At one time they fought on the floor where Ole Killer used a chair on teddy. Khan had a blood curdling scream when he was on offense it was great! One more piece in the "he is legit Nuts" persona! Thet battled on the floor each trying to suplex the other! The made it back in the ring before the countot still in the suplex position! Just a nice touch! Khan got Dq'd after he went for his cross chop to the throat move and dibiase ducked and Khan creamed the ref! the continued to brawl for several minute after the bell, your winner Ted Dibiase!
Match#2 Kuniaki Kobayashi Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Tenryu Haru Sonoda and Tiger Mask Kobayashi and Tiger Mask had a long standing blood feud and great in ring chemistry! The first major turning point in the contest happened when Choshu caught tiger mask with a beauty of a back suplex,back drop suplex in Japan! Tiger Mask fought back once Kobayashi was tagged back in, but he was subdued once again after being trapped in his foes corner by some stiff Yatsu chops. Mask finally makes to his corner and tags Sonoda But it isn't long until Choshu and crew have him beat down. Kobayashi hits him with a spinng kick to the back and puts him in a single leg Boston crab. Sonda manages to trip him and makes the tag to Tenryu. Tenryu does the Rick Steiner upside down porersham into the turnbuckle then hits a running powerslam for a near fall! Kobayashi manages to get to the middle rope and come off with the side body press for a two count! he does not get a pin but he does scramble up and tag Choshu! Tenryu quickly tags out to Tiger Mask. Choshu takes control with the Scorpion Death Lock(Sting took the move from him on a tour of Japan!) Soon after Sonda comes in a hits a bulldog headlock. When he goes for a second one tiger pushes him off hits a rooling sabat kick to the head and makes the tag. Then a six way brawl breaks out. In the midst of the chaos Choshu hits Sonda with a lariat and gets the pin! this was a great match! The finish did come out of nowhere however!
Match #3 Main event Jumbo Tsuruta PWF International champion vs Stan Hansen AWA and PWF Heavyweight Champion! I love when these two wrestle it is always stiff and believable! This feud lasted for years! It starts out quick(as every match i have seen between these two did). With stiff chops thrown by both. Hansen takes a elbow from Jumbo goes down but rises and fires Tsuruta to the floor. the brawl for a moment then Tsuruta throws Hansen back in. Stan hits a back elbow and lock on a hard reverse chinlock mid-ring. Jumbo makes it to his feet and tries to throw Hansen off but Stan rolls thru to maintain control. Tsuruta comes back up and manages to wrench Hansen's arm down acoss his shoulder. Hansen briefly fires back as Jumbo continues to dissect the arm. Tsuruta takes the advantage back by using the hammerlock again weakening the arm.Hansen drives Jumbo's head into the turnbuckle goes for a short tackle Tsuruta sidesteps it, Hansen hits the buckle and goes flying out over the top rope. Tsuruta goes to the floor and throws Hansen shoulder 1st into the ringpost. The foes get back in the ring where Hansen takes charge with a short kneelift a couple chops and a high knee(a Tsuruta trademark) After taking more punishment Jumbo hits a lariat, when he goes for a second one Hansen Ducks and headbutts Tsuruta in the stomach. A great counter I have never seen Hansen use! Stan then hits a crisp snap suplex and a belly to belly suplex for near falls. He tries a running elbow smash but Tsuruta counters with the Lou Thez press and then a small package for two near fall of his own! Jumbo hits a high knee that puts Stan on the floor outside. Tsuruta goes outside and nails Hansen with a high knee from the apron to the floor. He then tries for a second high knee on the floor Hansen moves and Tsuruta hits the ringpost knee first. Hansen grabs him and attempts a back suplex over the safety rail, but he looses his balance and both go over the barricade hard! The ref has been counting this whole time and reaches 20 so, double countout! A great match with a unique "Scewjob"finish! did i mention I love these two!
Four different bouts in this blog for sure!
3/27/86 Central States Heavyweight Title match Champion "Bulldog" Bob Brown defends against the late great Harley Race! Brown is managed by a very young looking "Dr of Style" Slick! The ring announcer says before the bout that Bob Brown's original challenger Jerry Blackwell had been injured by Brown, but the promoter had found a replacement 8 times NWA Champ Harley Race! Brown and Slick do a great job of going berserk! The action quickly spills out to the floor where Brown drives Race chest first in the safety rail thin hits him with three rather soft looking/sounding chair shots to the chest.Harley controlled about 90% of this ten minute match! This match would have been good in 66, and i think damn great in 76! By 86 this was slow plodding and looked like two grizzled vets trying not to get hurt! I don't blame them. They fought on the floor several times, The finish saw Brown take a chair in the ring and try to hit Race in the corner. Harley moved and brown took the chair to the head as it bounced off the turnbuckle. Harley then used a sunset flip to pin a bent over Brown to capture the title! Everything about this match screamed "Time Warp and not in a positive way!
AJPW TV 3/29/86 Match #1 Killer Khan vs Ted Dibiase DiBiase's ring attire looks like a cross between Rambo(the thing around his head) and a cowboy (he had chaps on) this was damn weird! This was a quick but solid match. DiBiase is one if the all-time greats and Khan for being a crazy man knew how to work with American Wrestlers. He was a big star for the then WWWF in the early 80's with his big push coming while "breaking the leg" of Andre the Giant! Neither man had an advantage for a long period of time during the match! Early on DiBiase hit a top rope elbow that popped the crowd.Khan came back with knees and eye rakes! At one time they fought on the floor where Ole Killer used a chair on teddy. Khan had a blood curdling scream when he was on offense it was great! One more piece in the "he is legit Nuts" persona! Thet battled on the floor each trying to suplex the other! The made it back in the ring before the countot still in the suplex position! Just a nice touch! Khan got Dq'd after he went for his cross chop to the throat move and dibiase ducked and Khan creamed the ref! the continued to brawl for several minute after the bell, your winner Ted Dibiase!
Match#2 Kuniaki Kobayashi Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Tenryu Haru Sonoda and Tiger Mask Kobayashi and Tiger Mask had a long standing blood feud and great in ring chemistry! The first major turning point in the contest happened when Choshu caught tiger mask with a beauty of a back suplex,back drop suplex in Japan! Tiger Mask fought back once Kobayashi was tagged back in, but he was subdued once again after being trapped in his foes corner by some stiff Yatsu chops. Mask finally makes to his corner and tags Sonoda But it isn't long until Choshu and crew have him beat down. Kobayashi hits him with a spinng kick to the back and puts him in a single leg Boston crab. Sonda manages to trip him and makes the tag to Tenryu. Tenryu does the Rick Steiner upside down porersham into the turnbuckle then hits a running powerslam for a near fall! Kobayashi manages to get to the middle rope and come off with the side body press for a two count! he does not get a pin but he does scramble up and tag Choshu! Tenryu quickly tags out to Tiger Mask. Choshu takes control with the Scorpion Death Lock(Sting took the move from him on a tour of Japan!) Soon after Sonda comes in a hits a bulldog headlock. When he goes for a second one tiger pushes him off hits a rooling sabat kick to the head and makes the tag. Then a six way brawl breaks out. In the midst of the chaos Choshu hits Sonda with a lariat and gets the pin! this was a great match! The finish did come out of nowhere however!
Match #3 Main event Jumbo Tsuruta PWF International champion vs Stan Hansen AWA and PWF Heavyweight Champion! I love when these two wrestle it is always stiff and believable! This feud lasted for years! It starts out quick(as every match i have seen between these two did). With stiff chops thrown by both. Hansen takes a elbow from Jumbo goes down but rises and fires Tsuruta to the floor. the brawl for a moment then Tsuruta throws Hansen back in. Stan hits a back elbow and lock on a hard reverse chinlock mid-ring. Jumbo makes it to his feet and tries to throw Hansen off but Stan rolls thru to maintain control. Tsuruta comes back up and manages to wrench Hansen's arm down acoss his shoulder. Hansen briefly fires back as Jumbo continues to dissect the arm. Tsuruta takes the advantage back by using the hammerlock again weakening the arm.Hansen drives Jumbo's head into the turnbuckle goes for a short tackle Tsuruta sidesteps it, Hansen hits the buckle and goes flying out over the top rope. Tsuruta goes to the floor and throws Hansen shoulder 1st into the ringpost. The foes get back in the ring where Hansen takes charge with a short kneelift a couple chops and a high knee(a Tsuruta trademark) After taking more punishment Jumbo hits a lariat, when he goes for a second one Hansen Ducks and headbutts Tsuruta in the stomach. A great counter I have never seen Hansen use! Stan then hits a crisp snap suplex and a belly to belly suplex for near falls. He tries a running elbow smash but Tsuruta counters with the Lou Thez press and then a small package for two near fall of his own! Jumbo hits a high knee that puts Stan on the floor outside. Tsuruta goes outside and nails Hansen with a high knee from the apron to the floor. He then tries for a second high knee on the floor Hansen moves and Tsuruta hits the ringpost knee first. Hansen grabs him and attempts a back suplex over the safety rail, but he looses his balance and both go over the barricade hard! The ref has been counting this whole time and reaches 20 so, double countout! A great match with a unique "Scewjob"finish! did i mention I love these two!
Four different bouts in this blog for sure!
Monday, August 19, 2019
NWA World Championship Wrestling 3/22/86 Andre the Giant/JYD vs The Funks/Jimmy Hart Handicapped 6- man tag match
NWA World Championship Wrestling 3/22/86 Quick review ....Nothing Happened! Seriously I watched the full show twice because I thought I missed something, I did not! Not a boring or bad show really very solid Squash matches and solid interviews(as always) But not one competitive bout or angle!....and yet that was much better than what came next!
3/23/86 Andre the Giant and JunkYard Dog vs The Funks and Jimmy Hart in a handicapped match. This bout proves magic is beyond a shadow of a doubt real. As their is no other reason why a match with 6 sure fire hall-of-fame guys could be this sloppy/awful! Andre is by this point in his life(sadly, almost incapable of movement)! JYD is a shell of what/who he was in Mid South 5 years earlier. Terry Funk is great but he knows this is shit so he turns into a cross between Dick Murdoch and Shep from The Three Stooges! Dory is so robot like thru this atrocity that he makes Dean Malenko look like Ricky Morton sell-wise! Jimmy Hart gets bonus points for wearing one of the worst sets of ring gear ever! He looks like a fool and that was the goal so good for him! He resembles a living candycane! The "Comedy" for lac of a better term didn't work! There were several things in this match that made no sense! Every time Dory and Andre locked up that seemed to chat about something for minutes! At one point Dory has JYD in a sleeper and in mid hold he lets go tags Terry who forearms Dog twice and then puts the sleeper back on!,,,,Why? To top it all off Andre gets the hot tag nails Jimmy on the apron Jimmy fails off the apron like he is dead and then a minute later is back up! So a runt pipsqueak can take a Andre the Giant punch and be ok and not on a stretcher out cold? Why??....God I hate wrestling....(to self, breathe it is almost over!) HA! This disaster ends when as the ref is trying to make the Giant go back to his corner, The Funks hold Dog so Jimmy Hart can come off the turnbuckle with his megaphone and nail him. The ref turns in time to see this and calls for the DQ! The heels powder as Andre is swinging JYD's chain over his head. Dog leaves the ring too Giant with a long chain no thanks!....They should put this on flights for bad flyers who don"t want Xanax! put them right out!
A solid if plain NWA show and train wreck of a handicapped match from Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto! Another odd entry into the #1986WrestlingWars!
3/23/86 Andre the Giant and JunkYard Dog vs The Funks and Jimmy Hart in a handicapped match. This bout proves magic is beyond a shadow of a doubt real. As their is no other reason why a match with 6 sure fire hall-of-fame guys could be this sloppy/awful! Andre is by this point in his life(sadly, almost incapable of movement)! JYD is a shell of what/who he was in Mid South 5 years earlier. Terry Funk is great but he knows this is shit so he turns into a cross between Dick Murdoch and Shep from The Three Stooges! Dory is so robot like thru this atrocity that he makes Dean Malenko look like Ricky Morton sell-wise! Jimmy Hart gets bonus points for wearing one of the worst sets of ring gear ever! He looks like a fool and that was the goal so good for him! He resembles a living candycane! The "Comedy" for lac of a better term didn't work! There were several things in this match that made no sense! Every time Dory and Andre locked up that seemed to chat about something for minutes! At one point Dory has JYD in a sleeper and in mid hold he lets go tags Terry who forearms Dog twice and then puts the sleeper back on!,,,,Why? To top it all off Andre gets the hot tag nails Jimmy on the apron Jimmy fails off the apron like he is dead and then a minute later is back up! So a runt pipsqueak can take a Andre the Giant punch and be ok and not on a stretcher out cold? Why??....God I hate wrestling....(to self, breathe it is almost over!) HA! This disaster ends when as the ref is trying to make the Giant go back to his corner, The Funks hold Dog so Jimmy Hart can come off the turnbuckle with his megaphone and nail him. The ref turns in time to see this and calls for the DQ! The heels powder as Andre is swinging JYD's chain over his head. Dog leaves the ring too Giant with a long chain no thanks!....They should put this on flights for bad flyers who don"t want Xanax! put them right out!
A solid if plain NWA show and train wreck of a handicapped match from Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto! Another odd entry into the #1986WrestlingWars!
Sunday, August 18, 2019
3/22/86 continued UWF North American Heavyweight/Tag title bouts, Mid Atlantic tittle bout
3/22/86 "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer vs "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. North American Title match. This exactly as you picture it a brief hard hitting brawl! Duggan came into the ring with bandaged ribs from a previous attack by Sawyer. A half a minute into the match "Mad Dog takes a scary looking bump between the top/middle ropes to the outside after a flurry of punches by Duggan! Sawyer's feet never touched a rope and he flew out and landed back first! Sawyer got the heat after taking an early beating by ducking Duggan's Football tackle finish and big Jim went thru the ropes to "SPLAT" on the floor. Sawyer had to be leaving the area because we was the champ and had control for less than a minute. He throws Duggan back in hits a suplex goes for his top rope splash, Duggan moves hits his football tackle and wins the belt in 6 minutes! The roof blew off the arena in OK City! .... A title squash is very rare in this era, but that is what this was!
UWF Tag title bout Champions Ted DiBiase/Steve Williams vs The kiwi Sheepherers! Doc/Teddy are using "Born In the USA" as their theme, As many did at this time. Did Nobody listen to the song? It ain't exactly a ringing endorsement for the country!...oh well! The Sheepherders could get heat in a phone booth! They had a young Jack Victory as their flag bearer.Typical if not a bit rushed, for tv I assume, tag bout! Sheepherders took over after Doc rushed the corner and ate a boot to the face! Classic tag finish As after a hot tag DiBiase hooks on the figurefore on Butch Miller. Jack victory jumps on the apron with the NZ flag distracting both Dr Death and the ref. As doc pummels victory, Luke Williams comes of the top rope with the "steel" flag pole to DiBiase's Chest. Ref turns counts the pin and presto changeo go the UWF tag belts to the boys from NZ! The hot crowd elevated this match no doubt!
3/22/86 Mid-Atlantic heavyweight title match, Champ Sam Houston vs Dadgum Black Bart! Of tge three matches covered today this was easily the best! A crisp fast paced affair with very solid work put in by both guys! Lord the ladies in this crowd loved Sam Houston. He began fast showing his quickness. Hitting bart with a crossbody then a series of three pinpoint dropkicks. At one point Houston sends Bart over the top rope with a one legged dropkick and Bart nails the grardrail chest first. They wrestle thru a ad break. When we get back bart catches Sam and gives him a
Stungun, throat first into the top rope! Houston with a great fire filled comeback.The fisish was long but well executed as Houston dropkicked Bart into the ref after that Sam goes on to pin Bart twice for a visual three count with no ref. As Sam comes at him Bart grabs Houston by the trunks and hurls him to the floor(Sam took a stiff looking back bump) As a dazed Houston is climbing back in the ring Black Bart climbs to the middle rope When Sam sticks his head thru the ropes Bart hits a Guillotine leg drop(what he called the Texas Trash Compactor I swear i am not making that up!) Houston fails to a heap on the concrete! Bart goes out rolls a lifeless Houston in the ring and the recovered ref counts the pin! A new Mid-Atlantic champion crowned! This was simple but very good work done by these guys!
UWF Tag title bout Champions Ted DiBiase/Steve Williams vs The kiwi Sheepherers! Doc/Teddy are using "Born In the USA" as their theme, As many did at this time. Did Nobody listen to the song? It ain't exactly a ringing endorsement for the country!...oh well! The Sheepherders could get heat in a phone booth! They had a young Jack Victory as their flag bearer.Typical if not a bit rushed, for tv I assume, tag bout! Sheepherders took over after Doc rushed the corner and ate a boot to the face! Classic tag finish As after a hot tag DiBiase hooks on the figurefore on Butch Miller. Jack victory jumps on the apron with the NZ flag distracting both Dr Death and the ref. As doc pummels victory, Luke Williams comes of the top rope with the "steel" flag pole to DiBiase's Chest. Ref turns counts the pin and presto changeo go the UWF tag belts to the boys from NZ! The hot crowd elevated this match no doubt!
3/22/86 Mid-Atlantic heavyweight title match, Champ Sam Houston vs Dadgum Black Bart! Of tge three matches covered today this was easily the best! A crisp fast paced affair with very solid work put in by both guys! Lord the ladies in this crowd loved Sam Houston. He began fast showing his quickness. Hitting bart with a crossbody then a series of three pinpoint dropkicks. At one point Houston sends Bart over the top rope with a one legged dropkick and Bart nails the grardrail chest first. They wrestle thru a ad break. When we get back bart catches Sam and gives him a
Stungun, throat first into the top rope! Houston with a great fire filled comeback.The fisish was long but well executed as Houston dropkicked Bart into the ref after that Sam goes on to pin Bart twice for a visual three count with no ref. As Sam comes at him Bart grabs Houston by the trunks and hurls him to the floor(Sam took a stiff looking back bump) As a dazed Houston is climbing back in the ring Black Bart climbs to the middle rope When Sam sticks his head thru the ropes Bart hits a Guillotine leg drop(what he called the Texas Trash Compactor I swear i am not making that up!) Houston fails to a heap on the concrete! Bart goes out rolls a lifeless Houston in the ring and the recovered ref counts the pin! A new Mid-Atlantic champion crowned! This was simple but very good work done by these guys!
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Memphis Wrestling 3/22/86(Memphis feed)
Memphis Wrestling 3/26/86 The big news on this episode was the build to the Lawler/Mantell VS Landell/Dundee Texas death bout. the match would be the last Mid- South Coliseum sellout for wrestling! First Lawler and Mantell came out to say that despite beating their foes last week, they were not satisfied as Dundee and Landell had beaten up Jackie Fargo(the second of Lawler's team the week before), Plus they had promised to bust open young 18 year old ref Jeff Jarrett and had made good on that threat! The babyfaces asked for the Texas death match to get sweet revenge!
Dundee and Landell during their interview time later in the show,ran Legendary and beloved commentator Lance Russell away and say that crooked ref's (like Jarrett) are the reason they never get their hands raised, but they have never really been beaten! Lance stops them mid tirade and says that regardless of what they may say or think they have been beat and the fans know it! Dundee screams at Lance "never say that again old man"! Lance, of course keeps saying it despite Dundee slowly losing it. Then the unthinkable happens Dundee slaps Lance! The studio fans gasp and go nuts! Lance sells it like a pro(of course).Lawler and Dutch come out and the heels hightail for the exit! This was a beauty of an angle!.....In other action Lance has a sit down interview with a new man in the area Paul Diamond! The Aussie tells us that he was headed to the top of wrestling before the party lifestyle and drugs got to him! (ABC Afterschool Special segment here)! I don"t quite know what the point of this was! Diamond and his partner then took on the Mod Squad(Former Crockett jobbers Mac and Jim Jeffers with their off brand Jim Cornette copy JD Costello!) it was 2 out of 3 falls expiration of time match! Mod Squad won the 1st fall, and after an add break Diamond came to the desk and said his partner was 2 hurt to continue but he would fight them 2 on one! Diamond's partner came back out as time ran out with all four brawling in the ring!........ In squash bouts Tony Faulk continued his never win a match gimmick! Dutch Mantell, Billy Travis, Memphis Vice and Jos Leduc all got victories! Good show average wrestling, tremendous angle!
Dundee and Landell during their interview time later in the show,ran Legendary and beloved commentator Lance Russell away and say that crooked ref's (like Jarrett) are the reason they never get their hands raised, but they have never really been beaten! Lance stops them mid tirade and says that regardless of what they may say or think they have been beat and the fans know it! Dundee screams at Lance "never say that again old man"! Lance, of course keeps saying it despite Dundee slowly losing it. Then the unthinkable happens Dundee slaps Lance! The studio fans gasp and go nuts! Lance sells it like a pro(of course).Lawler and Dutch come out and the heels hightail for the exit! This was a beauty of an angle!.....In other action Lance has a sit down interview with a new man in the area Paul Diamond! The Aussie tells us that he was headed to the top of wrestling before the party lifestyle and drugs got to him! (ABC Afterschool Special segment here)! I don"t quite know what the point of this was! Diamond and his partner then took on the Mod Squad(Former Crockett jobbers Mac and Jim Jeffers with their off brand Jim Cornette copy JD Costello!) it was 2 out of 3 falls expiration of time match! Mod Squad won the 1st fall, and after an add break Diamond came to the desk and said his partner was 2 hurt to continue but he would fight them 2 on one! Diamond's partner came back out as time ran out with all four brawling in the ring!........ In squash bouts Tony Faulk continued his never win a match gimmick! Dutch Mantell, Billy Travis, Memphis Vice and Jos Leduc all got victories! Good show average wrestling, tremendous angle!
Friday, August 16, 2019
An AWA match from 3/1986!
So much content from this week I'm going to split it into two blog posts! 1st up an AWA tag match from 3/19 Buddy Rose and Doug Summers vs The Midnight Rockers! Standard but very solid tv bout. No mention of the tag titles at all here, I thought Rose and Summers were the champs? Odd oh well, Rockers controlled early using their speed to great advantage. Arm dragging both their foes multiple times. The heels get the heat by Summers trapping Janetty's leg as Rose makes the tag. Not much of a comeback really as Rose jumps in the ring to break up a sunset flip pin by Marty on Summers! The four men battle until The Rockers get thrown into each other from opposite corners. Michaels gets sent outside to the apron. Summers goes to the top rope but before he can leap on a prone Janetty, Shawn pushes him of the rope which allows Marty to climb the rope himself and hit a groggy stumbling Summers with a cross body for the pin! All this time during the finish Rose and Martell were "distracting" the ref. This took forever and came off sloppy! Rose was also way late in trying to make the save!
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