MLW July 1994 - 7/2, 7/9, 7/16

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psychosem17 said:

<i><b>MLW TV “Big League TV”</b></i>


<b>EPISODE # 11</b>
Taped: 6-24-1994
Air Date: 7-2-1994

<b>PROGRAM START</b>

<b>VTR: MLW TITLE TOURNAMENT – ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.</b>

<u><i>JIP- 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka versus The Honky Tonk Man (Opening Round)...</i></u>

The program starts this week with Kevin Kelly narrating footage from the MLW Heavyweight Title Tournament. Kelly lets the fans know that they will see action from all of the opening round matches today as the tournament opens to crown the first ever MLW Heavyweight Champion. The footage is joined with Honky Tonk Man in control of the action as he is putting his feet on the bottom rope while holding 'the Superfly' in a front face lock. The referee eventually catches HTM and orders a break, but Honky is still at the advantage as he stomps away at Snuka. Honky is now showboating as he signals that he is going to go for the 'Shake, Rattle & Roll', but Snuka grabs the top rope at the last second and the back of Honky's head goes crashing down into the canvas. From there, 'Superfly' fires back with some big chops and a jumping headbutt before scaling to the top. It looks like Snuka's going to go for 'the Super Fly', but HTM makes it to his feet too soon so he has to settle on a flying cross body to get the fall. Jimmy Snuka has advanced to the second round of the tournament...

RESULT: JIMMY SNUKA BY PINFALL (10:32)(apox. 6-7 minutes aired)
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<b>VTR: MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING OPENING VIDEO</b>

<i>A video montage of some of the top stars in MLW set to “Who Was In My Room Last Night” by the Butthole Surfers...</i>



<b>GX: The Convention Center – Atlantic City, NJ</b>

<b>Kevin Kelly & Jay Sulli</b> welcome the fans to another episode of 'Big League' TV as Major League Wrestling takes to the air for another week of great action. Kelly and Sulli noted that the fans had seen <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> advance in the tournament, but that they still had three big opening round matches here on the program today as we will see <b>King Kong Bundy</b> versus <b>The Renegade Warrior</b>, <b>Sgt. Slaughter</b> taking on <b>Nikolai Volkoff</b> and <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> squaring off against </b> Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> ...

From there, the program continued with Kelly letting the fans know that they would also be getting another look at <b>The Lifeguards</b>, who will be debuting soon in Major League Wrestling. Plus, a special treat in concerning the upcoming Independence Day holiday as we will take a look back at Sgt. Slaughter and Sgt. Pittman as they led the crowd in the 'Pledge of Allegiance'. All of that and a whole lot more when Major League Wrestling returns...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #1
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kevin Kelly and Jay Sulli at the broadcast booth as they continued to hype the MLW Heavyweight Title Tournament as they introduced the next match with some pretaped comments from 'the Family' that included 'The Don' predicting a victory for Bundy against The Renegade Warrior and also Muraco saying that 'when the dust settles' and 'all is said and done' that it would be 'the Family' in possession of the MLW Title...
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<u> <b>MATCH #1: THE RENEGADE WARRIOR vs. KING KONG BUNDY (Opening Round)</b> </u>
The Warrior stormed the ring and immediately took the fight to Bundy and Muraco as he he the both of them with a double noggin knocker that sent Muraco falling out of the ring. From there the Renegade went for a body slam, just like he had done last week, but this time Bundy was ready for him and fell right on top of the Warrior with all his weight to get a near fall. It looks as though the Renegade may have injured his ribs there. From there, Bundy was like a shark smelling blood as he singled in on the injury and really went after the Renegade. Bundy caught Warrior with a big splash, but somehow Warrior barely kicked out. Bundy continued the onslaught, but somehow a hobbled Renegade managed to 'suck it up
and fire back with a series of clotheslines that left the big man off balance. The Warrior then hit a big flying shoulder block that knocked Bundy through the ropes and to the floor. The painted Warrior probably could have taken a count out victory at that point, but that wasn't his style and he exited the ring to continue to take the fight to Bundy. At this time, Don Jr. came out to ringside and tied up the referee for long enough that he did not see that the Renegade was having to fight off both Bundy and Muraco outside of the ring. This time, the two on one advantage was too much for the Renegade as Muraco wrapped the already injured Renegade around the steel ring post and grabbed his arms so he could not move while Bundy hit an avalanche to the Renegade's back. Just like that the Renegade was crumbled in a heap on the ground and the referee hadn't seen a thing! Don Jr. then left the ringside area as Bundy returned to the ring while the Renegade was counted out. What a miscarriage of justice! Look at Muraco... He's acting like he had nothing to do with it!

RESULT: KING KONG BUNDY BY COUNT OUT (8:01)
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<i>Major League Wrestling went to break with EMTs attending to the Renegade as Kelly & Sulli let us know that they would be right back with more of the big title tournament...</i>
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #2
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly & Sulli taking a brief break from the tournament to talk a little bit about the 'new team' that was 'coming soon' to Major League Wrestling, <b>The Lifeguards</b>. Kelly let it be known that their names were Keith and Kent and that they were identical twins from Huntington Beach, California. The brother duo were portrayed as doing well in athletics growing up and a couple of guys that 'just liked to have fun'. The announcers then went to a music video for the Lifeguards that had them running around on the beach in a video that somewhat resembled the opening to the hit show 'Bay Watch'...
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<i>The video ended with both men then running up and introducing themselves as 'Big League TV' headed to break...</i>
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<b>COMING NEXT WEEK!!!</b>


<b>KENT & KEITH... THE LIFEGUARDS...</b>
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<b>COMMERCIAL BREAK #3</b>
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<i> Major League Wrestling then returned with Kelly & Sulli saying that they were trying to see if they could get an update on the condition of the Renegade Warrior as he had been taken to the hospital. The announcers then continued to blame Don Muraco and 'the Family' for this as Don's match was coming up next. 'The Don' then stopped by the announce area and said that he hoped the Renegade 'got well soon'. He then proceeded to tuck a $100 bill in Sulli's coat pocket and tell Jay...
'Here... Why don't you send him some flowers and a nice card...' as he made his way to the ring...</i>
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<u><b>MATCH #2: 'THE DON' MURACO vs. SGT. CRAIG PITTMAN (Opening Round)</b></u>
Pittman goes right after Muraco at the opening bell as the announcers insinuate that Muraco had sent his 'goons' after Pittman last week in hopes to give him the advantage here in the tournament match. It doesn't appear to have worked in the early going as Pittman is really taking the fight to Muraco with fists and fury that has 'the Don' reeling and looking for a place to hide. Eventually, the veteran is able to 'bend the rules' and take over the contest after a thumb to the throat that was cleverly shielded from the view of the referee. Muraco controlled the next several minutes of the contest, but Pittman was eventually able to suck it up and mount a comeback. Muraco was in trouble at that point and kept looking towards the entrance way for help from his 'Family', but all he ended up seeing was <b>Sgt. Slaughter</b> who came out and 'set up shop' with a steel chair to be on the look out for any possible interference. Pittman attempted to go for the belly to back suplex, but Muraco reversed with a go behind as time was running out. Pittman swapped positions at the bell and was able to nail Muraco with the suplex, but it was too late to make the cover. The 15 minute time limit had expired. At this time, Family members entered the ring, as did Sgt. Slaughter with the steel chair. Commisioner <b>Tod Gordon</b> then came out and announced that 'there must be a winner' as someone 'must advance in the tournament' so he was going to give both men 'FIVE MORE MINUTES' to settle things. He then sent both Slaughter AND all of 'the Family' members to the back and barred them from ringside, saying that he wasn't going to have what happened to the Renegade happen again here tonight! Action continued for another five minutes, but once again neither man was able to get the win. Gordon now had a tough decision. The commissioner said that he would love to let these two men 'fight all night', but that he couldn't do that with 'all of the other matches' on the card. He then asked if both men would agree to let the winner of a coin flip advance to the next round. Both men agreed and when all was said and done it was Muraco that called heads and won the toss to advance. Upon seeing the coin was on heads, 'the Don' bellowed 'Things ALWAYS come up on heads for me!”

RESULT: MURACO BY COIN FLIP (20:00)
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Major League Wrestling went to break with Kelly and Sulli saying that 'by hook, or by crook', both members of 'the Family' had advanced to the semi finals for the tournament and that it looked as though 'the Don's' prediction might be coming true...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #4

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MLW returned from break with Kelly & Sulli recapping the ongoing feud between <b>Sgt. Slaughter & Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> and <b>The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff</b> as the announcers promoted the upcoming tournament match between Slaughter and Volkoff in today's Main Event. Pretaped comments from Slaughter were aired in which he 'vowed revenge' against Volkoff and Adnan for 'all of the pain' they had caused him 'both physically and mentally'. Slaughter then said that he was back and 100% healthy now and that he was going to win the belt 'for America' as the 4th of July approached because he can think of no better way to celebrate Independence Day then by 'freeing' Major League Wrestling from the 'Evil Axis' of Adnan, Sheik and Volkoff...

<i>The program then went to break with a look back at two weeks ago on the program as Sgt. Slaughter 'gave the ball' to Sgt. Pittman after their big victory over Sheik and Volkoff...</i>

<b><i>BEGIN VTR</b></i>
<i>This left a proud Slaughter in the ring with his protege, Pittman. Slaughter is calling for a microphone. A 'U.S.A. Chant' is already breaking out amongst the fans...</i>
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<b>SGT. SLAUGHTER:</b> “I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE... ”
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<i>Slaughter pauses and stops short... He then looks over at Pittman...</i>
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<b>SGT. SLAUGHTER:</b> “Kid... You know the words... Here's the microphone... Come on... I'll say it with ya'...”
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<i>Pittman appears flattered by the gesture and takes the microphone...</i>
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<b>SGT. PITTMAN:</b> "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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<b>SGT. SLAUGHTER:</b> “U....S.....A.... U....S.....A..... U....S...A...”
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<b>COMMERCIAL BREAK #5</b>
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly and Sulli preparing the fans for today's big Main Event as the opening round of the tournament concludes. Kelly said that they had heard 'all of the talk', but now 'the time for talk is over' as Slaughter and Volkoff will 'settle their differences' right here today...

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<u><b>MATCH #3: SGT. SLAUGHTER vs. NIKOLAI VOLKOFF (Opening Round)</b></u>
Kelly announced that both Sgt. Pittman and The Iron Sheik had been 'barred from ringside' for this contest as part of Commissioner Gordon's continued attempts to restore order here tonight after the injury to the Renegade Warrior, who Kelly says he now understands is being tended to at the hospital, but no further updates other than that. This is a plodding match, but both guys are able top work the crowd and keep the fans into the match, particularly when Slaughter is whipped into the corner and takes a nasty fall over the top turnbuckle to the floor. Volkoff followed Slaughter to the floor and attempted to post him with an Irish whip, but Sarge reversed and it was Big Nikolai that tasted the steel. Both men were able to roll back into the ring and just barely beat the referee's ten count. Action continued with both men crawling to one another, propping each other up and working their way to their feet groggily as they began to exchange punches. The crowd started chanting 'U....S....A.... U.....S.....A....' and Slaughter was able to use to moral support to mount a comeback. Slaughter 'loaded up' and hit the 'Slaughter Cannon' to get the fall in a hard fought victory over his Russian counterpart...

RESULT: SGT. SLAUGHTER BY PINFALL (11:10)
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<i>Following the contest, General Adnan attempted to jump Slaughter from behind, but the Sarge moved out of the way and Adnan ended up falling through the ropes right at the feet of the defeated Volkoff. Slaughter then grabbed an American flag and led the fans in a big 'U.S.A.' chant as the program went to break...</i>
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #6
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When Major League Wrestling returned, Kelly & Sulli closed the program by recapping what happened on today's episode and reminding the fans that they would be back next week with more great 'Major League Action', including highlights of the SECOND ROUND of the MLW Heavyweight Tournament and the MLW debut of <b>The Lifeguards</b>...</i>
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VTR: CLOSING CREDITS

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[jackknight]

psychosem17 said:

<i><b>MLW TV “Big League TV”</b></i>


<b>EPISODE # 11</b>
Taped: 6-24-1994
Air Date: 7-2-1994

<b>PROGRAM START</b>

<b>VTR: MLW TITLE TOURNAMENT – ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.</b>

<u><i>JIP- 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka versus The Honky Tonk Man (Opening Round)...</i></u>

The program starts this week with Kevin Kelly narrating footage from the MLW Heavyweight Title Tournament. Kelly lets the fans know that they will see action from all of the opening round matches today as the tournament opens to crown the first ever MLW Heavyweight Champion. The footage is joined with Honky Tonk Man in control of the action as he is putting his feet on the bottom rope while holding 'the Superfly' in a front face lock. The referee eventually catches HTM and orders a break, but Honky is still at the advantage as he stomps away at Snuka. Honky is now showboating as he signals that he is going to go for the 'Shake, Rattle & Roll', but Snuka grabs the top rope at the last second and the back of Honky's head goes crashing down into the canvas. From there, 'Superfly' fires back with some big chops and a jumping headbutt before scaling to the top. It looks like Snuka's going to go for 'the Super Fly', but HTM makes it to his feet too soon so he has to settle on a flying cross body to get the fall. Jimmy Snuka has advanced to the second round of the tournament...

RESULT: JIMMY SNUKA BY PINFALL (10:32)(apox. 6-7 minutes aired)
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<b>VTR: MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING OPENING VIDEO</b>

<i>A video montage of some of the top stars in MLW set to “Who Was In My Room Last Night” by the Butthole Surfers...</i>



<b>GX: The Convention Center – Atlantic City, NJ</b>

<b>Kevin Kelly & Jay Sulli</b> welcome the fans to another episode of 'Big League' TV as Major League Wrestling takes to the air for another week of great action. Kelly and Sulli noted that the fans had seen <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> advance in the tournament, but that they still had three big opening round matches here on the program today as we will see <b>King Kong Bundy</b> versus <b>The Renegade Warrior</b>, <b>Sgt. Slaughter</b> taking on <b>Nikolai Volkoff</b> and <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> squaring off against </b> Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> ...

From there, the program continued with Kelly letting the fans know that they would also be getting another look at <b>The Lifeguards</b>, who will be debuting soon in Major League Wrestling. Plus, a special treat in concerning the upcoming Independence Day holiday as we will take a look back at Sgt. Slaughter and Sgt. Pittman as they led the crowd in the 'Pledge of Allegiance'. All of that and a whole lot more when Major League Wrestling returns...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #1
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kevin Kelly and Jay Sulli at the broadcast booth as they continued to hype the MLW Heavyweight Title Tournament as they introduced the next match with some pretaped comments from 'the Family' that included 'The Don' predicting a victory for Bundy against The Renegade Warrior and also Muraco saying that 'when the dust settles' and 'all is said and done' that it would be 'the Family' in possession of the MLW Title...
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<u> <b>MATCH #1: THE RENEGADE WARRIOR vs. KING KONG BUNDY (Opening Round)</b> </u>
The Warrior stormed the ring and immediately took the fight to Bundy and Muraco as he he the both of them with a double noggin knocker that sent Muraco falling out of the ring. From there the Renegade went for a body slam, just like he had done last week, but this time Bundy was ready for him and fell right on top of the Warrior with all his weight to get a near fall. It looks as though the Renegade may have injured his ribs there. From there, Bundy was like a shark smelling blood as he singled in on the injury and really went after the Renegade. Bundy caught Warrior with a big splash, but somehow Warrior barely kicked out. Bundy continued the onslaught, but somehow a hobbled Renegade managed to 'suck it up
and fire back with a series of clotheslines that left the big man off balance. The Warrior then hit a big flying shoulder block that knocked Bundy through the ropes and to the floor. The painted Warrior probably could have taken a count out victory at that point, but that wasn't his style and he exited the ring to continue to take the fight to Bundy. At this time, Don Jr. came out to ringside and tied up the referee for long enough that he did not see that the Renegade was having to fight off both Bundy and Muraco outside of the ring. This time, the two on one advantage was too much for the Renegade as Muraco wrapped the already injured Renegade around the steel ring post and grabbed his arms so he could not move while Bundy hit an avalanche to the Renegade's back. Just like that the Renegade was crumbled in a heap on the ground and the referee hadn't seen a thing! Don Jr. then left the ringside area as Bundy returned to the ring while the Renegade was counted out. What a miscarriage of justice! Look at Muraco... He's acting like he had nothing to do with it!

RESULT: KING KONG BUNDY BY COUNT OUT (8:01)
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<i>Major League Wrestling went to break with EMTs attending to the Renegade as Kelly & Sulli let us know that they would be right back with more of the big title tournament...</i>
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #2
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly & Sulli taking a brief break from the tournament to talk a little bit about the 'new team' that was 'coming soon' to Major League Wrestling, <b>The Lifeguards</b>. Kelly let it be known that their names were Keith and Kent and that they were identical twins from Huntington Beach, California. The brother duo were portrayed as doing well in athletics growing up and a couple of guys that 'just liked to have fun'. The announcers then went to a music video for the Lifeguards that had them running around on the beach in a video that somewhat resembled the opening to the hit show 'Bay Watch'...
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<i>The video ended with both men then running up and introducing themselves as 'Big League TV' headed to break...</i>
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<b>COMING NEXT WEEK!!!</b>


<b>KENT & KEITH... THE LIFEGUARDS...</b>
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<b>COMMERCIAL BREAK #3</b>
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<i> Major League Wrestling then returned with Kelly & Sulli saying that they were trying to see if they could get an update on the condition of the Renegade Warrior as he had been taken to the hospital. The announcers then continued to blame Don Muraco and 'the Family' for this as Don's match was coming up next. 'The Don' then stopped by the announce area and said that he hoped the Renegade 'got well soon'. He then proceeded to tuck a $100 bill in Sulli's coat pocket and tell Jay...
'Here... Why don't you send him some flowers and a nice card...' as he made his way to the ring...</i>
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<u><b>MATCH #2: 'THE DON' MURACO vs. SGT. CRAIG PITTMAN (Opening Round)</b></u>
Pittman goes right after Muraco at the opening bell as the announcers insinuate that Muraco had sent his 'goons' after Pittman last week in hopes to give him the advantage here in the tournament match. It doesn't appear to have worked in the early going as Pittman is really taking the fight to Muraco with fists and fury that has 'the Don' reeling and looking for a place to hide. Eventually, the veteran is able to 'bend the rules' and take over the contest after a thumb to the throat that was cleverly shielded from the view of the referee. Muraco controlled the next several minutes of the contest, but Pittman was eventually able to suck it up and mount a comeback. Muraco was in trouble at that point and kept looking towards the entrance way for help from his 'Family', but all he ended up seeing was <b>Sgt. Slaughter</b> who came out and 'set up shop' with a steel chair to be on the look out for any possible interference. Pittman attempted to go for the belly to back suplex, but Muraco reversed with a go behind as time was running out. Pittman swapped positions at the bell and was able to nail Muraco with the suplex, but it was too late to make the cover. The 15 minute time limit had expired. At this time, Family members entered the ring, as did Sgt. Slaughter with the steel chair. Commisioner <b>Tod Gordon</b> then came out and announced that 'there must be a winner' as someone 'must advance in the tournament' so he was going to give both men 'FIVE MORE MINUTES' to settle things. He then sent both Slaughter AND all of 'the Family' members to the back and barred them from ringside, saying that he wasn't going to have what happened to the Renegade happen again here tonight! Action continued for another five minutes, but once again neither man was able to get the win. Gordon now had a tough decision. The commissioner said that he would love to let these two men 'fight all night', but that he couldn't do that with 'all of the other matches' on the card. He then asked if both men would agree to let the winner of a coin flip advance to the next round. Both men agreed and when all was said and done it was Muraco that called heads and won the toss to advance. Upon seeing the coin was on heads, 'the Don' bellowed 'Things ALWAYS come up on heads for me!”

RESULT: MURACO BY COIN FLIP (20:00)
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Major League Wrestling went to break with Kelly and Sulli saying that 'by hook, or by crook', both members of 'the Family' had advanced to the semi finals for the tournament and that it looked as though 'the Don's' prediction might be coming true...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #4

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MLW returned from break with Kelly & Sulli recapping the ongoing feud between <b>Sgt. Slaughter & Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> and <b>The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff</b> as the announcers promoted the upcoming tournament match between Slaughter and Volkoff in today's Main Event. Pretaped comments from Slaughter were aired in which he 'vowed revenge' against Volkoff and Adnan for 'all of the pain' they had caused him 'both physically and mentally'. Slaughter then said that he was back and 100% healthy now and that he was going to win the belt 'for America' as the 4th of July approached because he can think of no better way to celebrate Independence Day then by 'freeing' Major League Wrestling from the 'Evil Axis' of Adnan, Sheik and Volkoff...

<i>The program then went to break with a look back at two weeks ago on the program as Sgt. Slaughter 'gave the ball' to Sgt. Pittman after their big victory over Sheik and Volkoff...</i>

<b><i>BEGIN VTR</b></i>
<i>This left a proud Slaughter in the ring with his protege, Pittman. Slaughter is calling for a microphone. A 'U.S.A. Chant' is already breaking out amongst the fans...</i>
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<b>SGT. SLAUGHTER:</b> “I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE... ”
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<i>Slaughter pauses and stops short... He then looks over at Pittman...</i>
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<b>SGT. SLAUGHTER:</b> “Kid... You know the words... Here's the microphone... Come on... I'll say it with ya'...”
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<b>SGT. PITTMAN:</b> "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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<b>SGT. SLAUGHTER:</b> “U....S.....A.... U....S.....A..... U....S...A...”
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly and Sulli preparing the fans for today's big Main Event as the opening round of the tournament concludes. Kelly said that they had heard 'all of the talk', but now 'the time for talk is over' as Slaughter and Volkoff will 'settle their differences' right here today...

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<u><b>MATCH #3: SGT. SLAUGHTER vs. NIKOLAI VOLKOFF (Opening Round)</b></u>
Kelly announced that both Sgt. Pittman and The Iron Sheik had been 'barred from ringside' for this contest as part of Commissioner Gordon's continued attempts to restore order here tonight after the injury to the Renegade Warrior, who Kelly says he now understands is being tended to at the hospital, but no further updates other than that. This is a plodding match, but both guys are able top work the crowd and keep the fans into the match, particularly when Slaughter is whipped into the corner and takes a nasty fall over the top turnbuckle to the floor. Volkoff followed Slaughter to the floor and attempted to post him with an Irish whip, but Sarge reversed and it was Big Nikolai that tasted the steel. Both men were able to roll back into the ring and just barely beat the referee's ten count. Action continued with both men crawling to one another, propping each other up and working their way to their feet groggily as they began to exchange punches. The crowd started chanting 'U....S....A.... U.....S.....A....' and Slaughter was able to use to moral support to mount a comeback. Slaughter 'loaded up' and hit the 'Slaughter Cannon' to get the fall in a hard fought victory over his Russian counterpart...

RESULT: SGT. SLAUGHTER BY PINFALL (11:10)
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<i>Following the contest, General Adnan attempted to jump Slaughter from behind, but the Sarge moved out of the way and Adnan ended up falling through the ropes right at the feet of the defeated Volkoff. Slaughter then grabbed an American flag and led the fans in a big 'U.S.A.' chant as the program went to break...</i>
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #6
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When Major League Wrestling returned, Kelly & Sulli closed the program by recapping what happened on today's episode and reminding the fans that they would be back next week with more great 'Major League Action', including highlights of the SECOND ROUND of the MLW Heavyweight Tournament and the MLW debut of <b>The Lifeguards</b>...</i>
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VTR: CLOSING CREDITS

PROGRAM END


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[jackknight]

psychosem17 said:

<i><b>MLW TV “Big League TV”</b></i>


<b>EPISODE # 12</b>
Taped: 6-24-1994
Air Date: 7-9-1994

<b>PROGRAM START</b>

<b>VTR: MLW TITLE TOURNAMENT – ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.</b>

<u><i>JIP- Opening Round Tournament Highlights...</i></u>

The program starts this week with Kevin Kelly narrating footage from the MLW Heavyweight Title Tournament. Kelly recaps the opening round as the finishes from all four matches are shown with <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> defeating <b>The Honky Tonk Man</b>, <b>King Kong Bundy</b> advancing over <b>The Renegade Warrior</b>, <b>Don Muraco</b> winning on the toss of a coin after the time limit had expired against <b>Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> and <b>Sgt. Slaughter</b> gaining a measure of revenge by eliminating <b>Nikolai Volkoff</b>...
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<b>VTR: MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING OPENING VIDEO</b>

<i>A video montage of some of the top stars in MLW set to “Who Was In My Room Last Night” by the Butthole Surfers...</i>



<b>GX: The Convention Center – Atlantic City, NJ</b>

<b>Kevin Kelly & Jay Sulli</b> welcome the fans to another episode of 'Big League' TV as Major League Wrestling takes to the air for another week of great action. Kelly and Sulli then let it be known that the day was finally here , the fans had seen the video packages over the past several weeks, and today <b>The Lifeguards</b> would be right here in action today making their MLW debut... Also today, the MLW Heavyweight Title tournament continues with both semifinal matches right here on the program today as <b>King Kong Bundy</b> takes on <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snukar</b>and <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> goes up against </b> Sgt. Slaughter</b> to decide the two men that will vie for the MLW Heavyweight Championship on next week's program...

All of that and a whole lot more when Major League Wrestling returns...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #1
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kevin Kelly and Jay Sulli at the broadcast booth as they let the fans know that it's now time for the Major League Wrestling debut of Kent and Keith, The Lifeguards... And here they come now!!!
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<b>KENT & KEITH... THE LIFEGUARDS...</b>
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<i>Keith and Kent run out into the entrance way energetically, as they bounce around and check the crowd over. They then put a single finger up as to say 'wait just one second' and as the chorus to 'the Baywatch Theme' hits. They then proceed to take off to the ring... IN SLOW MOTION!!! </i>

<b>JAY SULLI:</b> “What are they doing, Kevin??? ”

<b>KEVIN KELLY:</b> “Oh I get it... Looks like they are copying the opening video montage for the show... Hey these guys did say that they were here in Major League Wrestling to have fun and it looks like they are doing just that!”
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<u> <b>MATCH #1: THE LIFEGUARDS: KEITH & KENT (COLE) vs. THE BAD CREW</b> </u>
The Bad Crew didn't seem very amused at the antics of the newcomers and attempted to jump them the moment they hit the ring, but the Lifeguards quickly turned the tides by reversing things in the corners and then whipping both members of the Crew into one another. The Crew then regrouped on the outside of the ring, while Keith and Kent played things up for the fans as they awaited the Bad Crew's return. From there a pretty basic tag team match took place with Keith and Kent using their speed to out wit the plodding Crew. The Bad Crew then took advantage of a Cole mistake and took over the contest momentarily with some brawling and illegal double teaming, but the hot tag was eventually made and the Lifeguards' debut was a victorious one as they put away the Crew with a double Russian leg sweep...

RESULT: THE LIFEGUARDS BY PINFALL, KEITH? PINNED BAD CREW #1 (5:14)
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<i>Major League Wrestling went to break with Kevin Kelly letting the fans know that when Major League Wrestling returned he was going to be attempting to get a word with 'the Lifeguards'...</i>
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly & Sulli calling the celebrating duo of Keith and Kent: <b>The Lifeguards</b> over to the announce area for a few words. Keith and Kent were both said they were 'very excited' to have finally made it to Major League Wrestling and the announcers put over the fact that the Lifeguards seemed like they 'knew how to have a good time'. Kelly then got the guys to talk about growing up in California, their athletic background and about breaking into the world of wrestling. Finally, a replay of the end of the match was shown with the Lifeguards letting Kelly and Sulli know that they called their double Russian leg sweep finisher 'the Wipeout'.

'Big League TV' then went to break with a pan of the ringside fans, including a shot of a scuzzy looking, heavy set biker looking guy as the announcers let everyone know that the MLW Heavyweight Title tournament would resume when MLW returns. We then here Kelly and Sulli discussing the identity of the man seated at ring side with Sulli saying 'are you sure that's him' and Kelly responding by saying 'it sure looks like him'...
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<i> Major League Wrestling then returned with Kelly & Sulli hyping the semifinals of the tournament and going to some pretaped comments from both competitors in the upcoming match. Both men seem convinced that they will defeat their opponent and go on to become the first ever MLW Heavyweight Champion. Slaughter mentions his protege, <b>Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> losing on 'the flip of a coin' last week and says that he would have loved the opportunity to take Pittman on here today, but that it simply wasn't meant to be. Slaughter added that he was certain after last week's performance that 'every dog has his day' and that he was certain 'the Pittbull' would get another shot at becoming champion in the future. Muraco, on the other hand, was particularly obnoxious in his thoughts as he claimed Pittman's performance was a 'fluke' and that if Slaughter thought he was going to fair any better then he better 'forget about it'. Muraco then boasted that both he and 'Boom Boom' (King Kong) Bundy were 'locks' to advance to the finals and keep the MLW Heavyweight Championship 'All in the Family'...</i>
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<u><b>MATCH #2: 'THE DON' MURACO vs. SGT. SLAUGHTER (Semifinals)</b></u>
Slaughter was determined to avenge Sgt. Craig Pittman's loss to Muraco from the opening round of the tournament, but the main concern for both men was the MLW Heavyweight Title, which lay in the balance as the winner of this contest would be advancing to the finals to face the winner of the Bundy-Snuka match. Muraco started out the contest by attempting to wrestle Slaughter clean, but when he came up 'on the short end of the stick' then Muraco quickly reverted to breaking the rules to gain an advantage. It was during this time that 'Don Jr.' came to ringside to show some 'moral support'' for 'dear old dad'. After about eight minutes, Muraco attempted to lift Slaughter for the tombstone piledriver, but Slaughter held onto the top rope in order to prevent it. From there, Slaughter mounted a come back and went for the Cobra Clutch, but Muraco was able to escape by dropping to the canvas and throwing Slaughter over his shoulder. Slaughter fought back to his 'the Slaughter Cannon', but Muraco was too close to the ropes and fell out of the ring, which prevented Slaughter from going for a cover. While Muraco was recovering on the floor, 'Don Jr.' handed him something. Muraco attempted to re-enter the ring with the object but Slaughter was ready for him and took the fight to 'the Don'. Slaughter had things going his way when he went for an atomic drop and Muraco used the object to pop Slaughter in the head and knock him unconscious to set up the pinfall.

RESULT: MURACO BY PINFALL (13:00)
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Major League Wrestling went to break with <b>Sgt. Craig Pittman</b> coming out to ringside and informing referee Dennis Stamp what had happened. Stamp checked over 'the Don' for the object, but Muraco had already slipped it out to 'Don Jr.' before he was checked so the decision was upheld. The last thing you could see as the show went to break was the same biker fan from earlier in the evening nodding in approval as the Muracos celebrated and Pittman checked on 'the Sarge' inside the ring. As the show left us, we could hear Kelly saying 'You know we have a few minutes... I'm going to see if that's really him'...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #4

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MLW returned from break with Kelly standing by the ringside barrier with the heavy set guy with the leather jacket, sun glasses and dew rag. Kelly started things out by asking the man, “<b>Sir Oliver Humperdink</b> is that really you?” The man then stood and assured everyone that he was, indeed, the one and only <b>Big Daddy Dink</b>. Kelly then asked the big man what he was doing here in Major League Wrestling and Dink said that he had been watching the tag team match here earlier today 'very closely' and as he understood it Major League Wrestling would be hosting a tag tournament for the titles in the 'near future' and that he might have a couple of 'biker buddies' that would like to enter. Kelly then tried to get some more information as the program went to break, but Dink sat back down and refused to talk...
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<b>BIG DADDY DINK IS NOW IN MWL...</b>
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<b>COMMERCIAL BREAK #5</b>
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly and Sulli preparing the fans for today's big Main Event as the semifinals of the tournament concludes. The announcers then tossed to some pretaped comments from both competitors with King Kong Bundy vowing to 'win on for the Family' and Snuka vowing to 'eliminate' Bundy on his way to Muraco in the finals. 'The Superfly' said that he would not rest until 'the Family' was 'no more' and it all started here tonight with Bundy...

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<u><b>MATCH #3: 'SUPERFLY' JIMMY SNUKA vs. KING KONG BUNDY (Semifinals)</b></u>
Bundy tried to corner 'the Superfly' early in the contest, but Snuka used 'hit and run' tactics and his speed to wobble the massive Bundy a couple of minutes into the bout. Snuka got the big man wobbling on one foot with a series of flying head butts and then hit a running cross body that took the big man off his feet, but only for a count of one as Bundy kicked out with authority, but Snuka ended up on his feet and was back on the attack. Snuka continued to take the fight to Bundy with a series of chops and head butts that again had the big man shaken, but 'Superfly' then made the mistake of going to the top rope and attempting a top rope cross body, which Bundy countered by catching Snuka in mid air, walking around the ring with him and planting him with a big falling slam. Bundy wasn't done there, however, as he followed up with a big splash, only to pull Jimmy up by the hair at the count of two. Now 'the Don' is back out here and he's standing in the aisle and applauding. I don't think Bundy has any intention of trying to win this match. I think he's only in there to try and injure 'the Superfly'. 'Don Jr's out here now too. They look to be surrounding the ringside area. Snuka is now in a bad way as Bundy hits another splash but refuses to cover. Referee Tommy Young now argues with Bundy to make the cover but he shakes his head 'no' and pushes the referee to the side. Bundy now lifts up Snuka and places him in the corner..... AVALANCHE... That's it... This one's over... Snuka crumples to the canvas as Bundy looks down at Muraco, who says 'one more time...' Bundy nods and again lifts the near unconscious Snuka up and again places him in the corner. That's it... Referee Young is really letting Bundy have it and tells him if he does it again 'thats it'. Bundy again shoves Young to the side and delivers a second avalanche and Young calls for the bell disqualifying Bundy!

RESULT: JIMMY SNUKA BY DISQUALIFICATION (8:55)
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #6
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When Major League Wrestling returned, Kelly & Sulli closed the program by recapping what happened on today's episode and reminding the fans that they would be back next week with more great 'Major League Action', including the finals of the MLW Heavyweight Tournament between <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> and <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> as well as a big return tag team match between <b>Sato & Kato</b> and <b>The Silverkings</b>...</i>
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VTR: CLOSING CREDITS

PROGRAM END

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<i><b>MLW TV “Big League TV”</b></i>


<b>EPISODE # 13</b>
Taped: 6-24-1994
Air Date: 7-16-1994

<b>PROGRAM START</b>

<b>VTR: MLW TITLE TOURNAMENT – ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.</b>

<u><i>JIP- Semifinal Round Tournament Highlights...</i></u>

The program starts this week with Kevin Kelly narrating footage from the MLW Heavyweight Title Tournament. Kelly recaps the semifinals as the finishes from both matches are shown with <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> pinning <b>Sgt. Slaughter</b> to move into the finals under questionable circumstances after hitting the Sarge with a roll of coins. Next was footage of <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> defeating <b>King Kong Bundy</b> on a disqualification when Bundy refused to go for the pin and instead tried to injure Snuka. Kelly announces that MLW Commissioner Tod Gordon has fined Bundy $1,000 for his actions, but that Snuka has bruised ribs as a result and has refused medical attention in order to be here today for the finals...
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<b>VTR: MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING OPENING VIDEO</b>

<i>A video montage of some of the top stars in MLW set to “Who Was In My Room Last Night” by the Butthole Surfers...</i>



<b>GX: The Convention Center – Atlantic City, NJ</b>

<b>Kevin Kelly & Jay Sulli</b> welcome the fans to another episode of 'Big League' TV as Major League Wrestling takes to the air for another week of great action. Kelly and Sulli started things off by talking about the fact that the new MLW Heavyweight Champion would be crowned right here today as <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> battles arch rival <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> in the tournament finals. The announcers again recapped Snuka's injury, but added that 'the Superfly' was in the building as he had locked himself in his locker room and wasn't speaking to anyone... Also today, with the announcement of the tag team title tournament looming, two of the top duos in MLW continue their rivalry as <b>the Silverkings</b> do battle with the Japanese tandem of <b>Kato & Sato</b>. Plus we will be right back with <b>Pat Rose</b> in action when return...

All of that and a whole lot more when Major League Wrestling continues...
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #1
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Major League Wrestling returned with Kevin Kelly and Jay Sulli at the broadcast booth as they let the fans know that it's now time for today's opening contest, but before they can get to the introductions they notice a disturbance in the crowd that sees <b>Big Daddy Dink</b> has returned again this week and this time it appears as though he has brought backup in the form of his two 'biker buddies' that he had mentioned here on last week's program and man are these guys HUGE! Each guy appears to be around 6'5” and look to tip the scales at over 300 lbs and, on top of that, these big hairy bikers appear to be big, nasty and dangerous to know. They are dressed in jeans, 'wife beaters' and their biker vests, which sport some sort of affiliation on the back, but the camera has yet to catch a good look at it. Dink decides where he would like to sit down and it just so happens that the seat is occupied, but not for long as the two big guys stare down the thin, pale man sitting there until he is so uncomfortable that he gets up and moves. Big Daddy, a big smile on his face, then takes a seat with both bikers flanking him over either shoulder. The big men continue to stand and are clearly blocking the view of some of the fans, but nobody dares to say anything to them out of fear...
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<b>BIG DADDY DINK HAS RETURNED TO THE CROWD AGAIN THIS WEEK...</b>
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<u> <b>MATCH #1: PAT ROSE vs. TIM PARKER</b> </u>
Rose and Parker notice the disturbance at ringside, but these two veterans have seen it all before and quickly go about trying to have a match as they both know how valuable this time on television is as it is an opportunity for them to impress the promoters and move up the ranks. Both men go back and forth in an evenly contested, mostly scientific, match up as the camera goes back to Dink and his men in the crowd a few times. With the camera on him, Big Daddy Dink can be over heard saying that the match is 'boring' him and that something should be done to make it 'a little more exciting'. It is at that point that both of Dink's men hop the rail, enter the ring and jump both Rose and Parker to force referee Dale Wolfe to throw it out...

RESULT: NO CONTEST WHEN BIG DADDY DINK'S MEN ATTACK BOTH COMPETITORS (3:41)
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<i>All hell pretty much breaks loose when this happens as Dink and his men are not officially part of the MLW roster. The bigger of Dink's men grabs Pat Rose and then sends him into his partner for a big boot that completely decimates Rose, who would probably rather be fishing. Referee Wolfe tries to restore order at that point but he is quickly tossed from the ring. The big bikers repeat the same whip/big boot move to Parker and then one picks up Rose and the other picks up Parker and they both proceed to 'take out the trash' by tossing each over the top rope and to the floor.</i>

<i>Major League Wrestling then went to break with Kevin Kelly calling for an end to the mayhem as security and even a couple of uniformed cops stormed the ring and then led the bikers away in handcuffs, but not without a struggle as they are kicking and screaming while Dink tries frantically to calm them down and telling them he will 'take care of things' As they are taken away you can finally see the logo on the back of their vests...</i>
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<b>THE HIGHWAYMEN HAVE MADE A STATEMENT HERE TODAY, BUT AT WHAT A COST...</b>
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #2
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Major League Wrestling returned with order finally restored as Kelly attempts to regain his composure and then begins to talk about the upcoming tag team match, which is to be a return match from the first ever contest in MLW history as teams from Mexico and Japan continue what has, to this point, been an intense, but somewhat one sided, rivalry in the won-loss category. Highlights of the two victories by <b>the Silverkings</b> were then shown, the first one being clean and the second one due to a miscommunication between <b>Akio Sato & Kato</b>. Kelly said that the Japanese duo had 'had their differences' in recent weeks, but that they appeared as though they were 'back on the same page' here today.

Kelly then tossed to Jay Sulli, who had met up with <b>Akio Sato, Kato & Osamu Nishimura</b> backstage. Sulli immediately wanted to know what was going on as the presence of Nishimura had Kato appearing upset...</i>

<b>JAY SULLI:</b> “What's going on here? I though you two had worked things out...”

<b>AKIO SATO</b> “Oh we have Mister Sulli... We have... We have... You see it is my experience that sometimes you don't truly see the problem until you take a step back and remove yourself from the situation. That is why Mister Nishimura is here today. You see Mister Nishimura isn't going to replace Kato in this upcoming tag match.... He is going to replace ME...”

<i>'Big League TV' then went to break with masked Kato completely changing his mood and now seeming excited that not only was he not being replaced, but also because he didn't have to team with Sato here today...
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<i> Major League Wrestling then returned with Kelly & Sulli talking about the implications of the upcoming tag match and wondering if the change in opponents would have any effect on the Silverkings' game plan. Kelly surmised that Nishimura's style was very similar to that of Akio Sato, so he didn't think it would make much difference, but added that Nishimura is much younger and might be able to keep up with the fleet footed luchadores much better than the experienced Sato had been able to...</i>
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The contest began with an excited Kato volunteering to start out against Silverking #1 and from there these two teams appeared to pick up right where they left off at, with Nishimura more than pulling his own weight as he replaced Sato. Both teams matched hold for hold and counter hold for counter hold in the early going with each gaining some near falls, but neither team really in any danger of losing for the first five minutes or so. From there, the Silverkings got on a roll with a series of high flying moves, including a double plancha to the outside that really got the crowd on it's feet. #2 then went for a moonsault from the top after action made it back into the ring, but he was too slow and Nishimura was able to recover and forearm the Mexican star across the back, and then climb up to the second rope and catch #2 with a belly to back suplex! Both men were down as the referee counted, but eventually each man was able to crawl towards their corner and make the hot tag. Nishimura and #2 were really shaken up and just laid on the apron as they had both landed really hard on the back of their head, neck and shoulders as a result of the belly to back suplex. This left Kato and #1 in the ring, virtually alone as both men went through a lightning quick series of counters and pinning combinations that saw #1 catch Kato with a 'La Magistral Cradle' for the fall.

RESULT: THE SILVERKINGS BY PINFALL, #1 PINNED KATO (15:27)
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<b>AKIO SATO:</b> “Kato, I've sat back and watched things with an open mind and am now certain that I know what the problem is... IT'S YOU!”

And with that, Nishimura kicks an unsuspecting Kato right in the face from the side and Kato goes down like a 'ton of bricks'. He's out cold folks and now Sato is giving him 'the what for'. This was premeditated! Just listen to him laying into Kato by saying that Kato was an 'embarrassment' and 'ruined' the Orient Express... Ruined Sato's 'legacy'... Made him a 'laughing stock'... Oh wait... Now Nishimura has lifted Kato up into a sitting up position and he's now reaching down and undoing the mask... He's about to pull it off...

<b>AKIO SATO:</b> “And the thing that sickens me the most... YOU AREN'T EVEN JAPANESE!”

And with that Sato jerks off the mask to reveal... <b>Paul Diamond</b> Sato spits in Diamond's face and then pie faces the nearly unconscious Canadian back down to the canvas before leaving with Nishimura. It's clear that Sato has been waiting for this moment for quite some time as he is reveling in the fact Diamond is in a bad way as he leaves.

Fans we will be right back with out main event, the tournament finals to crown the first ever MLW Heavyweight Champion...
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MLW returned from break with Jay Sulli standing with MLW Commissioner <b>Tod Gordon</b>. Gordon addressed his fine of <b>King Kong Bundy</b> and some of the 'questionable antics' the 'the Family' had pulled during the tournament. Commissioner Gordon said that he was 'very serious' about having a 'conclusive winner' in these tournament finals so to assure that there would be no interference by 'the Family', or anyone else here tonight, that he would not only fine, but suspend anyone getting involved in the match that shouldn't be. Sulli then asked Gordon about the condition of <b>'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka</b> with the commissioner saying that it was 'an unfortunate situation', but that Jimmy had 'made his mind up' to compete 'against doctor's orders' instead of forfeit the title to Mr. Muraco here tonight...

<i>From there Sulli approached Snuka's locker room and knocked, but still got no response. Sulli then went to <b>'the Family's'</b> private locker room for a few quick words with <b>'The Don' Muraco</b> about the commissioner's decision...</i>

<b>DON MURACO:</b> “You know, Sulli... That's fine... You know why? Because I can beat Snuka ALL BY MYSELF... So you got a little boo boo do ya' Jimmy? Che peccato... I've wrestled hurt before... We all have, Jimmy... It's part of the business... It's just a real shame about the 'unfortunate timing' of this all... Don't you think? So while you're busy licking your wounds, Jimmy. I'm going to be returning to this here locker room with that MLW heavyweight title belt... So 'Don Jr', 'Boom Boom', you guys stay right back here and keep that champagne on ice... Because in a few short minutes there's gonna' be one heck of a party...”
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<i>Major League Wrestling returned with Kelly and Sulli preparing the fans for today's big Main Event as the finals of the tournament are now upon us. Muraco comes out first and works the microphone by telling Snuka that it would be 'wiser' for him to simply stay in the back and take for forfeit loss. It takes Snuka a while to get out to the ring and even when he does it is clear that he is not 100% as his ribs are heavily taped, but man does he look 'psyched up'. It appears as though 'the Superfly' is going to WILL his way through this match as he just simply could not stand the thought of 'the Don' walking out with the belt here today...
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<u><b>MATCH #3: 'SUPERFLY' JIMMY SNUKA vs. 'THE DON' MURACO (Tournament Finals)</b></u>
Snuka looks almost psychotic as he steps into the ring, stares down Muraco, points at 'the Don' and begins shaking his head 'yes'. Muraco begs off, but it doesn't halt 'the Superfly' who tears into Muraco with a headbutt and some vicious chops! Snuka has Muraco looking for cover here in the opening moments. Snuka hits a series of shoulder tackles and then quickly goes for the cover, only to have Muraco kick out each time. It appears as though Jimmy knows that he has to end this thing early if he is to stand a chance, but no sooner than Snuka goes in for the attack again, then is he met with a short knee from Muraco that stops the Fiji Islander in his tracks. Muraco smiles as he lands a short punch to the ribs and then begins tearing away at the tape as Snuka tries to fight back. Muraco then locks in an abdominal stretch and works it for a few minutes by grabbing the robes behind the referee's back in an attempt to get the submission. Referee Tommy Young finally catches 'the Don' and kicks his arm away from the ropes, which allows Snuka to power out of the hold with a hip toss, but you can tell Snuka is 'really hurting' as he is now grimacing with nearly every movement. Muraco continues to focus on the ribs and goes for an over the shoulder back breaker submission, but Snuka wiggles free and slides down Muraco's back, but falls to the canvas when he lands. He's in a lot of pain, folks... Snuka fights back from his knees with some blows to Muraco's midsection, but Don again stops him short by going to the ribs and now locks in a bear hug. It is clear that Muraco has come into this contest with a game plan. Snuka struggles and is barely able to escape the move by clapping his hands over Muraco's ears! Muraco turns around and tries to shake things off, but he is met with a series of chops and karate thrusts from 'the Superfly', who has again reached down deep into his reserve tank. It looks like he's going on adrenaline alone right now. Superfly manages a whip into the ropes, a leap frog and then a flying headbutt for a near fall before lifting Muraco up and hitting an over the knee back breaker. Snuka's now looking towards the top rope. Muraco's in the perfect position for 'the Superfly Splash', but can Snuka do it in his condition? Well... It looks like he's going to try it! 'Superfly' pulls him self over to the corner and then slowly and carefully makes his way up to the top rope. He's balancing himself and lining it up... Snuka launches himself from the top... SUPERFLY SPLASH!!! NO! MURACO GOT THE KNEES UP! Snuka's doubled over on the mat in extreme pain and Muraco is again smiling as he rolls over and holds a writhing Snuka to the canvas for a count of three. Ladies and gentlemen we have a new MLW Heavyweight Champion...

RESULT: MURACO BY PINFALL TO BECOME THE FIRST MLW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (11:17)
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COMMERCIAL BREAK #6
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When Major League Wrestling returned, Kelly & Sulli closed the program by begrudgingly congratulating the new MLW Heavyweight Champion <b>Don Muraco</b> and recapping everything else that had happened on today's episode before reminding the fans that they would be right back here next week with more great 'Major League Action'...</i>
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VTR: CLOSING CREDITS

PROGRAM END