CWA TV (6/18/87) & Mid South Coliseum Card (6/20/87)
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CWA “Championship Wrestling” for June 18, 1987
Live from the WMC Channel 5 Studios
Hosted by Lance Russell & Dave Brown
LANCE: Hello, everybody! Lance Russell and my pardner, Dave Brown here at ringside for another action packed Championship Wrestling! We have a lively crowd in here today, Davey!
DAVE: With good reason, Lance! One of our biggest programs ever! Two, yes I said “two” Championship matches! The King, Jerry Lawler defends the World Title against the Fabulous One, Steve Keirn! The Boogie Man & Bugsy defend the World Tag Titles against Bad Company with Paul Jones! We also have a great 8 man tag match in our expiration of time match as the Double Cross Gang takes on Mike Graham, Koko Ware, Shane Douglas, & Chris Benoit! The Superstar, Bill Dundee is here. Mid American Champion AL Perez is here. We'll see Tito Santanna again this week. The Texas Broncos will wrestle today. Jos LeDuc is going to be doing double duty this week. He's going to be in a handicap match as well as acccepting challengers in arm wrestling! Phil Hickerson is back from Japan and he says he has a surprise!
LANCE: Well, I wonder what Phil has up his sleeve? Yowza! Two championship matches and and 8 man tag team match! It doesn't get much better than that, Davey!
DAVE: We'll take a commercial break and be right back!
COMMERCIAL
Superstar Bill Dundee defeats Jim Jamison, putting his man away with a flying bodypress. Then, Dundee heads over to speak with Lance...
LANCE: I'm joined by the former Southern Champ, the Superstar! Impressive win, Billy!
DUNDEE: Well, Lancer, I hate that word “former”! I'm not to proud to tell ya that it stings just a little bit! I've spent most of the last 12 years fighting for the Southern Title, Lance! So, you can imagine what it means to me! This is gonna surprise some people 'cause me and Adrian Street has always got along really well: To see that Southern belt painted pink makes me sick to my stomach! Adrian, I don't know what you were thinkin, boy! I told Eddie Marlin when you won the title to take my name off the list of top contenders! Well, Marlin, if you can hear me, get me a Southern Title match as soon as ya can! Street, I'm gonna take that title back and it won't be a joke no more!
Adrian Street & Miss Linda come out! Street has the pink Southern Title belt around his waist!
STREET:Bill Dundee, why don't you tell Lance Russell what really bothers you? You couldn't beat little Jeff Jarrett and lost the title to him! I not only beat him, I ran him out of Memphis! You couldn't handle Jimmy Valiant and I destroyed him on numerous occasions! And, finally, this belt looks better than it ever has! You are jealous, Dundee! You see me on the cutting edge of avant garde fashion! You know that I socilaize with the biggest names in rock music while your time has past! You're a pathetic has been and you wear those silly outdated jumpsuits in honor of a dead man! You're nothing and I'm a champion!
DUNDEE HAS HAD ENOUGH! THE SUPERSTAR DECKS ADRIAN STREET! Eddie Marlin is out here!
EDDIE: That's enough! You can settle this Monday night at the Coliseum!
DUNDEE: Street, you creep, I'm gonna beat the stew outta you and win that belt! Then, I'm gonna give it a bath in paint thinner!
STREET: You're just like these ignorant rednecks , Dundee! I'll teach you a lesson just like I did Jeff Jarrett!
LANCE: We have to take a break, but I guarantee that when Dundee and Street lock up, it'll be a whale of a match!
COMMERCIAL
The Texas Broncos take on Lou Winston & Mike Boyette. The Broncos win as Kendall Windham pins Boyette after a bulldog.
LANCE: I'm joined by the Mid -America Champion,“The Latin Heartthrob” Al Perez & his manager, “Number One” Paul Jones. This week, a strong challenger for the Mid-America Title, Tito Santanna!Tito has held titles all over the world and I know that he wants to add your title to the list!
PEREZ: That won't happen, Lance Russell! Just look at me! Look at this physique! Look at this gorgeous face! Look at this $12,000 ring robe! Tito is scheduled to be out here later. He'll be wearing a cheap T shirt and that ratty pair of tights with the sombrero on the butt! I am the man who sets the example for the young Latinos in this country! I'm well dressed, well spoken, and intelligent! I'm a class act! I hang out with my manager, the great Paul Jones! Who does Tito hang out with? That hobo, Jimmy Valiant! That idiot, Koko Ware! Those redneck Texas Broncos! Tito looks like something they just drug out of the barrio! What kind of role model is that?
LANCE: I think Tito is a good role model for young people from any background, Al....
JONES: Who cares about your opinion, Russell? This man is a champion and he'll stay champion! My Army will be full of champions before all is said and done! Right here today, Bad Company will beat that derelict, Jimmy Valiant, and his idiot buddy, Bugsy McGraw! Bad Company will be World Tag Team Champions before this TV program ends! Jos LeDuc, the Canadaian Freight Train will prove that he is the most awesome man in wrestling! Russell, you and your weatherman buddy had better provide unbised commentary when my men are in the ring!
LANCE: OK, Paul, you do your job and we'll do ours!
COMMERCIAL
Mid -America Champion Al Perez destroys David Isley in a non-title match, getting the submission win via the spinning toehold.
LANCE: Yowza! Al Perez mentioned his name and here he is, Tito Santanna! Tito, you get a match for Perez's Mid-American title this week at the Coliseum.
TITO: Al Perez, you have a loud mouth, son! Yeah, I don't wear fancy clothes and brag about how much money I make! That's not the measure of a man, Perez! What matters is how a man conducts himself and how he treats other people! Perez, I not only want to take your title, I want to wipe that arrogant smirk off your face! You have a big mouth and a bad attitude and I think I have the cure for that! Arriba!
Tito Santanna pins Dusty Wolfe after a flying forearm. During the match, the camera catches Al Perz and Paul Jones scouting the match from a corner of the studio.
COMMERCIAL
LANCE: We told you at the top of the program that Phil Hickerson was back from his tour of the Orient and that he has a “big surprise. Well, this is Phil's time, so I'm going to invite him out here... Phil, what have you done to yourself?
HICKERSON: Lance Russell san, let me correct you. I am not Phil Hickerson any more! While I was in the Orient, I felt at home for the first time ever! I have embraced the Oriental philosophy! I have adopted the martial arts! The weight of carrying that bleach blonde American hick Dennis Condrey has been lifted from my shoulders! From now on, you address me by the name P.Y. CHU-HI! It's a new me and I'm going straight to the top!
LANCE: Well, here comes Dennis and he doesn't look convinced....
CONDREY: I don't know what kind of crap you're trying to pull here! I'm Dennis Condrey from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and you're Phil Hickerson from Jackson, Tennessee! We have been one of the best teams the South has ever seen! You haven't carried anybody, Phil! It was an equal partnership!
CHU-HI: Dennis san, don't raise your voice to most honrable Chu-Hi!
CONDREY: There is no Chu-Hi! There's only Phil Hickerson! You and me are the Wrecking Crew! You need to forget this garbage and we need to get down to the business of getting our tag team titles back!
CHU-HI: I have no time for bleach blond American sissies! I have new people to associate with! There is no more Wrecking Crew! I am going to the top and you had better stay out of my way!
CONDREY: Eddie marlin! Git out here right now!
Here comes promoter Eddie Marlin.
CONDREY: I don't know what's got into this idiot, but I want him in the ring Monday night!
Marlin has a pen and a sheet of paper, he starts marking things out and scribbling things in...
MARLIN: Lance, I'm changing the card! Instead of Hickerson vs. Graham and Benoit vs. Condrey, it will be Chu-Hi vs. Condrey and Chris Benoit vs. Mike Graham!
LANCE: Duly noted, Eddie! Well, P.Y. or Phil or whatever ya wanna be called, you've managed to get on your former partner's bad side! Regardless, it's gonna be a whale of a card!
DAVE: Well, there's the music and here come the challengers for the World Tag Titles, Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond, BAD COMPANY! They are accompanied by their manager, #1 Paul Jones!
LANCE: We'll have this title match after these messages...
COMMERCIAL
LANCE: Here they come, the CWA World Tag Team Champions, Handsome Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw!
Valiant & McGraw defend the tag titles against Bad Company. After 10 minutes of fast and furious action, Paul Jones gets involved by ramming his riding crop into Valiant's throat while the referee is down! Tanaka covers the Boogie Man for the 1-2-3! BAD COMPANY IS YOUR NEW CWA TAG CHAMPIONS!
LANCE: Well, it took outside interference to get it done, but congratulations are in order for the new Champions!
TANAKA: Those two clowns are nothing compared to us!
DIAMOND: That's right! We are the best! There isn't a team in the world who we can't beat! Paul, we did it!
JONES: The best team in the business right here! Valiant, you've been a thorn in my side for four years, but, today, I hit you where it hurts! These belts mean big money! Money that you and your idiot partner won't be realizing any more! The Army is on top of the World! This is only the beginning!
DIAMOND: Let all of the best teams in the world line up and we'll take them down! Texas Broncos, Road Warriors, anybody! Bad Company is here to stay, people!
LANCE: Well, I don't think you've heard the last of Valiant & McGraw! Bad Company is leaving and here come the former champions!
BUGSY: Lance, call Memphis' finest! It's grand theft! If they try to take the belts to Louisville or Evansville, call the FBI because they will be transporting stolen goods across state lines! This was a bigger ripoff than Hulk Hogan's T shirt! Handsome Jimmy, are you ok?
VALIANT: (coughing) Mister, Mister Paul Jones! You stole something that belonged to me and my brother from the streets! I'm gonna get my hands on you and your punks and bust your heads open! (coughs uncontrollably, holding his throat)
BUGSY: I'm getting the Boogie Man to a hospital, Lance!
LANCE: Good idea, Bugsy! We have to go to a break!
COMMERCIAL
Jerry “the King” Lawler defends the CWA World Title against “Fabulous One” Steve Keirn. After about 10 minutes of back and forth action, the King wins a hard fought match with a schoolboy rollup after Keirn misses a charge into the corner.
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
LANCE: Big night of action coming to the Mid South Coliseum on Monday night! From top to bottom, a real spectacular! You'll see Chris Benoit from Canada taking on veteran Mike Graham. The Texas Broncos will wrestle a new team known as the Mercenaries. Dennis Condrey takes on P.Y. Chu-Hi...now that's an odd situation! Big six man tag with Paul Jones sending Jos LeDuc and Bad Company against Austin Idol, Bugsy McGraw, & Handsome Jimmy Valiant! Once you see the rest of today's program, you'll see what a red hot match this will be! Al Perez defends the Mid-America Title against Tito Santanna! Adrian Street defends the Southern Title against Superstar Bill Dundee! Huge Main Event as the King defends the World Title against Terry Funk! Always a war when those two go at it! Terry Funk joins me right now!
FUNK: Lawler, ever since your ripped me off and stole my belt, you've been ducking me! Finally, this Monday night, I have you where I want you! I'm taking the title back! I'm going to take you apart and show the people of Memphis what a real champion is! This will be the beginning of the end for the so called “King”! I can outwrestle you, I can outfight you, and, on Monday night, your own people will stand and applaud when I show them
LANCE: Well, let's see what the King had to say on the subject...
We cut to video of Lawler standing in a ring in an empty arena....
LAWLER: Monday at the Coliseum...One more match with Terry Funk! Terry, I've had just about enough of you and your Double Cross Gang! I'm getting sick of seeing your ugly face and kicking your butt! When you fight Terry Funk, it's kill or be killed and, believe me, you are looking at a survivor!(holds up title) Funk, if you want this, you've got a shot at it Monday night, but I plan on holding on to my belt for a long time!
COMMERCIAL
Jos LeDuc (w/Paul Jones) takes on Gerald Finley & Keith Eric in a handicap match. LeDuc looks unstoppable as he forces Finley to submit to his bearhug.
After the match, Jones and LeDuc set up a table and two chairs in the ring.
JONES: OK, it's time for the arm wrestling challenge! The prize for any human being who can put the Canadian Freight Train's arm down is now $5,000! This week, I don't want some bum from the audience! I don't want some preliminary wrestler! I want a real, honest to God main event wrestler out here! Does anybody in the dressing room have the guts?
Well, somebody does! Here he comes!
AUSTIN IDOL!!!!
They have a seat and lock hands! It looks like LeDuc has the advantage! Idol's arm is almost down! The fans are screaming for Idol! Idol coming back! They are even! Now, Idol is slowly forcing LeDuc's arm to the table! Paul Jones is waving for somebody! Bad Company runs in and attacks Idol! Now, Jones and his men are beating Idol down! Jimmy Valiant and Bugsy McGraw run in to help Idol! Jones and his men head for the dressing room! What a wild scene! Let's go to a break!
COMMERCIAL
Time for our expiration of time match! Koko Ware, Mike Graham, Shane Douglas, & Chris Benoit enter the ring! Now, here comes their opponents! Terry Funk, Dory Funk, Cowboy Bob Orton, & Dirty Dutch Mantel!
The Double Cross Gang runs into a buzzsaw in the first fall! Graham and Ware's experience and speed combined with the youth and skill of Benoit and Douglas give the Funks and their allies fits! Ware hits a brainbuster on Mantel to score the first fall for his team!
COMMERCIAL
The second fall starts out with more of the same. The faces dominate until Benoit misses a missile dropkick and hurts his leg in the process. The Double Cross Gang isolate the young Canadian and work his leg. Dory Funk applies the spinning toehold to get the submission and tie the bout at one fall apiece!
COMMERCIAL
The third fall is even more fast paced and exciting than the first two! The faces score several near falls, but the Double Cross gang prevails when Orton superplexes Douglas to score the pinfall!
LANCE: One whale of a show this week, Davey, and I expect that we'll top it next week!
DAVE:I'm looking forward to it! Be sure to come out and catch Championship Wrestling in your town this week!
LANCE: You won't be sorry! Best entertainment you can find! Until next week, so long, everybody!
CWA @ the Mid South Coliseum
June 20, 1987
1.Mike Graham and Chris Benoit went to a 15 minute draw in a clean match that began and ended with a handshake.
2.The Texas Broncos defeated the Mercenaries in 7:44 when Kendall Windham pinned Mercenary #2 after a lariat.
3.P.Y. Chu-Hi pinned Dennis Condrey in 11:43. Chur-Hi got the win after a chop to the throat set up by Killer Khan spewing the green mist into Condrey's eyes.
4.Jos LeDuc & Bad Company(w/Paul Jones) defeated Austin Idol, Jimmy Valiant, & Bugsy McGraw as LeDuc pinned McGraw after Jones nailed Bugsy from behind with a chair. Time of the fall: 13:33
5.Mid -America Champ Al Perez(w/Paul Jones) and Tito Santanna were both DQ'd in 21:08 for hitting the ref in a heated match.
6.Southern Champion Adrian Street(w/Miss Linda) pinned Bill Dundee @10:48 with a jacknife pin and both of Street's legs braced on the turnbuckles for leverage.
7.CWA Champion Jerry Lawler fought Terry Funk to a bloody double countout at 26:37. The fight went all over the building. Afterward, Funk blasted Lawler with a chair and left him laid out on the floor!
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