ICW Jackson, Miss. 2-1-1988. Mr. Olympia soars.

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International Championship Wrestling

Jackson, Miss. Fairgrounds Coliseum

Wednesday, February 1, 1988

1. Single Match. Don Diamond sleepered 'Hippy' Troy Graham. (6:37).

2. Single Match. DJ Peterson wrestled to a 15-minute time limit draw with Bryan Adams. (15:00).

3. Single Match. Mr. Olympia defeated Alexis Smirnoff with the figure four leglock. (9:48).

4. Single Match. Pedro Morales beat 'Bruiser' Bob Sweetan with the Boston Crab. (11:33). Impressive debut in Jackson for former WWWF Heavyweight Champion Morales.

5. Feature Match. The Original Sheik lost by disqualification to Thunderbolt Patterson. (2:13). Sheik attacked Patterson at the start of the bell. With the pencil, Sheik went to work on Thunderbolt with no respect to the rules or the ring official who was stabbed in the head by the Sheik before security came down to escort him back to the dressing room.

6. Semi-Final Event. Billy Robinson & Ken Patera defeated Killer Kahn & Killer Karl Krupp w/mgr. Don Carson. (14:32). Robinson hit the piledriver on Krupp for the pin while Patera had Kahn trapped in the corner, after knocking Carson off the ring apron. Carson almost helped Kahn & Krupp to a win but Ken & Billy turned the match around at the end.

7. Main Event. 15 Man Battle Royal! $15,000 Purse. Winner was Mr. Olympia! (15:01). Order of elimination (last to first) Krupp, Robinson, Kahn, Morales, Patera, Diamond, Peterson, Carson, Adams, Sweetan, Carson, Graham, Sheik & Patterson (simultaneously). T-Bolt went after Sheik at the bell & both went over the top rope at the same time. Patterson fought the Sheik back to the dressing room.

[tlyne]

Good show. I liked your UWF work, but I also enjoy shows like this.

[jeepguy]

A good evening for Mr. Olympia with a couple of wins and the cash.

[doctorfate]

Great showing by Olympia. Man, Pedro really made a statement.