WCCW TV (1/14/1988)
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World Class Championship Wrestling
1/7/1988
Taped 12/9/1987 at the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, TX
Announcer: Bill Mercer
Ring Announcer: Mark Lowrance
MERCER: Welcome to World Class Championship Wrestling! We have another great program here at the Sportatorium! We'll see a special feature regarding the training of young Sid Vicious by Fritz Von Erich! Steve Simpson will be here this week! Eric Embry will defend the Texas Title against Denny Brown! You will see the debut of the Killer Bees! And what a Main Event! The match we've all been waiting for: Tito Santana vs. “Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez! Right now, we're ready for one of the most popular young men to ever wrestler in World Class!
Steve Simpson vs. Barry O : Barry O enters the ring. Then we hear...
This is a fast paced, exciting match. Simpson has the Dallas fans behind him and the popular South African gets the pin after a backslide.
COMMERCIAL
TEXAS TITLE MATCH: Eric Embry ©( w/Ken Timbs) vs. Denny Brown: Bill Mercer makes sure that we know that Brown is an accomplished junior heavyweight. Brown and Embry seem evenly matched early on. Embry manages to throw Brown through the ropes to the floor at Timbs' feet. Timbs takes full advantage by putting the boots to Brown and beating him with his cane! The crowd roars as Bill Dundee runs to ringside, grabs a chair and chases Timbs away from Brown! Dundee helps Brown up and back into the ring! For the rest of the match, Dundee stays at ringside, leading the cheers for Brown! Despite Dundee's support, Embry hits the piledriver and pins Brown! As soon as the ref counts three, Timbs rolls into the ring, but so does Dundee and the Superstar protects Brown from any additional punishment! As we go to break, Dundee and the Fabulous Blondes are trash talking at each other and it looks like they might come to blows!
COMMERCIAL
Doug Vines stands in the ring. We hear...
Lance Von Erich vs. “Bad Boy” Doug Vines:
And here comes the poular Lance Von Erich! Mercer says that Lance has been begging for a match, any kind of match with Dirty Dutch mantel after Dutch gave Lance a lashing with the bullwhip recently. Vines is a rugged competitor and Mercer compares his style to Mantel's. Vines gives Lance a tough match, but Lance finally wins via the Iron Claw!
COMMERCIAL
Killer Bees vs. Jerry Valiant & Thunderfoot: Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell make a big entrance for their Sportatorium debut!The Bees look fantastic and get the win as Blair pins Valiant after a butt butt. Mercer mentions the New Breed's comments last week and says that the Bees are anything but boring!
LOWRANCE: I'm here with Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell, collectively known as the Killer Bees! Welcome to World Class and congratulations on winning your debut match here!
BLAIR: Mark, it's great to be back with my best buddy and be here at the Sportatorium! These Dallas fans are the best in the world. Jim, what did I tell you? Isn't it great here in Texas?
BRUNZELL: Brian, I want to thank you for calling me up in Minnesota and inviting me to get the Killer Bees back together here in World Class! I also want to thank all of these fans here at the Sportatorium for the warm welcome. The Killer Bees have found a new home and I think that I can speak for both of us when I say that we love it!
LOWRANCE: Guys, I hate to bring up a negative situation, but you had to have heard the comments of the New Breed last week...
BLAIR: I heard a couple of punks making a bunch of ridculous statements!
BRUNZELL: Are you talking about the two guys claiming to be from the year 2017? This isn't science fiction, this is professional wrestling! You're looking at the Killer Bees! We've been around the world and faced every top team from here to Tokyo and back! If you think that we're impressed with two jerks with funny haircuts, you're crazy!
BLAIR: I heard them talking about us boring fans to death! Do these people look bored, Sean Royal? Do you see anybody asleep in this crowd, Chris Champion? When we get you guys in the ring, we'll see what the future holds for tag team wrestling in World Class!
LOWRANCE: I'm sure all of the fans are looking forward to seeing that match! We'll get a look at the training of Big Sid Vicious when we return!
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
Bill Mercer stands outside a metal building.
MERCER: This is the birthplace of champions. I am on the ranch owned by Fritz Von Erich. Inside the building behind me, Fritz oversaw the training of four sons, Kevin, Davis, Kerry, & Mike, as well as his nephew Lance. Now, he is lending his expertise to a very powerful young man known as Sid Vicious. Let's go inside, shall we?
We cut to inside the building. A regulation wrestling wrestling ring is set up. Inside the ring, Fritz is watching as Sid does Hindu squats...
FRITZ: 97! 98! 99! 100! That's it! Now, practice what I showed you earlier!
Fritz joins Bill outside the ring as Sid squats down, grabs the middle rope, and falls backwards, spreading his arms and using his hands to catch his fall. He does this repeatedly as Fritz and Bill talk.
MERCER: Fritz, how's the training going?
FRITZ: Bill, the young fella is in fine shape as you can plainly see, but being in wrestling shape is quite different! You have to develop strength and skill in areas of your body that you generally ignore.
MERCER: What's he doing now?
FRITZ: You've heard the old saying “learning the ropes”. Well, now, he's learning not just the ropes, but the entire ring. He's teaching his body to adjust to the toughest sport in the world! (to Sid) when you get to 50, do forward rolls, then practice running the ropes! (to Bill) Nothing he's done in football, weightlifting, or bodybuilding has really prepared him for a wrestling ring!
BILL: When will he be learning more about actually wrestling?
FRITZ: Toward the end of this week, I'll be getting him started on the basics. Then, Lance is going to come over and help him develop some moves that will work well for a man of his size.
BILL: Will he be learning the Iron Claw?
FRITZ: Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Bill! I've not even taught him the right way to do an arm bar yet!
We see Sid doing forward rolls out of the corners of the ring. After several of those, he begins running the ropes.
FRITZ: That's it, Sid! Build up that momentum! You'll need it when you run into guys like John Studd!
(to Bill) Next week, you can come back and see what he's learning. He's a fast learner. He'll be in the ring at the Sportatorium before you know it!
MERCER: Ladies and gentlemen, I have the feeling that we're witnessing the start of something big!
COMMERCIAL
Iron Sheik (w/Paul Jones) vs. Chief Wahoo McDaniel: The ring can't contain these two veterans! After about five minutes of brawling, the Chief and the Sheik spill out of the ring! Jones tries to get involved and Wahoo chops him to the floor!Wahoo then starts choppoing away at the Sheik and chases him back to the dressing room!
COMMERCIAL
“Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez vs. Tito Santana: Fernandez attacks Santana at the bell and dominates the early going. The fans get behind Tito and he makes a fiery comeback! Tito hits a forearm that knocks Manny back into the corner where he left his ring jacket. Fernandez goes into his jacket and gets something out of it! The Bull gets to his feet and belts Tito! Coins and blood go flying! Fernandez hit Santana with a roll of quarters! Tito goes down and David Manning calls for the bell! The Ragin Bull disqualified! Fernandez pushes Manning aside and leaves the ring! Fernandez grabs a chair and re-enters the ring! Fernandez drives the chair into Santana's chest! Now, into Tito's ribs! Again! Again! And again! Wahoo McDaniel, Bill Dundee and the Killer Bees run in! Dundee has a chair!Fernandez bails out! Look at the Ragin Bull! He's taunting the fans! He's laughing about what he just did ashe struts back to the dressing room! What a jerk! Mark Lowrance is on the mic...
LOWRANCE: We need some medical attention for Tito! I think we'll need a gurney!
Some medical personnel make their way down. Tito is writhing in pain as they minister to him! As the show goes off the air, Santana is loaded onto a gurney and wheeled to the back!
1/7/1988
Taped 12/9/1987 at the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, TX
Announcer: Bill Mercer
Ring Announcer: Mark Lowrance
MERCER: Welcome to World Class Championship Wrestling! We have another great program here at the Sportatorium! We'll see a special feature regarding the training of young Sid Vicious by Fritz Von Erich! Steve Simpson will be here this week! Eric Embry will defend the Texas Title against Denny Brown! You will see the debut of the Killer Bees! And what a Main Event! The match we've all been waiting for: Tito Santana vs. “Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez! Right now, we're ready for one of the most popular young men to ever wrestler in World Class!
Steve Simpson vs. Barry O : Barry O enters the ring. Then we hear...
This is a fast paced, exciting match. Simpson has the Dallas fans behind him and the popular South African gets the pin after a backslide.
COMMERCIAL
TEXAS TITLE MATCH: Eric Embry ©( w/Ken Timbs) vs. Denny Brown: Bill Mercer makes sure that we know that Brown is an accomplished junior heavyweight. Brown and Embry seem evenly matched early on. Embry manages to throw Brown through the ropes to the floor at Timbs' feet. Timbs takes full advantage by putting the boots to Brown and beating him with his cane! The crowd roars as Bill Dundee runs to ringside, grabs a chair and chases Timbs away from Brown! Dundee helps Brown up and back into the ring! For the rest of the match, Dundee stays at ringside, leading the cheers for Brown! Despite Dundee's support, Embry hits the piledriver and pins Brown! As soon as the ref counts three, Timbs rolls into the ring, but so does Dundee and the Superstar protects Brown from any additional punishment! As we go to break, Dundee and the Fabulous Blondes are trash talking at each other and it looks like they might come to blows!
COMMERCIAL
Doug Vines stands in the ring. We hear...
Lance Von Erich vs. “Bad Boy” Doug Vines:
And here comes the poular Lance Von Erich! Mercer says that Lance has been begging for a match, any kind of match with Dirty Dutch mantel after Dutch gave Lance a lashing with the bullwhip recently. Vines is a rugged competitor and Mercer compares his style to Mantel's. Vines gives Lance a tough match, but Lance finally wins via the Iron Claw!
COMMERCIAL
Killer Bees vs. Jerry Valiant & Thunderfoot: Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell make a big entrance for their Sportatorium debut!The Bees look fantastic and get the win as Blair pins Valiant after a butt butt. Mercer mentions the New Breed's comments last week and says that the Bees are anything but boring!
LOWRANCE: I'm here with Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell, collectively known as the Killer Bees! Welcome to World Class and congratulations on winning your debut match here!
BLAIR: Mark, it's great to be back with my best buddy and be here at the Sportatorium! These Dallas fans are the best in the world. Jim, what did I tell you? Isn't it great here in Texas?
BRUNZELL: Brian, I want to thank you for calling me up in Minnesota and inviting me to get the Killer Bees back together here in World Class! I also want to thank all of these fans here at the Sportatorium for the warm welcome. The Killer Bees have found a new home and I think that I can speak for both of us when I say that we love it!
LOWRANCE: Guys, I hate to bring up a negative situation, but you had to have heard the comments of the New Breed last week...
BLAIR: I heard a couple of punks making a bunch of ridculous statements!
BRUNZELL: Are you talking about the two guys claiming to be from the year 2017? This isn't science fiction, this is professional wrestling! You're looking at the Killer Bees! We've been around the world and faced every top team from here to Tokyo and back! If you think that we're impressed with two jerks with funny haircuts, you're crazy!
BLAIR: I heard them talking about us boring fans to death! Do these people look bored, Sean Royal? Do you see anybody asleep in this crowd, Chris Champion? When we get you guys in the ring, we'll see what the future holds for tag team wrestling in World Class!
LOWRANCE: I'm sure all of the fans are looking forward to seeing that match! We'll get a look at the training of Big Sid Vicious when we return!
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
Bill Mercer stands outside a metal building.
MERCER: This is the birthplace of champions. I am on the ranch owned by Fritz Von Erich. Inside the building behind me, Fritz oversaw the training of four sons, Kevin, Davis, Kerry, & Mike, as well as his nephew Lance. Now, he is lending his expertise to a very powerful young man known as Sid Vicious. Let's go inside, shall we?
We cut to inside the building. A regulation wrestling wrestling ring is set up. Inside the ring, Fritz is watching as Sid does Hindu squats...
FRITZ: 97! 98! 99! 100! That's it! Now, practice what I showed you earlier!
Fritz joins Bill outside the ring as Sid squats down, grabs the middle rope, and falls backwards, spreading his arms and using his hands to catch his fall. He does this repeatedly as Fritz and Bill talk.
MERCER: Fritz, how's the training going?
FRITZ: Bill, the young fella is in fine shape as you can plainly see, but being in wrestling shape is quite different! You have to develop strength and skill in areas of your body that you generally ignore.
MERCER: What's he doing now?
FRITZ: You've heard the old saying “learning the ropes”. Well, now, he's learning not just the ropes, but the entire ring. He's teaching his body to adjust to the toughest sport in the world! (to Sid) when you get to 50, do forward rolls, then practice running the ropes! (to Bill) Nothing he's done in football, weightlifting, or bodybuilding has really prepared him for a wrestling ring!
BILL: When will he be learning more about actually wrestling?
FRITZ: Toward the end of this week, I'll be getting him started on the basics. Then, Lance is going to come over and help him develop some moves that will work well for a man of his size.
BILL: Will he be learning the Iron Claw?
FRITZ: Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Bill! I've not even taught him the right way to do an arm bar yet!
We see Sid doing forward rolls out of the corners of the ring. After several of those, he begins running the ropes.
FRITZ: That's it, Sid! Build up that momentum! You'll need it when you run into guys like John Studd!
(to Bill) Next week, you can come back and see what he's learning. He's a fast learner. He'll be in the ring at the Sportatorium before you know it!
MERCER: Ladies and gentlemen, I have the feeling that we're witnessing the start of something big!
COMMERCIAL
Iron Sheik (w/Paul Jones) vs. Chief Wahoo McDaniel: The ring can't contain these two veterans! After about five minutes of brawling, the Chief and the Sheik spill out of the ring! Jones tries to get involved and Wahoo chops him to the floor!Wahoo then starts choppoing away at the Sheik and chases him back to the dressing room!
COMMERCIAL
“Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez vs. Tito Santana: Fernandez attacks Santana at the bell and dominates the early going. The fans get behind Tito and he makes a fiery comeback! Tito hits a forearm that knocks Manny back into the corner where he left his ring jacket. Fernandez goes into his jacket and gets something out of it! The Bull gets to his feet and belts Tito! Coins and blood go flying! Fernandez hit Santana with a roll of quarters! Tito goes down and David Manning calls for the bell! The Ragin Bull disqualified! Fernandez pushes Manning aside and leaves the ring! Fernandez grabs a chair and re-enters the ring! Fernandez drives the chair into Santana's chest! Now, into Tito's ribs! Again! Again! And again! Wahoo McDaniel, Bill Dundee and the Killer Bees run in! Dundee has a chair!Fernandez bails out! Look at the Ragin Bull! He's taunting the fans! He's laughing about what he just did ashe struts back to the dressing room! What a jerk! Mark Lowrance is on the mic...
LOWRANCE: We need some medical attention for Tito! I think we'll need a gurney!
Some medical personnel make their way down. Tito is writhing in pain as they minister to him! As the show goes off the air, Santana is loaded onto a gurney and wheeled to the back!
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