Sunshine State Wrestling 04-09-88

[Mickey Yarber]

Sunshine State Wrestling
Sunday 04/09/88 4:00 pm
Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, Florida
Referee: Carl Fergie
Ring Announcer: Chip Kessler

- In the opening bout , Todd Champion teamed up with local favorite Bugsy McGraw to face The Alabama Chain Gang. The masked rule breakers proved tough, but the veteran and the youngster pulled out the victory when Champion planted Chain Gang #1 with a double axe handle blow from the top for the pin at 10:45.

- Two young high flyers, Terry Snuka and the Cheetah Kid, put on an aerial display in the second bout on the card that saw both men take plenty of chances. In the end, it was Snuka who came out on top after delivering a Superfly splash from the top rope in 11:22.


- American hero, Corporal Kirchner pinned The Cuban Assassin after 8:09 when he caught him with a lariat.

- The women were up next, as the star spangled duo known as Team America met Kat LaRue and Linda Dallas. Misty Blue Simmes and Heidi Lee Morgan are the United States Women’s Tag Team Champions, and showed the challengers why as they put their foes away in 13:07 with a double suplex on Dallas.


- Bahama’s Champion Tyree Pride defeated Barry Horowitz in 9:00 with a fisherman’s suplex.

- Florida Tag Team Champions, the Rock & Roll RPMs held on to their titles with a win over The Southern Boys, Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers in 14:59 when the RPMs knocked Smothers out of the ring, and then caught Armstrong with a “Hart Attack” clothesline combo for the pin.


- Florida Champion Mike Graham successfully retained the title in a bout over “The Ragin’ Cajun” Mike Miller in 16:11. Graham won the match by DQ when Miller brought a chair into the ring and hit Graham with it. Graham may have been declared the winner, but he didn’t look like one as he was left laying after Miller continued the assault with the chair. After several more shots with the chair, Bugsy McGraw, Todd Champion, Cpl. Kirchner, and Tyree Pride ran in to make the save. With the way this one ended, it looks like we may not have seen the last of Mike Miller challenging for the Florida title.