WWA Fresno, CA 10/23/88: WORLD HWT TITLE ON THE LINE!!!

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WWA 10/23/88 FRESNO, CA SELLAND ARENA
SELECT MATCHES TAPED FOR 10/28 TV

1. JACKIE GUERERRO DRAWS MIKE DAVIS, 15:00

2. BLACK MAMBA w/Chicky Starr def. US STEEL, 5:10

3. MAGNUM SCOTT HALL v DR D DAVID SCHULTZ

w/Paul Jones and Amazing Malenko. Before the match, Schultz demands Jones and Malenko head to the dressing room. It’s a tough match, and Malenko reappears at ringside, but so does Schultz’ rival GREG GAGNE to keep things even Steven! Magnum wins with a rollup at 12:14, afterwards GAGNE ENTERS THE RING AND GOES AFTER SCHULTZ WITH HIS TAPED FIST! Gagne doesn’t want to wait for Thanksgiving! Malenko enters the ring to support Schultz as Magnum pushes Gagne off! Chaos in Fresno as referees break up the scrum.

4. GREG GAGNE draws AMAZING MALENKO, 20:00

5. TED ARCIDI + BUGSY MCGRAW + LAZERTRON def. KILLER KHAN + TEIJHO KHAN + HERCULES AYALA w/The Assassin, 13:10 with a Lazertron pin on Teijho!

INTERMISSION

6. MANDO + EDDIE GUERRERO DCOR THE ROMERO BOYZ, 22:13

7. MAIN EVENT
WWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
CHAVO GUERERRO V RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE w/Paul Jones
Chavo is cut open early as this looks like it will be a rough night but he fights back bravely and valiantly against the much bigger WWA World Tag team Champion from the USSR and is slowly tiring the big man! The Guerreros and Lazertron enter ringside to cheer on their bloodied brother and here comes Amazing Malenko to keep an eye out when at 20 minutes a HUGE COLLISION AS CHAVO GOES FLYING OUT OF THE RING ONTO THE ANNOUNCERS TABLE: Eddie and Mando try to wake him---HE’S OUT COLD FOLKS!

Paul Jones pounds the mat encouraging his charge to recover, and Russian War Machine does and rolls out of the ring, and grabs hold of an unconscious Guererro, with the ref preventing the Guererros from stopping him, Russian War Machine throws the limp champion’s body into the ring and follows.

He picks Guererro up: POWER BOMB!!!! CHAVO IS OUT LIKE A LIGHT, EDDIE AND MANDO STAND ON THE RING TO PROTEST:

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ANOTHER POWERBOMB!!!!

THIS TIME EDDIE, TRON AND MANDO HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY BLOCKED BY THE REFEREE FROM ENTERING THE RING, WHEN RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE ---------
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WAIT! WHAT IS THAT FLYING ACROSS THE RING?
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A WHITE TOWEL!!! MANDO HAS THROWN IN THE TOWEL, THE REF ORDERS THE BELL RUNG AND THE GUERREROS ALL THROW PUNCHES AT RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE, WHO LEAVES THE RING!!!

THE GUERREROS CHECK ON CHAVO AS . . . .
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The referee has the WWA WORLD heavyweight belt . . and hands it to:
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At 23:33, THE WINNER OF THE MATCH VIA TKO, AND
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NEWWWWWW WORLD WRESTLING ASSOCIATION WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:
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THE RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE!!!

War Machine, belt in hand quickly exits the ringside area with Malenko and Jones as the Guererros are panickly calling for assistance, and finally medics show up with a gurney, and the arena is silent as Chavo is placed on the gurney, and carried out the ring as the fans let out a golf clap. Goodnight and good riddance from Fresno!