APW TV (5/5/1984)
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ALL PRO WRESTLING
Taped 5/1/84
To air in syndication on the weekend of May 5, 1984
Taped at the Louisville Garden in Louisville, KY
Commentary by Jim Ross & Johnny Weaver
Interviews by Bob Caudle & David Crockett
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Capetta
Referees: Alfred Neeley, Dick Woehrle
OPENING:
As this song plays, we see the following scenes:
Ric Flair's entrance from Starrcade '83
Harley Race hitting an opponent with a diving headbutt
Barry Windham hitting a lariat on an opponent
Mike Rotundo executing the airplane spin
Ivan Koloff waving a Soviet flag
Tony Atlas pressing an opponent over his head
Bruiser Brody dropping a big knee onto a fallen opponent
Jimmy Valiant dancing
Stan Hansen coming to the ring in Japan, swinging his bullrope and scattering fans
Jack & Jerry Brisco having their hands raised by a referee
ROSS: Welcome to another great hour of ALL PRO WRESTLING! Johnny Weaver, we have a match today in Louisville that would be a main event anywhere in the world!
WEAVER: Yessir, Jim! “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defends his International Championship against the man he beat for it in the tournament final in Tokyo, the great Harley Race!
ROSS: That's not all, Johnny! One of the toughest men ever to lace up a pair of boots, big Blackjack Mulligan will be in action this week! We'll also see one of the most popular wrestlers in the world this week and he's especially loved here in Louisville, KY, Johnny...
WEAVER: That's right, Jim! One of my buddies, “Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant is in ALL PRO WRESTLING! I don't know anybody who can electrify a crowd like Jimmy can!
ROSS: Right now, our broadcast colleague David Crockett is in the dressing room!
CROCKETT: That's right, Jim! And lookit....I got two great young athletes with me and I know you fans love'em! Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo!
Guys, you're both top contenders for Ric Flair's International Title and he's defending it against Harley Race right here on TV! Are you gonna be scouting that match?
WINDHAM: Beyond the shadow of a doubt! Flair! Race! It really doesn't matter! No matter who comes out of the match as champion will have to deal with Mike or me! I promise all of the great All Pro Wrestling fans from Florida to Tennessee to Kentucky to the Carolinas to Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi...sooner or later, we'll be nationwide! I promise you fans that sooner or later, I'll win that belt for ya and I'll be a champion everybody can be proud of!
ROTUNDO: The last time I wrestled Ric Flair for the NWA World Title, we went 60 minutes and he couldn't beat me! When the bell rang, I had him in the airplane spin and I know he could feel that title slipping away, David! It really doesn't matter if it's Flair or Race, I'm gunning for that International Title!
CROCKETT: I know that there's something you're both excited about and I am, too! This man is here in ALL PRO WRESTLING! BLACKJACK MULLIGAN!!!
MULLIGAN: David Crockett, it's good to see you, old buddy! I saw last week's TV and I heard some people calling my name and sayin maybe Bobby Jack Mulligan has gone soft! Well, I might not use brass knuckles, bricks, sticks, or ball bats any more, but I can guarantee you that I'm just as mean and ornery as they come! I'm still 6 foot 9, I'm still over 300 pounds and I still have the claw hold! JJ Dillon, you polecat! I don't care how many goons you've bought! You're lookin at the Family right here, Dillon! My number one son Barry and a kid I've pretty much adopted in Mike Rotundo! Yeah, I'll admit that Brody and Hansen are mean as rattlesnakes and tough as nails, but they're back jumpin, claim jumpin, fly by night cat burglars! They'd jump their sweet old granny if you wave enough cash under their noses! Barry and Mike both deserve to be International Champion, but Slick Ric, don't forget about me, old son! I've known you since you were a rookie! We rode up the roads together for years and ran things in the Carolinas! I know you like the back of my hand, Ric! I taught you most of what you know! Barry, if I was you, I'd go down to ringside, have a seat, and take notes on every move he makes! Now, all of you people watchin on TV: Git Momma from the kitchen and take the phone off the hook because I'm fixin to head to the ring!
CROCKETT: Awright! We're gonna see big Blackjack Mulligan in action! Back to Jim and Johnny!
ROSS: We'll see Blackjack Mulligan wrestle Rick Renslow when we return!
COMMERCIAL
Rick Renslow, from Alaska, stands in the ring. We hear...
Blackjack Mulligan makes his way to the ring! The big man from Eagle Pass looks huge and tough as he steps over the top rope for our opening match!
Blackjack Mulligan vs. Rick Renslow(FA): Renslow looks tough, but Mulligan mows him down and scores the pin with the claw hold.
ROSS: Let's hear from your International Champion!
VTR:
Ric Flair is standing in front of the ALL PRO WRESTLING logo.
FLAIR: Who else has the guts to do what your International Champion is doing this week here on TV? Within mere days of winning the tournament for this title, I'm putting the title on the line against the man who took me to the limit in Tokyo! No other champion in any organization would have the guts!Harley, they say you're the greatest wrestler since Lou Thesz and I'll admit you're my toughest opponent!As great as you are, Race, you pale in comparison to the Nature Boy! This is the beginning of a long championship reign here in ALL PRO WRESTLING! Get used to it, people! All the top names in the world will line up: Race! Windham! Rotundo! Mulligan! Brody! Hanse! Slaughter! Koloff! None of 'em will measure up to THE MAN! You're looking at the greatest wrestler alive today and before this TV program is over, you'll have proof of that! Race, give it your best shot! WOOOOOOOOOO! Learn to love it, 'cause it's the best thing going today! WOOOOOOOOOOO!
We cut back to the ring. Harley Race steps through the ropes and paces like a caged tiger!
ROSS: The challenger looks ready! We'll have the International Title match after these messages!
COMMERCIAL
The music plays and the International Champion makes his way to the ring in a $10,000.00 Olivia Walker original. Like Race, Flair gets a mixed reaction from the Louisville crowd. The camera shows us Barry Windham sitting in a ringside chair. Flair notices Barry and the go nose to nose for a few seconds before Flair re-focuses and enters the ring!
INTERNATIONAL TITLE MATCH: “Nature Boy” Ric Flair © vs. Harley Race: In a slow building, instant classic that goes through three commercial breaks, the fans are treated to a championship match on TV. During the match, JJ Dillon comes to ringside to do some scouting of his own. The advantage swings back and forth many times before Flair counters an atomic drop by applying the figure four! The champ has the hold cinched in beautifully right in the center of the ring! Race has no choice but to submit and Flair retains his title!
After the match, Dillon and Windham have words! Look out!
Brody & Hansen have come to ringside! They have Windham surrounded! Dillon is up in Barry's face! Windham has had enough and he slaps the taste out of Dillon's mouth! Dillons Outlaws, Hansen & Brody, attack Windham! Race and Flair are standing in the ring, watching! Here comes Blackjack Mulligan and Mike Rotundo! The odds are even and the Outlaws are brawling with the Family all over Louisville Gardens. Here comes a bunch of APW officials and security to attempt to break it up! Good luck, guys!
ROSS: We need to take a break while they try to restore order, folks! We'll be back with the Boogie Woogie Man!
COMMERCIAL
ROSS: Thanks for staying with us, folks. Veteran Mike Boyette is in the ring and we are ready for his opponent!
As the fans go wild, here comes Handsome Jimmy Valiant!!!
“Boogie Woogie Man” Handsome Jimmy Valiant vs. Mike Boyette(FA): Typical Valiant craziness. The Boogie Man finishes Boyette with the sleeperhold as he serenades his fans with “Goodnight Irene”.
Bob Caudle is at ringside to speak with Jimmy...
CAUDLE: I want to welcome a man who creates excitement everywhere he goes...the Boogie Woogie Man, Jimmy Valiant! Jimmy, they love you here in Louisville!
VALIANT: Have mercy, daddy! Sho got that right! I came down this morning, had me some biscuits and gravy and then I went and bet on the ponies, Bob Caudle! Then, I came here to the Gardens on Muhammad Ali Boulevard! I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! That boy I wrestled is wondering if anybody got the license plate of the 18 wheeler that ran over him! Bob Caudle, the Boogie Man is excited to be in ALL PRO WRESTLING, brother, 'cause it's the hottest thing going today! I got lotsa friends 'round here like Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, Pistol Pez Whatley, and big Blackjack Mulligan! And Johnny Weaver and you, Bob Caudle! You know I love you, Bob!
Valiant lays a big kiss on Bob Caudle!
CAUDLE: (sputtering) Fans, there's only one Boogie Man! Back to Jim Ross!
ROSS: Folks, we have a great hour next week! Sgt. Slaughter will take on Krusher Kruschev in a USA vs. USSR battle! We have great tag team action scheduled with the veteran Brisco Brothers as well as two young, up and coming teams in the PYT Express and the British Bulldogs! Killer Khan from Mongolia will be in action and we'll see “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas in a one on one match!
WEAVER: Wow! What a great lineup of superstars next week, Jim Ross! That Slaughter-Kruschev match will be an intense confrontation for sure!
Taped 5/1/84
To air in syndication on the weekend of May 5, 1984
Taped at the Louisville Garden in Louisville, KY
Commentary by Jim Ross & Johnny Weaver
Interviews by Bob Caudle & David Crockett
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Capetta
Referees: Alfred Neeley, Dick Woehrle
OPENING:
As this song plays, we see the following scenes:
Ric Flair's entrance from Starrcade '83
Harley Race hitting an opponent with a diving headbutt
Barry Windham hitting a lariat on an opponent
Mike Rotundo executing the airplane spin
Ivan Koloff waving a Soviet flag
Tony Atlas pressing an opponent over his head
Bruiser Brody dropping a big knee onto a fallen opponent
Jimmy Valiant dancing
Stan Hansen coming to the ring in Japan, swinging his bullrope and scattering fans
Jack & Jerry Brisco having their hands raised by a referee
ROSS: Welcome to another great hour of ALL PRO WRESTLING! Johnny Weaver, we have a match today in Louisville that would be a main event anywhere in the world!
WEAVER: Yessir, Jim! “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defends his International Championship against the man he beat for it in the tournament final in Tokyo, the great Harley Race!
ROSS: That's not all, Johnny! One of the toughest men ever to lace up a pair of boots, big Blackjack Mulligan will be in action this week! We'll also see one of the most popular wrestlers in the world this week and he's especially loved here in Louisville, KY, Johnny...
WEAVER: That's right, Jim! One of my buddies, “Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant is in ALL PRO WRESTLING! I don't know anybody who can electrify a crowd like Jimmy can!
ROSS: Right now, our broadcast colleague David Crockett is in the dressing room!
CROCKETT: That's right, Jim! And lookit....I got two great young athletes with me and I know you fans love'em! Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo!
Guys, you're both top contenders for Ric Flair's International Title and he's defending it against Harley Race right here on TV! Are you gonna be scouting that match?
WINDHAM: Beyond the shadow of a doubt! Flair! Race! It really doesn't matter! No matter who comes out of the match as champion will have to deal with Mike or me! I promise all of the great All Pro Wrestling fans from Florida to Tennessee to Kentucky to the Carolinas to Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi...sooner or later, we'll be nationwide! I promise you fans that sooner or later, I'll win that belt for ya and I'll be a champion everybody can be proud of!
ROTUNDO: The last time I wrestled Ric Flair for the NWA World Title, we went 60 minutes and he couldn't beat me! When the bell rang, I had him in the airplane spin and I know he could feel that title slipping away, David! It really doesn't matter if it's Flair or Race, I'm gunning for that International Title!
CROCKETT: I know that there's something you're both excited about and I am, too! This man is here in ALL PRO WRESTLING! BLACKJACK MULLIGAN!!!
MULLIGAN: David Crockett, it's good to see you, old buddy! I saw last week's TV and I heard some people calling my name and sayin maybe Bobby Jack Mulligan has gone soft! Well, I might not use brass knuckles, bricks, sticks, or ball bats any more, but I can guarantee you that I'm just as mean and ornery as they come! I'm still 6 foot 9, I'm still over 300 pounds and I still have the claw hold! JJ Dillon, you polecat! I don't care how many goons you've bought! You're lookin at the Family right here, Dillon! My number one son Barry and a kid I've pretty much adopted in Mike Rotundo! Yeah, I'll admit that Brody and Hansen are mean as rattlesnakes and tough as nails, but they're back jumpin, claim jumpin, fly by night cat burglars! They'd jump their sweet old granny if you wave enough cash under their noses! Barry and Mike both deserve to be International Champion, but Slick Ric, don't forget about me, old son! I've known you since you were a rookie! We rode up the roads together for years and ran things in the Carolinas! I know you like the back of my hand, Ric! I taught you most of what you know! Barry, if I was you, I'd go down to ringside, have a seat, and take notes on every move he makes! Now, all of you people watchin on TV: Git Momma from the kitchen and take the phone off the hook because I'm fixin to head to the ring!
CROCKETT: Awright! We're gonna see big Blackjack Mulligan in action! Back to Jim and Johnny!
ROSS: We'll see Blackjack Mulligan wrestle Rick Renslow when we return!
COMMERCIAL
Rick Renslow, from Alaska, stands in the ring. We hear...
Blackjack Mulligan makes his way to the ring! The big man from Eagle Pass looks huge and tough as he steps over the top rope for our opening match!
Blackjack Mulligan vs. Rick Renslow(FA): Renslow looks tough, but Mulligan mows him down and scores the pin with the claw hold.
ROSS: Let's hear from your International Champion!
VTR:
Ric Flair is standing in front of the ALL PRO WRESTLING logo.
FLAIR: Who else has the guts to do what your International Champion is doing this week here on TV? Within mere days of winning the tournament for this title, I'm putting the title on the line against the man who took me to the limit in Tokyo! No other champion in any organization would have the guts!Harley, they say you're the greatest wrestler since Lou Thesz and I'll admit you're my toughest opponent!As great as you are, Race, you pale in comparison to the Nature Boy! This is the beginning of a long championship reign here in ALL PRO WRESTLING! Get used to it, people! All the top names in the world will line up: Race! Windham! Rotundo! Mulligan! Brody! Hanse! Slaughter! Koloff! None of 'em will measure up to THE MAN! You're looking at the greatest wrestler alive today and before this TV program is over, you'll have proof of that! Race, give it your best shot! WOOOOOOOOOO! Learn to love it, 'cause it's the best thing going today! WOOOOOOOOOOO!
We cut back to the ring. Harley Race steps through the ropes and paces like a caged tiger!
ROSS: The challenger looks ready! We'll have the International Title match after these messages!
COMMERCIAL
The music plays and the International Champion makes his way to the ring in a $10,000.00 Olivia Walker original. Like Race, Flair gets a mixed reaction from the Louisville crowd. The camera shows us Barry Windham sitting in a ringside chair. Flair notices Barry and the go nose to nose for a few seconds before Flair re-focuses and enters the ring!
INTERNATIONAL TITLE MATCH: “Nature Boy” Ric Flair © vs. Harley Race: In a slow building, instant classic that goes through three commercial breaks, the fans are treated to a championship match on TV. During the match, JJ Dillon comes to ringside to do some scouting of his own. The advantage swings back and forth many times before Flair counters an atomic drop by applying the figure four! The champ has the hold cinched in beautifully right in the center of the ring! Race has no choice but to submit and Flair retains his title!
After the match, Dillon and Windham have words! Look out!
Brody & Hansen have come to ringside! They have Windham surrounded! Dillon is up in Barry's face! Windham has had enough and he slaps the taste out of Dillon's mouth! Dillons Outlaws, Hansen & Brody, attack Windham! Race and Flair are standing in the ring, watching! Here comes Blackjack Mulligan and Mike Rotundo! The odds are even and the Outlaws are brawling with the Family all over Louisville Gardens. Here comes a bunch of APW officials and security to attempt to break it up! Good luck, guys!
ROSS: We need to take a break while they try to restore order, folks! We'll be back with the Boogie Woogie Man!
COMMERCIAL
ROSS: Thanks for staying with us, folks. Veteran Mike Boyette is in the ring and we are ready for his opponent!
As the fans go wild, here comes Handsome Jimmy Valiant!!!
“Boogie Woogie Man” Handsome Jimmy Valiant vs. Mike Boyette(FA): Typical Valiant craziness. The Boogie Man finishes Boyette with the sleeperhold as he serenades his fans with “Goodnight Irene”.
Bob Caudle is at ringside to speak with Jimmy...
CAUDLE: I want to welcome a man who creates excitement everywhere he goes...the Boogie Woogie Man, Jimmy Valiant! Jimmy, they love you here in Louisville!
VALIANT: Have mercy, daddy! Sho got that right! I came down this morning, had me some biscuits and gravy and then I went and bet on the ponies, Bob Caudle! Then, I came here to the Gardens on Muhammad Ali Boulevard! I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! That boy I wrestled is wondering if anybody got the license plate of the 18 wheeler that ran over him! Bob Caudle, the Boogie Man is excited to be in ALL PRO WRESTLING, brother, 'cause it's the hottest thing going today! I got lotsa friends 'round here like Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, Pistol Pez Whatley, and big Blackjack Mulligan! And Johnny Weaver and you, Bob Caudle! You know I love you, Bob!
Valiant lays a big kiss on Bob Caudle!
CAUDLE: (sputtering) Fans, there's only one Boogie Man! Back to Jim Ross!
ROSS: Folks, we have a great hour next week! Sgt. Slaughter will take on Krusher Kruschev in a USA vs. USSR battle! We have great tag team action scheduled with the veteran Brisco Brothers as well as two young, up and coming teams in the PYT Express and the British Bulldogs! Killer Khan from Mongolia will be in action and we'll see “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas in a one on one match!
WEAVER: Wow! What a great lineup of superstars next week, Jim Ross! That Slaughter-Kruschev match will be an intense confrontation for sure!
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