ALL PRO WRESTLING TV (5/12/1984): The Cold War Escalates!
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ALL PRO WRESTLING
Taped 5/1/84
To air in syndication on the weekend of May 12, 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
, Jerry Calhoun
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 the Louisville Gardens on Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Louisville, KY! Today, these wrestling fans in the Bluegrass State will see the best in professional wrestling! Johnny Weaver, I know you are familiar with Jack & Jerry Brisco!
WEAVER: Two of the best scientific wrestlers I've ever seen, Jim. The fans will be impressed with these two great athletes!
ROSS: A new team to the world of professional wrestling, the PYT Express will compete today.
WEAVER: Norvell Austin & Koko Ware, managed by Percival Pringle III. Great athletes, but their attitudes leave a lot to be desired.
ROSS: Another tag team we'll see are the British Bulldogs.
WEAVER: Don't miss these young guys. They have moves I've never seen anywhere!
ROSS: Killer Khan from Mongolia will be here...
WEAVER: Jim Crockett is determined to bring stars from all over the world to ALL PRO WRESTLING. Khan is a huge star in Japan and the only man to ever injure Andre the Giant.
ROSS: That's right, he broke the Giant's leg a few years back. He is deadly! We also have Tony Atlas in action.
WEAVER: It's great to have “Mr. USA” in ALL PROW WRESTLING! He's one of the strongest men in our sport and a great personality, too! Our Main Event this week should be an all out war! Sgt. Slaughter, the very patriotic former Marine drill instructor, will take on Krusher Kruschev, a man born here in the USA, but he betrayed our great nation to support Ivan & Nikita Koloff and the Soviet Union. Wow, what a match that will be!
ROSS: We have all of that and we'll get started after these messages...
COMMERCIAL
Jack & Jerry Brisco vs. Snake Brown & Tommy Gilbert: Ross and Weaver do a great job of putting the Briscoes over as great athletes and highly decorated pro wrestlers. Jack & Jerry put on a clinic although the veteran Gilbert gets some offense in. Jerry gets the win for his team by pinning Brown after the Oklahoma side roll. Afterwrds, they join Bob Caudle at ringside.
CAUDLE: Jack, Gerald, it's great to have you in ALL PRO WRESTLING! That was a great win!
JACK: Bob Caudle, we're glad to be here. There's a lot of great tag team competition around here. Ivan Koloff has a couple of young Russians who have a lot of muscles, but everybody is the same size flat on their back!
CAUDLE: Speaking of young guys in tag teams, we have two great young teams on our program today: The PYT Express and the British Bulldogs.
JERRY: The Bulldogs are two great wrestlers and they'd be stiff competition for us or anybody else. The PYT Express are flashy and have a cocky attitude. Maybe they need my brother and myself to teach them humility!
JACK: The PYT also has a bigmouth manager. You know how we feel about guys like that, Bob!
CAUDLE: We'll be right back with more exciting wrestling action!
COMMERCIAL
As Keith Larsen & Terry Adonis wait in the ring and their opponents enter the arena!
PYT Express(Koko Ware & Norvell Austin)[w/Percival Pringle III] vs. Keith Larsen & Terry Adonis: Pringle's antics at ringside and the Express' arrogant attitude gets plenty of heat with the fans. Austin & Ware are an excellent team, though, and they score a convincing victory. Ware pins Adonis after a brainbuster.
COMMERCIAL
Bob Caudle is joined at ringside by Percy Pringle and a very diverse group of individuals.
CAUDLE: I'm joined by manager Percival Pringle III of Mobile, AL and the men he manages. You call them the Dynasty. Would you please introduce them to our fans?
PP3: I am proud to introduce my Dynasty!Bought and paid for my Momma's money, this is the most impressive group of athletes on the planet! You've already seen my PYT Express! The most impressive tag team going today! I also have the former British Empire Champion, Exotic Adrian Street! Adrian is not only a great wrestler, he's also a rock star and, sooner or later, you'll be seeing him on MTV, Bob Caudle! I also have Hercules Hernandez! Look at his amazing body! Hercules has an unbreakable full nelson! He has never lost an arm wrestling match! I also have travelled all the way to the continent of Asia to find talent! Here we have Killer Khan, the man who put Andre the Giant in the hospital! We also have the master of torture, the great Mr. Saito! I don't care who they put in the ring with these men! Sgt. Slaughter! Jimmy Valiant! Jack Brisco! Ric Flair! Harley Race! The Pringle Dynasty will rule All Pro Wrestling with an iron fist!
CAUDLE: You surely have an impressive roster of talent and I'm sure we'll see a lot of them in the weeks to come! In fact, Killer Khan is in our next match!
Killer Khan(w/Percival Pringle III) vs. Thomas Ivey: Impressive outing for the Mongolian as he hits the kneedrop off the top for a convincing 1-2-3.
COMMERCIAL
ROSS: Before our next match, let's go to our colleague David Crockett and the International Champion!
In the dressing room area, David Crockett is standing by with Ric Flair!
CROCKETT: I'm with the greatest wrestler in the world...RIC FLAIR! Champ, you beat Harley Race right here on TV last week, but Barry Windham, he's gunnin for ya!
FLAIR: They're all circling like vultures, David Crockett! They all want this(holds up title belt) Windham, Rotundo, & Mulligan! JJ Dillon, Brody, & Hansen! But like Harley found out last week, there is only one International Champion! And it's the Nature Boy! I fly around in Lear jets! I get picked up by long black limos! I wear custom made clothes! And I'm always in the company of the most beautiful women in the world! WOOOOOOOOOO! If I may croon a tune(singing), “Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble/When you're perfect in every way!” You are looking at the greatness that is Ric Flair! I can wrestle 60 minutes against a world class athlete, party all night, get a few hours sleep, travel to the next town, and do it all over again! Windham, you're quite a piece of work, I'll be man enough to admit it! Only problem is that there's too much of your old man in ya! Like your daddy found out when he crossed me several years ago in Charlotte, I specialize in giving wrestling lessons to tall Texans! I never been on a horse, don't even own a pair of blue jeans or cowboy boots, but down in your neck of the woods, they still call me “the all around cowboy”! David, if you'll excuse me, old friend, I have a former Miss Kentucky waiting in the limo and you know the champ can't bear the idea of disappointing a lady! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
CROCKETT: There is only one Nature Boy, ladies and gentlemen and he is your International Champion! Jim and Johnny, back to you!
The British Bulldogs(Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid) vs. Ron Sexton & Keith Eric: The Bulldogs put on a great show of wrestling skill and athleticism that has Ross and Weaver raving. After Davey Boy superplexes Eric, Dynamite hits a diving head butt off the top rope to score the pin. The fans give the Bulldogs a standing ovation for their efforts.
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
Krusher Kruschev, Nikita & Ivan Koloff stand in front of a huge Soviet flag.
IVAN: Sgt. Slaughter, you are typical American....loud, arrogant, and obnoxious! At one point, you were great wrestler and you held many championships! Now, you only care about waving the flag and pleasing these ignorant American wrestling fans! Today, Krusher Kruschev will show you the error of your ways!
KRUSCHEV: Slaughter, I was raised in this country! I know all about the American way of life you are so proud of. They say “love it or leave it”. I left it! (spits on the floor) That's America right down there, you out of shape has been jarhead! I'm gonna take you apart, Gomer! And no matter how many of the hillbillies in the audience chant “USA”, you don't stand a chance!
VTR:
Sgt. Slaughter stands in front of an American flag.
SLAUGHTER: Today, on All Pro Wrestling, I get my hands on a traitor, a Judas, a benedict arnold! Barry Darsow, that's the name you were born with, regardless of what that maggot Koloff calls you! You are a Minnesota boy who turned his back on the greatest country on God's green earth!
Ivan Koloff leads Krusher Kruschev to the ring as the fans chant “USA”! Then, we hear...
Don Kernodle carries the flag to the ring, followed closely by SGT. SLAUGHTER!!!
Sgt. Slaughter (w/Don Kernodle) vs. Krusher Kruschev (w/Ivan Koloff): Kruschev gives the Marine all he wants and it looks like Russia will be victorious today, but the patriotic Louisville crowd inspires Slaughter to a win as he pins Kruschev after the Slaughter Cannon!
After the fall, things go south...Ivan attacks Kernodle from behind with his chain and then puts the boots to Don! Slaughter is climbing out of the ring to save his friend when Nikita Koloff attacks him from behind!Ivan hands the chain in to his nephew! This doesn't look good, sports fans! Nikta is whipping Sarge with the chain! The fans are on the verge of a riot here in Louisville! What are they doing? NO! NOT THIS!!!
THE KOLOFFS & KRUSCHEV BURY SLAUGHTER IN THE RUSSIAN FLAG!!!! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE HUMILIATION FOR AMERICA'S HERO!
Thank goodness, the cavalry is here! Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, Blackjack Mulligan, Jimmy Valiant, & Tony Atlas! The Russians wisely retreat!
ROSS: They're helping the Sarge out of the ring. Slaughter is such a patriotic American, bordering on jingoism sometimes, I'll admit, but to do this to him is a heinous act! The Soviets haven't seen the last of Sgt. Slaughter!
WEAVER: I guarantee it, Jim!
ROSS: We'll have Tony Atlas in action after these messages...
COMMERCIAL
“Mr. USA”Tony Atlas vs. Goldie Rogers: Atlas puts on an incredible display of power this week and pins Rogers after an overhead press slam. Bob Caudle is standing by at ringside....
CAUDLE: Welcome to ALL PRO WRESTLING, Tony Atlas! The competition is fierce here and you're gonna make it even more so!
ATLAS: I see a lot of tough guys and a bunch of bad dudes around here, Bob! I just seen a bunch of Russians ambush one of my country's heroes! I don't like that kind of stuff goin on! I hear a big mouth manager saying Hercules Hernandez has a hold that can't be broke! Well, that's right up my alley! Last, but not least, Ric Flair is wearin a gold belt as he ususally does and it's my goal to take it away from him! Nature Boy, I want you!
ROSS: Join us next week as we will be coming to you from Orlando, FL at the Eddie Graham Sports Stadium! We'll have an action packed hour that you don't want to miss!
DARK MATCH:
Battle Royal:
Order of Elimination:
1.Ivan Koloff(by Sgt. Slaughter)
2.Pez Whatley(by Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff)
3.Tommy Gilbert (by Jack Brisco)
4.Gerry Brisco (by the PYT Express)
5.Norvell Austin (by Barry Windham)
6.Koko Ware(by Scott Hall)
7.Dynamite Kid (by Hercules Hernandez)
8.Killer Khan(simaltaneously with Blackjack Mulligan)
9.Blackjack Mulligan(simaltaneously with Killer Khan)
10.Krusher Kruschev (by Don Kernodle)
11.Don Kernodle (by Nikita Koloff)
12.Nikita Koloff (by Sgt. Slaughter)
13.Harley Race (by Mike Rotundo)
14.Mike Rotundo (by Bruiser Brody)
15.Bruiser Brody(by Barry Windham)
16.Barry Windham (by Mr. Saito & Hercules Hernandez)
17.Hercules Hernandez (by Scott Hall)
18.Jimmy Valiant (by Mr. Saito)
19.Mr. Saito (by Scott Hall)
WINNER: SCOTT HALL!!!!
Taped 5/1/84
To air in syndication on the weekend of May 12, 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
, Jerry Calhoun
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 the Louisville Gardens on Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Louisville, KY! Today, these wrestling fans in the Bluegrass State will see the best in professional wrestling! Johnny Weaver, I know you are familiar with Jack & Jerry Brisco!
WEAVER: Two of the best scientific wrestlers I've ever seen, Jim. The fans will be impressed with these two great athletes!
ROSS: A new team to the world of professional wrestling, the PYT Express will compete today.
WEAVER: Norvell Austin & Koko Ware, managed by Percival Pringle III. Great athletes, but their attitudes leave a lot to be desired.
ROSS: Another tag team we'll see are the British Bulldogs.
WEAVER: Don't miss these young guys. They have moves I've never seen anywhere!
ROSS: Killer Khan from Mongolia will be here...
WEAVER: Jim Crockett is determined to bring stars from all over the world to ALL PRO WRESTLING. Khan is a huge star in Japan and the only man to ever injure Andre the Giant.
ROSS: That's right, he broke the Giant's leg a few years back. He is deadly! We also have Tony Atlas in action.
WEAVER: It's great to have “Mr. USA” in ALL PROW WRESTLING! He's one of the strongest men in our sport and a great personality, too! Our Main Event this week should be an all out war! Sgt. Slaughter, the very patriotic former Marine drill instructor, will take on Krusher Kruschev, a man born here in the USA, but he betrayed our great nation to support Ivan & Nikita Koloff and the Soviet Union. Wow, what a match that will be!
ROSS: We have all of that and we'll get started after these messages...
COMMERCIAL
Jack & Jerry Brisco vs. Snake Brown & Tommy Gilbert: Ross and Weaver do a great job of putting the Briscoes over as great athletes and highly decorated pro wrestlers. Jack & Jerry put on a clinic although the veteran Gilbert gets some offense in. Jerry gets the win for his team by pinning Brown after the Oklahoma side roll. Afterwrds, they join Bob Caudle at ringside.
CAUDLE: Jack, Gerald, it's great to have you in ALL PRO WRESTLING! That was a great win!
JACK: Bob Caudle, we're glad to be here. There's a lot of great tag team competition around here. Ivan Koloff has a couple of young Russians who have a lot of muscles, but everybody is the same size flat on their back!
CAUDLE: Speaking of young guys in tag teams, we have two great young teams on our program today: The PYT Express and the British Bulldogs.
JERRY: The Bulldogs are two great wrestlers and they'd be stiff competition for us or anybody else. The PYT Express are flashy and have a cocky attitude. Maybe they need my brother and myself to teach them humility!
JACK: The PYT also has a bigmouth manager. You know how we feel about guys like that, Bob!
CAUDLE: We'll be right back with more exciting wrestling action!
COMMERCIAL
As Keith Larsen & Terry Adonis wait in the ring and their opponents enter the arena!
PYT Express(Koko Ware & Norvell Austin)[w/Percival Pringle III] vs. Keith Larsen & Terry Adonis: Pringle's antics at ringside and the Express' arrogant attitude gets plenty of heat with the fans. Austin & Ware are an excellent team, though, and they score a convincing victory. Ware pins Adonis after a brainbuster.
COMMERCIAL
Bob Caudle is joined at ringside by Percy Pringle and a very diverse group of individuals.
CAUDLE: I'm joined by manager Percival Pringle III of Mobile, AL and the men he manages. You call them the Dynasty. Would you please introduce them to our fans?
PP3: I am proud to introduce my Dynasty!Bought and paid for my Momma's money, this is the most impressive group of athletes on the planet! You've already seen my PYT Express! The most impressive tag team going today! I also have the former British Empire Champion, Exotic Adrian Street! Adrian is not only a great wrestler, he's also a rock star and, sooner or later, you'll be seeing him on MTV, Bob Caudle! I also have Hercules Hernandez! Look at his amazing body! Hercules has an unbreakable full nelson! He has never lost an arm wrestling match! I also have travelled all the way to the continent of Asia to find talent! Here we have Killer Khan, the man who put Andre the Giant in the hospital! We also have the master of torture, the great Mr. Saito! I don't care who they put in the ring with these men! Sgt. Slaughter! Jimmy Valiant! Jack Brisco! Ric Flair! Harley Race! The Pringle Dynasty will rule All Pro Wrestling with an iron fist!
CAUDLE: You surely have an impressive roster of talent and I'm sure we'll see a lot of them in the weeks to come! In fact, Killer Khan is in our next match!
Killer Khan(w/Percival Pringle III) vs. Thomas Ivey: Impressive outing for the Mongolian as he hits the kneedrop off the top for a convincing 1-2-3.
COMMERCIAL
ROSS: Before our next match, let's go to our colleague David Crockett and the International Champion!
In the dressing room area, David Crockett is standing by with Ric Flair!
CROCKETT: I'm with the greatest wrestler in the world...RIC FLAIR! Champ, you beat Harley Race right here on TV last week, but Barry Windham, he's gunnin for ya!
FLAIR: They're all circling like vultures, David Crockett! They all want this(holds up title belt) Windham, Rotundo, & Mulligan! JJ Dillon, Brody, & Hansen! But like Harley found out last week, there is only one International Champion! And it's the Nature Boy! I fly around in Lear jets! I get picked up by long black limos! I wear custom made clothes! And I'm always in the company of the most beautiful women in the world! WOOOOOOOOOO! If I may croon a tune(singing), “Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble/When you're perfect in every way!” You are looking at the greatness that is Ric Flair! I can wrestle 60 minutes against a world class athlete, party all night, get a few hours sleep, travel to the next town, and do it all over again! Windham, you're quite a piece of work, I'll be man enough to admit it! Only problem is that there's too much of your old man in ya! Like your daddy found out when he crossed me several years ago in Charlotte, I specialize in giving wrestling lessons to tall Texans! I never been on a horse, don't even own a pair of blue jeans or cowboy boots, but down in your neck of the woods, they still call me “the all around cowboy”! David, if you'll excuse me, old friend, I have a former Miss Kentucky waiting in the limo and you know the champ can't bear the idea of disappointing a lady! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
CROCKETT: There is only one Nature Boy, ladies and gentlemen and he is your International Champion! Jim and Johnny, back to you!
The British Bulldogs(Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid) vs. Ron Sexton & Keith Eric: The Bulldogs put on a great show of wrestling skill and athleticism that has Ross and Weaver raving. After Davey Boy superplexes Eric, Dynamite hits a diving head butt off the top rope to score the pin. The fans give the Bulldogs a standing ovation for their efforts.
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
Krusher Kruschev, Nikita & Ivan Koloff stand in front of a huge Soviet flag.
IVAN: Sgt. Slaughter, you are typical American....loud, arrogant, and obnoxious! At one point, you were great wrestler and you held many championships! Now, you only care about waving the flag and pleasing these ignorant American wrestling fans! Today, Krusher Kruschev will show you the error of your ways!
KRUSCHEV: Slaughter, I was raised in this country! I know all about the American way of life you are so proud of. They say “love it or leave it”. I left it! (spits on the floor) That's America right down there, you out of shape has been jarhead! I'm gonna take you apart, Gomer! And no matter how many of the hillbillies in the audience chant “USA”, you don't stand a chance!
VTR:
Sgt. Slaughter stands in front of an American flag.
SLAUGHTER: Today, on All Pro Wrestling, I get my hands on a traitor, a Judas, a benedict arnold! Barry Darsow, that's the name you were born with, regardless of what that maggot Koloff calls you! You are a Minnesota boy who turned his back on the greatest country on God's green earth!
Ivan Koloff leads Krusher Kruschev to the ring as the fans chant “USA”! Then, we hear...
Don Kernodle carries the flag to the ring, followed closely by SGT. SLAUGHTER!!!
Sgt. Slaughter (w/Don Kernodle) vs. Krusher Kruschev (w/Ivan Koloff): Kruschev gives the Marine all he wants and it looks like Russia will be victorious today, but the patriotic Louisville crowd inspires Slaughter to a win as he pins Kruschev after the Slaughter Cannon!
After the fall, things go south...Ivan attacks Kernodle from behind with his chain and then puts the boots to Don! Slaughter is climbing out of the ring to save his friend when Nikita Koloff attacks him from behind!Ivan hands the chain in to his nephew! This doesn't look good, sports fans! Nikta is whipping Sarge with the chain! The fans are on the verge of a riot here in Louisville! What are they doing? NO! NOT THIS!!!
THE KOLOFFS & KRUSCHEV BURY SLAUGHTER IN THE RUSSIAN FLAG!!!! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE HUMILIATION FOR AMERICA'S HERO!
Thank goodness, the cavalry is here! Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, Blackjack Mulligan, Jimmy Valiant, & Tony Atlas! The Russians wisely retreat!
ROSS: They're helping the Sarge out of the ring. Slaughter is such a patriotic American, bordering on jingoism sometimes, I'll admit, but to do this to him is a heinous act! The Soviets haven't seen the last of Sgt. Slaughter!
WEAVER: I guarantee it, Jim!
ROSS: We'll have Tony Atlas in action after these messages...
COMMERCIAL
“Mr. USA”Tony Atlas vs. Goldie Rogers: Atlas puts on an incredible display of power this week and pins Rogers after an overhead press slam. Bob Caudle is standing by at ringside....
CAUDLE: Welcome to ALL PRO WRESTLING, Tony Atlas! The competition is fierce here and you're gonna make it even more so!
ATLAS: I see a lot of tough guys and a bunch of bad dudes around here, Bob! I just seen a bunch of Russians ambush one of my country's heroes! I don't like that kind of stuff goin on! I hear a big mouth manager saying Hercules Hernandez has a hold that can't be broke! Well, that's right up my alley! Last, but not least, Ric Flair is wearin a gold belt as he ususally does and it's my goal to take it away from him! Nature Boy, I want you!
ROSS: Join us next week as we will be coming to you from Orlando, FL at the Eddie Graham Sports Stadium! We'll have an action packed hour that you don't want to miss!
DARK MATCH:
Battle Royal:
Order of Elimination:
1.Ivan Koloff(by Sgt. Slaughter)
2.Pez Whatley(by Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff)
3.Tommy Gilbert (by Jack Brisco)
4.Gerry Brisco (by the PYT Express)
5.Norvell Austin (by Barry Windham)
6.Koko Ware(by Scott Hall)
7.Dynamite Kid (by Hercules Hernandez)
8.Killer Khan(simaltaneously with Blackjack Mulligan)
9.Blackjack Mulligan(simaltaneously with Killer Khan)
10.Krusher Kruschev (by Don Kernodle)
11.Don Kernodle (by Nikita Koloff)
12.Nikita Koloff (by Sgt. Slaughter)
13.Harley Race (by Mike Rotundo)
14.Mike Rotundo (by Bruiser Brody)
15.Bruiser Brody(by Barry Windham)
16.Barry Windham (by Mr. Saito & Hercules Hernandez)
17.Hercules Hernandez (by Scott Hall)
18.Jimmy Valiant (by Mr. Saito)
19.Mr. Saito (by Scott Hall)
WINNER: SCOTT HALL!!!!
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