ALL PRO WRESTLING (7/7/1984)
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ALL PRO WRESTLING
Taped 7/5/84
To air in syndication as well as The Nashville Networkon the weekend of July 7, 1984
Taped at the Eddie Graham Sports Arena in Orlando, Florida
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
Terry Taylor raising the TV Title belt above his head
Barry Windham hitting a lariat on an opponent
Mike Rotundo executing the airplane spin
Ivan Koloff waving a Soviet flag
Sgt. Slaughter applying the cobra clutch
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
Bob Caudle is standing in the ring.
CAUDLE: Ladies and gentlemen, the Great American Bash was, without a doubt, the most incredible night of wrestling that I have ever been part of! The highlight was Barry Windham winning the International Championship from “Nature Boy” Ric Flair! Now, it's my pleasure to introduce the new champion to you all...BARRY WINDHAM!!!
Blackjack Mulligan leads the way, holding his son's title belt high in the air! Barry Windham comes behind him, high fiving and hugging the fans! Following Windham is Mike Rotundo, his head still bandaged from recent encounters with “Dr. D” David Shults! The Family enters the ring to a standing ovation from the Orlando fans!
CAUDLE: Barry, congratulations! You defeated the man who many experts say is the greatest of all time!
WINDHAM: Thank you, Bob Caudle! I wanna give a lot of credit to the man who raised me, Blackjack Mulligan! I want to thank all of the fans, especially to these fans here in Florida! The fans in Florida have supported me since I was a skinny, green as grass punk! I'm gonna give credit to Ric Flair! He was willing to wrestle either me or Bruiser Brody at the Orange Bowl! “The Nature Boy” was a great champion and I know that sooner or later that I'll have to face him again!
Wait a second! The fans are booing...here come the Russians! Ivan Koloff, Krusher Kruschev, & Nikita Koloff!
MULLIGAN: What are you jerks doin here?
The Russians enter the ring!
CAUDLE: Jack raises a good point. Why are you interrupting, Ivan?
IVAN: This coward is talking about defending his new championship! He mentions the Nature Boy and all other American contenders! He does not mention my nephew Nikita! He does not mention our comrade Krusher Kruschev! This is because he is afraid! He saw how Nikita and Krusher easily destroy these Brisco Brothers at Orange Bowl to take International Tag Team Championship!I have excellent idea! If you and Mike Rotundo are such great American wrestlers, why don't you wrestle Nikita & Krusher here today?
CAUDLE: Well, for one thing, Nikita & Krusher have a non-title match with the Boogie Woogie Man and Pez Whatley signed for TV today!
ROTUNDO: Can't we cancel that? I can't speak for Barry, but I'm not going to be called a coward by this communist!
Jimmy Valiant & Pez Whatley have arrived!
VALIANT: The Boogie Man is ready to play “Let's Make A Deal”, baby!
WINDHAM: Ok, Jimmy, what's the deal?
VALIANT: If you want these bald headed geek Russians, we'll trade you that match and you can gave these clowns today. Next week, you three got that fool Adrian Street and the PYT Express on TV! You know I want to get my hands on Street! We'll give you the Russians if next week, Pistol Man and me can take your places and team up with Blackjack in the six man! Whoa! Have mercy! Is it a deal, bearcat?
Windham shakes Valiant's hand!
WINDHAM: It's a deal, Boogie!
CAUDLE: So, this week's TV Main Event is now Nikita Koloff & Krusher Kruschev against Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo!
COMMERCIAL
ROSS: Wow, what a development during that last segment: The new International Champion Barry Windham will team with Mike Rotundo against the new International Tag Team Champions Nikta Koloff & Krusher Kruschev! The Tag Team Championship isn't on the line, but what an awesome match you fans will see here this week!
WEAVER: We've also got the Brisco Brothers here. I'm sure they're chomping at the bit for a rematch for the belts against those Russians! Terry Taylor is here today! We'll see Coyote Scott Hall & the Tonga Kid against TV Champion Exotic Adrian Street and the newest addition to Percival Pringle's Dynasty, “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer!
ROSS: Folks, if you missed the Great American Bash at the Orange Bowl on Independence Day, you missed one of the greatest cards in my lifetime. The whole card will be released on videotape in the near future, but here's a package of highlights set to the music of Queen:
VTR:
Music video of highlights from the Great American Bash set to the above tune. You can read the entire thing here:
Great American Bash
Jack & Gerald Brisco vs. Pat Rose & Barry O: The former International Tag Champs wrestle in a very aggressive style. Jack forces Barry O to submit to the figure four leglock. Johnny Weaver predicts the Briscoes will regain the championship very soon.
ROSS: The Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane & Steve Keirn made a very impressive debut at the Bash. Here's a musical look at this sensational tag team!
COMMERCIAL
David Crockett is standing by in the locker room area.
CROCKETT: Fans, I'm joined by Jos LeDuc and his manager, JJ Dillon. JJ, I can't believe what this man did to Ronnie Garvin at the Great American Bash! Jos, you put him in the hospital!
LEDUC: David Crockett, he tried to humiliate me and, at the Orange Bowl, he paid the price!
DILLON: David, the Outlaws, without a doubt is the greatest stable of professional wrestlers in the world today. These are all very dangerous men. Ronnie Garvin, you can't trifle with a man like Jos LeDuc and expect to walk away unscathed! Mike Rotundo, the same goes for you and “Dr. D” David Shults! Konga! Brody! Hansen! These men are cripplers!
LEDUC: Garvin, when you get out of the hospital, you better leave the country! If you come around me again, you'll just get hurt even worse! Barry Windham, Mr. New Champion, do you have the guts to give me a match for your title?
CROCKETT: We have a match waiting in the ring! Terry Taylor is up next!
Terry Taylor vs. Terry Adonis: Taylor looks fantastic and gets a convincing win, pinning Adonis after a flying forearm. Ross and Weaver say that they believe it will only be a matter of time before Taylor regains the TV Title.
COMMERCIAL
“Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer & Exotic Adrian Street vs. “Coyote” Scott Hall & Tonga Kid: Sawyer came to the aid of TV Champion Street and manager Percival Pringle III at the Bash. Today, these two veteran meet two young lions in the Coyote and the Kid. Hall's power and Tonga's speed and flying are a good combination and keep the more experienced team off balance. The fact that Pringle is conspicuos by his absence doesn't help matters much either. Sawyer finally picks up the pinfall win for his team when he catches Tonga in the middle of a flying bodypress and powerslams him for the 1-2-3!
COMMERCIAL
Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo vs. Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff (NO TITLES ON THE LINE): Rotundo starts off hot, using his speed and skill to gain an advantage on the Russians. However, a missed dropkick turns the tide and the new International Tag Champions take over! Rotundo ends up playing face in peril most of the bout (the announcers speculate that he's still affected by recent encounters with David Shults) and you can imagine the pop when Barry makes the hot tag! Barry's high powered offense has the Soviets rocking and reeling! They attempt to double team Barry, but Mike runs in to even things up! As referee Dick Woehrle struggles to remove Rotundo from the ring, Windham executes a rolling reverse on Nikita! Windham has Nikita pinned, but the ref's back is turned! Just as Rotundo returns to the apron, Kruschev hits a Russian Sickle on Barry, reversing the pin! Kruschev jumps out of the ring and Woehrle turns in time to see Koloff pinning Windham! Wohrle goes to the mat! One...TWO...THREE!!!! The INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION HAS BEEN PINNED IN A TAG MATCH!
WEAVER: I can't believe what we just saw, Jim! Granted, it was a tag team match, but Nikita Koloff just got a fall on the new International Champion, right here on TV!
ROSS: I wander what implications this will have for the title picture?
WEAVER: Only time will tell, Jim! I'm sure that former champ Ric Flair will be hot on Windham's trail, but after this, I'm sure Nikita will be right there, too!
ROSS: You, know, Johnny, on our program this week, we've seen one of the things that I believe makes ALL PRO WRESTLING the best wrestling organization going today and that's the wealth of young talent we have here! I'm really excited that a great young wrestler out of Houston has signed with All Pro! To close this week's program, here's a special look at Tom Prichard, set to the sounds of Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band...
VTR:
Music video set to the above tune. We see Tom Prichard in action from various promotions. As well as seeing him enjoying the night life with various lovely ladies. The final image we see is Tom pointing to the camera as a graphic that reads “TOM PRICHARD IS COMING TO ALL PRO WRESTLING” appears on the bottom of the screen.
Taped 7/5/84
To air in syndication as well as The Nashville Networkon the weekend of July 7, 1984
Taped at the Eddie Graham Sports Arena in Orlando, Florida
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
Terry Taylor raising the TV Title belt above his head
Barry Windham hitting a lariat on an opponent
Mike Rotundo executing the airplane spin
Ivan Koloff waving a Soviet flag
Sgt. Slaughter applying the cobra clutch
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
Bob Caudle is standing in the ring.
CAUDLE: Ladies and gentlemen, the Great American Bash was, without a doubt, the most incredible night of wrestling that I have ever been part of! The highlight was Barry Windham winning the International Championship from “Nature Boy” Ric Flair! Now, it's my pleasure to introduce the new champion to you all...BARRY WINDHAM!!!
Blackjack Mulligan leads the way, holding his son's title belt high in the air! Barry Windham comes behind him, high fiving and hugging the fans! Following Windham is Mike Rotundo, his head still bandaged from recent encounters with “Dr. D” David Shults! The Family enters the ring to a standing ovation from the Orlando fans!
CAUDLE: Barry, congratulations! You defeated the man who many experts say is the greatest of all time!
WINDHAM: Thank you, Bob Caudle! I wanna give a lot of credit to the man who raised me, Blackjack Mulligan! I want to thank all of the fans, especially to these fans here in Florida! The fans in Florida have supported me since I was a skinny, green as grass punk! I'm gonna give credit to Ric Flair! He was willing to wrestle either me or Bruiser Brody at the Orange Bowl! “The Nature Boy” was a great champion and I know that sooner or later that I'll have to face him again!
Wait a second! The fans are booing...here come the Russians! Ivan Koloff, Krusher Kruschev, & Nikita Koloff!
MULLIGAN: What are you jerks doin here?
The Russians enter the ring!
CAUDLE: Jack raises a good point. Why are you interrupting, Ivan?
IVAN: This coward is talking about defending his new championship! He mentions the Nature Boy and all other American contenders! He does not mention my nephew Nikita! He does not mention our comrade Krusher Kruschev! This is because he is afraid! He saw how Nikita and Krusher easily destroy these Brisco Brothers at Orange Bowl to take International Tag Team Championship!I have excellent idea! If you and Mike Rotundo are such great American wrestlers, why don't you wrestle Nikita & Krusher here today?
CAUDLE: Well, for one thing, Nikita & Krusher have a non-title match with the Boogie Woogie Man and Pez Whatley signed for TV today!
ROTUNDO: Can't we cancel that? I can't speak for Barry, but I'm not going to be called a coward by this communist!
Jimmy Valiant & Pez Whatley have arrived!
VALIANT: The Boogie Man is ready to play “Let's Make A Deal”, baby!
WINDHAM: Ok, Jimmy, what's the deal?
VALIANT: If you want these bald headed geek Russians, we'll trade you that match and you can gave these clowns today. Next week, you three got that fool Adrian Street and the PYT Express on TV! You know I want to get my hands on Street! We'll give you the Russians if next week, Pistol Man and me can take your places and team up with Blackjack in the six man! Whoa! Have mercy! Is it a deal, bearcat?
Windham shakes Valiant's hand!
WINDHAM: It's a deal, Boogie!
CAUDLE: So, this week's TV Main Event is now Nikita Koloff & Krusher Kruschev against Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo!
COMMERCIAL
ROSS: Wow, what a development during that last segment: The new International Champion Barry Windham will team with Mike Rotundo against the new International Tag Team Champions Nikta Koloff & Krusher Kruschev! The Tag Team Championship isn't on the line, but what an awesome match you fans will see here this week!
WEAVER: We've also got the Brisco Brothers here. I'm sure they're chomping at the bit for a rematch for the belts against those Russians! Terry Taylor is here today! We'll see Coyote Scott Hall & the Tonga Kid against TV Champion Exotic Adrian Street and the newest addition to Percival Pringle's Dynasty, “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer!
ROSS: Folks, if you missed the Great American Bash at the Orange Bowl on Independence Day, you missed one of the greatest cards in my lifetime. The whole card will be released on videotape in the near future, but here's a package of highlights set to the music of Queen:
VTR:
Music video of highlights from the Great American Bash set to the above tune. You can read the entire thing here:
Great American Bash
Jack & Gerald Brisco vs. Pat Rose & Barry O: The former International Tag Champs wrestle in a very aggressive style. Jack forces Barry O to submit to the figure four leglock. Johnny Weaver predicts the Briscoes will regain the championship very soon.
ROSS: The Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane & Steve Keirn made a very impressive debut at the Bash. Here's a musical look at this sensational tag team!
COMMERCIAL
David Crockett is standing by in the locker room area.
CROCKETT: Fans, I'm joined by Jos LeDuc and his manager, JJ Dillon. JJ, I can't believe what this man did to Ronnie Garvin at the Great American Bash! Jos, you put him in the hospital!
LEDUC: David Crockett, he tried to humiliate me and, at the Orange Bowl, he paid the price!
DILLON: David, the Outlaws, without a doubt is the greatest stable of professional wrestlers in the world today. These are all very dangerous men. Ronnie Garvin, you can't trifle with a man like Jos LeDuc and expect to walk away unscathed! Mike Rotundo, the same goes for you and “Dr. D” David Shults! Konga! Brody! Hansen! These men are cripplers!
LEDUC: Garvin, when you get out of the hospital, you better leave the country! If you come around me again, you'll just get hurt even worse! Barry Windham, Mr. New Champion, do you have the guts to give me a match for your title?
CROCKETT: We have a match waiting in the ring! Terry Taylor is up next!
Terry Taylor vs. Terry Adonis: Taylor looks fantastic and gets a convincing win, pinning Adonis after a flying forearm. Ross and Weaver say that they believe it will only be a matter of time before Taylor regains the TV Title.
COMMERCIAL
“Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer & Exotic Adrian Street vs. “Coyote” Scott Hall & Tonga Kid: Sawyer came to the aid of TV Champion Street and manager Percival Pringle III at the Bash. Today, these two veteran meet two young lions in the Coyote and the Kid. Hall's power and Tonga's speed and flying are a good combination and keep the more experienced team off balance. The fact that Pringle is conspicuos by his absence doesn't help matters much either. Sawyer finally picks up the pinfall win for his team when he catches Tonga in the middle of a flying bodypress and powerslams him for the 1-2-3!
COMMERCIAL
Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo vs. Krusher Kruschev & Nikita Koloff (NO TITLES ON THE LINE): Rotundo starts off hot, using his speed and skill to gain an advantage on the Russians. However, a missed dropkick turns the tide and the new International Tag Champions take over! Rotundo ends up playing face in peril most of the bout (the announcers speculate that he's still affected by recent encounters with David Shults) and you can imagine the pop when Barry makes the hot tag! Barry's high powered offense has the Soviets rocking and reeling! They attempt to double team Barry, but Mike runs in to even things up! As referee Dick Woehrle struggles to remove Rotundo from the ring, Windham executes a rolling reverse on Nikita! Windham has Nikita pinned, but the ref's back is turned! Just as Rotundo returns to the apron, Kruschev hits a Russian Sickle on Barry, reversing the pin! Kruschev jumps out of the ring and Woehrle turns in time to see Koloff pinning Windham! Wohrle goes to the mat! One...TWO...THREE!!!! The INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION HAS BEEN PINNED IN A TAG MATCH!
WEAVER: I can't believe what we just saw, Jim! Granted, it was a tag team match, but Nikita Koloff just got a fall on the new International Champion, right here on TV!
ROSS: I wander what implications this will have for the title picture?
WEAVER: Only time will tell, Jim! I'm sure that former champ Ric Flair will be hot on Windham's trail, but after this, I'm sure Nikita will be right there, too!
ROSS: You, know, Johnny, on our program this week, we've seen one of the things that I believe makes ALL PRO WRESTLING the best wrestling organization going today and that's the wealth of young talent we have here! I'm really excited that a great young wrestler out of Houston has signed with All Pro! To close this week's program, here's a special look at Tom Prichard, set to the sounds of Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band...
VTR:
Music video set to the above tune. We see Tom Prichard in action from various promotions. As well as seeing him enjoying the night life with various lovely ladies. The final image we see is Tom pointing to the camera as a graphic that reads “TOM PRICHARD IS COMING TO ALL PRO WRESTLING” appears on the bottom of the screen.
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