USWA TV (5/1/87 & 5/8/87)
Jul 24, 2021 0:14:02 GMT
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USWA presents “Saturday Night Wrestling”
Taped on 4/26/87 at Cincinnatti Gardens, Cincinnatti, OHAs the music plays, we see the following scenes:
Airing 5/1/87 on the Nashville Network
Announcers: Lance Russell & Gordon Solie
Ring Announcer: Mike McGuirk
Referees: Nick Patrick, Rick Hazzard, & Jerry Calhoun
VTR OPENING:
Jerry Lawler hitting a fist drop on a prone opponent
Jim Cornette leading the Midnight Express to the ring
Austin Idol applying the Las Vegas Leglock
Big Bubba Rogers brawling with Jos LeDuc in the Steel Gauntlet cage
Brad Armstrong hitting the Russian leg sweep
Jerry Lawler making his helicopter entrance at the Memphis In May card at the Liberty Bowl
The Fabulous Ones getting out of a limo.
LES THATCHER (voice over): The United States Wrestling Association presents Saturday Night Wrestling! For the next 90 minutes, you'll see America's best professional wrestling action! Now, here is your award winning broadcast team of Gordon Solie & Lance Russell!
Quick results only again(trying to get current)
1.The Dynasty(Jerry Lawler, Magnificent Muraco, & The Midnight Express{w/Jim Cornette) vs. Billy Travis, Chris Carter, Chicky Starr, & CW Bergstrom: The Dynasty is the hottest thing in wrestling today. They dominate the action here and Muraco pins Bergstrom after a reverse piledriver. In a postmatch interview, Cornette & Lawler boast about how the Dynasty dominates the USWA. Muraco admits that he feels naked since he isn't the only one without a belt. Lawler and Cornette claim Southern Champ Brad Armstrong is “ripe for the pickin”.
2.The Great Kokina & Killer Khan (w/Slick) demolish Dale Veasey & Frankie DeFalco with Kokina pinning DeFalco after a Samoan drop. After the match, Slick boasts that he has huge plans for the future, but that for those plans to work, he needs to run guys like Bubba Rogers and Dutch Mantel out of the USWA!
3.Austin Idol, Brad Armstrong, & the Fabulous Ones(w/Bob Armstrong) defeat Alexis Smirnoff, Bill Tabb, Barry Horowitz, & Charlie Fulton as Brad pins Horowitz after the Russian leg sweep. The winners speak to Lance afterwards. Bob gives them a bit of a pep talk telling them if there is any hope of stopping the Dynasty, they'll have to work together! Idol agrees with Bob and the faces seem fired up! Brad tells Muraco that any time he wants the Southern Title and feels froggy, to jump!
4.Kevin Sullivan, Buzz Sawyer, & Sadistic Steve Strong (w/ Fallen Angel) beat Gene Ligon, Jeff Sword, & JT Southern. Southern shows some flashes, but the heels dominate most of the bout. Strong and Sullivan refuse to tag Sawyer in. Finally, Buzz makes a back slap tag to Strong and eventually pins Ligon after a huge powerslam. In a postmatch interview, Solie brings up the lack of teamwork. Sullivan says that Sawyer must prove himself after losing the TV Title. Buzz barks out that it wasn't his fault and glares at Sullivan, Strong, and the Fallen Angel. Sullivan does some Abudah Dein, Lady of the Third Eye talk and they stalk off!
5.Bob Backlund, Mike Graham, & Jimmy Valiant beat Jimmy Garvin(w/Precious), Shane Douglas, & Kendo Nagasaki via DQ when referee Nick Patrick catches Precious spraying her aerosol can in Graham's face.
6.American Starship defeats Undertaker via DQ when Steve Strong runs in. Strong and Undertaker give Starship a hellacious beating! Kevin Sullivan runs out and cheers his men on! Afterwards, Starship has to be carried out of the arena!
7.Bossman Bubba Rogers pins Jos LeDuc after a corner splash. On commentary, Lance & Gordon both note the absence of Slick in LeDuc's corner.
8.TV Champion “Mr. Perfect” Jerry Stubbs(w/Baby Doll) defends his title against veteran Bob Armstrong.Bob's earlier comments apparently earned the displeasure of the Dynasty as Jerry Lawler and Magnificent Muraco come to ringside. This brings out Bob's son Brad and Austin Idol.Eventually, everybody outside the ring ends up inside(except Baby Doll) and referee Jerry Calhoun must throw the match out!What a wild scene!
USWA presents “Saturday Night Wrestling”
Taped on 4/26/87 at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH
Airing 5/8/87 on the Nashville Network
Announcers: Lance Russell & Gordon Solie
Ring Announcer: Mike McGuirk
Referees: Nick Patrick, Rick Hazzard, & Jerry Calhoun
VTR OPENING:
As the music plays, we see the following scenes:
Jerry Lawler hitting a fist drop on a prone opponent
Jim Cornette leading the Midnight Express to the ring
Austin Idol applying the Las Vegas Leglock
Big Bubba Rogers brawling with Jos LeDuc in the Steel Gauntlet cage
Brad Armstrong hitting the Russian leg sweep
Jerry Lawler making his helicopter entrance at the Memphis In May card at the Liberty Bowl
The Fabulous Ones getting out of a limo.
LES THATCHER (voice over): The United States Wrestling Association presents Saturday Night Wrestling! For the next 90 minutes, you'll see America's best professional wrestling action! Now, here is your award winning broadcast team of Gordon Solie & Lance Russell!
1.Shane Douglas(w/Jimmy Garvin & Precious) opens the show, pinning Lou Winston after a belly to belly suplex. After the match, during an interview, Mike Graham comes out, gets in Jimmy Garvin's face and says his eyes still burn from whatever Precious sprayed in them last week! Graham says he never thought he'd see the day when Ronnie Garvin's brother let a woman do his fighting! Mike challenges Garvin to a match next week and says somebody needs to give Precious a spanking!
2.The ever popular Handsome Jimmy Valiant pins Bill Tabb after a big elbow drop! Valiant tells Lance Russell afterwards that his old lady has told him she wants some gold around his waist! The Boogie Man challenges both Mr. Perfect and “the Kingfish” for their belts!
3.We see a music video set to “Hold On Loosely” by .38 Special featuring action clips of Billy Jack Haynes. After the video, Gordon reminds fans that Billy will make his USWA debut on the 2nd annual “Memphis In May” spectacular on May 31 at the Liberty Bowl, available on pay per view. Contact your local cable system.
4.Wildcat Wendell Cooley continues to impress as he pins veteran Mike Boyette after a bulldog.
5.The Midnight Express(w/Jim Cornette) score a convincing win over Rusty Riddle & DJ Peterson as Eaton pins Riddle after the Alabama Jam. We see a pretaped promo from the Fabulous Ones. Stan & Steve say that sooner or later, they'll regain their belts from the Express!
6.Jerry “the King” Lawler defeats Rocky King, pinning him after a piledriver. Lawler is even more arrogant than usual. Afterwards, Lawler, Cornette, & the rest of the Dynasty do an interview and talk trash, particularly directed at the Fabs, Idol, & the Armstrongs. Muraco brags that he will take Brad Armstrong's Southern Title here tonight and nothing any of those other goofs do can stop that from happening!
7.The Great Kokina(w/Slick) defeats Doug Vines & Ricky Ataki in a handicap bout. Bossman Bubba Rogers comes out and watches the closing moments of the bout at ringside.
8.Dutch Mantel & Bossman Bubba Rogers defeat Tony Anthony & Hollywood John Tatum as Mantel pins Tatum after a clothesline. Slick is conspicuous by his absence.
9.Bob Backlund & Mike Graham take on Killer Khan & Jos LeDuc(w/Slick). Khan & LeDuc are not on the same page at all this week and end up fighting each other. Slick tries to break up the fight, but Dutch comes in and roughs Slick up! LeDuc and Khan brawl all over the building. Lance says it looks like maybe there has been some bad blood for quite some time in Slick's group.
10.Magnificent Muraco (w/Jim Cornette) defeats Brad Armstrong(w/Bob Armstrong) to win the Southern Championship. Muraco pinned Brad after nailing him with Cornette's tennis racket while referee Rick Hazard's back was turned as Hazzard was trying to pull Bob off of Cornette!
Taped on 4/26/87 at Cincinnatti Gardens, Cincinnatti, OHAs the music plays, we see the following scenes:
Airing 5/1/87 on the Nashville Network
Announcers: Lance Russell & Gordon Solie
Ring Announcer: Mike McGuirk
Referees: Nick Patrick, Rick Hazzard, & Jerry Calhoun
VTR OPENING:
Jerry Lawler hitting a fist drop on a prone opponent
Jim Cornette leading the Midnight Express to the ring
Austin Idol applying the Las Vegas Leglock
Big Bubba Rogers brawling with Jos LeDuc in the Steel Gauntlet cage
Brad Armstrong hitting the Russian leg sweep
Jerry Lawler making his helicopter entrance at the Memphis In May card at the Liberty Bowl
The Fabulous Ones getting out of a limo.
LES THATCHER (voice over): The United States Wrestling Association presents Saturday Night Wrestling! For the next 90 minutes, you'll see America's best professional wrestling action! Now, here is your award winning broadcast team of Gordon Solie & Lance Russell!
Quick results only again(trying to get current)
1.The Dynasty(Jerry Lawler, Magnificent Muraco, & The Midnight Express{w/Jim Cornette) vs. Billy Travis, Chris Carter, Chicky Starr, & CW Bergstrom: The Dynasty is the hottest thing in wrestling today. They dominate the action here and Muraco pins Bergstrom after a reverse piledriver. In a postmatch interview, Cornette & Lawler boast about how the Dynasty dominates the USWA. Muraco admits that he feels naked since he isn't the only one without a belt. Lawler and Cornette claim Southern Champ Brad Armstrong is “ripe for the pickin”.
2.The Great Kokina & Killer Khan (w/Slick) demolish Dale Veasey & Frankie DeFalco with Kokina pinning DeFalco after a Samoan drop. After the match, Slick boasts that he has huge plans for the future, but that for those plans to work, he needs to run guys like Bubba Rogers and Dutch Mantel out of the USWA!
3.Austin Idol, Brad Armstrong, & the Fabulous Ones(w/Bob Armstrong) defeat Alexis Smirnoff, Bill Tabb, Barry Horowitz, & Charlie Fulton as Brad pins Horowitz after the Russian leg sweep. The winners speak to Lance afterwards. Bob gives them a bit of a pep talk telling them if there is any hope of stopping the Dynasty, they'll have to work together! Idol agrees with Bob and the faces seem fired up! Brad tells Muraco that any time he wants the Southern Title and feels froggy, to jump!
4.Kevin Sullivan, Buzz Sawyer, & Sadistic Steve Strong (w/ Fallen Angel) beat Gene Ligon, Jeff Sword, & JT Southern. Southern shows some flashes, but the heels dominate most of the bout. Strong and Sullivan refuse to tag Sawyer in. Finally, Buzz makes a back slap tag to Strong and eventually pins Ligon after a huge powerslam. In a postmatch interview, Solie brings up the lack of teamwork. Sullivan says that Sawyer must prove himself after losing the TV Title. Buzz barks out that it wasn't his fault and glares at Sullivan, Strong, and the Fallen Angel. Sullivan does some Abudah Dein, Lady of the Third Eye talk and they stalk off!
5.Bob Backlund, Mike Graham, & Jimmy Valiant beat Jimmy Garvin(w/Precious), Shane Douglas, & Kendo Nagasaki via DQ when referee Nick Patrick catches Precious spraying her aerosol can in Graham's face.
6.American Starship defeats Undertaker via DQ when Steve Strong runs in. Strong and Undertaker give Starship a hellacious beating! Kevin Sullivan runs out and cheers his men on! Afterwards, Starship has to be carried out of the arena!
7.Bossman Bubba Rogers pins Jos LeDuc after a corner splash. On commentary, Lance & Gordon both note the absence of Slick in LeDuc's corner.
8.TV Champion “Mr. Perfect” Jerry Stubbs(w/Baby Doll) defends his title against veteran Bob Armstrong.Bob's earlier comments apparently earned the displeasure of the Dynasty as Jerry Lawler and Magnificent Muraco come to ringside. This brings out Bob's son Brad and Austin Idol.Eventually, everybody outside the ring ends up inside(except Baby Doll) and referee Jerry Calhoun must throw the match out!What a wild scene!
USWA presents “Saturday Night Wrestling”
Taped on 4/26/87 at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH
Airing 5/8/87 on the Nashville Network
Announcers: Lance Russell & Gordon Solie
Ring Announcer: Mike McGuirk
Referees: Nick Patrick, Rick Hazzard, & Jerry Calhoun
VTR OPENING:
As the music plays, we see the following scenes:
Jerry Lawler hitting a fist drop on a prone opponent
Jim Cornette leading the Midnight Express to the ring
Austin Idol applying the Las Vegas Leglock
Big Bubba Rogers brawling with Jos LeDuc in the Steel Gauntlet cage
Brad Armstrong hitting the Russian leg sweep
Jerry Lawler making his helicopter entrance at the Memphis In May card at the Liberty Bowl
The Fabulous Ones getting out of a limo.
LES THATCHER (voice over): The United States Wrestling Association presents Saturday Night Wrestling! For the next 90 minutes, you'll see America's best professional wrestling action! Now, here is your award winning broadcast team of Gordon Solie & Lance Russell!
1.Shane Douglas(w/Jimmy Garvin & Precious) opens the show, pinning Lou Winston after a belly to belly suplex. After the match, during an interview, Mike Graham comes out, gets in Jimmy Garvin's face and says his eyes still burn from whatever Precious sprayed in them last week! Graham says he never thought he'd see the day when Ronnie Garvin's brother let a woman do his fighting! Mike challenges Garvin to a match next week and says somebody needs to give Precious a spanking!
2.The ever popular Handsome Jimmy Valiant pins Bill Tabb after a big elbow drop! Valiant tells Lance Russell afterwards that his old lady has told him she wants some gold around his waist! The Boogie Man challenges both Mr. Perfect and “the Kingfish” for their belts!
3.We see a music video set to “Hold On Loosely” by .38 Special featuring action clips of Billy Jack Haynes. After the video, Gordon reminds fans that Billy will make his USWA debut on the 2nd annual “Memphis In May” spectacular on May 31 at the Liberty Bowl, available on pay per view. Contact your local cable system.
4.Wildcat Wendell Cooley continues to impress as he pins veteran Mike Boyette after a bulldog.
5.The Midnight Express(w/Jim Cornette) score a convincing win over Rusty Riddle & DJ Peterson as Eaton pins Riddle after the Alabama Jam. We see a pretaped promo from the Fabulous Ones. Stan & Steve say that sooner or later, they'll regain their belts from the Express!
6.Jerry “the King” Lawler defeats Rocky King, pinning him after a piledriver. Lawler is even more arrogant than usual. Afterwards, Lawler, Cornette, & the rest of the Dynasty do an interview and talk trash, particularly directed at the Fabs, Idol, & the Armstrongs. Muraco brags that he will take Brad Armstrong's Southern Title here tonight and nothing any of those other goofs do can stop that from happening!
7.The Great Kokina(w/Slick) defeats Doug Vines & Ricky Ataki in a handicap bout. Bossman Bubba Rogers comes out and watches the closing moments of the bout at ringside.
8.Dutch Mantel & Bossman Bubba Rogers defeat Tony Anthony & Hollywood John Tatum as Mantel pins Tatum after a clothesline. Slick is conspicuous by his absence.
9.Bob Backlund & Mike Graham take on Killer Khan & Jos LeDuc(w/Slick). Khan & LeDuc are not on the same page at all this week and end up fighting each other. Slick tries to break up the fight, but Dutch comes in and roughs Slick up! LeDuc and Khan brawl all over the building. Lance says it looks like maybe there has been some bad blood for quite some time in Slick's group.
10.Magnificent Muraco (w/Jim Cornette) defeats Brad Armstrong(w/Bob Armstrong) to win the Southern Championship. Muraco pinned Brad after nailing him with Cornette's tennis racket while referee Rick Hazard's back was turned as Hazzard was trying to pull Bob off of Cornette!
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