Portland Wrestling (1/8/88)
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“Portland Wrestling”
Taped live on 1/8/88 at the Portland Sports Arena in Portland, Oregon to air at 11 PM on KPTV and an edited tape of this show airs in syndication as “Big Time Wrestling” the next week on stations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.
Announcers: Don Coss & Stan Stasiak
Ring Announcer: Don Owen
Referees: Sandy Barr & David Manning
COSS: Welcome to Portland Wrestling! It's a “kids free” night and the Sports Arena is packed with youngsters ready for an action packed card! A young man that you fans have really taken to recently is ready for action!
Eric Embry vs. Gene Ligon: Embry gets a nice pop as he puts on a clinic against the capable Ligon. After hitting a wide variety of suplexes, Embry piledrives Ligon for the wpin.
COMMERCIAL
Sam Houston vs. Art Barr: A clean match between two outstanding prospects. After several near falls, Houston bulldogs Barr and gets the win.
COMMERCIAL
Abdullah the Butcher & “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller(w/Master of Pain) vs. “Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez & Wahoo McDaniel: Fernandez and McDaniel have a wild brawl with the Stud and one of his goons. At one point, Fernandez takes a spill to the outside. While the Bull is on the floor and referee Sandy Barr's back is turned, Master of Pain posts Manny! Fuller and Abdullah take full advantage of the 2 against 1 situation and give Wahoo a vicious beating! Eventually, somebody in a suit runs into the ring and nails Fuller and then goes to work on the Butcher! The ref disqualifies the faces for outside interference. Stasiak says the man who interfered looks very familiar.
COSS: Wahoo McDaniel and the man who rushed in to help are here. Wahoo, can you introduce us to this man?
WAHOO: Don, I'm proud to introduce my good friend, the Caribbean Heavyweight Champion, Carlos Colon!
COLON: I am sorry to get you disqualified, old friend, but like I told you on the phone when we talked, the last time that Abdullah the Butcher was in Puerto Rico, he put several scientific wrestlers in the hospital! This man is no wrestler, he's an animal! I have promised those young wrestlers who he hurt that I will track him down and teach him a lesson! I finally have found him here in Portland.
WAHOO: I want to ask Don Owen for a personal favor! Manny might have a concussion after what that big jerk Fuller calls Master of Pain did to him! Carlos has travelled all the way up here to get his hands on Abdullah! Why don't we have a match at the Portland Special on January 11th where Carlos and myself take on Master of Pain and the Butcher! If Fuller has the guts, let's sign that match!
COLON: That sounds like a great idea to me! I'd be proud to have this man as a partner!
COMMERCIAL
STASIAK: I'm here with three of the most popular wrestlers going today: the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions, the Rock and Roll Express, and the new TV Champion Tom Prichard! In our Main Event this week, you men face the wrestlers you beat for your titles: Buzz Sawyer, Matt Borne, & Exotic Adrian Street! Tom, you had to have some help from Eric Embry to get the match, but once you had it, you won the title all by yourself!
PRICHARD: Yeah, Eric and me turned the tables on that jerk last week! Now, he's got some backup, but two can play that game! I got the best back up you can get, the best tag team going today, Ricky and Robert!
STASIAK: Ricky, you and Robert have a high stakes match on January 11th!
RICKY: We've been saying all along, Stan the Man, the wrestling business ain't big enough for the Rock and Roll and Borne & Sawyer! Something's gotta give and somebody's gotta go! I can't imagine not being in the Rock and Roll Express! I don't even wanna think about it!
ROBERT: You ain't gonna have to worry about it brother! We ain't gonna let that happen! Give it all you got boys! You ain't never shutting down the Rock and Roll Express!
RICKY: Rock and Roll never dies, baby! With all these nice people behind us, we can't lose! With Tommy Prichard on our side, we ain't losing the six man tonight either!
STASIAK: We have another great athlete to talk with now...”Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams, come on out! Last week, you and Ken Patera had an all out brawl with Bill Dundee's men, Nord the Berzerker and Jos LeDuc. The ring couldn't hold all the action! Tonight, you go one on one with Nord!
ADAMS: Ken Patera is a great partner and he held up his end! Those geeks realized they couldn't beat us in the ring so they went outside the ring! We fought them out there, too! If they want a fight, they've got it! In the ring, in the parking lot, or in a dark alley, we'll get it on! I don't want to steal anybody's thunder, but my buddy Johnny Ace is on his way! Johnny will be wrestling on the big show on the 11th! Ken Patera says if I need any backup, I can count on him and I know Johnny Ace is on my side! Dundee, you can bring in anybody you want, I've got some great wrestlers on my side! Speaking of great wrestlers....
Billy Jack Haynes is here! He and Adams shake hands!
HAYNES: Good to see great young wrestlers like this man in Portland! Brian, you remind me of myself four or five years ago. I think you've got a bright future and I wish you all the luck in the world, brother!
ADAMS: That means a lot coming from you, Billy, and good luck in that cage match coming up!
HAYNES: Thank you. Yeah, I finally get that jerk Spivey in a cage match! There's no leaving the ring and powerbombing me on the floor, Danny! You gotta beat me in the ring! I don't think you can do it! Last week, you talked about me leaving on a stretcher! It could be Dan Spivey in the hospital this time! I've got the Pacific Northwest Title here, but I've been working toward one goal the last 6 or 7 years and that's winning the World Title! I'm ready! I'm willing! And I believe I'm able to win that title for all of my people here in Oregon! January 11th could be the greatest night of my life, Stan!
STASIAK: That is a strong possibility! Let's go to the ring!
The Master of Pain(w/ “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller) vs. Vic Steamboat: Steamboat pits his speed and skill against the size and power of Fuller's man. Steamboat does well, but when he attempts a flying bodypress off the top rope, the Master catches him, turns him upsdie down and executes a tombstone piledriver. This big man continues to impress.
COMMERCIAL
Don Owen has joined Don Coss in the Crow's Nest...
COSS: Joined by UWA President Don Owen who has the complete card for the January 11th spectacular here at the Sports Arena.
OWEN: I have a few additional announcements as well. Since the UWA is moving its base of operations to the States, it has opted to have it's champions based here in this country. Effective immediately, the PNW Tag Team Champions are recognized as the UWA World Tag Team Champions. The TV Title becomes the UWA TV Title. Due to the expansio of our promotional area, the title held by Billy Jack will be the American Title.I also urge all of our fans to check their local TV listings for information about the expansion of UWA TV coverage.
Now, the card for January 11th:
MAIN EVENT-CAGE MATCH FOR THE UWA UNDISPUTED WORLD TITLE:
DANGEROUS DAN SPIVEY © VS. BILLY JACK HAYNES
UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH-LOSING TEAM SPLITS
ROCK & ROLL EXPRESS © VS. BUZZ SAWYER & MATT BORNE
ELIMINATION TAG MATCH:
MANNY FERNANDEZ, RON GARVIN, & DUTCH MANTEL
VS.
RON FULLER, JIMMY GOLDEN, & THE GRAPPLER
WAHOO MCDANIEL & CARLOS COLON
VS.
MASTER OF PAIN & ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER
KEN PATERA VS. JOS LEDUC
SUPER SAMOANS VS. BAD LEROY BROWN & ICEMAN PARSONS
TOM PRICHARD & ERIC EMBRY VS. EXOTIC ADRIAN STREET & KENDO NAGSAKI
DEBUT OF JOHNNY ACE
COSS: Wow! What a lineup! Let's go to the ring for our next big match!
Bad Leroy Brown vs. Kokina (w/Ron Wright & Afa): Brown and Iceman have been embroiled in a feud with Wright and his Super Samoans lately. Brown and Kokinan basically take turns pounding each other. Afa gets involved and Kokina is disqualified, but the Samoans give the big man from Chicago a hellacious beating until a chair wielding King Parsons hits the ring and cleans house! These teams will meet again at the big spectacular on Tuesday night!
COMMERCIAL
Miss Linda leads her man Adrian Street and the team of Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer to the ring as the fans voice their displeasure. Then, the music plays...
The UWA World Tag Team champions and the UWA TV champion enter the arena to a HUGE pop!
MAIN EVENT(2/3 falls): The Rock and Roll Express & Tom Prichard vs. Exotic Adrian Street (w/ Miss Linda), “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer, & Maniac Matt Borne:
First Fall: The match is fast paced and back and forth. After about 7 minutes of action, Sawyer powerslams Morton and claims the first fall for his team. Stasiak correctly points out that if that happens on Tuesday, Ricky and Robert's tag team days are over!
Between falls, Don Coss introduces the newest member of the broadcast team: LEE MARSHALL! Lee talks about how excited he is to be part of the UWA and how he's heard for years about the awesome atmsophere here at the Sports Arena and it lives up to it's billing! Coss invites Lee to sit in for the remainder of the match and Lee agrees.
Second Fall: Morton does what he does best in this fall, sell a terrible beating from the heels. The match degenerates into a pier six and Street manages to apply the cobra hold on Ricky! Prichard superkicks Street in the back of the head! Referee Sandy Barr clears the illegal men from the ring as Street collapses to the mat and Ricky falls on him. Barr counts three and we're tied at one fall apiece!
Third Fall: The Rock and Roll and Prichard use their quickness to dominate most of the deciding fall. Gibson catches Street in a rolling reverse in the center of the ring and looks to have the win! Sawyer comes in and that lures Ricky Mortin in, too. As the ref tries to clear the ring, Borne enters behind his back and delivers a vicious clothesline to Gibson, reversing the pin on Street. All Sandy Barr sees is Street pinning Robert and he counts three! Borne, Sawyer, & Street win!
MARSHALL: This doesn't bode well for the Rock and Roll Express, guys!
STASIAK: You may be right! We'll see Tuesday night!
DARK MATCHES:
Iceman King Parsons, Ron Garvin, & Dirty Dutch Mantel beat the Grappler, Bad News Brooks, & Jimmy Golden in an action packed bout as Parsons pinned Brooks after a butt bump.
American Champion Billy Jack Haynes defended his belt by forcing “Black Ninja” Kendo Nagasaki to submit to the full nelson.
UWA Undisputed World Champion Dangerous Dan Spivey pinned Kensuke Sasaki(introduced by Don Owen as one of Japan's rising stars) after a powerbomb in an intense and physical match.
Taped live on 1/8/88 at the Portland Sports Arena in Portland, Oregon to air at 11 PM on KPTV and an edited tape of this show airs in syndication as “Big Time Wrestling” the next week on stations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.
Announcers: Don Coss & Stan Stasiak
Ring Announcer: Don Owen
Referees: Sandy Barr & David Manning
COSS: Welcome to Portland Wrestling! It's a “kids free” night and the Sports Arena is packed with youngsters ready for an action packed card! A young man that you fans have really taken to recently is ready for action!
Eric Embry vs. Gene Ligon: Embry gets a nice pop as he puts on a clinic against the capable Ligon. After hitting a wide variety of suplexes, Embry piledrives Ligon for the wpin.
COMMERCIAL
Sam Houston vs. Art Barr: A clean match between two outstanding prospects. After several near falls, Houston bulldogs Barr and gets the win.
COMMERCIAL
Abdullah the Butcher & “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller(w/Master of Pain) vs. “Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez & Wahoo McDaniel: Fernandez and McDaniel have a wild brawl with the Stud and one of his goons. At one point, Fernandez takes a spill to the outside. While the Bull is on the floor and referee Sandy Barr's back is turned, Master of Pain posts Manny! Fuller and Abdullah take full advantage of the 2 against 1 situation and give Wahoo a vicious beating! Eventually, somebody in a suit runs into the ring and nails Fuller and then goes to work on the Butcher! The ref disqualifies the faces for outside interference. Stasiak says the man who interfered looks very familiar.
COSS: Wahoo McDaniel and the man who rushed in to help are here. Wahoo, can you introduce us to this man?
WAHOO: Don, I'm proud to introduce my good friend, the Caribbean Heavyweight Champion, Carlos Colon!
COLON: I am sorry to get you disqualified, old friend, but like I told you on the phone when we talked, the last time that Abdullah the Butcher was in Puerto Rico, he put several scientific wrestlers in the hospital! This man is no wrestler, he's an animal! I have promised those young wrestlers who he hurt that I will track him down and teach him a lesson! I finally have found him here in Portland.
WAHOO: I want to ask Don Owen for a personal favor! Manny might have a concussion after what that big jerk Fuller calls Master of Pain did to him! Carlos has travelled all the way up here to get his hands on Abdullah! Why don't we have a match at the Portland Special on January 11th where Carlos and myself take on Master of Pain and the Butcher! If Fuller has the guts, let's sign that match!
COLON: That sounds like a great idea to me! I'd be proud to have this man as a partner!
COMMERCIAL
STASIAK: I'm here with three of the most popular wrestlers going today: the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions, the Rock and Roll Express, and the new TV Champion Tom Prichard! In our Main Event this week, you men face the wrestlers you beat for your titles: Buzz Sawyer, Matt Borne, & Exotic Adrian Street! Tom, you had to have some help from Eric Embry to get the match, but once you had it, you won the title all by yourself!
PRICHARD: Yeah, Eric and me turned the tables on that jerk last week! Now, he's got some backup, but two can play that game! I got the best back up you can get, the best tag team going today, Ricky and Robert!
STASIAK: Ricky, you and Robert have a high stakes match on January 11th!
RICKY: We've been saying all along, Stan the Man, the wrestling business ain't big enough for the Rock and Roll and Borne & Sawyer! Something's gotta give and somebody's gotta go! I can't imagine not being in the Rock and Roll Express! I don't even wanna think about it!
ROBERT: You ain't gonna have to worry about it brother! We ain't gonna let that happen! Give it all you got boys! You ain't never shutting down the Rock and Roll Express!
RICKY: Rock and Roll never dies, baby! With all these nice people behind us, we can't lose! With Tommy Prichard on our side, we ain't losing the six man tonight either!
STASIAK: We have another great athlete to talk with now...”Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams, come on out! Last week, you and Ken Patera had an all out brawl with Bill Dundee's men, Nord the Berzerker and Jos LeDuc. The ring couldn't hold all the action! Tonight, you go one on one with Nord!
ADAMS: Ken Patera is a great partner and he held up his end! Those geeks realized they couldn't beat us in the ring so they went outside the ring! We fought them out there, too! If they want a fight, they've got it! In the ring, in the parking lot, or in a dark alley, we'll get it on! I don't want to steal anybody's thunder, but my buddy Johnny Ace is on his way! Johnny will be wrestling on the big show on the 11th! Ken Patera says if I need any backup, I can count on him and I know Johnny Ace is on my side! Dundee, you can bring in anybody you want, I've got some great wrestlers on my side! Speaking of great wrestlers....
Billy Jack Haynes is here! He and Adams shake hands!
HAYNES: Good to see great young wrestlers like this man in Portland! Brian, you remind me of myself four or five years ago. I think you've got a bright future and I wish you all the luck in the world, brother!
ADAMS: That means a lot coming from you, Billy, and good luck in that cage match coming up!
HAYNES: Thank you. Yeah, I finally get that jerk Spivey in a cage match! There's no leaving the ring and powerbombing me on the floor, Danny! You gotta beat me in the ring! I don't think you can do it! Last week, you talked about me leaving on a stretcher! It could be Dan Spivey in the hospital this time! I've got the Pacific Northwest Title here, but I've been working toward one goal the last 6 or 7 years and that's winning the World Title! I'm ready! I'm willing! And I believe I'm able to win that title for all of my people here in Oregon! January 11th could be the greatest night of my life, Stan!
STASIAK: That is a strong possibility! Let's go to the ring!
The Master of Pain(w/ “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller) vs. Vic Steamboat: Steamboat pits his speed and skill against the size and power of Fuller's man. Steamboat does well, but when he attempts a flying bodypress off the top rope, the Master catches him, turns him upsdie down and executes a tombstone piledriver. This big man continues to impress.
COMMERCIAL
Don Owen has joined Don Coss in the Crow's Nest...
COSS: Joined by UWA President Don Owen who has the complete card for the January 11th spectacular here at the Sports Arena.
OWEN: I have a few additional announcements as well. Since the UWA is moving its base of operations to the States, it has opted to have it's champions based here in this country. Effective immediately, the PNW Tag Team Champions are recognized as the UWA World Tag Team Champions. The TV Title becomes the UWA TV Title. Due to the expansio of our promotional area, the title held by Billy Jack will be the American Title.I also urge all of our fans to check their local TV listings for information about the expansion of UWA TV coverage.
Now, the card for January 11th:
MAIN EVENT-CAGE MATCH FOR THE UWA UNDISPUTED WORLD TITLE:
DANGEROUS DAN SPIVEY © VS. BILLY JACK HAYNES
UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH-LOSING TEAM SPLITS
ROCK & ROLL EXPRESS © VS. BUZZ SAWYER & MATT BORNE
ELIMINATION TAG MATCH:
MANNY FERNANDEZ, RON GARVIN, & DUTCH MANTEL
VS.
RON FULLER, JIMMY GOLDEN, & THE GRAPPLER
WAHOO MCDANIEL & CARLOS COLON
VS.
MASTER OF PAIN & ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER
KEN PATERA VS. JOS LEDUC
SUPER SAMOANS VS. BAD LEROY BROWN & ICEMAN PARSONS
TOM PRICHARD & ERIC EMBRY VS. EXOTIC ADRIAN STREET & KENDO NAGSAKI
DEBUT OF JOHNNY ACE
COSS: Wow! What a lineup! Let's go to the ring for our next big match!
Bad Leroy Brown vs. Kokina (w/Ron Wright & Afa): Brown and Iceman have been embroiled in a feud with Wright and his Super Samoans lately. Brown and Kokinan basically take turns pounding each other. Afa gets involved and Kokina is disqualified, but the Samoans give the big man from Chicago a hellacious beating until a chair wielding King Parsons hits the ring and cleans house! These teams will meet again at the big spectacular on Tuesday night!
COMMERCIAL
Miss Linda leads her man Adrian Street and the team of Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer to the ring as the fans voice their displeasure. Then, the music plays...
The UWA World Tag Team champions and the UWA TV champion enter the arena to a HUGE pop!
MAIN EVENT(2/3 falls): The Rock and Roll Express & Tom Prichard vs. Exotic Adrian Street (w/ Miss Linda), “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer, & Maniac Matt Borne:
First Fall: The match is fast paced and back and forth. After about 7 minutes of action, Sawyer powerslams Morton and claims the first fall for his team. Stasiak correctly points out that if that happens on Tuesday, Ricky and Robert's tag team days are over!
Between falls, Don Coss introduces the newest member of the broadcast team: LEE MARSHALL! Lee talks about how excited he is to be part of the UWA and how he's heard for years about the awesome atmsophere here at the Sports Arena and it lives up to it's billing! Coss invites Lee to sit in for the remainder of the match and Lee agrees.
Second Fall: Morton does what he does best in this fall, sell a terrible beating from the heels. The match degenerates into a pier six and Street manages to apply the cobra hold on Ricky! Prichard superkicks Street in the back of the head! Referee Sandy Barr clears the illegal men from the ring as Street collapses to the mat and Ricky falls on him. Barr counts three and we're tied at one fall apiece!
Third Fall: The Rock and Roll and Prichard use their quickness to dominate most of the deciding fall. Gibson catches Street in a rolling reverse in the center of the ring and looks to have the win! Sawyer comes in and that lures Ricky Mortin in, too. As the ref tries to clear the ring, Borne enters behind his back and delivers a vicious clothesline to Gibson, reversing the pin on Street. All Sandy Barr sees is Street pinning Robert and he counts three! Borne, Sawyer, & Street win!
MARSHALL: This doesn't bode well for the Rock and Roll Express, guys!
STASIAK: You may be right! We'll see Tuesday night!
DARK MATCHES:
Iceman King Parsons, Ron Garvin, & Dirty Dutch Mantel beat the Grappler, Bad News Brooks, & Jimmy Golden in an action packed bout as Parsons pinned Brooks after a butt bump.
American Champion Billy Jack Haynes defended his belt by forcing “Black Ninja” Kendo Nagasaki to submit to the full nelson.
UWA Undisputed World Champion Dangerous Dan Spivey pinned Kensuke Sasaki(introduced by Don Owen as one of Japan's rising stars) after a powerbomb in an intense and physical match.
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