World Wide Wrestling on TBS 1/15/1988
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World Wide Wrestling
On TBS 1/15/88 6:05 PM EAST
Taped 12/28/87 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
President: Ole Anderson
Play by Play: David Crockett, Bob Caudle with Lance Russell
Referees: Jerry Calhoun, Rick Hazzard, Nick Patrick, Dick Woehrle, Scrappy McGowan, David Manning
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David: “Fans STARRCADE ON TOUR COMES TO ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY NIGHT!
1/17/88 ASHEVILLE, NC
-OLE ANDERSON, SPECIAL GUEST REF FOR THE WORLD HWT TITLE-DUSTY RHODES V JERRY LAWLER
-20 SECOND COUNT OUT FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ---FANTASTICS V ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD
-18 MAN BATTLE ROYALE FOR SHOT AT TERRY TAYLOR’S US TITLE; IF TAYLOR WINS HE PICKS HIS OPPONENT
-NATIONAL TITLE, NO DQ- RON SIMMONS V BUDDY LANDELL
-ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER V JIMMY VALIANT
-RONNIE GARVIN, MANNY FERNANDEZ AND WAHOO MCDANIEL ALL RETURN
-THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS + GARY HART
1/22/88 RICHMOND, VA
1/29/88 CHARLOTTE, NC
2/6/88 JACKSONVILLE, FL
2/12/88 RALEIGH, NC
2/19/88 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
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THE ARMSTRONGS w Bob Armstrong def. NIKOLAI VOLKOFF + IRON SHEIK just 2 days before their six-man match v Dick Murdoch, Adrian Adonis and Gary Hart as its STARRCADE ON TOUR IN ASHEVILLE!
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BUDDY LANDELL DEF. SHANE DOUGLAS
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David directs fans to this pretape of the final moments of the JERRY LAWLER V AUSTIN IDOL match for the Crown in Charleston, where the King throws fire in Idols face but despite Baby Doll’s efforts to distract the ref, he sees it and DQs Lawler! Lawler berates Baby Doll as they head to the back but Idol's face is covered by wrestlers with wet towels and helped to the dressing room!
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JIMMY VALIANT joins Lance Russell, and has a chain on his fist!
“Ray Stevens you got humiliated by the Boogey Woogie Man so you send ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER after me in Asheville? As you can see I am PREPARED, BABY, Abdullah I got the chain, I ready to bring on the pain, Jimmy Valiant gonna go insane! It might not be pretty, it probably will be ugly, but when I get done with Butcher Ray Stevens you will no longer the crippler, you will be the CRIPPLED! PAIN AWAITS IN ASHEVILLE MONDAY NIGHT, GUARANTEED!
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WORLD WIDE WRESTLING WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
It’s a competitive match as double tough Bass re-opens Dusty's cut and puts his title in jeopardy but AMERICAN DREAM GETS THE PIN BUT WAIT after the win JERRY LAWLER RUNS IN AND BLOODIES DUSTY BATTERING HIM OVER AND OVER ON HIS WIDE OPEN FOREHEAD! GROSS! Face after face runs in but Ron Bass knocks them out of the ring until its . . . . its . . . .
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BABY DOLL! BABY DOLL PULLS JERRY OFF AND BEGS HIM TO STOP! Ron Bass wants nothing to do with this and leaves the ring, and LAWLER PULLS BACK ON HER AND SHE FALLS BACKWARDS ONTO THE RING AS THE KING MENACES HER! IS JERRY LAWLER GOING TO HIT HER? ON NATIONAL TV? WAIT!!!!
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BLOODY DUSTY STAGGERS OUT OF THE RING, GRABS A CHAIR, STAGGERS BACK INTO THE RING AND CHAIRSHOTS LAWLER IN THE BACK!!!!
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HE HITS LAWLER WITH THE CHAIR AND LAWLER TUMBLES OUT OF THE RING, HE RE-ENTERS BUT DUSTY PROTECTS BABY DOLL IN THE CORNER, WITH THE CHAIR IN HIS HAND! Lawler finally backs down and leaves the ring, pointing an accusing finger at Rhodes and Baby Doll! Rhodes checks on Baby Doll, who is in tears, and WALKS HER BACK TO THE DRESSING ROOM despite being covered in blood! FANS, WHAT AN ACT OF CHIVALRY BY THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HERE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!
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David: “BOB CAUDLE! BOB CAUDLE! DUSTY! DUSTY! DUSTY! WE WILL BE BACK!
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Buddy Landell joins Lance Russell!
“Ha ha Lance Russell Jerry Lawler clearly went easy on that backstabbing trollop Baby Doll!
Lance: “Aw come on now Buddy . . .
Buddy: “You know what Lance I apologize, I came out here to talk about Ron Simmons and the National Heavyweight title anyway. I get it Ron Simmons you are big and strong and played football at Florida. But now it’s no DQ in Asheville so all I have to do is beat you clean, and as Starrcade on Tour continues, the excuses will end, the options will end and I predict by the time Starrcade on Tour is over, Buddy Landell will be the next National Heavyweight champion, thank you for your time Lance Russell!
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ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon DEF. JEFF GAYLORD + WENDELL COOLEY
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Gary Hart is with Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis for an interview with Lance Russell! They promise a win over the Armstrong family Monday in Asheville versus the Armstrong Family despite Gary Hart being forced to dress for the six man match!
Gary: “OOOOOOOOOOO the Armstrongs, remember I started out this business as a professional wrestler, and I may be old, I may be out of practice, and this may be a complete SET UP by Ole Anderson and World Wide Wrestling but I still remember a trick or two!
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Lance: “Well, now Dream maybe it’s time, if you don’t mind me saying, to get that stitched up, for goodness sake.
Dusty: “JERRY THE KING LAWLER!!!! YOU WILL NEVER TOUCH BABY DOLL AGAIN!!!! YOU WANT THIS TITLE BELT YOUR HIGHNESS YOU TAKE IT FROM ME, MAN ON MAN IN THE RING IN ASHEVILLE!!!
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Pretapes of WAHOO MCDANIEL AND ANNY FERNANDEZ ARE SHOWN!
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STARRCADE ON TOUR!
1/17/88 ASHEVILLE, NC
-OLE ANDERSON, SPECIAL GUEST REF FOR THE WORLD HWT TITLE-DUSTY RHODES V JERRY LAWLER
-20 SECOND COUNT OUT FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ----FANTASTICS V ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD
-18 MAN BATTLE ROYALE FOR SHOT ST TERRY TAYLOR’S US TITLE
-NATIONAL TITLE, NO DQ- RON SIMMONS V BUDDY LANDELL
-ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER V JIMMY VALIANT
-RONNIE GARVIN, MANNY FERNANDEZ AND WAHOO MCDANIEL ALL RETURN
-THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS + GARY HART
1/22/88 RICHMOND, VA
1/29/88 CHARLOTTE, NC
2/6/88 JACKSONVILLE, FL
2/12/88 RALEIGH, NC
2/19/88 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
On TBS 1/15/88 6:05 PM EAST
Taped 12/28/87 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
President: Ole Anderson
Play by Play: David Crockett, Bob Caudle with Lance Russell
Referees: Jerry Calhoun, Rick Hazzard, Nick Patrick, Dick Woehrle, Scrappy McGowan, David Manning
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David: “Fans STARRCADE ON TOUR COMES TO ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY NIGHT!
1/17/88 ASHEVILLE, NC
-OLE ANDERSON, SPECIAL GUEST REF FOR THE WORLD HWT TITLE-DUSTY RHODES V JERRY LAWLER
-20 SECOND COUNT OUT FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ---FANTASTICS V ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD
-18 MAN BATTLE ROYALE FOR SHOT AT TERRY TAYLOR’S US TITLE; IF TAYLOR WINS HE PICKS HIS OPPONENT
-NATIONAL TITLE, NO DQ- RON SIMMONS V BUDDY LANDELL
-ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER V JIMMY VALIANT
-RONNIE GARVIN, MANNY FERNANDEZ AND WAHOO MCDANIEL ALL RETURN
-THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS + GARY HART
1/22/88 RICHMOND, VA
1/29/88 CHARLOTTE, NC
2/6/88 JACKSONVILLE, FL
2/12/88 RALEIGH, NC
2/19/88 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
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THE ARMSTRONGS w Bob Armstrong def. NIKOLAI VOLKOFF + IRON SHEIK just 2 days before their six-man match v Dick Murdoch, Adrian Adonis and Gary Hart as its STARRCADE ON TOUR IN ASHEVILLE!
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BUDDY LANDELL DEF. SHANE DOUGLAS
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David directs fans to this pretape of the final moments of the JERRY LAWLER V AUSTIN IDOL match for the Crown in Charleston, where the King throws fire in Idols face but despite Baby Doll’s efforts to distract the ref, he sees it and DQs Lawler! Lawler berates Baby Doll as they head to the back but Idol's face is covered by wrestlers with wet towels and helped to the dressing room!
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BREAK
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JIMMY VALIANT joins Lance Russell, and has a chain on his fist!
“Ray Stevens you got humiliated by the Boogey Woogie Man so you send ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER after me in Asheville? As you can see I am PREPARED, BABY, Abdullah I got the chain, I ready to bring on the pain, Jimmy Valiant gonna go insane! It might not be pretty, it probably will be ugly, but when I get done with Butcher Ray Stevens you will no longer the crippler, you will be the CRIPPLED! PAIN AWAITS IN ASHEVILLE MONDAY NIGHT, GUARANTEED!
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WORLD WIDE WRESTLING WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DUSTY RHODES V OUTLAW RON BASS
Dusty enters with a huge bloody bandage on his forehead which Bob Caudle says is a cut suffered in his title defense against Tully Blanchard in Charleston. During the match David and Bob let the fans know that AUSTIN IDOL is out indefinitely after the King threw a fireball in face in Charleston!
It’s a competitive match as double tough Bass re-opens Dusty's cut and puts his title in jeopardy but AMERICAN DREAM GETS THE PIN BUT WAIT after the win JERRY LAWLER RUNS IN AND BLOODIES DUSTY BATTERING HIM OVER AND OVER ON HIS WIDE OPEN FOREHEAD! GROSS! Face after face runs in but Ron Bass knocks them out of the ring until its . . . . its . . . .
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BABY DOLL! BABY DOLL PULLS JERRY OFF AND BEGS HIM TO STOP! Ron Bass wants nothing to do with this and leaves the ring, and LAWLER PULLS BACK ON HER AND SHE FALLS BACKWARDS ONTO THE RING AS THE KING MENACES HER! IS JERRY LAWLER GOING TO HIT HER? ON NATIONAL TV? WAIT!!!!
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BLOODY DUSTY STAGGERS OUT OF THE RING, GRABS A CHAIR, STAGGERS BACK INTO THE RING AND CHAIRSHOTS LAWLER IN THE BACK!!!!
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HE HITS LAWLER WITH THE CHAIR AND LAWLER TUMBLES OUT OF THE RING, HE RE-ENTERS BUT DUSTY PROTECTS BABY DOLL IN THE CORNER, WITH THE CHAIR IN HIS HAND! Lawler finally backs down and leaves the ring, pointing an accusing finger at Rhodes and Baby Doll! Rhodes checks on Baby Doll, who is in tears, and WALKS HER BACK TO THE DRESSING ROOM despite being covered in blood! FANS, WHAT AN ACT OF CHIVALRY BY THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HERE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!
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David: “BOB CAUDLE! BOB CAUDLE! DUSTY! DUSTY! DUSTY! WE WILL BE BACK!
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BREAK
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Buddy Landell joins Lance Russell!
“Ha ha Lance Russell Jerry Lawler clearly went easy on that backstabbing trollop Baby Doll!
Lance: “Aw come on now Buddy . . .
Buddy: “You know what Lance I apologize, I came out here to talk about Ron Simmons and the National Heavyweight title anyway. I get it Ron Simmons you are big and strong and played football at Florida. But now it’s no DQ in Asheville so all I have to do is beat you clean, and as Starrcade on Tour continues, the excuses will end, the options will end and I predict by the time Starrcade on Tour is over, Buddy Landell will be the next National Heavyweight champion, thank you for your time Lance Russell!
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ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon DEF. JEFF GAYLORD + WENDELL COOLEY
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Gary Hart is with Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis for an interview with Lance Russell! They promise a win over the Armstrong family Monday in Asheville versus the Armstrong Family despite Gary Hart being forced to dress for the six man match!
Gary: “OOOOOOOOOOO the Armstrongs, remember I started out this business as a professional wrestler, and I may be old, I may be out of practice, and this may be a complete SET UP by Ole Anderson and World Wide Wrestling but I still remember a trick or two!
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DUSTY RHODES IS HERE WITH A BLOODY HEAD! Lance Russell mentions the Dream will face the King Jerry Lawler for the World title Monday in Asheville with OLE ANDERSON AS SPECIAL REFEREE in Asheville as its STARRCADE ON TOUR!
Dusty: “JERRY THE KING LAWLER!!!! YOU WILL NEVER TOUCH BABY DOLL AGAIN!!!! YOU WANT THIS TITLE BELT YOUR HIGHNESS YOU TAKE IT FROM ME, MAN ON MAN IN THE RING IN ASHEVILLE!!!
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Pretapes of WAHOO MCDANIEL AND ANNY FERNANDEZ ARE SHOWN!
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STARRCADE ON TOUR!
1/17/88 ASHEVILLE, NC
-OLE ANDERSON, SPECIAL GUEST REF FOR THE WORLD HWT TITLE-DUSTY RHODES V JERRY LAWLER
-20 SECOND COUNT OUT FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ----FANTASTICS V ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD
-18 MAN BATTLE ROYALE FOR SHOT ST TERRY TAYLOR’S US TITLE
-NATIONAL TITLE, NO DQ- RON SIMMONS V BUDDY LANDELL
-ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER V JIMMY VALIANT
-RONNIE GARVIN, MANNY FERNANDEZ AND WAHOO MCDANIEL ALL RETURN
-THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS + GARY HART
1/22/88 RICHMOND, VA
1/29/88 CHARLOTTE, NC
2/6/88 JACKSONVILLE, FL
2/12/88 RALEIGH, NC
2/19/88 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
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