UWA FURY (4/3/88)
Mar 23, 2022 5:12:53 GMT
Post by grigs on Mar 23, 2022 5:12:53 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped 3/23/88 at the Showboat Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to air Sunday, 4/3/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
We see a closeup of the UWA TV Title belt. Then, the camera zooms out and we see that the belt is slung over the shoulder of the titleholder, Jos LeDuc!
LEDUC: Tonight, Midnight Soldier, you will get your title match! There is no chance of you taking my title, there is no chance of you beating me! I will keep this belt until the day I finally win the Undisputed World Title! Until then, nobody can take this title!
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams stands outside the Showboat.
ADAMS: I've come all the way to Sin City to take the TV Title from the Canadian Freight Train! I know he's big and bad! I know how strong he is! With my Midnight Army backing me up, I know that I can take that title right here tonight on UWA FURY!
Billy Jack Haynes is standing in the ring, Undisputed World Title belt around his waist.
HAYNES: I'm a fighting champion! Cactus Jack, even you get a shot at this belt! Bring it on! Give it your best shot! I'm ready for whatever you dish out!
Cactus Jack and Bill Dundee are in the dressing room area...
JACK: Billy, you said if I stuck with you, I'd go straight to the top! Tonight, I'm gonna be Undisputed World Champion! Haynes, your muscles are no match for what I can do!
DUNDEE: Leduc has the TV belt! I got the world Junior Heavyweight belt! Tonight, Jack will be World Heavyweight Champion! The House of Dundee is on top of the world, baby!
VTR OPENING:
As the music plays we see the following:
Billy Jack Haynes holding a championship belt above his head!
Haynes overhead press slamming an opponent!
Rock and Roll Express hitting a double dropkick!
Dan Spivey powerbombing Billy Jack on the concrete floor!
Jos LeDuc putting the bearhug on Tom Prichard!
Ron Fuller leading Master of Pain to the ring!
Buzz Sawyer hitting a powerslam!
Iceman Parsons hitting the butt bump!
Nord the Berzerker coming to the ring, waving his sword above his head!
Billy Jack Haynes applying the full nelson!
MARSHALL: Right now, it is my pleasure to introduce my new broadcast partner! Take a look at this man's highlight reel!
VTR:
As the music plays, we see career highlights of Magnum TA in action.
TA joins Stagger Lee in front of the UWA logo. In contrast to Marshall's tux, TA is wearing a leather jacket and Badstreet USA T shirt.
MARSHALL: You couldn't have picked a better week to join the team, Magnum! Two championship matches on UWA Fury tonight!
TA: Lee, it's nights like tonight that make me miss my days as a competitor! We heard from the men involved in thosde title matches earlier. My good friend Billy Jack has a real fight on his hands this week! The UWA is the best wrestling organization in the world today and we have a great lineup of superstars here tonight in Vegas! Let's get it going!
Super Samoans (w/ Ron Wright) vs. Brick Bronsky & Hacksaw Higgins: Ron Wright's World Champions take on two tough looking guys tonight in non-title action. Afa & Koikna win convincingly as Kokina pins Bronsky after a sit down splash. Magnum says it will take a tough team to take the title from the Samoan team!
COMMERCIAL
Nord the Berzerker & the Nasty Boys (w/ Bill Dundee) vs. Mitch Snow, Joe Cruz, & Rocky King: Three of Dundee's men see action here. The heels seem to have a chip on their collective shoulder as they really tear into their opponents. Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt are at ringside. Gilbert has a pencil and legal pad; he is taking notes as he observes the action. Dundee flirts with Missy and she seems to enjoy it! Dundee and Gilbert nearly come to blows! It doesn't effect the match outcome as Nord gets the win as he puts King in an over the shoulder backbreaker and Rocky has no choice but to submit!
Between matches, Mark Lowrance has an interview...
LOWRANCE: I'm here with “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller and two very formidable members of his Stud Stable-TV Champion “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer and the master of Pain who is in our next bout. Austin Idol has a vendetta against the Stud Stable and next week, these two men will take on Idol and a partner who has not been named at this present time...
FULLER: Truth be told, he probably can't find anybody willing to face these two! Look at 'em, Lowrance! Would you step in the ring with'em?
LOWRANCE: Certainly not!
SAWYER: You can get anybody you want! You can bring a grizzly bear and we'll take care of it! It don't matter to us, Idol! It just don't matter!
LOWRANCE: I know that Austin has a lot of friends in the sport. I'm sure he'll come up with somebody!
FULLER: Don't count on it, stringbean!
Master of Pain (w/ Ron Fuller) vs. SD “Special Delivery” Jones: Jones is no pushover and he gives the big man his best here this week. It's all in vain as Pain hits the heart punch and scores the pinfall win.
COMMERCIAL
Outlaw Ron Bass vs. Todd Champion: Champion gives it a solid effort, but succumbs to Bass's clawhold. Bass has already pinned World Champion BillY Jack haynes once with the claw in a tag team match. Can he do it in a title match? Magnum says Billy is his pal, but he can't pick a winner between Haynes and Bass!
MARSHALL: I can tell by your T shirt that you are familiar with the Fabulous Freebirds, Magnum!
MAGNUM: Three of the best in the business, Lee! We've had our disagreements in the past and they don't always wear the white hats, but I can promis you one thing: There is never a dull moment when Michael Hayes, Buddy Roberts. And Terry Gordy are in town!
COMMERCIAL
Big Van Vader (w/Madusa Miceli) vs. Bill Tabb: Vader continues to dominate. He pins Tabb after a pair of German suplexes.
COMMERCIAL
Including:
VTR: We see footage of UWA action.
MARSHALL: Battle Bowl is coming to pay per view on May 14th!!!! It starts with a Lethal Lottery where the luck of the draw will force enemies to work together and friends to fight against each other in a series of action packed tag matches! Then, the winners meet in Battle Bowl, the ultimate battle royal where the last man standing wins 500 grand, a future match for the Undisputed World Title, and the Lord of the Ring trophy!
Footage of a battle royal followed by Billy Jack Haynes holding the World Title belt above his head!
MARSHALL: Call your local cable provider first thing in the morning!
We come back to the Rock and Roll Express and Austin Idol entering the arena...
Rock and Roll Express & Austin Idol vs. Conquistadors I & II & Gary Royal: The faces dominate and Idol forces Conquistador II to submit to the Las Vegas Leglock. After the bell, Mark Lowrance enters the ring to speak with the winners.
LOWRANCE: Austin Idol, I want to speak with you about next week. You have a tag match against two members of the Stud Stable. Ron Fuller seems to believe that you don't actually have a partner!
IDOL: Mark, we're here in my hometown, Las Vegas! Everybody in this room knows about a hole card! Don't worry about your Universal Heartthrob, Jackson, 'cause I always got an ace in the hole!
LOWRANCE: So you do have a partner?
RICKY: Look, brother, if you need help from one of us....
IDOL: You two are great wrestlers and even better friends! Trust me, everybody, please, I mean it! I have it under control. Whatever you do, DO NOT MISS UWA FURY next week here on the USA Network!
LOWRANCE: He's right...you don't want to miss an episode of UWA FURY!
COMMERCIAL
The Rising Suns I & II (w/ Tojo Yamamoto) vs. Steve & Shaun Simpson: The masked team are at their vicious best tonight as they isolate Steve on their side of the ring and work him over. It looks like it will be an easy win for the heels, but Steve eventually makes a hot tag. Shaun hits a flying bodypress on Rising Sun II and the Simpsons get a big win on TV this week!
TV TITLE MATCH: Jos LeDuc (w/Superstar Bill Dundee)(C) vs. “Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams: A real slugfest. They fight as much on the floor as they do in the ring! After Adams gives LeDuc an ovehead press slam, Dundee waves in Nord the Berzerker! The Berzerker nails Adams with his Viking helmet and the Midnight Soldier is in trouble! Billy Jack runs in swinging his title belt and clears the ring of the heels! Haynes' opponent in the next match, Cactus Jack, comes out! We'll have that match next!
COMMERCIAL
UWA UNDISPUTED WORLD TITLE MATCH: Billy Jack Haynes © vs. Cactus Jack (w/ Superstar Bill Dundee): Outlaw Ron Bass watches from ringside. This is another wild and wooly brawl. Billy Jack applies the full nelson after several minutes of action and Jack submits! Bass enters the ring and applies the claw to Billy Jack! Brian Adams comes out to help, but Nord and LeDuc are right behind him as the House of Dundee beats the Midnight Soldier down, Bass pins Haynes down with the claw! Thankfully, Austin Idol comes out with Minerva ( his axe handle), the Simpsons, and the Rock and Roll! The reinforcements clear the ring!
NEXT WEEK:
UWA Debut of The Sheepherders
Austin Idol &
? vs. Buzz Sawyer & Master of PainEddie Gilbert vs. Tom Prichard
TV TITLE MATCH: Jos LeDuc vs. Cowboy Scott Casey
UWA WORLD TITLE MATCH: Billy Jack Haynes vs. Gama Singh (Middle East Champion from Pakistan)
Working on it now.