GWA “Global Monday” 5/9/88
May 8, 2022 0:13:59 GMT
Post by tlyne on May 8, 2022 0:13:59 GMT
“Global Monday”
Mid Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, NY
Taped- 4/19/88
Airs-5/9/88
The program opens with Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
Duggan, “Butch Reed, I’m coming for that TV Title, and I’m going to take it tonight tough Guy! Hooooooo!”
Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura open the program.
Ross, “”Jesse, Hacksaw Duggan looks ready!”
Ventura, “Duggan better be careful what he asks for, Reed may just end his career tonight!”
Ross, “We’ll see. Bobby Heenan says he has a big announcement. He has a newcomer that he says will tear the lid off wrestling!”
Ventura, “If ‘The Brain’ says it, it has to be true!”
Ross, “Once again, we will see. Let’s go to Howard Finkel.”
Match #1
The Bolsheviks w/General Skandor Akbar vs. Tom “Rocky” Stone and Robbie Ellis
Nikolai Volkoff takes the mic. He and Boris Zhukov sing the Soviet National Anthem. The crowd boos, and jeers.
Zhukov starts with Stone. The big Russian dishes out punishment. Boris pounds away, and Stone is in trouble. Volkoff tags in and works over Stone. Tom is able to tag in Ellis, but the art dealer fares no better. Nikolai gets Ellis up in the backbreaker, and Robbie submits.
Winners- The Bolshiviks
Match #2
Black Bart vs. David Sammartino
The big cowboy from the Badlands of South Dakota debuts. The powerful Sammartino will be a good first test. Bart starts fast. He is very aggressive. Sammartino doesn’t back down, and fights back. It’s a good match, but Bart takes over and wins with the Texas trash compactor. Bart is a good addition to the GWA roster.
Winner- Black Bart
Match #3
Skip Young vs. Eric Embry
Two popular men meet. Embry has quickly become a fan favorite. Both men shake hands and we are underway. The match is fast paced. Young is very quick and he controls the early action. Embry mounts a comeback, and wins with a piledriver.
Winner- Eric Embry
We see the Piper’s Pit set. Roddy Piper walks out.
Piper, “Hello everyone, it’s time for the Pit! A lot of people call me strange, but these guys take the cake. They make me look normal. My guests tonight are the New Breed!”
Chris Champion and Sean Royal walk out and shake hands with Piper. They are both wearing kilts.
Piper, “OK you two, you have said some strange things, and you look very strange, but you can wrestle! Tell us about yourselves.”
Champion, “”President Piper, it’s an honor to be out here. You don’t know this yet, but in the future, 2014, you are going to be the President. You make everyone wear these kilts! In the future, wrestling is the only sport, and we are the top tag team. You sent us back to 1988 to show people what tag team wrestling is all about.”
Piper, “President Piper, I like it! Now you and the Islanders have been going back and forth.”
Royal, “We like wrestling the Flintstones. Fred and Barney are good wrestlers, but old Dino, their manager, is annoying. We’re going to teach them what wrestling in 2014 is all about.”
Piper, “I like these guys…President Piper!”
We see Bobby “The Brain” Heenan in the ring. He takes the house mic from Howard Finkel.
Heenan, “Alright you humanoids, listen to me. You are about to have the thrill of your lives. The Bobby Heenan Family is the top organization in wrestling. It’s about to get even better. This guy cost me a lot of money, but it’s worth it. Here he is, the newest member of my family, the ‘Total Package’, Lex Luger!”
Lex Luger walks down the aisle,, enters the ring, and shakes hands with Heenan. Bobby gives him the mic.
Luger, “Thank you Bobby. People told me the GWA was the top organization in wrestling, it wasn’t, now it is because I’m here. ‘The Total Package’ is going to the top, in no time. You can count on it.”
Heenan, “I win again.”
Match #4
Lex Luger w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. George South
Luger has a powerful look, and is known as the best young wrestler in the business. South is a skilled wrestler, and he holds his own. Luger proves to be too much. He overpowers South, and gets him up in the torture rack. George quickly submits. Heenan’s family is even more powerful.
Winner- Lex Luger
Match #5
The New Breed vs. Jerry Valiant and The Great Wojo
The New Breed is becoming the talk of wrestling. Champion starts with Wojo. Chris is so athletic. He moves quickly, and Wojo doesn’t know what him. He tries the underhanded tactics, and that allows him to tag in Valiant. The veteran tries his hand. Royal tags in, and takes over. He hits a flying body press for the win.
Winners- The New Breed
We see highlights of Kerry Von Erich. A voiceover tells us that Kerry will be on “Global Monday” next week.
Mean Gene Okerlund is with the Rock and Roll Express.
Okerlund, “Fans, with me Ricky Morton, and Robert Gibson, the Rock and Roll Express. Gentlemen, people are waiting for you and the Midnight Express to get in the Ring together.”
Morton, “Any time, any place! Robert and I have wrestled them before, and we’ve beaten them before. When we get them, we’ll win the titles…guaranteed!”
Gibson, “Ricky’s right, Cornette, you know how good we are, let us prove it!”
Okerlund, “The Midnight Express are in our next match. The Rock and Roll Express will be on commentary!”
Match #6
Non-Title Match
The Midnight Express (Global Tag Team Champions) w/James E. Cornette vs. Buck Zumhofe and Joe Loghtfoot
The Rock and Roll Express sit on commentary. They talk about how good the Midnights are, but they take constant shots at Cornette. They call him a sissy, talk about him being fat, etc.
The Champions are very sharp. They tag in and out, and Cornette looks very pleased at ring side. Bobby and Stan hit the double goozle for the win.
Winners- The Midnight Express
Okerlund is with Butch Reed and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan.
Okerlund, “With me are the Television Champion, and his manager. Mr. Heenan, your man faces a tall task tonight. Hacksaw Duggan is ready for anything!”
Heenan, “Listen Okerlund, that cock eyed loser isn’t on Butch Reed’s class. We’ve been toying with him. Tonight, we finish things once and for all!”
Okerlund, “The Weas…, I mean Brain sounds confident, but my money is on the Challenger.”
Match #7
Global Television Championship
Butch Reed (Champion) w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
The crowd is on the edge of their seats. They love Hacksaw, and are solidly behind him. The bell rings, and we are under way. The action is hard hitting. Both men bring out the big artillery. Reed traps Duggan in the corner, but Hacksaw fights his way out. Heenan looks worried, and shouts instructions from ringside. Warren hands the belt to Duggan. The crowd goes crazy!
Winner-Hacksaw Jim Duggan (New Global Television Champion)
Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura close the show.
Ross, “Jess, we have a new Champion!”
Ventura, “It’s a fluke, Ross, a fluke! Reed will get his revenge, Heenan will make sure of that!”
Ross, “I don’t think so! This is just another example of the action the GWA gives you. That’s going to be true next week. We will see Kerry Von Erich make his debut.”
Ventura, “Von Erich is good. I can’t wait to see him.”
Ross, “Join us next week!”
Mid Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, NY
Taped- 4/19/88
Airs-5/9/88
The program opens with Hacksaw Jim Duggan.
Duggan, “Butch Reed, I’m coming for that TV Title, and I’m going to take it tonight tough Guy! Hooooooo!”
Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura open the program.
Ross, “”Jesse, Hacksaw Duggan looks ready!”
Ventura, “Duggan better be careful what he asks for, Reed may just end his career tonight!”
Ross, “We’ll see. Bobby Heenan says he has a big announcement. He has a newcomer that he says will tear the lid off wrestling!”
Ventura, “If ‘The Brain’ says it, it has to be true!”
Ross, “Once again, we will see. Let’s go to Howard Finkel.”
Match #1
The Bolsheviks w/General Skandor Akbar vs. Tom “Rocky” Stone and Robbie Ellis
Nikolai Volkoff takes the mic. He and Boris Zhukov sing the Soviet National Anthem. The crowd boos, and jeers.
Zhukov starts with Stone. The big Russian dishes out punishment. Boris pounds away, and Stone is in trouble. Volkoff tags in and works over Stone. Tom is able to tag in Ellis, but the art dealer fares no better. Nikolai gets Ellis up in the backbreaker, and Robbie submits.
Winners- The Bolshiviks
Match #2
Black Bart vs. David Sammartino
The big cowboy from the Badlands of South Dakota debuts. The powerful Sammartino will be a good first test. Bart starts fast. He is very aggressive. Sammartino doesn’t back down, and fights back. It’s a good match, but Bart takes over and wins with the Texas trash compactor. Bart is a good addition to the GWA roster.
Winner- Black Bart
Match #3
Skip Young vs. Eric Embry
Two popular men meet. Embry has quickly become a fan favorite. Both men shake hands and we are underway. The match is fast paced. Young is very quick and he controls the early action. Embry mounts a comeback, and wins with a piledriver.
Winner- Eric Embry
We see the Piper’s Pit set. Roddy Piper walks out.
Piper, “Hello everyone, it’s time for the Pit! A lot of people call me strange, but these guys take the cake. They make me look normal. My guests tonight are the New Breed!”
Chris Champion and Sean Royal walk out and shake hands with Piper. They are both wearing kilts.
Piper, “OK you two, you have said some strange things, and you look very strange, but you can wrestle! Tell us about yourselves.”
Champion, “”President Piper, it’s an honor to be out here. You don’t know this yet, but in the future, 2014, you are going to be the President. You make everyone wear these kilts! In the future, wrestling is the only sport, and we are the top tag team. You sent us back to 1988 to show people what tag team wrestling is all about.”
Piper, “President Piper, I like it! Now you and the Islanders have been going back and forth.”
Royal, “We like wrestling the Flintstones. Fred and Barney are good wrestlers, but old Dino, their manager, is annoying. We’re going to teach them what wrestling in 2014 is all about.”
Piper, “I like these guys…President Piper!”
We see Bobby “The Brain” Heenan in the ring. He takes the house mic from Howard Finkel.
Heenan, “Alright you humanoids, listen to me. You are about to have the thrill of your lives. The Bobby Heenan Family is the top organization in wrestling. It’s about to get even better. This guy cost me a lot of money, but it’s worth it. Here he is, the newest member of my family, the ‘Total Package’, Lex Luger!”
Lex Luger walks down the aisle,, enters the ring, and shakes hands with Heenan. Bobby gives him the mic.
Luger, “Thank you Bobby. People told me the GWA was the top organization in wrestling, it wasn’t, now it is because I’m here. ‘The Total Package’ is going to the top, in no time. You can count on it.”
Heenan, “I win again.”
Match #4
Lex Luger w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. George South
Luger has a powerful look, and is known as the best young wrestler in the business. South is a skilled wrestler, and he holds his own. Luger proves to be too much. He overpowers South, and gets him up in the torture rack. George quickly submits. Heenan’s family is even more powerful.
Winner- Lex Luger
Match #5
The New Breed vs. Jerry Valiant and The Great Wojo
The New Breed is becoming the talk of wrestling. Champion starts with Wojo. Chris is so athletic. He moves quickly, and Wojo doesn’t know what him. He tries the underhanded tactics, and that allows him to tag in Valiant. The veteran tries his hand. Royal tags in, and takes over. He hits a flying body press for the win.
Winners- The New Breed
We see highlights of Kerry Von Erich. A voiceover tells us that Kerry will be on “Global Monday” next week.
Mean Gene Okerlund is with the Rock and Roll Express.
Okerlund, “Fans, with me Ricky Morton, and Robert Gibson, the Rock and Roll Express. Gentlemen, people are waiting for you and the Midnight Express to get in the Ring together.”
Morton, “Any time, any place! Robert and I have wrestled them before, and we’ve beaten them before. When we get them, we’ll win the titles…guaranteed!”
Gibson, “Ricky’s right, Cornette, you know how good we are, let us prove it!”
Okerlund, “The Midnight Express are in our next match. The Rock and Roll Express will be on commentary!”
Match #6
Non-Title Match
The Midnight Express (Global Tag Team Champions) w/James E. Cornette vs. Buck Zumhofe and Joe Loghtfoot
The Rock and Roll Express sit on commentary. They talk about how good the Midnights are, but they take constant shots at Cornette. They call him a sissy, talk about him being fat, etc.
The Champions are very sharp. They tag in and out, and Cornette looks very pleased at ring side. Bobby and Stan hit the double goozle for the win.
Winners- The Midnight Express
Okerlund is with Butch Reed and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan.
Okerlund, “With me are the Television Champion, and his manager. Mr. Heenan, your man faces a tall task tonight. Hacksaw Duggan is ready for anything!”
Heenan, “Listen Okerlund, that cock eyed loser isn’t on Butch Reed’s class. We’ve been toying with him. Tonight, we finish things once and for all!”
Okerlund, “The Weas…, I mean Brain sounds confident, but my money is on the Challenger.”
Match #7
Global Television Championship
Butch Reed (Champion) w/Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
The crowd is on the edge of their seats. They love Hacksaw, and are solidly behind him. The bell rings, and we are under way. The action is hard hitting. Both men bring out the big artillery. Reed traps Duggan in the corner, but Hacksaw fights his way out. Heenan looks worried, and shouts instructions from ringside. Warren hands the belt to Duggan. The crowd goes crazy!
Winner-Hacksaw Jim Duggan (New Global Television Champion)
Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura close the show.
Ross, “Jess, we have a new Champion!”
Ventura, “It’s a fluke, Ross, a fluke! Reed will get his revenge, Heenan will make sure of that!”
Ross, “I don’t think so! This is just another example of the action the GWA gives you. That’s going to be true next week. We will see Kerry Von Erich make his debut.”
Ventura, “Von Erich is good. I can’t wait to see him.”
Ross, “Join us next week!”
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