World Wide Wrestling on TBS 5/14/1988
May 21, 2022 5:55:56 GMT
Post by topo on May 21, 2022 5:55:56 GMT
World Wide Wrestling
On TBS 5/14/88 6:05 PM EASTERN TIME
Taped 5/7/88 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
David Crockett: “SIMMONS CLOTHESLINES THE CHAMP AND HAS TAYLOR DOWN 1-2- . . . .TAYLOR KICKS OUT! THIS IS A ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT MATCH AND TIME? IT’S RUNNIN’ OUT! Taylor staggers up . . . .SIMMONS IN THE THREE POINT STANCE AT THE OTHER CORNER OF THE RING! WATCH HIM! HIKE! SIMMONS CHARGES AT THE US CHAMPION!
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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BUDDY LANDELL def BOB HOLLY
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Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin is with Precious as they join Lance. Jimmy is now wearing a baseball hat! Several studio staff bring out landscaping equipment.
Lance: “Next week we will see what happened with this man Jimmy Garvin wrestled Manny Fernandez at WrestleWar, but I have to ask Jimmy what is all of this?
Jimmy: “Lance, I won that match, and the fans will see how next week! Because of my win, Manny Fernandez will be my LANDSCAPER FOR A DAY! Now, I want to make sure Manny does the BEST job possible, so I took my winners share of the purse from WrestleWar and I bought a brand-new lawnmower . . . looks at this Lance, a new gas-powered trimmer! And even these sharp looking shears!
Jimmy picks them up and starts snapping them near Lance’s face!
Lance: “FOR CRYING PUT LOUD JIMMY, get those away from me!
Jimmy: “Sorry about that Lance! This will be a week of humiliation for Manny Fernandez because this week Fernandez will be coming to my house, and according to weather forecasts, Thursday is going to be the hottest, sweatiest day of the week, Manny make sure you are at my house 7AM SHARP! Then, next Saturday night, TBS will show the match where I beat you Manny!
Lance: “Speaking of which, Jimmy, where is tape of when Manny beat YOU and you got your head shaved at Clash of the Champions?
Jimmy: “DON’T GET SMART WITH ME LANCE! It’s NOT MY FAULT TBS misplaced the tape, no evidence, it never happened! What is more important is that the goofs here at TBS have promised ME they will start showing footage of Manny Fernandez, on his hands and knees, pulling my weeds, planting bushes, and pushing this lawnmower, starting two weeks from now! Manny Fernandez, watching you be humiliated on national TV will be the HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER!
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“HANDS OF STONE” RONNIE GARVIN joins Lance to talk about his Wrestle War match with Buddy Lindell.
Ronnie: “You know I have to hand it to Buddy Landell. I have been told TBS will be showing our taped first match from WrestleWar in a few week, what the people will see is I had Buddy busted open very early in that match and proved I was the better man. But Buddy sneaky as he is unwrapped one of his fists, stuck the tape in his tights, and later used it to choke me out, then knocked me down and pinned me when I was defenseless.
“You are a very clever fellow, Buddy Landell. But this is not my first rodeo, and I have run into con artists like you before. Whether it in Orlando, Atlanta, Greensboro, Spartanburg, anywhere in the area or who knows? THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH? You are going to outsmart yourself and you WILL face Hand of Stone, then we will find out who is the clever one!
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MIKE ROTONDO def. TIGER CHUNG LEE
Mike joins Lance and challenges Rick Steiner next week here on TBS to a “COLLEGE RULES MATCH”!
-3 two-minute rounds
-Referees position starts match
-One count pinfall
“Rick Steiner I’m a grown man and a professional of 7 years, but I still won’t let an attack on my school stand. If you think Michigan is so much better, you’ll accept this challenge!
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Ole Anderson joins David and Lance and announces THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH will be held July 4th in . . . .
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA MEMORIAL STADIUM!
Ole also announces that the Great American Bash July 4 will be available on PPV and Closed Circuit, and that more live dates will be announced NEXT WEEK AS ITS:
GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON TOUR!
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NON-TITLE MATCH
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon def. THE GLADIATORS
Arn and Tully and JJ join Lance as he announces NEXT WEEK HERE ON TBS, a MAIN EVENT IN ANY ARENA IN THE WORLD, these men will defend the World Tag Team titles v THE FANTASTICS!
JJ: “The Great American Bash is less than two months away, a series of cards we should be training for, and OF COURSE Ole Anderson pulls this surprise on us, and tag team title match on free TV versus a team we have beaten multiple times.
Tully: “JJ, don’t worry. With your brains, and our abilities, we got this.
AA: “I'm going to my mouth shut for business reasons on Ole, but Tully Blanchard I wish I could share your optimism is but let’s not ignore Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers are very very dangerous in that ring. They are #1 contenders for a reason, but you are right about one thing. We ARE the better tag team, we ARE the best tag team in the world so let’s not waste any more time, we have ONE WEEK, let's sit down with JJ and come up with a strategy and hit the gym so we win next week and earn momentum going into July 4!
All three men high five!
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Lance: “Fans next week is a World Wide you will NOT want to miss! You just heard Arn and Tully versus the Fantastics . . . . more news on the Great American Bash . . . .Sid Vicious and Powers of Pain will be back in the ring . . . . and WILL RICK STEINER ACCEPT MIKE ROTONDO COLLEGE RULES CHALLENGE NEXT WEEK? All that and more on TBS!
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Ron Simmons narrates highlight of his title challenge to US champion Terry Taylor at WrestleWar as it ends in a time limit draw!
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RICK STEINER and Gary Hart join Lance and accept Mike Rontondo’s Syracuse v Michigan College Rules challenge for NEXT WEEK HERE ON WORLD WIDE WRESTLING!
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BUDDY LANDELL is here with Lance!
Buddy: “Ronnie Garvin I heard you were out here WHINING about losing the taped fist match to me at WrestleWar. Remember, Garvin, YOU sir asked for that match. YOU laid down the gauntlet, and I picked it up and beat you at your own game.
Lance: “But hold on now Buddy, the idea of taped fist match is to battle it out with fists in the ring, not choke your opponent!
Buddy: “DARNED RIGHT I choked out Ronnie Garvin! I am a professional, a gentleman, I don’t deserve to have to be forced to take part in such barbaric thuggery. But one thing I agree with Ronnie Garvin, yes I am clever, I will always outsmart you, I am a better man than you, and one way or another I WILL find a way to remove you as an obstacle between me and championship gold here at World Wide Wrestling!
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AL “THE IGUANA” PEREZ w/Gary Hart DEF. AL MADRIL
Lance: “Gary Hart has developed quite a stable! See you next week, fans!
On TBS 5/14/88 6:05 PM EASTERN TIME
Taped 5/7/88 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
David Crockett: “SIMMONS CLOTHESLINES THE CHAMP AND HAS TAYLOR DOWN 1-2- . . . .TAYLOR KICKS OUT! THIS IS A ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT MATCH AND TIME? IT’S RUNNIN’ OUT! Taylor staggers up . . . .SIMMONS IN THE THREE POINT STANCE AT THE OTHER CORNER OF THE RING! WATCH HIM! HIKE! SIMMONS CHARGES AT THE US CHAMPION!
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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BUDDY LANDELL def BOB HOLLY
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Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin is with Precious as they join Lance. Jimmy is now wearing a baseball hat! Several studio staff bring out landscaping equipment.
Lance: “Next week we will see what happened with this man Jimmy Garvin wrestled Manny Fernandez at WrestleWar, but I have to ask Jimmy what is all of this?
Jimmy: “Lance, I won that match, and the fans will see how next week! Because of my win, Manny Fernandez will be my LANDSCAPER FOR A DAY! Now, I want to make sure Manny does the BEST job possible, so I took my winners share of the purse from WrestleWar and I bought a brand-new lawnmower . . . looks at this Lance, a new gas-powered trimmer! And even these sharp looking shears!
Jimmy picks them up and starts snapping them near Lance’s face!
Lance: “FOR CRYING PUT LOUD JIMMY, get those away from me!
Jimmy: “Sorry about that Lance! This will be a week of humiliation for Manny Fernandez because this week Fernandez will be coming to my house, and according to weather forecasts, Thursday is going to be the hottest, sweatiest day of the week, Manny make sure you are at my house 7AM SHARP! Then, next Saturday night, TBS will show the match where I beat you Manny!
Lance: “Speaking of which, Jimmy, where is tape of when Manny beat YOU and you got your head shaved at Clash of the Champions?
Jimmy: “DON’T GET SMART WITH ME LANCE! It’s NOT MY FAULT TBS misplaced the tape, no evidence, it never happened! What is more important is that the goofs here at TBS have promised ME they will start showing footage of Manny Fernandez, on his hands and knees, pulling my weeds, planting bushes, and pushing this lawnmower, starting two weeks from now! Manny Fernandez, watching you be humiliated on national TV will be the HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER!
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BREAK
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“HANDS OF STONE” RONNIE GARVIN joins Lance to talk about his Wrestle War match with Buddy Lindell.
Ronnie: “You know I have to hand it to Buddy Landell. I have been told TBS will be showing our taped first match from WrestleWar in a few week, what the people will see is I had Buddy busted open very early in that match and proved I was the better man. But Buddy sneaky as he is unwrapped one of his fists, stuck the tape in his tights, and later used it to choke me out, then knocked me down and pinned me when I was defenseless.
“You are a very clever fellow, Buddy Landell. But this is not my first rodeo, and I have run into con artists like you before. Whether it in Orlando, Atlanta, Greensboro, Spartanburg, anywhere in the area or who knows? THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH? You are going to outsmart yourself and you WILL face Hand of Stone, then we will find out who is the clever one!
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MIKE ROTONDO def. TIGER CHUNG LEE
Mike joins Lance and challenges Rick Steiner next week here on TBS to a “COLLEGE RULES MATCH”!
-3 two-minute rounds
-Referees position starts match
-One count pinfall
“Rick Steiner I’m a grown man and a professional of 7 years, but I still won’t let an attack on my school stand. If you think Michigan is so much better, you’ll accept this challenge!
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BREAK
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Ole Anderson joins David and Lance and announces THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH will be held July 4th in . . . .
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.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA MEMORIAL STADIUM!
Ole also announces that the Great American Bash July 4 will be available on PPV and Closed Circuit, and that more live dates will be announced NEXT WEEK AS ITS:
GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON TOUR!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
NON-TITLE MATCH
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon def. THE GLADIATORS
Arn and Tully and JJ join Lance as he announces NEXT WEEK HERE ON TBS, a MAIN EVENT IN ANY ARENA IN THE WORLD, these men will defend the World Tag Team titles v THE FANTASTICS!
JJ: “The Great American Bash is less than two months away, a series of cards we should be training for, and OF COURSE Ole Anderson pulls this surprise on us, and tag team title match on free TV versus a team we have beaten multiple times.
Tully: “JJ, don’t worry. With your brains, and our abilities, we got this.
AA: “I'm going to my mouth shut for business reasons on Ole, but Tully Blanchard I wish I could share your optimism is but let’s not ignore Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers are very very dangerous in that ring. They are #1 contenders for a reason, but you are right about one thing. We ARE the better tag team, we ARE the best tag team in the world so let’s not waste any more time, we have ONE WEEK, let's sit down with JJ and come up with a strategy and hit the gym so we win next week and earn momentum going into July 4!
All three men high five!
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BREAK
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Lance: “Fans next week is a World Wide you will NOT want to miss! You just heard Arn and Tully versus the Fantastics . . . . more news on the Great American Bash . . . .Sid Vicious and Powers of Pain will be back in the ring . . . . and WILL RICK STEINER ACCEPT MIKE ROTONDO COLLEGE RULES CHALLENGE NEXT WEEK? All that and more on TBS!
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Ron Simmons narrates highlight of his title challenge to US champion Terry Taylor at WrestleWar as it ends in a time limit draw!
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RICK STEINER and Gary Hart join Lance and accept Mike Rontondo’s Syracuse v Michigan College Rules challenge for NEXT WEEK HERE ON WORLD WIDE WRESTLING!
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BUDDY LANDELL is here with Lance!
Buddy: “Ronnie Garvin I heard you were out here WHINING about losing the taped fist match to me at WrestleWar. Remember, Garvin, YOU sir asked for that match. YOU laid down the gauntlet, and I picked it up and beat you at your own game.
Lance: “But hold on now Buddy, the idea of taped fist match is to battle it out with fists in the ring, not choke your opponent!
Buddy: “DARNED RIGHT I choked out Ronnie Garvin! I am a professional, a gentleman, I don’t deserve to have to be forced to take part in such barbaric thuggery. But one thing I agree with Ronnie Garvin, yes I am clever, I will always outsmart you, I am a better man than you, and one way or another I WILL find a way to remove you as an obstacle between me and championship gold here at World Wide Wrestling!
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AL “THE IGUANA” PEREZ w/Gary Hart DEF. AL MADRIL
Lance: “Gary Hart has developed quite a stable! See you next week, fans!
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