UWA FURY (5/16/88)
May 21, 2022 22:36:56 GMT
Post by grigs on May 21, 2022 22:36:56 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped on the afternoon of 5/15/88 at the Portland Sports Arena in Portland, OR to air Sunday, 5/15/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
We see Madusa Miceli in a bathtub. The Lord of the Ring trophy sets on the floor a few feet away. Instead of being filled with water and bubble bath, the tub is filled with money!
MADUSA: last night, Big Van Vader, the most awesome man on the planet, won Battle Bowl! All this money, that gorgeous trophy, and a future World title match!
Vader walks in, wearing his helmet! He removes his helmet and places it on the floor beside his trophy.
VADER: IT'S TIME! IT's TIME!
MADUSA: (blows a kiss, then speaks seductively) Oooooh, it's Vader Time!
VTR:
Ron Wright is seated on a rocking chair on a front porch. He wields a fly swatter.
WRIGHT: I tell ya what, they ain't nothin more aggravating than a dang bumblebee a buzzin all over the place! They git on my nerves, I tell ya! There are a couple of 'em buzzin around the UWA nowadays, call theirselves Killer Bees! (swings fly swat) Well, my beloved Super Samoans is gonna swat them Bees right here tonight! Give'em an old time South Pacific dog whuppin!
VTR:
Cactus Jack stands in a locker room.
CACTUS: Johnny Ace! It all started over in Japan! I come to the UWA and you're here! Are you following me around? It seems like all my life, there have been guys like you! The guys who get all the breaks, wear the nice clothes, drive the sports cars, get all the girls! I'm gonna handle you the same way I handled them all! I'm not only gonna pin you right in the center of the ring! Not only will I beat you from pillar to post! Johnny Ace, most of all, punk, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU UGLIER THAN I AM!!!! BANG! BANG!
VTR:
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams is standing on the turnbuckles of the ring in an empty Portland Sports Arena...
ADAMS: Soon, my Midnight Army will fill the seats of this legendary building! Soon, I will have the opportunity of a lifetime as I challnege “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer for the American Title! I need all of my Midnight Army cheering me on! Mad Dog is a dangerous man! He likes to hurt people! But he doesn't have the power of the Midnight Army! The belt is going home with me tonight, Mad Dog!
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!
Scott Steiner hitting a frankensteiner!
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!
Vader and Madusa coming down the aisle!
Nord the Berzerker coming to the ring, waving his sword above his head!
Billy Jack Haynes applying the full nelson!
Van Vader holding the Lord of the Ring trophy above his head!
MARSHALL: Welcome to UWA FURY! Magnum, Battle Bowl was an incredible night of action!
MAGNUM: Yeah, it was great and Big Van Vader, like him or not, came out on top!
MARSHALL: That win guarantees him a match for the Undisputed World Title- Billy Jack had better be ready!
MAGNUM: Billy is a really good friend, but I wouldn't want to be in his shoes!
MARSHALL: For those of you who missed, wow, I feel bad for ya! Here are some highlights!
VTR:
As the music plays, we see highlights of the Battle Bowl PPV.
MARSHALL: Wrestling fans, another spectacular is coming up and there's no excuse for missing this one: It airs right here on the USA Network live at 8 PM on June 7!
MAGNUM: Get ready for the BATTLE FOR SEATTLE!
VTR:
As the announcer speaks, we see scenes of the things he refers to...
ANNOUNCER: Seattle is a great city...Puget Sound....the Space Needle...the Kingdome! It's a town accustomed to great sports competition. The Supersonics...the Seahawks...the Mariners. On June 7, Seattle will explode with the red hot, furious action of the UWA!!! (We see an explosion) It's the Battle for Seattle!(Now we see scenes of UWA wrestling action) Championship matches! Grudge matches! The best wrestlers in the world! And it's LIVE! Here on the USA Network!
Billy Jack Haynes holds his title belt in front of the camera!
HAYNES: I'll be there and I'm bringing this with me! Come and get it!
Big Van Vader (w/Madusa Miceli) vs. Bill Tabb: Tabb looks impressive, but Vader seems unstoppable these days. Vader traps Tabb in the corner and smashes him with rights and lefts until referee Scott LeDoux calls for the bell to stop the match and award it to Vader! Vader and Madusa join Boni Blackstone afterwards.
BONI: Big Van Vader, I want to congratulate you on winning Battle Bowl! $250,000, the Lord of the Ring trophy, and a future UWA World Title match...quite a prize package!
VADER: Boni Blackstone, I'm gonna rule the world! Billy Jack Haynes, you are gonna be a victim, just like that guy that I destroyed a few minutes ago! Your days as Undisputed World Champion are numbered, boy!
BONI: Madusa, I'm curious and many other fans are curious, as well. What is your relationship with Vader?
MADUSA: Well, that's really none of anybody's business, is it?
BONI: Technically, it isn't, I suppose....
MADUSA: OK, there's an old cliché. If you had a dad or a mom, or grandparents, you heard this cliché. It says, “Birds of a feather flock together.” Ever hear that one, Boni?
BONI: Of course!
MADUSA: The most dominant male wrestler and the most dominant female- only natural that we'd be on the same side! I'm not gonna say it's strictly business, but it's strictly none of your business, little girl!
BONI: Fair enough!
COMMERCIAL
Three wrestlers are in the ring. We hear....
The Freebirds vs. Cuban Assassain, Chick Donovan, & Red Raider: The Freebirds' opponents are no slouches and they do have their moments. The 'birds are really on a roll these days and they get a convincing win as Gordy pins Red Raider after a powerbomb. Magnum says these guys are on the trail of the Super Samoans and he predicts they could be the next World Tag Team champions!
COMMERCIAL
Non-Title match: Billy Jack Haynes vs. Brian Adias: This is a non-title match. Adias is a very capable opponent for the World Champ. After a very competitive bout, Haynes locks in the full nelson and gets the submission victory. Magnum says Adias is a solid wrestler, but Vader is something altogether different!
Haynes joins Boni.
BONI: Another great win, Billy. A lot of great contenders are lined up for that title. Big Van Vader is definitely getting a title match after Battle Bowl and Outlaw Ron Bass is making a lot of noise.
HAYNES: I'm ready for anybody or anything, Boni! Yeah, Vader is a big, bad dude, no doubt about it! Bass is another really tough guy! They will get matches for the title! Battle For Seattle is coming up and I really want to defend the title in my old stomping grounds! The great thing is that everybody across the country can tune in and watch because it's right here on the USA Network!
BONI: Good luck, Billy Jack! It will be a great card on June 6th, I'm sure of that!
COMMERCIAL
Outlaw Ron Bass vs. Brett Wayne Sawyer: Brett gets a nice pop when introduced. He's always done well here in Portland. He gives the Outlaw a run for his money, but when Bass applies the claw, it's all over!
BONI: I'm here with the First Family, World Junior Heavyweight Champion “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt. The BATTLE FOR SEATTLE is right around the corner, Eddie. Any word on a challenger for your title?
GILBERT: I've heard that Bill Dundee is in Frank Dusek's office at least once evry day of the week! I hear he has even begged Dusek for a match for my title! Begged, like some homeless derelict living in a cardboard box, Boni Blackstone! Dundee, I don't blame ya, if I didn't have this(holds up belt), I'd do anything to get it back! And there's an easy way for you to get your title shot, Billy! I have something you want and you have something I want: those big, beautiful contracts of the wrestlers in the House of Dundee! If I was guiding their careers, they'd all have titles! Put up the contracts, I'll put up the championship and it will all be good, Dundee!
BONI: Bill Dundee and his men are in an 8 man tag team match here next. I'll ask him about that!
MISSY: I knew she was good for something, Eddie! (giggles)
GILBERT: OK, we'll look forward to that!
COMMERCIAL
Superstar Bill Dundee, the Nasty Boys, & Nord the Berzerker vs. Pistol Pez Whatley, SD “Special Delivery” Jones, Dean Malenko, & Don Kernodle: As you might expect, the House of Dundee has its hands full with these opponents! The heels do get the duke when Nord captures SD in an over the shoulder backbreaker for the submission. Then, the winners join Boni...
BONI: Superstar Bill Dundee and the House of Dundee, congratulations on a hard fought victory this week on UWA FURY!
DUNDEE: It's hard to lose with partners like these, lovely lady! The House of Dundee is ridin high and ain't nothin gonna stop us now!
BONI: Eddie “Hot Stuff” Gilbert had a message for you earlier, Superstar! He says he'll put the World Junior Heavyweight Title up at the upcoming Battle For Seattle if you'll put up the contracts of the members of the House of Dundee!
DUNDEE: Where does he get off at? I didn't make him put anything up when I gave him his title matches! OK, Mr. Hot Stuff, I'll do it! (Nord and the Nasty Boys look shocked) But under one condition, punk! If you lose and I win my title back, I get that pretty Missy Hyatt as my personal valet for 30 days!
NORD: HUSS! HUSS! HUSS!
KNOBBS: I like the way you think, boss!
BONI: I'm not sure if they'll go for that!
DUNDEE: I bet Missy will go for it! That woman is starving for a real man, baby!
SAGS: That's right, Superstar! Hey, what are you guys doin here?
Mike Graham and Steve Keirn are on the set!
GRAHAM: If you'll shut up and listen, we'll tell you why we're here!
KEIRN: Everybody's throwing out challenges this week. Well, we've got one of our own! Three weeks ago, these two bums who call themselves “Nasty Boys” cheated us out of a match! I'd like to say it was a wrestling match, but what these two do isn't what I call wrestling!
GRAHAM: Yeah! I doubt if you two creeps know a wristlock from a wristwatch!
KNOBBS: Oh yeah, that's where you're wrong! Jerry Sags, all state amatuer wrestler! Me, Brian Knobbs, Pennsylvania state champion! We can wrestle, we just like fighting better!
GRAHAM: Why don't you put your money where your mouth is, jerk?
SAGS: HUH?
KEIRN: Here's the challenge, Dundee. Mike and I have been involved in the real estate businesson the side down in Florida for quite some time now. We've done really well for ourselves, so we can afford to do things like this. We want a wrestling match, a wrestling match, not whatever you call what they do! Here's the deal- somebody at ringside, a UWA official maybe, keeps track of all the punches thrown. After it's all over, we pay you guys a thousand dollars for every punch that Mike and I throw! Dundee, you pay us $1,000 for every punch your Nasty Boys throw! In a clean match and I don't mean to be cocky, but I don't think there's a tag team on God's green earth that can beat us, especially not these two hoodlums! And we want to do it here on TV next week so everybody can see it!
DUNDEE: I got the jack and these boys got the skill! All I can say to you boys is bring yer checkbook and be ready to pay up!
COMMERCIAL
“The Legend” Terry Funk vs. El Satanico: The luchador's wrestling style gives Funk trouble early, but the rugged Texan finds a way to counter that and eventually locks on the spinning toehold for a submission win.
COMMERCIAL
Cactus Jack is led to the ring by his manager Bill Dundee. Jack bounces off the ropes likle a wildman. Then, the music blasts …
Here comes Johnny Ace, one of the fastest rising young stars in our sport today!
Johnny Ace vs. Cactus Jack (w/Superstar Bill Dundee): Cactus jumps Ace at the bell and delivers a vicious beating! Ace fights back and gives it right back to the wildman! The fight eventually spills to the floor where the two warriors hit each other with anything that isn't nailed down! Ace posts Cactus and busts him wide open! Dundee nails Ace with a chair from behind! Both men are down and can't beat David Manning's cout. Double countout! Afterwards, Dundee helps Catus to his feet and jack demands the house mic!
CACTUS: Johnny Ace! That was your kind of match! Yeah, it's pretty well established that I can't beat you in a straight up wrestling match! The question is, do you have the courage to take me on in MY kind of match? A match where falls count anywhere with no countout or DQ? Do ya have the guts, Johnny? Look deep down inside and answe that question, pretty boy!
Johnny Ace is nodding his head and gesturing for Catus to bring it on!
CACTUS: Battle For Seattle, June 6th, prime time with millions watching worldwide! Let's get it on!
COMMERCIAL
Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell enter the ring to a nice ovation from the Portland crowd! Then....
Ron Wright leads his UWA World Tag Team Champions, Afa & Kokina to the ring!
Non-Title match: Super Samoans (w/Ron Wright) vs. Killer Bees: It's speed and size against brutality and brute strength in this one. The Bees use teamwork and quick tags to keep the Samoans off balance for most of the bout. Just when it looks like the Bees will pull it off, Kokina hits a Samoan drop on Brunzell and scores the 1-2-3!
After the win, the Super Samoans and Wright join Boni...
BONI: An impressive victory for the World Champions!
WRIGHT: Yore dang right , it was impressive! That's a top ranked tag team we just beat like a drum right there, little lady! We seen the Freebirds out here earlier and we'll own that they ain't half bad, but ain't nobody gonna take these here belts from us!
Right on cue, the Freebirds arrive in full force! Hayes, Gordy, and Roberts are here!
HAYES: Let me see if I have this right, hillbilly! The three of use wrestle Ron Fuller and his Stud Stable in a six man. If we win, we get a match with the Super Samoans...for the belts!
Ron Fuller walks out and stands by Wright!
WRIGHT: That's right, you long haired hippie freak!
HAYES: We'll take some of that action and we''l take it at the Battle For Seattle on June 6th!
FULLER: Michael Hayes, don't think the Stud Stable is gonna lay down and die for you three! You might not even be able to walk out of the ring after that match, much less win it!
GORDY: I've seen your Stud's Stable and they don't impress me one bit!
Gordy reaches out and slaps the Stetson off of Fuller's head! We might be about to take a trip down Badstreet here and now!
BONI: Please, no trouble! Is the challenge accepted?
WRIGHT: Yeah, it shore is!
BONI: Wow, you can't miss the BATTLE FOR SEATTLE!
COMMERCIAL
As the Midnight Army comes to its feet, the challenger for the American Title enters!
As Brian Adams warms up in the ring, the American Champion is led to the ring by his manager!
AMERICAN TITLE MATCH: “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer © (w/”Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller) vs. “Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams: This is a war! Adams uses power moves and martial arts while Sawyer fights like his nickname indicates that he would. It looks like the title may change hands here tonight and Sawyer seems to sense it, too. The Mad Dog gets his dog chain from Fuller and attacks Adams with it! That's an automatic DQ, naturally! As Sawyer strangles the Midnight Soldier with the chain, Fuller puts the boots to him! There's a roar from the crowd! Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy run in to make the save! After a brief slugfest with Gord battling Sawyer and hayes fighting Fuller, the heels get outta DODGE!
MARSHALL: Magnum, next week, we'll be back in the Sportatorium in Dallas! And what a great 90 minutes it will be!
TV TITLE MATCH: JOS LEDUC VS. DUSTIN RHODES!
$1,000 A PUNCH: NASTY BOYS VS. STEVE KEIRN & MIKE GRAHAM
VAN VADER VS. SD JONES!
MATCHES ANNOUNCED FOR THE BATTLE FOR SEATTLE!!!
MAGNUM: The UWA keeps getting hotter, Stagger Lee! You miss a week, you miss too much!
Working on it now.