UWA FURY(6/5/88)
Jun 1, 2022 22:18:32 GMT
Post by grigs on Jun 1, 2022 22:18:32 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped on 5/31/88 at the Portland Sports Arena to air Sunday, 6/5/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
Ron Bass and Buzz Sawyer are standing in front of the UWA logo...
BASS: Tonight, we have a chance to take care of our biggest problems, Mad Dog!
SAWYER: That's right, Outlaw! We can take out Austin Idol and Billy Jack Haynes in one night! (wraps dog chain around fist) I got something especially for you, Idol!
BASS: (holds up claw) And you know I got something for good ol' Billy Jack!
VTR:
Billy Jack Haynes and Austin Idol are standing in front of the Portland Sports Arena.
HAYNES: Tonight, we're in my hometown and we're in the building where I made a name for myself! I have the best partner you can get! Sawyer and Bass, if you think I'm letting my hometown down tonight, you're even crazier than I thought you were!
IDOL: This is the dream team, Jackson! Ladies, try to exercise some self control when we come onto your TV screen tonight! Sawyer, at Battle For Seattle, I'm taking your title! Tonight, I'm just gonna kick your butt!
VTR:
Big Van Vader stands in a blackened studio. I rule the world! I'm the most awesome wrestler alive! I have two hands, bring me two opponents! It's time! It's TIME!
Madusa walks into the picture and looks at the camera seductively. She licks her lips...
MADUSA: It's Vader time!
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! This week, we're at the legendary Portland Sports Arena with a great lineup of UWA wrestling action! Tonight, Van Vader will take on two men in a handicap match!
MAGNUM: They say two heads are better than one, but unless these two guys are really big and tough, I question how much difference it will make!
MARSHALL: We also have a tag team match that would be a main event in any arena!
MAGNUM: Billy Jack Haynes & Austin Idol, probably the two most popular men in the UWA take on Ron Bass and Buzz Sawyer!That's even more important when you take into account the huge Battle For Seattle coming up on Tuesday night right here on USA!
MARSHALL: Here's the complete card for BATTLE FOR SEATTLE!
UWA UNDISPUTED WORLD TITLE MATCH: BILLY JACK HAYNES VS. OUTLAW RON BASS!
AMERICAN TITLE MATCH: BUZZ SAWYER VS. AUSTIN IDOL!
UWA TV TITLE MATCH: JOS LEDUC VS. “MIDNIGHT SOLDIER” BRIAN ADAMS!
THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS VS. THE STUD STABLE-If the Freebirds win, they receive a World Tag Title match that night!
UWA WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE AND MISSY HYATT'S SERVICES FOR 30 DAYS VS. THE CONTRACTS OF THE HOUSE OF DUNDEE: EDDIE GILBERT VS. BILL DUNDEE!
FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE: CACTUS JACK VS. JOHNNY ACE!
BIG VAN VADER VS. PISTOL PEZ WHATLEY!
TERRY FUNK VS. RIP ROGERS!
SCOTT STEINER, DUSTIN RHODES , & THE SIMPSON BROTHERS VS. THE SHEEPHERDERS AND THE NASTY BOYS!
MADUSA MICELI VS. HARLEY SAITO!
MAGNUM : I can't wait, Lee! Let's go to the ring!
Steve Keirn & Mike Graham vs. Brad & Bart Batten: The Battens attempt to use their speed, teamwork , and identical appearances as advantages, but they get outwrestled against their veteran opponents. Graham gets the win as he locks Brad in the figure four for the submission.
COMMERCIAL
The Nasty Boys (w/ Superstar Bill Dundee) vs. Davey Rich and Gary Royal: At Battle For Seattle, the Nastys will team with the Sheepherders against the Simpsons, Scott Steiner, & Dustin Rhodes. They are also having their problems with Graham & Keirn. Tonight, they have very few problems as Sags pins Royal after an elbow drop off the top rope.
BONI: I'm here with the Nasty Boys and their manager Superstar Bill Dundee. All of you have unique matches coming up at BATTLE FOR SEATTLE! Superstar, you are in a high stakes match with “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert!
DUNDEE: Eddie, I'm takin back my belt and I'm takin yer woman! When it's over, I'll still have the House of Dundee under contract!
BONI: Nasty Boys, you two will team up with another highly rated team in the Sheepherders against four of the best young wrestlers in the sport-Scott Steiner, Dustin Rhodes and the Simpson Brothers.
DUNDEE: My old mates Luke and Butch from New Zealand and my Nastys together-Now, that's a dream team!
KNOBBS: The Sheepherders are almost as nasty as we are! One of those punks on the other side is probably gonna get hurt real bad!
SAGS: We're also gonna stick around and see if the Freebirds get that match against the Super Samoans! It don't matter who has the belts when the night is over! The Nasty Boys want a title shot!
DUNDEE: That's right, they deserve it!
Steve & Shaun Simpson vs. The Great Wojo & Jerry Grey: The Simpsons use their speed and teamwork to get an impressive win this week. Steve pins Grey with a backslide.
COMMERCIAL
Big Van Vader( w/Madusa Miceli vs. Italian Stallion & Mike Jackson: Stallion and Jackson are supposed to work as a tag team, but Vader says he'll take them both at once! Vader pins Jackson after a Vader Bomb! Then, he pins Stallion after a German Suplex.
COMMERCIAL
Non-Title match: “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert (w/Missy Hyatt) vs. Pat Rose: In a tuneup for Dundee, the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion puts on a clinic against Rose. Gilbert gets the pin after a hot shot.
MAGNUM: I've made a lot of great friends in professional wrestling. One of them, a man I've always been able to count on, is heades to the UWA! Take a look at my friend, “Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant!
VTR:
A music video set to “Ramblin, Gamblin Man” by Bob Seger. We see scenes of Valiant riding in a box car, hanging out with street people and shooting billiards and playing pinball in a grimy looking pool hall. We also see in ring footage of Valiant against several opponents. The video ends with Valiant holding up a poster board with “UWA!!! The Boogie Man Loves You!!!” printed on it
COMMERCIAL
A masked wrestler is warming up in the ring. “Badstreet USA” plays and Buddy Roberts jogs to the ring!
Buddy Roberts vs. The Red Demon: The masked man is no match for a Freebird. Roberts gets the duke after a bulldog. Then, he joins Boni Blackstone in the interview area...
BONI: Michael and Terry are competing in a tag team tournament in Montreal, but Buddy is here! Tuesday night here on the USA Network is a big night!
ROBERTS: Yes ma'am! First, we take on three members of the Stud Stable! After we win that, we finally get a tag team title match with the Samoans! There's not a doubt in my mind that the belts are going to Badstreet!
Look out, Ron Wright, Afa, Kokina, Ron Fuller, and Iron Mike Sharpe are here!
BONI: I don't want any trouble here!
WRIGHT: Did you say that you was the only Freebird here tonight!
ROBERTS: Yeah, Michael and Terry are up in Canada!
WRIGHT: You're plumb stupid, boy!
The heels attack Roberts! It's a 5 on 1 beatdown! Roberts is a bloody mess! Now, the Samoans and Sharpe spike piledrive Buddy on the concrete floor! Buddy is left for dead! We have medics out here. They're hauling the Freebird off on a gurney! Will Buddy even make it to the Battle For Seattle?
COMMERCIAL
Non-Title match: The Super Samoans (w/RoN Wright) vs. SD “Special Delivery” Jones & Buck “Rock & Roll “ Zumhofe: The Samoans tune up for a possible title defense against the Freebirds. Jones and Zumhofe give it their all, but Afa pins Zumhofe after a Samoan drop.
COMMERCIAL
Ron Fuller leads Ron Bass and Buzz Sawyer to the ring. “Bad Moon Rising” plays and the popular team of Billy Jack Haynes and Austin Idol arrive!
Billy Jack Haynes & “Universal Heartthrob” Austin Idol vs. Outlaw Ron Bass & “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer (w/”Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller) : A wild and wooly brawl that goes all over the arena! Referee Sandy Barr does his best, but completely loses control Barr calls the match a Double DQ! Magnum wonders out loud if Battle For Seattle will be this wild!
NEXT WEEK:
SHEEPHERDERS VS. THE SIMPSON BROTHERS!
MASTER OF PAIN VS. SCOTT STEINER!
THE AFTERMATH OF BATTLE FOR SEATTLE!
Working on it now.