UWA FURY(6/12/88)
Jun 17, 2022 3:46:58 GMT
Post by grigs on Jun 17, 2022 3:46:58 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped on 6/11/88 at the Portland Sports Arena to air Sunday, 6/12/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
MARSHALL: If you missed the BATTLE FOR SEATTLE on the USA Network, here's just a sample of what you missed...
As the music plays, we see highlights of the Battle For Seattle spectacular. You can see it for yourself here: atomicgiants.proboards.com/thread/3555/uwa-presents-battle-seattle-live
MARSHALL: Can you really afford to miss UWA FURY tonight?
VTR:
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adias and Austin Idol are standing in front of the UWA logo.
IDOL: Tonight, you wonderful fans have the rare opportunity to see two champions as a tag team! The Soldier, your TV Champion and Austin Idol, your American Champion, on the same side in the same match!
ADAMS: Austin, we had a great time in Seattle and we're gonna have a great time here tonight on UWA FURY!
VTR:
We see the Master of Pain along with a short,chubby, redhaired man in a powder blue tuxedo that may have been in style 15 years earlier.
MASTER: Scott Steiner! Everybody is callin you the next big thing! Well, here tonight, I'm gonna show'em they are all full of crap!
HUMPERDINK: That ignorant Tennessee redneck Ron Fuller ran out on the Master of Pain! I say he was a complete and utter fool! MY name, for anybody who lives in a rural area nad doesn't keep up with current events, is SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK! I am the greatest manager in the world! I will lead this man and my entire HOUSE OF HUMPERDINK to the top of the wrestling world! Scotty Steiner, you are merely the first victim!
VTR OPENING:
As the music plays we see the following:
Terry Gordy hitting the Bamm Bamm Slam on a hapless opponent!
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams slugging it out with Jos LeDuc!
Scott Steiner hitting a frankensteiner!
Dustin Rhodes hitting a bulldog!
Terry Funk piledriving an opponent!
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!
Austin Idol holding the American Title belt above his head!
Van Vader holding the Lord of the Ring trophy above his head!
MARSHALL: The BATTLE FOR SEATTLE IS History, Magnum TA! Only “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert walked out with the title he walked in with! And the Undisputed World Title is held up!
MAGNUM: Yeah, UWA President Frank Dusek has to decide if the title can change hands under those conditions. Right now, we have a piece of video where Billy Jack Haynes talks about the situation...
MARSHALL: Roll that for us, guys!
VTR:
Billy Jack Haynes is sitting on a folding chair in what appears to be a dressing room. His face is black and blue and there is a bandage on his forehead. He looks like he's been in a serious car wreck.
HAYNES: Ladies and gentlemen, we're taping this the day after BATTLE FOR SEATTLE and I'm still hurting. I have never been in a ring with anybody like Van Vader! Taking on Vader is like being ran over by a Mack truck! I'm taking some time off. I own a cabin out in the woods here in Oregon. I plan on going out there and regrouping for a while. I don't know when or if I'll be back! I do feel like I let the wrestling fans down and I apologize for that. I've been told that Mr. Dusek is holding up the belt and I'm not sure what to think about that. I'll only say this: If they give Vader that title, they might never get it off of him!
MAGNUM: I've known Billy for 5 years. I've never seen him like that! He's like a broken man, Lee! Vader did a number on him physically and psychologically!
MARSHALL: I'm told that Captain Frank Dusek will make a ruling next week. We're joined by our colleague Boni Blackstone. Boni,we have an unusual situation. Antonio Inoki is here and we have this envelope (hands envelope to Boni) addressed to Mr. Inoki. When you interview him later tonight, could you please se that he recieves it?
BONI: OK, I'll do that.
MAGNUM: We have a match in the ring to kick us off!
Killer Bees vs. Barry Hardy & Barry O: The Bees are in rare form tonight. Magnum says that the Freebirds have plenty of competition for the newly won World Tag Titles. Blair pins Hardy after a stinger(similar to Iceman Parsons' butt bump).
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
As the music plays, we see a graphic of a flag flying while fireworks explode. The words AMERICAN REVOLUTION appear on the screen!
MARSHALL: July 4th, a wrestling revolution explodes on pay per view! Live from Reunion Arena in Dallas! Call your cable provider first thing in the morning!
Veterans Jeff Sword and Pete Dohrety stand in the ring, ready for action...
The American Champion and TV Champion walk out to a huge pop!
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams & “Universal Heartthrob” Austin Idol vs. Jeff Sword & Pete Dohrety: Basically a showcase for the two new titleholders. Idol gets the duke for his team as he applies the Las Vegas Leglock on Dohrety for the submission win.
Boni Blackstone is standing by...
BONI: I am honored to be here with antonio Inoki and his interpreter. (to interpreter) We have an envelope addressed to Mr. Inoki.
Boni hands the envelope to Inoki's interpreter, a Japanese lady in her early 20's dressed in a business suit. The interpreter hands the envelope to Inoki. Inoki pulls a sheet of paper fronm the envelope, looks it over and glares. He hands the paper to his employee and says a few curt words.
INTERPRETER: Mr. Inoki says I may read this for the audience. (reading) “You believe that you can disgrace me and not pay the price! This is not right! I know where you are and soon, you shall suffer pain like you have never felt! I will avenge the wrong you have done to me! Be ready for your destruction!”
INOKI: (through interpreter) I am not intimidated by this man's threats! If he knows where I am, he can come and meet me face to face! I will be waiting for you!
BONI: Does he know who sent this?
INOKI: (through interpreter) I know this man and he is not somebody who I take lightly! I am not afraid of him! If he wants a fight with me, he can have it!
Vader (w/Madusa Miceli) vs. Frankie “the Thumper” Lancaster: Lancaster is very capable, but very overmatched. Vader, who continuosly makes the belt around the waist sign, is particularly vicious this week and finishes his opponent with a powerbomb.
COMMERCIAL
“Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert, Nord the Berzerker, the Nasty Boys , & Cactus Jack(w/Missy Hyatt) vs. Rex King, Rocky King, Rusty Riddle, Terry Adonis, & SD “Special Delivery” Jones: The First Family has expanded, thanks to the World Junior Heavyweight's win over Bill Dundee at the Battle For Seattle. Gilbert and his men look very impressive and get the win as Gilbert pins Rocky King after a Hot Shot. After the bout, Gilbert commandeers the microphone...
GILBERT: You might notice somebody is missing! Jos LeDuc let us all down in Seattle the other night, so I let him go! He was dead weight anyhow! I do have his replacement ready and waiting in the wings! Ladies and gentlemen, “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer!
Sawyer comes out, complete with dog collar and chain! Gilbert is gleeful as the former American Champion joins the First Family!
VTR:
The Sheepherders and Rip Morgan stand in front of a huge New Zealand flag.
LUKE: No matter where we go, cousin, same bloody story! We beat everybody and all the top Yank teams avoid us like the bloody plague! Same way here! Freebirds won't wrestle us! Killer Bees avoid us! Rock and Roll and Fabs left the bloody promotion when we come in! Nasty Boys team up with us to get out of wrestling us! Same song, second verse!
BUTCH: Cheer up, cuz! It all starts to change here tonight! We got the bloody Simpson boys! We'll make an example of these lads and all of these other teams can't ignore us no more!
LUKE: I like that! We'll beat these boys easy! Remember a few years back, we hurt their old man real bad!
BUTCH: Them Freebirds better polish the belts, I'd say!
LUKE: That's right!
COMMERCIAL
Dustin Rhodes vs. Tom “Rocky” Stone: The rookie Rhodes continues to impress as he polishes off the rugged Stone with a bulldog.
Boni is standing by...
BONI: I'm here with Big Van Vader and Madusa Miceli!
VADER: Lord of the Ring and Undisputed World Champion, get it right, blondie!
BONI: The belt is held up right now, so....
MADUSA: You like living dangerously, don't you, chickadee?
VADER: I destroyed your precious Billy Jack and left him for dead! The referee raised my hand! How am I not Champion?
BONI: It wasn't a scheduled match. There wasn't a contract!
MADUSA: This man earned the shot at the title by winning Battle Bowl! He just took what he was entitled to...
BONI: I understand where you're coming from. I'm told Frank Dusek will have a ruling right here next week!
MADUSA: Mr. Dusek, I would advise you to make the correct ruling or Vader might just destroy everything and everybody in his path!
BONI: Ominous words from the Vader camp!
COMMERCIAL
“The Legend” Terry Funk vs. Wayne Bloom: Bloom is a powerfully built athlete, but Funk's experience and ability is just too much. The Texan gets the win via the spinning toehold.
MARSHALL: Ladies and gentlemen, the Freebirds had agreed to give the Super Samoans an immediate rematch here tonight. However, Ron Wright has returned to his estate on the outskirts of Kingsport, TN. Mr. Wright says he is entering semiretirement due to cardiac issues and post traumatic streess syndrome. Afa suffered four fractured metatarsals, a sprained heel, and a ruptured achilles tendon during the match at the BATTLE FOR SEATTLE. He is out of action indefinitely. Kokina has found a substitute partner for tonight. His name is Superfly Tui and he is a former Polynesian Pacific Champion.
MAGNUM: Well, that adds a new twist to the match, that's for sure! The Freebirds are standing by with Boni.
BONI: I'm here with the Fabulous Freebirds. Congratulations on your big win in Seattle.
HAYES: Thanks, sweet Bon Bon! The Freebirds are on a roll! Since Buddy Jack is still recuperating from the sneak attack a few weeks ago, Bamm Bamm and me will defend the belts tonight. Here's the plan for the future: Buddy and myself will concentrate on the tag titles and Terry is going after the World Champion, regardless of what decision Dusek makes! Imagine that-every Freebird with a World Title! Wouldn't that be hot, Boni?
BONI: Your music is playing. I'd better let you go take care of business! We'll see World Tag Team Title action after these messages!
COMMERCIAL
UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Fabulous Freebirds © vs. Kokina & Superfly Tui: Tui turns out to be a capable partner and the Polynesian combination give Hayes & Gordy a competitive match. The highlight is when Gordy and Kokina slug it out. The Freebirds get the win as Hayes pins Tui after a DDT.
After the match, a scrawny guy in a pinstripe suit over a Piitsburgh Pirate jersey jumps into the ring and breates the fallen Superfly Tui. Security starts to remove the interloper, but Kokina waves them off. Kokina and his little friend head over to Boni Blackstone.
BONI: OK, who are you and why did you jump into the ring that way?
BRUNO: OK, little lady, my name is Downtown Bruno, Fort Duquense Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA, wrestling manager extraordinaire! My uncle, Ronnie Wright is under the weather and Afa couldn't take the pressure, so Uncle Ronnie signed the big man's contract over to me! He's the first, but definitely not the last! I got the greatest tag team in the world coming in and that's B-A-Double D, Badd Company, you understand, as well as one of the hottest properties in wrestling today, Hollywood John Tatum! More talent than the “We Are The World”, baby! No time for losers, 'cause we are the champions, so it's back to Honolulu for Superfly Tui! My Downtown Connection is 100% winners, baby! It's gonna be a long, hot summer and like Mama said, “It bes dat way sometimes!”
BONI: I don't know quite how to respond to all of that!
COMMERCIAL
Scott Steiner vs. Master Of Pain (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink):Two powerhouses get it on! Early on, Steiner's speed and skill seem to negate the Master's size advantage. After about three minutes of action, Humperdink leaves ringside. The announce team speculates that maybe Humperdink has given up on his new protege after less than a match. The manager leaving seems to help the Master as he takes control of the action, beating Steiner from pillar to post! Hold on! Humperdink returns to ringside and he's not alone! There's a HUGE man with Humperdink!
MAGNUM: THAT'S BIG JOHN STUDD!
As Studd and Humperdink arrive at ringside, Steiner makes his comeback and hits the Frankensteiner on the Masster of Pain! Studd enters the ring and attacks Steiner! As Humperdink yells instructions, his two giants double team Steiner! Studd and Master of Pain give Steiner the beating of his life before they leave him lying with a spike piledriver! Steiner wins via DQ, but he doesn't look like much of a winner! Humperdink grabs the house mic!
HUMPERDINK: Look at the foundations of the HOUSE OF HUMPERDINK! Big John Studd, the true giant of professional wrestling and the awesome Master of Pain! And this is only the beginning!
COMMERCIAL
The Sheepherders (w/Rip Morgan) vs. Steve & Shaun Simpson: The Simpsons use speed and quick tags to control the action early. The Sheepherders' brutality and experience win out in the end as Butch Miller pins Shaun after he and Luke hit a double gutbuster on the young South African. After the bell, Rip Morgan enters the ring and stomps Shaun. Steve rushes to his aid, but falls victim to a battering ram and double gutbuster by Luke & Butch! The New Zealanders won't let up on the Simpsons! They really are making an example of them! Here comes Michael Hayes and a chair wielding Buddy Roberts! The Freebirds are cleaning house until Morgan grabs the New Zealand flag and drives the metal pole into Roberts' abdomen! Before the Sheepherders can do much damage, Terry Gordy hits the ring and the Freebirds run the heels away! Hayes grabs the house mic!
HAYES: Sheepherders! This ain't over! You said you wanted to send a message to all the American tag teams? Steve and Shaun aren't even from here! That's ok, boys! The Freebirds get the message loud and clear! You wanna fight! You got a fight! You say you've held titles all over the world! Well, you've never taken a walk down Badstreet, USA! Welcome to the neighborhood, Sheepherders!
MARSHALL: We have another great edition of UWA FURY here next week! Frank Dusek will hand down his decision regarding the UWA Undisputed World title! BADD Company makes their debut! The Midnight Soldier defends his TV Title! Terry Funk will be in action! Also, Big Van Vader! Antonio Inoki! Mike Graham and Steve Keirn will take on the Nasty Boys in two one on one matches! Also, a Battle Royal with $10,000.00 to the winner!
Working on it now.