World Wide Wrestling on TBS 7/2/88
Jul 14, 2022 6:46:01 GMT
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World Wide Wrestling
On TBS 7/2/88 6:05 PM EASTERN TIME
Taped 6/18/88 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
David: “Watch as Lawler flies into the ring!
Lance: “Terry Taylor, not so eager to go in!
David: “AND HERE COMES THE DREAM AND RON SIMMONS! ITS A PIER SIX BRAWL! THE REF CAN’T GET CONTROL!”
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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David: “FANS on the eve of the Great American Bash we have an hour this week that surely should also be on closed circuit as it’s TERRY TAYLOR AND JERRY THE KING LAWLER V AMERICAN DREAM DUSTY RHODES AND RON SIMMONS! We will also have a match that YOU the fans have demanded by POPULAR DEMAND!
Bob: “David? Also get this . . we will see SID VICIOUS wrestle and LANCE RUSSELL WILL GET SID’S FIRST INTERVIEW, EVER!
David: “Bob Caudle? It’s only 60 minutes of TBS television but a LIFETIME OF THRILLS HERE ON WORLDWIDE WRESTLING!
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David and Bob run down:
WORLDWIDE WRESTLING PRESENTS
THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH
CHARLOTTE MEMORIAL STADIUM
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1988 5-8PM EST
LIVE ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
FIREWORKS FOR THE FANS ON ATTENDANCE AT NIGHTFALL!
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DUSTY RHODES w/Baby Doll V TERRY TAYLOR
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE POWERS OF PAIN w/Wendi Richter
UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
RON SIMMONS V JERRY LAWLER
TEXAS DEATH MATCH
RONNIE GARVIN V BUDDY LANDELL
MICHIGAN V SYRACUSE STF CHALLENGE MATCH: FALL COUNTS ONLY ON SUBMISSION BY STF
RICK STEINER w/Gary Hart v MIKE ROTONDO
QUARTERFINAL MATCH FOR THE NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
WAHOO MCDANIEL V THE IGUANA w/Gary Hart
$20,000 V A DATE WITH PRECIOUS
MANNY FERNANDEZ V GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious
THE FANTASTICS V BRET HART + DICK MURDOCH w/Gary Hart
SID VICIOUS V JERRY BLACKWELL
THE ARMSTRONGS V OWEN HART + BRIAN PILLMAN
JOIN THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON TOUR:
7/4 CHARLOTTE, NC PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
7/10 AUGUSTA, GA
7/13 CHARLESTON, SC
7/18 CHATTANOOGA, TN
7/21 NORFOLK, VA
7/23 FAYETTEVILLE, NC
7/25 ORLANDO, FL
7/31 GREENSBORO, NC
8/7 ATLANTA, GA
8/25 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
8/18 ASHEVILLE, NC
8/19 RALEIGH, NC
8/21 MIAMI FL
8/24 RICHMOND, VA
8/27 JACKSONVILLE, FL
8/29 WINSTON-SALEM, NC
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DICK MURDOCH + BRET HART w/Gary Hart def. CHICK DONOVAN + ROCKY KING
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Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin is here with Precious to join Lance and is NOT happy! Lance has a giant box next to him.
Jimmy: “MANNY FERNANDEZ YOU TOOK MY HAIR! YOU RUINED MY LAWN! AND YOU GOT ME HUMILIATED LAST WEEK BY STEALING MY VIDEOT---- . . . . . . .I mean showing the match of our hair versus hair match and embarrassing me on national TV last week! NOW you want to take my Precious? I WON’T LET IT HAPPEN AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH!
Lance: “Well now Jimmy be prepared to be LESS happy because you know what is in this box?
Jimmy: “IT’S MANNY FERNANDEZ, LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT!
JIMMY IS INSANE! HE FINDS A STEEL CHAIR AND BEATS THE BOX INTO A PULP AS PRECIOUS TRIES TO TALK HIM DOWN UNTIL IT BREAK OPEN AND POSTCARDS FALL OUT!
Lance: “FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD JIMMY YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT KNOWING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING WAS IN THERE! Look, Manny is NOT in there, that box is full of post cards!
Lance grabs a handful. “And guess what Jimmy . . . they are all from fans that WANT TO SEE THAT HAIR VERSUS HAIR MATCH AGAIN, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW RIGHT NOW, FOLLOWED BY A MESSAGE FROM MANNY FERNANDEZ!
Jimmy throws the chair down: “DON’T DO IT LANCE!
Lance: “Jimmy I’m not the producer of this show take it up with TBS! Fans let’s go to the footage right now!
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4. HAIR V HAIR
GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious V MANNY FERNANDEZ
It’s a wild brawl to start as Ragin’ Bull throws Garvin from pillar to post but Precious distracts Manny enough to allow Jimmy to Sunday him and get the upper hand. Manny makes the comeback and its near fall after near fall on both sides and the crowd is on its feet because it means each wrestler is seconds away from getting shaved like a cue ball! At the 13:28 mark Precious once again is on the apron arguing with the ref allowing Jimmy to put Manny in a full nelson as Precious sprays Manny in the face behind the refs back:
NO! MANNY DUCKS AND GARVIN GETS THE SPRAY! GARVIN IS STUNNED AS MANNY TURNS AROUND, THROWS GARVIN into the opposite ropes:
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FLYING BURRITO!
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PRECIOUS RUNS INTO THE RING:
TOO LATE! THREE!
JIMMY GARVIN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS HAIR!
JIMMY GARVIN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS HAIR!
JIMMY GARVIN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS HAIR!
WAIT! Precious wipes Jimmy’s eyes as Manny celebrates, and she drags Jimmy out of the ring! They are trying to back out of the deal, but not so fast:
WAHOO MCDANIEL IS AT RINGSIDE! HE BLOCKS THE EGRESS TO THE heel dressing room and backs the losers off.
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TERRY TAYLOR! HE SUNDAYS HIS OPPONENT WAHOO FOR LATER TONIGHT AND POSTS HIM! Meanwhile Manny grabs Jimmy by the hair and tries to drag him back into the ring as a barber sets up a chair and a table in the ring, and it’s a tug of war between Taylor, Precious and Manny as Wahoo is BUSTED OPEN AT RINGSIDE!
Refs enter the scene and try to encourage Taylor and Precious to let go of Jimmy so he can live up to the match stipulations, but they refuse until:
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OWEN HART AND BRIAN PILLMAN FLANK TAYLOR AND SHOVE GARVIN INSIDE THE RING AND BLOCK TAYLOR FROM INTERFERING! Brian Pillman has not forgotten that Jimmy tried to cut his hair earlier today on TBS!
WINNER, MANNY FERNANDEZ, 13:37
Jimmy begs for mercy and Precious is comforted by Taylor as Owen and Brian prevent anyone from entering, meanwhile the refs help a bloodied and battered Wahoo to the dressing room begging the question, what shape will he be in to wrestle later?
Jimmy is finally forced by the faces to sit, despite several attempts to get up and flee when the barber shows his shears, Manny puts him in a sleeper! Jimmy is out cold and the barber starts cutting as the faces grab his hair and throw it to the crowd! Garvin’s hair is cut low, and NOW ITS TIME FOR THE SHEARS! The barber gets the hair down close, and it’s close to a prison haircut, and finally after a towel dry the barber shaves Jimmy completely bald. The ref orders Manny wake Jimmy backs up, Manny slaps the back of his neck, Jimmy wakes up and the barber hands a mirror to Jimmy’s hand, Jimmy is still woozy, but then sees the mirror and FLIPS OUT THROWING IT DOWN AND TURNING OVER THE CHAIR AND THROWING A TEMPER TANTRUM IN THE RING AS THE FACES FINALLY LET TAYLOR AND PRECIOUS IN AND PRECIOUS IMMEDIATELY COMFORTS JIMMY AS TAYLOR GRABS A TOWEL FROM THE BARBER AND COVERS JIMMY'S SHAME! The faces exit and celebrate by throwing more hair to the fans, followed by Taylor and Precious escorting a freshly shorn Gorgeous One with a towel over his head!
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The video is followed by a pretape with MANNY FERNANDEZ!
Manny: “HAHA what’s the matter Jimmy Garvin? A bad lawn? Losing your hair not once but TWICE on national TV? I bet you are REALLY REALLY mad at me Amigo, but trust me, nothing I will ever do to you will match the humiliation you put me through by MAKING ME RIDE ON A BURRO, ASKING A MEXICAN TO LANDSCAPE YOUR YARD, BRUTHA!
“Except one thing. Me, a so called lowly Mexican landscaper, TAKING YOUR WOMAN! July 4 at the Bash in JUST TWO DAYS, $20,000 on the line versus one night with Precious. You see Jimmy Garvin, when you started in with me, you were an OK looking guy with great hair and seemed like a somewhat stable, well-spoken amigo. But you crossed me, and by the time the Great American Bash has finished, you will not only still be stuck with a bad haircut, but your face will also be bashed in, and it’s clear you already lost your marbles. In just a few hours, I will show your main squeeze Precious what it is like to spend time with a true Mexican-American gentlemen that respects women and is not completely CRAZY.
“Who knows, Gorgeous Jimmy . . . .maybe Precious won’t come back!
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Lance is with WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard with manager JJ Dillon!
JJ: “In 2 days little Wendi Richter I will show you that a man will outsmart a woman everytime when the greatest tag team of all time beat your meatheads Barbarian and Warlord!
Tully: “Barbarian and Warlord make no mistake you get a lot of credit! I WISH I was as tall as you. I WISH I had 24” arms! But when the fireworks fire off in Charlotte July 4 at the Bash, you two will WISH you had the sKill, the experience, and the cunning to beat US for the World Tag Team Championships!
AA: “Powers of Pain, I ran into big muscular guys all the time like you in Minnesota. Whether it was Jim Janos, Nelson Simpson, Mike Hegstrand or Joe Laurenitus or countless others that tried to bully me at gyms and bars with their big size and big muscles, you know what I did when they bowed up to me? SLAP, and they went down. Warlord? Barbarian? You try that Mr. Universe garbage with me or Tully, we’re gonna MUSCLE OUR FISTS RIGHT DOWN YOUR THROAT!
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The Rooster Terry Taylor and Jerry “the King” Lawler with Luna menacing Lance!
Terry: “King, I know I beat you to keep the US title a few weeks ago, but I hope you are willing to put that aside because we have a common goal today on World Wide Wrestling: I want to get back at Ron Simmons for beating ME for the US title, and scout Dusty Rhodes. In turn I know you have a score to settle with The American Dream, and frankly, you’d like to get a look at Ron Simmons who you will face for the US title. I hope we can put any differences aside and work together to get a win!
Lawler: “Terry Taylor, remember, I challenged YOU for the US title, and you did well to beat the King! Just remember I plan on beating Ron Simmons at the Bash and if you beat Dusty, I hope you’ll remember to give me a title shot!
Terry: “Wait a second King, what do you mean ‘if’?
BOTH MEN STARE DOWN BELLY TO BELLY!
Lance: “WHOA NOW GENTLEMEN, maybe you two need to go to the locker room and straighten this out! Let’s go to the ring!
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Sid joins Lance for his FIRST INTERVIEW!
Lance vamps so Sid can get his breath: “FANS LETS HEAR IT FOR SID VICIOUS, who has put together a HUGE WINNING STREAK, undefeated here in World Wide Wrestling! But Sid, at the Great American Bash, its 400 pound plus JERRY BLACKWELL! What will it take for you, sir to keep this streak going at the Bash and beyond?
Sid: “Lance Russell . . .I HAVE DEFEATED ALL THAT WORLDWIDE WRESTLING HAS PUT BEFORE ME. Now they sign me to a match with the mighty Jerry Blackwell and that’s just the way Sid Vicious likes it. THE BIGGER, THE BADDER, I LIKE IT!
Lance: “What about all of these managers scouting you Sid? I have never seen a hotter commodity in all my years covering this sport than you!
Sid: “EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF SID VICIOUS! Whether its Gary Hart, JJ Dillon, whoever else. . . .but remember all managers in World Wide Wrestling . .. at the end of the day . .. . SID VICIOUS . . . IS HIS OWN MAN!
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Mike and David review Great American Bash ONE LAST TIME before our main event!
WORLDWIDE WRESTLING PRESENTS
THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH
CHARLOTTE MEMORIAL STADIUM
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1988 5-8PM EST
LIVE ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
FIREWORKS FOR THE FANS ON ATTENDANCE AT NIGHTFALL!
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DUSTY RHODES w/Baby Doll V TERRY TAYLOR
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE POWERS OF PAIN w/Wendi Richter
UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
RON SIMMONS V JERRY LAWLER
TEXAS DEATH MATCH
RONNIE GARVIN V BUDDY LANDELL
MICHIGAN V SYRACUSE STF CHALLENGE MATCH: FALL COUNTS ONLY ON SUBMISSION BY STF
RICK STEINER w/Gary Hart v MIKE ROTONDO
QUARTERFINAL MATCH FOR THE NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
WAHOO MCDANIEL V THE IGUANA w/Gary Hart
$20,000 V A DATE WITH PRECIOUS
MANNY FERNANDEZ V GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious
THE FANTASTICS V BRET HART + DICK MURDOCH w/Gary Hart
SID VICIOUS V JERRY BLACKWELL
THE ARMSTRONGS V OWEN HART + BRIAN PILLMAN
JOIN THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON TOUR:
7/4 CHARLOTTE, NC PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
7/10 AUGUSTA, GA
7/13 CHARLESTON, SC
7/18 CHATTANOOGA, TN
7/21 NORFOLK, VA
7/23 FAYETTEVILLE, NC
7/25 ORLANDO, FL
7/31 GREENSBORO, NC
8/7 ATLANTA, GA
8/25 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
8/18 ASHEVILLE, NC
8/19 RALEIGH, NC
8/21 MIAMI FL
8/24 RICHMOND, VA
8/27 JACKSONVILLE, FL
8/29 WINSTON-SALEM, NC
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DUSTY RHODES + RON SIMMONS w/Baby Doll v JERRY LAWLER + TERRY TAYLOR w/Luna
The bell rings and we are underway! Its lot of mayhem but in 9:14 DUSTY PINS JERRY BUT MISSES JERRY WITH HIS LEG ON THE ROPES (COURTESY OF LUNA) AND DUSTY AND RON CELEBRATE but Jerry steps over to Lance and takes the mike as Luna hands him CASH as a VTR shows the screw.
Jerry: “Dream, Big Ron, the fans ALL OVER the country saw it, my FOOT WAS ON THE ROPE, AND I WAS NOT BEATEN FAIR AND SQUARE! How about we make this interesting AND EVEN STEVEN for the fans? Terry and I say you can’t do that again, and this time we will put $1000 on the line EACH if YOU TWO put $1000 on the line, right here, right now, ON TBS!
Dusty and Ron are with Dave and Bob and shrug their shoulders as to say OK, and they go back into the ring! FANS, A REMATCH WITH A TOTAL OF $4000 CASH, ON THE LINE! WE WILL RING THE BELL AFTER THIS!
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Dave and Bob note the cash on the line is piled up in front of Lance, with an accompanying camera shot. The bell rings, and Luna interferes again by tripping the World Champion as he and Taylor run the ropes and allowing TAYLOR TO DO A FLYING BODY PRESS ON A DISCOMBOBULATED DUSTY AND TAYLOR HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE PIN ON DUSTY AT 7:00! BUT LOOK! TERRY HAD HIS LEGS ON THE ROPE!
Tarry and Lawler, bit $1000 richer celebrate as we go to a break as TERRY TAYLOR HAS DEFEATED THE AMERICAN DREAM, DAYS BEFORE THEIR WORLD TITLE SHOWDOWN AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH!
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Rhodes and Simmons are with Lance and call out Jerry Lawler and Terry Taylor, still jubilant over their victory!
Dusty: “Fellas, the AMERICAN DREAM IS FEELING WILD, THE AMERICAN DREAM IS FEELING CRAZY: You won one match, and we won one match. Let’s make GO FOR 2 OF 3!
Jerry: “JAH JAH JAH Dusty Rhodes we proved our point, why waste our time and risk our safety this close to the Bash? Besides there’s only TV time remaining left!
Dusty: “Well me and Ron were talking’ . . . lets raise the stakes . . . .$5000 EACH, and IF WE CAN’T WIN BY THE END OF THE SHOW . . . . YOU WIN ALL THE MONEY!
Dusty has a pile of cash, and plants in front of Lance for safe-keeping!
THE FANS GO CRAZY and Terry and Lawler look around and Rhodes and Simmons are already in the ring, READY TO MAKE THEIR MONEY BACK AND MORE! Ron gets the fans in a chant of “CHICKEN! CHICKEN!”
Jerry to Lance as Terry waves no: “LANCE RUSSELL NO ONE HAS EVER CALLED THE KING ‘CHICKEN’ IN HIS LIFE AND GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT WE ARE ON!
Lawler flies into the ring followed by a reluctant Taylor and its BOOM BOOM BY ALL FOUR MEN AT THE SAME TIME AND THE REF CAN’T GET CONTROL!
LAWLER AND RHODES FALL OUT OF THE RING AND ARE IN A WILD BRAWL OUTSIDE THE RING AS TAYLOR fouls Simmons behind his back and pounds on Big Ron! But Simmons TURNS THE TABLES AND AS DUSTY AHD LAWLER BRAWL OUTSIDE THE RING, Terry Taylor staggers up, turns around to SEE RON SIMMONS IN THE THREE POINT STANCE! SIMMONS NAILS HIM INTO THE TURNBUCKLE, PICKS HIM UP:
POWERSLAM!!! 1-2-
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THREE!!!! DUSTY AND RON HAVE WON THE RUBBER MATCH AND THE MONEY, AND HOP OUTSIDE THE RING AS LAWLER LOOKS OVER Taylors prone body and cannot believe it as Dusty and Simmons walk over to Lance, and GRAB THE MONEY AS LUNA TRIES TO STOP THEM, AND LOOK AT THIS!
THE WORLD CHAMPION AND NEW US CHAMPION ARE THROWING MONEY INTO THE CROWD! ITS BEDLAM HERE AT TBS STUDIOS, FANS SEE YOU IN CHARLOTTE AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH!
On TBS 7/2/88 6:05 PM EASTERN TIME
Taped 6/18/88 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
David: “Watch as Lawler flies into the ring!
Lance: “Terry Taylor, not so eager to go in!
David: “AND HERE COMES THE DREAM AND RON SIMMONS! ITS A PIER SIX BRAWL! THE REF CAN’T GET CONTROL!”
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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David: “FANS on the eve of the Great American Bash we have an hour this week that surely should also be on closed circuit as it’s TERRY TAYLOR AND JERRY THE KING LAWLER V AMERICAN DREAM DUSTY RHODES AND RON SIMMONS! We will also have a match that YOU the fans have demanded by POPULAR DEMAND!
Bob: “David? Also get this . . we will see SID VICIOUS wrestle and LANCE RUSSELL WILL GET SID’S FIRST INTERVIEW, EVER!
David: “Bob Caudle? It’s only 60 minutes of TBS television but a LIFETIME OF THRILLS HERE ON WORLDWIDE WRESTLING!
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David and Bob run down:
WORLDWIDE WRESTLING PRESENTS
THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH
CHARLOTTE MEMORIAL STADIUM
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1988 5-8PM EST
LIVE ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
FIREWORKS FOR THE FANS ON ATTENDANCE AT NIGHTFALL!
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DUSTY RHODES w/Baby Doll V TERRY TAYLOR
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE POWERS OF PAIN w/Wendi Richter
UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
RON SIMMONS V JERRY LAWLER
TEXAS DEATH MATCH
RONNIE GARVIN V BUDDY LANDELL
MICHIGAN V SYRACUSE STF CHALLENGE MATCH: FALL COUNTS ONLY ON SUBMISSION BY STF
RICK STEINER w/Gary Hart v MIKE ROTONDO
QUARTERFINAL MATCH FOR THE NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
WAHOO MCDANIEL V THE IGUANA w/Gary Hart
$20,000 V A DATE WITH PRECIOUS
MANNY FERNANDEZ V GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious
THE FANTASTICS V BRET HART + DICK MURDOCH w/Gary Hart
SID VICIOUS V JERRY BLACKWELL
THE ARMSTRONGS V OWEN HART + BRIAN PILLMAN
JOIN THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON TOUR:
7/4 CHARLOTTE, NC PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
7/10 AUGUSTA, GA
7/13 CHARLESTON, SC
7/18 CHATTANOOGA, TN
7/21 NORFOLK, VA
7/23 FAYETTEVILLE, NC
7/25 ORLANDO, FL
7/31 GREENSBORO, NC
8/7 ATLANTA, GA
8/25 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
8/18 ASHEVILLE, NC
8/19 RALEIGH, NC
8/21 MIAMI FL
8/24 RICHMOND, VA
8/27 JACKSONVILLE, FL
8/29 WINSTON-SALEM, NC
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DICK MURDOCH + BRET HART w/Gary Hart def. CHICK DONOVAN + ROCKY KING
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Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin is here with Precious to join Lance and is NOT happy! Lance has a giant box next to him.
Jimmy: “MANNY FERNANDEZ YOU TOOK MY HAIR! YOU RUINED MY LAWN! AND YOU GOT ME HUMILIATED LAST WEEK BY STEALING MY VIDEOT---- . . . . . . .I mean showing the match of our hair versus hair match and embarrassing me on national TV last week! NOW you want to take my Precious? I WON’T LET IT HAPPEN AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH!
Lance: “Well now Jimmy be prepared to be LESS happy because you know what is in this box?
Jimmy: “IT’S MANNY FERNANDEZ, LET ME TAKE CARE OF THAT!
JIMMY IS INSANE! HE FINDS A STEEL CHAIR AND BEATS THE BOX INTO A PULP AS PRECIOUS TRIES TO TALK HIM DOWN UNTIL IT BREAK OPEN AND POSTCARDS FALL OUT!
Lance: “FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD JIMMY YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT KNOWING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING WAS IN THERE! Look, Manny is NOT in there, that box is full of post cards!
Lance grabs a handful. “And guess what Jimmy . . . they are all from fans that WANT TO SEE THAT HAIR VERSUS HAIR MATCH AGAIN, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW RIGHT NOW, FOLLOWED BY A MESSAGE FROM MANNY FERNANDEZ!
Jimmy throws the chair down: “DON’T DO IT LANCE!
Lance: “Jimmy I’m not the producer of this show take it up with TBS! Fans let’s go to the footage right now!
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4. HAIR V HAIR
GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious V MANNY FERNANDEZ
It’s a wild brawl to start as Ragin’ Bull throws Garvin from pillar to post but Precious distracts Manny enough to allow Jimmy to Sunday him and get the upper hand. Manny makes the comeback and its near fall after near fall on both sides and the crowd is on its feet because it means each wrestler is seconds away from getting shaved like a cue ball! At the 13:28 mark Precious once again is on the apron arguing with the ref allowing Jimmy to put Manny in a full nelson as Precious sprays Manny in the face behind the refs back:
NO! MANNY DUCKS AND GARVIN GETS THE SPRAY! GARVIN IS STUNNED AS MANNY TURNS AROUND, THROWS GARVIN into the opposite ropes:
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FLYING BURRITO!
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PRECIOUS RUNS INTO THE RING:
TOO LATE! THREE!
JIMMY GARVIN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS HAIR!
JIMMY GARVIN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS HAIR!
JIMMY GARVIN IS GOING TO LOSE HIS HAIR!
WAIT! Precious wipes Jimmy’s eyes as Manny celebrates, and she drags Jimmy out of the ring! They are trying to back out of the deal, but not so fast:
WAHOO MCDANIEL IS AT RINGSIDE! HE BLOCKS THE EGRESS TO THE heel dressing room and backs the losers off.
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TERRY TAYLOR! HE SUNDAYS HIS OPPONENT WAHOO FOR LATER TONIGHT AND POSTS HIM! Meanwhile Manny grabs Jimmy by the hair and tries to drag him back into the ring as a barber sets up a chair and a table in the ring, and it’s a tug of war between Taylor, Precious and Manny as Wahoo is BUSTED OPEN AT RINGSIDE!
Refs enter the scene and try to encourage Taylor and Precious to let go of Jimmy so he can live up to the match stipulations, but they refuse until:
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OWEN HART AND BRIAN PILLMAN FLANK TAYLOR AND SHOVE GARVIN INSIDE THE RING AND BLOCK TAYLOR FROM INTERFERING! Brian Pillman has not forgotten that Jimmy tried to cut his hair earlier today on TBS!
WINNER, MANNY FERNANDEZ, 13:37
Jimmy begs for mercy and Precious is comforted by Taylor as Owen and Brian prevent anyone from entering, meanwhile the refs help a bloodied and battered Wahoo to the dressing room begging the question, what shape will he be in to wrestle later?
Jimmy is finally forced by the faces to sit, despite several attempts to get up and flee when the barber shows his shears, Manny puts him in a sleeper! Jimmy is out cold and the barber starts cutting as the faces grab his hair and throw it to the crowd! Garvin’s hair is cut low, and NOW ITS TIME FOR THE SHEARS! The barber gets the hair down close, and it’s close to a prison haircut, and finally after a towel dry the barber shaves Jimmy completely bald. The ref orders Manny wake Jimmy backs up, Manny slaps the back of his neck, Jimmy wakes up and the barber hands a mirror to Jimmy’s hand, Jimmy is still woozy, but then sees the mirror and FLIPS OUT THROWING IT DOWN AND TURNING OVER THE CHAIR AND THROWING A TEMPER TANTRUM IN THE RING AS THE FACES FINALLY LET TAYLOR AND PRECIOUS IN AND PRECIOUS IMMEDIATELY COMFORTS JIMMY AS TAYLOR GRABS A TOWEL FROM THE BARBER AND COVERS JIMMY'S SHAME! The faces exit and celebrate by throwing more hair to the fans, followed by Taylor and Precious escorting a freshly shorn Gorgeous One with a towel over his head!
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The video is followed by a pretape with MANNY FERNANDEZ!
Manny: “HAHA what’s the matter Jimmy Garvin? A bad lawn? Losing your hair not once but TWICE on national TV? I bet you are REALLY REALLY mad at me Amigo, but trust me, nothing I will ever do to you will match the humiliation you put me through by MAKING ME RIDE ON A BURRO, ASKING A MEXICAN TO LANDSCAPE YOUR YARD, BRUTHA!
“Except one thing. Me, a so called lowly Mexican landscaper, TAKING YOUR WOMAN! July 4 at the Bash in JUST TWO DAYS, $20,000 on the line versus one night with Precious. You see Jimmy Garvin, when you started in with me, you were an OK looking guy with great hair and seemed like a somewhat stable, well-spoken amigo. But you crossed me, and by the time the Great American Bash has finished, you will not only still be stuck with a bad haircut, but your face will also be bashed in, and it’s clear you already lost your marbles. In just a few hours, I will show your main squeeze Precious what it is like to spend time with a true Mexican-American gentlemen that respects women and is not completely CRAZY.
“Who knows, Gorgeous Jimmy . . . .maybe Precious won’t come back!
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Lance is with WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard with manager JJ Dillon!
JJ: “In 2 days little Wendi Richter I will show you that a man will outsmart a woman everytime when the greatest tag team of all time beat your meatheads Barbarian and Warlord!
Tully: “Barbarian and Warlord make no mistake you get a lot of credit! I WISH I was as tall as you. I WISH I had 24” arms! But when the fireworks fire off in Charlotte July 4 at the Bash, you two will WISH you had the sKill, the experience, and the cunning to beat US for the World Tag Team Championships!
AA: “Powers of Pain, I ran into big muscular guys all the time like you in Minnesota. Whether it was Jim Janos, Nelson Simpson, Mike Hegstrand or Joe Laurenitus or countless others that tried to bully me at gyms and bars with their big size and big muscles, you know what I did when they bowed up to me? SLAP, and they went down. Warlord? Barbarian? You try that Mr. Universe garbage with me or Tully, we’re gonna MUSCLE OUR FISTS RIGHT DOWN YOUR THROAT!
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The Rooster Terry Taylor and Jerry “the King” Lawler with Luna menacing Lance!
Terry: “King, I know I beat you to keep the US title a few weeks ago, but I hope you are willing to put that aside because we have a common goal today on World Wide Wrestling: I want to get back at Ron Simmons for beating ME for the US title, and scout Dusty Rhodes. In turn I know you have a score to settle with The American Dream, and frankly, you’d like to get a look at Ron Simmons who you will face for the US title. I hope we can put any differences aside and work together to get a win!
Lawler: “Terry Taylor, remember, I challenged YOU for the US title, and you did well to beat the King! Just remember I plan on beating Ron Simmons at the Bash and if you beat Dusty, I hope you’ll remember to give me a title shot!
Terry: “Wait a second King, what do you mean ‘if’?
BOTH MEN STARE DOWN BELLY TO BELLY!
Lance: “WHOA NOW GENTLEMEN, maybe you two need to go to the locker room and straighten this out! Let’s go to the ring!
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SID VICIOUS DEF. THUNDERFOOT as Gary Hart looks on!.
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Sid joins Lance for his FIRST INTERVIEW!
Lance vamps so Sid can get his breath: “FANS LETS HEAR IT FOR SID VICIOUS, who has put together a HUGE WINNING STREAK, undefeated here in World Wide Wrestling! But Sid, at the Great American Bash, its 400 pound plus JERRY BLACKWELL! What will it take for you, sir to keep this streak going at the Bash and beyond?
Sid: “Lance Russell . . .I HAVE DEFEATED ALL THAT WORLDWIDE WRESTLING HAS PUT BEFORE ME. Now they sign me to a match with the mighty Jerry Blackwell and that’s just the way Sid Vicious likes it. THE BIGGER, THE BADDER, I LIKE IT!
Lance: “What about all of these managers scouting you Sid? I have never seen a hotter commodity in all my years covering this sport than you!
Sid: “EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF SID VICIOUS! Whether its Gary Hart, JJ Dillon, whoever else. . . .but remember all managers in World Wide Wrestling . .. at the end of the day . .. . SID VICIOUS . . . IS HIS OWN MAN!
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Mike and David review Great American Bash ONE LAST TIME before our main event!
WORLDWIDE WRESTLING PRESENTS
THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH
CHARLOTTE MEMORIAL STADIUM
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1988 5-8PM EST
LIVE ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
FIREWORKS FOR THE FANS ON ATTENDANCE AT NIGHTFALL!
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DUSTY RHODES w/Baby Doll V TERRY TAYLOR
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE POWERS OF PAIN w/Wendi Richter
UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
RON SIMMONS V JERRY LAWLER
TEXAS DEATH MATCH
RONNIE GARVIN V BUDDY LANDELL
MICHIGAN V SYRACUSE STF CHALLENGE MATCH: FALL COUNTS ONLY ON SUBMISSION BY STF
RICK STEINER w/Gary Hart v MIKE ROTONDO
QUARTERFINAL MATCH FOR THE NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
WAHOO MCDANIEL V THE IGUANA w/Gary Hart
$20,000 V A DATE WITH PRECIOUS
MANNY FERNANDEZ V GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious
THE FANTASTICS V BRET HART + DICK MURDOCH w/Gary Hart
SID VICIOUS V JERRY BLACKWELL
THE ARMSTRONGS V OWEN HART + BRIAN PILLMAN
JOIN THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH ON TOUR:
7/4 CHARLOTTE, NC PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
7/10 AUGUSTA, GA
7/13 CHARLESTON, SC
7/18 CHATTANOOGA, TN
7/21 NORFOLK, VA
7/23 FAYETTEVILLE, NC
7/25 ORLANDO, FL
7/31 GREENSBORO, NC
8/7 ATLANTA, GA
8/25 ST. PETERSBURG, FL
8/18 ASHEVILLE, NC
8/19 RALEIGH, NC
8/21 MIAMI FL
8/24 RICHMOND, VA
8/27 JACKSONVILLE, FL
8/29 WINSTON-SALEM, NC
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DUSTY RHODES + RON SIMMONS w/Baby Doll v JERRY LAWLER + TERRY TAYLOR w/Luna
The bell rings and we are underway! Its lot of mayhem but in 9:14 DUSTY PINS JERRY BUT MISSES JERRY WITH HIS LEG ON THE ROPES (COURTESY OF LUNA) AND DUSTY AND RON CELEBRATE but Jerry steps over to Lance and takes the mike as Luna hands him CASH as a VTR shows the screw.
Jerry: “Dream, Big Ron, the fans ALL OVER the country saw it, my FOOT WAS ON THE ROPE, AND I WAS NOT BEATEN FAIR AND SQUARE! How about we make this interesting AND EVEN STEVEN for the fans? Terry and I say you can’t do that again, and this time we will put $1000 on the line EACH if YOU TWO put $1000 on the line, right here, right now, ON TBS!
Dusty and Ron are with Dave and Bob and shrug their shoulders as to say OK, and they go back into the ring! FANS, A REMATCH WITH A TOTAL OF $4000 CASH, ON THE LINE! WE WILL RING THE BELL AFTER THIS!
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Dave and Bob note the cash on the line is piled up in front of Lance, with an accompanying camera shot. The bell rings, and Luna interferes again by tripping the World Champion as he and Taylor run the ropes and allowing TAYLOR TO DO A FLYING BODY PRESS ON A DISCOMBOBULATED DUSTY AND TAYLOR HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE PIN ON DUSTY AT 7:00! BUT LOOK! TERRY HAD HIS LEGS ON THE ROPE!
Tarry and Lawler, bit $1000 richer celebrate as we go to a break as TERRY TAYLOR HAS DEFEATED THE AMERICAN DREAM, DAYS BEFORE THEIR WORLD TITLE SHOWDOWN AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH!
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Rhodes and Simmons are with Lance and call out Jerry Lawler and Terry Taylor, still jubilant over their victory!
Dusty: “Fellas, the AMERICAN DREAM IS FEELING WILD, THE AMERICAN DREAM IS FEELING CRAZY: You won one match, and we won one match. Let’s make GO FOR 2 OF 3!
Jerry: “JAH JAH JAH Dusty Rhodes we proved our point, why waste our time and risk our safety this close to the Bash? Besides there’s only TV time remaining left!
Dusty: “Well me and Ron were talking’ . . . lets raise the stakes . . . .$5000 EACH, and IF WE CAN’T WIN BY THE END OF THE SHOW . . . . YOU WIN ALL THE MONEY!
Dusty has a pile of cash, and plants in front of Lance for safe-keeping!
THE FANS GO CRAZY and Terry and Lawler look around and Rhodes and Simmons are already in the ring, READY TO MAKE THEIR MONEY BACK AND MORE! Ron gets the fans in a chant of “CHICKEN! CHICKEN!”
Jerry to Lance as Terry waves no: “LANCE RUSSELL NO ONE HAS EVER CALLED THE KING ‘CHICKEN’ IN HIS LIFE AND GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT WE ARE ON!
Lawler flies into the ring followed by a reluctant Taylor and its BOOM BOOM BY ALL FOUR MEN AT THE SAME TIME AND THE REF CAN’T GET CONTROL!
LAWLER AND RHODES FALL OUT OF THE RING AND ARE IN A WILD BRAWL OUTSIDE THE RING AS TAYLOR fouls Simmons behind his back and pounds on Big Ron! But Simmons TURNS THE TABLES AND AS DUSTY AHD LAWLER BRAWL OUTSIDE THE RING, Terry Taylor staggers up, turns around to SEE RON SIMMONS IN THE THREE POINT STANCE! SIMMONS NAILS HIM INTO THE TURNBUCKLE, PICKS HIM UP:
POWERSLAM!!! 1-2-
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THREE!!!! DUSTY AND RON HAVE WON THE RUBBER MATCH AND THE MONEY, AND HOP OUTSIDE THE RING AS LAWLER LOOKS OVER Taylors prone body and cannot believe it as Dusty and Simmons walk over to Lance, and GRAB THE MONEY AS LUNA TRIES TO STOP THEM, AND LOOK AT THIS!
THE WORLD CHAMPION AND NEW US CHAMPION ARE THROWING MONEY INTO THE CROWD! ITS BEDLAM HERE AT TBS STUDIOS, FANS SEE YOU IN CHARLOTTE AT THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH!
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