UWA FURY(7/10/88)
Jul 19, 2022 3:19:18 GMT
Post by grigs on Jul 19, 2022 3:19:18 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped on 7/5/88 at the Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, ARto air Sunday, 7/10/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
As the music plays, we see highlights from the AMERICAN REVOLUTION PPV> The entire card is available here:
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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!
Terry Gordy is in the ring! He has the ring mic!
GORDY: VADER! Git yore sorry butt down to this ring, boy! I whupped yore tail at Reunion Arena and they wouldn't give me the title! Come down here and I'll show evrybody on the USA Network who the real World Champion is!
MARSHALL: Ladies and gentlemen, this is completely unscheduled! Terry Gordy has commandeered Mark Lowrance's microphone and taken over the ring here in Little Rock!
MAGNUM: And here comes Big Van Vader and Madusa Miceli, Lee!
Big Van Vader hits the ring! Vader and Gordy are slugging it out! Michael Hayes comes to ringside and cheers his brother on! Gordy and vader are having an incredible brawl! They spill out of the ring! Madusa attempts to hit Gordy with a chair, but Hayes rips it out of her hands! Look out! The Sheepherders and Rip Morgan run down and attack Hayes from behind! They're beating the crap out of Michael! Meanwhile, Vader has slammed Gordy's head into the ring post! Bamm Bamm is lacerated badly! Vader attempts to whip Gordy into the ringpostGordy reverses and sends Vader into the steel! The Sheepherders are still beating Hayes down! Here comes Buddy jack Roberts....with a fire extinguisher! Roberts sprays the Sheepherders and Morgan down with the fire extringuisher! Foam everywhere! Finally, Buddy Jack bashes Rip morgan with the extinguisher before Morgan has a chance to swing the flagpole! The Freebirds have taken a beating, but they walk tall to the interview area!
BONI: A wild situation for the Freebirds!
HAYES: Boni, we have tried our dead level best! Since we've been here in the UWA, we've told school kids “Just say 'no'!” We've signed every autograph and shook every hand, and hugged every neck! We've visited nursing homes, St. Jude's, and the Shriner's Hospital! We've done our best to be good boys and wear the white hats! I even stayed home a few Saturday nights and went to church the next morning! But these jerks like the Sheepherders and Vader have pushed us as far as they're gonna git by with! Boni, the Freebirds are fixin to lose control, baby! The good ol', bad ol' 'Birds are back and it might just git ugly!We'll still be good to our fans, but no more Mister Nice Guy up there in that ring!
GORDY: Vader, everybody who was in Reunion Arena and everybody watching on pay per view knows who the real Undisputed World Champion is! But that's my personal deal! Right now, there's Freebird business to take care of! Sheepherders, the other night, I stayed out of it and minded my own business! Buddy Jack and Mike whupped yer tails all over the Metroplex! If it hadn't been for that big ape and his flagpole, them tag team title belts would still be Freebird property! Well, boys, next time, I'm gonna be there! It ain't gonna be no rasslin match, it's gonna be a fight! Rip Morgan, I might just take that flagpole and stick it where the sun don't shine and the phone don't ring!
ROBERTS: I think what this calls for is a Badstreet match!Luke Williams, Butch Miller, and Rip Morgan agains the three of us! Come as you are, do as you like, no DQ! No countout or time limit! No holds barred, anything goes! If you geeks have the guts, bring it on!
MARSHALL: Wrestling fans, we're just getting started! We have an action packed UWA FURY still to come! Don't go anywhere!
COMMERCIAL
We come back to the interview area. Boni is joined by the Sheepherders and Rip Morgan, still covered by fire extinguisher foam.
BONI: The Sheepherders are here. You won the World Tag Team Titles, but I think you awoke a sleeping giant!
LUKE: Listen to me, lass! We don't fear any giants or midgets or nothing else! We'll take these bloody Freebirds on in any kind o' match they want!
BUTCH: Look at us! Like we've been in some bloody bubble bath! What was that bloody Yank trying to prove? Typical Yank cowardice! We're the World Tag Team Champions and that proves we are the best in the World! Bring on the Bees or the Simpsons of the Nasty Boys! Freebirds, you're at the bottom of the bloody list as far as we're concerned! No more Mister Nice Guy? Ha! We were never bloody nice!
MORGAN: AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!
BONI: Tito Santana is ready to make his first appearance on UWA FURY!
Tito Santana vs. Villano III: Tito makes his first appearance on this show against a tough luchador. The amsked man makes a good showing, but Tito finishes him with a figure four leglock. Magnum and Marshall both are highly impressed with the newcomer.
BONI: I'm here with a newcomer to the UWA, TITO SANTANNA! Tito, welcome, you're undefeated so far...
TITO: Thank you, it is great to be here! The fans gave me a warm welcome and I appreciate each and every one of them! The competition here is very tough and I look forward to being here for a long time! I want to challenge the World Champion and the American Champion to title matches. I really don't know Vader, but I have known Austin Idol for a long time and he has never been thr type of guy to duck anybody! It's nice to meet you, Boni, and I hope this is the first of many interviews! ARRIBA!
COMMERCIAL
The Shepherders vs. Troy Graham & Tony Falk: The UWA World Tag titleholders meet two veterans. Graham has his moments, but Falk falls victim to a battering ram followed by a double gutbuster to give the champs a non-title win.
COMMERCIAL
The Masked Nightmares stand ready in the ring. Then, we hear...
Terry Gordy leads Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts to the ring. Hayes & Roberts are dressed in Badstreet USA T shirts, jeans, and cowboy boots(i.e., Dressed for a Badstreet match).
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts(w/Terry Gordy) vs. The Masked Nightmares: This si almost like a heel vs. heel match as the Freebirds wrestle a very aggressive style and the Nightmares use every dirty trick they can think of. The end comes when Gordy jumps up on the apron and distracts referee Sandy Barr, allowing Hayes to clobber Nightmare #2 with his cowboy boot na get the fall. Looks like Hayes meant it when he said “No more Mr. Nice Guy!”
MARSHALL: Earlier today, I spoke with Tracey Smothers...
VTR:
Lee Marshall and Tracey Smothers are sitting in a locker room.
MARSHALL: I'm here with the young man known as the “Wild Eyed Southern Boy”, Tracey Smothers. Tonight, you have probably the biggest match of your young career- you wrestle the UWA Undisputed Champion of the World, Big Van Vader! What is going through your mind at this time?
SMOTHERS: Y'know, he's a big, dangerous man, Lee! I do have some things going for me. First of all, I know I got speed on my side. I also have all these great fans behind me. You folks will never know how important you are! Another good thing is that Terry Funk has kind of taken me under his wing since I got here. He's given me some advice. If anybody knows about wrestling World Champions, it's Terry Funk! This is a non-title match, but if I win or even hold him to a draw or make a good showing, it can lead to big things. So with the good grace of God and just a little bit of Lady Luck, I'm ready to go!
MARSHALL: Tracey Smothers, I wish you good luck! (the two men shake hands)
COMMERCIAL
Hacksaw Butch Reed vs. Big John Studd(w/Sir Oliver Humperdink): These two men are recent arrivals to the UWA and they have taken an immediate dislike to one another! This is a brawl from the opening bell! Reed nails a shoulder block that sends Studd flying through the ropes to the floor! Studd attempts to post Butch, but the Hacksaw turns the table ans it's Studd who hits the steel! Then, Reed bodyslams the big man on the concrete floor! Reed beats referee Carl Fergie's ten count and wins via countout! Studd and Humperdink are irate with this result!
COMMERCIAL
Terry Funk vs. Johnny Mantell: Two veterans from the Lone Star State go at it this week. Funk, coming off a bullrope match win against Ron Bass, gets a tough bout from Mantell, but gets the pin after an Oklahoma roll.
COMMERCIAL
“Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer & “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert(w/Missy Hyatt) vs. Gentleman Chris Adams & Dean Malenko: After a fast paced, action packed contest, Adams hits the superkick on Sawyer to give his team the victory!
COMMERCIAL
Boni is standing by in the interview area.
BONI: Last week, Johnny Ace challenged Cactus Jack. Jack accepted and they will wrestle next. Cactus Jack is here with me. Jack, you and Johnny Ace have had quite the feud and he says he wants to bring it to an end here tonight!
JACK: Johnny Ace, you punk! I told Hot Stuff that he could stay in the dressing room tonight! This is you against me! We've fought from one corner of the globe to the other and settled nothing! Tonight, I'm gonna prove once and for all that I am the better man! You wanna end it all here and now? So be it! Let's end it right now!
Johnny Ace vs. Cactus Jack: An all out brawl here this week! They fight all over the arena. Ace hits the Ace Crusher and gets the pin over Jack. Ace jumps up and down, pumping his fist as jack dejectedly slinks out of the arena!
COMMERCIAL
Big Van Vader (w/Madusa Miceli) vs. Tracey Smothers: (Non-title match) Smothers employs a hit and run strategy and it is effective for awhile, but Vader hits a powerbomb and scores the pin. Vader seems enraged because Smothers competed with him! Vader hits a second powerbomb! Referee Scott LeDoux threatens a DQ and Madusa tries to get Vader to leave the ring! Terry Funk and Dustin Rhodes come out and pull Tracey out of the ring! Look out! Terry Gordy hits the ring and goes to town on Vader! Bamm Bamm tosses the World Champion over the top rope! Vader is irate and throws several chairs into the ring! He's yelling at Gordy and making threatening gestures! Madusa somehow convinces him to leave with her.
MAGNUM: Folks, Boni has Madusa with some words.
BONI: Madusa, Vader has chosen not to join us...
MADUSA: I saved your job by convincing your World Champion to go to the showers! If he had come on TV after that travesty, he would have gotten the UWA kicked off the USA Network! I have never seen such rage! Terry Gordy, sooner or later, you'll feel the wrath of Big Van Vader! He will destroy you when he gets his hands on you! You are doomed, you ignorant redneck!
BONI: Don't miss UWA FURY next week on USA!
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