UWA FURY (7/17/88)
Jul 23, 2022 19:13:42 GMT
Post by grigs on Jul 23, 2022 19:13:42 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped on 6/18/88 at the Tulsa County Convention Center to air Sunday, 7/3/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt are seated in the back seat of a limo. Both are holding glasses of champagne.
MISSY: It's a big night for the Firswt Family, Hot Stuff!
GILBERT: We have a huge announcement and the Mad Dog is gonna take th TV Title right here tonight! How about a preview of the celebration we're gonna have, baby?
Missy and Eddie share a passionate kiss!
VTR:
Pez Whatley and Chris Adams stand in front of the UWA logo.
PEZ: MY man Chris and me are here for a reason , not for a season!
ADAMS: That's right, Pez! We have the Great Kabuki and the Master of Pain! You two might intimidate some people, but not Pistol and me!
PEZ: Gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight!
VTR:
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams stands in the ring, TV Title belt over his shoulder...
ADAMS: Buzz Sawyer, the Mad Dog! I know you are a dangerous man, but I'm dangerous myself! I worked really hard for this title and if you think I'm gonna simply hand it over to you, you are even crazier than people say you are!
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!
“Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert (w/Missy Hyatt) vs. Terry Adonis: Although Adonis is under 230 pounds, Gilbert's World Junior Heavyweight title is not on the line tonight. Gilbert puts on a clinic here tonight as Missy cheers him on. Eddie gets the duke sfter hitting a hot shot. Then, he demands the ring mic and begins to speak...
GILBERT: Please, I know you're excited by my impressive victory, but please hold it down! Let me speak! I am honored to be your Undisputed World Junior Heavyweight Champion! Honored, I tell you!Not only am I your champion, I have the most beautiful lady in the world by my side!
MISSY: Thank you, Hot Stuff! (they kiss)
GILBERT: My buddy Rod Stewart was right-som guys have all the luck! On top of my individual accomplishments, I have built the greatest organization that pro wrestling has ever known! Let me introduce my First Family! And stick around until the end, 'cause we have a HUGE announcement! First...probably the baddest man on the planet! This man will be your TV Champion before this TV show rolls credits...”Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer!
Sawyer charges to the ring with dog chain, howling and barking as he goes! He stops at ringside to whip the concret floor with his chain. He enters the ring and bounces off the ropes like a wildman!
GILBERT: And along the same lines...another bad dude! Nord the Berzerker!
Nord stomps out, wearing his Viking helmet and waving his broadsword in the air! He enters the ring, bellowing “HUSS! HUSS!” to nobody in particular.
GILBERT: Ain't he great? And now, for the #1 tag team in the world...the toughest street fighters you'll ever see...unless they see you first! Knobbs and Sags....THE NASTY BOYS!
The Nastys stalk to the ring, occasionally stopping to threaten or insult a fan. They hit the ring, high five the other guys and then both give Missy a gentlemanly kiss on her dainty hand.
MISSY: They are sooooo sweet!
GILBERT: I'll take your word for it, baby!Well, that only leaves one man! It ain't who you think it is! There is a newcomer to the First Family! I'm gonna admit something right now and this is a shocker-Hot Stuff ain't perfect! I know, I know! I was shocked, too! I have overlooked this incredible talent for a long time! When I first arrived in the UWA, he's the first call I shoulda made! But, tonight, I am redeeming myself! There's a new member of your First Family! Ladies, the red carpet please!
Two women, obviously models, dressed in seqiouned evening gowns, roll a red carpet down the aisle that leads to the ring.
GILBERT: The newest member of the Family...the one and only...the future of pro wrestling...the object of female desire...the hero of America's youth....your favorite and mine.....JOHNNY ACE!!!
Ace struts out in a robe that would make Ric Flair envious. As Ace struts to the ring, he blows kisses and runs his fingers through his long blonde hair. Ace enters the ring, embraces each member of the First Family, and takes the mic...
ACE: Ed, there's no hard feelings. I understand that you had some dead weight in the Family that you inherited from Dundee! I know he musta been slandering me! I realize that you were mis lead, but being the genius you are, you finally saw the light!
GILBERT: Yeah, last week, I was like ol' Hank Williams and I saw the light! While you were giving that scraggly derelict Cactus Jack the beating of his life, I woke up and realized that Johnny Ace was meant for the Family and the Family was meant for Johnny Ace! Welcome home, Johnny! The future is bright!
Hold on, Cactus Jack is slinking toward the ring. He is hanging his head and he looks dejected as he crawls under the bottom rope.
CACTUS: Eddie? Missy?
GILBERT: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
CACTUS: It's just that I don't understand....You told me I was the heart and the soul of the First Family...What's goin on here? I don't get it!
ACE: You're not even the sole of my shoe, you scruffy bum!
GILBERT: OK, guys! Take out the trash!
The Nasty Boys grab Cactus and tie him up in the ropes! Sawyer bashes Catus in the face with his chain! Nord comes off the ropes and kicks jack in the face, knocking him to the floor! Cactus lies on the concrete, rubbing his bloody face. He looks like he's on the verge of tears!
MARSHALL: This is a terible scene!
MAGNUM: I thought I knew Johnny Ace! I really feel disappointed , Lee!
COMMERCIAL
MARSHALL: I'm told we have a camera in the dressing room area and there's something we need to see!
We see Cactus Jack walking down a hallway. We see articles of clothing strewn along the floor...tennis shoes, sweat socks, boxer shorts, and finally, in front of a door with a sign on it thet reads FIRST FAMILY, we see an empty duffel bag.
Cactus picks up the duffle bag and starts picking up the discarded items on the floor.
CACTUS: Awww, man! I can't believe they did this to me! (hollering) Hey, Eddie! Missy! Can't we at least try to work this out? PLEEEEASE?
TERRY FUNK : (OFF CAMERA) Well, that's gratitude for you, son!
Funk walks into the scene and pats Cactus on the back.
FUNK: I've known him since he was a boy. I knew his daddy. Eddie always was a self centered punk! Don't worry about it. I got a big ol' dressing room. You make friends with Stallone and they bend over backwards for ya! I've already got a few of the young guys dressing with me, plenty o' room for one more!
They walk down the hall to a door with a sign that reads TERRY FUNK on it. Funk opens the door. Dustin Rhodes and Tracey Smothers are getting ready for a match.
FUNK: Boys, meet up with my new friend Cactus Jack! He's gonna be dressing in here frome now on!
CACTUS: (tenatively) Hi!
Dustin and Tracey shake his hand.
DUSTIN: Hey, Cactus!
TRACEY: Glad to have ya, bud!
Cactus looks like he's on the verge of crying again!
FUNK: See, Cactus, wrestling ain't such a bad business!
MAGNUM: Well, Terry Funk just restored my faith in human nature, Lee!
MARSHALL: That was a truly heartwarming scene, Magnum! We have one of the hottest tag teams in the country in action right now!
BADD Company (w/ Downtown Bruno) vs. Mohammad Saed & Paul Garner: Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka look fantastic this week. Tanaka and Diamond hit Garner with a double superkick and Pat gets the pin. Then, the winners join Boni Blackstone.
BONI: I'm here with Badd Co. and Downtown Bruno. Bruno, you have a very impressive tag team!
BRUNO: Best tag team going today, baby! B-A-Double D! Everybody thought the Killer Bees were hot stuff, but they didn't look so hot when they ran into B-A-Double D! I hear Eddie Gilbert talking about his Nasty Boys! They're good, but they ain't B-A- Double D, baby! The Freebirds and the Sheepherders are fighting over our World Tag Team Titles! Let'em bleed each other dry, baby! Before it's all said and done, them belts will belong to Sensei Pat Tanaka and Pretty Paul Diamond, BADD Company, that's B-A-Double D, Boni baby! The only and only tag team in my Downtown Connection! Didja hear that, boys, you're the one and only!
TANAKA: That's right!
BONI: “The Heartbreaker” Jack Victory makes his debut next!
“Heartbreaker” Jack Victory vs. Mike Jackson: Victory has a big size advantage , but it doesn't help early on as Jackson uses his speed and aerial tactics to keep Victory off balance. The tide turns when Hollywood John Tatum comes to ringside and cheers Victory on! Victory turns the tide of the match and finishes jackson with a big elbow drop. After the bout, Tatum enters the ring and raises Victory's hand. Lee Marshall notices both men are wearing red tights with the and yellow boots with the initials HH on them. He wonders what that is all about.
Hollywood John Tatum vs. Vince Apollo: Instead of accompanying his client to the ring, Downtown Bruno joins Marshall and Magnum on commentary. Bruno dominates the conversation, bragging on himself, Tatum, BADD Company, and his other protege, Kokina. Jack Victory returns the favor from the last match, coming to ringside to cheer for Tatum. Marshall questions Bruno about Tatum and Victory supporting each other-Bruno says Tatum has a magnetic personality and millions of friends> Magnum points out the matching gear and asks what HH stands for. Bruno says Tatum is a trendsetter and lots of young wrestlers copy his style. Bruno says HH propably stands for “Hollywood is Happening”. Tatum wins with a neckbreaker.
BONI: We've seen two wrestlers get impressive wins and cheer each other on. I'm here with Hollywood John Tatum and Heartbreaker Jack Victory....
VICTORY: Hooray for Hollywood! Have you ever seen a more one sided match in your life?
TATUM: Awww, Jackie baby, you only say it because it's true! Boni, what you are looking at is the most awesome force in the UWA...the Hollywood Heartbreakers!
BONI: Is that what the HH on your gear means?
VICTORY: Beautiful and smart, what a combination!
TATUM: Ya better watch him, Boni girl, he earned the name heartbreaker! Hey, Bruno, my man!
Downtown Bruno has arrived on the interview set!
BRUNO: The Hollywood Heartbreakers, baby! That's where it's at! That's what it all about!
BONI: When you were doing commentary on John's match, you didn't seem to know anything about this new team. And...and earlier, you said BADD Co. was your one and only tag team!
BRUNO: I call you tablespoon! You're always stirring stuff up! Downtown Bruno is on top of the situation and on top of the world! Like Mama says, “It bes dat way sometimes!” And that is Downtown Bruno's final word!
COMMERCIAL
“The Legend” Terry Funk, Dustin Rhodes, & Tracey Smothers vs. Pat Rose, Pete Dohrety, & Steve Lombardi:Terry Funk and two young men he has taken under his wing square off with three journeymen in our next bout. The heels work hard, but the old warrior and the two young lions are too much. Funk gets the submission on Lombardi via the spinning toehold.
COMMERCIAL
“Universal Heartthrob” Austin Idol vs. Ted Allen: Allen is a capable pro, but he's no match for the American Champion in this non-title contest. As usual, Idol gets the win via the Las Vegas Leglock. The big news is that the announcers say that next week on UWA FURY, Idol will defend the title against no less than TITO SANTANA!!!
BONI: I'm here with your American Champion Austin Idol. Next week, here on the USA Network, you have a title defense against one of the highest ranked wrestlers in the world, Tito Santana!
Idol begins rubbing Boni's back.
IDOL: Hey, do you like that, Boni?
BONI: Mmmmmm, yes, I do!
IDOL: You should hate it! When a wrestler pats somebody on the back, he's looking for a soft spot to stick the dagger! That's just the nature of the beast, darlin! When Tito Bandito arrived in the UWA, I was the first man to shake his hand and wish him well! That wasn't sincere! I don't wish anybody in this business well, because if they have anything going for them, they'll be coming after my precious American Title! Do you seriously think Tito is a great wrestler, Boni dear?
BONI: Why, yes. Yes, I do!
IDOL: So do I! That's why next week, It won't be some good, clean scientific Joe College situation! I'll do whatever it takes to keep this belt and he'll do whatever it takes to win this belt! Win at all costs period!
Tito Santana arrives!
TITO: Austin, there's no need for this! I respect you and I said it last week when I made the challenge! I said you wouldn't back down from anybody! You are a great champion and I don't understand why you act this way! (offers a handshake)
IDOL: You want this title, Tito!
TITO: Yes, I do!
IDOL: Then, you're the enemy!
IDOL SLAPS THE TASTE OUT OF TITO's MOUTH AND WALKS AWAY! Tito is obviously furious, but he somehow controls himself.
TITO: I'm as angry right now as I have ever been! There's only reason, I'm not going after you right now, Austin! There are a lot of young boys, especially a lot of young Latino boys, who are watching Tito Santana and expecting me to show them the right way to act in public! Next week, when that bell rings, I am willing to have a clean, athletic contest, but if you want a fight, big boy, I can give you a fight! Either way, I'm ready, willing and able! ARRIBA!
COMMERCIAL
Tito Santana vs. Iron Mike Sharpe; Tito is fired up and he goes right after “Canada's Greatest Athelete”! After three flying forearms, Tito locks in the figure four to get the win! He doesn't release the hold until referee David Manning threatens a DQ! Austin Idol, you'd better have your A game next week!
COMMERCIAL
Grizzled veteran Phil Hickerson stands in the ring. We hear...
Micahel Hayes leads the man who many say should be Undisputed World Champion to the ring! Bamm Bamm has arrived!
Terry “Bamm Bamm” Gordy vs. Phil Hickerson: Hickerson is no pushover and gives Gordy a pretty good brawl here this week! The big Freebird locks in the Oriental spike and gets the submission victory. The 'Birds head for the interview area!
BONI: I'm here with the Freebirds. You guys are fighting a war on two fronts. You've challnged the Sheepherders and Rip Morgan to Badstreet match and Terry Gordy is gunning for Big Van Vader and his Undisputed World Title!
GORDY: It's real serious, Boni Blackstone! That's the first time in the UWA that I've used my Oriental spike! It's illegal in Europe and Australia and I can understand why! It's a deadly and dangerous hold! It even worries me! If I ain't careful, I can do permanent damage! Sheepherders, RiP Morgan, Vader, I've started using it again and I ain't being careful! You boys are in serious trouble!
HAYES: When you git on Bamm Bamm's bad side, there ain't no turning back, Sheepherders! There ain't no place to hide, Vader! I said last week, no more Mr. Nice Guy! I want Luke Williams and Butc Miller and Rip Morgan and Van Vader and even that floozy Madusa to know one thing: There wouldn't be people like us if it weren't for people like you!
ROBERTS: Sheepherders and Rip Morgan, there's only one thing on my mind-Badstreet USA match! (wraps Tennessee chain areound fist) Stuff like this chain is absolutely legal! Nobody swings a chair like Bamm Bamm and it's as legal as an Irish whip down on Badstreet! If Michael wants to bash your brains in with his cowboy boot, the referee will stand in the corner and twiddle his thumbs! Nothin is gonna stop us from kickin your ****BLEEP****
HAYES: I'm sorry, Bon Bon! Boys, let's go before we git the UWA kicked off the USA Network!
COMMERCIAL
Gentleman Chris Adams & Pistol Pez Whatley vs. The Great Kabuki & Master of Pain (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink): Adams and kabuki start off with an impressive martial arts battle. After Pez tags in, the heels isolate him on their side of the ring an the Pistol Man plays Ricky Morton for a bit. Whatley makes a superman comeback and the match turns into pier six brawl. Master thows Adams out of the ring. Whatley gets Kabuki up in a vertical suplex...Master of Pain heart punches Pez! Whatley collapses with Kabuki on top of him! Referee Carl Fergie was distracted by Humperdink, but he gets away from him in time to count Whatley down for three! Big win for the House of Humperdink!
After the match, Adams re-enters the ring. Adams dropkicks master of Pain to the floor! Adams superkicks Kabuki out of the ring! Humperdink starts to enter..Adams gets in position for the superkick! Sir Oliver returns to the arena floor! Here comes Big John Studd! Kabuki grabs his nunchucks! Studd is about to lead the heels back into the ring! Jimmy Valiant jumps into the ring with a chair! Valiant and Dams are standing tall. Whatley is struggling to his feet, holding his chest, still feeling the effects of the heart punch! The House of Humperdink is closing in...Butch Reed hits the ring! Reed nails Studd! Reed and Studd are slugging it out while Valiant uses his chair to fight off Kabuki and his nunchuks! Adams is kicking away at the Master of Pain! It's a wild one! Several officials and wrestlers run in and manage to get most of it broken up, but the can't get reed and Studd apart! That brawl is still going on until we go to break!
Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt lead Buzz Sawyer to the ring. The Mad Dog looks like a man possessed!
Then, the music starts...
Brian Adams, the TV Champion makes his way to the ring, high fiving members of his Midnight Army as he goes!This should be a titanic struggle!
UWA TV TITLE MATCH: “Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams © vs. “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer(w/”Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt): For most of the bout, Adams overpowers his challenger, throwing him around the ring. Sawyer sells for the Soldier like he's the Japanese army and Adams is Godzilla! It's the numbers game that makes the difference. At one point, Missy hops on the ring apron and distracts David Manning. Gilbert gets on the apron on the other side and distracts Adams. Adams goes after Gilbert. GILBERT THROWS A HUGE FIREBALL INTO ADAMS' FACE! Adams screams in pain and holds his burnt face! Sawyer executes his legendary powerslam! Manning hears the wrestlers slamming into the mat, turns his attention away from Missy and makes the count-ONE....TWO...THREE!!!! 'MAD DOG' BUZZ SAWYER HAS WON THE UWA TV TITLE!!!Johnny Ace and the nasty Boys hit the ring to celebrate the victory! The First Family carries Buzz out on their shoulders!
Next week on UWA...
From the Showboat in Las Vegas!!!
AMERICAN TITLE: AUSTIN IDOL VS. TITO SANTANA!!!
BUZZ SAWYER'S 1ST TV TITLE DEFENSE!!!
CACTUS JACK VS. IRON MIKE SHARPE!
BIG JOHN STUDD IN A HANDICAP MATCH!
JOHNNY ACE'S FIRST MATCH AS A FIRST FAMILY MEMBER!
THE FREEBIRDS AND THE SHEEPHERDERS IN ACTION!
Working on it now.