IWF on the road. St. Louis & Greenwood, Miss. Title change.

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IWF Championship Wrestlng
Friday 8-20-88 St. Louis Keil Auditorium

8. Challenge Match. Kevin Von Erich w/mgr. Rock Hunter beat IWF World's Heavyweight Champion 'Big' Scott Hall by count out. (Hunter held Hall outside the ring during count out but Scott got loose to chase Von Erich back to the dressing room).
7. ***Ordered IWF World Tag Team Title Match. (Champs): Nick Bockwinkel & Harley Race w/mgr. Rock Hunter lost titles to (Challs): 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff & Mr. Olympia when Orndorff pinned Bockwinkel following a piledriver.
6. IWF World's Junior Heavyweight Title Match. (Champ): Joe Malenko w/valet Fallen Angel & mgr. Rock Hunter submitted (Chall): Tony Charles with the Texas Cloverleaf.
5. IWF Women's World's Title Match. (Champ): 'Superstar' Sue Sexton retained title by pin fall over (Chall): Rockin Robin with a handful of tights.
4. Single Match. 'World's Strongest Man' Ken Patera submitted 'Killer' Tim Brooks to a swinging neck breaker.
3. Challenge Match. 'Tennessee Stud' Ron Fuller beat Jimmy Golden with Fuller leglock.
2. Single Match. Roger 'Rip' Kirby used the ropes to pin Tom Jones.
1. Single Match Brad Rheingans drew with Steve O.

Friday 8-20-88 Greenwood, Miss. Washington Co. Convention Center
5. Spoiler must beat Mongolian Stomper to win $12,000 owed by manager Don Carson. The Masked Spoiler bloodied, beat the Mongolian Stomper w/mgr. Don Carson in a wild brawl
4. Loser Leaves Mid-South Match. 'Mr. USA' Tony Atlas beat 'Lethal' Larry Cameron w/valet Dark Journey who left Cameron during the pin.
3. 4 Man Tornado Rules Match. Masked Grapplers beat DJ Peterson & Don Diamond when Grappler 2 pinned Diamond.
2. Ladies Singles Match. Judy Martin beat Bambi.
1. Single Match. The Missing Link beat Sir Nelson Royal.

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Rough night for the Tag Team champions. I had figured with Rock Hunter that Nick Bockwinkel & Harley Race would have the belts forever but Paul Orndorff & Mr. Olympia got it done. It will be interesting to see the next move for the now former champions and what Hunter does, whether a rematch for them or uses them to pursue Scott Hall.

On the other hand, Hunter did have Hall figured out by helping Kevin Von Erich to get that count out win. I'm not terribly liking Hall's chances here with the quality of competition.

Spoiler gets a big win there, making him $12,000 richer. For split shows, both of those main events will bring the fans in.

It's good to see that Tony Atlas isn't leaving town any time soon. Tough break for Larry Cameron,

Some good action up and down both cards.