UWA FURY (9/4/88)
Aug 30, 2022 2:27:25 GMT
Post by grigs on Aug 30, 2022 2:27:25 GMT
The United Wrestling Alliance presents UWA FURY!!!
Taped on 8/29/88 at the Showboat Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to air Sunday, 9/4/88, at 9 PM on the USA Network
Announcers: Lee Marshall & Magnum TA
Ring Announcer/interviewer: Mark Lowrance
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
COLD OPENING:
VTR:
Oliver Humperdink stands outside the Showboat, mic in hand...
HUMPERDINK: There is no doubt in my incredibly intelligent mind that tomorrow night, the Undisputed World Title will be coming home to the House of Humperdink! 'Cause I have this man, the awesome Master of Pain entered!
The Master walks out and he looks angry!
SOH: Of course, the true giant, Big John Studd will defat Butch Reed to earn the right!
Studd enters the scene!
SOH: And ,as always, I spared no expense to bring in international talent! Make Iron Mike Sharpe, truly Canada's greatest athlete, welcome! (Sharpe joins them as Studd and Master applaud!
STUDD: Tonight, we have Reed, the Englishman, and the Midnight Soldier! After tonight's six man tag, they won't be able to enter the Steel Gauntlet!
VTR:
Butch Reed stands in the locker room...
REED: Every time I turn around, there's a new mountain for the Hacksaw to climb!First I have to wrestle Studd to get in the Steel gauntlet! Tonight, I have a six man tag to go through! That's alright with me! The harder I have to work, the sweter it will be when I hold that championsp belt!
VTR: Buzz Sawyer, Eddie Gilbert, & Nord the Berzerker stand in front of the UWA logo...
SAWYER: The famous Funk brothers! I grew up watching you two on TV every Saturday morning! Tonight, I get to run you outta here!
NORD: HUSS! HUSS! HUSS!
Ron Bass enters the picture!
BASS: Boys, I only ask one favor leave just enough of Terry Funk for me to destroy him in the Texas Death Match tomorrow night!
GILBERT: You have our word, ol' buddy!
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!
Missy Hyatt blowing a kiss at the camera!
The Sheepherders saluting the New Zealand flag!
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: Welcome to UWA FURY! We are another week closer to VIVA LAS VEGAS! Here's the lineup of matches we have thus far...
STEEL GAUNTLET MATCH FOR THE UNDISPUTED WORLD TITLE! Featuring:
Champion Big Van Vader!
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams!
“Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer!
Gentleman Chris Adams!
Master of Pain!
Scott Steiner!
Caribbean Champion Carlos Colon!
Winner of John Studd/Butch Reed qualifying match!
BADSTREET USA MATCH:
Fabulous Freebirds vs. Sheepherders & Rip Morgan!!!
TEXAS DEATH MATCH!
“The Legend” Terry Funk vs. Outlaw Ron Bass!!!
UWA WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH!
“Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert vs. Dean Malenko!!!
BADD COMPANY VS. HOLLYWOOD HEARTBREAKERS!!!
JUST ADDED:
CACTUS JACK & THE TEXAS BRONCOS VS. JOHNNY ACE & THE NASTY BOYS!
JIMMY VALIANT VS. NORD THE BERZERKER!
MAGNUM: That will be an incredible night of action for our great UWA wrestling fans! As I speak, UWA President Captain Frank Dusek is negotiating with American Champion “Universal Heartthrob” Austin Idol. Tito Santana has asked for a title match with no time limit and no DQ! If you've seen any of the matched between Idol and Santana, you can certainly understand why!
MARSHALL: We hope to have an announcement on that front before we go off the air!Right now, Scott Steiner, a participant in the Steel Gauntlet is in the ring!
Scott Steiner vs. Pat Rose: Steiner is truly a rising star in our great sport. Magnum says he wouldn't be surprised if Scott is introduced as our new Undisputed World Champion next week! It's easy pickins today as Scott gets the duke after a bulldog off the top rope. Marshall wonders where he comes up with all of thes moves!
COMMERCIAL
“Badstreet USA” blasts over the Showboat's sound system as Hayes, Gordy, & Roberts arrive! They are actually dressed for a Badstreet match, blue jeans, Badstreet USA T shirts, and cowboy boots!
Fabulous Freebirds vs. Jeff Gaylord, Jumbo Baretta, & Max Thrasher: The Freebirds are very aggressive this week, slugging away at their opponents! Gordy finishes off Baretta with the Oriental Spike to get the win!
Now, here's Boni Blackstone...
BONI: It's always great to speak to the Fabulous Freebirds! Tomorrow is your big night! Badstreet match against the Sheepherders & Rip Morgan!
HAYES: Sweet Bon Bon, I hope everybody has called their cable company and bought VIVA LAS VEGAS! If you have bought it, let me put a little PMRC warning label on our match!If you have kiddos under 12, it might be too violent! If you have a heart condition, get your doctor's advice on watching! If you have some sort of combat fatigue from the service, this might cause a flashback or something! If you have a weak stomach or if ya get squeamish at the sight of blood, ya might wanna skip the Badstreet Match! One last thing: if your name is Luke Williams, Butch Miller, or Rip Morgan, you might wanna skip this match!
ROBERTS: That's right! They stole our titles and they keep waving that flag! It makes us sick!
GORDY: This is my kinda fight, boys! It's ok if I take this (holds up cowboy boot) and beat somebody's brains out! I can take one of these(holds up fist with chain wrapped around it) and bust somebody's skull open!I might not have the World Title, but I am the heavyweight champion of cheer (chair) swingin! And don't think I've forgot about you, Vader! After we kick some Sheepherder tail, I might just climb in that cage and whup yore tail, too!
HAYES: Easy now, Terry! We don't want to get ourselves suspended!
BONI: The Freebirds are ready!
COMMERCIAL
BADD Company vs. Ken Wayne & Norman Smiley: Badd Company tunes up for their showdown with the Hollywood Heartbreakers tomorrow night. Diamond & Tanaka look great here and Tanaka pins Wayne after a double superkick.
BONI: I'm here with Downtown Bruno, former manager of Badd Company. You dropped Badd Company for the Hollywood Heartbreakers! Tomorrow, we'll see if that was a wise decision or not!
BRUNO: I don't like your tone, young lady! Why aren't you in a kitchen somewhere, cooking carrots and baking rhubarb pie for some bald headed geeks and three snot nosed brats? Don't worry 'bout Hollywood John Tatum and Heartbreaker Jack Victory! They'll show those two the difference between a well oiled tag team machine and a pair of punks, Boni Blackstone! And that's not all! Look up in the squared circle, baby! Almost 500 pounds of fighting fury! The Great Kokina! Watch this!
BONI: Let's go to the ring for our next match!
Kokina vs. Al Snow: This Snow kid shows potential, but he's seriously overmatched tonight. The massive Samoan gets the win after a Samoan drop.
COMMERCIAL
Outlaw Ron Bass vs. Ed Moretti: The big Texan looks ready for his Texas Death match with Terry Funk tomorrow night. Bass gets a convincing win with his patented clawhold.
BONI: I'm here with the American Champion, “The Universal Heartthrob” Austin Idol! I understand that you have an announcment that we need to hear...
IDOL: Darlin, I have a blockbuster for you! Tonight, we are in my hometown! Las Vegas! Tomorrow, we'll be over at the Thomas & Mack Center for the pay per view! It wouldn't be a big show without the ladies' pet and the men's regret defending his championship! By popular demand, I will defend this belt against my top contender, Tito Santana! After the way he attempted to steal my title last week,I demanded a match with no disqualifcations and no countouts! And tomorrow, if you have bought the pay per view, you will see one of my greatest victories! Tito, you ain't bad, but you ain't Austin Idol! I will walk in as American Champion and I will walk out as American Champion! You can bet the house on it!
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
As an orchestra plays “America The Beautiful”, we see video of the Statue of Liberty, the White House, the Lincoln Monument, and the Libert Bell. A man's voice speaks....
VOICE: We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal...
The scene changes to a large man dressed in a military uniform, holding a sheet of paper in his hand. He evidently was the nararator. The man tears the sheet of paper to shreds and addresses the camera!
MAN: That is the biggest pile of garbage ever! It should be obvious to anybody who is paying attention that all men are not equal! There are many inferior people on this planet! Most of them in the United States! My name is Colonel DeBeers! I hail from South Africa, a nation where we do not exalt people who are inferior! I have been barred from the USA for most of my career! I have dominated my chosen sport in every country that I have ever competed in! Finally, the United Wrestling Alliance has agreed to allow me to compete there! Starting next week, I will show you people what the rest of the world knows! That the South African mercenary, Colonel DeBeers, is the most dangerous professional wrestler in the world today! Expect blood and broken bones! Expect to see a gold belt around this svelte waist very soon!
Sheepherders vs. the Batten Twins: Luke & Butch looked primed and ready for the Badstreet match as they demolish Brad & Bart! Luke pins Bart after the double gut buster. Then, the UWA Tag Champs join Boni...
BONI: The World Tag Team Champions join me after a convincing win! The Freebirds seem ready for you!
BUTCH: HEEEEYYYYY! Let me tell you bloody Yanks a thing or two! Things are looking up in the UW bloody A! Did you see the Colonel? He's a personal friend of hours and he's on his way! Tomorrow night, my cousin, my nephew and me will run the Freebirds out of the UWA once and for all!
LUKE: That's right! Hayes, you can run your mouth all night and it won't save you! We hate Americans, especially ignorant rednecks and filthy hippies! Hayes falls into both categories!
BUTCH: Tomorrow, cousin, he'll fit into another category-cripple leaching off the government!
LUKE: Gordy, you better forget Van Vader and concentrate on this man!
(Enter Rip Morgan, waving the New Zealand flag wildly)
MORGAN: Freebirds! I want Freebirds!
BONI: Rip Morgan wrestles a single match for the first time in the UWA when we return!
COMMERCIAL
Rip Morgan vs. Denny Brown: Brown is a capable athlete, but the big Kiwi runs amaok! Morgan is a raging maniac in there and gets the 1-2-3 after a big boot to the face! Morgan keeps yelling for the Freebirds throughout the match.
We cut to Boni.
BONI: I'm here with Madusa Miceli. Madusa, you second our Undisputed World Champion Big Van Vader for all of his matches. You seem to be the only person he likes or trusts. Are you concerned about the Steel Gauntlet tomorrow at VIVA LAS VEGAS? Most experts say there's no way he can retain the title under those conditions!
MADUSA: Look, Ms. Blackstone, Van Vader is the most incredible man in the universe! Put seven other men in there, put 10, 12, or 15! It really makes no difference! Not only will my guy win, he will dominate!He's gonna wrestle in our next match and he will dominate that one, too! He rules the world, he can't be defeated!
BONI: Madusa Miceli is confident! I'm sure the World Champion is, too!
COMMERCIAL
Big Van Vader (w/Madusa Miceli) vs. Jay Strongbow, Jr.: Strongbow looks fired up, even going into his dad's old war dance, but he's simply no match for the champ in this non-title event. Vader gets the duke after a Vader Bomb. He looks ready for the Steel Gauntlet....or anything else!
COMMERCIAL
“Midnight Soldier” Brian Adams, Gentleman Chris Adams, & Hacksaw Butch Reed vs. Big John Studd, Iron Mike Sharpe, & the Master of Pain(w/Sir Oliver Humperdink): Five of the men in this one are potential Steel Gauntlet participants. This one winds up being a Memphis style brawl! As Butch Reed bodyslams Studd on the floor outside the ring, Chris Adams hits Sharpe with a superkick inside the ring and pins him!
COMMERCIAL
“The Legend” Terry Funk & Dory Funk, Jr. vs. “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer & Nord the Berzerker (w/ Eddie Gilbert & Missy Hyatt): The Funks outwrestle their wild and wooly opponents tonight! Terry is applying the spinning toehold when Ron Bass shows up at ringside! Terry goes after Bass and, once he's on the floor, Gilbert grabs Missy's purse and nails Funk in the back of the head! Funk goes down like a ton of bricks and Gilbert and bass put the boots to him! In the ring, Dory tries to leave to help his brother, but Nord and Sawyer ambush him and beat him down, too! The First Family are beating the Funk brothers down! Fortunately, Cactus Jack and the Texas Broncos run out with chairs and make the save! VIVA LAS VEGAS will be WILD!!!
Working on it now.