AWF Monday Night Wrestling 8/29/88: BRAVO'S NEW GIMMICK
Aug 30, 2022 4:28:15 GMT
Post by topo on Aug 30, 2022 4:28:15 GMT
American Wrestling Federation
MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING
ESPN 8-9pm Monday night
LIVE 8/29/88 from YOUNGSTOWN, OH ON ESPN
Slightly repackaged version used for syndication upcoming weekend.
First 34 seconds of this music is used with AWF highlights as the intro:
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
President: Baron Von Reschke
Play by Play: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Paul E. Dangerously
Interviews: Ken Resnick
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Cappetta
Referees: Randy Anderson, Tommy Young, Danny Davis
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Tony: “MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING IS ON THE AIR! This week on ESPN, the World Tag Team Champions DEMOLITION and WORLD TV CHAMPION RICK RUDE ARE HERE!
Paul: “The Danger Zone is back and get this: my guest is the EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD ANDRE THE GIANT!
Eric: “I have to hand it to you Paul that’s two home run guests back to back, also in action, Brutus Beefcake, Hillbilly Jim and the Rougeaus!
Tony: “In addition to Andre on the Danger Zone, we will hear from the Honkytonk Man and as alluded to last week, Dino Bravo’s LATEST VENTURE! Let’s go to the ring!
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NIKITA KOLOFF w/General Adnan def. MARK SPARKS with the Russian sickle!
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Larry Wilson is in the ring when
PLAYS AND ITS BRUTUS BEEFCAKE!
BRUTUS BEEFCAKE def. LARRY WILSON
Ken is in a . . . . . .restaurant kitchen?
Ken: “Ken ladies and gentlemen welcome I have been called here to this kitchen by Dino Bravo where you see cooks, food prep and sous chefs hard at work, I’m not sure what this has to do with Dino Bravo . .
FROM BEHIND! It’s JIMMY HART!
Ken: “JIMMY HART! What are you doing here?
Kimmy: “To present the NEWEST member of the First Family of Wrestling, Ken Resnick, HAHAHAHAHA . . .AND, thanks to my financial backing, the NEW proprietor of this fine restaurant . . . .
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“CHEF . . . . . DINO BRAVO!
Its Dino Bravo .. . .with bleached hair, white chefs clothing, and a white chef's cap!
Ken: “Dino Bravo? A CHEF? What is going on here!
Dino: “CIAO! CIAO! CIAO! Yes it is true, Ken Resnick it is I CHEF Dino Bravo. You see in the time I was gone, I went to culinary school, and thanks to some help from my co-founder here Jimmy Hart, and my Italian and French heritage and culinary knowledge, I have opened my restaurant: BRAVO’S!
Ken: “Well what can I say to that but good luck, and congratulations, Dino.
Jimmy: “One correction, Resnick . . . that’s CHEF to you, not Dino!
Ken: “Well excuse me Jimmy Hart. But Di . . I mean CHEF . .. . you do realize that if there is any business almost as competitive as the sport of wrestling, it is the restaurant business?
Dino: “Ken, I am here to prove that Chef Dino Bravo is the BEST at everything he does, and that I am not only the greatest professional wrestler in the AWF, but the greatest chef as well!
Ken: “Well, Chef, we are looking forward to documenting your grand opening, and I’m looking forward to trying out some of your recipes.
Jimmy: “HA nice try Resnick! You are welcome to do that but don’t try conning a free meal out of the Chef!
Ken: “Easy Jimmy I have an expense account! Ladies and gentlemen STUNNING NEWS from Bravo’s, CHEF Dino Bravo is now in the restaurant business! Back to live wrestling after these words!
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NON-TITLE MATCH
DEMOLITION w/Slick v TIM HORNER + OUTBACK JACK
Eric: “Not to take anything away from this great match . . . but fellas I am STUNNED: CHEF Dino Bravo?
Tony: “Who knew? But next week we will get a first glance at his new recipes!
Paul: “I can’t wait! As a matter of fact the good Chef and Jimmy Hart have COMPED ME to a free meal this Wednesday, I can’t wait!
Demolition wins, as the announcers wonder will the Road Warriors get the title shot at SUPER CLASH?
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King Kaluha is in the ring when its
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HILLBILLY JIM def. KING KALUHA
THE DANGER ZONE WITH PAUL E/ DANGEROUSLY!
“All right all right everybody turn off that horrible fiddling, uncross your eyes and put away the banjos, its now time for me to get some answers out of this man, he is the Eight Wonder of World, ANDRE THE GIANT!
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Andre comes out resting on Captain Lou Albano’s shoulders, and looks around at the Danger Zone set and laughs!
Paul: “WITH ALL DUE respect, SIR, I don’t get what is so funny! General Adnan says that King Kong Bundy, 500 pounds, 6’5 . . .is the real giant of the AWF. He also says One Man Gang, 400 pounds, 6’6 also lays claim to being Giant of the AWF. Super Clash is quickly on its way, Big Man, so I ask, WHAT IS THE JOKE?
Captain: “First off before the Giant speaks, you better show some respect, brother, this man here can squish you like a grape just like that! But the bottom line is Andre has already gone on the record, ANY TIME, ANY PLACE if ANYONE wants to try and take his title of Giant of the AWF, name it!
Paul: “First of all Captain Lou Albano you have a LOT OF NERVE speaking to me that way! Don’t you know who I am?
Capt: “Yeah, I do . . .. . a JERK!!!!
ANDRE STEPS IN AND GRABS PAUL E AND PUSHES HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND! PAUL IS TERRIFIED!
Andre: “Paul E Dangerously I want to have you listen close, can you hear me?
Paul: “YES . . . . YES SIR!!!
Andre: “You ever lay hand on my manager here again, you will answer to ME, DO YOU UNDERSTAND!
Paul: “YES SIR, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN SIR!
Andre: “You send message to Bundy and Gang . . . if they try to take away my title of 'Giant' . . . .they will LAY ON GROUND, LOOKING UP TO ANDRE WITH SAME FEAR IN YOUR EYES, GOT THAT??
Paul: “YES SIR I WILL PASS ON THE MESSAGE!!! SORRY FOR ANY UNDERSTANDING, SIR!
Andre lets go of Paul E and he and Captain Lou exit to a round of applause from these Youngstown fans!
The cameras pan to Paul E who checks his lip, gets up and wipes off his jacket, and fear turns to anger as Paul storms off the stage!
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Ken Resnick is in a pretape with the Honkytonk Man!
Honytonk Man: “The legend of the Honkyonk Man continues to endure in the AWF, Ken Resnick! The fans continue to want to see the Honktonk Man sing, dance and entertain them! And I want to carry that legend into SUPER CLASH, and to demand a match! Whether its Junkyard Dog, Jimmy Snuka, KO B. Ware, whoever AWF wants to out in the path of the Honkytonk Man, I will sing, I will dance, heck I might even have to bash this guitar over a head or two, Honktonk Man is issuing an open challenge, DADDY!
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Tony: “Fans an action packed episode of Monday Night Wrestling returns for Labor Day right here ESPN as it’s the Ultimate Warrior, Demolition, Junkyard Dog, The Crippler, The Midnight Rockers and Don Muracco in action!
Eric: “WOW, Tony, we will also check in with CHEF Dino Bravo, and the Road Warriors will be in action, but check this out THE PRODUCER just handed me a note . . . .fans, you may want to plan Labor Day night accordingly . . .. Paul E's guest on the Danger Zone will be none other than:
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“AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HULK HOGAN!”
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NON-TITLE MATCH
RICK RUDE w/Paul E. Dangerously DEF. STEVE COX
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Paul is back at the announcer table and Tony and Eric ask him how he feels about being manhandled by Andre on Danger Zone!
Eric: “Aren’t you pushing your luck by having Hulk Hogan and the Captain next week?
Paul: “I know you two had a good laugh at my expense as 7’4”, 500 pound man manhandled a journalist just trying to ask some hard questions, but I have this phone here for a reason, and as soon as the commercial break started, I already made a call, and trust you me Eric Bischoff, neither Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan or ANYONE ELSE will manhandle Paul E Dangerously on the Danger Zone EVER AGAIN!
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DON MURACCO w/Jimmy Hart v TIM HORNER
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Tony: “Fans see you next Monday night for more MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING RIGHT HERE ON ESPN!
MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING
ESPN 8-9pm Monday night
LIVE 8/29/88 from YOUNGSTOWN, OH ON ESPN
Slightly repackaged version used for syndication upcoming weekend.
First 34 seconds of this music is used with AWF highlights as the intro:
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
President: Baron Von Reschke
Play by Play: Tony Schiavone, Eric Bischoff and Paul E. Dangerously
Interviews: Ken Resnick
Ring Announcer: Gary Michael Cappetta
Referees: Randy Anderson, Tommy Young, Danny Davis
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Tony: “MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING IS ON THE AIR! This week on ESPN, the World Tag Team Champions DEMOLITION and WORLD TV CHAMPION RICK RUDE ARE HERE!
Paul: “The Danger Zone is back and get this: my guest is the EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD ANDRE THE GIANT!
Eric: “I have to hand it to you Paul that’s two home run guests back to back, also in action, Brutus Beefcake, Hillbilly Jim and the Rougeaus!
Tony: “In addition to Andre on the Danger Zone, we will hear from the Honkytonk Man and as alluded to last week, Dino Bravo’s LATEST VENTURE! Let’s go to the ring!
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NIKITA KOLOFF w/General Adnan def. MARK SPARKS with the Russian sickle!
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BREAK
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Larry Wilson is in the ring when
PLAYS AND ITS BRUTUS BEEFCAKE!
BRUTUS BEEFCAKE def. LARRY WILSON
Tony: “Fans at this time lets go on location as Ken Resnick visits Dino Bravo to find out his new venture!
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Ken is in a . . . . . .restaurant kitchen?
Ken: “Ken ladies and gentlemen welcome I have been called here to this kitchen by Dino Bravo where you see cooks, food prep and sous chefs hard at work, I’m not sure what this has to do with Dino Bravo . .
FROM BEHIND! It’s JIMMY HART!
Ken: “JIMMY HART! What are you doing here?
Kimmy: “To present the NEWEST member of the First Family of Wrestling, Ken Resnick, HAHAHAHAHA . . .AND, thanks to my financial backing, the NEW proprietor of this fine restaurant . . . .
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“CHEF . . . . . DINO BRAVO!
Its Dino Bravo .. . .with bleached hair, white chefs clothing, and a white chef's cap!
Ken: “Dino Bravo? A CHEF? What is going on here!
Dino: “CIAO! CIAO! CIAO! Yes it is true, Ken Resnick it is I CHEF Dino Bravo. You see in the time I was gone, I went to culinary school, and thanks to some help from my co-founder here Jimmy Hart, and my Italian and French heritage and culinary knowledge, I have opened my restaurant: BRAVO’S!
Ken: “Well what can I say to that but good luck, and congratulations, Dino.
Jimmy: “One correction, Resnick . . . that’s CHEF to you, not Dino!
Ken: “Well excuse me Jimmy Hart. But Di . . I mean CHEF . .. . you do realize that if there is any business almost as competitive as the sport of wrestling, it is the restaurant business?
Dino: “Ken, I am here to prove that Chef Dino Bravo is the BEST at everything he does, and that I am not only the greatest professional wrestler in the AWF, but the greatest chef as well!
Ken: “Well, Chef, we are looking forward to documenting your grand opening, and I’m looking forward to trying out some of your recipes.
Jimmy: “HA nice try Resnick! You are welcome to do that but don’t try conning a free meal out of the Chef!
Ken: “Easy Jimmy I have an expense account! Ladies and gentlemen STUNNING NEWS from Bravo’s, CHEF Dino Bravo is now in the restaurant business! Back to live wrestling after these words!
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NON-TITLE MATCH
DEMOLITION w/Slick v TIM HORNER + OUTBACK JACK
Eric: “Not to take anything away from this great match . . . but fellas I am STUNNED: CHEF Dino Bravo?
Tony: “Who knew? But next week we will get a first glance at his new recipes!
Paul: “I can’t wait! As a matter of fact the good Chef and Jimmy Hart have COMPED ME to a free meal this Wednesday, I can’t wait!
Demolition wins, as the announcers wonder will the Road Warriors get the title shot at SUPER CLASH?
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King Kaluha is in the ring when its
. . AND ITS HILLBILLY JIM!
HILLBILLY JIM def. KING KALUHA
After the match Hillbilly invites a little kiddie in and they square dance in the ring as we go to:
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THE DANGER ZONE WITH PAUL E/ DANGEROUSLY!
“All right all right everybody turn off that horrible fiddling, uncross your eyes and put away the banjos, its now time for me to get some answers out of this man, he is the Eight Wonder of World, ANDRE THE GIANT!
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Andre comes out resting on Captain Lou Albano’s shoulders, and looks around at the Danger Zone set and laughs!
Paul: “WITH ALL DUE respect, SIR, I don’t get what is so funny! General Adnan says that King Kong Bundy, 500 pounds, 6’5 . . .is the real giant of the AWF. He also says One Man Gang, 400 pounds, 6’6 also lays claim to being Giant of the AWF. Super Clash is quickly on its way, Big Man, so I ask, WHAT IS THE JOKE?
Captain: “First off before the Giant speaks, you better show some respect, brother, this man here can squish you like a grape just like that! But the bottom line is Andre has already gone on the record, ANY TIME, ANY PLACE if ANYONE wants to try and take his title of Giant of the AWF, name it!
Paul: “First of all Captain Lou Albano you have a LOT OF NERVE speaking to me that way! Don’t you know who I am?
Capt: “Yeah, I do . . .. . a JERK!!!!
Paul is incredulous and . . .
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. . . . . . PAULS SLAPS CAPTAIN LOU! THAT IS AN OUTRAGE!
Andre: “Paul E Dangerously I want to have you listen close, can you hear me?
Paul: “YES . . . . YES SIR!!!
Andre: “You ever lay hand on my manager here again, you will answer to ME, DO YOU UNDERSTAND!
Paul: “YES SIR, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN SIR!
Andre: “You send message to Bundy and Gang . . . if they try to take away my title of 'Giant' . . . .they will LAY ON GROUND, LOOKING UP TO ANDRE WITH SAME FEAR IN YOUR EYES, GOT THAT??
Paul: “YES SIR I WILL PASS ON THE MESSAGE!!! SORRY FOR ANY UNDERSTANDING, SIR!
Andre lets go of Paul E and he and Captain Lou exit to a round of applause from these Youngstown fans!
The cameras pan to Paul E who checks his lip, gets up and wipes off his jacket, and fear turns to anger as Paul storms off the stage!
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Ken Resnick is in a pretape with the Honkytonk Man!
Honytonk Man: “The legend of the Honkyonk Man continues to endure in the AWF, Ken Resnick! The fans continue to want to see the Honktonk Man sing, dance and entertain them! And I want to carry that legend into SUPER CLASH, and to demand a match! Whether its Junkyard Dog, Jimmy Snuka, KO B. Ware, whoever AWF wants to out in the path of the Honkytonk Man, I will sing, I will dance, heck I might even have to bash this guitar over a head or two, Honktonk Man is issuing an open challenge, DADDY!
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Tony: “Fans an action packed episode of Monday Night Wrestling returns for Labor Day right here ESPN as it’s the Ultimate Warrior, Demolition, Junkyard Dog, The Crippler, The Midnight Rockers and Don Muracco in action!
Eric: “WOW, Tony, we will also check in with CHEF Dino Bravo, and the Road Warriors will be in action, but check this out THE PRODUCER just handed me a note . . . .fans, you may want to plan Labor Day night accordingly . . .. Paul E's guest on the Danger Zone will be none other than:
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“AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HULK HOGAN!”
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Tony: "I would suggest for Paul's safety he DOESN'T try slapping Captain Lou in front of Hulk! Speaking of Paul lets go to the ring!
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NON-TITLE MATCH
RICK RUDE w/Paul E. Dangerously DEF. STEVE COX
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Paul is back at the announcer table and Tony and Eric ask him how he feels about being manhandled by Andre on Danger Zone!
Eric: “Aren’t you pushing your luck by having Hulk Hogan and the Captain next week?
Paul: “I know you two had a good laugh at my expense as 7’4”, 500 pound man manhandled a journalist just trying to ask some hard questions, but I have this phone here for a reason, and as soon as the commercial break started, I already made a call, and trust you me Eric Bischoff, neither Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan or ANYONE ELSE will manhandle Paul E Dangerously on the Danger Zone EVER AGAIN!
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DON MURACCO w/Jimmy Hart v TIM HORNER
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Tony: “Fans see you next Monday night for more MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING RIGHT HERE ON ESPN!
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