AWF Monday Night Wrestling 9/19/88: MIDNITE EXPRESS ARE HERE
Sept 20, 2022 4:27:41 GMT
Post by topo on Sept 20, 2022 4:27:41 GMT
American Wrestling Federation
MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING
ESPN 8-9pm Monday night
9/19/88 LIVE from Grand Rapids, MI ON ESPN
Slightly repackaged version used for syndication upcoming weekend.
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
President: Baron Von Rashcke
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 LIVE ON ESPN! In this hour the very first SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER and the first matches for FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MATCHES will be announced right here for ESPN Oct 7! The Russian Champion Nikita Koloff will defend his belt; The Road Warriors, Junkyard Dog and the Midnight Rockers will be in action.
Eric: “We will hear more from KO B Ware, and Tony and Paul I have just been told we have learned what has happened at Chef Dino Bravo's restaurant, the critic has shown up, and we will find out what happened there.
Paul: “THIS week, on the Danger Zone I will interrogate JAKE 'THE SNAKE' ROBERTS, and Roberts, if you try to threaten ME with that vile serpent of yours, I will NOT back down!
Tony: “HAHA I’m looking forward to that Paul!
Tommy Ferrara and the Masked Terrorists are in the ring when “EYE OF THE TIGER” PLAYS AND ITS:
.CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO!
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BRUTUS BEEFCAKE!
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HILLYBILLY JIM!
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. . . and their friend . . . .
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AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HULK HOGAN!
HULK HOGAN + BRUTUS BEEFCAKE + HILLBILLY JIM w/Captain Lou Albano DEF. TOMMY FERRARA + MASKED TERRORISTS with a simultaneous legrop by Hogan on Terrorist #2, as Hillbilly and Bruti pin the other Terrorist and Ferrera!
Eric: “HULK HOGAN AND HIS FRIENDS ARE HERE IN FORCE ON ESPN! LET’S GO TO THE SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER!
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SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER with KEN RESNICK!
Ken: “SUPER CLASH resonates from the International Amphitheater in Chicago Illinois Sunday night, October 30 at 8PM LIVE on Closed Circuit and Pay Per View, fans, don’t get shut out by busy operators, make that all important phone call at the number you see scrolling across the screen!
“Fans we are proud to announce our first two matches, signed sealed and delivered for Super Clash:
HERCULES HERNANDEZ V JUNKYARD DOG
JIMMY “SUPERFLY” SNUKA V DON MURACCO
“Trust me fans there is a lot more to come, and I have been ASSURED the top stars of wrestling will be part of Super Clash!
“And before Super Clash join us right here on ESPN October 7 at 8-10 EST for FRIDAY AT THE MATCHES, I have been told that all three AWF championships will be on the line October 7, at Friday Night at the Matches, RIGHT HERE ON ESPN! This is Ken Resnick, and this is the Super Clash Control Center!
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RUSSIAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
NIKITA KOLOFF w/Sheik Adnan DEF. PAUL ROMA with a Russian sickle!
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DANGER ZONE WITH PAUL E. DANGEROUSLY and Big Bubba Rogers
Paul w/Bubba Rogers
Paul: “I’m Paul E. Dangerously and YOU’RE NOT, and THIS IS:
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"THE DANGER ZONE!!!!
“At this time please welcome my next guest, JAKE “THE SNAKE” ROBERTS”!
Roberts enters the stage, but with no snake-bag.
Paul: “Well, I see you didn’t bring one of your slimy, poisonous, slithering snakes to my stage and I appreciate that, Jake Roberts.
Jake: “Here’s the thing Paul E., you never know what is in the Snake’s head. You never can trust a snake. But I do know one thing . . . your boy, Rick Rude, has something I WANT: THE AWF TV TITLE! AND I WANT THAT MATCH AT . .. . SUPER CLASH!!!
Paul: “Is that so? Well here is something I KNOW, SIR! Rick Rode doesn’t think you worthy enough of a championship title match! So, I guess Jake Roberts, YOU are on the out, looking IN!
Jake: “Hahahahaha . . .. . . well you know, Paul E. Dangerously there’s an old saying . . . . .actions mean more than words.
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WAIT! BIG BUBBA BEHIND PAUL STARTS FREAKING OUT!
THE CAMERA PANS TO PAUL WHO IS HIDING BEHIND BUBBA OFFSTAGE, AS JAKE PICKS UP TO THE SNAKE AND HOLDS IT UP THE CAMERA FOR THE CLOSEUP, LAUGHING! FANS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM JAKE THE SNAKE!
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THE ROAD WARRIORS w/Paul Ellering def. MICKEY DOYLE + LARRY WILSON
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PRETAPE WITH Ken Resnick and KO B Ware! KO says he has been told another boxer has been signed to face him 10/7 at Friday Night at the Matches live on ESPN and he wants to prove that he can beat a boxer with his wrestling skills, and then says he has targeted a true mat wrestler to face in a boxer/wrestler v grappler match at Super Clash to prove his new style will raise him to the championship!
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Wait who is this in the ring?
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JIM CORNETTE WITH THE MICROPHONE!
Jim: “This is called Grand Rapids because it only costs $1000 and people are rapidly trying to get out of here, but before you do, feast your eyes on the greatest tag team in professional wrestling: the Gangster of Love and the Doctor of Desire, Beautiful Bobby Eaton and Sweet Stan Lane, the MIDNITE EXPRESS!
Stan takes the mike: “Ladies and gentlemen, the original Kentucky Colonel, Mr. James EEEEEEE. Cornette!!
MIDNITE EXPRESS w/Jim Cornette def. LARRY WILSON + MARK DERRINGER
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Paul: “I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! THE MIDNITE EXPRESS ARE IN AWF!
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Ken Resnick: “I am here with a VERY nervous Chef Dino Bravo in the kitchen as I have been informed that the biggest French food critic in the city is out in the dining room eating, and I am sure, Chef, judging your signature dish!
Chef Dino is fidgety: “WHY SHOULD I BE NERVOUS RESNICK! I have prepared by best dish ever, Buffalo Escargot, there is no reason he should not LOVE IT!
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The maître de’ comes in and bring back the dish!
Chef: “What is the meaning of THIS?
Maître de: “I am sorry Chef, but the French food critic has sent it back, and is LEAVING THE RESTAURANS!
Chef: “WHAT? LET ME AT HIM RIGHT NOW!
Ken: “HOLD ON CHEF, THAT’S A BAD IDEA . . .
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Dino storms into the dining room: “HEY WHO IS THIS JERK FOOD CRITIC THAT DARE SEND BACK MY DISH? . . . . . No one? . . . . . .STAND UP AND AT LEAST IDENTIFY YOURSELF, YOU PUNY COWARD!
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WAIT! A curtain is pulled aside and someone stands up from his table and approaches the center of the dining room, as he wipes the sauce from his face from the putrid dish. It’s:
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ANDRE IS WEARING A SPORT JACKET, AND APPROACHES DINO!
“I’m the ‘puny coward’ Dino Bravo, and there is no greater lover of French food than me, Andre the Giant, and THIS, even at 500 pounds, is the worst food I have ever eaten, IN MY LIFE!
Andre throws a scrap a food at him!
“That is what I think of your cooking, Dino Bravo: A DISGRACE TO FRENCH CUISINE! AND WITH MY REVIEW, I WILL PUT ‘BRAVO’S’ OUT OF BUSINESS!
ANDRE LEAVES AND DINO IS LEFT WITH A SHOCKED LOOK ON HIS FACE!
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JUNKYARD DOG V STEVE LOMBARDI
Paul goes on a tirade: “HOW DARE that Giant Buffoon dare impune the integrity of the world’s greatest chef Dino Bravo! And as for YOU Jake Roberts, you are lucky you took me by surprise with that snake, had I known it was coming I would have had Big Bubba tear that viper in two with his bare hands!
Eric: “Bubba looked scared too!
Paul: “With that no good Jake Roberts, who knew what species of ophidian that idiot would bring into an arena, even a poisonous one!
Dog headbutts Lombardi and covers him for the pin!
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Ken is backstage with friends HULK HOGAN, BRUTUS BEEFCAKE AND HILLBILLY JIM!
Ken: “Hulk Hogan a big win this week on ESPN but Nikita Koloff continues to challenge you for the AWF world title at Super Clash and now has the Russian Heavyweight Championship!
Brutus: “Let me cut you off right there Ken Resnick, with all due respect, my brother Hulk Hogan does not owe that commie pinko Nikita Koloff a THING, brother, and as a matter of fact I challenge Nikita for Russian that belt OCTOBER 7 AT FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MATCHES in Salt Lake City, and when I win it, I'm gonna throw it the Great Salt Lake where it belongs!
Hogan: “Brother Bruti I appreciate that dude and Nikita Koloff, let me see you beat the top wrestlers in the AWF, like Brutus and Hillbilly Jim here, because the difference between America and Russia is here in America you must EARN your opportunity, unlike Russia like we saw on the Danger Zone where your belt was just handed to you! I earned this belt, and Brutus here wants to earn your belt, and at Super Clash let whoever works the hardest to get the title shot in Chicago, AMIGO!
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Tony: “Next week Monday Night Wrestling returns with Jake Roberts, the Midnight Rockers, The Road Warriors, and Greg the Crippler Valentine in the ring, as well as the return of JIM CORNETTE AND THE MIDNITE EXPRESS AND and another Russian Heavyweight title defense by Nikita Koloff!
Paul: “Speaking of Nikita, just like Hulk Hogan to hide behind his little friends like Brutus Beefcake and make them do his dirty work at Friday Night at the Matches! And I just got this word: CHEF DINO BRAVO is NOT taking Andre the Giant’s invasion of his world famous restaurant lying down, he will be on the DANGER ZONE with not only his newest recipes, but with a special message for the Big Giant Idiot!
Eric: “The SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER returns with more updates, as well as more on Friday Night at the Matches October 7 right here on ESPN, plus, we will FINALLY hear from Demolition as it pertains to the Road WARRIORS CHALLENGE TO THEIR titles, and more from KO B Ware!
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MIDNIGHT ROCKERS DEF. ERIC EMBRY + JOHNNIE STEWART
Tony: “We are all out of time see you next time on ESPN for MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING!
MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING
ESPN 8-9pm Monday night
9/19/88 LIVE from Grand Rapids, MI ON ESPN
Slightly repackaged version used for syndication upcoming weekend.
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
President: Baron Von Rashcke
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 LIVE ON ESPN! In this hour the very first SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER and the first matches for FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MATCHES will be announced right here for ESPN Oct 7! The Russian Champion Nikita Koloff will defend his belt; The Road Warriors, Junkyard Dog and the Midnight Rockers will be in action.
Eric: “We will hear more from KO B Ware, and Tony and Paul I have just been told we have learned what has happened at Chef Dino Bravo's restaurant, the critic has shown up, and we will find out what happened there.
Paul: “THIS week, on the Danger Zone I will interrogate JAKE 'THE SNAKE' ROBERTS, and Roberts, if you try to threaten ME with that vile serpent of yours, I will NOT back down!
Tony: “HAHA I’m looking forward to that Paul!
Tommy Ferrara and the Masked Terrorists are in the ring when “EYE OF THE TIGER” PLAYS AND ITS:
.CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO!
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BRUTUS BEEFCAKE!
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HILLYBILLY JIM!
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. . . and their friend . . . .
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AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HULK HOGAN!
HULK HOGAN + BRUTUS BEEFCAKE + HILLBILLY JIM w/Captain Lou Albano DEF. TOMMY FERRARA + MASKED TERRORISTS with a simultaneous legrop by Hogan on Terrorist #2, as Hillbilly and Bruti pin the other Terrorist and Ferrera!
Eric: “HULK HOGAN AND HIS FRIENDS ARE HERE IN FORCE ON ESPN! LET’S GO TO THE SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER!
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SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER with KEN RESNICK!
Ken: “SUPER CLASH resonates from the International Amphitheater in Chicago Illinois Sunday night, October 30 at 8PM LIVE on Closed Circuit and Pay Per View, fans, don’t get shut out by busy operators, make that all important phone call at the number you see scrolling across the screen!
“Fans we are proud to announce our first two matches, signed sealed and delivered for Super Clash:
HERCULES HERNANDEZ V JUNKYARD DOG
JIMMY “SUPERFLY” SNUKA V DON MURACCO
“Trust me fans there is a lot more to come, and I have been ASSURED the top stars of wrestling will be part of Super Clash!
“And before Super Clash join us right here on ESPN October 7 at 8-10 EST for FRIDAY AT THE MATCHES, I have been told that all three AWF championships will be on the line October 7, at Friday Night at the Matches, RIGHT HERE ON ESPN! This is Ken Resnick, and this is the Super Clash Control Center!
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RUSSIAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
NIKITA KOLOFF w/Sheik Adnan DEF. PAUL ROMA with a Russian sickle!
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DANGER ZONE WITH PAUL E. DANGEROUSLY and Big Bubba Rogers
Paul w/Bubba Rogers
Paul: “I’m Paul E. Dangerously and YOU’RE NOT, and THIS IS:
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"THE DANGER ZONE!!!!
“At this time please welcome my next guest, JAKE “THE SNAKE” ROBERTS”!
Roberts enters the stage, but with no snake-bag.
Paul: “Well, I see you didn’t bring one of your slimy, poisonous, slithering snakes to my stage and I appreciate that, Jake Roberts.
Jake: “Here’s the thing Paul E., you never know what is in the Snake’s head. You never can trust a snake. But I do know one thing . . . your boy, Rick Rude, has something I WANT: THE AWF TV TITLE! AND I WANT THAT MATCH AT . .. . SUPER CLASH!!!
Paul: “Is that so? Well here is something I KNOW, SIR! Rick Rode doesn’t think you worthy enough of a championship title match! So, I guess Jake Roberts, YOU are on the out, looking IN!
Jake: “Hahahahaha . . .. . . well you know, Paul E. Dangerously there’s an old saying . . . . .actions mean more than words.
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WAIT! BIG BUBBA BEHIND PAUL STARTS FREAKING OUT!
Paul: “Bubba calm down . . . . WAIT, WHAT IS THAT!!!! . . . . . . .EEEEEEEYAH!!!!"
PAUL AND BUBBA EVACUATE THE STAGE AS A SNAKE SLITHERS ACROSS THE STAGE! JAKE PICKS IT UP!
THE CAMERA PANS TO PAUL WHO IS HIDING BEHIND BUBBA OFFSTAGE, AS JAKE PICKS UP TO THE SNAKE AND HOLDS IT UP THE CAMERA FOR THE CLOSEUP, LAUGHING! FANS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM JAKE THE SNAKE!
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THE ROAD WARRIORS w/Paul Ellering def. MICKEY DOYLE + LARRY WILSON
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PRETAPE WITH Ken Resnick and KO B Ware! KO says he has been told another boxer has been signed to face him 10/7 at Friday Night at the Matches live on ESPN and he wants to prove that he can beat a boxer with his wrestling skills, and then says he has targeted a true mat wrestler to face in a boxer/wrestler v grappler match at Super Clash to prove his new style will raise him to the championship!
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Wait who is this in the ring?
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JIM CORNETTE WITH THE MICROPHONE!
Jim: “This is called Grand Rapids because it only costs $1000 and people are rapidly trying to get out of here, but before you do, feast your eyes on the greatest tag team in professional wrestling: the Gangster of Love and the Doctor of Desire, Beautiful Bobby Eaton and Sweet Stan Lane, the MIDNITE EXPRESS!
Stan takes the mike: “Ladies and gentlemen, the original Kentucky Colonel, Mr. James EEEEEEE. Cornette!!
MIDNITE EXPRESS w/Jim Cornette def. LARRY WILSON + MARK DERRINGER
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Paul: “I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! THE MIDNITE EXPRESS ARE IN AWF!
Tony: “Paul it should not be a surprise that ALL the top stars are coming here, let’s now see how Chef Dino Bravo fared with the French food critic!
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Ken Resnick: “I am here with a VERY nervous Chef Dino Bravo in the kitchen as I have been informed that the biggest French food critic in the city is out in the dining room eating, and I am sure, Chef, judging your signature dish!
Chef Dino is fidgety: “WHY SHOULD I BE NERVOUS RESNICK! I have prepared by best dish ever, Buffalo Escargot, there is no reason he should not LOVE IT!
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The maître de’ comes in and bring back the dish!
Chef: “What is the meaning of THIS?
Maître de: “I am sorry Chef, but the French food critic has sent it back, and is LEAVING THE RESTAURANS!
Chef: “WHAT? LET ME AT HIM RIGHT NOW!
Ken: “HOLD ON CHEF, THAT’S A BAD IDEA . . .
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Dino storms into the dining room: “HEY WHO IS THIS JERK FOOD CRITIC THAT DARE SEND BACK MY DISH? . . . . . No one? . . . . . .STAND UP AND AT LEAST IDENTIFY YOURSELF, YOU PUNY COWARD!
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WAIT! A curtain is pulled aside and someone stands up from his table and approaches the center of the dining room, as he wipes the sauce from his face from the putrid dish. It’s:
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ANDRE THE GIANT?
ANDRE IS WEARING A SPORT JACKET, AND APPROACHES DINO!
“I’m the ‘puny coward’ Dino Bravo, and there is no greater lover of French food than me, Andre the Giant, and THIS, even at 500 pounds, is the worst food I have ever eaten, IN MY LIFE!
Andre throws a scrap a food at him!
“That is what I think of your cooking, Dino Bravo: A DISGRACE TO FRENCH CUISINE! AND WITH MY REVIEW, I WILL PUT ‘BRAVO’S’ OUT OF BUSINESS!
ANDRE LEAVES AND DINO IS LEFT WITH A SHOCKED LOOK ON HIS FACE!
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JUNKYARD DOG V STEVE LOMBARDI
Paul goes on a tirade: “HOW DARE that Giant Buffoon dare impune the integrity of the world’s greatest chef Dino Bravo! And as for YOU Jake Roberts, you are lucky you took me by surprise with that snake, had I known it was coming I would have had Big Bubba tear that viper in two with his bare hands!
Eric: “Bubba looked scared too!
Paul: “With that no good Jake Roberts, who knew what species of ophidian that idiot would bring into an arena, even a poisonous one!
Dog headbutts Lombardi and covers him for the pin!
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Ken is backstage with friends HULK HOGAN, BRUTUS BEEFCAKE AND HILLBILLY JIM!
Ken: “Hulk Hogan a big win this week on ESPN but Nikita Koloff continues to challenge you for the AWF world title at Super Clash and now has the Russian Heavyweight Championship!
Brutus: “Let me cut you off right there Ken Resnick, with all due respect, my brother Hulk Hogan does not owe that commie pinko Nikita Koloff a THING, brother, and as a matter of fact I challenge Nikita for Russian that belt OCTOBER 7 AT FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MATCHES in Salt Lake City, and when I win it, I'm gonna throw it the Great Salt Lake where it belongs!
Hogan: “Brother Bruti I appreciate that dude and Nikita Koloff, let me see you beat the top wrestlers in the AWF, like Brutus and Hillbilly Jim here, because the difference between America and Russia is here in America you must EARN your opportunity, unlike Russia like we saw on the Danger Zone where your belt was just handed to you! I earned this belt, and Brutus here wants to earn your belt, and at Super Clash let whoever works the hardest to get the title shot in Chicago, AMIGO!
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Tony: “Next week Monday Night Wrestling returns with Jake Roberts, the Midnight Rockers, The Road Warriors, and Greg the Crippler Valentine in the ring, as well as the return of JIM CORNETTE AND THE MIDNITE EXPRESS AND and another Russian Heavyweight title defense by Nikita Koloff!
Paul: “Speaking of Nikita, just like Hulk Hogan to hide behind his little friends like Brutus Beefcake and make them do his dirty work at Friday Night at the Matches! And I just got this word: CHEF DINO BRAVO is NOT taking Andre the Giant’s invasion of his world famous restaurant lying down, he will be on the DANGER ZONE with not only his newest recipes, but with a special message for the Big Giant Idiot!
Eric: “The SUPER CLASH CONTROL CENTER returns with more updates, as well as more on Friday Night at the Matches October 7 right here on ESPN, plus, we will FINALLY hear from Demolition as it pertains to the Road WARRIORS CHALLENGE TO THEIR titles, and more from KO B Ware!
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MIDNIGHT ROCKERS DEF. ERIC EMBRY + JOHNNIE STEWART
Tony: “We are all out of time see you next time on ESPN for MONDAY NIGHT WRESTLING!
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