Championship from Honolulu 11/19/88
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CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING FROM HONOLULU
11/19/88 on KHON Channel 8, Honolulu, HA
And the next week on SCORE/FNN, KHAW CHANNEL 11 in Hilo, and KAII 7 in Kahului
Taped 10/17/88 from KHON studios
President: Sammy Steamboat
Governing body: American Wrestling Federation
Here is your host and ring announcer, LORD JAMES BLEARS!
Lord James: “ALOHA from Honolulu from the 50th state, America! I’m Lord James Blears and it is my pleasure to bring you the most exciting wrestling action Hawaii has to offer! Let’s go to the ring for the first match.
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The Samoans and The Assassin and AJ Petruzzi are in the ring, but SIVA AFI AND SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA enter the ring, speak with the Samoans, and after a conference with the referee, the SAMOANS LEAVE!
Lord James: “Well, I must say, these are very unusual pre-match proceedings indeed!
The ref orders the bell rung!
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SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKA LIA def. THE ASSASSIN + AJ PERUZZI IN LESS THAN A MINUTE! The fired up victors storm towards Lord James!
Siva: “LORD JAMES first we want to thank our brothers The Samoans for letting us have that opportunity to make a statement, and HERE IT IS! President Sammy Steamboat ARE YOU LISTENING! NO SUSPENSIONS! NO EXCUSES! WE WANT THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES THANKSGIVING NIGHT, AND YES WE WILL PUT THESE ALL-ASIAN TITLES ON THE LINE!
Lord: “Now, Siva Afi I have been given a note we will see once again the incident where these Million Dollar Body fellows sundayed you last week, however, are you not offering an incentive for anyone, from anywhere in wrestling, to come here to Hawaii and just attack you and the Super Samoan from behind should they just want to do so to get a title match?
Afi: “That’s a great question your Lordship. After what we will do to these Million Dollar BABIES, Thanksgiving Night at the Blaisdell Arena, NO ONE will ever come to Hawaii and try to steal a title shot without working their way up the ratings again! King Curtis we ran your first team, Sawdi Sudan and Jerry Blackwell off the islands October 15, we will now make the example of your Million Dollar Bodies this Thanksgiving night IF SAMMY STEAMBOAT HAS THE GUTS TO LET US TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS!
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Sammy Steamboat joins Lord James to review the card this Thursday night!
Championship Wresting from Honolulu
Under the auspices of the AWF
Presents
THANKSGIVING NIGHT WRESTLING
Blaisdell Arena
11/24/88
830 pm belltime
MAIN EVENT
PACIFIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
2/3 FALLS, NO DQ, TWO REFEREES
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd V ROCKY JOHNSON
ALL-ASIAN TITLE BELTS HELD BY SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA WILL BE DEFENDED
GREG GAGNE V DAVID SAMMARTINO
GRUDGE MATCH
JIMMY SNUKA V DON MURACCO
SPECIAL FEATURE MATCH
GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE V THE SPOILER
BUTTERBALL STUFFED WITH $100 BILLS BATTLE ROYALE
6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Lord James: “I suppose the million dollar question, excuse the pun, is this Mr. Steamboat: will you, at the request of Siva Afi, rescind the suspension of the Million Dollar Bodies so they may challenge for the All-Asian Tag Team Title belts this Thanksgiving Night at the Blaisdell Arena, regardless of the actions which we will see on replay in a few minutes?
Sammy: “You know Lord James when I accepted this job this summer, I have to be honest with you, I was told this would a great position for you Sammy Steamboat, its Hawaii, you are an icon and everyone will respect your decisions, and it will be a quiet promotion wrestlers will come and just be happy because they get to live and compete in Paradise.
“I had no idea in a few months I would oversea and adminstrate a card this Thanksgiving night with TWO matches with no disqualification stipulations, and blood feud between Jimmy Snuka and Magnificent Muracco, now I’m told Greg Gagne and David Sammartino don’t like each other, and now George the Animal Steele and The Spoiler are coming this Thursday night, plus this crazy wild Butterball Battle Royale where the winner gets a turkey stuffed with $100 bills!
“On top of all this I’m being asked to rescind a suspension of two wrestlers and their managers who blatantly and without provocation attacked our All-Asian Tag Team Champions AND give them a tag team match?
Lord: “Sammy Steamboat, that is EXACTLY the set of circumstances that face you the remainder of this television program.
Sammy: “Lord James Blears you would not BELIEVE the amount of phone calls I have received from the AWF and the authorization agencies of the Pacific and All-Asian titles, as well as the Hawaiian Athletic Commission demanding not that just Kevin Kelly and Rip Oliver get kicked off this Thursday’s card, but PERMANENTLY suspended from Hawaii! All I can is say this: lets take one more look at what happened last week . . . . . AND MAYBE THE FANS WILL DECIDE!
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NON TITLE MATCH
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd def. JIM POWERS
Mark hops out of the ring with his manager, and they join Jonathan Boyd. Mark does his eyes-in-the forehead routine and weird contortions while Boyd talks:
“Rocky Johnson congratulations you got the sympathy of the officials and a NO DISQUALIFICATION, two referee 2/3 falls match versus THIS man and his title Thanksgiving Night.
“Cannot you understand that this man has manipulated you to your DOOM? You took his words his insults to heart and it cost you October 15! And now you must face the Purple Haze in HIS kind of match, NO DISQUALIFICATION! I don’t bloody care if there is one, two, three or FIFTEEN referees, when you take away the disqualification rule, Mark Lewin is at home, Mark Lewin is in his environment, Mark Lewin will MAKE THIS YOUR LAST TITLE CHALLENGE, ROCKY JOHNSON . . . .AND IT WILL ALSO BE YOUR RETIREMENT MATCH!
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Sammy Steamboat joins Lord James Blears as we see the replay of the angle from last week:
NON TITLE MATCH
SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA def. ALEX PORTEAU + JT SOUTHERN after which they join Lord James Blears who asks them what will it take for the Million Dollar Bodies to get the title shot Thanksgiving Night?
WAIT! IT’S THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES WHO ENTER THE CAMERA AND PUT THE BOOTS TO AFI AND SAKALIA AND A HELLACIOUS BRAWL BREAKS OUT! BUT AFI AND SAKALIA GAIN THE UPPER HAND, UNTIL CURTIS SMASHES BOTH THE ALL-ASIAN CHAMPS IN THE BACK WITH A CHAIR AND THE HEELS STOMP A MUDHOLE INTO THE CHAMPIONS UNTIL THE REFEREES AND THE FACE JOBBER DRESSING ROOM EMPTIES AND KEEPS THE BODIES AWAY!
Lord: “FANS COMPLETE CHAOS HAS BROKEN OUT HERE AT KHON STUDIOS I WARNED ABOUT THIS, WE WILL BE BACK!
Lord: “All right, Sammy Steamboat, we just saw once again the actions of these Million Dollar Bodies last week, we also showed this footage to these great fans in KHON studios. Let’s ask the fans here: after seeing those heinous actions, do the Million Dollar Bodies deserve a place on the Thanksgiving Night Card or should they be kicked out of Hawaii???
WAIT! ITS SIVA AFI AND SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA!
Siva: “Fans, how many of you want to see us KICK THE BUTTS OF THE BODIES THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!
THE FANS CHEER!
Siva: “Or, we can kick them out of Hawaii, and not let then pay the price for their actions!
THE FANS BOO!
Lord: “The deal with the devil has been made, match on this Thursday night for the All-Asian Tag Team titles, these men Siva Afi and Super Samoan Sakalia versus the Million Dollar Bodies with THIS man Sammy Steamboat as the referee! Let’s go to the ring.
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DAVID SAMMARTINO def. BEEF WELLINGTON
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ROCKY JOHNSON joins Lord James. Lord James replies Mark Lewin’s claim that the NO DQ stipulation fits Mark Lewin’s style just fine this Thursday night!
Rocky: “That’s funny because what Jonathan Boyd left out is there will be TWO referees! Yes, I got disqualified the first fall October 15, and don’t apologize for it, because I got revenge on you Lewin for everything you said about my family but that won’t happen again because there’s NO DQ and that means I get to beat you mercilessly ALL NIGHT LONG. I won the second fall, FAIR AND SQUARE. But in the third fall, the referee went down and I had Lewin’s shoulders down for 7 SECONDS, but that won't happen this time because a second referee will be on hand! Jonathan Boyd and Mark Lewin if you think you have Rocky Johnson over a barrel, think again! This Thanksgiving Night, at the Blaisdell, I’m going to take that Pacific title and ensure it will be a Black Friday for you!
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BRODY BROTHERS V THE POLYNESIAN ASSASSINS who quickly unmask and it’s the WILD SAMOANS, AND THEY BRAWL OUT OF THE RING AND IT’S A DOUBLE COUNT OUT AS THEY FIGHT THROUGH THE STUDIO!
Lord James: “Wrestling fans this Thursday night in Honolulu it’s a POLYNESIAN DEATH MATCH, THERE WILL BE NO COUNT OUT, THERE WILL BE NO DQ, THERE WILL BE NO PINFALLS, AND BOTH MEN FROM EITHER TAG TEAM MUST BE KNOCKED OUT OR SUBMIT TO DETERMINE A WINNER! Let us get the studio in order, and we will return after we check our time.
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One more review of this Thursdays BIG CARD!
Championship Wresting from Honolulu
Under the auspices of the AWF
Presents
THANKSGIVING NIGHT WRESTLING
Blaisdell Arena
11/24/88
830 pm belltime
MAIN EVENT
PACIFIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
2/3 FALLS, NO DQ, TWO REFEREES
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd V ROCKY JOHNSON
ALL-ASIAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
SPECIAL REFEREE: SAMMY STEAMBOAT
SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA V THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES w/King Curtis
GREG GAGNE V DAVID SAMMARTINO
GRUDGE MATCH
JIMMY SNUKA V DON MURACCO
SAMOAN DEATH MATCH
DO CO, NO DQ, BOTH TAG TEAM MEMBERS MUST SUBMIT OR BE KNOCKED OUT
BRODYS V SAMOANS
SPECIAL FEATURE MATCH
GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE V THE SPOILER
BUTTERBALL STUFFED WITH $100 BILLS BATTLE ROYALE
6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
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TNT joins us and says he has put his hat in for that butterball full of $100 bills and wants to win it to make up for missing Blaze at Blaisdell!
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TNT def. ALEX PORTEAU
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Lord James: “Tally-Ho from the Aloha State!”
11/19/88 on KHON Channel 8, Honolulu, HA
And the next week on SCORE/FNN, KHAW CHANNEL 11 in Hilo, and KAII 7 in Kahului
Taped 10/17/88 from KHON studios
President: Sammy Steamboat
Governing body: American Wrestling Federation
President: Sammy Steamboat
Lord James: “ALOHA from Honolulu from the 50th state, America! I’m Lord James Blears and it is my pleasure to bring you the most exciting wrestling action Hawaii has to offer! Let’s go to the ring for the first match.
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The Samoans and The Assassin and AJ Petruzzi are in the ring, but SIVA AFI AND SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA enter the ring, speak with the Samoans, and after a conference with the referee, the SAMOANS LEAVE!
Lord James: “Well, I must say, these are very unusual pre-match proceedings indeed!
The ref orders the bell rung!
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SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKA LIA def. THE ASSASSIN + AJ PERUZZI IN LESS THAN A MINUTE! The fired up victors storm towards Lord James!
Siva: “LORD JAMES first we want to thank our brothers The Samoans for letting us have that opportunity to make a statement, and HERE IT IS! President Sammy Steamboat ARE YOU LISTENING! NO SUSPENSIONS! NO EXCUSES! WE WANT THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES THANKSGIVING NIGHT, AND YES WE WILL PUT THESE ALL-ASIAN TITLES ON THE LINE!
Lord: “Now, Siva Afi I have been given a note we will see once again the incident where these Million Dollar Body fellows sundayed you last week, however, are you not offering an incentive for anyone, from anywhere in wrestling, to come here to Hawaii and just attack you and the Super Samoan from behind should they just want to do so to get a title match?
Afi: “That’s a great question your Lordship. After what we will do to these Million Dollar BABIES, Thanksgiving Night at the Blaisdell Arena, NO ONE will ever come to Hawaii and try to steal a title shot without working their way up the ratings again! King Curtis we ran your first team, Sawdi Sudan and Jerry Blackwell off the islands October 15, we will now make the example of your Million Dollar Bodies this Thanksgiving night IF SAMMY STEAMBOAT HAS THE GUTS TO LET US TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS!
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BREAK
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Sammy Steamboat joins Lord James to review the card this Thursday night!
Championship Wresting from Honolulu
Under the auspices of the AWF
Presents
THANKSGIVING NIGHT WRESTLING
Blaisdell Arena
11/24/88
830 pm belltime
MAIN EVENT
PACIFIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
2/3 FALLS, NO DQ, TWO REFEREES
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd V ROCKY JOHNSON
ALL-ASIAN TITLE BELTS HELD BY SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA WILL BE DEFENDED
GREG GAGNE V DAVID SAMMARTINO
GRUDGE MATCH
JIMMY SNUKA V DON MURACCO
SAMOAN DEATH MATCH
NO CO, NO DQ, BOTH MEMBERS OF A TAG TEAM MUST SUBMIT OR BE KO'D FOR THE WIN
BRODYS V SAMOANSSPECIAL FEATURE MATCH
GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE V THE SPOILER
BUTTERBALL STUFFED WITH $100 BILLS BATTLE ROYALE
6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
Lord James: “I suppose the million dollar question, excuse the pun, is this Mr. Steamboat: will you, at the request of Siva Afi, rescind the suspension of the Million Dollar Bodies so they may challenge for the All-Asian Tag Team Title belts this Thanksgiving Night at the Blaisdell Arena, regardless of the actions which we will see on replay in a few minutes?
Sammy: “You know Lord James when I accepted this job this summer, I have to be honest with you, I was told this would a great position for you Sammy Steamboat, its Hawaii, you are an icon and everyone will respect your decisions, and it will be a quiet promotion wrestlers will come and just be happy because they get to live and compete in Paradise.
“I had no idea in a few months I would oversea and adminstrate a card this Thanksgiving night with TWO matches with no disqualification stipulations, and blood feud between Jimmy Snuka and Magnificent Muracco, now I’m told Greg Gagne and David Sammartino don’t like each other, and now George the Animal Steele and The Spoiler are coming this Thursday night, plus this crazy wild Butterball Battle Royale where the winner gets a turkey stuffed with $100 bills!
“On top of all this I’m being asked to rescind a suspension of two wrestlers and their managers who blatantly and without provocation attacked our All-Asian Tag Team Champions AND give them a tag team match?
Lord: “Sammy Steamboat, that is EXACTLY the set of circumstances that face you the remainder of this television program.
Sammy: “Lord James Blears you would not BELIEVE the amount of phone calls I have received from the AWF and the authorization agencies of the Pacific and All-Asian titles, as well as the Hawaiian Athletic Commission demanding not that just Kevin Kelly and Rip Oliver get kicked off this Thursday’s card, but PERMANENTLY suspended from Hawaii! All I can is say this: lets take one more look at what happened last week . . . . . AND MAYBE THE FANS WILL DECIDE!
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.NON TITLE MATCH
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd def. JIM POWERS
Mark hops out of the ring with his manager, and they join Jonathan Boyd. Mark does his eyes-in-the forehead routine and weird contortions while Boyd talks:
“Rocky Johnson congratulations you got the sympathy of the officials and a NO DISQUALIFICATION, two referee 2/3 falls match versus THIS man and his title Thanksgiving Night.
“Cannot you understand that this man has manipulated you to your DOOM? You took his words his insults to heart and it cost you October 15! And now you must face the Purple Haze in HIS kind of match, NO DISQUALIFICATION! I don’t bloody care if there is one, two, three or FIFTEEN referees, when you take away the disqualification rule, Mark Lewin is at home, Mark Lewin is in his environment, Mark Lewin will MAKE THIS YOUR LAST TITLE CHALLENGE, ROCKY JOHNSON . . . .AND IT WILL ALSO BE YOUR RETIREMENT MATCH!
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Sammy Steamboat joins Lord James Blears as we see the replay of the angle from last week:
NON TITLE MATCH
SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA def. ALEX PORTEAU + JT SOUTHERN after which they join Lord James Blears who asks them what will it take for the Million Dollar Bodies to get the title shot Thanksgiving Night?
WAIT! IT’S THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES WHO ENTER THE CAMERA AND PUT THE BOOTS TO AFI AND SAKALIA AND A HELLACIOUS BRAWL BREAKS OUT! BUT AFI AND SAKALIA GAIN THE UPPER HAND, UNTIL CURTIS SMASHES BOTH THE ALL-ASIAN CHAMPS IN THE BACK WITH A CHAIR AND THE HEELS STOMP A MUDHOLE INTO THE CHAMPIONS UNTIL THE REFEREES AND THE FACE JOBBER DRESSING ROOM EMPTIES AND KEEPS THE BODIES AWAY!
Lord: “FANS COMPLETE CHAOS HAS BROKEN OUT HERE AT KHON STUDIOS I WARNED ABOUT THIS, WE WILL BE BACK!
Lord: “All right, Sammy Steamboat, we just saw once again the actions of these Million Dollar Bodies last week, we also showed this footage to these great fans in KHON studios. Let’s ask the fans here: after seeing those heinous actions, do the Million Dollar Bodies deserve a place on the Thanksgiving Night Card or should they be kicked out of Hawaii???
WAIT! ITS SIVA AFI AND SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA!
Siva: “Fans, how many of you want to see us KICK THE BUTTS OF THE BODIES THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!
THE FANS CHEER!
Siva: “Or, we can kick them out of Hawaii, and not let then pay the price for their actions!
THE FANS BOO!
Siva: “Mr. Steamboat, I understand the pressure you are under, but the FANS HAVE SPOKEN: they want us to get REVENGE ON THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES THANKSGIVING NIGHT! THESE BELTS ATE ON THE LINE, IF YOU MAKE THE MATCH!
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Sammy: “Siva Afi and Superman Sakalia . . . .you are right the people have SPOKEN . . . . YOU HAVE YOUR MATCH! But under one condition . .
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" . .since I am the one who's reputation is on the line for letting the Million Dollar Bodies back .. . . . I WILL PERSONALLY REFEREE THE MATCH!
Lord: “The deal with the devil has been made, match on this Thursday night for the All-Asian Tag Team titles, these men Siva Afi and Super Samoan Sakalia versus the Million Dollar Bodies with THIS man Sammy Steamboat as the referee! Let’s go to the ring.
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DAVID SAMMARTINO def. BEEF WELLINGTON
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ROCKY JOHNSON joins Lord James. Lord James replies Mark Lewin’s claim that the NO DQ stipulation fits Mark Lewin’s style just fine this Thursday night!
Rocky: “That’s funny because what Jonathan Boyd left out is there will be TWO referees! Yes, I got disqualified the first fall October 15, and don’t apologize for it, because I got revenge on you Lewin for everything you said about my family but that won’t happen again because there’s NO DQ and that means I get to beat you mercilessly ALL NIGHT LONG. I won the second fall, FAIR AND SQUARE. But in the third fall, the referee went down and I had Lewin’s shoulders down for 7 SECONDS, but that won't happen this time because a second referee will be on hand! Jonathan Boyd and Mark Lewin if you think you have Rocky Johnson over a barrel, think again! This Thanksgiving Night, at the Blaisdell, I’m going to take that Pacific title and ensure it will be a Black Friday for you!
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BREAK
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BRODY BROTHERS V THE POLYNESIAN ASSASSINS who quickly unmask and it’s the WILD SAMOANS, AND THEY BRAWL OUT OF THE RING AND IT’S A DOUBLE COUNT OUT AS THEY FIGHT THROUGH THE STUDIO!
Lord James: “Wrestling fans this Thursday night in Honolulu it’s a POLYNESIAN DEATH MATCH, THERE WILL BE NO COUNT OUT, THERE WILL BE NO DQ, THERE WILL BE NO PINFALLS, AND BOTH MEN FROM EITHER TAG TEAM MUST BE KNOCKED OUT OR SUBMIT TO DETERMINE A WINNER! Let us get the studio in order, and we will return after we check our time.
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BREAK
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One more review of this Thursdays BIG CARD!
Championship Wresting from Honolulu
Under the auspices of the AWF
Presents
THANKSGIVING NIGHT WRESTLING
Blaisdell Arena
11/24/88
830 pm belltime
MAIN EVENT
PACIFIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
2/3 FALLS, NO DQ, TWO REFEREES
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd V ROCKY JOHNSON
ALL-ASIAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
SPECIAL REFEREE: SAMMY STEAMBOAT
SIVA AFI + SUPER SAMOAN SAKALIA V THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES w/King Curtis
GREG GAGNE V DAVID SAMMARTINO
GRUDGE MATCH
JIMMY SNUKA V DON MURACCO
SAMOAN DEATH MATCH
DO CO, NO DQ, BOTH TAG TEAM MEMBERS MUST SUBMIT OR BE KNOCKED OUT
BRODYS V SAMOANS
SPECIAL FEATURE MATCH
GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE V THE SPOILER
BUTTERBALL STUFFED WITH $100 BILLS BATTLE ROYALE
6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
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TNT joins us and says he has put his hat in for that butterball full of $100 bills and wants to win it to make up for missing Blaze at Blaisdell!
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TNT def. ALEX PORTEAU
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Lord James: “Tally-Ho from the Aloha State!”
Working on it now.