Championship from Honolulu Thanksgiving Night Card, 11/24/88
Nov 27, 2022 7:10:18 GMT
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Championship Wresting from Honolulu
Under the auspices of the AWF
Presents
THANKSGIVING NIGHT WRESTLING
Blaisdell Arena
11/24/88
830 pm belltime
1. BRICK BRONSKY + JIM POWERS + JOE SAVOLDI def. JT SOUTHERN + BEEF WELLINGTON + AJ PETRUZZI
2. BUTTERBALL BATTLE ROYALE
WINNER GETS BUTTERBALL TURKEY STUFFED WITH $100 BILLS
Participants:
AJ PETRUZZI
ALEX PORTEAU
BARRY HARDY
BARRY HOROWITZ
BRICK BRONSKY
CUBAN ASSASSIN
DAVID SAMMARTINO
GREG GAGNE
IRON MIKE SHARPE
ITALIAN STALLION
JIM POWERS
JOE SAVOLDI
JT SOUTHERN
MASKED TERRORIST #1
MASKED TERRORIST #2
RICKY JOHNSON
TNT
Early exits:
AJ PETRUZZI
ALEX PORTEAU
BARRY HARDY
BARRY HOROWITZ
BRICK BRONSKY
CUBAN ASSASSIN
ITALIAN STALLION
JIM POWERS
JOE SAVOLDI
JT SOUTHERN
MASKED TERRORIST #1
MASKED TERRORIST #2
. . leaving Ricky Johnson, TNT, Mike Sharpe, David Sammartino and Greg Gagne in the ring. Johnson, TNT and Sammartino conference as Iron Mike and Greg Gagne are on the other side of the ring, they charge at each other and DAVID SAMMARTINO eliminates his rival for later, Greg Gagne, meanwhile Iron Mike knocks out Sammartino from behind and faces Ricky Johnson and TNT!
TNT and Ricky go after Iron Mike who is double tough, and lays out TNT, and throws the inexperienced Ricky over the top rope. Mike then comes for TNT who is recovering, TNT with a karate chop to Sharpes’s stomach, and then chops to the chest, he throws him into the ropes, IRON MIKE WITH A HUGE SWING WITH THE GIMMICKED FOREARM, TNT SOMERSAULTS UNDER IT, OFF THE ROPES, AND A SUPERKICK TO SHARPE, WHO TUMBLES BACKWARDS, AND TNT bounces off the ropes with a SECOND SUPERKICK AND SHARPE FLIES OVER THE TOP ROPE, TNT HAS WON THE BUTTERBALL!
TNT wins and two Hawaiian lei girls come to the ring with a butterball turkey on a serving plate and present it to Lord James Blears, who hands it to TNT! But wait, at ringside, Iron Mike Sharpe has gained his senses, enters the ring and from behind BRAINS TNT WITH HIS ELBOW! HE GRABS TURKEY, REACHES IN, GRABS THE CASH, THROWS THE TURKEY ON TOP OF TNT, KISSES THE MONEY AND RUNS OUT TO THE BACK! STOP, THIEF! FANS, TNT WON FAIR AND SQUARE IRON MIKE IS A SORE LOSER AND A BULLY!
3. FEATURE MATCH
GEORGE “THE ANIMAL” STEELE def. THE SPOILER, 7:15
4. GREG GAGNE V DAVID SAMMARTINO
Gagne is red-assed at getting thrown out of the battle royale by his opponent earlier and attacks David before the bell but David recovers and gets near fall after near fall on his foe, and boom, boom they trade near falls until Gagne has Sammartino down, 1-2-3!
WAIT! GAGNE HAS BOTH HIS LEGS ON THE BOTTOM ROPE, THE REF MISSED IT! Gagne wins, and leaves the ring and makes a beeline to the back as Sammartino argues with the ref.
5. ALL-ASIAN PACIFIC TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE SAMMY STEAMBOAT
SIVA AFI + SUPERMAN SAKALIA V THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES w/King Curtis
The challengers are in the ring when HERE COMES SIVA AND AFI AND THEY FLY INTO THE RING AND DESPITE REFEREE STEAMBOAT’S PROTESTATIONS, IMMEDIATELY BATTER AND BLOODY THEIR BOLD CHALLENGERS WHO had the temerity to attack them on national TV two weeks ago!
Afi and Rip Oliver are the legal men in the ring, and Afi leaps on Oliver and goes for the pin: 1-2-
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. . . to Oliver’s credit, he uses his massive power to bench press him high into the air off him, and tags to Kevin Kelly, who kicks and pounds on Afi, but AFI QUICKLY KNIFE EDGES HIS WAYS OUT OF THE PREDICAMENT, AND tags to Sakalia, and he engages in a test of strength with Kelly, which Sakalia appears to win . . . NO! Kelly with a kick to the groin, and the Bodies quickly get Sakalia into their corner, but Sakalia uses his strength to battle his way out, flies across the ring, and tags to Afi! Afi flies in and battles both the Bodies but they overwhelm the smaller superstar and abuse him the corner and start to BLOODY HIM, as there is hope spot after hope spot with the mighty Sakalia desperately trying to get in to save his partner with the HOT TAG, but even the wily Sammy Steamboat can’t see through the Million Dollar Bodies and King Curtis’ trickerations!
But finally a miscue created by Afi’s cleverness causes the challengers to butt heads and allows him to fly across the ring and make the HOT TAG TO SAKALIA WHO KICKS ASS AND THE FANS GO WILD! But THE BODIES REFUSE TO LEAVE THE RING, AND MAKE IT ONE ON ONE, SO AFI STAGGERS IN AND ITS TWO ON TWO UNCONTROLLED AS KING CURTIS GETS ON THE APRON AND YELLS AS STEAMBOAT! The Championship Wrestling from Honolulu President can’t take anymore and goes over to Curtis, grabs his hair, and SHAKES HIM LEFT AND RIGHT AS AFI HAS KEVIN KELLY IN A HOOKED LEG PIN PREDICAMENT:
1----2----3----4—5-----6----7 . .
Afi finally let’s go, and while he does Rip Oliver after knocking Sakalia out of the ring sees this, and flies across the ring and Sundays Afi, Curtis shoves Steamboat into the ring, Steamboat sees Oliver on top of a stunned Afi, and looks around in disbelief and counts:
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Looks around again, but has no choice
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THREE!
THE MILLION DOLLAR BABIES ARE THE NEW ALL-ASIAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!
THEY GRAB THE BELTS, AND BULLET TO THE DRESSING ROOM BEFORE THE FANS CAN GET TO THEM, FANS, WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE AT THE BLAISDELL ARENA?
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INTERMISSION
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6. PACIFIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
2/3 FALLS, NO DQ, TWO REFEREES
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd v ROCKY JOHNSON
FIRST FALL
With no DQ Johnson repeats his performance from 10/15 and just punches, kicks and boots Lewin into oblivion and Lewin blades and we have blood in a second match in a row and there is nothing the referee can do this time. Lewin makes a comeback, but Johnson beats him into a pulp and covers him, 1-2-3! JOHNSON UP, 1-0!
SECOND FALL
Johnson doesn’t allow for a break and since there’s no DQ why not? He continues to stomps a mudhole into Lewin and Lewin finally exits to the floor, but Johnson chases him and continues the abuse outside the ring. A bloodied Lewin however manages to grab the timekeepers bell and knocks Johnson cold with it, remember, no DQ, and posts Johnson, and throws him into the ring, and takes him out with the sleeper to win the second fall!
THIRD FALL
The main ref tries to buy Johnson time as he tries to get out of the sleeper, but after the 30 second break, the match must continue, and Lewin takes advantage and suplexes Johnson, then military presses the challenger with such force Johnson falls out to the ringside area. Lewin celebrates, then goes outside the ring, where JOHNSON DESPERATELY CLOTHESLINES HIM! Both men are knocked out at ringside and the ref counts. . . . . both manage to crawl into the ring, and neither seems able to compete!
But Lewin crawls across the ring . .and starts throwing lefts and rights as Rocky pulls himself up on the ropes . . . .Rocky takes the punches but THEN HE THROWS A PUNCH AT LEWIN WHO IS KNOCKED OUT COLD, AND JOHNSON TRIES TO COVER BUT FALLS ON THE MAT COLD, FROM THE SLEEPER AND THE BEATING!
BOYD PULLS LEWIN OUT OF THE RING, HE RECOVERS, AND SLIPS INTO THE RING TO BREAK ANY TEN COUNT, AS JOHNSON IS MOTIONLESS AND THE REF ONLY SEES THAT AND COUNTS TO 10: JOHNSON IS OUT, AND LEWIN WINS BUT FANS, DO WE HAVE CONTROVERSY HERE IN HAWAII! If it weren’t for King Curtis, the final fall may have been a count out or at least a draw for Rocky!
WINNER, 2 FALLS TO ONE CHALLENGER PIN, CHAMP SUBMISSION AND KO, MARK LEWIN
7. JIMMY SNUKA def. DON MURACCO with a Superfly to get the fans back!
8. POLYNESIAN DEATH MATCH
MATCH ENDS WHEN BOTH MEMBERS OF ONE TAG TEAM SUBMIT OR ARE KNOCKED OUT
NO COUNT OUT, NO DQ
THE WILD SAMOANS V THE BRODY BROTHERS
Both teams brawl at the bell and it’s a wild mess as Sika is knocked out after being slammed into a table 5 minutes in, and NOW ITS AFA V BOTH BRODYS, but he manages to take Smasher Brody and throw him out of the ring where he is unresponsive and is counted to a KO, here comes Crusher Brody, who after more action manages to get Afa into a COBRA CLUTCH, AND AFA IS NOT RESPONSIVE, BUT AFA IN DESPERATION MANAGES TO LIFT THE MASSIVE BRODY BROTHER BEHIND HIM, AND STAGGERS AROUND THE RING WITH HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS, AND FANS, TAKE A CLOSE LOOK, right before he does this, it SEEMS like Afa taps on his left arm, IS THAT A TAP OUT? BUT IN THE MEANWHILE DROPS CRUSHER ON HIS HEAD ON THE TURNBUCKLE, AND CRUSHER IS KNOCKED OUT COLD, THE REF COUNTS:
1
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2
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3
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4-4-5-6-7-8-9-….
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TEN!
THE WILD SAMOANS WIN BUT FANS LOOK AT THIS, Afa is holding his shoulder in agony too DID he submit before knocking out Crusher Brody?
FANS A STUFFING BOWL OF CONTROVERSY HERE FROM THE BLAISDELL ARENA TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE YOU THIS SATURDAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING FROM HONOLULU AND WE WILL BE BACK AT THE BLAISDELL CHRISTMAS NIGHT! SEE YOU SOON!
Under the auspices of the AWF
Presents
THANKSGIVING NIGHT WRESTLING
Blaisdell Arena
11/24/88
830 pm belltime
1. BRICK BRONSKY + JIM POWERS + JOE SAVOLDI def. JT SOUTHERN + BEEF WELLINGTON + AJ PETRUZZI
2. BUTTERBALL BATTLE ROYALE
WINNER GETS BUTTERBALL TURKEY STUFFED WITH $100 BILLS
Participants:
AJ PETRUZZI
ALEX PORTEAU
BARRY HARDY
BARRY HOROWITZ
BRICK BRONSKY
CUBAN ASSASSIN
DAVID SAMMARTINO
GREG GAGNE
IRON MIKE SHARPE
ITALIAN STALLION
JIM POWERS
JOE SAVOLDI
JT SOUTHERN
MASKED TERRORIST #1
MASKED TERRORIST #2
RICKY JOHNSON
TNT
Early exits:
AJ PETRUZZI
ALEX PORTEAU
BARRY HARDY
BARRY HOROWITZ
BRICK BRONSKY
CUBAN ASSASSIN
ITALIAN STALLION
JIM POWERS
JOE SAVOLDI
JT SOUTHERN
MASKED TERRORIST #1
MASKED TERRORIST #2
. . leaving Ricky Johnson, TNT, Mike Sharpe, David Sammartino and Greg Gagne in the ring. Johnson, TNT and Sammartino conference as Iron Mike and Greg Gagne are on the other side of the ring, they charge at each other and DAVID SAMMARTINO eliminates his rival for later, Greg Gagne, meanwhile Iron Mike knocks out Sammartino from behind and faces Ricky Johnson and TNT!
TNT and Ricky go after Iron Mike who is double tough, and lays out TNT, and throws the inexperienced Ricky over the top rope. Mike then comes for TNT who is recovering, TNT with a karate chop to Sharpes’s stomach, and then chops to the chest, he throws him into the ropes, IRON MIKE WITH A HUGE SWING WITH THE GIMMICKED FOREARM, TNT SOMERSAULTS UNDER IT, OFF THE ROPES, AND A SUPERKICK TO SHARPE, WHO TUMBLES BACKWARDS, AND TNT bounces off the ropes with a SECOND SUPERKICK AND SHARPE FLIES OVER THE TOP ROPE, TNT HAS WON THE BUTTERBALL!
TNT wins and two Hawaiian lei girls come to the ring with a butterball turkey on a serving plate and present it to Lord James Blears, who hands it to TNT! But wait, at ringside, Iron Mike Sharpe has gained his senses, enters the ring and from behind BRAINS TNT WITH HIS ELBOW! HE GRABS TURKEY, REACHES IN, GRABS THE CASH, THROWS THE TURKEY ON TOP OF TNT, KISSES THE MONEY AND RUNS OUT TO THE BACK! STOP, THIEF! FANS, TNT WON FAIR AND SQUARE IRON MIKE IS A SORE LOSER AND A BULLY!
3. FEATURE MATCH
GEORGE “THE ANIMAL” STEELE def. THE SPOILER, 7:15
4. GREG GAGNE V DAVID SAMMARTINO
Gagne is red-assed at getting thrown out of the battle royale by his opponent earlier and attacks David before the bell but David recovers and gets near fall after near fall on his foe, and boom, boom they trade near falls until Gagne has Sammartino down, 1-2-3!
WAIT! GAGNE HAS BOTH HIS LEGS ON THE BOTTOM ROPE, THE REF MISSED IT! Gagne wins, and leaves the ring and makes a beeline to the back as Sammartino argues with the ref.
5. ALL-ASIAN PACIFIC TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE SAMMY STEAMBOAT
SIVA AFI + SUPERMAN SAKALIA V THE MILLION DOLLAR BODIES w/King Curtis
The challengers are in the ring when HERE COMES SIVA AND AFI AND THEY FLY INTO THE RING AND DESPITE REFEREE STEAMBOAT’S PROTESTATIONS, IMMEDIATELY BATTER AND BLOODY THEIR BOLD CHALLENGERS WHO had the temerity to attack them on national TV two weeks ago!
Afi and Rip Oliver are the legal men in the ring, and Afi leaps on Oliver and goes for the pin: 1-2-
.
.
.
. . . to Oliver’s credit, he uses his massive power to bench press him high into the air off him, and tags to Kevin Kelly, who kicks and pounds on Afi, but AFI QUICKLY KNIFE EDGES HIS WAYS OUT OF THE PREDICAMENT, AND tags to Sakalia, and he engages in a test of strength with Kelly, which Sakalia appears to win . . . NO! Kelly with a kick to the groin, and the Bodies quickly get Sakalia into their corner, but Sakalia uses his strength to battle his way out, flies across the ring, and tags to Afi! Afi flies in and battles both the Bodies but they overwhelm the smaller superstar and abuse him the corner and start to BLOODY HIM, as there is hope spot after hope spot with the mighty Sakalia desperately trying to get in to save his partner with the HOT TAG, but even the wily Sammy Steamboat can’t see through the Million Dollar Bodies and King Curtis’ trickerations!
But finally a miscue created by Afi’s cleverness causes the challengers to butt heads and allows him to fly across the ring and make the HOT TAG TO SAKALIA WHO KICKS ASS AND THE FANS GO WILD! But THE BODIES REFUSE TO LEAVE THE RING, AND MAKE IT ONE ON ONE, SO AFI STAGGERS IN AND ITS TWO ON TWO UNCONTROLLED AS KING CURTIS GETS ON THE APRON AND YELLS AS STEAMBOAT! The Championship Wrestling from Honolulu President can’t take anymore and goes over to Curtis, grabs his hair, and SHAKES HIM LEFT AND RIGHT AS AFI HAS KEVIN KELLY IN A HOOKED LEG PIN PREDICAMENT:
1----2----3----4—5-----6----7 . .
Afi finally let’s go, and while he does Rip Oliver after knocking Sakalia out of the ring sees this, and flies across the ring and Sundays Afi, Curtis shoves Steamboat into the ring, Steamboat sees Oliver on top of a stunned Afi, and looks around in disbelief and counts:
1
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.
.
.
2
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.
.
.
Looks around again, but has no choice
.
.
.
.
.
THREE!
THE MILLION DOLLAR BABIES ARE THE NEW ALL-ASIAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!
THEY GRAB THE BELTS, AND BULLET TO THE DRESSING ROOM BEFORE THE FANS CAN GET TO THEM, FANS, WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE AT THE BLAISDELL ARENA?
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.
.
.
.
.
.
INTERMISSION
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
6. PACIFIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
2/3 FALLS, NO DQ, TWO REFEREES
MARK LEWIN w/Jonathan Boyd v ROCKY JOHNSON
FIRST FALL
With no DQ Johnson repeats his performance from 10/15 and just punches, kicks and boots Lewin into oblivion and Lewin blades and we have blood in a second match in a row and there is nothing the referee can do this time. Lewin makes a comeback, but Johnson beats him into a pulp and covers him, 1-2-3! JOHNSON UP, 1-0!
SECOND FALL
Johnson doesn’t allow for a break and since there’s no DQ why not? He continues to stomps a mudhole into Lewin and Lewin finally exits to the floor, but Johnson chases him and continues the abuse outside the ring. A bloodied Lewin however manages to grab the timekeepers bell and knocks Johnson cold with it, remember, no DQ, and posts Johnson, and throws him into the ring, and takes him out with the sleeper to win the second fall!
THIRD FALL
The main ref tries to buy Johnson time as he tries to get out of the sleeper, but after the 30 second break, the match must continue, and Lewin takes advantage and suplexes Johnson, then military presses the challenger with such force Johnson falls out to the ringside area. Lewin celebrates, then goes outside the ring, where JOHNSON DESPERATELY CLOTHESLINES HIM! Both men are knocked out at ringside and the ref counts. . . . . both manage to crawl into the ring, and neither seems able to compete!
But Lewin crawls across the ring . .and starts throwing lefts and rights as Rocky pulls himself up on the ropes . . . .Rocky takes the punches but THEN HE THROWS A PUNCH AT LEWIN WHO IS KNOCKED OUT COLD, AND JOHNSON TRIES TO COVER BUT FALLS ON THE MAT COLD, FROM THE SLEEPER AND THE BEATING!
BOYD PULLS LEWIN OUT OF THE RING, HE RECOVERS, AND SLIPS INTO THE RING TO BREAK ANY TEN COUNT, AS JOHNSON IS MOTIONLESS AND THE REF ONLY SEES THAT AND COUNTS TO 10: JOHNSON IS OUT, AND LEWIN WINS BUT FANS, DO WE HAVE CONTROVERSY HERE IN HAWAII! If it weren’t for King Curtis, the final fall may have been a count out or at least a draw for Rocky!
WINNER, 2 FALLS TO ONE CHALLENGER PIN, CHAMP SUBMISSION AND KO, MARK LEWIN
7. JIMMY SNUKA def. DON MURACCO with a Superfly to get the fans back!
8. POLYNESIAN DEATH MATCH
MATCH ENDS WHEN BOTH MEMBERS OF ONE TAG TEAM SUBMIT OR ARE KNOCKED OUT
NO COUNT OUT, NO DQ
THE WILD SAMOANS V THE BRODY BROTHERS
Both teams brawl at the bell and it’s a wild mess as Sika is knocked out after being slammed into a table 5 minutes in, and NOW ITS AFA V BOTH BRODYS, but he manages to take Smasher Brody and throw him out of the ring where he is unresponsive and is counted to a KO, here comes Crusher Brody, who after more action manages to get Afa into a COBRA CLUTCH, AND AFA IS NOT RESPONSIVE, BUT AFA IN DESPERATION MANAGES TO LIFT THE MASSIVE BRODY BROTHER BEHIND HIM, AND STAGGERS AROUND THE RING WITH HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS, AND FANS, TAKE A CLOSE LOOK, right before he does this, it SEEMS like Afa taps on his left arm, IS THAT A TAP OUT? BUT IN THE MEANWHILE DROPS CRUSHER ON HIS HEAD ON THE TURNBUCKLE, AND CRUSHER IS KNOCKED OUT COLD, THE REF COUNTS:
1
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.
.
2
.
.
.
3
.
4-4-5-6-7-8-9-….
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.
.
.
.
TEN!
THE WILD SAMOANS WIN BUT FANS LOOK AT THIS, Afa is holding his shoulder in agony too DID he submit before knocking out Crusher Brody?
FANS A STUFFING BOWL OF CONTROVERSY HERE FROM THE BLAISDELL ARENA TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE YOU THIS SATURDAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING FROM HONOLULU AND WE WILL BE BACK AT THE BLAISDELL CHRISTMAS NIGHT! SEE YOU SOON!
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