UWA FURY(4/17/89)
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“UWA FURY”
Taped April 10, 1989 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, UT to air April 16, 1989 at 8 PM on TNT
Commentary: Les Thatcher, Lance Russell, and Magnum TA
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
Ring Announcer: Mark Lowrance
VTR OPENING:
As the music plays, we see The Organization with Undisputed World Champion Michael Rotunda on their shoulders! Then, we see BADD Company holding the World Tag Team belts over their heads!! We see Missy Hyatt blowing a kiss! Sgt. Slaughter waving Old Glory! Kevin Von Erich hitting a flying bodypress! Jimmy Valiant dancing and clapping his hands!! Bad News Brown hitting a ghetto blaster! Tito Santana hitting a flying forearm! Mil Mascaras hitting a flying bodypress! Chris Adams nailing a superkick!
LES : Welcome to UWA FURY! Wrestling fans, in the tradition of Gifford, Meredith, and Cosell, the UWA now has a three man announce team. Please welcome our new colleague, my longtime friend, Lance Russell!
LANCE: Yello, everybody! It’s a real pleasure to be here with Les and Magnum on TNT! We have a whale of a show for all of you great UWA wrestling fans, so stay tuned!
MAGNUM: Lance, it’s great to have ya! We have a big title match on UWA FURY this week as “the Ace” Bob Orton defends the TV Title against a guy who has tore it up down in the Gulf Coast territory and has broiught his talent to the UWA! Let’s take a look at “Wildcat” Wendell Cooley!
KENDALL WINDHAM(W/BLACKJACK MULLIGAN) VS. TONY “HURRICANE” ZANE: Windham, with his dad as his manager and his new attitude, really atkes it to the bigger Zane! Kendall wins after a clothesline off the top rope. After the bell, Mulligan commandeers a mic and enters the ring!
MULLIGAN: Ain’t my boy great? You just saw a future world champion right here! Now, if there are any people here who know anything about this great sport, you know I made my name in tah team wrestling! Me and an old boy named Lanza held almost every tag team title there was! Tag team wrestling is very near and dear to my heart! I have found a team of young men who remind me a lot of myself in my early years! Their names are Mean Mike Enos and Wayne “the Train” Bloom...THE DESTRUCTION CREW!!!
Enos & Bloom enter the arena! The announce team concurs that they look impressive and we’ll see what they are all about next!
COMMERCIAL
DESTRUCTION CREW(W/BLACKJACK MULLIGAN) VS. BRIAN ADIAS & CHRIS CARTER: Adias makes it interesting, but the Crew is just too powerful and Bloom pins Carter after they hit the “Wrecking Ball” (think the Road Warriors’ finish).
We see a powerful looking young man warming up in the dressing room area. A graphic that says UP NEXT! SCOTT PUTSKI! appears on the screen.
COMMERCIAL
SCOTT PUTSKI VS. BIFF WELLINGTON: A rugged bout with several near falls before Putski flattens his Canadian opponent with the Polish Hammer for the win. Then, we go to Boni in the interview area…
BONI: Here with Tito Santana, Tito, last week, Al Perez introduced his new group of wrestlers that he calls BADNESS UNLIMITED. They are a tough looking bunch! He also claimed that you have no friends to back you up!
TITO: Yeah, I heard him and I saw his gang! As usual, Al Perez was wrong! I have plenty of friends! Several years ago, I held the old WWF Tag Team Titles with one of the toughest men I’ve ever met! His name is Ivan Putski and you just saw his son wrestle! Come on in here, Scott!
Scott Putski joins Tito and Boni!
TITO: Just look at this great athlete! He’s your worst nightmare, boys! And look at these characters…
VALIANT: Mercy! Mercy! Sho got that right! Badness Unlimited? You ain’t seen badness until you’ve seen us, daddy!
JYD: Bad News Brown, I showed you who was boss! If it hadn’t been for you having that goofy Lethal Larry stickin his ugly nose in, you woulda been done ‘round here! (holds up fist with chain wrapped around it) If you want badness… you got it! Every dog needs a bone to chew on and I think I just found a bunch of ‘em!
PUTSKI: That’s right!
TITO: ARRIBA!
COMMERCIAL
PERSONALITY PROFILE
Les: Tonight, a very interesting Personality Profile that features a gentleman you UWA fans might remember…
VTR:
As the music plays, we see an airboat making it’s way through the Florida Everglades. A familiar face is piloting the boat…
The music is lowered under a voice over...
KEIRN: I hope you folks in the UWA haven’t forgotten me. I’m Steve Keirn. Since I left the UWA, I’ve spent most of my time here in the Everglades in my home state of Florida. Been trying to clear my head and figure out the next step in my career.
We see footage of Keirn working out on Nautilus machines.
KEIRN: I’ve been keeping in shape…
Footage of Keirn wrestling in the Memphis promotion…
KEIRN:...and taking some matches when I can.
Cut back to Keirn on the airboat.
KEIRN: I’m on the way back to the UWA. There’s a guy there named Scott Hall. Scott is a friend of mine! There’s another guy there: A jerk named Oliver Humperdink! He’s been a thorn in my side for 10 years or more and now he’s starting trouble for my friend Scott! I’m coming back to the UWA to help Scott and run the House of Humperdink outta my sport once and for all!
SCOTT HALL VS. ALEX PORTEAU: Hall shows no ill effects from last weeks beatdown at the hands of the House of Humperdink. Porteau has potential, but Scott dominates and gets the duke after a razor’s edge.
BONI: I’m here with Scott Hall. Once again, Scott, I’m really sorry about what happened out here last week!
HALL: No worries, Boni! I should have known that Humperdink and his stooges came out and got in my face! The people just saw that I got reinforcements coming in! Humperdink, you slob, you picked a fight with the wrong guy! Bring Mukhan Singh, the Iron Sheik, Kokina, or any body else you can get to crawl outta the woodwork! I ran Studd outta here and I’ll run the rest of ‘em out, too!
BONI: A very determined Scott Hall!
COMMERCIAL
Boni is standing by…
BONI: Ladies and gentlemen, our UWA President, Cowboy Bill Watts!
WATTS: Boni, on May 26th, the UWA presents the second annual Battle Bowl spectacular, live from Texas Stadium! We will have Battle Bowl again. For those who missed it last year, Battle Bowl begins with the Lethal Lottery. There will be eight tag team matches. The participants in those matches will be determined by luck of the draw. You could possibly see Al Perez & Tito Santana forced to team up! Or Kevin Von Erich and Bob Orton! Or Scott Hall and one of Humperdink’s men! The eight winning teams will compete in an over the top rope battle royal! The winner will be awarded $100,000.00, a future World Title match, and the vacant American Title! So far, we know that Steve “Dr. Death” Williams will be a participant. Other top stars will be added in the coming weeks! I’m currently negotiating with wrestlers from around the world, including one that will shock the world!
BONI: There will also be some championship matches that night!
WATTS: Yes, “Megabucks” Michael Rotunda defends the Undisputed World Title against “Modern Day Warrior” Kerry Von Erich. Kerry has never lost a match in Texas Stadium. He’s beaten such men as Ric Flair and Harley Race on that field! I’ve been told that the entire Von Erich family will be there to cheer him on! Also, the Organization has requested a World Tag Team Title match for Rick Martel and Magnificent Muraco. I’m giving Muraco and Martel the month of April to prove their worthiness. They have a good chance of doing that in our next match as they will wrestle Johnny & Davey Rich, a team that held the Southeastern Tag Team Titles for over a year! A team from Puerto Rico and a team from Australia are also under consideration! World Junior Heavyweight Champion Scotty the Body will give Gentleman Chris Adams a mandatory rematch that night as well!
BONI: That sounds like an incredible card! There are numbers on the screen to call about ordering Battle Bowl on pay per view or to order tickets to be there live in Texas Stadium! We’ll be right back!
COMMERCIAL
MAGNIFICENT MURACO & RICK MARTEL (W/MISSY HYATT) VS. JOHNNY & DAVEY RICH: Lance really puts the Rich boys over as a great team. Johnny and Davey do give the heels a tough match. Martel & Muraco get the duke as Martel pins Davey after a slingshot splash. Magnum says this team could really give the Fantastics a hard way to go!
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
ANNOUNCER: The greatest professional organization in the world, Wrestle Kingdom, is coming soon!
We see this man standing in front of a Japanese flag…
TENRYU: Wrestle Kingdom!
MAGNUM: If Tenryu is part of Wrestle Kingdom, whatever it is will be a force in professional wrestling!
JUMBO TSURUTA VS. HOLLYWOOD JOHN TATUM: THE ANNOUNCERS SPECULATE IF Jumbo is part of Wrestle Kingdom, but they are giving their full attention to the match after Tatum gives Tsuruta quite a bit of trouble! Jumbo makes a comeback and puts Hollywood away after a bridging belly to back suplex.
COMMERCIAL
UWA TV TITLE MATCH: “THE ACE” BOB ORTON VS. “WILDCAT” WENDELL COOLEY: Cooley gives Orton the match of his life, scoring several near falls. Orton, cagey vetran he is, finds a way to win- the Ace gabs a handfull of tights to reverse and inside cradle and score the 1-2-3!
LANCE: By golly, we told you that it was gonna be a whale of a show, didn’t we? Next week, in a preview of their match at Texas Stadium, Scotty the Body takes on Chris Adams in a non-title match!
LES: We’ll also have a tag team grudge match where Blackjack Mulligan and Kendall Windham take on Dustin Rhodes & Ronnie Garvin! I’ll also feature Kerry Von Erich in our Personality Profile segment!
MAGNUM: The Von Erichs will be here in a six man tag match! We’ll also see some new stars in action! One of these guys has headlined Shea Stadium and Madison Square Garden!
LANCE: Wow! The UWA just keeps getting better and better! We’ll see you folks next week here on TNT!
Taped April 10, 1989 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, UT to air April 16, 1989 at 8 PM on TNT
Commentary: Les Thatcher, Lance Russell, and Magnum TA
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
Ring Announcer: Mark Lowrance
VTR OPENING:
As the music plays, we see The Organization with Undisputed World Champion Michael Rotunda on their shoulders! Then, we see BADD Company holding the World Tag Team belts over their heads!! We see Missy Hyatt blowing a kiss! Sgt. Slaughter waving Old Glory! Kevin Von Erich hitting a flying bodypress! Jimmy Valiant dancing and clapping his hands!! Bad News Brown hitting a ghetto blaster! Tito Santana hitting a flying forearm! Mil Mascaras hitting a flying bodypress! Chris Adams nailing a superkick!
LES : Welcome to UWA FURY! Wrestling fans, in the tradition of Gifford, Meredith, and Cosell, the UWA now has a three man announce team. Please welcome our new colleague, my longtime friend, Lance Russell!
LANCE: Yello, everybody! It’s a real pleasure to be here with Les and Magnum on TNT! We have a whale of a show for all of you great UWA wrestling fans, so stay tuned!
MAGNUM: Lance, it’s great to have ya! We have a big title match on UWA FURY this week as “the Ace” Bob Orton defends the TV Title against a guy who has tore it up down in the Gulf Coast territory and has broiught his talent to the UWA! Let’s take a look at “Wildcat” Wendell Cooley!
KENDALL WINDHAM(W/BLACKJACK MULLIGAN) VS. TONY “HURRICANE” ZANE: Windham, with his dad as his manager and his new attitude, really atkes it to the bigger Zane! Kendall wins after a clothesline off the top rope. After the bell, Mulligan commandeers a mic and enters the ring!
MULLIGAN: Ain’t my boy great? You just saw a future world champion right here! Now, if there are any people here who know anything about this great sport, you know I made my name in tah team wrestling! Me and an old boy named Lanza held almost every tag team title there was! Tag team wrestling is very near and dear to my heart! I have found a team of young men who remind me a lot of myself in my early years! Their names are Mean Mike Enos and Wayne “the Train” Bloom...THE DESTRUCTION CREW!!!
Enos & Bloom enter the arena! The announce team concurs that they look impressive and we’ll see what they are all about next!
COMMERCIAL
DESTRUCTION CREW(W/BLACKJACK MULLIGAN) VS. BRIAN ADIAS & CHRIS CARTER: Adias makes it interesting, but the Crew is just too powerful and Bloom pins Carter after they hit the “Wrecking Ball” (think the Road Warriors’ finish).
We see a powerful looking young man warming up in the dressing room area. A graphic that says UP NEXT! SCOTT PUTSKI! appears on the screen.
COMMERCIAL
SCOTT PUTSKI VS. BIFF WELLINGTON: A rugged bout with several near falls before Putski flattens his Canadian opponent with the Polish Hammer for the win. Then, we go to Boni in the interview area…
BONI: Here with Tito Santana, Tito, last week, Al Perez introduced his new group of wrestlers that he calls BADNESS UNLIMITED. They are a tough looking bunch! He also claimed that you have no friends to back you up!
TITO: Yeah, I heard him and I saw his gang! As usual, Al Perez was wrong! I have plenty of friends! Several years ago, I held the old WWF Tag Team Titles with one of the toughest men I’ve ever met! His name is Ivan Putski and you just saw his son wrestle! Come on in here, Scott!
Scott Putski joins Tito and Boni!
TITO: Just look at this great athlete! He’s your worst nightmare, boys! And look at these characters…
VALIANT: Mercy! Mercy! Sho got that right! Badness Unlimited? You ain’t seen badness until you’ve seen us, daddy!
JYD: Bad News Brown, I showed you who was boss! If it hadn’t been for you having that goofy Lethal Larry stickin his ugly nose in, you woulda been done ‘round here! (holds up fist with chain wrapped around it) If you want badness… you got it! Every dog needs a bone to chew on and I think I just found a bunch of ‘em!
PUTSKI: That’s right!
TITO: ARRIBA!
COMMERCIAL
PERSONALITY PROFILE
Les: Tonight, a very interesting Personality Profile that features a gentleman you UWA fans might remember…
VTR:
As the music plays, we see an airboat making it’s way through the Florida Everglades. A familiar face is piloting the boat…
The music is lowered under a voice over...
KEIRN: I hope you folks in the UWA haven’t forgotten me. I’m Steve Keirn. Since I left the UWA, I’ve spent most of my time here in the Everglades in my home state of Florida. Been trying to clear my head and figure out the next step in my career.
We see footage of Keirn working out on Nautilus machines.
KEIRN: I’ve been keeping in shape…
Footage of Keirn wrestling in the Memphis promotion…
KEIRN:...and taking some matches when I can.
Cut back to Keirn on the airboat.
KEIRN: I’m on the way back to the UWA. There’s a guy there named Scott Hall. Scott is a friend of mine! There’s another guy there: A jerk named Oliver Humperdink! He’s been a thorn in my side for 10 years or more and now he’s starting trouble for my friend Scott! I’m coming back to the UWA to help Scott and run the House of Humperdink outta my sport once and for all!
SCOTT HALL VS. ALEX PORTEAU: Hall shows no ill effects from last weeks beatdown at the hands of the House of Humperdink. Porteau has potential, but Scott dominates and gets the duke after a razor’s edge.
BONI: I’m here with Scott Hall. Once again, Scott, I’m really sorry about what happened out here last week!
HALL: No worries, Boni! I should have known that Humperdink and his stooges came out and got in my face! The people just saw that I got reinforcements coming in! Humperdink, you slob, you picked a fight with the wrong guy! Bring Mukhan Singh, the Iron Sheik, Kokina, or any body else you can get to crawl outta the woodwork! I ran Studd outta here and I’ll run the rest of ‘em out, too!
BONI: A very determined Scott Hall!
COMMERCIAL
Boni is standing by…
BONI: Ladies and gentlemen, our UWA President, Cowboy Bill Watts!
WATTS: Boni, on May 26th, the UWA presents the second annual Battle Bowl spectacular, live from Texas Stadium! We will have Battle Bowl again. For those who missed it last year, Battle Bowl begins with the Lethal Lottery. There will be eight tag team matches. The participants in those matches will be determined by luck of the draw. You could possibly see Al Perez & Tito Santana forced to team up! Or Kevin Von Erich and Bob Orton! Or Scott Hall and one of Humperdink’s men! The eight winning teams will compete in an over the top rope battle royal! The winner will be awarded $100,000.00, a future World Title match, and the vacant American Title! So far, we know that Steve “Dr. Death” Williams will be a participant. Other top stars will be added in the coming weeks! I’m currently negotiating with wrestlers from around the world, including one that will shock the world!
BONI: There will also be some championship matches that night!
WATTS: Yes, “Megabucks” Michael Rotunda defends the Undisputed World Title against “Modern Day Warrior” Kerry Von Erich. Kerry has never lost a match in Texas Stadium. He’s beaten such men as Ric Flair and Harley Race on that field! I’ve been told that the entire Von Erich family will be there to cheer him on! Also, the Organization has requested a World Tag Team Title match for Rick Martel and Magnificent Muraco. I’m giving Muraco and Martel the month of April to prove their worthiness. They have a good chance of doing that in our next match as they will wrestle Johnny & Davey Rich, a team that held the Southeastern Tag Team Titles for over a year! A team from Puerto Rico and a team from Australia are also under consideration! World Junior Heavyweight Champion Scotty the Body will give Gentleman Chris Adams a mandatory rematch that night as well!
BONI: That sounds like an incredible card! There are numbers on the screen to call about ordering Battle Bowl on pay per view or to order tickets to be there live in Texas Stadium! We’ll be right back!
COMMERCIAL
MAGNIFICENT MURACO & RICK MARTEL (W/MISSY HYATT) VS. JOHNNY & DAVEY RICH: Lance really puts the Rich boys over as a great team. Johnny and Davey do give the heels a tough match. Martel & Muraco get the duke as Martel pins Davey after a slingshot splash. Magnum says this team could really give the Fantastics a hard way to go!
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
ANNOUNCER: The greatest professional organization in the world, Wrestle Kingdom, is coming soon!
We see this man standing in front of a Japanese flag…
TENRYU: Wrestle Kingdom!
MAGNUM: If Tenryu is part of Wrestle Kingdom, whatever it is will be a force in professional wrestling!
JUMBO TSURUTA VS. HOLLYWOOD JOHN TATUM: THE ANNOUNCERS SPECULATE IF Jumbo is part of Wrestle Kingdom, but they are giving their full attention to the match after Tatum gives Tsuruta quite a bit of trouble! Jumbo makes a comeback and puts Hollywood away after a bridging belly to back suplex.
COMMERCIAL
UWA TV TITLE MATCH: “THE ACE” BOB ORTON VS. “WILDCAT” WENDELL COOLEY: Cooley gives Orton the match of his life, scoring several near falls. Orton, cagey vetran he is, finds a way to win- the Ace gabs a handfull of tights to reverse and inside cradle and score the 1-2-3!
LANCE: By golly, we told you that it was gonna be a whale of a show, didn’t we? Next week, in a preview of their match at Texas Stadium, Scotty the Body takes on Chris Adams in a non-title match!
LES: We’ll also have a tag team grudge match where Blackjack Mulligan and Kendall Windham take on Dustin Rhodes & Ronnie Garvin! I’ll also feature Kerry Von Erich in our Personality Profile segment!
MAGNUM: The Von Erichs will be here in a six man tag match! We’ll also see some new stars in action! One of these guys has headlined Shea Stadium and Madison Square Garden!
LANCE: Wow! The UWA just keeps getting better and better! We’ll see you folks next week here on TNT!
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