AWF Wrestle Rock LIVE ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT 4/16/89
Apr 18, 2023 7:05:37 GMT
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AMERICAN WRESTLING FEDERATION
Proudly presents
WRESTLE ROCK
MINNEAPOLIS METRODOME
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
OM PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
4/16/88 5PM EST/4 PM CST
4. FOUR CORNERS CHAIN MATCH
WINNER MUST TOUCH ALL FOUR TURNBUCKLES IN A ROW TO WIN
5. ULTIMATE WARRIOR + SID VICIOUS V TED DIBIASE + CURT HENNIG w/Nick Bockwinkel
Warrior and Sid fly into the ring and take the fight to the Champions League, but through subterfuge the heels equalize things and Hennig and DiBiase batter Warrior, who tries to go for the hot tag to Sid but can’t get there! 10 minutes in Sid can’t take it anymore and runs in and it’s a four way brawl that sees Warrior accidentally nail Sid in the face as he is going for a clothesline! Sid holds his face and falls out the ring and Ted and Curt continue their beatdown! 13 minutes in and look at this fans, WARRIOR is busted wide open, and can’t get his tag to Sid, who loses his temper again, and its four on four once again as the ref tries to gain order, but Sid grabs DiBiase, Warrior goes for a clotheline:
WARRIOR HITS SID BY ACCIDENT WHO FALLS OUT OF THE RING, and Hennig and DiBiase continue to beat down Warrior and work on his cut, Hennig exits the ring, takes Sid and THROWS HIM IN THE STEPS! DiBiase then throws the Warrior out by him, and look at THIS: Nick Bockwinkel grabs Sid by the hair, and shows him the Warrior just a few feet from him!
Warrior rolls into the ring, and Sid limps to his tag rope, and Warrior goes for hot tag after hot tag, keep getting cut off then at 16:30: HE CLOTHESLINES BOTH THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND LUNGES AT SID:
HOT TAG!
SID ENTERS THE RING! ITS NOW TIME FOR PAYBACK AS WARRIOR, DIBIASE AND HENNIG ARE ALL DOWN!
Sid can pin the legal man who is DiBiase, but instead, sees his bloodied tag team partner, and GOES TO HIS AID! He picks Warrior up and carries him to his corner!
FANS, THIS is the meaning of a tag team, friendship, partnership, and putting your allies over winning, what a great role model . . .
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SID OUTS WARRIOR IN POSITION:
POWER BOMB!
DiBiase flops on Warrior, grabs the leg:
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THREE!
THAT SID VICIOUS IS A NO GOOD TRAITOR! He walks out with TED, CURT AND NICK: FANS, THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IS REVEALED AND IT IS . . .
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SID VICIOUS!
WINNERS, THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, 20:41
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INTERMISSION
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6. AWF WORLD TV CHAMPIONSHIP
JAKE ROBERTS V RICK RUDE w/Jimmy Hart
The finish involves Hart throwing his bullhorn to Rude, using it to get the win at 27:18 and Rude throws Jake out of the ring and picks up the snake bag and demands the mike!
Rick: “Jake Roberts . . . . I promised you I would return your snake . . . . in return for this title match. Well, here it is!
RUDE KNEE DROPS ON THE BAG! HE DOES IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS JAKE STRUGGLES TO WORK HIS WAY INTO THE RING, BUT THE TIME HE GETS TO THE BAG, RUDE HAD LAID THREE KNEE DROPS ON THE REPTILE! THIS IS DISGUSTING FANS, AS Rude leave with Hart and the Beltand leaving Jake with a . . . . what may have used to have been a snake!
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7. AWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROAD WARRIORS WIN VIA CO V THE MIDNITE EXPRESS w/Jim Cornette, 19:19
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8. MAIN EVENT
AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
NIKITA KOLOFF w/General Adnan v BIG BUBBA ROGERS w/Verne Gagne
The intros are made and the bell is rung and now it is truth time! Nikita goes after Bubba immediately, and tries to take down the big man early, but BUBBA NO SELLS, AND HEADBUTTS THE RUSSIAN NIGHTMARE AND GOES AROUND THE RING KICKING PUNCHING AND STOMPING THE WORLD CHAMPION who bails out of the ring, and the champ HUGS ADNAN, drawing jeers from the crowd but LOOK AT THIS, BUBBA STEPS OUT OF THE RING, and gives chase, and knocks both men’s heads together, throws Nikita in the ring, and as Nikita begs off Bubba jut stands there and demands he stands up!
Nikita does, they circle and lock up, and the more experienced Russian puts Bubba into a headlock:
BUBBA WITH A BACKDROP, AND DOWN GOES NIKITA, BUBBA FLOPS OVER FOR A COVER, NIKITA ROLLS OUT OF THE RING fans just 3 minutes into this ring we may have had a new World Champion!
Bubba rolls out after him again, but this time Nikita is ready and clotheslines the big man, and plants his head into a table throws him back in the ring, and Nikita punishes Bubba! Bubba tries to comeback but each time either Adnan distracts the ref, or Nikita outsmarts him, and at some point Verne has enough and CHASES ADNAN OUT OF THE RINGSIDE AREA!
We are now 10 minutes in and its just Bubba v Nikita, with Nikita scoring near fall after near fall on Bubba, and even busts him open on the ringpost, and throws him back in, Nikita climbs through the ropes:
WAIT! BUBBA SHOULDERS NIKITA, AND NIKITA FALLS BACKWARDS ONTO THE FLOOR! Bubba gives chase, and whips Nikita into the guardrail! Bubba gives chase with a body block and CONNECTS and the guardrail goes back as the blood is now covering Bubbas white dress shirt, Bubba throws Nikita back into the ring, what a brutal high collision confrontation by these two most powerful athletes in wrestling here at WRESTLE ROCK!
Bubba enters the ring and is met by KICKS, STOMPS AND PUNCHES BY A DESPERATE and exhausted Koloff and Koloff with a suplex, and a cover:
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BUBBA KICKS OUT!
Bubba staggers up as Koloff goes to the opposite corner, is ready for the Russian sickle, and with his hands admonishes Bubba to get up, he does . . . .
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RUSSIAN SICKLE!
DOWN GOES BUBBA, NIKITA COVERS:
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BUBBA GETS HIS FOOT ON THE ROPE!
Nikita is apoplectic, and argues with the ref, this is foolish because Bubba crawls up behind Nikita and NUT SHOTS HIM!
WAIT! LOOKS WHO IS RUNNING DOWN THE AISLE!
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ADNAN! How did he escape from Verne Gagne!
Bubba covers Nikita, and good for him after all the cheating he has done:
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THE REF IS ARGUING WITH ADNAN! Bubba cannot believe it, and stands up and GRABS ADNAN BY HIS HEAD DRESS! This allows Nikita to KNEE BUBBA FROM BEHIND, AND COVER HIM:
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WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
AT 19:19, BIG BUBBA ROGERS IS THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AS VERNE GAGNE AND THE BABYFACE DRESSING ROOM IMMEDIATELY CROWD THE RING TO CELEBRATE WITH THE BIG MAN AS NIKITA AND ADNAN POWDER!
FANS, WHAT A MOMENT HERE AT WRESTLE ROCK! THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IS MINNEAPOLIS!
Proudly presents
WRESTLE ROCK
MINNEAPOLIS METRODOME
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
OM PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
4/16/88 5PM EST/4 PM CST
1. “Z-MAN” TOM ZENK DEF. CHEF DINO BRAVO w/Jimmy Hart, 8:15
2. GREG “THE CRIPPLER” VALENTIN /Jimmy Hart TIME LIMIT DRAW W/GENICHIRU TENYRU, 20:00
3. THE NASTY BOYS def. POWERS OF PAIN w/Sherri Martel when Martel interferes on behalf of the Nasty Boys and walks out with them, abandoning the Powers of Pain, 10:10
WINNER MUST TOUCH ALL FOUR TURNBUCKLES IN A ROW TO WIN
RON SIMMONS def. HERCULES HERNANDEZ, 12:45 with the classic Ron Simmons touches each turnbuckle after Hercules does, then crosses him up before he touches the fourth turnbuckle and taps it instead.
Warrior and Sid fly into the ring and take the fight to the Champions League, but through subterfuge the heels equalize things and Hennig and DiBiase batter Warrior, who tries to go for the hot tag to Sid but can’t get there! 10 minutes in Sid can’t take it anymore and runs in and it’s a four way brawl that sees Warrior accidentally nail Sid in the face as he is going for a clothesline! Sid holds his face and falls out the ring and Ted and Curt continue their beatdown! 13 minutes in and look at this fans, WARRIOR is busted wide open, and can’t get his tag to Sid, who loses his temper again, and its four on four once again as the ref tries to gain order, but Sid grabs DiBiase, Warrior goes for a clotheline:
WARRIOR HITS SID BY ACCIDENT WHO FALLS OUT OF THE RING, and Hennig and DiBiase continue to beat down Warrior and work on his cut, Hennig exits the ring, takes Sid and THROWS HIM IN THE STEPS! DiBiase then throws the Warrior out by him, and look at THIS: Nick Bockwinkel grabs Sid by the hair, and shows him the Warrior just a few feet from him!
Warrior rolls into the ring, and Sid limps to his tag rope, and Warrior goes for hot tag after hot tag, keep getting cut off then at 16:30: HE CLOTHESLINES BOTH THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND LUNGES AT SID:
HOT TAG!
SID ENTERS THE RING! ITS NOW TIME FOR PAYBACK AS WARRIOR, DIBIASE AND HENNIG ARE ALL DOWN!
Sid can pin the legal man who is DiBiase, but instead, sees his bloodied tag team partner, and GOES TO HIS AID! He picks Warrior up and carries him to his corner!
FANS, THIS is the meaning of a tag team, friendship, partnership, and putting your allies over winning, what a great role model . . .
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WAIT!
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SID OUTS WARRIOR IN POSITION:
POWER BOMB!
DiBiase flops on Warrior, grabs the leg:
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THREE!
THAT SID VICIOUS IS A NO GOOD TRAITOR! He walks out with TED, CURT AND NICK: FANS, THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IS REVEALED AND IT IS . . .
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SID VICIOUS!
WINNERS, THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, 20:41
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INTERMISSION
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6. AWF WORLD TV CHAMPIONSHIP
JAKE ROBERTS V RICK RUDE w/Jimmy Hart
The finish involves Hart throwing his bullhorn to Rude, using it to get the win at 27:18 and Rude throws Jake out of the ring and picks up the snake bag and demands the mike!
Rick: “Jake Roberts . . . . I promised you I would return your snake . . . . in return for this title match. Well, here it is!
With that . . .
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RUDE KNEE DROPS ON THE BAG! HE DOES IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS JAKE STRUGGLES TO WORK HIS WAY INTO THE RING, BUT THE TIME HE GETS TO THE BAG, RUDE HAD LAID THREE KNEE DROPS ON THE REPTILE! THIS IS DISGUSTING FANS, AS Rude leave with Hart and the Beltand leaving Jake with a . . . . what may have used to have been a snake!
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7. AWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROAD WARRIORS WIN VIA CO V THE MIDNITE EXPRESS w/Jim Cornette, 19:19
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8. MAIN EVENT
AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
NIKITA KOLOFF w/General Adnan v BIG BUBBA ROGERS w/Verne Gagne
The intros are made and the bell is rung and now it is truth time! Nikita goes after Bubba immediately, and tries to take down the big man early, but BUBBA NO SELLS, AND HEADBUTTS THE RUSSIAN NIGHTMARE AND GOES AROUND THE RING KICKING PUNCHING AND STOMPING THE WORLD CHAMPION who bails out of the ring, and the champ HUGS ADNAN, drawing jeers from the crowd but LOOK AT THIS, BUBBA STEPS OUT OF THE RING, and gives chase, and knocks both men’s heads together, throws Nikita in the ring, and as Nikita begs off Bubba jut stands there and demands he stands up!
Nikita does, they circle and lock up, and the more experienced Russian puts Bubba into a headlock:
BUBBA WITH A BACKDROP, AND DOWN GOES NIKITA, BUBBA FLOPS OVER FOR A COVER, NIKITA ROLLS OUT OF THE RING fans just 3 minutes into this ring we may have had a new World Champion!
Bubba rolls out after him again, but this time Nikita is ready and clotheslines the big man, and plants his head into a table throws him back in the ring, and Nikita punishes Bubba! Bubba tries to comeback but each time either Adnan distracts the ref, or Nikita outsmarts him, and at some point Verne has enough and CHASES ADNAN OUT OF THE RINGSIDE AREA!
We are now 10 minutes in and its just Bubba v Nikita, with Nikita scoring near fall after near fall on Bubba, and even busts him open on the ringpost, and throws him back in, Nikita climbs through the ropes:
WAIT! BUBBA SHOULDERS NIKITA, AND NIKITA FALLS BACKWARDS ONTO THE FLOOR! Bubba gives chase, and whips Nikita into the guardrail! Bubba gives chase with a body block and CONNECTS and the guardrail goes back as the blood is now covering Bubbas white dress shirt, Bubba throws Nikita back into the ring, what a brutal high collision confrontation by these two most powerful athletes in wrestling here at WRESTLE ROCK!
Bubba enters the ring and is met by KICKS, STOMPS AND PUNCHES BY A DESPERATE and exhausted Koloff and Koloff with a suplex, and a cover:
1------2-------
BUBBA KICKS OUT!
Bubba staggers up as Koloff goes to the opposite corner, is ready for the Russian sickle, and with his hands admonishes Bubba to get up, he does . . . .
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.RUSSIAN SICKLE!
DOWN GOES BUBBA, NIKITA COVERS:
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BUBBA GETS HIS FOOT ON THE ROPE!
Nikita is apoplectic, and argues with the ref, this is foolish because Bubba crawls up behind Nikita and NUT SHOTS HIM!
WAIT! LOOKS WHO IS RUNNING DOWN THE AISLE!
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ADNAN! How did he escape from Verne Gagne!
Bubba covers Nikita, and good for him after all the cheating he has done:
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THE REF IS ARGUING WITH ADNAN! Bubba cannot believe it, and stands up and GRABS ADNAN BY HIS HEAD DRESS! This allows Nikita to KNEE BUBBA FROM BEHIND, AND COVER HIM:
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THE REF IS STILL SCOLDING ADNAN!
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ITS VERNE GAGNE! HE CHASES ADNAN INTO AND ACROSS THE RING AND THE REF MISSES THE COUNT! VERNE BATTERS ADNAN AT RINGSIDE, AND NIKITA STEPS OUT TO PROTECT HIS MANAGER, Bubba rolls out of the ring, stumbles, and CLOTHESLINES NIKITA AT RINGSIDE! DOWN GOES NIKITA, Bubba rolls the Russian into the ring, covers him, AND THE REF HAS GOT IT:
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THREE!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
WE HAVE A NEW AWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
AT 19:19, BIG BUBBA ROGERS IS THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AS VERNE GAGNE AND THE BABYFACE DRESSING ROOM IMMEDIATELY CROWD THE RING TO CELEBRATE WITH THE BIG MAN AS NIKITA AND ADNAN POWDER!
FANS, WHAT A MOMENT HERE AT WRESTLE ROCK! THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IS MINNEAPOLIS!
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