UWA FURY(7/30/89): WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH!!!
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“UWA FURY”
Taped July 21, 1989 at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX to air July 30, 1989 at 8 PM on TNT
Commentary: Les Thatcher, Lance Russell, and Magnum TA
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
Ring Announcer: Mark Lowrance
VTR OPENING:
Kerry Von Erich pinning Michael Rotunda for the Undisputed World Title at Texas Stadium! Then, we see the Fantastics entering the arena and being mobbed by fans! We see Missy Hyatt blowing a kiss! Kokina hitting a Samoan drop! Kevin Von Erich hitting the splash off of the top of the cage onto Bob Orton! Dusty Rhodes dropping a bionic elbow! Magnificent Muraco and Rick Martel holding the UWA World Tag belts above their heads! Tito Santana hitting a flying forearm! Al Perez & Baby Doll in a red convertible! Steve Williams powerslamming Kerry Von Erich! Steve Williams eliminating Andre to win Battle Bowl!
LANCE: Yello, everybody! We have another great 90 minutes of UWA FURY here on TNT! We have a World Tag Team Title match tonight as Magnificent Muraco and Rick Martel will defend their belts against the team that they beat for’em, Tommy & Bobby, the Fantastics!
MAGNUM: I think that this will be the Fantastics’ night! I know that I’m pulling for them!
LES: Don’t forget that Eddy Guerrero will wrestle Dean Malenko and the winner will wrestle Scotty the Body for the World Junior Heavyweight Title at the upcoming HOG WILD pay per view!
LANCE: On top of that, we’ll see Scott “the Stud” Hall in his first match as a member of the House of Humperdink!
MAGNUM: He didn’t draw an easy match, he’s taking on Scott Putski! That should be a great match!
LANCE: Yowza! Let’s go to our opening bout. Hiro Matsuda has a new member of Wrestle Kingdom!
HIROSHI HAS (W/HIRO MATSUDA) VS. DOUG VINES: Hase makes his UWA debut against a capable opponent tonight. Hase, cheered on by Matsuda, wrestles an aggressive style, mainly working Vines’ legs. The Japanese grappler locks in the scorpion deathlock and gets the win via submission. A good start for Hase.
COMMERCIAL
LANCE: Hase looked very impressive. As we all know, not all of the Japanese wrestlers here in the UWA are part of Wrestle Kingdom. In fact, Mitsuhara Misawa and Jumbo Tsuruta have declared war on Matsuda’s men! They say they are bringing in reinforcements. We were asked to show this piece of video on a young man named Jushin Liger. Quite honestly, I’ve never seen anybody quite like this guy!
MAGNUM: Les, I’ll be honest, my eyes dang near popped out of my head when I watched this tape…
VTR:
(If this footage took place, post 1989, I’m sure there was similar footage that wasn’t an anachronism that would have been available).
MITSUHARU MISAWA VS. CHRIS CARTER: Misawa gives the fans another clinic and gets the duke after a Tiger Driver. After the match, Jumbo Tsuruta comes down and raises his countryman’s hand in victory.
COMMERCIAL
AL PEREZ VS. ITALIAN STALLION: The announce team notes the absence of Baby Doll at ringside. It doesn’t seem to affect “the Latin Heartthrob" very much. In spite of a spirited effort by the Stallion, Perez gets the duke by submission to his spinning toehold.
BONI: I’m joined by Al Perez. We’re only a few weeks away from HOG WILD on PPV from Sturgis, SD where you’ll be in the semifinals of the American Title tournament against Chris Adams.
PEREZ: You are looking at your next American Champion! I’m gonna take Adams apart just as I took apart that jabroni a few minutes ago! After that, it’s either Saito, a guy who woulkd rather be in Japan eating raw fish, or Santana, a guy I must have already beat 100 times or more! I will have that belt around this slender waist and it will look great with my chiseled body!
BONI: I don’t see Baby Doll!
PEREZ: Don’t you worry your pretty little head about that! I got other things to talk about! A good friend of mine is headed to the UWA! Some of you food stamp lickers ain’t gonna like him, but he doesn’t really care what you like! Here’s a man who lights cigars with $100 bills! A man who gets richer every time one of you visits the gas station! Watch and learn!
VTR:
ADNAN: I am Sheik Adnan! (Several words in a foreign language)I am coming very soon to your country! I will build the greatest army that you have ever seen! We will dominate the UWA! I have made millions of dollars by selling oil to your country! If it were not for people like me, you Americans would still be riding to work on donkeys! I expect respect from you ignorant Americans! I expect you to stand and applaud when I enter your arenas! None of this chanting “USA! USA!” That is disrespectful to a sheik such as myself! I hope you can show me proper respect like my friend Al Perez does! I am currently travelling the world, scouting all of the greatest talent! When I have assembled my Army, I will be there!
BONI: He seems to be very ambitious!
PEREZ: That’s why I get along with him, Boni! He’s asked me to make a deal to sign one of the greatest stars in the AWA! If I broker that deal, I’ve been promised an oil well in Saudi Arabia and my own harem! Can you imagine that? Wow!
BONI: Fans, I think that maybe we can see why Baby Doll isn’t around!
PEREZ: Don’t stir the pot, blondie! Hey, if you want a spot in the harem, I’m sure Adnan can accommodate ya!
BONI: NO THANK YOU!
PEREZ: Weeeel, excuuuuse me!
Perez walks away. laughing.
BONI: I’ve never been so insulted in my life! Scott “the Stud” Hall takes on Scott Putski when we return!
COMMERCIAL
As popular Scott Putski enters the ring, the fans applaud. Then, we hear...
Scott Hall enters the Sportatorium with his new look and new manager! A few diehard fans still applaud, but most show their displeasure!
SCOTT “THE STUD” HALL(W/SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK) VS. SCOTT PUTSKI: Magnum informs the fans that Putski and Hall have, until recently, been good pals and have worked out together. Putski attempts to shake Hall’s hand, but Scott takes the toothpick that he has in his mouth and throws it into Putski’s face! A brawl ensues and Putski really takes it to the Stud! Despite Putski’s game efforts, Hall eventually hits the Razor’s Edge and gets the 1-2-3!
BONI: An impressive, but unpopular win for Scott Hall!
SOH: Listen, little girl, get it right! This is Scott “THE STUD” Hall! Announce him properly! You can be replaced, do you realize that?
BONI: OK, Scott “The Stud” Hall, how does it feel to hear these fans boo you?
HALL: Yo, it’s like a slap in the face! I gave these people all I had! I just beat a really great wrestler! I know because I taught him everything he knows! It was a good, clean win! 1-2-3! Right in the middle, just like always! Hey, yo, if you act like that when I beat a ham and egger like Putski, what will you do when I beat up Kevin or Kerry or JYD or Dusty? We’ll find out, because it will happen! My man, Sir Oliver, is gonna have me in main events before you know it!
SOH: That’s right! I’ve already petitioned that broken down cowpoke Bill Watts for matches against whoever comes out of HOG WILD as Undisputed World Champion and American Champion!Now, that he’s on a winning team, the sky is the limit for the Stud!
HALL: And when I’m champion, there will be women lined up to throw themselves at my feet and I’ll you’ll be first in line, Boni!
BONI: When we come back, I hope we’ll see somebody with a little bit of humility!
COMMERCIAL
STEVE KEIRN VS. BART BATTEN: For the second week in a row, we see Dennis Condrey watching in the crowd.
The match is scientific at first, but Keirn displays a more aggressive style as it goes along. Steve gets the duke after a piledriver. Condrey applauds the result from his seat.
PERSONALITY PROFILE:
Les Thatcher is standing by in the interview area with a familiar face…
LES: Longtime wrestling fans will know this man: the great Verne Gagne! Verne, I know you retired as a competitor almost a decade ago, but you are still very involved in our great sport!
VERNE: Yes, I am, Les. Now, I’m training wrestlers at my camp up in Minnesota. I learned a lot during my career, both in the amateur and professional ranks. Now, I want to pass what I’ve learned down to a new generation of great athletes.
LES: One of those great athletes is a powerhouse named Scott “Flash” Norton , former World Arm Wrestling Champion. We have a video of Scott Norton from your training camp. I’d appreciate if you could describe what we are seeing on the screen…
VTR: As Verne narrates, we see Scott Norton and another man, dressed in singlets and boots, sparring in a ring inside of what appears to be a very rustic looking barn. Verne is at ringside, coaching.
VERNE: Ok, this is at the camp. It’s a very no frills environment. I train the boys in an old barn on my property. It’s cold in winter and hot as blazes in summer. The man working out with Scott is Brad Rheingans. Brad is a fantstic wrestler in his own right. If the US hadn’t boycotted the 1980 Olympics, there’s not a doubt in my mind that he would have won a medal in Greco Roman wrestling. Brad is a solid heavyweight, but you can see how he is outsized against Norton. Flash is tossing him around as though he is a middleweight or lighter. Now, watch this. Rheingans applies a top wristlock, using both of his hands and all of his weight on Norton’s left arm. Flash is right handed; he won all of his arm wrestling titles right handed. Look at this: using his left arm, he breaks the hold and tosses an Olympic level heavyweight to the mat effortlessly! Now, a bit later in the workout, Flash overhead presses this 245 pounder and makes it look like he’s lifting a 50 pound barbell! I trained Kenny Patera and Chris Taylor, two incredibly powerful wrestlers. I put this man, Scott “Flash” Norton, in the same category!
LES: One question, Verne: As you know, we have a PPV spectacular coming up on August 12 in Sturgis, SD. Cowboy Bill Watts has told me that he would love to have Scott Norton debut that night. Will he be ready?
VERNE: Les, take my word for it: Scott “Flash” Norton is ready right now! I’ll even go farther than that: I realize that on August 12, in Sturgis that Steve Williams, out of Oklahoma University will defend the Undisputed World Title against Dusty Rhodes, out of West Texas State University. I believe that Scott Norton is almost ready to challenge the winner of that title match!
LES: Wow! That is quite a statement! Verne Gagne, thank you for flying down from Minneapolis to be here tonight for PERSONALITY PROFILE!
VERNE: My pleasure. You have some great wrestlers in the UWA and you’re about to have one more!
COMMERCIAL
Gary Royal and the Nightmares await their opponents in the Sportatorium ring. Then, we hear…
The Texas Broncos arrive, followed by the infamous Blackjack Mulligan!
TEXAS BRONCOS & BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. THE NIGHTMARES & GARY ROYAL: Kendall Windham, Dustin Rhodes, and Blackjack Mulligan tune up for their upcoming Bunkhouse Match at HOG WILD against Sir Oliver Humperdink and the Destruction Crew. The Texans look really tough and they get the win as Dustin puts Nightmare #2 away after a bulldog.
BONI: I’m joined by a man who I’m sure is very proud after that last match, “the American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. You have a World Championship match at HOG WILD, too!
DUSTY: Yes, Boni, I am proud when I see my son, the manchild who sprang from my loins, if you will, Dustin Rhodes! It’s like being born again for me each and every time that I see him wrestle! Now, then, Hog Wild, the ring surrounded by my kind of people! The wild ones, if you will-the rebels, the outlaws! Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, outside of my son and young Windham, there is not a young wrestler who I admire and respect more than you, but you are standing between me and the greatest goal I have ever had, you understand! Baby, I held the NWA World’s Heavyweight Title, but it wasn’t the same! I said I was #1, Bobby Backlund had a belt and said that he was! Tricky Nicky Bockwinkel had himself a belt and said he was! This is the UNDISPUTED WORLD’S TITLE! This is the mountain top! If I can take this one, ain’t nobody gonna doubt who the greatest of all time truly is, daddy! I will beonce and for all time, MOOOOOOO! THE BULL OF DA WOODS! So, I’m comin’ after ya, Dr. Death! I’m comin’ in no uncertain terms! Some people say, “Dusty, your time is past!” I say, let’em talk! I been counted out more times than I can remember, but the Dream is still alive, baby! Come on in here!
Dustin, Kendall, and Blackjack enter the scene! Dusty hugs his son and shakes hands with Kendall and Blackjack.
DUSTY: Tell ya something else! These three are gonna walk tall at HOG WILD, just like me!
MULLIGAN: That’s right, Dusty! You’re gonna win that World Title! Our kids and me are gonna lay a beating on those punks, the Destruction Crew and, Humperdink, like I told ya, Rooster, there ain’t a man in this bunch that can’t take you with one hand tied behind his back!
DUSTIN: Bunkhouse style-These two men have taught Kendall and myself exactly how to get down and get it done!
KENDALL: HOG WILD! If I wasn’t wrestling, I’d hop on a motorcycle, buy a ticket, and ride out there!
MULLIGAN: Shhh, yore ma might be watchin’ at home, boy!
DUSTY: Get ready, America! We gonna have a good time at HOG WILD!
COMMERCIAL
VTR:
We see scenes from the Sturgis Road Rally as the music plays…
LES: On August 12, 1989, thousands of bikers will descend on Sturgis, South Dakota for a wild time in the Black Hills!
Scenes of UWA wrestling action!
The wildest action that the UWA can offer will also be there! It’s HOG WILD!!!
(OK, use your imagination and replace WCW with UWA. C’mon, you can do it!)
We see Dr. Death, surrounded by bikers…
DR. DEATH: Get ready to run wild!
BIKERS: (in unison) HOG WILD!
THATCHER: In the Main Event, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams defends his Undisputed World Title against “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes! In a Bunkhouse Match, the Destruction Crew & Sir Oliver Humperdink battle the Texas Broncos & Blackjack Mulligan! You’ll see the new American Champion crowned as the tournament concludes! Many other matches will be announced! Don’t miss HOG WILD!
Dusty Rhodes standing in front of the Hog Wild logo…
DUSTY: Root, Hog, or Die, baby!
LANCE: Yowza! That's gonna be spectacular, no doubt about it! On your screen, you see a phone number. Call that number and you can vote on who you want to compete in the Captain's matches for the World War II match! Remember that the winner of that match gives his team a man advantage in the World War III match at HOG WILD! There is a 99 cent charge for the call, so kids be sure to get your parents' permission before you call! (actually, there are two threads on the board where you can vote!)
WINNER GETS WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH AT HOG WILD: DEAN MALENKO VS. EDDY GUERERO: Before the match begins, Mark Lowrance announces World Junior Heavyweight Champion Scotty the Body to the fans. In a typical display of arrogance and poor sportsmanship, Scotty refuses to shake either man’s hand. Then, Scotty performs a rap with insults toward both men as well as their respective families. Referee Scott LeDoux has to prevent both competitors from attacking Scotty! After the champion is escorted away, the two competitors shake hands and the match begins!
The match itself is an instant classic. A game of human chess that gets plenty of TV time to develop. Guerrero gets the well deserved win and title shot as he catches malenko in the Gory Special for the submission win. After the decision, the fans give the two grapplers a standing O and they have a somewhat grudging handshake.
It will be Scotty the Body vs. Eddy Guerrero for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Title at HOG WILD!!!
COMMERCIAL
BONI: I am here with four men who will team up at Hog Wild, live from Sturgis, SD, on August 12, live on PPV! The Von Erichs and the Fantastics will take on four members of the Organization in a World War III match! Kerry, you have a big score to settle with the Organization!
KERRY: Yeah, I hold that whole bunch of guys responsible for me losing the World Title to Dr. Death! With my brother and the Fantastics on my side, there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll take care of business at HOG WILD!
KEVIN: My brother said it right! Rotunda! Orton! We’re sick of you jerks! I know Bobby and Tommy are sick and tired of Muraco and Martel, too! Bobby and Tommy, we want you to know that during your championship match tonight, Kerry and I will be watching on a monitor in the back! If anybody else tries to stick their noses into that match, we’ll be right down there! (holds up TV Title belt) I got my title back! Now, it’s your turn, guys!
BOBBY: Muraco and Martel! Tonight is our night, boys! You took advantage of a bad situation to win the belts! My partner was injured and you knew it! Tonight, Tommy is 100%! With these great people here at the Sportatorium behind us, with the Von Erichs behind us, we can’t lose! Then, at Hog WILD, inside that steel cage, we’re gonna run you jerks outta town!
BONI: The Organization had comments earlier this evening…
VTR:
The Organization-”Megabucks”Michael Rotunda, Steve “Dr. Death Williams, Missy Hyatt, “The Ace” Bob Orton, Magnificent Muraco, Rick Martel, & Scotty The Body stand in the ring at an empty Sportatorium.
ROTUNDA: We are 13 days away from HOG WILD! The night where the Organization rids the UWA of the curse of the Von Erichs and those silly Fantastics! The night when your Undisputed World Champion Steve “Dr. Death” Williams and your World Junior Heavyweight Champion Scotty the Body defend their titles in dominant fashion! It all starts here tonight on UWA FURY! The Fantastics those Chippendale dancer rejects try to regain the World Tag Team titles from Magnificent Muraco and Rick Martel! Missy, I know that I assigned you to concentrate on the World Champion, but tonight, I need you at ringside for the Tag Team Title match! Do you understand?
MISSY: No problem! Doc is ready for Dusty Rhodes, aren’t ya, champ?
WILLIAMS: The American Dream is about to meet his worst nightmare, Missy!
ROTUNDA: Now, don’t get cocky, Steve! Yes, you can beat Rhodes! Nobody knows Dusty better than I do! When I was getting started down in Florida, I spent a lot of time with Dusty! I know all of his weaknesses! If you follow my game plan, you can beat him! But you have to listen to me! Do you understand, me, Doc?
WILLIAMS: Yeah, I got ya, Mike!
MURACO: Martel and me have been talking, Mike! We might just finish the Fantastics here tonight! It might be the Von erichs with no partners at HOG WILD!
ORTON: Maybe they can drag old man Fritz outta retirement!
ROTUNDA: HAW! HAW! The Organization rules the world and we’re gonna rule for a long time to come!
Cut back to Boni…
BONI: The World Tag Team Title match is next!
COMMERCIAL
We are back and Missy Hyatt is leading the UWA Tag Team champions of the World to the ring! The Fantastics have already enter the ring and are waiting, but not patiently! Rogers is on the turnbuckles , waving for the champs to get into the ring! Bobby is stomping and clapping to fire up the crowd! The champs finally get into the ring and Mark Lowrance makes the intros…
UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: MAGNIFICENT MURACO & RICK MARTEL(W/MISSY HYATT) © VS. THE FANTASTICS: The Fantastics are fired up and use quick tags and precision teamwork to dominate early on. Missy distracts Rogers long enough for the heels to get the advantage and isolate him on their side of the ring. Rogers takes a ton of punishment from the champions! When Tommy starts a comeback, Missy interferes again to give the advantage back to the champions! Kevin Von Erich storms to ringside! Kevin puts Missy over his shoulder and carries her away from the ring as the crowd pops! Rotunda and Orton intercept Kevin at the exit! Kevin puts Missy down and gets into a brawl with Rotunda and Orton! Kerry runs out and it’s a wild brawl! They fight through the exit door and out of the Sportatorium! What a wild scene! How crazy will it get in the cage at HOG WILD?
Meanwhile, we still have a tag team title bout up in the ring! Missy slinks back to ringside and cheers the champions on! Tommy takes a beating for a while longer before making a hot tag to Bobby! A fired up Bobby turns the tide and the Fantastics regain control of the bout! The Fantastics hit the Fantastic Flip on Martel and Rogers covers Martel for the 1-2-3!!!!
THE FANTASTICS REGAIN THE UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE!!!
Kerry and Kevin re-enter the arena, storm the ring and congratulate their friends! Dusty and Dustin Rhodes also enter the ring to congratulate Bobby and Tommy as the fans go crazy!!!!
Taped July 21, 1989 at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX to air July 30, 1989 at 8 PM on TNT
Commentary: Les Thatcher, Lance Russell, and Magnum TA
Interviewer: Boni Blackstone
Ring Announcer: Mark Lowrance
VTR OPENING:
Kerry Von Erich pinning Michael Rotunda for the Undisputed World Title at Texas Stadium! Then, we see the Fantastics entering the arena and being mobbed by fans! We see Missy Hyatt blowing a kiss! Kokina hitting a Samoan drop! Kevin Von Erich hitting the splash off of the top of the cage onto Bob Orton! Dusty Rhodes dropping a bionic elbow! Magnificent Muraco and Rick Martel holding the UWA World Tag belts above their heads! Tito Santana hitting a flying forearm! Al Perez & Baby Doll in a red convertible! Steve Williams powerslamming Kerry Von Erich! Steve Williams eliminating Andre to win Battle Bowl!
LANCE: Yello, everybody! We have another great 90 minutes of UWA FURY here on TNT! We have a World Tag Team Title match tonight as Magnificent Muraco and Rick Martel will defend their belts against the team that they beat for’em, Tommy & Bobby, the Fantastics!
MAGNUM: I think that this will be the Fantastics’ night! I know that I’m pulling for them!
LES: Don’t forget that Eddy Guerrero will wrestle Dean Malenko and the winner will wrestle Scotty the Body for the World Junior Heavyweight Title at the upcoming HOG WILD pay per view!
LANCE: On top of that, we’ll see Scott “the Stud” Hall in his first match as a member of the House of Humperdink!
MAGNUM: He didn’t draw an easy match, he’s taking on Scott Putski! That should be a great match!
LANCE: Yowza! Let’s go to our opening bout. Hiro Matsuda has a new member of Wrestle Kingdom!
HIROSHI HAS (W/HIRO MATSUDA) VS. DOUG VINES: Hase makes his UWA debut against a capable opponent tonight. Hase, cheered on by Matsuda, wrestles an aggressive style, mainly working Vines’ legs. The Japanese grappler locks in the scorpion deathlock and gets the win via submission. A good start for Hase.
COMMERCIAL
LANCE: Hase looked very impressive. As we all know, not all of the Japanese wrestlers here in the UWA are part of Wrestle Kingdom. In fact, Mitsuhara Misawa and Jumbo Tsuruta have declared war on Matsuda’s men! They say they are bringing in reinforcements. We were asked to show this piece of video on a young man named Jushin Liger. Quite honestly, I’ve never seen anybody quite like this guy!
MAGNUM: Les, I’ll be honest, my eyes dang near popped out of my head when I watched this tape…
VTR:
(If this footage took place, post 1989, I’m sure there was similar footage that wasn’t an anachronism that would have been available).
MITSUHARU MISAWA VS. CHRIS CARTER: Misawa gives the fans another clinic and gets the duke after a Tiger Driver. After the match, Jumbo Tsuruta comes down and raises his countryman’s hand in victory.
COMMERCIAL
AL PEREZ VS. ITALIAN STALLION: The announce team notes the absence of Baby Doll at ringside. It doesn’t seem to affect “the Latin Heartthrob" very much. In spite of a spirited effort by the Stallion, Perez gets the duke by submission to his spinning toehold.
BONI: I’m joined by Al Perez. We’re only a few weeks away from HOG WILD on PPV from Sturgis, SD where you’ll be in the semifinals of the American Title tournament against Chris Adams.
PEREZ: You are looking at your next American Champion! I’m gonna take Adams apart just as I took apart that jabroni a few minutes ago! After that, it’s either Saito, a guy who woulkd rather be in Japan eating raw fish, or Santana, a guy I must have already beat 100 times or more! I will have that belt around this slender waist and it will look great with my chiseled body!
BONI: I don’t see Baby Doll!
PEREZ: Don’t you worry your pretty little head about that! I got other things to talk about! A good friend of mine is headed to the UWA! Some of you food stamp lickers ain’t gonna like him, but he doesn’t really care what you like! Here’s a man who lights cigars with $100 bills! A man who gets richer every time one of you visits the gas station! Watch and learn!
VTR:
ADNAN: I am Sheik Adnan! (Several words in a foreign language)I am coming very soon to your country! I will build the greatest army that you have ever seen! We will dominate the UWA! I have made millions of dollars by selling oil to your country! If it were not for people like me, you Americans would still be riding to work on donkeys! I expect respect from you ignorant Americans! I expect you to stand and applaud when I enter your arenas! None of this chanting “USA! USA!” That is disrespectful to a sheik such as myself! I hope you can show me proper respect like my friend Al Perez does! I am currently travelling the world, scouting all of the greatest talent! When I have assembled my Army, I will be there!
BONI: He seems to be very ambitious!
PEREZ: That’s why I get along with him, Boni! He’s asked me to make a deal to sign one of the greatest stars in the AWA! If I broker that deal, I’ve been promised an oil well in Saudi Arabia and my own harem! Can you imagine that? Wow!
BONI: Fans, I think that maybe we can see why Baby Doll isn’t around!
PEREZ: Don’t stir the pot, blondie! Hey, if you want a spot in the harem, I’m sure Adnan can accommodate ya!
BONI: NO THANK YOU!
PEREZ: Weeeel, excuuuuse me!
Perez walks away. laughing.
BONI: I’ve never been so insulted in my life! Scott “the Stud” Hall takes on Scott Putski when we return!
COMMERCIAL
As popular Scott Putski enters the ring, the fans applaud. Then, we hear...
Scott Hall enters the Sportatorium with his new look and new manager! A few diehard fans still applaud, but most show their displeasure!
SCOTT “THE STUD” HALL(W/SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK) VS. SCOTT PUTSKI: Magnum informs the fans that Putski and Hall have, until recently, been good pals and have worked out together. Putski attempts to shake Hall’s hand, but Scott takes the toothpick that he has in his mouth and throws it into Putski’s face! A brawl ensues and Putski really takes it to the Stud! Despite Putski’s game efforts, Hall eventually hits the Razor’s Edge and gets the 1-2-3!
BONI: An impressive, but unpopular win for Scott Hall!
SOH: Listen, little girl, get it right! This is Scott “THE STUD” Hall! Announce him properly! You can be replaced, do you realize that?
BONI: OK, Scott “The Stud” Hall, how does it feel to hear these fans boo you?
HALL: Yo, it’s like a slap in the face! I gave these people all I had! I just beat a really great wrestler! I know because I taught him everything he knows! It was a good, clean win! 1-2-3! Right in the middle, just like always! Hey, yo, if you act like that when I beat a ham and egger like Putski, what will you do when I beat up Kevin or Kerry or JYD or Dusty? We’ll find out, because it will happen! My man, Sir Oliver, is gonna have me in main events before you know it!
SOH: That’s right! I’ve already petitioned that broken down cowpoke Bill Watts for matches against whoever comes out of HOG WILD as Undisputed World Champion and American Champion!Now, that he’s on a winning team, the sky is the limit for the Stud!
HALL: And when I’m champion, there will be women lined up to throw themselves at my feet and I’ll you’ll be first in line, Boni!
BONI: When we come back, I hope we’ll see somebody with a little bit of humility!
COMMERCIAL
STEVE KEIRN VS. BART BATTEN: For the second week in a row, we see Dennis Condrey watching in the crowd.
The match is scientific at first, but Keirn displays a more aggressive style as it goes along. Steve gets the duke after a piledriver. Condrey applauds the result from his seat.
PERSONALITY PROFILE:
Les Thatcher is standing by in the interview area with a familiar face…
LES: Longtime wrestling fans will know this man: the great Verne Gagne! Verne, I know you retired as a competitor almost a decade ago, but you are still very involved in our great sport!
VERNE: Yes, I am, Les. Now, I’m training wrestlers at my camp up in Minnesota. I learned a lot during my career, both in the amateur and professional ranks. Now, I want to pass what I’ve learned down to a new generation of great athletes.
LES: One of those great athletes is a powerhouse named Scott “Flash” Norton , former World Arm Wrestling Champion. We have a video of Scott Norton from your training camp. I’d appreciate if you could describe what we are seeing on the screen…
VTR: As Verne narrates, we see Scott Norton and another man, dressed in singlets and boots, sparring in a ring inside of what appears to be a very rustic looking barn. Verne is at ringside, coaching.
VERNE: Ok, this is at the camp. It’s a very no frills environment. I train the boys in an old barn on my property. It’s cold in winter and hot as blazes in summer. The man working out with Scott is Brad Rheingans. Brad is a fantstic wrestler in his own right. If the US hadn’t boycotted the 1980 Olympics, there’s not a doubt in my mind that he would have won a medal in Greco Roman wrestling. Brad is a solid heavyweight, but you can see how he is outsized against Norton. Flash is tossing him around as though he is a middleweight or lighter. Now, watch this. Rheingans applies a top wristlock, using both of his hands and all of his weight on Norton’s left arm. Flash is right handed; he won all of his arm wrestling titles right handed. Look at this: using his left arm, he breaks the hold and tosses an Olympic level heavyweight to the mat effortlessly! Now, a bit later in the workout, Flash overhead presses this 245 pounder and makes it look like he’s lifting a 50 pound barbell! I trained Kenny Patera and Chris Taylor, two incredibly powerful wrestlers. I put this man, Scott “Flash” Norton, in the same category!
LES: One question, Verne: As you know, we have a PPV spectacular coming up on August 12 in Sturgis, SD. Cowboy Bill Watts has told me that he would love to have Scott Norton debut that night. Will he be ready?
VERNE: Les, take my word for it: Scott “Flash” Norton is ready right now! I’ll even go farther than that: I realize that on August 12, in Sturgis that Steve Williams, out of Oklahoma University will defend the Undisputed World Title against Dusty Rhodes, out of West Texas State University. I believe that Scott Norton is almost ready to challenge the winner of that title match!
LES: Wow! That is quite a statement! Verne Gagne, thank you for flying down from Minneapolis to be here tonight for PERSONALITY PROFILE!
VERNE: My pleasure. You have some great wrestlers in the UWA and you’re about to have one more!
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Gary Royal and the Nightmares await their opponents in the Sportatorium ring. Then, we hear…
The Texas Broncos arrive, followed by the infamous Blackjack Mulligan!
TEXAS BRONCOS & BLACKJACK MULLIGAN VS. THE NIGHTMARES & GARY ROYAL: Kendall Windham, Dustin Rhodes, and Blackjack Mulligan tune up for their upcoming Bunkhouse Match at HOG WILD against Sir Oliver Humperdink and the Destruction Crew. The Texans look really tough and they get the win as Dustin puts Nightmare #2 away after a bulldog.
BONI: I’m joined by a man who I’m sure is very proud after that last match, “the American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. You have a World Championship match at HOG WILD, too!
DUSTY: Yes, Boni, I am proud when I see my son, the manchild who sprang from my loins, if you will, Dustin Rhodes! It’s like being born again for me each and every time that I see him wrestle! Now, then, Hog Wild, the ring surrounded by my kind of people! The wild ones, if you will-the rebels, the outlaws! Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, outside of my son and young Windham, there is not a young wrestler who I admire and respect more than you, but you are standing between me and the greatest goal I have ever had, you understand! Baby, I held the NWA World’s Heavyweight Title, but it wasn’t the same! I said I was #1, Bobby Backlund had a belt and said that he was! Tricky Nicky Bockwinkel had himself a belt and said he was! This is the UNDISPUTED WORLD’S TITLE! This is the mountain top! If I can take this one, ain’t nobody gonna doubt who the greatest of all time truly is, daddy! I will beonce and for all time, MOOOOOOO! THE BULL OF DA WOODS! So, I’m comin’ after ya, Dr. Death! I’m comin’ in no uncertain terms! Some people say, “Dusty, your time is past!” I say, let’em talk! I been counted out more times than I can remember, but the Dream is still alive, baby! Come on in here!
Dustin, Kendall, and Blackjack enter the scene! Dusty hugs his son and shakes hands with Kendall and Blackjack.
DUSTY: Tell ya something else! These three are gonna walk tall at HOG WILD, just like me!
MULLIGAN: That’s right, Dusty! You’re gonna win that World Title! Our kids and me are gonna lay a beating on those punks, the Destruction Crew and, Humperdink, like I told ya, Rooster, there ain’t a man in this bunch that can’t take you with one hand tied behind his back!
DUSTIN: Bunkhouse style-These two men have taught Kendall and myself exactly how to get down and get it done!
KENDALL: HOG WILD! If I wasn’t wrestling, I’d hop on a motorcycle, buy a ticket, and ride out there!
MULLIGAN: Shhh, yore ma might be watchin’ at home, boy!
DUSTY: Get ready, America! We gonna have a good time at HOG WILD!
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VTR:
We see scenes from the Sturgis Road Rally as the music plays…
LES: On August 12, 1989, thousands of bikers will descend on Sturgis, South Dakota for a wild time in the Black Hills!
Scenes of UWA wrestling action!
The wildest action that the UWA can offer will also be there! It’s HOG WILD!!!
(OK, use your imagination and replace WCW with UWA. C’mon, you can do it!)
We see Dr. Death, surrounded by bikers…
DR. DEATH: Get ready to run wild!
BIKERS: (in unison) HOG WILD!
THATCHER: In the Main Event, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams defends his Undisputed World Title against “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes! In a Bunkhouse Match, the Destruction Crew & Sir Oliver Humperdink battle the Texas Broncos & Blackjack Mulligan! You’ll see the new American Champion crowned as the tournament concludes! Many other matches will be announced! Don’t miss HOG WILD!
Dusty Rhodes standing in front of the Hog Wild logo…
DUSTY: Root, Hog, or Die, baby!
LANCE: Yowza! That's gonna be spectacular, no doubt about it! On your screen, you see a phone number. Call that number and you can vote on who you want to compete in the Captain's matches for the World War II match! Remember that the winner of that match gives his team a man advantage in the World War III match at HOG WILD! There is a 99 cent charge for the call, so kids be sure to get your parents' permission before you call! (actually, there are two threads on the board where you can vote!)
WINNER GETS WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH AT HOG WILD: DEAN MALENKO VS. EDDY GUERERO: Before the match begins, Mark Lowrance announces World Junior Heavyweight Champion Scotty the Body to the fans. In a typical display of arrogance and poor sportsmanship, Scotty refuses to shake either man’s hand. Then, Scotty performs a rap with insults toward both men as well as their respective families. Referee Scott LeDoux has to prevent both competitors from attacking Scotty! After the champion is escorted away, the two competitors shake hands and the match begins!
The match itself is an instant classic. A game of human chess that gets plenty of TV time to develop. Guerrero gets the well deserved win and title shot as he catches malenko in the Gory Special for the submission win. After the decision, the fans give the two grapplers a standing O and they have a somewhat grudging handshake.
It will be Scotty the Body vs. Eddy Guerrero for the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Title at HOG WILD!!!
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BONI: I am here with four men who will team up at Hog Wild, live from Sturgis, SD, on August 12, live on PPV! The Von Erichs and the Fantastics will take on four members of the Organization in a World War III match! Kerry, you have a big score to settle with the Organization!
KERRY: Yeah, I hold that whole bunch of guys responsible for me losing the World Title to Dr. Death! With my brother and the Fantastics on my side, there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll take care of business at HOG WILD!
KEVIN: My brother said it right! Rotunda! Orton! We’re sick of you jerks! I know Bobby and Tommy are sick and tired of Muraco and Martel, too! Bobby and Tommy, we want you to know that during your championship match tonight, Kerry and I will be watching on a monitor in the back! If anybody else tries to stick their noses into that match, we’ll be right down there! (holds up TV Title belt) I got my title back! Now, it’s your turn, guys!
BOBBY: Muraco and Martel! Tonight is our night, boys! You took advantage of a bad situation to win the belts! My partner was injured and you knew it! Tonight, Tommy is 100%! With these great people here at the Sportatorium behind us, with the Von Erichs behind us, we can’t lose! Then, at Hog WILD, inside that steel cage, we’re gonna run you jerks outta town!
BONI: The Organization had comments earlier this evening…
VTR:
The Organization-”Megabucks”Michael Rotunda, Steve “Dr. Death Williams, Missy Hyatt, “The Ace” Bob Orton, Magnificent Muraco, Rick Martel, & Scotty The Body stand in the ring at an empty Sportatorium.
ROTUNDA: We are 13 days away from HOG WILD! The night where the Organization rids the UWA of the curse of the Von Erichs and those silly Fantastics! The night when your Undisputed World Champion Steve “Dr. Death” Williams and your World Junior Heavyweight Champion Scotty the Body defend their titles in dominant fashion! It all starts here tonight on UWA FURY! The Fantastics those Chippendale dancer rejects try to regain the World Tag Team titles from Magnificent Muraco and Rick Martel! Missy, I know that I assigned you to concentrate on the World Champion, but tonight, I need you at ringside for the Tag Team Title match! Do you understand?
MISSY: No problem! Doc is ready for Dusty Rhodes, aren’t ya, champ?
WILLIAMS: The American Dream is about to meet his worst nightmare, Missy!
ROTUNDA: Now, don’t get cocky, Steve! Yes, you can beat Rhodes! Nobody knows Dusty better than I do! When I was getting started down in Florida, I spent a lot of time with Dusty! I know all of his weaknesses! If you follow my game plan, you can beat him! But you have to listen to me! Do you understand, me, Doc?
WILLIAMS: Yeah, I got ya, Mike!
MURACO: Martel and me have been talking, Mike! We might just finish the Fantastics here tonight! It might be the Von erichs with no partners at HOG WILD!
ORTON: Maybe they can drag old man Fritz outta retirement!
ROTUNDA: HAW! HAW! The Organization rules the world and we’re gonna rule for a long time to come!
Cut back to Boni…
BONI: The World Tag Team Title match is next!
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We are back and Missy Hyatt is leading the UWA Tag Team champions of the World to the ring! The Fantastics have already enter the ring and are waiting, but not patiently! Rogers is on the turnbuckles , waving for the champs to get into the ring! Bobby is stomping and clapping to fire up the crowd! The champs finally get into the ring and Mark Lowrance makes the intros…
UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: MAGNIFICENT MURACO & RICK MARTEL(W/MISSY HYATT) © VS. THE FANTASTICS: The Fantastics are fired up and use quick tags and precision teamwork to dominate early on. Missy distracts Rogers long enough for the heels to get the advantage and isolate him on their side of the ring. Rogers takes a ton of punishment from the champions! When Tommy starts a comeback, Missy interferes again to give the advantage back to the champions! Kevin Von Erich storms to ringside! Kevin puts Missy over his shoulder and carries her away from the ring as the crowd pops! Rotunda and Orton intercept Kevin at the exit! Kevin puts Missy down and gets into a brawl with Rotunda and Orton! Kerry runs out and it’s a wild brawl! They fight through the exit door and out of the Sportatorium! What a wild scene! How crazy will it get in the cage at HOG WILD?
Meanwhile, we still have a tag team title bout up in the ring! Missy slinks back to ringside and cheers the champions on! Tommy takes a beating for a while longer before making a hot tag to Bobby! A fired up Bobby turns the tide and the Fantastics regain control of the bout! The Fantastics hit the Fantastic Flip on Martel and Rogers covers Martel for the 1-2-3!!!!
THE FANTASTICS REGAIN THE UWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE!!!
Kerry and Kevin re-enter the arena, storm the ring and congratulate their friends! Dusty and Dustin Rhodes also enter the ring to congratulate Bobby and Tommy as the fans go crazy!!!!
Working on it now.