CWA: Mid-South Coliseum 12/9/84: BUNDY VS JAKE

[thecommish]

Continental Wrestling Association
Monday, December 9, 1984
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

1) Fit Finlay (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink) defeated Robert Fuller via pinfall with a running shoulder-breaker.

2) Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Dutch Mantell at 10:52 with a flying fist drop off the second rope.

3) Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers defeated The Moondogs (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink) via pinfall at 12:45 when Smothers and Armstrong bashed the Moondogs’ heads together and then Tracy hit the Super Kick on Spot to get the shocking win!

4) Rick Rude (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jos LeDuc in a Taped Fist Bout at 14:39 when Rude used the neck-breaker on LeDuc. LeDuc dominated the match, but Hart got on the apron later in the match. LeDuch collared Hart and shoved him all the way to the floor, but Rude then low-blowed Jos and finished him off with the Rude Awakening neck-breaker to get the tainted win. Rude scooped up Hart and ran off after the match.

INTERMISSION

5) The Rock n’ Roll Express & Ricky Gibson defeated Southern Tag Team Champions The Gilberts & Playboy Frazier via pinfall when Morton and both big Gibsons dropkicks landed simultaneous dropkicks on Frazier. The Gilberts abandoned Frazier midway through the match and the big man went down for the count.

6) Tommy Rich defeated CWA Heavyweight Champion ”Superstar” Bill Dundee via pinfall at 20:26 with the Lou Thesz Press. Rich and Dundee had a fantastic match, with Rich won clean. The Superstar handed the belt to Rich after the match and shook Wildfire’s hand.

7) Southern Heavyweight Champion King Kong Bundy (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts via disqualification at 14:04 when Jerry Lawler hit the ring and attacked Bundy! Jimmy Hart had decked Roberts with the title behind the referee’s back, so The King ran out and shoved Hart down. Bundy grabbed him, leading Lawler to begin unloading on him!

*Adrian Adonis and Rick Rude hit the ring and began attacking Lawler, while a seemingly annoyed Jake Roberts looked on. Lawler looked in danger of being seriously hurt by being triple-teamed, until finally Roberts stepped in and decked Adonis and Rude. Jos LeDuc ran in and soon the three cleared The First Family out of the ring. A seemingly annoyed Roberts checked on Lawler, while LeDuc called on the First Family to come back and fight.

[Captain Charisma]

Really fun night at MSC. Big win for Rick Rude over Jos LeDuc, you take the win over the Big Lumberjack anyway you can get it. Really thought the Snake had the Southern title tonight, things are really getting interesting heading into Christmas. I cannot say how much I love the Rick Rude and Adrian Adonis tag team. I'm begging for them and the Rock n Rolls to hook it up. Rude and Adonis are the kind of tag team that could travel territory to territory and work on top against everyone's top babyfaces and pop a big house. Rude looked like a million bucks, and while he didn't have as much psychology yet he was a good enough brawler. And Adonis could bounce around the ring like NOBODY'S business in 1984.

Think about Rude and Adonis tagging in and out, beating the shit out of Ricky. Rude start pulling off his cocky routine, and finally screws around giving up the hot tag, and tags in Adrian to take Robert's big comeback. In MSC. With Jimmy Hart all the way involved. You'd have to put them on last.

Loved the Wildfire and Superstar match. What a fine sportsman and gentleman the Superstar is. That dip spittin redneck certainly wouldn't have shaken Dundee's hand had the shoe been on the other foot. I might be the only person on this board that even knows what dip is That is a big big win in their first match together in MSC for Smothers and Armstrong.