Post by jackknight on Dec 28, 2013 22:01:47 GMT
Central States Wrestling
12-25-84 Christmas Day Rumble
Taped on 12/23/84 at Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO
Standby St. Louis for action. You've got a ringside seat for the excitement of professional wrestling! This is KDNL-TV All-Star Wrestling! Hi again everybody. This is Kevin Wall. Welcome to another exciting edition of All-Star Wrestling. This hour on All-Star Wrestling we're going to be presenting the annual Christmas Day Battle Royal here at Central States Wrestling. The winner of which will receive the $25,000 cash prize. We'll already heard from several of the contestants this past Sunday and will hear from several others before the match gets underway. At this time Wall himself would like to wish all the CSW fans a Merry Christmas. All that and more can be expected on this edition of All-Star Wrestling. Stay with us; we'll be back with our first match of the hour right after this.
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Back from the break we have Santa Claus (who might be Ali Bey the Turk) out at ringside with the Uptown Boys' former valet Honey who is wearing a Christmas dress. They're handing out candy canes to the fans before Santa gets into the ring with a bag full of presents which he says will be going home
with several lucky Central States fans! He pulls some out when out from the back come...
The Christmas Creatures # 1 & 2! (who wrestle about as bad as the Mongos) They harrass Santa and tell him and the Central States fans that Christmas is cancelled! Just then military music hits and out from the back comes...
"America's Hero" Sgt. Slaughter and Hacksaw Higgins! The fans cheer as Sonny Myers appears from the back and gets underway.
Match: Sgt. Slaughter & Hacksaw Higgins vs. The Christmas Creatures # 1 & 2
Referee: Sonny Myers
This one's a straight up brawl with the Christmas Ceatures not getting in much offense before they both end up flat on their backs with Sgt. Slaughter and Hacksaw Higgins stomping their way about the ring while the fans cheer before they hit a tandem elbow drop on both Creatures and pick up the double pin!
After the match Slaughter and Higgins receive a kiss from Honey and celebrate with Santa Claus who they begin handing out the presents with before we're taken to...
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Back from break "Glamour Boy" Scott Ferris is grooming himself in his hand mirror before turning to the camera and telling us if he wins the Battle Royal... he's going to buy a bigger mirror.
Jim Brunzell then tells us if he wins he's going to donate all the money to a children's hospital.
Sheik Abdullah then appears with T.G. Stone, Mongo # 2; & Gypsy Joe who're all entered in the Rumble. He says if they win the money will be going where it can cause the most damage; to the coffers of the International Wrestling Alliance!
Missouri Champ and CSW legend Harley Race then appears and says if he wins he's going to give that money right back to the best fans in the world; those of Central States!
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Back from break Kevin Wall sends us to a video package of a man making his way to the Central States area soon; Captain Mike Rotunda!
Advertising for next week's Thursday show with Kevin Wall at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Missouri! The midgets will be on this card. Former CSW Champion "Avalanche" Buzz Tyler and Koko B. Ware with his manager Percy Pringle III will be on hand signing autographs. So come down to the arena to catch all the action live and meet your favorite CSW stars. And tickets are on sale right now at the Kansas City, Memorial Hall box office, TicketMaster Outlets, Famous Barn Stores, Regal Sports Team; or by phone call Dial Tix right now 644-1700! Don't forget tickets on sale $5, $6, $7; and $8. Air-Conditioned Memorial Hall. With us now is...
His Lordship Johnny Saint who is sipping his tea while Squire Littlebrook stands back with the tray. He calls Harley Race an idiot and says that if there's one thing he definitely won't be doing when he wins the $25,000 is giving a penny of it to the insufferable fans here in Central States.
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Main Event 20-Man Christmas Day Battle Royal:
Participants: Bob Brown, Brian Blair, Buck Robley, Gypsy Joe, Harley Race, Jerry Blackwell, Jim Brunzell, Jim Gorman, Jim Morris, Johnny Saint, Koko B. Ware, Matt Borne, Mike Sharpe, Mongo # 2, Rollerball Rocco, Scott Ferris, T.G. Stone, Ted Oates, Tom Ivy, Tom Shaft
Most of the participants are already in the ring waiting as ring announcer Terry Garvin announces the Tag-Team Champions The Easy Riders! On their way to the ring, the two men are shouted at and booed by Tom Ivy and Tom Shaft's young nephew Little Jimmy! Borne gets right in the kid's face and yells
back! He grabs him when out from the back comes...
Tomy Ivy and Tom Shaft! They begin brawling with Matt Borne and Jim Morris at ringside and roll the duo into the ring! And as they charge in a full out brawl erupts amongst the participants!
With the match underway, it isn't long before the Sheik's Army triple teams poor Jim Gorman and toss him out of the ring earning the first elimination of the night!
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Back from the break we're shown a recap of Scott Ferris being launched out of the ring after being hit by a running body avalanche into the ropes by Jerry "The Crusher" Blackwell! And another elimination soon occurs as Johnny Saint receives more of the same! Crusher doesn't have much time to celebrate however, as he is attacked by the "Diabolical" T.G. Stone from behind along with Mongo # 1 and Gypsy Joe who manage to dump Jerry right over the side!
Avenging his partner however, Buck Robley clocks Gypsy Joe with his bionic arm as he uses the running forearm smash to dump him out of the match! T.G. Stone and Mongo # 1 in turn eliminate Robley, but not before the Colonel grabs hold of the big Mongo pulling him over the top rope and out of the match as well! Stone nearly went as well, but luckily hit the apron and managed to roll back on in.
And right into a tandem dropkick from Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair! And Stone is eliminated! Blair and Brunzell celebrate with a quick high five before ducking a double clothesline from Canada's Greatest Mathlete and Mike Sharpe and use his own momentum to dump him out of the ring as well!
Meanwhile The Easy Riders and the Uncle Toms have been going at it hot and heavy, until "Killer" Jim finally manages to hoist Tomy Ivy up onto his shoulder and hurl him out of the ring! The makes Tom Shaft easy pickings, but he keeps on hanging in there, frustrating the Easy Riders. Former CSW Champ Ted Oates hangs in there and eliminates "Bulldog" Bob Brown, but is caught with the Ghost Buster brainbuster himself s he turns about. Koko then dumps Ted over the side and dances much to the annoyance of the booing fans.
But those boos turn to cheers as Rollerball Rocco comes from behind with a dropkick sending Koko stumbling into the ropes where he gets hurled over by the incoming Rollerball! Rocco celebrates, but doesn't see that Ware has hit the apron and rolling back inside grabs Rollerball and runs him toward the rope eliminating him!
Missouri Legend Harley Race meanwhile has been taking a breather in the corner after suffering a beatdown from the Sheik's Army at the start of the match. He finally springs into action however and coming to the aide of Tom Shaft, he helps eliminate one half of the Tag-Team Champs in Matt Borne! Race and Shaft then double team Jim Morris for a bit, but the big man battles back and hits a big boot on Tom Shaft that sends him back into the ropes
where "Maniac" Matt pulls down the ropes letting Shaft falls straight out of the ring! The fans boo while Borne and Race battle it out!
Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair meanwhile are hard at work trying to eliminate Koko B. Ware who after being thrown over is now hanging precariously on the top rope! Seeing the predicament; Harley Race whips Jim Morris hard into them and causes a crash! Blair spills over the top rope immediately, but Brunzell is only eliminated when Koko who is still wrapped around the top rope pulls him by the hair the rest of the way! And charging in for the kill, Harley Race clotheslines Jim Morris into Koko; and over the top rope finishing the job!
Harley Race has won it! He's celebrating by the ropes while the fans begin to cheer until they realize Koko B. Ware is still hanging onto the apron and pulls himself back in! They begin to boo alerting Harley to the danger too late as Koko B. Ware grabs him by the trunks and hurls him over the top rope! Race has been eliminated!
And "It's so pretty!" according to Koko who dances about the ring while he is joined by his manager Percy Pringle III! Harley looks pissed as he sits up grabbing his head which he landed on while Koko is presented with the suitcase containing the $25,000!
And we're outta time!
Working on it now.