Mid-South TV 1/18/85: Tire-less booking!
Jan 18, 2014 22:53:41 GMT
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MID-SOUTH WRESTLING
TV FOR WEEKEND OF JANUARY 18, 1985
TAPED JANUARY 4, 1985
MCNEIL BOXING CLUB
SHREVEPORT, LA
ANNOUNCERS: Boyd Pierce, Bill Watts, Jim Ross, Joel Watts
REFEREES: Alfred Neely, Jerry Usher, Joel Armstrong
Jim: “A big week of wrestling we have in store for you fans, we will hear comments from Hacksaw Duggan in response to what Junkyard Dog had to say last week. With more on this weeks card here is Bill Watts.
Bill: “Thanks Jim and I too will be interested in what Hacksaw has to say considering he and Junkyard Dog will wrestle Bob Orton Jr and the Masked Superstar later in the hour. I am certain Ken Mantell sees this as a chance to perhaps debilitate the challengers for the Mid-South Tag Team titles held by Mantell's men, Angelo Mosca and Killer Khan. More matches will be announced for WrestleBowl January 26 in Oklahoma City and a new update on Magnum TA.
Jim: “That’s right and in addition to all that we have received footage of an incident involving the Freebirds and Ken Mantells army! That should be interesting indeed. At this time lets go to Boyd Pierce for the first match of the hour
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BOYD introduces the principles for the first match:
WENDELL COOLEY DEF. SGT. JACQUES GOULET, 9:14.
Jim: “That’s a big win for Wendell Cooley and certainly one that will catch the eye of promoters all across Mid South Wrestling. We will be right back!
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Jim: “As alluded to earlier, there was an incident earlier in the week involving the Freebirds and Ken Mantell’s men, and we have footage lets take a look right now.
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Joel Watts: “This is Joel Watts on location outside the Four Seasons Hotel of Lafayette, Louisiana and I am waiting for the FABULOUS FREEBIRDS who are staying here and getting ready to leave, and HERE THEY COME NOW, MICHAEL HAYES, TERRY GORDY AND Buddy ROBERTS!
Michael: “WELL WELL WELL, Joel Watts, stalking us at our hotel now? Yer harder to get rid of then a hangover, son!
Joel: “Well, no Michael Hayes, I just had a few questions as we head to WrestleBowl . ..
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WAIT!!!! A LIMO PULLS UP!!! Out steps . .ANGELO MOSCA . . . .KILLER KHAN . . . BOB ORTON JR AND THE MASKED SUPERSTAR! Last to step out: KEN MANTELL!!!!
Michael: “Now lookee here! Hey Mantell!!! Mantell I wanna talk to you!
Michael approached Mantell's brood, with Gordy trying to hold him back!
Mantell: “You would like talk to me kid, make an appointment!
Michael peers into the limo! “I don’t see Junkyard Dog in there, or is it Hacksaw Duggan? Hey, what business do you and these goons have here in interfering every time we rassle Junkyard Dog, ANYHOW?
Mantell: “That’s our business, Michael Hayes and I suggest you butt OUT!
Hayes: “BUTT OUT! HOW ABOUT YOU BUTT OUT OF OUR MATCHES!!!
MOSCA STEPS UP TO HAYES, GORDY PUSHES HAYES ASIDE AND IS NOSE TO NOSE, BELLY TO BELLY WITH MOSCA AND THEY ALL START JAWJACKING WITH EACH OTHER!!! BOTH PARTIES START YELLING AND SHOVING EACH OTHER AS HOTEL SECURITY COMES OUT AND GETS BETWEEN EVERYONE! A POLICE CAR PULLS UP AND COPS ENTER THE FRAY!!!
Joel: “FANS IT APPEARS THE SIMMERING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE FREEBIRDS AND THE MANTELL CORPORATION ARE ABOUT TO BOIL OVER!!! BACK TO MORE WRESTLING!
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Ken Mantell is in the ring with his newest member:
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CYCLONE friggin' NEGRO?
??CYLONE NEGRO w/Ken Mantell V CARL FERGIE
Negro is vicious! He breaks every rule in the book as Ken Mantell goes over and brags about his new find!
Bill: “Ken Mantell, I see you are scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for friends. Cyclone Negro is a vile man with a vile reputation.
Ken: “Bill Watts, with what happened with the Freebirds and that old fool Grizzly Smith ordering me to wrestle Andre the Giant I’m combing the ends of the earth, leaving not some unturned and heard that Cyclone Negro was relaxing, sunning on a Caribbean beach, which is fine with me because that means he has plenty of energy for his matches!
The camera pans to the ring where CYCLONE NEGRO IS BITING FERGIES HEAD, DRAWING BLOOD!
Bill: “Come on, Ken, that’s disgusting!
Ken: “I guess Cyclone didn’t have breakfast this morning!
At the referees begging, Negro finally pins his hapless foe!
WINNER: CYCLONE NEGRO
Mantel runs to the ring, and stops Cyclone from attacking Fergie after the bell!
Jim: “The hiring of Cyclone Negro just goes to prove that Ken Mantell will be completely ruthless in his quest to dominate Mid South wrestling. We will be back after these words!
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Jim: “Fans, last week we heard Junkyard Dog make claims about Hacksaw Duggan. Joel Watts had a chance to get a response from Hacksaw, lets go to those remarks right now.
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Joel Watts is with Hacksaw Duggan!
Joel: “Hacksaw Duggan, you saw Mid South television last week. Junkyard Dog claims you haven’t been returning his phone calls, and drove to the Little Rock show without him. What say you, Hacksaw Duggan?
Hacksaw scratches his head and seems baffled: “Well, its kinda hard to return a mans calls when he doesn’t have an ANSWERING MACHINE! And as for Little Rock, it was Christmas morning---and I was visiting family, so of course I wasn’t home. Now, had Junkyard Dog not been such a cheapskate and bought an answering machine, I coulda left him a message saying I was driving to Little Rock myself!
Joel: “So, all of this sounds like a big misunderstanding.
Hacksaw: “Its gotta be. I don’t know what Junkyard Dog is thinking, but if he’s watching this right now, let me make it clear: Hacksaw got the Dog’s back!
Joel: “All right well there you have it, and with 2 critical matches coming up for this man and Junkyard Dog, that message is more important then ever. Back to Mid-South Wrestling.
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TIGER CONWAY JR DEF MIKE DAVIS, 8:00 in a sportsmanlike match.
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Jim Ross, Bill Watts are joined by BOB BACKLUND!
Bill: “Fans, just an update on Magnum TA. Lets take a look at some photos and there you can see Magnum TAs face, bandaged up as he recovers from facial surgery:
" . . . over 17 bolts and screws have been implanted into Magnum TAs skull, basically the surgeons put his face together after that brutal beating at the hands of the Freebirds December 25.
"Imagine, ladies and gentleman, being a man with the dashing handsome looks of Magnum TA, now laying in a hospital, having no idea what you will see in the mirror when those bandages come off, a man with not only possibly a completely different face, but now seeking a new career, a new life. This ladies and gentlemen is the pain and agony that one Magnum TA must face every moment of every day thanks to the barabric actions of Michael Hayes and the Freebirds. Fans, keep those cards and letters coming, I know for a fact that Magnum TA has read and appreciates EVERY single one of them.
“More information on WrestleBowl in Oklahoma City January 26:
MID-SOUTH WRESTLING PRESENTS
WRESTLEBOWL ‘85
SATURDAY NIGHT
JANUARY 26, 1985
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
MID-SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANGELO MOSCA + KILLER KHAN w/Ken Mantell V HACKSAW DUGGAN + JUNKYARD DOG
MID-SOUTH TELEVSION CHAMPIONSHIP
BUDDY ROBERTS V ERNIE LADD
KEN MANTELL V ANDRE THE GIANT
JUST ADDED: TIGER CONWAY JR V CYCLONE NEGRO!
Bill: “I am also pleased to announce that this man, Bob Backlund, will take on Buddy Landell in a Sooner State Rules match, Bob I know you asked for this match, please explain t everyone in TVland just what a Sooner State Rules match is.
Bob: “Well, golly gee willickers, Mr. Watts, even though I held the WWF title belt as a between the ropes professional wrestler for 5 years in my heart and soul I am a amateur wrestler, and when it comes to amateur wrestling by golly there is no better state than Oklahoma. When I think of the state of Oklahoma, I think of Jack Brisco, Mike Sheets, Mark Schultz, the Kellers, Mickey Martin and all those national championships held by Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, golly gee it is mind-boggling and I look back at all the matches I had against wrestlers from either of those schools as the toughest of my career at North Dakota.
“Well, Mister Buddy Landell walks around with a rulebook claiming he is Mr. Rules, well I thought wouldn’t it be fun if for one night, Buddy Landell understood what good, old fashioned CLEAN amateur wrestling is all about. And that I exactly what is going to happen at WrestleBowl. A standard amateur-wrestling mat will be placed in the ring, and just like a wrestling match at Oklahoma or Oklahoma State, there will be three 2-minute periods. There will be points, and everything will be done via amateur rules. So Mister Buddy Landell, for one night, you will learn what real rules are like, what clean wrestling is like, and for six minutes of your life, you will step into BOB BACKLUNDS world.
Bill: “Well it certainly should be interesting, and just to make sure all that happens Bob, I have a surprise for you. The referee for that match will be yet another Oklahoma wrestling legend:
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“DANNY HODGE!
Bob: “Boy oh boy, that is a surprise, and I cant think of anyone better to make sure that Mr. Buddy Landell follows the so-called rules he supposedly cares so much about.
Jim: “Fans, there will be no question that we all will be getting a wrestling lesson none of us will ever forget, a Sooner State Rules match at WrestleBowl, and let me just say as a native Oklahoman, we live, eat and breathe college wrestling, and that is match that speaks to me. Fans, lets go to Boyd for the last match of the hour!
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BOYD introduces BOB ORTON JR AND MASKED SUPERSTAR! Their manager is KEN MANTELL!
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST PLAYS!!!! HERE COMES JUNKYARD DOG!!!! WAIT:
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Where’s Hacksaw?
JYD MAKES A BEELINE TO THE ANNOUNCERS BOOTH!
JYD: “WHERE IS HE, MAN?? WHERE HACKSAW???
Bill: “Junkyard, I wasn’t aware he was not here. I don’t know what happened!
Ken Mantell comes over: “Junkyard Dog, I don’t know where Hacksaw Duggan is. It looks like your friend has abandoned you. Look, there’s no reason for your to get seriously hurt to prove something to the fans, You cant take on my men 2 on one, so why not hit the dressing room and take a forfeit. Everyone will understand.
JYD: “That’s real cute, Ken Mantell, but the Junkyard Dog don’t back down from no fight, so tell your men to get ready for a thumpin!
JUNKYARD FROGMARCHES TO THE RING! WE HAVE A MATCH!
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BOB ORTON JR + MASKED SUPERSTAR w/Ken Mantell V JUNKYARD DOG + HACKSAW DUGGAN (with no Hacksaw!)
JYD takes the fight to both Superstar and Orton! But he is soon overwhelmed and suffers blow and blow and over after devastating move, and several near falls until:
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ITS HACKSAW!!! HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN IS HERE!!!!
HE ENTERS THE RING AND CLEANS HOUSE!!!! JYD PINS BOB ORTON JR IN THE MELEE FOR THE WIN!!!!
WINNERS: JUNKYARD DOG AND HACKSAW DUGGAN, 7:00
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JYD and Hacksaw storm over to the announcer’s desk!
JYD: “WHERE WAS YOU MAN??? WHERE WAS YOU?
Hacksaw: “WAIT a minute, Junkyard, let me explain . . . I had a flat tire!
Ken Mantell storms over, backed by Orton, holding his head and Masked Superstar!
Ken: “I will deal with Bob Orton’s incompetence next week, but let me guess, Hacksaw Duggan is going to claim he abandoned you JYD because he had 2 flat tires! HAHA! Do you believe that excuse for a second? He left you to hang to dry, Junkyard Dog.
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Hacksaw: “Wait a minute, Mantell, what did you just day?
Mantell: “Your claiming to have 2 flat tires.
Hacksaw: “I didn’t say ANYTHING about TWO flat tires, I said I had A FLAT TIRE, but the truth is I had TWO FLAT TIRES:
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' . . . . WHICH MEANS YOU GUYS SLASHED MY TIRES!
WITH THAT HACKSAW DECKS BOTH ORTON AND SUPERSTAR AND CHASES OFF MANTELL!!!! JYD holds his hands to his hips, shaking his head.
JYD: “Man, this TOO much. Im outta here.
JYD leaves instead of helping his partner fight Mantell's men!
Jim: “Fans, all kinds of drama surrounding those two men Hacksaw Duggan and JYD, with Ken Mantell stirring the proverbial pot! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!
MID-SOUTH WRESTLING PRESENTS
WRESTLEBOWL ‘85
JANUARY 26, 1985
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
MID-SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANGELO MOSCA + KILLER KHAN w/Ken Mantell V HACKSAW DUGGAN + JUNKYARD DOG
MID-SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
BUDDY ROBERTS V ERNIE LADD
KEN MANTELL V ANDRE THE GIANT
JUST ADDED: SOONER STATE RULES MATCH
DANNY HODGE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE
BOB BACKLUND V BUDDY LANDELL
JUST ADDED: TIGER CONWAY JR V CYCLONE NEGRO
ALSO: THE NORTH AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE WILL BE DEFENDED BY MICHAEL HAYES! PLUS 4 MORE MATCHES TO BE ADDED NEXT WEEK!
