MID-SOUTH "NIGHT OF THE GRUDGE MATCHES" 3/15/85 Tulsa OK
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MID-SOUTH WRESTLING
NIGHT OF THE GRUDGE MATCHES!
MARCH 15, 1985
TULSA, OK
Before the card begins announcer Boyd Pierce brings in all the principles for tonight’s tag team tourney! Bill Watts enters with both belts, and all the tag team tourney participants take a photo with each other with Watts holding the straps for the camera.
1. BONUS MATCH:
TIGER CONWAY JR. DEF. ANGELO MOSCA JR, 5:10 in a friendly where Conway makes Mosca look good for a possible push.
MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS---20 MIN TIME LIMIT PER MATCH, DRAWS DECIDED BY A COIN FLIP
2. SHANE DOUGLAS + WENDELL COOLEY DEF ANGELO MOSCA + CYCLONE NEGRO w/Ken Mantell IN A UPSET, 11:10 with Mosca doing the honors to Douglas due to a miscue by his tag team partner and manager. Mantell and Negro leave sans Mosca.
3. MICHAEL HAYES + BUDDY ROBERTS DEF. JOHN TATUM + RANDY ROSE, 7:13, Gordy pins Rose.
4. GREG GAGNE + JERRY BRISCO def. JUMBO TSURTURA + GENICHIRO TENRYU, 19:45 with the 5 seconds featuring near fall after near fall with fans on their feet!
5. EL CANEK + DOS CARAS def. OTTO WANZ + DAVID FINLAY, 15:45
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Jim Ross is joined in the ring by HACKSAW DUGGAN, BILL WATTS, TIGER CONWAY JR AND THE REST OF THE BABYFACE DRESING ROOM! Jim takes the ring and introduces: MAGNUM TA!!!!
MAGNUM TA COMES OUT----
. . . . OR IS IT MAGNUM? THE MAN IS WITH SUNGLASSES AND BANDAGES COVERING HIS FACE!!!!
Magnum enters the ring, and SLOWLY TAKES OFF THE BANDAGES! EVERYONE SEEMS APPREHENSIVE---WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THAT MASK OF GAUZE?
THE FINAL BANDAGE COMES OFF AND INDEED ITS:
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MAGNUM!!! HE HAS SOME SCARS AND BRUISING AND WEARS HIS SUNGLASSES, BUT TAKES JIM ROSS'S MIKE:
"Jim Ross, Bill Watts, Tulsa Oklahoma, and fans across Mid-South Wrestling, I want to thank you. Its been a long hard road reconstructing my face. I was orginally going to come here tonight to Tulsa to annunce my retirment from wrestling. But over the past few months, I have received enough Get Well cards from the fans that I cant even get across my living room anymore. I cannot beleive the love I have felt from you rpeople. And theres only one way and one way only I can repay your devotion.
"Bill Watts, I want you to find Grizzly Smith---BECAUSE MAGNUM TA IS RETURNING TO THE RING!!!!!!!
MAGNUM THROWS DOWN THE MIKE, AND RAISES HIS ARMS TO THE FANS, WHO RESPOND!!! THE WRESTLERS PAT MAGNUM ON THE BACK AND SHAKE HIS HAND!!! FANS, MAGNUM TA IS COMING BACK TO MID-SOUTH WRESTLING!!!!!
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6. BUDDY LANDELL V DANNY HODGE
Landell clowns at the outset, but Hodge snatches him and gives him the wrestling lesson of his life! In his defense Landell shows he has skills as well, but in 8 minutes Hodge gets near fall off near fall on Landell, but what is this?
Who is this woman? She comes to the ring and yells at Hodge who has Landell in a submission hold, Hodge can’t take the screaming anymore, and goes over to see what she has to say—IT’S A RUSE, LANDELL SCHOOLBOYS HODGE: 1-2-3!!!! Landell with a cheap win here in Tulsa, Danny Hodge can do nothing but holds his hands on his hips and laugh, as he did put on a good show for the home state fans, and accepts their applause. BUT WHO IS THAT WOMAN LEAVING WITH BIUDDY LANDELL???
WINNER VIA PINFALL: BUDDY LANDELL, 8:45
7. TERRY GORDY V ERNIE LADD
Ladd early on claws and scrapes at Gordy, who even tries to escape, but Gordy regains his senses, and power bombs Ladd at 10:05 of an intense match!
WINNER: TERRY GORDY, 10:05
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INTERMISSION
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MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS, 30 MIN TIME LIMIT
8. GREG GAGNE + JERRY BRISCO DEF EL CANEK + DOS CARAS, 20:01 WITH Caras doing the honors for Gagne.
9. MICHAEL HAYES + BUDDY ROBERTS DEF. SHANE DOUGLAS + WENDELL COOLEY, 18:18 OF AN INTENSE MATCH THAT SEES THE FANS ON THEIR FEET, EAGER TO SEE SHANE AND WENDELL PULL OFF THE IMPOSSIBLE, but it’s not to be as Roberts catches Shane off the ropes with a body slam and hookup to advance to the finals!
WINNERS, AND ADVANCING TO THE FINAL: THE FREEIBIRDS, 18:18
10. MASKED SUPERSTAR w/Ken Mantell V BOB ORTON JR
Masked Superstar, who blames Orton for costing him the North American title attacks Orton before the bell but ORTON FIGHTS BACK AND KNOCKS SUPERSTAR ON THE BALLS OF HIS ASS AND COVERS HIM FOR A PIN AT 5:10 A STUNNING VICTORY FOR THE ACE COWBOY AS SUPERSTAR AND MANTELL ARE STOMPING AROUND IN DISBELIEF AT THEIR QUICK LOSS!!!!
11. JUNKYARD DOG V HACKSAW DUGGAN
The bell rings, and Duggan reaches out his hand and tries to talk to Dog---he doesn’t want to fight his friend! JYD slaps the hand away, and the men circle one another and lock up. It’s clean at first, but JYD draws first blood with a knee to Hacksaws mid-section, and JYD kicks, punches and stomps n his friend! Hacksaw makes his comeback, and friend or foe Hacksaw Duggan will always fight fire with fire, and both men brawl in the ring! Its turns into brutal affair, with both men drawing blood, and spills out of the ring, where the men brawl AT RINGSIDE AND INTO THE SEATS AS TEMPERS HAVE BOILED OVER HERE IN TULSA, AND THE BELL RINGS AND THIS IS A DOUBLE COUNT OUT BUT THE APPARENTLY FORMER FRIENDS ARE NOT DONE AS THEY TRADE BLOW FOR BLOW IN THE SEATS, AND FANS, HERE COMES THE DRESSING ROOMS AS THEY EMPTY TO BREAK IT UP! CHAOS HERE IN TULSA!
THIS MATCH IS A DOUBLE COUNT OUT, 12:22
12. JERRY BRISCO + GREG GAGNE V MICHAEL HAYES + BUDDY ROBERTS
Roberts and Hayes are given a wrestling lesson by fellow tag team icons Brisco and Gagne, and Gagne has Roberts coveed and we HAVE NEW CHAMPIONS
yes covered,. . . . 1-2-WE WILL when what is this?
TERRY GORDY COMES TO RINGSIDE AND PUTS HAYES LEG ON THE ROPES! As Gagne argues with the ref, Hayes shoves him out of the ring, and Gagne is posted by Gordy, who powders before the ref can suspect anything. The Birds pound on Gagne, but GAGNE MAKES THE HOT TAG, AND HERE COMES JERRY BRISCO! BRISCO KNOCKS OUT ROBERTS BAM! THEN SOME SWEET CHIN MUSIC FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION HAYES, POW! THE FANS GO NUTS, WAIT! WHAT IS THIS?
BUDDY LANDELL GOES ON THE RING APRON, AND LOWERS THE TOP ROPE AS THE REFEREE BACKS UP---THE REF TUMBLES TO THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A REF BUMP, WE HAVE A REF BUMP! BRISCO SEES LANDELL AND TURNS RED! BRISCO IS INCANDESCENT WITH RAGE, AND GOES AFTER LANDELL! BUT WAIT!
THIS ALLOWS HAYES TO SNEAK UP ON BRISCO, AND DO THE SCHOOLBOY:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7- . . .THE REF IS OUT, THANKS TO LANDELLS MACHINATIONS! TERRY GORDY IS BACK, AND STOPS GAGNE FROM STOPPING THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY! WAIT! WHAT IS THIS?
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DANNY HODGE!!!!! DANNY HODGE ENTERS THE RING, AND PICKS UP LANDELL, AND BACK BODY DROPS HIM OUT OF THE RING! LANDELL’S LADY FRIEND IS THERE AT RINGSIDE TO WALK HIM BACK AS HODGE THEN PICKS UP HAYES, AND SCOOP SLAMS HIM! BRISCO FLOPS ON TOP OF HAYES, HODGE LEAVES THE RING, AND THE REF CRAWLS BACK INTO THE RING TO SEE JERRY BRISCO ON TOP OF HAYES:
THE REF COUNTS:
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HERE COMES GORDY FOR A DESPERATE SAVE:
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TOO LATE THREE!!!!!!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
FANS, THE FREEBIRDS ENTERS THE RING TO CLEAN HOUSE, BUT ALL THEY FIND IS JERRY BRISCO, GREG GAGNE ALONG WITH DANNY HODGE, HOLDING THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM TITLE BELTS!!!! SEE YOU FROM TULSA AS JERRY BRISCO HAS WON HIS SECOND MID SOUTH TAG TEAM TITLE BELTS IN 6 MONTHS!!!!
WINNERS, AND NEW MID-SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE, 15:55
NIGHT OF THE GRUDGE MATCHES!
MARCH 15, 1985
TULSA, OK
Before the card begins announcer Boyd Pierce brings in all the principles for tonight’s tag team tourney! Bill Watts enters with both belts, and all the tag team tourney participants take a photo with each other with Watts holding the straps for the camera.
1. BONUS MATCH:
TIGER CONWAY JR. DEF. ANGELO MOSCA JR, 5:10 in a friendly where Conway makes Mosca look good for a possible push.
MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS---20 MIN TIME LIMIT PER MATCH, DRAWS DECIDED BY A COIN FLIP
2. SHANE DOUGLAS + WENDELL COOLEY DEF ANGELO MOSCA + CYCLONE NEGRO w/Ken Mantell IN A UPSET, 11:10 with Mosca doing the honors to Douglas due to a miscue by his tag team partner and manager. Mantell and Negro leave sans Mosca.
3. MICHAEL HAYES + BUDDY ROBERTS DEF. JOHN TATUM + RANDY ROSE, 7:13, Gordy pins Rose.
4. GREG GAGNE + JERRY BRISCO def. JUMBO TSURTURA + GENICHIRO TENRYU, 19:45 with the 5 seconds featuring near fall after near fall with fans on their feet!
5. EL CANEK + DOS CARAS def. OTTO WANZ + DAVID FINLAY, 15:45
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Jim Ross is joined in the ring by HACKSAW DUGGAN, BILL WATTS, TIGER CONWAY JR AND THE REST OF THE BABYFACE DRESING ROOM! Jim takes the ring and introduces: MAGNUM TA!!!!
MAGNUM TA COMES OUT----
. . . . OR IS IT MAGNUM? THE MAN IS WITH SUNGLASSES AND BANDAGES COVERING HIS FACE!!!!
Magnum enters the ring, and SLOWLY TAKES OFF THE BANDAGES! EVERYONE SEEMS APPREHENSIVE---WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THAT MASK OF GAUZE?
THE FINAL BANDAGE COMES OFF AND INDEED ITS:
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MAGNUM!!! HE HAS SOME SCARS AND BRUISING AND WEARS HIS SUNGLASSES, BUT TAKES JIM ROSS'S MIKE:
"Jim Ross, Bill Watts, Tulsa Oklahoma, and fans across Mid-South Wrestling, I want to thank you. Its been a long hard road reconstructing my face. I was orginally going to come here tonight to Tulsa to annunce my retirment from wrestling. But over the past few months, I have received enough Get Well cards from the fans that I cant even get across my living room anymore. I cannot beleive the love I have felt from you rpeople. And theres only one way and one way only I can repay your devotion.
"Bill Watts, I want you to find Grizzly Smith---BECAUSE MAGNUM TA IS RETURNING TO THE RING!!!!!!!
MAGNUM THROWS DOWN THE MIKE, AND RAISES HIS ARMS TO THE FANS, WHO RESPOND!!! THE WRESTLERS PAT MAGNUM ON THE BACK AND SHAKE HIS HAND!!! FANS, MAGNUM TA IS COMING BACK TO MID-SOUTH WRESTLING!!!!!
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6. BUDDY LANDELL V DANNY HODGE
Landell clowns at the outset, but Hodge snatches him and gives him the wrestling lesson of his life! In his defense Landell shows he has skills as well, but in 8 minutes Hodge gets near fall off near fall on Landell, but what is this?
Who is this woman? She comes to the ring and yells at Hodge who has Landell in a submission hold, Hodge can’t take the screaming anymore, and goes over to see what she has to say—IT’S A RUSE, LANDELL SCHOOLBOYS HODGE: 1-2-3!!!! Landell with a cheap win here in Tulsa, Danny Hodge can do nothing but holds his hands on his hips and laugh, as he did put on a good show for the home state fans, and accepts their applause. BUT WHO IS THAT WOMAN LEAVING WITH BIUDDY LANDELL???
WINNER VIA PINFALL: BUDDY LANDELL, 8:45
7. TERRY GORDY V ERNIE LADD
Ladd early on claws and scrapes at Gordy, who even tries to escape, but Gordy regains his senses, and power bombs Ladd at 10:05 of an intense match!
WINNER: TERRY GORDY, 10:05
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INTERMISSION
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MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS, 30 MIN TIME LIMIT
8. GREG GAGNE + JERRY BRISCO DEF EL CANEK + DOS CARAS, 20:01 WITH Caras doing the honors for Gagne.
9. MICHAEL HAYES + BUDDY ROBERTS DEF. SHANE DOUGLAS + WENDELL COOLEY, 18:18 OF AN INTENSE MATCH THAT SEES THE FANS ON THEIR FEET, EAGER TO SEE SHANE AND WENDELL PULL OFF THE IMPOSSIBLE, but it’s not to be as Roberts catches Shane off the ropes with a body slam and hookup to advance to the finals!
WINNERS, AND ADVANCING TO THE FINAL: THE FREEIBIRDS, 18:18
10. MASKED SUPERSTAR w/Ken Mantell V BOB ORTON JR
Masked Superstar, who blames Orton for costing him the North American title attacks Orton before the bell but ORTON FIGHTS BACK AND KNOCKS SUPERSTAR ON THE BALLS OF HIS ASS AND COVERS HIM FOR A PIN AT 5:10 A STUNNING VICTORY FOR THE ACE COWBOY AS SUPERSTAR AND MANTELL ARE STOMPING AROUND IN DISBELIEF AT THEIR QUICK LOSS!!!!
11. JUNKYARD DOG V HACKSAW DUGGAN
The bell rings, and Duggan reaches out his hand and tries to talk to Dog---he doesn’t want to fight his friend! JYD slaps the hand away, and the men circle one another and lock up. It’s clean at first, but JYD draws first blood with a knee to Hacksaws mid-section, and JYD kicks, punches and stomps n his friend! Hacksaw makes his comeback, and friend or foe Hacksaw Duggan will always fight fire with fire, and both men brawl in the ring! Its turns into brutal affair, with both men drawing blood, and spills out of the ring, where the men brawl AT RINGSIDE AND INTO THE SEATS AS TEMPERS HAVE BOILED OVER HERE IN TULSA, AND THE BELL RINGS AND THIS IS A DOUBLE COUNT OUT BUT THE APPARENTLY FORMER FRIENDS ARE NOT DONE AS THEY TRADE BLOW FOR BLOW IN THE SEATS, AND FANS, HERE COMES THE DRESSING ROOMS AS THEY EMPTY TO BREAK IT UP! CHAOS HERE IN TULSA!
THIS MATCH IS A DOUBLE COUNT OUT, 12:22
12. JERRY BRISCO + GREG GAGNE V MICHAEL HAYES + BUDDY ROBERTS
Roberts and Hayes are given a wrestling lesson by fellow tag team icons Brisco and Gagne, and Gagne has Roberts coveed and we HAVE NEW CHAMPIONS
yes covered,. . . . 1-2-WE WILL when what is this?
TERRY GORDY COMES TO RINGSIDE AND PUTS HAYES LEG ON THE ROPES! As Gagne argues with the ref, Hayes shoves him out of the ring, and Gagne is posted by Gordy, who powders before the ref can suspect anything. The Birds pound on Gagne, but GAGNE MAKES THE HOT TAG, AND HERE COMES JERRY BRISCO! BRISCO KNOCKS OUT ROBERTS BAM! THEN SOME SWEET CHIN MUSIC FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION HAYES, POW! THE FANS GO NUTS, WAIT! WHAT IS THIS?
BUDDY LANDELL GOES ON THE RING APRON, AND LOWERS THE TOP ROPE AS THE REFEREE BACKS UP---THE REF TUMBLES TO THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A REF BUMP, WE HAVE A REF BUMP! BRISCO SEES LANDELL AND TURNS RED! BRISCO IS INCANDESCENT WITH RAGE, AND GOES AFTER LANDELL! BUT WAIT!
THIS ALLOWS HAYES TO SNEAK UP ON BRISCO, AND DO THE SCHOOLBOY:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7- . . .THE REF IS OUT, THANKS TO LANDELLS MACHINATIONS! TERRY GORDY IS BACK, AND STOPS GAGNE FROM STOPPING THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY! WAIT! WHAT IS THIS?
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DANNY HODGE!!!!! DANNY HODGE ENTERS THE RING, AND PICKS UP LANDELL, AND BACK BODY DROPS HIM OUT OF THE RING! LANDELL’S LADY FRIEND IS THERE AT RINGSIDE TO WALK HIM BACK AS HODGE THEN PICKS UP HAYES, AND SCOOP SLAMS HIM! BRISCO FLOPS ON TOP OF HAYES, HODGE LEAVES THE RING, AND THE REF CRAWLS BACK INTO THE RING TO SEE JERRY BRISCO ON TOP OF HAYES:
THE REF COUNTS:
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HERE COMES GORDY FOR A DESPERATE SAVE:
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TOO LATE THREE!!!!!!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE DEFEAT THE FREEBIRDS FOR THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS!
FANS, THE FREEBIRDS ENTERS THE RING TO CLEAN HOUSE, BUT ALL THEY FIND IS JERRY BRISCO, GREG GAGNE ALONG WITH DANNY HODGE, HOLDING THE MID SOUTH TAG TEAM TITLE BELTS!!!! SEE YOU FROM TULSA AS JERRY BRISCO HAS WON HIS SECOND MID SOUTH TAG TEAM TITLE BELTS IN 6 MONTHS!!!!
WINNERS, AND NEW MID-SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, JERRY BRISCO AND GREG GAGNE, 15:55
. Unbelievable tag tournament, and I'm another who didn't see Jerry and Gagne taking the titles, but I can really see it leading to lots of fun. Even for someone who isn't a fan of them, they can play babyfaces in peril very well, they can be rah rah, underdog faces. Or just imagine Grigs making it his life's mission to make Greg and Jerry smarmy heels. I see a lot of potential in them with the straps. JYD/Duggan was an awesome fight, and I got goosebumps reading Magnum's return. What a great promo and segment overall.