CWA at the Mid-South Coliseum 4/7/85: LAWLER V JAKE!!!

[thecommish]

Continental Wrestling Association
Monday, April 7, 1985
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

1) Sweet Sensation: Stan Lane & Shawn Michaels fought The Bruise Brothers: Porkchop Cash & Troy Graham to a double count-out at 17:06 when they brawled around the ringside area.

2) The Mongolian Stomper pinned The Dirty White Boy at 9:14 with a running boot to the chest.

3) ”Wildfire” Tommy Rich and ”Handsome” Jimmy Valiant defeated The First Family: Rick Rude & Big Bubba Rogers (w/ Jimmy Hart) when Rich connected on Rude with the Lou Thesz Press for the pin. Big Bubba Rogers once again laid out Rich with a Bubba Slam after the match, but Jimmy Valiant ran him off with a steel chair.

4) Southern Tag Team Champions Hotstuff International: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner defeated The Nightmares: Danny Davis & Ken Wayne at 15:56 when Gilbert rolled up Davis with a handful of tights to steal a victory over The Nightmares.

INTERMISSION

5) Billy Joe Travis pinned Kendell Windham at 10:41 with a sunset flip off the top rope.

6) The Devil’s Triangle: One Man Gang & The Masked Superstar defeated ”Superstar” Bill Dundee and Adrian Street (w/ Miss Linda) at 12:04 when One Man Gang pinned Adrian Street with the 747 splash. Dundee and Street struggled to get along given their past, and argued after the match. Street shoved Dundee, and the Superstar shoved back. Soon, both men were brawling as Miss Linda tried to break things up.

7) CWA Heavyweight Champion Jake “The Snake” Roberts defeated Jerry “The King” Lawler by disqualification at 14:11 when The King planted Roberts with an illegal pile-driver! Roberts used every tactic possible to frustrate The King, who finally snapped. Lawler drilled Roberts with right hand after right hand, then a flying fist drop. As he was going for a pin, Lawler noticed the sick Roberts smiling evilly up at him. Lawler was disgusted as he pulled Roberts up and drilled him with a pile-driver to cause the disqualification. Masked Superstar and One Man Gang had to carry Roberts away, but the Snake was smiling evilly – knowing that he’d saved his title by pushing The King too far with his taunting!

[doctorfate]

Roberts is a mastermind. Smiling like that at the end was an awesome touch. Interesting development between Street and Dundee. The push of Travis continues nicely. Nice win by Steiner/Gilbert. The Stomper win may have been the dark horse bout of the card.

[Captain Charisma]

Super fun card. Stomper and DWB would've been a lot of fun. Hotstuff International vs. the Nitemares would have been outstanding, and gotta love Jake forcing King's hand and getting the piledriver DQ. Lawler might never get another title shot. Great night of action at MSC.