CWA at the Mid-South Coliseum 5/12/85: *MAJOR TITLE CHANGE*

[thecommish]

Continental Wrestling Association
Monday, May 12, 1985
Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN

*Lance Russell welcomed potential CWA investor Ted Dibiase out to shake hands with the fans around ringside before the first match of the night.

1) Billy Joe Travis pinned The Golden Terror at 9:45 when he came off the second rope with a sunset flip.s

2) Terry Taylor pinned Phil Hickerson at 8:34 when he connecting with the flying forearm smash that he calls the Five Arm.

3) The PYT Express: Koko B. Ware & Norvell Austin (w/ Jimmy Hart & Big Bubba Rogers) fought ”Wildfire” Tommy Rich and ”Handsome” Jimmy Valiant at 12:11 to a double count-out when they fought all over the ringside area and ignored referee Paul Neighbor’s instructions.

4) Southern Tag Team Champions Sweet Sensation: Stan Lane & Shawn Michaels defeated The Galaxians: Alpha & Beta at 10:45 when Shawn Michaels came off the top rope with a cross-body block on Galaxian Beta to score the pin.

*Sweet Sensation were celebrating their win by shaking hands with their fans around the ringside area. The scene was abruptly broken up when two men ran out from the backstage area and attacked the champions from behind:




Lance Russell identifies one of the men as Dave “Fit” Finlay, who has wrestled in CWA in the past. The other man couldn’t be identified by Lance, but these two brutally assaulted an exhausted Lane and Michaels who had just had a successful title defense. Finlay throw Michaels head-first into the steel barrier, while the other man used a somersault splash on the concrete floor on Lane. These two stomped Sweet Sensation, until Eddie Marlin ran down with several wrestlers to stop this carnage. Who is this man with Dave “Fit” Finlay and why they have attacked Sweet Sensation tonight?

INTERMISSION

5) ”Macho Man” Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) and ”Leaping” Lanny Poffo defeated Hotstuff International: Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner at 17:02 by disqualification when Gilbert drilled Savage on his injured shoulder right in front of referee Paul Morton. Eddie Gilbert got fed up and blatantly attacked Savage with the chair on his burned shoulder, while Steiner was brawling with Poffo. Lanny eventually drop-kicked Steiner, then launched himself at Gilbert, who rolled out of the ring and took off with Rick Steiner. Lanny Poffo and Miss Elizabeth had to help Randy Savage away from the ring after the match.

6) CWA Heavyweight Champion Bill Dundee and Jake “The Snake” Roberts defeated Jerry “The King” Lawler in a 2-on-1 match at 12:45 when Dundee pinned Lawler. Roberts played mind games by refusing to tag in for the entire match, despite this being his first match back since being reinstated. Lawler and Dundee had another war with several near falls. The finish saw Lawler pull the strap down and pull Dundee in for an illegal piledriver. Jerry Calhoun stepped into to stop the match, but now Roberts slipped into the ring and drilled Lawler with a double sledge from behind. Roberts then laid out Lawler with the DDT, slide backwards, exited the ring and walked out with a big smile on his face. Dundee was conflicted as he pulled himself back up, but after a few seconds he did cover Lawler to get the win. Bill Dundee was upset after the match and even helped Lawler back to his feet, only for The King to shove Dundeed away. It looked like things were getting heated, but Dundee ultimately waved Lawler off and walked back to the dressing room.

7) Dutch Mantell pinned Southern Heavyweight Champion One Man Gang at 17:11 when he connected with a swinging neck-breaker on a steel chair! This was an absolute war as Mantell and One Man Gang both shed blood and fought all over the ringside area. One Man Gang tried to go for the 747 when Mantell was prone on the concrete floor, but Dutch moved out of the way at the last second. Gang was down for quite some time, which gave Mantell enough time to go grab Shoo Baby. The Masked Superstar ran down and tried to help the One Man Gang up, but soon out came none other than Terry Taylor to run him off. One Man Gang slowly rolled back into the ring, only to get drilled with the handle end of Shoo Baby once, twice, three times. Gang went down and Mantell covered for the 1-2-no! One Man Gang, to his credit, kicked out. Mantell perched again as Gang slowly pulled himself up, only to get drilled two more time with Shoo Baby’s handle, then Mantell whipped him once and pulled the big man into a spinning neck-breaker. The Dutchman covered and this time he got the 1-2-3! We have a new Southern Heavyweight Champion! Dutch Mantell has handed One Man Gang his first-ever pin-fall loss here in CWA! Jimmy Valiant, Terry Taylor, Tommy Rich, “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo were out to celebrate with Dutch Mantell after the match, as potential CWA investor Ted Dibiase made his way out again and smiled as he watched the celebration in the ring and even gave Mantell a round of applause.

[tlyne]

Wow! That's an upset. Zeb Colter pins the One Man Gang. I like the British team, the tag team division is one of the best in our group. The CWA has one of, if mot the, best rosters in the game.

[doctorfate]

Well, Dundee is innocent or a pure genius. Interesting that DiBiase was out scouting and doing face stuff. Wonder who the Brit was that helped Finlay. Savage is much the worse for wear. Congrats to Dutch! Huge title win, indeed. Surprised that The PYT's stood toe-to-toe.

[bart]

Huge win for Mantel, I'm sure OMG has revenge in mind. I'm sure we'll hear more about the mysterious British wrestler next week on TV. You have so much good stuff going on that the Roberts-Dundee-Lawler situation isn't even at the top of the card at the moment. Another stellar show at the MSC.