Wild West Wrestling: 5/10/1985 - "Outlaws of Wrestling" TV#1
May 20, 2014 17:44:19 GMT
Post by psychosem17 on May 20, 2014 17:44:19 GMT
Wild West Wrestling
“Outlaws of Wrestling” TV Taping
Friday, May 9th, 1985 (taped)
Saturday, May 10th, 1985 (local air date)
(Airs on delay throughout rest of territory)
Hobson's Riverside Casino, Reno, NV
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*”Outlaws of Wrestling” Opening set to the theme from “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly”.
*Les Thatcher & Tux Newman open the show and welcome the fans to the new format. Tux is loud and over the top, but isn't able to goad Les into much of a good guy/bad guy schtick. Thatcher is a pro and he only seems interested in the action. He's not here to play games and he has shut down Newman from the get go here today.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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*Wild West Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau join Thatcher and Newman at the announce area and brings out some 'very special guests', his brother Armand, who many of the area fans already know, and his other brother Raymond. The three brothers are in a very celebratory mood as Armand and Raymond congratulate Jacques on his title victory, but Jacques also puts things into perspective as to why his brothers are here. Jacques says that his commitments as Wild West Heavyweight Champion have been consuming a lot of his time and that he doesn't feel he has been very fair to Armand since winning the belt. They were supposed to be a tag team here, after all, and he can't very easily be competing in tag team matches when you are having to defend a singles title every night. Jacques then said that this is a 'bitter sweet' reunion because his two brothers have gotten an opportunity in the Northeast and Raymond is simply here to pick Armand up so they can set out to make their way.
*The program goes to break with some short highlights of Jacques pinning Bret Hart in the tournament finals to capture the title as Thatcher lets the fans know that we will be seeing all three Rougeau brothers in six man tag team action a little bit later on in the show.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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1)Davey Boy Smith pinned Kevin Kelly at 4:48 following a delayed standing vertical suplex and running power slam. Kelly is a blond youngster with all of the physical tools to make it in professional wrestling, but unfortunately for him he just simply wasn't ready for someone the caliber of Smith at this early point in his career.
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*Thatcher talks about Davey Boy's status as #1 contender to Jacques Rougeau's Wild West Heavyweight Title during the match and Kevin Wall provides a post match interview with Smith, who says he is 'excited' and really 'looking forward to' his opportunity at the Wild West Title when they came back to the Thomas & Mack Center. Thatcher mentions the 2/3 falls match against Bret Hart in which Smith earned the right to be called #1 contender and lets the fans know that they will have footage of that match right here on the program in the coming weeks.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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2)Magnum Force: Dave Peterson & Scott Hall defeated Jerry Monti & John Ringer at 6:16 following the 'rocket launcher' in which Hall tossed Peterson from the top rope like a missile and right into Ringer to set up the fall.
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*Thatcher talks about what roll Magnum Force has been on but is quickly corrected by Tux, who says that they 'were' on a roll until they ran into 'his' Interns during the tag team battle royal. Les says that the Interns victory was 'dubious' at best and that it was practically 'five on one' when it came to the battle royal. Newman will hear none of it, however, and continues to proclaim the virtues of his two teams, The Interns and The Deathstars. Following the contest, Hall & Peterson come over to the announce area and Newman quickly leaves before they get there saying that he has to get his men 'prepared' for action next. Hall and Peterson tell Newman that he can 'run', but he 'can't hide' because they have gone to WWW Representative Tito Montez and demanded that they get back into the ring with the Interns and that that match had been signed for the opening round of the Wild West Tag Team Championship tournament when they come back to the Thomas & Mack center.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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*Action returns and Kevin Wall has replaced Tux Newman in the announce booth. Newman is now in the ring mugging for the camera as he gets right up into the lens and lets Magnum Force know that he isn't worried about their little announcement because he has the best 'insurance policy' that money can buy and he is about to give everyone a little 'peak' at them right now. Newman then goes over to his team's opponents for the evening and offers them an opportunity to forfeit the match. They refuse and it could have been the biggest mistake of their lives.
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3)”The Dark Lords of the Ring” The Deathstars #1 & #2 (w/Tux Newman) defeated Jimmy Backlund & Keith Eric at 2:23 when #2 pinned Eric with a big splash from the top rope after #1 slammed his opponent right in the middle of the ring. Newman was beside himself as his huge team of maulers stormed the ring and attacked their opponents before there was any chance of ring introductions.
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*Thatcher and Wall marvel at the size and aggressiveness of Newman's team, but add that there is more to the sport than just size. Thatcher says that it is clear that these two men have an 'athletic background' as they move around far to well for their size to just be a couple of guys off the street. Newman gloats during the post match celebration by leaping into one of the Deathstar's arms and yelling that he 'hated to say he told you so', but he 'told you so'.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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*Thatcher & Wall talk about the feud between Harley Race and Jos LeDuc and then toss to some highlights from the recent 'Lumberjack Match' between the two at the Thomas & Mack Center in which there was no winner because the fight spilled over into the crowd and the lumberjacks were unable to get both men back into the ring. Thatcher says that as a result of that match, and 'for the safety of the fans' that WWW Representative Tito Montez has signed a Steel Cage match between the two men when Wild West Wrestling returns to Las Vegas.
*The program went to break with some highlights set to music of one of the teams coming in to compete in Wild West Tag Team Championship Tournament, The Samoans: Afa & Samu.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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4) Wild West Heavyweight Champion Jacques, Armand & Raymond Rougeau defeated Billy Anderson, Scott McGhee & Tommy Wright at 10:00 when Jacques pinned Tommy after Raymond flipped his brother off of the top rope and right down on top of the prone Wright. This was a clean, scientific match with all six men getting a chance to show what they could do for short periods of time. In the end, Wright was simply the least experienced of the bunch and fell victim to the brotherly teamwork and timing of the Rougeaus.
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*Following the contest, all three Rougeaus shook their opponents hands and then met in the center of the ring to say their final good byes as Thatcher let everyone know that the program would be back here next week with highlights of Jacques' title defense against 'Cowboy' Scott Casey, The Breakdancers in action, more info on the big tag team tournament and a main event grudge match as George Wells squares off against 'Wildman' Jack Armstrong.
Working on it now.