AWA Championship wrestling 5/10/85 Larry Z vs. Backlund
May 24, 2014 16:00:37 GMT
Post by ppk on May 24, 2014 16:00:37 GMT
AWA Championship Wrestling
airing on ESPN
from Met Center
Bloomington, MN
5/10/85
Show opens with the AWA logo going across the screen, we go to ringside where Rod Trongard and Rodger Kent are seated. They talk about Wrestlerock '85 coming up from the Metrodome in a little over two weeks May 25th. Main Event has Doctor Death defending the AWA title against Bob Backlund. Road Warriors will defend the tag belts against Blackjack Mulligan and Bobby Duncum. After the attack last week, Superstar Billy Graham will take on Nick Bockwinkel. AWA Intertnational Champ Mil Mascaras will defend his crown against Rick Martel, Tito Santana faces Greg Valentine, plus other matches. They talk about the main event tonight being Larry Z taking on Bob Backlund. Plus you will hear from Doctor Death.
Ken Resnick has BLACKJACK MULLIGAN and BOBBY DUNCUM here, they talk about being sent in by Paul Ellering to collect on a bounty against the Road Warriors. Ellering is sure that they can get the money and take the AWA belts. They want the warriors to know pain is coming and its going to cost them the title.
COL. DEBEERS DEF. TROY GRAHAM via piledriver
After the match, Debeers continues the attack until Steve Keirn comes from the back to chase him from the ring.
SUPERSTAR GRAHAM is interviewed about the attack on him last week. He talks about how it took 4 of them to jump him. He knows that Floyd Creatchmen is desperate but those clowns he has are not going to beat the Superstar in a fair fight. He wants everyone to know that at the Metrodome he will beat Nick Bockwinkel and show without a doubt that the Superstar still has it.
Commercial
TITO SANTANA talks about his big match with Greg Valentine at the Metrodome, he is looking forward to showing everyone just what he can do and Valentine is the perfect guy to go against, he vows to stay out of the figure four leg lock and maybe cinch in one of his own.
ROAD WARRIORS DEF> MOONDOGS (REX AND SPOT) via a doomsday device
RICK MARTEL talks about facing Mil Mascaras for the AWA International belt, he talks about how the AWA is represented in many countries including his Canada, Mexico with Mascaras, Saito from Japan and Debeers and South Africa, Zhukov and the Soviet Union . He vows to all the great people out there he will give Mascaras a great match and wants to walk out AWA International champ.
Commercial
BOB BACKLUND is interviewed about his big match with Doc at Wrestlerock, he is ready to face such a great challenge, but he has another big one tonight in Larry Z. He will be ready for both and plans on walking out of Wrestlerock with the AWA title.
DOC DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS w/BOB ROOP DEF. BORIS ZHUKOV via Oklahoma Stampede
After the match, as Doc and Roop go to leave the Players Club makes their way out to ringside and grabs the mic.
PLAYERS CLUB is in the ring, Floyd Creatchmen runs down Doc and talks about him ducking his guys, he also talks about how Roop is a has been and nobody should listen to his advice. Next he runs down Verne Gagne about being out of touch in wrestling, Floyd represents champions and its only a matter of time before his men all have gold. Verne comes out and gets in the ring with Doc and Roop following him. Verne grabs the mic and talks about being sick and tired of getting calls from the Vikings, North Stars, Twins, Brewers, Bucks, Packers, Bears, Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks, telling Verne that this guy belonging to him is bothering all of their players and they want it to stop. Verne wants Floyd out of here and he will take legal action if he has to. Floyd holds up his hand and explains he does not want that. He wants to make a contract with Verne for a match, two of his guys are not on the card at Wrestlerock, Larry Z and Ray Stevens. They would love to wrestle, if Verne would throw two guys in against them and they beat his guys Floyd would leave the AWA. Verne likes that idea but what is the catch? Floyd wants if his guys win, he is in control of the booking for the AWA Champ. Plus, he he wants one of the guys on the other team to be Verne. Verne gets a big smile on his face with that, he talks about how he would love to put a beating on Larry Z and Stevens. He then looks at Bob Roop and asks him if he wants to don the tights for the Wrestlerock and team with Verne. Bob tells Verne he would love that. Verne then looks at Floyd and demands that it be in a cage to keep out anybody that would want to interfere. Floyd thinks about it and agrees. Verne then talks about how they should go to the back and draw up the paper work.
Commercial
ROAD WARRIORS talk about facing Duncum and Mulligan at Wrestlerock, they took out the Samoans when Ellering sent them after them, now he has some texans that are going to lose out just like the samoans did. They hope Paul will put his money where his mouth is and send a tougher team.
BOB BACKLUND vs. LARRY Z
Floyd is still in the back drawing up the contracts, so Larry is down there by himself. He starts out working over Bob and taking his time annoying the fans at the same time. He keeps Bob in rest holds and taunts the fans the whole time. Bob uses his skills to get out and counters whatever Larry does. He then works Larry over making the crowd get on their feet. Bob is on his way to victory easy and even cinches in his crossface chicken wing. Larry is caught and is about to submit when Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens hit the ring and attack Bob. Its a three on one beatdown until Superstar Graham and Doc Death hit the ring and help Bob chase them from the ring.
COL DEBEERS talks about how Steve Keirn stuck his nose where it did not belong today and at Wrestlerock its going to cost him. Debeers is going to hurt Steve Keirn and show him why South Africans are the best wrestlers.
Rod and Rodger talk about how next week on the program they will have Curt Hennig talking about his big match with Mr Saito at Wrestlerock and Honky Tonk Man will battle Bob Roop in the main event. They sign off as the credits roll and the screen fades to black.
airing on ESPN
from Met Center
Bloomington, MN
5/10/85
Show opens with the AWA logo going across the screen, we go to ringside where Rod Trongard and Rodger Kent are seated. They talk about Wrestlerock '85 coming up from the Metrodome in a little over two weeks May 25th. Main Event has Doctor Death defending the AWA title against Bob Backlund. Road Warriors will defend the tag belts against Blackjack Mulligan and Bobby Duncum. After the attack last week, Superstar Billy Graham will take on Nick Bockwinkel. AWA Intertnational Champ Mil Mascaras will defend his crown against Rick Martel, Tito Santana faces Greg Valentine, plus other matches. They talk about the main event tonight being Larry Z taking on Bob Backlund. Plus you will hear from Doctor Death.
Ken Resnick has BLACKJACK MULLIGAN and BOBBY DUNCUM here, they talk about being sent in by Paul Ellering to collect on a bounty against the Road Warriors. Ellering is sure that they can get the money and take the AWA belts. They want the warriors to know pain is coming and its going to cost them the title.
COL. DEBEERS DEF. TROY GRAHAM via piledriver
After the match, Debeers continues the attack until Steve Keirn comes from the back to chase him from the ring.
SUPERSTAR GRAHAM is interviewed about the attack on him last week. He talks about how it took 4 of them to jump him. He knows that Floyd Creatchmen is desperate but those clowns he has are not going to beat the Superstar in a fair fight. He wants everyone to know that at the Metrodome he will beat Nick Bockwinkel and show without a doubt that the Superstar still has it.
Commercial
TITO SANTANA talks about his big match with Greg Valentine at the Metrodome, he is looking forward to showing everyone just what he can do and Valentine is the perfect guy to go against, he vows to stay out of the figure four leg lock and maybe cinch in one of his own.
ROAD WARRIORS DEF> MOONDOGS (REX AND SPOT) via a doomsday device
RICK MARTEL talks about facing Mil Mascaras for the AWA International belt, he talks about how the AWA is represented in many countries including his Canada, Mexico with Mascaras, Saito from Japan and Debeers and South Africa, Zhukov and the Soviet Union . He vows to all the great people out there he will give Mascaras a great match and wants to walk out AWA International champ.
Commercial
BOB BACKLUND is interviewed about his big match with Doc at Wrestlerock, he is ready to face such a great challenge, but he has another big one tonight in Larry Z. He will be ready for both and plans on walking out of Wrestlerock with the AWA title.
DOC DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS w/BOB ROOP DEF. BORIS ZHUKOV via Oklahoma Stampede
After the match, as Doc and Roop go to leave the Players Club makes their way out to ringside and grabs the mic.
PLAYERS CLUB is in the ring, Floyd Creatchmen runs down Doc and talks about him ducking his guys, he also talks about how Roop is a has been and nobody should listen to his advice. Next he runs down Verne Gagne about being out of touch in wrestling, Floyd represents champions and its only a matter of time before his men all have gold. Verne comes out and gets in the ring with Doc and Roop following him. Verne grabs the mic and talks about being sick and tired of getting calls from the Vikings, North Stars, Twins, Brewers, Bucks, Packers, Bears, Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks, telling Verne that this guy belonging to him is bothering all of their players and they want it to stop. Verne wants Floyd out of here and he will take legal action if he has to. Floyd holds up his hand and explains he does not want that. He wants to make a contract with Verne for a match, two of his guys are not on the card at Wrestlerock, Larry Z and Ray Stevens. They would love to wrestle, if Verne would throw two guys in against them and they beat his guys Floyd would leave the AWA. Verne likes that idea but what is the catch? Floyd wants if his guys win, he is in control of the booking for the AWA Champ. Plus, he he wants one of the guys on the other team to be Verne. Verne gets a big smile on his face with that, he talks about how he would love to put a beating on Larry Z and Stevens. He then looks at Bob Roop and asks him if he wants to don the tights for the Wrestlerock and team with Verne. Bob tells Verne he would love that. Verne then looks at Floyd and demands that it be in a cage to keep out anybody that would want to interfere. Floyd thinks about it and agrees. Verne then talks about how they should go to the back and draw up the paper work.
Commercial
ROAD WARRIORS talk about facing Duncum and Mulligan at Wrestlerock, they took out the Samoans when Ellering sent them after them, now he has some texans that are going to lose out just like the samoans did. They hope Paul will put his money where his mouth is and send a tougher team.
BOB BACKLUND vs. LARRY Z
Floyd is still in the back drawing up the contracts, so Larry is down there by himself. He starts out working over Bob and taking his time annoying the fans at the same time. He keeps Bob in rest holds and taunts the fans the whole time. Bob uses his skills to get out and counters whatever Larry does. He then works Larry over making the crowd get on their feet. Bob is on his way to victory easy and even cinches in his crossface chicken wing. Larry is caught and is about to submit when Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens hit the ring and attack Bob. Its a three on one beatdown until Superstar Graham and Doc Death hit the ring and help Bob chase them from the ring.
COL DEBEERS talks about how Steve Keirn stuck his nose where it did not belong today and at Wrestlerock its going to cost him. Debeers is going to hurt Steve Keirn and show him why South Africans are the best wrestlers.
Rod and Rodger talk about how next week on the program they will have Curt Hennig talking about his big match with Mr Saito at Wrestlerock and Honky Tonk Man will battle Bob Roop in the main event. They sign off as the credits roll and the screen fades to black.
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