Wild West Wrestling: 5/17/1985 - "Outlaws of Wrestling" TV#2
May 25, 2014 1:06:37 GMT
Post by psychosem17 on May 25, 2014 1:06:37 GMT
Wild West Wrestling
“Outlaws of Wrestling” TV Taping
Friday, May 9th, 1985 (taped)
Saturday, May 17th, 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 another week of action. Tux seems very happy this week of the fact that one of his teams, the Interns, will he here in action and proclaims his men the 'future' Wild West Tag Team Champions. Les says that there are seven other teams in the tournament that would beg to differ and that we would be seeing another one of those teams in action today in the Breakdancers. Thatcher wonders why only one of Tux's two teams has been named to the tournament field and Newman claims conspiracy. Les says that he doesn't believe that for one moment, and that he wouldn't be surprised if Tux was taking advantage of his new found team of huge youngsters. Newman responds by saying that simply isn't true and that he even split the winning from the tag team battle royal amongst all four of his men, after he had taken his cut of course.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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*Recent title contender 'Cowboy' Scott Casey joins Thatcher and Newman at the announce area and says that he is really glad to be on the program today. Thatcher talks with Casey about his recent challenges of Wild West Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau and Casey says that he was honored to be given that chance and that Jacques was a 'fighting champion' and a 'man of his word' and that he looks forward to stepping in the ring with him again in the future. 'The Cowboy' then says that even though he didn't capture the Wild West Heavyweight Title that he thinks that there still might be some 'gold' in his future and that he was glad to hear all of the talk about all of the great tag teams here in Wild West Wrestling because he would like to officially 'toss his name into the hat' for the upcoming tag team title tournament. Tux responded by saying 'you can't do that', but it was Les that seemed to have the better question in asking just exactly who Casey's partner would be. Scott answered by saying that he 'had a partner in mind' and that, if he agreed to it, he would produce him right here on the program at some point during the next couple of weeks.
*The program goes to break with some highlights of Casey in action as Thatcher notes that we will be seeing 'the Cowboy' in action coming up next and also again later in the program when we get a look at his challenge to Wild West Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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1)'Cowboy' Scott Casey pinned Ali Bey The Turk at 4:50 following a bulldog headlock out of the corner. The stocky Turk was able to get in a few moves early, but was ultimately no match for 'the Cowboy', who really seems to be on top of his game since coming out West.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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2)The Breakdancers: Brickhouse Brown & 'Stylin' Mark Ragin defeated Johnny Wilhoit & Jerry Oske at 10:16 when Brown pinned Wilhoit following a double drop kick. This was a pretty fast paced and evenly contested match that saw all four men working hard. The Breakdancers provided some pre and post match entertainment by break dancing to the music on their 'boom boxes'.
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*Thatcher talks about the upcoming tag team title tournament for the next time that WWW returns to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas and says that the tournament field is filling up with some really great teams and that 'virtually anyone' could come out of the evening with the belts. Kevin Wall got a few quick words with the victors and they seemed excited for the opportunity and even tried to get Wall to dance with them before heading down the aisle and celebrating with the fans. As the program goes to break, Les notes that the Breakdancers have been on a roll, but that they have received a difficult draw in the opening round as they will be taking on a team coming in for the tournament that is very well known both in the States and around the world in the New Zealand Sheepherders.
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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 his two men, the Interns, will 'crush their dreams and seal their fate' in just a 'few short weeks' at the tag team title tournament.
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3)The Interns #1 & #2 (w/Tux Newman) defeated Steve O & Mike Jackson at 6:55 when #2? pinned Jackson after #1 placed Mike over his knee and #2 came off the second rope with a big double forearm smash.
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*Thatcher and Wall note that the Interns will be a tough team to beat come the tag team title tournament if they can find their way past Magnum Force in the first round. Les admits that even if you don't agree with Newman or his team's tactics that you have to admit that they find their themselves victorious more often than not.
*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. (This is the same video as last week. It fades to break before it is complete.)
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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 clip of the 'Lumberjack Match' is considerably shorter this week.)
*The program went to break with some comments from Jos LeDuc on the upcoming match.
LEDUC: “Har Race... May 31st... Las Vegas... It end...”
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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4) George Wells pinned 'Wildman' Jack Armstrong at 9:47 following a big flying shoulder tackle off of the second rope. The rivalry between these two men has really grown into a strong dislike between the both of them. They are both fringe contenders so this match matters as far as the rankings are concerned. On this day, Wells was just a little bit better, but I don't think anything was really settled between these two.
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COMMERCIAL BREAK: Local Card Lineups & Localized Promos
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*The remainder of the show was dedicated to showing a clipped version of Jacques Rougeau's successful title defense against 'Cowboy' Scott Casey from Wild West Wrestling's last visit to the Thomas & Mack Center that saw Jacques retain his title by avoiding the bulldog and countering into a rolling reverse and bridge for the three count. (Jacques' 7th Title Defense)
*The show concluded with Thatcher letting everyone know that the program would be back here next week with highlights of the big 'Best of Three Falls' battle between Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith. Also, Harley Race in action, more info on the big tag team tournament, including a look at The Sheepherders and a 'special challenge match' as Magnum Force have said 'we don't want to wait until the tournament to get our hands on Tux Newman's men' and have agreed to take on the 700 plus pounds of The Deathstars.
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NON TELEVISED MAIN EVENT:
5)In a 'lumberjack match', Harley Race pinned Jos LeDuc at 11:45 with a belly to back suplex and roll of the shoulder after LeDuc had turned his attention to Jacques Rougeau, who had just tossed LeDuc back into the ring. Earlier in the contest, LeDuc had caught the Wild West Heavyweight Champion with a 'cheap shot'. After the match, a furious LeDuc grabbed his 'ax handle' and went after the 'lumberjacks' swinging it wildly at them.
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PLUS!!!
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House Shows (Quick Results)
Tucson, AZ 5-16-1985
1-George Wells pinned Jerry Oske (9:45 – Running Football Tackle)
2-Breakdancers: Brickhouse Brown & Mark Ragin defeated Rene Goulet & Duke Myers (10:22 – Double Dropkick)
3-Davey Boy Smith pinned Intern #1 w/Tux Newman (8:47 – Running Powerslam)
*Tux Newman set up a distraction that allowed the Interns to swap places mid-match but it was not enough.
4-Magnum Force: Dave Peterson & Scott Hall defeated The Deathstars #1 & #2 w/Tux Newman (11:32 – Disqualification when Interns interfered)
5-In a 'Lumberjack Match', Harley Race defeated Jos LeDuc (9:11 – Countout)
*LeDuc was getting the worst of the fight so he grabbed his ax handle and used it to battle his way through the lumberjacks to escape. Race went after LeDuc with the two brawling after he was declared the winner. The 'lumberjacks' had to separate the two men.
6-Wild West Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau pinned 'Cowboy' Scott Casey (22:10 – Missile Dropkick, 9th Defense)
Phoenix, AZ 5-17-1985
1-Jerry Oske pinned Rene Goulet (12:00 – Shoulderbreaker)
2-'Cowboy' Scott Casey pinned 'Wildman' Jack Armstrong (9:10 – Bulldog Headlock)
3-In a 'Lumberjack Match', Harley Race pinned Jos LeDuc (10:45 – Diving Headbutt)
*LeDuc tried to grab his ax handle again but all of the 'lumberjacks' rebelled against him after him attacking them with the item the last time these two met. Jos couldn't fight his way through the united front this time and was tossed back into the ring where Race met him with a body slam and big diving headbutt for the victory.
4-George Wells & The Breakdancers: Brickhouse Brown & Mark Ragin defeated Billy Anderson, Scott McGhee & Tommy Wright (16:00 – 2nd Rope Flying Shoulder Block)
* Wells pinned Wright...
5-Magnum Force: Dave Peterson & Scott Hall defeated The Interns 1 & #2 w/Tux Newman (15:15 – Reverse Decision)
*Newman's distraction allowed #2 to load #1's mask to gain the victory, but the decision was reversed when the object, a silver dollar, fell out of the Intern's mask and was spotted by the referee.
6-Davey Boy Smith battled Wild West Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau to a time limit draw. (45:00 - 10th defense)
*This was the hard-hitting, scientific match up that you would expect. Each man avoided their opponent's finishing moves and got several near falls. Things ended with both men exhausted as frustrations boiled over and they began trading punches from their knees. After being separated at the bell, cooler heads prevailed and both men eventually shook hands...
Working on it now.