AWA Championship Wrestling 7/26/85 Hennig's Demise
Aug 3, 2014 21:02:57 GMT
Post by ppk on Aug 3, 2014 21:02:57 GMT
AWA Championship Wrestling
airing on ESPN
Taped 7/19/85
airing 7/26/85
Met Center
Bloomington, MN
Show opens with the AWA logo going across the screen, we go to ringside where Rodger Kent and Rod Trongard are seated. They talk about tonight's show, big things happened last week at the Stadium Spectacular Show at County Stadium in Milwaukee. It involves Curt Hennig challening for the AWA title and the hoops he had to jump through by Floyd Creatchmen, and we have Tito Santana coming back to face Greg Valentine, the man who put him out with the knee injury. Also on this program, Nord and Brody will be here defending their AWA belts against the Bruiser Brothers, and in the main event, Doc Death battles his former mentor Bob Roop.
VTR we go to County Stadium, where TITO SANTANA vs. GREG VALENTINE w/DR JERRY GRAHAM JR
Tito comes out fast, he is hitting every move he can on Valentine. He is not going for any pins as he wants to punish the hammer, like Greg did when he put him out with the knee injury. Santana tosses Greg outside the ring and goes out after him. He tosses him about, into the guardrail and then he suplexes him on the floor. He slams his head into the steps. Dr Jerry distracts Tito and this allows Greg to jump him from behind. Greg now works over Tito on the floor and does not let up. He is punishing his knee again, wrapping it around the ring post and delivering some serious blows to it. Greg stays on him and tosses him back into the ring. He again works over the knee and stomps on it. Tito is in alot of pain and Greg taunts the crowd as he tries to send Tito back out. He signals for the figure four and when he cinches it in, the crowd groans. Greg really puts the pressure on it and Tito looks to be done. But Tito has fighting spirit and he fights back, he is not trying to break it, but in fact reverses it. He now has control of the hold and Valentine is the one in pain. Valentine fights this for a long time and Tito has to keep putting pressure on it but finally, Greg cannot handle the pain and Tito makes him submit to his own hold.
After the match, Tito hobbles but is happy having his hand raised, while there is obvious dissension between the hammer and Dr Jerry.
End VTR
TITO SANTANA is interviewed and talks about how the long road back has been hard. He wanted to give up along the way but the great fans have kept him in it. He now feels he can get past his injury and go after the titles he came here to vie for.
Commercial
BOB ROOP talks about his match with Doc Death tonight, he taunts Doc, telling him he has never beaten Roop and he never will. Roop taught Doc some moves but not everything. Roop wants all the fans to watch their hero fall later on tonight.
AWA TAG TITLE MATCH:
NORD THE BARBARIAN/BRUISER BRODY w/SHEIK ADNAN DEF. BRUISE BROTHERS w/ DR JERRY GRAHAM JR. when Brody powerbombs Porkchop Cash
SHEIK ADNAN is in the ring with his champs, he talks about how there is no one left for his team to beat. They have dismantled the Roadies, got rid of Mulligan and this joke of a team was not tough at all. Just then Bobby Duncum enters the ring and tries to challenge Nord and Brody to a fight. He wants revenge for what they did to Mulligan, but he is jumped and dealt with before he can do anything. They leave him lying on the outside of the ring.
Commercial
Rod and Rodger talk about how Curt Hennig beat every member of the Player's Club to earn a shot at Bob Backlund's title. Floyd Creatchmen had one last trick up his sleeve that ultimately pushed Curt Hennig over the edge. The go to the video.
VTR Curt Hennig is in the ring with his father Larry. He is ready to face Backlund when Floyd Creatchmen comes into the ring. He grabs the mic and addresses Curt and Larry. Floyd talks about how Curt had proved himself by going through the Player's Club that he had heart, but he has to show Floyd he would be willing to do anything for a title shot. So tonight, here at County Stadium, Curt must engage in a lights out match against LARRY HENNIG, his father. Curt starts to protest right away, but Larry just puts his head down and says something to Curt. Floyd goes on about how Curt better really lay into his dad to put him out, because if he does not there will be no title match.
We fast forward to the match, Larry will not fight back on his son as he keeps telling Curt to hit him again and again. Curt wants the title shot but is conflicted about doing this to his dad. His dad is pushing him to do it. He uses a chair to knock his dad down. He smashes Larry with it again and again. Larry has been busted open but is not out yet. Curt continues to poor on punishment. Floyd will not end the match until Larry is out. Curt gets his father up in a piledriver somehow and delivers it on the chair in the center of the ring. Larry is now not moving in the center of the ring. Curt goes over to his dad apoligizing as medics come in to tend to his father. Floyd is back on the mic and talks about how Curt put a title shot over his own family and that Floyd is now granting him the shot against Backlund. Bob Backlund comes down put does not want to face Curt in this condition after he hurt his father. Larry has to be helped to the back, but Floyd is again taunting Curt. He tells him unless he faces Backlund now what he did to his dad was for nothing. Curt knows he must face Backlund.
AWA TITLE MATCH:
BOB BACKLUND vs. CURT HENNIG
This is a classic match, back and forth. Curt is digging down deep and goes hold for hold with Backlund. Hennig takes control of the match but cannot end it, he gets near falls and becomes desperate as the match continues on. Backlund keeps his head and after Hennig makes a mistake, Backlund catches him in the crossface chicken wing and makes him submit.
After the match, Backlund is trying to talk to Hennig but he shoves him away. Floyd gets in the ring on the mic and taunts Hennig by telling him he sold out to violence, and he injured his father only to come up short. Hennig puts his head down and heads to the back as Floyd continues to taunt him. Backlund grabs the mic and shoves Floyd. He talks about what he did to Hennig was horrible and he will not be a part of anything like that again. He leaves the ring, but Floyd grabs the mic again and tells Backlund he controls him, he will face whoever he wants him to.
End Vtr
Rod and Rodger talk about how Hennig left Milwaukee and has not been heard from Verne Gagne confirmed earlier today, Curt is not going to come back to the AWA. He is going to be with his dad and contemplate his wrestling career.
Ken Resnick is interviewing FLOYD CREATCHMEN and his Player's Club. He talks about how Curt insisted on getting a title shot and they had to make sure he would do anything for it. Once he did anything he fell apart and now is out of the picture. He then talks about Bob Backlund talking back is going to get him a gauntlet match at the next Stadium Show in Soldier Field in Chicago. He will face all of the Player's Club in one night.
Commercial
BOB BACKLUND talks about his match with Hennig. He wanted no part of that whole situation and Floyd Creatchmen has no right to make him do anything. He wants Creatchmen to know he will beat all the members of the Player's Club but after that, he will go to the AWA committee about this whole thing as it is getting out of hand.
DOC DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS vs. BOB ROOP w/FLOYD CREATCHMEN
Doc wants to beat his former mentor in the worst way and comes out like that. He works over Bob and does not let up. He gets numerous two counts on him but misses a charge into the corner and Roop works over Doc's knee. Roop is trying to make him submit to a leg hold of some kind. Doc keeps fighting out of holds and makes his comeback. He hits a suplex but almost stumbles because of his knee, then he goes for his Oklahoma Stampede and cannot put weight on his leg. He falls with Roop on top of him but he manages to kick out. He goes for the stampede again but Floyd gets on the ring apron and sends his Larry Z, Ray Stevens and Bock. All four men work over Doc until, Superstar Graham hits the ring with a chair to chase them off.
Rod and Rodger talk about next week on the program some footage of the Backlund vs. Players Club match and many more things. They hype a guy coming to the AWA who promises to put it on its ear. They go to a video of Rowdy Roddy Piper.
ROWDY RODDY PIPER talks about how he made the WWF what it is today and now he is going to the midwest and show every hay seed there what Hot Rod can do. He will say what he wants and he will do what he wants and nobody will stop him. He taunts Bob Backlund about how that goody two shoes cannot hold a candle to Piper. He promises that everyone will hate him and he is just fine with that.
(Screen fades to black)
airing on ESPN
Taped 7/19/85
airing 7/26/85
Met Center
Bloomington, MN
Show opens with the AWA logo going across the screen, we go to ringside where Rodger Kent and Rod Trongard are seated. They talk about tonight's show, big things happened last week at the Stadium Spectacular Show at County Stadium in Milwaukee. It involves Curt Hennig challening for the AWA title and the hoops he had to jump through by Floyd Creatchmen, and we have Tito Santana coming back to face Greg Valentine, the man who put him out with the knee injury. Also on this program, Nord and Brody will be here defending their AWA belts against the Bruiser Brothers, and in the main event, Doc Death battles his former mentor Bob Roop.
VTR we go to County Stadium, where TITO SANTANA vs. GREG VALENTINE w/DR JERRY GRAHAM JR
Tito comes out fast, he is hitting every move he can on Valentine. He is not going for any pins as he wants to punish the hammer, like Greg did when he put him out with the knee injury. Santana tosses Greg outside the ring and goes out after him. He tosses him about, into the guardrail and then he suplexes him on the floor. He slams his head into the steps. Dr Jerry distracts Tito and this allows Greg to jump him from behind. Greg now works over Tito on the floor and does not let up. He is punishing his knee again, wrapping it around the ring post and delivering some serious blows to it. Greg stays on him and tosses him back into the ring. He again works over the knee and stomps on it. Tito is in alot of pain and Greg taunts the crowd as he tries to send Tito back out. He signals for the figure four and when he cinches it in, the crowd groans. Greg really puts the pressure on it and Tito looks to be done. But Tito has fighting spirit and he fights back, he is not trying to break it, but in fact reverses it. He now has control of the hold and Valentine is the one in pain. Valentine fights this for a long time and Tito has to keep putting pressure on it but finally, Greg cannot handle the pain and Tito makes him submit to his own hold.
After the match, Tito hobbles but is happy having his hand raised, while there is obvious dissension between the hammer and Dr Jerry.
End VTR
TITO SANTANA is interviewed and talks about how the long road back has been hard. He wanted to give up along the way but the great fans have kept him in it. He now feels he can get past his injury and go after the titles he came here to vie for.
Commercial
BOB ROOP talks about his match with Doc Death tonight, he taunts Doc, telling him he has never beaten Roop and he never will. Roop taught Doc some moves but not everything. Roop wants all the fans to watch their hero fall later on tonight.
AWA TAG TITLE MATCH:
NORD THE BARBARIAN/BRUISER BRODY w/SHEIK ADNAN DEF. BRUISE BROTHERS w/ DR JERRY GRAHAM JR. when Brody powerbombs Porkchop Cash
SHEIK ADNAN is in the ring with his champs, he talks about how there is no one left for his team to beat. They have dismantled the Roadies, got rid of Mulligan and this joke of a team was not tough at all. Just then Bobby Duncum enters the ring and tries to challenge Nord and Brody to a fight. He wants revenge for what they did to Mulligan, but he is jumped and dealt with before he can do anything. They leave him lying on the outside of the ring.
Commercial
Rod and Rodger talk about how Curt Hennig beat every member of the Player's Club to earn a shot at Bob Backlund's title. Floyd Creatchmen had one last trick up his sleeve that ultimately pushed Curt Hennig over the edge. The go to the video.
VTR Curt Hennig is in the ring with his father Larry. He is ready to face Backlund when Floyd Creatchmen comes into the ring. He grabs the mic and addresses Curt and Larry. Floyd talks about how Curt had proved himself by going through the Player's Club that he had heart, but he has to show Floyd he would be willing to do anything for a title shot. So tonight, here at County Stadium, Curt must engage in a lights out match against LARRY HENNIG, his father. Curt starts to protest right away, but Larry just puts his head down and says something to Curt. Floyd goes on about how Curt better really lay into his dad to put him out, because if he does not there will be no title match.
We fast forward to the match, Larry will not fight back on his son as he keeps telling Curt to hit him again and again. Curt wants the title shot but is conflicted about doing this to his dad. His dad is pushing him to do it. He uses a chair to knock his dad down. He smashes Larry with it again and again. Larry has been busted open but is not out yet. Curt continues to poor on punishment. Floyd will not end the match until Larry is out. Curt gets his father up in a piledriver somehow and delivers it on the chair in the center of the ring. Larry is now not moving in the center of the ring. Curt goes over to his dad apoligizing as medics come in to tend to his father. Floyd is back on the mic and talks about how Curt put a title shot over his own family and that Floyd is now granting him the shot against Backlund. Bob Backlund comes down put does not want to face Curt in this condition after he hurt his father. Larry has to be helped to the back, but Floyd is again taunting Curt. He tells him unless he faces Backlund now what he did to his dad was for nothing. Curt knows he must face Backlund.
AWA TITLE MATCH:
BOB BACKLUND vs. CURT HENNIG
This is a classic match, back and forth. Curt is digging down deep and goes hold for hold with Backlund. Hennig takes control of the match but cannot end it, he gets near falls and becomes desperate as the match continues on. Backlund keeps his head and after Hennig makes a mistake, Backlund catches him in the crossface chicken wing and makes him submit.
After the match, Backlund is trying to talk to Hennig but he shoves him away. Floyd gets in the ring on the mic and taunts Hennig by telling him he sold out to violence, and he injured his father only to come up short. Hennig puts his head down and heads to the back as Floyd continues to taunt him. Backlund grabs the mic and shoves Floyd. He talks about what he did to Hennig was horrible and he will not be a part of anything like that again. He leaves the ring, but Floyd grabs the mic again and tells Backlund he controls him, he will face whoever he wants him to.
End Vtr
Rod and Rodger talk about how Hennig left Milwaukee and has not been heard from Verne Gagne confirmed earlier today, Curt is not going to come back to the AWA. He is going to be with his dad and contemplate his wrestling career.
Ken Resnick is interviewing FLOYD CREATCHMEN and his Player's Club. He talks about how Curt insisted on getting a title shot and they had to make sure he would do anything for it. Once he did anything he fell apart and now is out of the picture. He then talks about Bob Backlund talking back is going to get him a gauntlet match at the next Stadium Show in Soldier Field in Chicago. He will face all of the Player's Club in one night.
Commercial
BOB BACKLUND talks about his match with Hennig. He wanted no part of that whole situation and Floyd Creatchmen has no right to make him do anything. He wants Creatchmen to know he will beat all the members of the Player's Club but after that, he will go to the AWA committee about this whole thing as it is getting out of hand.
DOC DEATH STEVE WILLIAMS vs. BOB ROOP w/FLOYD CREATCHMEN
Doc wants to beat his former mentor in the worst way and comes out like that. He works over Bob and does not let up. He gets numerous two counts on him but misses a charge into the corner and Roop works over Doc's knee. Roop is trying to make him submit to a leg hold of some kind. Doc keeps fighting out of holds and makes his comeback. He hits a suplex but almost stumbles because of his knee, then he goes for his Oklahoma Stampede and cannot put weight on his leg. He falls with Roop on top of him but he manages to kick out. He goes for the stampede again but Floyd gets on the ring apron and sends his Larry Z, Ray Stevens and Bock. All four men work over Doc until, Superstar Graham hits the ring with a chair to chase them off.
Rod and Rodger talk about next week on the program some footage of the Backlund vs. Players Club match and many more things. They hype a guy coming to the AWA who promises to put it on its ear. They go to a video of Rowdy Roddy Piper.
ROWDY RODDY PIPER talks about how he made the WWF what it is today and now he is going to the midwest and show every hay seed there what Hot Rod can do. He will say what he wants and he will do what he wants and nobody will stop him. He taunts Bob Backlund about how that goody two shoes cannot hold a candle to Piper. He promises that everyone will hate him and he is just fine with that.
(Screen fades to black)