AWA TV # 4 IWA World Heavyweight Title.
Ric Flair : Jungle Boy vs The Nature Boy . Sooner or later it had to come to pass . And here it is . Now Jack Perry , youngster , woo !! You gotta walk that isle like so many before you . The Hogan’s , The Magnum TA’s . The Von Erichs , The Austin’s and the list goes on and on brother . They all have one thing in common , they all lost to the Nature Boy Ric Flair . The finest athlete in the world today . Now Jungle Boy you got your shot at being the World Heavyweight Champion , but just remember to be the man you gotta beat the man .,. Wooooo !!!!
Jungle Boy: I have to say , if two weeks ago , you would have told me , I would have an opportunity at the World Heavyweight Title, I would have told you , you’re crazy . Somehow , someway , my name got tossed into a four way elimination and I put lasted them all .
These last two years , we have been on one hell of a ride together . Now I am going to look across the ring tonight at the greatest wrestler walking the planet . Do I have what it takes . I’m not sure . It will be fun to try though . Ric Flair see you tonight here on WGN in the main event .
Freddy Miller: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the American Wrestling Association on WGN and here is your host . The dean of wrestling, Gordon Solie.
Gordon : Well thank you Freddy Miller . Thank you to our in studio fans and thank you to you at home . We are live in the WGN Museum of Broadcasting studios . Freddy , we have a big show tonight .
Freddy Miller : Gordon, yes we do . A lot of fall out from last week’s house show at the Player’s Club . There is also wrestling tomorrow night in Detroit at Fox Theater . Dynamite Kid taking on Tiger Mask .
Tommy Rich vs Tyrus
Ray Stevens and The Destroyer in a tag team grudge match against Wahoo McDaniel and Mr . Wrestling 2 . So much more .
Gordon : But right now we want to bring in Hulk Hogan . Sir , last week you returned home here in the Midwest and well to say the least your homecoming was way short of a celebration.
Hogan : Dean Solie, let me tell you you something, dude . I thought I was done with Brian Cage . I kicked his ass and I thought it was over , but it’s obvious he has a short memory, brother .
So , Brian Cage , tomorrow night in Detroit in front of 5,000 , brother , we are going to do it again . This time , I’ll end it once and for all . Brian Cage, watcha gonna do , when Hulkamania runs wild on you !!!!!
Gordon : Hulk Hogan, everybody . Freddy , Miller is standing by with our first match .
Freddy : Fans, this match is one fall with a 15 minute time limit , introducing first from Japan this is Jushin “ Thunder “ Liger . His opponent tonight from Texas , The Iceman Dean Malenko .
There is a lot of countering in this . Liger hits a sit out Liger Bomb , but Dean kicks out . Liger goes for a second , but Dean somehow turns into a Bridging German for 2 . Dean almost has him submitted with a Texas Cloverleaf, but Liger counters into a half crab . Late in the match the two exchange chops , when the bell rings .
Freddy Miller: Fans , the time limit has expired , referee Mike Smith has declared this match a draw .
Gordon : A great match , hoping to see these two gentlemen again . Right now Bob and Brad Armstrong are in action .
The Armstrongs vs Iron Mike Sharpe & Big Mike George : The Armstrongs have a tough time with this team . It doesn’t help , when Leather and Lace come down to coach the rule breaking team . Brad takes them out with a Plauncha however . George and Sharpe lose their coaches . Bob catches George with a Superkick . Brad dropkicks Sharpe coming in , as the father and son team pull off a popular victory.
Post match Tyrus is led out by Babydoll . Someone else has joined the fray . Gordon , is shocked to see Ronnie Garvin .
Gordon : Wait a minute that’s Ronnie Garvin and he’s going after the Armstrongs and Jon Moxley !!! We gotta a piersixer brewing here . We have to get order restored . We’ll be back .
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Gordon : Welcome back . I have to say , I’ve known Ronnie Garvin for a lot of years . Never did I think he would side with the likes of Babydoll , Tyrus and Leather and Lace . Right now we have more action . Let’s go to the ring .
Freddy Miller: Fans this next match is one fall with a ten minute time limit . First from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is Austin Aries. His opponent, from Mound , Minnesota. Verne Gagne.
Good back and forth match . Aries starts to heel it up halfway through , he hits the Brainbuster and goes for the 450 , but Verne moves !! Verne with a dropkick and then gets the O Connor Roll for 3 . Post match , Aries attacks Verne from behind . He puts him in a head and arm choke . Security pulls him off .
Gordon : We have lost all kinds of control on the program today . Let’s take a break here , we’ll be back .
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Gordon : Welcome back I’m being joined by The American Rednecks . Trevor Murdoch and Cowboy James Storm . Gentlemen tomorrow night you face a rather unorthodox team that Paul Ellering has put together . The Great Kabuki and Baron Von Rashke.
Trevor: Unorthodox, I’d say plum down right , bat shit crazy , Gordon . Although I know you can’t say that . I mean you got Kabuki with all that mystery and oriental stuff and then big Ol Baron wantin to goose step all over someone and put ‘em that claw hold .
Well me and Jimmy here , we like bat shit crazy . Hell , I think Jimmy invented it . We are looking forward to a damn good fight .
James Storm : That’s right . We are gonna whip some ass , then do some partying in Detroit. It’s gonna be a throw down in the Motor City , baby !!! Trevor here is gonna bulldog Ol Baron right through the ring and Kabuki , well , I gotta last call for you .
Look boys it ain’t no hard feelings . We need those IWA rankings to keep pace . So you gotta take the ass whippin coming to ya . All I gotta say boys , is sorry about your damn luck !!!!
Gordon : Let’s go to the ring . The new AWA Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes is in action .
Dusty Rhodes vs Rodney Mack : The big dog makes a good showing , but Dusty rocks him with the flip flop and fly , a bionic elbow puts him down for the 3 .
The crowd pops huge . Dusty joins Gordon at the podium.
Gordon : WOW !! Well sir , last Saturday at the Clash of Champions , you and Harley Race pushed each other to your limits .
Dusty : Gordon Solie , that Harley Race is one nasty man , but know this , he has the Dreams respect . And now the names are popping up all over . You have Bockwinkle’s, Wildfires , You have Ligers , Tigers and Barons , oh my !! But tomorrow night at the Fox Theater in Detroit , we gonna get funky like a monkey . John Studd , you and the Dream are going to do it right , baby . See you tomorrow night !!!
Gordon : And we still have two matches to go here tonight . When we come back the WGN Television Title is on the line . We’ll be back .
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Freddy Miller : Fans this next match is one fall with a 20 minute . It is for the WGN Television Title. First the challenger from Indianapolis, Indiana. The World’s most dangerous wrestler , Dick The Bruiser !!!
His opponent, from Beverly Hills , California. He is the WGN Television Champion. Paul Ellering Presents Nick Bockwinkle!!!
Bruiser in the early going , controls the match two big thunderous body slams and then a knee across the chest of Bockwinkle. Bruiser now works a Bearhug . Bockwinkle rakes the eyes and then a hip toss on Bruiser . Bockwinkle with a knee to the back and then uses his legs as body vice . Bruiser powers up to his feet and turns it into a makeshift Powerbomb . Bruiser with the pin attempt 1……2….Nooooo !!!
Bockwinkle gets his hand on the ropes . Now Bruiser works a two handed stomach claw . Bockwinkle gets to the ropes for the break . Off the break , Bockwinkle rakes the eyes and tosses Bruiser over the ropes . Bockwinkle takes a breather while Bruiser is on the outside . Bruiser tries to come back in , Bockwinkle kicks the middle rope . From there he hits a hangmen’s DDT and covers 1…….2..,…..3 !!!
Gordon : And that’s all she wrote. What a great match . We will take our last break and then it’s our main event . The IWA World Heavyweight Title is on the line . Ric Flair defending against Jungle Boy .
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Gordon : Welcome back our next match is one fall with tv time remaining for the IWA World Heavyweight Title. Should the match continue after we go off the air , we will show you the results of that match at the top of the hour next week . Freddy Miller, take it away .
Freddy : Gordon, this match is one fall with a one hour time limit and it is for the IWA World Heavyweight Title.
First the challenger from Santa Clara , California, this is Jungle Boy Jack Perry .
His opponent from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the IWA World Heavyweight Champion. The Nature Boy Ric Flair!!!
They lock up collar and elbow. Flair pushes Jack into the ropes . He then slaps his face and then struts around the ring . He goes back to the center . Jack locks up with him again . Flair again , pushes him to the ropes , but when the arrogant champion tries to slap Jungle Boy again , he gets a standing dropkick for his trouble . Flair powders out .
Jungle Boy launches himself over the top rope into a summersault onto the champion . Now he rains down punches and rolls Flair back in . Flair scrambles to his feet and Jungle Boy hits a rana . Flair is on the outside again . Suicida by Jungle Boy . He rolls Flair in . Flair staggers up , leaping clothesline by Jungle Boy. He covers 1……2…… Nooooo !!! Flair kicks out .
Flair scoots back into the corner , begging Jungle Boy off . He grabs Jungle Boy by the front of the trunks and hurls him into the turnbuckles . From there Flair hits a vertical Suplex. He then drops an elbow and makes a cocky cover . 1……..2……. Nooooo !!! Jungle Boy kicks out . Flair now hits an atomic knee drop and starts stomping on Jungle Boy’s leg . Flair can be heard yelling , “ what did I tell you punk !!!! No one upstages the Nature Boy. Whooo !!!” Flair now goes for the Figure Four. Jungle Boy fights like hell to get to the ropes , but Flair has it positioned so well, he can’t make it . His only hope is to turn it .
Jungle Boy fights , using his hands to push off the canvas and then turn the Figure Four !!! Flair is screaming in pain , “ NO , NO, “ he cries out . Flair rolls it over and now Jungle Boy is back in the figure four, but he’s within reach of the ropes . He grabs the bottom rope . He’s obviously weakened . Flair stomps the hell out of him in the corner .
Jungle Boy falls to the outside . Flair goes after him . He slams Jack’s head on the ring apron and then goes to whip him into the ringpost, but Jack reverses it and Flair hits back first . Both men lay on the ground , the ref begins to count .
Gordon : We have about 6 minutes left in the show . We will keep the action going , right now here is Freddy Miller to remind you about the action in Detroit at the Fox Theater tomorrow night .
Tommy Rich vs Tyrus
Dynamite Kid vs Tiger Mask
Ray Stevens and The Destroyer vs Mr . Wrestling 2 and Wahoo McDaniel
Hulk Hogan vs Brian Cage
The American Rednecks vs Kabuki and Baron Von Rashke
AWA Heavyweight Title : Dusty Rhodes ( C) vs Big John Studd
Match resumes : This whole time , both men have gotten back in the ring and have exchanged hammerlocks and headlocks . Now it has become a chop fest . The crowd is on their feet . Jungle Boy gets the better of the exchange and then starts hitting with Strong Style Elbow Strikes . From there he hits another standing rana and then puts Flair in the Snare Trap.
Gordon : We are out of time . For Freddy Miller, I’m Gordon Solie saying so long from the Windy City of Chicago.
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The match continues after the show goes off the air . Flair somehow finds his way to the ropes . For the break . He rolls out of the ring and is now joined by Tully , Arn and Barry on the outside . Jungle Boy sees this . He thinks better not to go after the champion , but then shrugs his shoulders and launches himself , knocking down all four of the Horsemen like bowling pins . He quickly rolls Flair back in the ring . He hits him with a roaring elbow , then hits a Destroyer Piledriver!!! Arn tries to get in the ring , the ref keeps him back . Tully however comes in , pulls Jungle Boy off of Flair and hits the Slingshot Suplex . Tully climbs back out and Barry pulls Arn down . Flair now hits a vertical Suplex and then from there , he puts on the Figure Four. Jungle Boy is in a bad spot and has no choice but to submit .
Post match , the Horsemen come in to do a number on Jungle Boy, but Hulk , Dusty and the Armstrongs come in with bigger numbers . The Horsemen live to
fight another day .
Freddy Miller: Fans, the winner of the match and still IWA World Heavyweight Champion The Nature Boy Ric Flair.
Dusty grabs the mic .
Dusty : Freddy Miller , you know the Dream loves you baby , but your wrong . This kid wad screwed over . He is a victim , baby . The winner of the match and the uncrowned IWA World Heavyweight Champion the Jungle Boy Jack Perry , now believe that if you wiiiillllllll
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