AWA Presents Rumble In Wrigley
53, 000 in attendance!
Freddy Miller: Hello Wrigley Field !! Hello Cubs fans and hello AWA and Wrestling fans around the nation !! Welcome to this special Broadcast live on WGN !!! It’s a pleasure to be here . Here is your host for tonight . Gordon Solie !!!!
Gordon : And thank you . Fans as far as the eye can see . Tonight I’m being joined on color commentary by the man who made Milwaukee famous . The one and only The Crusher !!!
Crusher : Gordon , it’s going to be an ass kicking night and I can’t wait for that bum Rick Rude to get beat up by the World Heavyweight Champ Dusty Rhodes .
Gordon : Well sir without further ado . Let’s get things started .
Buddy Rose vs Bron Breaker : Bron is taking it right to Buddy . Bron has him over one shoulder and is about to snake eyes him , Rose gets out the back door and dropkicks Bron into the turnbuckles . From there he hits the Kiss From A Rose ( Famouser ) for the 3 .
Gordon : An upset here . With Buddy Rose .
Crusher : That no good low life , what a cheap win . Let ‘em try that with me .
Gordon : Let’s move onto our next match shall we ?
Trish Stratus and Madusa vs Rhonda Rousey and Shayna Baszler: Rhonda and Baszler really work over Trish’s arm . She does get away however and makes the tag to Madusa who lights them both up with kicks . Late in the match , it’s Trish with a sunset flip off the top rope on Rousey for the 3 count .
The celebration is short lived however post match . Baszler and Rousey put Madusa and Trish respectively in Kamuras . Baszler breaks Medusa’s arm .
Crusher : Look I ain’t a huggable sensitive guy , but when ya try to end a person’s career ya should get your ass beat .
Gordon ; No words could be more true . We’ll be back .
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Back from break . Gordon and Crusher tell us that the Giant and Undertaker battled down the aisle before introductions . The two men are now in the stands in center field . Security and Chicago’s finest have to separate them . Heenan is in the announcer’s area talking about this is a travesty of Justice on Paul Wight . Crusher tells Heenan to leave before he rips off his head and pukes down his neck . Heenan figures he wore out his welcome and takes his leave .
AWA Tag Team Titles The Creed Brothers vs Jack Swagger & Big E Langston : This is the last hurrah for the team of Langston and Swagger . Brutus buckle bombs Big E and Julius hits the sliding clothesline off the tag for the win . Post match Swagger and Big E shake hands and say goodbye.
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AWA Junior Heavyweight Title The Miz vs ??? : It is announced that Okada is injured . Heenan says that his client should get the night off . Bob Luce comes out and says these fans paid to see a Junior Heavyweight Title Match and that’s just what they are going to get .
Angel Garza makes his way through the crowd . The ref calls for the bell . Several Lucha drags by Garza . Miz staggers up , Garza goes for a Superkick , but Heenan grabs his back leg . Garza turns and Miz kicks him in the back of the head . Garza falls to the outside .
Miz post Garza and he’s busted open . Miz rolls Garza back in . Garza staggers to his feet . Face plant by Miz , followed by an It kick to the chest . Miz pulls Garza up for the Skull Crushing Finale , but Garza turns it into a Fujiwara . Miz is fighting to get to the ropes . He’s real close to tapping .
The bell rings . Garza let’s off the hold thinking he won , he quickly puts two and two together . He sees Heenan standing at the time keepers table with a ring hammer . He quickly spins around as Miz is getting ready to attack . Garza hits the Superkick !!! He covers ….. 1…….2…….. Heenan jumps I’m the ring !!! The ref calls for the bell .
Crusher : That no good dirty weasel .
Gordon : Hector Garza has won by DQ . One thinks he has secured a future title shot . Right now it’s time for the WGN Television Title match .
Crusher : Excuse me Gordon , I got somethin to do .
As Heenan comes out to escort Hennig to the ring , Crusher comes out and goes after Heenan . To the fans delight . Gordon tells us , he’s guessing Crusher won’t be joining the broadcast tonight any further .
WGN Television Title Cody Rhodes vs Curt Hennig : The two put together some great chain wrestling. Hennig soon tires off it and when they get into the ropes , he knees Cody in the gut and then hits a side saltue . He covers , Cody kicks out at two . Cody scores a spinning head scissors take down . Both men back up . They lock up , Hennig with a headlock takedown . Cody gets to his feet and gets off a Suplex . Cody now sets for Cross Roads and gets it . 1……2……. Hennig with a foot on the ropes . Off the break , Hennig school boys Cody and uses the ropes for leverage . The ref doesn’t see and Hennig gets the 3 count !
Gordon: And there you have it . Mr . Perfect Curt Hennig is the new WGN Television Champion . We’ll be back .
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AWA Heavyweight Title: Ted Dibasie vs Kerry Von Erich: A great back and forth match . Kerry hits a press slam and closes in for the Claw . Ted grabs him by the front of the trunks and hurls him out to the floor . Kerry lands in his head and is shaken up . He gets in the ring , just after the count of ten .
Gordon : It looked like the champion was in trouble , but he as usual found a way to win . Right now Bobby Lashley gets his second World TV Title shot . Let’s go to the ring .
Freddy Miller: Fans this match is one fall with a 20 minute time limit . It is for the IWA World Television Title. Introducing first …
From Colorado Springs , Colorado Bobby Lashley !!!
Introducing from El Paso , Texas . He is the IWA World Television Champion , Manny Fernandez !!!!
Lashley goes right at him . Big time power on display . He hits Suplexes from every angle and then goes for a Dominator , but Manny turns it into a Rana !! Manny with a couple big time side kicks drives Lashley to the corner . Superplex by Fernandez. He floats over 1…. 2….. Nooo !!! Lashley kicks out . Fernandez sets for the flying headbutt , Lashley turns it into a Spinebuster !! He covers 1…….2…….. Noooo !! Fernandez kicks out . The match goes deep . At the 18:57 mark Lashley goes for German , Fernandez gets out the back door and gets an O’ Connor Roll for 1…….2……3 !!!
Post match the two men shake hands .
Gordon : For 19 minutes Bobby Lashley had Manny Fernandez wondering is this it ? But a very crafty and skilled champion literally pulled off a last minute maneuver to retain .
We are about to take out last commercial break. When we come back . Rick Ride who has had Dusty Rhodes’ number , will take on the World Heavyweight Champion in a Bull Rope Match !!! We’ll be back .
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IWA World Heavyweight Title Bull Rope Match Dusty Rhodes vs Rick Rude (w/ Jimmy Hart ) : Surprisingly, Rude has no issue of the rope going around his wrist . As soon as it’s connected to him , Hart distracts Dusty and Rude wraps the rope around Dusty’s neck and starts choking him . Dusty goes down to one knee , then two . However his hand finds the cowbell and he hits Rude upside the head. Rude is staggered . Dusty hits the Bionic Elbow and now attaches the Bull Rope to his wrist .
He struts toward Rude . Rude is begging him off . When Dusty takes the cow bell in his hand to open up on Rude , Rude hits a low blow on Dusty and then drops an elbow across the back of the head . Rude now grabs up the bell and starts raking it across Dusty’s head . Rude now takes the bell and starts running it over Dusty’s back . “ Dusty is beginning to look like a Jigsaw puzzle “, as Gordon tells us .
Rude waits for Dusty to stagger up and nails him with a clothesline . Rude flexes for the crowd and then drops an elbow . He makes a cocky cover . 1…..2…… Nooooo !!! Dusty kicks out . Rude goes for a Rude Awakening , but Dusty counters out and turns it into Cross Rhodes !!! Dusty lay on the mat , trying to recover . Rude is up first . He goes to the second rope and comes off with bell in hand …….. NO SIR !!!!!!! Dusty gets a boot up and it fires right into Rude’s face !!!
Jimmy Hart comes in and Dusty drops him with the Flip , Flop and Fly !!! Dusty closes in on Rude . Rude staggers up and Dusty nails him right in the head with the bell !! Dusty covers 1……..2……. Jimmy Snuka comes off the top rope with a flying headbutt to the back of Dusty’s head …. Rude covers 1……2…… Cody slides in and breaks it up !!!!! Now Cody and Snuka are fighting on the outside . Hart is sitting in the ground wondering what the hell happened! Rude us up first , he reaches for Dusty …… BELLY TO BELLY !!!!! Dusty with cover 1…….2……..3 !!!!!!
Freddy Miller : Fans the winner of this contest and still IWA World Heavyweight Champion The American Dream Dusty Rhodes!!!
The celebration begins , Cody , Tommy Rich, Manny Fernandez and Bobby Lashley are all in the ring .
Gordon : What an amazing night , although something tells me , Dusty Rhodes has not heard the last of Rick Rude or the first family for that matter . For Freddy Miller, I’m Gordon Solie saying so long from the Windy City of Chicago!
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