CARD # 3
Austin, Texas
Frank Erwin Center THE DESTROYER 3defeated
GORGEOUS GEORGE
5/w/ Cherie Dupre & Rock Riddle
- A very good 3 star opener!
- The cerebral masked man fought off interference by Riddle and distractions by Cherie to win after a Bombs Away!
- Two straight solid wins has to push the Destroyer to the front of the line for a future title shot.
LOU THESZ 1defeated by
DQGREG 'THE HAMMER' VALENTINE
1/w/ Ted Dibiase
- The egocentric Thesz has been telling anyone who will listen that he is the greatest technical wrestler that has ever lived and deserves a world title shot.
- He's promised to go through every member of the Horsemen until he finally gets Flair in the ring.
- A Greco-Roman Backdrop looked to have Valentine beaten, but Dibiase slid in the ring and knocked him unconscious with his Million Dollar title belt!
* Backstage Nikita is warming up when he is approached by Kevin Sullivan, who offers the big Russian a chance to join his army. Koloff ignores the evil Taskmaster and continues to work out, and even turns his back to Sullivan. Outraged, Sullivan grabs Koloff by his massive arm and turns him around forcefully "Don't turn your back on me you buffoon!" and eats a massive right hand which drops him straight to the locker-room floor! Nikita walks off as if nothing happened as Sullivan lay on the ground holding his jaw and starring evilly at the huge Russian as he leaves.'MR. PERFECT' CURT HENNIG 2/w/ Ted Dibiase
defeated
'THE TOTAL PACKAGE' LEX LUGER
4- Hennig used his quickness to keep the bigger, stronger Luger on his heels and off balance.
- Lex did mange to snatch Mr. perfect up in the Human Torture Rack, but interference by Dibiase got Hennig out of it.
- Lugar then became obsessed with getting his hands on The Million Dollar Man, which allowed Curt time to recover.
- Distracted, Lex walked right into a Perfect Hennig Plex and was pinned.
RUSSIAN CHAIN MATCH!
N.W.A. UNITED STAES CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH
'HACKSAW' JIM DUGGAN 3defeated
NIKITA KOLOFF
4 (C)- Both combatants were a bloody mess after battering one another with the chain!
- A flying Spear brought the crowd to it's feet as the ref counted three!!!
- After the match Kevin Sullivan, Great Muta and Shinsuke Nakamura attacked the already beaten up Nikita....!
- The three on one assault continued until........
- DUSTY RHODES hit the ring with a steel chair,
HUGE POP!, as the army made their retreat through the crowd.
* N.W.A. WORLD HWT. CHAMPIONSHIP CONTRACT SIGNING *
'NATURE BOY' RIC FLAIR (C)
STING- The signings went on without a hitch, until LOU THESZ came out and challenged the winner to a match.
- It was all the spark this combustible situation needed and it broke down into a brawl between FLAIR, STING, THESZ and DIBIASE!
N.W.A. WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH
NIKOLAI VOLKOFF 2 & IRON SHEIK 3/w/ Percy Pringle III
defeated
THE ROADWARRIORS : HAWK
2 & ANIMAL
5 (C)-
SHOCKER!!!- Hard hitting back and forth match with the Foreigners getting the better of most exchanges.
- A Backbreaker Drop by Volkoff put Animal down and you could have heard a pin drop when the referee slapped the mat a third time!
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NEW CHAMPIONS! TEXAS DEATH MATCH!
THE GREAT MUTA 3/w/ Kevin Sullivan & Shinsuke Nakamura
defeated
'THE AMERICAN DREAM' DUSTY RHODES
5- The sold out arena was totally behind their home town hero Rhodes and he fed off their energy.
- The numbers were just too much for big Dust to overcome though, as every time he claimed an advantage Sullivan or Nakamura would interfere and turn the tide back in Muta's favor.
- Dusty laid Sullivan and Nakamura out with his Bionic Elbows but turned right into Muta's Green Mist and was pinned!!!
- Sullivan, Muta and Nakamura didn't stop their beat down on Rhodes just because the match was over!
- The assault continued until...... a bandaged
Nikita charged the ring with his chain in hand!
- The Russian Nightmare slid in the ring and started brawling with all three, until Dusty recovered and joined in to make it two on three.
- Sullivan bailed out of the ring along with his Jade Dynasty, possibly considering digression was the better part of valor.
- Once the situation calmed and Dusty and Nikita realized they were in the ring together an intense stare down took place until big Dust extended his hand to the Russian...
- Nikita looked at Dusty's extended hand and just nodded to Rhodes before rolling out of the ring and walking to the back.
- As Koloff walked up the ramp, the sold out arena chanted
"NIKITA! NIKITA!! NIKITA!!!"- Nikita seemed shocked but pleased with the ovation as he disappeared into the back.....