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Post by Slymm on Dec 22, 2020 23:14:33 GMT -5
This is some great stuff homie 🔥
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 10:15:47 GMT -5
This is some great stuff homie 🔥 Thanks, buddy! I really appreciate your interest and feedback. The two draws are leading to a six-man tag team match on my next show, so hopefully something gets settled there. As for Piper vs. Muta, they are turning into a hot feud which I hadn't intended. I'm excited to see where the dice take me next!
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Post by Slymm on Dec 23, 2020 15:39:49 GMT -5
This is some great stuff homie 🔥 Thanks, buddy! I really appreciate your interest and feedback. The two draws are leading to a six-man tag team match on my next show, so hopefully something gets settled there. As for Piper vs. Muta, they are turning into a hot feud which I hadn't intended. I'm excited to see where the dice take me next! I love your incorporation of some of these great boots as well. Muta is one of my all time favorites and i just cannot fathom NOT using guys like him when they have been blessed upon us. Looking forward to reading more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 15:47:36 GMT -5
I used a lot of bootleg wrestlers when I was limiting myself to the first set, largely to round the roster out to twenty-four active competitors. As I add more sets to the mix (2090 means I can start introducing people from Expansion II), the need for bootlegs decreases, so I only use the ones I consider the best of the best. Ricky Steamboat has a big match coming on the next show, and Jake Roberts is waiting in the wings for a big return.
My first go-round with bootlegs was mostly main event guys: Hogan, Warrior, Flair, and the like. Now I’m keeping mostly to Holovision Title level guys like Muta, Steamboat, Roberts, and so on.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2021 22:34:58 GMT -5
January 15, 2090 Sparks. Lasers. Smoke. Explosions. Pulsing lyrics... The silence, the silence, the blinding ultraviolence... Knocking at your door, pacing back and forth... What now?Non-Title Match: CWA World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (with “Precious” Paul Ellering) vs. The FantasticsReferee: Earl Hebner The match began with Animal and Tommy Rogers in the ring. Animal quickly gained the upper hand and whipped Rogers into the rope, but he telegraphed a back body drop. Rogers dove over him and hooked his legs with a perfect sunset flip and Earl Hebner dove into position: one…two…three! WINNERS: The Fantastics via pinfall (0:17) – Post-Match DramaAfter the sudden end of the match, Hawk and Animal blew their tops. The Fantastics made a hasty retreat to the back while the Road Warriors threw a fit in the ring. With neither of their opponents available as an outlet for their rage, they turned their attention to Earl Hebner. The official held up his hands, but Hawk and Animal grabbed him by the shirt, tossed him into the ropes, and laid him out with a double clothesline. The crowd booed mercilessly as Paul Ellering’s Legion of Doom raised their arms in victory. What. Was. That? Melanie, I have no idea…no one programmed the AI’s for violence against— Well, somebody programmed them for it! What are we supposed to do? Fine them? You’re not funny, Scott. We could always— Don’t say it. She’s right—it’s the only consistent way to handle this. Grr! Fine! Start programming Teddy Long for discipline and enforcement...Brutus “the Barber” Beefcake vs. “Nature Boy” Buddy RogersReferee: Joey Marella Rogers meant business in this match, as he tore into the Barber right from the opening bell, breaking him down until he was on his back and clamping on his FIGURE FOUR GRAPEVINE, though Beefcake was able to reach the ropes. The Nature Boy continued to pour on the offense, and it was not long before a stiff overhand right opened up a cut on Beefcake’s head. While Joey Marella was checking on the injury, Rogers came up from behind and rolled the Barber up with a schoolboy and a handful of tights, though Beefcake was able to kick out at two. Rogers went for a whip into the corner, but Beefcake reversed the throw. Rogers did a 180 and sent the Barber into the opposite corner, but the throw was reversed again, and Joey Marella barely avoided being squashed in the corner by the Nature Boy. As Beefcake charged in for a clothesline, Rogers grabbed the official by the shirt and pulled him into the Barber’s path; both men went down hard, and the Nature Boy immediately began stomping on Beefcake’s knee. Rogers took a big risk and climbed to the second rope, going for a knee drop across Beefcake’s leg, but the Barber rolled aside, and the Nature Boy crashed and burned. Beefcake went after Rogers furiously, and even clamped on his SLEEPER HOLD, but of course there was no referee to check for a submission. The Barber dropped his opponent and checked on the official, and while his back was turned, Rogers came up from behind and hit him with a low blow. Beefcake crumpled to the mat just as Joey Marella was coming to, and though Rogers made the cover, the official called for the bell without making a count. WINNER: Brutus “the Barber” Beefcake via disqualification (18:11) ** Best of Seven Series—Match Six: Lou Thesz vs. “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson Thesz leads series 3-2Referee: Tommy Young As Gary Michael Capetta was making his introductions, Danielson charged across the ring and blindsided his opponent with an elbow strike to the back of the head. He followed up with two more elbows, but Thesz caught a third and hoisted Danielson up for an airplane spin. Dazed and disoriented, the American Dragon stumbled into the corner, where Thesz trapped him and drove a pair of shoulders into his midsection. On the third, Danielson jumped straight up and rolled forward, dragging Thesz down by the waist and scoring a near fall from the ensuing cover. Thesz warily rolled to his stomach, but Danielson was waiting for him, grabbing both his wrists and planting a series of stomps to the back of his head. With Thesz hurt, the American Dragon released the hold to tie up his arms and flip into the CATTLE MUTILATION. The elder statesman of the CWA held on for as long as he could but was ultimately forced to submit. WINNER: “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson via submission (5:05) ** Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat vs. The Iron SheikReferee: Dave Hebner The Dragon was not to be denied in the opening minutes of this match. He laid into the Sheik with chops and a stiff kick, and when the Iranian Olympian went for a wild swing, Steamboat ducked. The Sheik spun 180 degrees and Steamboat hauled him up for a hanging atomic drop which left the Iranian on wobbly legs. A FLYING BODY PRESS put the Sheik down for one…two…and that was all, as he got a shoulder up. After that opening flurry by the Dragon, things settled into a wild amateur-style match of holds, reversals, and counter holds that only ended when Steamboat got careless and went for a charging clothesline. The Sheik ducked and Steamboat crashed to the mat, leaving him in position to taste the CAMEL CLUTCH. No matter how hard the Sheik pulled back on his chin, the Dragon refused to submit, so the Sheik settled for clubbing him to the mat, then hoisting him up for a sidewinder suplex. The move left Steamboat stunned, and this time when the Sheik clamped on the CAMEL CLUTCH, he picked up a hard-fought submission. WINNER: The Iron Sheik via submission (12:33) **½ “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy, and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper vs. CWA Holovision Champion the Great Muta, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig, and “Ravishing” Rick Rude (with Bobby “the Brain” Heenan)Referee: Morgan Dollar This wild six-man match started out with Rick Rude squaring off against Roddy Piper. The Rowdy Scot looked strong in the opening moments of the match: he quickly wore Rude down and even managed to sneak a chair shot in while a brawl between Hennig, Muta, and the Miracle Violence Connection had Morgan Dollar occupied. Piper made the cover but only got a two count, and promptly tagged out to Terry Gordy. Bam Bam whipped Rude into the ropes, but he made a blind tag to his regular partner Curt Hennig on the rebound. Gordy telegraphed a back body drop, and Rude sent him to the mat with a double ax handle, while Hennig followed up with a rolling neck snap. An attempted double clothesline backfired when Gordy ran through it and came back with twin lariats of his own, sending both of Heenan’s men crashing to the canvas. A quick tag brought Steve Williams into the ring, and he cleaned house on both members of the Heenan Family before tagging Gordy back in. Bam Bam went for a German suplex on Hennig, but Mr. Perfect flipped out of the attempt and drove the big man into the rulebreakers’ corner with a knee to the spine. Another tag finally brought the Great Muta into the match. The Pearl of the Orient whipped Gordy into the ropes but attempted a shoulder tackle and ran into a wall of Freebird, bouncing to the canvas. Gordy tagged his partner in one more time, and they paired up for a spike power bomb that left Muta in big trouble…but not so big that he couldn’t wriggle free from an attempted Doctor Bomb, nail Williams with a jumping savate kick, and make the cover for a lengthy two-count. Muta immediately went to the top rope for a beautiful MOONSAULT, but Gordy and Piper rushed in to make the save, followed soon after by Hennig and Rude. A pier-six brawl erupted, but the official was ultimately able to restore order…however, as he was ejecting Hennig and Rude from the ring, Piper managed to kick Muta in the groin, leaving him on the mat and easy prey for Dr. Death. The Pearl of the Orient managed to crawl beneath Williams’ massive legs to tag in Rick Rude, but Williams immediately hip tossed him almost all the way to the babyfaces’ corner. Williams tagged in Piper, and the two men hit a huge double clothesline on Rude that left him motionless on the mat. The Rowdy one locked on his SLEEPER, but Hennig was quick to dive into the ring and break up the hold. While Morgan Dollar was putting Hennig out of the ring, Piper hit Rude with a steel chain he had concealed in his knee pad and made the cover. Before the referee could get into position to make the count, “Handsome” Harley Race came charging down the ring, dragged Piper out of the ring, and planted him with a PILEDRIVER onto the arena floor! Morgan Dollar called for the bell, and Heenan led his men (and Muta) away as Gordy and Williams checked on their now-bloodied partner. WINNERS: “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy, and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper via disqualification (26:08) **½ Memorial Coliseum Capacity: 8,137 Paid Attendance: SELLOUT Cyberlink Views: 108,714
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2021 23:46:53 GMT -5
January 29, 2090 No lasers or pyro to open tonight’s show; the programmers didn’t even have a chance to run their system check, as at 18:54… You know it’s the MacMilitant… Coming to get it on…In-Ring Promo: CWA General Manager Teddy LongTeddy Long marched out from the back—no dancing this time, as he seemed deadly serious. Microphone in hand, he climbed into the ring to address some business. He called out CWA World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors first, saying that they “must have felt pretty tough, beating up on a hundred-fifty-pound referee.” He told the champs that that wouldn’t fly in his CWA. Long reasoned that there were three teams that had a reasonable claim to a shot at the Tag Team Titles: the Rock & Roll Express, who had beaten the Road Warriors by pinfall, the Sheepherders, who had beaten the Rock & Roll Express twice, and the Fantastics, who just beat Hawk and Animal in a staggering seventeen seconds two weeks ago. That being the case, “Genie Teddy Long” was going to make all three teams’ wishes come true, as the Road Warriors would defend their titles on February 20th “against all three teams in a Fatal Four-Way Match, playa!” But Long wasn’t done. He said that the fans had been witness to a classic six-man tag team match main event two weeks ago, until CWA World Champion Harley Race “chose to get involved and cause a disqualification by piledriving Roddy Piper outside the ring!” The GM said he would address that situation right then and there: that night’s main event would see “Handsome” Harley Race defend his World Heavyweight Championship against “Rowdy” Roddy Piper! Closing with a “Holla,” Long finally danced for the fans as his music played and they cheered his decisions. Good job with Long’s AI, Victoria. Well… Scott’s right—that was some good reprogramming. It punished the Race, Hawk, and Animal AI’s and set up some choice matches we can sell to fans. But… But what? Well, I wasn’t able to access his code. I was locked out. WHAT? System ID 00000000. The Long AI is locked against alteration. It’s just operating…learning…on its own. How did— It’s not just Long, Melanie. I’m locked out of the referees. And the crew. But they’re all operating correctly. Beyond correctly, even—I don’t think we could have programmed them any better. Except for Dave Prazak’s temper tantrums, but the crowd loves those, too. Alright, just…wait. Who’s that coming out to the ring. It looks like… Danny Davis! Who programmed Danny Davis into the system? It says…User ID— I know, I know. 00000000. That’s it. Dig into the root system logs. I want to know who 00000000 is, and I want to know now…Jump Street vs. The Miracle Violence ConnectionReferee: Danny Davis Surprisingly, Jump Street got off to a good start in this match, keeping their larger, stronger opponents off-balance with agility and quick tags. Despite their best efforts, however, they could not keep the behemoth Terry Gordy (who started the match against Chaz Taylor) off his feet. A dropkick by Marty Jannetty sent Gordy crashing back into his own corner and allowed Steve Williams to tag in, but the story of the match didn’t change. Williams could not get in any offense against his quicker opponents, but neither could they knock him off his feet. The underdogs’ first big error came when Jannetty caught Dr. Death in a sleeper hold. Utilizing his power advantage, Williams simply carried the smaller man to the MVC corner and tagged in Gordy, who plucked Jannetty from his partner’s back and threw him over the top rope and to the floor, stunning him. Jannetty rolled back into the ring and his opponent picked him up off the mat, only to eat a kick to the midsection and a DDT out of nowhere for a two-count. After a much-needed tag, Taylor came into the ring with a springboard clothesline that knocked Gordy on his back. Waiting for Bam Bam to take his feet, Taylor charged from behind and hit his CHAZTIZER, driving Gordy’s head into the mat and rolling him over for one…two…three! WINNERS: Jump Street via pinfall (12:03) ½ Hillbilly Jim vs. “Macho Man” Randy SavageReferee: Morgan Dollar Not much to see in this match. Savage charged at his opponent early and was knocked down, which seemed to infuriate the Macho Man. He goaded Jim into charging at him, but when Hillbilly complied, Savage caught him with a back elbow instead of a shoulder tackle. A clothesline took Jim down, and a knee drop earned Savage a quick two-count. Wasting no more time, Savage climbed to the top rope and hit his FLYING ELBOW DROP for the three-count. WINNER: “Macho Man” Randy Savage via pinfall (2:00) ½ Non-Title Match: CWA Holovision Champion the Great Muta vs. Ricky “the Dragon” SteamboatReferee: Tommy Young These two blew the roof off the Coliseum. Muta started out strong, hitting his opponent with one big move after another, but Steamboat kept coming back for more. A snap mare by Muta followed by a jumping savate kick straight to the back of the Dragon’s head made the crowd go “ooohhh!” and led to a MOONSAULT, but only a two-count. Muta changed things around by tying Steamboat up in his self-named Muta Lock, but although he weakened the Dragon, he could not get a submission. The Pearl of the Orient climbed to the top rope for another MOONSAULT, but Steamboat got his knees up and Muta crashed and burned. The Dragon followed up immediately with a falling karate chop that stunned Muta, then he leaped to the op rope and came off with a FLYING BODY PRESS for one…two…and that’s all, as Muta rolled his shoulder off the canvas. A pair of piledrivers led to another near pinfall on Muta. Steamboat picked his opponent up off the mat and attempted a belly-to-back suplex, but Muta flipped out of the move and hit another jumping savate kick, this one right to the Dragon’s spine. Steamboat crumpled to the mat and Muta vaulted to the top rope. Another MOONSAULT followed and Tommy Young counted one…two…thr—no! Somehow, Stemaboat got a shoulder up. Enraged, Muta clamped on a figure four head scissors as the last thirty seconds of the match ticked away. He seemed to have the Dragon out cold, but waved off the official so he could go to the top rope and hit one more MOONSAULT. Young dove into position and counted to one before the bell sounded. Muta hopped up and raised his arms, but the official grabbed his wrist and pulled his arm down. NO WINNER: Time Limit Draw (15:00) **** Best of Seven Series—Match Seven: Lou Thesz vs. “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson Series tied 3-3Referee: Dave Hebner While Gary Michael Capetta was making his ring introductions for this match, Danielson (victorious in their last encounter) got in his opponent’s face and began taunting him, then shoving him. The elder statesman of the CWA took as much as he could, then drove a European forearm into Danielson’s face, leaving him stunned as Dave Hebner called for the bell. Thesz maintained the advantage for the opening ninety seconds of the match, hitting Danielson with a knee lift, two more forearms, and an airplane spin. An attempted German suplex went poorly for Thesz, as Danielson somersaulted over his opponent’s head and landed on his feet, locked on a full nelson, and delivered a devastating Dragon suplex. The American Dragon caught hold of Thesz’s arms and delivered a series of stomps, then a series of elbow strikes, to his head. Another Dragon suplex left Thesz limp on the mat; a CATTLE MUTILATION was academic—Dave Hebner called for the bell and Danielson won the match, the series, and the CWA World Heavyweight Championship match. WINNER: “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson via submission (8:38) * CWA World Heavyweight Championship Match: “Handsome” Harley Race (with Bobby “the Brain” Heenan) (ch) vs. “Rowdy” Roddy PiperReferee: Joey Marella It did not take long for this match to get out of control, as within the first ninety seconds, Joey Marella was caught by a stray elbow from Roddy Piper and knocked senseless. Piper was obviously remorseful and went to check on the fallen referee, only to get weakened by a low blow from behind, then dropped to the mat by a second. Race hoisted Piper up for a PILEDRIVER, and referee Dave Hebner came running down to make the count, but enough time had elapsed that the Rowdy Scot could get a shoulder up. The next fifteen minutes—or more—were uncomfortable to watch, as Race simply beat Piper like a proverbial government mule. Unable to get his bearings after the pair of low blows and the PILEDRIVER, the Rowdy one absorbed one devastating move after another: head butts, knee drops, backbreakers, and three more PILEDRIVERS, the last of which left his scalp a bloody mess. Still, no matter how much punishment he absorbed, Piper was able to stay in the match. Roddy finally caught a break when the champion whipped him into the corner and charged in for a shoulder tackle. Piper moved at the last moment, and Race crashed into the steel ring post, crumpling in half. The Rowdy one rolled him up with a schoolboy and secured a two-count, but no more than that. Despite his weakness and blood loss, Piper fired himself up and tossed Race through the ropes, following him to the floor and whipping the champion with his leather belt. Perhaps having witnessed the low blows earlier in the match, Hebner let the illegal actions slide and Race’s back was soon blistered and bloodied. Back in the ring, Piper tried to follow up on his advantage by applying a SLEEPER, and he soon had the champion out on his feet, but Bobby Heenan was on the apron, tying up the referee, so there was no one to see it. Dropping Race to the canvas, the challenger raced across the ring and grabbed Heenan by his sparkly lapels, clocking him with a closed fist and sending him tumbling to the floor. Piper returned his attention to the champion, but when he reached down to grab a handful of Race’s hair, he got doubled over by a forearm to the midsection and scooped up for a shoulder breaker. Another PILEDRIVER put him on the mat, and Race made the cover for the one…two…three. WINNER and STILL CWA World Heavyweight Champion: “Handsome” Harley Race via pinfall (30:43) ***** Memorial Coliseum Capacity: 8,137 Paid Attendance: SELLOUT Cyberlink Views: 110,888
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Post by "Emperor Norton" (Mark T) on Jan 4, 2021 1:09:09 GMT -5
The Prazak AI has gone rogue? Next thing you know he will be bringing in the Gold Bond Mafia. 🤪
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2021 1:14:48 GMT -5
The Prazak AI has gone rogue? Next thing you know he will be bringing in the Gold Bond Mafia. 🤪 Oh, goodness...no one needs to see THAT! 😊
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2021 19:29:36 GMT -5
CWA Rankings as of January 31, 2090 SINGLESch) "Handsome" Harley Race (ch) 1) The Great Muta (1) 2) "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (2) 3) "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (4) 4) Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake (-) 5) The Iron Sheik (-) TAG TEAMSch) The Road Warriors (ch) 1) The Fantastics (4) 2) The Sheepherders (3) 3) "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig & "Ravishing" Rick Rude (1) 4) The Rock & Roll Express (-) 5) The Miracle Violence Connection (-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 2:56:04 GMT -5
February 20, 2090
Sparks. Lasers. Smoke. Explosions. Pulsing lyrics... The silence, the silence, the blinding ultraviolence... Knocking at your door, pacing back and forth... What now?Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiaseReferee: Danny Davis The Million Dollar Man took an early advantage with an eye rake, and proceeded to work Beefcake over with knees, elbows, and suplexes. Things turned around when DiBiase locked on a figure four; Beefcake suffered for a bit, then managed to turn over and put all the pressure on DiBiase, who barely managed to reach the ropes before being forced to submit. The Million Dollar Man fled to the floor, only to get scooped up and slammed on the ring apron! He rolled back into the ring and Beefcake unloaded on him with a savage clothesline, then made the cover for one...two...three! WINNER: Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake via pinfall (5:32) ½ Post-Match DramaAs Beefcake celebrated his win, an African American man in black pants, a matching turtleneck, and a black wool cap rolled out from under the ring, slid beneath the bottom rope, and attacked him from behind. As DiBiase slowly regained his senses, he began cheering the assailant on, shouting orders, to wit: "Get him, Virgil! Kick him again!" Before any serious harm could be done, a man in a shining red and black smoking jacket, with a matching headband and dark sunglasses came power walking up the aisle. He grabbed David Prazak's chair, climbed into the ring, and began swinging at both DiBiase and the newcomer, Virgil. After those two had fled the ring, the man set the chair up in front of beefcake, took a seat, and began talking to him. "You see? That's what you get when you're alone. Sure, you win matches, but you get beaten down--again and again and again. Take my offer, and not only will you still be a winner, you'll have backup, someone to watch your back and make sure things like this don't happen anymore. It's your choice." The man reached into his lapel, produced a try-folded sheaf of papers and a pen, and dropped them in front of Beefcake, who had come to his senses enough to stare at the man as he made his exit, taking Prazak's chair with him all the way to the back. Meanwhile, at the announce table, Dave Prazak was having some sort of fit. He had removed his headset, but many people could still hear him ranting and raving about how his chair keeps getting taken, and how he's always in the middle of the war zone. He declared that he'd had enough, and finally shouted "I quit!" before making his way up the aisle and to the back, to the jeers of the live crowd. What the hell?What just happened?The Prazak AI just...quit.It can't quit! It hasn't been programmed to quit! How could it quit? Why would it quit?Maybe its feelings got hurt?Don't be stupid, Scott.Alright, alright. Look, this isn't a big deal--This is a HUGE deal! We have a rogue AI!Right, right, and we'll deal with that. But I've been working on another play-by-play program, and I think you'll really like it...Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat vs. Gorgeous George (with Cherie Dupré)Referee: Dave Hebner There wasn't much to see in this match--Steamboat took the advantage early and never let up, scoring a near fall after a piledriver (George got his foot on the ropes) and finally winning via count out when his opponent decided that he had absorbed enough punishment, grabbed his valet, and headed back up the aisle, taking the count out loss. WINNER: Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat via count out (5:19) ½ The Miracle Violence Connection vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude and "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig (with Bobby "the Brain" Heenan)Referee: Joey Marella The match started before Gary Michael Capetta even had a chance to finish his ring introductions, as Curt Hennig jumped Terry Gordy from behind, and Jopey Marella called for the bell to start the match. Hennig laid into Gordy's back with forearm smashes before whipping him into the corner...which was a huge mistake. Gordy reversed the throw and followed Mr. Perfect in with a huge clothesline that sent him crashing to the mat. Before anyone had a chance to react, Bam Bam picked Hennig up and drilled him into the mat with a POWER BOMB and picked up the one...two...three. WINNERS: The Miracle Violence Connection via pinfall (1:09) -- Post-Match DramaAfter the bell sounded, Rick Rude charged into the ring, only to get taken out by an enormous lariat by Steve Williams. As Dr. Death went after Rude, Gordy picked Hennig up off the mat and hit him with another POWER BOMB. And another. And another. And another. Joey Marella was ordering the big man to stop, and Mike Tenay was striking the ring bell for all he was worth, but nothing could stop the enraged Freebird. He hit one more POWER BOMB before his partner finally corralled him and led him away, with Bobby Heenan protesting vehemently and calling for fines and suspensions the entire time. A medical crew came out to tend to Curt Hennig, who was clutching his lower back in obvious pain. Lou Thesz vs. "Nature Boy" Buddy RogersReferee: Tommy Young Incredibly, these two greats started the match with a handshake--though it turned out to be just a ploy. Rogers swung at his opponent with a closed fist, hoping for an early knockout, but Thesz caught him by the wrist and flipped him to the canvas. With both men back on their feet, Thesz caught Rogers in a waistlock, but the Nature Boy managed a standing switch and hit a beautiful bridging German suplex, though it only earned a one-count. Thesz gradually worked his way back into control of the match, and the two traded blows, holds, and throws for several minutes before the Nature Boy planted his opponent with a piledriver, only for Thesz to roll out of the ring before Rogers could go for the cover. When Rogers went out after his opponent, Thesz was a bloody wreck from the piledriver. Rogers dragged Thesz to the corner, picked him up for a belly-to-back suplex, but instead of falling backwards, rammed Thesz's knee into the ring post! The elder statesman of the CWA was in raw agony, and barely made it back into the ring before Tommy Young reached a count of ten. Thinking quickly, Rogers moved in for the cover, pushing Thesz onto his back and using the middle rope for leverage. Young was oblivious to the illegal move, and counted one...two...three! WINNER: "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers via pinfall (9:12) ** Four Corners Match for the CWA World Tag Team Championship: The Road Warriors (with "Precious" Paul Ellering (ch) vs. the Sheepherders vs. the Fantastics vs. the Rock & Roll ExpressReferee: Morgan Dollar Before Gary Michael Cappetta even had a chance to begin his ring introductions, the Road Warriors and their manager strode out to the ring, cornering the referee and threatening that he had better do his job right, or he'd be answering to them, the champs. Dollar was obviously intimidated, and swallowed hard even after they had let him leave their corner. Once everyone was introduced, the action started, and unexpectedly, the Fantastics and the Rock & Roll Express went after one another, while the Road Warriors set their sights on eliminating the Sheepherders. The action was almost too furious to call, but as the other wrestlers paired off, Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton really did a number on Ricky Morton, scoring several near falls, the last of which was broken up by an attack by Butch Miller, who immediately went after the wounded Morton, only to get hit from behind by Robert Gibson. It continued in this manner for almost ten minutes, with a number of pitfalls attempted, but each one broke up by another competitor...until the Road Warriors finally chose to assert themselves. One by one, they isolated each of the other competitors, worked them over with brutal double-team offense, and left them laying on the mat, helpless. First Butch Miller went down, then Tommy Rogers. Robert Gibson was the next to fall, followed by Butch Miller and Ricky Morton. That left Bobby Fulton in the ring alone against both champions. He put up a valiant effort, but was quickly cut down by a double clothesline. One DOOMSDAY DEVICE later, Hawk covered him for the three-count and the Road Warriors beat the odds to retain their titles. WINNERS and STILL CWA World Tag Team Champions: The Road Warriors via pinfall (27:13) **½ Post-Match DramaAs the champions were celebrating in the ring amidst the carnage they had inflicted, a pulsating techno beat began playing from the loudspeakers. The lights went out, save for two spotlights that focused on the entrance to the back. As the techno beat gave way to a synthesizer melody, Jim Cornette stepped through the curtain, flanked by "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton on his left and "Sweet" Stan Lane on his right. Eaton pointed at the champions in the ring, while Lane motioned around his waist in the universal "we want the belts" gesture. Hawk and Animal held up their title belts and shook their heads; Hawk even said "No way!" But Lane just nodded, and if one could read lips, they would see that he responded, "Oh yeah, it's gonna happen." All three newcomers departed without incident, leaving Hawk and Animal in the ring to celebrate their victory, although their enthusiasm was considerably dampened by the arrival of the Midnight Express. Memorial Coliseum Capacity: 8,137 Paid Attendance: SELLOUT Cyberlink Views: 124,195
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