Heroes Of Wrestling - 01/22/22
PRIME TIME!
with Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan
* - Show opens with Gorilla & Bobby discussing the matches on tonight's show from The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Madison Square Garden in NYC, and a special feature match from the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto featuring Canadian Heavyweight Champion Angelo Mosca. They also discuss a letter from a mysterious "BT Barber" addressed to Greg Valentine saying he is "looking forward to doing business in the near future."
2 Cold Scorpio pinned Jimmy Rave after the SCORPIO SPLASH (Spectrum)
* - Gorilla and Bobby continue to discuss the BT Barber letter... "Mr. Valentine, I look forward to doing business with you in the near future. I will do my best to lighten your burden and take some off the top so you can sleep easy" Gorilla and Bobby seem puzzled as to who BT Barber could be.
Lord Zoltan won by count out over The Missing Link (MSG)
* - Zoltan assaulted Link with a chair during Gary Michael Capetta's introductions. Link was unable to recover and he was tossed out of the ring by Zoltan who rammed him into the ringpost. Link was obviously a blood mess even through the pixelation the censors added
* - Promo by Tantanka who stated that he was going to get some payback on Doink in Philly!
Doink The Clown defeated Tatanka with a sleeper after attacking Tatanka before the match began! (Spectrum)
The Bushwackers won over Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik with the BATTERING RAM on Volkoff (MSG)
Justice Pain beat Nikita Breznikov via PAIN THRILLER in his H.o.W. debut (Spectrum)
(Joined In Progress) John Tenta (fka Earthquake) beat King Kong Bundy via STANDING BACKBREAKER (MSG)
TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNAMENT FINAL
The Tribe beat Los Piratas after Pirata Morgan missed a turnbuckle charge and was rolled up by Hawaiian Lion to become the first H.o.W. Tag Team Champions!
* - After the commercial break Gorilla cuts to an incident back in December in Canada concerning the Canadian Heavyweight Champion Angelo Mosca who was being interviewed by Bill Apter. The interview was interrupted when Masked Superstar II blindsided Mosca. The two men broke out into a brawl destroying the PWI Press Conference set! The GWN Commissioner Jack Tunney ordered the two men to take it to the ring and settle it! Right then!
Angelo Mosca put Masked Superstar II down with the SLEEPER (from Maple Leaf Gardens 12/21)
* - They resumed their brawl in the ring! Mosca got the best of his rival (with his loaded elbow pad, though the fans didnt mind as they DESPISE MS II)
* - Back in the studio we are treated to a segment with Gorilla and Bobby along with Roddy Piper and Marty Janetty. They talk about music, Marty with his love of Hard Rock and Piper with Bag Pipes. Heenan throws insults at everyone's music tastes and to Piper himself. Heenan then goes on a rant about music in general as Piper sneaks up behind Heenan and hits a high note on the Pipers which startles Heenan causing him to fall on his ass as Gorilla and Janetty burst out with laughter.
Roddy Piper and Marty Janetty beat Larry Sweeney & Afa Jr. when Piper pinned Afa Jr after a back suplex (Spectrum)
(STEEL CAGE MATCH) "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka pinned Abdullah The Butcher after the SUPERFLY LEAP (FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE) (MSG)
* - Snuka and Abdullah ended up bloody messes as they both used the cage to their advantage. Abdullah also made good use of a fork to carve up Snuka's forehead. After a long battle Snuka finally got the big man off his feet and climbed to the top of the cage and came down with the SUPERFLY LEAP to get the victory!
* - Gorilla Monsoon closes the show announcing that H.o.W. will be touring Canada for the next couple of weeks and we'll be seeing more of Angelo Mosca and Masked Superstar II as well as other stars of the Great White North!