Bookerbill Presents the LWF @ ...

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Yes, another reboot. I have lost count how many times. I just found I spend more time editing my results and not enough time playing the game. I am very excited about the way things have gone so far. Hope everyone takes the time to follow along.

Card #1 – LWF @ Hamburg, PA – Fieldhouse

Commissioner Charlie Cox opens the first card by addressing the fans talking about the rich history of wrestling at the Fieldhouse and how wrestling history will be made again tonight with the first ever LWF card. The LWF Title Tournament gets underway with sixteen competitors battling in eight matches. The winners advance in the LWF Title Tournament, the losers will compete in the United States Title Tournament.

Match 1: Nick Bockwinkel (1) v. The Sandman (16)
Despite the support of the PA fans, The Sandman offers little challenge to the LWF Tournament’s top seed. Bockwinkel cruises to a victory with a FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK.

Match 2: Killer Kowalski (8) v. Harley Race (9)
Kowalski starts the action before the bell but Race rams Kowalski into the steel ringpost but is unable to put Kowalski away with a PILEDRIVER. Both men are a bloody mess by the midway mark of the match. Race traps Kowalski in the ropes and hammers away taking out the referee in the process earning himself a disqualification. Kowalski moves on in the LWF Title Tournament.

Match 3: Frank Gotch (4) v. Red Bastien (13)
Handshake starts the action. Bastien shocks many by taking the fight to Gotch picking up multiple near falls early in the contest. Gotch slows Bastien’s attack with a series of rolling knee bars and the action evens out. Gotch plants Bastien with an Iowa backdrop and puts Bastien away with a GOTCH TOE HOLD. A Handshake leads to standing ovation.

Match 4: Jimmy Snuka (5) v. Ox Baker (12)
Solid action from bell to bell. Snuka survives a pair of HEART PUNCHES and Baker kicks out after a SUPERFLY LEAP (1). The highspot of the match comes about halfway through when Snuka dives over the ropes onto Baker at ringside. Things end at ringside with both men brawling and a bloody Baker clocks Snuka with a chairshot getting himself disqualified.

Match 5: Buddy Rogers (2) v. Gorgeous George w/Cherie Dupré (15)
The fans cannot stand either man but back the Nature Boy after a long intro for George. Rogers dominates the early action and George takes several powders at ringside drawing huge heat. Dupré distracts the referee allowing George to choke Rogers on the ring rails at ringside. George escapes a FIGURE FOUR GRAPEVINE by grabbing the ropes while Rogers survives a pair of SPINNING TOE HOLDS. Rogers uses a steel chair on George at ringside and is disqualified. George moves on in a huge upset.

Match 6: Johnny Valentine (7) v. The Destroyer (10)
Destroyer is able to frustrate Valentine from the opening bell both in and out of the ring. Destroyer pushes Valentines pin count to 7 before trapping him in a FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK. Greg Valentine & Playboy Buddy Rose try to get to the ring to save Valentine but security prevents the interference and Valentine submits for the 2nd upset in a row.

Match 7: Bobo Brazil (3) v. King Kong Bundy (14)
Brazil might be the most popular competitor in the LWF. Brazil looks like he will take an early win with a COCO BUTT in the bout’s second move but the action goes on. Bundy cannot put Brazil away with an AVALANCHE. A big hammer punch puts Bundy on his seat and Brazil ends it with a COCO BUTT.

Match 8: Giant Baba (6) v. Ted DiBiase w/Virgil (11)
DiBiase takes a thrashing throughout the contest. Midway through the match, Baba blocks DiBiase charge into the corner with a boot to the face followed by two NECKBREAKER DROPS. Somehow DiBiase kicks out and action continues. Virgil distracts the referee saving a bloody DiBiase from a third NECKBREAKER DROP and later Virgil interferes, breaking up what would have been the three count after a Baba Chop. DiBiase manages to block a deathjump smash with a boot to the face and then traps Baba in a figure four leglock. Baba cannot escape and DiBiase is onto the LWF Title Tournament.

Up next, we head to North Bergen, NJ where the United States and LWF Title Tournaments continue.

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Card #2 LWF @ North Bergen, NJ, Embassy Hall

United States Title Tournament – Quarter Finals

Commissioner Cox welcomes the fans to the Embassy Hall and tells us the United States and LWF Tournaments will carry on tonight as the LWF presents 8 exciting bouts.

Match 1: The Sandman (16) v. Harley Race (9)
Race has little trouble with the Hardcore Icon using a swinging neckbreaker to set up a PILEDRIVER to move onto the semi-finals.

Match 2: Ox Baker (12) v. Red Bastien (13)
Bastien controls the early action in this classic match up of power v. speed. Baker stops Bastien in his tracks with a choke slam out of nowhere and ends the bout moments later with a HEART PUNCH.

Match 3: Buddy Rogers (2) v. Johnny Valentine (7)
A main event anywhere in the country. Valentine grinds away at the Nature Boy from the opening bell and ends the rather one sided disappointing contest with an ATOMIC SKULLCRUSHER. Where was the Nature Boy tonight?

Match 4: King Kong Bundy (14) v. Giant Baba (6)
Baba unleashes an incredible attack in the battle of the giants including at one point three consecutive deathjumps that brings the Embassy Hall to the their feet. Baba turns it up a notch from there with a falling body block onto Bundy at ringside which brings out the LWF chant! The match is over with NECKBREAKER DROP when Ted DiBiase distracts the referee allowing Virgil to clock Baba with a chair shot. Bundy finishes a bloody Baba with an AVALANCHE moments later.

LWF Title Tournament – Quarter Finals

Match 5: Nick Bockwinkel (1) v. Killer Kowalski (8)
Bockwinkel starts out strong but cannot put away Kowalski with a BOCKWINKEL SLEEPER and two FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCKS. With a pin count of 8, Kowalski comes back and dominates the second half of the match but is disqualified when he takes out the referee during a brawl on the floor. Bockwinkel moves onto the semi-finals.

Match 6: Jimmy Snuka (5) v. Frank Gotch (4)
A Handshake starts the action. It is classic action from the bell. Snuka draws some heat when he rakes Gotch’s eyes early on and then Gotch has the fans booing when he sends Snuka shoulder first into the ring post later in the contest. Gotch survives a SUPERFLY LEAP (1) but Snuka keeps momentum on his side scoring the pin following a power bomb (ch).

March 7: Gorgeous George w/Cherie Dupré (15) v. The Destroyer (10)
The long history between these two is showcased by the back and forth action. Both men pick up near falls before George traps Destroyer in the ropes and hammers away. The referee steps in and George shoves the official to the mat declaring “get your filthy hands off of me.” George is disqualified and eliminated from the tournament.

Match 8: Bobo Brazil (3) v. Ted DiBiase w/Virgil (11)
DiBiase pays a fan to polish his boots drawing huge heat. Brazil quickly takes over the action and downs DiBiase with three consecutive COCO BUTTS. Virgil interferes but Brazil takes Virgil out with a big hammer punch and uses another COCO BUTT to finish DiBiase.

The LWF is headed for the South Mountain Arena for the next round of the singles tournaments and the quarterfinals of the tag team tournaments.