Post by fifthhorseman on Apr 2, 2017 14:22:31 GMT -5
UWF FRIDAY NIGHT’S MAIN EVENT
EPISODE 20
EPISODE 20
Mauro Ranallo: We are live from the Forrest County Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for UWF Friday Night’s Main Event! I’m Mauro Ranallo, and I’ll be joined this week on color commentary by Jim Cornette and later on, Dusty Rhodes. Tonight you’ll see a veritable “Clash of Champions”, as all four singles titles will be defended. Let’s not waste any time, then, and let’s get you to the ring for tonight’s first championship match!
UWF WESTERN STATES HERITAGE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
CHRIS HARRIS vs. BARRY WINDHAM (c):
CHRIS HARRIS vs. BARRY WINDHAM (c):
vs.
“The Wildcat” was accompanied to the ring by his ALW mates, but Jannetty and Neidhart went back to the locker room once the introductions were over. Windham looked as confident as ever, and he took charge early with armdrags and hip-tosses before grounding him on the mat. Harris fought the match from underneath throughout, and rallied briefly, but in the end, Windham was just too good, finishing off his challenger with a flying lariat after about ten minutes of action. The champ “shook” his dazed foe’s hand, then left with a big smile on his face.
After the match, a 60-second video package played, hyping the televised singles debut of one of the UWF’s most recent acquisitions… CM Punk, next week, only on UWF Friday Night’s Main Event.
COMMERCIAL
Earlier in the night, a backstage camera crew spotted Gary Hart confronting Triple H as he parked his rental car. The conversation appeared civil, but it was obvious that Hart wanted to make it clear that his man, Yoshihiro Tajiri, was the top contender for the Mid-South Junior Heavyweight title. “The Game” disagreed, and told the manager that Kenny Omega was not only next in line, but that he just needed one opportunity to claim the gold. Hart departed, but not before getting in the last word: “How about we let the championship committee decide what’s ‘best for business’?”
MID-SOUTH JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
THE DYNAMITE KID vs. DANNY HODGE (c):
THE DYNAMITE KID vs. DANNY HODGE (c):
vs.
The two competitors shook hands to start, and then it was non-stop movement. Conditioning was not a factor for either man, who had the physical and mental will to wrestle all night if required. Dynamite’s aerial tactics gave him one advantage, while Hodge’s unmatched amateur prowess helped him. Several times Ranallo and Cornette sat in rare silence, letting the action speak for itself. It was a 30-minute classic that ended in a time-limit draw.
As the crowd rose to its feet to applaud what they just witnessed, it obscured the over-the-rail sneak attack by Kenny Omega. Armed with a kendo stick, he blasted both men repeatedly across the back, before bailing at the sight of the Bulldogs running down the ramp. “The Cleaner” fled through the crowd, happy he made his impression.
COMMERCIAL
As Cornette left the broadcast table and Rhodes sat down, a video package played, highlighting what seemed to be the “big show curse” of the North American title. At each of the three biggest UWF shows to date – the finals of the championship tournament, Mid-South Mayhem, and Superblast – the man that walked into the ring with the title did not walk out of the ring as champion.
UWF NORTH AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
NICK BOCKWINKEL (c) vs. TERRY GORDY:
NICK BOCKWINKEL (c) vs. TERRY GORDY:
vs.
It was a very pro-Freebird crowd, but the master strategist Bockwinkel negated their presence by stalling throughout the match. What he could not counter, though, was the sheer power Gordy had, and “Bamm Bamm” threw him pillar to post at every opportunity. But the champion was stubborn, and experienced, and he squashed the rally with a well-placed low blow. The referee didn’t see it, and Bockwinkel small-packaged the challenger, holding his shoulders down just long enough for the sneaky win.
A recap of last week’s show then aired, featuring the debut of the Junkyard Dog, the big win by Drew Galloway over Terry Funk, and the Freebirds’ successful title defense against the Newer Age Outlaws.
COMMERCIAL
A 60-second video vignette fired up the crowd, as highlights from the 2014 Crockett Cup were played, followed by a video announcement that revealed two more trios that were officially entered into the 2017 tournament: the Motor City Timesplitters, and from WCW, the extreme team of Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, and Sabu!
UWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
BULLY RAY DUDLEY (w/D-Von Dudley and Johnny Stamboli) vs. BRET HART (c):
BULLY RAY DUDLEY (w/D-Von Dudley and Johnny Stamboli) vs. BRET HART (c):
vs.
The Dudleys were joined by their newest/latest partner, Johnny “the Bull” Stamboli, and the trio riled the audience up as they strode down the ramp. The UWF champion entered, warily eyeing all three as they slowly circled the ring during the main event intros. Sensing trouble, “the Hitman” gestured to the backstage area, and a few seconds later, his brothers-in-law appeared to even up the odds: Jim Neidhart and Davey Boy Smith.
Hart controlled the match early on, and went to work on Bully Ray’s right leg. It was textbook offense by the champion, keeping the big man off his feet. But to his credit, Dudley took advantage of a missed second-rope elbow-drop and turned the brawling up to 11. He focused most of his assault on Hart’s neck and upper back, in anticipation of finishing him off with a Bubba Bomb. He scored several two-counts in the process, but eventually “the Excellence of Execution” fired up and reversed the course of the match. More elbows, leg-sweeps, backbreakers, and slams- all softening up for the Sharpshooter. He cinched it in, and though D-Von and Stamboli both tried to get in the ring to break it up, they were stopped by Smith and Neidhart. Bully Ray toughed it out for as long as he could, but he had to submit before risking permanent damage.
The reigning champion celebrated in the ring with his allies as the Dudleys departed, furious at the result… so angry, it seemed, that they took it out on Stamboli. When they got to the top of the ramp, Bully Ray and D-Von hit a3D on “the Bull”, expelling him from their ranks before he ever wrestled an official match with them. Meanwhile, Hart held his belt high overhead, challenging anybody to step in the ring with him, and the cameras faded to black.