Post by rick54 on May 17, 2017 13:26:07 GMT -5
NWA Championship Wrestling airs 5-13-2017 (Taped Friday 5-12-2017 from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla.).
The NWA logo appears as the music begins & we go to a collegue of clips:
*'NWA World's Junior Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit holds up the title while Lions Den members Brian Pillman & Owen Hart clap their hands
*Manager Col. J.C. Dykes throwing a fireball at one of the Fantastics
*NWA Women's World's Champion Asuka forcing Gail Kim to submit
*The Rock N Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) with a double-dropkick on the Steiner Brothers
*'Handsome' Harley Race being stretchered out
*Mr. Wrestling 1# (Tim Woods) slapping hands with the wrestling fans on his way to the ring
*Wrestling manager James J. Dillon stands in the wrestling ring with NWA World's Heavyweight Champion the 'Original Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers, the new NWA World's Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & Curt Hennig along with newest addition to the Four Horsemen -- Batista.
* MUW World's Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman & Sable speaking on NWA Wrestling
We fade to the announcers desks with the NWA announcing trio of Joey Styles, David McLane & Jesse "The Body' Ventura welcome the fans to today's show tape live before a capacity crowd at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla. Doing our ring announcing is Mike McGuirk. Our interviewer is Eden Stiles. NWA referees tonight are James Beard, Brian Hildebrand & Charles Robinson.
Before the beginning of the first match, the Fantastics are at the desk dressing in street clothes to tell the announcers that Bobby Fulton has been cleared to wrestle again after getting burned by Inferno's manager Col. J.C. Dykes. The Fantastics want Dykes & his masked cowards anytime & anyplace.
Commercial break
Match 1. Single Match. The Great Muta w/mgr. Rock Hunter submitted David Young with the Muta Lock (8:40).
Stiles interviews manager Rock Hunter with the Great Muta who brags that this is the beginning of the Rock Hunter Organization.
Commercial break
Match 2. 4 Woman Tag Team Match. Taryn Terrell & Cherry Bomb knocked off the Beautiful People (minus Velvet Sky who was preparing for a title match with Asuka). Terrell pinned Madison Rayne while Bomb tied up Angelina Love in the corner. (9:13).
Stiles interviews Ken Shamrock about his return tv match against Batista shortly with the 4 Horsemen barred from ringside
Commercial break
Match 3. Single Match. Fritz Von Erich used the Claw to beat . (7:41).
Stiles interviews Nikita who says he will be watching that match today between Ken Shamrock & Batista.
Commercial break
Match 4. 4 Man Tag Team Match. The Steiner Brothers by disq. over the Von Brauners w/mgr. 'Gentleman' Saul Wiengeroff who hit Rick in the head with his handy cane & was caught by the referee. (7:59).
Stiles interviews an angry Steiners who still want those World Tag Team Belts back but want to get their hands on the Von Brauners & Weingeroff one more time.
Commercial break
Match 5. Ordered Return Challenge Single Match. (All members of the Horsemen including JJ are barred from ringside). The monster Batista hit the Batista Bomb 3 times on Ken Shamrock to set up the pin. (7:55). Shamrock almost had Batista twice after locking on his ankle lock but Batista managed to get to the ropes for the break. Batista worked referee Charles Robinson to set up a cheap shot on Shamrock, setting up the Batista Bombs.
After the match, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin walked out, starring at Batista who saw him & invited him to come into the ring with him. Officials came down to escort Austin back to the dressing room. The rattlesnake was smirking all the way.
The trio wraps up today's show & remind the fans to tune in next week for more NWA action.
Dark Matches
NWA World's Women's Title Match. (Champ): Asuka 'no contest' with (Chall): Velvet Sky of Beautiful People when Angelina Love & Madison Rayne came to save Sky from the Asuka Lock. (19:52). The champ hit referee James Beard after nailing Love with a spin kick to the face, blooding her nose. Rayne pulled Sky out of the ring.
6 Man Tag Team Match. The Lions Den (Brian Pillman, World's Jr Chp Chris Benoit & Owen Hart) lost to Triple Threat (Chavo Guerrero Jr., Dean Malenko & Shane Douglas) when Douglas used a pair of brass knuckes on Pillman for the pin. (13:42).
Non-Title Four Man Tag Team Match. NWA World's Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & Curt Hennig w/Stacy Keibler w/mgr. JJ Dillon defeated the Rock n Roll Express in a exciting contest. (18:21). Once again the sexy Keibler used those long legs in that short mini-skirt to distract the Express long enough for Hennig to roll up Gibson for the pin.
NWA World's Heavyweight Champion 'Original Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers w/mgr. James J. Dillon beat Wahoo McDaniel by count out. (21:11). See-saw contest between two greats. Dillon's constant distracts finally got to the challenger who went after him. The Horsemen came down but McDaniel got away in time.