rick54
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Post by rick54 on Jan 7, 2017 14:46:55 GMT -5
NWA Championship Wrestling
Taped 1-1 at the Charlotte Coliseum (aka Independence Arena) 9,605 sellout.
NWA announcers are Joey Styles, David McLane & Bob Caudle. Our ring announcer is Mike McGuirk. And our interviewer is Eden Stiles. Our referees tonight are James Beard, Brian Hildebrand & Charles Robinson. The Fantastics lost to the Masked Infernos w/mgr. Col JC Dykes when Inferno 1 used his club boot on Tommy Rogers. Ken Shamrock referee's decision over Antonio Inoki (would not submit to Ankle Lock then passed out). Jerry 'King' Lawler w/mgr. Stacy Carter drew 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper in an unpopular stall match by Lawler. Ted Dibiase pinned Dory Funk Jr. with an inside cradle after escaping Funk's Spinning Toe Hold. NWA Women's World's Title Match. (Champ): Gail Kim pinned Tessa Blanchard using the Air Raid Crash. NWA World's Junior Heavyweight Elimination Final Match. Cody Rhodes beat Austin Aries with the Silver Spoon DDT . NWA World's Tag Team Elimination Final Match. The Steiner Brothers defeated the Rock N Roll Express when Ricky Morton was hit by the Steiner Device. NWA World's Heavyweight Elimination Final Match. 'Original Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers w/mgr. James J. Dillon beat 'Handsome' Harley Race with the figure-four leg lock.
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Slade
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Post by Slade on Jan 11, 2017 15:08:11 GMT -5
Rick, I like this card a lot.
One match that I like a whole lot from a sports entertainment point of view is the Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper match. It was a DUD if all I cared about was work rate. However, that isn't what wrestling is all about. You need to have matches like this one from time to time. Lawler stalling for the entire match until he could achieve a time limit draw is a classic Southern chicken shit heel tactic and loved every minute of it! You just know the fans were getting increasingly agitated at Lawler's stall tactics and were just dying for Piper to get his hands on him.
I also really enjoyed the final three title matches of the night. Cody Rhodes vs. Austin Aries, the Steiners vs. Rock 'n Roll Express, and Buddy Rogers vs. Harley Race are all good matches in their own right. Rogers is the NWA Heavyweight Champion once again and to a nicer guy, it couldn't happen. It is also nice to see Rhodes getting some love, here.
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Post by fifthhorseman on Jan 12, 2017 11:11:10 GMT -5
I was thinking the same thing about that Piper/Lawler match. Wouldn't be a technical masterpiece, but it would entertain.
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