Post by rick54 on Dec 31, 2017 18:45:21 GMT -5
NWA Championship Tournament Spectacular
Atlanta, Ga. Phillips Arena Sunday Dec. 31, 2017
Dark Match. Return Challenge Match for Dale Lewis' $1,000. Lawler must pin Lewis in the first 10minutes of the match. Prof. Dale Lewis outsmarted Jerry 'the King' Lawler w/valet the Kat. Lewis sucked Lawler in to set up a second piledriver then caught him in an inside cradle before the bell rang ending the 10 minutes of the 15 minute match. Lawler was disqualified for hitting the referee & piledriving Lewis again.
Dark Match. Texas Death Tag Team Match. The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated the Masked Assassins (Tom Renstro & Jody Hamilton). (18:31). The Express hit Assassin 1# with a double drop kick for the pin by Morton after Assassin 2# crashed into the ringpost trying to spear Gibson.
The beginning of the NWA Championship Night pay-per-view event kicks off in the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Ga., with the announcing team of Les Thatcher, Joey Styles & Jesse 'the Body' Ventura. The announcers welcome the fans to the pay-per-view & then run down the card. Joining the announcing team is interviewer Eden Stiles who will be interviewing the wrestlers before their matches. Mike McGuirk is our ring announcer. So lets go to the first match of the night. Stiles interviewed MSD World's Heavyweight Champ Bret 'the Hitman' Hart followed by MSD Woman's World's Champ Chyna.
1st Match. NWA United States Women's Championship Match. Gothic banshee MsChif defeated Canadian cutie Cherry Bomb with the Desecrator (scissored DDT) (13:13). A close match with MsChif escaping several pin falls which frustrated Cherry Bomb. Cherry thought she had the match won after hitting MsChif with her super kick but couldn't get the 3 count from referee Charles Robinson. Furious at losing, Cherry popped & hit MsChif with an inverted DDT on the US Women's Belt. Bomb told the booing crowd she was a proud Canadian & hated the USA.
2nd Match. NWA United States Tag Team Championship Match. The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane) w/mgr. Woman won over The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose) w/mgr. Jim Cornette. (19:01). With referee Brian Hilderbrand distracted by Woman, Diamond Club member 'Ravishing' Ric Rude ran down ringside to attack Jim Cornette outside of the ring. When Condrey came to Cornette's aid, the Fabs double teamed Randy to set up a 1-2-3 win the US Tag Team Belts!
Third Match. NWA United States Heavyweight Championship Match. 'Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers w/mgr. Bobby Davis submitted 'Handsome' Harley Race to the figure-four leg lock. (22.41). Race had dominated the match, hitting Rogers with two head butts before the 'Original Nature Boy' managed to clip Harley's leg to set up the win. Rogers tried to keep Race at a distance but Harley was the definite aggressor in this battle.
4th Match. NWA World's Women's Tag Team Championship Match. (Champ): Gail Kim lost title to (Chall): Kana.(10:22). Kana attacked Kim before the start of the match outside of the ring. Kim never recovered & the challenger never let up the on defending champion. The challenger viciously pounded on the champ from pillar to post. Kana won the match with her Kana Lock.
5th Match. NWA World's TV Championship Match. Ted Dibiase beat Shane Douglas with the Cobra Clutch in the center of the ring. (17:22). Ted keep focused and took two of Shane's Belly-to-Belly Suplex's before rallying for the win. Shane spent the early minutes bailing to the ring floor to slow down Ted. Douglas took a brief advantage midway in the match when Triple Threat members Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko came down ringside to distract Ted & the official. Unexpectedly Steve Williams came down at the end of the match & he prevented the two Triple Threat members from interfering.
6th Match. NWA World's Junior Heavyweight Championship Match. Danny Hodge won by disqualification over Chris Benoit's who applied his Crippler Crossface & refused to break the hold. (16:31). Triple Threat leader Shane Douglas & team mate Dean Malenko came down to throw out official James Beard. They encourage Benoit to crank down on Hodge who by now was unconscious. Then all hell broke lose when 'Cowboy' Bill Watts & Steve Williams hit the ring & cleared the ring of the Triple Threat. Hodge had to be stretchered back to the dressing room.
7th Match. NWA World's Tag Team Championship Match. 'Minnesota Wrecking Crew' Gene & Ole Anderson w/mgr. James J. Dillon defeated The Kentuckians ('Grizzly' Smith & 'Big' Luke Brown) in a wild match. (18:42). Ole pinned a bloodied Luke for the win. The Andersons used their speed & cheap shots to offset the size & strength of the Kentuckians. A very physical brawl all the way through.
8th Match. NWA World's Heavyweight Championship Match. 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin beat 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair w/mgr. James J.Dillon with the Stone Cold Stunner. (24:11). Knock down fight from start to finish with both men bending the rules to try to take an advantage. It was Austin against Flair & Dillon & referee Charles Robinson who seemed slow to make the count when Austin had Flair pinned. At the end, Steve hit Ric in the Stunner for the pin. Dillon called Robinson over to talk about an infraction. Horsemen Lex Luger slid into the ring & attacked Austin, putting him in the torture rack.
Suddenly, NWA President Sam Mushnick & Commissioner Eddie Graham came ringside, instructing the referee to make the correct call or he would be fired on the spot. Flair came over cussing. Luger dropped Austin. Steve came back up & threw Lex over the top rope. Flair turned around & got Stunned again. Robinson counted 1-2-3 as Dillion argued ringside with Graham. The fans cheered as Flair, Luger & Dillon threated 'Stone Cold' from outside of the ring.