Post by rick54 on Jan 29, 2020 10:50:31 GMT -5
NWA New Year's Brawl
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Moda Center in Portland, Oregon
Match 1. 4 Man Tag Team Match. MVC (Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy & Steve Dr. Death' Williams) beat Rhythm & Blues (Greg Valentine & Honky Tonk Man) when Gordy submitted HTM with the Oriental Tool. (13:21).
Match 2. Special Feature Match. 10 Woman Two Ring Triple Chance Battle Royal $20,000 Purse! Winner Nicole Savoy after beating ring 2 winner Cherry Bomb with 2 shoulder breakers. Ring 1 .order of elimination (last to first) Nicole Savoy (winner) Cherry Bomb, Liv Morgan, Velvet Sky, Mia Yim, Madison Rayne, Taeler Hendrix, Taryn Terrell, Taylor Wylde & Angeline Love. Ring 2 Order of elimination Cherry Bomb (winner) Taryn Terrell, Liv Morgan & Velvet Sky double elimination, Wylde, Hendrix, Yim, Love, Rayne.
Match 3. 6 Man Tag Team Match. 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, Nick Bockwinkel & 'Universal Hearthrob' Austin Idol beat 'Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko, 'Playboy' Buddy Rose & Tully Blanchard w/mgr. James J. Dillon. Idol submitted Zbyszko to the Las Vegas Leglock after a drop kick from Bockwinkel sent him right to Austin. Piper & Blanchard brawled on the ring floor. Seconds before, Roddy threw Buddy Rose into the ringpost, rending him out cold.
Match 4. NWA United States Heavyweight Title Match. (Champ): Stan 'Lariat' Hansen retains title by count out over (Chall): 'Cowboy' Bill Watts. Wild, physical match ended when Hansen's Lariat send the Cowboy over the top rope falling onto the timekeeper's table. The challenger hit his knee on a steel chair & could not beat the 10 count.
Match 5. NWA World's Junior Heavyweight Finals Match. Yoshihito Tajiri defeated Ultimo Dragon with a rollup bridge combo. High flying match between to fast Japanese athletes. Dragon had Tajiri pinned for more than 3 seconds but the referee was accidentally hit when Tajiri had Ultimo in an airplane spin & the official was accidentally knocked down briefly.
Match 6. NWA World's Tag Team Title Match (Champs): The Kentuckians ('Grizzly' Smith &'Big' Luke Brown) seconded by Lars Anderson lost titles by submission to (Challs): Minnesota Wrecking Crew Gene & Ole Anderson w/mgr. James J. Dillon. Lars Anderson seconded the Kentuckians who had the match won until Lars nailed Grizzly in the knee with a steel chair, freeing Ole. The cranky Anderson worked over Smiths leg before getting a submission victory & the tag team belts. Lars joined Gene, Ole & Dillon in the celebration.
Match 7. NWA World's Heavyweight Title Match. (Champ): Vader w/mgr. Rock Hunter retained belt over (Chall): 'Bruiser' Brody w/mgr. 'Playboy' Gary Hart. Vader got the pin even though Brody's foot was under the ring rope. 'Bruiser' protested the decision & went fter Vader with a steel chair. Before the match began, Brody's manager 'Playboy' Gary Hart was attacked when he got to the ring by Hunter's Assassins before Brody could reach him. Brutal brawl with the referee allowing both men a lot of leeway in the rules.
Match 8. Main Event.30 Man Two Ring Triple Chance Battle Royal. $50,000 Purse!. Overall Winner -- Roddy Piper. Winner Ring 1 - Roddy Piper. Winner Ring 2 - Vader. Order of Ring 1# elimination - Brody, Vader, Hansen, Watts, Blanchard, Gordy, Williams, Assassin 1, Wahoo McDaniel, L. Anderson, Brown, Dick the Bruiser, O. Anderson, G. Anderson, the Crusher, Zbyszko, , Tracey Smothers, Brad Armstrong, Bill Dundee, Bockwinkel, Buzz Sawyer, Assassin 2, Chris Candido, Rose, Valentine, Steve Armstrong, Tim Horner, HTM, Dick Murdoch, Dragon, Tajiri. Order of Ring 2 elimination - Watts, Hansen, Brody, Murdoch, Crusher, WIlliams, Gordy, O. Anderson, U Dragon, Dick the Bruiser, Assassin 2, Blanchard, Assassin 1, Valentine, Sawyer, Zbyszko, Bockwinkel, HTM, G. Anderson, L. Anderson, Tajiri, McDaniel, Brown, Borne, Assassin 1, Gunn, Dundee, Candido, Rose, Horner, S. Armstrong. ('Kentuckian Grizzly Smith unable to compete). Managers James J. Dillon & Rock Hunter were ringside. Gary Hart was announced unable to participate.
During the battle royal, a bandaged Hart came ringside & knocked out Hunter with a blackjack. Dillon watched from the other side of the ring as the Playboy was helped back to the dressing room as well as a stretchered out Hunter.