rick54
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Post by rick54 on Jul 26, 2020 17:14:11 GMT -5
NWA Pay Per View Heat Wave,
Sunday, July 26, live from the
Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
8. 18 Foot Steel Cage Match. 'Bruiser' Brody vs. Abdullah the Butcher w/mgr. Gary Hart.Bloodfest in a short brutal brawl with Brody kicking the door open, hitting Hart in the face. Brody putts the boots to Gary before Abby could get out of the cage.
7. Inaugral Brass Knuckles Trophy Match. Stan 'Lariat' Hansen loat to Missouri Maule w/mgr. Rock Hunter. Hansen was attacked before the match by the Assassins, blooding him up before the match.
6. NWA World's TTCM. (Champs): MVC (Steve Williams & Terry Gordy) w/mgr. Gary Hart defeated (Challs): 'Cowboy' Bill Watts & Mark Lewin. Hart used a black jack on Watts to knock him out on the arena floor..
5.Non-Title Match. 'Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers w/mgr. Bobby Davis by disq. over NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel w/mgr. James J. Dillon.
4. 4 Man Tag Team Match. 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper & Ted Dibiase 20-minute time iimit draw with Tully Blanchard & Arne Anderson w/mgr. James J. Dillon.
3. Special Match. Shane Douglas beat Kevin Sullivan with a belly to back suplex.
2. NWA United States Jr. Heavyweight Title Match. (Champ): Chris Candido w/Tammy Sytch dropped the belt to (Chall): 'Superstar' Bill Dundee.
1. Women's Grudge Match. No Disq!vUSWomen's Champ Cherry Bomb lost to Rosemary. Cherry Bomb took several chair shots & referee ruled she could not continue.
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Post by Leo on Jul 26, 2020 17:50:55 GMT -5
Sounded like a wild, brutal show. But you had what would have been some good technical matches in there. Candido vs. Dundee sounds like a hidden gem. Middle of the show, 2-6, speaks most to me.
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Post by Slade on Jul 28, 2020 7:54:06 GMT -5
It starts out with brutal violence in match 1 and ends that way in matches 7 and 8 (and 6 had real potential to go that way too).
Speaking of these matches, I like that Brody and Hansen got decisive victories over the Butcher and the Mauler.
Did Cherry Bomb drop the title to Rosemary? That wasn’t clear in the results.
I think Piper & DiBiase drawing with Blanchard and Anderson is the highlight of the card.
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Post by fifthhorseman on Jul 29, 2020 12:34:50 GMT -5
It is really strange to imagine two of the biggest heels of the 80s (albeit one early, one later) tagging together as a face team to battle the Horsemen, but Piper and DiBiase would be the ones getting the cheers.
Interesting placement of the World title defense as the last classic wrestling match on the card before the back-to-back-to-back brawls. According to Cagematch, Bockwinkel and Rogers only faced off three times in their entire careers; that's a shame, those two would have printed money back then - and here in the NWA as well.
Upset of the night has to be the Missouri Mauler over Hansen. Did NOT see that coming.
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