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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 9, 2007 0:40:57 GMT -5
History of Frank Gotch-Dick Hutton Matches
These two pure wrestling greats only met in the ring three times in 2005. Their feud was more about respect and proving who was the better wrestler, rather than trying to hurt each other or get revenge. Here are the results of their encounters:
May 6, 2005 Card #50 Engle Stadium in Chattanooga
Gotch won a disappointing match by DQ. Ted DiBiase was at ringside for Gotch, his tag team partner at the time, filling in for regular bodyguard Virgil, who was too hurt to come out after falling to Ox Baker's heart punch in the opening contest. After only a few exchanges in the ring, Gotch rolled out to the floor for a breather and was attacked by DiBiase right in front of the official, leading to an automatic disqualification. The Chattanooga fans were not happy, as this was the third match in a row on this card to receive a neg. * rating! Hutton questioned DiBiase's motives, but the two did leave the ring area together.
June 10, 2005 Card #54 Louisville Gardens
Hutton scored a clean pinfall victory here. He had a bloodied Gotch locked in his abdominal stretch and in a similar scene to how he ended the Sheik's unbeaten streak, he dropped Gotch back onto his shoulders in a lateral guillotine when he wouldn't submit and scored a three-count. **
December 31, 2005 Card #75 (New Year's Knockout II)
Texas Stadium in Irving
Gotch took two straight falls over Hutton in a surprisingly short match. He scored an early submission in the first fall with the Gotch Toehold and a nice pinfall with a 3/4 nelson, rolling Hutton onto his shoulders in the second fall. DiBiase yelled at Hutton for his loss afterwards and slapped him, but Gotch ran the "Million Dollar Man". Gotch and Hutton's alliance began at this card. *3/4
Gotch is up 2-1 overall in their three meetings. Their matches haven't been great, as far as star ratings, but they have demonstrated their respective scientific skills. Who will walk out champ of the south in Tupelo on the 26th?
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Post by jester on Feb 9, 2007 13:57:15 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Gotch[/glow]
He's a machine
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Post by TDalton on Feb 9, 2007 18:37:50 GMT -5
So, on Card #118, Bob Orton Jr. survived the dreaded Neckbreaker Drop, then Superplexed Baba twice?
He truly is the world's strongest man!
I bet he would pin Bruiser Brody in two moves every time they fought!
Yes, that was sarcasm.
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 9, 2007 23:24:23 GMT -5
Use your own thread for controversy, Tim!  And to be fair, "The Brain's" distraction helped Orton survive the dreaded drop. |
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Post by bmurderh8s on Feb 11, 2007 23:02:16 GMT -5
This fed definitely has an old school feel to it. I'm too young (23) to remember what wrestling was like in the 80's. So reading the results is like going back in time and watching 80's era wrestling for the first time.
it looks like your Frank Gotch/ D*ck Hutton feud has been a fun one. I'm calling for Gotch to take the series and the title. Even though I'm not that familiar with either of them.
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 12, 2007 1:13:17 GMT -5
I'm not much older, DMK (25), but I've watched a lot of tapes of stuff from the '80s and earlier. I would say that is overall the style that the USWA is based on. It's funny considering Gotch-Hutton as an '80s feud, since Gotch wrestled at the turn of the century and Hutton wrestled mainly in the '50s. But glad you enjoy reading them!
As for my pick for the title match, I'm torn! I'd love to see Gotch hold on to the belt and have a long reign, since it took him so long to finally capture USWA gold. But Hutton's on a roll right now and it'd be cool to see him keep it up!
I'm hoping to play this card this coming weekend!
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Post by bmurderh8s on Feb 12, 2007 12:02:10 GMT -5
I'm not much older, DMK (25), but I've watched a lot of tapes of stuff from the '80s and earlier. I would say that is overall the style that the USWA is based on. It's funny considering Gotch-Hutton as an '80s feud, since Gotch wrestled at the turn of the century and Hutton wrestled mainly in the '50s. But glad you enjoy reading them! As for my pick for the title match, I'm torn! I'd love to see Gotch hold on to the belt and have a long reign, since it took him so long to finally capture USWA gold. But Hutton's on a roll right now and it'd be cool to see him keep it up! I'm hoping to play this card this coming weekend! I probably see the Gotch/Hutton feud that way because your fed resembles the 80's era in presentation so much. I was never a fan of 80's wrestling, probably because I was a product of the 90's. I'm more into the wrestling scene from the mid to late 90's than I am from anything I've seen in the 80's I've come to think of it as really gimmicky and campy. I especially dislike wrestling from the south during that particular era. It just gets under my skin. Although Lawler throwing the fireball is always fun to watch.:-) But I enjoy your fed..it gives off that retro feel, which I really enjoy. Thats my one beef with official LOW, most of the guys in the sets are from older eras, and its hard for me to get into some of the wrestlers mainly because I'm not familiar with them. I'd like to see Tom sign more current guys. I think by doing that he could bring in a younger fan base. As of right now i'm assuming the majority of LoW promoters are old enough to have remembered watching wrestling from the 80's and earlier. |
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Post by Tournament Master on Feb 12, 2007 15:40:06 GMT -5
Thats my one beef with official LOW, most of the guys in the sets are from older eras, and its hard for me to get into some of the wrestlers mainly because I'm not familiar with them. I'd like to see Tom sign more current guys. I think by doing that he could bring in a younger fan base. As of right now i'm assuming the majority of LoW promoters are old enough to have remembered watching wrestling from the 80's and earlier. Through totally unscientific market research (i.e. seeing who comes to G-con), a high percentage of LOW/COTG promoters are in their early 30's and grew up in the 80's watching wrestlers from those days. So I think that many promoters like having guys from the 80's. Another part has to do with signing wrestlers, as many active guys these days have contracts that prohibit them from having their image used by anyone outside of official licensees. I'm sure Tom would love to sign a bunch of wrestlers from today for the name recognition factor, but unfortunately its not always possible. Oh and the USWA rules. Second only to the NWF.  Enough hijacking of Cory's thread... |
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 12, 2007 22:45:37 GMT -5
Oh and the USWA rules. Second only to the NWF. I'm very honored by that statement! Enough hijacking of Cory's thread... Don't worry, Todd. I'm glad to see people read my thread. |
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Post by jester on Feb 12, 2007 23:03:37 GMT -5
Oh and the USWA rules. Second only to the NWF. I'm very honored by that statement! Enough hijacking of Cory's thread... Don't worry, Todd. I'm glad to see people read my thread. Well then play a card already................... Your readers wanna see what's happening  |
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 13, 2007 1:40:52 GMT -5
Patience, Kevin! I wish I could, but real life keeps me too busy! I'm planning on this coming weekend to play. Glad to see I have readers! |
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Post by TDalton on Feb 14, 2007 18:44:37 GMT -5
That real life thing really gets in the way! Same problem for me lately.
The tax season routine:
In work at 8:30am; leave work around 10pm; get home; sandwich for dinner; go to bed; repeat
Not much time for NWF updating. And by the way, TM's comment puts me in good company as well.
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 17, 2007 0:28:13 GMT -5
January 26, 2007
Card #119: Tupelo Sports Arena—Tupelo, MS
1) In the opener, Red Bastien earned another shot at the USWA Texas title by scoring a countout win over Virgil. Virgil kicked out after two of Bastien’s special atomic drops and started mounting a comeback, fired up at the chance to battle for USWA singles gold. Bastien whipped Virgil into the turnbuckle, but Virgil reversed the whip and threw Red into the corner. He charged in at Bastien, but Bastien jumped up caught Virgil in a head scissors. He then used his momentum to flip Virgil over the top rope to the arena floor! Virgil was shook up and unable to return to the ring by the 10-count, giving Red the victory and another match with Justin Credible. *
2) “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton pinned S.D. Jones. Jones scored some nearfalls in this match, early on with a sunset flip, and then later after Eaton crashed headfirst into the turnbuckle and Jones smashed him with one of his patented head butts. Jim Cornette provided a momentary distraction, allowing Eaton a chance to come back. Special Delivery kicked out of one Alabama Jam, but was put down for a three-count by a second one a couple minutes later. **3/4
3) Texas champion Justin Credible ended his recent losing streak, defeating “The Birdman” Koko B. Ware in a non-title contest. Ware started off with some quick offense on Credible, but Justin turned that around quickly, showing a more aggressive side. Perhaps Justin wanted to disprove his critics and the fans after his recent losses. Credible dropped Ware with That’s Incredible and went for a cover, but pulled Koko up after the two-count. The Lone Star State champ picked Koko up and delivered a second That’s Incredible just for good measure and deliver more punishment and this time stayed on top to score the pinfall. This made Jim Cornette’s men 2-0 for the night. *
4) In what turned out to be a competitive tag team match, Bobby Heenan’s team of the Masked Superstar and “Cowboy” Bob Orton, Jr. barely defeated “Dastardly” Danny Doring and Cousin Luke. Doring and Luke were accompanied to ringside by Virgil, whom they have formed an alliance with and who was recovered from the opening bout. Although Doring and Luke have more “experience” together as a team, most fans assumed that Superstar and Orton would have no trouble with the bizarre pairing. Yet, the Heenan Family team seemed to have a trouble with teamwork and communication, as several times their double team attempts backfired, giving Doring and Luke opportunities to control the match. At one point the Superstar was almost counted out of the ring, as the hillbilly Luke clocked him with his horse shoe at ringside, while Virgil distracted referee Frank Morrell. The “Dastardly One” competed in this match more than he typically does in tag bouts with Luke. He whipped the “Cowboy” into the corner, but Orton reversed the whip and followed up with a big clothesline. He then immediately lifted Doring up to the top turnbuckle and executed his superplex. Orton made the cover and scored the pinfall. ****
5) Mil Mascaras scored a victory over Greg “The Hammer” Valentine. In the first few minutes of the bout, Valentine threw the luchador over the top rope, but Mascaras held on and “skinned the cat” back into the ring. He then went up to the top turnbuckle and came off with a beautiful flying body press. Capt. Lou Albano, knowing that Mascaras has scored many victories in the USWA and around the world with that move, got up on to the apron and distracted referee Kevin Christian. Valentine made a comeback, but just could not keep control on the “Man of 1,000 Masks” for too long. Mascaras went to a mat attack and locked Valentine in an Indian Deathlock in the center of the ring, which lead to a submission victory. **
6) Giant Baba scored a very decisive win over Sabu in about two and a half minutes. The Japanese giant pretty much dominated the action, throwing the Bombay madman around with several back suplexes. The big man even took a page out of Sabu’s book, whipping him into the ropes and nailing him with an impressive dropkick for a nearfall! Sabu was even busted open slightly from the beating he sustained. Baba wrapped things up with his neckbreaker drop for the 1-2-3, as Abdullah Farouk looked upset by his man’s loss. DUD
7) The Road Warriors rebounded from their loss of the World Tag Team titles by defeating the Vachon Brothers. Butcher and Mad Dog started off with some good double-teaming on Hawk, but couldn’t maintain the control. Animal tagged in and went to work on Butcher. The Legion of Doom set-up Butcher for the Doomsday Device, but Capt. Lou Albano distracted referee Tommy Marlin, while Mad Dog attacked Animal from behind. But this didn’t make a huge difference for the Vachons, as Animal quickly tossed Mad Dog out of the ring and “Precious” Paul Ellering came around the ring and knocked Albano off the apron! The Warriors went for the Device again and this time hit it successfully on the big Butcher. Hawk pressed his hands down on Butcher’s chest to keep him down for a count of three. *3/4
8) In a battle of two powerhouses, George Hackenschmidt scored a slightly surprising submission victory over Bruiser Brody. “The Russian Lion” applied his Russian Bear Hug within the first minute of the match. Brody looked like he might actually go down, but he maneuvered himself towards the ropes and both men tumbled to the arena floor. Brody managed to recover first and threw Hackenschmidt back into the ring. He ran and delivered a thunderous jumping knee drop on the big Estonian, but Hackenschmidt managed to kick out. The two traded big moves going back-and-forth. But after about five minutes of action, Hackenschmidt took Brody down to the mat and locked him in a twisting heel hook. Brody fought for the ropes, but ultimately had to tap out, as Hackenschmidt scored another impressive victory. **
9) “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka and “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers scored a win over rivals “Playboy” Buddy Rose and Chris Candido. This was a great tag team battle that went nearly 25 minutes. The big story here was Rose’s knee brace. Rogers tried several times to apply the figure-four grapevine and would try to pull off the brace, but was unable to do so. While he was unable to execute his Bombs Away, midway through the match, Rose used the brace to smash former ally Rogers in the head, while referee Paul Morton was momentarily distracted. Candido hit some high impact offense on the “Nature Boy”, executing his Blonde Bomb, and then a top rope huracanrana, but both times only got two-counts. Snuka came in and out of nowhere hit a power slam on Rose to pick up the victory. Rogers remains unbeaten in the last 10 months. ****1/2
10) In a first in USWA history, the World Tag Team champions took on each other, but for another title. Frank Gotch retained his Southern Heavyweight championship, making his partner Dick Hutton tap out in a great pure wrestling match. The two traded wrestling holds back-and-forth for the first five minutes or so of the match. They seemed to truly know each other’s styles, as they seemed to have counters for every move. The Tupelo fans were very appreciative of the great action. The action started to pick up, as the champ applied his rolling knee bar and held it on for quite some time, but Hutton managed to grab the ropes. Gotch broke the hold, but as soon as Hutton got away from the ropes, he locked on his Gotch Toehold. Hutton again showed a counter, as he rolled out of it and was able to throw Gotch, breaking the hold. The champ managed to stay in control. He picked up the Oklahoman and dropped him with an Iowa backdrop. Hutton landed hit his head hard on the mat and was busted open, but managed to keep from getting pinned. The crowd was surprised at his resilience and started to favor the challenger. Gotch locked on a guillotine choke and had Hutton in the center of the ring. With the blood flowing down, Hutton was left with no choice but to tap out. Gotch got to his feet and helped his championship partner up, making sure he was okay. The crowd gave both a standing ovation, as referee Jerry Calhoun raised Gotch’s arm in victory. **1/2
Some news bits from WMC-TV. Bob Orton, Jr. has accepted Antonio Inoki’s challenge for a one-on-one match. The two will meet on February 16 in Nashville at the Municipal Auditorium. Because of the great level of animosity here, with Orton having injured Inoki in December, the USWA Committee has decided to make this a No-Disqualification Match!
Also, a video aired showing Ed “Strangler” Lewis in training for his USWA debut in March. Lewis was shown in a gym, taking on several wrestlers in a ring. Lewis looked very impressive taking the wrestlers down with his patented headlock. Bill Apter interviewed Lewis who said that the headlock is his main weapon and he will utilize it as much as possible to gain a victory.
The USWA returns to the Rupp Arena in Lexington on February 9!
*After the Vachons’ devastating loss to the Road Warriors, Mad Dog has challenged either one of the Road Warriors to a singles match. The wild Algerian went on WMC-TV the next day with Capt. Lou and said he’d take on either one and pound those “painted face punks” into the ground. “Precious” Paul Ellering and the Legion of Doom later accepted the challenge and said that Hawk will face Mad Dog in Lexington. Which of these tag competitors will score a singles victory?
*”Superfly” Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody will take on Jim Cornette’s duo of “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton and Texas champion Justin Credible. Snuka has been impressive, splitting time teaming with Brody and Buddy Rogers. At this moment, Rogers and Snuka are scheduled to challenge for the World Tag Team titles on February 16 in Nashville, but that could change (more on that later). Although they are a “substitute team” while Eaton’s Midnight Express partner “Loverboy” Dennis Condrey recovers from a neck injury, Eaton and Credible have shown they can work well together. Which pair will emerge the victors?
*One-half of the World Tag Team champions Dick Hutton will take on Sabu in a match of revenge. Abdullah Farouk is sending Sabu after the Oklahoman for defeating and injuring Sabu’s uncle, the Sheik. Hutton stated that Sabu’s “irresponsible, foolish” high flying style will not prevail. Will Sabu gain revenge or can Hutton outwrestle him?
*In a big tag team rematch, Giant Baba and Mil Mascaras will do battle with the Masked Superstar and “Cowboy” Bob Orton, Jr. These teams battled on Card #117 in a **** match that saw Bobby “The Brain” Heenan get involved and get his team disqualified. Can the Heenan Family get the win or will the international duo come out on top?
*The USWA Committee has determined that as a result of his unflawed record in competition in the last 10 months that the “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers will be the next challenger for Nick Bockwinkel’s USWA World Heavyweight championship! Committee member Eddie Marlin announced that should Rogers leave Lexington the champ, that he will not be able to challenge for the tag team titles on the 16th, as USWA bylaws state the World Heavyweight champion may not challenge or hold another USWA title. Rogers and Bockwinkel had some memorable battles in 2005 over the title that saw Rogers come very close to capturing the gold. Footage aired on WMC-TV of a six-man tag team elimination match that took place at Engel Stadium in Chattanooga on May 6 of that year for the USWA’s 50th card. The match pitted Rogers, Jimmy Snuka, and Gorgeous George against World champ Bockwinkel, Southern Heavyweight champ (at the time) Harley Race, and Bob Orton, Jr. In a memorable moment, the World champ was the first eliminated as Rogers made him submit to the figure-four grapevine! Can Rogers keep up his amazing streak and capture the heavyweight crown for the first time or will Bockwinkel find a way to win as usual?
In addition, the Lexington fans will see Tag Team and Southern Heavyweight Frank Gotch in action, as well as his teammate “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt, and “Playboy” Buddy Rose and Chris Candido in tag team competition!
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Post by TDalton on Feb 17, 2007 9:28:11 GMT -5
The Dreaded Neckbreaker Drop kills everybody!
Nice build for Ed Lewis' debut. I need to do a better job of introducing newcomers. Since I'm always about 8-10 cards ahead of the results I post, it gets lost in the shuffle sometimes.
I liked doing the scientific Gotch/Hutton singles matches when they were a team as well. I did the same with Baba & Destroyer, although they weren't quite as scientific. It's just a natural rivalry instead of a feud.
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Post by swarm on Feb 17, 2007 9:33:34 GMT -5
Sweet stuff here. Good read.
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 17, 2007 10:30:36 GMT -5
Thanks, Tim and Swarm, for the comments. Nice build for Ed Lewis' debut. I need to do a better job of introducing newcomers. Since I'm always about 8-10 cards ahead of the results I post, it gets lost in the shuffle sometimes. It's something I hope to do more of with future newcomers in the USWA this year. I'm trying to remember to include that "notes" section at the end of the card results to try and report on the "TV happenings" briefly. It's those things that I don't see happening at the arena during the cards, but rather on the weekly TV show. |
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Post by gatekeeper on Feb 17, 2007 12:53:11 GMT -5
Nice card Mr. Olson. Anytime Greg Valentine loses, it's a good day! I like seeing the tag champs square off against each other. Great stuff as usual! |
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 17, 2007 14:06:36 GMT -5
Thanks, Payback! Despite his recent schenanigans in real life, I was hoping Valentine would do well, after some good showings at the end of '06. But perhaps it's an omen. |
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Post by Cory Olson on Feb 25, 2007 13:58:08 GMT -5
February 9, 2007
Card #120 Rupp Arena: Lexington
1) Red Bastien defeated "Dastardly" Danny Doring in the opener. Doring was accompanied by Virgil, who provided a distraction and kept Doring from getting pinned by Bastien's atomic drop. After taking some punishment, Doring actually mounted a brief comeback. But Bastien would use his agile skills to his advantage. Doring whipped Bastien into the ropes and prepared to smash him with a superkick. But Red rolled under the kick, jumped up the top turnbuckle, and came back with an awesome flying body press. The surprising maneuver kept the "Dastardly One" down for the three-count. **
2) "Playboy" Buddy Rose and Chris Candido made short work of Koko B. Ware and S.D. Jones. Candido delivered a vertical suplex to the "Birdman" and made a cover, but Ware kicked out. Yet Ware was in a good position (or bad for him), as Candido tagged into the "Playboy" who immediately went up to the top rope. "Sensational" Sherri Martel climbed up to the ring apron to distract referee Frank Morrell. Special Delivery sensed what was coming and tried to stop the schenangians, but was cut off by Candido. Rose came off with his illegal Bombs Away and covered Koko to pick up the quick victory. Jones never officially entered the match. DUD
3) Butcher Vachon scored a quick win over Virgil. Virgil tried, but the big Algerian was too much for him. Butcher squashed (literally) the former bodyguard after a big splash off the top rope. DUD
4) George Hackenschmidt defeated Cousin Luke by submission. Luke didn't have Virgil at ringside, since he was recovering from the previous match. The hillbilly had his moments, but the "Russian Lion" showed his usual dominance. He forced Luke into submission with his Russian Bear Hug. 1/2*
5) Greg "The Hammer" Valentine picked up a much-needed win defeating World Tag Team and Southern Heavyweight champion Frank Gotch in a non-title match. Valentine worked over Gotch's leg throughout the match. The double champ had his moments, but couldn't keep Valentine down. Valentine blocked a charge from Gotch into the corner with a boot to the face and attempted to pin him with his feet on the ropes, but referee Kevin Christian caught the action. Valentine instead dragged Gotch into the center of the ring and applied the figure-four. Gotch was stuck and had to concede. Capt. Lou Albano was very happy at his newest charge's victory. This was Gotch's first pinfall or submission loss since September. **1/2
6) In the first of many great matches on this card, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and Bruiser Brody defeated "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton and Texas champion Justin Credible. Credible took a beating in this match, bleeding buckets and looking like he was down and out several times, but either due to his own intestinal fortitude or some help from Eaton or Jim Cornette, he hung in there! Brody was busted open as well after getting smacked right across the face with Eaton's Alabama Jam, but didn't bleed as much as Credible. The ending of the match was quite the fiasco. Snuka ascended the turnbuckles, presumably to execute the Superfly Leap on a downed Credible. Cornette jumped up on the ring apron and distracted referee Paul Morton. Brody ran over to attack Cornette, while Morton tried to separate the two. With the official distracted, Eaton grabbed Credible's Singapore Cane and cracked the "Superfly" across the head with it, knocking him off the top rope. Being so weakened by the loss of blood, Credible couldn't make the cover right away. "Nature Boy " Buddy Rogers came down to ringside to inform Morton of what had taken place. Rogers started to chase Cornette around the ring. "Beautiful" Bobby went after Rogers, but was jumped by Brody and the two brawled to the arena floor. Snuka recovered by this point and again went up to the top. He came off with the Superfly Leap. It wasn't the best splash, but since Justin was so weakened it didn't matter, as it kept him down for the three-count. ****1/2
7) In a battle of tag specialists, Mad Dog Vachon pinned Hawk in another bloody match. Both brawlers kicked out of each other's finishers several times during the match. Having been unable to keep the Road Warrior down with his piledriver, Mad Dog decided it was "Dog eat Dog" and went to the top rope. He came off with a big double foot stomp on Hawk and covered him, but Hawk kicked out at 2 and 3/4. Yet Hawk held his ribs and was hurt. Mad Dog decided to try it again and came off the top again with another foot stomp. This time he would keep Hawk down for the three-count. This made Capt. Lou's men 3-0 for the night. ****1/2
8) Sabu was hoping for revenge on Dick Hutton, for putting his sadistic uncle out of action, but wouldn't get it tonight, as the Oklahoman would emerge the victor via disqualification. Sabu started off with his extreme offense and it looked like victory was a sure thing, as he was able to execute both the camel clutch and hit a triple jump moonsault, but the Tag Team champ would not stay down. Hutton made a comeback and got the Lexington crowd behind him. He applied the abdominal stretch, which brought the crowd to their feet. Sabu recognized the move as the one that beat the Sheik and quickly scurried to the ropes. Hutton lifted up the Bombay madman in the Cowboy backbreaker. Sabu struggled to break free and both men toppled over the top rope to the arena floor. While Abdullah Farouk distracted Kevin Christian, Sabu smashed Hutton with a steel chair. He tossed him back into the ring and executed his Arabian facebuster. Christian turned around in time to see it and called for the bell. Sabu looked like he was going to do more damage with the chair, but Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt came down to the ring to save their teammate. ***3/4
9) In another great match-up between these two teams, Masked Superstar and "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr. scored a decisive victory over Giant Baba and Mil Mascaras. The Superstar worked over the Japanese giant's neck whenever the two were in the ring together, as he executed several spinning neckbreakers on Baba, but couldn't keep him down. Mascaras got in and nailed his masked rival with several crossbody attacks and a beautiful flying body press off the top, but couldn't keep him down. Orton was able to again execute a superplex on Baba as he did two cards ago, but Baba kicked out. The giant ended up bloody and was weakened. Superstar took advantage of this and applied his other finisher--the cobra hold. Baba fought hard, but when Paul Morton raised his arm, it dropped three times, signifying he was out and giving Bobby Heenan's duo the victory in an awesome match. *****
10) The main event did not follow the pattern of the previous matches, as World Heavyweight champion Nick Bockwinkel ended Buddy Rogers' winning streak with a victory after only a few minutes. The two traded holds early on, but the champ took over and as he often does in his defenses, put a beating on the challenger. He applied the Bockwinkel Sleeper, and although the "Nature Boy" didn't go down to the hold, it appeared to affect him for the rest of the match. Rogers suffered a slight cut, but started to rally a comeback. Yet he couldn't keep the champ down long enough to deliver much damage. He whipped Bockwinkel into the ropes, but made a mistake in leaning over for a back body drop. Bock showed his wrestling intelligence and executed a picture perfect sunset flip and kept Rogers down for the 1-2-3. *
A great card like that will be hard to top, but Nashville hopes to do it on February 16 when the USWA returns to the Municipal Auditorium!
*The Road Warriors will lock-up again with the Vachon Brothers. The Legion of Doom has two victories in tag team encounters, but Mad Dog pulled off an impressive solo win over Hawk. Which brawling duo will walk out here the winners?
*In a "rubber match", Greg "The Hammer" Valentine will take on Sabu. The USWA Committee announced this past week on WMC-TV that Valentine will receive a shot at Frank Gotch's Southern Heavyweight championship on February 23 in El Paso. But Valentine hopes to settle the score with the Bombay madman first. Can Valentine nail down another win?
*Giant Baba looks to avenge his loss to the Masked Superstar in a one-on-one encounter. Both men utilize finishers that focus on the neck and hope to pull off victory with their holds. Will Superstar prove his victory was no fluke or will he meet the dreaded neckbreaker drop?
*In another return bout, Bruiser Brody and George Hackenschmidt will clash. Brody makes no excuses for his submission loss on Card #119 in Tupelo, but hopes to beat the Estonian strongman as he goes for USWA gold. Can Brody stop the dominant "Russian Lion"? Ironically each man's allies will be in the main event (see below)
*Antonio Inoki returns from injury to gain revenge on "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr. These two will tangle in a No-Disqualification Match! With anything legal, what will happen?
*Despite his failed bid for the World Heavyweight championship, Buddy Rogers will get a chance at another title, as he and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka will challenge Southern champ Frank Gotch and Dick Hutton for the World Tag Team titles! Rogers and Snuka have an impressive record, but can they finally grab the gold or will Gotch and Hutton outwrestle another team in their first defense?
All this plus Mil Mascaras battles "Playboy" Buddy Rose and more!
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Post by TDalton on Feb 26, 2007 12:58:20 GMT -5
I'm betting Rogers & Snuka take the tag titles. They were the most dominant team I've had in the NWF. They held the tag belts for about 9 months of my 2003 year. Baba and Masked Superstar had a really good feud for me, but as I've always said - sooner or later, the dreaded Neckbreaker Drop kills everybody! Can Greg Valentine beat Sabu and become the idol of millions? Who knows - every stone has it's thorn |
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