Autistic Dragon

1989 Starrcade Series week 1 results. Big John Studd w/"The Perfect 10 Baby Doll defeats The Dynamite Kid. DK put up quite the fight but the size difference was too much and he fell to a powerslam. "The Ace" Bob Orton w/JJ Dillon defeats "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel with a shot from Dillon's shoe. "The Doctor of Desire Tom Prichard defeat The Super Destroyer w/"Number One Paul Jones with a Superkick. Starrcade Series Leaderboard. Block A 2 pts: Big John Studd, Bob Orton & Tom Prichard 0 pts: Dynamite Kid, The Super Destroyer & Wahoo McDaniel Next week's matches. Jimmy Valiant vs Harley Race Ron Garvin vs Ivan Koloff Manny Fernandez vs King Kong Bundy

LA. Dibiase shows why he's the leader of the TC. Phoenix Rising are taking off. Okay that "French whorn" line cracked me up be holy shit that promo would not age well. Pillman steps up in the six man and Adams is not happy. Iron & Steel have to be in title contention. Hashimoto takes down Rose's top lieutenant. LA night 2. Lee seems displeased by the progress in the war against the TC. Hall continues to roll. Awesome randomly decides to try to kill Cactus. Starr faces a pissed off Texan. It doesn't end well. Snow nearly takes advantage of a distracted Austin. Awakening the Dragons wrath could prove to be the worst mistake the Ministry ever made. Santa Barbara. Blackman & Chono continues to heat up....somehow. Finlay & Gunn with solid showings. Severn & Tenryu try to show their students how it's done. Cornete's fixation on Hayes may have cost his team. Candido gets a little dirty but it's not enough to pry the title off the Iceman.

The Renegade Warriors are on the warpath. Larry Z storms the ring to beat down Bruno's boy. The R n R are ready for the Moondogs. The Olympians are as cocky as ever. Things remain unsettled between Armstrong and Idol as their friends get involved. Honestly can't blame Akbar for being confident. Vinergy makes a statement at Oliver's expense. Muraco defends Graham's honor. Adias doesn't know what he's done.

Heenan and Fuji trading tag teams actually makes a lot of sense when I picture the new lineups in my head. Bravo and Valentine look to settle things next week. Wonder how Hart feels about that? Low-key love how the King's Court match is just a lumberjack match with a different coat of paint.

I gotta feeling that Rose is in for it now. Imagine the chaos if the Jackal becomes champion.

Oakland. Busick has become a truly terrifying presence. Lee tries to correct coarse. Mitchell renames the Wild Things after himself. Classic. Regal should probably give Austin & Hart their space. The Brigade with a win over the collective's Jr members. The Midnight's may have had some rough luck lately but they win where it counts. Severn & Tenryu are struggling to control their students. Williams has Rhodes' number without a doubt. Pillman wins the latest chapter with Scotty. The Dragon makes a dramatic return. The Can-Am's and Rose hang on. Fresno. Iron & Steel make waves by beating former champs. Busick really isn't a team player is he? Hall v Awesome was too much to handle. Bigelow makes Starr fall. It's safe to say Douglas has found a friend. Malenko retains in another barnburner.

The National Wrestling Alliance proudly presents Bash at the Beach 1989. Trask Coliseum, Wilmington NC August 10 1989 Airing live on the USA Network. "Leaping" Lanny Poffo defeats "Sweet Music Man" Billy Joe Travis with the Moonsault. NWA United States Tag Team Titles. The Nightmares (Danny Davis & Ken Wayne)(c) defeat The Eliminators (Perry Saturn & John Kronus) w/"Number One" Paul Jones by DQ. It looked like The Eliminators had the match won when Saturn ko'd Davis with one of the title belts behind the ref's back. Ref turns around and starts counting but sees the title still in the ring and, putting two and two together, calls for the bell. Special Challenge Match. Super Strong Machine defeats Abdullah the Butcher after three consecutive "Machine" lariats managed to put the "Mad Man from the Sudan" down. (By virtue of his victory, SSM now faces Kevin Sullivan) Super Strong Machine vs Kevin Sullivan ends in a no contest when the Master Blasters ran down to bail out Sullivan. A group beat down until the Zero Fighters ran down with chairs and ran the heels off. NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title. "Wrestling Royalty" Brian Christopher (c) w/"The Perfect 10" Baby Doll defeats Too Cold Scorpio after interference from Lanny Poffo. NWA United States Title. "Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich defeats "Tennessee Stud" Robert Fuller (c) w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller when Fuller submitted to the Von Erich claw. Ron clearly wanted to break the hold but remembering the stipulation he held himself back. NEW CHAMPION!!! 1989 Starrcade Series Line Up. Block A. BIg John Studd Bob Orton Jr Dynamite Kid The Super Destroyer Tom Prichard Wahoo McDaniel Block B Harley Race Ivan Koloff Jimmy Valiant King Kong Bundy Manny Fernandez Ron Garvin Main event. Ron Garvin, NWA World Tag Team champions The Road Warriors Hawk Animal & "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard defeat The Four Horsemen (NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Landel, Bob Orton Jr, Harley Race & Ole Anderson) w/JJ Dillon after a miscue between Race and Anderson left Anderson in position for the Superkick.

Devastation Inc looking strong tonight. I always loved booking the Moondogs to commit televised murder and I'm glad you're doing the same. Soultaker is sent after Disalvo while Blackblood is on the hunt for gold. Vinnie wasted no time turning his team's "hard fought" victory into a title shot. Adias sacrifices his TV title to go after Hogan! The Blockbuster could make all of the headlines if he pulls this off.

NWA Bash at the Beach 1989 Full Card. "Leaping" Lanny Poffo vs "Sweet Music Man" Billy Joe Travis NWA United States Tag Team Titles. The Nightmares (Danny Davis & Ken Wayne)(c) vs The Eliminators (Perry Saturn & John Kronus) w/"Number One" Paul Jones Special Challenge Match. Super Strong Machine vs Abdullah the Butcher (The following match will only take place if SSM is victorious in the above match) Super Strong Machine vs "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title. "Wrestling Royalty Brian Christopher(c) w/"The Perfect 10" Baby Doll vs Too Cold Scorpio NWA United States Title. Title can change hands on countout or disqualification. "Tennessee Stud Robert Fuller(c) w/ "The Mastermind" Ron Fuller vs "Golden Warrior Kevin Von Erich Main event. 8 man tag team match. The Four Horsemen (NWA World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Landel, Bob Orton Jr, Harley Race & Ole Anderson) w/JJ Dillon vs "Rugged" Ron Garvin, The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) & TBA.

Four qualifying matches but only two teams advance. The Steiners are the clear favorites. So hyped for the War Ga...I mean War Zone match!

Portland. The odd couple of Cactus and Regal come together to face Iron & Steel. Condrey shows off. Bam Bam bashes the Bulldozer. Wings of Fire are taking off. Could we be seeing the beginnings of a alliance between the Playboy Club & Camp Cornette? Blackman & Chono are in a true blood feud. Portland night 2. Hall mauls Riggins. The TC continue to have the Brigade's number. Bigelow presses the attack on the Diamond Exchange. The Can-Am's reign proves to be bombproof. Windham strikes a blow for the Brigade. A brawl between Hall and Awesome technically saves Rose's title. Eugene. Finlay, Albright & Pillman all with solid wins. Malenko keeps a firm grip on the LH crown. The Midnights have hit a rough patch on the west coast. Eddie with another successful defense in the main event.

Well Stevens didn't get his way but at least his man's got a rematch coming. Brawny Boys! Love it. "Lightning" Lou is on a roll. Soultaker is a great fit for Akbar. Disalvo gets a chance to flex. The Rose Cousins show off their new attitude. Larry's fixation on David costs him. Damn, Vin Man shows Young the door. Good to see Muraco and Graham stick together. RnR aren't backing down. Taylor with the dirty win in the main event.

Taped at the Fairgrounds in WInston-Salem before Main Event. Originally airing on 7/21/89 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Bob Caudle & David Crockett. The Master Blasters (Iron & Blade) w/"Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan defeat Scott & Kenny Dawson with "Welcome to the Wasteland". Too Cold Scorpio defeats Alex Bateman with the 450. Big John Studd w/"The Perfect 10" Baby Doll defeats Jim Gordon with a Bear hug. Main Event. "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard defeats "Handsome" Harley Race w/JJ Dillion after backdropping his way out of a Pildriver attempt and hitting the Super-kick. As Prichard celebrated with the fans, Dillon could be seen chastising Race. In other news... Paul Jones wasted no Tim in securing his Eliminators a shot at the US Tag Titles after Kronus pinned Davis in last night's main event. The title match will take place at BatB. We recieve word that SSM has accepted Sullivan's terms. The masked man could very well be looking at having to wrestle twice at BatB. A massive 8 man tag has been signed for BatB as Ron Garvin has been allowed to pick three partners of his choosing to take on all Four Horesemen. Garvin has started strong by drafting the Road Warriors!

From the Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, NC. Previously recorded and airing on 7/20/89 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie. Ring Announcer/Interviews: Sean Mooney. Dynamite Kid defeats "The Thoroughbred" Tommy Cairo w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller with a diving headbutt. The Beasts of Burden (Nord the Barbarian & Rip Morgan) w/The Assassin demolish Sean Grayson & Logan Creed before finishing Grayson with a double big boot. After the match, Assassin joins Mooney and says at GAB the Nightmares were lucky to escape with their lives let alone their titles and next time they meet his Beasts, their luck runs out. "Sweet Music Man" Billy Joe Travis defeats The Carolina Reaper with the "Just a Swingin" neckbreaker. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) defeat The Lawmen (Wendell Cooley & Bill Irwin) with "Welcome to Nastyville" on Irwin. SIlver King defeats The Stormtrooper with the "Silver Driver." Kevin Sullivan and Abdullah the Butcher join a terrified Mooney at ringside. Amidst the usual cultish ramblings, Sullivan says if Super Strong Machine wants him at Bash at the Beach, he'll have to beat Abby in a match immediately before! "Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan defeats Mason Dixon with the "Devil stomp". Main Event. The Paul Jones Army (Ivan, Koloff, Super Destoyer, King Kong Bundy & the Eliminators) w/"Number One" Paul Jones defeat "Boogie Woogie man" Jimmy Valiant, "Black Bullet" Shaska Whatley, NWA Heritage Champion "Wildfire" Tommy Rich & the NWA United States Tag Champions The Nightmares when in the midst of a pier-six brawl, Jones passed a title belt to Kronus who whacked Davis with it.

Rhodes pays the fine and Roberts immediately makes him pay for it. Smith dumping out Kamala and Earthquake is such a cool image. Valentine gets to fight for the IC title but puts a crack in the Hart Foundation to do it. Martel is on point. Duggan & Demolition vs Haku & the SST? Yeah baby! Zeus show his power and I don't blame Paul E for getting nervous. It's official! The Battle of the Giants is on for SummerSlam! Rhodes and Savage bring in the ultimate ringer with the return of the Ultimate Warrior!

Victoria. Douglas backs up Lynn to Cornette's fury. Cameron is back with a vengance. Hall mauls Starr. The OWC rebound form Deseret Storm. Riggins shows what he can do solo. Austin couldn't stand the idea of Bret being a champion. Vancouver. Finlay with a solid submission win. Gunn shoots down Big Juice. The MVC are on a rampage. Bigelow with a big win over Adams. Austin's rage was too much for Douglas. The Ca-Ams and PR put on a clinic. Kelowna. The Southern Boys remain in contention. Bettlejuice vs the Leprechaun sounds like it'd be either the worst movie ever....of the funniest. The Dreamboats are on the way to a title shot. Scotty continues to shine. Malenko tames the Dragon.

It's Vader Time in the UWF! Maybe I'm misremembering but I believe Funaki is the first man to get disqualified in the UWF.

Great look into the big changes happening after WrestleRock.

Eddie returns to save his little brother. Norton shows he is not to be underestimated. Hercules finished Rogers so quickly he had enough energy to pick a fight with Sid. Rogers regroups to help Mimi walk away with the title. Shiek and Saito get wrecked. The Russian weasels out of showing his face. Another controversial finish to a TV title match. Sarge puts the exclamation point on a horrible night for the AAC. In the midst of a bloody brawl, Piper turns on the King. Back to back title loses for The Horsemen! Flair escapes with his thanks to Arn doing the bare minimum though Double A doesn't stick around to save him from Sting's wrath. But at least he showed up.

Championship Coronation. The Horsemen have gone all out. Each of them is in a designer suit there's a whole host of women in cocktail dresses. Two tables are laid out full of snacks and champagne. JJ calls Gordon Solie into the ring to and demands he read the introduction. Solie objects at first but a glare from Ole gets him to comply. It's the most overdramatic, bombastic introduction you've ever heard or it would be if Solie wasn't reading it in the most deadpan voice he can muster. Still, read it he does and when he finishes Buddy Landel is carried to the ring on a throne. Wearing a garish golden tuxedo, Landel takes the mic and goes off about how he was always destined to be World champion, how he and he alone was capable of rescuing the title from "that blue collar bum" Garvin and restoring its tarnished prestige (sharp eyed viewers will notice Harley Race shooting Landel a stern look at that). He swears that with the title around his waist, and his "loyal followers" behind him, Buddy Landel will lead the NWA to heights it has never known. Super Strong Machine issues a challenge. After easily dispatching his opponent, SSD marched over to Sean Mooney and handed him a letter in which he challenged Kevin Sullivan to a match at Bash at the Beach! Lanny Poffo's new attitude. Poffo had a interview this week where he was questioned about his assault on Too Cold Scorpio at GAB. Poffo says ever since he arrived in the NWA, he's been pushed into the background so Scorpio can show off his ONE move. Says when Scorpio beat him thanks to a "crooked ref" that was the last straw. The fact that Scorpio gets a title shot before him is a disgrace and the NWA will learn not to disrespect Lanny Poffo.

Slick's crew and the DA trade blows. Love the visual of the Skyscrapers having to haul out the guardrail with Paul attached. The jig is up! Funk was planning with Heenan the whole time! The Rockers win the US Tag titles in a classic. Gonzalez looks like a monster on both shows.

A loaded card for the first anniversary.

Awesome visual of it taking three men to defeat Tenryu. Nice touch having it be the PCW regulars in Camp Cornette be the survivors. It must have felt so good for Bret to be able to eliminate Austin. Crimson Death Dust, a fireball and Iron & Steel reuniting? The heels may have lost but they made a powerful statement. Scotty the Body and Mike Awesome cement themselves as the Club members to keep an eye on. Though Hashimoto pinning the TV champion shouldn't be overlooked. The original Triangle of Terror stand tall over the Brigade.

Huber finally strikes Doll down. Burke gave it a good try but St Clair is Simply the Best. I smiled so big seeing the Renegade Warriors show up. The good feelings don't last however as the Rose cousins finally snap. Without Akbar's direction, Kokina falls to the Mighty Yankee. Can't wait to hear Larry bitch about losing to "Bruno's boy". Loved seeing Big Jim and Kaz turn Vin Man into a pinball. Yeah! Taylor may have gotten more of a fight then he expected but he's still cock of the walk. Nikita survives an all out war and stands ready for whatever Kirchner sends next. Roberts meanwhile may have just executed the fastest face turn in AWA history. Shame he had to interrupt Greg's big announcement though /s. Great finish to the tag title match as we have Fabulous new champions. Jumbo's reign was stellar but I think we all knew Hulkamania would be running wild brother.

WrestleRock baby! Perez shows Miller he's more than a pretty boy. I think we all knew Fujinami had this handed. Karachi Vice shoot down the Bombers. Sawyer gets put down like the Mad Dog he is. Love the continuing trend of the real Hollywood stars not getting Adias' name right and obviously preferring his opponent. Muraco proves the difference maker as the surprise partner. Blackblood with the big win over Canek with a little help from Akbar and the ax handle. The RnR Express return but Akbar spoils the mood by bringing in the Moondogs! The Olympians retain in a controversial finish. Hansen makes rather short work of Mulligan. After a bloody cage match, the AWA finally has a Wonderful International champion. Bring on night 2!