Autistic Dragon

So much for that Honky face turn. Dundee save Christopher's life and beats Landel. Big night for the Superstar. AOD takes the L but still saves his boss. Orndorff finds out who's the Boss in Memphis. The Tri-State title match ends in a draw but what everyone will be focusing on is Madusa and her new friend. The Hammer & Anvil capture the Southern tag straps capping off an all-around great night for the First Family. Savage retains but his treatment o Elizabeth is winning him no fans. The Steiners put an exclamation point on their feud with Doom. The King bests the Bounty Hunter while Wildfire looks on.

I am forever amazed at how you can, each and every time, write an entire card and give every match a full, detailed description. The best I can do most times is a describe the finishing sequence.

Victoria. Martel clocks the Cassanova. A surprisingly scientific finish to Snow v Sabu. The Bully is set for another dominant TV title reign. Piper & the Collective with a pair of powerful promos. For some reason, Ed calling the MVC Terrance & Steven got me. Kawada & Hart close the show with a couple of showcase wins. Vancouver. Lynn avenges his partner. Regal K.O's the Monster. Back-to-back wins for the Citadel. Mike puts down the Best in Awesome fashion. Martel pinned the champion! Kelowna. Huge win for Hamrick. Thrillseekers fellin' the Heat. Cornette experimenting with the MX's lineup? Linger roars to victory. PCO has the Body's number. Barr tames the Dragon.

WWF Live events for the week. June 27th Cambria County War Memorial Arena-Johnstown Pennsylvania. Silver King defeats "Big Cat" Curtis Hughes by countering "Cat-atonic" into a sunset flip. Kokina w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji defeats The Tonga Kid with a Samoan drop. "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka after catching Snuka in a running crossbody, planting him with a Powerslam then hitting the "earthquake" splash. WWF United States Tag Team Championsip. The Commonwealth (Dynamite Kid & Chris Benoit)(c) vs The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) ends in a 20 minute time limit draw. Both teams shake hands after the match. Frenchie Martin was seen watching from the aisle. WWF Intercontinental Championship "World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo w/Frenchy Martin defeats Koko B Ware with a running Powerslam. Tito Santana vs The Berzerker w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan ends in a double count-out. WWF Championship. The Ultimate Warrior(c) defeats "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez after dodging the "flying burrito" and hitting the shoulder block/running splash combo. June 28th Agricultural Hall-Allentown Pa. The Genius defeats a local talent with the "Honor Roll". Ranger Ross defeats The Iron Sheik with the "Combat kick". The American Eagles (Liberty & Justice) defeat The Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff) after a miscommunication between the Russians allows Zhukov to be pinned. Bad News Brown vs Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick ended in a double DQ. Slick was noted to be on his best behavior during the whole match only stirring himself when security separated the two and guiding Nailz to the back. The Rhodes Family (Dusty & Dustin) defeat Te Texas Outlaws (Back Bart & Dick Murdoch) when Dusty pinned Bart with the "Bionic Elbow". June 29th Glens Falls Civic Center-Glens Falls NY "Bad Man" Brady Boone defeats Vic Steamboat with his feet on the ropes. The Tonga Kid defeats "Hollywood" Bob Holly with a jumping headbutt. Hillbilly Jim defeats Alofa w/Mr Fuji with a running big boot. Haku w/Bobby Heenan defeats "The Boy from New York City" Jimmy Valiant w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano with the "Tongan Death Grip". Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Hiro Hase with the DDT. Demolition (Ax & Smash) defeat Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/Slick with "Decapitation" on Tanaka. WWF Intercontinental Championship. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeats "World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo(c) w/Frenchy Martin when entered the ring and hit Duggan in the back with the Quebec flag. Duggan no sold it and started pounding on Martin but Bravo regrouped and attacked. Martin held Duggan for a clothesline but Duggan broke free and Bravo hit his own manager. Duggan grabs his 2x4 nd chases the heels off, standing tall to make the hometown crowd happy

The final line-up for the B Ash is looking red hot.

Sammartino is not afraid of Kahlua's fire. The Storm Crew are looking sharp. Canek shows he can handle two men at once. Saito gets a good highlight reel but Thornton & Smith aren't impressed. Rheingans gets the Olympians a leg up ahead of the tornado tag. Snowman isn't rattled by Neil's spooky preaching. St Clair is ready to get his hands on Link. Bundy vows to rid Greg of his years long rival once and for all. Debeers' latest ambush goes tits up. The Blazing Dragons are fired up. Hogan and the Express spring a trap on Flair and the Enforcers.

No harm done! Much better to focus on school than this.

Originally airing June 25, 1990. *Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Ottawa Civic Center in Ottawa Ontario Canada* Match #1 The Genius defeats Battle Kat with the "Honor Roll". Split screen promo says that while the unlearned masses may want the high-speed spectacle Silver King provides but his enlighten guidance is what they NEED. Mean Gene announces that the next Saturday Night's Main Event will take place on July 19th from the Albert L. Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vermont. Match #2 "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes defeats "Hollywood" Bob Holly with "Natural Selection". Match #3 "Ravishing" Rick Rude w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Mark Starr with the "Rude Awakening". Split screen promo sees Rude say he knows he messed up at KotR and vows to make it up to the Family by personally bringing the WWF Championship back where it belongs. We see Kevin Von Erich's official coronation as King of the Ring. Lord Alfred Hayes is master of ceremonies and gives a heartfelt speech putting over Kevin's skill, determination and courage before placing the crown on Kevin's head. Kev actually looks a little uncomfortable and says as a proud American he never saw himself as the King type but now that the crown's his he'll fight with everything he's got to be the King the WWF deserves.Jake Roberts slithers into the ring and says while this is all very touching he hopes Kevin enjoys it while he can because there's a Snake in the Royal garden and its venom downs King an commoner alike. Kev says Roberts already had his chance to be King and lost. Roberts hisses that while that may be true what's also true is that the last time they went one-on-one Roberts won. Things are getting tense as Hayes calls security to keep things from boiling over. Match #4 Koko B Ware defeats Bill Garlets with the "Ghostbuster". Promo time with Mooney. The Fantastics say they look forward to partying the summer away with the WWF across the country. Fuji says his men will build a mountain from the broken bodies of their victims for no one is safe. Match #5 "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch defeats Vic Steamboat with a Brainbuster. Match #6 Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Martin Roy with "The Good, the bad & the ugly". Split screen promo sees Bad News say he warned Slick and his goons to stay out of his business but they didn't want to listen so now they're gonna get got! More promos from Mooney. The Rougeaou's say that on Free for All they proved they're the most dominant tag champions in WWF history. Manny Fernandez says he's ready to gore anybody who gets in the ring with him. Feature Match Tito Santana defeats Black Bart by disqualification when The Berzerker attacked him.

LA. The League of Gentlemen had kinda fallen off for me but they certainly assert themselves tonight. PCO is heading to something big. The Thunder Dragons v Los Pareja del Terror must've burned the house down, The Midnight's score one over on their old rivals. LA night 2. The Force and Stormfront both shine in tag action. Hashimoto takes down Scotty. Bam Bam narrowly gets his win over Awesome. The Collective's main trio hold onto all their gold. Santa Barbara. The SoB's have the Club's number. Rough night for the Money Train. Douglas does his damnedest but comes up short. Vito finds out it's what it's like to get Bullied. The Hitman and the Hot Rod strike a major blow against the Club.

Gotta hand it to Luger, takes some major stones to put a 50k bounty on a guy and then cut a whole promo on how he's the bad guy. Dangerously is seriously confident that his man can beat Steamboat. Flyin' Brian is all kinds of fired up. Sid Vicious is coming! Giganta scared Tully off so now he and his amigos face Abby and the Samoans. Sting shows everyone how strong his knee actually is with his big dive on Nikita.

An AWA press conference ends in chaos, who could have forseen this? Good move by morrow banning the Enforcers from ringside for the world title match. Everybody's fired up for WrestleRock. Can't skip over the return of the All-Stars.

Originally airing June 18th, 1990. *Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Providence Civic Center in Providence Rhode Island* (RAW)The Berzerker w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Vic Steamboat by countout when Steamboat climbed to the top rope and Berzerker knocked him off with a big boot. Mean Gene shows highlights of the King of the Ring tournament including the coronation of Kevin Von Erich. Gene reminds fans that Kev has to hold onto that Crown for the entire year to get get the title shot at next year's KotR PPV. Back in the studio Monsson puts Kev over strong while Heenan dryly remarks "all hail the cowpoke King". Silver King defeats "Bad Man" Brady Boone with the "Silver Driver". Commentary notes that SK has been continuing to chase The Genius throughout the loop while the KotR was taking place. The Bushwhackers defeat Bill Garlets & Dale Wittman with the "Bushwhacker Battering Ram" Monsoon recaps the WWF Tag Team Championship match and hypes the Killer Bees as the new champions. Heenan says he's filed an injunction to have the result overturned. Monsoon asks on what possible grounds and without missing a beat Heenan says that the Warlod doesn't speak British and so didn't understand the count. (Wrestling Challenge) The Samoan Headhunters (Alofa & Kokina) defeat Jim McPhearson & Mark Starr with the Samoan drop/big sit combo. Promo time with Mooney: Tugboat gives the kids at home a brief speech about staying safe at the beach while Curtis Hughes and Slick call out anybody in the WWF who thinks they're tough to step into the jungle with the Big Cat. Hillbilly Jim defeats "Hollywood" Bob Holly with a bearhug. Monsoon notes the controversy in the WWF Championship match at KotR with Rude hitting Haku with the title. Heenan says that Rude told him it was an accident and a man of Rude's integrity would never lie, especially to his manager. (Wrestling Challenge)Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeat The American Eagles (Liberty & Justice) when Diamond delivered a knee to Justice's ribs from the apron allowing Tanaka to roll him up with a handful of tights. Ranger Ross defeats Mike Durham with the "Combat Kick" "The Walking Natural Disaster" Earthquake w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats Tony Ulysses with the "Earthquake splash" More promos from Mooney! Koko B Ware tells the families at home that a WWF show is a great way to spend a summer night while Sheiky baby says he laughs at what Americans call a "sveltering sumhar"and says he's seen winter in his beloved Iron that put this too shame. Feature Match. "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez defeats Tugboat with the "Flying Burrito"

You did so much on this show to set up Fire on the Mountain. the Prove Yourself tag match to give rookies a chance to shine, Armstrong/Simpson v the Funks and a Triangle match for the tag titles. VW & Kabuki meet their first serious threat in the Moondogs. Gilbert finds someone to bring the Payne to Champion. Big Bill laughs off Bruno. Blue Demon Jr and Wellington bring the house down. Calis talks his way into a match with the Bullet. Fuller steals a win but feels the wrath of Titan.

A great breakdown of all the big angles. What could the First Family have against Brian Law..er I mean Christopher?

*A panel of experts analyze the most high profile matches at this year's event with particular focus on the WWF CHampionship match as well as extensive converge of this years King of the Ring tournament* Exclusive match. "WWF Canadian Tag Team Championship" open challenge. The Fabulous Rougeaou Brothers (Jacques & Raymond)(c?) w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeat Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka & "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant after Martin shoved Snuka off the top rope when he was going for the "Superfly splash" allowing Raymond to pin him with a handful of tights. June 15, 1990 Live on Pay Per View. Wembley Arena in London, England. WWF United States Tag Team Championship The Commonwealth (Dynamite Kid & Chris Benoit)(c) defeat The Bolshieviks (Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov) after Volkoff accidentally hit Zhukov with a big boot allowing DK to pin him. Huge home country pop. Bolsheviks argue after the match. King of the Ring First Round matches Jake "The Snake" Roberts defeats Tito Santana after a distraction from the Berzerker leads to a DDT. Bad News Brown defeats Billy Jack Haynes with the "Ghetto Blaster". "The Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich defeats Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick by shifting his weight while in "The good, the bad & the ugly" turning it into a pin. "The Mastodon" Vader w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji defeats "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan after surviving the "three point" lariat and hitting the "Vader Bomb". WWF Tag Team Championship. The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano defeat The Powers of Pain (Barbarian & Warlord)(c) w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan with a crossbody/backslide combo on Warlord. King of the Ring Semifinals. Bad News Brown defeats Jake Roberts with a "northern light" style counter to a DDT followed by a "Ghetto Blaster". Kevin Von Erich defeats Vader by disqualification when he shoves the ref away while pounding on Von Erich in the corner. WWF Intercontinental Championship. "World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo(c) w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin defeats Dr Tom Prichard by countering a superkick and turning it into a Powerslam. King of the Ring Finals. Kevin Von Erich defeats Bad News Brown after Slick comes to ringside and goes to hit Von Erich with his cane but hits Brown instead. Brown is irate after he comes too and starts putting hands on Slick but before he can do any damage, Nailz runs down and saves his boss. WWF Championship. The Ultimate Warrior(c) defeats Haku w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Huge hoss fight with the two no-selling a lot of each others offense. Haku ko's the ref with a kick meant for the Warrior. Rude comes down, grabs the title, lines up a shot and hits....Haku...by accident....maybe? Heenan is freaking out on the floor, Rude goes for another shot on Warrior but gets knocked out of the Ring. Haku staggers up, shoulderblock, military press, splash, pin & win.

I gotta admit, Luger putting up the bounty legit swerved me. Well done. We're running it back for the US tag straps. Road Warriors & Rockers seem to be heading for the final encounter.

Oakland. Between the Thunder Dragons & Sandman it was a good night for the Peach Patrol. The Hexagon with a big trios win. The Dreamboats couldn't take the Heat. Awesome squeaks by Bigelow. The Blondes are off their game. Kawada otoh is on point. PCO proves the difference maker in the trios match. Iron & Stell as well as Martel are looking strong. The Collective's senior members bring victory home in the main event. Fresno. Bobby with a Beautiful win. Regal v makhan boils over. Hamrick claims Sweet victory. Grizz keeps the Patrol in the winner's circle. Scorpio proves he still belongs in the title hunt. Condrey wins the rubber match for the Express.

Been loving these AWA reports.

The heels pull a fast one keeping Gigante out of the planned six man. Crush gets some shine. Power & Glory retain thanks to the clock. The Freebirds put on a show. Hall's grip on the TV title is ironclad. The Rockers survive the Samoans but the Road Warriors are crashing in their rematch. Steamboat's return is a smashing success. Luger's Russian Nightmare is over but all anybody will be talking about is how he sold out to Race.

The Olympians agree to "lower themselves" for a tornado tag. The Hangman strikes the Snowman. Sammartino is fired up (pardon the pun). The Idol/BLaze match turns into a proper pier-six. Smith looks strong ahead of his meeting with Saito. Colon gets a measure of payback on Debeers. Bundy may just be the man to take care of Canek once for all. The Warriors are ready for the big show. The Enforcers leave the champions in a heap.

WWF King of the Ring full card rundown. King of the Ring Quarterfinal matches. Tito Santan vs Jake "The Snake" Roberts Billy Jack Haynes vs Bad News Brown "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan vs "The Mastodon" Vader w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji "The Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich vs Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick. Non tournament matches, WWF Championship. The Ultimate Warrior(c) vs Haku w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan WWF Intercontinental Championship. "World's Strongest Man" Dino Bravo(c) w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin vs Dr Tom Prichard WWF World Tag Team Championship The Powers of Pain (Barbarian & Warlord)(c) w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan vs The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) w/"The Guiding Light" Capt Lou Albano WWF United States Tag Team Championship The Commonwealth "Dynamite Kid & Chris Benoit)(c) vs The Bolshieviks (Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov) Free for All "WWF Canadian Tag Team Championships" The Fabulous Rougeaou Brothers (Jacques & Raymond) w/"Le Commandant" Frenchy Martin vs ? & ?

Originally airing 6/11/90 on HBO. *Unless stated otherwise matches were taped at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield Massachusetts* Match #1 Koko B Ware defeats "Bad Man" Brady Boone with the "Ghost Buster". Lord Alfred Hayes is on sight in London and we see a montage of him interviewing locals saying how excited they are that the WWF is coming across the pond! Match #2 (Wrestling Challenge) "Ravishing" Rick Rude w/Bobby "The Brain" Heenan defeats Red Tyler with the "Rude Awakening". Match #3 King of the Ring First Round Match. "The Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich defeats Kokina w/"The Devious" Mr Fuji with a top rope sunset flip. Promo time with Sean Mooney: Berzerker shouted that Tito Santana took "a coward's victory" in their KotR match. Hillbilly Jim says some of the "rasslers" here in the WWF fight dirtier than the pigs back on the farm but won't no pig could ever beat ol' Jim! Match #4 (RAW) The Tonga Kid defeated El Gato with a jumping headbutt. Mean Gene breaks down the updated bracket and hypes the final first round match later tonight between Nailz & Andre. Match #5 Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake defeats Spike Jones with "A little off the top" More promos with Mooney: The Ultimate Warrior says his match with Haku shall be the mightiest clash the British isles have seen since Boudica stacked the cities of Rome! Dynamite Kid says he'll be honored to defend WWF in front of his countrymen and he's excited for his protegee to show the most dedicated wrestling fans in the world what he can do. Match #6 The Iron Shief defeats Scott Colton with the Camel Clutch. Feature match. King of the Ring First Round Match. Nailz w/"The Doctor of Style Slick defeats "The 8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant by countout. The tow were brawling o the floor with Andre taking the advantage and tossing Nailz back into the ring but seemed to have trouble getting back in himself. After the ref reached ten, the camera got into position and saw Slick holding onto Ande's legs.

Great followup to your first big show. I like how focused everyone is on either getting or holding onto the gold.

Portland night 1. Sabu is a savage, no doubt. The Peach Patrol is on the case. Bigelow v Awesome was too big for a PCW ring. Peach's declaration seems to have set off both the Hexagon and the Playboy CLub. Though the later still have Piper to deal with. Del Ray feels Scorpio's sting. Lograsso fairs no better against the Bully. Night 2. Peaches lives up to her word to keep Ferrari in line. A wounded PCO couldn't handle the Monster. Iron & Steel and the MVC both look strong ahead of their seemingly inevitable clash. Windham puts down the Playboy. The Monster crushes Regal's dream of becoming Pacific Champion. Eugene. Stormfront & the Hexagon prove evenly matched. Hashimoto keeps the Patrol's momentum going. The OWC must've been Thrilled to retain their titles. Severn & Douglas bring big wins to the Citadel. The Midnight's fend off the former Trios champs.

The First Family really shone this episode. Doom declares the beatings will continue until they get their title shot. Everybody is calling out the King. Interesting how Rich's plan for redemption involves him getting close to the USWA World Champion. Double J would be glad to take the Tri-State title from Gilbert. Savage vs Hennig? Nuff said.