Autistic Dragon

Lots of fun pairing in the tag portion. All Hail King Haku! A masked man helps Rude hang on. Heenan is on top of the WWF no doubt.

GAB Pre Show. Live on the USA Network. "Golden Warrior Kevin Von Erich wins the "Land of Opportunity" battle royal last eliminating Ole Anderson. Too Cold Scorpio defeats "Leaping" Lanny Poffo by reversing a O' Conner roll. After the match Poffo finally accepted Scorpio's handshake only to kick him below the belt adding a few stomps for good measure. The Paul Jones Army (King Kong Bundy & Ivan Koloff) w/"Number One" Paul Jones defeat "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant & "Black Bullet" Shaska Whatley after a distraction by Jones lead to Whatley suffering the Avalanche. July 7, 1989 From the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore Maryland. Live on Pay Per View. NWA World Six Man Tag Team Titles. "Exotic" Adrian Street, Jamie Dundee "British Magician" Steve Wright w/Ms Linda defeat The Stud Stable Jimmy Golden Rod Price Tommy Cairo)(c) w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller when a argument between the managers lead to Street locking the Crossface Chicken wing on Price. NEW CHAMPIONS!!! NWA Junior Heavyweight Title. "Wrestling Royalty Brian Christopher defeats Silver King(c) when Baby Doll came down to distract the ref allowing Big John Studd to enter the ring and lay out the champ with a boot. After being handed the title Christopher got a handshake and a hug from"The Perfect 10" and the trio left together. NWA United States Tag Team Titles. The Nightmares Danny Davis Ken Wayne c defeat The Beasts of Burden Nord the Barbarian Rip Morgan w The Assassin with a dropkick/crucifix combo which just barely kept Nord down. NWA Heritage Title. "Wildfire" Tommy Rich defeats The Super Destroyer(c) w/"Number One" Paul Jones after Rich arranged a "meeting of the minds" between SD and Jones leading to the "Burn out". NEW CHAMPION!!! Grudge Match. The Dark Crusade (Abdullah the Butcher & The Master Blasters) w/"Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan defeat Super Strong Machine and The Zero Fighters (Keichi Yamada & Hiroshi Hase) when Sullivan struck Hase with the "Golden" spike leaving him vulnerable for the "Sudanese meat clever". NWA World Tag Team Titles. The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal)(c) defeat Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/"The Perfect 10" Baby Doll with the "Doomsday Device" on Tanaka. NWA United States Title. "Golden Warrior" Kevin Von Erich defeats "Tennessee Stud" Robert Fuller(c) w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller by disqualification when Von Erich had the claw locked in and Fuller used a blatant low blow to escape. NWA World Heavyweight Title. "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel w JJ Dillon defeats "Rugged" Ron Garvin (c). Garvin got his top rope sunsetflip but Budro grabbed his legs and dropped down for the 1..2..3! NEW CHAMPION!!!!

Why is Greg Gagne on screen? Blackblood tries to start something but Canek beats him to the punch. Los Guerreros have found their swagger. Adias steals Perez's spotlight. The Fantastic's weren't impressed with the champs bravado. Gotta admit, the Olympians pulled a clever trick. Two solid promos sell the big six man tag. Vinnie is the picture of confidence /s. Roberts and Nikita are both preparing for war. The tag team main event turns into a peir six brawl. A couple of powerful promos from the main event of WrestleRock.

Victoria. Bully bashes another boozo. The Blondes outshine the Superstars. Camp Cornette is on a role tonight. Pillman bodies Scotty. The Dreamboats impress even in defeat. Vancouver. Soultaker brings the Payne. Cactus outfights Finlay. Blackman ko's Chono. Rhodes seems to have gotten under Dibiase's skin. The Hitman & the Beast take it too the Diamond Exchange. Cactus events the odds leading to the Wild Things going down. Kelowna. Stormfront wins the meeting of former champions. Atlas derails the Bulldozer. Furnas looks strong. I'm sure Regal enjoyed getting an Irishman to submit. Kawada evens the score against the Express. Eddie & Dean have officially switched titles.

The Rockers retain to start the show off right. The first King of the Ring qualifier shows how much fun the idea can be. Rick Martel is definitely worth a million bucks. Sherri bails out the Midnights. The WWF title match ends in chaos as Funk, Rhodes and Roberts all get involved. The Dream and the Macho Man are a hell of a pair but against these three villains they might need a little extra help.

Suzuki and Shamrock could be a pair to keep an eye on. Backlund is gaining serious momentum. A huge win for Karelin. Maeda gets a win to brighten his mood.

In lieu of a weekly recap please accept... NWA Great American Bash 1989 Full Card! NWA World Heavyweight Title "Rugged" Ron Garvin(c) vs "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel w/JJ Dillon NWA United States Title "Tennessee Stud" Robert Fuller(c) w/"The Mastermind Ron Fuller vs TBA NWA World Tag Team Titles The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal)(c) vs Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond) w/"The Perfect 10" Baby Doll Grudge Match Super Strong Machine & The Zero Fighters (Keichi Yamada Hiroshi Hase) vs The Dark Crusade (Abdullah the Butcher & the Master Blasters) w/"Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan NWA Heritage Title The Super Destroyer(c) w/"Number One" Paul Jones vs "Wildfire" Tommy Rich NWA United States Tag Team Titles The Nightmares (Danny Davis & Ken Wayne)(c) vs The Beasts of Burden (Nord the Barbarian & Rip Morgan) w/The Assassin NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Silver King(c) vs "Wrestling Royalty" Brian Christopher NWA World Six Man Tag Team Titles. The Stud Stable (Jimmy Golden,Rod Price Tommy Cairo)(c) w/"The Mastermind" Ron Fuller vs "Exotic Adrian Street, Jamie Dundee & "British Magician" Steve Wright w/Miss Linda GAB: Pre Show "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant "Black Bullet" & Shaska Whatley vs The Paul Jones Army (King Kong Bundy & Ivan Koloff) w/"Number One" Paul Jones Top Cold Scorpio vs "Leaping" Lanny Poffo Land of Opportunity battle royal. Winner challenges for the NWA United States Title on the main show.

Both nights are gonna rock the roof of the Metrodome.

Hogan & Jumbo finally come to blows. Big Jim % Big Bill are ready to get their hand on Vinnie. Burke will not be overlooked. Devastation Inc steals the six man. Grizz is looking fierce. David & Larry Z in a taped fist match? sold. Hansen picked a fight in a real Outlaw in Mulligan. Blackblood looks like a killer. Jake looks ready for war. I'm not sure I can say the same about Nikita. The Al-Stars look strong to close the night.

Brutas looks to cut & strut his way to a title. The Skyscrapers have a lot on their plate as they have their first physical meeting with the Twin Towers before laying out the DA. Martel is looking to show off his new prize. We could have a battle of the giants next week.

Kelly continues to build heat. Miss Tennessee is still Double J's best weapon. The Young Stallions buck the Long Riders. Norton earns his spot. Doom make their mark. Though I'm not sure Hawk & Animal would be impressed. Hercules and Sid both looking strong. Sarge is here to lead the war against the AAC! Sting and Henig steal the show. But who is the TV champion? Don't ya just love it when guys say "screw the match, I'm just here to beat your ass!"? Woah. The Freebirds teamed with a Von Erich, and didn't turn on him!

Great American Bash updates 1. Tommy Rich defeated Ivan Koloff after a miscommunication lead to Super Destroyer hitting Ivan with the Heritage title. Due to a pre match agreement, Tommy Rich has officially earned a shot at Super D at the Bash. 2. A four corner elimination tag match was held between the Zero Fighters, the Master Blasters, the Patriots and the Beasts of Burden with the winners challenging the Nightmares for the United States Tag Team Titles at the Bash. This bad blood between the Japanese duo and Sullivan's "crusaders" boiled over and the two teams were counted out. A double big boot to Champion sealed the deal. The Nightmares have a pair of Beasts on their trail. 3. Both of the two main feuds in the recently reinstated Junior Heavyweight division will look to be settled in Baltimore. On the main show self proclaimed "wrestling royalty" Brian Christopher will get his long demanded opportunity at the title held by Silver King. Meanwhile on the pre show Lanny Poffo and Too Cold Scorpio will face off in a match with title implications of its own.

Looks like the UWF has big things in mind for Mr Backlund. Looking forward to the first Shooto showcase.

LA. Douglas isn't backing down from the Bully. Albright gets the tainted win. The Dragon declares war on the Wild Things. SinMin and the Juice Crew show they aren't concerned. It's 2-2 for the Collective thanks to Dr Death. Rose sneaks away with the belt again. With a level playing field, Gunn strikesa blow against the Collective. LA night 2. Douglas gets turned away again. Another victory in the war on the Exchange. Dibiase with a tough test against Cactus. Condrey shows Douglas the price of sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. Phoenix Rising with a major win. Dragon starts with the Soultaker, Sante Barbara. The Blood Syndicate is rebuilding. Scotty with a impressive win over Pillman. The Citadel upset the Superstars. Lynn catches the Leprechaun. Gordy puts down a game Regal. Eddie is a double champion!

Looks like every champion has some tough challengers waiting for them.

GregRock? GregRock? Please let somebody beat his ass! The Rose's are accepting an open challenge. I'm surprised Miller would accept Doll's help considering his distaste for pretty boys. Morrow makes more big news by booking a losers leave match for the Tag titles. Oliver getting tuned up. Love how The Olympians are turning Sweet Dreams face. Vinnie is coming out of retirement. Yeah! Sir St Clair gets his trusty manager back. Adias is so fixated on Hogan he damn near loses his prized title. Speaking of Hogan, he returns the favor from last week. Well Jake, Nikita is awake. Hope you know what you're in for.

Rick Martel has been ruling as IC champ and now he can boast of winning the "War of the Worlds" tournament. I remember you telling me that you wanted to do a battlebowl style match. Great idea giving it the King of the Ring label. SummerSlam is gonna set the Great White North on fire!

Great American Bash updates 1. It's announced that before the ppv proper, there will be an hour long pre-show airing live on the USA Network. The show will feature predictions for the main card as well as exclusive matches. 2. One such match announced will be the "Land of Opportunity" battle royal. The winner will challenge Robert Fuller for the NWA United States Championship on the main card. 3. As the Bash draws ever closer everyone is scrambling to secure their place on the big show. This week saw two top teams face off for the right to challenge the Road Warriors for the NWA World Tag Team championships. With a timely distraction from their manager Baby Doll and some covert interference from Big John Studd Badd Company were able to beat out Buffalo Soldiers to earn their biggest opportunity in the NWA yet.

Oakland. If Busick wasn't scary enough, now he knows the heart punch! The Minister is cooking up something Sinister. Douglas tries to reach out to the Bully but gets shut down. The Dreamboats win the battle but the war isn't over. Awesome claims another victim. Hart scores a w in the war with DDP's crew. San Francisco. Regal wins the Battle of the Brits. Scotty & Bigelow both impress. Getting backup is already paying off for Windham. Rose can always trust on his minions. The Can-Ams end the game of title trade. Fresno. The Blondes luck against the Irish continue. Severn v Tenryu is getting intense. Also Blood Pollution is a badass name. Jackal pounces on a downed Demon. Atlas wins a hossfest, The DC get burned. This week sees Dean defend against Eddie but the result is the same.

I'm liking the idea that for once The Olympians are actually right for once when calling their opponents cheaters. But at least Sweet Dreams are honest cheaters. Also tickled by Sawyer starting the brawl with Colon by beating up Colon's opponent. Taylor is less than impressed by the Crippler. Grizz has a tall test ahead of him. Graham is assembling his All-Star team. Gagne is back and has finally decided to outsource his feud with Canek. Akbar brings in Black Blood who is off to a strong start. Akbar doesn't get much rest as he & Cameron square up to Orndorff. Roberts is exactly the type to wage war for fun and profit. Los Guerreros take the cowards way out. Hogan & Jumbo finally meet face to face.

Speaking as someone who did watch the Broken saga unfold in real time, yes it did.

The Horsemen United(?) The group sent in a VTR from a high class resort where the celebration of Buddy Landel's victory in the Battlebowl, and guaranteed shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Title, was in full swing. A highly elated (and perhaps slightly inebriated) JJ Dillon crowed that it "was always the plan" to have the "Nature Boy" claim the title shot. Sharp eyed viewers would have noticed that this comment drew side eye from Harley Race though nothing came from it. Junior Heavyweight Division. NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Silver King made his in ring debut and easily dispatched his frankly overwhelmed opponent with the "Silver Driver" (Death Valley Driver). Brian Christopher made his way down while SK was celebrating and jaw jacked at him from the floor. SK welcomed Christopher into the ring even going so far as to hold the ropes open for him but the self proclaimed "wrestling royalty" declined. Also of note in the division this week was the developing issue between Too Cold Scorpio and Lanny Poffo. After their dual elimination from Battlebowl an argument broke out between the two and a match was signed to settle their issue. They had a exciting encounter that had the fans attention for the entirety of its 10 minute time limit. After the time limit expired Scorpio tried to be a sportsman and offered a handshake only for a disgruntled Poffo to walk away. NWA Heritage Title. A six man tag between Jimmy Valiant, Shaska Whatley & Tommy Rich and the Paul Jones Army's Super Destroyer, King Kong Bundy & Ivan Koloff had a potentially game changing finish as Tommy Rich scored the pin on Super D. As Jones lead his men away, Rich was seen pointing at the Heritage champion and making the "belt around the waist" gesture.

The Sherri connection pays off as Paul E scores the Midnights. Tunney walks a fine line in regards to the recent title changes. They both stand but the former champs get their deserved rematches. Creative angle to explain Roberts departure. Looking forward to the debut of Raw!

Portland. Busick makes a strong return. Bret almost bit off more than he could chew with the Exchange. The dust is lethal! The Brigade seems to split over trusting Windham. Pillman is climbing back towards a title shot. The Blood Syndicate may have been focused on singles gold lately but they're still a tough team. Portland night 2. Awesome was too tough for the young Texan. The Phoenix burn the Superstars. Lynn gets mauled by the Jackal. Scotty slays the Dragon. The tug of war over the Pacific tag titles continues with the Express regaining the advantage. Busy night for Scotty as he saves the TV Title for his boss. At less than 100% the Dragon still has the Pacific title firmly in his claws. Eugene. The Blondes bomb the Irish. Condrey takes the coward's way out. The Southern Boys are starting to pull it together. Regal is out for payback. Gordy vs Hashimoto would sell out just about any venue in Japan. Malenko & Eddie put on a real classic in the main event.

Burke starts to get tuned up to face St Clair. Vinney brings victory home once again. Bullet Bob and the Iceman would be a formidable team on their own but through Graham into the mix? The All-Stars may have made a serious mistake. Hansen is truly King of the Cowboys. Devastation Inc lays out The Mighty Yankee. If Miller has a problem with pretty boys then he's definitely gonna have issues with Perez. Morrow drops one bombshell after another. Larry Z wastes no time taking things to the next level with David. I know Kirchner said he made a deal with the Devil but I wasn't expecting Jake Roberts!