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If Dusty didn't blade, I think everyone in the arena would have been disappointed.

Pre-taping Match Plowboy Frazier defeats the Ninjas International Pro Wrestling Excited Voiceover: You are watching International Pro Wrestling from the KAIT Channel 8 television studios! Wrestling action whizzes by quickly over music, showing the stars of International Pro Wresting. Drop kick here, monkey flip there, big swinging neck breaker there. When the music comes to a stop, the camera pans the studio and the loud studio audience ready for some wrestling action! Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice welcome everyone to International Pro Wrestling's exciting "Power Half Hour! They talk about today's show As Reno Riggins and Dancing Wolf continue their Best of Seven Series with Tojo Yamamoto and the New Guinea Head Hunter and try to even things up at 2-2. A loss here would put Tojo in the driver's seat and be an almost impossible hill to climb! Bert's got his fingers AND toes crossed here for Reno and Dancing Wolf. They discuss the rules of the match as "Come as you are" with no disqualifications or countouts but don't who exactly that favors? Tojo Yamamoto has introduced the kendo stick several times to deadly effectiveness! Our hosts have been joined by Brian Knighton who demands to be heard. Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice try to steer the conversation towards Dark Journey, Knighton's manager who for the next 90 days with Jamie Dundee and Bruno Spazzinsky but Knighton's not here to talk about her, what he wants to talk about is the unfinished business he has with Cody Michaels who he still owes a beating or two. Bert wants to know what's different now than all the times he's faced and lost to Michaels? Hold on! It's the Commissioner Rip Tyler. Tyler has no problem getting a match signed between him and Cody Michaels. The two have gone round and round before and if Knighton wants to face Michaels again and Michaels agrees to the match ... it is on next Saturday night at the ASU Armory in Jonesboro. NOW ... can we get on with the program? Buddy Lee throws it to a commercial! x-x-x-x-x COMMERCIAL BREAK x-x-x-x-x We go to the ring for our first match ... Match #1 Reno Riggins & Dancing Wolf versus Tojo Yamamoto & the New Guinea Head Hunter. Joining our hosts is #1 Contender Pat Rose. Discussion about the match and rules before getting into things with Rose and his chase of Champion Bill Ash. Rose says he's been chasing Ash all over Arkansas dishing it out but the coward is continually getting himself disqualified. Bert is sure, one of these days Pat Rose will get his hands on Ash and pin him to the mat 1! 2! 3! Very active and stiff match for TV with no one holding back. Bert and Pat both throw their support to Riggins and Dancing Wolf. We even skip the usual commercial break time to give the combatants the alloted 20 minutes of uninterrupted time. The kendo stick finally makes its appearance. Reno Riggins is able to duck out of the way and come back with a boot to Tojo's head. Riggins with the pin attempt while Dancing Wolf with the diving tomhawk chop cuts off the Head Hunter. The series goes tied up 2-2. The fans cheer as Buddy Lee sends us to a commercial break! x-x-x-x-x COMMERCIAL BREAK x-x-x-x-x We return to the program with Bert and Buddy talking about the match and things being all tied up at 2 apiece. It is anyone's two matches to win at this point! We are now at TV Time Limit remaining ... Match #2 Mountain Lou versus Cowboy Tony Not a lot of time remaining but the two do their best to get the most at that time and to get a finish. Better than usual showing for Lou but the two go back and forth until there is no time left and no winner! The fans cheer as Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice with a big thank you and a reminder to join us next week for more International Pro Wrestling action!

If you tune in to see Dutch Mantell get his, you hit the jackpot with this week's TV. Dutch got fined not once but twice for a cool $1000 AND lost a match against Bill Dundee as well as took a couple of cracks from Shoo Baby. Throw in the fact that he isn't in the tag tournament yet, it's a bad day for Dutch. June 19th show is looking good. Going to make the fans very happy. Good stuff here as always in Memphis.

If Don Bass is going to get anywhere, I think he needs to move on from Cyrus. Pritchard and Morgan continue to trade wins. If things escalate as their feud continues, Morgan will be favored as they step into gimmick matches. If I was Jimmy Garvin, I'd bail too. Not going to wait around for Ronnie to illegally mar that face with a punch!

Pre-taping Match In ladies action, newcomer Luna defeated Debbie T. Wild. International Pro Wrestling Excited Voiceover: You are watching International Pro Wrestling from the KAIT Channel 8 television studios! Wrestling action whizzes by quickly over music, showing the stars of International Pro Wresting. Drop kick here, monkey flip there, big swinging neck breaker there. When the music comes to a stop, the camera pans the studio and the loud studio audience ready for some wrestling action! Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice welcome everyone to International Pro Wrestling's exciting "Power Half Hour! They are slightly taken aback by the match they just saw between the ladies! The ferocity of this Luna was unbelievable ... Our hosts have been joined by Oliver Humperdink and two women he has on leashes. Oliver Humperdink: What you just witnessed was something very few people in the world have seen ... my Luna given free reign to do as she will inside the squared circle. Mark my words, you have just seen a small sampling of what my Lock and what my Luna are capable of! The House of Humperdink has arrived and IPW will never be the same! Humperdink pulls the two along as he walks away leaving Buddy Lee and Bert talking about the women. Getting his composure, Buddy Lee talks about what we have in store today as the Renesto Brothers will be in tag team action as they take on the Arkansas Terrors! In our Main Event, we have The American going one-on-one with the Cuban Assassin! Buddy Lee throws it to a commercial! x-x-x-x-x COMMERCIAL BREAK x-x-x-x-x We go to the ring for our first match ... Match #1 The Renestos versus Arkansas Terrors Joining our hosts are Jamie Dundee and an overall wearing Dark Journey who looks anything but happy. Bert with a sarcastic remark to Dark Journey about her looking well is met with a sharp stare. While the Terrors go right on the attack, it only takes the Renestos a couple of minutes to get on the same page and work like a well oiled machine. Dundee thinks once the Renestos work out the kinks, they will be one of the top tag teams here in the IPW. Dark Journey thinks right behind her Terrors. Double suplex is followed Tim Renesto with a leg drop off the top rope for the win as the Boys put away the Terrors. After everyone leaves, it is a head bandaged Reno Riggins storms out and is fit to be tied. He wants a match right here, right now against Tojo Yamamoto and the New Guinea Head Hunter! Angry and animated with spit flying everywhere, Riggins has to be held back by his partner, Dancing Wolf as Buddy Lee brings the fans up to date with the Best of Seven Series and Tojo's team being up 2-1 ... Commissioner Rip Tyler comes out to calm the situation. Tyler understands what Riggins is feeling but there will be no match between the two teams this week ... matches have already been signed for the program ... BUT ... what he can do is sign a match for next week ... right here on TV. Instead of the usual 10 minutes of time, he is going to allow a 20 minute time limit ... AND ... come as you are! Tojo's been a little too free with his kendo stick, so this will equalize things just a little. No disqualifications, no countouts ... The fans cheer as Buddy Lee sends us to a commercial break! x-x-x-x-x COMMERCIAL BREAK x-x-x-x-x We return to the program with Bert and Buddy talking about next week's program and Reno Riggins' match. Reno and Dancing Wolf will have a chance to even things up in the series as the violence appears to be escalating. No love lost here between the two teams vying for the tag team titles! Match #2 Cuban Assassin versus The American The loudest cheers and the most prolific booing in the show. The Assassin comes out waving a Cuban flag in the ring before The American makes his way to the ring. It is one before the bell rings as the Assassin attacks The American sliding into the ring. The Cuban Assassin on the rampage before The American fights his way back into things. Several arm drags and a drop kick sends the Cuban Assassin out of the ring and The American follows, continuing the fight. The American rolls back into the ring but is pulled back out and is attacked again. He gets run into the ring post before the Cuban slides back into the ring to break the count. The American is able to get back into the ring and fights his way back, going back and forth with the Assassin for control. Several near pinfalls by The American before the Cuban Assassin retrieves his flagpole and starts swinging it around. When he hits The American with it, the referee calls for the bell, disqualifying him from the match. The American has won the match but not in the way he wants to. The Assassin chases after the referee before being run off by The American. The fans cheer as Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice with a big thank you and a reminder to join us next week for more International Pro Wrestling action!

Poor Kyle Farnsworth got the beat out of him. I have to say, that made me laugh. Not what I was expecting to read. Rhodes and Race in a Texas Death Match should be good.

I am surprised Dr. Death beat DiBiase and is the new North American champion. Figured this would go on for some time. New we get to see Steve Williams chased. Should be interesting how Ted and Kassie spin it.

Jerry Lynn versus Chris Candido in 1988 is a pretty good match up if allowed enough time to work. If not, just wait 10 or so years. Cheetah Kid's time might be getting closer to running out. One-on-one, he's held off all challenges but 3-on-1, he isn't going to last too much longer with the belt.

IPW would like to sign Sean David Baxter (https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=4649). Son of The Wrestling Pro, seems to have disappeared from the business at the end of 1988.

Arena Reports from Pro Wrestling Illustrated June 1988 Issue ASU Armory (Jonesboro, AR) Brandy Mae defeated Prissy Purcell ... Bruno Spazzinsky and Plowboy Frazier beat The Arkansas Terrors ... Jamie Dundee won over Brian Knighton ... Pat Rose and Bill Ash went to a double countout ... Tojo Yamamoto and the New Guinea Head Hunter went to 2-1 with the win over Reno RIggins and Dancing Wolf.

Big show with lots of good matches as well as a couple of title changes. A bit surprised at the fan reaction to the Savage/Steamboat ending. While I am sure that Savage has his fans, how could anyone be angry that Steamboat retained. There was no pin or submission and babyface Steamboat is loved by everyone ... I guess not with this crowd. Thought Rhodes and team would be victorious but was a bit surprised that Race was the sacrificial lamb and not one of the underlings but I guess a big show needs a big ending, so we have that here.

I always questioned Ronnie Garvin's Hands of Stone punch as a finisher. Closed fist = illegal so how can you win with that? Yet, he did for years. I would not want to be the guy on the bottom of the three stacked guys squished by Kamala. A sight to see, I am sure. Was always a Jimmy Garvin fan though thought he could have done better than Precious. Ronnie being family makes it all more personal. Good stuff here. Nightmares going full heel thanks to Paul Jones. At least that may put them in line for matches with the R-n-R Express.

I remember Jeff Gaylord well from his Texas days. Big guy not much else going for him in my opinion. The Missouri Tiger football thing was mentioned time and again. Was always a follower or team muscle so it fits well here that he's a "bodyguard" for Dutch. Adrian Street in Memphis is an interesting case and not going to be the heel with Rip Rogers and Dutch Mantel in his sights. That should be a lot of fun. While Adrian is heads and shoulders the better (or should I say more successful wrestler irl) of the two, I am giving Terri Power the nod over Miss Linda who was an actual trained wrestler. Terry Gordy still has some good years ahead of him as of 1988 and seems to be running roughshod over whoever is put in front of him. He has to go looking for some gold which puts that target on Buddy Landel. Slater with a bounty on Tommy Rich does not bode well for Wild Fire. I see a long and bloody summer between these two.

I thought Nikita might win the tournament to get the shot at Bad News Brown. Maybe not the hardest path to the title but he did have to face three in a night and came out victorious. I'm thinking Bad News is on borrowed time now.

International Pro Wrestling 5-28-1988 Pine Bluff Convention Center Pine Bluff, Arkansas From the Monday (5-29) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ...

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! International Pro Wrestling 5-27-1988 Greene County Fair Grounds Paragould, Arkansas A Saturday night wrestling at the Greene County Fair Grounds Pavillion, bringing the best in wrestling action! Hosts Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice welcome everyone to the show, promising exciting wrestling action! Match #1 Brandy Mae versus Prissy Purcell Brandy Mae with the roll through and roll up for the win. Match #2 Cowboy Tony versus Ken Jugan Newcomer to the area but not new to the fans, "Cowboy Tony" is able to ride off into the sunset with the victory following a bulldog. Match # 3 Mountain Lou & Johnny Weiss versus the Renestos Tim and Tom Jr. in their tag debut in IPW, knock off a little ring rust before pinning Weiss following a double drop kick. Intermission. Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice thank everyone for coming out this evening and wish everyone a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. Match #4 Jamie Dundee & Bruno Spazzinsky w/Dark Journey versus The Arkansas Terrors. The feud continues only with Dark Journey in the opposite corner. A good fiercely contested battle, it was DJ's interference that was the difference. While trying to hit Dundee, she missed and hit one of the Terrors, putting him out like a light. Bomb's Away! Dundee hooks a leg and gets the win. Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice wish everyone a safe trip home after promising that IPW will return to Paragould! A Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!

IPW drops Caveman Broda and picks up Tony Falk.

I think the '88 fans in Nebraska would be a little overwhelmed by all the foreigners and different styles of wrestling than what they are used to. Ten years in the future is another story. That said, I think guys like Rhodes, the Road Warriors, Steamboat and Savage are even more appreciated. Liking your take on Jake Roberts. The dark and mysterious message sets him apart from the rest. Does it mean anything or is it just a bunch of drug fueled gobbledygook? Last minute change of the Savage/Steamboat match reeks of a fix. Savage maybe does have someone behind the scenes against him.

Pre-taping Match A distracted Tim Renesto defeated Johnny Weiss. International Pro Wrestling Excited Voiceover: You are watching International Pro Wrestling from the KAIT Channel 8 television studios! Wrestling action whizzes by quickly over music, showing the stars of International Pro Wresting. Drop kick here, monkey flip there, big swinging neck breaker there. When the music comes to a stop, the camera pans the studio and the loud studio audience ready for some wrestling action! Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice welcome everyone to International Pro Wrestling's exciting "Power Half Hour! They talk about a great weekend of wrestling action on this Memorial Day weekend. Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! IPW rolls into the Greene County Fair Grounds in Paragould! A Sunday matinee at the Pine Bluff Convention Center in Pine Bluff and Monday night, IPW invades the ASU Armory in Jonesboro! Catch all the wrestling action and the stars of IPW! Our hosts have been joined by Jamie Dundee and Bruno Spazzinsky. They talk about the previous two weeks of video tape of Dark Journey down on the farm. They understand she is in the studio today ... Jamie calls for DJ to come on out but gets no response. He says she's a little shy but she'll come out ... OR ... he'll have to send her back to Comissioner Red Tyler to let him deal with her. Dark Journey reluctantly comes out to whistles and catcalls along with a smattering of boos in a pair of overalls ... not the usual attire for DJ. Bruno tells her to be proud of it because a lot of people right in the audience will leave here and get back to work on the farm. Jamie twirls her around for all to see and she is not happy about it. Jamie has a match today against one of the Terrors. Tonight, they have a tag match against her former team and on Sunday, they have a mixed tag match against the Terrors and Prissie Purcell. Bert wants to know who is wrestling with them and Jamie proudly announces Dark Journey will be in their corner ... WHAT?!?!?! This comes as a surprise to her but is told that comes with the territory! Monday night, Bruno tags with Plowboy Frazier to take on the Arkansas Terrors and Jamie takes on Brian Knighton! Busy, busy week for the boys! Buddy Lee throws it to a commercial! x-x-x-x-x COMMERCIAL BREAK x-x-x-x-x We go to the ring for our first match ... Match #1 Jamie Dundee w/Bruno & Dark Journey versus Arkansas Terror #1 Dark Journey is kept in check here by Bruno, so no worries for Jamie there against the masked man. Evenly matched, both men nearly pull of pinfalls before a scramble finds Jamie dodging out of a corner. Running bulldog flattens the masked man before the Bombs Away lands! Jamie Dundee picks up the win. After a celebration with the fans, Jamie and Bruno pull DJ along to the back before our hosts are joined by Tom Renesto Jr. who wants to get in some time with his brother Tim. He's tried several times outside of the studio but only seems to catch him at any of the shows. Bert thinks that Tim has made it pretty clear he's not interested in being part of a tag team and that maybe Tom should look elsewhere for a partner ... there are quite a few good candidates here in IPW. Tom's not hearing it. The fans cheer as Tim comes out to join the trio. He says he's gone over this with Tom already. There's really not much more to say on the subject. Tom just asks him to hear him out. He noticed that Tim was distracted in his match before the program went to air. He's busy looking over his shoulder for that "boogie man" to show his face ... but if you noticed, there was no Zebra Kid. Last week, there was no Zebra Kid. The week before, no Zebra Kid. While he knows all about having unfinished business, if you have someone in your corner watching your back ... IF ... Zebra Kid shows up, two on one are much better odds and at the very least, you can concentrate on what you are doing in the ring. That's all I'm saying ... the two of us together is much stronger than you by yourself. If the Zebra Kid is out there and shows his face, WE'LL be ready for him ... you and me, just like old times. The two shake hands as Buddy Lee sends us to a commercial break! x-x-x-x-x COMMERCIAL BREAK x-x-x-x-x We return to the program with Bert and Buddy talking about the Renesto Brothers and Tom Jr. having thought this out. He is right, the two of them together is much stronger than Tim by himself. If this works out the way Tom wants it to, the tag division just found itself one team stronger! The two sell the matches for the long weekend of dates and times for the shows along with some of the match-ups the fans will get to see! A huge weekend of wrestling that you do not want to miss! Match #2 Tojo Yamamoto versus Ken Jugan The ring veteran goes right on the attack, neutralizing Jugan with an eye rake. He locks on a stomach claw and has Jugan screaming in pain. Only by reaching the ropes, he is able to get a reluctant break. Tojo opens up with chops before tossing Ken across the ring by his ears. A knee in the back for a chin lock with a sadistic look in his eye. He twists up Jugan but breaks the holds before Jugan can submit. Shot to the throat and a front kick before the Stomach Claw is back in place. Center of the ring and there is no escape leading to a submission. Tojo joins Buddy Lee and Bert to talk about the Best of Seven Series. All tied up at 1 apiece, Tojo and he New Guinea Head Hunter promise to go up 2-1 and show the first match was a fluke! The fans cheer as Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice with a big thank you and a reminder to join us next week for more International Pro Wrestling action!

Nice win for Brian Adias over a tough competitor in Pat Tanaka. I thought Tanaka who be the one to dethrone Adias as the toughest competition he's had to face. Not a good night for Scott Putski. Equally tough night for Duke Myers. His return might be a short lived one with Tony Atlas on his case, doing Greg Gagne's dirty work.

Nice seeing Wahoo getting the win. The two trading victories keeps it fresh and the fans wanting more as it continues to escalate. Guitar playing man coming to the NWA. Not going to look at rosters to figure out who it is. Will let it play as a surprise. You would think Kazmeier and Kamala would be perfect opponents.

The Cheetah Kid keeps on rolling on. Doesn't matter who is in front of him, CK wins, wins, wins. With perhaps the top Junior division that could legitimately see the title being swapped every single night because of it's depth, the fact that Cheetah keeps winning is a testament to him having that "something" Have to give Lou Perez props for not only hanging with Dan Severn but being able to take him down. How is he rewarded? A quick trip to the FA list! For shame!

International Pro Wrestling 5-20-1988 West Memphis High School West Memphis, Arkansas Home of the Blue Devils Saturday night as IPW comes to a town near you, bringing the best in wrestling action! Hosts Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice welcome everyone to the show, promising exciting wrestling action! Match #1 Jamie Dundee and Bruno Spazzinsky w/Dark Journey versus the Arkansas Terrors. First match with Dark Journey in the face corner and not with the men across the ring from her. Dundee and Spazzinsky have been on a roll as of late and things go their way here, too. The only ones not loving it are Dark Journey and the Terrors. Quick turn as Dark Journey trips up Bruno who is then pinned, putting the Terrors back in the win column. After the match, Bruno gives Dark Journey and earful as she pleads innocense before being led away. Match #2 Johnny Weiss versus Plowboy Frazier. David and Goliath but this time, Goliath wins. After the match, Pat Rose joins our hosts and talks about Bill Ash and taking his title from him. A hot headed Brian Knighton storms out from the back and can't believe that Rose is out here running his mouth about beating Bill Ash when he's got a match tonight against him. Rose doesn't seem to taken aback by Knighton's rant, telling him he's got plenty of time to beat Knighton tonight then move on and take the IPW Heavyweight title from Ash! Knighton jumps Rose from behind and pummels him before leading him towards the ring. After running him into the ringpost before throwing him in. Match # 3 Brian Knighton versus Pat Rose. Pat Rose takes a beating while Knighton gets cocky and jabbers with the booing fans. Knighton covers his ears and complains to the ref when the fans start chanting Rose's name. Rose sneaks in a school boy for a two count that surprises the youngster. Rose's turn to make a come back as he shows Knighton the error of his ways with right hands between the eyes. Clothesline takes him down and Rose covers for the near pinfall. Knighton calls for a time out but the ref explains there are NO time outs in wrestling ... RUNNING BULLDOG FLATTENS BRIAN KNIGHTON! 1! 2! 3! NOOOOOO!!!!! BRIAN KNIGHTON GETS A SHOULDER UP! Knighton crawls away but Rose is on him quickly ... Single leg Boston crab! Pat Rose locks it up and sits back. Knighton fights it and tries to crawl towards the ropes. No escape and Knighton has no recourse but to tap out or pass out. He chose to cry uncle. After the match, Pat Rose offered a hand to the defeated Knighton who simply walked away ... well, he limped away. Intermission. Buddy Lee and Bert Prentice are joined by Commisioner Rip Tyler. Tyler is very thankful for how things are going, thanks to all of IPW's wonderful fans. He promises bigger and better going forward with more stops in the surrounding area. He talks about titles and the ladies finally getting to wrestle, promising top women talent coming to Arkansas! Match #4 Tojo Yamamoto & The New Guinea Headhunter versus Reno Riggins & Dancing Wolf. This is the second match in their Best of Seven Series with Riggins and Wolf currently up at 1-0. This one is off and running before the bell, stiff as all get out that has a little bit of everything. The two teams go back and forth, blasting each other. Dancing Wolf gets busted open early when run into the ringpost. Ref bump proves to be disastrous when Tojo brings in the kendo stick and bludgeons the Indian with it, even digging it into Wolf's forehead. The Head Hunter takes a turn with his nerve hold while Tojo cuts off Riggins. The fans are beside themselves when Riggins and Wolf continue to take a beating. Riggins is tossed to the outside as the referee is dragged to the center of the ring and slapped to bring him around. Dancing Wolf is covered for the 1! 2! 3! TOJO YAMAMOTO AND THE NEW GUINEA HEAD HUNTER HAVE EVENED THE SERIES AT ONE WIN APIECE! THE FANS ARE NOT HAVING IT AND PELT THE RING WITH WHATEVER THEY HAVE AT HAND! Buddy Lee thanks everyone for sharing their Saturday evening here in West Memphis, Arkansas and to drive home safely!

That was part of the joke - just overalls and a t-shirt. Thought she was attractive as well.