[NWA] USWA Tag Team Turmoil Results 6/25/92

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Presents
Monday At The Mid-South
"Tag Team Turmoil"
Monday Night 6/25/92

Mid-South Coliseum
Memphis, Tenesee

Controversy in the opening match kicks off "Tag Team Turmoil" as the match took some time to kick off as Koko B. Ware was no where to be seen. Without waiting for an official word, New Jack & Wolfie D (who were accompanied by the street thugs from this past Saturday's video) attack the Spellbinder and we've got ourselves a handi-capped match. The official of course forces the duo to tag in and out against the big man, who surprisingly holds his own in there. Finish see's the wide eyed fellow on the outside (laughing throughout the match) trip up the Binder leading to Wolfie taking advantage and connecting with his inverted DDT finish handing the Spellbinder his first official loss at 7:17.


Post Match- The ring quickly fills up with trash, with New Jack baiting the crowd as they continue to shout slurs in his direction. He's interrupted by....

DOOMSDAY! To a pop as a result of Jack of course, so yeah, they quickly get the heck out of there as Doomsday (w/ Van Horne at his side of course) turns his attention to Spellbinder as he recovers. The big man chokes the life out of Binder, BUT HERE COMES...


THE BRUISE BROTHERS for the save before any more damage can be done! They take the fight to Doomsday, numbers in their favor of course... BUT HERE COMES THE BLACKHEARTS! Van Horne gets Doomsday (who isn't selling jack of course) to walk to the back, and the scheduled tag team match between the two duos starts RIGHT FREAKING NOW!

The Blackhearts (Apocalypse & Destruction) then proceeded to battle to a double count out with the Bruise Brothers (Don & Ron Harris) As Van Horne remained at ringside. This was wild and out of control and clearly is only the first of many wars between these two teams. As it spill to the outside and remains there. Total time was 11:45.

The USWA Tag Team Championship was on the line next as The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) defended the gold against Billy Joe Travis & Rod the Bodyguard. Super fun match, good deal of heckling from the crowd as the "Crybaby" chant was in full effect as per usual. Long match goes about 25 minutes or so before Rogers & Fulton are able to pick up the win pinning Travis off the Rocket Launcher at 25:46.

Post Match- After the Fantastics leave the ringside area, we get a dose of the water works as Travis loses it in the middle of the ring.

Intermission
During intermission we've got a reminder of the Big July 2nd show right here next week. Here is the card as it stands right now:

Main Event
NWA World Championship: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat defends against "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol.

USWA Heavyweight Championship: Terry Funk defends against former champion "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert.

NWA World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers make their USWA debut to defend against USWA Tag Team Champions: The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton)

+ UWF stars The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael P.S. Hayes) will be in action!

Back from intermission with our lone singles match and it's NON-title with USWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Brian Christopher going one on one with "Simply Irresistible" Jeff Jarrett. Crowd was hot for this one, Christopher continues to shine in his heel role here. Simply fantastic match with a ton of heat. Clean finish with Jarrett avoiding the superkick and hitting a side russian legsweep. Second rope dropkick gets Double J the victory at 19:11. I think it's safe to say that Brian Christopher has a new no.1 in J-E Double F J-A-Double R-E- Double T!



Tag Team Action follows as the brand new Dangerous Alliance Duo of Greg "the Hammer" Valentine & TV5 Champion "Terrific" Terry Taylor w/ Paul E. Dangerously battled "Superstar" Bill Dundee & Marcus Bagwell. Dundee is favoring his knee here, and it shows. Of course the heels take advantage of this throughout the bout. Paul E. gets involved at times. Bagwell continues to look like a star, just gotta point that out real quick. Finish see's Paul provide a distraction as Taylor is up in a Dundee body slam, Valentine clips the leg and Taylor falls on top to score yet another pin over the Superstar at 16:48.


The big handi-capped match followed as Jerry "the King" Lawler & "Suicide Blonde" Chris Candido battled the East Coast Brotherhood (Bad Crew & Bam Bam Bigelow) w/ "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble. Bad Crew might suck, but with Bam Bam backing them up they go on a tear for a good long stretch with Candido playing baby face in peril. The numbers game appears to be too much for the faces, but then the unthinkable happens.... something the King had warned Bam Bam of weeks ago.... With all three men (with Rumble holding 'em in the corner)tearing into Candido, Lawler shoves past the official, spins Bigelow arround and..



FIREBALL!! FIREBALL! THE KING THROWS FIRE AT BAM BAM BIGELOW FOR THE DQ at 15:01!

They don't look like winners, but the Brotherhood wins, as Rumble is in a state of panic, his freaking meal ticket has just been burnt with a fireball! Medics hit the ring as the crowd roars in approval!


Main Event's a huge one as the USWA Heavyweight Champion: Terry Funk teams with NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat to battle the Dangerous Alliance Duo of "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert & "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol w/ Paul EDangerously. . It doesn't get any bigger than this, and fittingly just one week before the big July 2nd show. Awesome freaking match, tons of heat on the heels, baby face come backs, the whole nine. Great finish as Steamboat's legal but caught up with Idol in the corner, as Gilbert LEVELS Terry Funk behind the officials back with Paul E. cell phone! Gilbert turns to gloat, but look at Steamboat who connects with a kick on Idol sending him crashing from the apron to the floor... keep your eye on the Dragon...



FLYING CROSSBODY BLOCK FROM THE NWA WORLD CHAMPION! COVER..

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3!! STEAMBOAT AND FUNK WIN! Total time 31:28.


Quick Results:

2 on 1- New Jack & Wolfie D defeated Spellbinder via pinfall after Wolfie connected with the inverted DDT at 7:17.

The Bruise Brothers (Don & Ron Harris) fought to a double countout with The Blackhearts (Apocalypse & Destruction) at 11:45.

USWA Tag Team Championships: The Fantastics (Rogers & Fulton) retained over Billy Joe Travis & Rod the Bodyguard when Travis was pinned off a Rocket Launcher at 25: 46.

NON-Title: "Simply Irresistible" Jeff Jarrett defeated USWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion: Brian Christopher via pinfall off a second rope dropkick at 19:11.

Greg "the Hammer" Valentine & "Terrific" Terry Taylor defeated "Superstar" Bill Dundee & Marcus Bagwell, when Taylor pinned Dundee off a Valentine chop block at 16:48.

Bam Bam Bigelow & The Bad Crew (Dog & Rose) defeated Chris Candido & Jerry "the King" Lawler in a handi-capped match via DQ at 15:01 when Lawler tossed a fireball at Bigelow.

Main Event: Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat & Terry Funk defeated "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol & "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert when Steamboat pinned Gilbert off a top rope cross body block at 31:28.

[Grape Ape]

Interesting there is no Koko in the house. I imagine we'll get an explanation on TV. Doomsday adds insult to injury with a chokeslam on the young Spellbinder. I hope Koko has a good excuse.

Nice win for Double J. You might want to check the passage about Brian's alignment in this match. These two should put on a nice little program over the Junior Title.

Great main event ... and still no pin for the The Dragon over Austin Idol.

[appstorm]

I know that this sounds bad but I hope Koko was hurt. Great win by The Fantastics. I really like Valentine and Taylor as a team. Lawler being cheered for throwing a fireball. HMMN!

Great stuff.

[somethingsavage]

Fun freaking show, Drew. With all the teasing & call-backs you were having Lawler do in his promos early on, I was thinking you'd have him bust out the fireball to lead to Bigelow's full-fledged heel turn in the first place. It didn't go down that way, but you still got around to using it. Good stuff. Definitely felt like a bit of a "turning point" in the rivalry. Jerry lives up to his word, showing he's still just as gritty & ruthless as ever. I'd expect to see the Beast from the East really up the ante in return. This one's HEATING UP now!

Great main event, with the right story being told along the way. Steamboat needed a win here, after falling twice to Idol. Putting him over Gilbert keeps the Dragon strong, while also keeping Austin unbeaten by the World Champ. Smart move. Plays heavily into the anticipation for next week's big card, I'd say.

Absolutely loved that image of Taylor & the Hammer together. Bonus points for that. I really dig seeing this rare screen caps pop up here. I'm totally sold on this team, too.

I sort of wish you would have used Hamrick and Summers or something to round out the Junior Heavies match, just to keep the running theme throughout the entire night. That being said, this was a solid way to put Jarrett over Christopher & keep their issue running. And, to be honest, I probably wouldn't have picked up on the Tag Team Turmoil concept if you hadn't used it as a tag-line. Crazy, but true.

I'm sure we'll be getting an explanation for Koko's no-show, but the real intrigue (for me) is whether or not the Spellbinder will have any sort of involvement in the aftermath of it all. Wouldn't blame the guy one bit for being slightly LESS than unappreciative of his partner not being there - ESPECIALLY after it led to an added assault by Doomsday! Talk about a bad day for the... Magician? Mime? Bodybuilder? Whatever. ;D

Oh, and yeah. I'm stoked for the Fantastics versus the Steiner Brothers. Absolutely cannot wait for that one to go down. A truckload of rematches should be on tap, too. Just because.

[anacondavice]

Excellent show. Brian Christopher and Double J are having a great little feud. I really liked their match. I too am anxious to hear about Koko, I really think New Jack was great at this point in his career, and you are using him tremendously. The Old Funker and Steamer pick up a win, I cant wait for the singles bouts coming next week. I really like having the tag team match first and getting everyone together. Another big win for the Fantastics, I too would love to see some matches against the Steiners.

Really good house show mang
Peace
Jeff