Posted June 8, 201312 yr comment_5547084 This starts with the Sarge/Youngblood match from Disc #1. NWA World TV Title Tournament - Semifinals: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. Blackjack Mulligan (4/15/81) Gene Anderson is out before the match with the $1,000 that Mulligan won by swinging the Iron Sheik's clubs and is trolling him with it allowing Valentine to attack Mulligan. Ole shows up as well to taunt Mulligan and it's basically 3-on-1 here until Stu Schwartz calls for the bell as Mulligan threw Greg over the top rope. NWA World TV Title Tournament - Semifinals: Sweet Ebony Diamond vs. "Big Bad" Bobby Duncum (4/15/81) Decent match here with Diamond holding his own and Duncum being passable. "Number One" Paul Jones & Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs. Ole Anderson & Super Destroyer (October 1981) Grappler is on commentary here so you can believe he will get involved. Some good back and forth action here with everyone getting some offense in working at a fast pace. Fun seeing Jones & Super D work against each other after the heated Mr. Florida feud a year earlier. Jake is really fun here getting fired up throwing fast punches on Super D's head. Super D though would go for the Superplex but Jake counters with a punch then hits his kneelift off the middle rope in a great spot for a nearfall. Jake then goes for the Super D's mask and rips it off before Grappler could get the towel on his head and you get a nice look at Scott Irwin's face before Jake cradles him up to get the win. Very fun sprint here and I'm throwing it up a low-end pick. NWA World TV Title: Sweet Ebony Diamond © vs. Greg Valentine (6/24/81) Wahoo McDaniel & Roddy Piper are the referees here and the gimmick is that they must switch in and out but it seems like Piper is in a lot more early on allowing Valentine to get the advantage. The match has a fun feel to it but the referee gimmick hurts any flow the match could get and keeps it from being actually good. Plus you know the referees are going to get into it but it doesn't happen till the end where Wahoo sends Piper out and fast counts a backslide by Diamond. This is extra material though for the uniqueness I think. Jack Brisco & Chief Wahoo McDaniel vs. "Number One" Paul Jones & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (9/8/82) Jones had turned heel recently and they are managed by Sir Oliver Humperdink. Good action to start which is highlighted by Wahoo lighting them up with chops and Brisco trying to break Jones' left shoulder. Jack would eventually get isolated in the heels corner and they would work over Jack's leg a bit before Jack returned the favor on Jones. Jack would eventually lock on the figure-four but Valentine broke it up and this led to a 4-way brawl seeing Humpy pull Jones to the ropes and Brisco would go after him. Brisco brought him in the ring and Tommy Young would eventually call for the DQ. Fun for what it was. Flair is out next as a heel now talking about how he got Jim Crockett to resign as NWA President because the other promoters stood by him not Crockett in his issues with Wahoo McDaniel. Flair gloats about how he is more important than Crockett now saying that he made him and now he must deal with him. Flair is then supposed to wrestle Leroy Dargin but said he doesn't wrestle guys like that he employs them which Caudle audibly signs at. Wahoo comes out and confronts Flair and as that happens Jack Brisco snuck in and took Dargin's spot. Jack Brisco vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (8/18/82) Flair finally decides to face Brisco and Paul Jones comes out to do commentary where he rips on Brisco constantly. Jack looks really good at the start working over Flair's left arm including a great rolling short arm scissors. Flair tries to fight back but Jack is on fire taking him back to the mat with a cross body block for a nearfall. Flair would get the advantage after Jack came back in the ring from the floor even breaking out a piledriver for a nearfall. Flair would go for a suplex but Jack would lock on the sleeper although that ended up in a backdrop suplex. Flair then would go for the figure-four but Jack would reverse it immediately before Flair could get to the ropes. Flair would of course foolishly go up top and got slammed off by Jack who would answer with the proper figure-four but Flair would counter with an inside cradle for a nearfall. Jack would eventually get a backslide on Flair who was counted out for the pinfall which angered Flair who jumped on Jack until Wahoo made the save. Very fun match between the legends and a solid nomination to me. Sgt. Slaughter vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (8/18/82) Slaughter really works over Jake here to start but Jake fights back with his high knee as an equalizer. They would trade shots until Sarge went for a Slaughter Cannon but aimed too high and slammed his wrist on the top of Jake's head and he dropped hard selling it. Sarge would come back with a dropkick for a nearfall then went for a piledriver but Jake backdropped him. Jake came back with one high knee then went for another one but ate a Slaughter Cannon timed right this time and got pinned. Okay match. Next we get clips of a Valiant/LeDuc match from Charlotte on 9/19/82 where LeDuc won the TV title. $100,000 Challenge: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jay Youngblood (10/13/82) The gimmick here is that whoever can pin Dory in less than 10 minutes they would win the money. Jay started out strong here firing off chops sending Dory to the mat and he takes a lot here before Dory could get the spinning toehold but even then Jay would kick him out of the ring. Jay fights back but Dory would lock on the spinning toehold again this time though Stu Schwartz would count Jay's shoulders down with Dory holding the ropes to get the win. Steamer would jump in afterwards and got Dory in an inside cradle with Youngblood counting three. The faces would cut a promo afterwards with Steamer wanting a shot at Dory proper. NWA World TV Title: Jos LeDuc © vs. Ricky Steamboat (10/13/82) Steamer comes out blazing on LeDuc here slamming him numerous times and has him frustrated to start but LeDuc comes back and uses his power to weaken Steamer. Steamer is pesky though and fights back getting a nearfall on a cross body block off the middle rope before going to a Boston Crab which brings out Dory for the DQ. Dory & LeDuc double up on Steamer until Youngblood makes the save. Mike Rotundo vs. Gene Anderson (10/13/82) Mike is wearing a collar around his neck selling an injury. Gene is now in a position where he is a credible veteran who is jobbing to the faces to get them over. Decent match nothing special. Mike Rotundo vs. "Bad Bad" Leroy Brown (10/13/82) Leroy is a heel now and out of his overalls. Rotundo is out for revenge since Leroy was the one who injured his neck. Leroy focuses on the neck when he is on offense but Rotundo is on offense for most of the match. Leroy would go for a piledriver at one point but Mike would counter out of it and even got him in an Airplane Spin but Humperdink would jump in the ring prompting a DQ. Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title: Jack Brisco © vs. "Number One" Paul Jones (10/20/82) Jones calls Jack a coward for not defending his title so Brisco said he would put it up. Jack is really fun here working on the mat including a swanky cranked side headlock with Jones' head turning a different color for a time. Jones would finally go on offense after an atomic drop and he started working over Jack's back viciously but not for long as Jack fought back and went for the figure-four but Jones got to the ropes and to the floor. Jack would work over Jones' left knee as soon as he got back in the ring and Jack was going to town on it. Bob Caudle said there was a minute left in the match as Humperdink tripped up Jack and we got no finish. If this had a finish it would be on the block. "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant vs. Jos LeDuc (10/17/82) This is from the Charlotte Coliseum and Valiant is out for blood after LeDuc took his title the last time and broke his radio. The disc would run out before the finish.
