NWA Pro 7/2, 7/9, 7/23, 8/6/88 & NWA Pro/NWA Worldwide 1/16/88

NWA Pro 7/2/88

"Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff & Sting vs. Tommy Angel & Bear Collie (6/19/88)

The Johnson City, Tennessee crowd is molten hot for the babyfaces.

Bob Caudle interviews the LOD next about defending their 6-Man titles in Chicago soon and Hawk just BURIES the Powers of Pain who had just left for WWF.

Barry Windham vs. Keith Steinborn (6/19/88)

Total squash.

Tony Schiavone interviews Dusty next about his issues with Windham.

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Joe Cruz & Bob Emery (6/19/88)

Easy win for the champs.

Schiavone interviews Flair next about his upcoming battles with Luger.

"Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff & Russian Assassin (Angel of Death) then destroy a couple of jobbers with a promo from Paul Jones and the heels afterwards.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams vs. Agent Steele (6/19/88)

Doc makes a quick housecall here.

Schiavone interviews Luger next about his upcoming matches with Flair.

The Midnight Express beat down a couple of jobbers next before they cut a promo about the Fantastics.

Next we get an RnR match from earlier in the year as they have now come back to JCP.

Al Perez then has a practice Russian Chain Match with a jobber which is funny before Nikita runs out and attacks Perez. Nikita then cuts a promo on Perez afterwards.

NWA Pro 7/9/88

"Latin Heartthrob" Al Perez & "Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko vs. Italian Stallion & Kendall Windham (6/27/88)

The show starts with the match in progress and it was competitive for a little bit.

"Dogfaced Gremlin" Rick Steiner & "Gamesmaster" Kevin Sullivan vs. Chris Champion & "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin (6/27/88)

Great to see Champion here and he is subbing for Ronnie Garvin which was attributed to transportation problems. There is a commercial break early in the match that breaks up the flow but this is a fun little TV match. The fans went apeshit for Champion's ode to Daniel LaRusso with the crane kick but he would then eat a serious Steinerline to end the match. Garvin cuts a promo on Sullivan after the match with Bob Caudle.

Schiavone then interviews Luger about his match with Flair at the Bash PPV.

Mighty Wilbur vs. "Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff (6/27/88)

Wilbur is back and it isn't long before Russian Assassin & Paul Jones helps Ivan beat down Wilbur before the Roadies make the save. During the match there is an inset promo with DAVID ALLAN COE.

The Roadies then cut a promo with Bob Caudle afterwards about their scaffold matches with Ivan & Assassin.

Schiavone interviews Flair next about his match with Luger at the Bash PPV before being joined by the rest of the Horsemen for a group shot.

The Rock n Roll Express vs. David Isley & Bill Tabb (6/27/88)

RnR are back and they get a good win here.

Schiavone interviews Dusty next about his upcoming match with Windham at the Bash PPV. Ronnie Garvin then comes out saying that he just got in the building due to his "car trouble." Extra material.

NWA World TV Title: "Captain" Mike Rotundo © vs. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams (6/27/88)

We get a decent chunk of this match but it goes to a 20:00 draw after the TV time runs out.

NWA Pro 7/23/88

The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. Tommy Angel & Joe Cruz (7/11/88)

Easy win for the RnR.

Then we get clips of Flair/Luger from the Bash PPV with Schiavone interviewing Jim Crockett who said that he wants rematches soon.

"Capt. Redneck" Dick Murdoch & "Gamesmaster" Kevin Sullivan vs. Joe Cruz & Bob Riddle (7/11/88)

Murdoch again swings a chair like a madman here beating on the jobbers.

Next we get clips of Dusty/Windham from the Bash PPV.

This is followed up by a promo from JJ Dillon, Gary Hart, & Ronnie Garvin who was awesome as a heel here gloating about turning on Dusty.

Disc 2

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Max McGyver & ? (7/11/88)

They never gave the name of the other jobber. There is an inset promo during the match from Corny & MX about wanting a shot at the champs.

Sting vs. Bob Emery (7/11/88)

Squash.

Schiavone interviews Luger next who wants his rematches with Flair ASAP.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams vs. Agent Steele (7/11/88)

Doc takes care of this masked jobber easily.

Schiavone interviews Flair & Dillon next about his issues with Luger.

Dusty then cuts an angry promo about Garvin turning on him and he vows revenge on everyone involved.

"Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff vs. Trent Knight (7/11/88)

Easy win for Nikita then cuts a promo on Al Perez afterwards.

NWA Pro 8/6/88

Tony Schiavone interviews Flair who talks about getting rich off of giving Luger rematches.

The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) & The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. "Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, "Dogfaced Gremlin" Rick Steiner, "Captain" Mike Rotundo, & Russian Assassin (Angel of Death) (7/19/88)

The Macon, Georgia crowd was hot for this one and it was rare seeing the babyface teams team up together. The early part of this was fun watching the faces work together with the heels stooging around for them. The double monkey flip spot with Morton, Rogers, & Assassin was cool. Rogers would get isolated in the heel corner and he worked FIP getting punished by all of the heels where Ivan was totally the glue that held everything together here. Morton got the hot tag and the Macon Coliseum erupted going crazy for everything as the match broke down into an 8-way brawl. Assassin had Morton in the Cobra Clutch but Fulton would come off the top hitting Ivan who ran into the Assassin knocking him down forcing him to get pinned. Paul Jones jumps on Ivan afterwards which is the beginning of his turn. This was a very fun TV match and this goes on the block as a low-end pick.

NWA Pro 1/16/88

NWA World TV Title: "Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff © vs. "Capt. Redneck" Dick Murdoch (1/3/88)

This is from Baltimore and a pretty cool looking matchup. Murdoch is dominant here from the start as he works over Nikita's neck which was injured the year before and Nikita fights hard trying to subdue Murdoch succeeding for a short time but Dick just keeps on coming. Murdoch is relentless at working over Nikita with Nikita doing a really good job of selling the punishment while getting in whatever hope spots he could get in. Whenever Nikita was on offense Murdoch was fantastic getting it over as the Baltimore fans was crazy for Nikita. Nikita would accidentally hit Dick Woehrle with a Russian Sickle allowing Corny to run in with a tennis racket to nail Nikita. The MX would come out now as Earl Hebner would take over as the referee then Dusty & Windham would come out to even the odds and the fans are even more hot. Murdoch keeps trying to put away Nikita but he won't quit even after a big Oklahoma Stampede which looked like the end. They were totally telegraping the draw but the fans didn't care and were heavily into everything as Murdoch is now bleeding from his nose. Dick hits a big piledriver on Nikita who barely kicks out then follows up with a brainbuster right as the bell rings. This had great drama and then the post-match was hot as the MX would attack Dusty before Murdoch tried to break Dusty's arm like he did Doc but Windham would make the save with the tennis racket. This was clipped up some but a tremendous segment and worth a nomination no doubt.

Sting & Barry Windham vs. Gary Royal & George South (1/3/88)

The jobbers had no chance.

Bob Caudle interviews Dr. Death next about Windham but he wants to talk about the 1988 Orange Bowl instead before finally talking about Windham where he plays subtle heel.

"Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin & Michael "PS" Hayes vs. Mark Fleming & Larry Stephens (1/3/88)

Garvin & Hayes are dressed exactly alike here and looking like they would over a year later.

Arn, Tully, & Flair are interviewed by Bob Caudle next about being short a member of the Horsemen but Flair says that they don't need anyone else before ripping on Luger.

The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. Bob Riddle & Steve Sampson (1/3/88)

This goes like 30 seconds but Johnny Ace & The Sheepherders would attack them after the match using the flagpole on Morton's right leg. Caudle interviews the Sheeps afterwards who gloat about what they did.

Mike Rotundo vs. Tommy Angel (1/3/88)

Rotundo debuts his new Varstiy Club attire and Kevin Sullivan jumps Angel on the floor with Rotundo following up on the attack and he is now full blown heel. Caudle interviews them afterwards.

"Total Package" Lex Luger vs. Curtis Thompson (1/3/88)

Luger is a new babyface and the fans are starting to get behind him. Luger then cuts a promo on the Horsemen aftewards.

NWA Worldwide 1/16/88

This starts with David Crockett interviewing Hayes & Garvin about the Arn/Tully vs. Sting/Windham match from later in the show wanting the winners.

Tony Schiavone then interviews the Sheeps where they show the attack of the RnR from Pro.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams vs. Mark Fleming (1/3/88)

Doc just NUKES Fleming with a German Suplex to start the match and works this match as a heel basically.

Schiavone then interviews Corny, MX, & Murdoch about their attack on the Super Powers on Pro with clips shown.

The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) vs. Gary Royal & George South (1/3/88)

This ends in seconds and they cut a promo on the Powers of Pain afterwards.

Ivan Koloff & The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord) vs. Tommy Angel, Larry Stephens, & Curtis Thompson (1/3/88)

Total squash.

Mike Rotundo vs. Bob Riddle (1/3/88)

Squash and Crockett interviews Mike & Sullivan afterwards.

Luger cuts a promo next about being tired of being a Horseman and is ready to go on his own.

NWA World Tag Titles: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard © vs. Sting & Barry Windham (1/3/88)

This had some clipping but it was a really good match as the faces were dominant early but Sting would get caught by the Horsemen after missing a Stinger Splash. The Horsemen then started working over Sting's ribs as well as the rest of his body with Sting doing a good job of selling. Horsemen were very adept at using double teams and keeping Sting close to their corner so they can move in and out. Windham gets the hot tag and runs wild taking the battle to the Horsemen but as he goes for the lariat he gets tripped by Dillon which was seen by Earl Hebner who calls for the DQ. Sting would get chunked to the floor and Windham would get doubleteamed until Luger runs out to make the save but along with Sting they get beat down by the Horsemen. This was a fun match and the post-match was hot. I'll give this one a mild nomination but the finish stunk.