July-August 1987

 

Disc 1

WCW

Jim Crockett Announcement

Rock N Roll Express vs. Gary Phelps & Eric Long

Rock N Roll Express Interview

Dr. Death vs. Alan Martin

Dr. Death & Ron Simmons Interview

Bugsy McGraw vs. Dexter Westcott

Four Horsemen Interview (EXTRA)

Barry Windham vs. Clement Fields

Jimmy & Ron Garvin Interview

Fabulous Freebirds vs. Isley, Jay & Stephens

Fabulous Freebirds Interview

Ron Simmons vs. Tommy Angel

Bugsy McGraw Interview

Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff Interview (EXTRA. Dusty has a pick in his head. Hypes Wargames)

Midnight Express vs. Mike Jackson & Terry Jones

Midnight Express Interview (Extra)

Misty Blue vs. Linda Cox

 

WCW

Ron Simmons vs. Gladiator #1

Ron Simmons Interview

The Mod Squad vs. Alan Martin & Eric Long

Nikita Koloff vs. Lex Luger (JIP)

Lex Luger & JJ Dillon Interview/Nikita Koloff Interview (After Luger won the US title)

Jimmy Valiant vs. Gladiator #2

Road Warriors Interview (Possible Extra)

Kendall Windham vs. Thunderfoot #2

Dusty Rhodes Interview

 

 

Disc 2

Tully Blanchard Interview

Italian Stallion & Todd Champion vs. Mike Force & David Isley

Lex Luger vs. Rocky King

Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Garvin (Cage match) (JIP)

Ric Flair Interview (w/ Precious mannequin) (EXTRA)

Ron Garvin vs. El Negro

Jimmy & Ron Garvin Interview (Extra as part of Jimmy-Flair feud)

 

Pro

Kendall Windham, Jimmy Valiant & Lazer Tron vs. Sean Royal & The Gladiators

Vladimir Petrov vs. Todd Champion (UGH)

Nikita Koloff Interview (w/ Luger-Nikita footage)

Dusty Rhodes Interview

 

Barry Windham vs. Big Bubba

- I don't know what the point of this was but Windham drops Bubba in about 5 minutes. Was this a sign that the UWF guys were going to be fodder for the NWA guys? Certainly seems that way.

 

Barry Windham Interview

 

Midnight Express vs. Fabulous Freebirds

- The MX beat the Freeibirds in about 4 minutes here as Stan Lane hits Buddy over the back with the racquet.

 

Fabulous Freebirds Interview

 

WCW

Lex Luger Interview

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Larry Stephens & Tommy Angel

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard Interview (Arn and Tully start tagging as a regular tag team. Possible Extra)

Rock N Roll Express Interview

Barry Windham vs. Alan Martin

Jim Cornette Interview

Midnight Express vs. Cougar Jay & Mike Jackson

Precious Interview w/ Ric Flair Date footage (EXTRA)

JJ Dillon Interview

Rock N Roll Express vs. Terry Jones & Keith Steinborn

Nikita Koloff Interview

Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff Interview

Ron Garvin vs. Art Pritts

Ron & Jimmy Garvin Interview / Ric Flair & JJ Dillon Interview (Extra as part of Garvin-Flair feud)

 

 

Disc 3

Pro

Lex Luger Interview

Italian Stallion vs. Gene Ligon

Rock N Roll Express Interview

 

Barbarian vs. Kendall Windham

- This was pretty fun with a weak ending. Not enough for a nomination however.

 

Dusty & Nikita Interview

Sean Royal & Thunderfoot #1 vs. Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw

Ric Flair Interview

 

Jimmy Garvin vs. Manny Fernandez

- Not much of a match as Manny wasn't in favor with the powers to be but Garvin wins by DQ when Paul Jones interferes.

Ron Garvin Interview

 

WCW

Midnight Express vs. ???

Midnight Express Interview

Jimmy Garvin vs. Thunderfoot #2

Jimmy Garvin Interview (w/ Garvin-Fernandez footage)

Nikita Koloff vs. David Isley

Rock N Roll Express Interview

Nikita Koloff Interview

Barry Windham vs. Dave Spearman

Barry Windham Interview

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Dexter Westcott & Keith Patterson

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard Interview

Dusty Rhodes Interview

Sean Royal vs. Rick Nelson

Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff Interview

Ron Garvin vs. Thunderfoot 2

Ron Garvin Interview

Ric Flair Interview

Lex Luger vs. Alan Martin

Lex Luger Interview

Ivan Koloff vs. Dave Laperous

Ricky Morton Interview

Ricky Morton vs. Terry Blanchard Impromptu Brawl (This leads up to the RNR-Brainbusters feud. May have to include this as a lead-in extra if that feud gets featured.)

I'm cool with all the extras here.

World Championship Wrestling 7/11/87

Jim Crockett starts the show announcing that JJ Dillon has found a replacement for his spot in the War Games match at the Orange Bowl in Miami on 7/31. Dillon will never wrestle again supposedly.

The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. Eric Long & Gary Phelps (7/8/87)

Easy win for the RnR but the best part is the fans are rooting for a Double Dropkick so Morton wins with a backslide instead. Hilarious and we get a promo from the RnR afterwards about the Bash tour.

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams vs. Alan Martin (7/8/87)

Doc makes his TBS debut here and destroys Martin before cutting a promo about his match with Bubba that night in OKC for the UWF Title. Ron Simmons then comes out and joins him to give him his love.

Bugsy McGraw vs. Dexter Westcott (7/8/87)

Bugsy makes his return to TBS after over 3 years and the fans love him as he just plays with this guy before finishing him.

The Four Horsemen and associates are out in full talking about War Games and Dillon was in his sling and bandaged up talking about how everyone is scared of the Horsemen because they targeted him. Then we get clips of Dillon getting injured from the Roadies. The Horsemen are pissed and want revenge and Dillon shows a video of the War Machine which was Big Bubba Rogers in the Midnight Rider costume. Hilarious. Flair then cuts a great promo about the Bash tour. Extra material.

Barry Windham vs. Clement Fields (7/8/87)

Windham has no issues here.

The Garvins & Precious are out next with Jimmy talking about his match with Flair that night in Greensboro where if Flair wins he gets a date with Precious. Both Jimmy & Ronnie predict victory.

The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy, Michael "PS" Hayes, & Buddy Jack Roberts) vs. Cougar Jay, David Isley, & Larry Stephens (7/8/87)

The Birds are dominant in this match plus it was fun seeing Buddy get the pinfall with a cross body block on Isley. Birds then cut a promo afterwards and Hayes talks about wanting a shot at the NWA Title as well as beating everyone on the Bash tour.

Ron Simmons vs. Tommy Angel (7/8/87)

Simmons is still coming along and he mauls Angel.

Bugsy is out for a promo next which was all over the place as usual.

Dusty is out next for a promo with a comb sticking out of the top of his head wearing a blazer, t-shirt, and red pants saying that it's tailor made for him. This is hilarious. We also get clips of the Horsemen injuring Nikita in War Games. Nikita then shows up and said the Horsemen can't keep him down. Extra material.

Cornette is out next on his crutch saying that no one will keep him away.

The Midnight Express ("Beautiful" Bobby Eaton & "Sweet" Stan Lane) vs. Mike Jackson & Terry Jones (7/8/87)

Standard really fun MX squash here but Lane using a sasorigatame (Scorpion Deathlock) to win here was a nice touch. MX & Cornette then cut a promo on the RnR next.

Misty Blue vs. Kat LeRoux (7/8/87)

Misty is back on TV and the fans are into her then we get the rare occurance of TV time running out while a match is going on for this show.

World Championship Wrestling 7/18/87

Ron Simmons vs. The Gladiator (7/15/87)

Another dominant showing by Simmons who cut a promo after the match talking about Doc winning the UWF Title and he would support him.

The Mod Squad (Basher & Spike) vs. Eric Long & Alan Martin (7/15/87)

Like Simmons, another dominant squash showing for the Squad here.

Then we get the Dillon/War Machine promo again.

Next we get clips of Luger beating Nikita in the cage.

Luger & Dillon are out next for a promo with Luger holding the US Title for the first time on TBS and this is good stuff. Extra material.

Then we get the promo from Nikita in the dressing room after losing to Luger.

"Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant vs. Gladiator #2 (7/15/87)

Valiant wastes no time here.

The Roadies & Ellering are out next for a promo talking about the War Games and their other battles on the Bash tour.

Kendall Windham vs. Thunderfoot #2 (7/15/87)

Easy win for Kendall.

Dusty is out next for a promo talking about they are halfway through the Bash tour and it's taken a toll on everyone. Dusty then talks about Luger coming out wearing a cheap ripoff Polo shirt then talks about how rich and famous he is not those guys. Dusty then starts talking all kinds of shit saying that Ron Simmons is a great black athlete that doesn't have to dye his hair blonde to get on TV. This is a hilarious but great promo. Extra material.

Tully & Dillon are out next talking about Luger being the new US Champ and how the Horsemen are ready to take over the world including the NWA World Tag Titles.

Todd Champion & Italian Stallion vs. Mike Force & David Isley (7/15/87)

Spotlight match for the babyfaces.

US Heavyweight Title: "Total Package" Lex Luger © vs. Rocky King (7/15/87)

Luger is very arrogant now and puts up his title on TV against Rocky which is interesting. Luger though wins very handily.

Next we get clips of Flair/Jimmy Garvin in the cage.

This is followed by a live promo from Flair & Dillon where Flair is celebrating his upcoming Dream Date with Precious where he brings out his mannequin of Precious that he practices on.....this is wearing lingerie and Flair is amazing here.....Flair is insane and this is a slam dunk extra.

"Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. El Negro (7/15/87)

Garvin wins easily and is joined by Jimmy & Precious afterwards who talks about what is going on with Flair. Jimmy is upset at the situation and apologizes to Precious but they made a deal and a deal is a deal. Garvin said that Flair wanted a date with a member of the Garvin family and he will get it. Extra material.

NWA Pro Wrestling 7/25/87

Lazer-Tron, "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant, & Kendall Windham vs. The Gladiators & Sean Royal (7/18/87)

This is from Memorial Stadium in Charlotte which I loved outdoor wrestling shows. The match is JIP and fine for what it was.

Vladimir Petrov vs. Todd Champion (7/18/87)

Petrov puts Champion away easily with the Russian Sickle.

Then we get a promo with Nikita in the locker room with Caudle talking about his neck and getting his US Title back. We also get clips of the title change.

Next we get a promo from Dusty where he talks about Luger saying that he wants Dusty next and this is the beginning of that feud. Dusty talks about never being the US Champ and now it's time for him to win that. Extra material.

Western States Heavyweight Title: Barry Windham © vs. Big Bubba Rogers (7/18/87)

Rogers & Akbar riding the bullpen car to the ring was classic. They go to a break before the match started but what we get is really fun as Bubba bumps like a motherfucker and Windham almost hits a tope to Bubba on the floor as he hits Bubba with his elbow. Windham would then hit a cross body block off the top rope for a quick win. Way too damn short and I wish we had a longer match. Windham cut a promo afterwards challenging all comers and said that he wants Luger's US Title now.

US Tag Titles: The Midnight Express ("Beautiful" Bobby Eaton & "Sweet" Stan Lane) © vs. Michael "PS" Hayes & Buddy Roberts (7/18/87)

MX & Cornette ride on the bullpen car as well with Cornette holding his tennis racquet high in the air which was great. Cornette then says that every woman in the stadium wants to molest the MX. Cornette goes on commentary during the match saying that he is going to fry the Birds like KFC. This is such a fresh matchup that we needed more of during this whole JCP takes over the world thing. We go to a break very early in the match as Eaton is pinballing around for the Birds and come back with Lane getting back in the ring from the grass. MX got frustrated and did their fake breakup deal with the fans going nuts as the Birds were embarrassing them. The Birds looked really strong here as both Hayes & Roberts were getting offense on the MX who were being total chickenshits here. Cornette held Buddy as Lane grabbed the racquet and smashed Buddy to win the match in their only real offense hilarious.....Terry Gordy then runs out and tells Tommy Young what happened and he reversed the decision calling for the DQ. Very fun match but MX not even getting offense was something else.

World Championship Wrestling 7/25/87

Luger starts the show with the US Title talking about how he is a true champion and now. Luger is so hateable here.

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Tommy Angel & Larry Stephens (7/22/87)

Arn & Tully are getting ready to be champs and they look great here as a team killing Angel with a spike Gourdbuster. Then we get a promo from them afterwards talking about wanting the NWA World Tag Titles and the War Games rematch.

RnR Express are out next for a promo talking about Arn & Tully but it's gonna take everything they have to take the belts from them.

Barry Windham vs. Alan Martin (7/22/87)

Easy win for Barry.

Cornette is out next for a promo talking about having Bash fever and how a Cornette has been around every important event ever in history. Cornette then rips on the Freebirds hard which is hilarious. Extra material.

The Midnight Express ("Beautiful" Bobby Eaton & "Sweet" Stan Lane) vs. Cougar Jay & Mike Jackson (7/22/87)

Mike Jackson of course looks good here but Cougar Jay gets destroyed naturally.

Precious comes out next for a promo and they talk about the Dream Date with the video following it and this is a grand slam extra.

Dillon comes out next with a restraining order saying that there will be no tape shown on TV but Tony let him know they already showed the tape which angers Dillon. This is something else. Definite extra.

The Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton) vs. Terry Jones & Keith Steinborn (7/22/87)

RnR win with no problems here.

Nikita is out next looking like the 1987 version of Cesaro for a promo on Luger talking about how he is living in a fairytale.

Ivan Koloff & Paul Jones are out next for a promo talking about Ivan & Petrov will be getting a shot at the Roadies' NWA International Tag Titles on 8/15 in Baltimore.

"Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. Art Pritts (7/22/87)

Garvin KO's Pritts in seconds then joins Crockett for a promo along with Jimmy & Precious talking about the Dream Date tape and now both men want that NWA Title.

Flair & Dillon then follow them and both men are extremely upset. Flair is great here pissed off wanting Ronnie Garvin. Extra material.

NWA Pro Wrestling 8/1/87

Italian Stallion vs. Gene Ligon (7/19/87)

This is JIP and Stallion gets the win.

Luger & Dillon come out for a promo talking about how Luger & the Horsemen came out of the Bash better than ever.

RnR joins Tony next talking about how they survived the Bash tour with their NWA Tag Titles but they know the battles will continue and talk about Arn & Tully coming for them.

The Barbarian vs. Kendall Windham (7/19/87)

Kendall fights hard but Barbarian was too much for him.

The Super Powers are out next with Nikita saying that his neck is getting better each day and he is coming back for his US Title. Dusty talks about how pretty Luger is and how he has his face ensured for 12 million bucks which is hilarious.

Lazer-Tron & "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant vs. Sean Royal & Thunderfoot #2 (7/19/87)

Poor Sean having to team with jobbers now that Champion is out injured and the heels get squashed in less than a minute.

Next we have Flair & Dillon joining Tony talking about the Dream Date with Precious and how they will get revenge with Flair blaming Ronnie Garvin.

"Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin vs. "Ragin Bull" Manny Fernandez (7/19/87)

Interesting match here on TV and Garvin started off strong early on but Manny would go to work on Garvin's bad left knee keeping him grounded. Garvin would get a schoolboy though and Paul Jones would run immediately for the DQ. Ivan Koloff then ran out and they tried to seriously injure Jimmy until Ronnie Garvin ran them off with a steel chair as Jimmy cried out in pain. Very abrupt finish to this which wasn't good. Ronnie then tells Caudle & Weaver after the match that he is going to have to start hurting people now.

World Championship Wrestling 8/1/87

The Midnight Express ("Beautiful" Bobby Eaton & "Sweet" Stan Lane) vs. Cougar Jay & George South (7/29/87)

This is a damn good squash match and Cornette cuts a fun promo afterwards talking about all the other teams in the territory.

"Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin vs. Thunderfoot #2 (7/29/87)

Easy win for Garvin and he cuts a promo afterwards on Flair saying that he may have hurt his knee but he hasn't broken him yet. Garvin is also upset with Paul Jones & Manny Fernandez for trying to injure him further.

"Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff vs. David Isley (7/29/87)

Isley doesn't last long as the Russian Sickle does the job.

The RnR are out next for a promo talking about all the challenges coming their way but Arn & Tully are what is on their minds right now and Morton talks about the hard battles they have been in lately.

Nikita is out next for a promo talking about what Cornette said about him earlier being beltless and how he wants his US Title back from Luger.

Barry Windham vs. Dave Spearman (7/29/87)

Windham looks good here and he cuts a promo afterwards with his Western States Title talking about Arn & Gilbert wanting shots at his title. Arn comes out and talks shit but he gets in the ring.

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Keith Patterson & Dexter Westcott (7/29/87)

Arn & Tully look like a machine here wasting these guys. Dillon and the boys cut a great promo afterwards about how they have money and don't need fans other than their true fans who are in the crowd with their coat and ties on. Extra material.

Dusty is out next for a promo talking about Luger then cuts a promo on the Horsemen fans calling them pretty boys while they hold up 4 fingers which was great. Dusty then tells them "YOU SUCK" which was hilarious. Extra material.

Sean Royal vs. Ricky Nelson (7/29/87)

Royal is back after recovering from his injuries in the bad car wreck that he had with Chris Champion a month earlier. Royal yelling out for Valiant was hilarious before he just nuked Nelson with a front piledriver right on his damn head.

Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff cut a promo after the match talking about coming for the Road Warriors' International Tag Titles.

"Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. Thunderfoot (7/29/87)

Thunderfoot tries and fails as Garvin KO's him to win. Garvin then cuts a promo on Flair afterwards talking about how much he wants that NWA Title.

Flair is out next for a promo talking about what Garvin just said and he gives the Horsemen fans props which was great.

"Total Package" Lex Luger vs. Alan Martin (7/29/87)

Luger squashes Martin and then along with Dillon cuts a promo about Dusty & Nikita and how they are inferior to Luger.

"Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff vs. Dale Laperhouse (7/29/87)

Ivan handles his business easily.

Morton comes back out a for a promo where he gives a rebuttal to what Arn & Tully said earlier and that he wants to shut Tully's big mouth. Morton then demands Tully come out to settle the fight. Tully shows up and the crowd goes nuts as Morton slaps him in the face while Gibson holds off Dillon. Morton has Tully down when the time runs out. Extra material.