Pro Wrestling Illustrated Presents: Lords
of the Ring Superstars and Superbouts
I was
searching around HULU to see what they had one night and stumbled across this
show. I had never seen it before but I
had seen the advertisement for it in several Pro Wrestling Illustrated
magazines when I was kid. The quality of
the program is excellent, and it was apparently distributed by Artisan
pictures. They must have acquired the
rights at some point.
Update: I watched and wrote this 3 weeks ago and hadn't posted this yet. As of today, 10/5/2015 this has been removed from Hulu.
Update: I watched and wrote this 3 weeks ago and hadn't posted this yet. As of today, 10/5/2015 this has been removed from Hulu.
Hosted by
Gordon Solie & Bill Apter
Run time 60
minutes released in 1985
World Class
Championship Wrestling
David Von
Erich Parade of Champions
May 6, 1984
Texas Stadium Irving, Texas
Commentator:
Bill Mercer
Junk Yard
Dog vs. The Missing Link with General Skandor Akbor
A clipped
version of the match with only a couple minutes of the original match
show. Link originally got the pin by
cheating but the decision was overturned and Link was disqualified.
Jim Crockett
Promotions / National Wrestling Alliance
Starrcade ’83:
A Flair For The Gold
November 24,
1983 Greensboro Coliseum
Commentators:
Gordon Solie & Bob Caudle
Dog Collar
Match
Greg “The
Hammer” Valentine vs. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
Started in
Progress and clipped to a few minutes, Piper got the pin hogtying Valentine
with the chain.
Solie and
Apter talk about Gorgeous George and footage is shown of his ring
entrance. This led to the footage of
“Exotic” Adrian Street and Miss Linda being shown including a promo with Bob
Caudle. Next they talked about wrestlers
that came from the gridiron showing brief footage of a tag team match involving
Wahoo McDaniel with possible Mark Youngblood vs. Dick Slater and Bob Orton Jr.
Jim Crockett
Promotions / National Wrestling Alliance
Starrcade
’83: A Flair For The Gold
November 24,
1983 Greensboro Coliseum
Commentators:
Gordon Solie & Bob Caudle
Carlos Colon
vs. Abduallah the Butcher
Clips only
as Abdullah is bloodied and then there is a ref bump, Colon locks in the figure
four leg lock and Hugo Savinovich hits Colon with a foreign object allowing the
Butcher to get the pin and the win.
Continental
Wrestling Association
Mid-South
Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
Commentator:
Lance Russell
Loser Leaves
Town Match
Jerry “The
King” Lawler vs. Bill Dundee
Clips only: Both
men bloodied in this grueling match that sees Lawler get the pin after hitting
the piledriver.
Gordon and
Bill talk about Andy Kaufman and his time in wrestling. They show footage Kaufman in action against
Lawler and a post-match locker room promo with Lance Russell.
May 24, 1973
Kansas City, Missouri
2 out of 3
Falls Match
NWA World
Champion: Dory Funk Jr vs. Harley Race
Joined in
progress in the 3rd fall of the match; clips of the match are shown
ending with Harley pinning Funk after a standing suplex winning the
championship.
Jim Crockett
Promotions / National Wrestling Alliance
Starrcade
’83: A Flair For The Gold
November 24,
1983 Greensboro Coliseum
Commentators:
Gordon Solie & Bob Caudle
NWA World
Champion: Harley Race vs. “Nature Boy” Ric Flair
Clips of
this classic match with Flair winning his second NWA World Championship with a
cross body off the top rope with Race tripping over special referee Gene
Kiniski.
Gordon and
Apter talk about the different type of champions in wrestling leading to them
talking about the people’s champion the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes.
“American
Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard
Just a
couple minutes of this match is shown. I
cannot tell what event his is from but it is definitely Jim Crockett Promotions
and there are no commentators for the match.
World Class
Championship Wrestling
David Von
Erich Parade of Champions
May 6, 1984
Texas Stadium Irving, Texas
Commentator:
Bill Mercer
NWA World
Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match
Fritz, Kevin,
& Mike Von Erich vs Champions: The Fabulous Freebirds: Michael “PS” Hayes,
Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy & Buddy Roberts
Clips of the
match were shown, appears to have been a street fight as they are all dressed
in jeans and cowboy boots. Kevin pinned Buddy
Roberts with a high cross body off the top rope.
Gordon
talked about the death of David Von Erich and his sudden death in Japan on
February 10, 1984. A clip from the 1st
David Von Erich Parade of Champions was played of Jill Floyd singing “Heaven
Needed A Champion.” Bill Apter then
introduced the PWI Match of the Year winner
World Class
Championship Wrestling
David Von
Erich Parade of Champions
May 6, 1984
Texas Stadium Irving, Texas
Commentator:
Bill Mercer
NWA World
Champion: “Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich
Just the
last couple minutes of the match was shown with Kerry pinning Flair with a
backslide to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Kerry would only hold the title for 18 days
before losing it back to Flair in Yokosuka, Japan.
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The graphic at the top is the one you will find on Hulu. The picture below is what I remember seeing in PWI, minus the DVD logo at the bottom center spine.
Jim Crockett
Promotions / National Wrestling Alliance
Clip of
Tully Blanchard vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
I would live
to find this match because I’ve never seen Tully Blanchard vs. Steamboat
before.
National
Wrestling Alliance/ New Japan Pro Wrestling
May 24, 1984
Yokosuka, Japan
NWA World
Champion: Kerry Von Erich vs. “Nature Boy” Ric Flair
Clips of the
match where Flair recaptures the gold from Von Erich
Jim Crockett
Promotions / National Wrestling Alliance
1984
“Boogie
Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant vs. Assassin #2 w/ Paul Jones
Clips of
this match where Valiant forcing the Assassin to unmask and it’s Hercules
Hernandez.
Continental
Wrestling Association
Mid-South
Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
January 9,
1984
Commentator:
Lance Russell
The Fabulous
Ones: Steve Keirn & Stan Lane vs. The Moondogs: Rex & Spot w/ Jimmy
Hart
We are
joined in progress of a pier six brawl with clips of various moments of the
match with no ending shown.
Continental
Wrestling Association
Mid-South
Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
June 24,
1984
Commentator:
Lance Russell
“Macho Man”
Randy Savage & Lanny Poffo w/ Angelo Poffo vs. The Rock N’ Roll Express:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
The only
clip we get is Savage piledriving Morton through a table.
Continental
Wrestling Association
Mid-South
Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
July 23,
1984
Commentator:
Lance Russell
The Road
Warriors: Hawk & Animal w/ “Precious” Paul Ellering vs. The Fabulous Ones:
Steve Keirn & Stan Lane
Once again
clips of a wild brawl with no ending shown.
To close out the show there is a montage of action with George Thorogood and the Destroyers version of "Willie and the Hand Jive" playing. In fact here it is:
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Later Readers!
The graphic at the top is the one you will find on Hulu. The picture below is what I remember seeing in PWI, minus the DVD logo at the bottom center spine.
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