Wednesday, October 7, 2015

PWI Presents: Lords of the Ring Superstars & Superbouts



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.  

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.



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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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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