Global Wrestling Alliance TV 1987
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| Joe Malenko, Boris Malenko and Dean Malenko |
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| Piranha Steel |
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| Bobby Brooks and Rebecca Rockwell |
Boris Malenko does a promo with his sons Joe and Dean, saying there is no competition for the Malenko's. Piranha Steel then talks on the beach, saying he's here off a a successful world tour and says Shark Murphy is on his way to win the tag team belts with him. We then cut to Bobby Brooks and Rebecca Rockwell, where Rockwell says you do the wrestling and I'll do the talking.
We get an intro video with them promising to give us the best in international wrestling. The announcer says the wrestlers have been brought here for one reason - excitement.
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| Live from the Diplomat Hotel! |
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| The site has a noticeable lack of tropical birds. |
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| Joe Mascara is in the black, Greg Worthing is in the gray |
Joe Mascara and Greg Worthing are our announcers and we are at a packed Diplomat Hotel ballroom in Florida. They say tonight's card has the Malenko Brothers, J.J. Pallo vs Exotic Adrian Street, Dr. Red Roberts and Rusty Brooks, "Soulman" Alex G and Bobby Brooks and Rebecca Rockwell.
The announcer says Brooks and Rockwell are fighting each other a lot and we see them at the pool. Rockwell complains that Brooks takes her to sleazy hotels. Brooks is caught looking at a woman in the bikini. Rockwell says she's sick and tired of this and he's under her thumb. Rockwell says she is sick and tired of this and it's time he cooled off - he is then pushed into the pool.
Bobby Brooks with Rebecca Rockwell vs "Soulman" Alex G.
Brooks is from Denton, Texas, and looks like a smaller Jack Victory. They say Alex G is full of excitement and says the kids go crazy for him. Alex G does terrible dancing on his way to the ring and has an Elvis like long white jacket.
We are told not to go to the refrigerator as we may miss something. Brooks hiptosses him then hits a nice armdrag. No clean break from Brooks then he ends up taking a hiptoss and armdrag. Alex works his arm then takes chops. Brooks monkey flips him but he lands then body presses him. Brooks grabs a hammerlock and is guided out of the ring.
Brooks grabs the ropes and is slingshotted in then Alex headbutts him. Rockwell gets on the apron as Alex hits a suplex then Brooks hits bad forearms. Brooks lariats him then Alex hits a bad spining neckbreaker. Brooks no sells it and legdrops him. Alex headbutts him and hits terrible punches then accidentally knocks the ref over.
Brooks forearms Alex and the ref is knocked over again. Rockwell gets on the apron with her purse then accidentally nails Brooks. Alex gets the win.
This was not good. Both of them threw some awful shots here and they did the ref bump spot too soon then had to re-do it.
Rockwell tries to comfort Brooks after.
Patrick J. Schaefer, President of the GWA, talks about the tag team tournament. He says The Super Tiger and Mr. Fujiwara retired as tag champs. He said we will have a round robin tournament to get new champs. The teams are Black Magic (Norman Smiley) and The Caribbean Sun, The "Jamaican Jammer" Bobby Wales, The Predators (Shark Murphy and Piranha Steel) managed by Angelo Poffo and Red Roberts and Rusty Brooks.
The Malenko Brothers with The Great Malenko vs El Tigre and Dave Perry
We are told Boris Malenko is retired and they say the sons are very good. They say they can be cruel at times and train very hard.
Joe clean breaks Tigre on the ropes and hits back elbows. Tigre shoulders him over and Joe hiptosses him. Tigre armdrags him and Joe goes out. Tigre flying headscissors Dean then Dave hiptosses Dean. Dave bends over and is hit by Dean then takes a spinning side slam. Dean slams Dave and legdrops him. Joe samoan drops Dave then Dave takes a 2nd rope double superplex.
Dean elbow drops Dave and picks him up on the pin attempt. Dean tombstones Dave then Joe elbow drops Dave and pulls him up. Joe then does a bridging pin and wins it.
The Malenko's and Tigre looked decent here but it was just a short squash.
Cousin Junior vs Tank Mascutto
They say Tank worked the docks in New York City. Junior comes out to the "Don't go messin' with a country boy" theme and they namedrop Uncle Elmber and Hillbilly Jim. Junior is in his bare feet. Junior throws him and armdrags him. Junior puts him in various arm locks then superkicks him for 2.
Junior grounds him and rides his back. Junior hits another superkick and a butt drop for the win.
This was a short squash. Junior's superkicks were not good. I don't know if Tank got a single thing in.
Dr. Red Roberts says him and Rusty Brooks will be the classiest and most sophisticated champs of all time.
Dr. Red Roberts and Rusty Brooks vs John Harris & Del Apollo
Red comes out with an elbow and red sequin gear. Brooks comes out with the Confederate flag. The announcers call them "the original odd couple" and they come out to "We are the Champions" by Queen.
Red misses a punch and goes over the top rope. They chant "Porky" at Brooks then Red scrapes his knee on his opponent's face. Red and Brooks hit a double back elbow then Brooks drops an elbow. Red and Brooks hit a double shoulder for 2. Red takes a crossbody and the crowd keeps chanting "Porky" at Brooks.
Red takes down his opponent then reverses him on the mat. He stomps him and hits his partner then does a nice gutwrench. Red and Brooks hit a great double dropkick for 2. Red drops elbows on his opponents knee then Rusty does as well. Brooks hits a spinning toe hold and wins via submission.
We were never told which jobber was which, so I have no idea. Red and Brooks were really entertaining though. Red had some personality to him and was a fun heel and his double dropkick with Brooks was great. Brooks was kind of fun here too with the crowd calling him, "Porky".
We see an Adrian Street video with Miss Linda helping him put on facepaint. He sings over it himself with a song called, "Imagine what I can do to you", talking about how he can tear open a telephone directory and can bend iron bars.
Adrian Street vs J.J. Pallo
JJ is a second generation wrestler as he's the son of Jackie Pallo. Street goofs around as the ref checks him and tries to kiss him. Street skips around the ring then jumps up on him and kisses him. Street then pokes him in the butt. JJ waistlocks him and Street twerks on him. Street rolls out of a throw and poses. He does a nice trip and does a bridge with a leglock.
Street pulls his leg then JJ makes a comeback. He hits gut punches and throws him then euros him. JJ does running forearms then hits gut punches in the corner. Street kicks him with the inner part of his foot then stomps him. JJ hits more euro uppercuts. He hits a headbutt, a kick to the gut then snapmares him. JJ ties him up and in the ropes and does a flying knee, but Street moves and he goes flying back. Street then rolls him up and grabs the win.
This was really entertaining with Street goofing around and JJ having simple, but good offense. You could really tell how skilled as a wrestler Street was here and I'd like to see JJ again.
The announcers talk about the show and wonder what Rockwell had in her bag. They said the Malenko's made quick work of their opponents and we see Junior's butt drop. Red is called "the verbal terrorist" and we see Street roll him JJ for the win.
They say we have more action coming up in the next few weeks with GWA Heavyweight Champion, Cyclone Negro (who is managed by The Great Malenko), The Vietnam Connection of Joe Palardi and "The Big V" Vern Henderson, The Unpredictable Bugsy Mcgaw, Ivan Putski and The Predators managed by Angelo Poffo.
We then see some shots of the beach with up close shots of birds and some shots from the ring to end the show.
Overall thoughts: The matches weren't great and obviously, they had local guys who weren't the best ever. However, I still enjoyed it. They had double babyface announcers here which was something different and people like Street, Red and The Malenko's looked good. The show was produced well for 1987 standards and it had a bigger crowd than anything outside of WWE and AEW does today. I would watch another episode of this.
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