WWWF Championship Wrestling 9/17/1977

WWWF Championship Wrestling 9/17/1977

The show from 2 weeks ago is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/wwf-championship-wrestling-931977.html

The next show we have is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/wwwf-championship-wrestling-1011977.html 

Stan Stasiak vs Lenny Hurst

Stan has The Grand Wizard with him. Len waistlocks him and Stand ropebreaks. Len top wristlocks him. Stan grabs the hair and clubs on him. Stan bangs his head off the buckles and pulls him down by the hair. Stan side headlocks him then Len top wristlocks him. Stan clubs on him on the ropes then stomps on him. 

Len wristlocks him and butt drops the arm. Stan does a head and arm hold while he punches him in the spine. Stan clubs on him. Len wristlocks him and butt drops the arm. Stan hits him in the gut and the head. Len stops himself from going into the buckles. He headbutts Stan. Stan eye rakes him and stomps him on the apron. 

Stan backbreakers Lenny and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Stan's backbreaker didn't look good and Stan mostly just clubbed on him. 

The Golden Terror vs Ted Adams

GT has Lou Albano with him. They say GT is from The Amazon. Ted hits him in the gut. GT stomps and clubs on him in the corner. Ted's head is banged off the buckles and GT chokes him on the ropes. GT pounds on him in the corner.

GT slams Ted then elbow drops him. GT chokes him. GT clubs and stomps him more. GT boots him in the gut. GT pulls the hair and slams him. GT elbow drops him and does some bad slaps (?) to the gut. GT then does like a double stomach claw and Ted submits.

Thoughts: This wasn't good at all. Terror did nothing but clubs and stomps and his double stomach claw finisher looked terrible. 

Dusty Rhodes vs Tor Kamata

This is from MSG. They lock up. Tor hits him in the gut and is elbowed. DR poses and armdrags him. DR teases doing a kneedrop to the arm but backs off. Tor top wristlocks him then full nelson's him. DR dances while in it and Tor gets upset, letting go of the hold.

Tor top wristlocks him then hits him in the corner. Tor hits kicks and boots. Tor misses a big elbow. DR elbows him in the head then elbow drops him to win.

Thoughts: Dusty was moving well here and had a ton of personality. The crowd was pretty into him and it's easy to see why. This was a quick one with Dusty dancing and flaunting around a lot.

Butcher Vachon vs Steve King

Butch has Lou Albano with him. King is from Panama. Butch hits some big punches and drops him with one to the face. Butch bites his face and snapmares him for 2. Butch rakes his back. King knee lifts and clubs him. Butch trips him then pulls the hair. Butch tries to pin him while grabbing the ropes.

Butch chokes him. King hits chest clubs and dropkicks. Butch goes down and then rolls out. Butch knees him in the gut then chops him. Butch chokes him more. King pulls at Butch's beard then Butch chokes him. 

Butch double stomps King then drops him with a chest chop. Butch chokes him more then knees him in the gut. Butch slams him. King hits shots on Butch and drops him. King pulls at Butch's beard. Albano complains on the apron and the ref tries to count him out for not moving. 

King tries another pin for 2. Butch stomps his face. Butch hanging chokes him on his back and submits King.

Thoughts: Butch did some basic strikes and chokes here. King mostly pulled at Butch's beard. Both guys really should have been DQ'd here but weren't. It wasn't that interesting. 

"Dynamite" Jack Evans vs Frank Williams

Jack hits him on the ropes then wristlocks him. Jack elbows him in the arm. Jack wristlocks him and pulls him down by the hair. Frank reverses the wristlock. Jack ropebreaks.

Frank does another wristlock and Jack elbows him in the chest. Jack front facelocks him then clubs his chest. Jack knees him in the gut. Jack legdrops him for 2. 

Frank fires up and blocks Jack. Jack then takes a walk out to stall. Jack chokes Frank and the ref can't see it. Frank's head is banged off the buckles. Jack clubs Frank. Frank uppercuts him then hits shots to the gut.

Jack is sent into the corner. Jack full nelsons him and Frank reverses it. Frank is driven face first into the buckles. Jack slams him then knee drops him off the bottom rope. Jack then tries to pin him with his feet on the ropes.

Jack does a traphezus hold to Frank. Jack seems to stick his finger in Frank's throat on a chinlock. Jack hits punches and elbows on Frank for 2. Jack hits punches. Frank hits a shot to the gut and elbows back. Frank elbows his neck. Frank dropkicks him then misses a second one. Jack jumping knees him in the gut then backbreakers him. Jack 2nd rope knee drops him and wins.

Thoughts: It was mostly all clubs and punches here. Frank fired up a little at times and Jack did mostly all heel tactics. It went longer than it needed to and wasn't very entertaining. 

Vince McMahon interviews Freddie Blassie about the Manager of the Year award. We are told the top three are only separated by a small margin. Fred it's his trophy and said the figure on the trophy came from his poses. Vince says Arnold Skaalund has the most vote in the contest. Fred says Arnold passes out bills to drunks to get them to vote for him. Vince says it's because of a mention from Bob Backlund. Fred says he has words for Bob - drop dead. Fred says he's a late starter. Fred tells Vince to keep the trophy clean as it's his. Fred says if you vote for Fred, you will vote for the winner. Fred again accuses Arnold of paying off bums for votes to  close the segment.

Chief Jay Strongbow and High Chief Peter Maivia vs Johnny Rodz and Nikolai Volkoff

PM = Peter Maivia

They say Nik is from Mongolia. PM puts his headdress on the ring attendant.

PM is strutting round and hyped up. PM side headlocks Rodz then shoulders him over. Rodz hiptosses him then is hit in the chest. Rodz does a nice sell for it and tries to run and hide but the faces follow him. PM drops Rodz then catapults him into shots from Jay on the apron. 

PM catapults Rodz into Nik. The faces then hug. Rodz comes off the top and goes for Jay but misses. Rodz and PM lock up. Rodz is thrown into his corner. PM blind tags Jay in. Jay slides between his legs, holds Rodz and PM punches Rodz down.

Nik and Jay fight. Jay dances around and they criss-cross. Jay slides between the legs and hits chops and punches. Nik full-nelsons him. Rodz chases PM around and runs into Nik on accident. The faces celebrate.

Rodz stands up top as Nik knees Jay. Rodz top rope diving clubs Jay twice. Nik headbutts Jay in the back. Jay slides out of a double team and bangs Rodz's head off the apron. Nik hits shots on Jay in the corner.

PM is tagged in. Nik begs off. PM hits shots on Nik then back elbows him down. Rodz is on the buckles and is hit. PM dances and avoids a top rope diving shot from Rodz. The faces battering ram the heels' heads together. Nik clubs on PM. Nik holds PM and Rodz hits shots on Jay.

Rodz knocks Jay out of the ring with a big shot. Rodzz trie a kick through the ropes but crotches himself. Jay hits knee lifts on Rodz and PM flying headbutts Rodz. PM backbreakers Rodz and pins him.

Thoughts: Compared to the other stuff on this show, this was a classic. It was a nice match here. Rodz was good as usual doing some big bumping and running from the heels. Maivia danced around and him and Jay were pretty energetic here. I thought it was enjoyable and the crowd did as well.  

Overall thoughts: I didn't really care for anything but the main and Blassie's interview here. Johnny Rodz was great here as he often is and he and Maivia helped make the main interesting. The Golden Terror really sucked and the Vachon/King match should have honestly been a double DQ with all of the cheating going there. I wouldn't recommend this one.