Stampede Wrestling September 1978 Review

Stampede Wrestling September 1978 Review

Mike Hammer vs Miguel Perez

Perez works Hammer

Hammer won this one in about 10 minutes(though only 5 were shown). This was pretty boring.

"People were asking why I don't talk to Mike Hammer?" - Whalen

"I'd like to show everybody what happened when he stepped in the ring with Kasa VooBoo last night."
"I'm gonna hold onto the belt Kasa VooBoo and it's gonna take a better man than Kasa VooBoo and Johnny Foley to take it off me." - Paddy Ryan

"The NWA has been investigating but has not come to a decision tonight. Ryan cannot use the sleeper tonight." - Ed Whalen

Mike York vs Alla Leilani
York works an Alaskan gimmick while Leilani works a Samoan gimmick.

"He's got something in his hand there". - Whalen

A fan lets York know what he thinks of him

Mike York and ref Wayne Hart

Leilani got the win here with a running headbutt out of nowhere. This was really not exciting. It was all about York trying not to get caught using his weapon and that's about it. I kind of have a soft spot for York even though he's not very good.

"What are ya, Irish?" - Whalen
"He's been called an animal and now he will be one." - John Foley on Kasa VooBoo

"One thing is even though it's a no DQ match, Ryan still can't use his chokehold." - Foley
"It's a sleeperhold." - Whalen
"It's a chokehold." - Foley
"I can't wait to see when Ryan is cut up and bleedin' in that ring." - Foley

Bret Hart vs Sandy Scott

"Bret Hart has the moves. More moves than a spanish dancer with ants in her castanets." - Whalen on Hart

Bret got the win here with an abdominal stretch in a pretty slow and boring match. He didn't look anything like the Bret we are all used to here. This was just nothing with akward back body drop bumps.

"It's kind of a shame Keith's not here. He was training me but now he's in Japan and I'm kinda stuck without the help I was getting." - Bret Hart

Raul Castillo and Fidel Castillo vs The Magnificent Zulu(from Pittsburgh) and Jimmy Rougeau

Botchamania

The Castillo Brothers got the win with a Vader Bomb. Jimmy (Jacques) Rougeau was about the only highlight in this one. He was pretty awesome and fiery, while the rest were totally replaceable. Everyone else just did really lame brawling, especially Zulu who is indeed terrible.

The Castillo Brothers cut a promo after this in really broken english. They said something about a single match next week.

No DQ, No Count out - Kasa VooBoo vs Paddy Ryan

"Kasa VooBoo is out there without his brains." - Whalen in reference to Foley not being at ringside with him Kasa

The match ended when both men were counted out, in a No DQ(with the sleeper being illegal) and in a no count out match. Congratulations, Stampede wrestling. This match was awful. VooBoo really sucks and Ryan isn't that much better.

"This is the people's belt and I'll defend it with my bloody life." - Paddy Ryan
"Get Foley out of here, I want him handcuffed somewhere." - Ryan

Foley then said his man will take on Ryan in any match.

Overall thoughts: This sucked. Really, it did. Bret Hart even sucked. The only good thing on this show was Jacques Rougeau. Skip it and don't look back.

CWA Memphis TV 11/13/1982

CWA Memphis TV 11/13/1982

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/cwa-memphis-tv-1161982.html

Jim Cornette came out and claimed the Mid-American title for Jesse Barr in a promo. He gave Barr the full financial backing of the Cornette estate.

Jesse Barr vs Joe Stark
They claimed on commentary that Barr was supposed to be on the 1980 Olympic team that ended up not competing. Not sure about that one. Barr hit the most homosexual bear hug that I have ever seen. It made the Yeti/Giant Bear hug look weak. Barr hit a good belly to belly for the win.

We got a quick promo with Cornette and a promo with the Sheepherders saying that Taylor/Rougeau doesn't know what they have done.  They then said that they would break Rougeau/Taylor's yankee heads. Well, one of them is a yankee anyway...

Highlights from Terry Taylor/Jacques Rougeau vs The Sheepherders(Johnathan Boyd/Luke Williams)
This was chaos from the start when Luke hit Taylor with a flagpole and got color. Boyd was really good with his strikes. Everything he did made a good sound and he looked really aggressive about it. Taylor sold wonderfully here. Luke got the win here with a battering ram. I liked it. Rating: **1/2

Boyd came out and said that he couldn't figure out why Dundee likes it here. He said it was so easy down here since everyone was weak.

Sheepherders vs Ken Raper/Aaron Holt
Squash City Baby. Boyd gave out a pretty vicious whoopin'. Taylor and Rougeau came in out of nowhere and started cracking the Sheepherders with wooden boards. They called out the Herders but Eddie Marlin said no can do. Nice fire on the mic by Jacques there.

The Masked Marauders vs Terry Taylor/Jacques Rougeau
The Marauder in the red singlet took some really awesome bumps. He wrestled like a giant crash dummy and waves his warms around on all bumps. Jacques hit a choice middle rope dropkick for the win. I want more of that Marauder.

2/3 Falls - The New York Dolls(Dream Machine/Rick McGraw) vs The Fabulous Ones
1st fall: This match had more tophats than any other match in the history of wrestling. There were FIVE of em. The Fabs got rid of their ring gear in the most un-PG way ever. Man, that was gay. Doesn't get much more New York-ian than "Quick Draw" Rick McGraw does it? Yeah, it does, alot more. McGraw did a really cool bump off of an armdrag reversal here. He basically ended up doing a cartwheel while in motion. McGraw also took a hiptoss onto the bare floor of the TV studio. I don't even think I need to mention how much that must have hurt. They then stayed on the floor and the ref threw it out. We got some great brawling plus more awesome selling by McGraw. McGraw then took a heavy chair shot to go to the break.

2nd Fall - We got some awesome Lane punches then Dream Machine taking a cool bump into the corner. This broke down into another Brawl when Hart got involved. The ref DQ'd Hart so the Fabs got the win here.

We got some quick promos from Dundee and Taylor/Rougeau. Rougeau dared them to come for his arm and brought up The Herders breaking Ron Fuller's and Bullet Bob's arm.

Jimmy Hart refused to come back out for being wrongfully disqualified, so Lance gave us an interview with Bill Dundee instead. He just said that he's been watching after Bobby Fulton and trying to get him to believe in himself. Fulton said he's more aggressive now.


Overall thoughts: This was a strong show. The squashes were good and even though it had two wonky finishes, the main event was really good too. Lots of nice brawling here from the masters of it! Check it out!