06.22.1985 - Armed and Dangerous
The show starts its second week with new intro music again. Gone is Axel F, replaced by Situation by Yazoo (aka Yaz). There is also a new intro package, showing match highlights of people like The RAT Patrol, Lord Humongous, the Nightmares and Austin Idol.
Gordon Solie introduces the show and gives us a rundown on what will be on today’s show, including two championship matches.
Match 1: United States Junior Title Match - Scott Armstrong (Champion) vs Bill Ash (Challenger) - The match has a special TV limit match of 20 minutes. After some feeling out, Scott takes control early on with a series of headlocks. Ash follows with his own headlocks, aided by some hair pulling. Gordon describes Ash’s offense as “frugal,” after a series of forearms to the kidneys. An Armstrong dropkick sends Ash to the floor and then we get some brawling on the floor. Ash gives Armstrong an atomic drop on the floor and gets back in the ring. A few moments later, Armstrong is on the apron and does a sunset flip back into the ring. However, Ash sits down on him and grabs the ropes, getting a three count and a win, with the referee missing the cheating. Ash is the new champion in a little over 10 minutes.
Gordon promotes the new ongoing video features on the Stars of the NWA and pimps the Wrestling Ringside program. Then we get an Austin Idol music video, set to Joan Jett’s Do You Wanna Touch Me. This is a Memphis video, with footage featuring Idol teaming with Lawler against folks like David Schulz, the Bruise Brothers, the Assassins, intercut with footage of the Strip in Los Vegas and Idol in a hot tub.
Interview in the ring with Bill Ash and Jimmy Golden. Ash says the title is back where it belongs. Golden says they will separate the boys from the men Monday night when he takes on Austin Idol.
Gordon interviews Idol. Idol says Golden has gone from the Golden Boy to the Wonder Boy, wondering what happened to the title.
Match 2: Tag Title Match - The Nightmares (Champions) vs Steve Armstrong and Tommy Rich. The Nightmares come to the ring with flowers, that they want to give to the injured Johnny Rich. The faces go to the floor and start brawling with the champions. Soon the faces are back in the ring and in control. The Nightmares take a powder and Tommy Rich grabs the mic and tells them to get back in the ring. Tommy whips one of the Nightmares into the turnbuckles and he takes a somersault bump out of the ring, hitting his head on the apron on the way down (Ken Wayne).. Tommy runs one into the other and both Nightmares are left laying on the concrete. With everyone back in the ring, Steve hits a big dropkick for a pinfall attempt, broken up by the other Nightmare. The Nightmares end up back on the floor, one trying to massage the lower back of the other. Gordon thinks they switches places after getting back in the ring. After the faces get in some more offense, we go to a commercial break.
Interview with Bob Armstrong, Humongous and Porkchop Cash for Monday’s matches. Bob is going after the Flame’s belt and Humongous is against Ron Fuller. Porkchop has a challenge match vs Boomer Lynch.
Pre-recorded interview with Gordon talking to Boomer Lynch and the Great Kaiser and Dr. Johnny Peebles.
Back to the match and the faces are in control. After a mid-ring collision, Rich is on the mat and a Nightmare ends up on the floor. The other Nightmare takes his place, but Tommy quickly rolls him up for a small package, but only gets a two count. The Nightmares take control, switching in and out behind the referee’s back. Gordon refers to the chair wielded by one of the Nightmares as a “Texas toothpick.” Back in the ring, Tommy gets a sunset flip for a pinfall attempt, but the referee s occupied by the other Nightmare. Armstrong gets the hot tag and soon all four men are in the ring. Armstrong puts a Nightmare in a sleeper. With the referee trying to put Tommy back in his corner, the other Nightmare comes off the top ring, hitting Armstrong and breaking the sleeper. And that’s the champions retaining the titles in almost 19 minutes.
interview with Scott and Steve Armstrong, Monday night going after the tag titles against the Nightmares. Steve says they might have cheat and stoop to their level.
Pre-recorded interview with the Nightmares. They are still offering flowers for Johnny Rich.
Interview with Bob Armstrong, discussing his tag match last week with Humongous vs Ron Fuller and Ric Flair. Footage from the match, where Bob ended up getting 22 stitches in his head. Flair goes for a figure four but Bob turns it into a small package and gets the three count. They also talk about Bob’s feud with the Flame. Bob says he will get down and dirty if he needs to do so.
Video with the Flame. It starts out in the woods with a flaming poster of Bob Armstrong. We see the Flame shooting pictures of Bob Armstong with a rifle and a throwing knife. He is still upset that Bob took off his mask and tried to expose his identity. He then pulls out a handgun and shoots another picture of Bob.
Match 3: Lord Humongous vs Paul Brown. Humongous again comes out to War Machine by Kiss. Brown to bob and weave to stay away from Humongsous. Gordon keeps calling Brown “Pratt.” Some brutality and after 5 minutes, Humongous wins with the Shinanmachi slam.
Interview with Ron Fuller and the Flame. The Flame says they made history by winning two titles in one match.
Interview in the ring with Bob Armstrong and Humongous. Bob says he has never seen garbage stacked so high. And says Humongous will send the Tennessee Jackass packing.
Back to Gordon and Ron Fuller. Ron says they are the two best champions in all of wrestling.
Gordon wraps up the show and plugs his new book.