The “OH MY GOD!” Review: TWA Super Summer Sizzler II – 8/3/91

Super Summer Sizzler II 1991-08-03 at Penn Hall in Philadelphia, Pa

Champion: DC Drake

Falls Count Anywhere Match Match 1 of 2 out of 3 Match Series – Cactus Jack vs. “Hot Shot” Eddie Gilbert, ref Jim Molineaux
Cactus is on the attack as we are joined in progress just as Joel Goodhart announces that this is falls count anywhere in the building. Cactus with a back elbow and double arm DDT for 2. They go to the floor. This show looks to be a fan cam while the others were professionally shot. Gilbert takes control on the floor and they brawl into the crowd. They brawl in the crowd for a while and Gilbert is busted open. A few clips in the action happen as they get out of camera view. Cactus nails Gilbert with a fans umbrella. Cactus comes of the apron with a sunset flip for 2. Gilbert is up and nails Cactus with the ring steps. Gilbert with a suplex on the floor for 2. Back in the ring Cactus hammers away on Gilbert and gets a 2 count. Cactus charges but gets picked up and hit with the hot shot. Gilbert goes for a piledriver but Cactus back drops him over the top to the floor. Cactus comes off the apron with a clothesline and gets the pin. 12.16 of the match was filmed. Cactus and Gilbert will go on to face each other again later tonight for the second match.

Madusa Micelli vs. Luna Vachon, ref John Finnegan
Luna on the offense early on. Madusa comes back a bit but gets cut off and hit with a swinging neck breaker. Luna goes up top but misses a splash. Madusa with a snap suplex for 2 and then she goes into a camel clutch. They go to the floor and Madusa brings Luna back into the ring with a suplex. She locks in a boston crab when Woman comes down and distracts the ref. Don E Allen hits the ring and clotheslines Madusa. Luna gets a chain and nails Madusa with it like a hundred time but Madusa still kicks out. Madusa grabs the chain and chokes Luna with it getting herself DQed in 9.36. Madusa gets on the mic and challenges Luna to a hair versus hair match. On her way to the back Madusa goes after Joel Goodhart. Goodhart gets on the mic and makes the match for next month.

Stretcher Match – Match 2 of 2 out of 3 Match Series: Cactus Jack vs. “Hot Shot” Eddie Gilbert, ref Joe Zanolle
Gilbert is still a mess from the first fall. Cactus all over him. Cactus calls for the stretcher but it’s much to early for Gilbert to be taken away. They go to the floor and we clip to them fighting in the crowd. Cactus throws a garbage can on Gilbert. Cactus comes off the second turnbuckle with an elbow to Gilbert on the floor but he misses. Gilbert brings the garbage can into the ring and nails Cactus with it a few times. He pulls a beer bottle out of the can and smashes it over the head of Cactus! Cactus is bleeding as Gilbert now digs the glass into his forehead. Gilbert grabs a mic and tells Cactus that he is going to kill him! Eddie with a DDT on the floor and then we clip ahead a bit and Eddie is taunting the crowd and telling the refs to put Cactus on the stretcher. Eddie gets the ring steps and nails Cactus a bunch of times. Cactus is stretchered to the back giving Gilbert the win. 9.03 shown.

Austin Idol vs. Buddy Landel, ref Joe Zanolle
They meet on the floor and go right after each other and quickly head into the crowd. We clip as our camera man gets us closer to the action. We get a few more clips as they brawl throughout Penn Hall. In the ring Buddy goes low and takes control. They only stay there for a minute and are right back into the crowd. They go back to the ring and this time it’s Idol with a low blow. Idol goes to lock on the figure four but Buddy pushes him off into the ref. Buddy gets the refs belt and starts using it on Idol. Ref John Finnegan comes out and calls for a double DQ. 5.53 of the match was filmed.

Stan Lane & Jim Cornette vs. The Fantastics, ref John Finnegan
Fantastics get heavily booed. Big “Fulton Sucks” chant. He and Lane start off. Lane works over the arm with Cornette even getting in on the action. Their double team backfires and Cornette ends up wrenching on the arm of Lane without realizing. Lane though cause right back to work on Fulton. Cornette tags in to a huge ovation. Fulton though fires back and all four men end up brawling onto the floor. Clip. Fulton goes face first into the ring steps. Back in the ring Lane with a DDT and tags back to Cornette. Cornette sends Fulton to the floor so Lane can get in some shots. Lane tags in and uses an object from his tights behind the refs back. Lane nails a clothesline for 2. A few tags back and forth by Cornette and Lane as they really work over Fulton. Fulton finally manages to tag in Tommy Rogers who comes in to a very poor reaction. Rogers for some reason tags out very quickly. Fulton with a cross body block on Lane but Cornette breaks up the pin. Cornette goes into his tights to some powder but Fulton kicks it back into his face and covers for the win. After the match Cornette attacks with his tennis racket to make the fans happy.

Cage Match – Match 3 of 2 out of 3 Match Series: Cactus Jack vs. “Hot Shot” Eddie Gilbert, ref John Finnegan
After two grueling matches already tonight these guy are at it again this time in a steel cage. Cactus on the attack early. Both men are bandaged up from the previous matches. Cactus claims the cage to jump off onto Gilbert but Eddie drop kicks the cage sending him to the floor. This is apparently a pinball cage match and now Gilbert follows Cactus to the floor. We get some clipping as they brawl into the crowd. Back into the ring and both men are bleeding. Cactus charges for a clothesline but Gilbert ducks and Cactus slams into the cage. Cactus gets sent into the corner and takes an awesome Flair bump but since he can’t flop to the apron he ends up hanging upside attached to the cage. Gilbert goes for ten punches but Cactus brings him out of the corner with an inverted atomic drop. Gilbert gets sent into the corner and comes charging right out for a clothesline. Cactus ducks and Gilbert continues to run for about 10 more steps before clotheslining the ref. Doug Gilbert climbs into the ring with a chain and attacks Cactus. The Gilberts attack Cactus and keep other wrestlers from getting into the ring. Bam Bam Bigelow comes down and makes the save and he and Cactus fight off Eddie and Doug.

My thoughts on the show…
This show is must see for the three Cactus Gilbert matches. These guys worked their asses off. My favorite was the Stretcher Match. The bottle breaking over the head of Cactus was sick. By the time they got to the cage match you could tell they tired as they slowed it down a lot but thats to be expected after what they went through and the cage match was still good. A few matches took place but are not on this tape including JT Smith winning the TWA Title from DC Drake in a 6 Man Elimination Match.