Super Summer Sizzler 1990-06-09 at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, Pa
“Cowboy” Bob Orton vs. Don Muraco, ref John Finnegan
Joined in progress on my copy. Muraco is choking Orton on the top rope. Orton tries to make a come back but gets cut off and then it edits to Orton just covering for the win. Only 1.37 of the match is on my tape.
Sandman (w/ Peaches) vs. JT Smith, ref John Finnegan
Again the match is cut. Smith with an elbow of the top but Sandman’s manager puts his foot on the rope to break it up. Sandman and the manager to go talk and Smith drop kicks Sandman into him. Sandman however is right up and he throws Smith over the top rope to the floor. Smith up on the apron and Sandman goes to slam him back into the ring but his manager pulls his foot and holds it down getting Smith the win. Sandman and his now former manager shove each other and Sandman grabs Peaches and leaves. Only 1.57 of this one was shown.
USWA Heavyweight Champion Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. Austin Idol
Three months ago Lawler attacked Idol after Idol’s match. Idol gets the fans to chant whip at Lawler. Lawler then on the mic and he makes jokes. Idol back on the mic and he says he’s ready to beat Lawler then he shakes his ass at him. Idol fires off on Lawler and Lawler bails to the floor. They fuck around in the ring a bit and then Lawler goes to the floor again and gets on the mic some more. Finally we get some action as Idol pulls Lawler balls first into the ring post. Lawler gets a chain from his tights. Every time the ref goes to check for it he moves it to a different spot. I always love that spot. Idol goes and brings a chair into the ring. As the ref tries to take it away Lawler sneaks up and nails Idol with the chain. Lawler punches away at Idol. They go to the floor and Lawler beats on Idol all the way up the bleachers. Idol fights back and Lawler takes a nasty spill down the bleachers. Back in the ring and Idol on top now. Lawler shoves Idol into the ref and then gets out the chain. Lawler misses a fist drop off the second rope and drops the chain. Idol picks it up and nails Lawler with it just in time for the ref to wake up and call for the DQ in 16.11
Chain Match: Nikita Koloff vs. “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez
Manny refuses to put the chain around his wrist. They are using the worlds fastest stop watch as the announcers calls out the 5 minute mark as my clock says it’s been 2. Manny pushes Koloff into a corner and hammers away. Nikita goes to the floor and Manny pulls him by the chain into the apron. Nikita pulls back and Manny clotheslines himself on the ropes. Manny back on top with punches and stomps. Fans really don’t give a shit about this match. It’s super slow. 20 minute call announcement I’ve got 12. The ref fucks up and it appears he legit gets something in his eye and then calls for the bell after Manny had only touched 3 turnbuckles. Everyone is really confused and then Nikita just goes back after Manny and the match keeps going. Then Nikita hits 3 buckles and the time keeper rings the bell on his own even though the ref didn’t call for the bell. Nikita hits the fourth one and it takes another 30 seconds or so for the bell to ring to officially end the match. 13.55 for this giant mess.
Joel Goodhart comes out and says that TWA will be holding a tournament over the next few months to crown the first ever TWA Heavyweight Champion. He displays the belt for everyone to see.
Elimination Match: Johnny Hotbody, Mondo Klein & DC Drake (w/ Don E Allen & ???) vs. Larry Winters, Rockin’ Rebel & Tony Stetson ref John Finnegan & ???
Drake and his partners argue all the way down the aisle. CN Redd is with them but then disappears before the match starts. Winters and his team charge the ring and the fight is on. Stetson gets busted open in the first few minutes. Hotbody takes a piledriver on the floor. It’s just a giant brawl all over the place as we pass 6 minutes. Winters uses a chain on Drake and gets a 2 count. Rebel is the first one eliminated in 10.33 as he’s pinned on the floor by Drake. Winters getting his ass kicked in the ring for the past 5 minutes. We get a bell at 15.22 and an announcement that Tony Stetson is eliminated which I’m confused about because all three of his opponents are in the ring. Winters at a 3-1 disadvantage. All the heels now leave the ring to argue with the fans giving Winters a TON of time to recover. The match just sort of stops happening. Drake misses a chair shot by about a mile and nails Mondo by accident. Now all the managers get in the ring. Mondo goes to whip Winters into a chair shot from Hotbody but the irish whip is reversed and Mondo again gets nailed with a chair. He falls to the floor and Winters comes off the top to the floor with a cross body to eliminate him in 20.34. Hotbody and Drake argue in the ring. Winters back in and he clears the ring. Winters looks like some random dude on the street with a perm and got his ass kicked for like 15 minutes and now I’m supposed to believe he can make this come back. On the floor Winters beats Hotbody with one of those plastic horns that people blow at soccer games. He picks him up in a body slam position and presses him against the wall and the ref makes a 3 count in 22.19. How can you pin someone against a wall? Down to Winters and Drake. They fight into the crowd and up the bleachers. There were a few edits during the brawl in the crowd but I doubt we missed much. Drake with a piledriver in the ring for a 2 count. Suplex for another 2. Drake beats on Winters a bit but then gets hit with a shitty looking power slam out of no where and pinned in 28.04. Redd shows back up and shakes the hand of Winters to congratulate him. Then we cut to him arguing with the manager that I don’t know the name of and getting sent into the ring where Winters rolls him up in a school boy and pins him…. Not sure what that was all about.
Paul Orndorff vs. Tully Blanchard, ref John Finnegan
Main event time! If these guys actually try this match has potential to be awesome. Paul with a hammerlock and Tully gets to the ropes. The ref kicks his arm away though instead of calling for the break. WTF man? Orndorff continues to work the arm for a few minutes and then he gets the better of a slugfest. Tully bails to the floor. Back in they go at it again and Orndorff again gets in more blows and Tully again goes to the floor. Tully tries to bring the ring bell into the ring but the ref takes it away. Tully with a cheap shot and he takes over and throws Orndorff to the floor. Tully with a chin lock and again he throws Orndorff to the floor. Back to the chin lock by Tully. Paul fights back but misses a flying knee in the corner and slams it into the buckle. Blanchard goes to work on the knee. Orndorff almost kills Blanchard during a suplex. Figure four locked in by Blanchard as he stays on the knee. They punch each other a bit and Orndroff gets a small package for 3 in 15.59. Tully takes out the knee and put the figure four back on and beats away on Orndorff. Orndorff is helped to the back as Tully celebrates his beat down in the ring. UGH
My thoughts on the show…
So it’s become clear to me after watching this second show that TWA was a great place for big name stars to get a nice payday and not have to do any work. We saw three matches with big name wrestlers in them this show and they probably did a total of five moves. This show fucking sucked. The six man was boring after the first 6 or so minutes when the big brawl was going on. Winters winning that one was so damn unbelievable. Don’t bother with this.
