From: jewell@Data-IO.COM (Cal Jewell)
Subject: CWUSA: 11/13/92 Recap
Followup-To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Organization: Data I/O Corporation
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:46:35 GMT


Administrivia: I'm prefacing all the CWUSA-related stuff that I post 
with the tag "CWUSA:". Design your kill files accordingly. 

This show was aired November 13, 1992 and was taped November 6, 1992. 
As always, all matches were taped at the House Of Action, the 
Portland Sports Arena. 

Opening: Same title sequence as last week: arm drags and sunset flips 
o'plenty. 

Don Koss (sp?) opens the show by himself. On today's show, a no DQ 
match for the TV Title Trophy between John Rambo and the Dirty White 
Boy. Also, the International Tag Team Tournament continues with Billy 
Two Eagles and Mike Winner taking on the Bruise Brothers (Don and Ron 
Harris). Also mentioned Mike Steel (I think he meant to say Max 
Steel), Al Madril, the Pope Brothers, C. W. Bergstrom, and Buddy 
Wayne. 


Match 1:
"The Latin Lover" Al Madril (from Los Angeles, heel) vs. C. W. Bergstrom 
(from Milwaukee, face)

Jesse Barr joins Don Koss in the booth. The crowd looks a little 
larger than in the past few weeks. Maybe the exposure on cable is 
helping, maybe not. Not much happens during the first 8 minutes of 
the match. Lots of hair pulling, arm bars, reversals, and bitching to 
the referee. Al Madril throws in an occasional abdominal stretch 
(with the aid of the ring ropes) to make things exciting. All in all, 
the first 11 minutes of this 10-minute time limit match are BORING. 

The match finishes like this: CW smacks Madril's head in to top 
turnbuckle in each corner. CW covers Madril, gets a two count. Madril 
recovers, whips CW into the ropes, CW leaps over Madril and puts a 
SLOW backslide on Madril. Two count. They break clean and CW puts a 
small package on Madril for another two count. They break clean again 
and exchange irish whips across the ring until Madril attempts a 
sunset flip on CW. CW gives it the old "I'm at my point of 
equilibrium, will I fall backwards or hit Madril with a butt drop?" 
schtick. Madril pulls CW back and gets a two count on CW. CW rolls 
back and lunges toward Madril, pinning him in what my high school 
wrestling coach called a Saturday Night Ride. CW gets the three count 
and walks away victorious. The crowd pops and Madril whines as we go 
to commercial. 

The match was announced as a 10-minute time limit. It ended up going 
13:40. 

During the match, Don and Jesse mention that [paraphrased] "for all 
intents and purposed, the tag team tournament is down to three teams: 
Heavy Metal Incorporated, the Bruise Brothers, and Jesse Barr and 
Ryuma Go. So much for the teams for Australia, Korea, Canada, and
Europe. Heck, we never saw any wrestlers from Australia, Korea,
Canada, or Europe wrestle. At least WCW made a token effort to
bring in talend from "around the world" for the Pat O'Connor Tag
Team Tourney.


Interview:
Don Koss talks to CW Bergstrom. He'd like to be in the tag team 
tournament, but his arm is only 70%. (You'll recall that the Bruise 
Brothers, Don and Ron Harris, pummeled CW a few weeks ago.) He wants 
a piece of the Bruise Brothers. So does Max Steel. Hmm....

Match 2:
Max Steel (face, Philadelphia) vs Jim Pope (Portland, face) 

Both are supposed to be faces, but Max Steel gets a bit of a heel 
pop. As the match opens, Don Koss reminds us that Max Steel is one 
half of Heavy Metal Incorporated. His partner, "Iron" Bo Silvers is 
missing and is rumored to have been sent away by the Bruise Brothers. 
(Note: I don't know if the angle with Bo being gone is a work or if 
he's left CWUSA.) 

Don Koss and Jesse Barr mention that Jim Pope is a product of Sandy 
Barr's wrestling school. At one point in the match, Steel hits Pope 
with a power bomb. What's noteworthy is that for a green wrestler, 
Steel executes this power bomb better than Sid Eudy/Vicious/Justice 
usually does. After the power bomb, Steel whips Pope into the ropes 
and hits him with a Doug Furnas quality drop kick: ie, he's parallel 
to the ground and plants his feet right in Pope's face. Not bad for a 
6' 5" wrestler. Steel scoop slams Pope and appears to be going for 
the cover and the pin when the Bruise Brothers run in and proceed to 
beat the tar out of Max Steel. Kicks O'Plenty to the head, double 
clothesline, stomps, etc. Don Koss and Jesse Barr don't know what's 
going on. While Don Koss is urging the referees to do something, Barr 
decides he's had enough and leaves the Crow's Nest. Moments later CW 
Bergstrom arrives in the ring, carrying a chair (presumably he heard 
Don Koss's calls for help). CW cleans house. Moments later, Jesse 
Barr shows up. 

Finally, we go to commercial with Max Steel standing alone in the 
ring. Jesse Barr and CW Bergstrom left the ring as quickly as they 
showed up. 

Interview:
Don Koss talks to Max Steel, who's mad as hell and can't take it any 
more. He wants a new partner and he wants it now. He demands to talk 
to Sandy Barr. Mr. Personality Sandy Barr shows up and listens to 
what Max has to say. Max wants a new partner. Sandy says, 
[paraphrased] "not a problem." Ok, says Max. We go to commercial 
wondering who Max Steel will pick as his new partner. 


Match 3:
"Lightning" Buddy Wayne (Seattle, face) vs Karl Pope (Portland, face)

Jesse Barr and Don Koss call the match. They spend most of the time 
wondering who Max Steel will choose as his new partner. They also 
announce that "Japan has won the bid on the final match for the 
tournament". That means that the final match for the tournament will 
be held in Japan at Korakuran Hall (sp?), which is right next to the 
Egg Dome. 

Side question: I'm almost sure that they aren't holding the finals in 
Japan, but you never know. Does anybody know if CWUSA has ties to any 
of the federations in Japan. 

Jesse Barr mentions that he will be wrestling Brian Lee next week. 
Looks like CWUSA is bringing in some new talent. 

Nov 20 Oakville WA at the high school (postponed due to the local 
high school football team being in the state playoffs) only in the 
indies. :-) 

Also, they announce plans to travel to Seattle and Spokane, but don't 
give any dates. 

Nov 26, Salem OR at the Armory

Dec 4, Tacoma WA at Clover Park High School

All the while, Wayne and Pope aren't doing much. Arm bars, arm drags, 
abdominal stretches, etc. In general, "Lightning" Buddy Wayne 
controls the match. It appears as though the Pope Brothers are the 
CWUSA equivalent of MA Bagwell and Z-man in WCW. 

For the second week in a row, Jesse Barr mentions that he'd like to 
hookup with a NCAA champion and help his transition into pro 
wrestling. Sounds like CWUSA is trolling for their own version of the 
Steiner Brothers. 

The match finishes in a time limit draw. Toward the end of the match, 
Pope missed several moves and the wrestling in the last few minutes 
was sloppy and unpolished. Pope is a fairly good wrestler and Wayne 
appears to be better than Pope, but both looked sloppy toward the 
end. I'm not sure if they got tired or just lost interest. My guess 
it a combination of both. 

Interview:
CW Bergstrom wants to talk to Don Koss in an "unscheduled interview". 
CW says that he wants to be Max Steel's new partner. CW admits that 
he doesn't know Max very well and that they don't hang out together, 
but they both share a common enemy: the Bruise Brothers. Max Steel 
walks out and admits that he doesn't know CW very well and wants to 
know if CW wants the Bruise Brothers. Of course, CW does and he puts 
the question to Max again. Max says, "lets do it". The crowd pops 
mildly. 

I smell a heel turn coming for CW or Max. I'd guess that CW and Max 
will feud with the Bruise Brothers for a while and then either CW or 
Max will turn heel and pummel his former partner. 


Match 4: The TV Main Event
Mike Winner and Billy Two Eagles (faces) vs. the Bruise Brothers 
(Ron and Don Harris, heels)

Like last week, this match is joined in progress. And, like last 
week, this match is joined in mid comment. More sloppy editing, 
although it is getting better. As we join the match, Mike Winner is 
getting pummeled by Don Harris. Billy Two Eagles tries to save his 
partner and the referee pushes BTE back to his corner. Meanwhile, the 
Bruise Brothers are kicking the crap out of Mike Winner. 

CW Bergstrom and Max Steel walk out and start taunting the Bruise 
Brothers. Mike Winner is still unable to tag in BTE and the Bruise 
Brothers are still kicking the crap out of Mike Winner. For no 
apparent reason, MAx Steel and CW leave ringside and return to the 
locker room. Mike Winner manages to make a hot tag and in comes BTE, 
who cleans house. The Bruise Brothers recover and throw Mike Winner 
out of the ring. Then, they grab BTE and press him over their heads. 
They hold him there for a few seconds and then throw him out on to 
Mike Winner. As Winner is catching BTE, he falls back and smacks his 
head on the guard rail between the fans and the ring. I'm sure he 
took a hell of a bump. 

With Mike Winner outside the ring, the Bruise Brothers double team 
BTE. They pick him up and hold him straight up, about 5 feet off the 
mat. Don (or Ron) Harris hits BTE with the CWUSA version of the Leg 
Drop of Doom [tm Titan Sports, Inc.] and covers BTE for the pin. 


Interview:
The Bruise Brothers maintain that because he's getting a new partner, 
Max Steel should forfeit the points he earned with "Iron" Bo Silvers. 
The Bruise Brothers are a great interview. I wouldn't be doing them 
justice by trying to recap it here. They aren't quite Nature Boy 
quality, but they are close. They're definitely better interviews 
than most of the talent in WCW or WWF. 

Apparently, the winner of the Max Steel and CW Bergstrom vs the 
Bruise Brothers match will go to Japan to face Jesse Barr and Ryuma 
Go for the tag title. I guess that's because of points, but that's 
not made clear. 

Segment:
Fiesta Garden w/ "the Latin Lover" Al Madril
Al's guests this week are Max Steel and CW Bergstrom. CW and Max 
barely get in a word when the Bruise Brothers walk in. The Bruise 
Brothers give another great interview and start shoving CW and Max 
around the set. We'll see the CW and Max vs the Bruise Brothers 
match next week.

Match Recap:

C. W. Bergstrom def. "The Latin Lover" Al Madril

Max Steel and Jim Pope wrestled to a no decision, the match was 
broken up by the Bruise Brothers 

"Lightning" Buddy Wayne and Karl Pope wrestled to a time limit draw

The Bruise Brothers def Billy Two Eagles and Mike Winner 


We leave the show as Dirty White Boy and John Rambo are wrestling for 
the TV Title Trophy. I have no idea how the match turned out. I guess 
we'll find out next week.


-- 
Cal...                        "I meant no harm. I just liked
                               explosives and I was careful never 
 jewell@Data-IO.COM            to kill more than I could eat."
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