WORLD WRESTLING COUNCIL
JUAN PACHIN VICENS AUDITORIUM
PONCE, PUERTO RICO
JULY 24, 1977 7 PM
REFEREE: TOMAS MARIN Promoted by: Capital Sports (A joint venture of MACW and CWF)
Sanctioned by: National Wrestling Alliance
--Puerto Rican national anthem
Match 1-
THE PROFESSIONAL defeats SUPER GLADIATOR A deliberate style match that looks like it will go into the win column of the Super Gladiator. Gladiator has The Professional in a chicken wing submission hold. Pro rams Gladiator back first into the turnbuckle. Pro then lifts Gladiator into a butterfly suplex. He puts a sleeper on Gladiator for the win.
Time: 13:29 After the match, The Professional refuses to wake Super Gladiator. He walks away. The crowd erupts when Huracan Castillo comes out and slaps Gladiator in the back to wake him up. Castillo and The Pro have words.
Match 2-
THE INFERNOS w/ HOMER O’DELL defeat THE AVENGER/ “THE ALL-AMERICAN” DON KERNODLE Kernodle comes out in an Elon College letterman’s jacket. He and The Avenger take the upper hand early on. Their double teaming sets Inferno I up for a cobra clutch. It takes a great struggle but Inferno I makes the ropes.
Homer O’Dell confers with his men on the auditorium floor. One move they obviously discuss is how to hide some rope use from the referee. The Avenger pays the price for that. In the end, Avenger has Inferno II in a rolling cradle. O’Dell goes after Kernodle and gets Marin’s attention. Inferno I lands a knee drop to Avenger’s back. Marin turns around and counts the pin for The Infernos.
Time: 13:28 Match 3-
HURACAN CASTILLO/ CIEN CARAS/ VICTOR JOVICA defeat TOSH TOGO/ EL LOBO/ JACK ARMSTRONG.
The first advantage in this match comes when the three heels work on the mid section of Caras. Togo uses his abdominal claw to almost get a submission. Later in the match, El Lobo loads his mask and takes out Jovica, causing him to fall awkwardly to the floor.
The end of the match comes when Togo and Caras and Jovica and Lobo are fighting on the floor. Caras has Togo in a surfboard. Lobo has Jovica in a bear hug and rams him into the ring post.
The legal men, Armstrong and Castillo, are in the ring. A leg whip drives Armstrong into the turnbuckle. Castillo drops Armstrong to the mat with a fisherman’s suplex for the win.
Time: 17:58 Match 4-
EL DIABLO MASCARAS w/ MARK MANSON defeats VICTOR RIVERA. The first part of the match has Rivera and Diablo Mascaras exchanging advantages. Rivera starts to get frustrated with the constant interference of Manson. Eventually, Rivera lifts Mascaras into a vertical suplex. Manson trips Rivera. Mascaras comes down hard on Rivera. He locks Rivera into a camel clutch. Twice, Rivera manages to make the ropes. The third time he can’t and Rivera is forced to submit.
Time: 15:35 Match 5-
HERCULES AYALA defeats SUPER MEDICO. Super Medico has a good strategy to start the match. He keeps Ayala off his feet and works on his right knee. From his knees, Ayala chops his way back. He manages to get to his feet and drives Super Medico into the turnbuckle. He slaps on a bear hug that wears Medico out.
The fight goes to the floor where both men pole the other, opening each other up. The match ends when Ayala lifts Super Medico into a power slam position. He drops Medico’s face hard into the top turnbuckle. A quick pin follows.
Time: 19:37 .
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INTERMISSION
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Match 6-
GORILLA MONSOON/ ANTONIO INOKI defeat GIL HAYES/ ROCK RIDDLE by CO It ends up two on one early in this match. Riddle and Hayes double team the Puerto Rican Champion Monsoon. They take out the right leg. Inoki is biting at the bit to come in. A series of head butts allow Monsoon to make the hot tag.
Inoki and Riddle hook up in a high impact exchange. Inoki hits a snap suplex on Riddle and follows up with his trademark ensiguri kick to the back of the head. Riddle manages to get his leg on the ropes just in time. Monsoon gets the tag and focuses on Riddle’s back. Eventually, Monsoon lifts Riddle into a hangman’s back breaker. Hayes comes in to break it up and all four men go at it.
The match ends up on the floor. Monsoon and Hayes are the legal men. Hayes and Inoki are fighting on the floor. Hayes rakes at the eyes of Inoki as Marin makes the count. Hayes does not make it into the ring by the slimmest of margins. Hayes and Riddle are livid about the call. The faces win by a controversial count out.
Time: 23:28 Match 7-
CARLOS COLON defeats KING CURTIS w/ MARK MANSON Curtis and Manson come to the ring first. As Colon is being introduced, they run down the aisle to attack him. Colon fights them off for a while, but Manson pulls out a pencil.
Curtis cuts Colon up out of the sight of Marin, who is just trying to get the match in the ring. With Colon bleeding, Curtis drags him to the squared circle and the bell finally rings to officially start the match.
A series of bodyslams, suplexes, and elbow drops lead to some near pins. The crowd is blowing the whistles that are a part of WWC action to the top of their lungs. Colon is energized and he finds the strength to go berserk. He makes a miraculous recovery and gets the pencil from Manson after his low blow to the manager. He returns the favor and, soon, both men are crimson.
The end of the match starts when Colon is prone on the auditorium floor. Curtis tries his finishing move, the big splash. Colon moves at the last second. Curtis hits the floor hard. Colon gets back up and poles Manson and Curtis. He rolls Curtis back into the ring and applies a figure four leg lock for the win.
Time: 25:49
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