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Summer Sizzler Tour Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling Jim Crockett Promotions Sanctioned by: The National Wrestling Alliance Referees: Tommy Young and Sonny Fargo Victory Stadium, Roanoke, VA Attendance: 17,567  Gates opened at 5:00 with a concert by the Marshall Tucker Band! At 6:30 the concert ends with the Marshall Tucker Band performing the National Anthem to kick off a HOT night of wrestling action! . . 1st Match: Mid-Atlantic Television Championship Angelo Mosca vs. Mr. #1 Paul Jones What a match to kick off this huge night of action! Both men are feeding off the huge crowd as they really take it to each other! Mosca has control of the match until things spill outside the ring and he goes for a knee drop but misses! Jones capitalizes and works on the apparent injured right knee of Mosca. Jones rolls him back inside and locks on the Indian Deathlock!!! After trying frantically to escape Mosca has to give it up!!! Winner: "New Mid-Atlantic Television Champion" Mr. #1 Paul Jones@14:23 . . 2nd Match: "Special Attraction" Ox Baker vs. Cowboy Bob Ellis The fans are very appreciative of the new faces making a stop here in the Mid-Atlantic! Great contest going back and forth with Baker getting the pinfall after a big heart punch! Winner: Ox Baker @12:34 . . 3rd Match: Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship Robert Fuller vs. The Mongolian Stomper Fuller came into this one not knowing who his opponent would be as it had not been announced! He was really suprised to see the Mongolian Stomper coming down through the sea of people to the ring! Fuller jumps the Stomper as soon as he gets in the ring and the referee calls for the bell! These two know each other well and really take it to another level. Stomper gains the advantage at one point until Bobby Duncum comes down to ringside and trips him! Fuller drops an elbow on the Stomper and rolls him over for the cover (as Duncum holds Stomper's feet) 1.....2.....3!!! Winner: Robert Fuller @15:47 . . 10 Minute Intermission . . 4th Match: Florida Heavyweight Championship Jack Brisco vs. The Spoiler Another fantastic match with some new but familiar faces! These two greats go back and forth for awhile and at times the Spoiler looked like he may get a pinfall but Brisco kept on fighting back finally, getting the pinfall after Spoiler misses an elbow from the top rope, as Brisco immediately hooks both legs for the win! Winner: Jack Brisco @19:34 . . 5th Match: "Special Challenge" "Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat The crowd in Roanoke is really hot for this one! These two have been going at each other for several months now in some great matches and this one wouldn't be any different. It looked as if Steamboat was going to get the win as he climbed to the top rope getting ready to hit the famous flying cross body block on Flair but Ole and Gene Anderson come down and Gene distracts the referee as Ole pushes Steamboat off the ropes and Flair immediately drops a knee to his head and hooks both legs as the referee turns around to make the count.....1....2....3!!! Winner: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair @21:23 . . 6th Match: NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Championship Jerry Brisco vs. Tully Blanchard w/Johnny Weaver Another great bout between these two young lions. Blanchard puts up a great showing in this one but in the end it just isn't enough as Brisco gets the victory with a quick backslide! Winner: Jerry Brisco @18:56 . . 15 Minute Intermission . . 7th Match: "Special 20-Man Battle Royal" Special stipulations: Every man is a winner! "Pick Your Prize Rules" Everyman will be a winner in this special event. After a man is eliminated he will reach in a fishbowl at ringside to determine a "Prize"! Prizes range from $25-$7500, also at stake are a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, U.S. Heavyweight Champion, Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion, Mid-Atlantic Television Champion and the winner of the Battle Royal will receive a Brand New 1977 Cadillac El Dorado and $5000 in cash! Participants: Andre The Giant Kevin Sullivan Jos Leduc Sterling Golden Hercules Ayala Wahoo McDaniel Angelo Mosca Johnny Weaver Don Kernodle Kevin Von Erich Rock Riddle Miguel Perez Gino Hernandez Dick Murdoch Giant Baba Giant Haystacks Bob Roop Toru Tanaka Bob Slaughter Missouri Mauler The crowd is going crazy with this huge line-up of stars from all over the world entered in this special bout!
Andre eliminates Johnny Weaver and Bob Roop as the two were fighting on the ropes
-Weaver draws out a $25 winner-Roop draws out a $500 winner
Sterling Golden eliminates Hercules Ayala
-Ayala draws out a $50 winner
Wahoo McDaniel eliminates Jos LeDuc
-LeDuc draws out a $300 winner
Bob Slaughter and Missouri Mauler eliminate each other
-Slaughter draws out a $750 winner- Mauler draws out a shot at the Mid-Atlantic TV Title
Kevin Von Erich eliminates Don Kernodle
-Kernodle draws out a $100 winner
Kevin Sullivan eliminates Miguel Perez
-Perez draws out a $200 winner
Gino Hernandez and Dick Murdoch are fighting to close to the ropes and Giant Haystacks pushes them over
-Hernandez draws out a shot at the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title-Murdoch draws out a $400 winner
Toro Tanaka eliminates Rock Riddle
-Riddle draws out a $1,000 winner
Giant Baba immediately eliminates Toro Tanaka
-Tanaka draws out a $3,000 winner
Andre eliminates Angelo Mosca
-Mosca draws out a shot at the U.S. Heavyweight Title
Wahoo eliminates Kevin Sullivan
-Sullivan draws out a $2,000 winner
Sterling Golden and Giant Haystacks eliminate each other
-Golden draws out a $4,000 winner- Haystacks draws out a $6,000 winner
Giant Baba eliminates Kevin Von Erich
-Von Erich draws out a $7,500 winner
Andre then eliminates Giant Baba
-Baba draws out a $5,000 winner
The final two men left are Wahoo McDaniel and Andre the Giant! The huge crowd are on their feet as the two men lock up! Andre hits a head butt and stuns Wahoo and scoops him up for an apparent body slam but he instead walks over to the ropes and throws Wahoo out! Andre is the winner!
-Wahoo draws out a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Title
-Andre wins the Battle Royal and the 1977 Cadillac El Dorado and $5,000 cash! Time: 26:54 . . 10 Minute Intermission . . 8th Match: NWA World Tag Team Championship Jesse Ventura and Ken Patera vs. Ole and Gene Anderson The fans as well as the Andersons have been waiting patiently for this re-match! Great match that sees alot of brawling back and forth with all four men in the ring at some times! Referee Tommy Young gets knocked down and Ole goes out for a chair and brings it in the ring he hits Patera and puts the big man down. He then hits Ventura as he comes into the ring knocking him out through the ropes to the stadium floor. He drags an already downed Gene over to cover Patera but before he can revive Young out comes Steamboat who dropkicks Ole from behind knocking him through the ropes! He switches Gene and Pateras positions with Patera on top as Young comes to! 1.....2......3!!! Winners: Ken Patera and Jesse Ventura @23:11 . . 9th Match: NWA World Heavyweight Championship Terry Funk vs. "U.S. Heavyweight Champion" Masked Superstar w/Professor Malenko These two are certainly no strangers and go at it as soon as the bell rings! The match goes back and forth alot with neither one really gaining an advantage until down the aisle comes the Masked Russian with his chain and as Malenko has the referee distracted he nails the Superstar with it!!!! Funk takes advantage of the situation and rolls up Superstar hooking both legs for the 1.....2.....3!!!! It looks as if Malenko and The Masked Russian have washed their hands of the Masked Superstar as the two continue the onslaught on the big masked man as Funk leaves the ring! The Masked Russian hits his Hangman's Hold and then a spike piledriver with help from Malenko!! The two leave the Superstar laying in the middle of the ring as they leave! Winner: Terry Funk @29:34
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MACW "Summer Sizzler Tour" Must See This! 8/18/77 (Read 391 times)