Graham Cawthon
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Picked this up at Fanfest and got around to watching it yesterday afternoon. Not bad but most of the "main event" matches went to draws, which might have left a bad taste in my mouth if I was in the crowd. How hard was this hyped on TV? Battle of the Belts II - Orlando, FL - Eddie Graham Sports Arena - February 14, 1986 Shown live in syndication - featured Gordon Solie & Mike Graham on commentary; included Bobby Colt conducting a backstage interview with Bahamas Champion Tyree Pride regarding his win earlier in the show; featured Colt conducting a backstage interview with Florida Heavyweight champion Kendall Windham regarding his win earlier in the show; included Colt conducting a backstage interview with the new Southern Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger, with Hiro Matsuda, regarding his title win; featured Colt conducting a backstage interview with Paul Ellering, the Road Warriors, & Blackjack Mulligan regarding their upcoming match and the Road Warriors having stolen Kevin Sullivan's golden spike; during the interivew, a graphic on the screen said the Road Warriors were the NWA Tag Team Champions; included Solie conducting an interview in the crowd with Superstar Billy Graham in which he said he had returned to Florida and would team with Wahoo McDaniel to face Kevin Sullivan's group the next night in Lakeland, FL; featured Colt conducting a backstage interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair regarding his upcoming title defense against Barry Windham: Bahamas Champion Tyree Pride pinned Ron Slinker at 3:38 with a crossbody Florida Heavyweight Champion Kendall Windham pinned Rocky Iaukea with the bulldog at 8:39 NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown defeated the White Ninja (Keiji Mutoh) via disqualification at 12:39 when the momentum of a crossbody by the champion caused Brown to fall over the top rope while Ninja remained in the ring Lex Luger (w/ Hiro Matsuda) pinned Southern Heavyweight Champion Jesse Barr at 20:34 with a clothesline after holding onto the ropes to avoid a roll up; Barr had his foot on the bottom rope during the cover but Luger pushed it off Bruiser Brody (w/ Gary Hart) fought Wahoo McDaniel to a double count-out in a $20,000 bounty match at the 5-minute mark after both men began brawling in the crowd and hitting each other with steel chairs; after the bout, Brody & Hart left ringside instead of continuing to fight McDaniel; moments later, McDaniel ran up the aisle and brawled with Brody all the way backstage The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) & Blackjack Mulligan fought Kevin Sullivan, Purple Haze (Mark Lewin), & Maya Singh (Bob Roop) (w/ Luna Vachon) to a double count-out at the 6-minute mark when, after the referee had been knocked down, both teams battled their way backstage NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Barry Windham to a double count-out at 41:44 when both men prevented the other from getting back into the ring after a Flair crossbody sent both men over the top to the floor; Flair used Phil Collins' "Easy Lover" as his entrance music for the match
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