Mickey Yarber
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Southwest Championship Wrestling House Show Report for 02/17 - 02/22 Sampling of the shows Sun. 02/17/83 Hondo TX - Afternoon Show - Billy Anderson def. Bob Yuma after hitting him with a low blow. - Tiger Conway Jr. def. Jody Arnold with a sunset flip. - Jose Lothario & Al Perez def. Killer Karl Krupp & Pat Rose in the main event. Sun. 02/17/83 Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio TX - Evening Show - Southwest Tag Champions, The Fabulous Blondes vs. Bobby Fulton & Ricky Romero was the highlight of this card, as it was a fast paced tag team duel that saw the challengers control a lot of the match. The Blondes managed to survive though and finish off Romero with a spike piledriver to retain the belts. Mon. 02/18/83 Killeen TX - Southwest Champion Manny Fernandez defended against The Spoiler in a hotly contested rematch that saw the challenger bloody the champion. Fernandez fought back though and retained when he caught Spoiler with his flying burrito. Tues. 02/19/83 Austin TX - Tully Blanchard fought Tiger Conway Jr. in a rematch from their bout on tv this past Saturday. Tully got the win here as he finished off Conway with his patented Slingshot Suplex. He attemted to give him another, but Blackjack Mulligan came out and brawled around the ring with Tully until security arrived to break it up. - Also on this card, in women's action....Sherri Martel impressed the crowd with her wrestling skill as she defeated Susan Green in an exciting bout. The crowd seemed impressed with the way the ladies went at it full tilt. Wed. 02/20/83 San Antonio TX - This was a tv taping. Tune in Saturday to see all the action, including Mark Van Halen live at The Junction, Southwest Champion Manny Fernandez in action, "Warlord" Jonathon Boyd in a featured interview, Matchmaker Joe Blanchard with an important announcement, and Cable TV Champion Killer Brooks in a surprising and wild title defense you won't want to miss! Thur. 02/21/83 Galveston TX - Mark Van Halen put on an impressive display as he quickly disposed of Mando Lopez and made him submit to a full nelson lock. - The New Zealand Militia, Jonathon Boyd & Ripper Morgan dismantled Bob Yuma and Sam Houston for a win when Ripper Morgan locked Houston in a bearhug until he submitted. Fri. 02/22/83 Corpus Christi TX - The Spoiler def. Al Perez with a headbutt that was made the more dangerous due to the foreign object Spoiler placed in his mask. Perez was game and fought a good fight in retaliation for Spoilers attack on Sunday's tv show, but Spoiler would not be denied. - The match that had the crowd rocking though was when Tito Santana & Jose Lothario teamed up to battle Killer Brooks & Pat Rose. It was a hard fought contest that ended when Tito nailed Brooks with his flying forearm for the pin while Lothario held off Rose from making the save.
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