After
this one ran, Terry Fox said, "So, you're the guy who didn't like my
cage." The line about "Parts of the trophies flew into the crowd and
struck a fan who juiced hardway" happened to Barb. She really bled
(slightly) from the broken trophy parts flying out of the ring. We
still have those parts. She'd see more action later on in her wrestling
career.
The card was held in a horseshoe pit. The ring was on one side and all the chairs were on the other. The chairs were full and people were standing in the back. No bell was brought so two horseshoes were banged together to start the matches.
1.) Thor pinned Dr. Darin
Davis following a neckbreaker. Kind of a slow match.
D.D.D. hit a good looking Acid Drop for a two count.
2.) The Chi-Town Thug
pinned Helmut von Strauss following an inverted DDT.
Cynnamon was not there. Helmut is a skinny kid with a bad German
accent, but a good heel grimace. (Editor's note: This was the
unscheduled pro debut of Von Strauss.)
3.) Blood pinned Sheriff
Johnny Emerald following interference from Playboy Pete Huge. After Pete hit the Sheriff with his belt, Blood finished him off with a
kneedrop. S.J.E. hit a good monkey flip. Blood worked the crowd in his
usual manner and toyed with the idea of climbing the roof of the Wave,
but wisely thought better of it.
4.) Robbie Thunder pinned
Judge Jesse. Thunder is a big green kid. (Editor's note: I
believe this was Judge Jesse's Minnesota debut.)
5.) Playboy Pete Huge
pinned Primetime after hitting him with a foreign object to retain the
cruiserweight title.
This was the best match of the night. The two fought outside of the
ring, ramming each other into a wall and a cedar fence. The action in
the ring was fast and athletic.
6.) Mitch Paradise pinned
Shifty (w/the High Rollers) after a pump handle slam in a non-title
match.
Shifty sold well. The High Rollers were sent away at the beginning of
the match, so only had a small part. This was also a good match.
Then came a long intermission, longer than 45 minutes, to assemble the
cage. Hose clamps, muffler clamps and rope were used to hold it
together. The cage looked old and rusty. It was designed poorly,
constructed poorly, and assembled poorly. During the intermission it
began to rain, and rained throughout the final match. After
intermission, but before the cage match, Terry Fox, Ed Hellier, and
Mick Karch presented trophies to Kenny Jay and Buck "Rock 'n' Roll"
Zumhofe. The High Rollers interrupted the presentation and mocked the
two AWA veterans, noting that Jay's trophy was bigger than Zumhofe's.
Buck then went after Jay. The High Rollers joined in and the three of
them beat up Jay and Terry Fox. Fox bled. Parts of the trophies flew
into the crowd and struck a fan who juiced hardway. Mitch Paradise made
the save for Fox. This set up a match for next month in Becker.
7.) Cruel &
Unusual defeated Storm Wolf & Steve Stardom in a steel cage
match.
It was raining hard by this time, but the crowd stayed. C&U
brought
weapons, including two chairs. Referee Frank Stool stayed outside the
ring. Even so, the two teams tagged in and out conventionally. Stool
hid from the rain beneath a towel, looking like Tazz. Storm Wolf hit
two good drop kicks into chairs held by the heels. He also jumped off
the top of the cage. In order, Hoofer, Xavier, and Stardom bladed.
(Editor's note: I also received a note about Hoofer being busted up the
hard way when a chair was dropkicked into him. He was bleeding from the
cheek and upper eye. All were said to have put in a lot of effort.) The
finish came in an odd manner. At one point Xavier said: "Let's get out
of here", and C&U left the ring. Stool then declared Cruel and
Unusual the winners. --doc d'X