The SmarK Rant for Mid-South Wrestling – 11.27.82

The SmarK Rant for Mid-South Wrestling – 11.27.82

Taped from Shreveport, LA

Your hosts are Boyd Pierce & Cowboy Bill Watts. Boyd has a particularly subdued brown suit this week. Did someone die?

So first up, Bill goes on a rant about how “big tough pro football players” can only do bench press lifts of 450 pounds, like a bunch of SISSIES, whereas Tony Atlas can do 550 like a REAL MAN. So we take a look at him doing just that from a couple of weeks ago, while JYD and his good friend Stagger Lee watch on and assist. Bill also claims that JYD has pressed in the 550 range himself, which I would be dubious about unless the Dog was on some kind of, I dunno, magical chemical performance enhancer. But how likely is that?

North American title: Ted Dibiase v. Tiger Conway Jr.

This is from Houston, and we’re joined with Tiger chasing Ted around the ring and slugging him down in the corner, prompting Ted to retreat again. This has to be from a while ago because Dibiase was still clean-shaven at this point, whereas now he’s well into the evil beard era we all know and love. Looks like it’s from October 1 according to Cagematch, which is about two months before this show. Tiger works the arm, but he charges Ted and gets run into the corner. Dibiase drops a knee on him and puts the boots to him and follows with a backbreaker for two. Dibiase goes to a chinlock, but Tiger makes a comeback and Dibiase cuts him off and goes back to the chinlock again. Dibiase, commentating on the match in the present day, notes that his only goal is money and everything he does in wrestling is to make the most money in every situation. Well there’s an understatement. Tiger dodges a charge and makes another comeback, backdropping Dibiase out of the corner while present day Ted complains about the lack of sportsmanship shown by Tiger. Tiger headbutts him and goes up with a flying headbutt, but Dibiase gets his forearms up to block it, and then he loads up the ISOTONER OF DEATH and knocks Tiger out to retain at 10:20. I don’t really know Conway outside of the Jive Tones with Shaska Whatley but this was a good match against Dibiase. ***

Skandor Akbar joins us after being absent for a couple of months, revealing that he’s the one who’s been pulling the strings behind Kamala, and he’s got more guys on the way.

Kamala v. El Silencio

Kamala destroys Silencio with the usual array of chops and the big splash to finish at 0:40. And then he unmasks the poor geek and presents it to Akbar, which prompts Akbar to declare that Kamala is going mask-hunting in the territory from now on. So that’s bad news for three people in particular: Stagger Lee, Mr. Wrestling II and Mr. Olympia.

Iron Mike Sharpe & Mr. Olympia v. Rick & John Davidson

Olympia controls a Davidson in the corner and Sharpe comes in to work the arm while Bill puts over the blind kid who loves coming out to watch wrestling every week. Fun fact, he grew up to be a referee! Olympia finishes a Davidson with a bodypress at 3:30, and apparently the babyfaces will challenge the Rat Pack next week for the tag titles.

Mr. Wrestling II v. Marty Lunde

Thankfully Lunde is back to normal short black trunks after trying straps for the past few weeks. He is wearing a headband for his entrance attire, which is amusing for someone who never had hair. Lunde tries some headlocks after a chapshot, but Wrestling II fights him off and takes him down with a hammerlock. Lunde fights him off in the corner, but he throws shoulders and then runs right into a kneelift, allowing II to slam him and then finish with a pair of kneelifts at 2:22.

Bob Roop v. Mike Bond

Roop’s been gone for a few weeks now, actually. I kind of assumed he was done for good. Roop takes Bond down and pounds away with forearms in the corner. Bond tries a comeback and Roop puts him down with a clothesline to cut that off and follows with a hip attack. Brainbuster finishes at 2:00. So then Watts tells a story about a promoter who is anxiously awaiting the return of Junkyard Dog after his 90 day suspension, and as motivation will be offering “a giant watermelon” for the Dog upon his return. Yeah, so moving on…

Hiro Matsuda & Yoshi Yatsu v. Tim Horner & King Cobra

Yatsu had the kind of career longevity that makes Randy Orton seem like a flash in the pan. The Japanese double-team Horner with time quickly running down, as Yatsu does some cool deadlift gutwrench slams, but Cobra comes in and time expires at 2:00.

Next time: Dibiase & Borne defend the tag team titles against Iron Mike Sharpe & Mr. Olympia! Plus GIRL WRESTLERS!