NWA (JCP) World Championship Wrestling (November 22, 1986)

 

Original Airdate: November 22, 1986 (taped November 16)

From Atlanta, Georgia; Your Host is Tony Schiavone

Brad Armstrong and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express are out to talk at two hundred miles per hour. Brad wearing a ‘Hard Rock Cafe - New York’ shirt feels like it should make him a heel in this territory

Tully Blanchard v Allen West: Blanchard with the slingshot suplex at 0:40. DUD

Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express are out, and they’re not intimidated by the Road Warriors killing pumpkins 

NWA United States Champion Nikita Koloff and NWA Television Champion Dusty Rhodes are out, and Koloff strips down to give Ric Flair a good look at what he’ll be facing at Starrcade

Brad Armstrong v Bill Mulkey: Brad is still getting cheered, despite that shirt. Armstrong with a Russian legsweep at 2:02. DUD

Paul Ellering is out to read the Midnight’s a nursery rhyme 

Tony is in the control center for the Starrcade Report. Nothing major here, just last minute hype for the big show

Krusher Khruschev v Keith Patterson: Krusher wastes no time in hitting the sickle at 0:25. DUD

Paul Jones is out to hype his various going on’s at Starrcade

Manny Fernandez and Rick Rude v Brodie Chase and Bill Tabb: Manny hits the jumping forearm at 1:44. DUD

The Four Horsemen are out, and they think Flair has nothing to fear from Koloff, or the sickle

The Midnight Express v Art Pritts and Vernon Deaton: The Express rush in to kickstart things, as Cornette runs his mouth on commentary. The Express kill them with a combo at 1:40. ¼*

Wahoo McDaniel, Baron Von Raschke, Dutch Mantel, and Bobby Jaggers are out to do a group promo for Starrcade. Baron’s accent is sounding especially forced this week

NWA World Champion Ric Flair is out, and he doesn’t care where Koloff is from. Ric’s the world champion, and he takes down guys from anywhere, anytime

Arn Anderson v Tony Zane: Arn with the gourdbuster at 0:28. Afterwards, the Horsemen come back out for one last promo. I half expected Koloff and Rhodes to come out and have a confrontation, but it never comes. DUD

BUExperience: Hard sell for Starrcade, and not much else.