NWA (JCP) World Championship Wrestling (February 14, 1987)

 

Original Airdate: February 14, 1987

From Atlanta, Georgia; Your Hosts are Tony Schiavone and David Crockett

Ron Garvin and Barry Windham are out, and shucks, they’d love to be in the Crockett Cup tournament 

Jimmy Valiant v Tommy Angel: Valiant still exists, for those curious. He picks up the pin with an elbowdrop at 1:42. DUD

Bob Armstrong is out, honored to have his son as a partner for the Crockett Cup

Ron Garvin and Barry Windham v Randy Barber and Jack Jackson: The NWA United States Tag Team title is not on the line here. Garvin with the knockout punch at 6:30. DUD

We get clips of Dick Murdoch turning heel on Dusty Rhodes, bitter that Rhodes took Nikita Koloff as a partner when Magnum TA got hurt, while Murdoch was just sitting there on the sidelines. This was a piece of business

Tully Blanchard is out, reveling in Dusty’s misfortune 

Lex Luger v Kent Glover: Luger with the torture rack at 3:48. It’s interesting how he started his career with that finisher, then spent years doing a whole bunch of different ones, before going back to it during the Monday Night Wars, and finally getting it over huge. Afterwards, Lex swings by the desk to rub elbows with Tully. DUD

Arn Anderson v Zane Smith: Arn with a gourdbuster at 4:23. DUD

The Kansas Jayhawks are out, shocked at Murdoch’s turn

Jimmy Garvin v David Isley: Garvin with the brainbuster at 5:59. Way too long. DUD

Ric Flair is out, very excited about the newest prospective Horsemen: Lex Luger

Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes are out, and they’re not impressed with this Luger. They don’t care how many girls he and Flair get, they’re still not real men like them, who grind with their heart. Noted. Also, Dusty is good and mad at that Murdoch fella

The Midnight Express v Larry Stephens and Ricky Sullivan: The Express wrap this up at 5:34, in another lengthy squash match today. DUD

Jimmy Valiant is back out, trying to figure out how calendars work. It’s hard for some people, I’m sure

Six-Man Tag Team Match: Ivan Koloff, Dick Murdoch, and Vladimir Petrov v Alan Martin, Randy Mulkey, and Chance McQuade: Murdoch is in full dick mode, and he gets to score the pin following a brainbuster at 1:38. Short, and served a purpose. Can’t ask for more than that. DUD

The Midnight Express and Big Bubba Rogers are back out so Jim Cornette can wish them all a happy Valentine’s Day

Big Bubba Rogers v George South: Bubba at 2:22, AKA alliteration time! DUD

Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez are out, and they’re not really fired up about the Crockett Cup, seeing that they’re already world tag champions anyway

The Kansas Jayhawks v Vernon Deaton and Keith Vincent: The Jayhawks with a combo at 5:48. DUD

Jimmy Garvin is back out so he can kiss Precious in honor of V-Day

Bob Armstrong v Demon: Armstrong with a 2nd rope elbowsmash at 3:51. DUD

BUExperience: The Murdoch turn shot a lot of life into this one, and I really dug it (even if the turn didn’t actually happen live on the show).