UWF Fury 01-28-1991

Can Orndorff get revenge against Williams? Will Blair get his own revenge against Orton? How will David fare against Ivan? Let’s find out!

Wild Thing leapfrogged Spicolli but ate a clothesline.
When he failed to hook an O’Connor roll, Wild Thing clotheslined Spicolli over the top rope to the floor.
Spicolli rebounded with a guillotine upon the top rope, re-entered the ring, and landed a spin kick to the midsection for 2.
As Spicolli gave him a cross corner whip, Wild Thing leaped to the second turnbuckle and delivered a cross body block.
Spicolli then used momentum to land on top for 2.
After Spicolli hit a knee lift, he gave Wild Thing another cross corner whip but came up empty on his follow-through.
Wild Thing then mounted the opposite top turnbuckle, scored with another cross body block, and pinned Spicolli at 3:53.

Summary: Showcase match for Wild Thing as Spicolli did a fine job of leading him.

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Ivan whipped David into the corner, charged, but came up empty. In fact, he HIT THE POLE.
As David hooked a backslide, he got 2.
Ivan applied an abdominal stretch and converted to a rollup for 2.
When Ivan delivered a leg drop, he backdropped David.
He then splashed David for another 2.
After David gave him a cross corner whip, Ivan used a double-leg takedown to put David on the mat.
He then put his feet on the ropes in the corner and got 2.
While Ivan sent him between the ropes to the floor and joined him, David rammed him face-first into the apron.
They brawled up onto the apron, and Ivan tossed David over the top rope into the ring.
Since the anonymous referee counted to ten, David won by countout at 9:00.

Summary: Decent psychology by both wrestlers, but with Ivan replacing Zbyszko, this match had no heat and a crappy finish.

After the match, Ivan provides David with a swinging neckbreaker and disputes the referee’s decision.

For those unaware, Beach was portrayed by Rick Allen. Yeah! Def Leppard rocks!

Sorry, Chester.
Seriously, Beach had worked for both JCP and WWF as enhancement talent since 1988.
Williams dealt Beach a snap suplex for 1.
When he mounted the top turnbuckle, Williams leaped but got caught in the midsection.
Beach then delivered a knee lift followed by a gutwrench suplex for 2.
As he hit a fallaway slam, Beach pinned Williams at 1:14.

Summary: Showcase match for the newcomer who respected Williams by giving him some offense.

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CAPTAIN LOU’S CORNER: Albano interviews Blair with Honey, and Blair cuts a promo on Orton.

Albano responds by saying he will “make (Tolos and Orton) pay” while confusing the gender of the person who mailed in the question. Abrams acknowledges and apologizes on his behalf.

Prior to the next match, we revisit the heinous headbutt supplied by Orton to Honey back on 11/26/1990.

Match 4: B. Brian Blair (w/ Capt. Lou Albano & Honey) versus “Cowboy” Bob Orton (w/ John Tolos)

Blair gave Orton a cross corner whip but ate knee on his follow-through.
As Orton clotheslined him, he landed a series of forearm smashes.
Orton then distracted referee Jesse Hernandez, and Tolos gave Blair the business. How dastardly!
When Blair gave him another cross corner whip, Orton came close but missed the ring post by an eye lash.

Blair then suplexed Orton for 1.
After Orton hooked a Boston crab, Blair escaped and attempted a slam.

Orton, however, used momentum to land on top for 2.
While Albano warned Tolos about outside interference, Orton countered a front face lock with an inverted atomic drop.
He then guillotined Blair with the bottom rope thanks to a catapult.
As he guillotined Blair with the top rope, Orton took him down to the floor.
Tolos nailed Blair again although Hernandez saw none of it.

When Blair re-entered the ring, Orton mounted the top turnbuckle and delivered a flying axe handle for 2.
Blair then used momentum to send Orton down to the floor, and Honey scared the bejeezus out of Orton with her cattle prod.

After Blair hammered on Orton, he got 2.
Orton then attempted a piledriver, but Blair countered with a back drop.
While Blair applied a Sharpshooter, Albano distracted Hernandez.

That allowed Tolos to enter the ring and WALLOP Blair with his loafer. Nefarious!
As Tolos placed Orton atop Blair, Hernandez escorted him from the ring.
Albano saw his opportunity and jumped into the ring to put Blair atop Orton.
When Hernandez shooed Albano from the ring, Tolos pulled Blair off Orton.
With Hernandez occupied with Albano and Tolos, Orton hoisted Blair atop the top turnbuckle.
Albano then distracted Hernandez again, and Honey got up on the apron and shocked Orton with her cattle prod.

After Blair hooked a top rope sunset flip, he only got 2.
Tolos then tossed a foreign object to Orton, but Orton swung and missed.
While Blair provided him with an atomic drop, Orton ran over Tolos like a Mack truck.
In the meantime, Orton lost the foreign object on the other side of the ring.
Albano then tossed it to Blair who BLASTED Orton with it.
As Hernandez FINALLY noticed the shenanigans, he called for the bell to disqualify Blair at 11:06.

Summary: Good story with all parties getting involved in the match. The feud cannot not over based on this outcome because I’m certain that Blair wants to beat Orton to teach him a lesson. Today’s not that day.

Match 5: “Dr. Death” Steve Williams versus “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff

Orndorff sprinted to the ring to brawl with Williams and countered a back drop attempt with an elbow smash.
When Orndorff tried a Thesz press, Williams countered with a guillotine on the top rope.
A clothesline by Orndorff sent both wrestlers spilling over the top rope to the floor.
As Orndorff made him HIT THE POLE twice, he WHACKED Williams with a fan’s umbrella.
The bell rang at 1:45, and referee Jesse Hernandez must have thrown the match out already.

Following the match, Orndorff nails Williams again with the umbrella before ramming him face-first into the timekeeper’s table. Williams is BUSTED OPEN. When Williams re-enters the ring, Orndorff mounts the top turnbuckle and delivers a flying fist to the bloodied Williams.

Orndorff attempts a bulldog, but Williams shoves him away. Afterward, Williams then supplies Orndorff with a knee lift, but Abrams interrupts the post-match proceedings by announcing that we will see the remainder of the chaos in two weeks.

Before the show leaves the air, Abrams shills the next TV taping on 2/15 at the Penta Hotel.

Conclusion: On paper, this was a BLOCKBUSTER show. Since none of the hyped matches had a clean finish, the show cheated both the NYC faithful and the TV viewers. While I realize that Abrams was a student of the game, he should heed what happened to Jim Crockett Promotions when Dusty Rhodes kept screwing over the fans. Otherwise, it’s curtains.