The Wrestling Classic
Nov 7, 1985 - Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL - broadcast live on PPV

 

[Tournament Quarterfinals]:
Bruiser Barton pinned Baron Von Kaiser after the Waxahachie Lariat in 0:04:19.
Rating: ***

[Tournament Quarterfinals]:
Sol Salamanca pinned Cpl. Punishment with the Toluca Sunrise in 0:05:03.
Rating: * 1/4

[Tournament Quarterfinals]:
Chris Reese pinned Rick Samson after a powerslam in 0:10:22.
Rating: *** 3/4

[Tournament Quarterfinals]:
Jimmy Blast pinned Rick Blood with the Gourdbuster in 0:11:32.
Rating: **** 1/4

Blast and Blood were supposed to face off at Fall Brawl for the US Title until Mean Massimo prevented the match from happening. This was a grudge match as well as a chance at winning gold, and it alternated between technical proficiency and some brutal brawling.

[Tournament Semifinals]:
Bruiser Barton pinned Sol Salamanca with the Calf Branding in 0:05:16.
Rating: ** 3/4

Barton and Salamanca shook hands before the match.

[Tournament Semifinals]:
Chris Reese pinned Jimmy Blast with the Bad Ending in 0:04:04.
Rating: *** 1/4

Although Reese didn't have any easy match against Rick Samson in the opening round, Blast was clearly more worn down from his more intense fight with Rick Blood. Reese was able to literally overpower the man whose injury was the cause of this tournament.

The Orient Express (Louis Dupre and Mehmet Suleiman) defeated High Energy (Mark Gibson and Rob Dynamo) when Suleiman made Gibson submit to the Asiatic Spike in 0:12:23.
Rating: * 1/2
(The Orient Express retained the WCWF Tag Team Titles.)
[Hanoi Xan interfered against Mark Gibson.]

Frank Gresham interviews a very tired Jammin' Jimmy Blast. He expresses disappointment that he wasn't able to recapture the US Title tonight, but he can't deny Barton and Reese have proven they deserve to wrestle for the title. "To be the man, you've got to beat the man. And night, Chris Reese beat me."

[Tournament Finals]: No-Time-Limit-Match for the vacant WCWF United States Title:
Bruiser Barton pinned Chris Reese after a running powerslam in 0:04:37.
Rating: ***
(Bruiser Barton won the WCWF United States Title.)

WCWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT vs BULK LOGAN (c)

Logan stalls at ringside, working the crowd while Jolly patiently waits in the center of the ring. The champion finally enters, stalls on the lockup, and tries to cheat on it with a boot...which has no effect. Jolly throws Logan around until the champ bails. The Giant waits and Logan finally reenters. More stalling. Bulk runs into a bearhug, but gets out of it with a facerake. Logan manages to whip Jolly into the ropes and hit a big boot on the rebound...to no effect. Logan gets pummeled with clubbing blows then slammed repeatedly. The Choke Bomb is signaled as Logan begs for mercy...and is saved when Mean Massimo hits the ring with a steel chair and nails The Jolly Green Giant in the back with it.

The Jolly Green Giant defeated Bulk Logan by disqualification in 0:05:41.
Rating: -** 1/2
(Bulk Logan retained the WCWF World Heavyweight Title.)
[Mean Massimo interfered against The Jolly Green Giant.]

Jolly slowly turns around to face his assailant...right into a crushing blow to the head from the steel chair that topples the Giant! "That has to be the biggest chairshot in the history of professional wrestling!" declares John Elliott on commentary. The crowd goes silent with shock as The Jolly Green Giant topples to the mat like a redwood tree. Massimo holds up the chair so the crowd can see the massive dent in it and thunderous boos rain down.

Mean Massimo has little time to savor his "triumph" because Jammin' Jimmy Blast comes charging down to the ring. Mark Gibson and Rob Dynamo are following, though Gibson is moving slower after taking that Asiatic Spike earlier. Sol Salamanca is next. Massimo takes one look at the odds, drops the chair, and hightails it out the other side of the ring and off through the crowd. That's no easy as fans are grabbing and screaming at him. Someone even throws beer on him. Meanwhile, Bulk Logan has grabbed his title belt from ringside and makes a hasty departure, steering clear of everything. EMTs make their way to the ring and the closing shot of the PPV is The Jolly Green Giant motionless and bloody in the middle of the ring while many fans at ringside continue look on it shock.

Card rating: * 1/2