aired Jan 4, 1986
Zack Sabre pinned Dave Austin with the Sharpest Cut in 0:01:39.
Rating: **
Johnny Valentine pinned Alvin Ayers with the Skull Smasher in 0:02:39.
Rating: * 1/2
Bruiser Barton pinned Ben Yates with the Calf Branding in 0:01:13.
Rating: **
Russian Bear made Dudley Snyder submit to the Russian Bearhug in 0:04:14.
Rating: * 1/2
Jimmy Blast pinned Teddy Walls with the Gourdbuster in 0:02:49.
Rating: ** 1/4
[Non-Title Match]:
Bonesaw McGraw pinned Grover Delgado with the Bonesaw Elbow in 0:02:24.
Rating: ** 1/4
Insert Promo: Bonesaw is ready to rumble, oh yeah!
[Tournament Quarterfinal]:
Bad News (Eddie Bearden and Porkchop Jones) defeated
Hell on Wheels (Hal Racer and Luke Racer) when Porkchop pinned Cool Luke
with the Special Delivery in 0:08:40.
Rating: ** 1/4
[Tournament Quarterfinal]:
The American Express (Brett Hale and Cpl. Punishment) defeated
The Orient Express (Louis Dupre and Mehmet Suleiman) when Hale defeated Dupre
by disqualification in 0:10:40.
Rating: -1/4*
[Hanoi Xan interfered against Brett Hale.]
Xan sprayed black mist in Hale's face, but the referee caught him.
Moose Hartley pinned Mark Dunlap after a spinning heel kick in 0:02:54.
Rating: *
Rick Blood defeated Irving Dixon by disqualification in 0:04:38.
Rating: * 1/2
[Brett Hale interfered against Rick Blood.]
Frank Gresham interviewed Hale afterwards, seeking an explanation for the attack. Hale said it was revenge for Blood trying to injure him in their match over a month ago.
Perry Strong made Tory McCormick submit to the Strong Hold in 0:03:30.
Rating: *
Jose Castro defeated Vaughn Parsons when Vaughn Parsons passed out in the
Castro Sleeper in 0:04:04.
Rating: DUD
Chris Reese pinned Drew Farley with the Bad Ending in 0:02:01.
Rating: ** 1/4
Insert Promo: Reese predicts Randy Robinson's world title reign is coming to a Bad Ending.
Mean Massimo pinned Marc Gentry with the Mean Machine in 0:01:59.
Rating: ** 1/4
Insert Promo: Massimo is going to give Jimmy Blast the beating of his life at the Royal Rumble.
[Non-Title Match]:
Randy Robinson pinned Daron Cline with the Ram Jam in 0:06:11.
Rating: -1/4*
[Tournament Quarterfinal]:
High Energy (Mark Gibson and Rob Dynamo) defeated
The Butchers (Doug Rollins and Frank Richards) when Gibson pinned Frantic Frank
with the Headhunter in 0:11:27.
Rating: ** 1/4
[Tournament Quarterfinal]:
The Awesome McKnight Brothers (Bruce McKnight and Ralph McKnight) defeated
Magnum Force (Clint Wales and Harry Weston)
when Ravishing Ralph made
Outlaw Wales submit to an airplane spin in 0:10:17.
Rating: ** 1/2
[Veronica interfered against Bruce McKnight.]
Greg Gamble pinned Teddy Walls with the Big Gamble in 0:02:17.
Rating: -1/2*
Wally Richter defeated Marc Gentry by disqualification in 0:03:29.
Rating: -* 1/2
[Brett Hale interfered against Wally Richter.]
Zack Sabre made Irving Dixon submit to an octopus hold in 0:09:18.
Rating: ***
Interview: Frank Gresham wants to know how confident Brett Hale and Cpl. Punishment are about their tournament match tonight against Eddie Bearden and Porkchop Jones. Hale declares himself supremely confident. Punishment says Bad News are tough, but the military made him tougher and trained him to have no fear. However, Punishment wants to know why Hale attacked Wally Richter earlier tonight. Hale says he doesn't owe anyone an explanation. Punishment retorts that Hale is not his commanding officer; they're supposed to be partners. He doesn't like Hale being distracted by whatever other issues he has going on. They need both be focused on the tournament.
Russ Romero made Antwan Soto submit to the Romero Special in 0:04:23.
Rating: * 3/4
Stan Trump made Grover Delgado submit to the Million Dollar Dream in 0:03:20.
Rating: **
Interview: "Million Dollar" Stan Trump says he will never, ever face The Jolly Green Giant. Commissioner Pedro Gonzalez interjects to inform Trump he will indeed face Jolly, at the Royal Rumble. It will be in a cage match so Trump can't run away and none of his hired goons can interfere!
Jimmy Blast pinned Mark Dunlap with the Gourdbuster in 0:02:28.
Rating: * 1/2
Mean Massimo pinned Drew Farley with the Mean Machine in 0:02:10.
Rating: ** 1/4
[Tournament Semifinal]:
The American Express (Brett Hale and Cpl. Punishment) defeated
Bad News (Eddie Bearden and Porkchop Jones)
when Punishment made Porkchop
submit to the Punishment Due in 0:15:10.
Rating: -* 3/4
Magnum Force (Clint Wales and Harry Weston) and J.C. Magnum defeated
Daron Cline, Oliver Nash, and Raymond Buck
when Magnum pinned D. Cline with the
Magnum SK in 0:08:12.
Rating: * 1/4
[Veronica interfered against Oliver Nash.]
Harold Hume made Dave Austin submit to a sleeperhold in 0:01:10.
Rating: * 1/2
Interview: The Jolly Green Giant says he spent Thanksgiving with a terrific headache, but feels much better now. He thanks the young fans for all the Get Well Soon cards he received after Mean Massimo smashed a steel chair over his head. He challenges Massimo to face him at Wrestlemania. But in the meantime, Trump has been running from Jolly since last Wrestlemania. At the Royal Rumble there will be no more running. Money can't save him from the long-delayed throttling he is going to receive!
Bad Wolf Bridges pinned Alvin Ayers with the Comanche Driver in 0:03:08.
Rating: *
Sol Salamanca pinned Ben Yates with the Toluca Sunrise in 0:04:22.
Rating: *
Baron Von Kaiser pinned Dudley Snyder after a flying kneedrop in 0:06:46.
Rating: ** 1/4
Bruiser Barton pinned Tory McCormick with the Calf Branding in 0:01:37.
Rating: **
[Non-Title Match]:
Bonesaw McGraw pinned Vaughn Parsons with the Bonesaw Elbow in 0:02:59.
Rating: -*
[Tournament Semifinal]:
The Awesome McKnight Brothers (Bruce McKnight and Ralph McKnight) defeated
High Energy (Mark Gibson and Rob Dynamo) when Bullet Bruce pinned Dynamo
after the Awesome Dropkick in 0:06:23.
Rating: * 1/2
[Doug Rollins interfered against Rob Dynamo.]
The Butchers used a meat tenderizer to knock High Energy out of the tournament. High Energy and The Butchers brawled after the match.