UWF Fury Hour: Episode 18

UWF Fury Hour Episode 18, 25th February 1991

Craig and Bruno run down... the main event. And wonder how Sunny Beach will fare against 'Cowboy' Bob Orton. Apparently Cactus Jack and Don Muraco had a match on sometime earlier? I totally have no recollection of that at all. Frank E the ring announcer is now giving us the most fucking boring run down of the wrestlers.

'Wild Thing' yells to "Call The Powerline!"

Steve 'Wild Thing' Ray vs Carmine Albano
'Wild Thing' comes out with a big American flag and now he has drawings of women on his wrestling tights. Albano is Captain Lou's nephew. Yay nepotism! Bruno is bored!

Winner = Steve 'Wild Thing' Ray via top rope move

Holy shit that dude looks super uncomfortable on the top rope.

Herb interviews 'Wild Thing' and thinks the booing means people love him. 'Wild Thing' also thinks the fans are great because they paid actual money to be here. I think that means they are stupid.

Don Muraco supports the troops fighting in Iraq.

I feel like the quality of this broadcast is on the downward trend, somehow...

'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff vs The Beast
Craig thinks The Beast looks like The Viking. You watch your mouth, you heathen!

"People are still talking about that match with 'Dr. Death' Steve Williams". If they are, it's because that ending was bullshit.

Winner = 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff via piledriver

Herb asks Orndorff "is it difficult wrestling these kinds of wrestlers?". What do you mean "these kinds"? Terrible?? Orndorff is looking forward to the lumberjack match.

'Dr. Death' Steve Williams says he wants to fight Orndorff anywhere.

Captain Lou's Corner
Don Muraco is discussing "other wrestling organisations" capitalising on the whole 'support the troops' thing. Just like the UWF? Oh, they're referencing the WWF have Sgt. Slaughter becoming an Iraqi sympathiser. Muraco and Albano love America and wars.

Sunny Beach vs 'Cowboy' Bob Orton
After some boredom, 'Wild Thing' Steve Ray comes out to attack Orton.

Winner = 'Cowboy' Bob Orton via disqualification

Cactus Jack comes out to help Orton, but the good guys still prevail. That's... actually amazing.

Herb talks to John Tolos about his "stable". It now includes Cactus Jack? Is this the largest his "stable" has been yet? Herb tries to book a tag-team match between all these guys and it just leads to more brawling.

The UWF will be running a tournament from next month. I am sure the best wrestlers of the world will be taking part!

The UWF are still selling t-shirts for 'Dangerous' Dan Spivey and Nikita Koloff, despite them both being in WCW yesterday.

Don Muraco vs Cactus Jack
Muraco puts a rubbish bin over Cactus Jack's head. I would not want to wrestle someone after that - you could catch all sorts of germs!

Draw via time limit expired

'Dr. Death' wants you to call him!

Aaaaand that is it.

Thoughts:

• At yesterday's WCW WrestleWar, Nikita Koloff returned to WCW and said he's been retired for the last 2 years. I think that sums up the UWF right now.