April 6, 1978
National Guard Armory
Tupelo, MS
Littleton climbs into the ring with the microphone. He is joined from the back by Jackson. "Ladies and gentlemen, the following tag team contest is set for one fall with a thirty minute time limit. It is a number one contenders match for the Mississippi State Tag Team Title. The referee for this match is Tom Jackson."
A rather short, perky blonde leads Greeley and Grappler to the ring. The crowd boos vehemently.
"Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Jessica, both from Starkville, MS, weighing a combined 471 pounds, are 'Sensational' Seth Greeley and the Grappler!!!"
Cross and Mississippi climb into the ring from the other side. The crowd cheers for them as they fight their way through the crowd.
"Their opponents, from Jackson, weighing 258 pounds, is Mr. Mississippi!! His partner from Oxford, weighing 257 pounds, is the Mississippi Heavyweight Champion ... 'Excellent' Xavier Cross!!!"
Seth and Xavier decide they want to go first. Grappler and Mississippi step out to their respective corners. Jackson calls for the bell. Seth and Xavier circle the ring. They lock up. Xavier gets the upper hand quickly and arm drags Seth into his corner. Mississippi backs away from the corner. Seth gets to his feet Xavier whips him into the far ropes. Seth ducks a clothesline and nails Mississippi with a forearm smash. Mississippi falls off the ring apron. Seth turns around to get a kneelift to the chest from Xavier. Mississippi climbs back on the ring apron. Xavier tags him in. They whip Seth into the ropes and catch him with a double kick to the midsection. Xavier climbs out of the ring. Mississippi applies a front face lock on Seth. Seth tries to move Mississippi, but Mississippi has a wide stance for leverage. Seth struggles, but falls to one knee due to the pressure from the front face lock. Mississippi tightens the face lock further. Grappler come into the ring, but Jackson stops him. Grappler complains about a hair pull, but Jackson refuses to buy it. Mississippi's weight and leverage advantage takes its toll on Seth. His second knee falls to the mat. Mississippi wrestles him down onto his stomach. Mississippi's height puts his feet under the ropes. Grappler points it out to Jackson. Jackson makes him break the hold.
Mississippi tags in Xavier. Seth gets to his feet only to be levelled with a short clothesline. Xavier bounces off the near ropes and drops an elbow across the back of Seth's head. Xavier picks Seth up and whips him into the turnbuckle. Seth staggers out and Xavier whips him across the ring into the opposite turnbuckle. Xavier repeats this twice more. After Seth's fourth encounter with the turnbuckles, Xavier picks him up in a sidewalk slam. He covers. Jackson gets down to make the count ... one ... Grappler kicks Xavier in the head to break up the count! Jackson backs Grappler into his own corner. Grappler complains about Xavier's tactics. Jackson tells him to get out of the ring. Xavier whips Seth into the corner with Mississippi. Grappler finally leaves the ring as Mississippi tags himself in.
Mississippi and Xavier whip Seth across the ring and level him with a double clothesline. Xavier leaves the ring as Mississippi props Seth up and applies a sleeper. Seth struggles to fight the effects of the sleeper. Gasping for air, he flails his whole body. While his legs are flailing, one kick nails Jackson in the side of the head. Grappler takes advantage of the situation and climbs into the ring. He kicks Mississippi on the ear. Mississippi releases the hold. Xavier comes into the ring. Grappler grabs him by the hair and throws him back out of the ring. Grappler jumps on Mississippi and punches him in the face. He goes to work taking off the mask, but Xavier slides back into the ring and pulls him off by his own mask. Xavier asks the crowd if they'd like him to punch Grappler. Grappler kicks him in the groin. Xavier doubles over. Grappler dropkicks him in the face. Grappler grabs Seth's arm and drags him over toward his corner. Jackson gets back to his feet as Mississippi knocks Grappler out of the ring with a shoulder tackle.
Jackson instructs Xavier to get out of the ring. Mississippi backs Seth into the ropes and whips him across the ring. Seth ducks a clothesline. Mississippi telegraphs a backdrop. Seth holds onto ropes and kicks Mississippi in the face. Grappler reaches out and tags himself in. Grappler jumps to the top rope and comes off with a double axe handle across Mississippi's shoulders. Grappler wrings Mississippi's left arm. Mississippi forces Grappler closer to his corner. Grappler spits at Xavier. Xavier climbs into the ring, but Jackson stops him. Grappler rakes Mississippi's eyes. He whips Mississippi into his corner. Seth nails Mississippi with a back elbow. Mississippi swings out with a wild right hand, but Seth ducks it. Grappler charges the corner and plants a jumping kneelift between Mississippi's shoulders. Xavier points out the double-team on the other side of the ring as Seth snaps Mississippi's neck over the top rope. Grappler kicks Mississippi in the stomach and drops him to the mat with a swinging neckbreaker. Grappler tags in Seth and grabs hold of Mississippi's left arm. Seth climbs the turnbuckle and drops a leg across Mississippi's left shoulder. Grappler slides out of the ring.
Seth grabs Mississippi's left arm and drapes it over the bottom rope. Seth pulls his wrist back under the bottom rope. Jackson's count reaches four before Seth breaks the hold. Mississippi starts to crawl to his corner. Seth drops an elbow across his shoulders. Seth grabs Mississippi's left arm again and twists it behind his back in a hammerlock. Seth steps to his feet and flails up to drive a vicious knee into Mississippi's shoulder. Mississippi cries out in pain. Seth cranks on the hammerlock a bit more before driving another knee into Mississippi's shoulder. Seth moves Mississippi's arm out of the hammerlock and allows him to get to his feet. Seth then takes him over with an arm drag into an armbar. Seth shouts an insult to Xavier. Xavier climbs into the ring, but Jackson stops him. Seth drags Mississippi to the edge of the ring. Grappler jumps off the ring apron. Seth goes over and starts taunting Xavier again. Grappler drills an elbow between Mississippi's shoulder blades. Seth moves Jackson out of the way. Seth and Xavier start throwing wild punches at each other. Jackson tries to break the two apart. Grappler climbs onto the ring apron and stands on Mississippi's back. Xavier manages to throw Seth out of the ring, but he nails Jackson with an errant elbow. Grappler plants a big stomp between Mississippi's shoulder blades. Xavier nails Grappler with a forearm shot to the back of the head. Grappler falls onto the floor and crashes into the guardrail. Seth slides back into the ring. Xavier turns around. Seth charges him. Xavier goes for a big boot, but Seth slides underneath. Seth reaches the floor and pulls Mississippi off the ring apron. Xavier turns around. Seth grabs his foot. Xavier reaches over the middle rope to grab Seth's hair. Jessica hands Grappler a chair. Grappler smacks Xavier over the head with it. Seth climbs onto the ring apron and climbs the turnbuckle. Mississippi and Grappler fight over the chair outside the ring. Jessica runs around the ring and grabs Jackson as Seth flies off the turnbuckle with the Sensational Sunset. Grappler kicks the chair and it flies up to hit Mississippi in the face. Jackson rolls back into the ring with a bit of help from Jessica. By the time Jackson gets into position, Xavier has kicked out of the pinfall.
Seth runs into the side ropes and nails Xavier with a running kneelift as Xavier gets onto all fours. Seth calls for Grappler's help. Grappler climbs onto the ring apron and puts his boot on the turnbuckle. Seth grabs Xavier's hair and slams his face into Grappler's boot. Seth tags Grappler in. Grappler climbs into the ring as Seth whips Xavier across the ring. Seth catches Xavier in a drop toe hold. Grappler comes off the side ropes with a kneedrop to the back of the head. Mississippi climbs onto the ring apron with the chair. Seth dropkicks the chair into Mississippi's face. Mississippi crashes into the guardrail. Grappler moves Xavier into the middle of the ring and applies a head scissors. Xavier struggles to find a way out of the hold as Seth leaves the ring. Jessica returns to the corner. Xavier gets to his hands and feet, but Grappler drags his head along the mat. Seth desperately wants to get into the ring. Grappler releases the head scissors. Seeing Mississippi still on the wrong side of the ring, he walks over and tags in Seth. Seth climbs into the ring and delivers a running kneelift to the side of Xavier's head. Seth drags Xavier into a neutral corner. He yells, "I want my title! It's mine!" He slaps Xavier's face and then steps on his throat. Jackson steps in and administers his count. Seth breaks it at four.
Seth waits for Xavier to get up. He charges the corner, but Xavier moves out of the way. Seth hits the turnbuckle chest first. Xavier drops and rolls him up in a rolling reverse cradle, but Seth rolls through it. Mississippi finally makes it over to his own corner. Seth rakes Xavier's eyes with his boot laces and slams into Mississippi with a running back elbow. Xavier gets to his feet. Seth charges him with a Thesz press, but Xavier catches him and drops him with an inverted atomic drop. Xavier headbutts Seth. Seth's head snaps back against the mat. Xavier staggers over to his corner and tags in Mississippi. Mississippi climbs into the ring. Seth gets to his feet and crawls towards his partner. Mississippi stalks Seth for a moment and then drops an elbow across the back of his neck while he's just out of reach of Grappler's hand. Mississippi fires a right hand at Grappler, but Grappler blocks it. Grappler slams Mississippi's head against the turnbuckle. Seth crawls to the corner and tags Grappler. Grappler jumps over the top rope and whips Mississippi into the ropes. Grappler buries a knee into Mississippi's chest. While doubled over, Grappler puts Mississippi into piledriver position, but, instead of piledriving him, Grappler jumps raking the side of Mississippi's head with his knees. Grappler tosses Mississippi into the ringpost. Mississippi slams into it with his left shoulder. Grappler puts Mississippi onto the turnbuckle facing the ringside fans. Seth moves out of the way. Grappler reaches up from behind and grabs Mississippi's neck and drops him onto the mat with a vicious Hangman neckbreaker. Grappler pulls Mississippi a bit away from the ropes and goes for the pin. Xavier comes into the ring, but Seth cuts him off as Jackson gets down to count ... one ... two ... three!! Seth and Xavier continue to brawl as Grappler gets his hand raised.
Littleton grabs the microphone. "The winners of the match, in a time of 21:04, and NEW number one contenders for the Mississippi State Tag Team Title, are 'Sensational' Seth Greeley and the Grappler!!!" The crowd boos.
Jackson and Grappler manage to get Seth and Xavier separated. Both men really want to get at each other, but they are barely kept from each other.
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