The Sheik Tugboat Story - PART 10
PART 10
The Super-Stars and Stripes Forever
The last official
Unofficial
Stop on the road to
WrestleMania 7
The arena
Decked out
Designed to the nines
With red, white, and blue
Banners
Streamers
Fans holding American flags
Small
Large
Pure Americana
All hype
All set up
For Los Angeles
Extra security
Around ringside
Controlling the rowdy environment
“ATTEN HUT!”
Over the PA
Drums hit the entrance
Out walks
Sgt. Slaughter
Colonel Mustafa
General Adnan
Three-fourths of
The Fearsome Foursome
No sign of
The Iraqi Warship
Intriguing to say the least
Regardless
They enter the squared circle
Line up next to each other
Facing hard cam
Side-by-side
Salute to their commander
Saddam Hussein
The fans are heated
Fired up
Loud and proud
“USA! USA! USA!”
Chants throughout the arena
“HOOOO!”
The fans erupt
Out from behind the curtain
Nikolai Volkoff
And Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Stereo American flags
Hacksaw with his 2x4
Yellow ribbon
Wrapped around the board
Storming to the ring
WITH AUTHORITY
The pair
Stand in front of the ring
Place their 2x4
The flags
Against the ring post
Nod at each other
Slide under the bottom rope
And attack
The General scatters
The referee loses
ALL CONTROL
The bell has not rung
Hacksaw tackles the Sarge
Nikolai barrels into the Colonel
Both go into separate corners
Fists are flying
Cady by the door
A pier-six brawl
The bell STILL hasn’t sounded
The referee
Throws his hands up
This is pure
ANARCHY
Volkoff and Mustafa
Roll out to the floor
The big former Soviet
Russian whip
Into the steel barricade
The big man keep
Throwing
Swinging
Landing haymakers
The Colonel is begging for mercy
Inside the ring
The Sarge
Gets Irish whipped
HARD
Sternum first
Into the turnbuckle
Hacksaw raises his hand
HOOOO!!!
The fans react in kind
Hacksaw drops down
Three-point stance
Sarge stumbles to his feet
RUNNING CLOTHESLINE
The crowd erupts
Duggan bounces off the ropes
Jump high in the air
KNEE DROP
OLD GLORY
The fans are ecstatic
USA!
USA!
USA!
Hacksaw signals to Nikolai
Volkoff slides in the board
2x4
High in the air
Slaughter is about to be
SLAUGHTERIZED
WAIT
The Iraqi Warship
Running down the aisle
Volkoff’s back turned
The World Wrestling Federation championship
Swung like a baseball bat
Volkoff’s back smashed
Sheik Tugboat
Grabs Duggan’s foot
Tripped up
The champ now rolls in
Under the bottom rope
However
From his knee
Hacksaw catches him
2x4
Right before he gets up
To the back
But the Sheik keeps moving
Only a dent
No damage
Both men up
The Tugger goes for a double sledge
2x4 to the midsection
Again a double sledge setup
AGAIN 2x4 to the gut
The Sheik is reeling
Caught off guard
Duggan on the advantage
Right hand
After right hand
After right hand
Tugboat in the turnbuckle
But he hasn’t gone down
The fans are going wild
The General comes in
Tries to grab a maniacal Hacksaw
RIGHT HAND
Down goes the General
A recovered Colonel
Tries to grab a maniacal Hacksaw
RIGHT HAND
Down goes the Colonel
Hacksaw with a battle cry
HOOOO!!!
The fans in unison
HOOOO!!!
The Sargent
Back to his feet
Spins around a maniacal Hacksaw
FULLY AROUND OH NO!!! FLAMES! A FIREBALL!
HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN HAS BEEN BURNED!
His face engulfed
He crumples down
Complete and utter agony
The fans are in shock
Complete and utter silence
The General and Colonel come to consciousness
The Sarge laughs loudly
Sheik Tugboat points to the floor
The Colonel rolls out
Grabs the American flag
The Iraqi Warship
Definitely bruised
Definitely dented
But not off his feet
Scowl on his face
Malice on his mind
Off the ropes
Jump up
Legs extended
HOGAN LEGDROP!
Off the ropes
HOGAN LEGDROP!
Off the ropes
A third and final
HOGAN LEGDROP!
Duggan has been decimated
The Sheik now barking
Directing traffic
Demands the American flag
The Colonel obliges
Hands it off
Demands the lighter
The Sarge obliges
Hands it off
OH
MY
GOD
Sheik Tugboat wants to light the flag
ON FIRE!
The Sheik activates the lighter
The flame is in the air
Going towards the symbol of
American democracy
GUITAR RIFF
Hits the PA
IT’S “REAL AMERICAN”!
THE HULKSTER IS HERE!
HULK HOGAN IS HERE!
The Fearsome Foursome
Stunned
Shocked
Seemingly frozen into place
Except for the Sheik
Signaling for his arrival
All the tools for destruction
Still in his hand
Out to the entranceway
Here comes the…
Wait a second…
Where’s the red and yellow?
Where’s Hulk Rules?
Where’s the cup of the ear?
Instead…
Camouflage pants
Camo vest
Camo gas mask
Red, white, and blue bandana
All business
All seriousness
The Hulkster isn’t looking for a fight
He’s looking for a war
APOCALYPSE
NOW
Hulkamania style
The Hulkster storms down
The long entranceway
Seconds feel like minutes
The Fearsome Foursome
Waits on his arrival
But during the walk
The Hulkster
Goes into a side pocket
In his camo pants
Pulls out
A military baton??
Uh-oh
The Hulkster came armed
The storm becomes a hurricane
Hogan runs the rest of the way
Slides head first
Under the bottom rope
The Sarge, Colonel, and General
Deliver boots
The Sheik stands down
Backs up
Flag and lighter still in hand
Just watches
As the three surround
With boots galore
NO EFFECT
The Hulkster pops up
NO SELL
Baton to Adnan’s gut
Baton to Mustafa’s gut
The Sarge throws a haymaker
The Hulkster ducks
Baton to Sarge’s head!
Slaughter goes down
His cranium is bleeding
SGT. SLAUGHTER HAS BEEN BUSTED WIDE OPEN!
The three are down
The Iraqi Warship
Is all alone
Hogan drops the baton
The Sheik drops the flag
Now both men go
Face-to-face
Tugboat looks irate
Screaming at the Hulkster
SCREAMING
Hogan takes off his gas mask
Face laced with anger
But stoic and silent
The champ breaks the standoff
Haymaker
DUCKED ONE PUNCH
TWO PUNCH
THREE PUNCH
The Sheik stumbles off the ropes
Comes back off slow
Hogan picks up the baton
BATON TO THE HEAD
The champ bounces back off the ropes
NOT OFF HIS FEET
Comes back even slower
Hogan digs into his pocket
He throws it
A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE
A MUSHROOM CLOUD OF WHITE RIGHT INTO SHEIK TUGBOAT’S FACE!
The Hulkster used powder
The Sheik stumbles out
Through the middle rope
Lands on his feet
HE DID NOT GO DOWN!
The Fearsome Foursome
All on the floor
The crowd in a frenzy
The Hulkster rips off
His vest
Walks over to the American flag
Picks it up
Points at the Fearsome Foursome
And starts waving the flag
The fans are going berserk
USA!
USA! USA!
The Fearsome Foursome retreats
Referees and agents
Rush passed them
Run into the ring
Checking on a Pearl Harbored Nikolai
Checking on a charred Hacksaw
Adnan scoops up the WWF title
Their Prisoner of War
The champ holding his eyes
Blinded
The Sarge
Bloodied and brutalized
Being carried up the entranceway
By the Colonel
Trash and debris
Being hurled at the turncoats
Justice being served
The Hulkster
Ready for war
America…
Back in the game
BROTHER.
Jon Harder
Jon@HardwayHQ.com
