The Sheik Tugboat Story - PART 3
Part 3
A few weeks later
On Superstars
The Update
“Hello everyone
I’m Lord Alfred Hayes
We’re just received word
From President Jack Tunney
For a major match
At the Royal Rumble
On January 19, 1991
At the Miami Arena
In Miami, FL
Besides the 30 man
Over-the-top-rope
Royal Rumble match
The World Wrestling Federation championship
WILL BE ON THE LINE
As the Ultimate Warrior
Defends his championship
Against the #1 contender
The reprehensible
And newly christened
SHEIK TUGBOAT
Who will have in his corner
General Adnan
And the Colonel Mustafa
This will be
A MAJOR TEST
For the Ultimate champion
Like never before
Especially with a rejuvenated
And revitalized
Iraqi Warship
Can Sgt. Slaughter guide the waters
To the WWF championship?
We will see
At the Royal Rumble
This has been
Run
For the next few weeks
Countless days
Leading to pay-per-view
The world is abuzz
Can the Warrior overcome?
Will Tugboat win the big one?
How is Mean Gene?
Promos on Superstars
Wrestling Challenge
The message it the same
It’s not just
Two men fighting for
A championship
It’s good vs evil
It’s the USA vs Iraq
It’s real life stuff
Involved inside of a 20x20
It’s
PERSONAL
Surprisingly
The Hulkster
Uncharacteristically
Silent
BROTHER
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ROYAL RUMBLE 1991
The crowd is electric
The loudest its been
For quite some time
People want blood
They want the end
Of this war
But when the familiar horn
Hits the PA system
The war has just begun
An army drum
With dark overtones
Leads out
The Iraqi Warship
Alongside his General
Leading the charge
His face is cold
Calculated
Primed and ready to destroy
Enters the ring
Walks right to the middle
Stares blankly
Stoically
Proudly
Into the deep sea of humanity
The Fink
Ring announcing to the masses
Gives the proclamation
“Ladies and gentlemen
General Adnan requests
THAT YOU ALL RISE
AND FOCUS ON THE
ENTRANCE WAY
AS COLONEL MUSTAFA
SINGS
THE IRAQI NATIONAL ANTHEM!”
The jeers are at
A complete record pitch
As the Colonel belts out
A bellowed baritone
The Sheik and the General
Standing stoic
Proud
Just as Mustafa hits
The midway point
DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
Followed by a sick guitar riff
Out comes the Warrior
The WWF champion
Decked out in red, white, and blue
Storming to the ring
Barreling over the Colonel
And running
Sprinting
Moving furiously
To the ring
He rolls in
The General rolls out
The fight is on
Outweighed by 100 lbs
But more muscles
Than 5 powerlifters COMBINED
The champ
Throws haymakers
Like a windmill
With reckless abandon
Stunning the Warship
BUT HE DOESN”T GO DOWN
Staggers
Stumbles
But stays on his feet
Clothesline
After clothesline
After clothesline
After clothesline
Warrior levels him with
But he eats it
FINALLY
Warrior goes for
His patented
Diving Shoulder tackle
Warrior runs
But the General pulls his leg
As the champ turns
The big man
Figuratively
Pearl Harbors him
And gains full control
His offense
Completely changed
Chokes
Eye rakes
Disregarding the 5 count
With slams
Even a side belly-to-belly suplex
However
The Warrior won’t lie down
The Tugger signals
It’s over
Bounces off the ropes
BIG SPLASH
NO!!!
The champ moves
The big man crashes down
Like a Typhoon
The champ starts firing up
Nothing stopping him now
The Tugger starts throwing bombs
NO EFFECT
Warrior pumping up
Clothesline
Another run
Clothesline
The Warship dropped to a knee
Pumping his arm
Bounces off the ropes
Run past him
Bounces again off the ropes
DIVING SHOULDER TACKLE
TUGBOAT GOES DOWN!
Warrior starts pushing his arms
Towards the sky
Signaling for the Gorilla Press
Suddenly the Colonel
Pops on the apron
Warrior pops Mustafa
Right off the apron
The General
Pops on the apron
Warrior pops Adnan
Right back on the apron
Sensational Sherri
POPS UP ON THE APRON??
The referee runs over
To get her down
Then MACHO KING RANDY SAVAGE
Behind the referee’s back
Climbs to the top rope
With the scepter in his hand
Earlier in the night
The Macho King
Was disrespected
Disregarded
Tossed to the side
As a contender
To the WWF championship
The machismo of royalty
Flies off the top
Looking to smash
But Warrior smashes Savage
Right in the ribs
The scepter flies out of
The Macho King’s hands
And onto the arena floor
The champ then tosses
Savage to the floor as well
Security escorts the King & Queen
Towards the locker room area
The Warrior is pointing
At Savage
Right against the ropes
Suddenly the Tugger
With a club to the back
Another Pearl Harbor job
Warrior leans over the middle rope
WHAT’S THIS?
A masked man jumps the barricades!
The General and the Colonel
Jump on the apron again
The poor referee distracted
Trying to gain some semblance
Of control
The mystery man grabs the scepter
Left behind in the skirmish
AND WHAM!
Smashed
Shattered
Crushed
Over the head of the Warrior
The dastardly duo
Climb back down
Warrior falls back
Tugboat in control
Bounces off the ropes
OH
MY
GOD
THE LEGDROP!
The Sheik just used
Hulk Hogan’s finisher!
His special
His coup de grace
THE COVER
ONE
TWO
THREE
It’s over!
Miami is stunned
The fans are shocked
Gorilla and the Hot Rod
FLABBERGASTED
The Fink makes the call
“HERE IS YOU WINNER
AND NEWWWWWWW
WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPION
SHEIK TUGBOAT!”
The masked man enters
The squared circle
So do the General and Colonel
Adnan has the gold
The masked man takes off
That dastardly hood
OF COURSE!
It’s SGT. SLAUGHTER!
IT WAS ALL A BIG PLAN!
The Fearsome Foursome
Now hold the power
The WWF championship
The biggest prize in the game
And in this war
Inside the ring
Outside the ring
Sheik Tugboat
Now possesses the ultimate
Prisoner
Of
War
The WWF has been
Forever Changed.
Jon Harder
