Global InformationA Hot Summer Night II information
| A Hot Summer Night | |||
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| Promotion | NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 9, 1986 | ||
| City | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
| Venue | Aloha Stadium | ||
| Attendance | 1,900[1] | ||
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A Hot Summer Night II was a professional wrestling supercard produced by NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling (NWA-PPW), which took place on August 9, 1986, at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Like the original show, this was an interpromotional event and featured representatives from All Star Pro Wrestling, the Continental Wrestling Association, Championship Wrestling from Florida, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling.
Sixteen professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard, four of which were for championships. The scheduled main event was supposed to be NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Champion Superfly Tui defending his title against challenger Lars Anderson in a Steel Cage match;[2] however, a second main event was added after a surprise appearance by The Sheik who interrupted a $22,000 Bodyslam Challenge between Bruiser Brody and Grizzly Smith. As a result, Brody and Smith agreed to a temporary truce so they could face The Sheik, Mark Lewin and Prince Kamalamala in a six-man tag team barbed wire match, which ended in a no contest. The undercard included a singles match between Antonio Inoki and Hacksaw Higgins,[3] which Inoki won via disqualification. Also, defending NWA British Commonwealth Champion Steve Rickard retained his title against Jerry Lawler, Bad News Allen beat Alexis Smirnoff in a Judo Jacket match, and The Samoan Connection (Farmer Boy Ipo and Leroy Brown) defeated The Maxx Brothers (Madd Maxx and Super Maxx) to win the NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Championship.[4]
Several matches from A Hot Summer Night II were broadcast on the promotion's syndicated television program Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling from August to October 1986. The show was also to have been aired by Superstars of Wrestling in Atlanta, Georgia via a live satellite feed. The show's host, Joe Pedicino, was present at the supercard serving as both a backstage interviewer and guest commentator for the main event. Technical difficulties prevented the event from airing on Superstars which instead showed highlights the following week. Celebrity guests included powerlifting champion Jeff Magruder, television actor Al Harrington as ring announcer, and Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa Eni Faleomavaega.
The event was attended by only 1,900 people,[1] far less than the 12,500 which had turned out for the original show a year earlier,[5][6] and was among the lowest drawing supercards of the 1980s wrestling boom. In addition to a severe rainstorm,[3] last minute cancellations and "no shows" by a large number of participants had forced the promotion to make major changes to the advertised card. While the first installment had set an attendance record in Hawaii, the failure of this second supercard (as well as a disastrous tour of California) is blamed for the promotion's close less than two years later.[5][7]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b Reardon, Dave (August 11, 1986). "Summer Night Was Wet, Wild". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. p. 23.
- ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu, ed. (2003). "NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Title (Hawaii)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Metcalf, Cody (November 22, 2006). "Hawaii: The Forgotten Wrestling Territory". OnlineWorldOfWrestling.com.
- ^ Farmer, Matt (August 3, 2015). "Results: August 3, 1985 Honolulu HI "Hot Summer Nigts"". WrestlingClassics.com.
- ^ Oliver, Greg (October 22, 2008). "Lia Maivia was a pioneering woman promoter". Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015.