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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; 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, 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. 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, far less than the 12,500 which had turned out for the original show a year earlier, and was among the lowest drawing supercards of the 1980s wrestling boom. In addition to a severe rainstorm, 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. Production Background NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling was founded by Peter Maivia in 1979. Upon his death in 1982, Lia Maivia took control of the company becoming one of the few female wrestling promoters in the United States. Shortly after her husband's funeral, Vince McMahon Sr. reportedly assured Lia Miavia that he had no intentions of taking over the Hawaii wrestling territory. Within a few years, however, his son Vince Jr. had begun plans to expand the World Wrestling Federation across the United States. Maivia, who was then a vice president of the National Wrestling Alliance, was keenly aware of this fact. She too decided to try expanding outside of her home territory. Maivia's promotion had the benefit of having their weekly television program Polynesian Pro Wrestling shown across the country on SCORE. Unlike the other NWA members, she faced some unique challenges in this endeavor - namely the added expense of flying her wrestlers 2,500 miles to the mainland. Nevertheless, she pushed ahead with ambitious plans to run shows in Calgary, Juneau, Seattle, and parts of the Midwestern U.S. in March and April 1986. Maivia spent a considerable sum of money recruiting talent such as Jerry Lawler, Kevin Sullivan, Tatsumi Fujinami, and Jimmy Snuka. PPW's initial tour of California was unsuccessful with poorly attended live events in Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. One show in San Jose drew as little as 25 people. Meanwhile, the WWF made its Hawaii debut at the Blaisdell Center on July 10, 1986, drawing 5,000 crowd people. With Vince McMahon Jr. now in her backyard, Miavia decided to counter with a sequel to A Hot Summer Night hoping to repeat the success of last year's event. It was also thought that another big supercard at Aloha Stadium would bring a desperately needed boost to the company as well as added revenue for future mainland tours. Working with booker Lars Anderson, A Hot Summer Night II boasted an even bigger lineup than the original show. Sixty wrestlers from eight different countries were to appear on the card with fourteen of the matches being for championships. In an interview with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Lia Maivia touted a six-man tag team barbed wire match pitting Bruiser Brody, Tommy Rich and Jeff Magruder against Kevin Sullivan, Mark Lewin and Prince Kamalamala as the featured main event. Many of these wrestlers, including Lia's kayfabe son Peter Maivia Jr., either cancelled or failed to appear on the night of the event. The promotion was forced to rebook the show at the last minute drastically altering the advertised card. Four matches were dropped from the event including the barbed wire match promoted in the Star-Bulletin only two days earlier. Storylines Four championships were defended at A Hot Summer Night II: the Hollywood Stunt Girls Championship, NWA British Commonwealth Championship, NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Championship. Prior to the event, Superfly Tui had feuded with Lars Anderson over the Heavyweight belt. Tui defeated Anderson on March 26, 1986 for the championship. The Maxx Brothers (Madd Maxx and Super Maxx) had won the NWA Polynesian Tag Team Championship six weeks before A Hot Summer Night II from The Samoan Connection (Farmer Boy Ipo and Leroy Brown). As this was an interpromotional event, storylines from other NWA-affiliated promotions were also part of the show. New Japan Pro-Wrestling was the most prominently featured as its wrestlers made up the majority of the top-tier undercard bouts. On the weekend of the event, the Japanese media captured an altercation between Antonio Inoki and Bruiser Brody that occurred on a Honolulu beach. While the incident was used to generate publicity for an upcoming showdown in Osaka the following month, there was a legitimate dispute between the two men over money Brody felt Inoki owed him for a previous Japanese tour. Event Preliminary matches The first match on the card was a standard singles match between "Jumping" Joe Solo and Robert Toronto. Toronto was a last minute replacement for Mighty Milo. It lasted 2 minutes and 36 seconds. .... Discover the Tim Hornbaker Jimmy Superfly Snuka popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tim Hornbaker Jimmy Superfly Snuka books.