1994 PBA General Tire Tournament of Champions Entire Telecast

The date was April 24th, 1994! Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio hosted this historic tournament for the very last time. In the opening match, 5th seeded Steve Jaros takes on 4th seeded Pete Weber. The winner of the opening match faces 3rd seed Randy Pedersen. The winner of that match faces 2nd seeded Norm Duke. The winner of the semifinal match takes on top seeded Eric Forkel. Happy viewing!

[@CanuckGamer33]

I remember that Gold Rhino Pro ball giving me fits back in the day. I worked in a pro shop and later owned one and that was one of the most frustrating balls I ever worked on. It took months for us to figure out that we needed to sand off the factory finish and then reapply whatever was needed. Out of the box the ball hooked off the lane when it hit dry and went perfectly straight in oil. We used to hide the ball from a guy who had one on our team lol. And at 20:14 he mentions my home town, Windsor, Ontario as the place where the lowest score by two opponents in a championship round took place lol.

[@dcbandnerd]

The lesson from this tournament: *make your spares*. It's been a high strike volume game over the past 25-30 years or so but you have got to fill those frames.

[@scootdaws25]

Norm has a cute wife. Never saw a crazier tournament.

[@irishpogi]

It was crazy alright

[@TheRenard10]

I sentimentally remember! I was still 15, was less than 8 weeks away from turning 16 that tough year!

[@anandguruji83]

NORM DUKE'S 2-7-8 SPLIT CONVERSION FOR THE SPARE 59:41 AND ERIC FORKEL'S GUTTERBALL 1:03:00

[@anandguruji83]

NORM DUKE'S 2-7-8 SPLIT CONVERSION FOR THE SPARE 59:41 AND ERIC FORKEL'S GUTTERBALL 1:03:00

[@StFidjnr]

as frank sanata once sang about Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio hosting the TOC there's used to be a ballpark

[@irishpogi]

StFidjnr in honor of the PBA's 60th birthday, the tournament of champions is returning to Riviera Lanes in 2018!

[@fjccommish]

The tips they offered were so good.

[@garydavidprinceable]

PDW shooting a 159, Randy missing a 5 pin.... wtf??!

[@bobcarty1433]

Jaros looks like Ned Flanders

[@douglasharris5216]

Bob Carty Naw, Ned Flanders looks like Steve Jaros

[@bobby_c7671]

Always nice to see little Petey struggle.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

I'm leaving too many comments here I know...but on another video with Norm Duke, I mentioned that I thought it was bad that he always seemed to lose his balance on spare shots. Almost every single time, he stands up at the line and steps with his right foot over to the right...and there ya go, this time it cost him a foul. Didn't cost him the match but it's still a valid point.

[@michaelschweizer4772]

Norm Duke puts a tremendous amount of roll on the ball.

[@fjccommish]

Looked like Randy was crying at the end of the semifinal.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

I've watched this video a couple of times now and I am more positive than ever that if any of these guys had just grabbed a urethane ball (Jaros was using a Black Rhino urethane as his spare ball) I would bet they could have grinded out 200-210's and won.

[@irishpogi]

Back then ball companies provided great incentive money to use certain products on the tv show.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

@@irishpogi That's true but how much do you think they were paid? I am assuming the money for finishing first or second would be worth far more. Somewhere on KZbin there is a video of Walter Ray using a plastic ball to win a championship while everyone else is using reactive, so there are times when it might be a smarter play, just my opinion though.

[@andrewphillips7555]

the first, second, and semi final matches were exciting and close

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips Low scoring and missed spares, yeah real exciting!

[@anandguruji83]

32:56

[@anandguruji83]

32:56

[@scootdaws25]

Does Pete get a new wife for each major?

[@gregersen80015]

This tourney goes back to Riviera this Sunday...I kind of hope ESPN embarrasses Randy with this (29:30).

[@douglasharris5216]

Looks like PDW’s man bun wasn’t a lucky charm!

[@fjccommish]

That haircut was terrible.

[@andrewphillips7555]

there were a lot of open frames in the general tire tournament of champions

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips Then why do you call it exciting, is missing spares exciting to you?

[@jeffjones9908]

29:34 randy Pederson misses the easiest spare in the pba

[@Joey_Hammer]

29:30

[@fjccommish]

56:47 Mentioned his girlfriend rather than his fiance.

[@andrewphillips7555]

norm duke was in the driver's seat to win the general tire tournament of champions

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips nice spoiler asshat

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

Andrew Phillips 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Duke looked like he was on some bad Vole back in the 90’s’n He & Voss were so Coked up in the 80’s & 90’s it isn’t funny!! Hop Heads!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobby_c7671]

Haha! Alot of them were!

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Duke was on some really good Cocaine here & all throughout the 80’s & the 90’s!’ He was the biggest Coke Head on the PBA Tour! He made Pete Weber look like a choirboy!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@irishpogi]

I thought Chris Warren was very much the party boy?

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Knock it off with your nasty lies!! 😠. Norm Duke wasn't a drug addict. He never took cocaine and neither did the other PBA bowlers. It would be impossible to be a good bowler if you take cocaine, you moron!!

[@andrewphillips2179]

the first match was very low scoring

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillip If it was low scoring, why was it exciting?

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Andrew Phillips You’re a REAL FUCKING GENIUS!! DOPEY ASS!! 😂😂😂😂😂