1996 PBA National Championship Entire Telecast

The date was June 8th, 1996. The University of Toledo Savage Hall staged the arena finals for this event. The five guys vying for $30,000 top prize were Mark Williams, Tim Criss, Justin Hromek, Butch Soper, and Walter Ray Williams Jr. Let's join Chris Schenkel and Nelson Burton Jr as they call the action.

[@StormTheWolf96]

Watching this cause the shop owner at my bowling alley is Justin Hromek

[@mitzelnation78]

Great matches! Thanks for uploading!

[@SuperHonkyPodcast]

Mark Williams looks like if Beavis was a real life person. 😳

[@williamford9564]

What was amazing too was the Butch Soper, who usually bowled best on tougher conditions, qualified #2 with a 232 average that week on a high scoring condition. Walter Ray set a record that week with a 238 average. Among the others it shocks me to this day that Hromek only won 3 titles.

[@imal25]

BYE-BYE TOLEDO, AND HELLO TO TAYLOR, MICHIGAN NEXT WEEK TIL THEN HAVE A GOOD SATURDAY SO LONG.

[@bigval46]

i was there! i was 6 yrs old and my first introduction to the pba

[@imal25]

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: SATURDAY JUNE 8, 1996.

[@thomasmccarrick4169]

Tim Criss: 268
Mark Williams: 179
Justin Hromek: 217
Tim Criss: 205
Butch Soper: 216
Justin Hromek: 214
Butch Soper: 226
Walter Ray Williams Jr: 210
Soper Wins!

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

[@garla5851]

Great matches !!
: )

[@BrownWolverine]

I wanted to go to this, but unfortunately, I was scheduled to work. Still have this on tape though.

[@austinsmith1505]

I feel like I’m watching the masters with these announcers lol

[@teejay6063]

I'm rooting for the guy with more than 2.5 revs.

[@vincentcheung8345]

Did it take place during Christmas? WOW! "Both" tried to give the championship away "twice"! In the end WRW succeeded, lol! Entertaining. Thanks for posting!

[@railroadskater2896]

Nah, June 8 1996.

[@andrewphillips1011]

Do you have the track triton open from 1997?

[@andrewphillips7555]

the second, semi final, and title matches were tight and exciting

[@user-dt6hb7kb6u]

Spoiler Alert. Please watch all of the matches before you read the comments.

[@routedriver1]

I use to bowl against justins parents in the 1970s at rose bowl east in Wichita ks. Justin was only about 5 years old.

[@andrewphillips2179]

Walter Ray Williams Jr and Butch Soper have bowled some tremendous matches

[@andrewphillips7555]

butch soper came through in the clutch in both matches to win the pba national championship

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

[@chuckteno6202]

Lmao to the obvious Brooks n Dunn cover band.

[@andrewphillips7555]

the 4 9 split that walter ray williams jr. cost him the match

[@vanni9283]

58:15.... : O

[@dduval59]

WAAAAAAT the impossible just happened!

[@vanni9283]

I know....and it was a MULTI-pin spare too!!!

[@NYDanno85]

John McDevitt
I remember seeing that live, and being absolutely stunned. Not only did he miss - he wasn't even close.
Then again, Butch missed a spare by about an arrow a few frames later - and he's a pretty accurate guy. So it was a pretty wild match all around.

[@vanni9283]

Butch missed that spare because the ball slipped out of his hand. So I'll give Butch a pass on that one. But a COMPLETE whiff by WRW on a multi-pin spare is something you'll only see like once every 1,000 years...LOL!

[@danielschrafel3158]

John McDevitt Agreed. He was having a very hard time hanging onto that spare ball. But imagine that - the deadly-accurate, down-and-in guy won the title by covering up the wild shots with a big string of strikes.

[@Mario-cv5el]

Tim Criss needs some anti persprent holy pit stains