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Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Title HANDHELD FOOTAGE

HANDHELD FOOTAGE ***SPOILER***Ron Garvin fought Tully Blanchard to a 30-minute time-limit draw; Blanchard was caught in a Boston Crab for the last 15 seconds of the bout; after the contest, Garvin tried to get at JJ Dillon but Blanchard jumped him from behind and hit the slingshot suplex

HANDHELD FOOTAGE ***SPOILER*** NWA TV Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: NWA National Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson pinned Ron Garvin by blocking a backdrop into a sunset flip and grabbing the ropes for leverage at around the 17-minute mark; after the bout, Garvin had a confrontation with Tully Blanchard, who was coming out for the next match

HANDHELD FOOTAGE ***SPOILER*** Ron Garvin fought NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson to a 15-minute time-limit draw; Garvin punched Anderson with his injured right hand during the closing moments but wasn't able to make the cover before the time expired

First Round of NWA TV Title One Night Tournament, ,

Magnum defends the United States title

Magnum TA defends the United States Title NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Nikita Koloff (w/ Ivan Koloff) via disqualification at the 14-minute mark when Ivan interfered after the challenger sustained the belly to belly suplex; after the bout, the Koloffs double teamed Magnum and Nikita hit the Russian Sickle before Pez Whatley and Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Sam Houston made the save

HANDHELD FOOTAGE ***SPOILER*** NWA US Champion Magnum TA fought Nikita Koloff to a double count-out at the 13-minute mark when both men began brawling on the floor; after the match, it was announced NWA National Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes would challenge NWA World Champion Ric Flair March 9

HANDHELD FOOTAGE ***SPOILER*** NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Nikita Koloff via reverse decision; Koloff originally won the match and title around the 15-minute mark after hitting Magnum with a chain while the referee was down on the floor; after the decision was made, a second referee came out, told the initial referee what happened, and the call was changed; after the bout, Koloff assaulted Magnum until Magnum gained the upper hand and threw Koloff into the ringpost

HANDHELD FOOTAGE--- This is not the same match as 4/12/86 from Charlotte that aired on Japanese TV ***SPOILER*** Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a non-title match when Gibson pinned Condrey with a sunset flip after Morton prevented a double team; Jim Cornette was suspended above the ring in a cage for the duration of the match

HANDHELD FOOTAGE ***SPOILER*** NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Nikita Koloff (w/ Ivan Koloff) via disqualification when Ivan broke the cover after Magnum hit the belly to belly suplex; after the match, the champion was double teamed, with Nikita eventually hitting the Russian Sickle and then bringing out a Russian chain until the Italian Stallion, Don Kernodle, and another wrestler came out to make the save and helped Magnum backstage

NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA National Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes via reverse decision; Rhodes originally won the match and title at around the 20-minute mark after hitting Flair with his cowboy boot but referee Tommy Young, who was at ringside, told referee Sonny Fargo what happened with Fargo then changing the call

Handheld Footage ***SPOILER*** NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Nikita Koloff in a steel cage match at 8:51; both men were counted down by the referee after colliding into the cage, with the referee then telling the ring announcer that the first man to reach his feet would be declared the winner

Ric Flair defends the NWA World Heavyweight Title

The Midnight Express defend the NWA World Tag Team Titles

Magnum defends the US Title against NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson

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Handheld Footage. *** SPOILER*** JCP @ Greensboro, NC - Coliseum - March 1, 1986 (10,421) Jimmy Garvin pinned Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Sam Houston in a non-title match with a knee to the back and the brainbuster after Houston became distracted by Precious on the floor

*** SPOILER*** Dusty Rhodes & Wahoo McDaniel defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard in a lights out bullrope / Indian strap match at 7:35 when McDaniel pinned Blanchard after hitting him with the strap as Blanchard came off the top; Rhodes had Flair in the figure-4 at the time of the fall; prior to the match, Jimmy Garvin attacked McDaniel from behind and then left ringside HANDHELD FOOTAGE

I have determined that this footage is from a matinee afternoon house show in Charlotte NC, the same day that Midnights win the belts at an evening show in Atlanta. ***Spoiler*** NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey when Morton pinned Eaton with a sunset flip into the ring; Eaton & Condrey originally won the match and titles moments earlier when Eaton pinned Gibson after hitting Gibson with Jim Cornette's tennis racquet behind the referee's back but referee Tommy Young ordered the match to continue

Taped on February 2nd in Atlanta GA, aired on February 7th

The Russians are NWA Six Man Champs, but this is a non title match. Handheld footage.