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Bobby Jaggers line of "he needs to drop the blind man and find someone that can actually see what he's doing" cracked me up I feel like some bad things are in store for Tommy Rich. Glad to see SOUTHWEST SUPERSTAR David Von Erich on this show. I feel like the Brody thing could easily just be a red herring but at the same time I could also see you going all the way with it.

Pretty surprised that Honkytonk Man came out of the tournament with the title. Was sure it was gonna be Chris Adams. I look forward to him breaking his I.C. Title Record (yea right) I want to NOT see Al Tomko vs. Ox Baker just as much as I do want to see Chris Adams vs. Stan Hansen. I wonder how keen Hansen would be on selling a superkick?

I don't know how many people know this but Curtis Hughes runs a wrestling school now and he has turned out a fair amount of guys who have had some success like Heath Slater, AR Fox, Sam Shaw & Uhaa Nation.

*Texas Death Matches in Southwest will not follow the "30 second rest period" rule. The 10 count will be administered right after a fall instead of after a 30 second period. Southwest Championship Wrestling @ San Antonio, TX - The HemisFair Arena 7/24/83 Ken Lucas & Charlie Cook vs. Ali Bey & The Ninja Warrior - Charlie Cook started the match against Ali Bey and completely dominated him. Ken Lucas & The Ninja Warrior both never get tagged in as Charlie Cook finished Ali Bey off with a flying tackle in only 2 minutes. Winners: Ken Lucas & Charlie Cook in 2:12 Assassin #1 vs. The Masked Wildfire - Assassin #1 completely dominated The Masked Wildfire and finished him off with an elbow drop across the throat. Winner: Assassin #1 in 4:50 Jose Lothario & El Gran Apollo vs. Mike Masters & Tiny Anderson - Before the match, Mike Masters gets down on the mat to do push ups and calls for Tiny Anderson to get down and do them also. Tiny Anderson does his push-ups at half the speed of Mike Masters which causes Masters to berate him. Mike Masters starts the match telling Tiny Anderson to "watch how it's done" only to immediately walk into an armdrag and then a dropkick from El Gran Apollo! Mike Masters staggers back into his corner and tags out to Tiny Anderson. Tiny Anderson charges into the ring and also eats an armdrag from El Gran Apollo. Apollo grabs the arm and makes the tag to Jose Lothario. Jose comes in and blasts Tiny Anderson with a right hand! Jose puts an arm bar on Tiny Anderson and pulls him over to the corner to tag in Mike Masters. Masters refuses to tag in so Jose Lothario lets go of the armbar and shoves Anderson into the corner. Mike Masters gives Tiny Anderson some words of advice and encouragement and tells him to stay in the ring. Tiny Anderson & Jose lock up in the middle of the ring and Jose armdrags him and puts him back in the armbar. Jose again drags Anderson to the corner to tag Mike Masters and this time Masters does tag in! Masters has the referee move Jose back before he will step through the ropes. Mike Masters stalls as Jose Lothario wants to lock up with him. Finally Mike Masters steps into the center of the ring and calls for a test of strength. Jose is reluctant but the fans cheer him and he puts his arm up for the test of strength. Masters & Lothario lock hands and then Mike Masters immediately kicks Jose Lothario right between the legs! The referee calls for an immediate DQ as El Gran Apollo comes charging into the ring and Mike Masters bails out! El Gran Apollo checks on Jose Lothario in the ring as Jose holds his injured area while Mike Masters struts around ringside with a cocky smile on his face. Mike Masters & Tiny Anderson leave the ringside area as referee Jack Howe and El Gran Apollo help Jose back to the locker room. Winners: El Gran Apollo & Jose Lothario by DQ in 7:57 after a low blow by Mike Masters Assassin #2 vs. Steve Pardee - Steve Pardee frustrates Assassin #2 in the early going by continually countering #2's holds and outwrestling Assassin #2 on the mat. Assassin #2 breaks a Pardee headlock by shoving him into the corner but Pardee bounces off the second turnbuckle and comes back around in a crossbody that catches Assassin #2 by surprise for a nearfall. Pardee grabs the headlock again after Assassin #2's kickout Assassin #2 & Steve Pardee end up in the corner and while referee Juan Reynosa tries to break them up, Assassin #2 pokes Pardee in the eyes. Assassin #2 uses the opening to take over on Pardee and beat him down with vicious forearms and kicks. Assassin #2 grabs an abdominal stretch on Pardee and the crowd starts cheering for Pardee which gives him the strength to break out of the hold with a hiptoss. Pardee tries to whip Assassin #2 into the corner but Assassin #2 reverses it and Pardee tries again for the turnaround crossbody but this time Assassin #2 gets out of the way. Assassin #2 stomps his boot against the mat as Steve Pardee is getting back up and then BLASTS him with a huge running boot. Assassin #2 covers him for the 3 count as the fans at ringside complain about Assassin #2 having a loaded boot. Winner: Assassin #2 in 9:41 after big boot 3 on 2 Handicap Match: Eddy Mansfield, Terry Adonis & Roy Lee Welch vs. The Fabulous Ones - The Fabulous Ones start this match in total control as the other team suffers all kinds of miscommunication and timing errors causing them to do more damage to themselves than The Fabs. Finally after quite a bit of stooging, the tables finally turn against The Fabs when Steve Keirn goes for his flying forearm but Mansfield ducks and Steve Keirn ends up catching himself throat first across the top rope. Roy Lee Welch & Terry Adonis distract the referee which allows Mansfield to pull out a chain and start choking Steve Keirn with it! Stan Lane tries to come in to help but Welch & Adonis quickly get the referee redirected to stop him from coming in. Steve Keirn winds up in the wrong corner and Mansfield, Adonis & Welch make a series of quick tags so they can keep double and triple teaming him. Mansfield passes the chain off to Roy Lee Welch during the tag. Terry Adonis keeps the referee distracted as Eddy Mansfield holds Steve Keirn from behind and Roy Lee Welch winds up a big punch with the chain but Keirn manages to break free at the last second and Welch ends up blasting Mansfield with the chain instead! Eddy Manfield rolls out of the ring and Steve Keirn makes the tag during the confusion! Stan Lane comes into the ring like a man possessed taking Roy Lee Welch down with a karate kick and then Terry Adonis gets one as well when he tries to come in and help. Lane grabs the heads of Adonis & Welch and rams them together in a meeting of the minds! Stan Lane hits the Russian Legsweep with a float over for the 3 count on Roy Lee Welch as the fans go nuts! Winners: The Fabulous Ones in 10:12 after a Russian Legsweep After the match a bloody Eddy Mansfield confronts Roy Lee Welch in the ring about hitting him with the chain. Manfield, Roy Lee Welch & Terry Adonis all argue with each other in the middle of the ring until Mansfield calls for peace. He extends his hand to Roy Lee Welch but while Mansfield is shaking Roy's hand, Adonis blindsides Roy from behind! Mansfield & Adonis put the boots to Roy Lee Welch and leave him laying in the ring as the crowd boos them. Southwest Heavyweight Title: Bob Sweetan vs. Tully Blanchard - During Bob Sweetan's entrance he gets jumped in the aisle by Fidel Sierra! Sierra rams Bob Sweetan shoulder first into the steel ring post and then picks up the big heavy wooden steps at ringside and slams them down on Bob Sweetan's shoulder. Fidel Sierra runs off after Ken Lucas, Charlie Cook & El Gran Apollo come racing out of the locker room and chase him off. Tully Blanchard comes down to the ring and demands that Juan Reynosa declare him the winner by forfeit. Bob Sweetan refuses to forfeit the match so after giving him time to recover, much to the chagrin of Tully Blanchard, Juan Reynosa officially starts the match. Tully immediately goes after Bob Sweetan's shoulder, attacking it with elbows and clubbing blows. Tully gets Sweetan down on the mat and sits down on Mr. Piledriver's shoulder and really cranks back on his arm. Tully screams at Sweetan to give it up but Bob won't quit. Tully grabs Sweetan and tries to send him shoulder first through the turnbuckles and into the post but Sweetan reverses it and Tully eats the post! Sweetan grabs Tully and tries to body slam him, but his shoulder gives out when he has Tully halfway up and Tully falls on top of him for a 2 count. Tully again goes back to work on the shoulder of Sweetan, dropping elbows on it and putting him back in an armbar. Sweetan uses the energy of the crowd to fight his way into the ropes. Tully tries for a cheapshot in the ropes but Sweetan ducks and comes back with a punch of his own that floors Tully. Tully gets right back up only to eat another big right hand from Sweetan that sends him down again! Sweetan grabs Tully and pulls him in for the Piledriver! The fans go crazy as Sweetan pulls Tully up in the Piledriver position and drops him down on his head! Sweetan however seems to have done more damage to his shoulder as he stays down on the mat holding his shoulder after the Piledriver. He slowly makes his way over to make the count. 1...2..suddenly Fidel Sierra comes back from out of nowhere and pulls the referee out of the ring! Sierra grabs referee Juan Reynosa and slams his head into the steel ring post! Sierra grabs a chair and gets in the ring and slams it down over Sweetan's injured shoulder! Fidel Sierra & Tully Blanchard put the boots to Bob Sweetan when suddenly Cowboy Scott Casey comes running out with a 2x4 and starts swinging it around which clears the ring! Scott Casey dares Fidel Sierra or Tully to get back in the ring with him and the 2x4 but Tully & Sierra head for high ground. Winner: Bob Sweetan by DQ in 13:33 Scott Casey attends to Bob Sweetan in the ring as referee Jack Howe comes down to check on Juan Reynosa who is busted open on the outside after the shot into the ring post. Casey helps Sweetan out of the ring when suddenly Killer Khan runs down and jumps him from behind! Killer Khan starts laying into Scott Casey with chops and referee Jack Howe decides he has no choice but to go ahead and start the main event! Falls Count Anywhere Loser Leaves Texas Death Match: Scott Casey vs. Killer Khan - Killer Khan is all over Scott Casey at the start hitting him with vicious chops and choking him on the ropes as referee Jack Howe can only admonish him since there are NO RULES in a Texas Death match! Killer Khan raises his thumb up in the air, now covered with a hard cast instead of tape, and readies for the death blow! Khan charges in but Scott Casey ducks down as uses Khan's momentum to back body drop Khan over the top rope! Khan lands hard on the outside and Scott Casey follows up his advantage by slamming Khan's head into the steel barricade at ringside. Scott Casey picks Khan up and bodyslams him down on the hard concrete floor of the HemisFair Arena as the crowd goes nuts! Scott Casey fires up with adrenaline of the crowd and grabs Killer Khan's head as he staggers back to his feet and hits his patented Bulldog right outside on the concrete! Scott Casey makes the cover and Jack Howe counts the 3! Jack Howe starts the 10 count on Killer Khan as the crowd counts along. Killer Khan struggles to get back to his feet but he does so by the count of 7. Scott Casey grabs Killer Khan and tries to go for another bulldog but this time Khan shoves Scott Casey off and Casey goes careening into the wooden steps. Khan follows up by slamming Casey's head down on the steps and then pushing him back into the ring. Killer Khan gets back in the ring himself and picks up the steel chair that's still in the ring from Fidel Sierra's attack on Bob Sweetan. Khan raises it over his head to strike Casey but Casey charges in with a tackle that takes Khan down and sends the chair flying out of the ring. Casey is on top of Khan just raining down punches on him as the crowd goes nuts! Scott Casey gets off of Khan and picks up the 2x4 that he brought to the ring with him! Scott Casey turns around to blast Khan with it but Khan is up too fast and he puts a big boot right between the eyes of Scott Casey! Killer Khan grabs the 2x4 and he blasts Scott Casey with it across the back and then covers him for a 3 count! Jack Howe gets to the count of 6 on Scott Casey before the Cowboy makes it back to his feet. Killer Khan immediately attacks Casey as soon as he's back up! Khan lays out The Cowboy with a big chop and then climbs on top of him and starts biting his forehead! Killer Khan pulls Casey back up and then bodyslams Scott down and begins to climb up to the top rope! The fans cheer Casey to get back to his feet and as Khan comes off the top rope with a big kneedrop, Scott Casey manages to roll out of the way! Killer Khan is down on the mat holding his knee as The Cowboy gets up bleeding from Killer Khan taking a bite out of his forehead. Scott Casey goes outside the ring and pulls Khan over to the ringpost by the leg and SLAMS his knee into the post! Scott Casey grabs the chair that went flying out of the ring earlier and goes to swing it at Khan's knee that's up against the post but Khan scoots out of the way and Casey's hands take the damage as steel chair meets steel ring post causing him to drop the chair. Scott Casey gets back up on the ring apron but Killer Khan sends him flying off the apron and to the concrete floor with a big boot. Khan steps out through the ropes and comes down on Scott Casey from the apron with a big knee drop across the throat. Killer Khan covers Scott Casey and Jack Howe rushes out of the ring to make the 3 count. The fans cheer for Scott Casey to get back up and he finally staggers back up to his feet at the count of 8. Killer Khan holds his hard cast covered thumb up in the air and prepares for a death blow against The Cowboy but Casey catches him rushing in with a low dropkick to the knee! Khan goes down and Casey grabs the steel chair and drives it down into Killer Khan's knee and starts grinding into the knee as it's caught between the steel chair and the concrete floor! Scott Casey lays Khan's leg flat against the floor and then slams the chair down over it repeatedly as Killer Khan shrieks in pain! Scott Casey makes the cover and gets a 3 count. Killer Khan struggles to get back to his feet with only one good leg now but he finally makes it up at the count of 9. As soon as Killer Khan is back to his feet Scott Casey BRAINS him with a brutal chairshot and makes another cover for the 3 count. Jack Howe starts the 10 count but Killer Khan once again manages to get back to his feet, now busted open from the chairshot. Scott Casey has the chair over his head getting ready for another attack but Khan dodges out of the way and jams his cast covered thumb into Scott Casey's shoulder area, causing Scott to drop the chair. Killer Khan really digs the thumb into Casey's shoulder in a modified nerve hold but Scott Casey manages to break out of Khan's grasp by kicking Khan repeatedly in his injured knee. Scott Casey rolls back into the ring and as Khan tries to follow in behind him Scott Casey stomps right on his head! Scott Casey grabs Killer Khan by the head, readying him for another Bulldog but Khan picks Scott Casey up like an atomic drop and then just drops him crotch first on the top rope! Scott Casey falls over into the ring and Killer Khan covers him as Jack Howe counts Casey's shoulders down for the 3. Jack Howe starts his 10 count but while Scott Casey is still down Killer Khan goes up to the top rope and comes down with a big kneedrop to Casey's throat! Jack Howe goes nuts over Killer Khan attacking Scott Casey during the 10 count! Jack Howe checks on Scott Casey and then restarts the 10 count! Killer Khan goes nuts at Jack Howe restarting the count but Scott Casey struggles back to his feet at the count of 8! Killer Khan puts his thumb up into the air as the crowd screams for Casey to look out! Killer Khan rushes in for the death blow but Scott Casey catches him coming in with a drop toehold! Casey grabs the 2x4 in the ring and slams it down over Khan's head as he gets back up! Khan looks to be knocked out and Scott Casey covers him for 3 count! Scott Casey climbs up to the top rope as Jack Howe begins the count of 10. Killer Khan once again makes it back up at the count of 9 and turns around to see Scott Casey standing on the top rope. Scott Casey comes off the top rope for a double axehandle but Killer Khan moves and Scott Casey comes down throat first right into Killer Khan's cast covered thumb! Scott Casey crumples to the mat and Killer Khan makes the cover for the count of 3! Jack Howe starts the count of 10 as Scott Casey desperately tries to get back to his feet. Scott has both hands on his throat and starts to spit blood! Scott Casey almost makes it back to his feet but crumples at the count of 9 and Killer Khan is the winner! Winner: Killer Khan in 18:27 The HemisFair Arena feels like someone just sucked all the air out as the crowd goes deathly quiet upon the realization that Killer Khan has won the match and Scott Casey is now gone from Southwest Championship Wrestling! The bloody Killer Khan limps out of the ring and walks back to the locker room, turning around to give a look back at the downed Scott Casey with what one might almost mistake for a look of respect. The Fabulous Ones & Bob Sweetan, with shoulder heavily taped out, come down to the ring and help Scott Casey to the back as the fans who aren't still in shock give him a quiet ovation.

Would like to bring this back up for discussion. And bringing in guys from Mexico too.

Anyone that's reading my TV and only looking at match results is going to think my show really sucks. They might still think that reading the promos though so at least with that I could console myself that they didn't have the full picture.

He might just be fast forwarding a lot. It's gotta be tough to watch all the tapes from the U.S., Canada & Japan within a week's time.

That's an idea. It may make people feel more open to leaving comments as once the show is over you aren't "disrupting" anything by putting a post in that thread.

It's not just a Meltzer criticism of Murdoch, even Harley Race talked about it on his shoot interview saying that Dick Murdoch was heavily considered for the NWA title but his propensity for doing goofy comedy was what killed it. Harley said he couldn't understand why Dick was so intent on copying Red Foxx and doing the "Elizabeth I'm coming to join you honey!" thing but I'm having a hard time remembering Dick actually doing a fake heart attack spot.

Joe has told me to send the entire booking plan that was set out for Tully to Wade Smeltzer because he's sure that Vince will just try and plug someone else into that exact scenario instead of coming up with something new.

Awesome. You had NOTHING to offer Southwest anyway seeing as you have like 1 member of your roster who isn't over 40 and past their prime. We have a youth movement going on in San Antonio.

I was making an effort to read and comment on just about everyone's stuff but I cut it back to just people who were reading and commenting on mine. We run off spite in San Antonio.

That's going to hurt you way worse than me. You do realize that also includes your color commentator Lord Alfred Hayes right?

I've been watching a lot of Ron Starr over the past 2 days and he's a really solid worker. I've seen him be the glue in matches with some pretty sub-par talents in Grand Prix and when he's matched up against anyone good like Invader, Fujinami or Leo Burke then you're going to be in for a really good match. I haven't really seen enough to where I could call one of the 100 GWE but he's really very good. I think if you're a fan of a guy like Ron Garvin who isn't flashy but always works hard and makes everything look snug then Ron Starr is a guy you should check out.

Yea if you go over 30 days without doing a show, ESPECIALLY if you haven't even said anything (at least El Boricua & peachchaos have addressed their issues) I would say that's grounds to lose your territory.

If Mid-South drops out there are going to be some really happy people in that draft because I could only see taking maybe 2-3 of the mid-low level guys. I have no need for "big names" at this point with rinky dink Southwest that's biggest babyfaces in real life were Bob Sweetan & Scott Casey.

Oh shit here come the maps

Continental started running Columbus, MS sometime in 1985/86 at the Lavender Coliseum.

Joe Blanchard sent a private communication to the offices of the WWF asking them to addess the issues brought up here. At this time they have refused to do so. We are monitoring this situation very closely down in San Antonio, TX and we would very much like to hear from WWF management by the end of the day.

I feel bad for Kevin Sullivan every time I hear him tell that story.

Oddly enough they make no mention of his wrestling career I already have to deal with Joe Blanchard working on cyphers I don't need him getting angry over names. EDIT: Hah! Memory education expert. Good rib.

What is with Wade Smeltzer and his confusing of Ken with Jerry? I have been unable to find anything about Ricky Morton's former partner Jerry Lucas.

Joe Blanchard asked me to inform Vince McMahon that it'll be a cold day in hell before El Gran Apollo does phase 2 of this plan. He's still rather miffed over the slight of 2x former NWA World Junior champion Ron Starr not being good enough to wrestle the WWF's IC Champion.

Probably one of those outside talents spreading gossip around. I think WWF should raise an Iron Curtain and stay totally in house to kill leaks.

So what happens if Lord Alfred comes to a TV taping with a suitcase full of Wade Smeltzer's Flaming Specators?