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Yea I mean I expect that out of most places but I thought at least here I would have read some praise on it when I got caught up on the WWE TV thread but nope. The counter to the apron dropkick was SO awesome but man that bump Reigns took on the apron was just nasty. That guy takes some pretty crazy bumps, especially for a guy his size I wish more people would get over his booking and give him some credit for how awesome he is as a wrestler.

This. I'm not sure what the point of giving him more definitive wins would have been except just some boilerplate idea of "must make champion look strong"

I predict an exciting weekend of title changes!

Everyone has now voted and it's a tie. I suppose it should go to a runoff and the 3 Geigel voters will end up deciding the President.

I am watching a Fabulous Ones comp right now. They are awesome, I know they get their due around here but I think overall they aren't given enough credit for how good they are and how hot their act was during it's peak. The New Fabs was just a terrible idea though. You weren't going to re-create that act and Tommy Rich & Eddie Gilbert weren't a good fit either because they didn't have the rugged tough look of Stan & Steve. Tommy couldn't even grow the beard and was flabby looking while Eddie was just too small. I did love their feud with the PYTs and the New Fabs break-up. Listening to Tommy cut a promo about the fans not liking The New Fabs and basically pleading for the fans to stop booing them was also hilarious to me.

How long can Gordy keep a headlock interesting for a 60 minute draw? Is he really a credible World Champion?

I really want to see more of Steve Keirn from this time period. He looked really good working the more traditional technical babyface style of the time period when he's obviously more famous for his ass kicking brawling days with the Fabs. The stuff afterwards with Dory going crazy and being an unstoppable killer, taking out like 4 guys, was also very different from what I've usually seen out of Dory Funk Jr.

How in the WORLD does Don Muraco fuck up running the ropes this badly? This is in 1980 or 1981! He's not some green rookie. This is definitely ammo for the "Don Muraco sucked" camp:

Matt Morgan must have been willing to work really cheap or otherwise there is really no excuse for bringing him back. He has ALWAYS sucked.

I wouldn't mind watching this in real time but don't feel like trying to figure out how to do that without cable so I'll just watch it later.

Here is one to consider. This is a top contender for a "jacked up foreheads" contest also:

Joe Blanchard has gotten a leaked list of possible choices for the next NWA Champion and repeatedly asked me "Where is Nick Bockwinkel??"

Lots of talk about who is coming into the area to start this January 1981 show just like last week's and this time we learn that Robert Gibson is coming in and that in February that both NWA World Champion Harley Race and Andre the Giant will visit the area. It's a big year for Southeastern in 1981. Jimmy Golden is in the first match against Frank Lavert and he makes quick work of him and finishes with that swinging neckbreaker. Amusing to me was Les Thacher talking about Jimmy Golden wanting to challenge Jerry Stubbs but there being some question over whether Jimmy Golden can make the weight limit. After that, the U.S. Jr. Champion Jerry Stubbs is out to talk over arena footage of another match with The Shadow. Norvell Austin goes for a crossbody but Stubbs ducks and Norvell takes a pretty nasty bump into the ropes. Also in the clips was Norvell doing a really awesome suplex where he kind of "pumps" Stubbs while he has him all the way up. Stubbs runs down Jimmy Golden when he's asked about Jimmy Golden's challenge and Jerry Stubbs says Jimmy has been out of wrestling and hasn't been in the gym, he put on weight can't hang with Jerry Stubbs now. Jerry Stubbs is getting ready to unmask The Shadow on the tape when Jimmy Golden runs in and attacks him! Golden hits some crazy high dropkick that surprises me and sends Stubbs out of the ring. Stubbs reiterates his point about Golden not having the discipline to lose the weight to challenge him for the U.S. JR. title to wrap up the segment. Alexis Smirnoff apparently makes a rare Southeastern appearance on this Boutwell card facing Paul Orndorff. Now we get another Shadow promo about Jerry Stubbs and I have to say as much as I love this territory they had a tendency to run some of their feuds into the ground. I can only imagine how long they ran this feud with Norvell having his "last chance" and now being to the "last chance" as The Shadow. Jerry Stubbs is a pretty good promo. He'd probably have a better rep in that department if he didn't have to continuously be overshadowed by Bob Armstrong & The Fullers in this territory. Jimmy Golden is next at the desk with Charlie Platt and he says he IS 225 and he's coming for Jerry Stubbs. They go over his "change in personality" and style and Jimmy Golden is kind of boring as a babyface here where I actually liked him a lot in the role against Kevin Sullivan & his New Guinea Headhunters. But I know that is not going to last long. Our next match is Norvell Austin & Mike Jackson vs. Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose so I would imagine that Norvell is on his way out now if he's on his "last chance" with Jerry Stubbs as The Shadow and teaming with Mike Jackson as himself. Apparently this is Mike Jackson's first appearance on Southeastern TV? He has a lot of hair but the bald spot is already there, unfortunately I have no idea how old he is in 1981. Condrey & Rose might just be the lesser of the Midnight Express teams but they look really good here and I wish they had the arena footage to really compare. Condrey & Rose win with a double clothesline on Mike Jackson with Condrey on the apron & Rose in the ring. Condrey & Rose head right over to the desk to talk trash about The Armstrongs who are only walking around with their belts. After a commercial we come back to Les Thacher talking to John valiant, Ron Fuller, Bob Armstrong & Brad Armstrong. Ron talks about a handicap match he had against Don carson & The Stomper where Bob Armstrong came out to help him and then we see the footage of it. For the record, Fuller is wrestling in his Tennessee Stud mask and doing his promos with the mask just so people understand this is just the way that dynamic works. This turns into a real mess as Condrey, Rose & Bass run out and atack Armstrong & Fuller. Armstrong was apparently already cut from his tag match earlier and he's REALLY bleeding now. The main event at Boutwell will be an 8 man tag Texas Death Match which sounds like it would have been fucking nuts to be there live for that. The winning team wins $30,000 with each man putting up $5000 and the promoter Don Curtis adding $10,000. Just a nice little touch to put over why these guys are going to be killing each other on Monday night. The next match is The Scorpion vs. The Tennessee stud and Scorpion attacks Stud from behind right at the start. Fuller is a smart man because looks way tougher with the mask on than he does as balding Ron Fuller. He makes a quick comeback and The Scorpion is quickly squashed. After The Stud match we get Les Thatcher at the desk with Conrey, Rose, Bass & Saito. Bass has made his whole team honorary Texans and is flying in the governor of Texas to see one it's native sons win the Texas Death match and all the money. I have my doubts if the entire house for that Monday night in Birmingham was even $30,000. The next match is the main event with "TV time remaining" and Bob & Brad Armstrong are facing the oddly random team of Oki Shikina & Ron Bass. This was actually a lot of fun and the ending was really fun with BOB Armstrong slingshotting himself in over the top rope to sunset flip Oki Shikina has Brad in a front facelock. Right before that Bob Armstrong hit no joke one of the best wrestling punches I have ever seen on Ron Bass while Brad has Ron in an arm wringer. Almost as soon as the match is over, Saito, Condrey & Rose hit the ring and attack The Armstrongs. Armstrongs get their ass kicked until The Stud & John Valiant run down to help out and the heels decide to take off. After a commercial we come back to the card run down of the 8 man tag Texas Death match, Jerry Stubbs vs. The Shadow, Jimmy Golden vs. Oki Shikina, Paul Ordnorff vs. The Avenger & Bob Armstrong vs. Dennis Condrey. They kind of blew their load on that 8 man tag but I mean who gives a shit you'd still buy a ticket wouldn't you?? We get one more word from the babyface team and Bob says what is good for the goose is good for the gander and he is going to get Condrey's goose. I need to make like an hour long compilation of Bob punching people with Bob's best promos as the soundtrack. Les & Charlie wrap up the day's events and hype the big 8 man tag on Monday Night, saying that this is getting out of hand and surely someone is going to get hurt. Ron Bass comes out and says he isn't done and he calls out the babyface team and we have another 8 man brawl in the ring! And that takes us out of this edition of Southeastern, join me next time where we will immediately jump into an epsiode in progress with arena footage of Jimmy Golden vs. Jerry Stubbs.

Charlie Platt starts this show off with new co-host Al Roberts? and fills us in on the news that Bob & Brad Armstrong have won the Southeastern Tag Team Titles from Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose. We also learn that Jimmy Golden has return to the area with a bit of a change in his personality which will be the topic of today's Personality Profile and Charlie lets us know that Paul Orndorff & Ken Lucas are both on their way to the Southeastern area. Lots of stuff going on in the area to start 1981 and now we have the first match: Ray Harris vs. Jerry Stubbs. I think Jerry Stubbs may be one of the few wrestlers who had a worked weight that was LOWER than what he actually weighed. He looks awful big for 225 which just happens to be the weight limit for the U.S. Jr. title. Jerry Stubbs makes short work of Ray Harris and pulls him up from a few pinfalls before finally finishing him off with a powerslam. There's a cut and then we get Norvell "The Shadow" Austin at the desk with Charlie showing tape of an arena match between Jerry Stubbs & Norvell Austin in a non title match. The Shadow says all he wanted was one chance to prove he could beat Jerry Stubbs and he made the best of it. I just don't get Norvell Austin he really doesn't do anything for me. This is a territory of great talkers and he's not really on their level, this was the worst of the "talk over arena footage" segments I have seen so far. We get local promos for the Boutwell Auditorium from The Shadow & Jerry Stubbs and then that's the end of this DVD. In an amazing shock to me, the next DVD I have is a continuation right where the last one ends with an interview of the new tag team champions: Bob & Brad Armstrong. Poor Brad is in such a tough spot to have to follow behind Bob in these interviews where he can barely even get his 2 or 3 lines out right before Bob takes it back over. Our next match is Jimmy Golden vs. The Avenger and Charlie mentions the last time he was here he had his back injured by cousin Robert Fuller but now he's come back a little bit different. Oh hey Les Thatcher joins the broadcast in progress so I guess he was just late to work haha the joys of live TV. Thatcher is a pro too because he likely walked right into the building and just sat down and started calling this match. Golden is working this match like a technical babyface with these neat little amateur takedowns and this is fun because I've NEVER seen him do that. He finishes it off with a swinging neckbreaker that would make Matt D proud and then Charlie Platt tells us we have our Personality Profile with Jimmy Golden coming up after the break. Charlie asks Jimmy Golden about his past dealings with his family in wrestling and he doesn't really want to talk about that because the past is the past but he's here now just to wrestle the very best and prove he's the best himself. Golden says he may have had a little bit of a change of heart but he just wants to focus on facing the toughest competition. Charlie then shows a tape of a crazy big brawl with Bob Armstrong & Ron Fuller getting a beating and Jimmy Golden coming in to help even the odds for the babyfaces and clear the ring. Golden says he was just doing what was right but he's not apologizing to anyone for anything that's happened. The next segment after a cut in the tape is Charlie Platt welcoming us to another edition of Southeastern Championship Wrestling so I guess that's all for this episode that is likely missing something. But oh well, you take what you can get.

It changed over the years, but for the most part Vancouver was every Monday usually at the PNE Gardens. This would represent the early 70's Monday - Vancouver Tuesday - Chilliwack or Victoria BC and Seattle WA Wednesday - Burnaby (TV) Thursday - New Westminster or Tacoma WA or spot show Friday - spot show Saturday - Victoria or Cloverdale or spot show Sunday - spot show Later TV would change to Tuesdays. Did Vancouver & Portland not have issues from both of them running Tacoma & Seattle? Or were they never both running those towns during the same time period? I have no idea what Portland's loop was like in the early 70s. Only what it was from the late 70s-onward when you would see them list where they would be during the week on the TV show.

Joe Blanchard has asked me to offer HIS thanks to Mr. Baba for allowing Southwest Championship Wrestling the opportunity to help the sons of the legendary Rikidozan reach greater heights.

Joe Blanchard kicked, screamed, pleaded, and cried until I could take no more. After incredibly intense and elaborate negotiations Southwest Championship Wrestling would like to welcome back from his lengthy stay in the WWF: The Turk, Ali Bey!

Funny that you mention that, I was just going to ask about his short tour after watching "Looking for Mr. Gilbert" yesterday.

I liked, not loved, the first match and really didn't care for the second one at all. It absolutely WAS finisher spam and they totally ran out of ideas at the end where they just started repeating spots wholesale from the first match.

I tried to atone for my sins with offerings to youtube. And by making a new recap in the Southeastern thread.

That's what I thought, just wanted to be sure there wasn't some sock gimmick I was unaware of.

Why is Jose Lothario called the 'Supersock"?