JHawk

Pretty sure this is up to date. Let me know if I missed anything

Brazil and Brown haven't split, there's a lot more to that story.

October 16, 1983 – NWA Showcase airing on the USA Network David McLane is in studio welcoming us to the show. McLane tells us this show is designed to focus on all the top matches and talent from the previous week in the NWA. However, in order to familiarize the audience with the top talent in the NWA, the focus in this edition is going to be on the various champions currently in the NWA. First up is a look at the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Harley Race. Footage is shown of Race defeating Ric Flair to regain the title in June, as well as recent defenses against Chavo Guerrero. McLane then introduces a clip from St. Louis where the last few minutes of Race’s successful title defense against Guerrero is shown. Cut to an interview taped after last night’s match, where Race praises Chavo’s heart and determination and says if the time comes for Chavo to get another opportunity, he will be happy to give him one. Race then puts over a series of appearances he has scheduled for Florida this coming week, and the dates and arenas scroll along the bottom of the screen. Next up, McLane mentions that the newest member of the National Wrestling Alliance is Mid-South Wrestling, and two new champions were crowned last night in Houston, Texas. Highlights of the two title changes are shown, first the closing moments of the controversial ending to Don Muraco defeating Mr. Wrestling II to win the Mid-South Television Title tournament: And then the closing moments and postmatch drama from the Mid-South Tag Team Title match: Up next is a video package highlighting some of other talent in the NWA. Highlights include footage of Ric Flair, Mid-South North American Champion Junkyard Dog, Dusty Rhodes, the Fabulous Freebirds, and Missouri Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel. Upcoming dates for the various NWA territories scroll along the bottom of the screen as this package airs. The final segment features a look at the NWA World Tag Team Champions, Nikolai Volkoff and Krusher Khrushchev. McLane mentions they’ve been taking on all contenders, unifying the titles with the WWA Tag Team Title last night, and then we see the following match in its entirety. McLane tells us to make sure to tune next week and every week following for the best the NWA has to offer on the NWA Showcase.

WWA had requested 11/5 (AM), 11/12 and 12/3 for the World Heavyweight Champion. Mid-South had requested 11/5 (PM) IIRC

Can somebody edit the OP?

WWA and Mid-South have finalized a unique trade. WWA is sending the rights to Masked Superstar to Mid-South to become a member of their full-time roster, effective immediately. In exchange, Mid-South will be loaning Don Muraco to WWA for an unlimited amount of dates. Mid-South still has the rights to Muraco's contract and will have first access to dates on Muraco.

The WWA Tag Team Title is no more after the St. Louis card. Mike Rotundo & Jimmy Snuka are the new Central States Tag Team Champions

Will be cutting my roster down to the cap next week. WWA TV and the St. Louis show are finished and up. NWA Showcase will be up in a few days as I'll be out of town the next three days and haven't even started it yet. This project is a hell of a lot of fun.

October 15, 1983 - WWA @ the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO 1. One fall with a 20-minute time limit: Mando Guerrero defeated Bobby Colt by disqualification in 5:30 when Jerry Valiant and Abdullah the Great interfered. After the match, Chavo Guerrero came out to make the save. In the ensuing brawl, Chavo was hit in the face with a chair by Colt, which opened up a cut over Chavo’s forehead. 2. One fall with a 20-minute time limit: Tony Atlas pinned Hercules Hernandez (w/Gary Hart) in 3:10. Hernandez actually dominated the match, but after taking a few seconds too long celebrating a clothesline, he ran into an Atlas powerslam for the quick pin. 3. One fall with a 20-minute time limit: In a minor upset, King Kong Bundy (w/Gary Hart) pinned Dick the Bruiser with a splash and pin in 5:53. Bundy quite methodically spent most of the match working on Bruiser’s previously injured ribs and rarely went for the win. Bruiser finally began a comeback, but clearly winded, he missed a charge into the corner, leading to the avalanche and splash for the pin. 4. One fall with a 1-hour time limit for the NWA Central States Tag Team Title: Mike Rotundo & Jimmy Snuka defeated The Zambuie Express (w/Gary Hart) in 4:46 to win the titles. Rotundo and Kareem Muhammad were brawling on the concrete floor while, in the ring, Snuka came off the top rope with a flying bodypress for the pin. 5. One fall with a 20-minute time limit: The Masked Superstar pinned Blackjack Mulligan in 7:35 with a swinging neckbreaker. After the match, Mulligan asked for a handshake, but Superstar kicked him in the gut and leveled him with another neckbreaker in the ring and one on the concrete floor before Mando Guerrero, Tony Atlas and Mike Rotundo ran out for the save. Mulligan was helped to the locker room after the match. 6. Loser Leaves Town Texas Death Match: Dory Funk Jr. (w/James J. Dillon) vs. Jack Brisco. Brisco wins the first fall with a cradle, but Funk is easily up after the rest period. Early in the second fall, Dillon distracts Brisco, allowing Funk to attack the leg. Funk gains submissions to win the second and third falls with the spinning toehold. Brisco finally begins his comeback in the fourth fall and scores a pin with a bridging suplex. Near the end of the rest period, Funk begins to complain about an injury to his neck. As the referee checks on him, Dillon grabs a chair and jabs it into Brisco’s knee. The fall starts with both men down, Funk makes his way to his feet at the count of 9, and the referee completes a 10 count on Brisco and awards the victory to Funk at 22:26. The crowd is livid but they do give Brisco a standing ovation as he leaves the ring. INTERMISSION 7. One fall with a 30-minute time limit: Bob Orton Jr. & Dick Slater defeated Don Kernodle & Keith Larsen in 15:22 when Slater pinned Larsen after using a pair of brass knuckles while the referee was trying to get Kernodle back to his corner. 8. One fall with a 1-hour time limit for the NWA Midwest Television Title which can change hands by disqualification or countout: Larry Zbyszko© pinned Jules Strongbow in 11:45, utilizing a double-leg takedown and putting his feet on the middle rope for leverage. Prior to the match, the ring announcer verified what Zbyszko had said on TV earlier in the day that if the referee deemed Zbyszko was intentionally stalling, the title could change hands. With Zbyszko forced to stay in the ring, Strongbow looked poised to take the title and scored six near falls in the final 90 seconds before the finish. 9. One fall with a 1-hour time limit for the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title: Sgt. Slaughter vs. Nick Bockwinkel©: With the crowd firmly behind Slaughter, this was likely the best match of the evening. A back and forth affair, Slaughter laid out Bockwinkel with the Slaughter Cannon and was signaling for the Cobra Clutch when BOBBY HEENAN ran out from the locker room and hopped up onto the apron. As Slaughter turned and asked Heenan what he was doing there, Bockwinkel reached to his feet and took Slaughter down with a rolling reverse cradle, knocking Heenan off the apron in the process, and the element of surprise was enough to keep Slaughter down for the pin at 10:35. 10. One fall with a 1-hour time limit to unify the WWA and NWA World Tag Team Championships: Bobo Brazil & Brickhouse Brown (WWA World Tag Team Champions) vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Krusher Khrushchev (NWA World Tag Team Champions): While the WWA champions have control early on, the inexperienced Brown is eventually isolated in the Russians’ corner. Brickhouse shows a lot of heart and refuses to stay down, eventually making the hot tag to Brazil. Brazil takes the Russians down with headbutts and seemingly has things well in hand until Brown makes the hot tag behind Brazil’s back. A confused Brazil watches as Brown climbs to the top rope but gets leveled by a clothesline by Khrushchev on the way down. Volkoff tags in and drops a knee onto Brown for the pin at 8:23. After the match, Brazil goes to check on Brown and helps him to his feet, but Brown slaps Brazil in the face and storms off, leaving Brazil looking even more bewildered. 11. One fall with a 1-hour time limit for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Chavo Guerrero vs. Harley Race©: Chavo comes to the ring with a bandage over his forehead as a result of the earlier attack by Dangerous by Design. The match is a technical masterpiece most of the way, with Race surprising the St. Louis crowd by wrestling scientifically. At the 15-minute mark, the pace has picked up. Guerrero whips Race into the corner, but misses a dive and hits the turnbuckle face-first, which has reopened the cut from earlier in the evening. Race opens up the cut and tries for multiple pinfalls, but cannot put the challenger away. Guerrero finally starts coming back and has Race on the ropes, but every move he makes has him off balance. Guerrero takes Race down with a backbreaker and heads to the top rope for his moonsault, but as he tries to get his balance, he gets dizzy and falls off the top rope, collapsing to the mat. Referee Connie Marker examines the cut and calls for the bell, ruling Chavo unable to continue due to the cut on his forehead at 24:20. Race protests and asks for Chavo to be allowed to continue, but the referee says the decision will stand. After the match, Race helps Guerrero to his feet and shakes his hand.

October 15, 1983 – WWA Superstar Challenge (airing in St. Louis as Wrestling at the Chase) airing live in Indianapolis and same day tape delay in syndication throughout the territory from the WTTV Studios in Indianapolis, IN David McLane welcomes us to the show and reminds all of our fans in the St. Louis area that great seats are still available for the show at 8pm tonight at the Kiel Auditorium. McLane states that while some matches are scheduled for this week’s telecast, most of the show will be previewing the event taking place tonight. An extended video package highlighting the war between Dick the Bruiser and King Kong Bundy airs, showing their double countout in the Missouri Title tournament, Bruiser’s injury, the subsequent battles including the six man tag in Chicago in August. Pretaped promos from both men air where each man vows to put their opponent away. 1. One fall with a 15-minute time limit: Chavo & Mando Guerrero defeated Fred Marzino & Zoltan the Great in 4:28 when Chavo pinned Marzino with a moonsault. After the match, McLane interviews the Guerreros, specifically asking Chavo about his title match later tonight against Harley Race. Guerrero discusses exactly how close he came to winning the title in Chicago and how fortunate he is to be given another shot tonight, saying how he’s not going to the Kiel Auditorium just to lose and he will either leave the arena with the championship or leave everything he has in the ring. A brief video package airs showing Larry Zbyszko stalling and retreating to retain the Midwest TV Title over Jules Strongbow. Afterwards, McLane interviews Zbyszko, who says Jules has now had three chances to win the title and wasn’t able to do so within the rules established by the NWA. So tonight, the rules have been changed. “If I get disqualified, if I get counted out, or if the referee feels I’m intentionally trying to draw out the match, they’re just going to award the title to Strongbow. Rest assured of one thing. No matter what odds are stacked against me, I will retain this title. Champions always find a way.” Highlights of the previous matches between Dory Funk Jr. and Jack Brisco airs. This is followed by pretaped promos from both men (J.J. Dillon doing most of the talking for Funk) putting over their Texas death match. Funk implies that even though the loser has to leave the area, both men are likely to be worse for wear. Brisco flat out says it would be worth his career ending if he can end Funk’s at the same time. 2. One fall with a 10-minute time limit: Masked Superster pinned Frankie Laine with a swinging neckbreaker at 6:32. After the match, McLane interviews Superstar about his match with Blackjack Mulligan tonight in St. Louis. Superstar says the time for talking is over and may the best man win. A replay of the Hercules Hernandez-Tony Atlas weightlifting challenge and Atlas’ subsequent injury is shown. Another highlight package is shown highlighting Don Kernodle and Keith Larsen’s recent battles with Bob Orton Jr. Highlights of Dick Slater in action are shown and McLane puts over Slater as Orton’s partner tonight. David McLane interviews Missouri Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel and asks what he meant last week by having a surprise for Sgt. Slaughter. Bockwinkel says “If I tell you, it wouldn’t be a surprise” before saying that he still feels Slaughter should not be getting a shot having not wrestled in the area, and as such he feels he needs to take drastic measures to assure only those who deserve the title get the title. With that, McLane runs down the lineup for St. Louis tonight one last time. Hercules Hernandez vs. Tony Atlas King Kong Bundy vs. Dick the Bruiser Masked Superstar vs. Blackjack Mulligan Bob Orton Jr. & Dick Slater vs. Don Kernodle & Keith Larsen Loser Leaves Town Texas Death Match: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jack Brisco NWA Midwest Television Title (no time limit, title can change hands by disqualification or countout): Larry Zbyszko© vs. Jules Stronghow NWA Central States Tag Team Title: The Zambuie Express© vs. Jimmy Snuka & Mike Rotundo NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title: Nick Bockwinkel© vs. Sgt. Slaughter Unification Match for the NWA and WWA World Tag Team Titles: Nikolai Volkoff & Krusher Khrushchev (NWA World Tag Team Champions) vs. Bobo Brazil & Brickhouse Brown (WWA World Tag Team Champions) NWA World Heavyweight Title: Harley Race© vs. Chavo Guerrero

Once again, I loved the show. Loved the Landell angle but not sure how intentionally losing a match would somehow absolve Buddy from breaching his contract, but unlike some real life companies, I appreciate the effort to explain the situation.

Distinct possiblity of WWA TV and the big show in St. Louis being late this week. I'll be out of town starting Thursday and likely for most of the week and haven't had the free time I expected to have this week to work on them.

Pass

I have no objections to anything that has been discussed in this thread.

Voted for no roster cap only because I'm not sure who I would drop at this point if we went with a hard cap. Certainly I can adapt to whatever decision is made

I agree that nothing should be reversed at this stage as there's too much confusion once we start playing that game. As for Solie, as long as he isn't booked for both promotions the same night, I don't see the issue

So with the additional drop outs, what is the official list of remaining NWA promotions?

The WWA is sending Salvatore Bellomo to ICW in exchange for David Sammartino.

I know my deal was 7 dates for Andre and I have 5 remaining which I'm attempting to use sparingly as Andre works best as an attraction, especially since my roster is loaded anyway. I'll let you know when I need to cash those in

Great job getting a feel for the Memphis territory as a whole. I try to book the WWA similar to Memphis because of how it flows. As a fan though, I'd be pissed at the station for not running 10 seconds long to see the finish.

Spent the better part of two hours getting WWA TV up this week. Match wise admittedly lacking but a TON of development leading up to St. Louis next weekend.

October 8, 1983- WWA Superstar Challenge (airing as Wrestling at the Chase in St. Louis) from the WTTV Studios in Indianapolis, IN David McLane welcomes us to the show and runs down the lineup. The ladies are back this week in tag team action, including Women’s Champion The Fabulous Moolah. Plus, WWA Commissioner has order Larry Zbyszko to once again defend his NWA Midwest Television Title against Jules Strongbow in the main event, which will go on mid-show and will have a 15-minute time limit this week. McLane then introduces Dory Funk Jr. and James J. Dillon. McLane mentions that Jack Brisco has told Funk that he will accept the match for St. Louis next Saturday night under any circumstances with any stipulation. Dillon: “One thing I always took Jack Brisco for was being a smart man. But clearly that’s not the case, since he has given us every advantage. Now, the thing when you say you’ll accept any stipulation we want is that you didn’t specify there had to be only one stipulation!” McLane: “What are you getting at?” Dillon: “What I’m getting at, David McLane, is that we are including two stipulations. The first one is that the loser of the match will leave the area for as long as the winner is obligated to appear here. This way there are no rematches, no mistakes, nothing that can possibly be overturned or reversed. The second stipulation…and this is my personal favorite, David…the Funk family made their names by creating, inventing, and perfecting the Texas Death Match. So if Jack Brisco is so confident that he can beat Dory Funk Jr. under any circumstances, then he can attempt to beat him in the match his father created!” 1. One fall with a 15-minute time limit: Judy Martin & NWA Women’s World Champion The Fabulous Moolah defeated Susan Starr & Penny Mitchell in 3:42 when Moolah pinned Starr. Nick Bockwinkel makes his way to the interview, and he reiterates that two weeks ago he filed an official protest with the NWA to prevent Sgt. Slaughter from receiving his shot at the Missouri Title in St. Louis next week. Commissioner Arnold Skaaland appears and says that he has received a response from NWA President Jim Crockett regarding the protest. He takes a letter out of an envelope and reads: “We have heard the protest of NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel in regards to his previously announced title defense scheduled against Sgt. Slaughter on the evening of October 15, 1983, at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Bockwinkel does make several valid points in that Sgt. Slaughter has not competed in the area covered by the NWA World Wrestling Association, which does currently include St. Louis. It is also true that Sgt. Slaughter has not recently competed against the talent currently competing in that area. HOWEVER, it is also noted that Sgt. Slaughter has competed against, and defeated, many of the top stars in the NWA, and is consistently among the top ten contenders for the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Therefore, it is the opinion of this office and the NWA Board of Directors that the championship match go on as scheduled.” A livid Bockwinkel begins screaming at Skaaland, to which Skaaland responds with “I’m just the messenger.” 2. One fall with a 10-minute time limit: Hercules Hernandez (w/Gary Hart) defeated Spike Huber by submission to a horizontal backbreaker in 6:21 of an even matchup. Hernandez and Hart make their way to the interview area, and as they gloat about the damage they did to Hercules a few weeks ago, Skaaland makes another appearance. He said that Tony Atlas was examined earlier this week by the WWA physicians, and while Atlas is clearly still in pain, he has been cleared and will be in action against Hercules in St. Louis next weekend. Hernandez and Hart don’t seem worried and are even laughing about it. 3. One fall with a 15-minute time limit for the NWA Midwest Television Title: Larry Zbyszko© and Jules Strongbow battled to a time limit draw. The match was almost a carbon copy of the week before, with Zbyszko rolling to the floor whenever possible and clearly running down the clock in the closing moments. After the match, Zbyszko grabs his belt and walks backwards to the dressing room, taunting Strongbow the whole way, until he bumps into Arnold Skaaland. Skaaland announces that based on Zbyszko’s actions the last few weeks, Strongbow will get another opportunity at the title next Saturday in St. Louis, but this time he is going to make sure Zbyszko has to compete to retain the title. “I understand that as champion, you get the advantage of the shorter time limits and of needing to lose by pinfall or submission to lose the title. So I’m taking those advantages away from you. Next Saturday in St. Louis, there will be no time limit, and if you lose the match for any reason, including disqualification or countout, Jules Strongbow will become the new champion.” It’s Zbyszko’s turn to yell at Skaaland this time, and they argue all the way to the dressing room area. 4. One fall with TV time remaining: Bobby Colt (w/Jerry Valiant, Abdullah the Great, Black Gordman and Goliath) pinned Frankie Laine in 3:03. During the match, Valiant joined McLane on commentary, putting Colt and Dangerous by Design over while putting the fan favorites on notice. As the match ends, McLane interviews Chavo Guerrero. Guerrero begins to discuss his rematch with Harley Race for the NWA World Title next week, but he gets interrupted by Bobby Colt. Colt: “There is absolutely no reason for you to be getting my title shot next Saturday, Guerrero!” Chavo: “Hey man, I beat you fair and square, and until you beat a top contender, I suggest you keep your mouth shut and…” Before Chavo can finish, he is attacked by the entire Dangerous by Design stable. They continue to attack until Mando Guerrero, Jimmy Snuka, Bobo Brazil and Brickhouse Brown make the save. McLane brings Arnold Skaaland back out after the break. McLane: “It’s been kind of a chaotic week here on the Challenge, hasn’t it?” Skaaland: “I’m having trouble keeping up with it all, but I can’t think of a better problem for our company to have.” Skaaland announces he has finalized a title defense for Central States Tag Team Champions The Zambuie Express for St. Louis next week and is working on including Dangerous by Design on the card to give them a chance to back up their words over the past few weeks. With that, they run down the lineup for next Saturday night in St. Louis as it stands now. Hercules Hernandez vs. Tony Atlas King Kong Bundy vs. Dick the Bruiser Masked Superstar vs. Blackjack Mulligan Bob Orton Jr. & Dick Slater vs. Don Kernodle & Keith Larsen Loser Leaves Town Texas Death Match: Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jack Brisco NWA Midwest Television Title (no time limit, title can change hands by disqualification or countout): Larry Zbyszko© vs. Jules Stronghow NWA Central States Tag Team Title: The Zambuie Express© vs. Jimmy Snuka & Mike Rotundo NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title: Nick Bockwinkel© vs. Sgt. Slaughter Unification Match for the NWA and WWA World Tag Team Titles: Nikolai Volkoff & Krusher Khrushchev (NWA World Tag Team Champions) vs. Bobo Brazil & Brickhouse Brown (WWA World Tag Team Champions) NWA World Heavyweight Title: Harley Race© vs. Chavo Guerrero Nick Bockwinkel then makes another appearance, telling Skaaland “I didn’t want to do this. I tried to go through the proper channels, but the NWA Board of Directors has forced me to pull an ace out my sleeve. Next week in St. Louis, I have a surprise for Sgt. Slaughter and the NWA, and I don’t think anybody is going to like it. But I know I’m going to love it.” And with that, David McLane takes us off the air.

With the USA time slot that I inherited from Central States, I want to institute the show as the NWA Showcase beginning 10/16. Obviously since WWA has the time slot, I'll be including one WWA segment every week and I want to include three additional territories each week, so essentially everybody involved with that week's show gets a 15-minute block (12 minutes or so factoring commercials) to show matches and/or promos as they please. Obviously it will be essentially a recap show, but I'm giving each territory full reign over how their block of the show goes. So it's basically on you whether you want to film an exclusive match for the show, cobble together footage of several different shows, show highlights of one major angle and have exclusive promos surrounding it, or whatever other format you wish to use. I also want to ensure that whichever territory (or territories) have NWA World Champion appearances that week get showcased. So as an example for the show airing 10/16: Block 1: Likely highlights of my show in St. Louis the night before Blocks 2 and 3 with NWA territories to be determined Block 4: Florida has the NWA World Champion 10/18-10/22 and would get this main event slot so as to hype those appearances if need be. Obviously I would try to get everybody rotated in on a regular basis, but territories with NWA title defenses would get priority which might skew the numbers a bit. Of course, if you decide you don't want to be part of the show, that would be your decision, but I want every NWA territory to be part of this if possible. All Japan can also be included since they would get some dates on the champion as well. Are there any NWA territories who aren't interested? I want the first show for next week and I'd like to get a schedule through at least the end of November set up in the next few days.

Make me an offer for Steamboat

The only people I'm remotely interested in are too near retirement. Pass