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Airing Live on the.... From the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.... bring to you, Night 2 of the: We open with a panning shot of the huge crowd that has filled the Reunion Arena. They are loud, and they are ready for action! The camera then pans down to Marc Lowrance who is standing by with a microphone. Marc Lowrance: Good Evening Ladies and Gentleman, and Welcome to the final night of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament right here on the USA Network! Tonight we will see the final seven teams compete for the Memorial Trophy and the Hundred Thousand Dollars. We will also see Dick Slater defend the Mid-America Title against Tully Blanchard with Baby Dull, and Terry Funk will go one on one with "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes for the USWA World Heavyweight Championship. We have a lot of action for you tonight, so let's get right to it with the first quarter final match in the tournament. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Bruise Brothers (Porkchop Cash/The Snowman) vs "Hollywood" John Tatum/"New Jersey Heartthrob" Jack Victory w/Dark Journey- In this battle of the Texas Tag Team Champions and the Central States Tag Team Champions, the fans were one hundred percent behind the Bruise Brothers. Tatum and Victory didn't let that bother them in the least as they strutted and preened before the bell rang. Once it did ring, Tatum immediately continued strutting but added in some stalling and the occasional ducking underneath the ropes to really piss the crowd off! The match itself saw Tatum and Victory take control early with some Greco Roman Eye Gouges and blatant double teaming on Porkchop Cash. They did as much as they possibly could behind the back of the referee, including choking him with the tag rope, and they very nearly won the match after a Victory diving elbow drop, because Tatum was holding the legs of Cash from the floor! Finally, Porkchop reversed an Irish whip, blasted Victory with a headbutt and was able to crawl over and make a tag. The Snowman came in fired up and blasted away on both Victory and Tatum with kicks and punches, then took Victory down with a big clothesline. Tatum was near the ropes, and Snowman clotheslined him clear out of the ring to the floor which drew a huge pop from the Reunion crowd. Snowman scooped Victory up onto his shoulders and planted him with a big Running Powerslam, and then tagged Porkchop back into the ring. Snowman then headed to the floor and popped Tatum with another big punch, while Cash dropped another Headbutt on Victory and covered him for the One, Two, Three! Winners, Advancing to the Semi-Finals: The Bruise Brothers (Porkchop Cash/The Snowman) Marc Lowrance: Oh Yeah! The Bruise Brothers have defeated John Tatum and Jack Victory! They will move on in the tournament, and the Texas crowd is loving it! Folks, we will be right back with more action! -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament on the USA Network! We've already seen the Bruise Brothers advance in the tournament, and now it is time to find out who they will face in the Semi-Finals. Up next from Continental Wrestling, we have Ken Wayne and Danny Davis, known as the Nightmares taking on.... Tommy and Johnny Rich. Ladies and Gentleman, you'll forgive me if I don't sound unbiased during this contest, but after the things that the Rich cousins have said about Texas and the Von Erich family, I sincerely hope that the Nightmares beat them and beat them badly. Let's head down to the ring. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) vs "Wildfire" Tommy Rich/Johnny Rich w/Davey Rich- The negative reaction for the Rich cousins upon their introduction was nearly deafening, and only got louder when Tommy Rich made the hand sign for the Iron Claw then used it to grab his crotch. That heat didn't die down in the least when Tommy and Johnny attacked The Nightmares just as the bell was ringing. They pitched Danny Davis out of the ring and singled out Ken Wayne, delivering quite a quick beatdown on him until the referee pushed Tommy out of the ring. Johnny didn't let up, stomping, choking, and dropping elbows on Wayne until he got tired and tagged Tommy back in. Tommy Rich continued the beat down on Wayne, but he was also having a good time showboating and yelling at the crowd. It wound up costing him after a bit, as Wayne grabbed the legs of Rich and dropped him with a reverse atomic drop much to the delight of the crowd. As Tommy Rich wobbled around the ring, walking like he'd just been shot in the groin, Wayne quickly made the tag to Danny Davis who came in like a crazy man! Davis blasted Tommy Rich with an uppercut that sent Tommy off of his feet into a huge flat back bump. David then tore across the ring just as Johnny Rich entered the ring, and Davis blasted him with a single punch that sent him sailing backwards over the top to the floor! After this The Nightmares were in control and looked to have things well in hand as they beat on Tommy Rich and prevented him from making the tag. However, the tide quickly turned and the end came when Davis and Wayne both came into the ring and took Tommy over with a double suplex. Instead of leaving the ring, they looked to hit a second one, but the referee was shoving Wayne out of the ring as he had reached his five count. While he was distracted, Johnny Rich jumped quickly into the ring and kicked Danny Davis in the balls. Davis collapsed to the mat, Tommy Rich fell on top of him, grabbed a hand full of tights, and when the referee turned around, he dropped down and counted One.. Two..... Ken Wayne leapt in, but was too late.... Three! Winners, Advancing to the Semi-Finals: "Wildfire" Tommy Rich and Johnny Rich Marc Lowrance: Oh Come On!! The Nightmares had this match won! These Rich cousins are absolutely despicable. Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back. -Commercial Break- -"Mr. Money" Carl Fergie and "Champagne" Gerry Morrow receive a Bye into the Semi-Finals- Since the fans were already so happy after the win by the Rich cousins, you can only imagine how excited they were when it was announced that Morrow and Fergie received a bye. The boo's got even angrier when Morrow and Fergie came out of the entrance way, waved to the crowd, and then toasted them with glasses of champagne before returning to the dressing room. Marc Lowrance: The hits just keep coming Ladies and Gentleman. Carl Fergie and Gerry Morrow advance without wrestling a match thanks to the Draw between The Gunslingers and the Dynamite Duo in the last round. Talk about the luck of the draw for these two! But, let us move on as we head to the last match of the Quarter Finals. The Texas All Star duo of Black Bart and Ron Bass, The Wild Bunch are set to take on the USWA team of Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden. Let's head down to the action! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Wild Bunch (Black Bart/Ron Bass) vs Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden- This one started off on the slow side with Golden and Bass locking up and both men struggled to get an advantage. They circled one another and locked up again, and this time Golden was able to push Bass back toward his corner, where Fuller grabbed Bass by the hair, and Golden sucker punched him to take the advantage. From there Fuller and Golden effectively cut the ring in half, made frequent tags, more frequent double teams, and worked Ron Bass over until he was nearly finished. At around the seven minute mark, Golden dropped an elbow from the second rope onto Bass and covered but Bass still managed to kick out at two. Golden tagged Fuller back in, and Robert pulled Bass up and gave him a kick to the gut, then took him over with a suplex. Another cover, another count of two. Fuller took a few steps back, then charged forward and dropped a knee across the face of Bass. Another cover, another two. Fuller looked annoyed as he pulled Bass to his feet, and then clamped on a Sleeper Hold! Bass struggled briefly, but soon his arms were hanging down at his sides. The referee came over and lifted his arm, and it fell. On the apron Black Bart, started stomping and hollering, and soon the fans were doing the same. The referee checked the arm of Bass again, and again it fell. From the apron Bart was banging on the turnbuckle and stomping his feet. When the referee grabbed the wrist of Bass, Bart yelled out "DADGUM IT RON, WAKE UP!!" The referee lifted the arm of Bass into the air for the third time, and it started to drop, but about half way down Bass gave a thumbs up, and the Reunion Arena crowd went crazy! Bass started shaking some feeling back into himself as Fuller looked to be clamping down even harder on the sleeper, but then Bass fired an elbow into his gut, and another, and another! Finally Fuller let go of the sleeper, and Bass nailed him with a big right hand before stumbling over and tagging in Black Bart! When the hot tag was made, another huge cheer went up from the Texas faithful! Bart came in like a dadgum wildman, throwing haymakers at Fuller, throwing haymakers at Golden who got in the ring, and nearly throwing one at the referee who came to warn him about using closed fists! Bart whipped Fuller into the ropes and nailed him with a clothesline. Bart sent Golden into the ropes and gave him a back body drop. Fuller was back up and Bart gave him another clothesline! Golden was about half way back to his feet, and Bart crashed into him with a knee that sent him through the ropes and to the floor! Bart turned around to find Fuller back on his feet, and he scooped him up and planted him with a big bodyslam! Finally Black Bart scaled the turnbuckles and came off with the Texas Trash Compactor for the One, Two, Three!! Winners, Advancing to the Semi-Finals: The Wild Bunch (Black Bart/Ron Bass) Marc Lowrance: Black Bart cleans house, and just like that The Wild Bunch have advanced in the tournament!! The crowd here at the Reunion Arena are loving it, and Bart is going crazy in the ring. Bass looks a little worse for wear, but he will have some time to recover before they compete again. Okay Ladies and Gentleman, I am going to go ahead and turn things over to my colleague Lance Russell. Take it away Lance!

Round 2.... Fight!! Gossett making more friends in Texas to start the night. Gotta love it! Tatum and Victory labeling themselves the Home Team is fantastic! Dug this match, and liked Dark Journey playing into the finish like she did. I am ashamed of myself that these guys have fallen by the way side in the build up to the tournament, so I am glad that you and Spaldoni have made them look so good. Tremendous finish to the Highwaymen/Bruise Brothers match! A classic that only gets pulled out once in a blue moon, and this was the perfect place for it. Duncum clotheslining the referee after the decision just makes it even better. I love the Bruise Brothers, and I am glad they've moved on. and now The Rich Cousins.... Coming out to Tom Sawyer is a huge dick move, as are the Mike Von Erich and No Class Wrestling shirts. But the "I Survived The All Japan Pro Wrestling Tour 1984" shirt.... Fuck... I mean.... Fuuuckkk. I truly believe someone would have tried to kill Tommy Rich right there in that moment. That line had me rolling. Absolutely tremendous. Great way to save face for the Fabs, get even more heat on the Rich's, that they absolutely didn't need, and promptly get them out of the building so they didn't get murdered. Though I think this was my favorite line of the night!! Moondogs make a nuisance of themselves and get the Technicians DQ'ed! Nightmares win, but end the match laid out in the ring. Rough night for the babyfaces. Morrow and Fergie buying their way to the next round is fantastic. Boyd drinking the champagne like a shot was a great touch. These guys are going to be super fresh for the next round! Gunslinger and the Dynamite Duo, two of the top babyfaces teams in the game go to a Draw! Oh yeah, Fergie and Morrow are going to be SUPER fresh!! Glad to see someone else got to have some fun writin' a dadgum Black Bart promo! Irwin chasing Johnny V around with the whip would have been such a huge pop in Texas! or maybe this!! Buddy Landel is always welcome on the Fiesta Garden. and.... Slimmer than Kendall Windham is actually the line of the night!! Valiant powdering himself in the face, and then Bart picking up the win is the right kind of chaos that this match needed!! Speaking of chaos, Fullers and Armstrongs just don't mix and the last match of the second round proves it yet again!! Bob and Terry seem to have things well in hand, but Ron makes his presence felt and The Stud Stable moves on! and just when it seems like we are all done.... Bruiser Brody makes his return to Texas!! and learns a lesson!! Great way to close the night! Great show all around!! Very excited to bring this thing home tomorrow!

and RPG starts us off the right way! I'm glad someone has picked up on the fact that Marc Lowrance is dried than plain white toast! Indian Express and the Percy Pringle stuff had me laughing too! Dynamite Duo gets a nice win over High Flyin' Fever in the opening contest, which had a nice hot start until Gagne bored it down a bit. Fortunately Savoldi came in and did the job, and the right team advances! Spaldoni threatening to send Gagne to the Fiesta Garden!! PLEASE.... but if you do, I am co-writing it with Gene, and Landel is co-hosting!! Speaking of Buddy, he does some commentary for the following contest and it is fantastic. The Dusty Rhodes comment made me chuckle loud enough to startle my wife. As for the match, the Rangers give it their best, but some good old fashioned cheating gets the job done and the Fabulous Blondes move on! Wild Bunch picks up a quick one against the Devils Duo, but something tells me Bart was still pissed off at those guys for being aligned with Killer Brooks way back when! Paul Jones isn't going to be a happy man after that one! Very excited for Nick Bockwinkel in Continental. I enjoyed writing for Nick a ton, and your interviews are second to none, so I know this is going to be a great fit. He should do very well here. Bob Armstrong just became the biggest heel in the tournament to me, cutting off "We are Family." I hope Terry Taylor turns on him. Good match here, Bodacious held there own for a while, but Armstrong and Taylor work well together, and the dreaded Five Arm spells the end. Fantastic banter between the Stud Stable and the Glamour Boys! Loved the line about cousins from Tennessee. Well put together match, and Fuller and Golden will definitely have some good heat with the Texas fans now. Great first round of the tournament comes to an end. Fantastic show as always, and I look forward to seeing the 2nd Round a little later!!

Texas All Star sends Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers to the USWA for Randy Rose and Pat Rose Texas All Star sends Mark and Chris Youngblood to the NWA for Rip Rogers

I like the girls in the Yellow Rose jackets showing off the trophy. Great touch! I am picturing the reaction of Tatum and Victory when Street blew them a kiss and can see it perfectly! Damn, quite the contest between these two teams and it looked like Dundee and Street had the match well in hand until things broke down at the end. Tatum uses the distraction to put Street down, and the Texas Tag Team Champions move on to Round 2!! Loving Sierra coming out with the cigar to try and get Cocoa off his game, but it seems to have backfired spectacularly as the SPC are on it tonight!! The Cartel does some damage, but in the end, I think Cocoa Samoa saw his chance for some revenge and there was no stopping him in this one!! YEAH! My boys The Highwaymen make short work of the RPM's! Good riddance to them, and may arguably my best contribution to this game have a wonderful run in the tournament! Hard hitting war between The Moondogs and my favorite team in the USWA, The Bruise Brothers. This definitely looked like it could go either way until the very end, but Snowman and Porkchop show superior team work and put away Rex to advance to the next round! Moondogs take a cheap shot at the end, and we'll have to see if that effects The Bruise Brothers as the tournament continues. Aww Shit.... here comes the Rich Cousins..... and Tommy immediately tries to get the whole tournament shut down by getting murdered by the fans!! Tommy and Johnny take quite the ass whipping before cheating for the victory and then continuing to instigate things. Oh my... these two are going to cause trouble all weekend! Well, if anything could potentially placate the anger of the fans after that, The Fabulous Ones absolutely embarrassing Karachi Vice in the last match of the evening would probably do the trick! Great Start to the tournament Spaldoni! I'm really glad we all decided to do this!!

(Airing Live on Friday Night February 12th) and From the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. This is.... Richard Myhill's "The Hit" plays as we are shown highlights of all the top talent and hard hitting action from.... We cut to ringside where Marc Lowrance is standing by with a microphone. Marc Lowrance: Hello Everyone! Welcome to the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas and Welcome to Championship Sports. We are here tonight on KTVT and for the very first time on the USA Network for another exciting edition of Texas All Star Wrestling! The David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament is under way, as those of you who have been tuning in on the USA Network have just witnessed the first six matches in the tournament on the USWA television program that aired directly before ours. So far tonight we have seen the following teams advance in the tournament. The Texas Tag Team Champions John Tatum and Jack Victory. The South Pacific Connection of Sivi Afi and Cocoa Samoa. The Highwaymen of Phil Hickerson and Bobby Duncum. The Snowman and Porkchop Cash, The Bruise Brothers. Steve Keirn and Stan Lane, The Fabulous Ones. and unfortunately, Tommy and Johnny Rich.... The Rich Cousins. Now, we are set to present five more matches in the tournament, before our friends at Continental come at you tomorrow morning with the final matches of the first round. Then tomorrow evening we will move from the Sportatorium to the Reunion Arena for the second round of the tournament, and then we will be back there on Sunday afternoon for the remainder of the tournament and two huge championship matches. Don't worry Ladies and Gentleman, if you can't join us here in Texas, our friends at the USA Network will be carrying all of the action! Alright folks, that's enough talking from me, let's get to some action as the first round of the tournament continues! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Nightmares (Ken Wayne/Danny Davis) vs The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantell/Bobby Jaggers) w/Percival Pringle III- These four didn't waste any time with fancy lock ups or waiting for the bell to ring, they went right at it! The Jayhawks attempted to Pearl Harbor the Nightmares, but Percy screaming "Get 'Em, Get 'Em" may have given it away and The Nightmares caught them coming and we had a pier six brawl right off the bat. All four men spilled out to the floor and continued throwing punches and were nearly counted of the ring, but Wayne tossed Mantell back into the ring at the count of eighteen and they became the legal men. The match settled into a standard back and forth affair after that with both teams taking the advantage at different times. The Jayhawks nearly picked up a win just after the five minute mark after scoring with a double suplex on Danny Davis, but Ken Wayne broke up the pin. The Nightmares hit Mantell with a double back body drop around eight minutes in, and Ken Wayne made the cover, but Percy Pringle put the foot of Mantell on the bottom rope to save the match. The end came when Davis attempted to whip Jaggers into the ropes, but Jaggers reversed it and Pringle reached in to grab the leg of Davis but missed. Davis stomped down on the hand of Pringle who cried out in pain, then Jaggers charged in at Davis, who sidestepped him, and then when Jaggers rebounded off the ropes, Davis rolled him up for the One, Two, Three. Winners, advancing to Round 2: The Nightmares (Ken Wayne/Danny Davis) Marc Lowrance: One of the top teams from Continental Wrestling, Danny Davis and Ken Wayne, The Nightmares have advanced in the tournament and given Percy Pringle a sore hand in the process! There appears to be some dissension in the ranks of the Pringle Dynasty! Pringle is in the ring clutching his hand and stomping his feet as Mantell and Jaggers look pissed off at being caught with the roll up victory. Finally Pringle yells out "I told you two buffoons not to let me down!" Then he shoves Bobby Jaggers with his good hand. It only takes about half a second before Dutch Mantell lashes out with a right hand that knocks Pringle on his ample backside, and then Jaggers lands a kick to the face that lays Percy out flat in the center of the ring. Marc Lowrance: Well, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. The Jayhawk are out of the tournament, but I think they just made a whole lot of new fans. Ladies and Gentleman, we will be right back with more Texas All Star Wrestling! -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back folks! Next up we have two popular tag teams going at it as The Technicians of Bob Roop and Brad Rheingans from the USWA meet Steve and Scott Armstrong from Continental. This should be an exciting match up of four fine athletes. Let's head down to the ring as the tournament continues. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Technicians (Brad Rheingans/Bob Roop) vs The Armstrongs (Steve Armstrong/Scott Armstrong)- This one began with all four men shaking hands in the center of the ring, and then turned immediately into a hotly contested tag team contest. Rheingans started off with Scott and appeared to be taking him a little lightly and came away a bit shocked when he was able to keep up with him on the mat. Roop was tagged in, as was Steve and the same thing happened with the Armstrongs proving that there father taught them well and that while the Technicians may be technical wrestling experts, the Armstrongs weren't just two punk kids. What followed was a fifteen minute master class in professional wrestling, with Roop and Rheingans digging deep into their arsenal of suplexes and amateur skills and submissions, while both Scott and Steve used the speed and athleticism they had over the other two men to their advantage to keep in the game. The end of the match came when Bob Roop being the cagey veteran that he is, changed the pace of everything as Scott Armstrong bent down for a back body drop. Instead of going over for a sunset flip, or around for a roll up as had been the ebb and flow of the rest of the match, Roop grabbed him, hooked him, and piledrove him right in the center of the ring. Roop then quickly covered for the One, Two, Three and the victory. After the match Scott and Steve looked momentarily angry, but then realized that they had learned a lesson from a veteran. Hand shakes all around again to end this one. Winners, advancing to Round 2: The Technicians (Brad Rheingans/Bob Roop) Marc Lowrance: My goodness Ladies and Gentleman! Those four men gave everything they had in there tonight! The Technicians come away with the victory, but Steve and Scott Armstrong have nothing to hang their heads over. That right there is what professional wrestling is all about! The tournament continues when we return! -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling and the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament on KTVT and the USA Network! Up next we have the Continental team of Brad Armstrong and "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley as they take on the cross promotional team of "Champagne" Gerry Morrow and "Mr. Money" Carl Fergie along with the manager of Fergie, Slick. This team of Morrow and Fergie have been causing quite a stir, but Cooley and Armstrong are former champions. This should be quite a battle. Let's head down to the ring. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -"Wildcat" Wendell Cooley/Brad Armstrong vs "Champagne" Gerry Morrow/"Mr. Money" Carl Fergie w/Slick- Morrow and Fergie are quite the spectacle during their entrance, coming to the ring in matching suits, each drinking from a glass of champagne, and Morrow of course has the bottle with him. The Slickster is behind them looking like the cat that ate that canary, no doubt dreaming of all the money to be conned from.... I mean made with these two. As Brad and Wendell are ready for a fight, Morrow and Fergie take a significant amount of time disrobing to reveal matching green trunks with dollar signs on one butt cheek, and champagne glasses on the other. They then do the " No, after you" bit deciding who will go to the apron to start the match, and eventually Morrow concedes and Fergie heads into action against Cooley. For all the bluster at the beginning of the match, Armstrong and Cooley dominate this one from the opening bell! They work like a well oiled tag team machine as they cut off the ring, make quick tags, and just make life for Carl Fergie a living hell. Finally after what must have seemed like an eternity for Fergie, he was able to rake the eyes of Brad Armstrong and make the tag to Gerry Morrow. Unfortunately for Morrow, he didn't fare a whole lot better as Armstrong took him over with an arm drag as he came in and the Armstrong/Cooley team went back to work. The ending for this one came just past the twelve minute mark as Armstrong and Fergie were in the ring again, and Slick made his way around the ring away from his men and jumped up on the apron. The referee went over and was arguing with Slick to get off the apron, and soon Wendell Cooley made his way around the turnbuckle and was arguing with both Slick and the referee, and the ref was now being forced to keep the two of them apart. Brad didn't let this bother him and continued to grind down on a headlock on Fergie. Morrow grabbed the bottle of champagne and headed into the ring. He popped the cork and poured the liquid all over the head of Brad Armstrong, who let go of Fergie and stood up looking quite irate. Morrow flashed him a big smile and just tossed the bottle at him. Brad instinctively caught the bottle, as Morrow quickly got out of the ring. Fergie yelled out "NOO" and then threw himself backwards onto the mat where he landed with a loud thud and his arms splayed at his sides and with his eyes closed. Across the ring, Slick began jumping up and down and pointing for the referee to turn around. When he did, he saw Fergie laid out in the center of the ring and Brad Armstrong clutching a bottle in his hands. The referee immediately called for the Disqualification. Winners by Disqualification, advancing to Round 2: "Champagne" Gerry Morrow and "Mr. Money" Carl Fergie Marc Lowrance: This is ridiculous! Slick and Morrow are helping Fergie out of the ring and Fergie is acting like he can barely walk. Armstrong is pleading his case to the referee, but it would appear that Champagne and Mr. Money have stolen this one. Wow. I've seen a lot of low down things in my day, but this just might take the cake. Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Okay, we are back with more tournament action as the Sheepherders with Lord Jonathan Boyd all the way from New Zealand will take on the newest sensation here in Texas All Star Wrestling, "The Candyman" Ray Candy and "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young, the team of Good and Plenty! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Sheepherders (Butch Miller/Luke Williams) w/Lord Jonathan Boyd vs Good & Plenty ("The Candyman" Ray Candy/"Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young)- Much like the opening match of the evening, this was a fight as soon as the bell rang. The Sheepherders jumped the much larger Candy at the bell and looked to be trying to get him out of the ring, but Sweet Brown Sugar started throwing dropkicks and it didn't take long until Miller and Williams were on the floor. The Sportatorium went absolutely bonkers when Candy lifted his own partner over his head and threw Skip Young over the top rope onto the pile of Miller, Williams, and Boyd on the floor sending them all sprawling!! Young and Candy stayed on the offensive taking it to Williams in the opening minutes using their combination of speed and power to wear him down with frequent tags and several unique double teams. Miller finally grew tired of this and snuck into the ring clobbering Young with a big shot to the back of the head, and then the Sheepherders took control and worked over Sweet Brown Sugar in their corner. The momentum swung back and forth like this several times with Good & Plenty regaining the advantage, and the Sheepherders cheating to take it back. The end came when Candy and Miller were the legal men, but all of them were brawling inside the ring, and then soon after all of them were brawling outside the ring. The referee was counting everyone out, then Miller and Young came back into the ring. Candy shoved Williams into the ring post and was heading back into the ring, when Lord Jonathan Boyd cracked him over the head with the flagpole. Candy collapsed into the ring apron, and the referee's count reached 20 before he could recover. Winners by Count Out, advancing to Round 2: The Sheepherders (Butch Miller/Luke Williams) Marc Lowrance: The Sheepherders will move on in the tournament thanks to outside interference from Lord Boyd, but my goodness that one was an absolute war from the moment it began. You have to wonder just how much The Sheepherders will have left tomorrow night after a fight like that. Okay Ladies and Gentleman, we still have our main event to come, but up next, oh my...it's The Fiesta Garden. -Commercial Break- As the show returns from break we are taken to the small stage away from the ring, where we see the four fake cacti, one at each corner of the stage, each of them wearing a sombrero. On the wall behind the stage is the Fiesta Garden banner that is done up in the colors of the Mexican flag and also has streamers and balloons attached to it. The two green director style chairs sit in the middle of the stage, one with Al Madril's name stenciled on it. Al is of course standing at the front of the stage with a huge smile on his face, behind the chairs dressed tonight in a stylish black karate gi, looking ready to kick some ass is Ron Slinker. Al Madril: Hola Mi Amigos!! This is it! We finally made it. The Fiesta Garden is officially debuting on the USA Network, and in a few short minutes no one is going to remember what old Britney... No. Barbara? No, that's not it. Bernice? Nope... Ron, do you remember? Al turns to Slinker with a big smile on his face, and Slinker just slightly shakes his head no. Al Madril: Ahhh. It doesn't matter. Now that The Fiesta Garden is on the USA Network, no one is going to want to listen some fake blonde, air head, bimbo ramble on about whatever. Because now they have the highest rated segment in the USWA, and the number one show in all of professional wrestling! For those of you who don't know, I am your host Alberto Madril, and the killing machine behind me is the twenty seven time karate champion known as Ron Slinker. Say Hello Ron! Al turns around with another big smile and looks at Slinker who continues to just stare at him. Madril covers the microphone with his hand, but we can still hear him say "I'll give you an extra hundred." Slinker rolls his eyes but leans forward to the microphone. Ron Slinker: Hello Ron. Al Madril: HEYYYY! All Right!! So tonight on The Fiesta Garden we... Before Madril can continue, former Texas All Star and current USWA competitor Lance Von Erich walks onto the stage wearing blue jeans and a polo shirt. He has a look of determination on his face, but Madril of course greets him with a grin. Ron Slinker steps forward to intercept him, but Madril waves him back. Al Madril: Heh. So you actually showed up. Alright kid, speak your peace. Lance Von Erich: Madril, every week you come out here and run your mouth, acting like an arrogant jerk and everyone is sick of it. The things that you've said about Brenda Britton are absolutely disgusting. Al Madril: You mean like when I called her fake, a rat, and insinuated that she was sleeping with someone to get her job? You think those kind of things are disgusting? Lance Von Erich: Yes, I do. I think most of the things you say on your stupid Fiesta Garden are just mean spirited crap! I think you think you're some kind of comedian, and I think you only say the things you do because you have someone backing you up all the time. Al Madril: Is that so? Lance Von Erich: Yeah. That's so. Al Madril: That's what you think? Lance Von Erich: That's what I think. Al Madril: Okay... Lance Von Erich, how about this..... Hey Slinker, take the rest of the night off. Slinker looks at Madril confused, but Al nods that he is absolutely sure. Slinker shrugs his shoulders and heads for the dressing room. Al Madril: Okay hotshot, since Brenda's got you all riled up to come out here, now's your chance. Try to score yourself a date! Lance Von Erich: Madril, I'm not an idiot. I know Brenda Britton is playing me with that Lancelot stuff. I know she doesn't care about me. But there was something she said, something that got me thinking, and it's the thing that made me come out here tonight. Al Madril: Oh Yeah? What was that? Lance Von Erich: She said that someone needed to put you in your place. She said that since it was going to be in Texas, it should be a Von Erich. She said that the Von Erich's are the toughest in all of Texas, and she said that there should be a Von Erich at this tournament. Al Madril: That's probably true! Did you bring one with you? Lance Von Erich: I.... what? Al Madril: I asked if you brought a Von Erich with you? Lance Von Erich: I am a Von Erich! Madril makes a "who are you kidding" face at Lance and back a few steps away from him. Al Madril: Really? Lance Von Erich: What do you mean really? Al Madril: Really! Lance Von Erich: What are you getting at Madril!! Al Madril: Really.... Lance Von Erich: Yes. Really. Al Madril: Wow. You are really going to play this to the end aren't you.... Okay, have it your way. Ron Slinker sneaks up from behind and grabs Lance Von Erich. Madril drop the microphone and moves in and the two of them wrestle him into one of the Fiesta Garden chairs. Madril produces a pair of handcuffs out of his jeans and they handcuff the hands of Lance Von Erich behind his back and shove a rag in his mouth to gag him, and then Slinker pretty much holds him down in the chair, as Lance continues to try to escape. Madril seems to have something in his hand as he goes back and gets his microphone. Al Madril: Okay! Now that you won't be interrupting me, we can continue! You asked what I was getting at? Well let me tell you, stupid gringo. You want to come on my Fiesta Garden and try to be a big hero. You want to try and make yourself look good at my expense. Well, let me tell you something Lance. You can't con a con man. I've been around Texas a long time. I knew David Von Erich, I used to team with Kevin and Kerry. So you want to try to get one over on me? Ain't happening essa. Cause all you people know, whether you like me or not, that I've been around the Von Erichs for a long time. You know how many times they ever mentioned Cousin Lance... Zero! You want to know why that is? Because there is no Cousin Lance! Never was, never will be. This guy shows up after Kevin and Kerry leave for New York, and after Mike gets sick and claims to be a Von Erich. All of you people were so desperate for a hero, for another Von Erich to cheer that you bought it hook, line, and sinker. But hey it wasn't just you! Morons like Brian Adias, Marc Lowrance, and Frank Dusek took him at face value too. He thought he had the whole thing right where he wanted it.... You were doing great Lance. But then you made the mistake of crossing Alberto Madril, so now the charade is all over. We can now see that the thing in the hands of Madril is the wallet of Lance Von Erich that he apparently picked out of his pocket during the scuffle. Madril opens it, pulls out the cash which he stuffs into his pocket, and then pulls out something else before tossing the wallet over his shoulder. Al Madril: Camera man, do me a favor and pull in here real close on Lance Von Erichs wrestling license. The camera pans in and we can see that the name on the license reads Richard Vaughan. After several moments, Madril turns toward the man in the chair and flicks the license at him. Al Madril: So Richard Vaughan, now that the whole world knows you're a dirty liar, do you still want to pretend to be so high and mighty... Lancelot! Ron Slinker lets "Lance Von Erich" go, after which he struggles to spit out the rag, and turns to looks at the eerily quiet Sportatorium crowd. Madril steps forward with a huge shit eating grin on his face and holds the microphone in front of the face of Vaughan who mutters the words "I'm Sorry" before heading, still handcuffed quickly away from the stage and out of the building. Madril busts out laughing and Slinker stands stone faced. Al Madril: Well, there you have it Ladies and Gentleman! Ricky Vaughan is sorry that he lied to all of you and pretended to be a Von Erich! I think we're done here! Good Night from The Fiesta Garden!! -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling. I'm going to be honest with you in that I don't know what to say about what we just saw. Apparently the man we have known as Lance Von Erich is not really a Von Erich, but seeing that the information came from Al Madril, it's hard to take anything as fact. I'm sure more will come of this in the weeks to follow. In the meantime, it is now time for what will be our main event this evening here on Texas All Star Wrestling, and oh my it is a doozy. Not only is it a tournament match, but it is also a follow up to what happened at our Seasons Beatings show back in December when The Funk Brothers and The Gunlingers met in singles competition. On that night Terry Funk got himself intentionally disqualified against Johnny Mantell, and then later in the night as Dory Funk challenged Scott Casey for the Texas Heavyweight Title, Terry attacked Casey with a branding iron, then Sunshine attacked Terry Funk. When Dory was trying to stop Sunshine from clawing out Terry's eyes, Mantell hit the ring and clobbered Dory with the branding iron, allowing Casey to pick up the victory. Needless to say, these four men are chomping at the bit to get their hands back on one another, so let's head down to the ring where this one is already about to boil over! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Funk Brothers (Terry Funk/Dory Funk Jr) vs The Gunslingers (Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell) w/Sunshine- This started with Terry Funk trying to goad Sunshine into attacking him, but Casey and Mantell were able to hold her back. She did shoot him the bird, which the camera had to quickly cut away from. Dory and Mantell started the match and things were actually fairly technical while they were in the ring. Dory attempting to work over the leg of Johnny, and Mantell showing that he knew the holds and countering Funk much to his chagrin. Eventually Dory got mad and started throwing European style uppercuts that rocked Mantell, and then snapped him over with a butterfly suplex. Dory tagged in Terry, and then things began the slow descent into chaos. The Funker went right into blasting Mantell with a series of left handed punches to the face, and then as he wound up for a big right hand, Mantell kicked him in the stomach and started blasting away with his own punches. Johnny rocked Terry backwards with several quick shots, and Funk fell backwards so he was sitting on the middle rope. Mantell blasted him with another right, and Terry began rocking back and forth on the ropes like a see saw with each punch. Eventually he tumbled backwards out of the ring to the floor, and Mantell went over and tagged in Scott Casey. After stumbling around on the floor for a bit, Terry Funk rolled back in and tagged Dory. Dory and Casey went at it for a bit, and things remained pretty even between them. After several minutes of battling, neither seemed to be able to maintain an advantage, but Casey whipped Dory into the ropes and went for a clothesline. Dory was able to duck it and on the rebound attempted a clothesline of his own. The result was both connecting with a clothesline and going down in the center of the ring. Soon the crawl was on, and both men reached their corners at nearly the same time and made tags! Terry Funk and Johnny Mantell both came into the ring like wild men, throwing haymakers and in a battle of punches, Terry Funk had the edge. When Mantell was wobbling, Terry grabbed him and turned him around, delivering a devastating hangmans neckbreaker. Terry measured him and dropped an elbow, then got up and dropped another one. Sunshine was banging on the apron urging Mantell to get up, so Terry took a detour to throw a kick at her that missed, and then he called her a Cow. Funk headed back over and pulled Mantell off the canvas by the hair, and took him over with a suplex. With a smile on his face, Terry walked around the prone Mantell and lifted his leg and began to stomp on the knee joint. Each time he did this, he would turn to Sunshine and scream "MOOO" at her, then stomp down on Mantell. Finally he grabbed hold of the leg and looked like he was going to go for the Spinning Toe Hold, but again he turned to Sunshine and yelled, only this time it was "I'm going to break his leg you Heffer!" Funk then turned back and spun around with the Spinning Toe Hold, however Johnny Mantell popped up and hooked the head of Terry Funk and rolled him down into a cradle, hooking his leg on the way through!! The referee dropped quickly down and counted One, Two, Three!! Winners: The Gunslingers (Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell) Terry Funk kicks out a split second after the three, and comes to a sitting position with a look of absolute shock on his face. Johnny Mantell quickly rolls out of the ring and joins Sunshine and Scott Casey on the arena floor as the Sportatorium is going absolutely nuts! Dory Funk Jr is shaking his head in the corner as Terry Funk starts throwing a fit in the ring, and drops the referee with a big left hand. His anger is only compounded when he gets too close to the ropes, and Sunshine takes a pitcher of water that was on the timekeepers table and hurls it at him. The Gunslingers and Sunshine head away from the ringside area as Terry Funk hangs over the top rope, with his feet kicking in the air, trying to get at them. Marc Lowrance: It is pandemonium in the Sportatorium! The Gunslingers have eliminated the USWA World Heavyweight Champion from the tournament! We are nearly out of time, so be sure to tune in tomorrow morning when our friends from Continental Wrestling will finish out the first round of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament from right here in the Sportatorium, and then tomorrow night at the Reunion Arena and live on the USA Network for the Second Round. Ladies and Gentleman, that's all for Texas All Star Wrestling this week. We thank you so much for joining us, for those of you who watch us on KTVT, we'll see you in two weeks for our next show. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone.

Would it be possible for one of us that uses the Armchair Booking forum on a frequent basis to be assigned the powers to moderate just that forum? There are several threads in the Dawn of War forum that need to be locked. The folks you made the 1981 sub-folder for, are using the Millenium Project folder instead, so those two could be merged, etc.

BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING ALL WEEKEND...... AND THE PROUDLY PRESENT.... 3 COMPANIES! 32 TEAMS! 1 TROPHY! AND 1OO THOUSAND DOLLARS! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!!!!

Appreciate the HTM stuff. I know the two of them are.....not fond of one another. So it should be very entertaining. A modern interview with Jimmy Crockett would be something I would definitely be interested in hearing about.

Right? How brainwashed with this crap do you have to be not to be able to shut your mouth when you are making fucking Star Wars money.

It screws up the Shaq match, which would have put eyes on the product, good or bad.

Mick Foley made a similar post saying that Terry's hip is causing him a lot of severe pain.

It's nice of Karachi Vice to qualify for their own Invitational like that. Hard fought victory. Jesse Barr may want to rethink this feud with Mike George since he keeps losing! Kelly and the Family Vin puts the screw to Big Man Steel and he is out the door and Texas Bound. I really enjoy the Vin/Kelly/Bodacious group. Definitely a sign of how good you are building midcarders into enjoyable characters. Fabulous Ones take out a couple of jobbers. My favorite part was when that fan threw Gagne's pay for the night at him! The Colon Bunch and Iaukea's Army are headed for a huge cage clusterfuck, and I am excited for it. Poor George Wells. If this guy takes too many more bottles upside the head, he is going to be Eugene Wells. Morrow and Fergie are going to be so much fun in the tournament. I love this pairing. Good God, that main event would sell out a building in about ten seconds. 40 minutes of those 4 would have this on Best of tapes for years to come!!

Texas All Star sends Tim Horner to Continental for Iceman King Parsons Texas All Star sends Kendo Nagasaki to USWA for Fred Ottman Texas All Star releases Nick Kiniski (sorry)

No Worries! That is easily the highlight of that Raven/Axl shoot. If someone were going to recap shoot interviews, I would point them toward Straight Shootin' with Jim Cornette and Bobby Heenan part 1, 2, and 3. Straight Shootin' with James Mitchell. and of course if you want some wild takes and controversial stuff virtually anything with the Honky Tonk Man. (The Mitchell shoot is something fucking else) As for the Conrad stuff listed you offered to Recap, I know that my main interests would be "War Games Revisited" and "I Quit with Magnum and Tully"

and the Fires Back stuff is definitely an interesting read, but it seems like an absolute bitch to transcribe. So if you called it after this one, I wouldn't blame you. Though if they play any Honky Tonk Man quotes, I would love to hear Eric's thoughts!

I can help you with that exact quote @C.S. It's a Raven/Axl Rotten shoot, and I believe they are talking about Rotten's brief WCW run. Raven: (something to the effect of) Why don' you think that worked out? Axl: It was Grizzly Smith man. He really hated me. Raven: Cause you weren't a 12 year old girl? Axl: Ha! No man, he really fucked me. Raven: So you were a 12 year old girl!

The Funker tries to get one over on the Dream, but Dusty turns it around..if you will. Great promo, I totally read it in Dusty's voice. Very much looking forward to this match. Stud Stable are a great fit here in the USWA. If they expand their ranks they are gong to be a force to be reckoned with. They should be strong contenders in the tournament as well. Uh oh. Dissension in the ranks of Paul Jones Army. Super D making the Devil's Duo look bad. Vines and Sword had better step it up!! Oh Damn, Morrow just disrespected George Wells with some Thunderbird. Probably should have used some Colt 45, it does it every time. I am so looking forward to Morrow and Fergie in the tournament. I like the duo of Cocoa and Sivi a lot. I hope they can move up the card a bit and get a feud going soon. Greg Gagne is mad. Meh Curt Hennig should make a big impact here! Very excited to see what you do with him!! YESSSS!!! Whether it's a Nord and Rip team, or a Nord and Rip feud. I LIKE IT!!! Ha! Ha Ha! Oh Yes..... send Lancelot to the Fiesta Garden. Kamala squashes another one, and now Iaukea is talking about another! "A True Assassin" Yikes, if the guys he already has aren't that, Rocky, Colon and whoever else should probably be real worried!! When Bodacious was first announced, I really wanted to hate them. But this whole stable has totally won me over. Fantastic stuff. Oh Damn, a Ghetto Street Fight between Wells and Morrow? That should be a ton of fun!! Slater knocking Tully on his ass after the civilized man comment was awesome! These two are going to be awesome together! I can't wait to see the "Real" King Steel almost ends the Reign of St. Clair, but Kevin Kelly saves the day!! Now we have ourselves a Loser Leaves Town Match!! Good Times!! Great Show! So much going down, and the Tournament is going to be awesome. I am super excited.

Man, little ole Twin States is getting all fancy on me with a name change, and now all of a sudden the IWGP Champion is here opening the show spiking jobbers with a Dragon Suplex. If that's the first name you are going to enter in the tournament for the Continental Heavyweight Title, it's going to be a doozy! The Armstrong/Funk feud is back in full swing, and that's going to be a lot of fun. Dory is here to hold down the fort, and Terry can pop his head in as often as possible. I'm sure they'll be friendly affairs all around! DWB picks up a win, but what just happened post match? I think heel turn Chicky Starr is getting ready to to make quite the splash around here! Dundee and Street are definitely a formidable team of tough little bastards! This tournament is going to be awesome! Oh Shit. Slick and Fergie better come up with a LOT of money if they don't want Bad News to murder them..... Great promo! and then The Rich's get interviewed.... Damn....my tag team division just got eviscerated. The litter comment, Fat and Skinny, undercard of David and Goliath, and Ratings Killer Mike Miller all had me rolling. They they talked bad about Sunshine, and now even I want to beat up imaginary versions of Tommy Rich!! Well, I suppose if you need protection from Bad News, and want to beat up Bob Armstrong, aligning yourself with The Funks is a good way to do it. Fergie and Slick are smart men! Well, Olympia is severely outnumbered by the Platinum Club, but I suppose when you have Bruiser Brody watching your back that makes it a little better! I am very excited for this feud!! Wild six man caps off the first episode of the new Continental, and we see Iceman go bye bye, Dundee and Barnes going at it, and the Herder/Duo feud get turned up a notch! That'll keep the new viewers watching!! Awesome show Gene! This place already feels like it has taken a step up going from Twin States to Continental. Just uh, lay off my girl Sunshine.

(Taped on Monday February 1st, 1986 and airing Friday Night February 5th) From the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. This is.... Richard Myhill's "The Hit" plays as we are shown highlights of all the top talent and hard hitting action from.... We cut to ringside where Marc Lowrance is standing by with a microphone. Marc Lowrance: Hello Everyone! Welcome to the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas and Welcome to Championship Sports. We are here tonight on KTVT for another exciting edition of Texas All Star Wrestling! We are just one week away from the huge David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament where we will be joined by our associates from the United States Wrestling Association and the newly branded Continental Championship Wrestling. Tonight in our main event the team of Killer Tim Brooks and "Mean" Mike Miller will take on two members of The Wild Bunch for the right to be the tenth and final team to represent Texas All Star Wrestling in that tournament. We will also see the Percival Pringle led Kansas Jayhawks in action for the first time here this evening. The Gunslingers will have a tune up match for the tournament, and Ricky Santana and Fidel Sierra who will represent The Cartel in the tournament will be in action. I do understand that "El Jefe" Jose Estrada has been barred from the Sportatorium this evening, and both The Gunslingers and The Cartel have been told they will be removed from the tournament if things get physical between them. Now, earlier today Texas All Star Comissioner Frank Dusek met with The Wild Bunch to find out which two of them would be competing here tonight. A camera was present for that encounter, so let's take you to the footage. We are taken to footage from the parking lot as Black Bart, Ron Bass, and Bill Irwin are all heading into the building. They are stopped by Frank Dusek at the door and Dusek has a stern look on his face. Frank Dusek: I might let all three of you into the building, but there ain't going to be any funny business tonight. So I want to know right here, right now, which two of you will be wrestling Brooks and Miller tonight. Because whoever isn't in that match, I promise you that if you so much as sneeze in the direction of the ring, I am going to fire you. All three of them looks at each other and then there is some muffled talking and some pointing, followed by some nodding. Black Bart: I'M FIGHTIN' FOR SURE.... CALL IT BILL! Bill Irwin: Heads. Black Bart tosses what appears to be a silver dollar up in the air and the camera follows it up as it flips through the air, then follows it to the ground. It zooms in to show that the coin has landed on Tails. Bill Irwin: Aww Hell. Ron Bass reaches over and slaps Irwin on the shoulder, and "Wild" Bill nods and gives him a slap back. Ron Bass: Me and Bart are in the match. Frank Dusek: Okay. That's final. Irwin, you go anywh... Bill Irwin: Yeah, yeah... I got it. The three members of The Wild Bunch walk around Dusek and head into the building. Marc Lowrance: There you have it folks, our main event will be Ron Bass and Black Bart taking on Killer Brooks and Mike Miller. The winning team enters the David Von Erich Memorial Tournament, and the losing side can never team in Texas All Star again! Big stakes to be sure! We'll be right back with The Cartel in action! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Cartel (Fidel Sierra/Ricky Santana) vs Mike Bond/Darren Jackson- Ricky and Fidel came to the ring wearing matching tights that had the word Cartel down one leg, and the flag of Puerto Rico on the other. They were nothing but efficient in the ring as they cut the ring off and brutalized Darren Jackson. Santana was especially vicious with his punches having a little extra pepper, and when he scaled the ropes and delivered a Top Rope Splash, it appeared to drive all the wind out of Jackson. Sierra tagged in and clamped on a Sleeper Hold and it took only seconds for the ref to call it. Winners: The Cartel (Fidel Sierra/Ricky Santana) Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I may not much care for the way they conduct themselves or for their Jefe, Jose Estrada. But if these two men can compete like that in the tournament, they will certainly be hard to defeat. Speaking of the tournament, right now let's go ahead and run down the teams from Texas All Star Wrestling who will be competing. First up, we have the Texas Tag Team Champions, led by their manager Dark Journey, "Hollywood" John Tatum and "The New Jersey Heartthrob" Jack Victory! Then we have the former champions, Phil Hickerson and Bobby Duncum, The Highwaymen! The men that we just saw in action, representing The Cartel, Fidel Sierra and Ricky Santana. Part of the Pringle Dynasty, we will see them make their in ring debuts a little later today, "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers and "Dirty" Dutch Mantell, The Kansas Jayhawks! We will also see another set of former Texas Tag Team Champions, Chris and Mark Youngblood, Tribal Nation! The masked duo of Longhorn and Lonestar, The Texas Rangers! The hardest rocking team in Texas All Star Wrestling, Steve Doll and Steve Simpson, The Glamour Boys! The newest sensation in tag team wrestling, "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young and "The Candy Man" Ray Candy, Good and Plenty!! Then we will have the duo of the reigning Texas Heavyweight Champion "Cowboy" Scott Casey and his partner Johnny Mantell, they are of course, The Gunslingers!! We will of course find out who the tenth and final team is tonight in our main event. Right now, we have a very special highlight video of the teams who will be joining us from Continental Championship Wrestling, formerly Twin States. We know the fans here in Texas get to see the USWA teams on the USA Network every week, but these teams from Continental may not be as familiar to you, so we wanted to give you a chance to see just a little bit of what you have to look forward too! Roll the tape... A highlight video of all of the Continental tag teams who are entered in the tournament starts to play but after about 30 seconds the footage goes to static and then..…the familiar World Class Championship Wrestling theme starts up with the old intro to WCCW. After about twenty seconds of the intro, we cut to Ronnie P. Gossett in a cowboy hat and western style shirt in front of a clearly homemade World Class banner. He's holding up his hand in a "claw" position and is doing a weird voice. Ronnie P. Gossett: "Hey folks and welcome back to World Class Championship Wrestling, I'm Fritz Von Erich! Noo, I'm not doing the clawhold, I just have really bad arthritis. Well as usual, here on World Class….we'll spend the whole time putting over my kids. Hey Kerry……Kerry, where ya at?" We here the unmistakable sound of a tape being closed in a boom box, and a second later the opening of "Tom Sawyer" by Rush begins to loudly play. The camera pans over to show "Kerry" who appears to be Davey Rich slumped over in a folding chair struggling to lace his boots while holding both hands as if he was doing a claw hold. Tommy Rich comes in with a short brownish/blond wig on and Gold's Gym t-shirt, the camera pans down to show he's barefoot, as he is apparently supposed to be Kevin Von Erich. "Fritz Von Erich": "Hey Kevin, what's wrong with Kerry?" "Kevin Von Erich": "Uh…um….he's just real sleepy Dad….he stays sleepy a lot." "Fritz Von Erich": "Well he must have a bad headache, cause I saw him taking a BUNCH of asprin a little while ago." "Kevin Von Erich": "Yeah Dad, that's it….he's got a real bad headache….we better let him sleep off all of those....asprin. Let's talk to Mike instead." The camera pans over and shows Johnny Rich in a short reddish colored wig, he's sitting at table and appears to be coloring and drinking from a juice box "Fritz Von Erich": "Mike, come on over here son and talk to us." Johnny/Mike gets up and comes walking over, we can now see he's wearing a home made t-shirt that says, "TEXUZ IZ GUUDER THAN TWEN STATZ" "Kevin Von Erich": "Hey Mike, did you hear that the USWA is doing a tournament to honor your brother David?" "Mike Von Erich": "I like pancakes!" "Fritz Von Erich": "We know Mike. Did you hear that those guys Johnny and Tommy Rich said bad things about our family and the state of Texas?" "Mike Von Erich": "Texuz guud. Richs bad! They don't get no pancakes!" "Kevin Von Erich": "Take it easy, Mike! We don't want those Rich boys to come kick our butts….we couldn't carry their jock straps, that's why we're wrestling up in New York for that cartoon company instead of down south where the real action is." "Fritz Von Erich": "Now those are some tough boys! I wish Johnny and Tommy Rich were my sons….they are wrestlers I could be proud of….why, they are the Twin States tag team champions and the favorites to win that whole thirty two team tournament." "Kevin Von Erich": "They sure are, there's not a single team in that entire tournament that could cause them to break a sweat." Davey/Kerry can be seen falling out of the chair to the floor in the background. "Mike Von Erich": "Uh oh…….Kerry go boom!" "Kevin Von Erich": "He's fine…he does that all the time." "Fritz Von Erich": "Do you wanna try to get Kerry up off the floor and enter that tournament?" "Kevin Von Erich": "Have you not been listening Dad? We don't wanna be in that tournament, the Richs would beat what's left of our brains in! Not to mention the whole reason we took off to Ringling Wrestling Federation was to get away from Texas….this state sucks! It's nothing but a bunch of steers and…." "Mike Von Erich": "Adrian Street!" "Kevin Von Erich": Ha! That's a good one Mike... The tape abruptly ends as if it were cut off in the truck, and the show goes immediately to commercial. -Commercial Break- When we return, Marc Lowrance is standing stone faced staring at the camera. Frank Dusek is standing next to him, and he looks very pissed off. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, the footage that just aired was not at all what we intended to be shown on this program. As you saw, it was supposed to be a highlight reel of the teams that will be joining us from the Twin States promotion as part of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. What we got instead was a disgusting, disrespectful, and downright vile attack on the Von Erich family perpetrated by the Rich Cousins who are scheduled to be part of the tournament. Right now joining me here at ringside is the Commisioner of Texas All Star Wrestling, Frank Dusek. Frank Dusek: Number one, I want to assure everyone that as soon as we realized what was being aired, we shut that tape off. There was more of it, and it only got worse. The first thing I did was to call up Les Thatcher and ask him just what the hell was going on, but he had no knowledge of that crap. It seems that the Rich Cousins somehow got hold of the tape that Twin States were sending us and taped over it. Mr. Thatcher immediately offered to fine and suspend the Rich Cousins and pull them out of the tournament. I almost took him up on that offer. But then I remembered who we are, and where we are! I said No. I said you let them Rich boys come on down to Texas! Because while we might not have any Von Erich's here to take some revenge, we have a whole locker room full of guys who after seeing that are going to want nothing more than to kick their asses! This draws a huge pop from the Sportatorium crowd! Frank Dusek: Now, we've let those punks take over enough of our show. Let's get back to some action! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Gunslingers (Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell) w/Sunshine vs Snake Brown/The Bounty Hunter- The fans were put into a much better mood after Scott and Johnny hit the ring and made short work of their opponents. Lots of tandem offense on both men, Casey hit the Bulldog on Snake Brown and that was it for the man "From Outta Town." Then Mantell took a little time breaking down the big masked man, before finally hitting him with the Russian Leg Sweep and floating over into the pinfall. Winners: The Gunslingers (Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell) Marc Lowrance: All Right! I am here with your winners, the Texas Heavyweight Champion Scott Casey, Johnny Mantell, and the lovely Sunshine! Johnny Mantell: You know something Marc Lowrance, I am getting sick and tired of these people thinking they can just come down here to Texas and do whatever the heck they wanna do! First we got The Cartel running around here like they own this place, and now we got Tommy Rich and his kin badmouthing the Von Erich's when they aren't even here to defend themselves. Well let me tell you what boys! The Von Erich's may not be here, but The Gunslingers sure the hell are! You wanna come down to Texas and run your mouths, me and Scott will be more than happy to shut 'em for you. Scott Casey: You said it Johnny. Estrada! Cartel! You all wanna act like your some kinda big shots, like you run Texas All Star Wrestling. You think because you broke Jeff Gaylord's arm that everybody is supposed to be scared of you. Well Jefe, right now we got this David Von Erich Tournament to worry about, and I know your boys do too. But when this is all said and done, The Gunslingers are going to be coming to show you just who runs Texas, and it ain't you three. Not by a long shot! Sunshine: Marc Lowrance. The Gunslingers are fired up, and the other thirty one teams in the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament had better bring their best, because we are coming to bring home that trophy! Marc Lowrance: There you have it Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back! The Sportatorium crowd is rabid for Casey, Mantell, and Sunshine as the show heads to commercial. -Commercial Break- As the show returns from break we are taken to the small stage away from the ring, that has been completely redone since last weeks brawl. There are now four fake cactuses, one at each corner of the stage, and each of them is wearing a sombrero. On the wall behind the stage is a new Fiesta Garden banner that is done up in the colors of the Mexican flag and also has streamers and balloons. The two director chairs have been redone in green, and Al Madril's name has been stenciled on his in a much more professional manner. The biggest change however, would be that Al Madril is not alone. While Al is of course standing at the front of the stage with a huge smile on his face, behind him is a man dressed in a martial arts gi who looks ready to fight. Al Madril: Hola Mi Amigos!! Welcome back to the Fiesta Garden. As you can clearly see we've had some renovations since last week when all that Texas trash destroyed the place. Big boo's from the crowd in the Sportatorium. Al Madril: I Know! I was mad they destroyed it too! I mean, it still looked better than the Beauty Shop, but I couldn't have my Fiesta Garden looking like that. Anyhow, the biggest change I made was getting myself some security. I mean, Frank Dusek was my guest last week, and he is supposed to be in control of this place, and it's pretty obvious that he is in control of jack and crap! So I went out and hired this man to protect both myself, and the Fiesta Garden. This man has won Twenty Seven Karate Tournaments, he has black belts in both Karate and Judo, and he was a police officer for ten years. Ladies and Gentleman, the new Head of Security for the Fiesta Garden, Ron Slinker! Say Hello Ron... Madril turns around with a big expecting grin and looks at Slinker. Slinker nods at the camera and Madrils smile quickly fades. Al Madril: Ennhh, I suppose we can work on that part. Anyhow, before I introduce my special guest today, I need to address something that happened this past week on USWA Television. Apparently, Brenda Britton was on the TV talking again, instead of in the kitchen making someone a sandwich, and she kept referring to me as Alvin. Now, my name is Alberto, I mean seriously... Alvin? If either one of us sounds like a singing chipmunk it's her with that voice only a desperate man could love. I mean, I know Brenda only got this job because she was REALLY good at taking dictation for the whole USWA Front Office...if you catch my drift, but if this is really the best she can do, have her manage Greg Gagne or something, that way you only have to have one awful segment instead of two. Madril lowers the microphone, nods at the camera and mouths the words "It's True." Al Madril: Okay! Now that I've wasted my breath on a no talent bimbo, let's talk to my no talent guest. Ladies and Gentleman, "White Lightning" Tim Horner! Tim Horner comes from the back where his trunks and a tank top. He already looks pissed off as heads to the stage. Al Madril: Tim Horner, welcome to the Fiesta Garden! Tim Horner: What was that you just said? Madril cocks an eyebrow at Horner, and looks around like he doesn't understand the question. Al Madril: Ummm... Tim Horner. Welcome to the Fiesta Garden. Do you need me to say it slower? Tim Horner: No smart mouth, before that. Something about a no talent guest. Al Madril: Ohhhh! You mean before you came out here, when I referred to you as my no talent guest! Tim Horner: You got a big mouth Madril. You've been out here week after week running it, but you haven't stepped in that ring yet! How about you go one on one with White Lightning, RIGHT NOW! Horner rips off his tank top and throws it into the face of Madril and storms off toward the ring. Madril tosses the tank top to the floor and looks toward Slinker who just shrugs his shoulders. Al Madril: Come on Slinker, let's go show White Lightning what happens when you try to take the fiesta out of my Fiesta Garden. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Al Madril w/Ron Slinker vs "White Lightning" Tim Horner- Horner is waiting in the ring, ready for a fight. Madril saunters to the ring, grinning and taking his time. When the bell rings, Madril opens the match by lightly paint brushing Horner across the face. Horner responds with a right hand that floors Madril, and sends him rolling to the floor holding his cheek. Madril walks it off and then nods an okay at Horner before rolling back into the ring. The match then became much more of a back and forth with Horner using his speed and quickness and Madril using his technical ability and well, cheating. Madril controlled the opening minutes after raking the eyes out of the collar and elbow, and then worked over Horner with a series of punches, before executing a series of wear down holds that seemed to focus on the legs of Horner. Horner eventually reversed an Irish whip and caught Madril flush with a dropkick, and then went to work with a series of high impact moves like a bodyslam, a back suplex, and a big back body drop that scored a two count. The end came when Horner caught Madril with another dropkick that staggered him backwards into the ropes. Horner then charged Alberto, who was able to duck down and backdrop Horner over the top rope. Horner was able to land on his feet on the apron, and when Madril turned around, the two of them blasted each other in the face with simultaneous forearms. Madril staggered forward and got tangled up with the referee, while Horner dropped to the arena floor. This allowed Ron Slinker to come from behind and let loose with a Karate Kick to the back of the knee of Tim Horner that sent him to the concrete clutching his leg in agony. Slinker quickly moved away as Madril and the referee got untangled in the ring, and the referee began to count Horner out. Madril rolled out of the ring and yanked Horner up by the hair and tossed him into the ring. Madril stomped on the injured leg of Horner several times as Horner tried in vain to fight, and then Madril locked in the Indian Deathlock and Horner had no choice but to give it up. Winner: Al Madril Marc Lowrance: Al Madril picks up the win with more than a little help from his new Head of Security Ron Slinker, and young Tim Horner is going to need some medical attention. Let's take a break while the medical personnel attend to him. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Speculation continues to grow as to the nature of Lucious, but who or what it is remains a mystery. What doesn't remain a mystery are the participants in the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Up next we have a team who will be competing in that tournament, and tonight they make their debut here in Texas All Star Wrestling. They are "Dirty" Dutch Mantell and "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers, collectively known as The Kansas Jayhawks along with their manager, Percival Pringle III. 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantell/Bobby Jaggers) w/Percival Pringle III vs Mike Reed/Ken Johnson- The Jayhawks were brutal this evening seperating Ken Johnson from his partner and just delivering a beating to the man. Jaggers stomped him about half to death after dropping him with a left hand, then jerked him up by the hair and gave him a hangmans neckbreaker that should have been the end. Then Mantell tagged in and gave the kid a piledriver for good measure, before punching Mike Reed off the apron. Then Jaggers came in and lifted the kid up, and Mantell came off and gave him a clothesline and mercifully pinned him. Winners: The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantell/Bobby Jaggers) Marc Lowrance: I am here with your winners The Kansas Jayhawks and their manager, Percival Pringle the Third. Percival Pringle III: That's right Marc Lowrance, the winners! These men right here are victorious tonight, and in seven short days they are going to lead my Pringle Dynasty to glory in the Tournament, when they defeated thirty one other teams, and bring me home One Hundred Thousand Dollars! Isn't that right boys! Bobby Jaggers: You didn't bring us here for our good looks did you? Pringle breaks out into laughter. Dutch Mantell: Eight teams, sixteen teams, thirty two teams. It doesn't matter to us. We step into that ring for two reasons. To beat people up and to make money. Next week we get the chance to do a whole lot of both. Percival Pringle III: You heard it Marc Lowrance! I spent a lot of money to bring these men to Texas, they'd better not let me down! The three men walk away from Marc Lowrance making assurances of their dominance next week. Marc Lowrance gives a look to the camera and the show heads to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling on KTVT. It is time for our main event and it is sure to be a wild one! "Mean" Mike Miller and "Killer" Tim Brooks team up to take on Black Bart and Ron Bass of the Wild Bunch! The winners move on to the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament next week. The losers are no longer allowed to team together here in Texas All Star! Let's head to the ring!! 1 Fall, No Time Limit -The Wild Bunch (Black Bart/Ron Bass) vs "Killer" Tim Brooks/"Mean" Mike Miller- The minute the bell rings all four men are in the center of the ring throwing punches at one another. The referee is trying valiantly to get people out of the ring, but his threats fall on deaf ears. Eventually Bass knocks Brooks out of the ring with a right hand, and the referee manages to shoo him out of the ring as Bart and Miller continue to brawl inside the ring. Bart apparently still hasn't forgiven Miller for his betrayal on Halloween as he is blasting away at the Mean One with rights and lefts and then levels him with a big clothesline. Bart drops an elbow on Miller, then gets up and drops another. Bart jerks Miller up by the hair and sends him into the corner and follows him in with a big back elbow. Bart tags in Bass who drops a leg on Miller and covers for a count of two. Bass picks Miller up and gives him a bodyslam and then starts working on him with a rear chinlock. This starts to actually turn into a wrestling match instead of a fight for about the next six minutes as Bass works over Miller, who manages to reverse the momentum after a couple of minutes and scores with a desperation DDT that allows him to crawl over and tag Brooks. Brooks actually continues the wrestling as he comes in and clamps a headlock on Bass, then whips him into the ropes and hooks on an abdominal stretch! Brooks looks to Bart and begins to gloat, and that is when Bass hiptosses him out of the hold, stumbles forward and tags in Black Bart. The wrestling portion of the contest ends as Black Bart hits the ring and unloads on Brooks with right, lefts, kicks, and even a headbutt. The crowd is going nuts as Bart goes crazy beating on the Killer! Bart hits Brooks with a reverse atomic drop, then a regular atomic drop, then stuns everyone when he hits him with a dadgum dropkick! Miller comes back into the ring, but Bass cuts him off and the two of them begin to exchange fists, and soon they've brawled over to the ropes, and then out to the floor. Bart stalks over and drags Brooks up to his feet by the hair and Brooks immediately tries to kick Bart in the balls! Unfortunately for Brooks, Bart saw it coming and catches his foot. With a shake of his head No, Bart whips Brooks around and blasts him with a big clothesline! Bart scales to the second turnbuckle and crashes down with the Texas Trash Compactor for the One, Two, Three!! Winners: Black Bart and Ron Bass Marc Lowrance: Bart and Bass are going to the Tournament! Brooks and Miller are done as a team here in Texas All Star! What a brawl!! "Wild" Bill Irwin comes to ringside and begins to celebrate with his two Wild Bunch partners. Meanwhile the camera pans to Mike Miller who is looking at Brooks laying in the ring, he shakes his heads and the camera catches him say "Killers Gang Huh" before turning and walking away from the ring. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, that's all for Texas All Star Wrestling this week. We thank you so much for joining us, be sure to tune in next week along with our partners in the USWA and Continental we present the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament on the USA Network, and right here on KTVT. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone. The show fades out with the Wild Bunch celebrating in the ring, and Killer Tim Brooks staring at them in wild eyed anger on the floor as the fans in the Sportatorium go crazy.

That's terrible to here. I never knew the greatness of Reed until a couple years ago when I got hold of the comp done on him. I was blown away by how much I enjoyed him, having only really known him as "The Natural" before that. Definitely underrated both in the ring and on the mic. RIP Big Man

You don't hear too many kind words about Jay Strongbow either.

I'll freely admit that I don't have a clue who Bad Bunny is, and that I am an old man who thinks that music pretty much died at some point in the mid 1990's. That said, like him or not, at least Bad Bunny is relevant to someone in this day and age. We should probably just all be happy it wasn't Trapt or Limp Bizkit!

Texas All Star will also hire Nick Kiniski

Very interested to see what your plan is for "Mr. Pro" If he is going to feud with the Classic Rock Express, he is going to need a partner, but you just shit canned his brother! Ha! Choke on That, Slapnuts! George Barnes Forever!! Well, sportsmanship goes right out the window with the Twin States name as Chicky Starr smashes the Lil' Bullet of Scott Armstrong and takes away the Southern Junior Title. I know you have some plans for Chicky, and I am looking forward to seeing them play out. Parsons with the Dynamite Duo is an awesome idea! We have Freebirds and Snowbirds already, maybe the Blackbirds can come around early in this game! A feud with Boyd and the Herders could be a long term war and a ton of fun. I really thought Taylor was taking the title tonight! With Bad News out of the building, Morrel and Slick out of the picturem, and the dreaded FIVE Arm being hit, I thought it was over! But then Champagne hit the scene and everything was alright!! These two are going to be amazing in the tournament!! Nightmares/Moondogs Round 1..... Nightmares get the official W, but Moondogs walk away. Let's call it a Draw! Mulligan gets some measure of revenge against Khan and Humperdink, but the numbers game overwhelms them in the end. I figure Mulligan knows a few dudes, so next time that mistake probably won't happen again! The Funker and The Bullet starts off with Terry kindly offering Armstrong a chance to save himself a beating and go home to his wife, but Armstrong being a hot head of course declines..... They go on to have a pretty good brawl, and it actually looks like Bob Armstrong is going to have the single luckiest night of his life when Dory Funk Jr shows up from out of nowhere to make sure his brother is okay, and the stupid referee calls for a DQ. Then the rest of the little Armstrong punks come out to attack the Funks and they have to run for their lives. Those Armstrongs..... terrible people. Oh My, six man steel cage clusterfuck in the main event.... Good brawling to start, Brody keeping order and not getting involved. Uh oh.... Brody goes down. Olympia 3 looks to have it won...Olympia 2 attacks 3 and puts Landel on top of him!! It's over! Okay...so Olympia 2 is Matt Borne, who just joined the Platinum Club, and they all beat up Brody. Big Mistake. 3 was DJ Peterson, who is now fired (I might have already known that!) So now Brody is pissed, actual Olympia is pissed, and The Platinum Club have once again made everyone look like fools. Tremendous! This is going to be a lot of fun to watch unfold!! Great Stuff Gene!!