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Tremendous opening as RPG and Landel may have actually convinced Platt that he is an alcoholic. Landel explaining video trickery is brilliant! Chicky Starr picks up a nice win in the opener and will hope to keep that momentum going when he gets his rematch for the Southern Junior Title at Gulf Coast Clash. Davey Rich makes his debut and he has a.... heartfelt apology from his cousins? This should be good..... and as I expected it was. If the Rich Cousins leave Texas alive, it is going to be a miracle. I look forward to George Barnes giving J-e-Double-F a proper thrashing at the earliest possible moment. In the meantime, Lord Boyd managing The Sheepherders should spell a ton of trouble for the tag team division here in Twin States. Moondogs/Nightmares in a first blood match? That should be a freaking war! Mr. Pro lost because his opponent brawled and didn't wrestle! Awesome excuse! Four more teams announced for the DVE, and some big ones. Street/Dundee and Taylor/Armstrong are certainly not natural teams, but big name pairings none the less. Holy Shit! That cage match at Gulf Coast Clash is fucking huge! Someone is leaving town, the title is on the line, the masks are on the line, and someone's hair is on the line.. with Brody as the referee!! WOW! It truly doesn't get much bigger than that! Platinum Club is pissed off! "He ain't been to referee school!" cracked me up. Bob Armstrong outsmarts Ayala and gets the quick and easy win!! Terry Taylor almost gets the best of Bad News, but with a little help from the Slickster and his cane, Bad News advances and we'll see Bullet and Bad News go one on one next week to determine who fights The Funker! Either way that goes, that should be something to see! Great stuff as always man!!

Funk/Barr vs Dusty/George will be a huge main event for next week! Quite a way to start this weeks show with that announcement!! Barr makes a good point about having Funk as his partner, and already beating up George!! Strong vs Kamala should be a big time fight! Powerage and Hard Knocks get themselves thrown out of the tournament with a wild Double DQ! Big mistake by both teams! Quite the impressive line up of teams heading to the DVE from the USWA. Will Bodacious or Wells/Lance get that last spot? With the singing, I have to say I am rooting for Bodacious!! South Pacific Connection with a nice win, and Cocoa coming back to Texas could get real interesting..... The newly babyfaced Spoiler gets himseld a win, but then Paul Jones shows up with the Super D! and The Spoiler gets wrecked! A battle of the masked men is coming, and that should be a lot of fun!! Technicians have Karachi Vice fired up. Should make for quite the match in Evansville. This could change the whole outlook of the tournament. Good Lord, Strong and Lewing would be a horrible wrestling match, but would be quite the spectacle of two huge dudes beating the hell out of each other! I didn't expect to see Blanchard and Baby Doll show up on the Beauty Shop! Blanchard/Slater would be one hell of a fight! Very Interesting! I can't wait to see who the King is! Nord arrives and shows us who Nord is. I want Nord vs Rip Morgan!! Oh Man, Fuller and Golden get the mega cheap win over the Fabs in one hell of a main event! It appears the Stud Stable have officially come together and the USWA is in trouble!! On too Evansville.... Wow, if I had been coming to this show I would have hoped for car trouble so I could miss that opener :-p The Real Thing destroys 2 jobbers! I love it!! Barr and George are headed toward some real bloodbaths. Kelly and The Vin Man picks up the cheap win, but Steel gets himself a little payback! You know the fans loved that one! Big win for Rocky Johnson! I have a feeling that he is going to end up a major player here for one last big run. Bodacious advance to the tournament! Morrow takes out Wells! Love every little bit of this one!! Kamala takes down Strong, and they'd have probably ended him if not for the Soul Man. This is a great feud. Even if that no good Colon isn't here to help his friends. Oh Shit!! Karachi Vice Loses!! Roop and Rheingans win the belts? I don't want to get my hopes up with the contested finish..... but.... Great shows Spaldoni, but damn cliff hanger endings!!

(Taped on Monday January 18th, 1986 and airing Friday Night January 22nd) 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! I am your host Marc Lowrance, and we have quite a night of action in store for you here tonight. In our main event we are going to see Johnny Mantell go one on one with the leader of The Cartel, "El Jefe" Jose Estrada. Last week we saw this Cartel make quite the impact as they broke the arm of young Jeff Gaylord in two places. Estrada then challenged Mantell to a match intending to use him as a stepping stone to a shot at Scott Casey and the Texas Heavyweight Title. Mantell told Estrada that he'd fight, but wouldn't be anyone's stepping stone. So they will settle this, right here, tonight. For those who have been asking, Jeff Gaylord had surgery to repair the arm earlier this week, and will be out of action for some time. As I understand it, he has returned home to Missouri to be with family as he recovers, but has vowed to return here to Texas All Star once he has healed. Also tonight we will see "General" Skandor Akbar's Oriental Assassin, Kendo Nagasaki in action. We will see the debut of not one, but two new tag teams here in Texas All Star Wrestling, and speaking of tag teams. Our opening contest is going to be a match for the Texas Tag Team Titles! Normally a title match would be our main event, but Jack Victory and John Tatum insisted that they be the first wrestlers that the people see tonight so that they would know who the biggest stars in the company are. They will be defending against the former champions Mark and Chris Youngblood, The Tribal Nation. Both of these team will be part of the upcoming David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Let's head down to the action! 1 Fall, 60 Minute Time Limit -John Tatum/Jack Victory w/Dark Journey vs Tribal Nation (Mark/Chris Youngblood)- Texas Tag Team Titles This one began with Tatum and Victory being as obnoxious as possible during their introduction, and then continued with Tatum stalling, strutting, and preening in the opening minutes of the contest. The Youngbloods finally had enough of his shenanigans and began blistering him with knife edge chops and soon Tatum was in trouble as Mark and Chris cut off the ring and really worked "Hollywood" John over. Tatum finally managed to tag in Victory after taking quite the ass whipping, and Victory was able to get some offense on Chris Youngblood. Victory's luck didn't last long as Chris ducked under a clothesline and caught him with a big dropkick. A tag to his brother Mark, and soon the champions were back in trouble. The end of this one came when Dark Journey reached into the ring and tripped up Mark Youngblood as he bounced off the ropes. A fired up Chris Youngblood immediately jumped into the ring upon seeing this, and the referee was quick to usher him out. Jack Victory charged at Mark Youngblood, but Mark was smart enough to know what was coming and side stepped. Victory hit the ropes chest first, and Youngblood grabbed him from behind and rolled him up. John Tatum quickly entered the ring since the referee was still tied up with Chris, and blasted Mark with the California Kick, knocking him off of Victory. Tatum quickly exited back out of the ring, Victory quickly jumped on the stunned Mark, and the referee was counting before Chris realized what was going on. Winners, and Still Texas Tag Team Champions: John Tatum and Jack Victory Marc Lowrance: Tatum and Victory steal another one! Chris Youngblood got overzealous at the interference of this Dark Journey, and the champions took full advantage of the referee's distraction to cheat their way to retaining the titles here tonight! Look at the three of them, escaping to the dressing room like thieves in the night. Just terrible behavior from champions. Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling, right here on KTVT. Up next we have the debut of a new tag team, sort of. During our time away for the holidays, it seems that the man we knew as The Texas Ranger was sent some back up. So now we have not one, but two Texas Rangers competing here in Texas All Star Wrestling. The one who was competing here previously told me that he should be identified by the code name, Longhorn. While his new partner, would be identified by the code name, Lonestar. So let's head down to the ring and see the tag team of The Texas Rangers! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Texas Rangers (Longhorn/Lonestar) vs Dave Kent/Jack Spade- The new Texas Ranger, Lonestar appears to be a little shorter and a little lighter than his partner but is also a well built and muscular athlete. He starts the match against Kent, and immediately impresses by press slamming him above his head and sends him crashing to the mat. The two masked men make frequent tags and work over both Kent and Spade for several minutes. The end comes just after Longhorn has taken Spade down with a vertical suplex and tags in Lonestar. Longhorn whips Spade into the ropes before exiting the ring, and Lonestar catches him on the rebound with a picture perfect twisting Power Slam and then covers for the One, Two, Three. Winners: Longhorn and Lonestar, The Texas Rangers Marc Lowrance: An impressive showing from this new duo as they make quick work of the competition here tonight. The question is will they be able to do the same as part of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament coming up on February the Twelfth? Because it is official, the Texas Rangers will be joining The Tribal Nation of Chris and Mark Youngblood, Fidel Sierra and Ricky Santana of The Cartel, and the Texas Tag Team Champions John Tatum and Jack Victory as part of that tournament. Those are just four of the ten teams that will represent Texas All Star Wrestling in the tournament. Who the other teams are, we will find out over the next few weeks. Don't go anywhere Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back with more wrestling action! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -Kendo Nagasaki w/Skandor Akbar vs Mike Bond- As soon as Akbar finished helping Nagasaki remove all of his entrance gear, Kendo was on the attack. He blasted Bond with several karate style chops to the head and neck and then went to work with a nerve hold. Nagasaki drilled elbows down into the trapezius muscle of Bond several times, then went right back into the nerve hold. Nagasaki pulled Bond to his feet and blasted him with a huge Mongolian chop that left Bond staggering. Nagasaki kicked him hard in the gut, positioned him, and dropped him with a Jumping Piledriver. The ref could have counted to one hundred. Winner: Kendo Nagasaki Marc Lowrance: I am here with your winner Kendo Nagasaki, and his manager "General" Skandor Akbar. Now... Hey... Wait a minute.... Akbar walks right past Marc Lowrance with a big smile on his face and motions for Nagasaki to follow him. "Hey Marc Lowrance! No one wants to talk with a stupid gringo like you, when they can be interviewed on The Fiesta Garden!" The camera pans over to where Al Madril is standing on the small stage away from the ringside area. This week the two fake cactus are wearing sombreros, and there are now two pinatas. The Fiesta Garden banner has been upgraded since last week and is far more stylish and sparkling. The two producer style chairs are still there, only one of them now says "Madril" across the back. Madril continues to talk as Akbar and Nagasaki make their way toward him..... Al Madril: That's right, The Fiesta Garden. The REAL highest rated segment in wrestling no matter what a bottle of bleach and some silicone might have you believe. I know last week we got short due to time constraints, but this week we have plenty of time for my very special guests, "General" Skandor Akbar and his assassin from the Orient, Kendo Nagasaki. Everyone welcome them to the Fiesta Garden! The boo's are coming hot and heavy for Madril, as well as Akbar and Nagasaki. Madril shakes hands with Akbar, and then attempts to shake hands with Nagasaki, who just looks at him like he has two heads. Al Madril: Heyyy! No harm meant big guy! Skandor Akbar: You will have to forgive Kendo Nagasaki for not returning your greeting Mr. Madril. Our ways are not his ways. He was raised to understand only one thing, and that is combat. He was bred to destroy any who oppose him, and to achieve victory by whatever means necessary. Al Madril: He was very impressive in there tonight destroying Mike whats his name, and he was certainly impressive when he ran The Spoiler out of here with his tail tucked between his legs. So what's next for him General? Skandor Akbar: You know Al, for me to procure the services of a man such as Kendo Nagasaki, it took a whole lot of the General's money. So I need to make that money back and then some. What's the best way to do that? Championship Gold! So I look around and I see Brian Adias running around here with that Texas Television Title around his waist, and I see that all of his friends have left Texas. So that makes Brian Adias a prime target for my Oriental assassin. Al Madril: Well I know if I were Brian Adias right now, I wouldn't be! That comment causes Akbar to let loose with a hearty laugh. He nods to Madril and then motions for Nagasaki to follow him as they head back toward the dressing room. Madril waves goodbye as they leave, and then turns back to the camera. Al Madril: Will Brian Adias have the courage to accept the challenge of Skandor Akbar and Kendo Nagasaki? Probably not without Kerry Von Erich here to tell him what to do. Will there be a witty retort to my earlier comments on USWA Television next week? Probably not because I doubt she got it. Will Marc Lowrance have anything worthwhile to say when I throw it back to him? Probably not, because he is terrible at this job. Back to you Marc! The camera cuts back to Marc Lowrance who looks beyond annoyed. Marc Lowrance: Let's go to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling. It's now time for the debut of our second new tag team. So let's get too it! New Edition's "Candy Girl" begins to play and down the aisle comes the new duo of Skip Young and Ray Candy! They are wearing matching red and white striped tights, sparkling red boots, and sparkling red vests. The only difference being that Young's vest says "Sweet Brown Sugar" on the back while Candy's reads "The Candy Man." They are grooving to the beat of the song and high fiving the fans on the way to the ring, and the Sportatorium fans who at first seem confused are very into it by the time they reach ringside. The ring announcers introduces them as "weighting in at a combined weight of 575 pounds, "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young, "The Candy Man" Ray Candy, they are Good & Plenty!!" 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -Good & Plenty ("Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young/"The Candy Man" Ray Candy) vs Snake Brown/The Bounty Hunter- Candy and Young had the crowd loving them even after the big entrance as they mixed a lot of big man/little man double team offense with the continued dancing and good times they displayed during their entrance. Young nearly decapitated Snake Brown with a dropkick in the opening moments of the match, and a little later Candy impressed everyone by walking around the ring while holding the big Bounty Hunter up for a body slam. The ending came when Young scaled the second rope and tagged Candy before sailing off and catching The Bounty Hunter square in the center of his chest with an impactful dropkick. Candy then entered the ring, ran across and crashed down onto the masked man with The Chocolate Drop, and that was all she wrote! Winners: "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young and "The Candy Man" Ray Candy, Good & Plenty! Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I am hear with your winners Sweet Brown Sugar and The Candy Man! Skip Young: Marc Lowrance! It feels so good to be back in Texas! It feels so good to be part of Good and Plenty with my man Ray Candy, and it feels so good to know that we are going to be part of that David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament! Ray Candy: Thirty Two Teams. That's a whole lot of men who think they have what it takes to win it all. But now that Good and Plenty have come together, there is only one team that can win it all. You wanna know who can? Let me tell ya! Sweet Brown Sugar sure can, and you gotta know....The Candy Man Can! Ha Ha Ha! Sweet Brown Sugar and The Candy Man immediately go back to high fiving the fans as "Candy Girl" begins to play again. Marc Lowrance can only grin as the show fades to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling! It's time now for our main event as Johnny Mantell goes one on one with "El Jefe" Jose Estrada. Estrada hopes to use Mantell as a stepping stone to "Cowboy" Scott Casey and the Texas Heavyweight Title, but Mantell says he is no ones stepping stone and plans to show "El Jefe" a fight. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -"El Jefe" Jose Estrada w/Fidel Sierra & Ricky Santana vs Johnny Mantell w/Sunshine- As soon as Mantell and Sunshine see that Estrada has brought Santana and Sierra with him, Mantell whispers something to Sunshine and she leaves the ringside area. Mantell is chomping at the bit to lock up, but Estrada is playing cocky and stalling, then "El Jefe" reaches out and slaps Mantell in the face. Mantell cracks a smile, and even laughs, before blasting Estrada with a huge right hand that sends "El Jefe" crashing to the mat. Mantell is quickly on top of him, peppering him with lefts and rights, and Estrada has to scramble like a madman to get out from under the onslaught of Mantell. Mantell doesn't let up though, pulling Estrada to his feet and whipping him into the ropes. He catches Estrada with a hard fist to the gut, then bounces off the ropes and nails him with a big knee lift. Mantell yanks Estrada up again, and then bodyslams him down. The crowd is one hundred percent behind Mantell as he reaches down and pulls Estrada up off the mat again, but this time it appears that Sierra and Santana have seen enough as they slide into the ring. Mantell turns and fires a big right hand at Santana, but he gets nailed from behind by Sierra. Mantell turns and tries to fight Sierra, but then both Santana and Estrada jump on him. Three on one odds quickly overwhelm him, and soon Mantell is on the mat with all three members of The Cartel laying the boots to him. Then a huge eruption from the Sportatorium crowd as Scott Casey comes running down the aisle with a steel chair in hand. He slides into the ring and manages to whack Fidel across the back, as all three members of The Cartel head for higher ground. Winner, by Disqualification: Johnny Mantell Marc Lowrance makes his way into the ring where Sunshine has arrived and she is helping Johnny Mantell to his feet along with Scott Casey. Marc Lowrance: Sunshine, may I have a word? Sunshine: I have several words right now Marc, but none that I am allowed to say on television! Scott Casey: Jose Estrada! You want a piece of me big boy? You don't have to fight my partner to get it! I'll whip you any time, any where! Johnny Mantell: But don't think that means me and you are done "Jefe!" You got a whooping coming, and you better believe I'll be bringing it! Scott Casey: and you can tell your boys Ricky and Fidel, that The Gunslingers are in the David Von Erich Tag Team Tournament too, and if they meet up with us, that'll be it for them. Johnny Mantell: Cartel! You messed with the wrong cowboys this time. We'll see you real soon fellas! Sunshine and The Gunslingers head out of the ring to a rousing ovation. 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 time, right here on KTVT. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone.

Thank You for recapping that. Seriously appreciate it. Really a whole new perspective. Makes me hope that Conrad gets Flair and Herd together to mend fences.

Fantastic recap so far, and I have to say it is definitely a far contrast of the "Pizza Guy" image that has been presented by virtually everyone that worked in the company at the time. Can't wait for part 2!!

This is the part that really gets me. When the Wyatt Family first started and they were doing like a Southern backwoods Jim Jones thing with him, I thought there was so much potential with that gimmick. All kinds of potential angles with him trying to recruit and indoctrinate people. Followers could easily be swapped in and out to freshen things up. Etc. Now we have somehow gone from that, to dreadlocked supernatural murder clown, and I apparently missed the explanation (I know there probably wasn't one) on how that happened.

Well, if you want to be technical about it, Yes, the Reptilians are the base issue. As it was indeed their biology reacting to the baby blood they drank in that pizza place that caused Covid-19, and thus we have lockdowns and social distancing preventing some folks from enjoying wrestling like they used too. It's probably also the reason that Triple H isn't funny.

….and what caused the lockdown and the social distancing...…

He may have started that fight at the babyface, but I'm not sure he still was at the end. That other kid took a savage beating, never quit trying, and showed a ton of heart. At the end Holloway was mean mugging, and flexing and shit cause he knew he was going to win, and while it happens all the time, it just seems like poor sportsmanship to me. Good for you, kicking the shit out of a clearly overmatched opponent. Celebrate when the fight is over.

Texas All Star has "Outlaw" Joel Deaton on the block. Just looking for another middle of the card guy to swap around for him.

-Columbus House Show- Street/Boyd is one hell of an opener! I am interested to see where you take the "Mr. Pro" gimmick. Glad to see that someone took my idea of teaming the other Morton and Gibson! This new referee sucks. Bad News can't be happy about Fergie causing him to get the losers purse. This should be interesting. Wild tag team match in the semi-main. Moondogs/Nightmares are going to end up a blood feud at this rate. I'm sure the Rich's loved that finish! Los Tres Olympias with the big win in the main. Johnny V eating the pin is a nice way to keep the heat. -Television- Rich Cousins suspended from Television!! Boo!!! Bob Armstrong picks up a nice win against Kiniski in the opener to advance in the tournament. Kiniski may be Mr. Pro, but Armstrong showed who the wrestling master is with that finish. Gulf Coast Clash is already looking stacked, and the first four announced teams from Twin States for the DVEMTTT are looking tough. This is going to be a ton of fun. Ayala advances in the tournament working over the knee of Garvin. Love the continuity on the injury. Another fantastic segment with Morrow and Fergie! These two have become some of my favorite characters in the game. You add in Slick and Bad News, and this shit is gold! Nice win for poor, blind, Armstrong lackey, Terry Taylor! Oh good, Jeff Jarrett is going from being a piss poor referee to being a wrestler now. I sure hope he gets his blinking cowboy hat a few years early.... Bad News/Adrian Street is a match I didn't know I wanted to see until right now. I can see Bad New taking him lightly, then Street knocking the shit out of him, and then one hell of a fight breaking out. Love the big clusterfuck ending of the cage match. Plays nicely into the multiple Olympia angle, and sets up a ton of potential ways to go next. Look forward to seeing whats next! Good stuff my man! Always enjoy the action here in Twin States!

Lots of good stuff in the undercard, especially my boys the Bruise Brothers retaining the belts! Iaukea's group of monsters has the fans ready to jump the barricades as they beat down Colon and Strong. Really enjoying these guys! Quite a war between Morgan and Slater. I wasn't sure the Dirty one was leaving with the belt! Tough loss for Morgan, but I don't think he is anywhere near finished here yet. Fuller and Rhodes gets a little more interesting as The Funker comes to watch! Dusty picks up the W and keeps his title shot, but Uncle Terry lets him know what is in store! That is going to be one hell of a fight in Texas!

Dusty starts us off again this week, and immediately shows he is here to fight as he puts his title shot on the line against Ron Fuller. Fuller did have a good point about not being in the battle royal though. With Robert and Golden around, and Funk probably not being happy about The Dream being around, this could get interesting! Nice wins for Powerage and LVE. Man, Karachi Vice have gotten huge heads lately! I am looking forward to a team showing them they aren't as good as they think they are!! Kamala with the absolute destruction here tonight! Iaukea's Army is a freaking force, but the Colon/Strong/Johnson trio is quite a force as well. This should be a fun feud. Holy Shit. The image of those 4 men singing "We Are Family" as off tune as possible in gruff voices is amazing! Tremendous segment! I am now all in on Bodacious!! Devil's Duo are looking ready for war, but will it be enough to take out the Bruise Brothers? I hope not! Hmm... wonder who Paul Jones has in store for The Spoiler? Oh My, the Beauty Shop brings news of Champagne and Mr. Money joining forces to enter the DVETTT. They should be quite the formidable team! Great promo all around! Yeesh, Mark Lewin goes ape shit on Rocky Johnson. I have a feeling these matches are just going to get nastier and nastier. Looking forward to it!! Oh, Slater vs Morgan! That's gonna be one hell of a fight! and Fabs vs Fuller/Golden next week!! My Goodness, the USWA is just lining up big time matches!! The Real King? This should be good.... Hard fought main event between St. Clair and George! You certainly did a good job turning George into a believable challenger, but I am glad to see St. Clair retain. His TV Title run has been spectacular! The Barr run in at the end continues that feud and bring our show to a violent and bloody conclusion! Big show coming up at the Garden, and another awesome week of TV. So many amazing characters, teams, and angles happening in the USWA. Enjoyable show every week. Great work Spaldoni!

Texas All Star sends Dory Funk Jr to Twin States for a wrestler to be named in a couple weeks.

(Taped on Monday January 11th, 1986 and airing Friday Night January 15th) 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 Marc Lowrance who is standing by at ringside with a big smile on his face! Marc Lowrance: Hello Everyone! Welcome to another edition of Championship Sports, and welcome back to the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas! We are here on KTVT for a new year of Texas All Star Wrestling! I am your host Marc Lowrance, and my goodness do we have a huge night of action in store for you! Tonight we will see not one, but two championships defended here on the program and both matches have major stipulations. In our opening contest Brian Adias will defend the Texas Television Title that he won back at our last event Seasons Beatings. He will defend it against the man he met in that tournament final, "The Outlaw" Joeal Deaton and Deaton says that if he does not win the title, he is leaving Texas All Star Wrestling. Then in the main event, "Cowboy" Scott Casey will once again defend the Texas Heavyweight Championship against Dory Funk Jr. Only this time both men will be locked inside a fifteen foot high steel cage to ensure that there will be no interference. As far as we know Terry Funk isn't even in the state of Texas tonight, and Johnny Mantell has been banned from the building. Sunshine is in the building, but has been barred from ringside. We have several other exciting contests lined up for you as well, but enough of me talking, let's get to the action! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -"Outlaw" Joel Deaton vs Brian Adias- Texas Television Title Deaton charges as soon as the bell rings and blasts Adias with a big lariat. The big man doesn't waste any time and follows it up with a big bodyslam and then goes to work wearing down the back and neck of Adias. The opening seven or eight minutes of the match it appears that Adias is in a world of trouble as he barely gets a move in offensively as Deaton is relentless. Finally, Deaton attempts a haymaker of a clothesline and Adias ducks it and instinctively hooks him and nails the Russian Leg Sweep! Both men are down as the referee begins the count. Deaton gets to his feet at seven, and pulls Adias who is about half way standing up by his hair. Adias begins to fire lefts and rights into the stomach of Deaton, then when Deaton attempts an Irish whip, Adias reverses it and nails Deaton with a clothesline that staggers him. Adias is getting fired up as the Sportatorium crowd is going crazy for him, and fires off a dropkick that floors the "Outlaw." Adias grabs two handfuls of Deatons hair and pulls him to his feet, he then fires him into the ropes and puts him down with another picture perfect dropkick. Adias stalks around behind Deaton who is slow to his feet, hooks him, and nails him with another Russian Leg Sweep, floats over and covers him for the One, Two, Three! Winner, and Still Texas Television Champion: Brian Adias! Marc Lowrance: After a hard fought battle, Brian Adias has retained the Texas Television Title! He looked to be in big trouble early on, but with the crowd behind him he fought back and picked up the victory. Deaton claimed that he would leave Texas All Star Wrestling if he didn't win the championship here tonight, so it would appear that the "Outlaw" will be saying goodbye to the Lone Star State! Ladies and Gentleman, don't go anywhere, we'll be right back with more wrestling action! -Commercial Break- When we return, we see that Marc Lowrance has been joined by the commissioner of Texas All Star Wrestling, Frank Dusek. Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling from right here in the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. Joining me now is Frank Dusek. Frank Dusek: Thank You Marc. I'm here tonight because it's being talked about in the press, and on our partners television shows, but we wanted all of the fans here in Texas to hear it from us. Next month, on February Twelfth thru the Fourteenth, Texas All Star Wrestling, Twin States Wrestling, and the United States Wrestling Association are going to join forces to pay tribute to David Von Erich. All three promotions are going to come together and thirty two tag teams are going to compete over the course of five shows in those three days in the first annual David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Marc Lowrance: Wow! That is huge news! You said thirty two tag teams? Frank Dusek: That is correct Marc. On Friday night, the USWA will be hosting their television show at the Will Rogers Coliseum and they will hold the opening six matches of the tournament. Then we will be holding a late night party here at the Sportatorium, as we will air live not only on KTVT, but for one week only on the USWA Network, as we will hold the next five matches of the tournament that night. Marc Lowrance: Texas All Star Wrestling is going to go nationwide on the USA Network that night? Frank Dusek: That's right Marc. The USA Network has graciously agreed to air the entire tournament live as it happens. The very next day, Twin States Wrestling will host a very special edition of their television show right here at the Sportatorium, also on the USA Network, which will host the final five first round matches. Then from there, we will move all of the action to the Reunion Arena on Saturday night, where we will see the entire second round of matches in one go. Marc Lowrance: That will be a special Seven PM start time on the Thirteenth at the Reunion Arena Ladies and Gentleman. Frank Dusek: Then finally folks, on Sunday afternoon at Two PM, we are back at the Reunion Arena where the eight teams remaining will fight to see who brings home the trophy, the money, and the honor of being the winners of the first annual David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Not only that, but also on that night we will see the USWA Heavyweight Champion of the World defend that title against the top contender as well. Marc Lowrance: A huge weekend of wrestling action coming to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, all in the memory of a man we all miss dearly and who was taken from us far too soon. Ladies and Gentleman, if you can be there in person, I promise you that you won't want to miss a minute of the action. But if you can't be there live, be sure to tune in right here on KTVT and on the USA Network to catch all of the action. We'll be right back. -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -"The Missouri Tiger" Jeff Gaylord vs Snake Brown- This one is all Gaylord as he overwhelms the man "From Outta Town" with his size. A couple of shoulder blocks and clotheslines, a big press slam, and then an elbow drop finishes the deal. Winner: Jeff Gaylord Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I am standing by with your winner Jeff Gaylo...OH MY..... Ricky Santana and Fidel Sierra, both dressed in black suits, come from behind and jump Gaylord. Santana slams a chair into the back of Gaylord which sends him sternum first into the apron, then Sierra cracks him in the jaw with a closed fist punch and quarters go flying in all directions. Gaylord collapses down to the floor, as Santana and Sierra nod to one another before straightening their suits. Meanwhile, come down the aisle at a slow and leisurely pace is "El Jefe" Jose Estrada. He is dressed in an all white suit, wearing mirrored sunglasses, and as always chewing on a cigar. Santana heads over to where Marc Lowrance retreated and takes the microphone from him. He then hands it to "El Jefe" when he arrives. Jose Estrada: So this is the famous Sportatorium? This is the building that they talk about all over the world? I'm looking for the right word to describe it, but it's not coming to me. Ricky? What's the word I am looking for? Ricky Santana: A Dump? Jose Estrada: No, I've been in dumps nicer than this. Fidel, what's the word? Fidel Sierra: A Hellhole? Jose Estrada: Si! That's it. This place is a hellhole! As you can likely guess, the Texas crowd is rabidly booing by this point. Jose Estrada: But Jose Estrada came up in hellholes and dumps far worse than this, and I did whatever it took, and now look at me. There is a reason they call me "El Jefe" and it's because I do what needs to be done. Now with Ricky and Fidel here to back me up, The Cartel is in full force in Texas All Star Wrestling, and anyone who stands against us is going to end up like this stupid gringo on the floor, or maybe like Cocoa Samoa and not be around anymore. Now, we came out here tonight because we got two pieces of business. Number one, my men Ricky and Fidel want in on this tournament thing. You can keep the trophy when we win, just make sure that the check clears. Number two, I want to personally challenge Johnny Mantell to fight me right here next week if he has the guts. Nothing personal against you Mantell, I just figure that once I beat the partner of the champion, that should put me in line to challenge for the title. Now, let's go boys. Estrada takes about three steps then stops. He looks down at Gaylord, still out on the floor, and then appears to be in deep concentration. Jose Estrada: You know what. Before we go.... Break His Arm! Sierra and Santana quickly wrestle the unconscious Gaylord to a standing position. The larger Sierra holds him up against the ring apron, while Santana stretches his arm out. Estrada reaches down and picks up the chair, casually smirking at the booing fans, before turning back around and bringing it crashing down on the arm of Gaylord. As Gaylord crashes back to the floor, the three members of The Cartel head to the dressing room. Marc Lowrance: We need some help out here for Jeff Gaylord. Go to commercial.... -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling on KTVT. Before the break we saw Jeff Gaylord pick up an impressive win, then just as I was set to get a word with him, this Cartel of Estrada and newcomers Sierra and Santana came out and assaulted him. During the break medical personnel took Jeff Gaylord out of the Sportatorium on a stretcher and he is en route to a local hospital. We will try to get you an update before we go off the air tonight. In the meantime, the show must go on, and up next we have an exciting newcomer from Knoxville, Tennessee, "White Lightning" Tim Horner! Let's head down to the ring and see him in action! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -"White Lightning" Tim Horner vs The Bounty Hunter- Horner got quite the loud cheers from the ladies in attendance and then put on quite the show, dazzling everyone with quick armdrags, high dropkicks, and cool pinning combinations. The Hunter had both a height and weight advantage over Horner, but he was never in the match. After several minutes of being in control, Horner caught Bounty Hunter in the pinning combination he calls the Lightning Cradle for the One, Two, Three. Winner: "White Lightning" Tim Horner Marc Lowrance: An impressive performance by the very impressive Tim Horner! We'll be right back with more action, right here on Texas All Star Wrestling! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -Johnny Mantell vs "Sneaky" Pete Jenkins- Mantell looked pissed off when the bell rang, and he wasted no time showing Sneaky Pete that he meant business tonight. This was several minutes of Mantell battering poor Pete all over the ring, then he hooked him and drill him with the Russian Leg Sweep and covered him for the One, Two, Three. Winner: Johnny Mantell Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I am here with your winner, Johnny Mantell. Johnny Mantell: You know something Marc, if Jose Estrada thinks that he is going to use me as a stepping stone to get a shot at Scott Casey and the Texas Title there are two things he'd better understand real fast. Number one, you ain't gotta beat me to get a crack at Scott Casey. He'll be more than obliged to beat your ass himself "El Jefe!" Number two, Johnny Mantell is no mans stepping stone, so you want a piece of me next week big boy? Well then, you got it jack! Make sure you bring your dancing shoes boy, cause I'm gonna do the Texas Two Step on your face! Mantell walks away from Marc Lowrance to massive cheers from the Sportatorium crowd. Marc Lowrance just shrugs his shoulders as the show heads to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, we are back and apparently we are heading to the....Fiesta Garden..... The camera cuts to a small stage that has been erected away from the ringside area. There are two fake cactus sitting on either side of it, a pinata hanging from somewhere in the ceiling, two producer style chairs on the stage, and a banner that reads FIESTA GARDEN has been hung on the wall behind it. Standing on the stage holding the microphone, with a smile a mile wide is Al Madril. Al Madril: Hola Amigos! For those of you who don't know me, and shame on you, I am the "Latin Lover" Al Madril and this is the world famous Fiesta Garden! Seriously, the ratings for this show probably just doubled when this segment started! It has been thirteen months since I presented the Fiesta Garden from Texas, and I can only assume that's why World Class went out of business, the Von Erich's left, and all of you people look even worse than the last time I was here! The boo's are coming hot and heavy at Madril. Al Madril: Calm Down! Calm Down! I'm only kidding! You Texas lowlifes never change! That didn't help. Al Madril: Anyway.... At this time I would like to introduce my very special guest on the Fiesta Garden this evening. He is a veteran of professional wrestling. Quite possibly the toughest man in the entire locker room here at Texas All Star Wrestling. He is the uncrowned Texas Heavyweight Champion, and he is every ladies favorite professional wrestler. Ladies and Gentleman, please give a huge round of applause, for the best around.... ME! Al Madril!! Madril takes a seat in one of the two chairs as the fans continue to boo him. Al Madril: Thank You so much for joining us on the Fiesta Garden tonight Al! It is a pleasure to have someone as handsome and talented as you gracing our hacienda this evening! Madril gets up and moves to the other chair. Al Madril: Oh No, the pleasure is all mine Al. Thank YOU for having me on the Fiesta Garden! Making an appearance on the number one show in all of professional wrestling has been a dream of mine for such a long time. Madril switches chairs again, and the fans are beyond pissed. Al Madril: You are just too kind! Now, let's get down to business. As you well know, we ask the hard hitting questions here at the Fiesta Garden, so tell me Al. Why have you come to Texas All Star Wrestling? Another chair switch from Madril. Al Madril: Well Mr. Madril, I have unfinished business here in Texas. You see, right before the AWA pulled the plug on World Class, I had just made my triumphant return. I had my good friend Hercules beside me, I had Sunshine on my arm, and I had just won championship gold. Things were looking great for Al Madril, and then that idiot Verne Gagne pulled the plug. Madril moves to the other chair. Al Madril: That guy is the worst. Back to the other chair. Al Madril: His kid is a terrible wrestler too. But yeah, that's why I am here. I was just about to claim Texas for Al Madril, and that chance got taken away. Then I saw that this Texas All Star Wrestling had started running, so I called up Jerry Jarrett... Madril quickly switches chairs again. Al Madril: Whose kid is a terrible referee. Another switch. Deafening boos at this point. Al Madril: I know, I saw that. Anyway, I called up Jerry Jarrett and told him that since Texas All Star is part of the USWA that he needed to get some star power down here quick before this place went under. I mean, the Texas Heavyweight Champion is Scott Casey for the love of God! The only people paying money to see that have four teeth and look like this crowd! Jerry agreed and signed me to a contract making twice what any of the losers that already work here are making! He also told me to keep an eye on Frank Dusek, because he is pretty sure that he is skimming off the house. Madril gets up to switch chairs again, but before he can continue talking, Frank Dusek comes from the back and looks irate. He is screaming "GO TO COMMERCIAL" as Madril is standing on the stage making a "What did I do" face at him. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling. I would like to apologize for anything Al Madril said that may have offended you. Please understand that his views are absolutely not the views of Texas All Star Wrestling. If I can say anything for the Fiesta Garden, it at least gave us time to set up the steel cage for our main event. I'm sure you've all heard enough talking, so let's head down to the ring for our main event of the evening. 1 Fall, 60 Minute Time Limit -Scott Casey w/Sunshine vs Dory Funk Jr- Steel Cage Match - Texas Heavyweight Title The cage was expected to be just a formality to stop outside interference in this one, as it didn't really fit the style of Dory Funk Jr. However, once the door closed, we saw a different side of Dory Funk. Coming out of the lock up he caught Casey with several lifters that rocked the champion, and then Funk grabbed a handful of hair and smashed Scott Casey face first into the cage. Funk then grabbed a second handful of hair and began to rake the face of the Texas Champion back and forth across the mesh before letting him drop to the canvas. When Casey got to his feet, blood running down his face, the fight was on. Casey came out firing punches and apparently caught Funk off guard. Casey battered Dory with lefts and rights until he had backed Funk up against the cage, he then grabbed him by the ears and began to bang the back of his head off the cage, before spinning him around and rubbing his face across the mesh! Soon enough, Dory Funk Jr was a bloody mess as well! With men now donning the crimson mask, the match became a back and forth affair as the brawling style of Casey and the technical prowess of Funk vied for dominance. Funk appeared to be trying to take out the arm of Casey, but every time it appeared that he was getting somewhere, Casey seemed to get a second wind and would come firing back with the other arm and start beating on Funk again. The end came just past the fifteen minute mark as Dory was wringing on the arm of Casey and whipped him into the ropes. Funk sidestepped and appeared to be grabbing at the arm for an armbar, but Casey was able to throw the arm around the head and dropped Funk with the Bulldog! Casey quickly cradled Dory and the referee counted the One, Two, Three!! Winner, and Still Texas Heavyweight Champion: Scott Casey! Marc Lowrance: All Right! "Cowboy" Scott Casey has defeated Dory Funk inside the steel cage and remains the Texas Heavyweight Champion! Ladies and Gentleman, that is all for Texas All Star Wrestling this week. We thank you so much for joining us, be sure to tune in next time, right here on KTVT. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone.

It'd be much funnier if this still happened now that he is like 80.

If we are talking ECW, then Tommy Dreamer was definitely the main event babyface, and while he got wins over lackeys, he never brought it home in the big one, yet that crowd loved him.

Mike Awesome was a big man in ECW, but a normal sized guy in WCW. Does he qualify?

Thanks for doing the write up on that one! It definitely sounds like Vader could have taken Orndorff if Arn hadn't been in the way, but it also sounds like it needed to happen that way for the sake of the WCW Locker Room. as for Haku breaking it up..... who else! I just have this picture in my mind of him walking out and looking at them both disapprovingly, and them immediately both being like "Sorry Meng"

Vader Goes Down, and any of the "Fires Back" pieces would get my vote. Appreciate these write ups! Super cool of you to do.

and instead of Ronnie Gossett being funny, we open the show with Wendell Cooley pissing blood. -5 stars! In all seriousness, Rich Cousins vs Brad/Wendell for the Tag Title is one hell of main event! Great finish to Khan/Garvin. Nicely protects Khan, while getting him out of the tournament, and sets up a potential Garvin injury to play on. Mulligan showing up with Kendall to make the challenge for the Bunkhouse match, and Humperdink's reason for accepting was great too. That should be a war! Yikes! Bruno found himself some muscle! Hercules Ayala has arrived and he puts away Bill Dundee! That's a HUGE debut (over a little man!) A good Terry Funk interview always make a show better, and here we have Uncle Terry letting all the fine people of Alabama and Mississippi have a chance to see his lovely home, and then he told them about all their favorite wrestlers. What a champion! Is he going to wear his fucking blinking cowboy hat when he refs? Uggh. Taylor picks up the tainted win thanks to J-e- Double Ref. "Why couldn't he ref a match that doesn't matter, like a Scott Armstrong match or something??"..... There is the RPG that I have been missing all show!! Good Lord, first Slapnuts steals Taylor's heat, then Bob Armstrong comes and takes the rest so he can talk about his sons and his feuds! Get the red mohawk ready Terry, looks like your getting fucked in this reality too! Here comes Budrow to get this show back on track!! Holy Shit.... the Baby Doll comment literally made me laugh out loud while I was on the phone with a patient at work! Nicely Done! God Damn, Buddy was on a roll this week. The booze talking, people care about you, angry drunk, Norvell Austin, and Kendall lines all had me laughing. You have absolutely mastered the "arrogant champion that is just a total prick and doesn't give a shit" shtick. Fucking wonderful. Bad News takes out an Armstrong, and DWB gets a nice easy win! "tell me something Pedicino, I hear you're a stooge that has your ear to the door of all the important USWA meetings….tell me why this big tournament is a so called David Von Erich Memorial show, but there ain't no Von Erichs in the tournament?? I realize that Fritz's favorites are up in New York, but hell, they couldn't at least get the fake cousin from Memphis to be in it?" Jesus Christ Gene.... you are outdoing yourself this week! I had to mute the phone on this one! That smiling double finger guns picture of Tommy only makes it funnier. Then Johnny takes the shot at Mike.... God Damn. I am going to have put together a clip job of Rich interviews to play in Texas before the tournament. Street/Boyd attempts to follow the interview of the year, and Street picks up a quick win with a roll up. I think I'd very much enjoy a Street/Funk match. I probably shouldn't be as excited as I am for the inevitable failing of the Fergie/Bad News/Slick relationship, but it is going to be glorious when it all falls apart! In the meantime, watching Bad News extort Fergie for his money is good stuff! Champagne Morrow showing up next week to meet with Fergie! This should be fun! Bad News makes short work of the Iceman, and the tries to goad Bob Armstrong into costing himself the tournament. Bad News is going to be a force around here. I'm loving it. The Rich Cousins win the belts!! My god if this footage makes it to Dallas, they are going to be murdered!! Great Episode this week! I was legit laughing several times, the tournament is moving along nicely, and several feuds are simmering quite nicely. Gulf Coast Clash will likely be a war!!

Well, you certainly can't start a show much bigger than having Dusty freaking Rhodes announce his arrival!! This should be a whole lot of fun! Bruise Brothers are my favorite team in the USWA! Loving the entrance! They get themselves a nice win, enter the DVEMC, and accept the challenge of the DD! A good night for my boys! Cocoa showing up here to team with Afi is good stuff. It's funny, I was ready to cut him, then I started the feud with Estrada and when the time came for Samoa to leave town, I'd grown to enjoy writing him. I'm glad he landed here. I know he'll do well! Loving the Iaukea/Kamala/TNT pairing. They just exude danger. Big Man Steel makes quite the impressive debut, but apparently it didn't phase Mr. Magnificent and the Vin Man! Kelly did us all a favor and got rid of Magee, but I'm not sure that Big Man Steel will go down so easy. I can't wait to meet Bodacious!! Ha Ha! So much for the fabulous return of The Fabulous Ones! Fuller and Golden took care of that in short order. That should be a bloody war waiting to happen! Nord will definitely tear things up in the USWA. He and Rip Morgan should either feud or team up!! Another big debut as "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson shows up in the USWA! Here is another guy who could certainly make a huge impact. I cut him like an idiot when I was running the WWF, without realizing that in this games continuity he had been the secondary champion for over a year. Quite a segment with Paul Jones and The Spoiler! Be very interested to see a Spoiler babyface run, and more interested to see how or who Paul Jones brings for revenge. Iaukea adds Mark Lewin to the mix! Yikes, his stable keeps getting scarier. I hope Rocky Johnson didn't just make a huge mistake getting involved and helping out Strong. Is Mike George the man to end the reign of Simply the Best? Hell No! St. Clair isn't going to lose to a lowly piece of crap like Mike George! One hell of a tag team match between Hard Knocks and the SPC. I'd bet that this feud is far from over. SPC could certainly end up being contenders here sooner rather than later! and we close the show with The Funker! Love It! In the course of the interview we called Dusty a pig, threatened to beat the hell out of all challengers, and crazily decided to enter the DVEMC Tournament on top of defending the title. That friends, is how you write a crazy Terry Funk Interview!!! On too the Dunn Center!! The Paul Jones team picks up the win in the opener when Lance takes the fall. This gives the Devils Duo more ammunition for a title shot against the Bruise Brothers. I'm still not sure they know what they are messing with! Boo! Boo RPM's Boo!! Boo! Boo Greg Gagne Boo!! Seriously though, St. Clair gets the nice pinfall on Rheingans going into his title defense, and apparently the Barr/George rivalry isn't over yet. There is no way that these 6 guys don't end in a DQ. That is a war that needs a cage..or barbed wire...or both. Karachi Vice manages to steal another win and hold onto the tag team titles. This reign is getting to the point where the fans are going to go nuclear when someone finally takes those belts. Lots of big happenings in the battle royal! Morrow takes out Wells. Dusty takes out St. Clair. A potential Dick Slater/Rip Morgan feud that I am all about!! The Colon/Johnson/Strong vs Iaukea's Army feud definitely gets advanced! Spoiler may want him a piece of Morrow once he is done with Jones! Quite a brawl as the DD come to save Jones, then Bruise Brothers come out to brawl with them. Morrow and Dusty at the end, and the Dream brings it home! Funk vs Rhodes for the Title in Texas..... Awww Shit..... Always so much happening in the USWA, but you manage to make it interesting from the top of the card to the bottom. Looking forward to seeing "Simply the Best" retain next week, and definitely looking forward to the build to Funk/Rhodes!!

A war between the original Sheik and Sheik Adnan? Now that my friends is an attention getter!! Definitely an interesting cast of characters in Lutte, and with two crazies like that gathering troops, it will be one hell of a war! Looking forward to seeing it play out!

Best Match I ever saw live was probably Bryan Danielson vs Homicide in a Steel Cage in Dayton, Ohio back in 2005. Same show had an Austin Aries/James Gibson match that is also very good. Worst Match I ever saw live..... Undertaker/Kane vs Kronik!

MOTY for me was Walter vs Dragunov from NXT UK. Promotion and Weekly TV Show both go to AEW. Best Promo is probably something Eddie Kingston did, but I can't point to a specific one off the top of my head.