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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.

Because she is skinnier and blonder?

So I am reading the Observer write ups on this site to kill time at work, and came across this.... It apparently took place on a show called "Beach Brawl" promoted by Joe Pedicino. Please tell me that footage of this exists. It sounds so stupid that I need to see it!!

Texas All Star Wrestling releases Don Kernodle We will also re-hire Akio Sato and Allen West

Oh come on you guys, WWE doesn't need Cardi B, they have Poppy (whoever the hell that is) and I'm sure the theme for WrestleMania will be from some sweet nu-metal band that obviously everyone has heard of, or maybe a classic like Limp Bizkit. Then again, if they tell Vince that she sings a song called WAP, he'll probably think it's a hilarious ethnic slur against Italians and immediately pay her big bucks to sing American the Beautiful.

Not sure Impact would take him. I think the relationship between he and Deonna didn't end well, and they seem pretty high on her.

Hash' picks up the win in the young lions opener, but I have to assume it was the following six man tag that really got the crowd going. Not super familiar with Nogami, but I know the other 5 and I can guarantee that they put on a show! Nice to see Fleming getting some love. I hated to cut him, but I just didn't have a spot for him in Texas. The hard hitting, technical foreigner is a great spot for him here. I am interested to see what "Wild Rush" brings to the table and how they fit in here. The Takada/Super Tiger match sounds awesome, and makes me want to look into UWF Rules matches. It'll be interesting to see if Tiger continues going after the Takada Army, or if this is the end of that vendetta. Big win for Tiger Mask over the returning Cobra. I'll be interested to see who steps up to challenge for the Junior Title next. Several exciting possibilities. I am still learning who is who here, but the switch of the tag team titles seems like something of an upset even though Maeda/Kido did win the tournament. Big time main event as Fujinami retains against Inoki. Love the touch of Inoki not submitting. The torch may have been passed, and the fans may be happy with the change, but something tells me that Inoki may not be out of the spotlight quite yet. Great Show! As I stated before, a lot of these folks are new to me, but I enjoy learning about the one's I don't know and reading about the one's I do. Looking forward to the next show!

RPG opening the show by flashing pics of unmasked Olympia and then disputing everything Platt has to say is a wonderful way to start the year here in Twin States! "Is K endall Windham the one that looks like a mop turned upside down? " LMFAO Scott Armstrong picks up a nice win in the opener, and I might have to see if anyone from Texas might want to challenge for that Southern Jr. Title! Great segment with Olympia and the Platinum Club! I like Stubbs playing the "If they already knew, who cares" card when it came to the unmasking, as that will just piss Buddy off more. Landel's description of Embry's.....exploits got quite the laugh out of me! As did Olympia's line about the receipt. Really hoping that Embry accepting the challenge isn't the beginning of his end with the Club. The Moondogs are dominating every week, but I think another round with the Nightmares will be quite a war! "Mr. Pro" continues to shine here in Twin States as he picks up a win over Kendall in his debut. Kiniski could definitely be a dark horse in the Contenders Tournament. Terry Taylor makes a quiet debut. I get the feeling he'll do big things here. Downtown Bruno takes me back to Prom Night with a bottle of Boone's Farms! (Hey, we were young and poor!) Bruno and DWB will be a fun combination and will definitely cause some shit here in Twin States. Oh Lord, I was all set to talk about the nice jackets and put over the Rich Cousins as the rightful jackets then Tommy referred to DVE as "that Von Erich that bought the farm over in Japan" and I think we'll have to make sure that doesn't end up on television anywhere in Texas, or else Tommy may not make it out alive. Bob Armstrong blows out The Flame and then brawls with Bad News! This is going to be one hell of a feud, and I am excited for it. Neither of these two is ever going to back down, so it's gonna be a lot of fun!! Well, that's one way to get at Landel....or maybe it's three.... I dunno! 3 Olympia's! Who pinned Landel! Who is challenging for the belt? Steel Cage! This is going to be fun! Great show! Hell of an ending! Can't wait to see how this unfolds!

What kind of worthless, lowlife, piece of shit do you have to be to pretend to be a little boy who just lost his Dad on Twitter. I mean, what do you get from it, other than being a lowlife, piece of shit, fucking troll. God Damn. They should find out who that guys is and tell New Jack that he stole his cocaine.

I say use her

Tom Jones is officially retired now, so he needs removed from my roster. Also, I am going to go ahead and release Teijo Khan. That should leave me at 44

Dallas Morning News Sports Section 1/1/1986 Professional Wrestling Returns to the Sportatorium The Sportatorium at 1000 South Industrial Blvd in Dallas was once a hotbed of professional wrestling action, hosting weekly events from Fritz Von Erich's World Class Championship Wrestling. Even when the promotion went through a change in ownership a few years back, the Sportatorium was still one of the main stops on the promotions touring schedule. However when World Class closed up shop at the end of 1984, usage of the Sportatorium became far less frequent. The United States Wrestling Association out of Tennessee would come to the Metroplex and run the occasional show at the "World's Most Famous Arena" but the days of weekly action, and fans packing the arena appeared to be a thing of the past. However, the new upstart promotion Texas All Star Wrestling which began promoting wrestling in Fort Worth at the Will Rogers Coliseum back in September made an announcement yesterday that beginning Monday, January 11th they would be re-locating and bringing the wrestling action back to the Sportatorium! "Our time at the Will Rogers Coliseum has been wonderful, but when it comes to Texas Wrestling, the first place you think of is the Sportatorium. So when this opportunity presented itself, you'd best believe we jumped at it." said Frank Dusek, the "Commissioner" of Texas All Star Wrestling. Dusek went on to announce that the promotion would run each week on Monday night and record a program that would air each Friday on the KTVT Television network. They further announced that as part of their partnership with the United States Wrestling Association, and the Mississippi based Twin States Wrestling, they would be holding a jointly promoted two day event at Reunion Arena to honor the memory of David Von Erich in February. Further details about that event will be forthcoming on the promotions television program.

Announcing Slater/Dream Machine in a No DQ match is a great way to start the show! Billy Jack Strong is certainly off to a dominant start here. I am very excited for the DVE Memorial Tournament. It's going to one hell of an undertaking, but it should be awesome! I really enjoy this version of Rip Morgan. I hope to see his role get bigger sooner than later. Karachi Vice with another cheap victory! These two are doing anything to keep those belts at this point. Whoever takes the belts off of them are going to be over huge! Dream Machine tries to run his mouth, but Slater ain't having it! That'll sell some tickets! Technicians vs Gagne/Savoldi is something of a styles clash, but could certainly make for a fun feud. You've certainly made Gagne far more entertaining here than he was at any point in his entire career. Great Beauty Shop! Brenda being a total bitch, while George plays along before hosing her down with champagne is a great finish to the year for the segment. Will definitely get George more over, but I don't think he is the guy to take out Simply the Best either! George Wells! That is quite the return for revenge right there!! Morrow is run out of the arena, and Wells gets his bottle on top of it! This is going to be a fun feud!! Ron Fuller gets the win over Lawler!! Then Lawler leaves dejected!! Wow! Not sure what is about to happen here, but I am excited to see it! #1 Paul Jones has taken over managing The Devil's Duo and he is bringing The Spoiler with him! The Bruise Brothers might be in a lot of trouble. Great pairings for Jones. When Iaukea called for a monster, they don't come much better than Kamala!! I love seeing Colon get destroyed, so this segment was right up my alley! Then The Funker gives him a piledriver and pins him! 5 Stars!! It looks like Colon and Strong are going to have quite a war on their hands with Iaukea's Army. Should make for some fun brawls! as for Uncle Terry...well, whoever wins that battle royal is going to see him in Texas. It'll be interesting to see who that next challenger is! Great Stuff Dude!

Texas All Star sends Alexis Smirnoff and Soldat Ustinov to Lutte for Lanny Poffo

Not that it helps this topic, but one of my all time favorite quotes on this board, and I unfortunately don't remember who said it was "Dixie Carter is like Herb Abrams with a wonky eye, more money, and less cocaine." I still laugh about that shit years later.

You weren't alone on that opening segment my friend.