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Here are the cards for the next loop, including the full Wrestling Rodeo Spectacular lineup: Calgary, Alberta, Canada 7/8/83 (TV Taping): NWA Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship: Bret Hart vs. Gama Singh NWA Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship: Bruce Hart vs. Hiro Saito "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell vs. Keith Hart Stan "The Lariat" Hansen vs. Mike Hammer Dynamite Kid vs. "Loverboy" Dennis Condrey Davey Boy Smith vs. "Ravishing" Randy Rose Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 7/9/83: Bret Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Gama Singh & Crusher Blackwell The Cobra vs. Dynamite Kid Rip Oliver vs. "Terrible Ted" Dino Bravo vs. Mike Hammer Jim Neidhart vs. Frank Morell Super Strong Machine vs. Hubert Gallant Matt Borne & David Morgan vs. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 7/10/83: No Disqualification: Bret Hart vs. Gama Singh Crusher Blackwell vs. Dynamite Kid Rip Oliver vs. Dino Bravo Neidhart & Hito vs. Saito & Tankano w/ Wakamatsu Davey Boy Smith vs. Mike Hammer Sonny Two Rivers vs. Hubert Gallant Matt Borne & David Morgan vs. The Bounty Hunters Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 7/11/83: Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Crusher Blackwell & Gama Singh Bret Hart vs. Dino Bravo The Cobra vs. Hiro Saito Super Strong Machine vs. Shunji Takano Matt Borne & David Morgan vs. Neidhart & Hito Rip Oliver vs. Mike Hammer Hubert Gallant & Frank Morell vs. The Bounty Hunters Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 7/12/83: Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Crusher Blackwell & Gama Singh Bret Hart vs. Hiro Saito Rip Oliver vs. Matt Borne Neidhart & Hito vs. Morell & Bravo Hubert Gallant vs. "The Bounty Hunter" Jerry Novak The Cobra vs. Mike Hammer Super Strong Machine vs. Shunji Takano Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7/14/83: Dino Bravo vs. The Stomper Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, & Mr. Hito vs. Crusher Blackwell, Gama Singh, & Jerry Novak Dynamite Kid vs. Hiro Saito The Cobra vs. Super Strong Machine Rip Oliver vs. Mike Hammer Hubert Gallant vs. The Dark Horseman Matt Borne & David Morgan vs. Wakamatsu & Takano

COMING FRIDAY 7/8/83 WRESTLING RODEO SPECTACULAR STAMPEDE WRESTLING IS TAPING T.V. IN CALGARY, ALBERTA @ THE STAMPEDE CORRAL DURING THE CALGARY EXHIBITION & STAMPEDE MAIN EVENT: NWA STAMPEDE NORTH AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE MATCH BRET HART © vs. GAMA SINGH DYNAMITE KID vs. DENNIS CONDREY DAVEY BOY SMITH vs. RANDY ROSE STAN "THE LARIAT" HANSEN WILL BE IN ACTION! PLUS...WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF BRUCE HART -AND- AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM NWA REPRESENTATIVE GENE KINISKI REGARDING THE NWA WORLD LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! ALSO, COMMENTS FROM JIMMY HART, TERRY FUNK, JERRY BLACKWELL AND THE ENTIRE HART FAMILY WILL BE ON HAND!!!

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 7/5/83: Mike Hammer def. Dino Bravo @ 9:20 with a high cross body. Afterwards, Bravo drew blood with a foreign object. Rip Oliver def. Sonny Two Rivers @ 7:34 with the shoulderbreaker. The Bounty Hunters def. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart @ 10:32 via DQ when Neidhart hit Jerry Novak with a chair. Gama Singh def. Matt Borne @ 12:45 with a roll up after grabbing the tights for leverage. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid DRAW Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu @ 30:00 when the time limit expired. Jerry Blackwell def. The Cobra @ 10:07 after an irish whip into an exposed turnbuckle followed by a big leg drop. Bret Hart def. Hubert Gallant @ 17:56 with a half Boston crab.

Thanks!

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 7/4/83 (my DOB) 1. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu def. David Morgan & Sonny Two Rivers @ 15:32 when Wakamatsu hit Morgan with a Kendo Stick and Takano won with a roll up. 2. Rip Oliver def. Mr. Hito @ 12:16 with a shoulderbreaker. 3. Matt Borne def. Dino Bravo @ 22:13 with the whoopee cushion. 4. Jerry Blackwell def. Mike Hammer @ 1:12 with a big splash. After the match, Blackwell bloodied Hammer by launching him at the ring post. 5. Gama Singh def. The Patriot (Jerry Novak) @ 10:21 with a high knee. 6. Archie Gouldie def. Hubert Gallant @ 16:54 when the match was stopped due to excessive blood loss from Gallant. 7. Super Strong Machine def. Frank Morrell @ 6:22 with a top rope cross body block. Super Strong Machine's debut. 8. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid def. Bret Hart & The Cobra @ 25:54 when Dynamite used a drop toe hold while Davey Boy hit a running bulldog on the same opponent (Bret Hart).

I'd also appreciate some feedback on my cards and results. The first TV episode was a little over the top maybe. We had the Jimmy Hart/Moondogs stuff in place. When I was able to book Funk it became a clusterfuck and turned into the Terry Funk Show. Should I try to make it more like Stampede proper?

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 7/3/83: 1. The Cobra def. Matt Borne @ 12:02 by pinfall. 2. Jerry Blackwell def. Sonny Two Rivers @ 7:43 by ref stoppage. 3. Rip Oliver def. Hubert Gallant @ 5:56 by pinfall. 4. Dino Bravo & Frank Morrell def. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart @ 12:21 by CO. 5. David Morgan def. Mike Hammer @ 6:45 by pinfall. 6. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid def. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu @ 20:45 when Dynamite pinned Saito. 7. Bret Hart def. Gama Singh @ 9:08 by DQ.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 7/2/83: Rip Oliver def. Sonny Two Rivers @ 11:12 with the shoulderbreaker. Matt Borne def. Gama Singh @ 7:34 with with a small package. Frank Morrell def. Mike Hammer @ 6:02 with the Claw. The Bounty Hunters DRAW Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart @ 7:41 via double count out. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid def.. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu @ 22:14 when Dynamite pinned Takano after a tombstone piledriver. Bret Hart def. The Cobra @ 12:00 with a superplex to retain the NWA Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship

Stampede Wrestling presents Wrestling At The Corral July 1, 1983 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta The show opens with the playing of the Canadian national anthem in honor of Canada Day. 1. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Jim Brunzell & Phil Lafon A fast paced competitive match that goes back and forth until the Kid is able to isolate Lafon and hit the diving headbutt to win. Winners - Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid @ 12:44 Commercials. Ed Whalen introduces a special guest, former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk, who joins us on commentary. Funk mentions he's filling in as a representative of the NWA for Gene Kiniski, who is at the tournament in Toronto for the NWA Canadian Championship featuring Bret Hart. 2. Matt Borne vs. Mike Hammer Borne takes over quickly and fends off Hammer's comeback attempts to hit an impressive combination of moves in succession to win. Winner - Matt Borne @ 5:13 After the match Terry Funk gets in the ring to give a dazed Hammer some advice. When an almost unconscious Hammer pushes him off, Funk gives Hammer a piledriver and bloodies him up. Bruce Hart and other members of the locker room come to Hammer's aid. Funk gets on the mic and wants to fight Stu! Commercials. Ed Whalen announces Funk has been removed from the building. 3. Curt Hennig vs. The Cobra A very even contest initially turns into a high flying showcase for the Cobra, who wins convincingly with a moonsault. Winner - The Cobra @ 8:29 Ed Whalen introduces the audience to KY Wakamatsu, who informs us that next week he will introduce a new tag team to the area, The Tokyo Hurricanes. Next week's show will also feature Bret Hart defending the North American Championship along with an appearance from Stan "The Lariat" Hansen! A pretaped interview with Dino Bravo and Frank "Frankie" Morell airs. Frank Sinatra's "My Way" plays in the background as they smoke cigars and claim to be coming to Calgary to take the tag titles from the Dungeon Masters "for the cosca". Commercials. 4. Bruce Hart vs. Jerry Blackwell w/ Jimmy Hart Bruce Hart takes over quickly and Blackwell is able to cheat to come back. At the 8:00 mark, the ref is knocked out by Blackwell's girth in the corner, and Jimmy Hart comes out of the crowd. Jimmy throws a fireball in Bruce's face and Blackwell hits a huge splash to win. Winner - Jerry Blackwell @ 10:00 Post match, Davey Boy Smith and Jim Neidhart come to Bruce Hart's rescue, but they are outnumbered when Terry Funk returns with the Moondogs! Jimmy Hart holds Bruce down as Blackwell hits another huge splash on Bruce, this time on his already burned face. The Dynamite Kid comes out with a steel chair to clear the ring and close the TV show. After the show goes off the air, Bruce Hart is taken out by paramedics. Terry Funk challenges the remaining babyfaces to a six man bunkhouse tag match, which closes out the house show. Non-televised matches: Rip Oliver vs. Hubert Gallant (Pre-show, Winner - Rip Oliver @ 3:54) Sonny Two Rivers & David Morgan vs. Hiro Saito & KY Wakamatsu (Pre-show, Winners - Sonny Two Rivers & David Morgan @ 6:32) The Moondogs & Terry Funk vs. Jim Neidhart, The Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith, Bunkhouse Six Man Tag (Post-show, Winners - Moondogs & Funk @ 14:43) Terry Funk, Jimmy Hart, the Moondogs, and Bruce Hart all taped promos that will air on future episodes of Stampede Wrestling Television. Look for the Moondogs-Harts feud to continue in All-Star Wrestling.

1. Ric Flair - The only reason we put the belt back on Harley is because the money is in the chase. Let's build it up and do it right. 2. Nick Bockwinkel - The NWA Champion needs to have a certain level of prestige. Few guys have what Bock and Flair have. 3. Roddy Piper - He's gonna be the hottest thing in wrestling, I'm just not sure this is the role he's fit for at the moment.

Here are the cards for the next loop: Calgary, Alberta, Canada 7/1/83: The Moondogs vs. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart (non-televised) Jerry Blackwell vs. Bruce Hart Curt Hennig vs. The Cobra Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Jim Brunzell & Phil Lafon Matt Borne vs. Mike Hammer Rip Oliver vs. Hubert Gallant (non-televised) Sonny Two Rivers & David Morgan vs. Hiro Saito & KY Wakamatsu (non-televised) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 7/2/83: Bret Hart vs. The Cobra Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. vs. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu Matt Borne vs. Gama Singh Rip Oliver vs. Sonny Two Rivers The Bounty Hunters vs. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart Jerry Blackwell vs. Hubert Gallant David Morgan & Mike Hammer vs. Dino Bravo & Frank Morrell Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 7/3/83: Bret Hart vs. Gama Singh Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. vs. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu Jerry Blackwell vs. Sonny Two Rivers Matt Borne vs. The Cobra Rip Oliver vs. Hubert Gallant Dino Bravo & Frank Morrell vs. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart David Morgan vs. Mike Hammer Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 7/4/83: Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. Bret Hart & The Cobra Archie Gouldie vs. Hubert Gallant Matt Borne vs. Dino Bravo Jim Neidhart vs. Gama Singh Jerry Blackwell vs. Mike Hammer Mr. Hito vs. Rip Oliver Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu vs. David Morgan & Sonny Two Rivers Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 7/5/83: Bret Hart vs. Hubert Gallant Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. vs. Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu Matt Borne vs. Gama Singh Rip Oliver vs. Sonny Two Rivers The Bounty Hunters vs. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart Jerry Blackwell vs. The Cobra Mike Hammer vs. Dino Bravo Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 7/7/83: Bret Hart vs. Gama Singh Rip Oliver vs. Hubert Gallant Hiro Saito & Shunji Takano w/ KY Wakamatsu vs. Mr. Hito & Jim Neidhart Matt Borne vs. Mike Hammer Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid vs. vs. Dino Bravo & Frank Morrell Jerry Blackwell vs. Sonny Two Rivers David Morgan vs. The Cobra

TONIGHT! STAMPEDE WRESTLING T.V. TAPING IN CALGARY, ALBERTA @ THE STAMPEDE CORRAL MAIN EVENT: JERRY "CRUSHER" BLACKWELL VS. BRUCE HART THE COBRA VS. CURT HENNIG DAVEY BOY SMITH AND THE DYNAMITE KID VS. JIM BRUNZELL AND PHIL LAFON MATT BORNE VS. MIKE HAMMER FORMER NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION TERRY FUNK WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE!

7/21 & 7/22

Since we're doing the '83 project, I've been watching a lot of Georgia TV and some MOTYCs from that year. Here's one for the holiday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeD_UKAXdU8

I figured he was getting you back for calling him Paul at one point.

"I do believe there is a Terry Funk-Nick Bockwinkle match on there"

Great interview, Pete. I do have to say that my heart sank a bit when Bruce said the matches will be presented in 16:9 instead of the original 4:3. I'm not sure I understand the point of that, but I'm still excited I suppose.

Yep. Stu has decided to pass the torch to Bruce a bit earlier than expected and Bruce has agreed to do his booking on the road. He will still appear in Stampede from time to time. We're outsourcing our TV production to a company in Vancouver to make it all look a bit more professional and will be moving tapings into a local studio in Calgary sometime in the next few months.

Tajiri

All sorts of strange mail arriving at the Hart Mansion this week. A few days ago, Antonio Inoki had the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship shipped in a wooden crate via Western Union. Today, a letter arrived addressed to Bruce Hart, post-marked Memphis, TN. Bruce shrugged it off and threw the letter and the card in the trash can.

Terry 7/1 Hansen 7/8

Hansen 7/8

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