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Great show open! Rich and Sawyer should be some kind of wild ride. Love seeing Riddle back home. Crews for the NWA title should be good. Power and Oliver get nice squash wins. What is next for Oliver? The Assassin as a manager to that stable is really effective on your midcard. Shieky baby is going to overpower Gantner? I don't know about that. SBS getting some revenge is a good direction to take. Can't have Brickhouse too far out ahead. Loved the promo from the Twosome and Ted. Good stuff from Kernodle and James J. and St. Clair. Gama and the Professor continue to have a great feud. I have this feeling HTM is going to feel that guitar again. This time at the hands of Austin Idol. Can Orndorff feud with TJS forever? Great tag between the Southern teams. The chaos during that last match seemed like it fit with Link and Lewin feuding. Looking forward to that 6-man for sure!

That is one Hell of an opening match. I'm a big Smothers fan so seeing him anywhere is cool. Somers winning over MS-1 is actually kind of big for him. Nice squash for Savoldi. Good to see the Medicos give the SST a good fight. Big win for Borne! Martel needs to take some time off. Also big win for Davis. Garvin defending his title against Adias is a great Garvin title defense. No chance Garvin can lose.

WWC House Show 8/24/86 Arecibo, Puerto Rico Ricky Santana & the Batten Twins vs. Owen Hart, Jonathan Boyd & the Crusher w/Barrabas Hart was in full on avoidance mode with Santana early. He would not get in the ring with him, but tried several times to ambush Santana unsuccessfully. Boyd got worked over by the Battens and Santana, then Owen caught Bart in the injured leg with a few kicks to turn things around. The heels worked over Bart's leg for some time. Bart did manage to just crawl to the corner after avoiding a few leg drops by the Crusher. Brad took the tag and cleaned house on Boyd and the Crusher. Santana clocked Owen Hart with a set of brass knuckles right in front of referee Tomas Marin and got his team DQed. Despite this, Boyd and the Crusher ran to the back with their tails between their legs followed closely by Brad and Santana. Brad and Santana returned to ringside to help Bart to the back, limping a little more than last week, while Owen had to wait for Chicky Starr and Abdullah Tamba to come collect him. Miguelito Perez & Super Medico 3 vs. Los Mercenarios Perez and Merc 2, still sporting bandages on their heads, both had easy targets for their opponents to exploit. And both teams did just that. Perez and Medico 3 went right after Merc 2's cut while referee Ricky Vargas herded Merc 1 into the corner. Merc 1 eventually got his partner out of there by grabbing Perez while he was running the ropes and giving Merc 2 the opportunity to do some clubbering. Both Mercs worked over Perez's cut for a while. Perez tagged to Medico 3 who cleaned house on the Mercs, who stalled for time. This just gave Perez time to recover and he came flying off the apron with an axe handle to knock Merc 1 into the railing. Things broke down from here and referee Vargas called for a DCO. The teams brawled to the back. Victor the Bodyguard & Chicky Starr vs. Invader 1 & Hercules Ayala Neither Ayala or Invader 1 were in the mood for Chicky's shenanigans and they dominated the opening third of the bout. Victor distracted Invader 1 while Chicky hit him low to turn the tide. Invader 1 was worked over for a long time with more than a few cutoffs by Chicky, only to finally tag Hercules. Ayala never moves too fast, but his big punches got the crowd rocking as he sent Victor and Chicky to the mat. He started working over Victor's leg and got the reverse figure four, but Chicky hit Ayala with the baseball bat and referee Victor Quinonez called for the DQ. Invader 1 ran Chicky and Victor off before tending to Ayala. Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Super Medico 1 Medico was the first to have a real advantage, working over Castillo's arm. Castillo worked a headlock to control the more experienced Medico 1. The pace got quicker after a few rope running sequences with Medico 1 catching Castillo with his signature punch combo to take control and get a few nearfalls. Castillo came back and had some good chances on roll-ups before Medico reversed a roll-up for the 3 count. The two men shook hands and Medico raised Castillo's arm after the match. Ron Starr & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr vs. Jos LeDuc & Carlitos Colon Chicky tried getting involved right away, jumping up on the apron with a house mic and taunting LeDuc and Colon. This didn't get him anywhere as they just went after Ron and Tamba. After a short opening Tamba used his strength to overpower Colon before hitting a dropkick that sent Colon outside. LeDuc hit the ring, but Ron joined in and helped double team LeDuc as Chicky stomped away at Colon on the floor. Colon eventually fought Chicky off, which eased the pressure on LeDuc. LeDuc made a comeback on Tamba, even fighting off Ron long enough for Colon to take over. Tamba fell victim to a LeDuc one armed backbreaker for the three count. LeDuc made sure Chicky knew he had just beaten Tamba cleanly in the center of the ring as the heels retreated.

Can Ams and the Youngbloods is a really fun young guy feud. Jake getting one-up on Piper's guys is a big deal. Hall gets a huge win over Rose. Guerreros and British Bullies is a super fun match. Dundee and Finlay is a sneaky good matchup if they mesh well. Tough luck for Adams with Race using a well-timed dirty move. Scorpio has been on the wrong end of a few matches lately, but he'll come back. Awesome tag brawl with the Herders and Badd Company. Good first challenger for Zenk. I like the youngsters going against the 6-man champs. Gives them ring time with three great workers. Steamer continues to be an awesome champ.

WWC House Show 8/23/86 Yauco, Puerto Rico Bart Batten vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Batten took the brawl right to energetic brawler Boyd from the opening bell. Boyd was caught slightly off-guard, but the match was pretty even. Until Barrabas distracted Bart and Boyd went after the same leg that got injured last week. Boyd worked on the leg with Bart fighting back as best he could. Boyd did hit the three point clothesline for the three. Barrabas ordered a further attack, which was thwarted by Brad Batten and Ricky Santana hitting the ring to run Boyd off. The Caribbean Express & Ricky Santana vs. Owen Hart & Los Mercenarios w/Chicky Starr Merc 2, Santana and Hart all came to the ring with bandages on their heads from earlier in the week. All three had them forciibly ripped off. Perez was bloodied as well in this match when Chicky hit him with the bat multiple times while Merc 1 distracted the referee. He did fight his way to tagging Santana. Both Santana and Castillo were in the ring clearing out the heels and Santana actually hit a plancha onto Chicky on the outside as he was yelling at referee Tomas Marin. Perez came back with a vengeance, hitting right hands on Merc 2 before sending him off the ropes and hitting a powerslam. Castillo followed that up with a missile dropkick for the three. Hart attacked Santana after the plancha on Chicky, but Santana got hold of Chicky's baseball bat and ran both Hart and Chicky off. Jos LeDuc & Dutch Mantell vs. Bobby Jaggers & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr If you guessed this was a brawl, you are right. But it did stay within the confines of a tag match. Mantell and Jaggers were both busted open the night before and went right after the same spot on one antoher. It didn't take long for both to bleed. Starr caught LeDuc with a baseball bat to the back from the apron as he was running the ropes and the heels worked him over. He made the tag to Dutch, but Chicky had Tamba well clear of the ring by the time a bloody Dutch Mantell hit the ring. Once Jaggers realized this he stopped trying to fight back and made a run for the exit with Dutch right on his heels. Invader 3 vs. Hercules Ayala Invader 3 again showed why he was the NWA LHW champ, this time hanging with the 270 pound veteran Ayala all match. Invader 3 showed his arsenal of high flying moves, strikes and submissions, using everything he could use on a bigger man. In the end he came up just short, but Ayala did not win with the reverse figure four. He won with an inside cradle after Invader 3 blocked a suplex attempt. The two men shook hands and Ayala raised Invader 3's arm after the match. Victor the Bodyguard & Los Primos Starr vs. Los Super Medicos & Carlitos Colon Medicos were after Chicky Starr before the bell and it was a team effort to work him over. Medico 3 fell victim to a Chicky low blow and the heels worked him over for a while. He tagged in Medico 1, who did a great job of cleaning house. He didn't account for Chicky being up as quickly as he was and grabbing his foot from the outside, which led to Ron hitting him with a brainbuster DDT. Both Colon and Medico 3 hit the ring and a mini-brawl ensued. When it was cleared up the heels were really working on Medico 1 and getting some close near-falls. He managed to tag Colon, who blew the roof off the building by taking on all 3 opponents and getting the figure four on Ron. Los Super Medicos hit the ring to protect Colon while he applied the submission. Referee Victor Quinonez called for the bell as Ron screamed in pain. Chicky checked on Ron after the match and screamed at the Medicos and Colon from the ring. Los Super Medicos and Colon celebrated with the fans on the way to the exit.

Burke is always a good choice for working with the young guys. Ask and you shall receive with Furnas and the dropkick. Love seeing Kabuki win. Death Sentence continue to get a really good push. Adams vs. Taylor sounds like a great match! The Snakepit is making a comeback. I wonder how long it is until they go back after Piper and co. Tag title match would have been awesome. I like the focus on Bob Orton as a big star. He is definitely a guy who should have the spotlight.

A few points to make. I think miz feels like he's being screwed with. He thought he was going to get the WWF for what, 4 days? Then things kind of go back and he can't, so he figures on going to WCCW. And gets told that isn't a good idea. By the guy who, regardless of the lack of malice, is the reason he won't be taking over the WWF. And the only person who was even worried about him taking over the WWF was me because I wanted Grimmas to have a shot at it if he wanted it. Whether or not he was made to feel this way intentionally is besides the point. And I can't fault him for taking it personally. Secondly, if you look at the UWF roster it's not exactly small and simple compared to the WCCW roster. Both have some major, major names that need upkeep while you bring the young guys along. It may be slightly less complicated than running that WCCW roster, but not near as much as the difference between both and what miz was working with in Portland. I promise you, we all took a hit dealing with this and would have even if we had known this outcome right as things initially happened. I understand the concerns brought up and appreciate that they are valid. Maybe giving miz a shot at WCCW and seeing how it goes isn't the worst idea.

Bam Bam Bigelow Bob Backlund Bobby Fulton Bobby Jaggers Butch Miller Carlos Colon Chicky Starr Don Kent/Super Medico 3 Dutch Mantell Hercules Ayala Huracan Castillo Jr. Huracan Castillo Sr. - figurehead Invader 1 Invader 2 Invader 3 Jerry Morrow/Mercenario 2 Jonathan Boyd Jos LeDuc Juan Rivera/Savio Vega/TNT Luke Williams Miguelito Perez Miguel Perez Sr. - manager Ricky Santana Rip Morgan/the Crusher Ron Starr Steve Strong Super Medico 1 Tommy Rogers Victor Jovica Victor the Bodyguard Rickin Sanchez - announcer Hugo Savinovich - announcer Hector Moyano - announcer

WWC House Show 8/22/86 Edwin "Puroco" Nolasco Coliseum, Coamo, Puerto Rico Miguel Perez & Dutch Mantell vs. Mercenario 2 & Bobby Jaggers Referee Tomas Marin had his hands full. This was called before the match reached 5 minutes in, but went almost 15. Perez busted Merc 2 open on the ring post and Jaggers took the riding crop to Dutch early on. A bloodied Dutch ended up catching Jaggers with a short lariat and repaying the riding crop attack (and blood). The match did finally get broken up by security, but it took a few tries. Ricky Santana vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Santana comes out hot with his babyface technical offense. Boyd gets control after a Barrabas distraction. Boyd's energetic brawling and working over the cut from the night before keep Santana off balance for a while, but he fires up and comes back with chops and punches. Santana tries the flying crossbody, but Boyd rolls through and almost gets three. Boyd hits a few power moves befoer Santana rolls him up for the three. Barrabas orders Boyd to attack, but both Battens run out to make the save. Santana and the Battens shake hands after the match. Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Owen Hart (C) w/Chicky Starr for the WWC Light Heavyweight Championship Big opportunity for Castillo and he makes the most of it early. Owen repeatedly tries to go to the eyes and can't seem to get a real advantage. A surprise leverage move by Owen shoots Castillo through the middle and second rope. Owen follows him out and makes sure he does enough damage to keep the advantage. Castillo makes a comeback and goes up top for the missile dropkick, but Owen shakes the ropes enough to cause Castillo to fall very uncomfortably. Owen hits a front suplex from the second turnbuckle for the three count. The crowd lets Hart know what they think of him as he shows off his belt on the way back. Victor the Bodyguard & Ron Starr w/Chicky Starr vs. Invader 2 & Carlitos Colon Invader 2 and Colon take the opening, with Colon falling victim to Ron'e eye rakes and a Victor low blow to give the heels control ofthe match. Colon makes the tag and Invader 2 is hitting big left hooks on both opponents. Until he is distracted by Chicky and Ron comes from behind with a low blow. The heels work Invader 2 over before he crawls between both of their legs for the tag. Colon has the crowd eating out of his hand and chases Ron outside. Chicky gets in the way and takes a right hand for his troubles. Invader 2 ducks a clothesline by Victor and catches him with the double throat chop as he comes off the ropes for the three. Chicky collects Victor as Ron and Colon brawl, Ron retreating to the back. Invader 2 and Colon drink in the appreciation of the fans. Mercenario 1 vs. Hercules Ayala Mercenario wants to brawl, but Ayala is aveteran brawler and can hang with him. He slows the pace down and goes to work on Merc 1's leg after getting control of the match. Merc 1 continues to try and brawl with Ayala, but Hercules simply goes back to the leg over and over. Merc 1 gets caught in the reverse figure four and tries to escape, but can't and referee Ricky Vargas calls for the bell. Abdullah Tamba & Chicky Starr vs. Jos LeDuc & Invader 1 This one is a barely controlled brawl with eveyone bleeding by the end. Chicky's baseball bat comes into play for both sides while the action spills out of the ring. LeDuc is simply clubbing Tamba with forearms over and over in the corner until Chicky comes over with the bat and catches LeDuc in the back with it several times. Tamba stumbles out of the corner and falls on LeDuc for the three count. Chicky celebrates, or tries to, but Invader 1 isn't having it and chases him out of the ring so he can attend to LeDuc. The fans pelt Chicky with garbage as he leads Tamba to the exit.

I love the Guerreros continued success outside of 6-mans against Larry Z. Tough night for Dundee. But Blackwell is and always has been a beast. Bock proves to be as tricky and effective as ever. That Guerrero was able to hang with him that long puts him over. Sabu vs. Cactus always delivers the craziness. I liked the creativeness of the finish. Hall is really getting a chance to shine lately. Those dastardly Sheepherders won't leave Pat Tanaka alone. I wonder if Tanaka came in at 100% anyway after that last show. Piper and Orton are on fire lately. Man, you really pushed TNT right to the top. Not that having Ricky Steamboat as your champ ins't the perfect time for that. Steamer could get a good match out of anyone, even really young guys. And teach them a bunch along the way.

Yeah, there are all kinds of charisma and it is going to take the right kind of charisma to get over with crowds in different places. Somebody like Misawa would not have gotten over in the U.S. near as well. Then of course you have guys like Hogan or the Rock who just exude whatever it is you need to get over anywhere. And in truth Hogan was a far better worker than we think. He just chose to do the bare minimum he needed to. Which is more of a 70s and earlier way of approaching wrestling.

(Originally airing August 22nd, 1986 in Spanish on WAPA Channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This broadcast is translated to English where applicable.) The opening montage featuring highlights of Carlos Colon, Chicky Starr, Invader 1, Invader 2, Invader 3, Abdullah the Butcher, Hercules Ayala, Bam Bam and Dutch Mantell plays. Carlos Colon doing a cartwheel and coming up fists at the ready leads to the WWC logo as the music ends. NWA and Capitol Sports Presenta Los Campeones De La Lucha Libre Con Tus Luchadores Favoritos De Fama Mundial Rickin Sanchez and Hugo Savinovich sit smiling at the commentary desk in Coliseo Municipal Pedro Rodriguez Gaya De Catano. They go over the card for tonight and hype up the main event, Ron Starr and Abdullah Tamba vs. Jos LeDuc and Hercules Ayala. Hugo talks about the mystery guest on the Sports Shop. Hugo and Rickin talk about the last week of singles matches between the Battens and Boyd and the Crusher. Los Tejanos vs. The Batten Twins The Battens control with smooth teamwork and babyface tag offense. An armdrag by Bart cuts off a Tejano comeback and a double dropkick puts the Tejanos away. Footage is shown of the battles between the Battens and Barrabas' crew. Rickin and Hugo talk about how the Battens more than held their own. (Commercial Break) Barrabas was out at the desk complaining about the tactics used by the Battens. Especially Brad hiding under the ring. Rickin points out that Barrabas had his men intentionally injure Bart's leg, which Barrabas points out is good strategy. Barrabas lays down a challenge to the Battens for a tag match on September 20th. Rickin and Hugo talk about TNT's dangerous finishing hold, the cobra dinamita, and how it put Gama Singh out. Domingo Robles vs. TNT w/El Profe TNT controls with martial arts strikes punctuated with big throat thrusts. He cuts off Robles with a superkick and clamps on the cobra dinamita for the easy submission. Profe has TNT hold on a little longer, then nods for him to release the hold. Rickin and Hugo talk about how TNT was suspended because of Profe, but continues to listen to him. (Commercial Break) Sports Shop The Sports Shop intro plays and we cut to Victor the Bodyguard and Abdullah Tamba on the Sports Shop set. A voice-over by Hugo Savinovich plays. Hugo: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the most watched wrestling program in Puerto Rico!! This is Chicky's Sports Shop and I'm pleased to announce your host, the most charismatic, best dressed man in Puerto Rico today, Chicky Starr!! Chicky walks in wearing his custom suit and his WWC Caribbean Tag Team Title over his shoulder. He picks up a microphone and sits down. Chicky: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to another great week in Chicky's Sports Shop. I say this because our guest this week is going to surprise and delight you! But first we need to talk about last week. The Caribbean Express showed why they are not really contenders for these (Chicky taps his Tag team title belt), and that should surprise no one. I don't need to show footage of that, you already know. Chicky pauses. Chicky: Ricky Santana lost to Owen Hart, one-two-three right in the center of the ring. Again, there is no need for proof. We all know that Owen Hart is by far the superior wrestler and more deserving champion. Jos LeDuc was humiliated all week by Abdullah Tamba. Again. Not only that, but Tamba also beat up Carlitos Colon! This is something you will want to see! A pieced together clip of Tamba beating up LeDuc and Colon is shown. Chicky: (English) And as you know fans, last week's television main event was an incredible wrestling match between my cousin Ronnie and NWA National Champion Arthur W. Crews. We saw great managing on both sides as well as great wrestling on both sides. I have both the champion, Arthur W. Crews, and his manager Rock Riddle with me this week. Riddle and Crews walk on to the set. Crews shakes Chicky's hand and Riddle has an extra long handshake with Chicky. The two talk without the microphone picking any of it up momentarily. All three sit down. Riddle: Chicky baby! I love your show! I knew you were an A-lister baby! Chicky: Well, I can't say I thought much of you right away, but as the match went on I realized I couldn't do any more for Ronnie than you were for your man here. We had to let them settle it in the ring. Ronnie and I have a lot of respect for you Mr. Crews. Crews: Thanks, your cousin gave me my toughest match yet. I don't think either of us expected to find competition like the two of you. Riddle: Couldn't have said it better myself. And of course I get involved in the Agency's matches. It's my job to make sure everyone watching knows Arthur J. Crews and the rest of the Agency are A-listers all the time baby. If all I did was watch, I wouldn't be doing that. Speaking of being an A-lister, that is a NICE suit. Chicky: Ric Flair gave it to me. He and I are close personal friends you know. Riddle: That's incredible! I've barely met the man, but here I am in Puerto Rico talking to a close personal friend of Ric Flair's. How is it you manage to make those kind of connections from Puerto Rico? Not saying it isn't nice here, Chicky baby, I'd rather be here than back in North Carolina right now. But there's no way I have my Hollywood connections that way! Chicky: You take advantage of your opportunities. Something you seem to do very well, and I respect that. How does a man with your obvious Hollywood connections end up all the way across the United States in the Carolinas? Riddle: Well, I was scouting talent in the Carolinas and a few A-listers like my man Dr. Tom Prichard. If he ever comes around this way, you should look him up. He's not a jealous B-level player like everyone in Puerto Rico not associated with you. And of course I found my Fabulous Blondes and the crown jewel of the Agency, Arthur W. Crews. He's a true A-lister, you said it yourself Chicky baby. Chicky: And I suppose they had to stay in the Carolinas. Riddle: Chicky baby, you get it. And that's not the only thing in the Agency's way. Do you think they get fair title shots? I mean when they get them at all. Chicky: I know all about that. My cousin and I had to scratch and claw our way to these titles and the WWC is always looking for ways to make sure we don't keep them. Riddle: That's how B-level players even the playing field Chicky baby. They try and cut the legs out from under you any way they can. Only true A-listers like us can find ways to get past that and become big stars! Chicky: Yes, and the fans treat us like we're not welcome for it. Riddle: They don't even deserve to be called B-level players and we both know it. End of the day we do what's best for business. It's the only way to make sure you're an A-lister, baby. Chicky: Agreed. I thnk this is the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship. (Spanish) We're out of time fans and it's been a great two weeks. All things come to an end though and next week I'll be talking to Ricky Santana. Once again the WWC has threatened to take away the WWC Caribbean Tag Team belts. When will they learn that is not necessary? It hardly matters. I'll suffer through that conversation next week just the same way you all suffer through the parts of the show that aren't the Sports Shop. Chicky, Riddle and Crews walk off the set talking as Ric Flair's sign off plays. Back in the arena Rickin is irritated and talks about Chicky Starr's complete avoidance of the truth. Full clips are shown of LeDuc, Colon and Tamba's interactions over the last week. Followed by clips of the Caribbean Express challenging los Primos Starr for the Caribbean Tag Team titles. Rickin and Hugo talk about how the Express came close to winning despite anything Chicky might have said. Los Assassins vs. The Caribbean Expresss The Express use their smooth treamwork and quick tags to control the match. Castillo cuts off a comeback with a clothesline and tags Perez. Castillo sends Assassin 1 to the ropes and rolls out of the way as Perez catches Assassin 1 with a powerslam. Castillo is tagged in quickly on his way up top and Perez hits a suplex while Castillo lands a crossbody from the top rope for three. Rickin and Hugo talk up Castillo and Perez's teamwork and willingness to mix it up with los Mercenarios. Footage ofthe brawls between the Express and the Mercs is shown. (Commercial Break) Footage is shown from around PR of Los Invaders and Los Primos Starr fighting. Los Invaders are at the desk and they talk about los Super Medicos taking the tag titles from the Starrs on September 20th. They say after that they want a piece of the Starrs, throwing out the challenge to the Starrs for tag team matches across Puerto Rico next week. Invader 3 offers to give Chicky Starr a shot at the NWA LHW title if the Starrs can win two matches by pinfall or submission. Armandito Salgado vs. Dutch Mantell Mantell controls with a mix of brawling and technical wrestling. He cuts off a Salgado comeback with a flurry of right hands. A short lariat leads to the gourdbuster and that gets Dutch the three count. Footage is shown of Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers fighting all over Puerto Rico. Rickin and Hugo talk about how bloody the feud has gotten and hype up the cage match on September 20th. They also mention that the venue for September 20th in Ponce has been changed to Estadio Paquito Montaner due to popular demand. And that if enough interest is shown the show will be shown closed circuit in Mayaguez and San juan. (Commercial Break) Hercules Ayala is at the desk and he talks about this being his last attempt at beating Bam Bam Bigelow for the WWc Caribbean Heavyweight title. He feels that if he can't do it this time Bigelow has proven to him that he is a true champion. That doesn't mean Ayala isn't going to fight though, so Bigelow better be ready for the fight of his life. Footage is shown of Owen Hart using the trunks to pin Ricky Santana, Santana using a flying attack with a cowboy boot to pin Hart and other clips of their fights across Puerto Rico. Rickin and Hugo talk about how personal this feud has become. Mr. X vs. Ricky Santana Santana controls with babyface technical offense. He cuts off an X comeback with a dropkick and climbs up top. The flying crossbody gets Santana the three count. Rickin and Hugo talk about how much Santana has developed in the last 9 months and the great potential he has. (Commercial Break) Rickin lets us know the Battens ahve accepted the challenge laid down by Barrabas. Footage is shown of Colon's battles with Abdullah Tamba and the Starrs across Puerto Rico. Much of it ending with a Colon figure four. Some footage of the tag match featuring Abdullah the Butcher is included. Colon is at the desk and talks about getting his Universal title back on September 20th. He has taken his revenge on Abdullah the Butcher and now it's time to get back the symbol that means so much to the Puerto Rican people. Rickin and Hugo talk about pride and revenge. They talk about how those things can come before things like titles. They then talk about the history between the combatants in tonight's main event. Ron Starr & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr vs. Jos LeDuc & Hercules Ayala LeDuc charges Tamba right away and the two big men go at it. LeDuc gets the advantage until Tamba hits a flying headbutt after running the ropes. Ron and Tamba work LeDuc over for a short while, but he tags Ayala in and Hercules starts in with the big punches. Ron goes low on Ayala and he gets worked over for a bit before LeDuc has enough and hits the ring. Referee Victor Quinonez can't stop him but allows the match to continue. In the chaos, Tamba sneaks in a schoolboy with a handful of tights to get the three count. LeDuc is even more angry and starts clubbing away at Tamba until he retreats to ringside with Chicky and Ron. Chicky makes sure everyone in the building knows Tamba won the match as he is hit with garbage. Rickin and Hugo sign off with a recap of the matches for September 20th. Main Event: Abdullah the Butcher vs. Carlitos Colon for the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Title in a Fire Match Los Super Medicos vs. Los Primos Starr (C) for the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championships Hercules Ayala vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (C) for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship Ricky Santana vs. Owen Hart (C) for the WWC Light Heavyweight Championship in a Street Fight Dirty Dutch Mantell vs. Hangman Bobby Jaggers in a Cage Match Jos LeDuc vs. Abdullah Tamba The Batten Twins vs. Jonathan Boyd & The Crusher

I am always glad to see AWA shows. Dundee taking the youngsters under his wing is a cool angle. Scorpio looks good against Race, but goes down anyway. Hall making the save is a nice bit of putting him over. I keep waiting for Furnas to bust out that amazing dropkick. Nord really took it to Gagne. Could Gagne be on his way even further down the card? Love the Sheepherders here. Those guys just don't listen to anybody. Poor Tanaka.

Oh yeah, I forgot the Road Warriors were with WCCW now. Would have to add them to that.

WWC House Show 8/21/86 Culebra, Puerto Rico The Batten Twins & Dutch Mantell vs. Jonathan Boyd, the Crusher & Bobby Jaggers w/Barrabas Mantell and Jaggers are under control right away with Jaggers again avoiding Dutch. Dutch even keeps his cool when Jaggers catches Bart with a knee to the back as he's running the ropes. Just barely. The resulting beatdown of Bart sees Dutch overheat a few times and cost his team opportunities to get a tag, one time distracting referee Tomas Marin from the actual tag. Dutch does take the tag and heads straight for Jaggers, who gets the worst of one exchange and runs for it. Meanwhile, Boyd and the Crusher double team Brad and then turn their attention to Bart. Crusher holds Bart while Boyd hits the three point stance clothesline for the three. Barrabas is jawing with the Battens and the fans on his way to the back. Invader 2 vs. Mercenario 1 Merc 1 turns this into a brawl fast, but Invader 2 doesn't mind and answers with sharp right hands and big left hooks. Merc 1 actually slows things down after a few high flying moves from Invader 2 and starts grinding him down. Invader 2 makes a big comeback, cut off by clubbering and a few power moves by Merc 1. A double throat chop out of nowhere catches Merc 1 and Invader 2 scores the win. Victor the Bodyguard & Chicky Starr vs. Los Invaders (1 & 3) Los Invaders work over both Victor and Chicky with smooth teamwork and babyface tag offense. Invader 1 actually starts off the low blows in this match with a punt to the nuts on Chicky. Which Chicky avenges to set up Victor and Chicky working Invader 1 over. They make Invader 1 work for the tag and Invader 3 shows everyone why he is the NWA LHW champ when he takes that tag. Chicky bails out of the ring after a particularly nasty series of punches by Invader 3, who then slams Victor down near the corner and hits the cannonball (top rope somersault senton) for the win. Ricky Santana & Jos LeDuc vs. Owen Hart & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr All-out brawl from before the bell and referee Ricky Vargas has no control over it. The match itself goes about 7 minutes before Vargas throws it out. Hart catches Santana with a brass knuckles shot and helps Tamba double team LeDuc while Santana lays on the ground bleeding. Tamba ends up hitting Owen with the tope when LeDuc moves and the two big men brawl with security needed to break them up. Both Hart and Santana need help getting to the back. Miguel Perez vs. Hercules Ayala Perez starts off hot and keeps Ayala on the defensive. Ayala's slower paced offense eventually wins out and he wears Perez down with it. Perez makes a comeback, but ayala goes to work on the leg and wins with the reverse figure four. Ayala raises Perez's hand after the match is over. Ron Starr w/Chicky Starr vs. Carlitos Colon This was a back and forth match with Ron actually using legal wrestling holds to turn the tide and control the match. About half of the time. Colon eventually does the cartwheel and makes his big comeback to the figure four. Chicky interferes, but Colon comes back again after a jumping splits and sends Chicky out of the ring after hitting the reverse low blow on Ron. He rolls Ron up for three and the Starrs retreat from the ring while Colon celebrates with the fans. Chicky and Ron get more than a little garbage thrown their way

Yeah, I will second the need for patience here. I was pushing for a two week period to allow new writers a chance at the full promotions with rosters intact (once everything shook out with current writers) after agreed upon trades before we started trying to disperse them. I'd like to hold off on saying who is going where until we know what everyone is open to. Maybe Grimmas wants the WWF, maybe he doesn't. If he does we have to find a fair way to decide between Grimmas and Miz on that. If both have multiple promotions they would like to run, they can probably figure out what works best. That failing we just do a random number or some other fair way of deciding. I do think we need somebody in New York though. It's hard to imagine the WWF with that roster folding. Regardless of what happens with WCCW we need to get Kerry (the current NWA World champ) working somewhere that is operating sooner rather than later. The NWA 6-man titles can languish for a bit, but the World title has to be somewhere in operation. If that promotion needs to do a temporary trade to the WCCW roster in order to make that work so be it. It's the one thing I think we need to do with those rosters. I am absolutely willing to work with whatever anybody has in mind on re-organizing things. Just let me know what goes where and I'll try and figure it out.

Big win for the Warriors. Nice debut for HTM! I love how you keep the Tennessee guys feuding with each other. Sheik barely escapes the wrath of Gantner there. Power may have lost the match but they damn sure didn't waste time proving they could get the best of the Assassins. I wonder who could have possibly dinged up Tommy Rich's ribs. Great way for a heel to get a title win if you ask me. Kernodle gets vicious after that match. It seems as if this feud is hotter without a belt. Man, Orndorff losing his head really cost his team. And himself. What will Link think about all of this? DAMN! Oliver really took it to both Mulligan and Jones. He is over in a big way as a babyface now.

I enjoy the team of High Octane already. Rheingans and Brickhouse getting over as heels in different ways is great. Ramblers don't get a win without Jones, but they definitely made a statement. The Professor is up to his old tricks, trying to hurt Gama this time. Just seems like Gama Singh is less willing to play by the rules in return. The Twosome retain in good heel fashion, not convincingly. I'm waiting to see how Bad News reacts to help. He's not historically a guy who was friendly. Great brawl between Hansen and Brown BTW. Snuka got robbed, although I'm sure DiBiase will claim it was all legit.

Your Cornette interviews are always entertaining. The U.S. Express vs. the Midnights would be a good feud. Not the level of the RnRs, but what is? Wright Murdoch and Lawler sounds like a great match and the interview Murdoch and Wright did set it up perfectly. Bob Armstrong playing to the common people won't save him against Nikita. Who IS the Demon/Devil's Duo's manager?? Still loving the idea of JYD vs. Bundy. Great promo from Lawler. It really captured the way he would weave little jokes into his promos.

I don't think you can limit it to just those ways singly. Take your example of Bret vs. Stone Cold. It had a great build and is extremely important historically, but it is also considered a great match in terms of the ring work. Taking both views, the ring work only reinforced the story being told in the build. To me that actually takes great in-ring wrestling and enhances it. So in effect, when you combine the two ways of looking at it you get more of the whole. You also have to take into account that ring work is far more subjective than how important a wrestler or match is historically. Again in the instance of Bret/SCSA there could be many fans who disagree that the work was as good as the build.

Crockett being sad about Rock Riddle being gone is sweet. Bull being fired up is a good start to the show. High Octane off to a good start. Snuka and Rheingans both with good promos to keep their feuds going. Brown vs. Hansen? Sign me right up!! Link and Orndorff is quite the team. Against Lewin and Singh that's a hard-hitting match. Seems like Idol isn't done yet with Fuller. Brickhouse vs. SBS should be a great feud. Good promo too. Johnson and Cooley valiantly trying to get their titles back continues to keep them over with the fans. I have seen the Flame promo that inspired that one and love that you re-did it. I love Rock Riddle sending a postcard. Warriors and Blondes is a good feud for the Warriors to come back with. Still really looking forward to Brown vs. Hansen. St. Clair vs. Rich sounds like an interesting feud. The great part about Sinclair is you have to imagine how he'd gel in the ring with all of these guys. Jones and Kirchner with good promos. Even without his title Kernodle is going to be a force in MACW. Holy crap Gantner really brought his A game tonight. Great way to end the show, builds a lot of anticipation for Nashville.

WWC House Show 8/17/86 Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium, Bayamon, Puerto Rico Ricky Santana & Jos LeDuc vs. Owen Hart & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr This actually started out as a wrestling match. Between four guys in blood feuds who had bandages on their foreheads already. This broke down at several points with all four men bleeding. It always came back to the ring in time for referee Ricky Vargas to not quite call off the match. In the end, Tamba hit his tope on LeDuc and Owen rolled Santana up with a handful of tights to score the win. Santana sent Owen stumbling towards the back with a rush of punches and chops after Owen kept the attack up post-match. Brad Batten vs. The Crusher w/Barrabas The Crusher is on the attack before the bell and Brad is back on his heels for the first part of the match. Batten makes a good comeback only to have Barrabas trip him up and put him back on the defensive. Brad again fights back and makes it count with a reverse crossbody off the second rope for the three count. Barrabas doesn't order any kind of attack, he just laughs and points at his own leg then Brad Batten before leading the Crusher out. Bart Batten vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Bart is still limping from last night, but not as severely. Boyd goes right after the leg and Bart is in big trouble. Bart makes a big comeback near the end and Barrabas jumps on the apron, but Bart ignores Barrabas and rolls Boyd up. Barrabas tries to get into the ring only to find that Brad never left and has been hiding under the ring. Brad grabs Barrabas' legs and referee Tomas Marin counts three. The Battens celebrate with the crowd after making sure there are no post-match attacks. The Caribbean Express & Dutch Mantell vs. Los Mercenarios & Bobby Jaggers Six man tag or pier six brawl? Both here as there is no order to any of it. Four of these men have bandages on their heads when the match starts and all 6 are bleeding by the end. By the end I mean when security finally separates everyone and we can move on, as this is a double countout. Hercules Ayala vs. Invader 1 The two men shake hands before the match and it is more even than you would think given the size difference. Ayala tries to set Invader up for the figure four, but Invader knows the leg is the target. Invader can't get the sleeper on Ayala and both men get frustrated and start brawling. Ayala does work over the leg, but no figure four and Invader makes a comeback. Ayala rolls Invader 1 up in an inside cradle for the win. The men hug and raise each other's arms for the crowd after the match. Los Super Medicos & Carlitos Colon vs. Victor the Bodyguard & Los Primos Starr Medicos & Colon started off hot, with all three heels taking their turn getting beat up. Colon is hit with a Victor low blow and the heels go to work on him. The Starrs use distracions to keep referee Victor Quinonez away from their illegal double teams. Colon tags in to Medico 3, who clears the ring. The heels regroup and Chicky distracts Medico 3 (and Quinonez) while Starr hits him from behind. The heels work Medico 3 over and Quinonez even misses a legal tag due to a distraction by Chicky Starr. Medico 3 does tag in Medico 1, who really brings the fury on the Starrs. Colon is after Victor, hitting him with a low blow before putting him in the figure four. Medico 1 rolls Chicky up for the three count as the building erupts.

Poor Bobby on Challenge. That Pennsylvania loop looks awesome. Every match is something I would want to see. Well, besides Bravo/Atlas and the Russians. Valentine attacking Hennig continues a feud that I love. Yes! Hennig vs. Valentine next week! Great first meeting between Blade Runners and Nasties. Love this feud for both teams. I love the asshole Hulk promo sulking about Tunney. So true to life. Man, I wonder what Roma did wrong. Or is this just another scheme? Savage getting what he wants by using Heenan is awesome. Can't wait for that cage match!

Dump going after Nagayo despite not being the match is spot on. Dump is such a glorious bitch when she's in character.

WWC House Show 8/16/86 Rafael A. Mangual Coliseum, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Bart Batten vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Bart took the fight right to Boyd, surprising the veteran brawler with his intensity from the opening bell. Barrabas was instrumental in Boyd taking control of the match several times. Batten fired up near the end and ended up going outside of the ring with Boyd down and attacking Barrabas. This cost him as Boyd came off the ring apron with a double axe handle to Bart's back. Boyd finished Bart off by rolling him up with his feet on the ropes. Barrabas surprisingly did not order an attack, just sent a tired Boyd to the back with some instructions and the Crusher came out. Brad Batten vs. The Crusher w/Barrabas Boyd, who had hidden somewhere backstage, attacked Brad on his way to the ring by diving at the back of his leg. This caught the attention of Bart, who attacked Boyd and ran him off before tending to his brother. Brad needed to be helped to the ring by his brother, but refused to skip the match. The Crusher worked over the leg and Brad fought valiantly against the 270 pounder, but in the end was defeated. Barrabas was smiling as he called the Crusher off and they made their way out of the arena. Mercenario 2 & Bobby Jaggers w/Chicky Starr vs. Dutch Mantell & Invader 1 Jaggers ambushes Dutch on the way to the ring. The only participants not brawling near the entranceway are Merc 2 and Invader 1. Invader 1 low blows Merc 2 after a match that sees Chicky Starr tilt the match in favor of Merc 2 several times. After the last Invader makes his signature comeback, selling along the way. He clamps on the sleeper and Chicky hits the ring. Dutch had hit Jaggers with a set of brass knuckles and the sight of a bloodied Dutch Mantell approaching stopped Chicky from interfering. Invader 1 gets the win by submission. Mercenario 1 & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr vs. Jos LeDuc & Carlitos Colon Wild beginning sees LeDuc charge at Tamba only for Merc 1 to hit him from behind. Colon is quick to engage Merc 1 and the brawl is on. Both Tamba and LeDuc are bloody again within minutes. Referee Ricky Vargas regains control of the situation, but this ends up causing Colon to be the victim of a double team. The heels work Colon over and Chicky taunts him from the outside. Colon makes a short comeback only to have Tamba cut it off illegally. And then again. Finally Colon hits a low blow on Merc 1 and then another on Tamba to get the tag in. LeDuc is absolutely unstoppable, tearing through Merc 1 and then turning his attention to Tamba. Tamba falls victim to the one-armed backbreaker and Chicky is up on the apron. Until Colon punches him right off. LeDuc covers Tamba for the three. The crowd is going wild as Merc 1 is checking on Chicky Starr and LeDuc and Colon celebrate. The Caribbean Express vs. Los Primos Starr (C) for the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship The Express is superbly smooth with their early teamwork and the Starrs can't compare. First Ron, then Chicky, then both can't keep up and they take a time out. They talk it over and Ron is back in the ring with Perez and he tries to give Chicky a shot at Perez's back. to no avail, Chicky takes a series of punches and so does Ron. It goes like this until los Mercenarios show up at ringside and distract the Express, allowing Chicky to hit a low blow on Perez. The Starrs work Perez over and cut him off getting to his corner. They rip the bandage from Monday's cut off and go to work on that. Finally Castillo hits a low blow on Chicky and tags, but los Mercenarios hit the ring for the DQ. It's looking grim for the Express when los Super Medicos come running out to ringside with baseball bats and all four heels retreat. Chicky is furious, screaming at los Super Medicos as he heads for the back. As far as the crowd throwing garbage, seemed like they enjoyed throwing shit at heels. Chicky and Invader 3 have an awesome scaffold match, probably the best I have ever seen, during which the crowd is hitting Chicky with garbage while he's on the scaffold. Also remember that Chicky was at ringside when Abby blinded Colon earlier this year and Colon still does not have the Universal title as a result. Chicky's denials all had that "Colon had it coming" sound to them as well, so I can't imagine he's going to be overly popular right now.