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Oooh, sanctions for Jacques. Is the NWA going to be the bad guy here? I like two matches as a backdrop for the Kokina/OMG feud that don't involve both of them. Good way to keep fan investment without giving it away. Borne has been awesome for you and I hope he stays on his hot streak. MS-1 with a big win. Maeda and Inoki should go over if they are in town. Embry is a babyface now yes? Hillbilly Jim gets a good squash win. That Owen, can't believe he has strayed so far from the right path. Fun preview of BattleBowl. Who is that masked man???

I like the squash wins for guys who needed them in Nashville. Devastation and Doom would have been one Hell of a battle. Poor Iceman, yet another victim in NIkita's path. Surprised Baby Doll is still looking to make Landell angry. KKB getting a win over the Dog is big. I know JYD will have something to say there. Also, good call on going with KKB as the obstacle to DiBiase here. JYD might not be able to go 10+ anymore, but you don't need a long match with KKB and JYD. Awesome finish to the main that would have had the Nashville crowd on their feet! Your build of both Boone and Atlantis has been awesome. Looks like the U.S. Express have their first major feud. Wright must be feeling better from all the fan love he gets every week. You know, all those fans who never show up to the arena who love Ron Wright and send their well wishes and money. Run away Corny, once Dick Slater gets done with you there won't be much left. Very Memphis finish to that Taylor/Murdoch match. My guess is the same as spaldoni's, we are going to see Lawler vs. Murdoch. YAY!! Midnights get some tag gold. Finally!! That Alabama crowd might have actually cheered a little when hometown boy Bobby Eaton got his hand raised.

Goto keeps on a roll when he's not fighting tip top guys. Los Infernales have been quietly building up the wins. Good to see Jacques and Armand both get wins. I have loved Kernodle's run, but you did so much with that match to set things up. Jacques and Kernodle have a ready made feud and both can loosely claim some kind of rivalry with Garvin. NOt only that, but Garvin has Embry right there to deal with. Lots of options and a crazy, memorable match to boot! Great job.

WWC House Show 8/15/86 Baranquitas, Puerto Rico Ricky Santana & Jos LeDuc vs. Owen Hart & Abdullah Tamba Street Fight Think this one was a brawl? It was. The two pairings you would expect paired off and never switched. Santana was wearing cowboy boots to start with. He didn't finish the match with shoes. Hart brought a weightlifting belt and at one point produced brass knuckles. The punch he used them for missed. LeDuc brought an axe handle and Tamba brought Chicky's baseball bat with him. All four were bloody by the end and Santana pinned Hart after a flying attack with the last remaining cowboy boot he had. Bart Batten vs. the Crusher w/Barrabas Barrabas was on the apron yelling right away and the Crusher took advantage of a distracted Bart to get the early advantage. Bart made his comeback and used a headlock to control the bigger Crusher. Barrabas constantly complained about choking and kept jumping up on the apron until Bart decked him and he went flying off. The Crusher took advantage and worked Bart over, but Bart never stopped and rolled the Crusher up for nearfalls several times. He punched his way back into it and hit a running crossbody that just kept the Crusher down for three. Brad was smart enough to roll out of the ring and away from danger, holding his arms up in victory as Barrabas ranted at him from the ring. Brad Batten vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Boyd started slowly this time, working holds with Batten until an opening seemed to present itself for a big right hand. That Batten quickly blocked and countered with a big right of his own. Batten controlled for a short while until Barrabas tripped him up and Boyd went to work. Barrabas distracted referee Tomas Marin and allowed Boyd to illegaly choke Batten when a comeback looked imminent. Batten did get his comeback, but Barrabas cracked him across the back with a chair while Boyd had Marin distracted and Boyd hit the three point clothesline for the three count. Barrabas ordered boyd to continue the attack, but Bart and the Caribbean Express hit the ring quickly to make the save. Los Mercenarios & Bobby Jaggers w/Chicky Starr vs. Dutch Mantell & Los Invaders (2 & 3) Jaggers clearly had los Mercenarios going after Mantell in this match. Jaggers outright refused to get in the ring with Mantell, but would do everything in his power to distract Dutch and allow one of the Mercs to get in a cheap shot. It did work and Dutch took a Hellacious beating, but managed to come back and make the tag to Invader 3. Although at a size disadvantage, Invader 3 was able to keep up the attack on all 3 opponents. That is, until Chicky was able to hold him up long enough for both Mercs to double team him. In the resulting chaos Jaggers was able to hit the hangman's neckbreaker and cover Invader 3 for the win. Jaggers taunted Dutch Mantell on his way to the back. Mantell had to be held back by Invader 2 and reminded of the fallen Invader 3. Victor the Bodyguard & Los Primos Starr vs. Los Super Medicos & Carlitos Colon The Starrs jumped Medico 3 before the bell and worked him over along with Victor. Medico 3 made the tag to Medico 1 after low blowing Ron. Medico 1 had things going his way until Chicky Starr used a low blow to change the momentum again. The Starrs worked over Medico 1 and cut off his path to a tag more than a few times. He fianlly crawled beween the legs of Ron and made the tagt to Colon, who came in and decimated Victor and the Starrs. Colon got Victor alone in the ring and set him up for the figure four. Victor didn't last long in the hold and submitted, with both Ron and Chicky pulling him out of the ring after the loss. The Starrs were pelted with garbage on their way to the back.

DiBiase proves to be much smarter than Watts gives him credit for. That tag looks great BTW. Once again, I know Wright is going to have an answer to this. And not one that anybody is going to like. U.S. Express is really getting over with this angle. And they would in Watts country. Iceman's confidence is great, but this is Nikita we're talking about. Doom vs. Devastation is a good, Watts style hoss feud. That joint event between MACW and UWF is going to be great, can't wait to see what you guys do. Seriously? JJ & Brad against the Midnights? Your tag team division is so damn loaded sir. I love it. Also, did Corny really think Slater would take this lying down?

Really good 6-man tag opener with Japan vs. Mexico. Despite the fact that nobody in your crowd knew who any of them were it would have had the crowd rolling. I like the contrast that follows with the slow, deliberate pace of Lee and Graham. Big, big win for the PYTs and I can't wait for the rest of the card.

(Originally airing 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 talk about the matches today and Rickin is incensed that Ron Starr somehow got a chance at the prestigious NWA National Title. Hugo pipes in with something about winning making opportunities. Rickin, as he often does, comments on the way the Starrs win their matches. Armandito Salgado vs. Victor the Bodyguard w/Chicky Starr Victor is in charge most of the match with his brawling. Salgado gets cut off with an eye rake and a boot to the gut. Victor follows with a DDT for the three count. Chicky makes sure the fans know his man won after the match, which gets the reaction you think it does. Rickin doesn't understand the need to go after Salgado's eyes, but puts Victor over as a dangerous competitor. We'll be right back with Owen Hart at the desk and TNT in action. (Commercial Break) Highlights are shown of the Santana/Hart interactions last week. Owen Hart complains about the way Ricky Santana has been stalking him all over Puerto Rico. He says that the man is obsessed. Hart repeats his claim that Santana will not get any more title shots after this one, so he better back off after he loses the match on September 20th. If he doesn't, Hart knows somebody with very good lawyers who will make his life miserable. Rickin and Hugo talk about Owen's behavior since the Bruce Hart incident. Then they talk about Jos LeDuc's feud with Abdullah Tamba. Mr. Z vs. Jos LeDuc LeDuc controls the intire match with his power offense and pins Z after a one-armed backbreaker. Hugo tells us the Sports Shop is next!!! Rickin seems less than enthused. (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 athletic gear 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 edition of Chicky's Sports Shop. I do that so much better than Rickin Sanchez ever could! There is a lot to cover this week and a great guest too. You can all send in your letters to thank me. First up, Abdullah Tamba had an impressive week, facing Carlitos Colon all four days. And there he is behind me without a scratch on him! Chicky pauses and gives Tamba a hand. Chicky: The Castillo and Perez brats have been attacking los Mercenarios at every opportunity, but I can tell you that it will get them nowhere. Los Mercenarios have nothing to fear from a couple of kids who grew up with silver spoons. This brings me to los Super Medicos. Through more cheating and underhanded tactics than you can imagine, those two idiots managed to just barely get their two wins and keep their title shot. Here's a little taste. A highlight package of every illegal tactic used by los Super Medicos last week shows. It's not all that long. Chicky: So you see ladies and gentlemen, these two men are hardly the white knights you had hoped for. Not taht they stand a chance against Ronnie and I in a tag match anyway. Speaking of Ronnie, he's got a match for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship this week. So not only will los Primos Starr have tag team gold, Ronnie will have singles gold. Maybe I should take that NWA Light Heavyweight title from Invader 3. It would look much better on me, that's for sure. Chicky pauses and nods off-screen. Chicky: And now my guests tonight, El Profe and TNT, just recently back from his recent completely undeserved suspension. Profe and TNT come in and shake hands with Chicky. All three sit down. Chicky: I suppose it's good to have your man back in Puerto Rico. Profe: It is, but all those fans around Puerto Rico are going to have to wait to see him in person. He traveled to the United States after his suspension and impressed enough people that they aren't sure when they want to let him leave for good. If they do at all. Chicky: It sounds like TNT has been busy! Profe: Yes, and given that the people in Minnesota seem to appreciate the talents that TNT brings, I am inclined to let him stay there. Chicky: I would be too. The WWC's suspension policy is ridiculous. Wrestlers get hurt. Profe: I know this. You know this. I don't think the fans around Puerto Rico deserve to see TNT anyway. Chicky: You and I both know that's true. The fans at these shows are awful. The worst kind of garbage. Did you know I got hit with a few rocks last week? Profe: Sounds about right. I know of another group of people that throws things when they get upset. Chicky: Oh? Profe: Children. At least they have an excuse. Chicky: (laughing) I suppose they do. We're out of time ladies and gentlemen. I hope you're okay with going back to the boring part of the show. Although Ronnie is in the main event tonight, so stick around! Ric Flair's sign-off plays as Profe, TNT and Chicky walk off the set. Rickin, as always, has nothing good to say about Chicky Starr. Or El Profe. Hugo agrees on El Profe. Highlights are shown of all of the matches involving the Battens fighting Boyd and the Crusher last week. Rickin then goes on to have nothing good to say about Barrabas. He mentions that Boyd and the Crusher both lost their singles matches to the Battens last night. Los Assassins vs. Jonathan Boyd & the Crusher w/Barrabas Boyd and the Crusher use crisp teamwork and illegal double teams while Barrabas has referee Victor Quinonez distracted to control. A Crusher big boot stops an Assassin comeback in it's tracks. Crusher grabs Assassin in a reverse bearhug after tagging Boyd, who hits a three point clothesline for the three. Rickin and Hugo talk about the ongoing series of singles matches between the Battens and Boyd and the Crusher. Rickin highlights the Battens resilience and toughness while Hugo highlights the size, strength and experience advantage of Boyd and the Crusher. Both agree that Barrabas will be a factor at ringside. (Commercial Break) Highlights of the matches last week featuring Abdullah Tamba and Jos LeDuc are shown. Rickin announces that a singles match between LeDuc and Tamba has been added to the card on September 20th. Jos LeDuc is at the desk and he has a challenge for Abdullah Tamba. He wants tag team matches with Tamba across the ring next week. Tamba can have Chicky Starr and whoever else come out to ringside for the matches, but it won't help him. In fact, LeDuc wants to make sure Chicky Starr sees him beat Tamba in person. Los Tejanos vs. The Caribbean Express The Express is all teamwork and legal double teams to control. A running clothesline by Castillo cuts off a comeback by Tejano 1. Castillo tags Perez and whips Tejano into a powerslam by Perez. Perez follows up with el coqui (standing victory roll) for the three count. Rickin and Hugo put over the Caribbean Express as a promising young tag team. They talk about how they struggle to keep their coll and it can cost them. Highlights are shown of the loss on July 5th to los Mercenarios. (Commercial Break) Highlights are shown of los Super Medicos six-man tags against los Primos Starr. More complete highlights than on the Sports Shop. Medicos talk about how Chicky Starr is starting to get worried for the tag titles and they have to watch their backs more than ever. They know that Chicky Starr will send somebody after them soon and it won't be where anyone sees it. they also know that the next time they get the Starrs in the ring they have their number. The results prove it and the title reign of Ron and Chicky Starr is coming to a close. Rickin and Hugo talk about los Super Medicos building momentum. They also talk about how los Mercenarios were instrumental in the Starrs winning the titles in the first place. Mr. X & Y vs. Los Mercenarios The Mercs brawl their way to controlling the match with zero regard for the rules or referee Tomas Marin. A Mr. X comeback is cut off by a knee to the gut from Merc 2 and clubbering from both Mercs. Merc 1 slams X down and Merc 2 hits the ropes for a big running senton that gets three. The Mercs continue after the match with the Caribbean Express rushing out to stop the attack. A brawl breaks out. Rickin and Hugo talk about this being the norm across Puerto Rico and highlights are shown of the Express and los Mercenarios brawling at house shows. (Commercial Break) Highlights of last week's bloody violence (both got the back of their head busted open by the other's riding crop) between Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers are shown. Dutch Mantell is at the desk and he says this isn't even close to finished. Bobby Jaggers hasn't felt enough pain to pay for what he did. He also says he's been keeping an eye on los Mercenarios, because their day is coming. He talks again about Jaggers and how he might not make it to the cage match the way things are going. Rickin and Hugo talk briefly about the Mantell/Jaggers feud before talking about the main event. Hugo doesn't think that Rickin is going to like this match. Ron Starr w/Chicky Starr vs. Arthur J. Crews w/Rock Riddle (C) for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship This is a mirror match with both Crews and Ron willing to take any shortcut they need to. And Riddle and Chicky willing to do whatever they have to in order to get their man ahead. Things get heated as the match goes on and everyone is frustrated, but finally Chicky and Riddle get tired of their cat-and-mouse game of interfering and countering the other's interference. Oddly enough, the fans start to back Ron and Chicky during the match. Crews rolls Ron up with a handful of tights for the three. Ron is upset with this. Chicky talks to him and the four men shake hands. Chicky is talking with Riddle as Ron discusses the match with Crews. The fans are not at all amused. Rickin is incensed (big surprise) with Chicky and Hugo can see why a mutual respect would have grown between the wrestlers and managers in that match. We sign off with the card for September 20th in Ponce. 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

Really what this will come down to is what the WWE does about it and if it is enough/too much in your eyes. If we're really honest about that, do you think it matters to the WWE or Orton what some message board people think about it? Not trying to be a dick here, just asking myself the question and coming up with probably the exact same answer anyone reading this is. In another topic I commented that maybe toxic fan culture being on the internet because it is less violent than what went on before might be a very good thing. I'd say the opposite is true here. In the 80s if this kind of thing happened you'd see it maybe in the newsletters and there would be discussion amongst a few people about it. But at the end of the day not many would be in the know and it would just disappear. Now even little scraps of information become huge things and people eat it up. I'm sure if you took that close of a look at just about anything there is a seedy underbelly, but anyone who knows anything about wrestling could tell you that the seedy underbelly is probably the biggest part.

Yes! Fabs vs. RnRs! Big statement from Magnum. So looking forward to both of those matches. JJ and Brad are such an awesome midcard young guy team for the mid-south. Boone is on a freaking tear and I can't wait to see how Wright counters. The old "that ain't no lady" Southern angle. I like that you cut out the tasteless part for TV. I know there will be those that don't like it. Let them.

WWC House Show 8/14/86 Isabel Segunda, Puerto Rico Huracan Castillo Jr. w/Miguelito Perez vs. Mercenario 1 w/Mercenario 2 This one went right to the all-out brawl between wrestlers and seconds. Both Perez and Merc 1 bled. And got completely out of referee Ricky Vargas' control. The two teams brawled until referees and officials could not break them up so security had to. Brad Batten vs. the Crusher w/Barrabas The Crusher waded in with his usual clubbering and power moves but Brad fought back with right hands and ended up knocking the Crusher out of the ring with a dropkick. The Crusher adopted a stalling strategy and ended up catching an overly ambitious crossbody from Batten. He slammed Batten down and went to work on him with Barrabas urging him on from ringside. Brad reversed a whip that led to the Crusher just barely avoiding a collision with Barrabas, then caught the Crusher in a schoolboy for the three. Bart Batten vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Batten anticipated the Boyd pre-match attack and suckered him into a drop toe hold with Boyd catching his own throat on the top rope. Boyd was on the defensive all match, trying to brawl back into it. Barrabas made several openings foir his man, but in the end Bart pulled himself over the top rope from the apron into a sunset flip for the three count. After the match Barrabas was too busy checking on Boyd to call in any kind of attack. Los Super Medicos & Los Invaders (1 & 3) vs. Victor the Bodyguard, Abdullah Tamba & Los Primos Starr This one was all action right away with the babyfaces in control. A low blow by Ron on Medico 1 changed that quickly. Invader 1 took the tag after an extended heel control and fell victim to several attacks to the eyes and a low blow by Chicky before taking a longer beating. Medico 1 was tagged by Invader and really went to work on both Starrs as Invader 3 and Medico 3 took it to Victor and Tamba. Chicky bailed and Medico 1 went after him, with Ron attacking Medico 1 as he did. Invader 1 went after Ron as Victor was rolled up by Medico 3 for the three count. Invader 2 vs. Owen Hart (C) WWC Lightweight Championship A more even match than their last with no arm to exploit by Owen and no cut for Invader 2 to exploit. Hart wrestled cleaner than he has been, but still used dirty tricks to make most of his comebacks. Invader 2 tried for a double throat chop while Owen was in control, but Owen scrambled out of the ring after barely avoiding it. Invader 2 tracked Owen down and tossed him back in the ring, but Owen went low and rolled Invader 2 up for the three count to retain his title. Ricky Santana came running out to chase Owen off before he could do any more damage. Mercenario 2 w/Mercenario 1 & Chicky Starr vs. Carlitos Colon Colon faced long odds against Merc 2 with two men outside the ring. He was able to stay on offense in the time between their interference, but that was usually pretty short. He finally made his big comeback after the cartwheel. He took on all 3, clearing all but Merc 1 (not even in the match) out of the ring and dropping elbows on the leg. The figure four got Colon the victory despite it not being Mercenario 2. Chicky Starr was livid at referee Victor Quinonez after the match, but the result stood and the fans showered Chicky and company with garbage while roaring for Colon.

I would call this a good thing. I think we can deal with people trolling online far more easily than mobs attacking wrestlers after a show. Yes, the culture is toxic, but at least it's not violent and extremely unsafe. As for the original question, the technology and availability of footage is absolutely amazing. I haven't been able to watch modern wrestling for quite a while due to a lot of the tropes that drive me insane, but the ability to watch so much wrestling that I do love is great. It is my hope that traditional wrestling makes a comeback at some point in a form far less toxic than the way the territories were run.

Good win for Cactus. Loving the Guerreros being able to win in everything except for six-man tags against the guys that beat them. Adams gets some revenge on Kaissie. Pillman and Douglas is an interesting team. Not sure if I think either would make a great FIP, but I know Pillman would be a superb hot tag. Garvin and Burke would be a super fun brawl. Piper & Orton vs. Black Irish is an unexpected but awesome matchup. At what point does DeBeers decide that enough is enough and stop taking punishment for Rose? Big match for Zenk and have I mentioned how awesome Steamboat's run has been?

St. Clair immediately being a heel by association with JJ is about right. Riddle has been great at not only talking his guys up but also giving them the right openings to win. Kirchner and Gama really standing tall here, I like to see it. Man, Peterson had been doing so well. I suppose that is what happens when heels like the Assassin get desperate. Good spot for a DCO with PP and the Assassins. Close win for Crews and he can thank Riddle for that one. Again. Wild main with Orndorff making Singh pay for using that sword. Love it and I'm sure the fans in Norfolk would have too.

The highlights from the Bash show would have made good TV. Nice win for Ottman over Rogers. I can see the Gilbert/Street feud is off to a good start. Big win for Muta with two moonsaults! That 8-man would have been all action. Olympia and the Bees both with good wins. Love the idea of "Saturday" as a counter to Friday. Schultz as his usual mercenary self is awesome. Good of Ellering to get the belts back in what had to be a chaotic match. Kerry getting that win over Dory is a big deal. Great follow-up to the Nikita stuff.

One day Casey is going to get a big win. The Ramblers needed that one. Bad News with a well-deserved win after his battles with DiBiase's crew. Link and Lewin would be a fun brawl. Greta debut for Link BTW. Rough night for the Southern Boys. But the Caspian Empire are the right team to break them in. Holy huge main events! Cooley getting a revenge win over Manny without getting the titles back is the right way to go.

Using KKB as a temporary obstacle to build Bad News up for Ted is absolute genius. SBS as a challenger for Crews is a good choice. Sugar is always a credible in-ring guy. The Southern Boys continue to impress in MACW. Is it too much to hope they've found a home for a while? Good promo by Rich to get the fans wanting more Buzz Sawyer. Kernodle wouldn't have to be a great promo to make that kind of message work. It would get heat. Gama and Rheingans would be a far more interesting feud this way than it has any right to be. Assassins continue to be really good midcard heels. That's a pretty big challenge so early in the run of both the Flame and Peterson. Bad News is saying all the right things so far. I am soooo looking forward to him and Ted. Rip Oliver and Blackjack Mulligan in a cage. I wonder if that's a good match or not. I mean even without the 5 minute stip. Wonder what that Fuller bit was about. Riddle really kills it this week in his promo. I hope I can do him justice. Poor Bull Gantner, things looked like they were going his way. J.J. and St. Clair is an odd but intriguing pairing.

Good wins for Lane and Somers. I love how you promote the big names across the NWA on your shows. Orndorff should be a guy who makes his way across the NWA. Glad to see los Infernales getting a win! Is that the brainwashed Brito getting a win? Or the now better Brito? Ray with a big win over Gordy! OMG was very forgiving about Garvin's botched interference. Andre hanging out in Lutte is a cool deal. I'm guessing he had a good connection with the Quebec crowds. Cool card for Montreal. Black Bart vs. Jacques harkens back a long ways, but it has history. Bruce vs. Armand might have some extracurricular things going on if I am right.

WWC House Show 8/10/86 Utuado, Puerto Rico The Caribbean Express & Invader 1 vs. Victor the Bodyguard & Los Mercenarios w/Chicky Starr As opening 6-man tags go, this one got the crowd into things fast. Invader 1 and the Express controlled for a short time before the Mercs hit the ring and everything was chaos. Somehow in this chaos Victor hit a low blow on Castillo and he ended up being the legal man. He finally tagged in Invader 1, who came in hot and cleared the ring. Until Chicky distracted him long enough for Victor to hit a low blow. Invader took a longer beating than Castillo, but turned things around with a blatant punt to the nuts on Merc 1. Perez took the tag and cleared the ring except for Merc 2. He tagged Castillo, who was already up top. Castillo hit a missile dropkick for the three count. Chicky gathered his men and the crowd threw garbage at them all the way to the back as the babyfaces celebrated in the ring. Brad Batten vs. Jonathan Boyd Boyd was again quick on the attack against a single Batten. This time he got the advantage and kept it a while. Until Brad hit him with a low blow to turn the tides. Brad used his babyface offense to control and the match ended up turning into a brawl when Boyd tried to punch his way back into it. Boyd hit a few power moves, but Brad was able to counter a side suplex by breaking Boyd's grip and rolling into a schoolboy for the three. Boyd went on the attack. Bart Batten was out quickly to save, with Barrabas leading the Crusher out to even things up. The Caribbean Express ran in to help the Battens clear the ring after things went south for them. The teams shook hands as the crowd threw garbage at Barrabas, Boyd and the Crusher. Owen Hart & Bobby Jaggers vs. Ricky Santana & Dutch Mantell Street Fight To say this was an out of control brawl is an understatement. Nobody was in wrestling gear. Everyone had some kind of weight belt or taped fists. Everybody bled. Foreign objects were used and the ring was an afterthought most of the time. Dutch caught Jaggers with a short lariat after a few shots with the riding crop and pinned him on the gym floor for the win. Security had to separate Owen and Santana after the match was over, as well as drag Mantell off of Jaggers. Jaggers managed to get in a cheapshot, but he was controlled by security almost immediately. Bart Batten vs. Jos LeDuc LeDuc was in control of most of the match, with Bart playing the plucky underdog. Bart managed to stagger LeDuc up against the ropes with a dropkick and followed with a clothesline to send the big man over. This gave Bart some time to regroup and he stayed in control when LeDuc got back in the ring, but the big Canadian lumberjack's power was too much for Batten and he fell victim to the one-armed backbreaker. LeDuc raised Bart's arm to the cheering crowd after the match. Abdullah Tamba & Los Primos Starr vs. Los Super Medicos & Carlitos Colon Los Super Medicos and Colon started hot, rushing the heels before the bell. They cleared the Starrs from the ring and worked over Abdullah Tamba. Both Chicky and Ron tried to interfere and turn the tides, but this only got them hit more. Finally Ron was able to trip up Medico 3 and Tamba took control before making the tag. The heels cheated their way to keeping control, Colon and Medico 1 both distracting the referee by trying to help multiple times. Medico 3 got the tag to Medico 1 and the roof blew off. Colon beelined for Tamba while Medico 1 took on both Starrs. He sent Chicky running out of the ring and knocked Ron down with a punch combo. Medico 3 got the tag and was slammed down onto Ron for the 3 count. The Starrs and Tamba retreated to the back as the crowd roared in approval of Colon and los Super Medicos.

Furnas gets the Can Ams some revenge for the night before. Love the switch on the Guerreros with them winning in singles instead of trios now. Jake and the Herders with big wins and I would have enjoyed that tag a ton. I love how you use Kabuki. Scott Hall with the big re-debut, I love it! I will definitely complain if you refuse to run British Steel, The British Bullies and Black Irish against each other anymore. Until then, I am a happy fan. Whoa, huge debut for TNT. Piper and TNT both have a temper and a love to mix it up in common, so it makes a lot of sense.

Awesome to see you back as I missed the AWA! Zenk as a force of evil has to be more entertaining than as a babyface. Those evil bastards the Sheepherders. I love it. Big win for Chavo over Saito. Blackman and LaFon would have been a great workrate/karate type match. I'm not sure playing with Sarge is the wisest choice for Rose after all of his friends have been put out of commission.

Love the way Savage won his way in. His story arc has been so awesome. Bravo and Atlas seem like the babyfaces here, but mentioning the Canadian anthem could go the wrong way. I wonder who Tito's partner could be! Arn and Tully have a LOT of enemies. I always love the Horsemen interviews. Savage with the win, we knew it was coming but I love how you got there. The WWF is on a roll since getting the Horsemen, seems to have all the babyfaces arrayed against them really rocking.

On your earlier convo, I agree that by 86 JYD had let himself go too much to be considered a sustainable push guy. And I think a lot of the problems that arose with Luger came in the 88-90 time period when he was constantly jobbing to Flair and eventually got the stink of failure on him. Up to that point he was a guy who people saw as the future of the NWA. I don't know if anybody ever saw Kendall Windham as a huge star, but yes Ole was almost done in 86. My recollection is he had been gone some time and only came back in 90 as a favor, not because he wanted to. Whoa, KKB in Mid-South?? Awesome Teddy promo BTW. He has become his own variation of the Flair character and I love it. Devil's Duo and the Demon. I get it. Flexy Lexy and Landell feuding has a lot of promise. Love the return of Nikita! Bring on Magnum vs. Nikita. Atlantis/Royal/Doring vs. The Devil's Trio and it's iterations could be interesting. Not sure how Atlantis would work with Adams though LOL. Huge brawl to end hour 1. Perfect way to use DiBiase on your show.

My understanding is that the TV in PR had crap matches with a lot of interviews/clips and story development. And the house shows were iterations of the big match-ups that didn't give you the satisfaction of the big show matches, like seeing Dutch vs. Jaggers one on one, etc. And the big shows had gimmick matches and big names from the U.S., all the stuff you'd expect from a big show every two or three months. I try and keep the general idea of that with very likely more substance than you would have gotten on TV. And I throw in some little surprises here and there on house shows. I'm not sure the little house show challenge series set up by TV was a hook that was used by the WWC, but it seems to make sense. I also may be pushing the boundaries of reality with Owen, Santana and Benoit. Owen might not have been able to pull off the vicious heel stuff just yet, but I feel like all of the nice guy act and Bruce stuff would have been natural for him. Santana isn't near as polished as I present him by this point very likely. But Colon amd Invader 1 were booked on top well into the 90s and that's what killed business in PR. So I'm developing the young guys into actual stars who can take over. Benoit probably was not the smooth junior that we saw in 90 (and I wrote) in 86. But I wanted to put him over big. I don't feel like I'm doing more with Bigelow than he could have handled at this point yet though.

I don't see the problem with shared towns at all. It shouldn't be a huge deal as long as it's not on the same night. I'd say even with the NWA-AWA-WWF dynamic we generally work together on most everything. And it has worked out well so far. Why change a good thing? Also, if rain is already running his Western dates in Oregon on different days than Miz already, there is no issue to address. The only time it becomes a problem is when the two dates coincide.

Casey and Sharpe with good wins. Guys like Mulligan are great to do squashes with. They can always get some character work in to spice things up. SBS vs. the Cobra is an awesome workrate match. Kirchner vs. the Caspian Empire by himself is a nice reprise of the earlier tag feud. More Mulligan and Oliver. Please. Oliver as a take-no-nonsense babyface is pretty awesome. I hope he gets a good run in MACW. Crews continues to shine as Riddle's crown jewel. Johnson and Cooley trying valiantly to regain their titles helps keep them over. Orndorff has been on such a huge roll. I wonder if his back will become a target and give him some fan sympathy.