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Oh this is interesting. You made a very deliberate choice here: No Flair in Macon. That’s the kind of move that can either be smart territorial economics… or a gate killer. In this case? Mostly smart—but with one notable cost. Let’s break it down. 🏟️ GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING Live from Macon – Centreplex Coliseum Arena Capacity: 7,000 Baseline: 4,200 Projected after TV + hot Columbus: 5,200–5,800 🎟️ ATTENDANCE & BUSINESS ACTUAL DRAW: 5,050 That’s solid. Not a disaster. Not a breakout. A slight underperformance versus projection. Why? Simple: No Ric Flair. Flair moves tickets in 1983. Period. The rest of the card is coherent, but not enough to spike casual buyers. Still: 70%+ in Macon on Week 1? Healthy. MATCH-BY-MATCH One Man Gang destroys “The Intern” (Johnny Rich under a mask) This is old-school territory fun. Perfect use of: local comedy monster heat protecting a utility babyface Crowd absolutely gets the joke. Gang keeps looking terrifying. Cornette keeps stacking heat. Grade: A- Pez Whatley def. Matt Borne by DQ Gene Anderson interference 2-on-1 beatdown Excellent undercard continuation. This is how lower-card programs become meaningful. You’re not just repeating matches— you’re escalating consequences. Pez now gains sympathy. Borne/Anderson gain heat. Exactly right. Grade: A Bad News Allen def. Johnny Rich Good and logical. This tells us something important: Cornette’s relationship with Allen is progressing. You didn’t overstate it. You didn’t force a promo. Just business. That subtlety works. Grade: B+ Brad Armstrong def. Gene Anderson Excellent correction. After Armstrong’s loss in Columbus, he needed momentum. Clean babyface win helps. Also keeps Gene active without damaging bigger acts. Grade: B+ MAIN EVENT Rocky Johnson vs Wahoo McDaniel National Championship This is strong territory booking. Why? Because: championship stakes babyface vs babyface tension protects both gives rematch fuel Wahoo throwing Rocky over the top? Excellent old-school finish. That’s not “coward heel” heat. That’s: temper / pride / escalation Which fits Wahoo. BUT… This creates a problem. Who is the babyface here? Because the crowd likely likes BOTH. That can work if intentionally building: competitive tension respect breaking down eventual major match But if not? Crowd confusion becomes a risk. Grade: A- 🔥 CROWD HEAT HOTTEST ACTS 🔥 One Man Gang Monster is getting over. FAST. 🔥 Cornette Every appearance adds intrigue. Still waiting on the formal reveal payoff. That’s good suspense. 🔥 Brad Armstrong Quietly building. LESS HOT Rocky/Wahoo Respectful applause, solid reactions. But probably not white-hot emotional investment. Yet. 🧠 BOOKING LOGIC WHAT WORKED ✔ Continuity from Columbus ✔ Multiple feuds progressing ✔ Gang protected ✔ Armstrong corrected ✔ smart DQ main event BIG QUESTION What is Rocky Johnson? Because right now: charismatic babyface showcased on TV teaming with Flair now challenging Wahoo That’s a push. Which is fine. But if Rocky is climbing? He needs a defined destination. 📈 ROSTER MOVEMENT 🔼 HOTTER One Man Gang Jim Cornette Brad Armstrong HOLDING Rocky Wahoo Bad News COOLING Ric Flair (only because absent) Not dangerous yet. But don’t keep him off too long. MONEY MATCH TRACKER Still protected: ✔ Flair vs Wahoo ✔ Flair vs Rocky ✔ Buzz vs Tommy ✔ Gang vs top babyface ✔ Rocky vs Wahoo rematch Good discipline. TERRITORY HEALTH STATUS: 🟢 HEALTHY Not explosive. But structurally strong. You’re building a coherent promotion. BUSINESS IMPACT Macon Actual 5,050 / 7,000 72% Good. Next Week Projection Savannah baseline: 3,900 Because momentum is holding: Projected: 4,600–5,200 FINAL: 8.5 / 10 This was a good booker’s house show. Not flashy. But smart. The territory still feels like it’s growing.

Now we’re booking. This is where a territory starts showing whether it understands escalation or is just matching names. This is a much stronger test than TV because now we’re asking: Did people pay? Did they leave happy? Did you create next week’s business? Short answer? Yes—with one major development that changes the entire territory. 🏟️ GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING Live from Columbus Memorial Auditorium Capacity: 5,000 Baseline expectation: 3,000 🎟️ ATTENDANCE & BUSINESS PROJECTED DRAW: 4,250 85% of capacity That is a HOT opening Columbus. Why? Because your TV sold: Flair Buzz/Tommy Cornette’s mystery Rocky Johnson general “something is happening” energy And this card delivered. GATE TREND: 📈 UP This is better than expected Week 1 business. That matters. MATCH-BY-MATCH Pistol Pez Whatley def. Gene Anderson via botched Matt Borne interference GOOD opener. Why? Because it creates movement. Instead of random opener filler: you created a story. This instantly gives: Anderson grievance Borne frustration Pez credibility Exactly what undercard wrestling should do. Grade: B+ One Man Gang destroys Johnny Rich with the 747 in under 5 Excellent. This is how you build monsters. Johnny Rich is useful because: sympathetic recognizable expendable enough Gang needed dominance. He got it. Cornette association keeps building. Grade: A Buddy Landel cheats to beat Brad Armstrong This is TERRITORY GOLD. Brad is the perfect babyface: clean earnest technical likable Landel as smarmy Flair-lite heel? Perfect. Feet on ropes is exactly correct. This feud can draw. Grade: A- Tommy Rich vs Buzz Sawyer double countout YES. Absolutely yes. This is what this feud should be. If these guys are having clean wrestling matches, you’re doing it wrong. This should feel: messy personal unsafe Double countout protects both and keeps the blood boiling. Grade: A MAIN EVENT Flair & Rocky vs Wahoo & Bad News This is excellent Columbus booking. You used: star power protected singles matches gave crowd value This absolutely feels like a Columbus main event. Flair submitting Bad News Allen Interesting. This is where things get spicy. On paper? Not ideal. Bad News is not enhancement talent. Having Flair tap him clean could weaken Allen. BUT— you saved it with THIS: Jim Cornette came down and helped Allen to the back. That changes everything. Now the submission becomes: NOT a burial BUT a recruitment moment. That’s smart booking. McDaniel & Johnson wanting to fight Excellent hook. Crowd leaves wanting more. That’s the goal. Main Event Grade: A 🔥 CROWD HEAT HOTTEST ACTS 🔥 Flair Still feels massive. Any time Flair wrestles live in a territory, business jumps. 🔥 Tommy Rich / Buzz Sawyer Probably match of the night in crowd reaction. Fans LOVE chaos. 🔥 One Man Gang Monster getting real heat now. 🔥 Cornette BIG development. Because now the fans are asking: WAIT— does Cornette now have Bad News too? That’s compelling. 🧠 BOOKING LOGIC WHAT YOU DID RIGHT ✔ Flair used but not wasted ✔ Buzz/Tommy protected ✔ Armstrong feud advanced ✔ Monster booked correctly ✔ New angle teased SMALL WARNING Flair submitting Allen is okay IF: this becomes storyline. If not? Allen takes a credibility hit. So next show this MUST be addressed. 📈 ROSTER MOVEMENT 🔼 HOTTER Flair Buzz Tommy Cornette OMG Buddy Landel BREAKOUT WATCH Brad Armstrong Crowds LOVE honest babyfaces getting cheated. NEEDS DIRECTION Rocky Wahoo Pez MONEY MATCH TRACKER Protected: Flair vs Wahoo Flair vs Rocky Buzz vs Tommy Gang vs bigger babyface GOOD. TERRITORY HEALTH STATUS: 🟢 HOT START You are NOT just running matches. You are: building factions building grudges building rematches That’s territory wrestling. BUSINESS IMPACT Columbus Actual: 4,250 / 5,000 Excellent. Macon Projection (after this): Capacity: 7,000 Baseline: 4,200 Projected: 5,200–5,800 If Macon delivers? You’ve got early momentum. FINAL: 9.0 / 10 Best move on the card? Cornette helping Allen. That’s how you quietly launch a major angle.

Now we’re booking a territory. Because this is where I can start seeing your philosophy. And there’s one very smart instinct here… and one major promoter warning. LITTLE ROCK REVIEW Venue cap: 8,000 Baseline (60%): 4,800 FIRST REACTION This is a stronger wrestling card than Jackson… …but maybe a slightly weaker drawing card depending on execution. Why? Jackson had: two singles title matches JYD title main Kamala attraction loaded tag This has: strong main Reed/Dr. Death Garvin title Kamala Still good. But slightly less “must-see chaos.” MATCH BY MATCH Super Destroyer 2 vs Scott Casey Fine. Classic undercard heel win. No issue. Tony Atlas vs Super Destroyer 1 Interesting. I actually like this. Why? Atlas needed credibility. Beating a Super D gives him some teeth. But— IMPORTANT: How did he win? If clean in the middle? That’s dangerous. Because the Super Ds are supposed to be your monster team. If it was: DQ countout disqualification chaos mask confusion Fine. If clean pin? Too early. Garvin vs Brian Blair Correct use of Garvin. Garvin should be defending that belt constantly. Keeps him visible. Keeps Sunshine visible. Makes title feel active. Good. Reed vs Dr. Death Now THIS is the biggest booking question. Because this is major. You just put: Butch Reed over Steve Williams That’s not bad… …but HOW matters enormously. If Reed cheated? Excellent. If Reed squeaked by? Good. If Reed beat Doc clean? That’s a huge booking choice. Because Doc can become a franchise monster if protected. Kamala vs Koko Correct. Kamala should absolutely murder guys like Koko. Short. Violent. Scary. Good. Main Event JYD & Dibiase vs Jake & Murdoch This is pure territory money. Excellent house main. No complaints. Question: Did JYD pin Jake? Did Dibiase pin Murdoch? That matters for future booking. BUSINESS ANALYSIS Baseline: 4,800 With this card? I’d estimate: 5,900–6,700 Little Rock likes: JYD Dibiase violent heels title programs Strong number. Let’s call: 6,250 paid Very healthy. WEEKEND BUSINESS TOTAL Jackson: 5,450 Little Rock: 6,250 Weekend: 11,700 Projected baseline: 9,000 That means: +30% over baseline That’s HOT. HEAT MOVEMENT WAY UP 📈 Ted Dibiase Feels like a top babyface. 📈 JYD Still carrying the territory. 📈 Jake Because he’s constantly attached to money angles. 📈 Reed Protected champion. UP 📈 Garvin/Sunshine Steady heat act. 📈 Atlas ONLY if Super D win protected. WATCH CLOSELY ⚠️ Steve Williams This is your danger point. Too many losses too early and Doc becomes “just another guy.” Protect him. BIG PROMOTER WARNING You are leaning heavily into: JYD / Dibiase / Jake / Murdoch Which is right… …but eventually: everyone else becomes support. Need to keep: Kamala Doc Reed Garvin feeling important too. TERRITORY STATUS AFTER WEEK 1 TV: strong Jackson: strong Little Rock: stronger Trend: 🔥 HOT (+12% territory momentum) Fans are buying what you’re selling. GRADE Business: A Booking: A- Heat: A Roster management: B+ (watch Doc) Final: 8.9 / 10 Excellent first weekend. You’ve got momentum. Now bring me Week 2 TV in Shreveport.

Mid South Wrestling - Live from Little Rock, AR MAIN EVENT The Junkyard Dog & Ted Dibiase defeated Jake Roberts & Dick Murdoch Kamala defeated Koko Ware Louisiana Championship Butch Reed © defeated Steve Williams Mississippi Championship Jim Garvin w/ Sunshine © defeated Brian Blair Super Destroyer 2 defeated Scott Casey Tony Atlas defeated Super Destroyer 1

Excellent. This is where the promoter hat really matters. Because house shows aren’t judged by “match quality.” They’re judged by: Did people leave wanting to come back? And this card mostly says yes. JACKSON, MS REVIEW Venue cap: 7,000 Baseline (60%): 4,200 INITIAL REACTION This is a classic hot territory house show card. Not flashy. Not overthought. Not indie-booked. You stacked: title matches main event star power logical feud continuation monster attraction tag heat That’s exactly right. MATCH BY MATCH Super Destroyers vs Scott Casey & Koko Ware Perfect opener. Why? Because: crowd gets movement babyfaces can fire up heels can cheat and crush keeps Destroyers strong Good. No issue. Kamala vs Brian Blair Smart. Kamala needs bodies. Blair is credible enough to mean something… …but expendable enough to lose. Exactly the kind of match Kamala should be having. One question: Was it a massacre or competitive? If competitive? Wrong. If Kamala killed him in 5? Correct. Dibiase & Dr. Death vs Jake & Murdoch Now THIS is money. This feels like Jackson main event anywhere else. Loaded. Questions: clean finish? chaos? post-match brawl? Because this could absolutely steal the house. Reed vs Atlas YES. And yes, low blow again works. Reed is becoming: smug dangerous cheap hateable That’s textbook. BUT: Don’t overuse the exact same finish too many times. Second time? Fine. Fourth? Predictable. JYD vs Garvin (DQ via Jake) This is your smartest booking of the night. Because: You: protect Garvin protect JYD advance Jake/JYD escalate New Orleans That’s efficient. Very territory. BUSINESS ANALYSIS Baseline: 4,200 With this card? I’d put Jackson at: 5,100–5,800 Why? Because: JYD is still your ace Dibiase over Jake over Dr. Death hot Kamala attraction multiple titles That’s a healthy house. Call it: 5,450 paid Strong first week. HEAT MOVEMENT UP 📈 Jake Roberts Interference keeps him visible. 📈 JYD Still the draw. 📈 Butch Reed Cheap-shot champion works. 📈 Kamala If dominant. STABLE ➡️ Dibiase Still solid. ➡️ Dr. Death Protected. ➡️ Garvin Still good heel. WATCH ⚠️ Brian Blair Losing repeatedly can cool him fast. ⚠️ Tony Atlas Needs a meaningful payoff eventually. PROMOTER NOTES BIG WIN This card creates overlap. Meaning: fans invested in: JYD/Jake Dibiase/Murdoch Reed/Atlas Garvin/JYD tension That’s how repeat attendance grows. ONE CAUTION You’re using a LOT of top stars in Jackson. Which means: Little Rock needs to feel equally special. Don’t let Saturday feel like “leftovers.” JACKSON GRADE Booking Logic: A Business: A- Heat: A Territory Authenticity: A Final: 9.1 / 10 Very Bill Watts. Now give me Little Rock.

Mid South Wrestling - Live from Jackson, MS MAIN EVENT Mississippi Championship The Junkyard Dog defeated Jimmy Garvin © w/ Sunshine via DQ when Jake Roberts interfered Louisiana Championship Butch Reed © defeated Tony Atlas after a low blow! Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams defeated Jake Roberts & Dick Murdoch Kamala defeated Brian Blair The Super Destroyers defeated Scott Casey and Koko Ware

World Championship Wrestling Weekend of May 9, 1991 — Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan open the broadcast standing in front of a full SuperBrawl banner. Ross says tomorrow night may be the biggest night in WCW history, while Heenan argues the company may not survive what’s coming. Graphics roll across the screen, hyping Sting vs Sid Vicious for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, the Road Warriors colliding with Doom, the debut of Big Van Vader, and the arrival of the Steiner Brothers on pay-per-view. The show opens with Paul E Dangerously leading the full Dangerous Alliance to the ring. Curt Hennig stands with the United States Title over his shoulder while Rick Rude, Scott Hall, Arn Anderson, and Larry Zbyszko spread around him like a wall. Paul E says WCW keeps talking about SuperBrawl as if it’s a celebration, but tomorrow night is a takeover. Arn says Ricky Steamboat survived The Omni only because the Dangerous Alliance wasn’t complete yet. Larry says Dustin Rhodes made the mistake of standing beside Steamboat. Hall says Marty Jannetty should stay home if he knows what’s good for him. Hennig says Nikita Koloff represents the past while he represents perfection. Rude closes the promo by staring directly into the camera and promising that Dusty Rhodes leaves Tampa for the final time flat on his back. Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes answer later in the show by defeating enhancement competition in quick fashion. The match is physical and direct, with Steamboat wrestling like a man trying to prove something. After the bell, Arn and Larry hit the ring immediately and jump both men. Dustin fights them off long enough for Steamboat to recover, and the ring breaks down into a pull-apart brawl before officials flood the area. Jesse Ventura appears backstage with Eric Bischoff and addresses the Shawn Michaels situation. Ventura says Michaels remains suspended indefinitely after what happened in Savannah, but he has agreed to allow a statement to be read on television. Bischoff unfolds a letter allegedly sent by Michaels. In it, Michaels says Marty Jannetty spent years hiding behind him and Savannah was simply the truth catching up with him. He says Jannetty is weak, always has been weak, and if he survives Scott Hall tomorrow night, maybe one day he’ll get the courage to face him again. Ventura says Michaels will stay out of WCW until further notice. The Rock N Roll Express and The Freebirds continue their uneasy co-champion arrangement as Michael Hayes and Ricky Morton team together to defend the United States Tag Team Titles against The State Patrol. The tension is obvious from the opening bell, with Hayes constantly trying to control the match while Morton refuses to fully trust him. At times they work surprisingly well together, but every tag carries hesitation and frustration beneath it. They eventually put The State Patrol away, but the moment the match ends the problems return immediately. Hayes gets in Morton’s face after a blind tag late in the match, Morton shoves him back, and within seconds both men are arguing in the middle of the ring. Robert Gibson and Jimmy Garvin hit ringside to pull their partners apart, but the situation only explodes further as all four men begin brawling while Jesse Ventura storms onto the stage shouting that tomorrow night this entire situation finally comes to an end. Flyin Brian defends the Television Championship against a local opponent and wins quickly, never slowing the pace. As he celebrates, The Mountie walks onto the entrance platform and slowly points at the title around Brian’s waist before dragging his finger across his throat. Brian motions for him to come to the ring, but Mountie simply smirks and walks away. A dark vignette airs next. Japanese footage flashes across the screen—men being thrown into guardrails, bodies crashing to the mat, smoke filling arenas. Then the image settles on one man standing motionless beneath a helmet and shoulder pads. Big Van Vader. Ross quietly says that tomorrow night WCW finds out exactly what kind of monster has arrived. Big Josh defeats enhancement opposition in a rough, physical match and grabs a microphone afterward, saying he’s fought through mountains, storms, and men twice Undertaker’s size. The arena lights suddenly go black. When they return, Undertaker is standing at the top of the aisle beneath a single spotlight while Paul Bearer raises the urn beside him. Neither man speaks. Big Josh slowly backs away. Doom enters the ring with Teddy Long for a final statement before SuperBrawl. Simmons says they’ve heard enough from the Road Warriors. Reed says tomorrow night ends the myth once and for all. Before they can continue, the Road Warriors storm to the ring to a massive reaction. Hawk says Doom has survived long enough. Animal says tomorrow night the titles finally come home. Then the music changes again. The Steiner Brothers walk onto the stage carrying the IWGP Tag Team Titles. The crowd explodes. Rick and Scott slowly walk to ringside, staring at both teams without saying a word. Ventura immediately comes out trying to keep order and warns everyone to save it for tomorrow night. The tension snaps anyway when Reed accidentally collides hard with Simmons during the shoving. Simmons turns, frustrated for just a second, and before anything can settle Scott Steiner explodes into the ring and launches Reed with a massive belly-to-belly suplex. Instantly the ring erupts into total chaos. Doom, the Road Warriors, and the Steiners all start fighting as officials pour out trying to separate them. Ross is screaming that the tag division has become uncontrollable. The main event is an eight-man tag team match pitting Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Owen Hart, and Jim Neidhart against Sid Vicious, Meng, Kama, and Mr. Hughes. The match never settles into rhythm. Every exchange feels tense and physical, with Sting and Sid constantly trying to get at each other. Late in the match everything breaks apart completely. Davey and Meng spill outside, Owen and Hughes start trading punches in the corner, and Kama drops Neidhart near the ropes. Sid and Sting finally meet in the center of the ring and the crowd erupts. Sting fires off punches, hits the ropes, and launches himself over the top rope onto Sid, Meng, Hughes, and Kama all at once, wiping out everyone at ringside in a wild dive that sends the crowd into chaos. Officials immediately hit the ring as the match completely dissolves. Sid slowly gets back to his feet through the wreckage and locks eyes with Sting while security struggles to keep everyone separated. Ross shouts that tomorrow night the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is on the line. Heenan answers quietly: “And I don’t think either one of them can wait anymore.” The final image of the show is Sting and Sid staring at each other through a wall of security as the SuperBrawl logo fills the screen.

Now this feels like territory TV. I’m grading this like Bill Watts is in the back with a cigarette and a ledger. (And yes, I’m using your uploaded show format as the source text ) OVERALL VERDICT Strong opening episode. You understand the assignment. This is not fantasy “dream match TV.” This is sell next week / sell the town / establish pecking order TV. That matters. My grade: TV Quality: B+ Business Impact: A- Territory Logic: A Heat Generation: B+/A- One big booking concern: Jake/JYD timing WHAT WORKED 1. Immediate destination booking The first thing you did was establish: NEW ORLEANS = THE GOAL Excellent. That’s textbook territory. You immediately gave the audience: a big event a date major matches a reason to keep watching That’s promoter thinking. 2. Ted DiBiase as babyface works This is sneaky smart. 1983 Mid-South? Absolutely. Dibiase as: wronged former champ clean-cut babyface Murdoch foil That works. And Murdoch calling him every insult while pretending not to? Perfect old-school heel promo. 3. Jake promo = money This is the best segment on the show. dog fight a snake Simple. Visual. Memorable. Then: the constriction. the darkness. the suffocation. That is EXACTLY how Jake gets over. Not screaming. Not cartoon villain. Quiet threat. Huge win. 4. Garvin + Sunshine Instant heat. Spraying smell-good while Watts coughs? Perfect. That is such a tiny territory detail and it works beautifully. This tells me you understand character presentation. 5. Super Destroyers protected correctly No nonsense. No long competitive nonsense. Masked monster team. Kill jobbers. Leave. Correct. 6. Reed / Atlas closing angle Very good. Why? Because you gave Atlas: physique promo credibility righteous anger Then Reed: cheats talks trash cheap shots with belt Classic heat builder. No complaints. BUSINESS / DRAW IMPACT Baseline Shreveport: 900 Your show probably draws: 1,200–1,400 Why? Because you stacked recognizable stars: JYD Jake Dibiase Reed Garvin Kamala hyped Dr. Death That’s a loaded TV. NEW ORLEANS DRAW FORECAST Baseline: ~4,200 at Municipal Auditorium (60%) After this TV? Projected: 5,400–6,200 If next two TVs stay strong: 6,500+ possible That’s a legitimately hot opening. WHAT I’D WATCH Concern 1: Jake vs JYD too soon This is your first real booking risk. Jake is a long-game heel. If he loses to JYD quickly: you cool Jake. If JYD loses: you risk hurting your ace draw. So the question becomes: What’s the purpose? If Jake is your next monster heel? Don’t burn this clean. If this is tournament chaos? Fine. But protect him. Concern 2: Too many top stars, not enough oxygen Roster issue, not booking issue yet. You’ve got: Dibiase Murdoch JYD Jake Reed Kamala Dr. Death That’s insane. Somebody gets squeezed eventually. Concern 3: Kamala advertised, not shown Minor. Fans forgive this ONCE. Do it repeatedly? Cheap promoter heat. CHARACTER HEAT STOCK REPORT Rising 📈 Jake Roberts Biggest winner of the night. 📈 Butch Reed Looks like a champion. 📈 Garvin/Sunshine Strong act immediately. 📈 Super Destroyers Protected correctly. Stable ➡️ Dibiase Good opening. ➡️ JYD Still your ace. ➡️ Dr. Death Strong showcase. Needs More ⚠️ Kamala Need visual. ⚠️ Atlas Good angle, needs win eventually. ⚠️ Koko/Blair Mentioned but not yet truly established. TERRITORY PROMOTER SCORECARD Did this: ✅ advance angles ✅ establish hierarchy ✅ sell New Orleans ✅ protect stars ✅ create talking points Did NOT: ❌ waste money matches ❌ overbook finishes ❌ turn TV into PPV Excellent restraint. ATTENDANCE MOVEMENT Territory trend after Week 1 TV: UP +8% Projected impacts: Jackson: +5–8% Little Rock: +6–10% New Orleans interest rising FINAL GRADE 8.7 / 10 Very strong pilot episode. You feel like a territory booker. Drop Jackson + Little Rock cards next.

Tuesday – Shreveport, LA (Irish McNeil Boys Club) Boyd Pierce and Bill Watts welcome us in for a big night of Mid South Wrestling here from the Irish McNeil Boys Club. They put over some big matches tonight as we get ready for the big event coming in 3 weeks in New Orleans at the Municipal Auditorium. We will have a special one night 4-man elimination tournament for the vacant Mid South North American title featuring Ted Dibiase, Jake Roberts, Dick Murdoch, and the Junkyard Dog. Plus, Louisiana champion, Butch Reed defends his title against Tony Atlas and we’ll see the big Ugandan Giant Kamala taking on Dr. Death Steve Williams. We’ll see those competitors and more right here tonight on Mid South Wrestling! {Video of the MSW weekly broadcast is shown with all the top stars being highlighted. We then return to the desk where Ted Dibiase is standing by with Boyd Pierce… Dibiase, playing babyface, works the crowd and talks about how the title was unfairly taken away from him due to the interference of Dick Murdoch. We know that Murdoch is nothing but a yellow dog and he’ll do anything he can to run from Dibiase, but come three weeks, Dibiase hopes he draws him first because he’s going to put an end to him once and for all!} Another One Bites the Dust as the big man, the Junkyard Dog makes his entrance for our first contest. The JYD defeated Mark Collins via the THUMP in 3:12! {Jake Roberts is standing by at the desk with Boyd Pierce…. He puts over the big show in three weeks while asking Boyd if he’s ever seen a Dog fight a Snake before? Boyd is flabbergasted… Roberts points out that the venom in a snake is one way to go…. Getting swallowed whole is another… but the worst is when that snake wraps himself around you… gets in there tight and you have to feel yourself lose consciousness… and then that light flashes before your eyes and darkness takes over. Junkyard Dog… three weeks from now, you will feel that darkness… that tightness of breath… and no more who dat who dat… you will go to sleep my friend!} *COMMERCIAL* {We’re back, and Sunshine is spraying the “smell good” around while Bill Watts coughs… Jimmy Garvin puts over how he is the up-and-coming star of the Mid South Territory and this Mississippi Title says it all. He’s defended the belt time and time again and guys the likes of Scott Casey, Koko Ware, and Brian Blair better understand that their time may be coming but they won’t have anything left in the tank to take on Gorgeous Jimmy and his perfect 10!} The Oklahoma Fight Song hits as Dr. Death enters the ring and the foundations! Dr. Death Steve Williams defeated Tony Charles via the Oklahoma Stampede @ 5:43! {Over at the desk, we see Dick Murdoch walk out… he says he doesn’t have much to say but I want everyone to know that I am not going to come out here and bad mouth Ted Dibiase… call him a good for nothing wrestler… a low life… a second rate champion… or even someone who doesn’t deserve to lae his boots… nah… he doesn’t need to say that because Ted Dibiase and all these fans already know it!} *COMMERCIAL* Bill Watts brings us back in with a run down of the New Orleans card… New Orleans FOUR MAN ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT for the North American Title Ted Dibiase, Dick Murdoch, Jake Roberts, and The Junkyard Dog Louisiana Heavyweight Butch Reed © vs Tony Atlas Mississippi Title Jim Garvin © w/ Sunshine vs Scott Casey Ugandan Giant Kamala vs Dr. Death Steve Williams Plus the Super Destroyers in tag team action against Koko Ware and Brian Blair! He talks about how the matches for the tournament will be drawn at random in two weeks… so it could be Ted Dibiase vs Dick Murdoch…. Or Ted Dibiase vs Jake Roberts…. Or even Ted Dibiase vs the Junkyard Dog! The fans seem excited about the matchups as we head to the ring… The Super Destroyers come out with their masks and strike fear into the hearts of the crowd. The Super Destroyers defeated George Bailey and Mike Whitt in@ 8:32! {The JYD comes back out… says he just got done in the shower… he had to wipe his ears clean from all the nonsense he’s heard from Jake Roberts and Dicky Murdoch…. He says New Orleans is a second home… and he’s going to make it the Dawg House in a couple of weeks and walk out with that North American Title… WOOF!} *COMMERCIAL* {Mid South Wrestling is back and we’re joined by Tony Atlas… he takes off his shirt and flexes for the crowd. Says he has got some big things planed for Butch Reed… 22 inch biceps… a back that won’t stop… a chest that is full of muscle… he is going to pick Butch Reed up and throw him across the ring like a rag doll!} Main Event Time… Butch Reed vs Brian Blair A solid 10-minute contest with Blair getting in some good offense. Boyd and Watts put over how he and Koko have become a hot tag team item here in the Mid South and look forward to them challenging the Super Ds! Reed is back up and then he hits him low under the tights… it was low and the crowd knows it. They’re letting Reed have it but he doesn’t seem to care. He picks up Blair for a big tossing bodyslam… then he heads up… Blair turns around and FLYING SHOULDER BLOCK! 1…2….3! Reed is the winner… he walks over to Boyd and Bill… {I told ya’ll before and I will tell you again… Butch Reed is the number one here in Mid South. This Louisiana Title is what its all about. I have held this title for 5 months and there an’t nobody who can challenge me and take it! I am going to put it on the line every week…. Then we see Atlas come back out… he questions why Reed had to go low on Brian Blair… why the cheap shot if you’re such a man… Reed says he doesn’t have time for a gold chaser… you nothing but a wanna be… you wanna be Butch Reed so bad you can taste it boy but you can’t pump like me… you can’t talk like me… and you can’t wrestle like me! Atlas then challenges him to get in the ring but once he turns to walk Reed nails him with the title belt! Reed pounces as officials come out to break up the action. That’s all the time we’ve got here for Mid South Wrestling… more next week!}

GCW TV REVIEW Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA World Championship Wrestling Air Date: May 7, 1983 WTBS Studios — Atlanta, GA This is a VERY believable 1983 Georgia television show. More importantly, it understands what TV is supposed to do in this era: 👉 advance personalities 👉 create conflict 👉 sell towns You didn’t overbook. You didn’t give away major matches. You established the promotion’s identity immediately. That’s a strong start. 📊 ATTENDANCE & BUSINESS 📺 WTBS Studio Capacity: 500 Expected Baseline: 300 Actual Projection: 425–475 📈 TREND: 🔥 UP Why? Because the show felt: important energetic star-driven dangerous The biggest success here: You made the promotion feel alive from segment one. 🔥 CROWD HEAT MOST OVER ACTS TONIGHT 🔥 Ric Flair This was the standout segment of the night. You nailed the Flair formula: confidence charm arrogance selling the towns making Georgia feel like THE place to be This line especially: “the brightest lights, the best competition and the most beautiful women in the world” That’s exactly how Flair should sound in 1983. And critically: 👉 he sold the territory itself. That matters. 🔥 Buzz Sawyer / Tommy Rich This felt HOT immediately. You did NOT waste time with: long exposition forced dialogue overexplaining Tommy talks. Buzz attacks. Chaos. Perfect. This is exactly the kind of angle that gets replayed in bars and parking lots after the show. 🔥 One Man Gang + Jim Cornette Excellent use of television. Cornette’s promo gave purpose to the squash. You also smartly framed this as: “the beginning of something” That’s territory psychology. Fans now want to tune in next week to see: who else Cornette has how dangerous this group becomes 🧠 BOOKING LOGIC ✔ WHAT WORKED ✔ You protected EVERY money match No Flair matches. No Sawyer match. No major feud payoff. Excellent restraint. ✔ You used TV correctly This felt like: an advertisement a hype machine a feud accelerator NOT a supercard. That’s historically accurate GCW thinking. ✔ The show escalated naturally The pacing worked: Establish promotion Introduce danger Introduce champion Wrestling showcase Emotional feud explosion Strong babyface close Classic structure. ⚠ SMALL WARNING Matt Borne & Gene Anderson Good utility segment—but eventually this pairing needs: identity direction a rival team Right now it’s just “solid wrestling guys.” Not a problem yet—but something to monitor. 📈 ROSTER MOVEMENT 🔼 GETTING HOTTER 🔥 Ric Flair Feels like the center of the universe already. 🔥 Buzz Sawyer Potential breakout monster. The key: KEEP HIM UNHINGED. Do NOT make him too polished. 🔥 Tommy Rich Crowd sympathy rising immediately. 🔥 Jim Cornette Instant heat magnet. ➖ STEADY Brad Armstrong Rocky Johnson One Man Gang All presented properly. ⚠ NEEDS DIRECTION SOON Bad News Allen Buddy Landell Pez Whatley You’ve got useful pieces waiting. 💰 TERRITORY HEALTH CURRENT STATUS: 🟢 VERY HEALTHY START Why? Because the promotion already has: a top heel faction forming a blood feud a traveling world champion emotional babyfaces clear escalation pathways Most importantly: 👉 it feels like things are building toward something. 🎟️ PROJECTED HOUSE SHOW BUSINESS 📍 Columbus Projection (Week 1) Capacity: 5,000 Expected: 3,000 After this TV: 🔥 3,700–4,100 Main drivers: Flair appearance Buzz/Tommy angle Cornette intrigue 📍 Macon Projection Capacity: 7,000 Expected: 4,200 After TV: 🔥 4,800–5,400 🏆 SHOW MVP Ric Flair Not because of match quality. Because he made the territory feel important. That’s what real top stars do. OVERALL: 🔥 8.8 / 10 This felt like: “the beginning of a territory getting hot.” And that’s exactly what Week 1 TV should feel like.

I will recant some of this and just pick up Teri Tenryu If I need to drop someone I will

Mosh Thrasher Val Venis Bubba Dudley D-Von Dudley Have all be traded to PCW WCW picks up the following: Terri Runnels - Alexandra York Bill Irwin Mark Canterbury Dennis Knight Johnny Grunge Rocco Rock Genichiro Tenryu

WCW will pick up missy hyatt

World Championship Wrestling Weekend of May 2, 1991 Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan open the broadcast saying SuperBrawl is one week away and WCW feels like a powder keg. Ross calls the card the most loaded in company history. Heenan says with this many egos and this much violence, somebody may not make it there intact. The opening match sees an unusual championship pairing as Ricky Morton and Michael Hayes defend the United States Tag Team Titles against The State Patrol. The tension between co-champions is obvious from the start, with Morton wrestling like he wants to win and Hayes wrestling like he wants to prove a point. They survive a few moments of confusion before putting The State Patrol away, but afterward neither man wants to leave the ring with the other. Garvin and Gibson get involved verbally, and what began as a title defense turns back into an argument. Backstage, Jesse Ventura addresses the situation and makes SuperBrawl official: one final match to settle it. Rock N Roll Express vs The Freebirds, winners leave as undisputed United States Tag Team Champions. Scott Hall, Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko dominate six-man action in a showcase built to present the Dangerous Alliance as a machine. Hall brings the power, Arn brings the grind, Larry controls the pace. After the win, Paul E says what happened to Steamboat at The Omni was only the beginning and says SuperBrawl will be remembered as the night WCW started belonging to them. The Road Warriors destroy enhancement opposition in under three minutes. It is not competitive. It is demolition. Afterward Hawk says Doom have been carrying borrowed time. Animal says next week they take the belts and maybe break the team while they’re at it. Doom answer in a pre-taped response. Simmons says champions don’t flinch. Reed says challengers fall. There is edge in Reed’s voice now that wasn’t there before. Curt Hennig wins a short, efficient squash and never appears threatened. After the match he takes the microphone and says Nikita Koloff is built on reputation while he is built on results. Later in the show Nikita crushes an opponent with the Russian Sickle and stares into the camera, saying Hennig can bring the belt, because he’s taking it home. Rick Rude follows with a dominant win of his own and uses the post-match to focus on Dusty Rhodes. He says SuperBrawl is not a comeback for Dusty, it’s a farewell. He says he isn’t just beating him—he’s retiring him. Big Josh wins a rugged squash and gets more offense than usual to establish credibility before SuperBrawl. Paul Bearer appears afterward and says The Undertaker has heard Big Josh comes from the forests of the Pacific Northwest. That’s fitting, because Undertaker intends to make a pine box out of those trees. A major angle is shown next from Savannah. Footage rolls of Marty Jannetty facing Scott Hall in a house show main event. Hall slips outside. The referee is distracted. A masked man rushes the ring and drills Jannetty with a superkick that drops him cold. Hall returns and plants him with the Razor’s Edge. Then the masked man returns, removes the mask— Shawn Michaels. The crowd in the footage erupts. Michaels stomps Jannetty, security pours out, and officials pull Michaels away as Jannetty is left laid out. Back live, Ross is stunned. Later Jesse Ventura comes to the ring furious. He says Shawn Michaels has been suspended indefinitely. If Michaels wanted a fight, he should have come to him like a man instead of jumping the rail. He says that kind of interference will not happen in his WCW. Ventura then runs down the full SuperBrawl card, including the official debut of Big Van Vader. The presentation is treated like a major event, not just a card rundown. The Steiner Brothers roll through another squash, looking as dangerous as ever. Schiavone asks about the tag title picture and Rick says they’re watching very closely. Scott adds whoever leaves SuperBrawl with the belts won’t keep them long. Sid Vicious faces Jim Neidhart in a stiff television main event preview. Neidhart gives him more resistance than expected and the match starts to feel dangerous before Harley Race’s camp begins moving. Meng appears. Then Hughes. Then Kama. The numbers start building. That brings out Owen Hart. Then Davey Boy. Then Sting. The ring nearly explodes into chaos before officials restore order. Ventura appears and immediately makes next week’s main event official: Eight-Man Tag. Sting, Davey Boy, Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart vs Sid Vicious, Meng, Mr. Hughes and Kama. The crowd erupts. In the final match of the night, Flyin Brian defends the Television Title against Jimmy Garvin in a strong main event built around speed against veteran trickery. Garvin has moments, but Brian stays ahead and finishes him clean to retain. After the match The Mountie appears at the aisle, points at the belt, and motions around his waist. Ross closes the show by saying next week is the final stop before SuperBrawl. Heenan answers: “If this is the warm-up, I can’t imagine the fire.” Fade out.

World Championship Wrestling Weekend of April 25, 1991 Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan open the show recapping the chaos from The Omni and pushing one message: SuperBrawl is two weeks away, and WCW is changing fast. Ross calls it a turning point. Heenan says the balance of power may have already shifted. Paul E Dangerously opens the show in the ring with Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Scott Hall, Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko, formally introducing the full Dangerous Alliance. Paul E says people have been asking what his plan is. He says this is the plan. Championships. Power. Control. Hennig says the United States Title is staying exactly where it belongs. Rude says Dusty Rhodes made a mistake getting involved in his business. Arn says WCW just got a lot harder to survive in. Larry says this is only the beginning. Paul E closes by saying at SuperBrawl they will showcase domination one match at a time. The Steiners make quick work of two enhancement wrestlers in dominant fashion. Belly-to-belly suplexes, quick tags, Steiner Bulldog. Over in minutes. After the match Tony Schiavone asks if they’re looking at Doom or the Road Warriors. Rick says both. Scott says whoever has the belts better keep them warm. Jesse Ventura comes to the ring carrying both United States Tag Team title belts and calls out the Rock N Roll Express and The Freebirds. He says there has been too much controversy over championships and he is settling this his way. He says both teams scored legal pinfalls at The Omni. Therefore both teams are recognized as champions. He hands one belt to Ricky Morton and one to Michael Hayes and declares them co-holders of the United States Tag Team Titles. Hayes likes it. Gibson doesn’t. Garvin is confused. Morton looks irritated. Ventura smirks and leaves them arguing. Ross then makes it official—at SuperBrawl, Sting challenges Sid Vicious for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. A graphic runs down new matches for SuperBrawl: Sting vs Sid Vicious Doom vs Road Warriors for the World Tag Titles Big Josh vs The Undertaker Steamboat & Dustin vs Arn & Larry Scott Hall vs Marty Jannetty Flyin Brian vs Diamond Dallas Page for the TV Title The Mountie wins a squash and immediately cuts a promo saying Flyin Brian is overlooking him while thinking about DDP. Brian appears on the stage, raises the TV Title, and tells him to get in line. Doom defeat enhancement opposition in dominant fashion. After the match Teddy Long says the Road Warriors had one lucky night. Simmons says champions survive challengers. Reed says at SuperBrawl the Road Warriors get finished. Later the Road Warriors answer in a pre-tape. Hawk says Doom made one mistake—letting them back in the hunt. Animal says after SuperBrawl there won’t be a Doom anymore. The Orient Express score a clean win and Mr. Fuji quietly reminds everyone there are more teams in WCW than the giants fighting over the top. Ricky Steamboat comes to the ring for a serious promo. He says Curt Hennig took everything out of him at The Omni and still couldn’t keep him down. Now Hennig has found new friends. Fine. At SuperBrawl he brings Dustin Rhodes and settles things another way. Dustin Rhodes later beats a jobber decisively and is joined by Dusty and Nikita. Dusty says Arn and Larry want a war, they got one. Scott Hall defeats another enhancement opponent with the Razor’s Edge. Afterward he says Marty Jannetty can run, but he can’t run forever. Sting and Davey Boy Smith defeat Mr. Hughes and Kama in the main event when the match breaks down into a brawl. Sid comes out during the closing moments and the ring fills with bodies. Sting and Sid end up face to face again before security floods ringside. The show closes with Sting alone in the ring after the chaos clears. He takes the microphone and says only one sentence. “Sid… I’m coming for the title.” Ross closes the broadcast: “SuperBrawl is coming.” Fade out.