El Dragon

Good god the Sammartino angle would be iconic in the south. Perfectly set up angle. And your lucky nobody set the building on fire. Holy Crap thats good stuff. This was just a great great show. It's a pleasure being partners in the UWF with a company putting on shows this great.

Some reports out of UWF Central States after there first TV taping. Some people have been surprised by Central States presentation being so far off from what they have been known for. Marty Jones match was a lot more physical and fast paced then the average Central States match of years past. Apparently, Bob Geigel has been quoted as saying that he has come to recognize the style Central States has been most known for as being overly slow pace, and that wrestling is starting to evolve away from that. After going to see the WWF's show in St. Louis recently, and seeing how the live crowd reacted to it, he has said he views changing Central States image as "A matter of life or death for this territory" Furthermore, the bigger shock to many was Central States use of so many talents from other countries. Apparently, Mr. Geigel has viewed the well a bit on the dry side on the US front, but thought there were plenty of interesting talents in Canada, Japan, Europe, and Mexico that could stand out if given a legitimate chance stateside. Even with "Black Dragon", Marty Jones, Ben Bassarab, Dave Taylor, and the Della Sorra brothers on the roster, it's considered likely they aren't done trying to import talent. Another note of contention is JR Foley, who is well known and somewhat infamous in some circles for his use of a Nazi gimmick, and the shock of those who would recognize him being on TV. According to inside sources, Central States is high on Foley as a talent, but have been willing to say they view the full out gimmick Foley has gone for in the past as being "too hard a pill to swallow to there tv". So, while they apparently haven't been opposed to using some questionable methods down the line, they at least didn't want to make there UWF debut something that is more memorable for a short term shock as opposed to something for long term growth.

(Sorry for the not great format yet, have had computer problems all day and just wanted to make sure to get this up and not fall too far behind) UWF/CSW Television Debut, August 4th 1985. Pre-Recorded on July 28th Hosted by Larry Matysik and Gene Kininski Larry Matysik: Central States Wrestling is Back on the Air! Hello everyone watching at home in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and parts of Illinois and Indiana! After 6 months, we are proud to debut the new and improved Central States Wrestling, brought to you by the Universal Wrestling Federation. There has been lots of changes around here in recent months, and to help familiarize you with the direction we are going to be going, we are happy to bring to you one of the voices of the UWF, Mr Jim Ross Jim Ross: It sure is good to be here Larry, and thank you for having me, and it’s great to officially welcome you in person to the UWF. Let me just say that many folks down south are happy to have ya! Larry Matysik: And we sure are happy to be a part Jim. Now, as you have been around it for a lot longer then I have, can you help familiarize the folks at home with what switching to the UWF means to them. Jim: Well it means a bit of a new title structure for one thing. Now the main UWF titles are in a bit of flux, as the UWF World, Tag Team, and Six Man Tag titles are all being defended tomorrow night at CCW Beach Brawl down in Tampa Florida, which is a gigantic card. UWF World Champion Austin Idol defends his title against Jerry Lawler, The UWF World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors, and they are 2 bad men Larry, are putting the belts on the line against the House of Humperdink, and the UWF World Six Man Tag Champions the Stud Stable are putting the belts on the line as well. Whoever wins will, I’m sure, have to making some title defenses against the best of your boys sometime soon, and we are greatly looking forward to the action Larry: Thanks for coming up here Jim, and thank you for the welcome to the UWF! Commercial Break Match: Debuting British Import Marty Jones defeats Frankie Lane in 7 minutes of hard hitting action after a Belly to Belly Piledriver. Marty Jones was hyped up extensively by Matysik, stating how it’s common belief he’s one of the very best British wrestlers alive, and Jones does little to put that in question, with one of the best technical and hardest hitting displays the Central States crowd has seen in some time. Jones checked on Lane at the end of the match, and shook Lanes hand, with Matysik complimenting Jones sportsmanship and fair play. After the match, Matysik and Kiniski hype up how Central States plans to determine the First UWF Central States Champion with there upcoming UWF Central States Mid American League. They go over the rules, as follows Larry Matsyik: And that’s why we here at Central States are proud to announce the UWF Central States Mid American League! We here at Central States believe in going to great lengths to determine who should be the right man to carry us into this new period of promise, and we have came up with this league. Here is how it’s all going to work. We are going to be all around Missouri and Kansas for the month of August, and those shows will be centered around Mid American League matches. This upcoming week, we will be in Topeka on Monday, and Kansas City on Wednesday. Each of those shows will have 4 qualifying matches, with no time limit! Whoever wins those matches will be qualified to take part in the Mid American League. And after a couple more matches tonight, we should have the list of matches for each of those big shows! Commercial Break Match: The Black Dragon (Magic Dragon) w/ JR Foley defeats Art Crews by Countout in about 10 minutes. Another showcase for a foreign talent, Black Dragon was brought out to the ring by one JR Foley, who proceeded to take some cheat shots on the more established Crews over the course of the match. Dragon is a small guy, but has some good strikes that some submission attacks of note. Crews made a nice comeback, but after Foley tried to get involved again, Crews went to ring side to try to take him out, only for Dragon to hit a brutal looking sliding kick through the bottom ropes that took Crews out. The 10 count was pretty academic after that. Foley then heads down to Matysik and Kininski, and starts ranting to the fans. JR Foley: Did you see what my man just did to one of your boys Kansas City! He just took out one of your hometown favorites like it was nothing at all! Because he is one of the best in the world, and this is what he does! And let me tell you something Matysik, and you too Kininski. If those in charge of Central States Wrestling have any ounce of honor, they will recognize that my man the Black Dragon just beat a former NWA Television Champion! And I know for a fact that they had plans to put Crews right in the center of the that Mid American League. Well, if my man can beat Crews, you better come out here and tell me right now why the Black Dragon can’t be your first UWF Central States Champion! And if he’s not in that League, I will tell you right now I will make it my personal mission to make everyone in this companies life a living hell! Commercial Break After commercial break, Larry Matysik is joined by former Central States Heavyweight Champion Buzz Tyler! Tyler: Oh, it’s good to be home! And it’s good to be going for some gold Larry! You see, when I heard Central States was back and chugging, there was no way I wasn’t going to come back and re-establish that this my time to stand out. And you better believe that pretty soon, Buzz Tyler is gonna be holding UWF Gold around my waist! Before Matysik can interject with more, he is interrupt by the legendary Bulldog Bob Brown. Brown: Oh Tyler, I think you’d have learned by now. Any time the Central States Heavyweight Championship is going to be on the line, you are gonna have to go through me. And everyone here, especially the great people here in Kansas City, knows that there is no force of man that is going to stop me! There is a brief stare down, before Matysik interjects Matysik: It is worth noting, as well as you both being included in the field of the Mid American League, you have both put yourself together into the running for the Central States Tag Team Titles. And on top of that, you guys are teaming in the Main Event tonight against the Della Sorra Brothers. It might be wise for you Gentlemen to calm down. Tyler and Brown continue their tense stair off, before Tyler smiles, and retaking the mic. Tyler: Oh Larry, you should know how me and Bulldog work. I’ll knock him out whenever we get in the ring for that title, but we’ll knock out anyone out on the way to that belt. And Della Sorra boys, I got nothing against you guys. I heard you’ve done some good work up there in Canada. But you are out of your league tonight boys. We are the foundation of Central States, and we are going to be for a long long time! MATCH: Lanny Poffo defeats Spike Huber w/ Dick the Bruiser with a School Boy rollup in 6 minutes. Poffo seemed to have a bit of an ego about him, and when he was controlling Spike, he was taunting Spikes Father in Law, Dick the Bruiser at ringside. Huber took control and was looking to be in good shape before Poffo pulled out the rollup, and looked to have a hand full of tights as well. Commercial Break MATCH: “Sweet Brown Sugar” Skip Young defeats Dave Taylor in 9 minutes via Pinfall after a 2nd Rope Dropkick. Both of these guys were not very well known in this area, but both put on a pretty solid match that was easy to get behind. Taylor is another one of those British imports, and works a pretty hard hitting style, but doesn’t have Jones sense of fair play. Young worked some good control into this, and hit a sharp 2nd rope dropkick on the jaw to score the duke. Larry Matysik excitedly says they have finally revealed to him the qualifying matches for the Mid American League, and they are as follows. Scheduled for August 7th in Topeka Kansas The Following Matches are Qualifying Matches for the Mid American League! “Handsome” Jimmy Valiant vs. Lanny Poffo Gary Royal vs. Tiger Conway Jr. “Rock and Roll” Buck Zumhofe vs. The Black Dragon w/ JR Foley Plowboy Frazier vs. “Sweet Brown Sugar” Skip Young Also on the card Bulldog Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler vs. Kelly and Nick Kiniski Marty Jones, Ben Bassarab, and Norvell Austin vs. Jack Victory, Dave Taylor, & Eli the Eliminator The Dream Machine vs. Art Crews Scheduled for 8/9 in Kansas City, Kansas The Following Matches are Qualifying Matches for the Mid American League! Nick Kiniski vs. Norvell Austin Buzz Tyler vs. Kelly Kiniski Ben Bassarab vs. Marty Jones The Dream Machine vs. Bulldog Bob Brown Also on the Card “Rock and Roll” Buck Zumhofe & Lanny Poffo vs. Dave Taylor and Jack Victory Dominick DeNouchi, Spike Huber, and Brett Wayne Sawyer vs. The Black Dragon w/ JR Foley and the Della Sorra Brothers Jimmy Valiant vs. Plowboy Frazier Tickets are still available for both shows, so grab them fast to see history in the making! Commercial Break MAIN EVENT: Bulldog Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler defeat the Bob and Gino Della Sorra in 12 minutes when Bulldog pins Bob with a Legdrop. Mostly domination from Brown and Tyler though the Della Sorra Brothers got some good offense in here and there. Brown and Tyler seemed to be trying to one up each other to try to prove a point. The show ends with them jaw jacking a bit at each other.

(Sorry for the not great format yet, have had computer problems all day and just wanted to make sure to get this up and not fall too far behind) UWF/CSW Television Debut, August 4th 1985. Pre-Recorded on July 28th Hosted by Larry Matysik and Gene Kininski Larry Matysik: Central States Wrestling is Back on the Air! Hello everyone watching at home in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and parts of Illinois and Indiana! After 6 months, we are proud to debut the new and improved Central States Wrestling, brought to you by the Universal Wrestling Federation. There has been lots of changes around here in recent months, and to help familiarize you with the direction we are going to be going, we are happy to bring to you one of the voices of the UWF, Mr Jim Ross Jim Ross: It sure is good to be here Larry, and thank you for having me, and it’s great to officially welcome you in person to the UWF. Let me just say that many folks down south are happy to have ya! Larry Matysik: And we sure are happy to be a part Jim. Now, as you have been around it for a lot longer then I have, can you help familiarize the folks at home with what switching to the UWF means to them. Jim: Well it means a bit of a new title structure for one thing. Now the main UWF titles are in a bit of flux, as the UWF World, Tag Team, and Six Man Tag titles are all being defended tomorrow night at CCW Beach Brawl down in Tampa Florida, which is a gigantic card. UWF World Champion Austin Idol defends his title against Jerry Lawler, The UWF World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors, and they are 2 bad men Larry, are putting the belts on the line against the House of Humperdink, and the UWF World Six Man Tag Champions the Stud Stable are putting the belts on the line as well. Whoever wins will, I’m sure, have to making some title defenses against the best of your boys sometime soon, and we are greatly looking forward to the action Larry: Thanks for coming up here Jim, and thank you for the welcome to the UWF! Commercial Break Match: Debuting British Import Marty Jones defeats Frankie Lane in 7 minutes of hard hitting action after a Belly to Belly Piledriver. Marty Jones was hyped up extensively by Matysik, stating how it’s common belief he’s one of the very best British wrestlers alive, and Jones does little to put that in question, with one of the best technical and hardest hitting displays the Central States crowd has seen in some time. Jones checked on Lane at the end of the match, and shook Lanes hand, with Matysik complimenting Jones sportsmanship and fair play. After the match, Matysik and Kiniski hype up how Central States plans to determine the First UWF Central States Champion with there upcoming UWF Central States Mid American League. They go over the rules, as follows Larry Matsyik: And that’s why we here at Central States are proud to announce the UWF Central States Mid American League! We here at Central States believe in going to great lengths to determine who should be the right man to carry us into this new period of promise, and we have came up with this league. Here is how it’s all going to work. We are going to be all around Missouri and Kansas for the month of August, and those shows will be centered around Mid American League matches. This upcoming week, we will be in Topeka on Monday, and Kansas City on Wednesday. Each of those shows will have 4 qualifying matches, with no time limit! Whoever wins those matches will be qualified to take part in the Mid American League. And after a couple more matches tonight, we should have the list of matches for each of those big shows! Match: The Black Dragon (Magic Dragon) w/ JR Foley defeats Art Crews by Countout in about 10 minutes. Another showcase for a foreign talent, Black Dragon was brought out to the ring by one JR Foley, who proceeded to take some cheat shots on the more established Crews over the course of the match. Dragon is a small guy, but has some good strikes that some submission attacks of note. Crews made a nice comeback, but after Foley tried to get involved again, Crews went to ring side to try to take him out, only for Dragon to hit a brutal looking sliding kick through the bottom ropes that took Crews out. The 10 count was pretty academic after that. Foley then heads down to Matysik and Kininski, and starts ranting to the fans. JR Foley: Did you see what my man just did to one of your boys Kansas City! He just took out one of your hometown favorites like it was nothing at all! Because he is one of the best in the world, and this is what he does! And let me tell you something Matysik, and you too Kininski. If those in charge of Central States Wrestling have any ounce of honor, they will recognize that my man the Black Dragon just beat a former NWA Television Champion! And I know for a fact that they had plans to put Crews right in the center of the that Mid American League. Well, if my man can beat Crews, you better come out here and tell me right now why the Black Dragon can’t be your first UWF Central States Champion! And if he’s not in that League, I will tell you right now I will make it my personal mission to make everyone in this companies life a living hell! Commercial Break After commercial break, Larry Matysik is joined by former Central States Heavyweight Champion Buzz Tyler! Tyler: Oh, it’s good to be home! And it’s good to be going for some gold Larry! You see, when I heard Central States was back and chugging, there was no way I wasn’t going to come back and re-establish that this my time to stand out. And you better believe that pretty soon, Buzz Tyler is gonna be holding UWF Gold around my waist! Before Matysik can interject with more, he is interrupt by the legendary Bulldog Bob Brown. Brown: Oh Tyler, I think you’d have learned by now. Any time the Central States Heavyweight Championship is going to be on the line, you are gonna have to go through me. And everyone here, especially the great people here in Kansas City, knows that there is no force of man that is going to stop me! There is a brief stare down, before Matysik interjects Matysik: It is worth noting, as well as you both being included in the field of the Mid American League, you have both put yourself together into the running for the Central States Tag Team Titles. And on top of that, you guys are teaming in the Main Event tonight against the Della Sorra Brothers. It might be wise for you Gentlemen to calm down. Tyler and Brown continue their tense stair off, before Tyler smiles, and retaking the mic. Tyler: Oh Larry, you should know how me and Bulldog work. I’ll knock him out whenever we get in the ring for that title, but we’ll knock out anyone out on the way to that belt. And Della Sorra boys, I got nothing against you guys. I heard you’ve done some good work up there in Canada. But you are out of your league tonight boys. We are the foundation of Central States, and we are going to be for a long long time! MATCH: Lanny Poffo defeats Spike Huber w/ Dick the Bruiser with a School Boy rollup in 6 minutes. Poffo seemed to have a bit of an ego about him, and when he was controlling Spike, he was taunting Spikes Father in Law, Dick the Bruiser at ringside. Huber took control and was looking to be in good shape before Poffo pulled out the rollup, and looked to have a hand full of tights as well. Commercial Break MATCH: “Sweet Brown Sugar” Skip Young defeats Dave Taylor in 9 minutes via Pinfall after a 2nd Rope Dropkick. Both of these guys were not very well known in this area, but both put on a pretty solid match that was easy to get behind. Taylor is another one of those British imports, and works a pretty hard hitting style, but doesn’t have Jones sense of fair play. Young worked some good control into this, and hit a sharp 2nd rope dropkick on the jaw to score the duke. Larry Matysik excitedly says they have finally revealed to him the qualifying matches for the Mid American League, and they are as follows. Scheduled for August 7th in Topeka Kansas The Following Matches are Qualifying Matches for the Mid American League! “Handsome” Jimmy Valiant vs. Lanny Poffo Gary Royal vs. Tiger Conway Jr. “Rock and Roll” Buck Zumhofe vs. The Black Dragon w/ JR Foley Plowboy Frazier vs. “Sweet Brown Sugar” Skip Young Also on the card Bulldog Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler vs. Kelly and Nick Kiniski Marty Jones, Ben Bassarab, and Norvell Austin vs. Jack Victory, Dave Taylor, & Eli the Eliminator The Dream Machine vs. Art Crews Scheduled for 8/9 in Kansas City, Kansas The Following Matches are Qualifying Matches for the Mid American League Nick Kiniski vs. Norvell Austin Buzz Tyler vs. Kelly Kiniski Ben Bassarab vs. Marty Jones The Dream Machine vs. Bulldog Bob Brown Also on the Card “Rock and Roll” Buck Zumhofe & Lanny Poffo vs. Dave Taylor and Jack Victory Dominick DeNouchi, Spike Huber, and Brett Wayne Sawyer vs. The Black Dragon w/ JR Foley and the Della Sorra Brothers Jimmy Valiant vs. Plowboy Frazier Tickets are still available for both shows, so grab them fast to see history in the making! Commercial Break MAIN EVENT: Bulldog Bob Brown & Buzz Tyler defeat the Bob and Gino Della Sorra in 12 minutes when Bulldog pins Bob with a Legdrop. Mostly domination from Brown and Tyler though the Della Sorra Brothers got some good offense in here and there. Brown and Tyler seemed to be trying to one up each other to try to prove a point. The show ends with them jaw jacking a bit at each other.

I'd certainly say CCW is right up there in reguards to being the most unpredictable promotion going, and every show feels like it would be a must watch event. Never know what your gonna get with a CCW show, you just know it's gonna be a lot of fun. Great booking.

Central States would like to add George and Shunji Takano.

I will go ahead and say I plan to be using Dick the Bruiser and Gene Kiniski for Central States if everyone is down with it.

The UWF has graciously agreed to give Sweet Brown Sugar, Lanny Poffo, Brett Wayne Sawyer, Spike Huber, Plowboy Frazier, and Norvell Austin to help get Central States up and running.

Which will gladly welcome him back.

Central States Wrestling Owner: Bob Geigel Announcer: Larry Matysik Personality: Dick the Bruiser & Gene Kiniski Roster 1. Art Crews 2. Ben Bassarab 3: Buck Zumhofe 4. Buzz Tyler 5. Dave Taylor 6. Gary Royal 7. Kelly Kiniski 8. Nick Kiniski 9. Tiger Conway Jr. 10. Marty Jones 11. Magic Dragon 12. Frankie Laine 13. John Richmond 14. Bob Della Sorra 15. Gino Della Sorra 16. Denis Goulet 17. Tito Sansa 18. Norvell Austin 19. Dominick DeNouchi 20. Mr Saito (Prison) 21. "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young 22. Lanny Poffo 23. Spike Huber 24. Brett Wayne Sawyer 25. Plowboy Frazier 26. JR Foley.(Manager) 27. Jimmy Valiant 28. "Dream Machine" Troy Graham 29. Bulldog Bob Brown. 30. Jack Victory 31. The Cobra 32. Shunji Takano

I'm obviously biased as a small time company at this point, and my voice shouldnt be given much stock until I start producing shows, but I think the xonsensus makes a lot of sense here. The Freelancer idea is a very good one, but the R&R Express and maybe even Lawler don't fall completely into it. I also like the idea of the R&R's potentially being split up. It's a real interesting idea to think of just how far a singles Ricky Morton run in 86 could go.

Ha, glad to help. I will admit I asked if he would be signable for me since he was an 85 debut. Hard to not want a franchise cornerstone. But, if nothing else, he pushes some other guys closer to my spot.

So, just wanted to put this on record, but Leon White/Vader actually made his debut in 1985, so since h wasn't included in last years, he should certainly be involved in this years draft https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=132&page=4&year=1985&promotion=41

Hey everybody! I do indeed hope to be joining the game, and as said, I'm trying to build a roster now. So far you guys had some jobbers I was hoping to be able to use on my main roster. Here are the ones I would like to request at the moment, though I have no problem you guys continuing to employ them. I'm going to be playing as Central States, which I imagine being on the brink of destruction, so my entire goal here is a company just trying to stay alive, so my guys jobbing in your spots makes sense to me. Official Requests MACW: Gary Royal, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Sags UWF: Art Crews, Norvell Austin, Nick Kiniski, Kelly Kiniski. That's all for now, and hopefully my only requests.

??? Sorry about that! Was reading through this, put my phone in my pocket, and it quoted and posted in my pocket, 2nd tim this week it happens too.

I was expecting this to be a defense of this match, so I got a good laugh out of that one, cheers Johnny.

This entire show was a comedy, we just didn't know it till the punchline.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I mean, this is venturing into one of those train wrecks you watch just because, who the fuck thought this was a good idea territory.

Seriously, sleep would be great. Take me off this train wreck, That poor Singh brother died and still nobody gives a shit.

The Singh Brothers basically exist to take stupid as shit bumps at this point, eh?

That's why they're the lucky ones. Haha, they paid to not have to watch this. Lucky bastards. It's impressive this might manage to be the worst Punjabi Prison match. When you can't match the levels of Great Khali? That's really something.

Wow, that entire advantage Mahal got from escaping early sure helped him tons there.

I wish I could upvote. We all could be watching Tully/Magnum right now and talking about that.