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Impressive win for Goto to start the show. What a contrast of styles match between Los Infernales and the Hillbillies. So outrageous on paper but one of those types of matches you would just have to see. Lance and Savoldi is a fun match with Lance pulling out the claw! For some reason I knew this match with Bart would get Jacques back on track and it sure did. Armand beats Bruce. I like this Rougeau/Hart rivalry going. Wow, what a crazy turn of events in the main event. Embry blasting Jimmy and Jacques costing Kernodle the title. Great title run for Kernodle but I guess it had to end sometime. The good news is, we get to see a Garvin/Embry feud (Which should be a blast) and rekindled the Jacques/Kernodle feud. Summer Spectacular really delivered.

I agree with Edger, love the show and easy to follow. Nice opener and strong finish as the Japanese team gets the win. Tiger Chung Lee gets a solid win over Graham with a classic heel tactic. PYT's literally get a huge win over the Zambuie Express. So far Summer Gold has been a lot of fun. The Heavenly Bodies/Lightning Express match should be an exciting one. Cant wait for the Gauntlet Match and find out who will be crowned Champion.

Good TV wins for Boyd/Crusher, Caribbean Express and Los Mercenarios. We hear from the Starrs and Medicos as well. Just shows how stacked your tag division is. Leduc and Tamba added for Sept. 20th, YES! Sounds like Owen wants no more of Santana after the 20th even threatening to get lawyers involved. Looks like TNT has gotten a lot of good buzz during his suspension and rightfully so after that AWA Title match with Steamboat. Of course the highlight for me was Chicky and Riddle shaking hands in the ring. What a visual! Fun seeing the Starrs briefly getting support only for Chicky to turn that around in a matter of seconds LOL.

Very smart move on Dibiase's part to have Destruction Inc watch his back especially with JYD and Dr. Death gunning for him. Yea, Grizzly Boone is on fire and now he's found some allies. Wright better watch out! Good wins for US Express and Ice Man. I'm still a little worried about Ice Man's upcoming match with Nikita. Doom could be big trouble for Akbar's men. Great ending with Slater swinging around a nightstick! Looks like Bubba felt the wrath.

Wild way to start the show and keep that feud hot. Battens both score singles wins over Boyd and Crusher. I wonder what's going to happen next time they square off in a tag match. Fun 6 man and a strong baby face win. Owen retains in a hard fought match with Invader 2. Nice run in by Santana as these two cant stay away from each other. Great finish to the main event as Colon pulls one over on Chicky's Mercenarios. LOL, even when Chicky comes up short he's still showered with garbage. Rough night for Starr Corporation.

Cant wait for RnR vs. The Fab Ones. Magnum/Nikita is ready to explode! Armstrong and Jarrett continue to impress as a team. Boone is a man on a mission and I don't think he's going to stop until he puts Wright down for good. Fantastic ending as Landell finally gets some payback on Baby Doll. With that and the coaching by Brisco, Landell has a good shot at taking Luger's title. Looking forward to Music City Mayhem. Mid Atlantic will get a chance to showcase it's product this Sunday in Nashville.

The Guerreros are really on a roll. Must of been a sweet win for Adams when he super kicked Adnan. Pillman and Douglas get a big win over the Bullies. I could watch Garvin and Burke brawl night after night. Piper and Orton retain in an intriguing match with Black Irish. Slaughter's men get a satisfying win. Zenk has been built up so well and now gets a well deserved world title match with Steamboat. Zenk really made the most of this and Steamboat makes the match gold. I'm hoping for more. Steamboat is such a versatile champ, a promoter's ideal champ. He can make anybody look good and still be a strong champion.

Yea I'm in. I grew up with PWI, so this sounds pretty cool.

Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling News One thing about the world of wrestling is promoters must adjust and adapt with constant changes. The Crockett's sure know how to do that. Tom Prichard left last month on good terms. The Crockett's thought he got over well as TV champion and loved his chemistry with Rock Riddle. He wanted to go out on a high note and venture back into tag team wrestling. Portland gave him the opportunity and he took it. King Kong Bundy asked to be released. He was really disappointed that they split him and JJ Dillon up as he felt the 10,000 dollar challenge angle really got them over. Even though he was in the middle of a hot feud with Bad News Brown, Bundy was still depressed and vocal about this, so the Crockett's granted his release. Stampede Rush has also departed. They enjoyed their brief run in MACW but wanted to be a heel team. The Crockett's felt they had enough heel teams already and wanted to have Stampede Rush be a hard hitting baby face team. In the end, both sides parted on good terms. Jimmy Valiant ended his run. This had been the plan as Valiant was brought in to continue his feud with Paul Jones and help get Rip Oliver over as a baby face. A new tag team called High Octane will soon debut as a replacement for Hot Property. The Crockett's couldn't be more pleased with manager Rock Riddle and how he's really gotten over. They have high expectations on what he can do with National Champ Arthur W. Crews. Tony St. Clair has been paired with JJ Dillon. The Crockett's have full faith that JJ can pull this off and elevate St. Clair to main event level here in the States. The Awesome Twosome have won the US tag team championships. The Crockett's are hoping for a long term reign and feel they can main event in a lot of arenas. Get ready because Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer are heading for a big time feud! The Crockett's have praised Paul Orndorff and his Mid Atlantic title run. Orndorff has drawn huge gates on the cards he's main evented. His feud with Tiger Jeet Singh has sold out numerous venues. United States Champ Ted Dibiase has been a huge draw as well, not only at the live gates but when he appears on TV, the ratings surge. His Million Dollar Man gimmick has drawn tremendous heat in the Mid Atlantic region. The Crockett's are lining up top names to face him. He will headline against Jimmy Snuka through the Summer. Also a match has been signed between him and the legendary Mil Mascaras on September 27th. Finally, the NWA have huge plans for Starrcade and the seeds will be planted this Fall. Rumor of a Battle Bowl event is being talked about to help set up Starrcade. The Crockett's are planning a mega main event for their portion of Starrcade. Supposedly, this is going to be the biggest main event in MACW history. Stay tuned!

Like Sharpe, I'm glad you noticed the house show roll Casey has been on. I have a little something planned for him down the road.

I really did have a lot of fun with that

MACW @ The Scope, Norfolk VA, 8-10-86 Tony 'Simply the Best' St. Clair w/JJ Dillon vs. Vinnie Valentino Tony comes out with a jacket that says 'Simply the Best' on the back. Tony has Vinnie in an arm bar, then kicks his chest. Tony does a cartwheel and hits Vinnie with a heels first drop kick. Tony showboats as the crowd boos but JJ is loving it. Tony swings Vinnie to the ropes and hits Vinnie in the mid section with a lunging headbutt. Tony follows with double underhook floating bridging suplex (He calls this the St. Clair Plex) for the pin! JJ wipes the sweat of Tony's face with a towel, then raises his arm to the booing crowd. Fabulous Blondes w/Rock Riddle vs. The Renegade Warriors Chris body slams Timbs and gets up on the 2nd turnbuckle. Timbs staggers up and Chris nails him with a flying back elbow. Chris puts Timbs in a full nelson and Mark tags in. Mark gets on the top turnbuckle and comes down with a tomahawk chop. Mark suplexes Timbs and covers 1..2..Wells drops a knee. Chris runs in, but the Ref stops him. Wells drops another knee on Mark. Timbs rolls over and tags in Wells. Wells swings Mark to the ropes and drops him with a hard fist. Wells applies a neck crank on Mark and wrenches it. Wells tags in Timbs, they swing Mark to the ropes and put him down with a double shoulder block. Timbs hops on the 2nd turnbuckle and comes down with a knee drop 1..2..Chris breaks it. Wells runs in but Chris drop kicks him back. Chris goes back to his corner. Timbs swings Mark to the ropes and bends down but Mark kicks him, dives over and tags in Chris. Chris chops away on Timbs, swings him to the ropes and hits a high knee. Wells charges in and gets back dropped. Chris tags in Mark. They swing Timbs to the ropes and hit a double boot to the face. The Ref is guiding Wells back and Riddle gets on the apron and distracts the Ref. Mark runs over and grabs Riddle by his collar. Timbs low blows Chris and hurls him out of the ring. Wells and Timbs, swing off the ropes and hit Mark with knees to the back. They grab Mark and hit the Double Front Facelock Drop 1..2..3! Riddle takes a deep breath, straightens his collar and raises the Fabulous Blondes arms to the booing crowd. Corporal Kirchner and The Great Gama vs. Canadian International Champ Don 'The Pride of' Kernodle and 'Professor' Brad Rheingans The fans are hopping as Gama and Brad fight in one corner while Kernodle and Kirchner go at it in the other. Kirchner and Gama Irish whip Kernodle and Rheingans into each other then follow with back suplexes. The Ref gets control. Gama hits an inverted atomic drop on Brad and puts him down with a clubbing forearm smash. Gama tags in Kirchner. Kirchner swings Brad into the turnbuckles, Brad staggers forward and gets back dropped. Kirchner hits a vertical suplex, followed by a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kernodle comes in and rakes the eyes. Brad finally makes the tag. Kernodle smiles as he drops several knees and starts choking Kirchner. Kernodle drags Kirchner to the ropes and chokes him on the 2nd rope. Kirchner is hanging on the ropes. Kernodle swings off the ropes and hits a flying guillotine to the back of Kirchner. Kernodle picks Kirchner up, kicks him in the gut and gut wrench suplexes him over. The arrogant Kernodle doesn't cover and taunts the fans. Kernodle goes back to Kirchner but Kirchner hits Kernodle in the mid section. The fans cheer as Kirchner starts unloading, then winds up and knocks Kernodle back with roundhouse right. Kernodle tags Brad the same time Kirchner tags in Gama. These two have a furious exchange in the center of the ring. Brad gets the upper hand and swings Gama to the turnbuckles and charges in but Gama runs forward and puts Brad down with a running knee. Gama executes a backbreaker on Brad and the crowd explodes when he applies the Boston Crab! Kernodle runs in and gives Gama a boot to the face. Kirchner runs in and blasts Kernodle. Kirchner hoists Kernodle up and hits the Fallaway Slam! The Ref guides him back. Brad rakes the eyes of Gama. Brad swings Gama to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Gama sunset flips over 1..2..3!! The crowd pops! The Ref is raising Gama's arm when Brad tries a sneak attack but Gama back drops him and sends him through the ropes with a running high knee. Kirchner raises Gama's arm as Kernodle is still on his back. Loser Leaves Mid Atlantic 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson vs. The Flame w/The Assassin The crowd cheers as DJ comes down the aisle, slapping hands. All of the sudden he's nailed from behind by The Flame! The Flame and Assassin are double teaming him on the aisle. DJ elbows The Flame then puts The Assassin down with a running forearm blast. DJ body slams The Flame on the concrete. DJ heads towards The Assassin. The fans come unglued as DJ is trying to take the mask off of The Assassin! The Flame is on his knees and loads a foreign object into his mask. DJ almost has The Assassin's mask off when WHAM! The Flame nails him with a loaded headbutt from behind! The Ref is trying to get control but The Flame pushes him down. Flame helps The Assassin with his mask. The Assassin pulls something out. The Flame picks DJ up and holds him, then lets him go as The Assassin throws a fireball in his face! DJ is on the ground, holding his face and rolling over in pain. Security, Officials and Medics run out to help. The fans are merciless with boos and garbage as The Assassin and Flame head up the aisle. The match never officially started. It takes awhile for the medics to treat DJ and help him out of there. The fans cheer for DJ as he's stretchered up the aisle with his face covered. Polynesian Power vs. The Assassins The Assassin has been banned for the rest of the night so he's not with his team. Polynesian Power have a score to settle from that TV beatdown the Assassins gave them. Polynesian Power hit the ring and unload! They swing Cobra to the ropes and hit a double flying headbutt. Tui hits a backbreaker on Kazuo and holds him while Sakalia comes off the 2nd rope with a knee to the chest. The Ref gets control. Tui puts Cobra in an arm twist, swings him into the turnbuckles and follows with a running clothesline. Tui tags in Sakalia. They body slam Cobra, swing off the ropes and come down with a double headbutt. Sakalia swings off the ropes with a jumping knee drop 1..2..Kazuo kicks the head. Tui runs in but is guided back by the Ref. Sakalia staggers up and Kazuo puts him down with a spin kick. Cobra tags in Kazuo. Kazuo goes to town with kicks. Kazuo swings Sakalia to the ropes, kicks the mid section and follows with a snap suplex. Kazuo drops several knees and tags in Cobra. They hit a double rib breaker. Cobra body slams Sakalia and goes to the top. Cobra crashes down with a Senton! 1..2..Tui drops an elbow. Kazuo comes in but the Ref guides him back. Tui body slams Cobra then heads back to his corner. Sakalia crawls over and tags in Tui as the crowd explodes. Tui body slams Cobra. Kazuo runs in and gets scoop slammed. Tui swings Cobra to the ropes and takes him down with a clothesline. Tui swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kazuo with a kick. Sakalia puts Kazuo back with a forearm blast and they start fighting in the corner. All four are going at it and end up on the outside. They brawl around the ring as the Ref hits the 10 count and signals for the bell. A Double Countout. The bell keeps ringing but the teams keep fighting! NWA National Title Bout 'Blonde Bomber' Arthur W. Crews (C) w/Rock Riddle vs. Sweet Brown Sugar Back and forth match. Sugar hits his hip tosses and dropkicks. At one point Sugar hit a leg scissors takeover and worked Crews over with a scissor lock. Crews changed the momentum with a discuss clothesline. He swung Sugar to the turnbuckles and followed with a charging knee, then worked Sugar over with several knees to the mid section. Crews monkey flipped Sugar over and really showboated for the crowd as Riddle cheered him on. At the 20 minute mark, Crews works over Sugar with a headlock and punches on the head. The crowd cheers as Sugar gets out of it with a back suplex. The crowd pumps Sugar up as he unloads on Crews. Sugar swings Crews to the ropes and back drops him, then hops up on the 2nd turnbuckle. Crews staggers up and gets nailed with a flying forearm. Crews falls back and rolls out of the ring. Riddle comforts him. Sugar comes over and grabs Crews's head and pulls him up on the apron. Sugar hoists Crews up for a vertical suplex but Riddle reaches in and trips Sugar. Crews falls on top 1..2..(Riddle holds Sugar's foot)..3! The fans boo. Riddle grabs the National Title as Crews rolls out of the ring. Riddle holds Crews arm up, as Crews holds up the National title with his other arm and smiles. Mid Atlantic Title Bout 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff (C) vs. Tiger Jeet Singh Singh storms the ring with his sword and starts swinging as the announcer and Ref run out of there. As soon as the Ref saw Orndorff coming down the aisle he said the heck with it and signaled for the bell. Singh runs out and swings his sword at Orndorff but Orndorff ducks and hammers away on Singh as the crowd goes wild. Orndorff grabs Singh by his hair and throws him against the guard railing. Orndorff picks up Singh in a body slam position and rams his back into the steel post! Singh screams in pain. The Ref is letting them go. Singh slides over, Orndorff charges but Singh is able to back drop him over on the concrete! Both men are favoring their backs. Singh slowly gets up. Orndorff staggers up and Singh puts him down with a clothesline. Singh spends some time to regroup. He grabs Orndorff and slams his head on the apron. Singh goes and gets his sword, comes back and charges Orndorff but Orndorff back drops him into the ring. The sword falls onto the apron. Orndorff slowly rolls into the ring. Singh gets up but Orndorff puts him down with a bionic elbow. Singh gets up and takes a wild swing at Orndorff but Orndorff ducks and Atomic Drops Singh. Singh bounces up and Orndorff puts him down with a high knee to the back. The crowd roars as Orndorff pumps his fists. Orndorff grabs Singh and swings him to the turnbuckles and charges in but Singh lifts his knee and nails Orndorff. Once again both men are trying to regroup. Singh rakes the eyes then picks up Orndorff and drops him on the top rope. Orndorff snaps back and down. Singh grabs the top rope and drops several knees then chokes Orndorff with his boot and chokes Orndorff on the ropes. Singh swings Orndorff to the ropes and clamps on the sleeper! Orndorff fights it and the momentum carries both men through the ropes and on the ground. Singh staggers up and sees his sword. He goes to get it. Orndorff rises. Singh swings the sword but Orndorff ducks, kicks Singh in the gut, grabs his wrist and short arm clotheslines him down. Orndorff grabs the sword. The crowd roars as he holds it up. Orndorff whacks Singh on the back with the sword! Then he shows no mercy and just unloads on Singh with the sword. The Ref signals for the bell and Disqualifies Orndorff. Orndorff doesn't care as he continues to beat Singh with his sword. Orndorff throws the sword and hurls Singh into the ring. The look of pain on Singh's face says it all. The crowd roars as Orndorff gives the signal. Orndorff hoists Singh up and piledrives him down! The crowd is on their feet cheering as Orndorff wipes the sweat off his forehead and throws it down on Singh.

Gilbert retains against Street but looks like a mixed tag match might be coming soon. Fun 8 man elimination tag with Muta standing tall in the end. Cool seeing Muta's rise in the States. Mr. Olympia gets some sweet revenge. Killer Bees have a strong debut beating the Super Destroyers. Looking forward to the Bees run here in WCCW. Jimmy Valiant as Saturday was brilliant. Valiant teaming with Rhodes against the Headhunters should be a blast. Wild bunkhouse match as Funk starts his revenge tour but Dr. D plays spoiler. A brawling double countout is about right for the Road Warriors-Brody/Hansen match and Precious Paul gets the titles back. Great main event as Kerry gets another successful title defense over the always tough Dory Funk Jr.

LOL, I noticed you liked the Sharpe wins in the past, so that TV title match was strictly for you Gordy!

MACW @ The Memorial Auditorium, Greenville SC 8-9-86 'Cowboy' Scott Casey vs. Terry Gibbs Gibbs works over Casey with some hard fists and body slams. Gibbs swings Casey to the ropes and bends down, Casey leap frogs over, swings back and drop kicks Gibbs. Casey swings Gibbs to the turnbuckles, clamps on a headlock and hits the Running Bulldog for the pin! The Southern Ramblers w/Paul Jones vs. Keith and Roger Smith Pure showcase for the Ramblers. Ramblers swing Roger to the ropes, nail him with a double kick to the gut and follow with a double suplex. Later, Rose has Keith up for a body slam in the corner, Rich grabs Keith's head and they slam him on the top rope. Ramblers hurl Roger out of the ring. They double body slam Keith. Rose and Rich hop up on opposite turnbuckles and hit the double fist drop for the pin! Jones runs in and raises the Rambler's arms to the chorus of boos. Bad News Brown vs. Chick Donovan Poor Donovan. Bad News shows no mercy as he just pummels Donovan. Bad News body slams Donovan and drops several knee drops. Bad News swings Donovan hard into the turnbuckles. Donovan staggers back and Brown nails him with the Ghetto Blaster for the pin! Bad News raises his fist and exits the ring. 'Maniac' Mark Lewin vs. Bull Gantner It's announced that due to injuries suffered at the hands of the Caspian Empire, Bull Gantner will not be able to compete tonight. However, there will be a substitution. Lewin is storming around the ring with a demonic look. The announcer announces that Bull Gantner's sub will be...The Missing Link! 'Maniac' Mark Lewin vs. The Missing Link The crowd roars as the bell rings and these two just start brawling! Of course they fight through the ropes and all around the ring. The Ref doesn't want to get between them. Lewin slams Link's head on a table and grabs a wooden chair. Lewin heads towards Link but Link kicks Lewin and grabs the chair. Link starts hitting his own head with the chair! Link then busts the chair over Lewin's head. The Ref signals for the Disqualification! The bell rings several times. Officials and security run out to back Link up. Lewin is still on the ground with broken pieces of the chair across him. Caspian Empire vs. The Southern Boys Southern Boys start with some fire. Armstrong leapfrogs over Smirnoff, monkey flips him, follows with a drop kick, then goes to the top rope and hits a flying clothesline 1..2..Sheik stomps on the head. Armstrong tags in Smothers, they get Smirnoff in a double arm bar twist then double chop him down. Smothers gets on the 2nd turnbuckle, Smirnoff staggers up and Smothers hits a flying press 1..2..Sheik with the save. Armstrong drop kicks Sheik back to his corner. The Ref is trying to guide Armstrong back. While he does that, Sheik runs over and executes a belly to belly suplex on Smothers. Sheik goes to his corner and loads his boot, then sticks it out. Smirnoff rams Smother's head on the boot and tags in Sheik. Sheik gut wrench suplexes Smothers then stomps away. Sheik picks Smothers up and heads for the turnbuckles. Sheik puts his boot on the turnbuckle and rams Smother's head on it. Sheik body slams Smothers and tags in Smirnoff. Smirnoff continues the assault. Smirnoff body slams Smothers, swings of the ropes and drops a knee 1..2..Armstrong gets the save. Sheik comes in and gets back dropped by Armstrong. Armstrong scoop slams Smirnoff and goes back to his corner and gets the crowd going for Smothers. Smirnoff whips Smothers to the corner and charges in but Smothers nails him with a Savate kick, then tags in Armstrong! Armstrong goes to town with drop kicks on Smirnoff and Sheik. Smothers regroups and gets in there. All four men are fighting. Southern Boys swing Caspian Empire towards each other but the Ref gets sandwiched in and goes down. Southern Boys double clothesline Sheik over the top rope. Smothers hoists Smirnoff up and Armstrong hits a drop kick from the top turnbuckle! Smothers covers but the Ref is still out. The fans boo as The Southern Ramblers hit the ring! They pound away on the Southern Boys. They double suplex Smothers, then execute a double snake eyes on Armstrong, then leave the ring. The Ref slowly gets up as Smirnoff hurls Smothers out of the ring. Smirnoff hits Armstrong with a backbreaker and tags in Sheik. Sheik applies the Camel Clutch! The Ref sees Armstrong is already out and signals for the bell. The fans boo as Sheik spits on Armstrong and flexes for the crowd while Smirnoff gets their flags to celebrate. TV Title Bout 'Wildfire' Tommy Rich (C) vs. Iron Mike Sharpe After a string of house show victories followed by a win on television, Sharpe is given a golden opportunity tonight. Sharpe makes the most of it as he takes it to a battered Tommy Rich. Sharpe works over Rich with some body slams, clubbing forearms and elbow drops. Rich gets control with a flying elbow smash followed by a vertical suplex. Rich swings off the ropes and comes down with a fistdrop 1..2..Kick out. Sharpe rakes the eyes and takes Rich down with a clothesline. Sharpe hops up on the 2nd turnbuckle and goes for an elbow drop but Rich moves. Rich fires up, swings Sharpe to the ropes and puts him down with a hard right. Rich scoop slams Sharpe, Sharpe staggers up, Rich swings him to the ropes and hits the Thesz Press 1..2..3!! The fans explode as Tommy Rich retains the TV title! 10 Man Tag Team Match US Champ 'Million Dollar Man' Ted Dibiase, US Tag Champs The Awesome Twosome, Rob 'The Stud' Fuller, Blackjack Mulligan w/Paul Jones VS. 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka, Rocky Johnson, Wendell Cooley, 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol, Rip Oliver The bell rings and the rivals charge each other. Snuka chops away at Dibiase. Oliver and Mulligan exchange fists. Idol and Fuller fight in the corner. Cooley and Johnson send Rude and Fernandez through the ropes with drop kicks. Fuller backs up and charges Idol but gets back dropped over the top rope. A running forearm blast by Oliver, sends Mulligan over the ropes. Snuka grabs Dibiase by his head and a jumping headbutt sends Dibiase over the ropes. The fans are on their feet as the baby faces are in the ring pumping their fists. Throughout the match, there were plenty of highlights. Cooley nails Fernandez with a fist from the 2nd turnbuckle, followed with a big hip toss and drop kick. Johnson worked over Rude with rapid fire jabs and scoop slams. Oliver nailed Mulligan with a side suplex then followed with a forearm drop from the top rope. Idol put Fuller down with a high knee and followed with a jumping knee drop. Dibiase bumped all over the place as Snuka worked him over with chops, headbutts and slams. Heels get their heat in as Mulligan eyed raked Oliver and a lariat put him down. Oliver was face in peril for awhile. Rude put Oliver in a full nelson and Fernandez hit a double axe handle from the top rope. Later, Johnson was in trouble as Fuller kicked him in the gut and followed with a vertical suplex slam. Dibiase relished some time with Snuka as he executed a spinebuster and swinging neckbreaker. A tag to Idol put the faces back on track as he was back dropping everybody in sight but a double clothesline from the Awesome Twosome stopped that. Fuller took advantage and hit a Gourbuster on Idol but the pin was broken up which caused an all out brawl. After the Ref regained control, Idol was able to tag in Cooley. Cooley was on fire and was putting everybody down with a super kick. Once again the Awesome Twosome killed the momentum with a double reverse leg sweep on Cooley. Mulligan was tagged in and he ran over and punched Oliver. Oliver charged in but the Ref stopped him which allowed the heels to work over Cooley. Mulligan pounded away on Cooley then tag in Dibiase. Dibiase swings Cooley to the ropes and hit a Hot Shot! Dibiase tagged in Fernandez. Rude stands in front of the turnbuckles. Fernandez gets on his shoulders and crashes down with a knee drop on Cooley 1..2..Broken up by Johnson. Another 10 man brawl ensues. The rivals go at it. Idol and Fuller are in the corner. Oliver lunges at Mulligan which sends them both over the top rope. Snuka hammers away on Dibiase in another corner. Johnson and Rude are fighting. The Ref is trying to get order. He gets distracted when Jones hits Oliver with a cane on the outside. The fans roar as Bad News Brown comes down the aisle! At this time Johnson drop kicks Rude out of the ring. Snuka headbutts Dibiase out of the ring. Bad News runs in the ring and nails Fernandez with the Ghetto Blaster! Bad News quickly exits. Snuka gets up on the top rope. The fans go crazy as he leaps off and crashes down on Fernandez with the Superfly Splash! Snuka gets the Ref's attention. Cooley hoists Fernandez up on his shoulders and hits the Oklahoma Stampede! The fans count along with the Ref 1..2..3!!! Huge Pop! Oliver is being double teamed by Jones and Mulligan. Idol knocks Fuller over the guard rail with a solid right punch. Mulligan and Jones back off when Johnson and Idol head towards them. Rude staggers up and yells threats at Johnson. Dibiase is livid and is yelling and pointing up and Snuka. Snuka smiles and raises Cooley's arm in victory as the crowd cheers.

Good follow up from Easter Extreme. Highwaymen get a strong TV win. Ut Oh, Backlund is starting to get frustrated. Luger and Simmons stir it up with Chavis which almost comes back to bite Luger. Morton and Mero should be a fun program. Fun 6 man tag with all sorts of chaos. Like the Levy/Frazier pairing but doesn't look like Azrael is through with them. Shaw gets the fall on Eaton, setting up their big TV title match. Good way to end the show with a Luger/Sid stare down.

Hot opener as The Caribbean Express get a good shine here. Brad gets a huge singles win over Boyd as their feud continues. What a tag team street fight, involving 2 heated feuds. This time Dutch gets the better of Jaggers, if only for a short time. The Owen/Santana feud once again moves up a notch. Leduc is having a pretty good run here. Awesome main event! Colon and Medicos beat the Starr Corporation and send the fans home extremely happy.

MACW @ WTBS Studios TV Aired 8-9-86 Footage from Wheeling WV is shown of The Awesome Twosome defeating Rocky Johnson and Wendell Cooley for the US Tag Team Titles. Footage from Greensboro is shown of the wild double countout finish in the Dibiase/Snuka US Title Bout Schiavone: Hello again everybody and welcome to another edition of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. With me as always is David Crockett. Well David, new United States tag team champions. Crockett: That's right Tony. The Awesome Twosome end the incredible reign of Rocky Johnson and Wendell Cooley. We will see the new champs in action today. Also in action will be Canadian International Champ Don 'The Pride' of Kernodle, Sweet Brown Sugar, Rip Oliver, The Great Gama, The Southern Boys, Polynesian Power, Mike Sharpe, and our main event will be Bull Gantner taking on the Iron Sheik. I'm sure Alexis Smirnoff will be close by. Schiavone: A great night of action. We will also be hearing from Television Champ, Tommy Rich, Rob Fuller, Paul Jones, Bad News Brown, Rock Riddle and his agency. I understand JJ Dillon will be here today with a major announcement. Fans, before we get to our opening match, we have some pre recorded comments from the United States Champion, the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. A Limo is parked, the chauffer walks around and opens the door and Dibiase walks out. Dibiase: (laughs) Do you peons know what has made me the Million Dollar Man? Wise investments and big returns. I'm here to announce that I have sold the contract of King Kong Bundy-for a vast amount of money, might I add- to another brilliant business man, Skandor Akbar. Ahhhh, the poor get poorer and the Million Dollar Man gets richer. (Laughs) Speaking of wise investments, as you know my clients Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez are now the US tag team champions. Wow! Their stock just went way up! (Laughs) Next item, I hear Bad News Brown has accused me of orchestrating the recent attack on him at the hands of The Awesome Twosome. (smiles and pauses) Of course I did you fool! King Kong Bundy was a huge investment of mine and I had to make sure that investment was protected for my deal with Akbar. I also hear Brown wants a shot at me and my US title. Brown! Just like these minimum wage working stiffs out here, you're going to have to fight and earn your shot. Last item on the agenda is that barefoot idiot Fly. We have unfinished business Fly and the next time we meet for MY United States Title, I'm putting you to sleep with the Million Dollar Dream! (Laughs) Back in the Studio Schiavone: Oh my, I cant believe that blockbuster announcement by the Million Dollar Man. I have to give him credit, he is a shrewd business man and must of made a fortune off of Bundy. It looks like a lot of people are standing in line for a shot at Dibiase and some might get that chance this weekend as he will be involved in a gigantic 10 man tag match. Fans, lets go to the ring. Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Gary Williams Sugar back drops Williams then follows with a flying headscissors. Sugar body slams Williams then gets on the top turnbuckle. Williams staggers up and Sugar hits him with a beautiful Missile dropkick for the pin! Sugar goes out and slaps hands with the fans. Sugar cuts a promo and says he's ecstatic for his shot at the NWA National Title this weekend. He says he's earned this shot and is ready to win that title. Commercial Break Southern Boys vs. Tim Straw and Alex Portman Southern Boys are non stop during this match. They put a double arm bar and twist on Portman then double chop him down. Eventually Straw comes in and Smothers puts him down with a cross chop. Smothers tags in Armstrong (Who goes to the top turnbuckle) Smothers hoists Straw up and Armstrong nails him with a flying drop kick from the top rope to get the pin! Crockett: Man, those Southern Boys are exciting to watch. I'm expecting big things from them. Fans, please welcome out the Television Champion, Tommy 'Wildfire' Rich. Fans explode as Rich comes out with his TV title on his shoulder. Rich still looks a little banged up. Crockett: Tommy, you have had a rough couple weeks. First you suffer a brutal attack at the hands of Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer, then against Doctors orders you went up to Lutte to defend your TV title. That showed a lot of guts Tommy. Rich: You know David, I knew it was only a matter of time before Buzz and I crossed paths again and here we are. Buzz gave me one hell of a beating. Busted my head open and cracked some ribs. I only had a couple days to rest before heading up to Lutte. David, that's what a champion does, he defends his title, no matter what, day in and day out. That's the kind of champion I want to be and that's exactly what I'm going to do. Crockett: This would be the perfect time to announce that Mid Atlantic Wrestling will be heading into Nashville next week for a big card at the Fairgrounds. Nashville is a place you know well and you'll be defending your title that night. Rich: That's right David. I might not be one hundred percent but that don't matter because I still plan on remaining Television champ. As for you Buzz Sawyer! You didn't finish the job son! When your suspension is lifted, I'll be hear waiting for you boy and then you're going to wish you never stepped foot here in Mid Atlantic! Rich leaves as the fans cheer. Crockett: Ok, Television Champ Wildfire Tommy Rich! We'll be back Commercial Break Canadian International Champ Don 'The Pride Of' Kernodle vs. Dave Penson Don gets tremendous heat as he waves his Pride of Kernodle flag (With his face on it) to the crowd. Don snap mares Penson over and nails him with a knee to the back. He keeps his knee on the back and pulls Penson's head back. Kernodle vertical suplexes Penson then hits a reverse Neckbreaker for the pin! The fans boo as Kernodle waves his flag. Kernodle cuts a promo and says his flag has more power and significance than Kirchner's little American Flag because the Pride of Kernodle flag represents two countries. He says he's made history by single handily uniting two countries. He says Kirchner's name will only show up in the history books as loses to Kernodle. The Great Gama vs. Jay Halpern Gama swings Jay into the turnbuckle and hits him with several forearms to the chest. Gama hip tosses Jay and follows with a drop kick. Gama executes a backbreaker then applies the Boston Crab and gets the submission victory! Gama cuts a promo and says he's looking forward to outwrestling Brad Rheingans again. He says Brad is real tough when attacking from behind but not so tough face to face. Commercial Break Polynesian Power vs. Lou Simms and Roger Murphy Polynesian Power double body slam Murphy, swing off the ropes and crash down with a double headbutt. Later on, Simms gets chopped by Sakalia. Sakalia holds his arms while Tui comes off the top rope with a fist to the head. Tui tags in Sakalia. Sakalia hoists Simms up and crashes back with the Samoan Drop and tags in Tui. Tui fly's off the top rope with an elbow drop and gets the pin! Tui and Sakalia bump fists and hug as the fans cheer. The cheers turn to boos as The Assassins storm the ring and nail Polynesian Power from behind! They kick away on Polynesian Power. Cobra hits an inverted piledriver on Tui while Kazuo executes a brainbuster on Sakalia. Cobra gets on the top rope and hits a Senton on Tui. Kazuo drops several knees on Sakalia while Cobra goes to the top turnbuckle. Cobra crashes down with a Senton on Sakalia! The Assassin and Flame guide the Assassins out of the ring while officials run in. They head to the podium. Schiavone: Just what was the meaning of that? Assassin: You see those masks the Assassins are wearing? Those masks represent a tradition in wrestling. The Cobra and Kazuo are living up to that tradition. That was a message, plain and simple. The Assassins are going to destroy any team that stands in their way. Polynesian Power..stay out of our way. Now, as for that punk DJ Peterson. Yea, you pulled off a couple fluke wins against The Flame, big deal. Why don't you put that luck to the test? This weekend, you and The Flame, winner take all, loser leaves Mid Atlantic. (The Flame is nodding his head and sticks a fist up) Let's see if you got the guts, punk. The masked stable leaves. Schiavone: Oh my, pretty big challenge. We'll find DJ Peterson and get his response later on. As for the Assassins, I don't think Polynesian Power is going to let this slide. We'll be back. Commercial Break Mike Sharpe vs. Todd Rooney Sharpe eye gouges and hits Rooney with several hard forearms. Sharpe body slams Rooney, hops up on the 2nd turnbuckle and drops an elbow to get the pin! Sharpe taunts the fans and holds up both arms in victory. Crockett: Impressive win for Mike Sharpe. Fans, with me right now is Bad News Brown. Well Bad News, your assumptions were correct. Dibiase did in fact orchestrate that attack. Brown: Big surprise! The real reason why Fat Bundy is gone is because I ran him out of here! Dibiase! I don't care who you put in my way, it don't matter one bit because it all ends the same for you, me knocking you out with the Ghetto Blaster and taking your pride and title! Dibiase knows he cant hang with me in a fight so he thinks somebody else will do his dirty work. Dibiase! Aint nobody gonna beat me in a fight and that's bad news for them and you! Crockett: I wouldn't want to be Dibiase or anyone he sends after Bad News Brown for that matter. Commercial Break Rip Oliver vs. Bill Richards Paul Jones is at the podium while Oliver is wrestling. Paul is telling Tony Schiavone that Mulligan is going to destroy Oliver in Nashville next week. Oliver swings Richards to the ropes and back drops him. Oliver hops up on the 2nd turnbuckle and hits a flying clothesline to get the pin! The fans cheer as Oliver gets his ring jacket and pulls something out and heads to the podium to confront Jones. Schiavone: Easy gentlemen, easy. Jones: You better go home and get plenty of rest Oliver because you're in for the beating of your life next weekend. Oliver: No doubt about it, next week in Nashville, Mulligan and I are going to fight. But let's see what kind of fighter your man is. Lets see if he can back up all your talk. In my hand, I have a revised contract for that match. Mulligan and myself, inside a steel cage! No interference, one on one, man to man. Jones steps back and is at a lost for words. Oliver: What's the matter Jones, you and Mulligan yellow? Jones: (Red faced with anger) Gimmie that contract! You think we're scared? Then you're a bigger idiot than I thought. And believe me Oliver, you're an idiot. This is a dream come true because now Mulligan can finish you off just like he finished off that dirt bag Jimmy Valiant. Remember him? The guy you really let down. I don't know how you can live with yourself. Jones signs the contract then throws the pen at a smiling Oliver. Jones continues to berate Oliver while Tony is looking over the contract. Schiavone: Wait a minute Paul. Did you read this part of the contract? Jones: What are you talking about? Schiavone: It says here that if Oliver wins the match, he gets 5 minutes in the cage with you. Oliver:(huge smile) See you soon Paul. Jones just about passes out as he lays his head on the podium. Schiavone: (Smiling) Fans, we'll be back Commercial Break Highlights are shown of various fights between Paul Orndorff and Tiger Jeet Singh Crockett: Fans, the rivalry between Orndorff and Singh has really gone to another level. Well, this weekend Mr. Wonderful will once again defend his Mid Atlantic Title against Tiger Jeet Singh. You don't want to miss that one. Trust me. Ok, lets take a look at some footage from Greensboro. Footage from Greensboro is shown of Austin Idol defeating Rob Fuller in a Lights Out Match. Crockett: Fans, with me right now is Rob Fuller. Rob you don't look so well. Fuller: (Bandage on forehead) You know Tony Schiavone, this last week I've been doing a lot of thinking. I figure it's time to really make my mark here in Mid Atlantic. It's time to clean house and get rid of all the no good cheat'n bottom feeders. I will say, Idol, you got the best of old Rob Fuller. (Pauses and puts his cigar in his mouth) Yep, you really got the best of me. Fuller walks off, leaving a puzzled Crockett behind. US Tag Team Champions The Awesome Twosome vs. Carl Hillman and Vic DeMarco The champs storm the ring and hurl Hillman out of there. Fernandez swings DeMarco to the ropes and hits the flying forearm. Rude follows with the Rude Awakening and gets the pin! They hold up their US titles high to the booing crowd and head to the podium. Rude: I want to say right now that The Awesome Twosome are equal opportunity champions. We'll defend against anybody and everybody but make no mistake about it, you come knocking on our door and you're in for a real rude awakening! Tell them Manny. Fernandez: The Awesome Twosome are the champs and we're the talk of the town. Nobody can stop us Daddy! We're what its all about and any team who wants to come along for the ride well get ready to crash Daddy! They put the titles on their shoulders and walk out to boos. Schiavone: Lot of intensity from the new champs. Fans, here with me now is Dynamite DJ Peterson. DJ, you heard the challenge earlier by The Assassin and Flame. Your response? DJ: The Assassin and Flame call me lucky. Luck is when skill meets opportunity. I have the wrestling skill and twice I took the opportunity and won the matches. I'll be more than happy to put my skills to the test again. Assassin! Flame! I accept the challenge! The fans pop as DJ pumps his fists to them. Commercial Break Crockett: Fans, before we to a featured bout, joining me is Rock Riddle and his agency. Riddle walks out in a colorful suit while Crews and the Fabulous Blondes all come out wearing sunglasses and glittered vests. Riddle: Davey Baby has it been a week already? The road just isn't the same without you. So much is happening in the Agency so lets get this party started. This weekend my Fabulous Blondes get right back in contention when they beat those rejects from a bad western movie, the Renegade Divas. (Wells and Timbs laugh and high five) Now, my main man the NWA National Champion, Blonde Bomber Arthur W. Crews (Crews steps forward and polishes his belt for the camera) will be defending his prestigious title against that pesky Sour Brown Sugar. Crews: You know, every since winning this National Title, yours truly has been on a hot streak of success baby. There's no way that second rate chump Sour Sugar is going to beat me. Rock, this title stays in the Agency. After that, Rock and I head to beautiful Puerto Rico for a well deserved vacation. Riddle: Well deserved is right. Oh and Davey Baby, you mentioned a man you said was the true Blonde Bomber. What was his name again? Crockett: (Not amused) Ray Stevens Riddle: (Smiles and pats David on the back) That's it! Ok, I'll do some research and get back to you. But just remember Davey Baby, Arthur W. Crews is the one and only Blonde Bomber. The Agency leaves. Crockett: (pauses) Fans, back to the ring. Bull Gantner vs. The Iron Sheik w/Alexis Smirnoff The Caspian Empire are really taunting the fans and waving their flags. Bull charges the ring. Caspian Empire turns around and Bull double clotheslines them as the bell rings. Bull hurls Smirnoff out of the ring. Bull swings Sheik to the ropes and Gorilla Presses him. He presses Sheik several times then slams him down. The crowd goes wild as Bull is pumped up and flexes. Smirnoff runs in and gives Bull a high knee to the back. The Ref signals for the Disqualification! Smirnoff stomps away and body slams Bull. The fans start chanting Bull! Bull! Bull! Bull starts to get up and fires some shots on Smirnoff but Sheik loads his boot and stomps on Bull. They double team Bull, then Smirnoff goes out and grabs a chair. Smirnoff starts hitting Bull's back with the chair. Smirnoff goes to the top rope while Sheik puts the chair on Bull's back. Smirnoff crashes down with a knee drop on the chair. Sheik stomps on Bull's back then applies the Camel Clutch! Finally other wrestlers from the back hit the ring to stop this madness. Commercial Break Schiavone: Fans, Bull Gantner had to be stretchered out of here. Hopefully we'll get an update on his condition soon. Well fans, before we go, my guest right now is JJ Dillon. JJ it's been a little while. I understand you have a big announcement to make. JJ: Tony Schiavone, for the last few weeks I've been working on signing a new client. And I've done it! Now, this man doesn't need guidance, what this man needs is opportunity and I'm the man who can provide that for him. Tony Schiavone, please welcome out my newest client and prized possession... Tony 'Simply the Best' St. Clair! Schiavone: What! Oh my, you've got to be kidding me. I don't believe this. St. Clair walks out in a custom made suit and smiling. JJ: (Laughs) Believe it Schiavone! Let me take a moment and run down this man's impeccable wrestling resume. This man was the longest reigning British Heavyweight Champion in history. Then he comes here and what does he do? He outwrestles the supreme wrestling machine Billy Robinson. What does he do next? He goes toe to toe with the most brutal man in wrestling, Tiger Jeet Singh. And what does he get? Nothing! Not one time was he offered a title shot. That is outrageous and down right ludicrous. Well, that changes right now. Mr. St. Clair, I promised you opportunity and I got you just that. Next week in Nashville, you get a TV title match with Tommy Rich. St. Clair: (Smiles and shakes JJ's hand) You see Tony Schiavone, that's exactly why I came to Mid Atlantic, to win titles. Mr. Dillon. JJ: Please, call me JJ from now on. St. Clair: I cant thank you enough JJ. You truly are the first man here in Mid Atlantic to show me the proper respect that I deserve. To show my gratitude, I'm going to beat that wanker Tommy Rich and bring us the Television championship. JJ: Mr. St. Clair. St. Clair: (Smiles) Ah, JJ, please, call me Tony or Simply the Best. JJ: (Smiles) I love this guy. They leave to boos. Schiavone: Unbelievable. I still cant believe that. Fans, we'll see you next week.

I really liked the Brito/Charland match as it was 2 local vets squaring off. Brito gets the impressive win. Orndorff retains in a tough match with Goto. Nice win for Los Infernales. Ray Rougeau scores a stunning upset over Gordy. Borne gets a big win over OMG but suffers a double team beatdown. Cant go wrong with Andre in the main event. Maybe Ray needs to have a sit down with Jacques to help him get back on track. Jimmy finally gets what he wants. Very interesting match up between him and Kernodle. Will this be the end of Kernodle's reign??? Jarry Park card looks pretty stacked. Jacques facing old nemeses Black Bart might be exactly what he needs right now.

So great to see the AWA back! I've mentioned this before but Zenk has been on a stellar run in the AWA. Those Sheepherders really left Starr hanging. Chavo pulls off a huge upset over Saito. Nice contest between Blackman and LaFon. Maybe that was a smart move by Rose because Slaughter might of killed him. The Youngbloods/Can Ams feud has been fun and has elevated both teams. The Guerreros have been scoring some surprising singles wins, this time its Hector over Larry Z. Always nice to see Jake win with the DDT. With that win over the former champs, the Sheepherders put themselves in contention. Orton gets a solid defense over Kabuki. I'm enjoying Orton as the American champ. Damn! Harley debuts as Rose's partner! That's huge! Wow! Then Scott Hall comes back in the same match! Those fans in San Fran got their money's worth on that match alone. British Steel and Bullies has been another top notch tag team feud. All that and we get a Steamboat/TNT title main event with interference by Piper. Amazing night of action.

MACW would like to book Stan Hansen on Aug. 16th

Nice job on the house show continuity. Once again Dutch and Jaggers add more heat to their already heated feud. Battens fall but the heels needed this win. Love the tag team wrestlers in solo matches because (like in this match) really keeps the storyline interesting. Wild match with Owen and Invader 1. I laughed when Owen realized Chicky was gone and just took off. Crazy 6 man tag. Man, Chicky's bat was everywhere tonight. Chicky gets the fall and gets a lot of garbage thrown at him. The finish to the main event must of blown the roof off the place! Colon stands strong.

For me, I try to book the venues pretty close to real life at this time, even when I venture out a bit. For example, eventually I'll head out west for a couple loops but I wont book the Oakland Coliseum or Cow Palace, instead I'll book the Kaiser Convention Center and Civic Auditorium.

After that blockbuster deal, it's no wonder why Dibiase has so much money. King Kong Bundy adds even more destruction to Devastation Inc. I like this little program going with Devils Duo, Demon, Atlantis, Royal and Doring. Gives these guys a chance to shine. Landell needs to watch the numbers game messing with Luger. Brisco can keep Ladd away but there's still that sneaky Baby Doll. Nikita comes back with a vengeance! Ice Man better be careful. Wild main event! Dr. Death comes close but Akbar sends his men in. That really was a star studded brawl.

Chicky must have a baseball background because he sure knows how to swing a bat. I like how you use tag team matches to further feuds. I also use this logic quite a bit. Owen and Santana continues to be a gem of a feud. Jaggers gets the best of Dutch in this battle. Battens continue to rise. Loved the 6 man brawl. Starr Corporation get the big win. Awesome main event and how could it not be, with the Abdullah's teaming up against Colon and Leduc. It was as wild as to be expected.