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USWA @ The Cook Convention Center 2-20-86 Harts Afire vs. Two Local Talents The Harts are sporting matching shiny red singlets with yellow flaming hearts. Total showcase. Keith executes a backbreaker and Bruce finishes things off with the Boston Crab. "Bulldog" Mike George vs. "The Lone Wolf" Jesse Barr Another hard hitting fight between these two current rivals. The fight spills out to the floor and Barr puts George down with a belly to belly suplex on the concrete! Barr rolls George back in the ring and gets the pin. Barr isn't done yet as he gets his bullrope and chokes George. Barr picks up George with the bullrope around his neck and flings him over the top rope and hangs him. The Ref tries to intervene but Barr kicks him down. Very graphic scene as Barr continues choking George until several officials come out. George is stretchered out. The Spoiler vs. Super Destroyer w/Paul Jones These guys fight all over the place. Spoiler takes control and hoists Super D up for a suplex but Paul Jones nails Spoiler at the knees with his cane. Spoiler crumbles down with Super D on top 1..2..3! Jones is very happy with himself. Special Challenge Match The Fabulous Ones vs. The Stud Stable Fabs are pretty beaten up from the Stud Stable but demanded a match with them tonight. Stud Stable take advantage of that and control most of the match. Pier six brawl breaks out. Fabs swing the Stud Stable into each other, Keirn grabs Golden's tights and rolls him over 1..2..3! Fabs roll out as the Stud Stable throw a tantrum in the ring. Carlos Colon/ Billy Jack Strong and ??? vs. Kamala,/"Maniac" Mark Lewin and ??? w/Curtis Iaukea WOW! Coming down the aisle with Kamala, Lewin and Iaukea is none other than Kendo Nagasaki! Kendo gets in the ring and swings his kendo stick around. Iaukea has his monsters ready for battle. The fans cheer as Colon and Strong walk out, stop, turn around and wave their partner out. The place erupts as THE STOMPER comes out! They hit the ring and fists are flying! The match never officially starts but they give the fans a wild and insane 10 minute brawl! It takes awhile for things to settle down. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. "The Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller Some bad blood here. After going at it for 20 minutes, Dusty gets control. The fans are on their feet as Dusty punches away on Fuller and puts him down with a bionic elbow. Dusty hops on the middle ropes. Fuller staggers up. Dusty jumps off with a double axehandle but Fuller pulls the Ref and Dusty nails the Ref. Dusty is trying to help the Ref. Fuller sneaks up but Dusty sees him and punches away. RON FULLER and JIMMY GOLDEN hit the ring and attack Dusty. Ron rolls out of the ring, looks under the ring and pulls out a cowbell. The fans go crazy as the FABULOUS ONES hit the ring and take it to the Stud Stable. They knock them to the outside and chase them to the back. Ron gets back in the ring. Dusty slowly staggers up and WHAM! Ron blasts him with the cowbell. Ron covers as the disoriented Ref slowly crawls over and counts 1..2..3! BOOOOOO! For the Mid-America Title "Soul Man" Rocky Johnson vs. "Champagne" Gerry Morrow Jerry Jarrett stands in the ring and holds up the Mid-America title. Morrow arrogantly walks over and compares it with his Billionaire's title. The bell rings and Rocky is all over Morrow. Morrow tries to run out of the ring but Rocky grabs him by his tights and sends him flying with an overhead German suplex. Morrow staggers up and wildly swings but Rocky ducks and atomic drops him into the turnbuckles. Morrow staggers back and Rocky drop kicks him back into the turnbuckles, then rolls him up 1..2..Morrow barely gets his shoulder up. Morrow rolls out of the ring and stumbles around. The Ref reaches 8 but stops when Rocky goes out after him. Morrow kicks Rocky low and swings him into the steel post, then rolls him back into the ring. Morrow goes to the top rope and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Kick Out. Morrow stomps on Johnson and chokes him with his boot, then rakes it across his head. Morrow swings Rocky to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Morrow picks up Johnson and drops him with a Hangman's neckbreaker 1..2..Johnson gets his shoulder up. Morrow berates the Ref. Morrow executes a gut wrench suplex 1..2..Kick Out! The fans start to chant "Rocky" Rocky" Morrow hoists up Rocky and delivers a delayed hanging suplex. Morrow smiles and yells "Get de champagne ready" Morrow slowly goes to the top ropes. Morrow smiles and holds out his arms as the fans boo. Those boos turn to a cheering roar as Rocky gets up, runs over and slams Morrow off the top rope! Morrow is reeling as the fans fire Rocky up. Rocky shakes his fists. Morrow staggers up, Rocky swings him to the ropes and hits a big back drop. Morrow staggers up and Rocky puts him down with a high dropkick 1..2..Morrow gets his foot on the rope. Rocky reaches down but Morrow rakes his eyes. Morrow rakes his eyes again. Morrow swings Rocky into the corner. Morrow smiles and gestures his hands around his waist. Morrow charges in but Johnson sunset flips over him 1..2..3!!!!! The place goes bonkers! Jarrett goes in and presents Johnson with the Mid-America Title. Morrow is arguing with the Ref and Jarrett but they're not really listening. Morrow heads towards Rocky but thinks twice when Rocky raises the title towards him. Morrow gives Rocky a warning point then exits. The fans cheer as Rocky holds up the title. Winner of the Match and new Mid-America Champion- Rocky Johnson

Mad Dog Vachon is back in Lutte! Yea, Terry Daniels better be on his A game. Wow, Apollo really wants a piece of the Sheik. Be careful what you wish for. Speaking of being careful, Kaluha might want to think twice and heal up a bit before going after Leduc.

These 2 loops show just how stacked your roster is. The Armstrong's/Moondog's match would of been a lot of fun to watch. Young Jarrett better be careful messing with Barnes. Bad News and Dory is the type of team that would just slowly dismantle somebody before putting them away. Landel survives Brody...for now. What better way to kick off a show with none other than Mr. Money. Good to see Ron Garvin back in action. I really think Garvin's stiff style fits in so well here. I'm going to keep an eye on the Chicky/Ayala combo. LOL, Embry's playing peacemaker again. Borne better watch his back. The Rich's keep their nuclear heat from the tournament going. Can't wait to see what's next for them. Fujinami quickly gets over with the Southern fans with a decisive win over Khan.

USWA TV @ The Knoxville Civic Center 2-19-86 Show starts off with a complete highlight package of the David Von Erich Memorial tag team tournament. Highlights end with the team of Black Bart and Ron Bass holding up the trophy and 100,000 dollar check. Lance: Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling right here on the USA network. You all saw the highlights, the historic David Von Erich tag team tournament is now in the books. It was an event of epic proportions and I was very proud to have been a part of it. Congratulations to the team of Black Bart and Ron Bass. They had a tremendous showing and defeated a lot of top ranked teams to win it all. They defiantly earned every dollar. Unfortunately there is some bad news to report. Not only did Tully Blanchard hit Dick Slater several times with a chair after their match but he attacked Slater in the back while seeking medical treatment. Cameras were able to get some footage towards the end of that vicious attack. Let's take a look. Slater is on the ground as medics are trying to back Tully away. Tully pushes them back, picks up Slater and suplexes him on the floor. Camera view is blocked by Security running in there. Lance: I understand Dick Slater's back was injured and he will not be cleared for at least 30 days. I also understand Jerry Jarrett will have an announcement regarding the Mid America Title, later tonight. Very best wishes to Dick Slater. I do have some good news for you. Our first match tonight will be for the USWA tag team titles. Karachi Vice will defend against the Fabulous Ones. Let's get right to it. USWA Tag Team Title Bout The Karachi Vice (C) vs. The Fabulous Ones The bell rings but before the match gets going, ROB FULLER and JIMMY GOLDEN hit the ring and jump the Fabs! Fabs start fighting back but Karachi Vice jumps in and it's a 4 on 2. Karachi Vice double slam Keirn as the Stud Stable drop Lane with a spiked piledriver! Officials hit the ring. Commercial Break Lance: After what just went down, Jerry Jarrett is on his way out. Jerry briskly walks to the podium. Jarrett: I've had it Lance. We're coming off a tremendous event and tonight should of been a great follow up. The Stud Stable have been kicked out of the building and trust me, they will be severely punished. Speaking of punishments, what Tully Blanchard did to our Mid America champ Dick Slater went completely over the line. Tully was banned tonight because I didn't even want to see his face. However, next week I will be talking with him and I think I have a pretty good idea to share with him. Unfortunately Dick Slater will not be able to defend during the next 30 days. That is a shame because Dick represented what a fighting champion is all about. Lance, you and I know things must go on. I've decided that tomorrow night at the Cook Convention Center, the match signed between Gerry Morrow and Rocky Johnson will be for the Mid America Title. And finally, Karachi Vice is not getting away with their part in all this. They will defend the USWA tag titles tonight! Most of our teams were given the week off but there's a team that's here for an interview and instead of that, they will get a tag team title shot tonight. Boos as Karachi Vice storm out. Makhan: Oh what a surprise. What is your problem Jarrett? Gama: Great question brother Makhan. You talk about fighting champions, well we've been just that for 10 months! What is our reward? Why does all the other inferior teams get the week off and we don't? This is nothing short of injustice! We didn't have anything to do with what just happened. That is not our fight! Jarrett: You were in on the attack and honestly I think you both were still seething from that tournament loss to the Fabulous Ones. They earned that shot tonight and now they can't compete and I bet that's exactly what you wanted. The bottom line is, later tonight you will defend those belts so get ready! Jarrett leaves as Karachi Vice yell at Lance. Commercial Break "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly w/The Vin Man vs. Todd Rooney Vinnie and Kevin hug as the bell rings. Kevin is all business as he pummels Rooney. Kevin hits Rooney with several rabbit punches to the back, then picks Rooney up and clamps on the full nelson. The Ref signals for the bell as Kevin twirls Rooney around and tosses him across the ring. Vinnie gets in the ring, swings off the ropes and drops an elbow on Rooney for the fun of it. Vin and Kevin walk to the podium. Vin: As you can see the entire family isn't here tonight because Bodacious is enjoying some well deserved time off after their awesome tournament showing. BUUUUUT, lucky for you and all these cool wannabes, you still got the Vin Man and Mr. Magnificent. That's more than enough to get by on. Kev just showed why nobody wants to get in the ring with him and hey I don't blame them. Kev's the man and I'm the Vin Man...YEA! Commercial Break Billy Jack Strong vs. Curtis Moore Strong excites the crowd with a variety of power moves before executing an overhead German Suplex. Strong hoists Moore up and drops him with a delayed brainbuster for the win! Strong is joined by Carlos Colon at the podium. Lance: Gentlemen, tomorrow night at the Cook Convention Center, I understand it will be Kamala, Mark Lewin and a mystery partner facing the two of you and a mystery partner. Originally Rocky Johnson was your partner and things have taken a different turn. Colon: That is right. Things have changed. Rocky had a long talk with us and I understand what he's doing. He's fighting for a friend and now for a title. He has our blessing. Rocky being the true friend he is, called up somebody and that somebody will take his place in this fight. Strong: We wish Rocky all the best and believe us Lance when we tell you, he found us a fighter. Colon: Iaukea! Kamala! Lewin! We don't care who your partner is because we have a bigger surprise. Just wait and see! Commercial Break Another video is shown of Curt Hennig. Highlights of him in the ring and in the gym. The video cuts to him driving a convertible. He cruises up, stops, smiles and looks in the camera. "I'll see you next week" Lance: Ok, Curt Hennig returns to the USWA next week. Uh..hello A man wearing a tuxedo approaches and hands Lance a note. The man exits. Lance: (opens the note and reads it) I know how excited the fans were that the real King of wrestling was set to make an appearance tonight. However, because the King is in demand all around the world, I will not be able to attend tonight. Do not worry, the King will be there next week. Just remember, good things come to those that wait. (Lance folds the note) Well fans, I guess we'll have to wait another week for the self proclaimed King of wrestling. Yea, I'll believe it when I see it. Let's get to the ring for this week's TV title contender's match and the two names that were drawn. Winner receives a TV title shot next week "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab vs. "The Lone Wolf" Jesse Barr The fans cheer as Bassarab waits in the ring waving to them. Boos as Barr comes out but with a different look. He's now wearing a lone ranger mask and carrying a bullrope. Barr walks around the ring threatening fans with his bullrope. Barr finally gets in the ring and swings the bullrope wildly around. The Ref warns him and Barr sets his bullrope on the outside by the steel post. The bell rings. Barr charges but Bassarab hip tosses him over. Barr gets up and Bassarab puts him down with a dropkick. Barr staggers up and Bassarab dropkicks him through the ropes. Barr gets up and stumbles back down. Bassarab goes out on the apron. Barr slowly rises and Bassarab nails him with a flying press! The Ref starts the count. Bassarab hurls Barr into the ring and goes to the top rope. Bassarab goes for his flying leg drop but Barr moves! Both men are lying there. Barr uses the ropes to help himself up. Barr stomps away on Bassarab, then chokes him with his boot. Barr picks up Bassarab, kicks him, snapmares him over and nails him with a knee to his back. Barr picks up Bassarab and executes a delayed vertical suplex. Barr hops on the middle ropes and hits an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Barr raises his fist to the Ref. Barr picks up Bassarab and drops him throat first on the top rope. Barr picks up Bassarab, swings him to the corner and charges in but Bassarab moves and Barr hits hard. The fans fire Bassarab up. He pumps his fists and unloads on Barr, then hoists him up and atomic drops him through the ropes! Barr crawls over to his bullrope. Bassarab goes out after him. Barr grabs his bullrope and blasts Bassarab with it then starts choking him! The Ref signals for the DQ. Barr doesn't care and keeps choking him. The Ref goes out and tries to stop it but Barr pushes him down. The fans cheer as MIKE GEORGE runs out and nails Barr from behind! Barr takes off. George attends to Bassarab while staring down Barr. Lance: Thank goodness Mike George was here. That Jesse Barr is completely unhinged. In the end, Ben Bassarab will challenge Tony St. Clair for the TV title next week. Good for him. Commercial Break Friday...April 2nd...Market Square Arena...The USWA presents...The Happening Lance: Fans, our next closed circuit event will be The Happening. I understand we'll have some matches announced next week. Switching gears, tomorrow night at the Cook Convention Center, Gerry Morrow will take on Rocky Johnson and the winner will be the Mid America Champion. Please welcome out Rocky Johnson. Huge pop as Johnson comes out. Lance: Rocky, first off how's George Wells holding up? Johnson: He's doing a lot better but still has a ways to go. Lance, I can't tell you how mad I am right now. What Gerry Morrow did was sickening! He knew George was kicking his butt all over the place and knew he couldn't beat him on his own. Then after help from his dirt bag friend Carl Fergie, he gets the win. But no, he wasn't satisfied with that. He had to DDT George on the concrete...TWICE!!! George is a good friend of mine and I assure, you I will finish the job on you Morrow. Winning that Mid America title will be icing on the cake brother. Thundering boos as Gerry Morrow arrogantly walks out smiling with his Billionaire's title on his shoulder and a bottle of champagne. Lance: Stand back Morrow. I don't want trouble. Please Rocky, just stay calm. Rocky is visible pissed off. Morrow: Easy, Rock, easy. Look, we are both simply competitors vying for a prestigious title. Hey check dis out, I already have one and would like another. I don't know why you are so upset. Hey, I always liked George. Did he get my bottle of champagne I sent? Rocky walks forward, clenching his fists. Lance: Please Rocky just stay calm. Morrow, you better leave. Morrow: Look, do not worry about George. Here, let's have a toast to him. He has a future with me. I will even give him a choice, he can be my butler or driver. You know what, even better, he can be both, How does that sound? WHAM! Rocky tackles Morrow and unleashes with punches! Security is quick to the scene. Commercial Break "Maniac" Mark Lewin w/Curtis Iaukea vs. Clyde Putnam Lewin just destroys his opponent before putting him out of his misery with the sleeper! The bell rings but Lewin has his eyes rolled back and wrenches away. Iaukea runs in and puts the boots to Putnam. Lewin throws Putnam down and Iaukea leads him to the podium. Iaukea: Carlos Colon! You can't intimidate us! You're friend Rocky Johnson knew he was in a fight that can't be won! I warned you that a true assassin was coming and tomorrow night you will see. You just witnessed what the Maniac will do to you and you have already felt the wrath of Kamala. If Billy Jack Strong had any brains he would waaaaalllllk. Nobody will show up in your corner tomorrow night. Carlos Colon! You will be aaaallll alone and at our mercy! You have yet to sink in the deepest depths. That will happen soon enough. Iaukea and Lewin exit. Lance: Very ominous words. That man really makes me uneasy. We'll be back Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the pink "Beauty Shop" sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the highest rated show in wrestling the Beauty Shop. Ok, I know what you're all thinking and I'm going to address it. My guest was suppose to be Lancelot Von Erich but by now you all know what happened to poor Lance. Lance was hurt fighting for my honor and I was shocked and sad at what transpired. BOOOOOS! Britton: Hey! I really was! I didn't know he wasn't a Von Erich! I didn't! I went into a deep depression. Not only because of what happened to Lancelot but at all those names Alvin called me. That was uncalled for and down right mean. You know what snapped me out of it? Well, let me show you. Please welcome out tonight's guest Greg Gagne. Gagne comes out with a flat cap and sweater tied around his neck. Behind him is Duke Myers, wearing jeans, a black forearm sleeve and a black T-Shirt. Britton: Hi Greg! So great to see you. I want you to know I've been saying those words of wisdom all week. Gagne: Brenda, I'm so happy to hear that. I can tell it's working because you're glowing. Why don't you say those words right now. Britton: OK! Here goes. Sticks and stones may break my bones but Alvin's names will never hurt me. Gagne applauds and hugs Britton. Britton: You're the best Greg! Thank you! Ok, let's talk about you. I know you have lots on your mind. Gagne: First off, as you know my partner Joe Savoldi suffered injuries a few weeks ago. Being the tough kid he is, he decided to wrestle in the tournament. Well, the injuries caught up and he'll be gone for awhile. So I've decided that the Great Gagne is flying solo and going after some gold. Britton: That's wonderful! And what's Duke doing here? Gagne: Well, after Joe's injuries, me getting a hot dog thrown at me and beers poured on me, I decided to do something about it. Duker here is now my personal bodyguard. You mess with me, you mess with the Duker. Britton: You're so smart. And I heard you had a talk with Lance. Gagne: I did. He's a great kid and after our talk, he's decided to go and find his true self. I told him he didn't have to use the Von Erich name. He's going to be just fine. Look at me. I don't have the pressure of living up to the Gagne name because I've far surpassed anything any other Gagne has ever done. Britton: I agree, you're so successful Gagne: Yes, very successful. So it proves that Lance doesn't need to be a Von Erich to make it in this business. As for me, I am what I am and don't have to prove anything to anybody. And now for the big surprise. You ready Brenda? I want to bring out some old friends, who also don't need to live up to any name. The next Tag team champions of the world, Bruce and Keith Hart, known as Harts Afire! Bruce and Keith come out in shiny red jackets with flaming yellow hearts all over. They all hug. Britton: OH wow! What a happy surprise. Gagne: So glad you guys are back! I can see it now. Harts Afire, USWA tag team champs and the Great Gagne, the USWA World Champ. Brenda, this has been an adventure. Gagne gets in between the Harts and raises their arms as the fans boo. Duke points at the fans with a menacing look. Britton: It certainly has! It all happens on the Beauty Shop. Until next week toooooodles. Commercial Break Super Destroyer w/Paul Jones vs. Gary Williams Super D is all over his opponent. Jones tells him to finish him. Super D hoists Williams up on the turnbuckles and hops up. Super D hits the superplex for the pin! The fans go crazy as the Spoiler comes out, spins Jones around and applies the CLAW!! Super D looks out and sees what's going on, them rushes out. Spoiler throws Jones into Super D and punches away on him. Spoiler and Super D brawl into a commercial. Commercial Break Lance: The situation between Super Destroyer and the Spoiler is really escalating. Those two will meet tomorrow night at the Cook Center. Speaking of that card. Dusty Rhodes will go one on one with Ron Fuller. You all saw footage from the tournament as Fuller blasted Dusty with a cowbell and costed him his world title match with Terry Funk. Let's here prerecorded comments from both men. Fuller: Dusty Rhodes, I sent you a fair warning that we had unfinished business. Did you think I was kidding? (Fuller holds up his cowbell) Did this get your attention? Now I get exactly what I want. You and me are going to settle this tomorrow night at the Cook Center and believe me, this time you wont be getting up. Dusty: (bandage on his forehead) Unfinished business. That's what you call it. Ron Fuller, this business is just getting started, you understand? The business is at hand. Now my business is to take care of you and that I will do come tomorrow night babay. Terry Funk! Don't think this is over because you and I have a little unfinished business. But for right now, my business is all on you Ron Fuller! Commercial Break Lance: Ok fans, it's time for the USWA Tag team title bout. I'm excited to find out who the champs will be facing. Karachi Vice come out and they don't look happy. They enter the ring, hold up their titles and yell at the fans. Things are getting tense. All of the sudden 'Boogie Fever' plays over the speakers and the fans go wild as the Central States tag team champs the Bruise Brothers come out! USWA Tag Team Title Bout Karachi Vice (C) vs. Central States Tag Team Champs The Bruise Brothers Karachi Vice are thrown way off as the Bruise Brothers dominate the early minutes. Cash slams Gama. Makhan runs in and Snowman runs in with a running forearm blast! Makhan staggers around and Snowman body slams him down. Bruise Brothers swing Gama to the ropes and double clothesline him down. Cash works over Gama, swings him to the ropes and hip tosses him over then does a little boogie dance. Gama staggers up and Cash nails him with a knee lift, then tags in Snowman. Snowman presses Gama over his head and slams him down, then follows with an elbow drop 1..2..Makhan breaks it. The Ref guides Makhan back as Snowman tags in Cash. Cash swings off the ropes but Makhan nails him with a forearm blast to the back of the head. Gama hits Cash with a running knee and tags in Makhan. Makhan swings Cash into the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Makhan swings Cash to the opposite corner and follows with another running clothesline. Makhan scoops Cash up and powerslams him over 1..2..Snowman breaks it. The Ref guides Snowman back which allows Gama to run in. Karachi Vice hit a double vertical suplex on Cash. Makhan picks up Cash and pushes him into the corner. Gama chokes Cash while Makhan punches away. Makhan tags in Gama. Gama executes a gut wrench suplex 1..2..Cash gets his shoulder up. Snowman and the fans cheer Cash on. Gama body slams Cash by the ropes. Gama grabs the top rope and drops several knees on Cash. Gama executes a backbreaker, then applies the camel clutch! Gama wrenches away. Cash wont submit. Makhan runs in the ring and kicks Cash's head out of frustration. Snowman runs over and punches Makhan to the corner and unloads with kicks and punches. Snowman turns around and blasts Gama off Cash. The Ref guides Snowman back. The fans are pumping Cash up. Cash crawls over and makes the tag! Gama dives and tags in Makhan. Makhan and Snowman have a furious exchange. Snowman gets the upper hand, swings Makhan to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash, then swings off the ropes and hits a jumping knee drop 1..2..Makhan gets his shoulder up. Snowman reaches down but Makhan rakes the eyes, stumbles over and tags in Gama. Gama charges but Snowman back drops him over. Gama rises as Snowman swings off the ropes and nails him with a flying shoulder block 1..2..Makhan breaks it with a kick. Cash runs in and pounds away on Makhan. We've got a pier six brawl going. Cash swings Makhan to the ropes and hits him with a crossbody/headbutt! Makhan stumbles back and through the ropes. Snowman nails Gama with a jumping headbutt. Gama fly's back against the ropes and stumbles forward. Snowman grabs him, hoists him up on his shoulder and hits a running powerslam 1..2..3!!!!!!! MEGA POP! Lance: Oh my goodness! The Bruise Brothers are the new USWA tag team champions! Incredible! The fans are going wild! The Ref hands them all the titles. Cash and Snowman embrace as the fans keep cheering. The show ends with the Bruise Brothers holding up the Central States titles along with the USWA tag team titles! Winners of the match and new USWA tag team champions- The Bruise Brothers!

USWA releases Joe Savoldi, Jeff Sword, Doug Vines and Scott Doring. USWA adds Giant Haystacks, George Takano, Keith Hart and Ox Baker (as a manager)

I bet Blackman and Severn threw some stiff shots at each other. After that stare, Young better watch himself. Muta's been on a roll and might be the next contender for Gilbert, if Gilbert gets by Adams. I'm glad you're doing more promos. I can never get tired of hearing Cornette talk. His shots at Missy was classic Corny. Looking forward to that big 6 man tag. Wild street fight to end the show. The big story here is the shocking attack of Duggan by the Playboy Club. Well, we all know Rose and Easy Ed can only be babyfaces for so long LOL. I'm sure Duggan is going to come back fighting. LOL, I wonder if Candido will ever accept a handshake. Hansen is doing damage! The heat goes up as Iron and Steel cost Windham and Rotunda a chance at the titles. That 10 man tag would of been a sight to see. Simmons is showing some serious potential. That win over Waylon puts him up a notch. Smothers gets the win over Douglas as he gets ready for his CA title shot against Perez. I think Badd Co. is giving the Midnight's more than they bargained for. I like how you have wrestlers take a break from their current feuds and put two guys together to give the fans a good match. Windham vs. Mando is a perfect example of this. Perez sends a message to Smothers by putting Young down. Snowbirds are closing in on the Guerrero's titles. Good week in Pacific!

USWA places the Devil's Duo (Jeff Sword and Doug Vines) and the RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) on the block.

Day 3! Let's get it on! Bruise Brothers advance to the semi's with a big win over Tatum and Victory. The Texas champs might of been eliminated but can certainly brag about their tournament showing. The heat is on in Texas as The Rich's are somehow still alive. Nightmares give them a fight but the Rich's dirty tactics give them the win. Rich's vs. Bruise Brothers...YES! LOL! I loved how Morrow and Fergie graced the fans with a toast when they officially received the bye. Nice touch. Wild Bunch and Stud Stable put on one hell of a hard hitting match! Wild Bunch advance with a crowd rock'n win. And now the finals! It all comes down to the Wild Bunch and Texas fan favorites the Rich's LOL. I'll tell you what, the Rich's have some brass balls, coming out to Stranglehold while wearing Tennessee colors. Another nice touch with the Wild Bunch using David's old theme song. The stage is set. The fans go wild as the Wild Bunch totally dominate the early moments. Then comes the long Rich heat segment. This had to be their best performance of the weekend. They really worked Bart over. Bart makes the tag but here comes the Ref bump. More heat for the Rich's and it looks like the money is theirs. Hold on! It can't be! It is! Kerry and Kevin Von Erich are in the house!!!!!!! I can't imagine the reaction. The fans go absolutely bonkers! The Von Erich's taking out the Rich's was a moment of pure satisfaction Texas fans will never forget. Even more satisfying was making Tommy bleed with the claw. I couldn't think of a more fitting way to end the show. The Wild Bunch take home the money and trophy. They certainly earned it. I'm glad you came up with this idea Bleh. I had a lot of fun planning this with you and Gene. I'm sure we can all get a bottle of Morrow's champagne and have a toast to another one next year.

USWA @ Reunion Arena 1-14-86 The David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament Lance: Thank you very much Marc. This has been one heck of a tournament. It started with thirty two teams and now we're down to the final four. You will see the Continental tag team champs, the Rich's taking on the Central States tag team champs the Bruise Brothers. The Wild Bunch will face the team of "Champagne" Gerry Morrow and "Mr. Money" Carl Fergie. One of those four teams will walk away with one hundred thousand dollars and the David Von Erich Trophy. You will also see Dick Slater defend the Mid America title against Tully Blanchard. And of course, Terry Funk defends the USWA World title against Dusty Rhodes. After all that, I'll turn it back over to Marc for the final match of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team tournament. Well enough talking, let's go to the ring for the first of two championship matches. Mid-America Title Bout "Unpredictable" Dick Slater (C) vs. Tully Blanchard w/Baby Doll Slater and Tully have quite a stare down during introductions. The bell rings. Baby Doll walks up to Slater, slowly looks him up and down and shakes her head. Slater warns Baby Doll. Tully sneaks around and nails Slater with a high knee to the back. Baby Doll gets out of there as Tully stomps away on Slater. Tully drags Slater to the ropes and chokes him. As the Ref backs him off, Baby Doll slaps Slater across the face. Tully grabs the top rope and drops several knees on Slater. Tully pulls Slater up and hits a delayed vertical suplex 1..2..Kick out. Tully picks up Slater and goes for another suplex but Slater blocks it. Tully tries again but Slater blocks it, then hoists Tully up and suplexes him back. Both men are lying there. Slater regroups. Tully rolls to the apron. Slater swings off the ropes and baseball slides Tully out of the ring. Slater goes to the outside. Baby Doll gets in front of Tully and yells at Slater. Slater grabs Baby Doll by her shoulders and simply lifts her up and out of the way. Slater slams Tully's head on the apron and hurls him back in the ring. Slater climbs to the top ropes. Tully staggers up and Tully crashes down with a double axehandle 1..2..Baby Doll puts Tully's foot on the rope. Slater goes to the ropes and points down at Baby Doll. Tully staggers up, nails Slater from behind and hurls him through the ropes. Tully distracts the Ref while Baby Doll scratches Slater's eyes. Tully goes to the outside, picks up Slater and swings him into the steel post. Tully hurls Slater back in the ring. Tully goes to the top rope. Slater staggers up. Tully jumps down but Slater nails him with a punch to the gut, flipping Tully over. Both men are reeling. Baby Doll grabs a chair and sets it in the corner. Tully is by the ropes. Baby Doll is telling him where the chair is. Slater staggers up. Tully is crawling to the chair. Slater grabs Tully by his hair and drags him back. Slater clamps on a headlock and unloads with punches. Slater swings Tully into the chair. The Ref finally sees the chair and picks it up. Baby Doll gets on the apron and is yelling at the Ref, telling him Slater put the chair there. Slater walks over. The Ref is questioning him. Slater is pointing at Baby Doll and the fans are agreeing with Slater. The Ref holds up the chair and is now pointing at Baby Doll. Tully yanks the chair from the Ref's hands and blasts Slater with it! The Ref signals for the DQ. Slater is on his knees. Tully hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a chair shot! Tully hits Slater multiple times on his back with the chair. Officials storm the ring. Baby Doll gets in the ring and hands Tully the Mid America title. Tully sticks his boot on Slater and holds up the title as the fans boo. Winner of the match by DQ- Dick Slater. Slater retains the title. Lance: Well it certainly appears that Baby Doll's plan backfired. However, they really did a number on Slater. Slater is being helped out by officials. After that poor display, Tully Blanchard doesn't deserve another shot at that title. Well fans, it's time for the first of our David Von Erich tag team tournament semi final matches . I hear the boos starting and that can mean only one thing. Semi-Final Match Continental Tag Team Champions Tommy and Johnny Rich vs. Central States Tag Team Champions The Bruise Brothers The boos are defining as security escorts the Rich's to the ring. The boos get louder when Johnny shows off his T-Shirt that says "World Class Championship Rich's" The boos get even louder as Tommy holds up a sign that says " The Von Erich's got run over on Bad Street" Trash hits the ring which prompts an announcement asking fans to please refrain from throwing any kind of debris into the ring. Security even has to escort a few rowdy fans trying to hop the railing. Thank goodness "Boogie Fever" plays over the speakers and the Bruise Brothers make their way down the aisle. The Bruise Brothers hit the ring as the Rich's flee to the outside. They stay out there during introductions. The bell rings and the Ref threatens the Rich's with a count out. The Rich's start arguing with front row fans which nearly causes a fight. Bruise Brothers go to the outside and the brawl is on! The fans are going wild as the Bruise Brothers go to town on the Rich's. Cash hurls Tommy into the ring as Snowman body slams Johnny on the concrete. It's all Bruise Brothers during the opening moments as the fans are up and cheering while the Rich's bump all over the ring. The tide turns when Tommy trips Snowman from the apron. Snowman staggers into a clothesline by Johnny. Johnny tags in Tommy. Johnny holds Snowman as Tommy comes off the top rope with an elbow to the head. Tommy and Johnny work over Snowman as they break all the rules. Tommy tags in Johnny. Tommy slams Snowman as Johnny comes off the top rope with an elbow drop 1..2..Cash breaks it. Tommy runs in but Cash sends him through the ropes with a headbutt. Cash goes back to his corner. Johnny swings Snowman to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Snowman swings back and clotheslines Johnny down, then makes the hot tag to Cash. Cash relishes the moment. Cash swings Johnny to the ropes and back drops him. Tommy runs in and gets back dropped. Johnny staggers up and gets scooped slammed. Tommy staggers over and gets a scoop slam. Cash picks up the Rich's and knocks their heads together. Cash swings Johnny to the ropes and nails him with a cross body diving headbutt 1..2..Tommy drops an elbow on Cash. Snowman runs in, swings Tommy to the ropes and puts him down with a punch to the face. Tommy rolls to the apron. Tommy reaches in his tights and puts a pair of brass knuckles on his hand. The Bruise Brothers swing Johnny to the ropes and double clothesline him down. The Ref guides Snowman to his corner as Cash hits a jumping elbow drop on Johnny. Cash is covering as Tommy comes off the middle ropes with a brass knuckles shot to Cash's head. As Tommy rises, Snowman takes himself and Tommy over the top rope with a diving clothesline. Johnny puts his arm over Cash (bleeding from his forehead) as the Ref counts 1..2..3! BOOOOOS! Winners of the match- Tommy and Johnny Rich Lance: My goodness, what a match. It was clear to me the Bruise Brothers had the match won until Tommy brought in a pair of brass knuckles. What a travesty. I can't believe it but the Rich's are now going to the finals. They will face the winners of our next match between the Wild Bunch and Morrow and Fergie. I would say the odds would be in the favor of Morrow and Fergie. They bought off the Sheepherders and then received a bye. Meanwhile the Wild Bunch earlier had a hard fought match with the Stud Stable. Speaking of Morrow and Fergie. Last week at the Rupp Arena, Carl Fergie showed up and helped Gerry Morrow defeat George Wells in a ghetto street fight. After the match, Morrow did one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen. After they hit George with a champagne bottle, Morrow dropped George with not one but two falling DDT's on the concrete. I understand George is still in the hospital. His friend Rocky Johnson has been with him and will give us an update on George's condition next week. We wish George a speedy recovery. Ok, let's get down to the ring for another semi final match. Semi-Final Match The Wild Bunch (Black Bart and Ron Bass) vs. "Champagne" Gerry Morrow and "Mr. Money" Carl Fergie w/Slick Morrow, Fergie and Slick are in the ring and the arrogance is at an all time high. The Wild Bunch walk down the aisle. They point to Slick, then look back and wave their arms. Wild Bill Irwin comes out with his whip. The fans cheer as they enter the ring. After introductions are made, Slick grabs the mic. Slick: Hold on, hold on, just one sec. Now there's no need for him and his whip. I aint gonna cause any trouble. Matter of fact I'm gonna help you boys. As you all saw. we made Boyd and his Sheepherders some very rich men and they didn't have to do a thing but walk away. By look'n at you hillbilly hicks. (Wild Bunch walk forward) Whoa whoa whoa, I didn't mean that. What I'm trying to say, is you boys can certainly use some green, if you know what I mean. We just the men that can provide. Money talks, so why don't you boys take it and walk. The Wild Bunch converse while Slick pulls out an envelope from his pocket. Slick smiles and holds it out. In the background, Morrow and Fergie smile and hold up champagne bottles as an added bonus. The fans roar as Wild Bill whips the check out of Slick's hand! Bill grabs Slick and hurls him over the top rope! Bart and Bass attack Morrow and Fergie as the bottles fly out of their hands. The Ref gets the bottles and hands them off to a ring attendant then signals for the bell. Bart punches Morrow to his corner and follows up with several kicks and stomps. The Ref guides Bart to his corner. Bass swings Morrow to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Bass follows with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Bart sticks out his boot. Bass runs Morrow over and slams his head on Bart's boot then tags him in. They swing Morrow to the ropes and double clothesline him down. Fergie runs in. Bart and Bass put him down with a double punch. Wild Bunch continue to control the match. Slick is still reeling on the outside as Bill closely watches him while cracking his whip. A few minutes later, Bass picks up Morrow but Morrow rakes his eyes and pushes him in the corner. Fergie chokes Bass while Morrow puts the boots to him. Bart runs over but the Ref is on him. Morrow chokes Bass on the middle ropes, then holds him out by his legs as Fergie comes off the middle ropes with a knee to the back. Morrow hits a gut wrench suplex on Bass then tags in Fergie. They hoist Bass up and double suplex him back. Fergie drops a knee 1..2..Kick Out. Fergie and Morrow yell at the Ref. After a few minutes of taking turns working over Bass, they swing him to the ropes and go for a double clothesline but Bass ducks, swings back and clotheslines them both down. Bart and the fans fire Bass up. Bass staggers back up and makes the tag to Bart. Bart just hammers away on Morrow and Fergie. Bart slams Morrow. Bart picks up Fergie and hangs him upside down on the turnbuckles. Bart kicks away until the Ref's count of 4. Bart grabs Fergie's hands and yanks him out of there. Bart hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Morrow kicks him on the head. Bass runs in and pounds Morrow in the corner. Slick runs over but Bill grabs Slick by his shirt and pushes him down. The Ref guides Bass back to his corner. Bart picks up Fergie but Morrow nails Bart from behind with a knee to the back. Bass runs over and punches Morrow through the ropes. On the outside Bill is watching Slick. Morrow grabs a champagne bottle. The Ref is tied up with Bass. Fergie picks Bart up. Morrow yells up at Fergie and shows him the bottle. Just as Morrow throws the bottle, Bart lowblows Fergie. Bart catches the bottle. Bass sees this and continues to distract the Ref. Morrow tries to get back in the ring but Bill runs over and holds him by his legs. Bart opens the bottle, takes a swig, then blasts Fergie over the head!!! Bart covers. The Ref turns around and counts 1..2..3! HUGE POP!!! Winners of the Match- The Wild Bunch Lance: (smiling) Well I can't say I condone the actions of the Wild Bunch, it was nice to see Morrow and Fergie get a taste of their own medicine. Unbelievable. Fans, the finals are now set. The Wild Bunch will take on the Rich's. One of those two teams will walk away with one hundred thousand dollars and the David Von Erich trophy. Texas All-Star will have the honor of showcasing that tremendous match. Our next match is for all the marbles, the USWA world title. It happens next. An Advertisement is shown for the next USWA closed circuit event Friday...April 2nd...Market Square Arena...The USWA presents...The Happening! USWA World Title Bout Terry Funk (C) vs. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Before the match, Terry Funk storms the podium. Funk: My brother Dory and I were cheated out of the tournament! Those two pukes Casey and Mantell couldn't lace up a Funk's boot. So you tell me Lance, how is it possible they could beat us Funks? (Funk pokes Lance) Tell me Lance! Tell me! Lance: I don't know Terry, maybe they were the better team. Funk stares daggers through Lance. Funk: You're just like all the rest. Everybody is against the Funks. You know who's going to pay? That fat pig Dusty Rhodes! Oh yea, I heard he was back stage patting those pukes on the back and having a good laugh at our expense. Dusty Rhodes! Tonight I'm going to beat that putrid body of yours til it's black and blue with bruises and then I'm going to make you bleed like the pig you are! Terry races to the ring. Lance: That man is out of his mind. Never the less, our world title match happens right now. Funk is running around the ring. He picks up the timekeeper and pushes him over, then grabs a mic. "Dusty! Get out here you fat pig!" Funk gets in the ring and pushes the ring announcer. The place erupts as Dusty Rhodes comes down the aisle! Dusty gets a mic "The talk'n is ova Terry Funk! It's time for a Texas ass whipp'n!" The fans cheer as Dusty gets on the apron, grabs the top rope and gives Funk a big point. Funk gets out of the ring as Dusty enters. The introductions are made and the bell rings. Dusty goes out after Funk. Funk slides back in the ring. Dusty slides in but Funk is all over him. Funk swings Dusty in the corner and charges in but Dusty nails Funk with his boot. Funk staggers back and falls down. Dusty walks over and gives Funk's hand a stomp. Dusty picks up Funk, swings him into the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Dusty hops on the turnbuckles. The fans count along as Dusty punches Terry 10 times. Dusty hops down. Funk staggers out, swinging in the air. Dusty picks up Funk and atomic drops him. Dusty mimics Funk as Funk stands there with his legs twisted. Dusty spins his arms and puts Funk down with a bionic elbow 1..2..Funk gets his foot on the ropes. Dusty reaches down but Funk rakes his eyes, grabs him by his trunks and pulls him through the ropes. Funk regroups and staggers around before going to the apron. Dusty staggers up and Funk puts him down with a double axehandle. Funk picks up Dusty and slams his head on the timekeeper's table. Funk drags Dusty over and slams his head on the apron, then hurls him back in the ring. Dusty is bleeding. Funk picks up Dusty and chokes him on the top rope, then flings him back. Funk picks up Dusty and hits a swinging neckbreaker 1..2..Dusty gets his foot on the rope. Funk pulls the Ref by his shirt. The Ref threatens with a DQ and Funk reluctantly lets him go. Funk picks up Dusty, swings him to the ropes and flips him over with a knee to the gut. Funk picks up Dusty and executes a rib breaker, then picks him up and drops him with a Russian Legweep 1..2..Dusty barley gets his shoulder up. Funk is furious and yells at the Ref, even raising a fist to him. Funk picks up Dusty and hits a shin breaker, then quickly follows with a spinning toehold but Dusty rakes his eyes, grabs him by his trunks and hurls him out of the ring. Dusty uses the ropes to help himself up. The fans are up and cheering as Dusty pumps his fists. Funk gets on the apron. Dusty goes over, Funk takes a swing, Dusty blocks it, punches away on Funk and vertical suplexes him back into the ring. Dusty picks up Funk and slams him down. Dusty hops on the middle ropes. Funk staggers up and Dusty puts him down with a Bionic elbow 1..2..Funk gets his foot on the ropes. Dusty puts Funk's leg on the bottom rope and drops several knees on it while Funk screams in pain. Dusty pulls Funk out, holds his legs apart and drops an elbow on leg. The fans go wild as Dusty applies the figure four! Dusty wrenches away as Funk screams. Funk goes hysterical and finally is able to reach the ropes. Dusty swings Funk to the ropes and clamps on the sleeper! Funk's arms are flailing and he hits the Ref. The Ref goes down. Dusty wrenches away as Funk goes down. Funk is out. BOOOS as RON FULLER comes to the ring with a cowbell. Ron slides in the ring and blasts Dusty from behind with the cowbell! Ron goes over to revive the Ref. Ron gives Dusty a stomp before leaving. Funk is just laid out over Dusty. The Ref crawls over and counts 1....2....3! Massive boos. The Ref lays the title across Funk, then signals for help. Officials help Funk out of there. Before they can help Dusty, Ron Fuller, Rob Fuller and Jimmy Golden hit the ring. Rob and Jimmy hold the unconscious Dusty as Ron slaps him around. Ron says something to Rob and Jimmy. They smile and set Dusty up for a spike piledriver. The place goes nuts as the FABULOUS ONES (Bandages on their heads) hit the ring swinging chairs! Stud Stable bails. Fabs attend to Dusty while staring down the Stud Stable, Winner of the match and still USWA World Champ- Terry Funk Lance: Well once again we get a tainted victory. I knew Ron Fuller had issues with Dusty Rhodes but that was totally uncalled for. Thank goodness the Fabulous Ones were around, obviously still showing effects from that mysterious assault yesterday. Very volatile situation between those groups. Well fans, I've enjoyed being a part of this historic event. And now I get to enjoy the final match of the David Von Erich Memorial tag team tournament as a fan. Without further adieu, I will turn the time over to you Marc Lowrance. Take it way.

You the man Gene! Two awesome shows in one day! Texas Champs Tatum and Victory take down the SPC, well with a little help from Dark Journey. I've got to give them credit, Tatum and Victory are doing pretty well. Bruise Brothers advance with a DQ win. Not only do the Highwaymen stay strong but they get some good heat by taking out the Ref. After getting hit with the Moondog's bones and a chain from the Highwaymen, I wonder how much of a toll this will have on the Bruise Brothers for tomorrow's matches. I couldn't wait to see what you had planned for the Rich's. LOL! I can't believe these guys are still alive. From the 'Tom Sawyer' theme to the T-Shirts, these guys go way over the top. I'm sure the fans were looking forward to the Fabs saving the day but not tonight. Who attacked the Fabs???? I couldn't stop laughing when RPG said they did that to each other. LOL that was freakn hilarious. Very creative booking and gives the Rich's even more heat, if that's possible. RPG with another great line about the Nightmares agreeing to a technical match with a team called the Technicians. RPG was rolling tonight. Moondogs strike again and actually cost the Technicians the match. Nice twist. Once again you had me cracking up with the Slick/Boyd conversation. Looks like Boyd loves him some champagne. Boyd takes the check before Luke eats it LOL. Great heat for Priceless. Will the pay off be worth it? We'll find out tomorrow. "The old Milwaukee that you and the Dynamite Duo drink" LOL RPG! Dynamite Duo and Gunslingers battle to a clean draw. Good change of pace with all the craziness going on. Thanks for plugging the upcoming closed circuit event. Just when I thought things couldn't get funnier with RPG's comments, along comes Buddy. "Rick Harris was worse, I don't know what happened to him" Super Destroyer Two" The Rich's mama's must be proud" Buddy is gold! Wild Bill comes out to counter Johnny V and it works. LOL! Irwin cracking the whip and scaring Johnny with the powder was hilarious. The Wild Bunch are looking dadgum good. The truce is over and the fight is on! Bullet and Taylor have things going their way until The Tennessee Stud makes an appearance to make sure his family advances. Looks like the family feud is in full throttle. What a way to end the show! The "Mr. Pro" open challenges have been one of my favorite segments and I knew something big would come out of these. Big indeed as Bruiser Brody answers the challenge and gives "Mr. Pro the lesson. Can't go wrong giving the Texas fans an appearance by Brody. Damn Gene, this is going to be a hard act to follow. Tremendous job!

LOL! RPG doesn't waste any time warming up to a wider audience. Poor Lance and Lowrance. They took some verbal shots. The matches start on a high note as the Dynamite Duo take down the very charismatic duo (especially Gagne) of High Fly'n Fever. Gagne is going to be mad, so watch out! Dynamite Duo could be the sleeper team in the tournament. I'm so glad Buddy made an appearance. Very smart move showcasing Buddy and Bock on a major network. I think Buddy and Dusty are going to have to cross paths soon. We could make some money on that match. My boys the Texas Rangers have a nice showing but those sneaky Fabulous Blonds walk away with the win. Vicious bump by Lonestar. Devil's Duo make a mistake by trying to brawl with the Wild Bunch. Wild Bunch advance with a dominating win. This was a nice throwback match from their feud in Texas and the Wild Bunch put a final stamp on that. I wonder how Paul Jones will react? Bock looks like a big deal (as he should) and makes his intentions known. He's competing in the tournament and wants a shot at Funk. Funk vs. Bock needs to happen! HAHAHA! BOOOOO! Bullet and Taylor totally deprived the fans of a solid cover of 'We are family' by Vin Man and Bodacious. Vinnie getting escorted out was hilarious. Some good fun going on. Cool seeing Taylor get the fall. Don't worry, Vinnie's crew will rebound LOL. I have to say, Bullet and Taylor gelled well. Stud Stable and Glamour Boys gives us another fun match. Loved the interactions on the mic. Glamour Boys once again prove they can fight but the Stud Stable squeak out the win to advance. Awesome first show Gene! Nice job with the commentary and in between match promos. Good work.

Look at that, British Steel finally pulls off a win over the Hart Foundation. That's a big time confidence booster. Wild Bulls don't disappoint their Bullpen fans, with that decisive win over Zenk and Perez. Thundercats get back on the winning track. It was only a matter of time before the Bullpen and Wild Dogs crossed paths. Pacific better amp up security. Midnight's win this round over Badd Co. but these teams will fight another day. Taylor is racking up the wins. I know Orton and Rose gave the fans a solid match. DQ finish keeps the feud hot. My guys Iron and Steel drop one to Windham and Rotunda but they'll get a chance for payback at Aloha Spectacular. Muta ends the night with his innovating moonsault. LOL, Candido is going to have a breakdown. I would of bought a ticket for that Hansen/Bigelow match. Security is now on high alert every time the Dog Pound wrestles. Guerreros retain tonight, but they have those pesky Snowbirds at Aloha Spectacular. Simmons impresses by taking Orton to the limit. Simmons is a star in the making. Aloha Spectacular looks stacked. These feuds have been built up so well. I'm looking forward to the pay offs.

Texas takes the baton and runs with it! Opening match gets the fans going as the Nightmares and Jayhawks tear into each other. Pringle's interference backfires and Nightmares keep the momentum going to gain the victory. Big win for the Nightmares and Continental. Pringle's temper gets the best of him as he slaps Jaggers. LOL big mistake! Jayhawks might of walked in as heels but defiantly got over with the fans on the way out. Fun way to start the show. One thing I like about tournaments is matches like the Technicians vs. Armstrongs. Great fast paced technical match up. Roop's experience comes into play and the Technicians advance. I like the little moment at the end when the Armstrongs took it as a lesson to learn from. Good sportsmanship. In the midst of all these chaotic brawls, this was a refreshing change of pace. LOL, on the USA network, we knew we would get a Luscious spot. I'm loving the suspense. Morrow, Fergie and Slick's entrance and ring gear was, well priceless. This didn't seem to faze Cooley and Armstrong as they come out swinging. Fantastic showing by Cooley and Armstrong until we get one of the all time best finishes. The champagne bottle comes into play but this time doesn't actually shatter. LOL what a great finish. Fergie should get an academy award for that selling. Happy fan favorites Good and Plenty go up against the violent Sheepherders. I was looking forward to this intriguing match up. They put on a very entertaining match. Boyd spoils everything with a flagpole shot on the Candyman. Good and Plenty stay strong while the Sheepherders advance. Other teams better be on the look out for Boyd. HAHAHA! YES! Here we go, the Fiesta Garden. I'm sure the USA network scored high in this segment. LOL, Al even gets Slinker to say "Hello Ron" Al takes advantage of the wider audience and tears into poor Brenda. That comes to a stop when Lancelot comes out. Lance gives Al a piece of his mind but we all know Al gets the last word. Al and Slinker do a number and handcuff and gag Lance. Al goes off and takes away all of Lance "Von Erich's" credibility. Man, that was a verbal assault. The license topped it all off. I couldn't stop laughing when Lance apologized and rushed out while still handcuffed. LOL nice touch! After this, I'm not sure if Brenda will want anymore of this. Unless she can get somebody like Greg Gagne to fight for her. Show couldn't of ended on a higher note as the Gunslingers upset the Funks to advance! Terry's antics had me rolling. The Gunslingers were already the top babyfaces but this win catapults them to a whole new level. They have to be considered favorites to win it now. I know Sunshine loved this. Oh man, how will this effect Terry in his upcoming title defense against Dusty???? Awesome first show Bleh. Can't wait for Gene's shows!

USWA TV @ The Will Rogers Coliseum 2-12-86 David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament- Night 1 Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to the David Von Erich Memorial tag team tournament, right here on the USA Network. During the next three days you will see thirty two teams representing the USWA, Continental and of course Texas All-Star compete for one hundred thousand dollars and the David Von Erich Trophy. On Sunday you will also see Dick Slater defend the Mid America title against Tully Blanchard. Not only will Terry Funk be teaming with his brother Dory in the tournament, he will also be defending the USWA world title against Dusty Rhodes. This will indeed be a historical event and I'm excited to be here along with all you great fans. On tonight's USWA show, we'll have six great first round matches. Afterwards, Marc Lowrance and Texas All-Star will give you five more first round matches. Tremendous night ahead, so let's get the festivities going. . Fire and Ice by Pat Benatar plays over the speakers A kick off ceremony happens as a few valets (wearing black shiny jackets with yellow roses on the back) walk around the ring, showing off the David Von Erich Trophy. The bell rings several times and the tournament is set to begin. Opening round match Texas Tag Team Champs John Tatum and Jack Victory w/Dark Journey vs. "Superstar" Bill Dundee and "Exotic" Adrian Street w/Miss Linda What a match to kick things off. The ring is full of colorful and charismatic characters. Tatum and Victory are yelling and pointing at Dundee and Street, while letting them know they're the champs around here. Miss Linda and Dark Journey are eyeing each other. Tatum and Victory are taken aback when Street blows them a kiss and skips around the ring. Street and Victory start things off. Victory rakes the eyes, then swings Street to the ropes and goes for a clothesline but Street ducks, swings off the ropes and hits a cross body block 1..2..Victory barley kicks out. Tatum runs in but Dundee is on it and fires away. Dundee and Street swing Tatum and Victory to the ropes and hit stereo back drops. Tatum bounces to his corner while Dundee goes back to his. Street works over Victory, then tags in Dundee. Street body slams Victory as Dundee follows with a knee drop from the middle ropes 1..2..Victory gets his foot on the ropes. Dundee picks up Victory, clamps on a headlock and hits a running bulldog 1..2..Tatum runs in with a kick. Street runs in but the Ref guides him back. Tatum drops an elbow on Dundee's head before returning to his corner. Victory rolls over and tags in Tatum. Tatum stomps away on Dundee, drags him to the ropes and chokes him on the bottom rope. The Ref backs Tatum up which allows Dark Journey to slap Dundee. Miss Linda runs over and Journey takes off. Tatum swings Dundee to the ropes and puts him down with a high knee 1..2..Kick Out. Tatum tags in Victory. They hoist Dundee up and double suplex him back. Victory lands an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Victory tags in Tatum. They double slam Dundee, then take turns with rotating elbow drops. Street has enough and runs in. Street clotheslines Victory, then scoop slams Tatum before going back to his corner. Tatum and Dundee stagger up. Tatum throws a punch but Dundee blocks it and pounds away on Tatum, swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. The fans go wild as Dundee tags in Street. Street back drops Tatum. Tatum is by the ropes. Street swings off the ropes and baseball slides Tatum out of the ring. Dundee jumps down and hurls Tatum back in the ring. Tatum staggers up and Street puts him down with a forearm blast and tags in Dundee. Dundee comes off the top rope with his Bomb's Away 1..2..Victory drops a knee. Street sends Victory back to his corner with forearm blasts. Dundee slams Tatum, then tags in Street. They swing Tatum to the ropes, kick him and double suplex him over. Victory runs in and hits Dundee. Street and Victory have an exchange. It gets chaotic. The Ref finally gets control and Tatum manages to tag in Victory. Victory and Street have a wild exchange. Street gets the upper hand and clamps on the sleeper! Dark Journey hops on the apron. The Ref is warning her. Miss Linda runs over and yanks Journey down as the fans cheer. Tatum runs in and hits Street from behind. Dundee fires away on Tatum and knocks him back to his corner. The Ref is guiding Dundee back. Street grabs Victory and rolls him up off the ropes and has him pinned but Tatum runs in and nails Street with the California kick which allows Victory to roll him over. The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Dundee is a second to late. Miss Linda pushes Journey down and gets in the ring to check on Street. Tatum and Victory get out of there as the fans boo. Winners of the match- John Tatum and Jack Victory Lance: Well I can't say it was a clean win but the Texas tag team champions John Tatum and Jack Victory will advance in the tournament. Fans, I think that match has set the tone for this tournament. This next match has a bit of history for our Texas fans. Should be a hard hitting contest. Opening round match The Cartel (Ricky Santana and Fidel Sierra) vs. The South Pacific Connection (Siva Afi and Cocoa Samoa) The feud between Cocoa Samoa and Jose Estrada is still fresh in the Texas fans minds. Thanks to the Cartel, Estrada was able to send Cocoa out of Texas. The tournament odds were with Cocoa as he gets a chance for some payback tonight. Siva and Cocoa are in the ring pacing back and forth. Boos as the Cartel stroll down the aisle. Fidel actually has a cigar. Santana is laughing and pointing up at Cocoa. Fidel takes his cigar and throws it up at Cocoa. The fans go wild as Siva and Cocoa dive over the top rope and down on the Cartel! Siva hammers away on Santana and Cocoa pummels Fidel. They hurl them back in the ring. The Ref backs them up so he can officially start the match. The Cartel finally stagger up and are furious. They shout at the Ref to start the match. The Ref signals for the bell. The Cartel charge over but The SPC are ready and once again pound away on them. Siva punches Santana to the corner as Cocoa does the same to Fidel in the opposite corner. Siva and Cocoa hop up on the turnbuckles and pound down on Santana and Fidel, then hit stereo monkey flips. The Cartel stagger up in the middle of the ring. Siva and Cocoa dropkick them into each other. The Ref finally gets control. Cocoa swings Fidel to the ropes and puts him down with a chop then dives down on him with a headbutt 1..2..Santana breaks it. Siva runs in but the Ref stops him. Santana takes advantage and nails Cocoa with a boot to the head. Fidel rolls over and tags in Santana. Santana punches, stomps and chokes Cocoa. Santana tags in Fidel. Santana holds Cocoa as Fidel comes off the top rope with a fist to the face. Santana holds Cocoa on the bottom rope as Fidel hits a body guillotine. Fidel picks up Cocoa, swings him to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Cocoa kicks him, dives over and tags in Siva. Siva chops Fidel down. Santana runs in and gets scooped slammed. Siva scoop slams Fidel, swings off the ropes and his a jumping headbutt 1..2..Santana drops a knee on Siva's head. Cocoa is still reeling on the apron. Santana helps Fidel up. Fidel swings Siva to the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Fidel moves and Santana hits a running clothesline. Fidel drags Siva to the corner and the Cartel unload with punches and kicks. The Ref is warning them but they continue the onslaught. Cocoa is rejuvenated, runs over and unloads. He headbutts Santana through the ropes, then drops Fidel with a headbutt before going back to his corner. Fidel staggers up but Siva rolls under his legs and tags in Cocoa. Cocoa unloads on Fidel but Fidel gauges his eyes. Fidel swings Cocoa to the corner and follows but Cocoa hops up on the turnbuckles and comes back with a flying press 1..2..3!!! Santana tried to run in but Siva stopped him with a dropkick. Huge Pop! Winners of the match- The South Pacific Connection Lance: Now I know that was a very satisfying win for Cocoa, and by that applause, these Texas fans feel the same way. The South Pacific Connection will advance. Fans, we're only two matches in and the action has been non stop. Ok, we're set for our next match. The Rock n Roll RPMs vs. The Highwaymen Duncum and Hickerson enter the ring wearing their long trench coats and cowboy hats. They look focused and mean. Cheers as the RPMs hit the ring wearing their trademark spandex attire. The RPMs don't look as confident tonight. Word has it that they really took that TV loss to the Rose Cousins pretty hard. As the match progresses, it's obvious the RPMs just don't have it together. On the flip side, the Highwaymen are on their A game. The opening moments is all Highwaymen. RPMs make a bit of a comeback and start to build some momentum. That comes to an abrupt halt when Hickerson blasts Lane with a clothesline to the back of the head. Duncum clotheslines Davis over the top rope. Hickerson hoists Lane up as Duncum hops on the middle ropes. They hit the Spike piledriver! 1..2..3! Winners of the Match- The Highwaymen Lance: My goodness! The Highwaymen made relatively short work of the RPMs. Very dominating performance as the Highwaymen advance in the tournament. I'll be keeping an eye on those two tough hombres, that's for sure. This next match should be another hard hitting affair. Let's go back to the ring. Central States Tag Team Champs The Bruise Brothers vs. The Moondogs w/Sir Oliver Humperdink Lance was right, this one's hard hitting. Even Humperdink keeps his distance. Bruise Brothers are on fire during the opening minutes. Cash swings Spot to the ropes, kicks him in the gut and executes a gut wrench suplex, then swings off the ropes and hits a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Cash tags in Snowman. Snowman swings Spot to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Rex runs in and gets clotheslined down. Snowman tags in Cash, they swing Spot to the ropes and hit a double back elbow smash. Cash follows with an elbow drop 1..2..Rex breaks it with a stomp. Spot rolls over and tags in Rex. Rex swings Cash to the corner and follows with a shoulder thrust, then follows with several shoulder thrusts. Rex pulls Cash out and executes a backbreaker. Rex rolls Cash over on his stomach. Rex goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a splash to the back. Rex tags in Spot. Rex hits another backbreaker on Cash and holds him as Spot hits a leg drop from the middle ropes 1..2..Snowman breaks it. The Ref guides Snowman back. Spot hits Cash with several rabbit punches to the back. Spot applies a Boston Crab! Spot wrenches away. Humperdink is yelling at the Ref to ring the bell. Snowman and the fans start to fire Cash up. Cash uses all his strength and grabs the ropes. Spot wrenches until the Ref hits a 4 count. Spot tags in Rex. Rex picks up Cash and slams his head on the turnbuckle. The fans go crazy as Cash hits his own head on the turnbuckle several times, grabs Rex and puts him down with a headbutt, then leaps over and tags in Snowman. Snowman unloads on Rex, swings him to the ropes and flips him over with a knee to the mid section. Snowman jumps up and hits Rex with a double stomp to the mid section. Spot runs in but Snowman mows him over with a shoulder block. Rex staggers up winded, Snowman grabs him and hits a running powerslam 1..2..3! The fans cheer as the Bruise Brothers celebrate. After a minute, they wave to the fans and start to exit. WHAM! The Moondogs nail them with their bones from behind. The fans boo as Humperdink raises the Moondogs arms while they hold up their bones. Winners of the Match- The Bruise Brothers Lance: Bruise Brothers advance with a hard fought victory over the Moondogs. However, Humperdink and the Moondogs get the last shot in. I see the Bruise Brothers getting up, so that's a good sign. I'm sure Sir Oliver is real pleased with himself and his Moondogs. What a poor sport. Fans, I see extra security is coming out for this next match and I'm sure I know why. Things could get ugly here in Texas. Opening Round Match Continental Tag Team Champs Tommy and Johnny Rich vs. The Tribal Nation (Mark and Chris Youngblood) THUNDERING BOOOOOOOS! The Rich's arrogantly walk down the aisle with huge smiles on their faces. You wouldn't know there was extra security with all the garbage being thrown at the Rich's. They enter the ring and the boos go to an all time high when the fans notice they're holding yellow roses. Security have to hold several fans back from running into the ring. It's a madhouse! More garbage and beer is thrown at the Rich's. Tommy grabs the mic. "Now hold on! My cousin Johnny and I came to this dump for some friendly competition. I should of known this would happen. You people should be bowing down to us. You know why? Because we represent family values, unlike the good ol Von Erich boys. Things are getting really tense. "We're here to fill that void. You know, the Von Erich void... Before Tommy can finish, the Tribal Nation hits the ring. The Ref quickly signals for the bell. The fans are going wild as the Tribal Nation are all over the Rich's. They double dropkick Tommy out of the ring. Mark picks up Johnny and atomic drops him. Johnny staggers into a chop by Chris. Mark slams Johnny, then picks up Chris and drops him as Chris lands with a leg drop on Johnny. The Ref guides Chris to the corner. Mark swings Johnny to the corner and follows with a running elbow to the head then tags in Chris. Mark holds Johnny while Chris crashes down with a tomahawk chop to the head. Chris swings Johnny to the ropes and hits a high back drop. The fans are loving every minute. Johnny bounces over and tags in Tommy. Tommy runs in but gets chopped down by Chris. Chris picks up Tommy. Mark sticks his boot out and Chris slams Tommy's head on it. Chris tags in Mark. Chris hoists Tommy up in a suplex position and Mark fly's off with a press 1..2..Johnny breaks it. Chris pounds Johnny back to the corner. Mark and Chris swing Tommy to the ropes and put him down with a double chop. Mark picks up Tommy and atomic drops him into the corner, then tags Chris. Chris swings Tommy to the ropes and puts him down with a shoulder block. Chris picks up Tommy but Tommy rakes his eyes. Tommy swings Chris to the ropes and Johnny (from the apron) nails Chris with a forearm blast to the back. Chris staggers forward and Tommy hits him with the Thesz Press. Tommy reaches out and holds Johnny's hands as the Ref counts 1..2..3! Mark is a second to late. Johnny pulls Tommy out of the ring. Mark and the fans are telling the Ref what happened but the Ref didn't see it. Thundering boos! Winners of the Match- Tommy and Johnny Rich Lance: The Rich's advance but I think they're just lucky to get out of here alive. Oh wait a minute, hold on. I think you boys better get out of here while you can. Johnny: I don't know what's with these people? Like Tommy said, we're your family now. And this family won't abandon you. Things just got better around here. Place goes into full on riot mode when the Rich's start singing "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Mass Security escorts the Rich's out. Lance: I've never seen a place erupt like this. We're going to have to get things calmed down before we get to our final match. (Looking around at the intense scene) Well fans, it's been a night filled with action and chaos. I don't think that's going to change as we get ready for our next match, but first we better take a time out to let things cool down. Advertisement is shown for the USWA's next closed circuit event. Friday...April 2nd...Market Square Arena... USWA presents "The Happening" Lance: Ok fans, let's go to the ring. USWA Tag Team Champs The Karachi Vice vs. The Fabulous Ones Karachi Vice and The Fabs are in the ring when Gama grabs the mic. "Forget about all the previous hostility. That is not what the Karachi Vice Invitational is all about. It's about true tag team competition and nobody knows more about that than brother Makhan and myself. We've held these titles for 9 months and tonight we get to show the world why we are the best tag team in wresting. I want to extend our deepest condolences to these young men opposing us. I'm sorry your stay in our tournament will be a short one. In the meantime, let's show all these great fans what the Karachi Vice Invitational is all about. Shall we?" The Ref signals for the bell. Boos as Gama and Makhan extend their hands for sportsmanship. The Fabs look out to the fans. They shrug and put out their hands. Karachi Vice shakes them. As the Fabs turn around, Karachi Vice attack them from behind. Boos as Karachi Vice pound away. Gama pounds Keirn into the corner as Makhan pounds Lane into the opposite corner. Karachi Vice swings the Fabs into each other but Lane leapfrogs over Keirn and rocks Gama with a punch. Keirn nails Makhan with a running clothesline in the corner. The Fabs swing Karachi Vice into each other as they collide. Makhan staggers against the ropes. The Fabs send him out in the floor with a double clothesline! Gama staggers up and Lane nails him with a superkick! Before Gama falls, Keirn grabs him and hits a German Suplex 1..2..3!!!!!! The fans are up and cheering!!!! Winners of the Match- The Fabulous Ones Lance: (laughing) Well how about that! The Fabulous Ones have advanced with a win over the current USWA tag team champions. I don't think the Karachi Vice were expecting this. Talk about a stunner. Listen to this crowd. Fans, what a tremendous first set of matches. The teams advancing are John Tatum and Jack Victory, The South Pacific Connection. The Highwaymen, The Bruise Brothers, The Rich's and now the Fabulous Ones. And this is only the beginning. Stay tuned as Marc Lowrance and Texas All-Star will bring you the next series of opening round matches. Then tomorrow, Charlie Platt and Ronnie P Gossett will host the second round matches. So far the David Von Erich Memorial Tag team tournament has been nothing short of exciting. I'll see you on Sunday.

Hase shows his skills in a good showcase match. Big win for Taylor as he makes Mando submit. Blackman gets the win over Candido but this feud is far from over. Great promo by Adams as he heads into his big title match with Gilbert. I like Anvil getting his two cents in. No doubt with Big Bubba around, Cornette wont be afraid to shoot his mouth off. Rose and Easy Ed win a battle over the Crazy Gang but I have to wonder what's going on between Duggan and Rose. Things are heating up as Pacific heads into the Aloha Spectacular.

USWA releases George Wells and adds Mongolian Stomper. USWA sends TNT to Continental. USWA adds Bruce Hart

USWA @ The Rupp Arena 2-6-86 USWA Tag Team Champs Karachi Vice vs. 2 Local Talents Gama grabs the mic "We are fair men and just because the Karachi Vice Tag Team Invitational is in our honor does not mean we do not have to qualify. Tonight, the winners of this match will go on to compete in the Karachi Vice Invitational next weekend in Texas" Karachi Vice destroys their opponents as Mahkan hits a body splash to the back and Gama follows with the camel clutch. Boos as Karachi Vice hold up their titles and hug. The fans can hear them say "We earned this, we really did" "Bulldog" Mike George vs. "The Lone Wolf" Jesse Barr These two continue their feud in another hard hitting encounter. George wins the match with a quick cradle. Afterwards, Barr has another meltdown as he flips over chairs and takes swings at the fans. Loser Leaves Town Match Big Man Steel vs. "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly w/The Vin Man Steel takes total control, slams and throws Kelly from one side of the ring to the other. Steel swings Kelly to the ropes and hits the bearhug slam! Vinnie hops on the apron and yells at Steel. Steel runs over and accidently knocks the Ref over. Steel sends Vinnie flying with a forearm blast. As Steel goes back to Kelly, Bodacious hits the ring in street clothes. They pound away on Steel, pick him up and double hot shot him on the top rope. They set Kelly on top of him and exit. The Ref crawls over and counts 1..2..3! Booooo! Big Man Steel must leave town. The Fabulous Ones vs. Greg Gagne and Duke Myers (sub for Joe Savoldi) Gagne and Myers get in some offense but the Fabs are on fire tonight. They double dropkick Gagne out of the ring. Lane hits Myers with superkick that sends him into a back suplex by Keirn for the win! On the way out, Gagne gets hit by a hot dog while arguing with the fans. Billy Jack Strong vs. "Maniac" Mark Lewin w/Curtis Iaukea Just a brawl as they battle to a double c.o. and keep on fighting up the aisle. Ghetto Street Fight! "Champagne" Gerry Morrow vs. George Wells Wells is in jeans and a football jersey while Morrow is wearing a suit. Wells is all over Morrow! Morrow is a bumping fool as Wells takes it to him. Wells dropkicks Morrow out of the ring. Wells goes out, rips Morrow's shirt off him and chokes him with it. Wells picks up Morrow and swings him into the steel post. Wells grabs a chair. Morrow is on his knees and Wells cracks him on the back with the chair. Wells goes to the timekeeper's table, grabs a can of beer, shakes it and sprays it in Morrow's face. From out of nowhere CARL FERGIE comes from behind and shatters a bottle of champagne over Wells head! Fergie lays Morrow's arm across Wells. The Ref has no choice but to count 1..2..3! Fergie apparently had set another bottle of champagne on the timekeeper's table. He opens it and feeds some to Morrow to revive him. Morrow staggers up. Him and Fergie exchange the bottle and take swigs. Morrow points down at Wells and smiles. Morrow picks up Wells and hits a falling DDT on the concrete while Fergie laughs. To the horror of the fans, Morrow picks up Wells again and hits another floating DDT on the concrete! Officials and Medics run out to attend to Wells. As Wells is stretchered out, Morrow and Fergie hold up the champagne bottle and gesture a toast as the fans are in complete shock. Carlos Colon vs. Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea The rulebook is pretty much thrown out as these guys tear into each other. Iaukea tries to get involved but Colon takes care of him. Kamala takes advantage of the distraction and works over Colon with thrusts, chops, choking, kicks and slams. Kamala tries to finish Colon off with a splash but Colon moves! Colon makes a fiery comeback and has Kamala reeling. Mark Lewin runs down to the ring but Billy Jack Strong is on him as they brawl around the ring. Kamala is wobbling as Colon body slams him. Colon goes to the top rope but Iaukea gets on the apron and pushes Colon off. The Ref calls for the DQ. Strong and Lewin continue to brawl around the ring. Iaukea gets in the ring and stomps on Colon. Kamala gets up and joins in. They pick Colon up but Colon puts Iaukea down with a headbutt. Colon and Kamala have a heated exchange. Wrestlers and officials run in to break it up. Chaos! "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and Mid America Champ "Unpredictable" Dick Slater vs. USWA World Champ Terry Funk and Tully Blanchard w/Baby Doll Funk is pissed after getting marked with his own branding iron by Dusty on TV yesterday. Tully is pissed from getting clocked by Slater yesterday. Tempers are already flaring. The Ref shows a lot of leniency at the start and just lets these guys fight. The fight is all over the place and the fans are loving every minute. Eventually we get something resembling a match. The match goes over 30 minutes with a lot of pier six brawls in between. Each man is on their A game and gets his chance to shine. Baby Doll even got a slap in on Slater. At around the 35 minute mark everybody is in the ring fighting. Funk is against the ropes. Dusty charges with a clothesline that sends them both over the top. The Ref is looking out at them. Baby Doll gets on the apron with her shoe in hand. Tully holds Slater and walks him over. Baby Doll swings but Slater ducks and she nails Tully! Tully goes down and Slater follows with an elbow drop, the Ref turns around and jumps down 1..2..3! Big POP!

RPG opens up the first Continental show stating nothing but facts of what went down at Gulf Coast Clash. The Continental title is going to be a huge deal judging by all the talent coming in to compete for it. Fujinami throws his name in and has an impressive debut. Will be interesting watching the Japanese superstar in Continental. Bullet Bob is coming after Dory but right now is focused on the tournament. YES! I was hoping Chicky and Ayala would cross paths and it happened. These guys will be trouble. Poor Bruno just lost a big henchman. Dundee and Street tune up for the tournament. WOW! Dundee and Barnes in a street fight on TV! Oh yea! Slick and Fergie are lucky to be alive and lucky Bad News decided to cool down and not appear live tonight. It's scary when a guy like Bad News takes time out to think about what he's going to do next. And here we go. The most hated men in the game, the Rich's are back on TV. LOL they take shots at everybody and I mean everybody! I can't imagine what it's going to be like when they're in Texas. They're going to have every team gunning for them as well as the fans. It's going to be nuts! I really don't think they're going to make it out alive. I don't think the Rich's can ever be babyfaces again. Fergie knows how to invest and Dory Funk is a great investment. Bullet could be in serious trouble. Good thing his sons are around. I don't know why but the sight of Slick and Dory conversing just cracked me up. All hell breaks loose as Brody runs in to help Olympia from a Platinum Club beatdown. Even if I had 3 men by my side, I still wouldn't want to mess with Brody. AWWWW man bummer, thanks to that no good Barnes, the Iceman is gone. BOOOOOO! It looks like the Dynamite Duo/Sheepherders feud still rages on. At least they have Dundee to take care of Barnes. Now they just need somebody to counter Boyd. Great stuff Gene! Next stop, the tournament!

It's simple things like Dusek meeting the Wild Bunch in front of the arena that capture this territory so well. A coin toss determines it will be Bass and Bart competing in the tournament. The Cartel look impressive as they tune up for the tournament. Even Marc Lowrance had to give them their due. Great job hyping up the tournament and reminding us who's representing Texas. Ok it's official, I think the Rich's are going to die in Texas! OMG they took some serious shots at the Von Erichs! I wonder if Kerry and Kevin caught wind of this up in NY? I have to say, I think the Rich's are the most hated team in the entire game. Damn that was some nuclear heat. It was one thing when they were doing this in Continental but now that the fans in Texas got to see this first hand, it could cause a full blown riot. The Texas teams will be out for some Rich blood. No doubt about it, the ratings will be way up during the Rich tournament matches LOL. Thank goodness the Gunslingers were up next. Very smart placement. Gunslingers are fired up and have to be considered favorites. Speaking of heat, it's now time for the Fiesta Garden. Well it was only a matter of time before Al got a bodyguard. He gets none other than 27x karate champ and former officer of the law, Ron Slinker! What a pair! HAHAHAHA Al and his shots at Brenda have become my favorite part of the Fiesta Garden. He cracks me up. But he better watch it because Brenda has a plan. Al almost gets in serious trouble as White Lightning Tim Horner has enough and challenges him on the spot! Awesome segment as Slinker earns his money and helps Al get the win. Al's the man! Luscious is coming in with some serious hype. I can't wait to find out what this is all about. The suspense is killing me LOL. Kansas Jayhawks take care of business and Pringle tells them they better not let him down. The managers must be feeling the pressure because Paul Jones said the same thing to the Devil's Duo. Awesome main event as we get closure to one of the best feuds in the game. Wild Bunch take "Killer's Gang" down and advance to the tournament. Meanwhile Miller doesn't seem to impressed with Brooks anymore. Great go home show to the DVE tournament. I'm looking forward to this epic event. So many great teams competing. It's going to be a wild 3 days!

USWA TV @ The Knoxville Civic Center 2-5-86 Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA network. We're just one week away from the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Three nights of incredible action as thirty two tag teams from the USWA, Texas All-Star and the newly named Continental wrestling compete for 100.000 dollars and the David Von Erich Trophy. All that will be televised right here on the USA network. I'm especially excited about going to the Will Rogers Coliseum on night one. Also at the tournament you will see Dick Slater defend the Mid America title against Tully Blanchard. We'll hear from both men tonight. And of course Terry Funk will pull double duty as he will team with his brother Dory in the tournament and will also be defending the USWA World Title against the man set for action right now, the American Dream Dusty Rhodes. Let's go to the ring. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Trey Steinbach The fans are up and cheering as Dusty hoists Steinbach up and drops him with a delayed vertical suplex. Dusty swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop for the win! WHAM! Dusty's nailed from behind by Terry Funk! Terry picks up his branding iron. He swings Dusty to the ropes and tries to clothesline him with it but Dusty ducks, swings back and clotheslines Funk down! Dusty swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop on Funk! The fans go crazy when Dusty picks up Funk's branding iron and holds it up. Dusty pushes the iron down on Funk's chest and leaves a mark! Funk is screaming in pain and rolling around frantically. Dusty throws the branding iron. The fans cheer as Dusty does the title motion around his waist. Dusty heads to the podium. Dusty: Terry Funk! Did you forget who you was mess'n with? Last week you said this was war. Brother, we declared war on each other a long time ago. Many many battles and a lot of blood spilled but the war continues to rage on. I won tonight's battle but the war will be won next week when I put you out to pasture and take that USWA world title away. That will be an American Dream ending. I'll see ya in Texas Funk! Commercial Break Lance: Wow, Dusty Rhodes just sent a message to the world champ Terry Funk. Their saga continues at the David Von Erich Memorial tag team tournament. Tonight, you will see many teams tuning up for the tournament. You will also see Gerry Morrow take on George Wells in a grudge match. Tony St. Clair defends his TV title against Big Man Steel. So let's keep things moving and go to the ring. The Stud Stable (Rob Fuller and Jimmy Golden) vs. Gary Williams and Neil Greenwood Stud Stable toy with and humiliate their opponents before finishing them off with a spiked piledriver. Ron Fuller joins them at the podium. Rob: Well now, everybody is talking about this big high dollar tournament coming up. Yes indeed. And everybody also knows that myself and cousin Jimmy are going to win that grand cash prize. Jimmy: That's right! And we heard those Fabulous Nones shooting off their mouths and saying they hope we cross paths in the tournament. Those boys love getting a good beating don't they. (laughs) Ron: I told you, the Stud Stable is running things around here. Rob and Jimmy are walking away with the trophy. Now, Dusty Rhodes is prancing around like he's king of the mountain. Dusty, don't get to comfortable because like I said, you and I have unfinished business boy. Commercial Break Carlos Colon vs. Peter Crowell Colon is on fire tonight and wins the match with a flying clothesline from the top rope! Colon heads to the podium. Lance: Carlos, tomorrow night at the Rupp Arena, it's you and Kamala one on one. Last week at the Roanne Fieldhouse, Iaukea, Lewin and Kamala attacked their own man TNT and did a number on him. This is one evil group. Are you mentally and physically prepared for Kamala? Colon: Iaukea and his goons have been on a path of destruction. Kamala has hurt me very badly but here I am, standing and ready to fight. Kamala! I bring the fight to you tomorrow night! Commercial Break The Devil's Duo w/Paul Jones vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Paul Jones is very vocal tonight and makes sure the Duo is focused. Vines executes a backbreaker on Dutro and holds him while Sword comes off the top rope with a stomp to the chest for the win. They head to the podium. Super Destroyer joins them. Jones: (looks at the Duo) I want you two to look at this man (looks at Super Destroyer) This man has a killer instinct and is going to put the Spoiler out of wrestling. I want the two of you to get your killer instinct back. You failed against those clowns the Bruise Brothers and last week you two bungled an opportunity for a TV title match. I will not be embarrassed at the DVE tag team tournament! You boys better only have winning the whole damn thing on your mind. Got it! Jones and Super Destroyer storm off. Vines and Sword look pissed then walk off. Commercial Break "Champagne" Gerry Morrow vs. George Wells The fans boo as Morrow flaunts his Billionaire's title. Huge pop as Wells runs to the ring. He slides in but Morrow blasts him with his title! Morrow heads to the outside, grabs a bottle of cheap Thunderbird, then goes back in the ring. Morrow pours the bottle all over Wells. Morrow laughs and heads to the podium. Lance: Ok, alright, that was just despicable. Morrow: Oh I know why you're upset. You thought I wasted de good champagne on him. HAHAHA don't worry Lance, George is not worth de good stuff. I used the cheapest on him. Enough about George. De big news is I have a true partner and friend I can count on. Of course I'm referring to none other than Mr. Money Carl Fergie. Together we will win de tournament and we will become even richer together. If dat is even possible HAHAHA. Lance, you really should think about investing in our team. Good day. Commercial Break The South Pacific Connection (Siva and Cocoa) vs. Trent Watkins and Carl Kellerman Siva and Cocoa double back drop Watkins. Kellerman runs in and gets a double chop. Siva and Cocoa hop up on opposite turnbuckles and crash down with diving headbutts to get the win. Lance: Fantastic win for the South Pacific Connection as they head into the tournament with some steam. Boos as Greg Gagne comes out. Gagne: Oh yea everybody is happy and pumped up about this tournament. Well I'm not! Last week, those fools the Bruise Brothers beat up my partner Joe so bad he had to be stretchered out of the arena. Not only that but some fat slob fan poured a beer on my head! Joe's a tough kid and he will be at the tournament. But we're not going to take this abuse anymore! I'm serving notice to every team out there. High Fly'n Fever is coming after all of you! Lance: Ok, a very threatening Greg Gagne. We'll be back. Commercial Break Lance: Fans, I have some great news. Curt Hennig is coming back to the USWA. Let's take a special look at Curt Hennig. "The Heat is on" by Glen Frey plays The video shows Curt Hennig swimming in the ocean, running on the beach, playing golf, driving a convertible and working out at the gym. "Curt Hennig is on his way" Lance: We certainly look forward to Curt Hennig's arrival. Let's go back to the ring. "The Real Thing" Rip Morgan vs. Arnie Goldstein Rip just tears his opponent up before finishing him off with a big boot to the head! Rip stomps and huffs around the ring. Commercial Break Lance: We're set for our next match but Rip Morgan is still stomping around the ring. Rip finally exits the ring. The participant for the next match comes out and it's Nord the Barbarian. Rip stomps and huffs then sees Nord stomping and huffing. Both men start stomping and huffing around each other. They start yelling at each other. Officials come out to escort Rip back. Rip finally leaves but continues yelling at Nord. Nord gets in the ring for his match. Nord the Barbarian vs. Todd Rooney Nord is very aggressive and finishes things off quick with a devastating clothesline! Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton Britton: I'm not happy and I have a lot to say. Just listen to this. So, a couple days ago I got this special package in the mail. It was so beautifully wrapped with heart decorations on it. I opened it and it was a tape that said 'watch me'. Needless to say I was excited. I watched it and it was that no good Alvin on his third rate show. You know what he said? He referred to me...(deep breath) he referred to me as a rat!!! A rat! (Fans laugh) Hey! That's not funny! I was so mad. I was in tears. Oh I was so upset. Well I'm not upset anymore because I have a plan. I'll get to that in a minute. Right now I want to bring out tonight's guest, Lance Von Erich. Cheers as Lance comes out. Britton: (smiles and slides her finger down his arm) Hi Lance, oh my you sure have big muscles. Lance: (smiles) Thank you Ms. Britton. Britton: (seductive smile) Oh please, call me Brenda. Now you heard what that Latin Loser Alvin called me right? Lance: Yes, I did. Britton: Well I was thinking. I need a knight in shinning armor to defend me. I need somebody to go down to Texas next weekend and put that Alvin in his place. Well, who better than a Von Erich. The Von Erich's are Texas toughest and a Von Erich should be at the big tournament. You're a true Von Erich right? Lance: Well... Britton: Wait a minute...Lance...Lancelot! Yes! You're my Lancelot! (starts stroking his hair) What do you say Lancelot? Will you defend my honor? Lance: (Smiles) Well I guess it wouldn't hurt if I went down and had a word with him. Brenda gives Lance a huge hug. She finally lets go. Britton: You're my hero Lancelot! Thank you, thank you so much! (looks at the camera) You're in big trouble now Alvin! I'll be back on the Beauty Shop in two weeks and guess what? My guess will be Lancelot, my hero. Until then tooooodles. Brenda gives Lance another hug and kisses him several times on the cheek as the segment ends. Commercial Break Kamala w/Curtis Iaukea vs. Ray Glader Kamala puts Glader down with a thrust shot, picks him up and slams him down. Kamala swings off the ropes and finishes things off with a body splash. As Iaukea leads Kamala to the podium, footage is shown of Kamala, Lewin and Iaukea brutally attacking TNT. Lance: I can't believe you would do that to one of your loyal men. Kamala is walking around slapping his belly while Mark Lewin joins them. Iaukea: TNT was a weak child! You know what you with a weak link? You cut it off! Soon there will be another man joining us. This man is a true assassin. This man is pure evil and this man will join our quest to destroy all who stand in our way. That means you Rocky Johnson! You Billy Jack Strong and most of all you Carlos Colon! You will feel the wrath of Kamala tomorrow night! Be prepared! Commercial Break Bodacious (Sommers and Donovan) w/The Vin Man vs. Sam Smith and William Hillman Vinnie is all smiles as Bodacious wins the match with a double hot shot on the top rope. On the way out, Vinnie looks in the camera and says "You're looking at the tournament winners, no doubt about it...yea!" Lance: Bodacious gets the win and look very confident as they head into the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team tournament. Fans, that all starts next Friday Night as this show will kick things off at the Will Rogers Coliseum. I... George Wells storms out with a bandaged up head. George: Lance, I'm getting real tired of wearing bandages on my head! Morrow! Tomorrow night at the Rupp Arena, it's gonna be me and you in a ghetto street fight! You're not the only one who can get down. Get ready cuz I'm gonna put a thump'n on your head! Lance: Ok, Wells and Morrow in a ghetto street fight tomorrow night at the Rupp Arena. I would hate to be Gerry Morrow right now. Commercial Break Lance: I'm here with the Mid America Champ Dick Slater. Dick, you'll be defending that title against Tully Blanchard at the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Slater: Lance, I'm a fighter and I'm a fighting champion. I'll be damned if I'm going to let Tully waltz in here and take this here title. That aint going to happen and if.... Boos as Tully and Baby Doll stroll out. Lance: Wait a minute, just hold on, I don't want any trouble out here. Tully: Relax, we're both civilized men. (looks at Slater and smirks) well at least I am. Just.... Slater decks Tully! Baby Doll screams at Slater while comforting Tully. Slater: (looking down at Tully) Boy, you talk to much. Lance: (Smiling) We'll be right back Commercial Break The Elvis version of Also Sprach Zarathustra plays A man with his back turned is wearing a king's crown and cape. "The real King of professional wrestling will appear on February 19th" Lance: Well it appears the self proclaimed King of wrestling will grace us with an appearance in 2 weeks. Fans, I can tell you Tully Blanchard was in an uproar. I'm not so sure he should of messed with Dick Slater. That match will take place next weekend along with Terry Funk defending the USWA world title against Dusty Rhodes. We all saw earlier as Dusty branded Terry with his own branding iron. Their match next weekend will be like they say, a war. All that, plus 32 teams vying for 100.000 dollars and the David Von Erich trophy. 3 nights of incredible action, all here on the USA network. It will be a historic event, one that I'm excited to be a part of. I've spoken to Marc Lowrance in Texas as well as Charlie Platt in Continental and they share the same excitement. Fans, our TV title main event when we come back. Commercial Break TV Title Bout Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair (C) w/Les Thornton vs. Big Man Steel Last week Steel defeated Jeff Sword in the newly announced TV title contender's match to earn tonight's shot. Steel patiently waits as Thornton waves the UK flag in front of him. Tony smiles at Steel as he unstraps the title and holds it up in front of him. The bell rings but Thornton is still waving the flag and insulting Steel. Steel grabs Thornton by his throat, lifts him up and choke slams him down! Tony charges but Steel mows him over with a shoulder block. Thornton slowly rolls out of the ring and falls to the outside. It's all Steel as he works over Tony with power moves. Steel swings Tony to the corner and follows with a running clothesline that takes Tony off his feet. Steel swings him to the opposite corner and hits another running clothesline. Tony staggers forward and drops face first to the canvas. Steel picks up Tony and slams him down then follows with a big elbow drop 1..2..Les pulls Tony's foot under the rope and screams at the Ref. The Ref sees it and tells Steel. Steel gets up and goes to the ropes to give Les a warning. Tony staggers up but Steel turns around and scoop slams him down. Steel picks up Tony and swings him to the corner and charges in with an avalanche but Tony just collapses and Steel hits the turnbuckles hard. Tony rolls out of the ring to regroup. Les goes over to help. The Ref starts the count. Steel rolls out of the ring. Les runs away. Les gets on the apron and starts yelling at the Ref and pointing at Steel. The Ref goes over and starts arguing with Les. Boos as Kevin Kelly runs out, grabs Steel and rams him into the steel post! Kelly runs to the back. Les hops down. Tony picks up Steel and rolls him back in the ring. Tony swings off the ropes and finishes up with a showboating senton 1..2..3! Boooooos as Tony holds his TV title high while Les waves the UK flag behind him. Lance: What a shame. Big Man Steel was on the verge of winning the TV title until Kevin Kelly showed up and ruined everything. Steel comes over obviously still feeling the affects. Steel: Kelly! This place isn't big enough for both of us. Tomorrow night, Rupp arena, if you've got the guts. You and me, loser leaves town! This all ends, got it! Lance: Well I think I would have to agree. The Rupp Arena is shaping up to be a big night of USWA action. Well fans, I'll see you next week from the Will Rogers Coliseum as we kick off the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament.

Doesn't get more hard hitting than a Simmons/Anvil match. Wild Bulls are quickly getting over especially with the Bullpen LOL. Iron & Steel pull off a huge win over Windham and Rotunda. Loving the Atlas/Cameron pairing. Burke and Black Gold win round 1 against the Hollywood Knights. Adams gets the fall in the 6 man match and now gets a shot at Gilbert's Pacific Title. I've been waiting for this huge match up. Can't wait for Aloha Spectacular. Scorpio and Hase defiantly got the fans warmed up. Nobody gets up from Stan's lariat! Stan could go all the way in Pacific. WOW! Badd Co. score another win over the Midnight Express. Badd Co has been built up so well here that I can't call it an upset. Candido gets some shine but Perez is really coming into his own and has a firm grip on the CA title. Damn good matches!

Love the feud going on between Sheik and Adnan! This one's going to get bloody!

With the addition of Hase, the Snowbirds are well represented around the globe. They score another win over the Guerreros. The Guerreros titles might be in serious jeopardy. British Steel gets a good rub tonight as Missy offers to help them out. Taylor will no doubt be a strong influence. Good back story here. Will they finally get that big win over the Hart Foundation? Black Gold debut and have their sights set on the Hollywood Knights. Speaking of Hollywood Knights, they give Zenk a lot of distractions which allow Smothers to get the win and an upcoming shot at Perez. That match might steal the show at the Aloha Spectacular. Duggan gets a big win over Boone and earns himself and Rose a tag title shot. I wonder why Rose and Easy Ed weren't to excited? We'll see how this plays out. With all the great feuds going, the Aloha Spectacular will be nothing less than spectacular.

Gulf Coast Clash has arrived! Mr. Pro gets focused (and bends the rules) and defeats Ricky Gibson. Welcome to Pro Wrestling Jeff Jarrett. Man, Barnes gave the kid quite a beating until Dundee stops it with the towel. I will give Jarrett credit, he hung in there. Chicky turns heel and takes the title with one painful lowblow. It might take Armstrong a while to recuperate from that shot. Chicky was such a great heel in Puerto Rico and I cant wait to see the heat he draws here. Looks like a new feud is born between Parsons/Dynamite Duo and the Sheepherders and Boyd. Morrow comes to town and helps his new partner by blasting Taylor with a champagne bottle! With the money Fergie and Morrow have, buying more bottles isn't a problem LOL. I can't wait to see these guys in the tournament. Nightmares draw first blood but the Moondogs get payback quick. I hope we get another gimmick match. I'm enjoying this feud. Mulligan gets some big time revenge by pinning Khan and clamping the claw on Humperdink! All is well until the Moondogs hit the ring and leave Mulligan and son laying. Moondogs caused a lot of havoc tonight. LOL, Funk is so awesome! Only he would start a match with a promo. Funk and Bullet are putting on a show when DORY hits the ring and blasts Bob with the branding iron! Oh yea looks like we're going to get another round of a Funk/Armstrong family feud! The cage match lived up to my chaotic expectations and then some. Huge twist as Matt Borne turns out to be a traitor Olympia. Poor DJ must go. I do like the attention he's been getting in this game and I hope it continues wherever he ends up. The Platinum Club better be on high alert because Brody and Olympia coming after them! This was truly a fitting way to close out the Twin States name. Great job Gene!

USWA releases Timothy Flowers and picks up Scott McGhee