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USWA @ The Johnson City Civic Center 10-31-85 "True Grit" Mike George w/Bulldog Brown vs. A Local Talent George hits the Russian Leg Sweep for the victory. The Red Dragons vs. The Magnificent Ones Solid back and forth battle. Magnificent Ones break a lot of rules but that comes back to haunt them. All four men end up fighting. Kelly has Fuchi locked in a full nelson. While the Ref guides Kiniski back to his corner. Yatsu kicks Kelly which allows Fuchi to fall back and get the pin. Corporal Kirchner vs. "The Russian Brute" Chris Markoff Your typical USA vs. USSR 80s match. Both men brawl to a double count out and keep on fighting. I'm sure this is the first of many battles. Sunny War Cloud vs. "Diamond" Timothy Flowers Sunny tears into Flowers and gives him a first class beating. Flowers has a few moments but Sunny has pure rage on his side. Sunny finishes off Flowers with a tomahawk chop from the top rope for the win! The fans roar as Sunny goes out and gets his headdress back. Sunny raises his arms in victory but when he turns around Flowers throws a handful of salt in his eyes! Flowers kicks Sunny and pushes him into the steel post, then snatches the headdress and puts it back on as the fans boo. Flowers does a mock tribal dance back up the aisle. The Rock n Roll RPMs vs. The Technicians This was originally scheduled to be the RPMs vs. CEOs but the CEOs are still out dealing with the investigation. The fans get a pretty damn good fan favorites match that's clean but action packed. At the 20 minute mark, Fleming is in real trouble but makes the mistake of not capitalizing on making a tag to Rheingans and ends up falling to a double hot shot on the top rope. After the match both teams shake hands and Rheingans gives Fleming a pat on the back. Hercules Ayala vs. "The Real Deal" Ripper Morgan w/Leilani Kai These two will meet at WrestleStorm in a chain match but I guess they couldn't wait that long to get their hands on each other. This one never officially starts as they go at each other before they even get in the ring. Both men have their chains wrapped around their fists and take shots at each other. The match is declared a NO CONTEST but they give the fans a short blood fest. What's it going to be like when their hooked together at WrestleStorm? Bounty Match Carlos Colon vs. The Masked Gladiator Gladiator attacks Colon at the bell but Colon rebounds quickly and pummels him before finishing him off with a flying clothesline from the top rope for the decisive win! The fans cheer as Colon does a cartwheel and pumps his fists. A man runs in the ring and WHAM!!!! Nails Colon on the back of his head with a sword! It's TIGER JEET SINGH!!!!! Thundering boos as Singh puts the boots to Colon. Singh picks up Colon and hits a backbreaker. Singh grabs his sword and sticks it under Colon's chin and applies the camel clutch! Singh wrenches back as garbage is thrown in the ring. Hercules Ayala (bandaged head) runs down the aisle but Ripper Morgan (also sporting a bandage) is on him and nails him from behind with a chain shot! Morgan picks up Ayala and clotheslines him down with the chain! Inside the ring, Colon is out but Singh wont release him. Mass Security hits the ring. Singh gets up and starts swinging his sword like a madman before finally leaving. Singh turns back around and goes after Colon again, hitting him several times with the sword while Security tries to stop him. Singh spits down on Colon and leaves for good as the fans throw garbage at him. Colon is stretchered out while Security helps Ayala out. Main Event USWA Champ Jerry "The King" Lawler/The Grapplers/Rip Oliver and Matt Borne vs. Tommy "Wildfire" Rich/"Champagne" Gerry Morrow/ "The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich and USWA Tag Champs Karachi Vice These guys give the fans a real Halloween treat with 55 minutes of hard hitting action. The Rich's, Borne and Oliver do a great job of battering each other all over the place. Grapplers seem to want back the gold as they spend most of the match going toe to toe with Karachi Vice. And of course Morrow is still bitter about his loss to Lawler last week and gets his shots in. The only way this match could end would be with chaos. All 10 men are fighting all over and the Ref has lost track of who's legal. In the midst of all the chaos, Lawler back drops Morrow over the top rope then climbs to the top. Borne nails Johnny Rich with a double axe handle from the top rope, Johnny goes down and Lawler follows with a fist drop from the top 1..2..3! Tommy nails Borne from behind! Grapplers and Karachi Vice are still fighting on the outside. Oliver goes after Tommy, Morrow once again exchanges punches with Lawler. They fight to the outside where Lawler gets the best of him. Inside the ring, The Rich's, Oliver and Borne continue their fight. The fans get a bonus match as the fists keep flying. .

Wow! Man, I had to catch my breath after reading this event. Halloween Spooktacular delivered in every way. You know it's going to be a great night of action when a 10 man tag kicks things off. Fun match to get the fans going. Heels take advantage of Cocoa's intensity and steal the win. Poor Kat Leroux, gets headbutted and abandoned by her own team. I did chuckle when the Gold Dust Trio just shrugged their shoulders and walked away. What a bunch of jerks LOL. Good promos by Akbar, Spoiler, Casey and Sunshine to hype up the Texas Title bout. Adds to the big time feel. I was looking forward to Jones and Smirnoff and they gave me my money's worth. Just something about these guys working together gels so well. Jones puts Smirnoff down with 2 big chair shots to get the hard earned victory while Smirnoff still walks away strong. Highwaymen and Glamour Boys put on another classic. Glamour Boys almost pull it off but those cheating heels put an end to that and walk out satisfied with a DQ loss. I'm ok with this because we're going to get more. If anybody deserves a reserved seat in Texas it's Dory Funk Jr. Casey and Spoiler go all out in one grueling match. Sunshine really saved the day here and took care of Akbar and his fireball while Casey bulldogs his way to a successful title defense! Is Dory next? I hope so! Casey better be ready because Dory is a whole new ballgame. Main Event Time! Oh man Dirty Dick Slater is back in the states! If I was going into a match like this then I would defiantly want a guy like Slater on my side! Incredible job with the write up! This would be a hard match to describe but brother you nailed it! Each man's fall from the cage was so realistic. The Devil's Duo prove to have a strong bond as Sword comes back to help his partner eliminate Slater. Bart and Brooks really gave the fans a show and just beat the hell out of each other. I thought Mean Mike was the MVP...until he does the unthinkable and eliminates his own partner then himself to allow Brooks to win the match! WHAT?!?!?! I can't wait to see the follow up from this. Bart is going to need some help but how can he trust anybody after what Miller just did? I guess I'll find out soon enough. Awesome show! So well written! You have done an amazing job building up this roster.

USWA TV @ The Knoxville Civic Center 10-30-85 Footage from the Louisville Gardens is shown. Highlights include, the return of Hercules Ayala! Duke Myers clotheslining Siva Afi with his arm cast. Mike George executing a Russian Leg Sweep to Greg Gagne on the concrete! The Grapplers defeating the Lone Stars. And Jerry Lawler smashes a bottle of champagne over Gerry Morrow's head to get the pin and retain the USWA title. Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to this extended presentation of the USWA Wrestling here on the USA Network. We're going to need that extra time because we have a lot to talk about. First off, I'm extremely excited to announce that Jerry Jarrett has purchased 50% of Twin States Wrestling! That's right folks, Twin States Wrestling is now a part of the USWA. This is big news and I know Jerry is very excited to be working with Twin States. With this partnership and our affiliation with Texas All-Star Wrestling, 1986 will no doubt be a tremendous year for the USWA. We'll be hearing from Jerry a bit later with his first Wrestlestorm 2 report. Tonight we have some big announcements as well as a feature match up between Gerry Morrow and DJ Peterson. Ok, right now, please welcome the current USWA Champion Jerry "The King" Lawler. Thundering cheers as Lawler walks out, stops and smiles to the fans then goes to the podium. Lance: Well champ, you got by Gerry Morrow and now I have to ask, what's next? Lawler: Lance, I said I would.... WHAM!!! TERRY FUNK (with an eye patch) nails Lawler and starts pounding away. Before he can get crazy, several officials and and lot's of Security are on it. They pulls them apart. It's a chaotic scene as Lance calls for a commercial. Commercial Break Lance: Oh my that could of escalated into something big. Security has escorted Lawler out of the building. I understand they have Funk in the back and will escort him out after Lawler is long gone. Wow, ok, let's go to the ring. "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab vs. Gary Williams Bassarab works Williams over with his high octane offense then finishes him off with a flying leg drop from the top rope! Lance: The Electrifying Ben Bassarab racks up another victory. That kid.... Massive Boos as TERRY FUNK storms the podium with a chair! Members of security come out to stop him but Funk starts putting them down one by one with his chair! With several fallen security guards around them, Funk snatches the mic from a shaken Lance. Funk: Lance! Look at my eye! Look what that pig Lawler did to my eye! Lawler! You pig! You can't hurt me! Funk punches his chair several times then smashes his head against the chair a couple times! Funk: See Lawler! You can't hurt me! I want an eye for an eye! You and me will meet at WrestleStorm for the USWA title...inside a steel cage! You wont be able to escape! I'm going to beat you like I've never beaten anybody or anything before! I'm going to enjoy this Lawler. I'm going to enjoy this so much. Eye for an eye, pig! Funk smashes his head against his chair then throws the chair before leaving. Lance: My goodness, Terry Funk has gone mad. We'll be back. Good grief. Commercial Break Hercules Ayala vs. Trent Watkins The fans are up and cheering as Ayala enters the ring with a chain around his neck. Ayala dominates Watkins, then clamps on the bearhug, rams him into the turnbuckles and follows with a belly to belly suplex for the win! Ayala swings his chain around as the fans cheer. Ayala is joined by Carlos Colon at the podium. Colon: Ayala, we have never seen eye to eye but we both have come through for each other. I want to thank you for coming to Louisville and watching my back. Ayala: I knew Morgan would call in the henchmen so I had to be there. Morgan! We have unfinished business! You have a chain and now I have a chain. Leilani Kai, we'll find out just who really is the king of the mountain around here! Lance: Ok, great to have Hercules Ayala back. Carlos, tomorrow night in Johnson City a masked man named the Gladiator is coming to try and collect Tiger Singh's bounty. Colon: I don't care who comes to try and collect. I will put him down just like the rest! Singh is nothing but a coward and he doesn't have enough money to get the job done! Commercial Break "The Surge" Scott Doring vs. Ray Glader The bell rings and Doring immediately pounds away on Glader. Doring swings Glader to the ropes and powerslams him over for another quick victory! Doring exits the ring and goes straight to the back. Lance: Once again, I am unable to get any information on Scott Doring. Right now I'll be talking with this man, Duke Myers. Myers is in street clothes and holds up his broken arm. Lance: From what I saw, that broken arm was an accident. Why did you hit Siva Afi with that cast? He's hurt pretty bad. Duke: First off you will address me as The Master of Disaster Duke Myers! Because from now on it's going to be a disaster for my opponent when I step in that ring. (shows off his cast) Siva didn't care that he did this to me. He took advantage and got a cheap win. Well I took advantage of this handicap and leveled him! Siva Afi's career will be a disaster if he wants more of me. Commercial Break Lance: With me right now is Brad Rheingans. Brad, good to have you back. I understand you have an announcement? Brad: Great to be back Lance. As you know Bob Roop and I competed as the Technicians. Bob has gone on to another venture but he handpicked a wrestler to be my partner and take his place as a Technician. Lance, I couldn't have agreed more. Please welcome out my new partner, a true wrestling Technician, Mark Fleming. Mark: Brad, it's an honor for me to have been chosen by a wrestling purist like Bob Roop to be your partner. Wrestling is what ties us together and I know we'll get the job done. Let's do this. The Technicians vs. Sam Smith and Willie Lopez The Technicians are wearing matching red white and blue singlets. Technicians put on a wrestling clinic tonight. Brad tags in Fleming. Brad hits a gutwrench suplex on Lopez, then Fleming finishes things off with a Northern Lights suplex for the win. 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 number one rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. Now I've told you all time and time again that I always get the major scoops first. So without further adieu, please welcome out Jerry Jarrett who will give us the first Wreslestorm 2 report. Right here on my show of course. Welcome Jerry. Jarrett: Thank you Brenda. I have to give you credit, your show is something to watch each and every week. Britton: Oh you're to kind but I know it is. Jarrett: Ok well as promised I'm here to announce the first series of matches for Wrestlestorm 2. This tremendous event will take place on December 5th from the historical Mid South Coliseum and will be broadcasted on closed circuit TV throughout all the USWA arenas. It's official, the main event will be Jerry Lawler defending the USWA title against Terry Funk inside a steel cage. Now, after what happened tonight I just can't have that happen again. These two men will be separated until WrestleStorm. I have granted Terry Funk TV time and he has something planned as far as tuning up for the match, so we'll see what he has in mind. But I'm warning him, he will not hurt any USWA employees again. As a matter of fact he will be fined for his actions earlier tonight. Britton: That sounds a bit harsh, I mean did you see what that wannabe King did to his eye? That was sickening. Jarrett: He will pay those fines or he won't be at Wrestlestorm. Also at Wrestlestorm, Hercules Ayala will face Ripper Morgan in a chain match. I feel this is the only way those men will resolve their issues. Along that note, Tommy and Johnny Rich will face Matt Borne and Rip Oliver in a tornado street fight. Britton: Oh wow! We're talking about some serious grudges here. Jarrett: Wrestlestorm will be the place where issues are going to get resolved. I want Dream Machine to listen up. Dick Slater will be back soon and he will get a rematch for the Central States title and that will happen at Wrestlestorm. Also, I just signed a match between Ben Bassarab and Scott Doring. These are two bright stars and they should put on a good contest. I'll be back in my office next week to announce more matches. Brenda, this has been a pleasure. Britton: I know it was. I for one can't wait for Wrestlestorm and since we're both here I want to announce that on that night, I'll be there with a very special Beauty Shop! Oh I can't wait. Until next week toooodles. Commercial Break "The Russian Brute" Chris Markoff vs. Todd Rooney Markoff already gets massive heat as he comes to the ring in full on Russian Military gear and waving the Russian Flag. Markoff takes off his jacket and is wearing a red singlet with USSR written on the back. Markoff beats down Rooney with clubs and stomps. Markoff executes a viscous backbreaker then hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee across the chest for the pin! More heat as Markoff waves his flag again the heads to the podium. Lance: Impressive debut for the Russian Brute. Chris Markoff, what's on your agenda here in the USWA? Markoff: I have one mission here and that's to take out all of the weak Americans. First on the list is the weakest American of them all. Corporal Kirchner! I'm wasting no time, tomorrow night in Johnson City I will put that weak American down and show why Russian athletes are far more superior. Commercial Break The Magnificent Ones vs. Carl Kellerman and William Hillman Kelly and Kiniski are in full arrogant mode as they stroll into the ring wearing matching gold sequin robes. The end comes when Kiniski dropkicks Hillman into a full nelson by Kelly. Hillman quickly submits and Kelly twirls him around and tosses him. Kellerman tries to help but Kiniski nails him with a high knee. Lance: The Magnificent Ones win another but I know the Red Dragons are hot on their heels. When.. ok wait a minute it appears Vinnie Valentino has something to say. Vinnie steps in. His face is bruised and bandaged. Vinnie: I..I..you know my ladies couldn't even come out tonight because they're still shaking from what happened last week. Moose Morowski is nothing but an animal! He did this to my face and he's going to pay. I'll see to that. The Magnificent Ones step in. Kiniski: Yo, Vin Man. I think I can help. Why don't you and the Magnificent Ones have a night on the town and I really think you'll like what I have to say. Vinnie: I like you guys so let's do this! Lance: (pauses) I can't imagine what they're up to. Commercial Break Sunny War Cloud vs. Harold Bannister While Sunny is wrestling, the fans boo as Timothy Flowers circles the ring wearing Sunny's headdress and doing a tribal dance. Sunny wins the match with a tomahawk chop from the top rope. As the Ref raises his arm, Sunny sees what Flowers is doing and runs full speed out of the ring. Flowers sprints to the back as Sunny chases him. Lance: I hope there's still security around because if Sunny catches him, Flowers will be in a world of hurt. When we come back, I'll have a special announcement regarding the Central States tag team titles. Commercial Break Lance: I've asked the current Central States 6 Man champs, the Elite along with Arnold Skaaland to join me. Gagne is wearing a back brace while being consoled by his teammates. Lance: On behalf of Jerry Jarrett, I have this announcement to make. Due to the strong tag team competition in the USWA, we are reinstating the Central States Tag Team Titles. Skaaland: This is great news! Lance, you're going to award my Elite with the titles. It's about time we get the reward we deserve! Lance: Hold on. First of all, I'm afraid that we are going to retire the 6 Man titles. The Elite throw a tantrum. Skaaland: What the hell are you talking about? Lance: Just hold on. You will be rewarded. On Thanksgiving night, 8 tag teams will compete in an open invitation tournament. The winners will face two members of the Elite at WrestleStorm for the Central States Tag Titles. Jerry feels this is the right move since the Elite have held on to the 6 man titles for quite some time. All you have to do is pick the two men. Gagne: Arnold, I'll make this easy. I want David and Bruce to compete for the titles. I have a score to settle with that washed up loser Mike George. And I want that score to be settled at WrestleStorm. Bruce, David, I know you will win the titles. The only thing the winning team of the tournament will receive is a loss to the Elite at Wrestlestorm. Bruce: You're the best Greg! David: Our title win will be dedicated to you Greg. Skaaland: Well there you have it Lance. This is the most cohesive unit in wrestling. Skaaland collects the 6 man titles and throws them on the ground. Skaaland: The Elite is on to bigger and better things. Commercial Break Sweet Brown Sugar vs. Neil Jordan The fans are up and cheering as the re masked Sugar does his thing. During the match, Les Thornton comes out and scouts the match. Sugar backdrops Jordan then goes to the top rope. Jordan staggers up and Sugar nails him with a missile dropkick for the pin. Les notices the fans overwhelming reaction then looks up and nods at Sugar. Commercial Break "The Wrecking Ball" DJ Peterson vs. "Champagne" Gerry Morrow DJ is warming up in the ring. Morrow goes straight to the podium with a bottle of champagne. Lance: Gerry? What are you doing? You have a match. Morrow: (bandage on his forehead) Lance, you and all these untouchables know that I should be the USWA champion. This isn't the bottle I was going to celebrate with. NO! That bottle was smashed over my head by that cheating Jerry Lawler. I should be celebrating right now. I shouldn't be in a match with ah I don't even know who that man is. Why am I wrestling a no name? He is beneath me for I am the true USWA Champion. The fans cheer as DJ goes to the podium. DJ: My name is DJ Peterson.... WHAM! Morrow breaks his bottle over DJ's head!!! Lance: What the... Morrow snatches the mic. Morrow: His name is irrelevant. Good day Lance. Commercial Break Lance: DJ Peterson was just helped out of here. We had a wild one tonight and next week should be a good one as Tommy Rich will go one on one with Rip Oliver. Central States Champ Dream Machine will be here. USWA Tag team Champs Karachi Vice will be in action. And we'll have some kind of presentation by Terry Funk. Listen to this, USWA champ Jerry Lawler will be in the ring. Tommy and Johnny Rich storm the podium. Johnny: That Jerry Jarret really thinks he's a big shot, don't he? Does he think he's punishing us by putting us in a tornado street fight with Borne and Oliver? Tommy: This is exactly where the Rich's wanna be! Hey, next week it's you and me Oliver! Guess what? You aint gonna make it to Wrestlestorm boy! The Rich's are fired up! Lance: We'll see ya next week WrestleStorm 2 Mid South Coliseum Saturday, Dec. 5th Broadcasted on Closed Circuit TV USWA Heavyweight Title Bout- STEEL CAGE Jerry "The King" Lawler (C) vs. Terry Funk Central States Title Bout Dream Machine (C) vs. "The Unpredictable" Dick Slater Tornado Street Fight! The Rich's vs. Matt Borne and Rip Oliver For The Central States Tag Team Titles The Elite (Hart/Sammartino) w/Arnold Skaaland vs. The Winners of the Thanksgiving Tournament Chain Match! Hercules Ayala vs. "The Real Deal" Ripper Morgan w/Leilani Kai "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab vs. "The Surge" Scott Doring More matches to be announced

Beefcake has been impressive. Pacific Warlords are moving into title contention. Speaking of title contention, Gilbert is on his way to a title match after defeating Tatum. Steamboat is going to be a great champ. He can fight Gordy one night and Bret the next. The man knows how to adapt. Zenk takes a DDT on the floor! I couldn't imagine having to focus on Waylon while Jake is on the outside. Good to see Burke pull out a nice win. Wild 6 man tag! It took a lot to put Busick down but the Crazy Gang managed to do it. Things get wilder with an 8 man tag. Wiskowski must of been satisfied with that win. Classic TV title match ends the night as Perez scores an impressive win over former champ Taylor. Good series of matches.

Second Sons are getting over with the AWA fans. I hope the Killer Bees realize what they've gotten themselves into. LOL, can't wait to hear HTM's new hit single. Link and Angel make quite the pair. Great hype video for Abby. Can't wait to find out who's bringing him in. Bad News looks good with a nice win over Jessie Barr. The AWA goes 80s high tech by bringing out the Apple computer. Fun heel vs. heel TV title bout. Things get crazy as Rocky Johnson comes out swinging! Passionate promo follows and it looks like we're heading into a major feud. PIPER wins the North American title! Great match! Pringle has a dynasty but Piper has some heavy hitting back up with Hogan and Jumbo. This is going to get good!

Jerry Jarrett and the USWA welcomes Twin States! Looking forward to the partnership. LOL, Jarrett's influence comes quick as half the roster is banned from Huntsville's card. I'm sensing that Jimmy Jam really misses Precious especially after that comment by Golden. Great way to end the show with the Candy Man getting the better of Big Bubba. Youngblood's have arrived! Royal's plans for the Jr. Title might be on hold after getting the fireball. Norvell is rolling in Twin States. The fireballs are going crazy tonight. Man, that poor Ref. Sawyers and Nightmares in a cage...OH YEA! Cooley and Armstrong put down the Assassins to earn a title shot. These guys have been red hot and could end up with the belts! Candy Man once again gets the better of Bubba and I'm sure Bubba and Carson will be back for more. Solid tag title main event that gives the fans their money's worth with 3 falls. Violent Gentlemen retain. I'm liking this title reign.

Dog Pound score an impressive upset over Badd Co. Props to Rotunda for staying focused and getting the 3 count on Waylon. Cabin Fever made a serious statement tonight and are closer to getting that tag title shot. Scorpio continues to excite the fans and gets a solid defense over Starr. After his recent loss to Steamboat, I thought Gordy was going to plow right through Beefcake but Beefcake gave him a battle and Gordy had to earn this one. I'm curious to see where Gordy goes from here.

USWA @ The Louisville Gardens 10-24-85 The cameras are rolling tonight and highlights will be shown on TV next week. The Super Samoans w/Leilani Kai vs. Two Local Talents Sakalia hits a snap suplex and Tui follows with a splash from the top rope for the easy win. "True Grit" Mike George w/Bulldog Brown vs. "The Great" Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland Skaaland arrogantly escorts Gagne to the ring but before they can enter, Brown runs down and knocks Skaaland to the ground. George nails Gagne from behind and swings him into the steel post. Gagne hits back first. George grabs him and executes a Russian Leg Sweep on the concrete! Brown and George seem satisfied with the payback and exit to cheers. Gagne can't compete and the match is a No Contest. "Crippler" Rip Oliver vs. "The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich Oliver still has bandages from that hallway attack but he starts the match swinging. The first few minutes is Oliver giving Johnny the beating of his life. Johnny makes a comeback and is pretty ruthless with his heel tactics. After a few more minutes of fighting, Johnny swings Oliver into the corner and charges in but Oliver moves then quickly rolls Johnny up 1..2..3! "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi vs. Art Crews This was originally scheduled to be another match between Siva and Duke Myers but Myers suffered a broken arm at their TV match. This gets strange because Art Crews is a no show due to an investigation on the CEOs company. The Ref declares the match a forfeit and raises Siva's arm. WHAM! Siva is blasted from behind by DUKE MYERS! Duke holds up his arm with a cast. Duke picks up Siva and clotheslines him with his cast! Massive boos as Duke exits the ring. Tommy "Wildfire" Rich vs. "Maniac" Matt Borne Borne is also still sporting bandages from the hallway attack but like Oliver he comes in with fists flying. These guys tear into each other for 10 minutes. Borne gets the upper hand and slams Rich then goes to the top rope but Johnny runs out and pushes Borne off the ropes causing the DQ. Oliver races in and the brawl is on! All 4 men fight for another few minutes giving the fans quite a show. The Grapplers vs. The Lone Stars A lot of fans paid to see this one and these teams deliver. Grapplers control the first few minutes. Lone Stars come back and put a pretty good hurting on the Grapplers. Of course all 4 men end up fighting. Grapplers get the better of the pier six brawl and double clothesline Deaton over the top rope. Grappler 1 executes a backbreaker on Young and holds him while Grappler 2 comes off the middle ropes with a forearm drop to the chest. Grappler 1 then hoists up Young and holds him while Grappler 2 once again hops on the middle ropes and hits a diving clothesline for the 1..2..3! Bounty Match Carlos Colon vs. "The Real Deal" Ripper Morgan w/Leilani Kai Kai unhooks the chain and unleashes the beast. Morgan is all over Colon with slams, stomps, choking and simply grinding Colon's face in the mat. Morgan tries to finish off Colon with the big boot but Colon ducks, swings back and nails Morgan with a flying forearm blast. Colon fires up and does a cartwheel but wait the SUPER SAMOANS hit the ring and attack Colon! The Ref signals for the DQ and tries to step in but Morgan gets up and hurls the Ref out of the ring. The Samoans hold Colon as Kai tosses the chain to Morgan. Morgan wraps the chain around his fits and is ready to hit Colon but wait! The fans roar as HERCULES AYALA hits the ring with a chain! Ayala looks like a madman as he swings the chain around. Samoans and Morgan head out. Morgan is irate as he swings his chain around and yells up at Ayala. Ayala is begging him to get in the ring as he holds his chain up. The fans are going nuts. Hercules Ayala is back! USWA Heavyweight Title Bout Jerry "The King" Lawler (C) vs. "Champagne" Gerry Morrow Big time boos as Morrow strolls to the ring wearing a white suit jacket, black fedora hat and sunglasses. And like he said he's carrying the most expensive bottle of champagne on the planet. The fans boo as he holds it up and sets it on the ringside table. He has words with the timekeeper and tells him to guard that bottle with his life. Many people wondered if Jerry Lawler was going to be able to compete but those doubts are answered as the fans explode when he makes his way down the aisle. Lawler is looking confident with his crown and cape. Lawler gets in the ring and holds up the title as the fans are up and cheering. The bell rings and some words are exchanged. Morrow points to Lawler and says "The title goes home with me tonight HAHAHAHA" Morrow swings Lawler to the ropes but Lawler comes back and shoulder blocks him down. Morrow gets up but Lawler scoop slams him back down. Morrow rises but Lawler once again scoop slams him down and follows with an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Lawler swings Morrow to the ropes and hits a back elbow smash then swings off the ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. The fans are cheering Lawler on as he's in full control. Lawler picks up Morrow but Morrow hits him low, then hurls him out of the ring. Morrow regroups. Lawler gets on the apron but Morrow rakes his eyes and snaps his head on the top rope. Morrow goes to the outside, picks up Lawler, slams his head on the apron and rolls him back in the ring. Morrow picks up Lawler, holds him up and puts him down with a jumping headbutt. Morrow then focuses on Lawler's hurt neck by holding him in a headscissors. The fans start to fire Lawler up as he raises his fist. Morrow clamps on the pressure but Lawler is firing up. Morrow quickly releases the hold and clamps on a headlock and wrenches away on the neck. Lawler uses all his strength and executes a back suplex. Both men stagger up and exchange punches. Lawler gets the upper hand, swings Morrow to the ropes and puts him down with a big right punch. Lawler picks up Morrow and vertical suplexes him back 1..2..Kick Out. Lawler swings Morrow to the corner and charges in but Morrow lifts his knees and Lawler crashes right into them. Morrow shakes the cobwebs. Lawler staggers up and Morrow puts him down with a dropkick. Morrow picks up Lawler, swings him into the corner and follows with a knee to the mid section. Morrow kicks, chokes and clubs Lawler in the corner. Morrow grabs Lawler and hits a Hangman's neckbreaker 1..2..Lawler barely gets his shoulder up. Morrow berates the Ref. Lawler is on his knees. Morrow grabs Lawler and executes a flowing DDT 1..2..Lawler barely gets his shoulder up as the fans gasp. Morrow is yelling at the Ref and holding up 3 fingers. Morrow slams Lawler and goes to the top rope. Morrow slowly falls and goes for a diving headbutt but Lawler moves. Both men are lying side by side. They slowly stagger up. Morrow throws a punch but Lawler blocks it and fires away. The fans go nuts as Lawler pulls down his strap. Lawler hammers away with his Memphis punches, grabs Morrow and swings him towards the corner but the Ref gets sandwiched in and takes a bump. Lawler continues to punch away on Morrow and punches him through the ropes. Morrow is in a daze. He staggers up and goes to the timekeepers table. The fans boo as Morrow picks up his champagne bottle. Lawler is checking on the Ref. Morrow enters the ring and is going to hit Lawler from behind with the bottle. The fans screams make Lawler turn around just as Morrow has the bottle up. Lawler hits Morrow with a lowblow and the bottle drops. Lawler picks up the bottle. Morrow is on his knees in pain. Morrow slowly starts to rise but Lawler smashes the bottle over his head!!! Morrow is out. Lawler goes to the middle ropes. The fans are up and cheering as Lawler bounces up and down then crashes down on Morrow with a fist drop! The Ref slowly crawls over and counts 1..2..3!!!!!! Massive eruption! The Ref gets Lawler his title and raises his arm. Lawler puts his foot on Morrow's chest and holds the title high.

I always know when Pacific comes to LA, the fans are going to get a big card. Freebirds get heat early and cost the Southern Boys their match. If Busick and Bigelow stay on this path, they will get some gold. Solid match between Burke and Orton. These are guys who always have their working boots on. I loved that you paired up Muraco and Snuka as a heel team. Big fan of this team. Southern Boys get some great payback and cost the Freebirds a chance at the titles. Steamboat vs. Gordy, the rematch we've been waiting for! Gordy of course brings the fight but in the end Steamboat's resilience wins the match. This match solidifies Steamboat's reign. To Santa Barbara, I would hate to be a Ref for a Jake match. Poffo gets a little satisfaction by getting the fall. Muta is rising the ranks. Perez is finding out he's going to have some serious competition gunning for his CA Title. Hito is giving him some tough matches. Texas Red getting main event spots show how much faith the bookers have in him. This kid is going places.

This might of been the wildest show to date in Texas! Show kicks off on a high note with newly crowned Texas Champ Scott Casey. Casey and Sunshine seem more than ready for Spoiler and Akbar. Smirnoff and Jones fight all over the place. I'm glad you booked these guys together. Next week's match is going to be good. Oh man Bart and Miller make a devastating debut together. They're fired up for that cage match and I can't wait to see who's crazy enough to team up with them. You have done an amazing job with El Jefe. Estrada is a heat magnet! He makes the mistake of messing with Lightfoot's headdress, then again the way things turned out maybe Lightfoot made the mistake. Lightfoot is in serious trouble. Cocoa proves to be a good friend and might get some revenge for Lightfoot. However, El Jefe is one dirty fighter, so Cocoa better be on high alert. The Glamour Boys are back!!! One of my favorite feuds has been reignited. Glamour Boys get the title shot against the Highwaymen next week...YES! I always look forward to your main events and tonight was a wild one. A 6 man tag in Texas is always going to end in chaos LOL. The Gold Dust Trio is born along with Kat Leroux. This will literally be GOLD in Texas! Halloween Spooktacular is going to be must see TV! Man, it's going to be insane!

USWA TV @ The Knoxville Civic Center 10-23-85 Footage from Jackson is shown of the Road Warriors/Grapplers match. Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA Network. Tonight, Tony St. Clair will defend the TV title against Corporal Kirchner. The RPMS will take on current rivals The CEOs. Yoshiaki Yatsu of the Red Dragons goes one on one with Kevin Kelly of the Magnificent Ones. USWA Tag Team Champs Karachi Vice will be in action. Tomorrow night at the Louisville Gardens, Champagne Gerry Morrow will get a USWA title shot against The King Jerry Lawler. Morrow will be in the ring tonight. Well, you all just saw what went down in Jackson... The Grapplers storm the podium. Grappler 1: Yea, everybody saw what went down and once again Road Warriors you didn't prove anything! This is far from over! Grappler 2: But first we need to take care of those punks the Lone Stars! You stuck your noses in our business and now you're going to pay dearly boys. Grappler 1: That's right! Tomorrow night in Louisville we got you! And you're going to be sorry you ever got in our way! Grappler 2: And Road Warriors! We're going to settle this once and for all! Lance: Oh boy, those are two are not at all happy right now. We'll be hearing from the Lone Stars a bit later. Let's go to the ring. Carlos Colon vs. Vic Dutro Colon is aggressive tonight as he works over the leg of Dutro. Colon hits a shin breaker then clamps on the figure four leglock to get the win! The fans cheer as Colon heads to the podium. Lance: Come on over Carlos. I know life has been rough for you every since Tiger Jeet Singh put that bounty on you. Colon: It hasn't been easy but Lance I'm still standing. Singh is to much of a coward to do his own dirty work and.... Boos as Leilani Kai comes out with Ripper Morgan on a chain. Morgan is stomping and huffing but Kai yanks the chain to reel him back. Kai: Mr. Colon I have a lot of respect for you but money talks. Tomorrow night in Louisville, Ripper Morgan is going to collect Tiger Jeet Singh's bounty plain and simple. You saw what he did to Bob Roop didn't you? The money is as good as ours. Morgan huffs and takes a step towards Colon but Kai yanks him back. Kai: Not now! Kai takes Morgan to the back. Colon: Leilani Kai and Ripper Morgan are going to end up like all the rest of them. Nobody will collect that bounty and soon I will get my hands on Tiger Jeet Singh! Commercial Break The Rock N Roll RPMs vs. The CEOs These two teams have been going at it and tonight is no different. After a few minutes of back and forth action, RPMs take control and nail Timbs with a double dropkick. Davis covers 1..2..Crews hits Davis with his briefcase! The Ref signals for the DQ. Lane knocks Crews through the ropes then tends to his partner. Timbs rolls out of the ring. Commercial Break Lance: I'm here with the CEOs. Pretty cheap way out of defeat. Crews: Hey they cheated first! Look, we run a billion dollar company and we have investors to worry about. We need to stay healthy. A man in a suit approaches the podium. Man: Gentlemen, I'm here to tell you that your company is under investigation. Timbs: What are you talking about? What kind of investigation? Man: Please follow me. The CEOs look extremely nervous as they follow the man. Lance: (pausing as he watches them leave) Ahhh ok, back to the ring. "True Grit" Mike George w/Bulldog Brown vs. Clinton Stitch Mike looks focused as he enters the ring wearing his boxing style robe and hood over his head. Mike is in total control as he picks up his opponent and atomic drops him into the turnbuckles. Stitch hits hard and staggers back. Mike grabs him and hits the Russian Leg Sweep for the pin! Brown gets in the ring and raises Mike's arm as the fans cheer. They head to the podium. Footage from Jackson is shown as the Elite triple team George and Greg Gagne nails him with a standing dropkick. Lance: Bob, your man Mike George has defeated 2 of the 3 members of the 6-Man tag champs. Looks like Greg Gagne took advantage of the numbers game. Brown: Of course he did because he's a weak man. But I have some news for the so called Elite. Tomorrow night in Louisville, Mike George will face Gagne but the other members of the so called Elite have been banned from the building. It's just going to be you and me on the outside Skaaland. And I would love to see you try something. George: You got a fight coming Gagne! See you in Louisville. Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as Timothy Flowers hits Sunny War Cloud with a chair then steals his headdress and does a mock War Dance. "Diamond" Timothy Flowers vs. Gary Williams Flowers gets massive heat as he enters the ring wearing Sunny's headdress and does a mock dance around the ring. Flowers spends most of the match putting the hurt on Williams and yelling at the booing fans. Flowers backdrops Williams then goes to the top rope. He lets out a mock war cry then finishes the match with a tomahawk chop! Boos as Flowers puts on the headdress and heads to the podium. Lance: Alright that's enough. I think you better listen to these comments by Sunny War Cloud. pre recording Sunny: Timothy Flowers! You just committed the ultimate act of disrespect! You disrespected me and my heritage! So help me, you will pay! I'm not coming just to win a match, I'm coming to hurt you and hurt you bad and take back what is mine! Back Live Flowers: (Adjusting the headdress) Don't you think this looks good on me Lance? Why is Cloudy Rain Cloud so mad? I mean come on, I give this headband some style. He's not man enough to take this back so I'm going to make some alterations and keep it. Like I say, I'm like the mailman and I always deliver! Commercial Break USWA Tag Team Champs Karachi Vice vs. Todd Rooney and Ray Glader The champs are in sync tonight. Makhan swings Glader to the corner and follows with a running avalanche. Makhan tags in Gama. Gama hits a backbreaker and follows with the camel clutch to get the easy win. Rooney comes in to help his partner but Makhan drops him with a clothesline. They grab their titles and head to the podium. Lance: I have to admit you guys have been very dominating champions. Makhan: Why would you think anything less? Gama: That's right Makhan. We have beaten everybody! Every single team that has stepped into the ring with us has been destroyed. There is no competition left. None! Lance: Well I understand that Jerry Jarrett has made some calls to Frank Dusek of our Texas affiliate and it appears they might be setting up something for you guys. Makhan: Texas? That's a laugh. Gama: It is very laughable. So laughable that I will tell Mr. Jarrett and Mr. Dusek this. We will gladly face a team from Texas here on TV and I'll make this even more interesting. If they can beat us. Makhan: Which they wont. Gama: Exactly. Makhan, we are just going to embarrass them on national TV. However, if they beat us, we will more than gladly give them a title shot. Texas might think this is a great opportunity but they might want to think long and hard about the consequences of facing us. Lance: Ok, well I want to see how this turns out. We'll be back. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the pink "Beauty Shop" sign then pans in on Brenda Britton. Brenda: Hi everybody and welcome to the most watched segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. First off I want to congratulate Champagne Gerry Morrow on his upcoming USWA title victory. I just know he's going to beat that wannabe King. Now, tonight I have a very interesting guest. Please welcome out Sweet Brown Sugar. Cheers as Sugar comes out wearing his old white mask. He pumps his fists and waves to the fans. Brenda: Ok, well first off what's with the mask? Sugar: Brenda baby, glad you asked. Now Sweet Brown Sugar has been doing a lot of tag team wrestling lately but my man Norvell has gone on to Twin States and I wish him all the best. We had a great run but now I have to focus on a solo career. I had to go back to my solo roots and dust off my old mask. I brought it back to get me on track. I'm gonna make a serious run and go for the TV title! Brenda: Pretty lofty goal Sugar. Sugar: You're right about that and that's why I want to pursue it. I feel rejuvenated, re energized and ready to rock! Brenda: Well you do have enthusiasm, I'll give you that. Ok everybody, the recharged Sweet Brown Sugar. Until next week tooooodles. Commercial Break The Lone Stars vs. Sam Smith and Harold Bannister Total squash as the Lone Stars obliterate their opponents and finish them off with a double clothesline! Boos as they head to the podium. Lance flinches as Deaton cracks his whip. Young: You know, we heard the Grapplers out here crying. They need to face facts, they couldn't get the job done against the Road Warriors. If we faced those freaks, they wouldn't of been able to walk out of Jackson. That's a fact. Lance: Well your interference didn't help any. Just why did you do that? Deaton: Oh you have such a short memory don't ja Lance? Those masked buffoons' costed us that bounty money on Carlito Colon. If it wasn't for those idiot Grapplers, we would be living it up on a beach somewhere. Now, the Grapplers want us tomorrow in Louisville? Well that suits us just fine. You boys thought the Road Warriors were tough, you aint seen nuthin yet! Lance flinches as Deaton cracks his whip again. Commercial Break The Rolling Stones song "Gimmie Shelter" plays as the words WRESTLESTORM 2 flashes across the screen. Lance: Fans, Saturday night, December 5th, broadcasted on closed circuit TV across all our arenas, the USWA will present it's biggest event of the year WrestleStorm 2. Next week, Jerry Jarrett will give us our first WrestleStorm 2 report and announce the first series of matches. I'm looking forward to that. Let's get to the ring for a big match up. Yoshiaki Yatsu w/Masnobu Fuchi vs. Kevin Kelly w/Nick Kiniski Both tag teams look pretty sharp as the Red Dragons have on their red robes with yellow flaming dragons on the back. The Magnificent Ones are wearing shiny gold robes. It's suppose to be a one on one match but things escalate quickly. Nobody gets a chance to take their robes off because before the bell even rings they start fighting! It's pure chaos and the Ref doesn't even bother to try and get control. This one's a No Contest. Commercial Break Lance: Ok well things finally settled down in the ring. My guest at this time... The Central States title appears in front of Lance. The Dream Machine holds it up right to his face. Dream: I am the undisputed Central States Champion and don't you forget it babay! Lance: (rolls his eyes) How could I forget it? Dream: Don't get smart with me Lance! Every since I beat Dicky Boy Slater for this title and sent him packing, I've been on the streak of a lifetime. Lance: I'm glad you brought up Dick Slater. I understand his tour of Japan is ending and he will be coming back very soon. Dream: OOOOOOHHHHH I'm really scared Lance! I'm shaking in my boots babay. You're a fool Lance! You just don't get it, old Dicky Boy isn't coming back! Not after that beating I gave him. He was born yellow and he's going to stay yellow for the rest of his pathetic life! I'm gone babay! Dream holds the title up and nudges Lance with it before leaving. Lance: I wish he would knock that off. Back to the ring. "The Vin Man" Vinnie Valentino vs. Stu Jersky Vinnie spends a lot of time strutting around with his entourage of ladies before finally getting in the ring. Vinnie works Stu over with some high flying moves. Vinnie slams Jersky then goes to the top rope. Before Jersky can fully rise, Vinnie hits a sunset flip for the pin! Commercial Break Lance: I've been joined by Moose Morowski. What's on your mind Moose? Moose: It appears I'm at a crossroads in my career. Lance, I've been in this.... Vinnie Valentino strolls up with his ladies. Vinnie: Whoa. Whoa. Whoa! This is the Vin Man's time. Lancey, why are you wasting your time talking to a washed up has been relic like this guy? I'm the future of this business and this guy should be a statue in an antique store. I.... WHAM! Moose punches Vinnie right in the mouth! Vinnie fly's back and down. His ladies are screaming and yelling. Moose puts his knee on Vinnie's chest, grabs him by his hair and just unloads on him with punches! The ladies are screaming in terror. Officials run out to get Moose off him. Moose gets up, pushes the officials out of his way and storms off. Vinnie is battered and knocked out cold. Lance: (looking down at Vinnie) He's going to need some help. Commercial Break "Champagne" Gerry Morrow vs. Trent Watkins Morrow's confidence is at it's highest peak tonight as he just toys with his opponent. Morrow finally ends the match with the sleeper. Boos as Morrow strolls to the podium. Lance: Ok Gerry, tomorrow night at the Louisville Gardens, you get a shot at the USWA title. The champ Jerry Lawler might not be 100% but he promises he'll be there. Morrow: You know Lance, I came into a lot of money and I now have the finest things in life. All the luxuries a man could ask for. (Morrow holds up a bottle of champagne) You see this bottle? It's the most expensive bottle of champagne on the planet. I will bring this bottle to Louisville and I will open it up and celebrate with it after the match. The only thing missing from my life, something I want very badly, is the USWA title. After tomorrow night I will have everything. And Lance, if you behave you may come to the party afterwards. HAHAHAHA! Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as the Rich's attack Matt Borne and Rip Oliver in the hallway leaving them a bloody mess. Pre recorded Oliver and Borne are standing with bandages on their foreheads. Oliver: Rich's! You got us pretty good didn't you. You think this is over? Boys, it's only the beginning! Borne: We like to fight to! We like to make people bleed to! And Rich's, we're going to make you bleed boys! Oliver: Oh and boys, I think you will like the announcement Jerry Jarrett has for you next week. Both men smile. Back Live Lance: I wonder what that announcement will be? I guess we'll find out next week. Also next week, I'll be talking with Siva Afi and Duke Myers about their unfortunate in ring accident last week where Duke ended up with a broken arm. Jerry Jarrett will have his first WrestleStorm 2 report and Jerry Lawler will be here. Will he still be the USWA champ? Again, tune in next week. Our big TV title main event when we come back. Commercial Break TV Title Bout Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair (C) w/Les Thornton vs. Corporal Kirchner The entrances couldn't of been more different. Kirchner had the fans on their feet while he stormed out waving the American Flag. On the other hand, Les and Tony drew massive boos as they arrogantly walked out. Les added heat by coming out and waving the Union Jack flag. Tony entered the ring, walked up to Kirchner, turned around and pointed to the back of his jacket which said "Simply the Best" Tony unhooked his TV title and held it up to Kirchner while shaking his head NO at him. The bell rings and we get a lock up. Tony hip tosses Kirchner over. Kirchner looks up while Tony smiles and rubs his hands together. Les waves his flag on the outside as the fans boo. They hook up again and Tony goes for another hip toss but Kirchner stops it and puts Tony down with a short arm clothesline. The fans go wild as Kirchner picks up Tony, swings him to the ropes and gives him a high back drop. Les gets on the apron but Kirchner runs over and clocks him. Les and his flag fall on the apron. Kirchner grabs Tony, swings him to the ropes and kicks him in the mid section then follows with a bulldog 1..2..Tony gets his shoulder up. Kirchner picks up Tony and swings him to the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Kirchner follows that up with several shoulder thrusts as the fans go wild. Kirchner swings Tony to the opposite corner and charges in but Tony moves and Kirchner hits shoulder first into the corner. Tony is on his knees regrouping. Les gathers himself on the outside and cheers Tony on. Tony grabs Kirchner from behind and hits a German Suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Tony picks up Kirchner and delivers several European uppercuts then swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a heels first dropkick. Tony picks up Kirchner and executes a delayed vertical suplex 1..2..Kirchner gets his shoulder up. Les yells at the Ref. Tony backs up. Kirchner staggers up and Tony does a somersault and nails Kirchner with a diving headbutt to the mid section. Tony follows with a gut wrench suplex 1..2..NO! Kirchner kicks out. Tony and Les are screaming at the Ref. Tony slowly picks up Kirchner and goes for a suplex but Kirchner blocks it and suplexes Tony back. The fans are cheering on Kirchner and chanting USA! USA! USA! Both men stagger up and have an exchange but Kirchner blocks a punch and starts to unload on Tony. Kirchner swings Tony to the ropes and flips him over with a knee to the mid section. Kirchner picks up Tony and hits a Fall a Way Slam 1..2..Kick Out. Kirchner swings Tony to the corner and follows up with a running forearm blast. Kirchner hops on the turnbuckles and the fans count along as Kirchner punches him 10 times. Kirchner hops down then hoists Tony up and hits the Fireman's Carry Slam 1..2..Les puts Tony's foot on the rope and yells at the Ref. The Ref is questioning Les but Les is denying everything. Kirchner gets up and heads over and has words with Les. Tony comes up from behind and clotheslines Kirchner over the top rope. Tony distracts the Ref while Les hits Kirchner with the Union Jack Flag then rolls Kirchner back in the ring. Tony picks up Kirchner and executes the floating butterfly suplex 1..2..3!!! Massive boos as Tony rolls out of the ring. Tony gets his title, smiles and holds it up while Les is in the background waving the Union Jack Flag.

I really like what you're doing with this roster. It's good to see guys like Ox, Garea and Goulet having a fun run during their twilight years. George Wells was always one of my favorites so it was cool to see him hold the TV title. Bravo was a great choice to end Wells reign. I can't imagine the heat Patterson, Bravo and Brito will get in Houston. Ox and Masked Superstar is one brutal duo. Props to you for building a nice woman's division. I hope Richter has a long reign. Killer Khan will cause a lot of destruction here. Great main event between Race and Eaton. Eaton almost scores an upset but the legend Race pulls it out to retain. No doubt about it, Harley can still go.

A Ugandan Death match between Kamala and Bullet is the perfect match for an event named HELLoween. Big things going down in Twin States with a partnership coming. Very interesting. LOL, Garvin drops the classic "It's not my fault" line. Love it! I like the crazy TNT/Bota pairing. In a place like Twin States, Mulligan better have eyes in the back of his head with that bounty placed on him. Glad Norvell found a good home and partner with Hamilton. Things are getting heated between the Sawyers and Cooley/Armstrong. To Montgomery, Rose gets a nice payback win over Ash. I really liked the Armstrong/Nelson program and thought it would get resolved with a 60 min time limit but no, TNT and Bota spoil everything and give both men a beating. I'm sure Nelson and Armstrong will put aside their differences for some revenge. Hamilton and Norvell are off to a great start with a win over AOD and Strong. Looks like trouble in the Wright Army. Jimmy Jam wins this round over Brisco. Things will be different once Boogie Woogie man is healthy. All hell breaks loose in the bounty match as basically everyone in the locker room gets involved! Heels come out on top...tonight. LOL, the Nightmares are getting the better of Wright. I'm sure the Sawyers aren't done. Poor Ron Fuller, he just can't catch a break in title matches. After that beat down by Stomper, who knows how long he'll be out. Carson will be doing some bragging next week on TV. HELLoween is going to be nuts!

Badd Co. has a pretty good win streak going. They might have earned themselves a title shot in the near future. Nothing like a good brawl between 2 powerhouse wrestlers like Cameron and Nord. The Guerreros are getting a lot more then they bargained for with British Steel. TITLE CHANGE! Lanny's solid run comes to an end at the hands of Scorpio. this has been an exciting division to watch and no doubt Scorpio will continue that. Gordy gets the fall in the 6 man tag and now is squarely focused on Steamboat and his title. That match should draw big in LA.

I'm good with Bleh using Dark Journey. And Gene is right, Jody Hamilton did wrestle as the Flame for the next couple years.

USWA @ The Jackson Coliseum 10-17-85 Sweet Brown Sugar vs. "The Vin Man" Vinnie Valentino Vinnie looks good tonight but in the end, Sugar takes him down with the missile dropkick. Afterwards, Vinnie's entourage of ladies helped him out of there. The Red Dragons vs. The Magnificent Ones This feud is just getting started but there's already a lot of heat here. 10 minutes isn't enough time as they battle to a draw. Kelly and Kiniski try a sneak attack after the match but the Dragons were ready as Yatsu sent Kelly through the ropes with a spin kick while Fuchi's palm strikes on Kinisk sent him bailing. "The Wrecking Ball" DJ Peterson vs. Moose Morowski Moose controls a good portion in typical heel fashion but DJ makes a thundering comeback and beats Moose with a flying shoulder block from the middle ropes. "True Grit" Mike George w/Bulldog Brown vs. "The Great" Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland This one never officially begins as Hart and Sammartino attack Brown. George tries to get them but Gagne nails him from behind. Skaaland hits Brown with a loaded towel. The Elite then do a triple team act on George. Hart and Sammartino pick up George and hold him while Gagne relishes the moment before putting George down with a high standing dropkick. The Rock N Roll RPMs vs. The CEOs Both teams have their working boots on and give the fans a good back and forth battle. A pier six brawl breaks out. CEOs get the upper hand and swing the RPMs to the ropes and go for double back drops but both RPMs hit stereo sunset flips and get the 1..2..3! Special Challenge Match Bob Roop vs. "The Real Deal" Ripper Morgan w/Leilani Kai Roop is a man possessed tonight as he takes the fight to Morgan. Roop has Morgan in the corner and punches him down then starts stomping away and even starts choking him. The Ref backs him off. Kai sets the chain on the apron by Morgan then runs around and distracts the Ref. Roop goes back to Morgan. Morgan has the chain wrapped around his fist and blasts Roop! Roop goes down. Morgan tosses the chain then drops a knee on Roop. The Ref runs over 1..2..3! Kai grabs the chain and points down at Roop. Morgan grabs the chain and starts choking the unconscious and bloody Roop. Morgan starts dragging Roop around the ring until Security run in to help. Finally, a satisfied Kai gets in there, takes the chain, hooks it around Morgan's neck and takes him away. Central States Title Bout The Dream Machine (C) vs. "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi At the 15 minute mark, Siva has Dream in big trouble. Siva back drops Dream, then picks him up and swings him to the corner but Dream reverses the whip but Siva jumps up on the turnbuckles and comes back with a flying press but Dream rolls through it with a handful of tights 1..2..3! Once again, Dream Machine retains the Central States title! MAIN EVENT! The Grapplers vs. The Road Warriors w/Precious Paul Ellering This is the one the fans have been waiting for and these teams do not disappoint. The crowd is going crazy during the entrances. Even though the Grapplers are the hometown team it's hard not to pop during "Iron Man" The Road Warriors hit the ring and the brawl is on! Ellering is on the outside encouraging his men. The Ref is showing a lot of leniency as he lets them tear into each other for the first few minutes. These guys fight all over the place. After a good brawl, the Ref miraculously gets control. Animal swings Grappler #2 to the ropes and puts him down with a flying shoulderblock then picks him up and Military Presses him up and slams him down! Grappler #1 runs in but Hawk levels him, military presses him up and slams him down! The Road Warriors swing Grappler #2 to the ropes and put him down with a double back elbow smash. Animal picks up Grappler #2, swings him to the ropes and executes a free fall slam. Grappler #2 bounces over and tags in Grappler #1. Grappler #1 is hesitant but Animal runs over and hammers away. Hawk sticks his boot out as Animal runs Grappler #1 across the ring and slams his head on it then tags in Hawk. Hawk bodyslams Grappler #1 then hits a standing legdrop 1..2..Grappler #2 runs in and drops a knee on Hawk. Animal runs in and sends Grappler #2 flying back to his corner with a running forearm blast. Hawk picks up Grappler #1, swings him to the ropes and clotheslines him down, then follows with a standing fist drop 1..2..Grappler #2 once again breaks it. Animal runs in but the Ref guides him back. Hawk stands up but Grappler #2 clips his knee, before going back to the corner. Ellering is yelling at the Ref. Grappler #1 rolls over and tags in Grappler #2. Grappler #2 hits a backbreaker and follows with another 1..2..Kick Out. Grappler #2 slams Hawk, then hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee 1..2..Kick Out. Grappler #2 swings Hawk to the ropes, kicks him in the mid section and hits a neckbreaker 1..2..Animal grabs Grappler #2's legs and yanks him off. The Ref guides Animal back. Grappler #1 runs in and both Grapplers swing Hawk to the ropes and go for a double clothesline but Hawk ducks, swings back and clotheslines them both down. Hawk dives over and tags in Animal. Animal is a madman as he pounds away on both Grapplers. Animal sends Grappler #1 flying back to his corner with a kneelift. Animal swings Grappler #2 to the ropes and powerslams him over 1..2..Grappler #1 barley makes the save. Hawk comes in but the Ref guides him back. Animal picks up Grappler #2 but Grappler #1 hops on the middle ropes and nails him with a double axehandle to the back. The Ref turns around as Grappler #2 tags in Grappler #1. Grappler #1 stomps away on Animal then hops on the middle ropes and comes down with a double stomp to the mid section. Grappler #1 picks up Animal and hits a rib breaker 1..2..Hawk drops a fist on Grappler #1. Here comes Grappler #2 and the brawl is on! Hawk and Grappler #2 brawl through the ropes to the outside. Animal and Grappler #1 are fighting inside the ring. Wait a minute! The fans are booing as the LONE STARS come to ringside in black cowboy hats and trench coats! On the outside, Hawk is dazed. Grappler #2 sees the Lone Stars and they start yelling at each other. Hawk comes from behind and pushes Grappler #2 into the Lone Stars. The Lone Stars start mauling Grappler #2. Ellering is yelling at Hawk to get back in the ring. Hawk gets in the ring and the Road Warriors double team Grappler #1. They double slam him and Animal picks up Grappler #1 and hoists him on his shoulders. Hawk goes to the top rope and hits the flying clothesline 1..2..3!!!!!!!! On the outside, the Lone Stars pick up Grappler #2 and slam him on the railing! Massive boos as the Lone Stars get out of there. Inside the ring, Ellering is giving the Road Warriors a signal. Once again, Animal hoists Grappler #1 on his shoulders as Hawk comes off the top rope with another flying clothesline! Ellering grabs each arm of the Road Warriors and holds them up as the Road Warriors stand strong in the middle of a USWA ring.

Texas is on fire! I got a good laugh at Spoiler taking a swipe at Marc. Akbar makes some valid points and Dusek agrees. Casey vs. The Spoiler for the title on free TV! OH Yea! Gaylord continues to impress. Brooks cuts a very sinister promo. That cage match challenge sounds freaking nuts! I'll defiantly be tuning in for Halloween Spooktacular! Good job in making Brooks a top heel. "From Outta Town" hahaha I totally remember that. Snake tried his best but Cocoa prevails tonight. McCord gives Iron Mike more than he bargained for but Sharpe's power gets him in the end. Nice to see Sharpe getting a push. The man was a great heel. I can't wait to see Gaylord and Sharpe go at it. Good big man brawl. That was one hell of a main event between Simpson and Hickerson! Very well written. Simpson wins and gets his team a title shot... but wait, Highwaymen do a number on S&S! Talk about getting heat back. I don't think Joe will be able to compete after that wicked spiked piledriver on a chair! We'll see how this turns out. Always something going in here. Great job!

USWA TV @ The Knoxville Civic Center 10-16-85 Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA Network. Tremendous show lined up as you will see Timothy Flowers go one on one with Sunny War Cloud. In a battle of fan favorites, Siva Afi squares off against Duke Myers. The team of Matt Borne and Rip Oliver will be in tag team action. Also in action will be DJ Peterson, the RPMs, Scott Doring, Ben Bassarab and the Central States 6 man champs The Elite. Last week Bob Roop challenged Ripper Morgan to a match, I understand that match will take place tomorrow night in Jackson. Now we all heard Jerry Jarrett say that Jerry Lawler must defend the USWA title against Gerry Morrow in Kentucky next week. Let's hear from Jerry Lawler, who's at home resting his neck injury. Lawler is standing in front of his house wearing jeans and a T-Shirt along with a neck brace and the USWA title on his shoulder. Lawler: I know people thought I was out of my mind for fighting Terry Funk in a non sanctioned match but that was something I had to do. I didn't come out on top and my neck suffered for it. I'm a man of my word and Funk will get his shot and pick the stipulation. But let me tell you something Terry Funk, I don't care what stipulation you choose because you saw what I am capable of and when we go at it again, rest assured I'm going to finish you off for good! I hope your sitting in that hospital bed thinking of me and how I put you there. You did this to my neck and brother I almost took your eye! This wont be over until one of us is gone and I plan on staying around a very long time. Now as far as me having to defend my title against Gerry Morrow next week, well I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm a fighting champ and Gerry Morrow you better be ready because I plan on walking out of there with this title! And then Terry Funk, we finish this once and for all! Lance: Ok, the King is ready. As for Terry Funk, he is still in the hospital recovering from that brutal eye injury suffered at the Empty Arena Match. I hope we never see a match like that again. I don't think either man will ever be the same. Fans, let's get to the ring. The Rock n Roll RPMs vs. Sam Smith and Carl Kellerman RPMs get the fans going with their high impact offense, quick tags and cohesive teamwork. RPMs finish things off with the Spandex Splits (powerbomb/neckbreaker combo)! RPMs are pumped up tonight as they head to the podium. RPMs cut a promo on the CEOs and say they've ran other teams out of town and they plan on doing the same to them! Commercial Break Sunny War Cloud vs. "Diamond" Timothy Flowers These guys battled to a double c.o. two weeks ago and kept on fighting. The bell rings and they go right into a furious exchange. Sunny gets the upper hand and chops away on Flowers. Flowers is against the ropes and a big chop from Sunny sends him over and onto the ground. The fans cheer as Sunny does a war dance while Flowers is throwing a tantrum on the outside. Flowers is yelling up at Sunny. Sunny goes out after him. Flowers grabs a chair and nails Sunny over the head! The Ref signals for the DQ. Flowers tosses the chair and starts stomping on Sunny then abruptly stops. Flowers has a huge grin as he walks over to the table and picks up Sunny's Headdress. Thundering boos as Flowers puts the Headdress on and starts doing a mock war dance. Lance: What a despicable act. We're going to a commercial. Commercial Break Lance: Sunny War Cloud was helped out of here and Timothy Flowers walked out with Sunny's Headdress. Just disgusting behavior from Timothy Flowers. Let's go back to the ring. "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab vs. Clinton Stitch Bassarab is on his game tonight as he works Stitch over with hip tosses, dropkicks and arm drags. There's a buzz from the fans as Les Thornton circles the ring scouting the match. Bassarab slams Stitch then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying leg drop for the win! Thornton nods in approval then heads to the back. Lance: The wins keep on coming for Ben Bassarab. Ben, come on over. Last week we saw Thornton scouting Porkchop Cash and now this week it's you. Any idea what that's all about? Ben: Haven't got a clue but if he's scouting potential TV title challengers then I would like to say I'm more than up for the task. Commercial Break Lance: On the topic of...what's going on? Fans, we have a situation going on in the hallway of the arena, our cameras are going to the back. They go back to the hallway and Tommy and Johnny Rich are attacking Rip Oliver and Matt Borne! Borne is down in a puddle of blood. Tommy slams Oliver's head into the wall then picks him up and holds him as Johnny takes a trashcan and slams it over Oliver's head! Officials rush in there but the damage has been done. Commercial Break Lance: Shocking development as the Rich's have just attacked Matt Borne and Rip Oliver in the hallway. Both Borne and Oliver were unconscious... The Rich's storm out. Johnny: We told you all the Rich's were coming for blood and brother we just got it! Tommy: HAHAHAHA! Did somebody say something about fired up! You see what happens when you mess with the Rich's! If Borne and Oliver want more, well come on! Rich's hug before leaving. Lance: I don't know what's gotten in to those two. I hope to have an update on the conditions of Borne and Oliver soon. Well, back to the ring. My goodness. "The Wrecking Ball" DJ Peterson vs. Curtis Moore Before DJ even comes out, MOOSE MOROWSKI hits the ring and beats up Moore then hurls him through the ropes! The fans cheer as DJ hits the ring and unloads on Morowski. DJ punches Morowski through the ropes. DJ pumps his fists as the fans roar. Lance: I have no idea what that was all about. Ok, here comes Moose. Morowski: I said I was here for the big payday and I was robbed of that last week! I had to take out my frustrations on somebody. That punk Peterson wants to interfere in my business fine by me! Listen up boy, we can settle this tomorrow night in Jackson! Morowski storms off. Lance: A very angry Moose. Well speaking of Jackson, tomorrow night we will get the long awaited rematch between the Grapplers and Road Warriors. The Grapplers aren't here tonight but sent in this video. Grappler 1: Oh it's been a long long wait and that wait has been well worth it because we've spent that time thinking about destroying the Road Warriors! Grappler 2: We guarantee that after the beating we give them, those paint faced freaks will never show their faces here ever again! Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the pink neon "Beauty Shop" sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everyone and welcome once again to the highest rated segment in wrestling the Beauty Shop. What a treat I have tonight. Please welcome out the next USWA Champion Champagne Gerry Morrow. Boos as Morrow strolls out wearing a suit and fedora hat. He's also carrying out a bottle of champagne and two glasses. Morrow: ( grabs Brenda's hand and kisses it) Ah Brenda, this is such a nice change of scenery. It's so nice to be in the presence of class. Britton: Oh my what a gentleman. You're exactly what the USWA title needs...class. Morrow: Thank you very much and I couldn't agree with you more. Jerry Lawler has been playing games and now things are going to get very real. Next week I'm going to win the USWA title from him. It's a shame it has to be in a place like Kentucky but never the less that wont stop me from accomplishing my goal. Now, Brenda as you can see I have a bottle of champagne with two glasses. Would you like to partake in a toast with me? Britton: I would be honored. After all, I'm not some square like Lance Russell. Morrow hands Brenda a glass then fills up both glasses. Britton: May I give the toast? Pretty please! Morrow: (Smiles) Of course. Britton: To the new USWA Champion, the ever so classy and suave Mr. Champagne Gerry Morrow. They raise their classes and drink. Morrow: AHHHHHHH very good. Britton: Well this has been an absolute pleasure. I can't wait to have you on here wearing the USWA title. Until next week tooooodles. Commercial Break The Rolling Stones song "Gimmie Shelter" plays as the words WRESTLESTORM 2 appear on screen. Saturday night, December 5th from the Mid South Coliseum and broadcasted throughout the USWA arenas on closed circuit TV. The biggest event of the year...WrestleStorm 2. Central States 6 Man Champs The Elite w/ Arnold Skaaland vs. Gary Williams, Todd Rooney and Roy Glader The Elite enter the ring wearing matching 70's style Track suits, with their titles around their waists. Elite seem more aggressive tonight as they lay into their opponents. Sammartino hits a backbreaker then tags in Hart, who executes a snap suplex then tags in Gagne. Gagne picks up his opponent, swings him to the ropes and connects with a high dropkick for the win. Skaaland leads his men to the podium. Skaaland shines each man's belt up with his towel. Lance: How about we talk about Mike George. (Smiling) Since his comeback, he's scored victories over David Sammartino and Bruce Hart. Skaaland: Oh laugh it up Lance. The fact of the matter is that big goof got lucky. Tell him Greg. Gagne: Extremely lucky. Listen up Mike Georgie, let's you and I have a match in Jackson tomorrow night and I'm going to prove that lighting wont strike three times. Hart: Tell him Greg! Sammartino: You're in big trouble Georgie! Skaaland: The Great Greg Gagne is going to embarrass that washed up loser! The Elite hold their titles up and smile as the fans boo. Commercial Break "The Surge" Scott Doring vs. Vic Dutro The bell rings and Doring puts Vic down with a vicious clothesline. Doring picks up Vic, swings him to the ropes and hits a heavy duty powerslam for the win! Lance: WOW! Scott Doring picks up another victory in record time. He's scheduled for an interview. Doring walks towards the podium then just turns around and walks away. Lance: Well it appears that Mr. Doring is a man of few words. We'll... ok here comes Les Thornton along with the TV champ Tony St. Clair. Ok, your man is set to defend the TV title next week against Corporal Kirchner. Les: Corporal? You know there's a reason he's never risen in the ranks and it's because he's an underachiever. The man has no business being in the ring with simply the best. He's going to be severely outclassed and embarrassed. All of you spoiled Americans are going to be nothing but disappointed. Tony: Once again I concur with everything Les has said. I've held this title for 6 months and I will not lose to an inferior opponent such as this Corporal. Lance: Ok, switching gears, Les Thornton, why are you out here scouting matches? Les: Lance, you will get your answer in due time. Good day. Lance: Alright well, our main event when we come back. Commercial Break "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi vs. Duke Myers The bell rings and both men shake hands. Back and forth clean wrestling for the first few minutes. Duke swings Siva to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Siva leapfrogs over, swings off the ropes and puts Duke down with a dropkick. Duke rises but Siva scoop slams him down and follows with a jumping knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Siva swings Duke to the ropes and back drops him. Duke staggers up as Siva swings off the ropes and hits a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. Siva swings Duke into the corner and charges in but Duke moves and Siva hits hard into the turnbuckles. Duke regroups, grabs Siva and hip tosses him over then follows with a neck snap. Duke picks up Siva and drops him with a jaw breaker 1..2..Siva barley gets his shoulder up. Duke picks up Siva and body slams him then hops up on the middle ropes and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Kick out. Duke picks up Siva, swings him to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Siva swings back and hits a flying headbutt. Both men are down and reeling. Both men stagger up. Duke nails Siva with a hard right fist that puts Siva against the ropes. Duke charges at Siva but Siva back drops Duke over the top rope. Duke's arm hits the apron on the way down. Duke is on the outside holding his arm. Lance: It appears that Duke Myers injured his arm on the way down. He looks to be in bad shape. The Ref looks down and asks Duke if he can continue. Duke grimaces and nods. Siva wants to stop the match. Duke slowly gets into the ring, holding his arm and grimacing in pain. Siva goes over and ends it quickly with a cradle 1..2..3! Siva and the Ref help Duke up and help him out. Commercial Break Lance: What a shame for Duke Myers. I hope he's ok. Well fans next week you will see Tony St. Clair defend the TV title against Corporal Kirchner. I hope to have an update on Matt Borne and Rip Oliver. You will... There's a huge eruption from the fans as the Road Warriors storm the podium!!!! Lance is in a nervous shock. Animal: We might be suspended from TV in Mid Atlantic but that doesn't mean we can't show up here! Because Hawk and I, we do what we want! If we want to show up and wreck your studio again...or beat you down, Lance Russell, who's going to stop us?!?! Lance seems genuinely fearful. Animal: But you don't gotta worry, Lance, because we're focused right on those two masked goofs, the Grapplers! They want us again? Well, be careful what you wish for, boys, because we're coming to Jackson for your heads. Tell em, Hawk! Hawk: WELL...the Grapplers SURE are popular here, ain't they? Here's a tip for all you people who might want to send them fan mail. Just send it directly to the hospital...maybe they can even share a room with Steve O! We don't back down for a fight. You want it? You got it. And in Jackson, we're going to make the Mississippi River run red with your blood! OHHHHHHHH WHAT A RUSH!

Young Sam Houston kicks things off with a win as his partner Kendall watches on. These kids have a lot of enthusiasm. Blue Demon gets saved by the Killer Bees. Looking forward to some action packed 6 man tags. The Axe catches everyone off guard with his comments. Could we soon see a father going up against his son??? I wonder who Larry will get as a partner? Very interesting. With Madril's heel mic skills and Herc's power, these guys could get some good heat as a team. Wow! Dewey Johnson got a first hand look at the Movement attacking his Dad. I'm sure the Soulman will be back with a vengeance! Oh man Chicky took a brutal beating from Krusher. How is anybody going to get the title away from the Russians? Missing Link and Angel What a pair. For some reason, Link always had a way with beautiful woman. Looking forward to more of these two. Hogan and Ventura go at it in a classic 80s style match up. I thought for sure Piper was going to nail Hogan with the chain LOL. But it looks like Piper defiantly has Hogan's back. Percy better have a plan. Outstanding main event! Bass and Jaggers can go but in the end Brody was to much and set things up perfectly for Savage's elbow drop. Brody and Savage have got to be one of the craziest teams in the game. Another great week for the AWA!

Perez will defiantly have a long line of challengers gunning for his title. Hito is one of them. Playboy Club is getting the best of the Dog Pound...for now. I'm looking forward to Busick, Bigelow and Burke brawling with Cabin Fever and Orton up and down the coast. I hope when Neidhart comes back 100%, we can see a Hart Foundation/Steamboat-Gilbert rematch. I love seeing Adams and Taylor as the arrogant heels. They play their parts so well. I would have paid just to watch Rose and Haynes battle the Pacific Warlords. That match will always draw in this territory. Bret Hart shows he can go as he gives the champ Steamboat quite a match. Rotunda pinning Jake is a pretty big win. I'm sure Jake and Waylon wont forget this. Even though he recently lost the Pacific title, Gordy is looking as devastating as ever. Hopefully he gets a rematch with Steamboat. Texas Red continues to have an iron grip on the TV title. Fun 2 out of 3 falls tag match to end the night. British Steel is learning a lot and even managed to score a fall on the Guerreros. I hope the Guerreros have a lengthy run because they're so entertaining.

I have to agree with the others, the Jimmy Jam interview was classic! I cracked up when Precious was mentioned and totally ruined Jimmy's mood LOL. Another great night of action at the Farm Center, Bill Ash has some momentum going. He could be a nice challenger for the Jr. Title. Cant wait to find out who Hamilton brings in to fight AOD and Strong. I really like this Armstrong/Royal program and seeing that they went 20 minutes, I cant imagine what they will do given a 60 min limit. You're right, the Sawyers stole that win. I know Brad and Cooley will be back for more. Kamala was on a rampage tonight until the BULLET hits the ring with a baseball bat! Even though his ribs are still banged up, Bullet is ready to fight. Boogie Woogie Man makes a surprise appearance and gets a little payback as Jimmy Jam gets rolled up for 3. Cant wait to hear what Jimmy has to say about that LOL. Another wild and chaotic main event! RON FULLER returns and knocks out Stomper with the glove. Oh man I thought Mulligan had won the title. The reverse decision will be worth it, if we get to see a Mulligan/Fuller alliance. Carson better have an army ready. Can't wait for the follow up.

USWA releases Norvell Austin and picks up The Snowman To fill in my last spot, USWA would like to pick up Chris Markoff

USWA TV @ The Knoxville Civic Center 10-9-85 Footage is shown of last night's Empty Arena match between Jerry Lawler and Terry Funk Lance: Hello again everybody and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA network. Well we all saw what went down last night between Jerry Lawler and Terry Funk. What a brutal fight that was. I understand both men are in the hospital. Lawler is getting his neck checked out while Funk's eye was in terrible shape. I should have an update on both men next week. Right now I want to bring in the owner Jerry Jarrett. Jerry, I understand you have an announcement regarding the USWA title. Jarrett: Lance, what happened last night was exactly why I wouldn't sanction that match. Both men suffered serious injuries and are now in the hospital. I wish them both a speedy recovery. Now, regarding the USWA title. As you know this is a business and unfortunately that means the title must be defended. Terry Funk won the match last night and Lawler promised him a title shot if he won and Funk gets to choose the stipulation. Right now Terry Funk cannot wrestle for the title but he will get a shot in the near future. As for Lawler, he is obligated to defend the title in two weeks in Kentucky. His opponent will be Gerry Morrow. If Lawler cant compete which I would fully understand then the title will be forfeited. Lance: Well there you have it, very unfortunate circumstances for Jerry Lawler. I can only hope he heals up well in the next couple of weeks. Well as they say, the show must go on. Big main event tonight as the Karachi Vice defend the USWA tag titles against the Sweet Ebony Express. Mike George goes one on one with Bruce Hart of the Elite. All that and a lot more. Let's get to the ring. Porkchop Cash vs. Hal Goodman Cash gives the fans a reason to cheer as he takes it to Goodman. Something interesting is happening as Les Thornton is circling the ring scouting Cash. The fans pop when Cash wins the match with his crossbody/flying headbutt! Thornton nods in approval then heads to the back. Cash is at the podium and Lance asks him about Thornton. Cash: I haven't a clue why Thornton was out here but I'll tell you something, I sure would love a shot at the TV title! Commercial Break "The Real Deal" Ripper Morgan w/Leilani Kai vs. Todd Rooney Footage from a house show is shown as Morgan practically decapitates Brad Rheingans with his chain during a 6 man tag. Kai has the chain around Morgan's neck but as soon as the bell rings she unleashes her monster. Morgan just destroys Rooney before hitting his big boot to the head for the easy pin. Kai hooks the chain back around Morgan's neck and drags him to the podium. The Super Samoans join them. Lance looks very nervous as Morgan is huffing and stomping around. Kai yanks the chain. Kai: Relax Lance, I've got him under control. However, when that bell rings I unleash the beast. That is a warning to any wrestler foolish enough to get in the ring with the Real Deal. Look what happened to Hercules Ayala. He was knocked off the mountain and went tumbling down. You saw what happened to Brad Rheingans. Him and his partner Bob Roop couldn't hang with my Super Samoans. I came here to take over the USWA and I would say I'm off to a great start. Commercial Break "The Wrecking Machine" DJ Peterson vs. Willie Lopez DJ brings the power tonight as he slams and tosses Lopez all over the ring. DJ nails Lopez with the flying shoulder block from the top rope and it's all over. Lance: Another dynamic win for DJ Peterson. Switching gears, last week it was announced that next week in Jackson, the Road Warriors are coming to town to do battle with the Grapplers. Let's take a look at this feud then I'll be talking with the Grapplers. Highlights of the feud are shown going back to the Warriors Crockett Cup win over the Grapplers. It cuts to the Grapplers C.O. win over the Warriors on TV. Then it goes to the Road Warriors destroying the USWA TV set. Lance: I'm standing here with the Grapplers. A lot of bad blood between you and the Road Warriors. Well, you get your match, next week in Jackson. Grappler 1: A week is to long to wait! I wish we could beat them up right now! Road Warriors your day is coming and get ready for the stomping of your life! Grappler 2: They think they can come into our backyard and get away with what they did? Think again! You guys might think your big and bad, but boys in Jackson the Grapplers are going to show you just who the baddest tag team in wrestling is! Grappler 1: Your going down Road Warriors! Grappler 2: And your going back to Mid Atlantic with your tails between your legs, that is if you can even walk. Commercial Break House Show footage is shown as MOOSE MOROWSKI jumps Carlos Colon. Lance: I'm here with Moose Morowski. Moose I'm sure we all know why you're here. Moose: Oh your such a smart man Lance. It's real simple and it aint no secret. I'm here for the money! Tiger Jeet Singh's bounty is a lot of money and I'm here to collect. I've been in this business a long time and beat up a lot of men. And what have I gotten in return? I deserve a big payday and I don't care if it's at Colon's expense! The fans erupt as Carlos Colon hits the ring. Carlos yells at Moose "I'm here! Come and get it!" Moose: Time to get paid! Lance: Ok looks like we have an impromptu bounty match Carlos Colon vs. Moose Morowski Moose gets in the ring and Colon is all over him! Colon hammers away, swings Moose to the ropes and clotheslines him down! Colon picks Moose up and slams him down then hops on the middle ropes and comes down with an elbow drop. Colon picks up Moose and hits a Shin Breaker. The fans go wild when Colon clamps on the figure four! Wait a minute! 2 men in black trench coats and black cowboy hats hit the ring and attack Colon! It's the Lone Stars! The Ref signals for the DQ. The bell is ringing but the Lone Stars are taking it to Colon! They swing him to the ropes and double clothesline him down! Moose rolls out of the ring. Deaton pulls his bull rope out and chokes Colon as he holds him up. Young pulls out a cowbell and is going to level Colon with it. But wait! The Grapplers hit the ring and punch away on the Lone Stars! The Lone Stars bail out of the ring. The Grapplers stand over Colon as the Lone Stars go over to the podium. Deaton: Grapplers! You dirt bags just costed us a lot of money! Young: You're going to pay dearly! You hear us! Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the pink neon 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down on Brenda Britton Brenda: Hi everybody and welcome once again to the highest rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. Tonight you will get some international flavor. Please welcome my guests the team of Yoshiaki Yatsu and Masanobu Fuchi, now known as the Red Dragons. Yoshi and Masanobu come out wearing black robes with red flaming dragons on the back. You can see they're wearing black wrestling pants/tights with red flaming dragons on the sides. They are accompanied by an interpreter wearing a black suit. Brenda: Welcome. I'm sure this is a big deal for you being that I'm such a big hit in Japan. This show is worldwide you know. Ok Mr. Interpreter, tell me about the Red Dragons. Interpreter: The Red Dragon represents the element of fire. The Dragon also symbolizes good luck, good fortune along with power, strength and wisdom. I think these two honorable men are the perfect representation of that. Brenda: They might be, but I think they got themselves into trouble by messing with the Magnificent Ones. I mean Kevin Kelly and Nick Kiniski are two strong specimens. It's going to take more than a couple of crazy dragons to beat them. Interpreter: Just watch this demonstration and I think they will show you how prepared they are. Yoshi goes off screen and comes back with 2 bricks. Yoshi holds one up in front of Masanobu. Masanobu yells and breaks it with his fist! Masanobu picks up a brick and holds it. Yoshi yells and shatters the brick with his fist! Brenda flinches as she looks on with surprised shock. Brenda:... Well that's ahh, (looks down at the broken pieces of the bricks) that's all the time we have. Until next week tooooodles. Commercial Break The Rolling Stones song "Gimmie Shelter" plays as the words WrestleStorm 2 flashes across the screen Lance: Fans, Saturday Night, December 5th, from the Mid South Coliseum and broadcasted on closed circuit television, the USWA presents WrestleStorm 2. That will surely be a historic night indeed. Our next... Boos as the Central States Champ Dr. Dream Machine comes out. Dream: Don't say a word Lance. Everybody is excited about WrestleStorm 2 babay and they should be because there's no doubt in my mind that I'll be defending my Central States title that night. Lance: Don't you think you might be jumping the gun? Dream: Are you out of your mind! Why wouldn't I still be the champ by then? Who's going to beat me? I've been traveling from arena to arena putting down every challenger that got in my way. So who's going to beat me? That scared Dick Boy Slater? Oh that's right he's on "tour" in "Japan" yea sure he is. I ran him out of town and you and all these morons know it! From now on he will be known as Dicky Scared Straight Slater! HAHAHAHAHA! Dream holds his title in front of Lance's face then exits. Lance: (Rolls his eyes) Back to the ring. Corporal Kirchner vs. Gary Williams The fans cheer as Kirchner hits the ring waving the American Flag. Kirchner is crisp tonight as he executes a Fall Away Slam then hoists Williams up and finishes him off with a Fireman's Carry Slam! Kirchner waves the flag on his way to the podium. Lance: Ok Kirchner, it's official, in 2 weeks you get your chance at the TV title. I know you're excited about that. Kirchner: I've worked hard to get to this point and I heard Thornton and St. Clair say it will be a sad day for the American Fans when I go down in defeat. I disagree, I think it will be a glorious day for the American fans when I bring that TV title home! Commercial Break "True Grit" Mike George w/"Bulldog" Bob Brown vs. Central States 6 Man Champ Bruce Hart w/Arnold Skaaland Last week George defeated David Sammartino which prompted this challenge from Hart. The bell rings and Skaaland is yelling over at George and Skaaland. The Ref tells Brown to exit. While Brown is exiting, Hart jumps George and takes control. Skaaland exits and cheers Hart on. Hart kicks George then hoists him up and suplexes him back 1..2..Kick Out. Hart drags George to the ropes and chokes him on the bottom rope. The Ref backs him off as Skaaland slaps George across the face. Brown runs over and pushes Skaaland down! Boos as Greg Gagne comes out and warns Brown. The Ref is looking down at Gagne and is telling him to leave. While he's distracted, Sammartino runs out and climbs the ropes. Hart picks up George and holds him. Sammartino comes off the top rope but George elbows Hart and moves as Sammartino nails Hart! George punches Sammartino out of the ring, then picks up Hart and hits the Russian Leg Sweep. Brown tells the Ref to turn around. The Ref turns around, jumps over and counts 1..2..3!! Big Pop! George goes to the outside and Brown holds his arm in the air before exiting as Skaaland and the Elite are all over the ring throwing a tantrum. Commercial Break Lance: (laughing) Well Mike George is now 2-0 against the Elite. Lets go back to the ring. The CEOs vs. Sam Smith and Carl Kellerman The CEOS (Art Crews and Ken Timbs) come to the ring wearing matching purple singlets, purple boots and knee pads, also wearing sunglasses and carrying their briefcases. CEOs show that they're a very cohesive unit. They put on a tag team exhibition before finishing things off with a double DDT! Lance: Ok the CEOs have joined me. At a recent house show you guys came out of the crowd and jumped the RPMs. Just what was that about? Crews: Lance, you didn't say what the best part of that was. Did you see the suits we were wearing when we did that? We have style don't you think? When your a CEO you have to look the part. Timbs: The RPMs want to continue this? Fine with us. We're going to show everybody why people like the RPMs punch the clock and why people like us run the company. Commercial Break Vinnie Valentino is shown sitting in a Spa with several lovely ladies. He smiles and looks into the camera. "It's great to be the Vin Man" Lance: Fans before we get to our next match, let me run down next week's show. The team of Matt Borne and Rip Oliver will be in action. After battling to a wild double c.o. last week, Timothy Flowers will take on Sunny War Cloud. In a match between two big fan favorites, Siva Afi will wrestle Duke Myers. I'll also have an update on the conditions of Jerry Lawler and Terry Funk. Back to the ring. Bob Roop vs. William Hillman Roop is aggressive tonight and finishes Hillman off with a running shoulder breaker! Roop comes to the podium. Roop: Thanks to that freak Ripper Morgan, my partner Brad Rhenigans will be out of action for a couple weeks. Ripper Morgan! I want you in the ring...next week! Let's just see how tough you are when I rip your arm off your body! Lance: Wow, a very angry Bob Roop. We better gear up for that encounter. Our big main event when we come back. Commercial Break USWA Tag Team Title Bout Karachi Vice (C) vs. The Sweet Ebony Express This one's a barnburner and the action is at a fever pitch. Norvell swings Makhan to the ropes and puts him down with a flying high knee then tags in Sugar. Sugar comes off the top rope and crashes down on Makhan with a knee drop 1..2..Gama breaks it with a kick to the head. Norvell runs in and punches Gama back to the corner. The Ref guides Norvell back while Gama nails Sugar from behind with a knee to the back. Makhan rolls over and tags in Gama. Gama hits a backbreaker on Sugar, picks him up and hits a snap suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Gama swings Sugar to the corner. Makhan chokes Sugar as Gama kicks away at the mid section. Gama tags in Makhan. Makhan swings Sugar to the corner and charges in for a splash but Sugar moves and tags in Norvell. Norvell punches away on Makhan then picks him up and hits a thundering slam! Norvell swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Gama breaks it with a knee to the head. Makhan slowly rolls over and tags in Gama. Gama swings Norvell to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Norvell kicks him. Gama is up and staggering as Norvell puts him down with a clothesline. Norvell tags in Sugar. They swing Gama to the ropes and hit a double back drop! Makhan runs in and they double drop kick him back to his corner. Sugar goes to the top rope. Gama staggers up and Sugar nails him with a missile dropkick 1..2..Makhan reaches and pulls the Ref back, breaking the count. The Ref gets up and yells at Makhan. Norvell runs over and knocks Makhan back with a big right punch. The Express swing Gama to the ropes and execute a double hot shot! The Ref guides Norvell back. Makhan runs up and hits an elbow drop on Sugar's head. Norvell runs back over and punches Makhan back to the corner. Gama and Sugar slowly rise, Sugar grabs him and cradles him but the Ref is trying to break up Makhan and Norvell. The Ref guides Norvell to his corner which allows Makhan to reverse Sugar's cradle on Gama. The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Karachi Vice retain the USWA Tag Team Titles. Boos as the Karachi Vice grab the titles and hold them up. The Ebony Express are clearly disappointed.

It's hard to write battle royals let alone a Texas Round-up but you seem to have this mastered. Incredible job! I was hooked from the start. Got to give it up to Jack Victory, he had a very impressive performance. Spoiler was taking everybody out! He defiantly took the Blondes by surprise LOL. Loved the Iron Mike Sharpe shower reference LOL. Gaylord might of gotten the biggest elimination pop by putting Khan out in seconds. It was fun watching Black Bart brawling in there. Brooks didn't last long but he sure made an impact. The Brooks/Bart feud is taking the game by storm! Poor Joe Lightfoot. I liked the Smirnoff/Jones interaction. These guys could have a fun program. Kim Duk's elimination of Miller was quite impressive. "El Jefe" is one of my favorite gimmicks here. He gets some good heat eliminating Adias. What a feel good ending. Spoiler has the claw on a bloody Casey but Casey manages to get Spoiler over the top rope! That last scene with Sunshine and Mantell was a great visual to end an outstanding show. Good call with Casey. The man defiantly represents Texas. Awesome job Bleh.

USWA @ The Roanne Fieldhouse 10-8-85 The USA Network Presents USWA Champ Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Terry Funk Empty Arena Match Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to this very special event here on the USA Network. Tonight you will see Jerry Lawler square off against Terry Funk in an empty arena. As you can see it's just me, the cameraman and the Referee. This match is non sanctioned and anything goes. The Referee's only job is to declare a winner. Lawler challenged Funk to this match and has said that if Funk beats him here tonight then he will not only give Funk a USWA title shot but Funk will get to pick a stipulation for that match. This all started last year when these two men were involved in some epic battles over the title. Funk left for a while and returned this summer. Those two picked right back up and had a match at Star Wars. Let's take a look at what happened. Footage from Star Wars as Funk piledrives Lawler through the announcers table. Lance: Lawler has been out of action since but tonight he gets his fight. I have to agree with Jerry Jarrett in not sanctioning this match because Lawler has yet to be medically cleared. EMT's and an ambulance is standing by outside. This could be.... Terry Funk storms out! Funk: Where is he Lance? Where is that jackass Lawler? I'm here! I knew he was all talk. The man is a gutless coward! He doesn't have the guts to fight me. Where is he? Lance: He'll be here Terry, just give him a moment. Funk: Why don't we just give me the title right now. Lawler isn't coming. We're on national TV and now everybody watching knows what kind of a man Lawler is. Gutless! You hear me Lawler! You're gutless! WHAM!! Lawler (still wearing a neck brace) storms out and nails Funk from behind! Lance: Here we go and I'm backing up. Lawler pounds away on Funk then slams him on the concrete. Lawler puts his knee on Funk's chest, grabs his hair and starts unloading with punches. Lawler chokes Funk then starts slamming his head on the concrete. Lawler picks up Funk and swings him headfirst into a row of chairs. Funk is buried under the chairs. Lawler has his fists clenched and goes towards Funk. Lawler throws chairs out of his way then reaches down but Funk lowblows him hard. Lawler falls over while Funk regroups. Funk finally staggers up and his head is bleeding. Funk walks around then falls back down. Funk staggers back up and starts kicking Lawler. Funk goes down, grabs Lawler's head and grinds his face in the concrete. Funk rips off Lawler's neck brace. Lance: Oh come on Terry! There's no need for that. Funk kicks Lawler's neck several times. Funk picks up Lawler and hurls him into the ring. Funk gets in the ring, picks up Lawler and executes a delayed vertical suplex then yells at the Ref to count 1..2..Lawler gets his shoulder up. Funk berates and threatens the Ref. Funk stomps away on Lawler, picks him up and swings him into the corner. Funk charges in but Lawler moves and Funk hits the turnbuckles shoulder first. Funk is half way through the ropes. Lawler is laid out. Both men start to move. Lawler grabs Funk's legs and yanks him out. Lawler stomps on Funk then drags him to the ropes. Lawler grabs the top rope and drops several knees on Funk. Lawler kicks Funk out of the ring. Lawler goes out, picks up Funk and slams his head on the apron a few times. Lawler grabs Funk by his hair and rams him into the steel post. Funk is bleeding profusely. Lawler hurls Funk into the ring. Lawler picks up Funk, holds him by his hair and slowly punches him. Funk's legs are wobbly but Lawler keeps him up by his hair. Lawler winds up and knocks Funk down with a big right punch. Lance: Ok Jerry, I think Terry may of had enough. Lawler picks up Funk and swings him to the corner and charges in but Funk lifts his knee and Lawler nails it head first. Lawler staggers back holding his neck. Funk quickly grabs him and executes a neckbreaker 1..2..3!!!!! Funk rolls over and is laying there. Lawler is laying in pain holding his neck. Lance: Terry Funk has won the match. Thank goodness that's over. I could tell Lawler was in serious pain. I just don't want to see either of these men's career end tonight. I will go to the back and get the medical personal out here. Funk comes staggering over. Funk: I did it Lance! I did it! But I'm not done yet! Funk goes off and grabs a wooden chair then shatters it on the steel post. Lance: Wait a minute Terry. The match is over. You won. What are you doing? Funk comes back with a piece of wood in his hand. Funk: I'm going to finish Lawler off once and for all. I'm going to take his eye Lance. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to take his eye! Lawler is sitting against the turnbuckles holding his neck. Lance: Please Terry. Do not do this. Please. Funk gets in the ring holding the piece of wood. The Ref tries to stop him but Funk punches him down. Funk goes at Lawler and tries to stab him in the eye but Lawler is holding his hands. Funk is yelling "I'm going to get his eye!" Lawler rakes Funk's eyes. Funk staggers back but has a firm grip on the piece of wood and goes back in but Lawler kicks Funk's hand and the piece of wood goes up into his eye! Ok guys, I just had to do this. Funk crumbles to the ground holding his eye. Funk: AAAAAAHHHHHH MY EYE! MY EYE! I CAN'T SEE! I..I...I CAN"T SEE! DOCTOR! HELP ME! PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME! Lawler gets up and stares down at Funk. Lance: Ok, Jerry, ok, he's had enough. It's over. Lawler slowly exits the ring obviously in serious pain. Funk: Lance! Lance! Are you there? Lance? Lance: I'm here Terry, I've got to get you help. Funk: Don't leave me here Lance! Don't leave me alone. Lawler! Where's Lawler! Lawler you bastard! Come back here! Look what he did to me Lance! Look at my eye! You're going to pay Lawler! You YELLOW PIG! PIIIIIIG! Lance: Fans, I've got to get him help. I'll see you tomorrow night for our regularly scheduled program.