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USWA House Shows 7-26 to 7-30 Galveston City Auditorium, Odessa County Coliseum, Corpus Christi Convention Center "The Wrecking Machine" DJ Peterson and "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly fought to a double c.o. "The Vin Man" Vinnie Valentino defeated "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab with a roll up and handful of tights. Carlos Colon defeated a local talent with a flying clothesline from the top rope. After the match Tiger Jeet Singh stormed down the aisle! Colon ran out towards him but they were stopped by a swarm of security guards. The Rock N Roll RPMS defeated The Fabulous Blondes in an exciting 25 minute match as Lane dropkicked Donovan into a back suplex by Davis. Duke Myers defeated "Diamond" Timothy Flowers with a quick cradle. Myers rolled out of the ring smiling as Flowers through a tantrum. USWA Tag Team Title Bout Karachi Vice (C) defeated American Made by DQ. As Makhan and Kernodle were fighting on the outside, Gama and Kirchner brought chairs into the ring and the Ref saw Kirchner blast Gama with his. Dr. Dream Machine and Tommy "Wildfire" Rich w/ "The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich defeated Central States Champ Dick Slater and "Crippler" Rip Oliver. Johnny Rich held Oliver's foot while Tommy got the pin. After the match both teams brawled all over the arena! USWA House Shows 7-26 to 7-30 Cook Convention Center, The Dunn Center, Hammond Civic Center Sunny War Cloud defeated a local talent with a tomahawk chop off the top rope. The Technicians defeated 6 Man Tag Champs The Elite (Hart and Sammartino) w/Arnold Skaaland. Rheingans sent Hart through the ropes with a high knee as Roop hit a shoulder breaker on Sammartino for the win. "Champagne" Gerry Morrow defeated Porkchop Cash with a lowblow followed by a cradle. The Sweet Ebony Express defeated The Lone Stars when Sugar rolled up Deaton. Lone Stars immediately went after the Express and gave them a post match beating. Hercules Ayala defeated "The Tidal Wave" Tui Selinga w/Leilani Kai by DQ when RIP MORGAN hit the ring and sent Ayala through the ropes with a big boot to the head! Kai instructed Rip to inflict more pain. Rip went to the outside and when Ayala staggered up, Rip sent him into the crowd with another boot to the head! Looks like Kai has added a new member to her group. TV Title Bout Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair (C) w/Les Thornton and "The Japanese Fury" Yoshiaki Yatsu wrestled to a DRAW. The Medics w/Leilani Kai defeated The Grapplers. After 20 minutes of hard hitting action, chaos ensued and Kai slipped a foreign object into Medic 1's mask enabling him to headbutt Grappler 2 and get the big win. USWA Heavyweight Title Bout Jerry "The King" Lawler (C) defeated 6 man champ Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland. Lawler executed a piledriver on Gagne and followed with a fist drop from the middle ropes to retain. A furious Skaaland had words with Lawler so Lawler yank Skaaland's towel from him and slapped him across the face with it.

USWA releases Ted Allen and would like to pick up Dick the Bruiser as a manager.

USWA TV @ The Civic Center, Knoxville TN 7-24-85 Footage is shown from the Hemisfair Arena as Carlos Colon hits the ring and attacks Tiger Jeet Singh. Lance Russell: Hello again everybody and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA network. Big show lined up as you will see a 10 man battle royal and the winner will get a USWA title shot on next week's program. DJ Peterson returns to the USWA. Sunny War Cloud makes his debut tonight. Big match up as Dr. Dream Machine battles the Nightmare. Carlos Colon returns to action. I'll also be speaking with the USWA Champ Jerry Lawler and his thoughts on facing the winner of tonight's battle royal. Ok fans... Boos as Dr. Dream Machine comes to the podium. Lance: Really? Already? Ok, Dream Machine what's on your mind? Dream: (grabs Lance by his shoulder and shakes him) It's Dr. Dream Machine! Lance: Hey get your hands off me! Fine, Dr. Dream Machine. Dream: (lets go) That's better! Tonight I'm going one on one with the man that ruined all of my plans. Yea you NIghtmare! You mask wearing disgrace! Nobody wears a mask better than me babay! Here's the deal. You started this Nightmare and I'm going to end it. Let's make our match tonight a loser leaves town match. I see how well this worked for the Rich cousins and I think it will work wonders for me. I can finally rid the USWA of you, you no talent Dream Machine wannabe! This is of course if you have the guts boy. Cheers as the Nightmare heads out. Nightmare: I accept! Let's not wait any longer! Let's do this right now! Lance: Ok fans it looks like this is going down right now. Let's get to the ring. Loser Leaves Town Dr. Dream Machine vs. The Nightmare The bell rings and fists are flying. These guys just slug it out for the first couple minutes. Nightmare gets the upper hand and knocks Dream through the ropes, Nightmare goes out after him and punches away then slams Dream's head on the apron and rolls him back into the ring. Nightmare hops on the middle rope. Dream staggers up and Nightmare nails him with a double axehandle 1..2..Kick Out. Nightmare swings Dream to the ropes and back drops him. Dream staggers up and Nightmare clotheslines him down. Nightmare hops on the middle ropes and comes down with a knee drop but Dream moves. Dream regroups. Nightmare slowly rises and Dream clips the hurt knee. Dream lifts the leg and drops an elbow down on the knee. Dream brutally works over the knee. Dream pulls Nightmare to the corner and slides under the ropes. Dream pulls Nightmare's legs then slams the knee on the steel post! The Ref is warning Dream. Dream hops on the middle ropes and crashes down on the knee with a knee drop. Nightmare is on the ground holding his knee in pain. Dream picks him up and executes a shin buster. Dream executes another shin buster! The Ref sees Nightmare can't continue and signals for the bell. The Ref quickly raises Dream's arm then attends to Nightmare. Dream picks up Nightmare and hurls him out of the ring. Dream goes to the outside and stomps away on the knee then picks Nightmare up and slams him into the steel post! Officials run out to stop this. Dream pushes his way through, punches down on the Nightmare then rips the mask of of him! Officials cover the Nightmare as Dream Machine raises the Nightmare's mask. Commercial Break Lance: Wow! That was a hell of a way to kick off the show. I don't think Dream Machine needed to embarrass the Nightmare like that but at least the Nightmare's identity was not revealed. Best of luck to the Nightmare. I can't imagine what's next for Dr. Dream Machine. Let's go back to the ring. Sunny War Cloud vs. Vic Dutro Sunny comes out in a headdress and war paint on his face. Sunny looks impressive as he works Dutro over before finishing him off with a tomahawk chop from the top rope! Sunny raises his hand to the crowd's cheers before heading to the podium. Lance: Congratulations Sunny, very impressive win. It's obvious you take pride in your heritage. Sunny: Thank you Lance and yes I do. I wear this war paint every time I step foot in that ring because it keeps me in the mindset I need to be in. This sport is extremely competitive and I promise I will be at the top of my game every time I wrestle! Sunny yells out a war cry as the fans cheer. Commercial Break "Diamond" Timothy Flowers vs. Gary Williams It's obvious Flowers knows how to get under the fans skin as the boos are defining. Flowers takes it to his opponent while antagonizing the fans. Flowers tosses Williams by his hair then hits the Cutter for the win! Flowers yells at the fans all the way to the podium. Lance: It looks like the issues between you and Duke Myers are far from over and I don't think he's going to forget that chair shot you gave him at the Hemisfair Arena. Flowers: Hey that cheater got what he deserved! The guy is brainless so if anything I probably knocked some sense into him. I know he wont want to face me again. That's for sure! Commercial Break The Sweet Ebony Express vs. Neil Johnson and Willie Lopez The fans really love this team of Skip Young and Norvell Austin. They're in synch and are having a great time in there. Norvell slams Lopez then tags in Young. Young goes to the top. Lopez staggers up and Young nails him with a missile dropkick for the pin! Norvell and Skip are celebrating as the fans cheer. WHAM! The Lone Stars hit the ring and ambush the Sweet Ebony Express! They hurl Norvell out of the ring. Deaton picks up his bull rope. Him and Young swing Skip to the ropes and clothesline him down with the bull rope! Boos as the Lone Stars flash the Texas bullhorn sign. Commercial Break Lance: The Lone Stars have started something serious with the Ebony Express. I can tell you things are going to get volatile between those teams. Speaking of the Lone Stars, last week they broke Steve O's arm after assaulting the Club. Joining me now is the Club, Mike George and Steve O. Mike: Steve, I can't tell you how sorry I am. Steve: Save it Mike, I don't need your apology or anybody's sympathy. Lance, as you and everybody out there can see, I don't have a cast on my arm. The Doctors said my arm was broke but when I went in a couple days later they took more x rays and told me the arm was fully healed. They said it was a miracle. I thought long and hard about that. I think I'm some kind of super hero. I know now what my purpose in wrestling is and Mike it doesn't include you. Lance, you and all the people stay tuned. See you around Mike. Steve walks out as a puzzled Lance and Mike look on. Mike: Lance, I'm speechless, I..I don't know where to go from here. I think it's time for me to take some time off. Mike walks out. Lance: (pauses)I'm not sure what to make of all that. I guess we'll be right back. Commercial Break A commercial is shown for the next huge USWA event...September 5th from Fort Worth Texas- The LABOR DAY STAR WARS! Lance: That's right, the Labor Day Star Wars event is coming and fans trust me, you wont want to miss it. Back to the ring. "The Tidal Wave" Tui Selinga w/Leilani Kai vs. William Hillman Last week Tui and Kai arrived on scene and attacked Siva Afi. Tui aggressively works over Hillman. Tui suplexes Hillman then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop for the win! Tui pulls Hillman up and holds him while Kai blasts him with a forearm shot. Boos as they head to the podium. Tui: Haha the tidal wave is here and brother it's name is Tui Selinga! Siva Afi, you banana eating jungle boy, you're a disgrace to our culture and for that I must send you back to wherever it is you came from! Kai: Lance, I told you and all these people we mean business and speaking of business I have made a deal with this man right here. Boos as Dr. Dream Machine comes out with the Medics. Dream: Listen up babay! As everyone knows I'm a very smart man. I'm a main event wrestler, I'm a certified Doctor and I'm a very shrewd business man. (Holds up the Nightmare's mask) After sending that loser the Nightmare packing I'm hungry for a title. That means beware Dicky Boy Slater because your number one on the Dream's hit list! In order to focus on my career I had to know my Medics would be taken care of. So I made the deal of a lifetime and sold their contracts to the lovely, talented and tough Leilani Kai! Dream shakes the Medics hands and thanks them then shakes Kai's and Tui's hands and exits. Tui smiles and welcomes the Medics as does Kai. Kai: I told you we were just getting started. Medics, it's an honor to have you with us. I wanted the best tag team and I acquired them. As for you Grapplers, my Medics have unfinished business and you can bet we're going to finish it! Lance: Oh my, just what else could possibly happen tonight? Commercial Break "The Wrecking Machine" DJ Peterson vs. Samuel Smith DJ uses a variety of power moves then finishes Smith off with a flying shoulder block from the middle ropes. Cheers as DJ pumps his fists and heads to the podium. Lance: DJ, welcome back. I see why they now call you the Wrecking Machine. My goodness. DJ: (smiling) Lance I've been wrestling all over the country and my power has really been working for me so I decided to go all out with it. I'm back in .... A big muscular blonde man appears with his back facing the camera. He flexes his biceps and turns around. Lance: Kevin Kelly, I heard you were coming in but not for a few weeks. Kevin: First off, you and all these peons will refer to me as Mr. Magnificent. Now (smiles and stares at DJ) as for you. Did you really think you could leave New York and escape my wrath? We started something that you didn't want to finish. Doesn't surprise me being the weak gutless coward that you are! Wrecking Machine? Yea right. Try taking me down punk! DJ: You're a very delusional man Kevin and don't think for one minute you or your muscles intimidate me! You want to pick up where we left off? There's a ring right there! DJ runs in the ring, pumps his fists and tells Kevin to get in here! Kevin just smiles and flexes then strolls away as the fans boo. Lance: Ok, obviously still a lot of bad feelings between those two powerhouses. We'll be back Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the pink 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Brenda: Hi again and welcome to the highest rated segment in wrestling today, the Beauty Shop. Tonight I have two men who are true gentlemen. Please welcome Les Thornton and the Television Champion Tony St. Clair, who I believe is simply the best. Les and Tony come out and each of them kisses Brenda's hand. Brenda lifts her leg and smiles. Brenda: My oh my, such gentlemen. Mr. Thornton, you are an extraordinary manager. It's amazing what you and Mr. St. Clair have accomplished here in the USWA. Mr. St. Clair has held the TV title for over 2 months now and has defeated all comers. Les: Brenda, being the class act that you are, you may refer to myself as Les and the TV champ as Tony. Tony St. Clair is a wrestling legend in the UK and I knew I had to bring him here to prove he's the best in the world. And what does he do? He soundly defeats the great Rick Martel for the TV title and has successfully defended the title night after night. The man truly lives up to his name Simply the Best! Brenda: So well put Les. Tony, I understand some guy name Yos..Yosos.. wait Yoshiaki Yatsu is next up for a title shot. Tony: (laughs) Yes you're correct, Yoshiaki Yatsu is next! He's an accomplished wrestler but nowhere near my league. He's going to find that out real quick when I educate him in my ring. Brenda: So nice to have such classy gentlemen like you on my show. You two are invited back anytime. Until next week toooooodles. Commercial Break Carlos Colon vs. Dave Penson The fans are up and cheering the entire time as Colon makes his return after that fireball incident with Tiger Jeet Singh. Colon hip tosses and dropkicks Penson then finishes him off with a flying clothesline from the top rope! More cheers as Colon heads to the podium. Lance: Carlos Colon! Welcome back! You look better than ever. I know so many fans were glad to see you come to the aid of Hercules Ayala at the Hemisfair Arena. Colon: It's so great to be back! I feel I'm at my best! Ayala and I have never saw eye to eye but like he said the respect was always there. We fought and bloodied each other many times but always with our fists unlike that coward Tiger Jeet Singh! Singh started a war and.... There's a huge commotion as Tiger Jeet Singh is being held back by a swarm of security. Singh is yelling at Colon. Colon heads towards him but now many prelim wrestlers come out to prevent an all out war. Commercial Break Lance: This feud between Colon and Singh is going to explode. Our battle royal is com... Boos as Tommy Rich and Johnny Rich hit the podium. Johnny: Cousin, you did it! You finally got rid of that pest Wendell Cooley! Now it's time for Wildfire to get some gold. Tommy: Lance, did you say something about fired up? HAHAHA! The Rich's cant lose brother. I have the best bodyguard in the world watching my back which means we're always going to get a fair shake. The Memphis Mafia Man is right, Wildfire needs some gold so King you better be ready boy cuz I'm coming after you! Lance: Ok, well there you have it from the Rich's. Our main event when we come back. Commercial Break 10 man battle royal- winner gets a USWA title shot next week Participants- Duke Myers, Ben Bassarab, Vinnie Valentino, Greg Gagne, Bruce Hart, David Sammartino, Bob Roop, Brad Rheingans, Corporal Kirchner, Steve Regal Arnold Skaaland is on the outside yelling instructions to his Elite. Chick Donovan accompanied his partner Regal. Kernodle accompanied his partner Kirchner. And several woman accompanied the Vin Man. The Ref instructs everybody on the outside to head to the back. The bell rings and everybody starts fighting. The Elite are fighting with The Technicians and Kirchner. Vinnie and Bassarab are slugging it out. Myers is hammering away on Regal by the ropes. Boos as Timothy Flowers runs out, hops on the apron and punches Myers. Myers turns around and blasts Flowers. Regal comes from behind and hoists Myers over the top. Myers and Flowers start fighting on the outside and to the back. As the action continues, Rheingans, Hart, Roop and Sammartino all fight over the top rope! Bassarab dropkicks Vinnie into the corner. Regal nails Bassarab from behind. Kirchner and Gagne are fighting. Regal charges Bassarab but Bassarab back drops him over the top rope! It's down to Bassarab, Gagne, Vinnie and Kirchner. Gagne rakes Kirchner's eyes and drop kicks him over the top rope! Bassarab dropkicks Gagne from behind then tries to throw him over. Gagne is holding on as Bassarab is trying to hurl him over. From out of nowhere Vinnie runs up and pushes both men over the top rope! NO WAY! Vinnie Valentino wins the battle royal! His woman escorts run in to hug and kiss him. Commercial Break Lance: I'm here with the USWA Champ Jerry The King Lawler. King, you just saw it. Vinnie Valentino will get a shot at your title next week. Lawler: (smiling) I just don't know what to say buy hey the kid earned it so he deserves the shot. Boos as Vinnie and his woman come to the podium. Vinnie: Did you guys see that? Oh yea baby, the Vin Man has done it and that title is mine! Your days are over King. I specialize on getting rid of squares and there's not a bigger square in wrestling than you. Yea! Vin Man! Lawler: I get it, your young and fired up but your also very stupid. Don't think for one second you're going to take this title from me. No chance in hell Vin Man. You're a lot of laughs I'll give you that but you're going to be stepping in the ring with the King. You brag about sending people out but I've sent a few out myself and you might be next! Vinnie: You don't scare me. You're old news. The people want to see something new and fresh. You were pretty good in the 70s but these people want to see the cool 80s and that's me, the Vin Man! Vin Man exits while his woman blow kisses and wave goodbye to Lawler. Lawler: That kid needs to be taught a lesson and I'm just the guy to do it. Lance: Ok, next week Lawler defends the USWA title against the Vin Man. I'll see you all next week.

Twin States running 2 loops shows how stacked the roster is. Like the Alaskan Hunters. Solid powerhouse team. Invaders take down the Russians. Oh man I wonder who Rob Fuller is going to call??? Ron Fuller defeats Brooks in a tournament final rematch. LeDuc gets in a post match beating and it looks like he's next up for Fuller. Battens are on a roll. They get the win over my guys the Violent Gentlemen. Big news as Bota defeats Welch for the Jr. Title! This is great because we'll be getting a lot more of Bota and Barnes. Looks like Scott and Hamilton are in synch and will team together in the upcoming tournament. LOL, loving the tantrums the Nightmares are throwing. Spitting in Rainey's drink was hilarious. I know the fans went nuts when Bullet Bob came out. Things get crazy as Bob takes another bad beating. I wouldn't want to be AOD when he finally has to face Bob in the ring. Also still unfinished business between Brad and Sawyer.

The Fresno fans get some big matches tonight. Cool seeing Taylor team with the Hart Foundation. Burke, Busick and the Orton's are on their A game tonight and give the fans a solid match. The Billy Jack/Snuka saga continues with another brutal match. Great feud! Speaking of great feuds, thanks to the mist, Hito and Kabuki pull out the win tonight. The night ends on a high note as the Thundercats retain against Flamboyance.

I've been excited for this one and man it delivered! Well, Tatum thought he had a chance but the experienced Brisco takes him down. Violent Gentleman cap off Tatum's brief run with a spike piledriver. Solid first round as the Fullers look good to advance. Brooks gets a big win over Big Daddy. Sawyer costs Brad his match and watch out for that voo doo dust. Fan favorite Valiant ends the round by advancing. 15 minutes just isn't enough time for a Brisco/Fuller match. Brooks is on a roll. Wow, first the dust now a fireball, good thing Fuller got out of the way. Poor Larry Brock. LeDuc looks strong with that win over Valiant. Things are moving right along. Good ol Roy Lee Welch retains his title but now he has Bota coming after him! Killer Brooks reaches the finals. This was a nice surprise. Nice finish to the Fuller/LeDuc match. Fuller advances but this doesn't hurt LeDuc. The finals are set! Batten's qualify for the upcoming tournament! I have to admit I was rooting for the Violent Gentleman LOL but I'm good with the Battens. I wonder what's going to happen with Carson and his team? Bullet Bob returns! With a little distraction, Fuller gets the win over Brooks. Looks like Bob is warming up to the Fullers. Ron Fuller is of course the perfect choice as the first champ. He's defiantly got a lot of challengers in line. I love the direction Twin States is going. A Fuller/Armstrong alliance going against all the top heel factions will be nothing but MONEY! I also love the variety of characters in Twin States.

LOL, don't worry, big plans ahead for Dr. Dream Machine!

Hart Foundation are going to be so huge here! Perez gets the pin on Barry. I think Bob has a serious challenger on his hands. Busick using the spinebuster fits so well. WOW! Spivey has officially checked out by putting Rotunda down. What's scary is I think this is just the beginning. I like Del Ray and Rose holding the titles but they have Knobbs and Gaylord coming after them hard. Texas Red continues his dominant TV title reign. Big win here over Kabuki. Great main event to end the show. Steamboat and Gilbert work well tonight. I wonder how long this will last? This is such an intriguing storyline. I've mentioned this before but I really love what you've done with your roster. Everybody has something big going on and I'm sure the wrestlers are happy about that.

USWA @ The HemisFair Arena 7-18-85 "Champagne" Gerry Morrow vs. Vic Dutro Morrow finishes his opponent off with the sleeper. After the match, Morrow gets a bottle of champagne, pours himself a glass and toasts his victory. Winner of the Match- Gerry Morrow "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab vs. "The Vin Man" Vinnie Valentino Special Guest ring announcer- Brenda Britton Brenda draws the ire of the crowd as she gives Bassarab a boring intro but gives Valentino the star treatment. The match is very fast paced and the momentum changes several times. 10 minutes goes by quick and the match ends in a draw. Brenda announces the ruling but then says she thinks Vinnie is the real winner. More boos. Official Ruling- A Draw Duke Myers vs. "Diamond" Timothy Flowers The bell rings and these guys go at it. Hard hitting back and forth contest. After a few minutes, both men fight through the ropes. Duke knocks Flowers down. The Ref goes out and tries to get them back in the ring. Flowers grabs a chair. Duke walks towards him and Flowers cracks him over the head with the chair! The Ref immediately calls for the DQ. Winner of the Match by DQ- Duke Myers The Technicians (Roop and Rheingans) vs. Central States 6 Man Champs The Elite (Sammartino and Hart) Arnold Skaaland is in the back with Gagne getting him ready for his title match later. The Technicians control early by outwrestling the Elite. Elite take control thanks to a cheap shot from David. The Elite work over Rheingans for awhile with double teaming and underhanded tactics but also show off their skills. Rheingans finally makes the hot tag and Roop is on fire for awhile until the Elite start double teaming him. Rheingans runs in and knocks David into the turnbuckles with a running forearm blast. David runs forward but the Ref guides him back. The Technicians execute a double suplex on Hart. The Ref turns around as Roop covers 1..2..3! Winners of the Match- The Technicians Loser Leaves Town Match- If Cooley wins, both Rich's must leave Tommy "Wildfire" Rich w/"The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich vs. "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley Both men are bleeding within a few minutes. Johnny interferes quite a bit but Cooley just keeps taking the fight to Tommy. Tommy takes control but just cant put Cooley down. Cooley fires back and hoists Tommy up, spins him around for a big slam but Tommy's boot hits the Ref and the Ref goes down. Cooley picks up Tommy. Johnny hops in the ring. Cooley has Tommy in a headlock and executes his running bulldog. As he's in the air he dropkicks Johnny into the turnbuckles! Cooley has Tommy down but the Ref is still out. Johnny hops up on the turnbuckles and crashes down on Cooley with a forearm drop. Johnny wakes the Ref up then exits the ring. Tommy staggers up. Cooley slowly rises as Tommy nails him with the Thesz Press 1..2..3! Johnny runs in the ring to celebrate with Tommy. They head up the aisle as the fans throw garbage at them. Cooley slowly gets up and is clearly disappointed. The fans cheer Cooley, obviously impressed with his run here in the USWA. Cooley gives them a smile and waves goodbye. Winner of the Match- Tommy Rich Hercules Ayala vs. Tiger Jeet Singh Singh is a wild man as he storms down the aisle swinging his sword at the fans. A security guard gets in his way and Singh tramples over him. Ayala runs down the aisle and nails Singh from behind! The Ref quickly signals for the bell so this match can officially start. These guys brawl all over the place as the Ref pretty much lets them go. They finally get into the ring but not for long as they're back outside fighting all over. Ayala slams Singh's head on the apron and rolls back in the ring. Singh reaches in his trunks and pulls out a pair of brass knuckles. Singh gets on the apron. Ayala charges and Singh nails him with the brass knuckles. Ayala goes down. Singh enters the ring and falls on Ayala 1..2..3! Singh goes out and gets his sword. Ayala is one tough dude as he actually rises. Singh hops on the middle rope, jumps off and nails Ayala on the head with his sword. Security runs in but Singh punches them out. Singh starts choking Ayala with the sword. Prelim wrestlers run in but Singh starts hitting them with the sword. There's a massive roar as CARLOS COLON runs through the crowd, hops the railing and hits the ring like a wild man! The fans are going crazy as Colon unloads on Singh then punches him over the top rope! Colon rips off his shirt and shakes his fists. Singh staggers around and wants back in but is held back by security and wrestlers. Colon attends to Ayala while giving Singh an out of his mind look. Winner of the Match- Tiger Jeet Singh The Grapplers and Nightmare vs. Dr. Dream Machine and The Medics Another wild match that goes balls out for 20 minutes. Of course in the end a wild pier six brawl breaks out. Dream Machine is putting the boots to the Nightmare in the corner. Grapplers double clothesline Medic 1 over the top rope the turn around and punch Medic 2. Grappler 1 hoists the Medic up as Grappler 2 hops on the middle rope and dives off with a clothesline 1..2..3! Dream Machine has no idea what happened as he's choking away on the Nightmare. Grapplers run over and throw Dream through the ropes. Dream gets up and yells up at the Grapplers. Winners of the match- The Grapplers and Nightmare USWA Heavyweight Title Bout Jerry "The King" Lawler (C) vs. Central States 6 man champ Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland Just yesterday, the Elite humiliated Lawler on TV. This is fresh in Lawler's mind as he's all over Gagne in the opening minutes. Skaaland makes the mistake of getting on the apron and Lawler grabs him by his shirt and hurls him into the ring. Lawler picks up Skaaland, winds up and sends him flying with a big punch. Skaalnd rolls under the ropes and falls down in the outside. Gagne sneaks up from behind and executes a German Suplex 1..2..Kick Out. True to his word, Gagne starts working over Lawler with legit wrestling. However, he manages to get some choking, eye gouging and boot rakes in. Gagne goes for a vertical suplex but Lawler blocks it and suplexes Gagne. Lawler regroups and fires back. Lawler swings Gagne to the ropes and back drops him. Gagne staggers up and Lawler scoop slams him and follows with a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Lawler swings off the ropes just as Skaalnd gets up and is able to trip Lawler. Lawler turns around and goes after Skaaland. Gagne staggers up and sends Lawler through the ropes with a drop kick. While Gagne distracts the Ref, Skaaland runs over and chokes Lawler with his towel. Lawler finally gets up on the apron. Gagne hits him with a forearm shot then vertical suplexes him back in the ring 1..2..Kick Out. Gagne puts the boots to Lawler, picks him up swings him to the ropes and nails him with a high dropkick 1..2..Lawler barley gets his shoulder up. Gagne and Skaaland berate the Ref. Gagne slowly goes to the top rope and spends to much time yelling at the booing fans. Lawler gets up, runs over and slams Gagne off the rope! The fans roar as Lawler takes his strap down! Gagne staggers up and Lawler unloads with his Memphis punches, swings Gagne to the ropes and puts him down with a big punch. Boos as Sammartino and Hart run down the aisle. The boos turn to cheers as The Technicians run down and hammer away on the Elite which sends them running to the back. Skaaland once again gets on the apron. Lawler runs over and sends him flying with a punch. Gagne staggers up but Lawler kicks him in the gut and follows with a PILEDRIVER! The fans are up and cheering as Lawler hops on the middle ropes, bounces up and down then crashes down on Gagne with a fist drop 1..2..3! Massive Roar! The Ref hands Lawler his title and the fans keep cheering as Lawler holds it up high. Winner of the Match and still USWA Champ- Jerry Lawler

Twin States is really rolling now! Love the storyline going with Wright, Fullers and Armstrongs. I know it's going to just keep getting better. Hamilton wants to earn Scott's trust and the Nightmares give him the chance. We'll see what happens. George Barnes bringing in Bota is awesome! Nice move here. The first round match ups alone are worth the price of admission. Who will take home the Twin States title? I would defiantly buy a ticket to find out. Landel gives Tatum a real confidence booster with his advice. Tatum puts it all on the line against Brisco. Carson has his doubts lol. Brad has some strong words for Wright as things are getting pretty intense. Always loved the footage of wrestlers coming into a territory. This makes LeDuc a huge deal. Add the Alaskan Hunters to the stacked tag team division. Classic finish to the Sawyer/Fuller match LOL. Fuller is in the tournament but I don't think the Mad Dog is going to let this slide. Another great show. Cant wait for the tournament!

Fantastic show! Gary Hart with the Hart Foundation...Brilliant! This is a game changer for Pacific. I was waiting for it and tonight it happened. The Guerreros have officially gone heel! Looks like their heading into a big feud with the Thundercats. I was wondering what you were going to do with Fernandez. Question answered as Fernandez and Boone form Cabin Fever. Love that name! Great job in getting Busick over. He elevates with that big win over Buddy Jack. Wow! Buddy Rose getting cheers. He delivers a big blow to the Vice Squad by sending Golden packing. Rose could end up being the biggest face in Pacific. Gordy better be ready because Steamboat is coming after him. Still intrigued by Gilbert. With all these great storylines going, Pacific is going to pack the arenas.

USWA TV @ The Civic Center Knoxville TN 7-17-85 Highlights from the Freedom Hall Civic Center are shown as Dick Slater defeats Paul Orndorff in an incredible match to win the Central States Title. Lance Russell: Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA Network. USWA Champ Jerry Lawler will be here as well as the new Central States Champ Dick Slater. Also in action will be the USWA tag team champs Karachi Vice. Porkchop Cash makes his debut. Duke Myers returns to the USWA. Lot's of big matches including the Lone Stars taking on The Club. Huge 6 man tag match as Tommy Rich and the Fabulous Blondes collide with Wendell Cooley and the RPMS. And in the main event, Tony St. Clair will defend the TV title against Rip Oliver. Let's get to the action. Porkchop Cash vs. Todd Rooney The fans are cheering as Cash nails Rooney with several punches, swings him to the ropes and mows him down with a diving cross body headbutt! Lance: Porkchop Cash, come on over here. Welcome to the USWA. What brings you here? Cash: Lance, I'm feeling pumped up tonight baby! I'm here to put some soul into the USWA and collect some mean green while I'm at it! Commercial Break USWA Tag Team Champs Karachi Vice vs. Neil Colton and Trent Watkins Karachi Vice simply destroy their opponents. Makhan hits a body splash on Colton then tags in Gama. Gama stomps on Colton's back then applies the camel clutch to get the easy win. Boos as they hold up their titles then head to the podium. Lance: Very decisive victory tonight. Gama, I wanted to ask you about your relationship with Tiger Jeet Singh. Singh will go at it with Hercules Ayala again this weekend at the Hemisfair Arena. I'm only asking because you have made some ominous comments about Singh in the past. Gama: I've know Singh for a very long time but myself and Makhan have no alliance with him. You know why? Because not even the Karachi Vice can control him! You saw what he did to Carlos Colon and that foolish man Ayala will have the same fate! Lance: Ok, now what about the team of American Made? They have been racking up wins and last week you and them went to a wild double DQ. I know a rematch has.. Makhan: Enough! Those idiotic patriots are no challenge! They don't have the same loyalty to each other like Gama and I do. Gama: And that is the big difference. They will not take these titles! As a matter of fact, the beating we give them next time will make them seriously think about ever teaming up again! Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as Big John Studd is punching and throwing several officials all over the place. Lance: I've been told by Jerry Jarrett that striking officials will not be tolerated and he has informed me that Big John Studd has been terminated from the USWA. I hope that serves as a warning to others. Lets go back to the ring. "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi vs. Rory Jackson Siva body slams Jackson then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a diving headbutt for the win! Siva does a little dance and flashes the 'hang loose' sign to the cheering fans. WHAM!!!! Siva is blasted from behind! Lance: What is going on! That's Tui Selinga and wait a minute that's Leilani Kai with him! Tui pounds away on Siva then hits a suplex. Tui goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop! Kai slides a chair into the ring. Tui sets Siva on the chair then goes back up the top rope and crashes down with another elbow drop! Tui reaches down and pulls Siva's head up by his hair. Kai hits him with a forearm blast then Tui slams Siva's head down on the chair! Massive boos as Kai leads Tui to the podium. Lance: Tui Selinga! Just what was that all about? You've seem to have changed a lot since we last saw you. Did Leilani Kai have anything to do with that? Kai: I have a lot to do with it! I'm making my presence known here and this is only the beginning! Tui, tell this so called commentator why you just did what you did. It's obvious he's clueless. Tui: For months I've been watching that disgrace Siva Afi give us Islanders a bad name. You see, Siva Afi is primitive. People look at him and think all Islanders are like that. Well we're not! He's nothing but a banana eating monkey! He climbs trees and sucks on coconuts. I'm educated and civilized. I eat with a knife and fork. Siva Afi has done a lot of damage to the Polynesian heritage and I'm here to change the people's perception. Kai: And Lance, like I said there's a lot more to come. Commercial Break "The Japanese Fury" Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Dave Penson Yatsu puts Dave down with a spin kick the hoists him up and hits a Sitout Powerbomb for the impressive win! Lance: Another win for the Japanese Fury. I've been told that he will be next in line for a TV title shot. Fans I want to remind you about the big card at the Hemisfair Arena tomorrow night. Tommy Rich and Wendell Cooley will wrestle in a loser leaves town match and if Cooley wins both Tommy and Johnny Rich must leave. Dream Machine is coming back to the ring and will team with his Medics to take on the Grapplers and Nightmare. Please welcome out Hercules Ayala. The Fans cheer as Ayala pumps his fist to them. Lance: Ayala, you and Tiger Jeet Singh will lock up again at the Hemisfair Arena. The last time you guys tried to wrestle, the match never even officially started and you guys ended up fighting all over the place. Is that going to happen again? And what about the words we heard earlier from the Great Gama? Ayala: Gama's words do not intimidate me and neither does Singh! I was born to fight and I will not stop until I put Singh down and out for good! Commercial Break Lance: Fans, also tomorrow night at the Hemisfair Arena, my guest at this time Jerry Lawler will defend the USWA title against Greg Gagne. King, come on out. Massive roar as Lawler comes out in jeans and a collared shirt with the USWA title on his shoulder. Lawler: Lance, I told you how great it is to be wearing this title again and brother it's incredible. But now it's time to focus on defending it and Greg Gagne is first up. Boos as Arnold Skaaland leads Gagne to the podium. Skaaland: First off, listen up Lance, Greg Gagne and any member of the Elite is to be announced as Central States 6 Man Champions. They earned that right and damn well deserve it! And as for you Lawler, you mine as well save yourself some embarrassment and hand over that USWA title right now. Lawler: Why would I do that? Gagne: Give it up Lawler! You know you are not even close to the same league as I am when it comes to wrestling. You're a goof who wears a crown and pretends to be a King. Hand over the title or I'm going to expose you for the wrestling fraud that you really are. Gagne steps up and pushes Lawler back. Lawler: (pauses) Just relax gentlemen. Let me think about this. (pauses) Ok here's my answer. Lawler pushes Gagne down! Bruce Hart and David Sammartino run out and attack Lawler! Skaaland: Hold him up! Hart and Sammartino hold Lawler up as Gagne slaps him across the face several times. Skaaland takes his towel and slaps Lawler across the face with it. They drop Lawler. Gagne picks up the USWA title. Skaaland shines it with his towel, then Gagne holds it up to the booing fans. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the pink 'Beauty Shop' sign then pans down on Brenda Britton Britton: Hi everybody and welcome again to the highest rated segment in wrestling, the Beauty Shop. Well I suppose I can't have the most riveting guests all the time but you know what they say, when life gives you lemons you make lemonade. My guest this week is the Electrifying Ben Bassarab. Pretty good pop as the young muscular wrestler comes out and waves to the fans. Brenda: So why do they call you electrifying? Ben: Well Brenda, some people gave me that name when I was starting out because they noticed I liked doing a lot of flying maneuvers and high octane offense. The ring gives me a high like nothing else man. A voice comes from outside the camera view "Whoa Whoa Whoa! Why is this guy even getting air time? Nobody wants to see or hear him. These people want to see me...The Vin Man!" Vinnie Valentino steps into the picture wearing a cool looking Miami Vice type suit and sunglasses. Brenda: Thank you so much! Vin Man, you just saved my show! Vinnie: My pleasure Brenda and if you ever want the best seat in the house for one of my matches, you're always welcomed to escort me to the ring anytime. Brenda: Oh my that would be a thrill! Vinnie: What do you say we get rid of this square here and talk some more? You like Italian food? Ben: Look, you two can do whatever you want but don't think you can come out here and disrespect me or these great fans with your rude interruption. Vinnie: You know I get rid of squares just like you. I mean where's Gino Brito Jr? Yea he's gone because of me! You want to be next? I would be happy to arrange it. Ben: You want a match? Just tell me where to sign bud! Brenda: Oh wow! A match has been made right here on the Beauty Shop! Always something good going on on my show. Vinnie, I would like to watch you do what you do up close. Vinnie: Brenda, you got it. You can see me teach this square a lesson. Ben: Keep talking mouth! Brenda: Wow! Just wow! Until next week, toooooodles! Commercial Break Duke Myers vs. Sam Smith Myers swings Smith to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Myers hoists Smith up and puts him down with a front face suplex for the pin! As Myers acknowledges the fans cheers, Timothy Flowers goes to the podium. Lance: This is Duke's time. Are you still sore about losing to him at the Freedom Hall Civic Center last week. Flowers: Oh very funny Lance. Hey Duke! That win was nothing but a fluke! It was the luckiest win of your life! Don't forget that it was me who left you lying after the match. You have no chance of winning next time we meet. Like I say, I'm like the mailman and I always deliver! Duke is telling Flowers to get in the ring but Flowers just points at him and leaves. Commercial Break The Club vs. The Lone Stars Joel Deaton and Gary Young formed last week and want to get into things right away. Before the bell rings they attack the Club. They double clothesline Mike George over the top rope then hammer away on Steve O. Young holds Steve's arm while Deaton comes off the top rope with a knee to the arm! The Ref is trying to stop this. Young grabs Steve's arm and twists it while Deaton once again comes off the top rope with another knee to the arm! Young grabs Deaton's bullrope. George staggers back in the ring and the Lone Stars double clothesline him with the bullrope! Steve O is holding his arm in agony. Cheers as the Sweet Ebony Express hit the ring! The Lone Stars exit. Lance: I don't know what to say. The Club are down and hurting bad. Thank goodness the Sweet Ebony Express showed up when they did. Lone Stars storm the podium. Young: It finally feels great to have a partner on the same page as me! Deaton: We told you we were serving notice to all tag teams in the USWA! I guess those two slobs in the ring weren't listening! Hey, Gary, it looks like a couple of punks over there want to be heroes. Young: Hey Sweet Ebony Express! You want to go? You wont be so sweet when we get through with you! The Express are staring at the Lone Stars while helping out the Club. Commercial Break Tommy "Wildfire" Rich and The Fabulous Blondes w/"The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich vs. "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley and The Rock n Roll RPMS This is a barnburner of a match. These guys go at it fast and furious for a few minutes. A pier six brawl breaks out! Cooley and Rich fight through the ropes. Johnny runs over but Cooley punches him and slams his head on the apron. Tommy runs over but Cooley takes the fight to him. Inside the ring, the Fabs swing the RPMs to the ropes and go for back drops but the RPMS hit dual sunset flips and the Ref counts 1..2..3! Mega POP! Commercial Break Lance: That was quite a match. I think we're going to be seeing more RPMS and Fabulous Blondes matches. A lot on the line at the Hemisfair Arena when Cooley and Rich go at it in a loser leaves town match. Switching gears, please welcome out the new Central States Champ the unpredictable Dick Slater. Slater comes out with a bandage on his forehead. He nods to the fans and holds up the central states title. Lance: Dick, you and Orndorff went at it for 59 incredible minutes. Fans say it was one of the greatest matches they've ever witnessed. Congratulations on your title win. Dick: I wanted a fight with Orndorff and that's exactly what he gave me! I have to give the man his respect. Now that I'm holding the title I wanted, it's time for some more fights and that's exactly what I'm going to be, a fighting champ! Let's just see who's man enough to try and take this title away from me! Lance: There you have it from the new Central States Champ Dick Slater. Our TV title main event when we come back... Dr. Dream Machine and Medics come to the podium. Dream Machine: Lance, you had champions on the show and big matches but bababy the biggest news in the USWA is me getting back into the ring tomorrow night! Grapplers! Nightmare! You're looking at 3 real masked men babay and tomorrow night we're going to finish you all off for good! Oh and I just heard Dicky boy Slater running his mouth. Maybe I can shut him up when we're done with those masked stooges. Lance: (rolls his eyes) I knew I couldn't get through the show without him. Commercial Break TV Title Bout Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair (C) w/Les Thornton vs. "Crippler" Rip Oliver After the introductions, Les grabs the mic. "Rip Oliver! Time and time again you've failed to win the TV title. Enough is enough! This is your last shot and that's final!" The bell rings but Les is still jawing with Oliver. Finally, Oliver punches Les, grabs him and sends him through the ropes as the fans cheer! Tony nails Oliver from behind, swings him to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Oliver kicks him. Oliver punches away then slams Tony and drops an elbow 1..2..Kick Out. Oliver continues to work over Tony until Tony rakes the eyes and hits a snap suplex. Tony takes over and uses a variety of suplexes but cant put Oliver away. Tony swings Oliver to the ropes and nails him with a somersault/diving headbutt to the mid section and follows with a European uppercut that puts Oliver down. Tony goes to the top rope and jumps off with a knee drop but Oliver moves! Oliver regroups, hoists Tony up and atomic drops him. Tony fly's into the turnbuckles and staggers back. Oliver hops on the middle ropes then puts Tony down with a diving clothesline 1..2..(Les reaches in and puts Tony's foot on the rope)..3! The fans are up and cheering! Oliver jumps up and pumps his fists! Les is yelling at the Ref and pointing to Tony's foot on the rope. The Ref runs over and is telling Oliver what happened. Les is on the apron yelling at Oliver. The Ref signals for the match to continue. Oliver grabs Les and once again punches him off the apron! Tony comes up from behind and hits Oliver on the back with a high knee then rolls him up with a handful of tights 1..2..3!!! Boos as Tony St. Clair retains the TV title. Lance: Tremendous showing for Rip Oliver but the distractions were just to much. What a shame. I thought Oliver had won the title. Fans, listen to this, next week there will be a 10 man battle royal and the winner will get a USWA title shot the following week right here on TV. Pretty exciting news. I'll see you next week. Tomorrow night Hemisfair Arena USWA Heavyweight Title Bout Jerry "The King" Lawler (C) vs. Central States 6-Man Champion Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland Loser Leaves Town Match- If Cooley wins, both Rich's must leave town. Tommy "Wildfire" Rich w/"The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich vs. "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley 6 Man Grudge Match The Grapplers and The Nightmare vs. Dr. Dream Machine and The Medics Hercules Ayala vs. Tiger Jeet Singh Plus more exciting matches

In a battle of newcomers, Busick comes out on top. WOW! Spivey gets fined and his opponent Jake pays it! Very intriguing. Fernandez might be a little off since losing the tag straps. Blackwell vs. Boone is one of those fun matches to attract fans. Kabuki and Hito win this round. I'm liking this feud and have a feeling it's just getting started. Rose beats Zenk then helps him up and shakes his hand??? What's going on tonight? Thundercats and Flamboyance give the fans a classic tag team match. Perez's hard work pays off as he gets a shot at Orton. Awesome match that goes the distance. I would love to see a lot more matches between these two.

USWA trades Big John Studd and Paul Orndorff to the WWF for Kevin Kelly and Rip Morgan.

Oh man bad night for the Armstrong's as Scott and Bob end up in the hospital! This is going to get crazy! With the additions of Duk/Kendo, Invaders and the Russians, the tag team division is stacked! Great to see Ronald Reagan's favorite wrestler Roy Lee Welch having a good run as Jr. Champ. Fuller's show they can play dirty as they defeat the Violent Gentlemen. Props to you Gene for putting together an outstanding roster.

Totally understand. I have a vision on where I want to take the USWA and just went through a similar situation where I had to hot potato my main titles to get where I finally needed to be.

I'm sure the fans are happy to have wrestling back at the Farm Center. Glad you gave my man Cool Carl Fergie a job. I liked what you did with Hamilton last year and he's back for another run. . DJ Peterson is really moving up in this game. Violent Gentlemen are already becoming one of my favorite teams. Oh man Wright and Angel of Death literally draw first blood on the Fullers. I knew Tatum shouldn't of messed with Brisco. Batten Twins get a big win over the Nightmares. Liked that post match tantrum by the Nightmares. Like Kev said, Sawyer survives against Ron tonight but it looks like a war has started between Wright's men and the Fullers. Twin States is off and running! Cant wait for the upcoming tournaments.

USWA releases Buzz Tyler and picks up Sunny War Cloud

I said I would be keeping an eye on the Guerreros and wouldn't you know it, Hector is in the opening match. Hector gets the shady win. I really like this story. The Vice Squad might be taking over as the lead faction. The Barbarians will settle this once and for all! One thing about Dutch Savage, he gets things done. Taylor's bad luck continues as he drops one to Brutus. I get my wish as Steamboat is now going after the title! Hot Stuff adds a lot intrigue here. Rose is playing with fire. That DDT Spivey laid on him was freak'n brutal! Busick is on fire as he racks up yet another big win. Nord does it and sends Konga packing after a wild match! Bigelow is getting the upper hand in his feud with Muraco. This is pretty big. Oh snap! I thought R and R was going to have a long run as champs but the Vice Squad come in and put the down. I said the Vice Squad might be the number one faction and this just might of cemented that. Yea, I think the Playboy Club might want to move on from Spivey before he destroys all of them. Leo has been a truly tough challenge for Gordy. He gave him an epic fight but the champ retains. I enjoyed this program. We got some great blow offs and some new storylines going. Keep up the outstanding work!

I'm ok with that.

USWA @ The Freedom Hall Civic Center 7-11-85 "The Vin Man" Vinnie Valentino vs. Dave Penson Once again Vinnie is escorted to the ring by several attractive woman. Vinnie draws the ire of the fans with his constant smugness in the ring. In the end, he does an impressive sunset flip from the top rope to get the pin. Winner of the match- Vinnie Valentino "Avalanche" Buzz Tyler vs. Central States 6 Man Champ David Sammartino w/Arnold Skaaland Arnold makes sure his boys are always announced as 6 Man Champions. Tyler dominates early with a series of power moves that has David bumping all over the ring. Things change when Arnold trips Tyler and he staggers into a powerslam as David picks up the win. Winner of the match- David Sammartino "Diamond" Timothy Flowers vs. Duke Myers Myers hasn't made his televised debut yet but a lot of fans are familiar with his recent Mid Atlantic run, so he gets a pretty good pop. Flowers on the other hand draws some good heel heat. The match is pretty hard hitting and back and forth. About 8 minutes in, Flowers is in control as he swings Duke to the ropes and flips him over with a knee to the mid section. Flowers hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee 1..2..Kick Out. Flowers picks up Duke and goes for his Cutter but Duke grabs him and hits a quick German suplex 1..2..3! Nice pop from the fans but it stops when Flowers gets up and clotheslines Duke from behind! Flowers gives Duke a pretty good beatdown before leaving. Winner of the match- Duke Myers The Rock N Roll RPMS vs. The Fabulous Blondes This has developed into an intense feud. Their last match was a tornado match on TV that ended in a draw when a member from each team's shoulders were pinned at the same time. The action is non stop from the get go! The fans are really into this one and these teams put it all out there. At the 20 minute mark, the RPMs send Regal flying off the apron with a double forearm blast. They grab Chick and nail him with the Spandex Splits (powerbomb/neckbreaker combo)! 1..2..Regal comes off the top rope with a knee to the back of Davis's head. Lane runs over but the Ref guides him back. Regal drops another knee on Davis's head then lays Chick on Davis. The Ref turns around and counts 1..2..3! Lane is a second to late. Regal has to help an unconscious Chick to the back. Winners of the Match- The Fabulous Blondes "The Japanese Fury" Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Central States 6 Man Champ Bruce Hart w/Arnold Skaaland Yatsu throws Hart off early with some solid amateur wrestling moves. An eye rake turns things around and Hart takes control. Hart pulls out a variety of suplexes but cant put Yatsu away. Hart goes for a knee drop from the top rope but Yatsu moves. Yatsu fires away with palm strikes. Arnold gets on the apron and Yatsu puts him down with a chop. Boos as David Sammartino comes to ringside and jumps up on the apron. Yatsu goes towards him. Hart runs up from behind and charges but Yatsu moves and Hart sends David flying off the apron. Hart turns around and Yatsu puts him down with a superkick 1..2..3! Huge POP! Yatsu rolls out of the ring as David and Arnold get in the ring. Winner of the match- Yoshiaki Yatsu TV Title Bout Tony "Simply the Best" St. Clair (C) w/Les Thornton vs. "Crippler" Rip Oliver Oliver has been a tough challenge for Tony. Their matches have yet to have a decisive winner. This one is no different as the tide turns back and forth several times before the 20 minute time limit expires. They have a pushing match after the bell rings but Les gets his man out of there. Official ruling- A time limit draw. Tony St. Clair remains TV Champ USWA Tag Team Title Bout Karachi Vice (C) vs. American Made Kernodle and Kirchner have won a lot of matches to get to this point and they make the most of it tonight. They get the fans cheering as they work over the champs with in and out tags and some hard hitting offense. The tide turns when Makhan nails Kirchner with a forearm blast from the apron. Gama and Makhan take control and really take it to Kirchner. They break all the rules until Makhan misses a big splash and Kirchner finally tags in Kernodle. Kernodle is all over Karachi Vice. After cleaning house, Karachi regroup and double team Kernodle but Kirchner runs in and a wild pier six brawl ensues. The Ref fails at getting control and finally signals for the bell. Both teams keep fighting. Official Ruing- A double DQ. Karachi Vice remain champs Central States Title Bout "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (C) vs. "Unpredictable" Dick Slater Tonight proves that the Central States title will be a very good money making main event on the B shows. These guys give the fans one hell of a match. After 45 minutes, both men are bloody and barely able to stand. The fans are roaring as these guys trade punches but neither man will go down. Slater goes for a big roundhouse punch but Orndorff ducks and atomic drops Slater into the turnbuckles then rolls him up 1..2..Kick Out! Orndorff picks Slater up and vertical suplexes him back 1..2..Slater barely gets his shoulder up. The fans are up and cheering as Orndorff gives the signal. He picks up Slater and goes for the piledriver but Slater back drops him! Both men are down. They slowly rise and once again trade punches. Slater gets the upper hand, swings Orndorff to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash then follows with a elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Slater slams Orndorff then goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a forearm drop but Orndorff moves. Both men are down and reeling. 55 minutes into the match and the announcer announces 5 minutes remain! Once again both men rise and trade punches. Orndorff wins this round and fires away, swings Slater to the corner and charges in with a high knee but Slater moves. Orndorff hits hard, Slater carries the momentum and rolls Orndorff up 1..2..3!!! Both men are lying there bloody and beaten. The Ref reaches down and raises Slater's arm then sets the Central States title on his chest. Slater is only able to lay his arm across the title. The fans actually cheer because they just witnessed an incredible match. Winner of the match and NEW Central States Champ- Dick Slater

Yep, Gene is back! Right off the bat we get the reunion of Platt and RPG. I just knew this would be a great show. Wright and Sawyer are made for each other. What a combo. Cant wait to see what you do with Bota the Witch Doctor. And here we go! Armstrong's and Fullers...YES! Bob wants to finish up business and the Fullers want to put all this behind them. Just what will happen? Like Rob said, a lot of heel stables coming in so maybe the Armstrong's and Fullers should join forces. Talk about an uneasy alliance. Looking forward to watching all this unfold. Dapper Don is here and has his Violent Gentleman ready to win some gold. Great use of Crews and Timbs! Jerry Brisco arrives and says he's still got it as he lays down some serious challenges. Dapper Don and Tatum make the mistake of calling Brisco washed up. Brisco teaches Tatum a lesson. I like the group Don has put together. WOW! Look at those names competing for the Twin States title! Wright's Nightmares have a strong showing and look like favorites to win the tag tournament. Even though they came up short, nice to see the Oates on TV. You really put together an exciting roster. Awesome first show. Cant wait for the Farm Center card.

USWA TV @ The Civic Center, Knoxville TN, 7-10-85 Show opens with footage from the Mid South Coliseum as Jerry Lawler defeats Tully Blanchard to win the USWA Title! Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of USWA wrestling here on the USA Network. We'll be talking a lot about what went down at the Independence Day show. The new USWA champ Jerry Lawler will be with us tonight. You'll see the debut of two new tag teams along with the debut of the electrifying Ben Bassarab. Tonight's main event is a big one as Big John Studd takes on Siva Afi. Studd gave Afi his first USWA loss but it looks like Afi is right back on his heels. Right now I want to show you some pre recorded comments from Bob Armstrong. Armstrong: On behalf of the Armstrong family we want to thank the great USWA fans for all their support. It appears Ron Fuller has left the territory and it so happens that we know where he's going. It saddens us to have to leave the USWA but the Armstrong's have unfinished business with Ron Fuller and we have to take care of it. Once again a big thank you to all you great fans and we hope to see you again someday. Lance: Ok there you have it.... Boos as the Syndicate (Brian Adias and Gary Young) come out. Young: You see Brian, I told you! Ron has left us and it's all your fault! Adias: Whoa, what do you mean my fault? Young: Your the one who was pinned in our match with the Armstrong's! It sure the hell wasn't my shoulders on the mat! This was our big chance and you blew it! I'm disgusted just looking at you! Maybe I need to put you down the old fashion way. Adias: If you want to get in that ring with me, hey I'm good with that. But don't get upset when it's your shoulders on the mat this time! Cheers as Adias hits the ring, pumps his fists and tells Young to get in here. Lance: Oh boy, looks like we have an impromptu match. Gary Young vs. Brian Adias The bell rings and fists are flying as these two recent partners are going at it. Adias gets the upper hand and punches away then swings Young to the ropes and back drops him. Young staggers up and Adias puts him down with a big punch. Adias picks up Young and executes an airplane spin! Adias slams Young down and covers 1..2..WHAM!!! Lance: Wait a minute that's Joel Deaton! Deaton has a bullrope and is hitting Adias with it! Deaton helps Young up. They swing Adias to the ropes and clothesline him down with the bullrope! The fans are booing as Young and Deaton go to the podium. Young: Adias just doesn't have what it takes to be my partner. But this man sure does. Deaton: We're here and we're serving notice to all the tag teams in the USWA! Get ready boys because the Lone Stars are ready to fight! Lance: I certainly wasn't ready for that opening. We'll be back. Commercial Break "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab vs. Gary Williams Ben dazzles the fans with his high flying offense. He slams Williams then goes to the top rope. Williams staggers up and Ben puts him down with a missile dropkick for the pin! Lance: Tremendous win for Ben Bassarab. I'm expecting big things from that exciting young man. Switching gears, at the Independence Day show, Gerry Morrow no showed and left his partner George Wells at the hands of Karachi Vice. Come on over Gerry, I have a lot of questions for you. Morrow comes out in a suit and sunglasses along with a bottle of Champaign and a couple glasses. He opens the bottle and pours the Champaign into the glasses. He smiles and gives one to Lance. Morrow: A toast, to the finer things in life. Lance: Thank you but I'm on duty Gerry. Morrow: (Laughs) AHHHHH you worry to much. Lighten up Lance. Lance: Ok let's get down to business. Just where were you on July 4th and how could you do that to your partner? I mean he suffered some injuries at the hands of Karachi Vice. Morrow: (Takes a sip) AHHH this is very good. On July 3rd I received the greatest news of my life. I received a huge inheritance. More money than I know what to do with. So you see, I had bigger things on my mind than messing around with Karachi Vice. It is now time to enjoy the finer things in life. I will compete when I want to. George Wells wouldn't understand. I did not want to hear him cry. I don't need the aggravation. It's time to enjoy life and that's exactly what I'm going to do. Morrow takes his glass and taps Lance's glass then walks out. Lance: You talk about money changing a person. We'll be back. Commercial Break The Sweet Ebony Express vs. Todd Rooney and Willie Lopez The fans cheer as Norvell Austin and Skip Young enter the ring. Norvell is wearing his purple fedora hat while Young is wearing a purple headband. Both men are wearing purple wrestling pants. The Express are in total synch as they work their opponents over. Norvell tags in Young. Norvell swings Lopez to the ropes and back drops him. Lopez staggers up and Young hits a sunset flip for the win! The fans cheer as the Express go to the podium. Lance: Ok big win for the debuting Sweet Ebony Express. Norvell how did this team come to be? Norvell: Well Lance it was real simple. I got a call from my sweet buddy Skip Young and he said Norvell I'm looking for a lot of action brother. How's the tag team scene up there and I said it's fierce baby but I think we can make an impact and here we are! Young: Norvell is telling it like it is. Sweet Norvell has been tearing it up here and now Sweet Brown Sugar is here and together we're going to make some noise! Lance: There you have it from the Sweet Ebony Express. We'll be back. Commercial Break The Medics w/Dr. Troy Graham vs. The Club Graham is upset tonight which means his Medics are upset. The Club have fallen on hard times recently but are no pushovers. They put up a decent fight but a distraction from Graham allows both Medics to punch Steve O off the apron and hit a double rib breaker on George for the pin! While Graham escorts the Medics to the podium, Steve O realizes what happened and looks down at George with a disappointing look. Lance: Well Graham, the Grapplers got the best of your boys at the Inde.... Graham: I'm not going to tell you again! You will refer to me as Dr. Troy Graham because I damn well earned it! My Medics would of clearly won that match if it wasn't for that no good cheating coward of a man the Nightmare! So he thinks he can get one over on a smart man like me? Think again! You did me a favor Nightmare. Now I know exactly what to do! Graham pulls out his old mask and puts it on. Graham: That's right! I'm getting back in the ring. Next week at the Hemisfair Arena, It's going to be those three masked wrestling wannabes against the Medics and myself, Dr. Dream Machine! Oh yea babay, I'm back and the three of us are going to wipe the canvas with those three uneducated losers! Lance: Now I've heard it all. We'll be back with the Beauty Shop. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the Beauty Shop sign then pans down to Brenda Britton. Brenda: Hi everyone it's so good to be back. If the USA network thought I gave them high ratings before just wait until tonight. I always have the big scoops and tonight I have a blockbuster one. My guests are none other than Tommy Wildfire Rich and his cousin the Memphis Mafia Man Johnny Rich. Boos as the Rich's come out. Brenda: Welcome gentlemen. It's so nice to be around real southern men like yourselves. Tommy, your cousin lost a loser leaves town match to Wendell Cooley at Parade of Champions. Now I'm so glad he's back but how did you pull it off? Tommy: Brenda I have to say, you are absolutely stunning. Now, Johnny Rich lost a loser leaves town match as a wrestler. He's not here as a wrestler. He's here as my personal bodyguard. Everybody knows that the Memphis Mafia are the greatest bodyguards in the world so who better to watch my back then the Memphis Mafia Man himself Johnny Rich. Brenda: Wow! You are the smartest man I've ever met. That's pure genius. Johnny: You know Brenda, us Rich's are always one step ahead. We're a step ahead of the USWA and we're a step ahead of that idiot Wendell Cooley. Brenda and the Rich's share a laugh. Brenda: Once again you heard it here first. Until next week tooooooooodles! Commercial Break "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley vs. Vic Dutro Cooley is all business and finishes off his opponent in less than a minute with a running bulldog! Lance: Wendell, I'm sure you heard the Rich's. Cooley: I heard them alright and this is going to end once and for all! Next week at the Hemisfair Arena, I'm challenging Tommy Rich to a loser leaves town match. And when I win, both Tommy and Johnny must go. No more loopholes. I win, they're both gone! Lance, this will end! Lance: Oh my, the big challenge has been made. Wendell Cooley is fired up tonight. You've heard about the Hemisfair card next week. I also want to remind the fans the USWA will be at the Freedom Hall Civic Center tomorrow night. On that card the Karachi Vice will defend their tag titles against the number one contenders American Made. And listen to this, Paul Orndorff will defend the Central States title against Dick Slater. You all saw Slater attack Orndorff after his match on July 4th and it was Orndorff who wanted this match. Dick Slater storms out Slater: I told you and everybody else that Central States title belongs to me! Tomorrow i officially take it home, where it rightfully belongs! Orndorff! You're through! Commercial Break The Technicians (Bob Roop and Brad Rheingans) vs, Sam Smith and William Hillman Technicians come out wearing their amateur wrestling attire. They easily work over their opponents with their vast wrestling skills. Roop executes a shoulder breaker on Sam then holds the arm while he tags in Brad. Brad comes off the top rope with a knee to Sam's shoulder and scores the easy pin! They head to the podium. Lance: Another solid tag team debut. Now how did you guys get together? Brad: I was watching the outstanding matches between Bob and Yoshiaki Yatsu. I realized how similar Bob and my backgrounds are and I thought we could make one hell of a wrestling team. Roop: We can learn a lot from each other and with our wrestling knowledge we know we can win. That's why were together and that's what we're gong to do. Roop and Rheingans shake hands and exit. Commercial Break Central States 6 man Champion Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland vs. Franklin Jones Gagne is in solo action and simply toys with his opponent before finishing him off with a high flying dropkick! Skaaland and Gagne are joined at the podium with fellow Elite members Bruce Hart and David Sammartino. Skaaland: Look at these men. They are champions! Now as champions they have certain rights. I told you any of these 3 men can go after any title in the USWA. I'm going to make good on that promise because next week at the Hemisfair Arena, Greg Gagne will go for the USWA title against that inferior wrestler Jerry Lawler. Bruce: You got this Greg. You're going to wrestle circles around him. David: That clown can't even lace up your boots. The title is yours Greg. Greg: Thank you for the kind words. This is what a supporting family does. Lawler, you simply have no chance. I can outwrestle and out think you. Arnold, I'm bringing the title to the Elite. Skaaland: (Wipes Greg's forehead with his towel) I know you are Greg. You're a good man. Lance: That title match takes place next week at the Hemisfair Arena. Our main event when we come back Commercial Break Big John Studd vs. "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi Studd attacks Afi as soon as he gets in the ring. The Ref signals for the bell as Studd pounds away on Afi. Afi starts to punch back then unloads. Afi hits a jumping headbutt then dropkicks Studd into the corner. Afi charges in but Studd lifts his big boot up and nails Afi's face. Studd regroups and goes to work. Studd executes a hanging suplex 1..2.Kick Out. Studd hits a gut wrench suplex then follows with a big elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Studd is furious and starts choking Afi. Studd chokes Afi with his boot then rakes it across Afi's head. Studd lifts Afi up and hits a backbreaker 1..2..Afi gets his shoulder up! Studd spends to much time arguing and threatening the Ref. Studd picks up Afi and swings him to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Afi swings back and nails Studd with a flying headbutt. The fans pump Afi up. Afi starts to unload with punches. Studd is wobbling. Afi hits a jumping headbutt then another! Studd is wobbling. Afi swings off the ropes then hits a flying press that sends both men over the top rope! The Ref is counting. Both men stagger up and trade blows. Studd punches Afi to the steel post and charges but Afi moves and Studd hits the post shoulder first. Afi rolls into the ring as the Ref hits 10. The fans are up and cheering! Lance: How about that. Siva Afi makes it back in the ring just in time to get the count out victory. The fans roar as Afi gives them the hang loose sign and exits. Studd gets up and slams his fists on the apron. The Ref exits but Studd grabs him and starts berating him. The Ref says something and Studd grabs him by his shirt and tosses him! Other officials run out and one by one Studd punches and throws them! Lance: We're going to need some help! Prelim wrestlers run out but Studd is all over them! Studd is throwing bodies everywhere. Siva Afi, The Technicians and Wendell Cooley run out and then Studd finally retreats. Lance: We have a chaotic scene here. I know Studd is going to pay severely for his actions. We'll be back. Commercial Break Lance: Fans, I understand Studd will be punished for his actions. Also, Tommy Rich has accepted the loser leaves town challenge from Wendell Cooley. That will happen next week at the Hemisfair Arena. Also on that card, Jerry Lawler will defend the USWA title against Greg Gagne. Please welcome out the new USWA champ The King Jerry Lawler! Huge POP as Lawler comes out with his king's crown on and title on his shoulder. Lance: Congratulations King. Lawler: Thank you very much Lance, it feels so good to be wearing gold again. This has been quite a year for me. I went to war with Adrian Adonis and then went straight into title matches with Blanchard. Both men talked a lot of crap and vowed to put me out of wrestling and now both of them are gone. The King is standing tall and wearing the belt. I heard Greg Gagne and his boys out here talking. Yea you're a great wrestler Greg but let's see how you react to a punch in the mouth! You're next on the list and you're going down just like the rest. Lance: Ok, the USWA Champion Jerry Lawler, fans we'll see you next week. Tomorrow Night Freedom Hall Civic Center Central States Title Bout "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (C) vs. "Dirty" Dick Slater USWA Tag Team Title Bout Karachi Vice (C) vs. American Made plus more exciting bouts Next Week Hemisfair Arena USWA Title Bout Jerry "The King" Lawler (C) vs. Greg Gagne w/Arnold Skaaland Loser Leaves Town Match Tommy "Wildfire" Rich w/"The Memphis Mafia Man" Johnny Rich vs. "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley The Grapplers and Nightmare vs. Dr. Dream Machine and The Medics Hercules Ayala vs. Tiger Jeet Singh

Couple of fun house shows with a lot of great action. Perez keeps racking up wins. I could see him as a good challenger for Orton. I'm really liking this Spivey story. Now I look forward to what he's going to do next. Rose has inadvertently created a monster. Knobbs and Gaylord prove to Rose that they can take care of business. Meanwhile Dundee pulls off the win over Golden. This is far from over. Awesome 8 man tag! Busick gets a huge rub by getting the fall. The Guerreros bend the rules and get a win over the Thundercats. I'll be watching the Guerreros closely. Busick picks up another big win and even makes Hito submit. Haynes and Snuka continue to put on some great brawling matches. Orton keeps rolling as CA champ as he puts down the tough challenge of Smothers. Nord causes the DQ and Texas Red doesn't like it. Don't mess with Texas.

I like what you're doing with the newer talents. Barry O gets some buzz right off the bat being aligned with brother Bob's crazy gang. Barry will fit right in. I really liked Busick and it's nice to see him get a chance in our game. I also like the different approach, bringing him in as a powerhouse face. Smart move having him with Leo Burke. Leo knows how to pick them. Busick impressed fans with a strong showing. Scorpio and Mando put on a show stealing match. Scorpio pulls off the big win! Bill Dundee's guidance pays off in a big way as Cameron is back on track. Huge 6 man tag main event! Steamboat gets the pin on champ Gordy! Steamboat chasing Gordy is going to be money. HMMMM, I wonder what's up with Gilbert???