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TNT Wrestling TV @ The Roanne Fieldhouse, Memphis TN 9-27-84 Lance Russell: Hello again wrestling fans and welcome to another edition of TNT wrestling here on the USA network. We're just one week away from Night of Champions and a lot of wrestlers will be gearing up for that big card tonight. Big main event tonight as TNT champ Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee will face the Roughnecks. Very interesting as Lawler will be defending that title against Dundee at Night of Champions. Also tonight, DJ Peterson takes on Carl Fergie. Plus the man who will be taking on Ted Dibiase for the AWA world title at Night of Champions, Hercules Ayala. And the TV champ Austin Idol will be in action. Let's get things going and head to the ring. Boos as the TNT tag team champs Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis head to the podium. Murdoch: Lance, Adrian and I are damn tired of those cowboy wannabees the Kansas Jayhawks interfering in our matches! Adonis: Those dirt bags don't even deserve a shot at these titles! We shouldn't even have to defend these titles against them at Night of Champions. Cheers as the Jayhawks come to the podium. Jaggers: You boys sure have big mouths! Dutch: Tell you what, we can go right now and if we loose we'll forfeit our match at Night of Champions! The Jayhawks get in the ring. Murdoch: Get a Ref out here! Lance: Ok, looks like we have an impromptu match! TNT Tag Champs Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis vs. The Kansas Jayhawks Jayhawks start strong as Jaggers pounds away on Adonis then rams his head on Dutch's boot and tags in Dutch. They swing Adonis to the ropes and put him down with a double back elbow smash. Murdoch comes in and the Jayhawks send him flying with a double punch. Jayhawks continue to work Adonis over until Dutch swings off the ropes and Murdoch nails him with a knee to the back. Adonis tags in Murdoch and Murdoch stomps away on Dutch. Murdoch slams Dutch then drops a knee 1..2..Kick Out. Murdoch suplexes Dutch then tags in Adonis. Adonis drops a knee from the middle ropes 1..2..Dutch gets his shoulder up. Adonis tags in Murdoch, they swing him to the ropes but miss a double clothesline, Dutch swings back and clotheslines both of them! Dutch tags in Jaggers. Adonis rises and Jaggers sends him to his corner with a forearm blast. Jaggers swings Murdoch to the ropes and clotheslines him down then drops an elbow 1..2..Adonis breaks it. Dutch runs in and fights Adonis to the corner. A dazed Murdoch staggers up and goes after Dutch but Jaggers catches him, spins him around, kicks him in the mid section and hits a Hangman's Neckbreaker 1..2..3! Huge pop! Jaggers and Dutch hurl Adonis out of the ring as the fans continue to cheer. Commercial Break Lance: Oh my, what a way to kick off the show as the Kansas Jayhawks score a win over the TNT tag champs. Murdoch and Adonis storm the podium. Murdoch is still reeling. Adonis: NO! NO! NO! We weren't prepared for this! Those dirty low life cheaters are going to pay! There's no way they're taking these titles! No way! Lance: (Smirking) Those two teams meet at Night of champions and the TNT tag titles will be on the line. Back to the ring. Ivan 'Polish Power' Putski and The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus vs. Sean and Sam Smith and Gary Williams Brutal squash as Putski and the Assassins just tear their opponents up. Ratamyus even gets in some cheap shots. The finish comes when the Assassins beat down the Smith brothers then swing Williams to the ropes as Putski nails him with the Polish Hammer for the pin! They aren't done as the Assassins pick up Williams and hit a double rib breaker! Ratamyus leads his men to the podium. Ratamyus: Cocoa Samoa! You stupid weak man. It doesn't matter who you bring to help. Did you just see what my men did in that ring? In 7 short days I will finally be done with you and you will be out of wrestling for good! Lance: Very threatening words. Before we go to a commercial here's some pre recorded comments from Cocoa Samoa. Cocoa: Ratamyus! Just remember who retired you. That's nothing compared to the beating your henchmen will receive. Yea you took my brothers Tio and Tapu out but now you have to suffer the wrath of my other brothers. Get ready because I know we are! Commercial Break Lance: Fans, joining me now is Denny Brown. Denny you won a title contenders match in Florida awhile back and I know you've been thinking about which title you will be going after. I understand you have an answer. Denny: Yes I do Lance. I'm very happy and excited to announce that..... There's a big commotion from the fans. Lance: Whoa wait just a minute! Buddy Landel! What are you doing here? Landel: Oh Lance it's so hard to be humble when I'm perfect in every way. That's right Mr. AWA has arrived to (looks around in distain) TNT. But hey it's all good for TNT because the ratings on the USA network are about to sky rocket because MR. AWA is here on TV baby. Now I don't wait for opportunity, I just take it. (looks at Denny) I understand you have a shot at any title in the AWA. Is that right boy? Denny: The name is Denny and yes I do. Landel: Denny? They always get my order wrong. Anyways, I don't wait in line for title shots so I'll make this simple. I want your title shot. Come on, does anybody here think this dork can honestly win a title? I'm a proven champion. So what do you say? Night of champions? You got the guts boy? Denny: You sure like to talk. I'll tell you what. Since I'm already tired of hearing you talk and I'm sure these fans are to. I'll put my title shot on the line but if I win then you have to leave TNT. Now, do you have the guts...boy? Landel: Kiss your shot goodbye. Buddy pulls a comb out of his pocket, combs back his hair and struts out. Lance: Ok, looks like we have a match set for Night of Champions. Unbelievable. Commercial Break DJ Peterson vs. 'Cool' Carl Fergie Fergie attacks at the bell and punches DJ down then grabs the ropes and stomps away. Fergie chokes DJ with his boot then rakes it across his face. Fergie grabs the top rope and drops several knees and covers 1..Kick Out. Fergie swings DJ to the ropes and kicks him in the mid section then gut wrench suplexes him over 1..2..Kick Out. Fergie yells at the Ref. Fergie goes for a suplex but DJ fights it then suplexes Fergie. DJ staggers up and pumps his fists. Fergie staggers up and DJ unloads, swings him to the ropes and hits a big back drop. DJ grabs Fergie and slams him down. DJ climbs to the top rope. Gary Young runs out and pushes DJ off the ropes! The Ref signals for the DQ. The bell is ringing as Young enters the ring and stomps away on DJ. Young picks DJ up and hits a backbreaker. Young helps Fergie up. Fergie pounds away on DJ then holds him up. Young goes to the top rope. Fergie holds DJ by his hair as Young nails him with a diving clothesline! Young gives DJ a stomp before leaving. Commercial Break Lance: Well I think DJ had that match won until Gary Young interfered. DJ will be coming for a fight at Night of champions. That's for sure. My guests at this time are the AWA Southern tag champs The Fabulous Ones and George Wells. Footage from last week is shown as Wells turns down the Movement's offer and gets hit with a briefcase. The Fabs run off Whatley and Conway. Wells: First I want to thank Stan and Steve. That could of been real bad for me. Next I want to warn the Movement that I'll be keeping a close eye on that AWA tag title match to make sure things don't get out of hand. Fabulous Ones, I got your backs. Lane: Thanks George. We all know the Movement loves to play the numbers game but at Night of champions that just wont work. Keirn: You boys have done nothing but disgrace those titles. Have you beaten anybody fair and square? Rest assured that's exactly what we're going to do come Night of Champions! Lance: That should be a dandy. Back to the ring. TNT Brass Knuckles Champ Hercules Ayala vs. Vic Dutro Ayala looks more than ready for his AWA title shot as he just mauls his opponent. Ayala clamps on the bear hug rams him into the turnbuckles and belly to belly suplexes him over 1..2..Ayala lifts Dutro up. Ayala holds him up then levels him with a right punch! Ayala sets his foot on Dutro's chest 1..2..3! Ayala heads to the podium with his brass knuckles title over his shoulder. Ayala: Dibiase! This title says I'm the toughest man in the AWA! But I want your title! I get everything I want! (Clenches his fist) Your title will be mine! Lance: Strong words from Hercules Ayala. Let's hear some pre recorded comments from the AWA World Champ Ted Dibiase. Dibiase: Night of champions! I once again come back to TNT. I beat Jumbo Tsuruta! I beat Tully Blanchard! Take notes Ayala. I can wrestle with the best and beat them and I can brawl with the best and beat them! (Holds up his black glove) And I'm not afraid to knock somebody like you out! The title comes home with me! Commercial Break Lance: Fans, with me now is Curt Hennig. Curt I know this has been an emotional ride for you as you get ready for Tully Blanchard at Night of Champions. By the way, how's your dad doing? Curt: Dad's doing better. Thanks for asking Lance. There's nothing worse than seeing your father suffer. He's suffering because of Tully Blanchard. I want Tully to listen real.... Boos as Tully comes out. Curt is fuming. Lance: Hold on. Just a minute. Gentleman please remain calm. Tully maybe you better just go. Tully: Go? I will not be disrespected any more! Boo Hoo poor Larry Hennig. he should be suffering and I hope he's had a chance to ponder and reflect on what a poor job he's done as commissioner. The guy has no business in an position of authority. Total abuse of power. I personally think he was making up for his shortcomings as a wrestler and as a father! WHAM! Curt levels Tully then tackles him and just starts pounding away on him with fists! Lance calls for help and officials come out to break it up. Commercial Break Lance: That situation between Curt Hennig and Tully Blanchard is real personal and I hope things will be settled at Night of champions. TV champ Austin Idol is in the ring and his opponent at Night of Champions. Art Crews will be joining me for commentary. Crews: Tully Blanchard is right. There is way to much disrespect going on here. Lance! What is my name? Lance: Once again I apologize, the Ace Art Crews. TV Champ 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol vs. William Hillman Idol works over Hillman while Crews tells Lance how he's a more superior wrestler than Idol. Idol finishes Hillman off with the Las Vegas Leglock for the submission win! Crews: Lance, as you know I can time my victories. Well, watch as I put the so called TV champ down in less than 10 seconds. Crews hits the ring. Idol turns around and Crews takes him down with a shoulder tackle! Crews picks up the TV title and puts his boot on Idol as he holds the title up to the booing fans. Commercial Break Lance: Fans, what a show this has been. The Ace Art Crews just made a serious statement and I'm sure Austin Idol wont forget that come Night of Champions. Our main event happens right now. TNT Champ Jerry 'The King' Lawler and Superstar Bill Dundee vs. The Roughnecks Lawler and Dundee hit the ring with fists flying! Dundee knocks Brooks through the ropes as Lawler knocks Sweetan out of the ring! The fans are on their feet cheering as the Roughnecks regroup. Brooks gets in the ring and runs at Dundee but Dundee back drops him. Brooks gets up and Dundee unloads, swings him to the ropes and drop kicks him down. Brooks bounces back and tags in Sweetan. Sweetan comes in and swings at Dundee but Dundee ducks and unloads then swings him into the corner where Lawler punches Sweetan down. Dundee tags in Lawler. Lawler punches away on Sweetan, swings him to the ropes and a right punch puts Sweetan down. Brooks comes in and Lawler punches him back. Lawler suplexes Sweetan and tags in Dundee. Dundee hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with an elbow on Sweetan 1..2..Brooks breaks it. Lawler comes in but the Ref guides him back. Dundee staggers up and Brooks clotheslines him down. Sweetan rolls over and tags in Brooks. Brooks puts the boots to Dundee then picks him up and slams him into the turnbuckles and hangs him upside down and kicks away. Lawler comes in but the Ref guides him back. Sweetan gets in there and him and Brooks put the boots to Dundee. The Ref guides Sweetan back. Brooks yanks Dundee down and tags in Sweetan. They double slam Dundee and Sweetan hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Lawler with the save. Sweetan tags in Brooks. Brooks swings Dundee to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Dundee kicks him, dives over and tags in Lawler. Lawler is a house of fire as he punches away on Brooks. Sweetan comes in and Lawler punches him back. Lawler scoop slams Brooks. Sweetan comes back and Lawler scoop slams him. Lawler drops a knee on Brooks then hops up on the middle ropes and comes down with a fist drop 1..2..Sweetan kicks Lawler and stomps away. Dundee charges and sends Sweetan to the turnbuckles with a running high knee. Dundee hammers away on Sweetan in the corner. Lawler and Brooks stagger up. Lawler punches away on Brooks. Dundee goes over. Lawler turns around and blasts Dundee! Lawler looks at Dundee in shock. Lawler cant believe he did that. He goes to help Dundee up but Brooks nails Lawler from behind. Brooks swings Lawler into the turnbuckles and charges in with a high knee but Lawler moves. Brooks hits hard and Lawler rolls him up 1..(Sweetan runs over but Dundee tackles him)..2..3! Huge Pop! Brooks and Sweetan stagger out. The Ref raises Lawler's arm. Dundee walks over, grabs Lawler and spins him around. Dundee is yelling at him about the punch. Lawler is telling him it was an accident. Dundee pushes Lawler. Lawler holds up his hands and is again explaining it was an accident. The Ref hands Lawler his title. Dundee yanks it away and looks at it. Lawler stares hard at Dundee. Dundee looks around then again at the title. Dundee calms down and puts the title on Lawler's shoulder and taps it a couple times before leaving. Lawler watches Dundee exit with a puzzled look then holds the title up as the fans cheer. Night of Champions, Louisville Gardens 10-4-84 AWA World Title Bout Ted Dibiase (C) vs. TNT Brass Knuckles Champ Hercules Ayala AWA World Tag Title Bout The Movement (C) vs. AWA Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones TNT Title Bout Jerry 'The King' Lawler (C) vs. Superstar Bill Dundee AWA Light Heavyweight Title Bout Brad Armstrong (C) vs. Goldie Rogers w/Johnny Valiant TNT TV Title Bout 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol (C) vs. 'The Ace' Art Crews TNT Tag Title Bout Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis (C) vs. The Kansas Jayhawks Grudge Match Curt Hennig vs. Tully Blanchard Match for the Contenders title- If Denny wins, Buddy must leave TNT Nature Boy Buddy Landel vs. 'Downtown' Denny Brown Mountain Mike Shaw vs. Jumbo Tsuruta- Gene Anderson banned from ringside 6-Man Tag Cocoa Samoa and 2 Mystery partners vs. Ivan Putski and The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus Loser Leaves Town The Enforcers w/Gene Anderson vs. Gino Brito and Tony Parisi DJ Peterson vs. Gorgeous Gary Young

Kevin Kelly is going berserk with the brass knuckles LOL. He sure is making a lot of enemies. It was fun while it lasted for both Davis and Gilbert and now Abdullah is champ. You have to be always on guard in Florida. Hoping Valentine reemerges in the main event scene and it looks like he might after getting beat down by Abdullah. Tony Atlas comes to town and immediately wins a title! And of course the Gino/Savage feud continues to be a highlight. The build has guaranteed a sell out for their inevitable match.

Houston kicks off the program with some fire. LOL, HTM tells his side of the story. I don't think he'll be so pompous when Kerry comes looking for payback. Love the pairing of Orton and Jones. Orton is a serious threat to Windham. The Movement deliver a passionate promo but then drop one to the Youngbloods and Adias. Nice to see the babyfaces fight fire with fire. Can the Youngbloods carry the momentum into their AWA title match? Gary Hart brings back Kamala! I think the pieces in WCCW are complete. Oh man, Savoldi and Powers give the Midnights a tough match but good ol Corny once again comes through for his boys. Might be a different story when he's handcuffed to Watts! Another great show full of solid matches, great promos and fun surprises.

Great reintroduction of the one and only Dory Funk! I'm sure we'll see Dory in action very soon. This territory is right up his alley. Nice feud going between Ox and Sonny. Will Ox finally put Sonny down with the Heart Punch? Or will the bolo punch prevail? Oh man Chris Adams might be in serious trouble! He can hurt Mike but now Kevin is here. Whole different story. Sheik and Volkoff look absolutely brutal! They use the Persian clubs to break the lock and then use them to beat down Atlas and SBS! All this allows the Movement to once again retain the titles. Looks like the Movement has an endless amount of cash LOL. Mulligan puts Ladd down!!! Ladd is furious and then learns he must defend his title against Mulligan. Oh man! I think Mulligan has Ladd's number. Got to give Grizzly Boone some props as he pinned both Dr. Death and Fernandez! Not a bad outing.

Love the new storylines! Billy Jack now has Texas Red as an ally! Just the guy he needs to fight Slater and Borne. This feud will be awesome! Royal Family vs. Guerreros...YES Please! Hogan and Nord will put on some great power man matches. Hogan might need somebody in his corner to fight off Larry Z. The Starrs and Jake the Snake are a perfect blend. Talk about a very dangerous alliance. I'm all for Rose and Sommers teaming up! Always liked this team. French Revolution better watch out. Piper retains against Rose. Cant wait to see who's next for Piper. Terry Taylor has been one of my favorite storylines in the game. He finally leaves the Brigade and just in time as the FRREBIRDS arrive and take out the Brigade! The Freebirds are here and it looks like they're ready to wreak havoc!!!! Get ready Pacific.

Good round of matches on the loop. I noticed Kerry got a shot at the title, some possible seeds planted here. Barry retains against Adias in what looked to be a fun and clean match. LOL, I'm loving HTM's title reign. Defeating Houston with his feet on the ropes is perfect. Islanders are taking the Midnights to the limit. These are money worth matches. The Von Erichs get a DQ win over the Movement. It's going to be hard taking those titles since the Movement have the numbers game working for them.

Gino's promos were gold! He just might be crazier than I thought, antagonizing Randy like that LOL. Turn around of the week has got to go to Scott Casey. He wins a cage match over Graham and then goes on a winning streak by beating Lane and Kabuki! Mike Davis ends Kernodle's solid reign. WOW! Travis upsets Dory Funk! Dory does get some revenge a couple nights later. I'm all for a Konga/Purple Haze feud. Talk about a wild one. Sweet! Looks like we're going to get Dusty and JYD vs. The Briscos!

Good Grief Continental is on fire! LOL, another hilarious letter from Landel. I was cracking up. That leads right into Funk/Bullet. I knew it was only a matter of time before Funk gets involved in something LOL. The man is a psychotic genius and manages to get Bullet suspended and the title off him. Muraco and Fuji are getting a lot of buzz and it seems Muraco wants the title. Smothers comes back home and accepts Ninja's title shot. Baron has arrived and immediately aligns with Akbar. Liked that Armstrongs/Grapplers match. Funk interferes and declares war on the Armstrongs! On to the Civic Center, Muraco's momentum continues as he takes Cash down. Smothers comes up short as Ninja retains. Ninja vs. Armstrong will be a classic. Oh Yea! OMG brings in his old buddy Ron Garvin! Smart move as Garvin will be more than happy to go toe to toe with Devastation Inc. Looks like Bugsy is up for the fight as well. Nothing like heel teams going at it. Sheepherder's rule breaking is a step ahead of the Grapplers tonight. Fuji and Akbar going at it is all sorts of fun. Looking forward to the Street/Madril title match next week. Herc retains against Olympia and solidifies himself as champ. NEW CHAMPS! Fantastics come in and defeat the Stud Stable! Oh man Fuller and Golden will be hot LOL. The show's aftermath was epic! Funk is NUTS! He beats Scott and Steve but wait a minute, Brad and a new ref hit the ring and Brad gets a flash pin on Funk! Funk goes insane and tears the place up and even puts original ref Ken Timbs down. Funk is going to run rampant in Continental! Great stuff!

Whoa man a lot going on in Stampede! MX-1 and the Assassins take the early segments over. I like this new faction. Bassarab, Rich and Ritchie are perfect foes. Damn! Sheik and Slaughter just about kill Tito! Adnan is fired! Slaughter must now face the wrath of Tito. Bad News takes the money and joins the Movement! Huge swerve! Hansen and Bad News will be one hard hitting feud! Cant wait for the Hart Foundation/Movement match. Should be interesting with Hansen as the Ref. I'll say it again, the Movement is taking over the AWA. Dibiase and Flair put on a classic. Orndorff causes just enough of a distraction for Dibiase to retain. Up next Flair vs. Orndorff...YES!

TNT Wrestling TV @ The Roanne Fieldhouse, Memphis TN 9-20-84 Lance Russell: Hello again everybody and welcome to another edition of TNT wrestling here on the USA network. Big matches tonight as Mike Shaw has challenged Jumbo Tsuruta to a rematch from last week. Couple of big tag matches as Gino Brito and Tony Parisi take on their rivals The Enforcers. Also the Real Deal take on Johnny Valiant's Blonde Bombers. The AWA world tag team champs, Shaska Whatley and Tiger Conway Jr., the Movement will be in action. And Bill Dundee clashes with Killer Brooks. Night of Champions is only 2 weeks away and we'll be talking a lot about that tonight. Last week we saw Curt Hennig arrive in TNT and is motives are well known as he's coming after Tully Blanchard. Let's go to the ring as Curt Hennig is set for action. Curt Hennig vs. Trent Watkins Curt looks sharp tonight as he works Trent over with several hip tosses and arm drags. Curt swings Trent to the ropes and hits a beautiful high dropkick. Curt quickly follows with a Northern Lights Suplex for the pin! Curt points to the camera "You're next Blanchard!" Commercial Break AWA World Tag Team Champs The Movement vs. Sam and Sean Smith Whatley and Conway draw heat as they yell and gloat during the entire match while beating down the Smith brothers. The end comes when they double suplex Sam and Whatley hits a diving headbutt for the win! The fans boo as The Movement grab their titles and hold them high while telling the fans how good they are. Commercial Break Lance: before we get to our next match, I wanted to get a word in with George Wells. George, you've been on a roll of late and the fans want to know what's next for you. George: First off I want to thank these fans for forgiving my past transgressions and getting behind me. I want.... Boos as The Movement comes out. Conway: Glory Glory, the Movement has arrived to TNT! Come Night of Champions, we gonna whip up on those Fabulous Ones and show TNT just why we the ones holding up these here titles. Whatley: Fabulous Ones! You boys think you're real cool and pretty and you boys might think you're something special by being the AWA Southern tag champs but you nothing but boys. The Movement is what's happening in the AWA. Conway: Which brings me to my next point and that's you George Wells. As you know, the Movement is taking over the AWA and brother we want you in. We want you to represent the Movement in TNT. Show him Shaska. Shaska pulls out a briefcase, opens it up revealing money. Conway: Just consider this a down payment. Brother, there's plenty more where that came from. Join us and you'll be taken care of. Wells looks at the money and takes a moment. Wells: I thank you but I must respectfully decline. I tried joining a group and took the shortcut but I soon found out it went against everything I believed in. From now on it's all about hard work and earning my way. These fans forgave me and I'm in a better place now. Conway: Better place? Man, you nothing but a puppet and you're to stupid to realize it! Wells: Hold on one second! You better watch who you're talking to! WHAM! Whatley nails Wells from behind with the briefcase! The Movement put the boots to Wells! The fans cheer as the Fabulous Ones storm out and hammer away on Conway and Whatley! The Movement run out of there. The Fabs help Wells up and take him to the back. Commercial Break Goldie Rogers w/Johnny Valiant vs. Vic Dutro Rogers tunes up for his big AWA Light heavyweight title match with Armstrong on Oct. 4th. Rogers slams Dutro down, hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a double stomp to the chest. Rogers swings off the ropes and hits a knee drop for the pin! The fans boo as Valiant leads Rogers to the podium. Lance: Johnny, I understand you have made some adjustments with your men. Valiant: Lance, you know what makes me the greatest manager in the AWA? I'm always looking for ways to improve. I have revamped things. My man Goldie Rogers will become the Light heavyweight champ on Oct. 4th so I'm prepping him for life as a champ and gearing him up for the title defenses. Mr. Electricity and The Golden Boy will now team as the Blonde Bombers and how fitting it is that their first victory together will be against those phonies "The Real Deal" later tonight. Rogers: Armstrong! Listen up Jack! Come Night of Champions I'm going to beat, stomp and pound you down and then I'm going to take that title! Valiant: You tell him baby! Commercial Break Gino Brito and Tony Parisi vs. The Enforcers w/Gene Anderson These teams have been feuding all over the territory and tonight they start with a brawl. Gene gets out of there as they continue to fight. The Ref is trying to get control as he's in the corner trying to break up Parisi and DellaSerra. Gene slides a chair into the ring as Brito hammers away on Charland in the opposite corner. Gene gets on the apron and grabs Brito. Brito hits Gene and grabs him by his shirt. Charland picks up the chair and whacks Brito across the back! Brito falls back and Charland covers. Gene yells at the Ref. The Ref turns around, runs over and makes the count 1..2..3! Commercial Break Lance: Well, thanks to Gene Anderson and a chair, the Enforcers get the win. Hold on here comes Tony Parisi. Parisi: Enough is enough! This issue will be resolved! At night of champions, Brito and myself want the Enforcers and we want a loser leaves town match! Anderson! Do your boys have the guts? Lance: Ok, the challenge has been made. Art Crews is next in action, oh wait a minute, Art is on his way over. Crews: Lance! What is my name? Lance: Apologies, you're the Ace, Art Crews (Rolls his eyes) Crews: Well done. In just 2 weeks a new TV champ will be crowned and Lance, you, Idol and all these morons out here are looking at him. Now, this tune up match will take no longer than 3 minutes. 'The Ace' Art Crews vs. Gary Williams Crews squashes his opponent and finishes him off in less than 3 minutes with a dropkick from the middle ropes! Commercial Break Lance: My guest at this time is Tully Blanchard. Massive boos as Tully storms out. Tully takes his sunglasses off. Tully: From day one Larry Hennig has disrespected me and did everything in his power to make sure I wouldn't become AWA champion! He blatantly costs me the world title and nobody blinks an eye! I take matters into my own hands and now I'm the bad guy? So now big papa bear sends his little cub Curt to do his dirty work. Curt! You're out of your league son and at Night of Champions I'm going to put you down and you'll be healing along side your stupid old man at home. Lance: A very emotional Tully Blanchard. Big tag match up next. The Real Deal vs. The Blonde Bombers w/Johnny Valiant McGhee and Vaughn start with fire as they work the Bombers over with high octane offense and quick tags. Bombers look to be off their game until Valiant trips Vaughn and he staggers into a dropkick by Regal. Bombers take control as they work Vaughn over in the corner. Gray goes for a back drop but Vaughn kicks him and tags in McGhee. McGhee comes in with fists flying! Regal runs in but McGhee hits him into the corner. Gray charges but McGhee nails him with a European uppercut, grabs Gray by the waist and hits a bridging back suplex 1..2..Regal breaks it with a stomp. Vaughn runs in and fights Regal to the corner. Valiant hops on the apron and Vaughn sends him flying off with a punch. Regal sends Vaughn through the ropes with a high knee. McGhee swings Gray into the corner and follows with a running European uppercut then hammers away. Regal clips McGhee from behind. The Ref guides Regal to his corner. Gray hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with an elbow drop on McGhee 1..2..3! Commercial Break Footage from last week shows Gene Anderson hit Mike Shaw with brass knuckles allowing Jumbo Tsuruta to get the win. Mountain Mike Shaw vs. Jumbo Tsuruta w/Gene Anderson As Gene leads Jumbo to the ring, Shaw exits the ring and goes head on with Jumbo! The brawl is on! These two are fighting and the match hasn't begun yet. Gene nails Shaw from behind and Jumbo hammers away as Gene kicks Shaw. The fans explode when Brito and Parisi come out and grab Gene then throw him down! The Enforcers run out and it's a chaotic brawl! Official Ruling- No Contest Commercial Break Lance: Oh my what a fight! I was told The Enforcers have accepted the loser leaves town challenge for Night of Champions. Also, Mike Shaw will take on Jumbo Tsuruta and Gene Anderson will be barred from ringside. It's been quite a show and I believe we're set for our featured bout. 'Superstar' Bill Dundee vs. Killer Brooks w/Bob Sweetan Sweetan accompanies his Roughneck partner as Dundee enters the ring. Brooks attacks at the bell and punches Dundee down. Brooks stomps away then chokes Dundee on the ropes. The Ref guides Brooks back which allows Sweetan to run over and choke Dundee on the ropes. Brooks continues to work over Dundee with stomps, boot rakes, choking and knee drops. Brooks swings Dundee to the corner and charges in but Dundee lifts his knees and nails Brooks. Dundee regroups. Brooks staggers up and Dundee lets loose with his Memphis style punches, swings Brooks to the ropes and back drops him. Brooks staggers up and Dundee scoop slams him then scoop slams him again. Dundee climbs to the top rope and hits the Bomb's Away 1..2..Sweetan hits the ring and stomps on Dundee! The Ref signals for the DQ. Sweetan puts the boots to Dundee and helps Brooks up. The Roughnecks swing Dundee to the ropes and double clothesline him down! The fans roar as Jerry Lawler hits the ring with a chair! The Roughnecks exit quickly as Lawler attends to Dundee. Commercial Break Lance: Things got out of hand quickly as oh wait here comes Lawler and Dundee. Lawler: Bill, I know we have a title match at Night of Champions but I'll be dammed if your not 100% for that match. No excuses. Dundee: (still shaking the cobwebs) I'm not going to thank you Jerry. As far as I'm concerned we're even. There will be no excuses come Oct. 4th and remember that when I take your title. Boos as The Roughnecks come out. Sweetan: You boys want a fight? How about you take us on next week? Brooks: We'll show you what fighting is all about! Sweetan: Neither of you will make it to Night of Champions! Roughnecks leave. Lawler and Dundee look at each other. Lawler: We accept! Night of Champions, Louisville Gardens 10-4-84 AWA World Title Bout Ted Dibiase (C) vs. TNT Brass Knuckles Champ Hercules Ayala AWA World Tag Title Bout The Movement (C) vs. AWA Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones TNT Title Bout Jerry 'The King' Lawler (C) vs. 'Superstar' Bill Dundee AWA Light Heavyweight Title Bout Brad Armstrong (C) vs. Goldie Rogers w/Johnny Valiant TNT TV Title Bout 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol (C) vs. 'The Ace' Art Crews TNT Tag Title Bout Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis (C) vs. The Kansas Jayhawks Grudge Match Curt Hennig vs. Tully Blanchard 6-man Tag Match Cocoa Samoa and 2 mystery partners vs. Ivan Putski and The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus Loser Leaves Town Match Gino Brito and Tony Parisi vs. The Enforcers w/Gene Anderson Mountain Mike Shaw vs. Jumbo Tsuruta w/Gene Anderson DJ Peterson vs. Gorgeous Gary Young

Another great show that kicks off with a classic Bock promo. Cant wait to see what's next for Bock. Tugboat surprises Stan the Man by taking him to the limit. Thunderfoots get a strong debut TV win over the Battens. Brody is a madman! Shultz and Studd better watch out. Barry gives a passionate promo. Tatum might of picked the wrong time for a challenge. Gary Hart and Kabuki together again in WCCW! I can only imagine what Hart is plotting. Fun main event. HTM is the classic cowardly heel. Kerry is the ideal person the fans want to see beat HTM up. HTM abruptly ends the match with a guitar shot! Oh man, Kerry is going to be out for blood.

Oh man the war between Ladd's army and Mulligan's is escalating to new levels! Good to see Bart and Bass teaming up. Always liked them as a team. Nice job on the Ox/Sonny build. Very threatening and frightening promo from Ox. Adams really wants a piece of Mike Von Erich. Loving Johnny Rich. He's come in and is taking on the monsters. This kid has guts. Things in Rocky Mountain are going to get nuts with Sheik and Volkoff coming in. What way to end the show as Kendall takes a huge beating from Ladd's army! This just adds fuel to Mulligan's fire. The Denver card is going to be epic!

Oh man, the Freebirds and Rose Army in the same place! This is a game changer.

Studd and Dr. D ends just how you think it would LOL. Glamour Boys get some shine and give the Midnights a run for their money, LOL, will Ferris be the greatest Southwestern champ of all time? Watching Bock and Kevin go 60 minutes would defiantly give me my money's worth.

LOL, yea Terry Funk might get line of the year with "Jive Turkeys" That was just to funny! Continental does it again with Smokey Mountain Massacre. Love that team of Muraco/Ninja and the Grapplers along with Fuji. What a visual. Street seems to be winning his feud with Lars. Sheepherders might be suspended from TV but they pick up a strong house show win over the Armstrongs. Bundy and OMG's feud continues. Nothing resolved...yet. The Movement shows off their strength in numbers as they take down Cooley and Olympia. Brad gets a great win over the Great One. Great One rebounds from his loss and plays a huge factor in sending the Birds packing. The Stud Stable was riding high until Bullet spoils everything and takes the title from Landel! Bullet will need allies as I'm sure the entire Stud Stable will be gunning for him, the title and his mask.

Big win for Porkchop Cash over Lars. Muraco continues racking up wins. LOL! Fuji Vice on Continental would skyrocket ratings. Street and Bundy is such a fun feud. What a contrast of styles! I'm hoping Miss Linda and Skandor get into it LOL. Cooley and Olympia get a monster win and are rewarded with a shot at The Movement. The Great One falls to the Bullet. Cant get enough of Stud Stable vs. Freebirds. Stable take it tonight. Edger is right, even with Herc's help, Landel will have a ton to brag about getting a win over Gordy.

TNT Wrestling @ The Municipal Auditorium Nashville TN 9-15-84 The Real Deal vs. The Roughnecks Vaughn and McGhee use their quickness and high octane offense to throw Brooks and Sweetan off their game for a bit but age and treachery come into play and the match ends when The Roughnecks nail Vaughn with a double clothesline to get the pin. Mr. Wrestling 3 w/Mr. Wrestling 2 vs. 'The Golden Boy' Jerry Grey w/Johnny Valiant These two have been involved in quite the rivalry with both managers even getting involved. Tonight is no different. Good back and forth match. The finish gets wild as Valiant and Mr. Wrestling 2 start fighting on the outside and Mr. Wrestling 2 back drops Valiant on the concrete. Inside the ring, Grey swings Mr. Wrestling 3 into the corner and charges in but Wrestling 3 moves. Grey hits hard and falls back. He staggers up and Mr. Wrestling 3 nails him with the Million Dollar knee lift to get the pin! Curt Hennig vs. 'Mr. Electricity' Steve Regal Johnny Valiant is in the back recuperating so Regal is on his own. Hennig recently arrived in TNT and is gunning for Tully Blanchard. Fun fast paced match. Regal is looking pretty sharp tonight and pulls out some nice suplexes. Hennig comes back with fire as he nails Regal with a beautiful high dropkick, then follows with a Northern Lights Suplex for the pin! TNT Tag Team Title Bout Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis (C) vs. The Kansas Jayhawks These two teams will battle at Night of Champions but they have been having wild brawls around the loop. Tonight is more of the same as they fight to a double DQ! Even after the bell rings everybody keeps fighting. 'Superstar' Bill Dundee vs. 'Cool' Carl Fergie Dundee is gearing up for his TNT title shot with Lawler at Night of Champions. Tonight he takes on his rival from earlier this summer. Fergie controls a good portion with a variety of rule breaking tactics. Dundee comes back and bends some rules himself before slamming Fergie down and finishing him off with the Bombs Away! AWA Southern Tag Team Title Bout The Fabulous Ones (C) vs. The Enforcers w/Gene Anderson Gene has his men pumped up tonight as they really take it to the Fabs. Enforcers almost win it when Charland hit an inverted atomic drop on Keirn and DellaSerra followed with a running double axehandle to the head but Lane made the save. Keirn eventually made the hot tag to Lane but the Enforcers took control and worked over Lane for awhile. In the end a pier six brawl breaks out. The Fabs double dropkick DellaSerra out of the ring, Lane hits a superkick on Charland that sends him into a back suplex by Keirn for the win! Enforcers looked strong tonight but the Fabs retain. TNT Title Bout Jerry 'The King' Lawler (C) vs. Ivan 'Polish Power' Putski w/Ratamyus Oh man Putski and Ratamyus get massive heat tonight due to their recent horrific attack on Cocoa Samoa and Polynesian Power. The boos turn to a thundering roar when Lawler comes out. Lawler starts strong and flusters Putski. Tide changes when Ratamyus trips Lawler and he stumbles into a big forearm blast by Putski. Putski uses his power to work Lawler over. Putski uses slams, clotheslines, angry stomps and knee drops along with constant interference from Ratamyus but he cant put the King away. Lawler makes a comeback as he takes his strap down and punches away. Lawler hops on the middle ropes but Ratamyus grabs his foot. Lawler kicks him off but this gives Putski enough time to run over and slam him off the ropes. Putski swings Lawler into the corner and distracts the Ref while Ratamyus hops on the apron and chokes Lawler. Putski walks over but Lawler kicks him and fires away on Ratamyus. Lawler grabs the heads of Putski and Ratamyus and knocks them together. Ratamyus falls from the apron as Putski staggers back. Lawler scoop slams Putski, hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a fist drop 1..2..3! The fans roar as Lawler holds up the TNT title. Ratamyus and Putski exit. Lawler continues to celebrate. Bill Dundee walks out and stares up at Lawler as Lawler stares back and holds up the title.

Welcome! Great first show as you waste no time in getting things going with a bang. Good showcases for Graham, Billy Two Eagles and of course the Road Warriors. Oh man a Road Warriors/Samoans dream match would be off the charts. HMMMMM, very interesting comments by Rocky Johnson. Interested in watching this develop. Roop gets a big win over Robinson establishing him as a top contender. Dibiase comes to town and retains against the Body. BIG NEWS of the Night! Magnum wins the world title!!!! Beating Backlund for the title sky rockets Magnum's credibility. Nice spot with Andre. This is huge and I cant wait to watch Magnum's run as champ.

Man, this was one intense show! Starts off with young Kendall getting a horrible beating as Young puts his head through a window! Barry gets revenge the next night with a tire iron! No wonder Gary Young wants to wait until Oct. 4th before he wrestles in TNT LOL. Kevin is the true claw master as he takes down Baron! Great blow off and on free TV! Dr. D is gold. Bock better watch out. Awesome main event! Damn, Bock is so clever. Steamboat has the match won until Kabuki appears and sprays the deadly green mist! As if that wasn't enough, Bock piledrives him down and out of WCCW. Always something big happening in WCCW.

Tito is quickly becoming a huge fan favorite. Adnan brings in Butch Moffit! Man, Adnan is really protecting Slaughter but Tito has some friends as well. Glad Bassarab gets the title shot. Him and Brad will tear the house down. The fans didn't get the 4 corners match but hey settling for a Bad News/Hansen-Bulldogs match isn't to bad. I would love to see Bad News and Hansen get a title run. OH SNAP! Orndorff turns on Heenan and Flair! Bret gets screwed and we know Stu is fuming. Some hot new storylines going on. Looking forward to seeing what happens with Stampede and Rocky Mountain. Whatever happens, Stu wont have to worry because it will be MONEY!

TNT Wrestling TV @ The Roanne Fieldhouse, Memphis TN 9-13-84 Lance Russell: Hello again wrestling fans and welcome to another edition of TNT wrestling here on the USA Network. Big matches set for tonight as Mr. Wrestling 2 and 3 will face Jerry Grey and his manager, Johnny Valiant. Big and I do mean big main event as Jumbo Tsuruta clashes with Mike Shaw. We have some disturbing footage to show you from a house show at the Armory in Evansville Indiana. More on that later. Also, we'll be hearing from TNT champ Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and pre recorded comments from AWA world champ Ted Dibiase. Right now I want to bring out Tully Blanchard. Massive boos as Tully struts out in a suit and sunglasses. Lance: Tully, lets once again take a look at what went down on Labor Day. Footage is shown of Tully viciously attacking the commissioner Larry Hennig with a chair and eventually breaks his ankle. Lance: I cant believe you're smiling. Come on. You should be counting your blessings that you're even here and not serving a suspension. Tully: I'm not serving a suspension because deep down inside, that joke of a commissioner knows I was in the right. He makes some empty threat last week about him settling this his way. Do I look scared? Hennig has disrespected me from day one and that fat has been got exactly what he deserved! Now, onto bigger, better and more important thing.... The fans explode as Curt Hennig runs out and nails Tully!!!! Tully's sunglasses fly off as he falls forward. Tully tries to get up and run away but Curt grabs him by his suit and rips his jacket off, then rips Tully's shirt off! Curt punches away on Tully until officials come out to stop him. Tully runs away. Curt sees Tully's sunglasses on the ground and stomps on them. The fans are cheering as Curt goes to the podium. Curt: I'm here in TNT for one reason and that's to take Tully Blanchard down! My Dad is at home with a broken ankle and it's because of that gutless coward Tully Blanchard. On October 4th at Night of Champions, the commissioner has made the match official. Me and Tully one on one! Big Pop! Commercial Break TV Champ 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol (C) vs. Trent Watkins The fans cheer as Idol hoists Trent up and hits a shin breaker. Idol clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock and it's all over! Lance: TV champ Austin Idol, come on over. You heard the comments from Art Crews last week and you two will meet at Night of Champions. Idol: Lance, I heard him and brother I've got to say, that boy is way out of his league. He likes to call the times of his matches but baby I'm saying it right now, he wont last 5 minutes with the Universal Heartthrob! Idol holds up his title and winks at the camera. Commercial Break Brass Knuckles Champ Hercules Ayala vs. Gary Williams Ayala just squashes his opponent with hard hits and punches. Ayala executes a backbreaker then picks up Williams and clamps on a bear hug, slams him into the turnbuckles and belly to belly suplexes him over for the pin! Lance: Ayala, come on over. October 4th at Night of Champions, you get an AWA world title match with Ted Dibiase. Ayala: I'm am indestructible! Nobody can defeat me! Ted Dibiase! I will knock you out and take the world title! It belongs to me! Ayala exits Lance: Ok, Hercules Ayala just might do it. Now let's here some pre recorded comments from the AWA world champ. Dibiase: Night of Champions, I come back to TNT and this time it's Hercules Ayala. He's big, he's powerful and he's menacing. Let me tell you something Ayala, I've been known to knock a few guys out myself. Dibiase holds up his black gloved fist. Commercial Break Mr. Wrestling 2 and 3 vs. 'The Golden Boy' Jerry Grey and Johnny Valiant Mr. Wrestling 3 works over Grey as Valiant doesn't want to get in there. Grey rakes the eyes and body slams Wrestling 3. Now, Valiant wants in. Valiant works in several cheap shots but tags out when Wrestling 3 makes a comeback. Grey swings Wrestling 3 to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Wrestling 3 kicks him. Both men stagger back and make tags. Valiant stops in his tracks and back peddles but Wrestling 2 grabs him and just pounds away then hip tosses him over. Valiant staggers up. Grey runs in but Wrestling 3 clotheslines him down. Wrestling 2 hits the million dollar knee lift on Valiant 1..2..3! Huge Pop! Commercial Break Lance: With me now is Mr. Wrestling 2 and 3. Gentleman, that must of been one satisfying win. Wrestling 2: It was indeed Lance. Now that that's over, I want to go back to managing. I told everybody that Jessie Barr was the one to wear the mask and carry on the tradition. Now I want to focus on giving him all the knowledge I have. With that and his wrestling skills, I have no doubt he'll be wearing gold in the near future. Wrestling 3: All I can say is, I sure as hell wont let you down! 'Downtown' Denny Brown vs. Vic Dutro Brown works over Dutro with hip tosses, dropkicks and suplexes before pinning him with an Oklahoma Roll. Brown pumps his fists to the fans and heads to the podium. Lance: Good win tonight Denny. I want to address something that happened down in Florida recently. You won a contender's match for a title shot. I know you have something to say in regards to that. Denny: Yes I do but first I want to apologize to Gino Brito and Tony Parisi. After what happened last week, we talked things over and worked everything out. I know they have something in store for the Enforcers and that situation will soon be resolved. In regards to what happened in Florida. I did win a contender's match and I was informed that the title shot can be for any title in the AWA. That's great news for me and I'll make an announcement soon as to which title I'm going for. Stay tuned Lance. Commercial Break Kansas Jayhawks vs. Sam and Sean Smith Dutch swings Sam to the ropes and puts him down with a clothesline then tags in Jaggers. Jaggers hits the Hangman's Neckbreaker for the pin! Boos as Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis hit the ring and the brawl is on! Both teams fight in the ring and it eventually goes to the outside. They fight into the commercial break. Commercial Break Lance: Oh my, what a fight! Those two teams will meet at Night of Champions for the TNT tag titles. Should be quite a fight. Speaking of tag team titles. Next week, here on TV, the AWA tag team champions, The Movement Shaska Whatley and Tiger Conway Jr. will be in action as they get ready to defend those titles against the Fabulous Ones at Night of Champions. Well, I mentioned at the top of the program I have some disturbing footage to show you. This went down earlier this week at the Armory in Evansville Indiana. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Cocoa Samoa and Polynesian Power (Tio and Tapu) vs. 'Polish Power' Ivan Putski and The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus After a wild match, another pier six brawl breaks out. Cocoa hits a flying body press on Putski to get the pin! The fighting doesn't stop as the Cuban Assassins put Cocoa down with a double clothesline, then hurl him out of the ring. Ratamyus picks up Cocoa and rams him into the steel post, busting him open. Putski and The Assassins put a beating on Polynesian Power. Ratamyus throws a chair into the ring. Assassins hold up Tio and Putski puts him down with a Polish Hammer! They hold up Tapu and Putski puts him down with a Polish Hammer! Putski places the chair. The Assassins pick up Tio and execute a spike piledriver on the chair! They pick up Tapu and spike piledrive him on the chair! Garbage flies in the ring. Cocoa barley is able to make it in the ring. Putski grabs the chair and whacks Cocoa over the head with it! Cocoa, Tio and Tapu are out and bleeding bad. All three men are stretchered out. Lance: That was just horrific. I don't want them out here but here they are. Massive boos as Ratamyus comes out with Putski and The Cuban Assassins. Lance: Why in the world would you monsters do that? Ratamyus, obviously there's still bad blood with Cocoa as he's the one who put you into retirement. Ratamyus: The only blood was that of Samoa and his island boys! Good things come to those that wait. Well, I waited and waited and finally got my revenge! (maniacal laugh) Nothing can stop us! Nothing! Lance: Very disturbing. I have some pre recorded comments from Cocoa Samoa, from his hospital room. Cocoa: (Bandages around his head, lying in a bed) Ratamyus! I thought our war was over but now you have crossed the line! My brothers Tio and Tapu might not ever wrestle again. Ratamyus! This isn't over! I have more brothers and they want to help. On October 4th, they will stand by my side and fight with me. Get ready for a fight like you've never in all your lives have endured! Commercial Break DJ Peterson vs. William Hillman The fans are on their feet cheering as DJ over powers Hillman and slams him down hard. DJ climbs up on the top ropes. Hillman staggers up and DJ nails him with a flying shoulder tackle for the pin! The fans cheer as DJ holds up a fist. DJ heads to the podium. Lance: Great win tonight. DJ, these fans have really gotten behind you and you have racked up some impressive wins. DJ: Thank you Lance, winning is the name of the game and.... There's a commotion from the crowd. Lance: Wait a second, Gorgeous Gary Young, what are you doing here? Young: I just arrived in TNT and you're looking at the hottest commodity in wrestling. I want to know why you're talking to this chump when I'm here? DJ: Don't over step your bounds my friend. Young: Whoa, relax buddy. I'll tell you what, everybody is talking about Night of Champions. Why don't we have a match so I can showcase my talents. I would be satisfied with a debut victory over you. I mean you're not the greatest wrestler in the world but you'll suffice. DJ: You want me in the ring? Well you don't have to ask twice. See you on October 4th Gawky oh sorry I mean Gorgeous. Lance: (Smiling) Ok another match set for Night of Champions. Our big main event when we come back. Commercial Break TV Main Event Mountain Mike Shaw vs. Jumbo Tsuruta w/Gene Anderson The bell rings and these two go toe to toe. Shaw starts to win the exchange, swings Jumbo to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow drop. Jumbo staggers up and Shaw scoop slams him down. Shaw hits a standing leg drop 1..2..Kick Out. Shaw continues to work over Jumbo then swings him into the turnbuckles and charges in but Jumbo nails him with a big boot. Shaw goes down and Jumbo regroups. Jumbo throws Shaw into the corner and chops away then hip tosses him over and follows with a knee strike to the back of Shaw's head. Jumbo swings off the ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Shaw barely gets his shoulder up. Gene berates the Ref while a frustrated Jumbo stomps away then chokes Shaw with his boot. Jumbo swings Shaw to the ropes but Shaw comes back and mows him over with a shoulder block. Shaw regroups. Shaw swings Jumbo to the corner and charges in with a big splash! Shaw grabs Jumbo and goes to hip toss him over but the Ref gets caught in between and Shaw throws Jumbo into the Ref. The Ref is down. Gene pulls out a pair of brass knuckles, gets in the ring and nails Shaw on the back of his head! Shaw goes down. Gene helps the Ref up then exits the ring. Jumbo slowly climbs to the top rope and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..3! Boos as Gene runs in and raises Jumbo's arm. Jumbo gives Shaw a couple more stomps before leaving. Commercial Break Lance: Well, thanks to Gene Anderson, Jumbo Tsuruta gets the win. Ok, please welcome out the TNT champion Jerry The King Lawler! Massive cheers as Lawler walks out with the TNT strap on his shoulder. Lance: At Night of Champions, Jerry you'll be defending that title against Superstar Bill Dundee. Mixed reaction as Bill Dundee comes out. Lance: Bill, I don't want any trouble out here. Bill: Lance, I'm not out here to cause trouble. Jerry: Watch yourself Bill, I haven't forgotten about that slap. Bill: Jerry, I want to apologize for that. From the bottom of my heart, I'm sorry. I got carried away and that was out of line. I'm out here to shake your hand and say may the best man win at Night of Champions. Bill extends his hand. Some fans yell "NO" and Bill gives them a funny look. Jerry: You were out of line and you shouldn't of done that. I'll shake your hand for sportsmanship but I want to assure you, I'm walking in with the title and I'm walking out with this title. They shake hands and grip a little longer than necessary as the show ends. TNT Night of Champions 10-4-84 AWA World Title Bout Ted Dibiase (C) vs. Brass Knuckles Champ Hercules Ayala AWA World Tag Title Bout The Movement (C) vs. AWA Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones TNT Title Bout Jerry 'The King' Lawler (C) vs. Superstar Bill Dundee AWA Light Heavyweight Title Bout Brad Armstrong (C) vs. Goldie Rogers w/Johnny Valiant TNT TV Title Bout 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol (C) vs. The 'Ace' Art Crews TNT Tag Title Bout Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis (C) vs. The Kansas Jayhawks Grudge Match Tully Blanchard vs. Curt Hennig 6-man Tag Cocoa Samoa and 2 mystery partners vs. Ivan Putski and The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus DJ Peterson vs. Gorgeous Gary Young

Maybe Casey's luck in Florida will change by teaming with Mantel. Whoa, has Kevin Kelly aligned with the House? Bulldog Brown is making some noise. LOL, that dang Boomer Lynch spoiled my brother vs. brother champion vs. champion dream match! Rhodes and JYD make for a great superpower team as they beat the RPM's. Damn, Rocky Kernodle takes Savage to a draw! Moral victory there. Savage hasn't forgotten about Gino. Their inevitable match will be explosive!

Oh man things are taking a turn in the Rocky Mountains! Liking Johnny Rich coming in with some fire. It's no wonder since he's coming in from Continental. Ron Bass beats young Mike but the big news is the Freight Train coming in! It doesn't end there as Dr. Death and Manny also arrive! Mulligan defiantly called in some heavy hitters to even things up. Oh man Atlas and SBS take care of the Mountain Men. LOL, Ladd is beyond frustrated.

This show was a perfect way to end the Summer! From top to bottom, every match delivered. Starrs remind everybody how ruthless they can be. Brad and Chavo put on a masterpiece and in the end Brad retains. Good sportsmanship. Larry Z, Nord and Wakamatsu try everything they can to defeat Super Strong Machine but with Hogan there nothing works and Larry takes the fall. Guerreros have a tough time with the Royal Family and it looks like this feud has just begun. Slater and Borne are madmen! It might take Smothers awhile to rebound from this both physically and mentally. Billy Jack might be in serious trouble. The Movement ventures out West and shows the Harts why they're the world champs. The double chain match was insane and that finish was brutal as the Vachons put the Assassins away. Jake's DDT on Garvin sets the tone. Garvin fights hard and Taylor needs to resort to a lowblow to finally win the TV title. I'm interested in how the Brigade responds. French Revolution wins the tag titles! Is this the end of the Spoiler and Red team? Hogan takes Dibiase to the limit. Great match and I'm sure Dibiase will have to come back in for a rematch. And now the BIG ONE! Awesome main event! Piper finally does it and wins the Pacific title! Great visual at the end with wrestlers celebrating Piper's title win! This show was well worth the wait.

Man, will Firestorm finally resolve things between Billy Jack/Smothers and the Marauders? LOL, I could totally picture Taylor saying all this with that smile of his. Great segment. Texas Red defiantly looks strong with that win over Bravo. Spivey and Rotunda come up short and the Royal Family gets the big title shot. Their match with the Guerreros could be a show stealer. Piper is one step ahead of Ed tonight as he goes into Firestorm with some momentum. Piper vs. Rose guarantees a sell out.