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Some really good TV matches this week. Iceman vs Leo Burke Saito vs Storm Sammartino vs Gary Young. I think this is a really good job by you for this time period. In the early 80's it seemed to be squash matches after squash matches but with cable tv all over the country by 1990, promotions that still existed had to hook the viewers in or they would go somewhere else. On to the Melee at the Mecca -I really like Slater and Garvin as a tag team. These two could were so believable at everything they did. I agree with you, they are in title contention. - Gary Hart was one of my favorites. He was magic on the mic and so good with the foreign menaces. Koonan should get a huge boost here. Nice pairing. - Just love the Enforcers. Again, another tag team that is so believable. Would love to see them vs Garvin and Slater. -Colon and Debeers could have a No Contest every night and I would still pay to see it!! Same with Stan Hansen and whoever he is wrestling. - The Horsemen better be ready. Even 3 against 2, they couldn't keep Hogan and Kerry down! Then we get Flair needing help from Tully to go over Murraco. So, Hogan and Kerry take out Spivey, Arn and Larry Z but the champ, Flair, needs some help against one man. The good news for Flair is that he always has help and is the dirtiest player in the game. Hogan might be the favorite on paper but Flair might be the betting choice! Should be interesting! Wow... Super Clash 5.... We've been doing this awhile. I remember when Dawn of War first started and I was doing the AWA and you were doing the USWA. Look at us now... complete switch. Great to have gotten to know you and so glad you have been along for this ride since day 1. Still remember that night we did that draft. So many people have come and gone but this group is becoming closer and closer. Enjoy the build up to your big show and I look forward to it. You always do an amazing job with your mega shows!

Really fun SNME... Loved all the quick promos before the matches. I think your tag division is really stacked. Just look at those teams in the 4 Corner Elimination Match. The Fantastics vs The Nasty Boys... what a contrast in styles. This should be awesome. OMG vs Bad News.... re-enforce the ring... can't wait! The King seems ready for big things. 1990 is a great time for a Russian vs a Lithuanian. Times are a changing and wrestling is the perfect place to show it. Great booking! Hacksaw is a great babyface and you are using him so well. He, like many of the WWF babyfaces have the size to deal with people like OMG and Earthquake. Makes it fun to read and visualize.

Batman (Ken Patera) vs Joker (Don Bass) (Just a silly opener to get the fans in the Halloween Spirit! Mask vs Signed Guitar POW vs Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart How we got here The upstart POW recently pinned HTM in a match where POW seemed especially motivated. This seems to be a trend anytime that POW is near HTM as it seems very personal. After the loss, HTM was fuming as he believed he knows who is under the Mask and that he is going to be the one to show to everyone that POW is not who the fans think he is which is a former Prisoner of War and that his camouflaged masked is just a farce. To get the stipulation that if POW losses the match, he will have to take off his mask, HTM agreed to put his Elvis Pressley signed guitar on the line. Jeff Jarrett vs The Great Kabuki How did we get here: The Great Kabuki recently arrived in the USWA and has been spewing his green mist in the eyes of many of his victims and JJ took offense we he recently did it to Tim Horner. JJ, with some power in the USWA offices, was able to get this match signed. On thing of note, Kabuki, who doesn’t speak English has been in the USWA for a few weeks now and doesn’t have a manager so nobody knows what he is doing or thinking. All we know is that wins don’t seem to matter much as he seems intent on blinding his victim. USWA Southern Tag Team Title Match The Rock n Roll Express © vs The Dirty White Boys How we got here: No real storyline here. DWB’s have been on a bit of a win streak; outside of when the face the Road Warriors, so they appear next in line for the title shot. Tennessee Street Fight “Wildfire” Tommy Rich, JYD & The Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant vs Southern Justice (Tex Slazenger and ) & Wild Bill Irwin How we got here: Wildfire, JYD and Valiant recently had to rush to the ring to help the Southern Boys who were basically being hanged over the top rope by Southern Justice and their manager, Wild Bill Irwin. This is not the first time that Southern Justice has resorted to extreme violence against Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers but this time they put them out of action for a little while. Wildfire, JYD and Boogie Woogie Man gave one hell of a fired up promo about what they are going to do to Southern Justice. “Stunning” Steve Austin with Medusa vs Michael Wallstreet with Miss. Alexandra York How we got here: Week after week, Miss York and her computer have been spitting out information that with her computer skills and prepared scouting reports along with Michael Wallstreet’s money and wrestling ability, there wasn’t a man in the USWA that could beat Michael. Well this week, Stunning Steve interrupted their glowing promo and said that his doesn’t care what the computer says and that if Wallstreet had the guts, he would give him a good old fashion beating. Miss York quickly started typing on the computer and then we hear all kinds of crazy sounds coming out of the computer. Miss. York reads it… and shakes her head yes… and the match is on between two wrestlers who have never lost in the USWA. First Blood Match “The Anvil” Jim Neidhart vs “The Hammer” Greg Valentine with Jimmy Hart How we got here: When The Hammer and the Anvil recently lost the USWA Southern Tag Team Titles to the Rock n Roll Express when Jimmy Hart cracked the Anvil with the megaphone by accident, Hart blamed the Anvil. The Anvil turned on Hart after being berated. Valentine, siding with his manager attacked his tag team partner. So here we are and what better way to have a grudge match on Halloween then to make it a First Blood Match. USWA World Tag Team Title Match The Steiner Brothers © vs The Road Warriors How did we get here: While these two teams have not actually been in the same place at the same time, they have been after each other for months. The Road Warriors, while wrestling in a different promotion, took offense to the Steiners claiming to be the best tag team in the world. Animal and Hawk sent a video tape to the USWA basically calling out the Steiner brothers and their “ridiculous” claim. This video tape sent the Steiners off the deep end and wanting a piece of the Road Warriors. A few weeks later, we find out that the Road Warriors are in Japan where they sent another video to the USWA where they once against proclaimed their dominance. Enraged, the Steiners headed to Japan where they bashed a bunch of Japanese guys to the ground but they never found the Warriors who had come back to the USWA in search of the Steiners. So finally, tonight… these two mega teams will finally square off face to face. Lights Out – Non-Sanctioned-Non-Title- Texas Tornado- Country Whipping Match USWA Champion Bossman vs “The King” Jerry Lawler vs Randy “Macho Man” Savage How we got here: Randy Savage has recently taken offense to not getting World Title shots against Bossman which he believes are rightfully his as the USWA Southern Champion. He also believes that Bossman has gone out of his way to make sure Lawler gets the title shot and not him. Recently, we have seen Bossman attack Lawler in The King’s #1 contender matches against Savage. These attacks have caused numerous DQ’s on Savage as the ref deemed that it was Bossman helping Savage thus giving the King the win and the title shots. Savage claims that Bossman is only doing this to prevent him from beating Lawler and getting the title shots. Bossman, claims that the attacks are cause of a grudge he holds against Lawler, the former USWA World Champion who Bossman was originally hired to protect but Bossman felt that the King avoided giving him title shots even though he defeated everyone that Lawler beat. Seems like a bit of a circus but that only got worse recently as Macho Man came out wearing a mask during Lawler’s title match against Bossman in the Midsouth Coliseum. While it was the worst costume ever as it was obviously Randy Savage, this just made matter worse as Savage ripped the belt off the referee and starting whipping both the Bossman and the King. While Savage was fined and suspended for his actions, Lawler and the Bossman were fuming about being whipped and wanted revenge. So here we are… Bossman vs The King vs Macho Man with each allowed to bring a leather strap to the match and all three men will be in the ring at the same time. One thing is for certain… there will be welts as these three men hate each other. Forget babyfaces and heels in this one… each man is coming for the other two. USWA officials feared for the worst and refused to sanction this match but once the lights go down, the whipping will begin.

The draft order is: Round 1 1. AWA: traded to WCC, traded to PCW 2. PCW 3. WCW: Traded to PCW 4. USWA (Memphis) 5. WWF Round 2 1. WWF 2. USWA 3. WCA 4. PCW 5. AWA

Awesome details in each match. I'm not always sure who the favorite is but after reading your write-ups, I think anybody could win this tournament. Loved your last match with Fugiwara shaking the hand if Funaki. This is really special when a top guy recognizes someone else. Great storyline.

Wow.... never thought it would be Texas Red leaving but when you throw in a cattle prod... I mean nobody gets up from that! Love how you are making Hogan do some serious work before he gets back to Flair! The Enforcers are creating havoc and it just makes the AWA so fun. Also. love Iceman and I think Jaqueline will give his just the right push!

Really enjoyed catching up with PCW. Sorry for falling behind. It seems that some of your big factions, The Citadel and The Terror Collective are having some pretty big internal issues. I love both of these angles as it gives you so many options with huge names. Great booking. Also, I am really enjoying how you are using Regal. He could really work. I wouldn't want to meet Iron and Steel in any type of match... scary tough

Monday, October 6, 1990 **** Big development from this week’s TV show had a major impact on the upcoming card in the Midsouth Coliseum. Last week in the Coliseum we saw some chaos as far as the USWA World Title was concerned as Jerry “The King” Lawler battled it out with Randy “Macho Man” Savage and the winner would get the next World Title shot. In the middle of the match, Big Bossman, the World Champ hit the ring and attacked The King. This caused the ref to call for the bell and give Lawler the win by DQ. Savage was fuming as he said Bossman did this to avoid a match with him. It didn’t matter the Bossman claimed pure hatred of the King for his reason in getting involved, Savage wasn’t buying it and attacked Bossman leading to a huge brawl. That led to this week’s TV show where the fans were to get a huge treat as the World Title Match between the King and Bossman was the main event. Randy Savage, who was still fuming, wrestled a non-title squash match against Tim Horner just before the main event. Lance Russell took us to commercial break hyping up that the big title match was next. When we come back from break, Lance informs us of a developing situation as Randy Savage refused to leave the ring unless he was part of the main event. This went on with Savage holding true to his protest. Finally, both Jerry Jarrett and Eddie Marlin come to the ring and remind Savage about who the booker is and who the boss is and if he knows what’s good for him, he better leave the ring. Savage, starts flexing and giving us all a bunch of “oooh yeah’s” and telling Jarrett and Marlin that they are going to have to physically remove him from the ring but to watch out as Savage is feeling a little “frisky.” Jarrett tells Savage it is not him nor Eddie Marlin who will remove Save from the ring but it he looks over to the walkaway, he will see the Memphis police, who will not only remove him from the ring but the entire studio. Savage still doesn’t back down so the police do exactly what Jarrett promised as about a dozen men in blue take a fighting Savage out to the street as a camera man follows and sees the police block the door. Finally, we get the World Title Match as The King hits the ring followed by his manager, Jimmy Hart. We get only about a minute of the big match before Greg Valentine and Jim Neidhart hit the ring and attack the King. No problem… here comes the Rock n Roll Express and Jeff Jarrett… It’s a wild brawl when suddenly you here Lance Russell, “Oh good grief, how’d he get back in here.” Its Randy Savage and he is just as the name sounds… A Savage!!! Heel hitting heel, heel’s hitting babyfaces, babyfaces hitting babyfaces…. This one needs a second commercial break to restore order and when we do, it’s a fuming Jerry Jarrett who is angry that his main event was interrupted. He lets the fans know that the title match will know take place this week at the Mid-South Coliseum and that Randy Savage will be banned from the arena that evening. He also says he is tired of Jimmy Hart and all of his nonsense and that he will be banned from ringside during the match! And on to the coliseum Jeff Jarrett defeats “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff with the Running DDT. This match saw Mr. Wonderful try to piledrive JJ out on the concrete floor, the same move that put Superstar Bill Dundee out of action for a prolonged period, but JJ was able to reverse this move with the back body drop. This attempt to injure JJ fired him up and he lost all care for the rules as he followed up the back body drop by ramming Orndorf into the ring post and Mr. Wonderful was now showing some color. JJ rolled Orndorff onto the ring and he climbed to the top rope and come down with a nasty knee drop which he followed up the DDT. This was as aggressive as we have seen Jarrett in a long time. POW defeated Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart and Missy Hyatt when he shocked HTM with an inside cradle as HTM had him set up for the Shake Rattle and Roll. This match was signed as a result of last week’s tag match where POW had pinned HTM during a tag match. HTM was furious this week on TV and said that it was a fluke and could never happen again… Don’t Speak too soon HTM. It seems POW has some an ax to grind against HTM as it is obvious that POW seems to really get fired up against HTM. Junkyard Dog defeats Dirty White Boy #1 with a big Thump. (Powerslam) Not much to say here except this was a fun brawl if that is what you like! … and we all do. Michael Wallstreet with Ms. Alexandria York defeating “Southern Boy” Tracy Smothers with the Airplane Spin/Samoan Drop combo. Again, Ms. York with her computer-generated scouting report and Wallstreet’s ability where just too much for Smothers. Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt defeated “Wildfire” Tommy Rich when Missy nailed Tommy with the loaded Gucci purse while referee Jerry Neighbors was admonishing Jimmy Hart who was looking for the megaphone shot on Wildfire. The 3-1 nonsense was just too much for Wildfire to overcome. USWA World Television Title Match Stunning Steve Austin © defeated the Nightstalker with the Stun Gun. This match was set up after last week when the Nightstalker, who serves as Ron Fuller’s bodyguard, interfered in the Fuller-Austin match. On this week’s TV show, Austin was quite smug about how easy it was to beat bigger men as they basically decapitate themselves when he nails them with the Stun Gun… Well so far in the USWA, everything Austin has said has come true as he has yet to go down in defeat and the Nightstalker did nearly decapitate himself as the 300 pounder was dropped neck first across the top rope. The Road Warriors defeated Southern Justice (Shanghai Pierce and Tex Slazenger) with Wild Bill Irwin as Animal and Hawk crushed the two big men in under 5 minutes as they beat them from pillar to post with the end coming after a Doomsday Device on Pierce… After the match, Animal grabbed Irwin by his neck and lifted over the ropes only to have Hawk connect with a running lariat on Irwin that set him back over the top rope and out onto the floor. What a bump by Irwin!! The Steiners might still be in Japan but they better re-enforce the ring for these two teams when they finally do meet. USWA Southern Tag Team Title Match: No DQ Greg “The Hammer” Valentine & Jim “The Avil” Neidhart © w/ Jimmy Hart vs The Rock n Roll Express These two teams have battled it out in all types of matches over the past month but every time the title is on the line, the champs conveniently seem to find a way to cause a DQ. Whether it is simply getting counted out or outside interference, Hart has managed to keep the title around the waist of his men. Last week, it was the Rock n Roll Express who rushed in to make the save as Hart and his megaphone helped his men put down Tommy Rich and JYD. This week, it appears to be much the same as the Express have controlled a lot of the match but it is Jimmy Hart up on the apron with the megaphone during a 4-way melee. Neidhart is about to whip Ricky Morton into the corner. Jimmy Hart is antagonizing the crowd and waving his megaphone in the hair while he is giving them that big, annoying laugh. Morton reverses the whip and its Neidhart who comes crashing in… Jimmy Hart feels the thud of a man hitting the corner… thinking it is Morton… he turns and cracks Neidhart over the head with the megaphone. WHAM… Morton and Gibson quickly nail Valentine with a Double Drop Kick and he goes flying to the floor. Irish Whip of Morton by Gibson… Morton leap frogs Gibson… Somehow, Morton turns the leap from into a Giant Splash on a staggered Neidhart…. 1…2….3! We have new champs…. As the Rock n Roll Express celebrate, A frustrated Jimmy Hart is verbally taking it out on Jim Neidhart. Finally, Hart shoves Neidhart in anger but this time, the Anvil shoves back and Jimmy Hart goes flying. WHAM… From behind, Valentine attacks Neidhart! The crowd is loving this as anytime The First Family is fighting with themselves; it is good for the good guy. Eventually, Valentine helps Jimmy Hart to the back while Neidhart is left to regroup and limp to the back. Main Event: USWA World Title Match: Please read the top to see how we got here. Big Bossman © vs Jerry “The King” Lawler” with Jimmy Hart banned from ringside Whether Bossman attacked Lawler to prevent Macho Man from getting this title shot is irrelevant. The King is ready to capitalize on his good fortune and takes control early. Give Bossman his credit… there is no backing down from the big hoss. He is ready to take Lawler’s best shot and leave here with his title! At about the 10 minute mark, we see Eddie Gilbert rushing the ring but it is JJ rushing after him. Gilbert was intent on making sure the First Family didn’t loose two titles on the same night but JJ wants justice to prevail… these two really are brawling all over the places, but the title match goes on! Here comes Greg “The Hammer” Valentine but he barely gets on the ramp to the ring before The Anvil attacks him. Protecting Lawler and the integrity of the World Title completes Jim Neidharts babyface turn. Jimmy Hart is still in the back pulling the strings and here comes Honky Tonk Man but JJ and POW take care of him. It is almost like the babyfaces knew what was coming. Wait… What’s this… A masked man, wearing sunglasses and a bandana quickly climbs the top rope and comes off with a flying elbow to the back of the head of Bossman. The ref immediately calls for the bell but the masked man doesn’t care and somehow rips the belt off of ref Jerry Calhoun. The Masked Man is now whipping anyone in his site…. The World Champion… Jerry Lawler… Jerry Calhoun…. They will all have the welts to prove to anyone in doubt… wrestling in not Sports Entertainment but 100% real. The fans may have been cheated out of a World Title Match but they will never forget the night Macho M…. I mean a masked man hit the ring and whipped everything in his site.

I really like how you got Lawler into the King angle so quickly. This should add some very interesting twists and turns. Funk at the Double Cross Ranch and can't wait for the wild ride of the Outlaw Era!! WWF has some top notch angles going and is always a fun ride. Nice booking

Missing... he is yours of you want him

Monday, September 29, 1990 *** The Steiners are still in Japan and this week we see a video tape of them successfully defend the USWA World Tag Team Titles against another “top” Japanese team in Tokyo. We also get a promo about how they are still searching for the Road Warriors as they can’t wait to show the Road Warriors who the best team in the World is. Remember, the Steiners took offense to the Road Warriors claiming that they were the best team and that the Steiners weren’t in their class. This led to the Steiners rushing over to Japan to take it to Animal and Hawk. So far, their search has not been very fruitful. Opener Sweet Brown Sugar defeats “The Professor” Bill Ash with the missile dropkick. This was just a bone thrown to SBW as he is going to be doing mostly jobs in the USWA but Jarrett loves his in ring work! 2-1 Handicap Match Michael Wallstreet with Ms. Alexandria York defeats Pez Whatley and Tim Horner in a handicap match as Wallstreet connected with the Airplane Spin/Samoan Drop combo on Whatley. This match came about this week on TV as Ms. York and her computer said that their wasn’t a man in the USWA that could beat him so in order to challenge Wallstreet, he needed to face two men at the same time. Usually handicap matches are saved for the huge monster heels but here it was to just show how deadly Wallstreet’s skills combined with computer “analytics” truly are. Match #3 The Dirty White Boys and The Southern Boys ended in a No Contest. The match was about 8 minutes in and was some great back and forth action when suddenly Animal and Hawk, The Road Warriors hit the ring and destroyed everything in sight. Both Dirty White Boys and both Southern Boys fell victim to huge clotheslines, powerslams and giant splashes with Dirty White Boy #2 taking the worst of it when he got nailed by the Doomsday Device! Animal and Hawk grabbed the house microphone and were screaming about “where are the Steiners… where are they!” Match #4 POW & Jeff Jarrett defeats “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert & Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart and Missy Hyatt as POW nailed HTM with a top rope double leg drop. POW seemed more energetic then normal and was able to get his biggest win to date. Maybe it was working with JJ, but POW was on fire! USWA World TV Title Match “Stunning” Steve Austin © with Medusa defeats “The Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller with the Nightstalker with the Stun Gun. The nearly 7’0, 300-pound beast, serving as Fuller’s bodyguard came into the ring to attack Austin but it was like Austin had eyes in the back of his head as he turned around just in time and grabbed the Nightstalker below the waist and dropped him neck first across the top rope. Fuller saw his chance and rushed at Austin but again, Austin turned just in time and connected with another Stun Gun. This match came about as Austin was defending his World TV Title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling against Kabuki when Fuller and the Nightstalker interrupted his match as Fuller claimed that he was the rightful owner of the TV title but Jerry Jarrett refused to give him his rightful title shot all because he wouldn’t wrestle on TV as he was too pretty for the fans at home. Steve Austin thought this was a joke and wondered how anyone who refused to wrestle on TV should be the TV champion. Fuller was confused as Austin’s confusing and challenged Austin to the match at the Midsouth Coliseum. USWA Southern Tag Team Match Tommy “Wildfire” Rich & JYD defeat Greg “The Hammer” Valentine & Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart” © with Jimmy Hart by DQ as Jimmy Hart pulled down the top rope causing JYD to fly over the top for the automatic DQ. JYD took a rather awkward bump and seemed to land on his head and was down and out. The champions saw this as their chance to attack Wildfire but The Rock n Roll Express were quick to make the save. The fans were fuming as the ring announcer said that as a result of the DQ, the Hammer and the Anvil retain their titles. #1 Contenders Match: Jerry “The King” Lawler vs Randy “Macho Man” Savage with Miss. Elizabeth This match came about from a rather serious disagreement between Lawler and Savage on last week’s TV show. Lawler seemed to be off the mindset that he was in line for another shot at Bossman and the USWA World Title even though he has lost the last two matches to Bossman in rather clean fashion. Savage believed that he was next in line because he was the USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion which he believed put him automatically in line for a world title shot. Savage added that he has also beaten Bossman while Lawler hasn’t come close! Lawler scoffed at Savage claiming to beat Bossman as it was only by DQ and after he cowardly threw Miss. Elizabeth in harms way. As for the match, this was easily the match of the night as these two went toe to toe for nearly 25 minutes before a rather strange ending saw Bossman come to ringside and hit Jerry Lawler in the back of the head while referee Paul Neighbors was down. Lawler had crashed into Neighbors as Savage had ducked under a Lawler shoulder block. Savage, saw this as his opportunity, rushed to the top rope and leaped off with the flying elbow and covered the King. Instead of making the count, a groggy Paul Neighbors called for the bell… Nobody knew what to expect … Ring Announcer: Your winner by disqualification due to outside interference… Jerry “The King” Lawler. Savage is fuming as he has no relationship with Bossman and didn’t want the help. Bossman seemed to have a smile on his face as he went to attack Lawler but from out of nowhere… WHAM…. Savage is all over Bossman! This brawl will take wrestlers from the back to eventually break up… all of this happening as Lawler simply rolled out of the ring as he is obviously a bit groggy!

USWA adds Dory Funk Jr., Ole Anderson, Kabuki, Steve Doll, Ken Patera, Dream Machine, Kabuki, and Reno Riggins

Fun TV show... looking forward to the Royal Proclamation!

Monday, September 22, 1990 Stunning Steve Austin with Medusa defeats POW with the Stun Gun as the TV champ fends off an eager POW in this non-title bout. Austin continues to be very impressive since his arrival in the USWA Michael Wallstreet with Ms. York defeats Tracy Smothers with the airplane spin/Samoan drop combo. Prior to the match, Wallstreet and York went over the computer printout of the strengths and weaknesses of Smothers. York’s computer skills and Wallstreet’s money and skills have this combo undefeated in the USWA. Interesting thing happened after the bout as Southern Justice (Tex Slanzenger and Shanghai Pierce) attacked Smothers after the bout and we get a nice little 4-man melee as Steve Armstrong joined the fight. Jeff Jarrett defeated Wild Bill Irwin with the Reverse Russian Legsweep. This match was set up after this week’s TV show when Irwin confronted Jarrett and said that his win in the 6-Man tag match last week in the Midsouth Coliseum was a fluke. This led to a JJ stepping to Irwin only to be attacked from behind by Southern Justice which led to the save by the Southern Boys. Dog Collar Match JYD defeated “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff after a violent match that saw every possible move with the dog collar. The end came as JYD yanked Orndoff with the dog collar right into a Big Thump! This match was set up this week on TV as JYD came out during Orndorff’s interview as he was fuming at Mr. Wonderful for the piledriver on Superstar Bill Dundee out of the Midsouth Coliseum’s concrete floor. Orndorff told JYD to mind his own business if he knew what was good for him. JYD challenged Orndorff right there on TV but Orndorff old JYD that he would wrestle him in the Midsouth Coliseum in any type of bout he wanted as JYD had no chance at victory. JYD picked the Dog Collar Match as he said he’s never been beat in a match of this type. JYD hyped up the crowd with a little howling at the moon! USWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match Randy “Macho Man” Savage © with Miss. Elizabeth defeated “Wildfire” Tommy Rich with a top rope elbow drop. Wildfire was coming off a nice win over Honky Tonk Man but Savage is a different level. Rich looked good and gave a good fight along with bumping and selling for the champion Semi Main Event: Coward Waves The Flag Match-Loser: No DQ thUSWA Southern Tag Team Champions, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart & Greg “The Hammer Valentine with Jimmy Hart vs The Rock n Roll Express In this non-title match, the losing team is the team who waves the yellow flag to end the match. If the Rock n Roll Express wins, they get one more Southern Tag Team Title Match but if the lose, they don’t get another shot this year. The person in charge of waving the flag for the champions was Jimmy Hart and the person waving the flag for the Rock n Roll Express was none other then “The Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant. Jimmy Hart said he would never wave the flag as he cared more for the title then his men. Jimmy Valiant, who is no stranger to Jimmy Hart and the First Family said he would never wave the flag as he has been waiting years to put Jimmy Hart in his place. This match all came about because last week in the Midsouth Coliseum, it was the cowardly act of Jimmy Hart that saved his team’s title. With the champs in serious trouble, it was Jimmy Hart who actually jumped on his own man causing him to be counted out and even though the RnR Express won the match, the title didn’t changed hands. As for the match, this one had a lot of big momentum changes were each side took a pretty good beating but neither Hart or Valiant even came close to waving the flag. The match took a serious turn for the worse for the champs as Jim Neidhart climbed to the top rope, very much out of his comfort zone, as was getting ready to leap all the way to the floor to nail Ricky Morton who had been tossed to the floor. The Boogie Woogie Man ran into the ring and pushed Neidhart to the floor. Neidhart seemed to injure his leg and basically became useless in the match. The Rock n Roll Express now went to work on Valentine and he was in serious trouble. After multiple double drop kicks, Valentine was out on his feet. Jimmy Hart seemed to have a plan… he was simply going to leave the Midsouth Coliseum. If he wasn’t there, he couldn’t wave the flag… and his team couldn’t lose!!! Hart begins to walk up the ramp but it was like Jimmy Valiant knew what was coming. Valiant chases Hart and grabs him from behind. WHAM…WHAM… WHAM… WHAM… Valiant is firing right hands! WHAM… WHAM… WHAM… Valiant with multiple elbow drops on The Mouth of the South. Valiant now drags Jimmy Hart back to ringside as the RnR Express continue to work over Valentine. The Boogie Woogie Man is frantically looking for something and he finds it on the announce table… it is electrical tape! Valiant grabs Jimmy Hart’s flag and tapes it to his hands!!! The crowd figures it out and starts to roar!! Valiant grabs Hart’s wrists and starts waving the champion’s flag…. This is a No DQ Match and while unethical, ref Jerry Calhoun sees the champ’s flag being waved by the unconscious Jimmy Hart and calls for the bell. The Winner of the Match… The Rock n Roll Express!! Main Event: USWA World Title Rematch Jerry Lawler demanded his mandatory rematch against the new champion, The Bossman and here we are! Unfortunately for the King, the rules have changed and the new champ holds all the power! After nearly 25 minutes, we see this one end in a double-count-out! The crowd leaves the Midsouth Coliseum with mixed feelings. There favorite tag team, the Rock n Roll Express earns another Southern Tag Team Title match but the man that is wrestling in these parts, Jerry “The King” Lawler failed to regain his world title.

Sorry for falling behind again... Lets start in Mexico: I thought you did a great job of giving the fans what they wanted... Nice the Guerreros wrestle well and get a little extra brawl time. Loved Colon coming out to attack Debeers Great matchup with Flair and El Canek ... the dirties players in the game with the lowblow from Flair and Tully with the help. Great way to keep EL Canek looking great in Mexico. On to the next few weeks of TV... Great team with Slater and Garvin. Always thought Slater was better as heel and Garvin as a babyface but together, I think they could do anything!! Koonan turning on Gamma... very interesting! What a promo with Hulk wanting his title back and Flair and Tully basically telling him no chance as they unleash Spivey... awesome segment Looking forward to the AWA going to England... Vince might have been national but you seem to be International!

WOW... awesome card. Interested in the whole Russian vs Russian thing. I think Sherri had an idea Kevin would say know.... wow... Haku! Funk as the champion!!! Love it.

Fall Brawl was awesome with so many twists and turns. Wonder what becomes of Gary Hart after all the headbutts The tag team division is on fire. Nice job moving people up the ranks like Scott Hall and Sid Viscious. Really like the Dangerous Alliance! They are going to be huge! I know the time period and that the ultimate goal is Lex vs Sting but I was rooting for Steamboat. Just love his overall ability. Lex was always able to get either so much heat or go so over with the fans but I always thought his in-ring stuff was average.

September 15, 1990 *** Just a side note. This week we saw a video replay of the USWA World Tag Team Champions, The Steiners wrestling in Japan. Lance reminded us that Scott and Rick were in Japan looking for the Road Warriors who seem to be upset with the Steiners for claiming that the Steiners…. And not the Road Warriors … are the best tag team in the World. In this bout, we see the Steiners against Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue. Lance Russell explained that this match was against the #1 tag team in all of Japan and the Steiners came out victorious (even though we never saw the finish) “The Missouri Tiger” Jeff Gaylord defeats “The Professor” Bill Ash by submission with the bearhug. Ash started the show by letting the fans know that he was just too smart for Gaylord and that he was going to teach him a lesson. The only thing Ash taught Gaylord was to be ready for some dirty trick as Ash used every questionable tactic in the book but still came up short to the power of The Missouri Tiger. Michael Wallstreet with Ms. Alexandria York defeated POW with the Airplane Spin/Samoan Drop combo. POW had no lost a match since arriving in the USWA but Ms. York’s scouting report gave Wallstreet all he needed to defeat POW despite POW’s never quit attitude and desire. “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff vs “Superstar” Bill Dundee ended in a double-count-out but saw Orndorff nail Dundee with a piledriver out on the floor. It looks like Dundee might be out of action for a while. 6-Man Tag Team Action: The Southern Boys (Smothers & Armstrong) with Jeff Jarrett vs Southern Justice (Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce) & Wild Bill Irwin This match came about after last weeks match that saw the Southern Boys defeat Southern Justice only to be attacked by Wild Bill Irwin and his bull rope after the match. A few hot promos this week and we see Irwin joining his men in the ring as JJ promises to be a good ol Southern Boy himself and tag with Tracy and Steve. As for the match, it is wild with action both inside and outside of the ring but in the end, it is JJ getting the revenge for his buddies as he nailed Bill Irwin with the Reverse Russian Legsweep for the win. USWA World Television Title Match “Stunning” Steve Austin defeats “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt with the Stun Gun as Medusa pulled Missy off the top rope as she tried to get involved. This distracted Hot Stuff enough for Austin catch him with the unstoppable Stun Gun. It will be interesting to see where Gilbert turns to next as this was his big rematch to try and regain his title. USWA Southern Tag Team Title Match: Greg “The Hammer Valentine & Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart © with Jimmy Hart vs The Rock n Roll Express Last week we saw champs defeat the Rock n Roll Express by DQ as Ricky and Robert had enough of Jimmy Hart’s nonsense that they nailed him with a double-drop kick. Not normally enough to get DQ’d, ref Jerry Calhoun called for the bell. This week on TV, Jimmy Hart played up the “cowardly” act by the Express and was so disgusted by how low they had stooped to attack a manager but in the end, it was the Express who got the last laugh as Jerry Jarrett said that he saw enough from the Express that he decided they deserved a title shot. This set Hart in a rampage but to no avail! As for the match, we have seen it before. The Express start hot… some dirty tactics by the champs puts Morton in peril…. The hot tag to Robert and away we go…. WHAM… double drop kick on Anvil (the legal man in the ring) and he tumbles through the ropes. WHAM… double drop kick on Hammer and he is next to tumble to the floor. Jimmy Hart rushes to the aid of his men who shake off the cobwebs from the floor and Jimmy brings his team together for a little strategy meeting. The Rock n Roll Express are all fired up and waiting for their opponents in the ring. As the count nears 7, Jimmy slaps his team on the ass and tells them to go get the win! Hammer first into the ring and the Express jump him. Anvil heads towards the apron and… Jimmy Hart jumps on his legs causing Anvil to go down to one knee…. Anvil looks furious as Hart as if he has no idea what is going on! DING….DING…. DING! The ref has called for the bell! The crowd is cheers as the ring announcer declares the Rock n Roll Express the winners but then they moan as he announces the Hammer and Anvil are still the champs due to the victory being by count-out! Man… what a fox… Hart, without his men knowing, caused The Anvil to be counted out and retain their titles!! Guitar on a Pole Match: Whoever gets the Guitar Can Use It! Tommy “Wildfire” Rich vs Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart Last week we saw JYD rush in to make the save as Honky Tonk Man and Jimmy Hart were about to nail Tommy Rich with another guitar shot. This week on TV, Wildfire didn’t care what HTM brought to the ring… a guitar… a steel drum stand…. A dang ol entire orchestra…. Wildfire was going to beat Honk Tonk Man once and for all. So here we are… A Guitar on a Pole Match! Tommy Rich defeats HTM with a Guitar Shot after he nailed Jimmy Hart with the back suplex as Hart was on top of the ropes trying to grab the guitar. USWA Southern Title Match Randy “Macho Man” Savage with Elizabeth defeats JYD with a Top Rope Elbow Drop! The legend of Savage continues to grow as he has not lost a match in months except for a DQ to Bossman. Tonight, he took everything JYD had and came out looking awesome to the dismay of the crowd! USWA World Title Match Big Bossman defeats Jerry “The King” Lawler” by connecting with two powerslams to become the new USWA Champion. Lawler gave it his all in this nearly 30 minute bout but every time Lawler seemed to gain the momentum, Bossman used his rugged, powerhouse style to put Lawler back down. Bossman with a quick celebration before he walked to the back with his new title over his shoulder like it was just another day at the office as Lawler sat in the corner of the ring looking as dejected as ever.

USWA drops Angel of Death and Brother Love and adds Bill Ash to do some jobs until the end of 1990

USWA will add Sweet Brown Sugar

September 9, 1990 NOTE FROM THIS WEEK’S TV SHOW: The Steiner Brothers, frustrated at another video from the Road Warriors who declared themselves the best tag team in the world, have gone on a mission to find the Road Warriors who are rumored to be in Japan. Jerry Jarrett have given them permission to defend their World Tag Team Titles on their journey with the stipulation that video is sent back to make the match official. POW vs The Nightmare While both men are wearing masks, they are very different in appearance. POW, wearing the camouflage masks with the letters POW across the top is rather short and slender while the Nightmare, all in black is a large hefty man. The Nightmare is doing a good job of getting some heat as he antagonizes everybody is his proximity. This serves the purpose of getting the crowd on POW’s side. As for the match, POW and his wild, energetic style is able to overcome the rule-breaking and size advantage of the Nightmare as he connects with a top rope, double leg drop for the win. So far, nobody has been able to get a word with POW as he continues to hustle to the back after his matches. “The Missouri Tiger” Jeff Gaylord vs Michael Wallstreet with Ms. Alexandria York Before the match starts takes the microphone to “remind” the fans that with Mr. Wallstreet’s wrestling abilities and her computer knowledge, they have a scouting report on every wrestler currently in the USWA and her data shows that there isn’t a wrestler currently in the USWA that can beat Mr. Wallstreet and that includes your champion, Jerry Lawler. The crowd begins to boo and chant Mikey Rotundo over and over. You can tell this bothers him but Ms. York tells them can say and do what they want but Jeff Gaylord will just be the first in a long line of wrestlers who will fall at the feet of Mr. Wallstreet. As for the match, Ms. York proved to be right. It didn’t matter that Gaylord had a size and power advantage, Mr. Wallstreet just seemed to be one step ahead of Jeff. It was like he always knew what was coming. In the end, Rotundo showed some pretty good strength with an Airplane Spin/Samoan Drop combo for the win. Southern Justice (Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce) with Wild Bill Irwin vs Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) This is a return match from last week’s double count-out as these two teams continue to be on opposites sides of the fence on how a true Southern Man should act. This time out, we the Southern Boys get the win as Smothers and Armstrong nailed the bearhug-flying close line off the top rope combo on Tex. The problem was that put Wild Bill came in after the bout and whipped both Smothers and Armstrong with his bull rope. Then he ordered both his men to put these put a good beating on the Southern Boys which they obliged. The Southern Boys might have gotten the win but they are clearly worse for wear. Non-Title Match The USWA Southern Tag Team Champs, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine with Jimmy Hart vs The Rock n Roll Express The Rock n Roll Express arrived in the USWA about 2 months ago and have been on a great winning streak. They have been asking for a title match with the Anvil and the Hammer but Jimmy Hart says that they need to wait their turn. This all came to a head last week on tv when Jerry Jarrett stepped in and reminded Jimmy Hart that he does not make the matches in the USWA and his team will wrestle whoever he says. Both sides were able to come to somewhat of a solution with a non-title match with the stipulation that of the Rock n Roll Express won the bout, they would become the #1 contenders for the USWA Southern Tag Titles. As for the match, when you put a stipulation like that in, you can kind of guess the outcome. Jimmy Hart tried his best to prevent it but for all his efforts, he received a double drop kick from Ricky and Robert during a time of craziness. While there was no clear pin of the champs, Jimmy Hart’s interference led to a DQ win for the Rock n Roll Express! USWA World Television Triple Threat Match “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert © with Missy Hyatt (No Jimmy Hart after the double drop kick) vs Jeff Jarrett vs “Stunning” Steve Austin with Medusa While Gilbert and Jarrett have been feuding over the title for the last few months, Stunning Steve, since the day he arrived in the USWA, has said that he should be the face of the promotion and that there is no better way to do this then to be the Television Champion. As for the match, we get each wrestler having their time to shine but no matter how well they do, each time they seem to have a pin, the third man rushes in to make the save. Finally, one of these saves, leads to all three men battling it out in the ring. WHAM… Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert connects with a Hot Shot on Jeff Jarrett and goes for the pin. Stunning Steve rushes over to make the save as he goes for the elbow drop. WHAM… Missy Hyatt screams, “Watch Out!” and Eddie rolls out of the way and Stunning Steve nails JJ. JJ is now in serious trouble after getting nailed with the Hot Shot followed by the elbow drop! Ref Jerry Calhoun is checking on JJ to see if he can continue. Eddie Gilbert points to his head and laughs at Stunning Steve as he thinks he has outsmarted him! WHAM… Low blow by Stunning Steve on Hot Stuff but Jerry Calhoun never saw it! WHAM… Eddie is hunched over in serious pain when Austin scoops him up from below the waist and drops him neck first across the top rope… Stun Gun!!! Austin covers Gilbert as Calhoun is back and ready for the count! 1…2…3! And Stunning Steve Austin is the new champion! Steve and Medusa celebrate in the ring but it is almost an “I told you so” type of celebration. Grudge Match: Tommy Rich vs Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart First thing we notice here is that Jimmy Hart seems a little wobbly from the double drop kick earlier in the evening. This feud has seen HTM put Wildfire out of action for about a month with a guitar shot that broke multiple bones in Tommy’s face. Upon his return, Wildfire got his revenge on HTM who had also went after Tommy’s buddy, JYD with the guitar. As for this match, it is chaotic with brawling and fighting on both the inside and outside of the ring. At one point, we see Wildfire busted open after being rammed face first against the steel ring post. Fans gasped as they flashed backed to his recent injuries. HTM dragged Wildfire into the ring and nailed him with the Shake Rattle & Roll but u Tommy managed to get a foot across the bottom rope. A frustrated HTM, drags Tommy up by his hair and wraps his arms around Wildfire’s chin and neck… WHAM… A second Shake Rattle & Roll but somehow Tommy gets his foot across the bottom rope again. Jimmy Hart has lost interest in the win and grabs the guitar and gives it to HTM. HTM walks around the ring and lets the fans know his intentions! The crowd explodes… JYD has hit the ring and nails HTM with a big right hand. JYD drags HTM up by his hair as the ref calls for the bell… JYD with the Irish Whip! WHAM… Big Thump on HTM. Somehow Jimmy Hart gets HTM out of the ring and they head for the locker room! JYD checks on Wildfire as the ring announcer declares HTM the winner due to outside interference. The crowd doesn’t like it but they are also thankful for JYD’s help! Jerry “The King” Lawler & Superstar Dundee vs Randy “Macho Man” Savage with Miss. Elizabeth & Big Bossman with Jimmy Hart In recent weeks, we have seen Big Bossman, who was kind of acting as Lawler’s bodyguard in lieu of the bounty placed on Lawler from an unknown source, get on quite a roll himself as a wrestler. With wins over Paul Orndorff, Dick Slater and even Macho Man, Bossman was quickly rising up the ranks of the USWA. Bossman, after defeating many of the same opponents as Lawler, asked Jerry if he could possible have a world title shot. Lawler turned him down and claimed that he was here for a different reason. Well two weeks ago, that may have all changed, as Bossman turned on Lawler during a tag team match against the First Family. It was bad enough when Bossman attacked Lawler but to do it by joining forces with Jimmy Hart who has feuded with Lawler for over a decade was unforgivable. While Lawler vs Bossman has not been signed yet, it seems to be heading in that direction. For this match, it seemed like Jerry Jarrett gave Lawler the right to make his own match. This power has been given to Lawler before and he has seemed somewhat devious in his match making and tonight was no different. For his partner, he chose old reliable… Bill Dundee but for the Bossman’s partner, he choice the man that Bossman just beat… the USWA Southern Champion, Randy Savage. Lawler figures that while these two are two of the top guys in the business, there is no way that they will see eye to eye! No need to get into too many details but just a few highlights…. First… Bossman and Savage did not see eye to eye! Second …. Lawler and Dundee were in complete sync. Third… It didn’t matter as Bossman caught Lawler with the powerslam for the win! Yes… Big Bossman pinned the USWA World Champion, Jerry Lawler, in the middle of the ring and that ring was the Midsouth Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee! $10,000-Street Cloths-Over the Top Rope Battle Royal! Most of the participants squared off with the people they wrestled earlier in the evening as they had some unsettled business to take care of but little by little we weeded out some tough wrestlers are were left with Stunning Steve Austin, Boss Man, and Michael Wallstreet. With no true fan favorite left, the crowd got behind Stunning Steve but he was eliminated as Bossman and Wallstreet made an unbeatable alliance and tossed Steve to the floor. WHAM… Drop Kick by Wallstreet and over the top rope goes a shocked Bossman. Ms. Alexandria York steps through the middle rope with her computer. She shows Wallstreet the screen and together they nod in agreement. It seems the computer intelligence even has a program to lead Michael Wallstreet through a Bunkhouse Stampede Battle Royal. Oh how the rich get richer!!

Memphis adds Eddie Gilbert, Missy Hyatt, Bill Dundee, Angel of Death, Brad Armstrong, Jimmy Jack Funk, Sam Houston, Ron Fuller, Brother Love, and Jacqueline to the block

Vampiro would be eligible for a foreign exemption and if there is prove of him wrestling as early as 1984 in Canada we would have 3 choices ... 1. Rain can have him if nobody objects 2. Have a supplemental draft if others wish to be involved. 3. Place him in free agency If there is no evidence of him in Canada prior to now, he should enter in 1991 in Mexico where we could use a foreign exemption to use him Just need to ne sure on the Canada thing before any decision is made. I will not be using him under any of the above situations so it doesn't matter to me. If anyone would like a vote, lets take it to private. If not, I am fine with leaving him going to Mexico in 1991.

USWA adds Pez Whatley

Wrestliingdata also lists his debut as 1984 but doesn't list any matches until 1991. If we have some prove of him wrestling in Canada before 1991, I would expect, by our rules that he would be good to go.