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Good point. I should have put that up in front of Armstrong and Super D

ATLANTA, GEORGIA JANUARY 30, 1982 Brad Armstrong defeats Gran Apollo with the Russian Legsweep Hacksaw Butch Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar defeats Ed Wiskoski & Cyclone Negro as they got Negro with High Flyin Power (SBW with a top rope missile dropkick followed by a Gorilla Press Slam by Reed) Bullet Bob Armstrong defeated the Super Destroyer as he blocked a Superplex and followed it up with the Georgia Jawbreaker Paul Orndorff and King Kong Mosca wrestled to a Double Count Out as these two basically brawled all over the arena. Kevin Sullivan & Mike Graham vs Jimmy Garvin & The Iron Sheik with Gary Hart: Even though there is a lot of technical talent in the ring, this was anything but. With Hart’s men being the best at bringing down the heat, the fans were on the edge of the seats cheering for Sullivan and Graham. With so many momentum changes, most of which were caused by Hart’s shenanigans, anything looked possible. After Hart hit the Sheik by mistake, Graham took control. After a few minutes, Mike was able to lock in the Figure 4 and the Sheik was in a world of trouble. Wham! The crowd is shocked as Kevin Sullivan has come in with the elbow drop to the head of Graham. Sullivan simple goes nuts and beats Mike Graham all over the ring. Hart’s men are shocked as they just stand by and watch. After a few minutes, Sullivan simply walks away. Not sure what to do, Hart tells the Sheik to lock in the Camel Clutch which he does. Graham is basically out on his feet and the ref calls for the bell as Hart’s men gain the victory. SOUTHERN STATES YOUNG GUNS CHAMPIONSHIP: Buzz Sawyer vs Barry Windham: The match begins with a handshake and ends in a war. These two youngsters are very even and we see many momentum changes. For their age, both seem like naturals as they are bumping and selling everything. All of a sudden, the boos reign down on the Omni as Kevin Sullivan comes to ringside. The crowd is still fuming over the last match but Sullivan could care less and he starts to coach Buzz Sawyer. Sawyer immediately turns nastier and more aggressive. Even these tactics can’t hold Windham down. Sullivan seemed to slip something to Sawyer at one point in the match but the ref didn’t notice it. As Windham pushes Sawyer to the corner to set him up for the Bulldog, Sullivan jumps up on the apron to distract the ref. Wham! Sawyer has clocked Windham with what appears to be a metal object. Windham goes down as Sullivan jumps down to the floor. Sawyer goes for the cover and gets the three count to become the first ever Southern States Wrestling Young Guns Champion. Mike Graham rushes the ring and the crowd goes nuts as he is all over Sullivan. Too bad for Mike, this only leads to a 2-1 attack and twice in 20 minutes he is beaten pretty badly. SOUTHERN STATES APPLACHIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Masked Superstar vs Tommy “Wildfire” Rich: It only takes the crowd a few minutes to get over the last match as their pride and joy, Wildfire Rich, comes to the ring. Rich still has that right hand in a cast from the same match up two weeks at the Bayfront Center when the Super Destroyer helped the Masked Superstar load up that mask. This match follows much the same format. A few momentum changes allow us to see each wrestler’s talents. Wildfire once again takes over and again it seems like the Destroyer has helped the Superstar with that object in the match. Bullet Bob Armstrong comes down and is all over the Destroyer. As Superstar re-enters the ring, Wildfire out smarts him. Instead of throwing that right hand, Rich kicks Superstar in the gut and then rams Superstar and his loaded mask into the turnbuckle. Superstar is basically knocked out by this and stumbles backward. Rich goes for the cover and gets the win. The crowd goes wild as we get a new champion. SOUTHERN STATES GULF STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: Dory Funk Jr. vs Dusty Rhodes: A true matchup of two legends here and it is kind of odd. The fan favorite, Dusty Rhodes has little wrestling skill but can really duke it out while the heel is a tremendous technical wrestler. We get a bit of all of that in this match. Funk is in charge after about 25 minutes but Dusty starts to juke and jive and it is like he feels nothing Dory is doing to him. Wham! Dusty takes control. He is throwing big elbow after big elbow until Dory goes down. The crowd and Dusty think he has Dory down for the count but Dory kicks out at 2. Dusty stays on the attack but can’t gain the pinfall. Dusty hits a piledriver….2 count. Dory is in a bad way and Dusty hits another piledriver…. Somehow Dory gets his foot on the rope. Dusty and the crowd can’t believe it. A third piledriver by Dusty…. 1….2…. Ding Ding Ding. The bell rings as we get a 30 minute time limit draw. Dusty can’t believe it! Dory has retained the belt but needs some medical attention to get back to the locker room as he is carried out on a stretcher. SOUTHERN STATES TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Jack & Jerry Brisco vs Big John Studd & Don Muraco with JJ Dillion: The crowd is a bit nervous as Studd and Muraco might be the toughest team the Briscos have faced in a long time. The Briscos do everything they can here but it just seems that either the size of Studd or the power of Muraco or the questionable tactics of Dillion prevents them from gaining the victory. In the end, we see the match go a little bonzo gonzo as all four are in the ring. The ref ends up getting knocked down. Jack makes the mistake of looking at the fallen ref and this is all Studd needs as he scoops him up and tosses Brisco over the top rope and all the way to the metal railing separating the fans from the wrestlers. Jack seems down and out and Jerry takes a pretty good 2-1 beating. Muracco hits the Hawaiian Hammer and that is all she wrote. For the third time tonight, we have new champions. SOUTHERN STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Mr. Wrestling II vs Ric Flair: Mr. Wrestling II is anything but intimidated by Ric Flair and he really takes it to the Nature Boy here for a while. Flair, with an eye gouge, reminds us all of just how dirty he can be. From here on out, it is one dirty move after another. As Dillion distracts the ref, Flair actually gets a chair and cracks it over the back of Mr. Wrestling II. Wrestling II rolls out of the ring and it is here that we get a bit of confusion. It seemed like Wrestling II rolled under the ring for a few moments. As he came back to the apron, he caught Flair with a shoulder block to the gut and then hit a sunset flip and got the three count. Dillion and Flair where in shock but all of the Southern States fan favorites rushed the ring to congratulate II. Dusty, Wildfire, Orndorff, Windham. They were all there and they carried Wrestling II out to a thunderous ovation.

Sorry to hear this. Lutte was such a great read.

TAMPA, FLORIDA 1/23/1982 From the beautiful Sportatorium just outside of downtown Tampa, welcome to Southern States Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie and what a show we have for you tonight. In just one week’s time, Southern States will be in the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia where we will see an amazing night of wrestling including 5 title matches! All eyes will be on the Triad and JJ Dillion. It was just three weeks ago when we saw a video tape of his men, Ric Flair, Big John Studd and Don Muraco, claim dominance in this sport. They have shown nothing less since arriving here and now have a chance to turn SSW upside down and take its two major titles. I would like to call in Mr. Wrestling II who is going to put his SSW Heavyweight Title on the line Mr. Wrestling II: Thank you Gordon. I agree with you in the fact that the Triad has caused some chaos around here in the last couple of weeks but let me make one thing clear to JJ Dillion and Ric Flair. I am not intimidated by you in the least. I have seen the Triad put a beating on some people around here but it is always when they have a numbers advantage. They have done nothing 1 on 1. Flair…. Dillion… I am ready for you. Pull any shenanigans and I will be ready for it. WE will be ready for it. Gordon Solie: What do you mean by WE? Mr. Wrestling II simply walks away. Solie just says “And there you have it” and takes us to the ring for our first match. MATCH Kevin Sullivan & Mike Graham defeat Chick Donovan & Ricky Harris as Sullivan hits a powerslam on Donovan A quick interview here as we are told again that Sullivan and Graham are on the same page and that they are ready for the Omni and Gary Hart’s team of the Iron Sheik and Jimmy Garvin. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH YOUNG GUNS TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Buzz Sawyer vs Brad Armstrong A great 8 minute match that saw it all. Speed, power and great wrestling skills. In the end, Sawyer was able to avoid the Russian Legsweep and stunned Armstrong with a cross body block. This allowed Sawyer to climb to the top rope and hit the Frog Splash for the win. MATCH YOUNG GUNS TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Magnum T.A. vs Barry Windham It is easy to see that both of these two wrestlers are going to be huge stars in the years to come. Tonight, Windham gets the win with the Bulldog but it was obvious as Gordon Solie said that if these two wrestled 100 times, they would each win 50. Windham and T.A. both show great sportsmanship as this one ended with a handshake. Solie really hypes up the finals of this tournament which we now know will pit Windham against Sawyer at the Omni next Saturday. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH Big John Studd & Don Muraco with JJ Dillion destroy Billy Spears & Mike Jackson Ric Flair joins the rest of the Triad at the interview desk where they are really confident in one week that they will hold both the SSW Heavyweight Title and the SSW Tag Title. When Flair was asked about the earlier comment by Mr. Wrestling II that they were all ready to fight the Triad, Flair simply said that even if the entire Southern States roster tried to stop the Triad, the would come up short. WHOOOOOOO! MATCH Tommy Rich & Paul Orndorff vs The Masked Superstar & King Kong Mosca A match with a lot of energy and used to hype up next week’s event at the Omni where Tommy Rich will face the Masked Superstar for the Appalachian Title and Orndorff will meet Mosca. In order not to give to much away, this was a pure brawl that ended in a DDQ as the ref completely lost control. After the commercial break, Wildfire and Orndorff were at the interview desk where Wildfire gives us one of his Fired Up speeches and Orndorff shows a combination of seriousness and anger as he explains what he is going to do to King Kong Mosca. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH Dusty Rhodes vs The Super Destroyer This main event match goes about 6 minutes and Dusty seems like he is on the verge of wining when all of a sudden Dory Funk hits the ring with a bull rope! Crack! Funk hits Dusty over and over again with that Bull Rope. Solie makes it clear that Funk is trying to make sure that the American Dream never makes it to the Omni for their Gulf States title match. Dusty is in a bad way when all of a sudden the crowd explodes as Ron Bass rushes the ring with his own Bull Rope and goes after Dory Funk. Funk hightails it back to the locker room as Bass goes to attend to Dusty. It takes a minute buy Dusty is up and grabs the house mic where in perfect Dusty Rhodes, he let’s everyone know what he is going to do to Dory Funk Jr. next week in the Omni! As Gordon Solie signs off from the Sunshine State, we get a promo of the great card in Atlanta. THE OMNI JANUARY 30th Brad Armstrong vs Gran Apollo Hacksaw Butch Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar vs Ed Wiskoski & Cyclone Negro Bullet Bob Armstrong vs the Super Destroyer Paul Orndorff vs King Kong Mosca Kevin Sullivan & Mike Graham vs Jimmy Garvin & The Iron Sheik with Gary Hart SOUTHERN STATES YOUNG GUNS CHAMPIONSHIP: Buzz Sawyer vs Barry Windham SOUTHERN STATES APPLACHIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Masked Superstar vs Tommy “Wildfire” Rich SOUTHERN STATES GULF STATES CHAMPIONSHIP: Dory Funk Jr. vs Dusty Rhodes SOUTHERN STATES TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Jack & Jerry Brisco vs Big John Studd & Don Muraco with JJ Dillion: SOUTHERN STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Mr. Wrestling II vs Ric Flair

Enjoyed the show on Saturday night. The first match was awsome and I would have been hooked for the rest of the night. My real question is how are you handling 3 different games and all of your feed back which doesn't miss a beat! Wow... such loyalty

I notice her that you really practice what you preach. Recently you were talking in one of the reviews about the finish is the key and wow you didn't dispappoint here. First, I thought Michaels would win the final but saw a chance for Mable with Mo on the outside. Next if there was to be interferene after the Chin Muis, I thought that it was going to be Mo but from the commentry seat comes Double J! Now I am so excited for Michales and JJ and then wham... another shocker with the Mable and Mo angle.

TAMPA, FLORIDA 1/16/1982 From the beautiful Sportatorium just outside of downtown Tampa, welcome to Southern States Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie and what a show we have for you tonight. Before we get to the ring for our first match, we need to see what happened last Saturday night at the Bayfront Center. We see a video of the Triad (Flair, Studd & Muracco) making their first appearance in Southern States Wrestling as the interfered in the Southern States Tag Match and the Southern States Heavyweight Title Match. First the trio attacked the Briscos and then they went after Mr. Wrestling II! When the video is over we hear a lot of boos as the Triad makes their way to the interview desk. Gordon Solie: Well I am not sure how you people did it in Mid-Atlantic Wrestling but your tactics are not welcomed here. JJ Dillion: Hahaha, maybe that is the problem with Southern States Wrestling. John Studd: I told you I was coming here with a list of people I was going to get rid of and the Briscos were at the top of that list. Know everyone around here knows that when the triad says something, we mean it. Don Muraco: Like my brother Big John Studd said, we are hear for one reason and one reason only … to shut the people of Southern States Wrestling up for good. Before we got here all we heard was bragging coming from Southern States. Now that we are here, all we hear is crying about how the Triad did this or that. Soon, we will hear silence as everybody will be to afraid to talk! Ric Flair: Wooohoooo … Mr Wrestling II…. Listen up. You are not even close to being in my class. …. You can either hand that Southern States title to me or I can take. It doesn’t matter! The crowd exploded as the Briscos and Wrestling II come out to the interview desk where it is obvious that are not intimidated and that they are still fuming about the Pear Harbor attacks by the Triad at the Bayfront Center. They want a piece of the “northern” invaders and they want it tonight. The Traid explains that they do not wrestle without the opportunity to gain something and beating the champs does nothing for them. After a back and forth, we get one dandy of a tv main event as it will be the Triad vs the Briscos & Wrestling II. If the Triad wins, they will get title matches on January 30th at the Omni COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: Mike Graham vs The Iron Sheik and Gary Hart This match truly brings the ire of the fans. As if Hart is not enough to riley them up, the Sheik with the flag and the Tehran, Iran chant has them foaming at the mouth. As for the match, Graham starts quick but the Sheik gets some help from Hart and the momentum changes. The Sheik seems to be have softened up Graham enough for the Camel Clutch but as he goes for his finisher, Graham reaches through and grabs his ankles and rolls him up for the 1…2…3. The Sheik and Hart are fuming and double team Graham. Jimmy Garvin, Harts other member of his stable rushes to the ring and the 3-1 attack is on. The crowd erupts as Kevin Sullivan hits the ring like a house afire and single handily disposes of Hart and his men. Graham gets up and embraces Sullivan. Together they had to the interview desk. Gordon Solie: Well Mike, great win but it seemed you needed a bit of help to get out of there. Mike Graham: Last week we heard some words from my good friend, Steve Keirn waring me of Kevin Sullivan and I said that Kevin has always been there for me and he will continue to be my friend. Tonight, he proved it. Kevin Sullivan: Gaaawdon, not sure what Keirn was taaawkin about but I said I have returned to Southern States Wrestling to help out around here. It seems the evil has been riding high and it is time for the good guys to take back control. Trust me, Mike Graham is one of the good guys. Gordon Solie: Fair enough. Match:Paul Orndorff defeats Ed Wiskowski with the Piledriver At the interview desk Gordon Solie is hyping up Orndorff’s recent success when all of a sudden King Kong Mosca comes out. Gordon Solie: Well Mr. Mosca, I don’t seem to see your name on the schedule tonight. KK Mosca: Gordon Solie, you don’t need to see my name on the schedule. You need to understand that in this industry I come and go as I please. Right now, I have decided to come to Southern States Wrestling because I see a lot of talent around here. I am the best and want to teach all these Southern States hillbillies that I can’t be stopped. I was in the back just now and was getting sick to my stomach as I hear you praising this loser next to us. Paul Orndorff: Watch your mouth Mosca! KK Mosca: Or what… I will take you in the ring and throw you around like a rag doll. Paul Orndorff: Anytime Mosca, Anytime! Somehow peace prevails and we head to commercial break! COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: SSW YOUNG GUNS TOURNAMENT Barry Windham beats Tommy Wright with the Running Bulldog! At the interview desk, Windham and Solie hype up the tournament and we find out that next week on TV we will see the Semi-finals with Barry Windham facing off against his good friend Magnum T.A. and Buzz Sawyer will face Brad Armstrong. MATCH: Tommy Rich defeats Matt Borne with the Lou Thesz Press Tommy Rich still had his hand in a cast but he was all smiles at the interview desk where Gordon shows the tape from the Bayfront Center of him pinning the Appalachian Champion, the Masked Superstar in a tag match. Tommy Rich: I told you last week Gordon that it didn’t matter if it was the Masked Superstar by himself or with that other idiot playing Halloween, the Super Destroyer. Wildfire can’t be beat. I heard the doctor’s say that I shouldn’t be in the ring until my hand was healed. Heck Gordon, I was raised on the farm in Tennessee. This injury aint nothin that would stop all the hard-working people I knew as a kid and it aint gonna stop me. Now, Superstar… how about you put that title on the line so it can come back to where it belongs. COMMERCIAL BREAK NON-TITLE MATCH Gulf States Champion Dory Funk Jr. vs Ron Bass The crowd almost got what they wanted here as Bass locked in the Brain Claw on a few occasions but he could never get Funk to submit. It the end, Funk caught Bass with the uppercut and followed it up with the Double Underhook Suplex. At the interview desk, Dory Funk actually calls out the #1 contender to his Gulf States title, Dusty Rhodes. The two put on a show with their words as the both claim that the other can’t beat them. In the end, it was Solie holding the teaser as he informed us that in just two weeks, we will find out as it will be the American Dream vs Dory Funk Jr. for the Gulf States Title in the spectacular on January 30th from the Omni.

Nitro is on fire here. My wrestling knowledge after 1990 is very limited but even I can tell your roster is stacked. This allows for such great tv matches but I wonder if it is hard to put all your pieces into some kind of big pecking order?

I really enjoyed seeing Martel beat Brody in a clean match along with Bravo coming out on top of his match in Penticton. These two alone could carry a Canadian promotion!

So excited for the title shot for Polynesian Power. They have been one of my favorites since you brought them in. Also kudos to you on the job you have done with Snuka. So many people had him and never got much out of him but you have him in the main events. Too bad it is against Dibiase who is truly unstoppable right now. Love the direction you are heading with MACW.

Great events here in WCCW! Was wondering if the VonErichs over the Freebirds was for the 6 Man titles as it said NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Loved the Warrior over Schultz match. It was really well done and I could feel the excitment in the crowd! Great start here!

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA JANUARY 9, 1982 Ron Bass defeats Cyclone Negro by Submission with the Sleeper Southern States Young Guns Championship Tournament Match: Brad Armstrong defeats Brian Blair with the Russian Legsweep just prior to the 10 minute time limit. Southern States Young Guns Championship Tournament Match: Magnum T.A. beats Matt Borne with the Belly to Belly Suplex Southern States Gulf States Title Match: Dory Funk Jr. beats Bob Armstrong when he followed up a European Uppercut with the Cloverleaf for the win. It looked like we were going to have a new champ as Armstrong had Funk set up for the Georgia Jawbreaker but Funk connected with a back kick for a lowblow that dropped Armstrong to his knees. The fans wanted to the DQ but the ref never saw this dirty tactic. Tommy Rich & Mike Graham defeat the Masked Superstar & the Super Destroyer as Rich pinned the Appalachian Champion, the Masked Superstar. Rich got some revenge here for his loss two weeks ago in the Omni. The Super Destroyer had again helped the Masked Superstar to load his mask but this time Wildfire and Graham outsmarted them as they both connected with knees to the midsection. Wildfire then grabbed the two opponents and slammed their heads together. Since his mask was loaded, this completely knocked out the Superstar. Florida Street Fight: Dusty Rhodes pinned beat the Iron Sheik after he beat him with his cowboy boot and then followed it up with a few Bionic Elbows. Dusty had to work for this one as Gary Hart was able to interfere enough here that the Sheik was able to catch the Dream in the Camel Clutch. When it looked like Dusty was going to have to submit, we saw him start to show signs of life and he dragged the Sheik to the ropes for the break. Dusty now seemed to become impervious to pain as the adrenaline took over. Dusty began to get the energy from the crowd and he was juking and jiving all over the place. After the match, Dusty grabbed an American flag from a fan and waved it all over the building as the crowd chanted “USA…USA…. USA.” SOUTHERN STATES TAG TEAM MATCH: Jack & Jerry Brisco vs Butch Reed and Sweet Brown Sugar ended in a No Contest. This rare babyface vs babyface match ended in total chaos as the Triad (Ric Flair, Don Muraco and Big John Studd) with JJ Dillion hit the ring each with a pair of Brass Knucks. This was the Triads first appearance in Southern States Wrestling and did they ever leave an impression as both teams in the ring were left a bloody mess. After the beating, each member of the Triad took a turn on the house mic letting everyone know that things around here were about to change as the Triad was not in control. Southern States Championship: Mr. Wrestling II defeated Jimmy Garvin with Gary Hart with the Million Dollar Knee lift. In a wild, crazy bout that saw Hart and Garvin try every questionable tactic, the crowd left happy as Wrestling II not only hit the knee lift on Garvin but he also hit one on Gary Hart. The problem for II came as he was heading to the locker room, the Triad appeared. As it looker like he was about to end badly for the champ, the American Dream and Tommy Rich appeared to even the numbers. Instead of a wild brawl, we get a stare down of between 6 of the biggest names in all of wrestling in 1982.

TAMPA, FLORIDA 1/9/1982 Before the show starts, we see a replay of the video tape last week from Mid-Atlantic Wrestling where we see JJ Dillion promising to bring his Triad (Flair, Muraco & Studd) to Southern States Wrestling. From the beautiful Sportatorium just outside of downtown Tampa, welcome to Southern States Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie and it seems like JJ Dillion and Triad are set to cause havoc in Southern States wrestling sometime soon but we have other things to settle tonight here on SSW as we get set for our huge show tonight in the Bayfront Center in St, Petersburg. Let’s get right to the ring. MATCH YOUNG GUNS TOURNAMENT Magnum TA vs Matt Borne We get a nice 7 minute match here with a few momentum turns but in the end, TA is too much and he catches Matt Borne with the Belly to Belly Suplayyyy as Gordon Solie called it. At the interview desk, TA is congratulated but he knows there a lot of talented young guns here in Southern States Wrestling and he is just honored to be invited to participate. Solie lets us know that at tonight’s event in the Bayfront Center, there will be two more first round matches in the Young Guns Tournament. One between Brad Armstrong and Brian Blair and the other between Barry Windham and Tom Prichard. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Masked Superstar & The Super Destroyer defeat Billy Spears & Randy Barber with a nasty tag team combo as Barber as Super D hit a Superplex and Masked Superstar followed it up with a top rope elbow drop. At the interview desk, an obviously disgusted Gordon shows us a video from last week’s show as the two masked men attacked the injured hand of Tommy “Wildfire” Rich. Masked Superstar: Hahaha. This is getting fun Week after week I get to beat up on everybody’s favorite. First of all, remember how he hurt his hand. He hit me with an illegal punch. That’s right the pretty boy was breaking the rules again! Gordon Solie: Well, I think you are leaving some of the facts out. Super Destroyer: Facts… the facts are simply. The Masked Superstar here to my right is the Appalachian Champion and Tommy Rich is not. Another fact, Tommy Rich will be lucky enough to survive the Bayfront Arena tonight without another injured body part! Gordon Solie: Well, we will see. Tonight, it will be the Destroyer and the Superstar against Tommy Rich and Mike Graham and if I know one thing, it is that no matter how hurt Wildfire seems to be, you should never count him out. All of a sudden the crowd explodes as Mike Graham and Wildfire hit the ring and challenge the masked men. Superstar and Destroyer head over to the ring but never seem too eager to get in. That is fine with Wildfire and Graham who come out of the ring after them and we get a nice two or three minute brawl that has the locker room empty to restore order. Wildfire seems to show no ill effects of having to fight with that cast on his right hand. Gordon Solie: Wow… that was some Pier 6 Brawl. As I said, never count Tommy Rich out and I must say, he has found the perfect partner for tonight. MATCH Jimmy Garvin with Gary Hart defeats Gran Apollo with the Brainbuster after Hart tripped up Apollo Gordon Solie: Well Mr. Garvin. This is a huge day for you as you have a Southern States Heavyweight Title Match tonight against Mr. Wrestling II in the Bayfront Center. Gary Hart: Let me tell you what Gordon. Southern States Wrestling has finally gotten something right. My family of wrestlers is the best and we deserve respect. This is a step in the right direction. The only problem is that there is no turning back. Once we get our hands on that title, we will never let go. Jimmy Garvin: Oh Gordon... what a day this is going to be. Me and Mr. Wrestling II for the title. Gordon, do you know the difference in me and Wrestling II? Gordon Solie: Uh, indeed I do. He is the champ and you are not. Jimmy Garvin: Oh Gordon, you are so funny. The real difference is I am so pretty and he is so ugly that he has to wear a mask and after tonight he will be even uglier as I drop him on that big head of his and I will be even prettier with some gold around my waist. Gordon Solie: Ok, that will be enough of that. We will be right back. COMMERCIAL MATCH Bob Armstrong defeats Ed Wiskowski with the Georgia Jawbreaker Gordon Solie: Well Bullet, tonight it will be you and Dory Funk Jr. for the Gulf States Title. I have a short video tape interview from Mr. Funk who couldn’t be here today. Dory Funk: Well Bob Armstrong… tonight it is two of the biggest names in the business. Funk vs Armstrong. I will keep it simple here. The Funk name is number one in all of wrestling and nothing that happens tonight will change that. As I said, I will keep it simple. I am a wrestling machine and I will effortlessly switch from one hold to the next as you cry out in agony. Eventually, I will put you out of your misery and I will leave with the title! Gordon Solie: Well a very confident Dory Funk Jr. Bob Armstrong: Gordon, he has reason to be confident. He is the champ and I am the underdog. The funny thing is … I like being the underdog. He can do all the moves he wants but remember one thing Funk, all it takes is a second for me to turn one of your moves into the Georgia Jawbreaker and then I am the champ and you are in a neck brace. Thanks Gordon. Gordon Solie: Well Indeed. We have a very focused Bob Armstrong. Lets get back to the ring. MATCH Butch Reed & Sweet Brown Sugar defeat Dale Veasey & Bob Garret as Butch Reed followed up SBS’s Missile Dropkick on Veasey with a Gorialla Press Slam At the interview desk, we find out that Reed and Sugar have been granted a Tag Title shot tonight against the Brisco brothers for tonight in St. Petersburg. In a rare show of respect, the champs come out and congratulate Reed and Sugar on their recent success. Both teams seem to be excited for the match and claim that the match will be one of skill with no dirty tactics. COMMERCIAL MATCH The American Dream Dusty Rhodes defeats Cyclone Negro with the Bionic Elbow During the match, Solie hypes up the fact that it will be Rhodes vs the Iron Sheik at the Bayfront Center in a Florida Street Fight where anything goes. Gordon Solie: Watch out… It’s Gary Hart leading the Iron Sheik and Jimmy Garvin to the ring. It’s a 2-1 attack on the Dream. This beating only goes on for a few seconds when Paul Orndorff hits the ring to even this brawl out. As the 4 men are going toe to toe we hear Gordon tell us we are just about out of time. If you are anywhere near the Bayfront Center, tonight will be some night of wrestling. So long from the Sunshine State.

Really fun show and your library of pictures is awesome and enhances any show. You seem to be moving all the big stars in the right direction for your first PPV. Looking forward to the next show.

Great division of your roster here. It seems like you have the top of your roster between Orndorff, Dibiase and the Awesome Twosome in great places but their are so many people and teams chasiing them. I could see the Awesome Twosome winning the NWA title but I could also see one of your teams taking the Mid-Atlantic belts. Crippler Rip Oliver and Mulligan is one tough babyface duo that could cause havoc. Bad News is a wildcard where anything could happen and probable will. Ole & Ivan are true professionals and the sky is the limit even though they are up their in years. Keep up all the great work!

TAMPA, FLORIDA: 1/2/1982 From the beautiful Sportatorium just outside of downtown Tampa, welcome to Southern States Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie and what a show we have for you tonight. Before we get to the ring for our first match of the new year, I want to show you a video tape that was sent to us from Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling up in the Carolinas. As we go to the video tape, we see James J. Dillion with Ric Flair, Don Muraco and Big John Studd J.J. Dillion: All we hear about up here in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling is that Southern States is where its at. We hear that the Briscos are the best tag team in wrestling today. We hear that the Southern States Champion, Mr. Wrestling II can’t be stopped. We hear about Tommy “Wildfire” Rich and Dusty Rhodes. Well we are getting sick of hearing about you. Look at these three men standing next to me right now. We are the Triad and we are unstoppable. We are coming to the Southern States to prove to you once and for all that we are the best in the industry. Don Muraco: Southern States Wrestling… Who do you think you are? This tiny wrestling promotion claiming to be the best? Well have you ever seen a little boy cry. I mean just sit down and cry. That is what the SSW will be doing when the triad gets there. John Studd: Let me tell you something, When John Studd gets to town, I will have the Studd list with me and if you are on that list, it will be the end of you. I will give you a hint, there are two names at the top of that list and they are related. That’s right… Jack and Jerry Brisco… myself and the Magnificent One are coming for you and those SSW Tag belts you have. Ric Flair: Doesn’t matter where I go, everybody calls the Nature Boy, Champ. I walk down the street and I hear, “ hey there goes the champ.” I come to the arena and all the girls oh and ahh as they say, “Champ… what are you doing later? I hit the ring and when my match is over, my opponent says “so that’s why they call you the champ. When I get to SSW, everybody will be calling me champ. Right now, I have a message for Mr. Wrestling II… Shine up that SSW title cause it needs to match my gold rolex. As the video ends, we hear from Gordon Solie. Gordon Solie: Katie Bar the Door! It appears that J.J. Dillion is bringing the Triad right here to Southern States Wrestling. One thing I know for sure, is the are all double tough and the Briscos and Orndorff better have eyes in the back of their heads. Let’s get to ring. MATCH Barry Windham defeats Cyclone Negro with the Running Bulldog At the interview desk, Gordon congratulates Barry on a tough win and Barry is as humble and charismatic as could be. Gordon Solie: Well Barry, just like yourself, there have been a bunch of young guns really making a name for themselves here in Southern States. Barry Windham: That’s right Gordon. Guys like Magnum T.A., Buzz Sawyer, Brad Armstrong, and Tom Prichard are just having a blast. We give it 110% each and every time out and hopefully some day we can be looked on with the same admiration as Tommy Rich, Dusty Rhodes and Mr. Wrestling II. Gordon Solie: Lets not leave out Matt Borne, Tommy Wright, Gran Apoll[o and Brian Blair. You guys have made a great impression of the Southern States board of directors and next week, right here on TV, we are going to start a Tournament to crown the first ever Southern States Young Guns Champion. This belt will be open to any wrestler in SSW 25 years of age and younger and the finals of that tournament will be on January 31 in the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. COMMERCIAL MATCH Butch Reed & Sweet Brown defeat Ricky Harris & Ed Wiskowski as Butch Reed followed up SBS’s Missile Dropkick on Harris with a Gorialla Press Slam Gordon Solie does a nice job here hyping up the recent success of Reed and SBS as he points out their great combination of power and speed. He seems to be talking to himself as he points out that the tag team division in SSW is getting pretty crowded. Before our next match, Paul Orndorff, the SSW Heavyweight Champ and the Briscos, the SSW Tag Champs come out and respond to the video we saw earlier from JJ Dillion and the Triad. All three admit that the Triad is one tough group but that they are fighting champs and that they will not back down from any challenges. MATCH The Iron Sheik with Gary Hart defeats Tommy Wright with the Camel Clutch This segment had the fans riled up from the get go as the Sheik comes out waving his Iranian Flag and chanting Tehran, Iran at all of the fans. This heat continued to grow at the interview desk where both Hart and the Iron Sheik claimed that the only reason they were not getting an SSW title shot with Orndorff was that the biased American bureaucracy could not handle an Iranian champ. This is whenMr. Wrestling II came out to stand up to the Sheik but as he looked for support from the crowd, he was attacked by the Sheik who beat Orndorff with the flag pole. Dusty Rhodes came to his aid as Gordon Solie expressed disgust at this attack. As soon as the Sheik and Gary Hart heard the crowd cheer for the American Dream, they ran for the hills. Dusty Rhodes: ordon Solie… I am getting real tired baaaaby. Real Tired of people coming to America and taking our dooolllllar bills and then putting down this greeeat country. Iroooon Sheik… If you want summmm come get summmm baaaaby! COMMERCIAL (INCLUDES PROMOTIONS FOR THE BIG EVENT AT THE BAYFRONT CENTER ON JAN. 9th. Match Kevin Sullivan defeats Mike Jackson with a Powerslam This babyface vs babyface match is very technical as both men showoff their wrestling skills but in the end Sullivan proved to be a bit too powerful for Jackson. At the interview desk, Gordon Solie welcomes Sullivan back to Southern States Wrestling and Sullivan seems very happy to be back. Gordon Solie informs Sullivan that he is about to show a video tape that might upset him. The video shows Steve Keirn with Bill Watts from Mid-South Wrestling. Steve Keirn: I would just like to send a little warning down to my friends in Southern States Wrestling, especially Mike Graham. I have been informed that Kevin Sullivan is about to return to Southern States Wrestling and I just wanted to let you all know that this is not the same Kevin Sullivan who was in Southern States a short time ago and he is not to be trusted. Please heed my warning and I hope to see you all real soon. As the video ends, Solie asks Sullivan if he would like to respond to Keirn’s claim. Kevin Sullivan: Gaaawdon, I must say that I have no idea what Steve Keirn is taaalking about. As far as I know, Steve is my friend as is Mike Graham. Hopefully, Kerin and I will get a chance to sit down and hash all this out. As Sullivan is talking, Mike Graham comes out to a thunderous ovation and he says that while he as Steve Keirn are buddies, he is also friends with Kevin Sullivan and that won’t change as Kevin has never done anything to him. The two embrace and walk off stage like long lost brothers. MATCH Ron Bass & Brian Blair wrestle to a 10 minute draw in a match where the two shake hands when the bell sounded! COMMERCIAL As we come out of break we see a fired up Tommy Rich at the interview desk where he is wearing a cast on his right hand. Gordon Solie lets us know we will understand where that cast came from after we watch a video tape from last week’s Applachain Title Match between Wildfire and the Masked Superstar from the Omni In the video tape we see that the Masked Superstar has joined at ringside by the Super Destroyer. Wildfire is all over Superstar and it looks like we are about to have a new champ. Superstar rolls out of the ring and the ref prevents Rich from going out after him. This is when the questionable tactics of the two masked men begins as the video appears to catch the Destroyer placing some kind on metal object inside of the mask of the Superstar. As the Superstar returns to the ring, Rich clobbers him with a huge right hand but due to that metal object, it is Wildfire who is jumping around it agony. Superstar proceeds to hit headbutt after headbutt on Rich who is now busted open. In the end, Superstar is able to get the victory. Tommy Rich: Masked Superstar! Super Destroyer! It don’t make no difference to me. One on one, two on one… I am comin for you! You think one little injured hand is going to stop me… ya’ll didn’t finish the job and that was a big mistake. It don’t matter if its Miami, Atlanta, Columbus, Jacksonville… I will get me hands on you two. WHAM… From behind we see the Super Destroyer and the Masked Superstar all over Wildfire. They drag him over to the ring and start to rip the cast off where they repeatedly banging the injured hand against the metal part of the turnbuckles. Eventually we see Dusty, Ron Bass, and Barry Windham come out for the save. Gordon Solie: Sorry folks, we are out of time. See you next week here at Southern States Wrestling

Southern States Wrestling: 1982 In an effort to make this project do-able for one person, the idea has been slightly changed. Southern States Wrestling will combine Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling with the roster consisting of 30 wrestlers and up to 4 managers. The roster will change every month as wrestlers contracts expire. The length of their contract is directly related to the amount of time they worked in Georgia or Florida in 1982. I will not announce the lenght of contract for wrestlers as it would giv away too much. The roster will not include jobbers. I will use the actually jobbers from Georgia and Florida when needed. CHAMPIONS ROLL CALL: Southern State Heavyweight Champion: Mr. Wrestling II Southern State Tag Team Champions: Jack & Jerry Brisco Gulf States Title: Dory Funk Jr. Appalachian Champian: Masked Superstar Current Roster 1. Angelo Mosca 2. Barry Windham 3. Big John Studd 4. Brad Armstrong 5. Brian Blair 6. Butch Reed 7. Buzz Sawyer 8. Cyclone Negro 9. Dory Funk Jr. 10. Dusty Rhodes 11. Ed Wiskowski 12. Gran Apollo 13. Iron Sheik 14. Jack Brisco 15. Jerry Brisco 16. Jimmy Garvin 17. Kendo Nagasaki 18. Kevin Sullivan 19. Magnum TA 20. Masked Superstar 21. Matt Borne 22. Mike Graham 23. Mr. Wrestling II 24. Paul Orndorff 25. Ric Flair 26. Ron Bass 27. Super Destroyer 28. Sweet Brown Sugar 29. Tom Prichard 30. Tommy Rich MANAGERS 1. Gary Hart 2. JJ Dillion

Great show as always. I would have really enjoyed Bad News vs the Flame. These are two big guys with LeRoy doing some pounding and the Flame being a nice all-around wrestler. Seeing Ido vs a Fuller even in a tag match is always great booking. Between Orndorff, Dibiase and the Awesome Twosome, MACW is on fire. Singh is a great wrestler to help the status of Mr. Wonderful grow.

Great card as always. Amazed at how far the NWA has taken Arthur Crews. He could be the dark horse in all of this.

Southern States Wrestling During his career, Gordon Solie worked for Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Continental Championship Wrestling and a few other companies. The idea here is to run a 3 territory project focusing on Alabama, Georgia and Florida. The project will start with a draft with wrestlers being given contracts of various lengths depending on the amount of time they spent in any of those three territories in 1982. This will keep it somewhat historically correct and once you see the list of wrestlers, you will see that most are familiar to all 3 fan bases which makes the draft fun. The reason for 1982 is not to interfere in the other project that is currently nearing 1987. With the wrestlers being signed to contracts of various lenghts (1 year, 6 months, 3 months and one month), it will allow rosters to continuously change which is part of the fun of this hobby and is also somewhat realistic. If you are interested in running one of the territories or just taking part in the draft, please PM me and I can answer any questions you have.

The shaky footage idea from the parking lot was perfectly worded. Very interested to see who comes out on top if the Assassins vs Polynesian Power feud here. Before you built up Polynesian Power the way you did, I would have said the Assassins in a heartbeat but now I am unsure. Great idea to have HTM and Idol going at it. Two great guys on the mic and this could get real heated. On the opposite side of the great talkers we have Link going after Lewin. This is another perfect matchup of two strong wildman where anything could happen. While I am not sure if there is any stopping Dibiase and the Awesome Twosome, Snuka seems like a good guy to try it.

Great main event but what put this show over for me was the Sports Shop. Rock Riddle is the perfect used cars salesman that would get some serious heat in WWC except I am unsure of his Spanish. I have seen a few videos of him and not sure why he never went really big time.

Thank you for that. Others on this list may have passed away also. In order to use this list, we must confirm that they are still alive and can only be used as anouncers, managers, behind the scenes talent and sometimes for a short in ring angle. I will take Bubba Douglas off the list.

Your use of your roster is teaching me so much about who to keep a feud going. One night we have a tag match then the next a 6 man tag match and then a singles match but not always between the main guys. It is very realistic as many of the promotions before WWF vs WCW could not afford the rosters that we have right now in our game. Also your description of Colon here has me going back to watch some of his matches. From the cartwheels to the splits, I am very interested

I agree with patience and I am sorry if I was thinking too quickly here. As far as Kerry VonErich is concernned, we do have the page already set up where we can all book him for whatever dates we want so even if we don't officially trade him we can have all use him. Same could go for the Road Warriors and Freebirds