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Really enjoyed catching up on Bluegrass Championship Wrestling. Your promotion is perfect for the territory. Lock and Humperdink are great as the scary heel combo. Falk and his students are also a great angle here. It really makes people think they can make it in the wrestling world. Michaels and The Zebra Kid gives Hickerson a chance to show his authority... throw in Richard Lee as lawyer/manager and the heat is on. Speaking of heat... Pretty in Pink in Kentucky... not a fan would dare cheer. Love it! Also Ronnie's "one sided affair" with Tasha is great. I do bet she increases viewership

Midsouth Coliseum Card: January 27, 1990 “The Fab One” Steve Keirn defeats Rip Rogers with a diving seton. The Undertaker with Paul Bearer defeats Cousin Junior with the top rope elbow smash, Tombstone Combo. The bout started with some good ol fashion country dancing as Cousin Junior made his way to the ring but the fans quickly became silent as the Dead Man came walking to the ring. Even more scary than the Undertaker was the Soul Taker who seemed to perform some ritual on Cousin Junior after he was left for dead by the Undertaker. Fathers were seen covering the eyes of the children in the arena. Memphis Street Fight: Brad Armstrong & Bill Dundee vs Dirty Dutch Mantel & The Dirty White Boy ended in a Double Countout. The rules allowed Mantel to bring his bull whip to the ring but this plan backfired as he was the one being snapped out by Superstar Bill Dundee. Mantel decided to hightail it towards the locker room but Superstar followed him behind the curtain. Armstrong and the DWB were not to be outdone as the brawled all over the arena. Dustin Rhodes vs Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt ended in a 20-minute draw. Jimmy Hart and Missy Hyatt were somewhat neutralized by Miss. Tennessee who came rushing to ringside after Missy interfered early in the match. It seems Miss. Tennessee has made it her mission to stop Missy from getting involved in Gilbert’s matches. Eddie was all fired up to start the match as he was still fuming at Dustin kissing Missy last week but Dustin didn’t seem to mind as a brawl was just what he seemed in the mood for. Dustin has definitely not shied away from any situation since coming to the CWA as he has already gotten on the bad side of both the First Family as well as Tojo and his group. The UWF Tag Team Champs, Honkey Tonk Man & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine with Jimmy Hart defeated the Freebirds in a non-title match with help from the Studd Stable (Robert Fuller & Sid Eudy). The Studd Stable seemed to just be observing their competition as these two teams are most likely the top two challengers to their Southern Tag Titles. As Fuller distracted ref, Jerry Calhoun, Sid Eudy came in and powerbombed Jimmy Garvin. Southern Title Match: Jeff Jarrett © defeated Tarzan Goto with Tojo Yamamota by DQ as he had Goto locked in the Figure Four Leglock when Kendo Nagasaki came rushing out from the back and sprayed some mystical green mist into the eyes of the champ. This quickly became obvious that Kabuki was the new addition that Tojo has been talking about. What also became obvious was that Dustin Rhodes was not done with his feud with the Japanese as he rushed out and attacked the trio by himself. This went well but only for a short period of time and in the end, it was Jarrett and Rhodes left laying in the middle of the ring as the Japanese dodged debris during their celebration to the locker room. USWA World Title Match: “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig © vs “The King” Jerry Lawler: Lawler must pay Hennig $500 for every punch he throws. A week ago, nobody was even sure this match was going to take place as Randy Savage seemed to hit Jerry Lawler with a car injuring his right shoulder. Lawler vowed to be here for the match and he is but his shoulder is heavily wrapped. Jerry Jarrett has vowed to protect the legitimacy of this match but some think that this is too little, too late as Hennig clearly has the advantage over the injured King. As the match progresses, it is obvious that Lawler is not 100%. After nearly 15 minutes, Lawler has not thrown 1 punch. Maybe he is not able to or maybe he even believes he can’t win the match and doesn’t want to hand any of his money over to the champion. None of this has stopped Hennig from breaking a bunch of rules for his advantage. He may be right that the King throws a few punches but lets not for a minute think that Hennig is not above a dirty break here or a grab of the tights there to save his belt. We have had a few momentum changes through the first 25 minutes but Hennig, who seems to have a deeper arsenal has managed to carry more of the action. Lawler has started to take some big blows and is struggling to get to his feet. As his confidence grew, Hennig starts to belittle Lawler… making mocking signs about his crown and then even pulling down his own strap and pretending to shadow box an opponent. According to Lance Russell, this was all an attempt to anger Lawler into throwing a few weakened punches by Lawler so Lawler would have to fork over some cash. Hennig turns to the crows and starts to mock them… pointing at their “hero” while signaling that his waist is the one that holds the belt. Lawler, from his knees, shoves Hennig, who simply laughs and then comes down to a big boot to the head of Lawler. We get about three more failed attempts by Lawler going after Hennig with the champ delivering a big blow each time to keep all the momentum from Lawler and the energy from the fans. Finally, Lawler just says its now or never and starts to just absorb the blows from Curt while continuing to rise up. Each blow from Hennig has less and less effect on Lawler. Finally, he just completely no sells a huge punch by Hennig and Lawler shoves the champ into the corner and he rushes in and leaps on the second rope straddling Hennig. Lawler pulls the strap down, kind of stretches out that right shoulder and then just starts wailing on the champ. The crowd starts to count the blows and when we get to a dozen, Lawler jumps down from the middle rope and the champ just face plants in the corner. Lawler, quickly back up on the second rope… WHAM… Fist drop on Hennig Lawler drags the champ up by his hair… WHAM… Piledriver on Hennig Lawler covers the champ as Jerry Calhoun rushes into position 1…2… Suddenly, from behind, a man in a ski mask pulls Jerry Calhoun from the ring by his legs. Nobody knows exactly what is happening for a second until the man pulls the mask off at its Randy Savage. Lawler and Savage are equally enraged and go after each other. This epic brawl is short lived as security storm the ring after about 3 minutes during which Hennig simply took his belt and left. In the end, we see Lawler getting medical attention which he waves off. Savage leaving the ring in handcuffs and Hennig probably hailing a cab to the airport with his title still around his waist. The chaos at the end, almost made the fans forget about Lawler not winning the title… Almost!

What happened last week to end the show? As the show came to an end last week, we saw Eddie Marlin rush onto the set in urgent need of a doctor. When asked what happened, all he could say before the screen faded to black was Lawler… Randy Savage uh… So it turns out that as Jerry Lawler was leaving the TV studio, Randy Savage hit him with his car and then got out of the car and was all over Jerry Lawler. It was at this time that Jeff Jarrett, Dustin Rhodes and the Freebirds were leaving and then rushed over to aid Lawler. Savage got back in his car and drove off. An ambulance was called for Lawler who was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. While the situation was frightening when it happened, it seems that Lawler suffered only minor injuries with the most significant being a separated right shoulder. At Lawler’s request, no incident was filed with the Memphis police as he says that he will deal with the Randy Savage situation himself. As for the USWA World Title Match between Lawler and “Mr. Perfect” Curt Henning which is only a little more than a week away, Lawler vows to be ready but many say that the injured right shoulder may hamper his ability to throw those big right hands. This may help his wallet as he will be fined $500 per punch thrown but also will hurt his chances to become the world champ. Lance Russell visited Jerry Lawler at his home this week where Lawler was recuperating with his arm in a sling. Lance Russell: First of all Jerry, what happened last Saturday afternoon? Jerry Lawler: That’s simple. The one they call the Macho Man wasn’t so macho. He needed a car to do what he couldn’t do. He came up from behind and ran me over. Lucky for me, I just rolled over the hood and landed on my right shoulder. But listen up Macho… you better have eyes in the back of your head because Memphis is my town and I got a lot of friends. Revenge is coming but you just won’t know when. Lance Russell: So King, everyone wants to know what’s going to happen to your USWA World Title shot next Monday on January 27 at the Midsouth Coliseum? Jerry Lawler: Lance, that depends on who you ask. If you ask the doctors, I won’t be able to wrestle next Monday night. If you ask Curt Hennig, this shoulder injury is just an excuse because I know I can’t beat him…. But you’re the first person to ask me that question and the answer is very simple. I will be at the Midsouth Coliseum, and I will wrestle Curt Hennig for the title and I will leave as the champion. Lance Russell: And what about the stipulation that you will have to pay Hennig $500 for every punch you throw. Will you still be able to punch like you do? Jerry Lawler: We’ll let Hennig’s jaw answer that question next Monday. I bet he might be slurring his words. Interesting thing was that when the show came back live, the USWA champion, Curt Hennig was in studio with Lance and Dave Brown. Curt Hennig: Let’s do a little trip down memory lane. The first time, Jerry Lawler failed to defeat me, he blamed a coin. The next time he failed to defeat me, it was Randy Savage’s fault and now, he claims that the Macho Man hit him with a car. Lance Russell: C’mon on now Curt. There were witnesses. Curt Hennig: Oh yea, I forgot. The witnesses were all his buddies here in Memphis. It was Dustin Rhodes… the Freebirds… and the owner of the company’s son, Jeff Jarrett. Like their not in cahoots with the so-called King. Where was Jimmy Hart? Where was Eddie Gilbert? Where were any of the people not in Lawler’s pockets looking for a hand out…. That’s right Lance, they weren’t there because it DIDN’T HAPPEN. Now the King put his arm in a sling because he wants a reason why he will fail again this Monday night. He wants a reason why I don’t fall down when he throws those punches. Remember this Lawler… it is better to lose for free then to lose and pay me thousands of dollars because your punches didn’t get the job done! Southern Title Situation It will be Tarzan Goto with Tojo Yamamota getting the title shot this week against Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett had a pretty tough match this week against “The Crippler” Rip Oliver which Tojo and Tarzan came out to “scout.” As Jeff Jarrett locked in the Figure Four, Tarzan started to head for the ring but Dustin Rhodes made the save. Tojo was furious and vowed revenge on Rhodes and that Jarrett will soon see that he is no match for the Japanese monster…. TARZAN GOTO. Southern Tag Team Situation While the Studd Stable (Robert Fuller & Sid Eudy) are not in action at the Midsouth Coliseum this week, the tag team division is getting deeper and deeper. Many believe that the winner between the Freebirds and UWF Tag Team Champions, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Honky Tonk Man, will earn a Southern Tag Title match in the near future. This week saw the Freebirds with Dustin Rhodes take on The First Family (Valentine, HTM, and Eddie Gilbert). This match saw a crazy ending as Missy Hyatt tried to spray perfume in the eyes of Michael Hayes but Dustin Rhodes grabbed her hand, tossed the perfume away and then planted a big kiss onto Missy Hyatt. This sent Eddie Gilbert into a rage where he grabbed a chair and swung it at Dustin’s head. Luckily he missed Dustin but it his wild anger, he nailed the referee causing the immediate DQ. Brad Armstrong-Dirty Dutch Mantel/Dirty White Boy Situation Last week, after being attacked by Dutch and the DWB two weeks ago, Brad challenged Dutch and the DWB to a tag match at the Midsouth Coliseum against himself and a mystery partner. This week, Dutch and the DWB destroyed two jobbers in a tag match and then went to the podium wondering who Brad’s tag team partner would be as they were sure that no one would be on his side in a fight against the two toughest men in the CWA! Dutch Mantell: Hey Brad. What is this… wrestling trivia? Are we just supposed to guess your partner? I know you like to go to the gym but are the 45 pound plates falling on your head? Are you just so dumb you forget his name? DWB: I think your mama build you a swing facing the house when you were little Armstrong and your brain kept slamming into the kitchen window because your brain stopped working. Lance told them that that would be enough as they were told that Brad’s partner was going to be a mystery. Both Dutch and the DWB were adamant that they wanted to know who. This is when Brad comes out? Brad Armstrong: I think you two blokes have been out in the bush two long. I can guarantee you to that I got a partner and when you see who it is, you two sheilas will be strewthed with fear. Dutch Mantell: Now I know you cracked your head once two many time. I don’t have a clue of what your even talking about. Brad Armstrong: Oh, I’m sorry. I guess I’ve been hanging around my partner to much this week, I picked up some of his slang terms. DWB: This has gone on far too long… I think you been talking to your imaginary friend just like when you were a kid and its time we beat the stupid out of you. Dutch and the DWB close in on Brad just as the crowd cheers wildly…. Lance Russell: Oh by golly, look at this… from behind its Superstar Bill Dundee Dundee with a 2x4 comes out and cracks both Dutch and the DWB in the back with the 2x4 as the two dirties run off. A big promo from Brad and the Superstar hypes of the fans for the big event in the Midsouth Coliseum and later Dutch and the DWB return and do the same as they are sure not going to be intimidated by the Shrimp on the Barbie! Others with wins on this week’s tv show. Too Cold (Too Cold Scorpio & Iceman Parsons) The Undertaker Cousin Junior The Fab One Steve Keirn Midsouth Coliseum Card: January 27, 1990 USWA World Title Match: “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig © vs “The King” Jerry Lawler Southern Title Match: Jeff Jarrett © vs Tarzan Goto with Tojo Yamamota Memphis Street Fight: Brad Armstrong & Bill Dundee vs Dirty Dutch Mantel & The Dirty White Boy Freebirds vs Greg Valentine & Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart Dustin Rhodes vs Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart The Undertaker with Paul Bearer vs Cousin Junior Steve Keirn vs Rip Rogers

WOW.... such great work here. I loved how the videos you found support the show and results. Most of us just find a picture and add it but you had the video of Vader's arm injury. You have also mastered the match description from beginning to end. I struggle to do more then the entrance and the finish but you give such detail to all your matches. UWF is on a roll heading into the 90's.

Awesome job getting all your new talent sorted out. I really liked the Piper interview. He could really throw a wrench into so much of what is going on in PCW. Also, thought the first match of Coast to Coast was great. They are another one of those newcomers that is going to cause chaos. Great start to the 90's.

I really enjoyed all the little pieces that you added to the show like the Perez brothers on the beach, Patera in the gym, and the Destruction Crew coming out of the wrecked building. I think Patera is a nice choice to be next for Hogan... his power would make the match very believable. The AWA seems ready for the 90's.

What a night for Warrior. First, a loss which I thought might be devastating to his WWF status but then the big win over Vader. Speaking of Vader... very interested to see what he does here. Great ending to the Rude-Andre match. Is this all for Andre? Looking forward to this.

Really enjoyed the segment on joining the USWA and the changes that were made. Lock is one scary lady! PIP and Precious could take over BCW. Great show!

Nice summaries this week. Enjoy the focus on the big boys and the push to get over. Luger seems to have no shortage of challengers.

SuperClash was awesome!! I really enjoyed the creativity of the opening match with those eliminated must leave the AWA. Really helps you move on in an exciting way. The 2-1 of Patera and Rheingans would be too much for almost anyone including DiSalvo I like the choice of Jumbo over Big Jim... Jumbo is a legend. Hansen/Orndorff- Instant classic. Liked Taylor vs Muracco. I think both of these guys are underrated. Also like Muracco as the babyface. Not sure I ever saw this side of him but he was so good on the mic and with a huge smile, I think he would be great at anything he did. I think the Fantastics-RnR Express was the match of the night and you could have gone either way with it. Looking forward to what's next for the Express. Great write up of the main event. Like Mr. T getting involved again. Can't believe we are heading into another year. AWA is on fire as always. Great little updates on who is leaving and who is coming to the AWA in 1990. Your roster seems to have a great balance of vets and rookies. Going to be a fun year!

Loved all the effort you put into SNME. The promos were spot on. Awesome job! Really excited for KOR. I always thought that it was a great event. Heenan has a great Family but also has some serious people coming after him. This is going to be awesome. Bossman-Nailz is great booking. Looking forward to this one. Also think Manny and Duggan are great for each other... two bulls beating the crap out of each other seems like a great watch to me. Very realistic Prime Time with each segment hyping up a future show. Between the Royal Rumble and Boston Show, the WWF is rolling. This switch of territories really seems to have re-energized you. Awesome job!!!!

January 11, 1990 Curt Hennig-Jerry Lawler These two superstars have had two epic matches in recent months. The first ended in a 60-minute draw but Hennig was awarded the USWA title by way of the “Coin Flip Heard Around the USWA.” Next, Lawler seemed to be on the verge of winning the title until Randy “Macho Man” Savage came off the top rope with the flying elbow to the back of the head of Lawler resulting in the DQ win for the King, but the title stayed with Hennig. Next, we see a video clip from their most recent match that shows Hennig and Lawler starting off with some great chain wrestling with quick technical moves like armbars, head scissors, hip tosses all with quick reversals into another move, often with the champ ending the series in control. As we move farther onto the highlights, we see Lawler and Hennig into a bit of a brawl and then we see the Lawler piledriver and the Macho Man elbow. This week during the segment, “Spanning the USWA,” the Memphis fans are shown an interview in the bowels of the Cajundome where Lance Russell is talking to a worn-out Curt Henning. First Hennig vehemently denies any collusion between Savage and himself and has no idea why Savage attacked Lawler. Next, when Russell asks what it’s like wrestling Jerry Lawler, Hennig takes a deep breath before answering. Curt Hennig: To tell you the truth, it takes a while to unwind… the pain from the pounding I just took still hasn’t completely set in as the adrenaline is still running through my body. So I bet I’ll have some trouble falling asleep tonight… but in all honesty… the hell will set in tomorrow as I try to get out of bed. I will ache in every part of my head but let me change the subject for just a minute. It is about an hour since my match ended tonight and the word has already begun to trickle down to me from my “friends” in the business… that Jerry Jarrett and Bill Watts … because of how tonight’s match ended, are discussing a rematch between Jerry Lawler and myself. A rematch because of what Randy Savage did… which again, I had nothing to do with… a rematch because we want to treat all these humanoids to the two best wrestlers in the USWA… a rematch because both Jarrett and Watts know I am their cash cow and they want to use me to make every last dollar for their pockets. Well, let me tell you this… it is a rematch that I completely disagree with. You see, tomorrow morning, I will probably be eating soup for breakfast. I will be taking my meals through a straw for the next few weeks and you want to known why?.... Well, I’ll tell you why. That man that you stupid fans want so badly to be your champion… Jerry Lawler… is not a wrestler… Watch the video tape… I dominated in the sport of wrestling. I had him locked every which way. He could barely breath… that is until Lawler changed the sport. He decided to change the marquee on the sign outside of the arena from Wrestling to Bar Room Brawling.” Go ahead, count the amount of punches he threw. I will guarantee there was more than a fifty. He is not a wrestler… he doesn’t know the first thing about the sport of Kings yet he calls himself a king! Nonsense. Listen closely Jerry Jarrett. Listen closely Bill Watts and most Important Jerry Lawler, if I am forced to wrestle you again, it will be under my terms or I walk away from the USWA and I take your precious title with me. When we are back live in Memphis, Jerry Lawler is with Lance Russell and Russell is holding a piece of paper with him. Russell explains that this is the official contract sent to the CWA for Jerry Lawler to sign for a rematch between The King and Curt Henning for the Midsouth Coliseum for January 27th. At first Lawler is excited to sign but Lance tells him to hold on a minute and goes on to explain that there is a stipulation in the contract that says that every punch Jerry Lawler throws in the match, it will cost him $500 and that $500 will go directly into the bank account of Curt Henning. Jerry Lawler: (with a smirk on his face) Its true Lance that $500 for every punch I throw is a lot of money. I bet that if I had to pay $500 for every punch I threw in the last fight that I would be completely broke by now. But what choice do I have. This is the only way to get a rematch this quickly so of course I’m going to sign the contract. Hennig sits down there in Louisiana and likes to talk about what a great wrestler he is and that all I can do is throw punches. Well listen up Hennig. If you’re such a great wrestler and know all these moves and had me all tied up in knots, then why haven’t you been able to be beat me yet? In fact, it was my piledriver… a legal wrestling move, that had me about to beat you until Randy Savage got involved…. But I will agree with something you said Henning. I do like to throw punches. In fact, I think I have a pretty good punch. So, let’s do the math. If I throw 20 punches, it will cost me $10,000. If I throw 50 punches, it will cost me $25,000. Both are large amounts of money… but nowhere near the amount of money I will earn as the new USWA World Heavyweight Champion. Oh, and let’s not forget that by Hennig putting this stipulation in the contract, he has just made punching legal in this rematch… BIG MISTAKE CURT. BIG MISTAKE. I’m about to legally knock you out… give you a little money which won’t cover your hospital bills and then become a very wealthy world champion. Jimmy Golden Issue Jimmy Golden was at the podium with the other Studd Stable members (Robert Fuller & Sid Eudy) He was gloating about how easy it was to trick the Freebirds into believing that he was on their side and how good it was to once again be a member of the Studd Stable and to, under the Freebird Rule, to be one of the Southern Tag Team Champions. This brought out Eddie Marlin, who was very displeased that Jimmy Golden would abuse his power as a special guest referee and get involved in the title match between the Studd Stable and the Freebirds. He also informed Golden that, since he was not an official member of the Studd Stable when they won the Southern Tag Team Title, the Freebird Rule doesn’t apply, and he is not a current Southern Tag Team Champion. Golden argued but to no avail. Fuller didn’t seem to care too much as it seemed he was happier that he and Eudy would be the only champions and offered Golden to be a manager if he got his managerial license. This really set Golden off as he once again blamed Fuller for abandoning him in the Carolinas and then he started to mouth off to Sid Eudy but as the monster started to step towards him, Golden backed off… in fact… he stormed off. Lance Russell and Dave Brown ended the promo wondering if this was the last we would see Golden as he seemed to be all alone. Brad Armstrong-Dirty Dutch Mantel/Dirty White Boy Situation Brad Armstrong has been the poster boy for fighting illegal objects the CWA recently. First, he defeated the Dirty White Boy and his illegal forearm brace and then more recently, he has been dealing with Dirty Dutch and Shoo Baby. We see a video from last week where Dirty Dutch and the Dirty White Boy dressed up as the Grapplers in a match where Armstrong thought he was wrestling the Grappler. DWB and Dutch proceeded to get revenge on Dutch in a vicious 2-1 attack. This week, Dutch and the Dirty White Boy were gloating about how the beat the Do-Gooder to a pulp last week and how he got exactly what he deserved. This is when Brad came out and challenged the two to a tag team match in the Midsouth Coliseum with a mystery partner. Dutch and the Dirty White Boy had a good laugh at this as they were pretty sure the only person good enough to help an Armstrong must not be much of a wrestler. They accepted but then as Brad seemed rather confident, Dutch and the DWB wanted a hint but Brad just walked off. New Tag Team Debuts The fans were thoroughly entertained by the new CWA tag team of Cold as Ice. This paring of Iceman King Parsons and Too Cold Scorpio had the fans out of their seats with the “We Are Family” entrance and then their high fling moves as they defeated The Harris Brothers. Speaking of New Additions to the CWA While we did not see their new additions this week, Tojo Yamamota and Paul Bearer both promised that new wrestlers would soon be joining their stable. Tojo promised that along with Tarzan Goto, his new addition would make the son of the American Dream would be paying homage to the Land of the Rising Sun. Paul Bearer told people that they should make very smart decisions in their lives which may include getting out of the wrestling business as his Undertaker and Soul Taker are sure to control their After Life. Lance Russell and Dave Brown again seemed very nervous just being around The Undertaker and Paul Bearer. Other Matches Signed For the Midsouth Coliseum Southern Title Match: Jeff Jarrett vs Tarzan Goto Freebirds vs Greg Valentine & Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart Dustin Rhodes vs Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart As the show is going off the air Eddie Marlin rushes out and asks is there a doctor in the house…Quickly we need a doctor… When Lance asks what’s going on, Eddie simple responds Jerry Lawler… Rand Savage uh… And the screen fades to black.

UWF switches Moondogs to Rex and Spot and releases Spot and Moretti

Memphis adds Rip Oliver and Spike Huber

January 4, 1990 The traditional CWA opening is played with some music being played as we see all the big stars of Memphis past hitting big moves. Before we get to Lance Russell and Dave Brown, we see a video with Randy “Macho Man” Savage standing atop the top rope where he leaps and lands on Jerry “The King” Lawler who had “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig covered as the ref was making his count. Lance Russell: Yellow again everybody. Lance Russell and Dave Brown here for Championship Wrestling, a member if the USWA, the finest name in all of professional wrestling. By golly we’ve got a whole heck of a lot of things to get to today including what we just saw on that video. I mean can you believe it… The Macho Man, one of the greatest wrestlers in the world arrived here in the USWA and attacked Jerry “The King” Lawler. To be honest with you Dave, I’ve got no idea what that was all about. Dave Brown: Me neither Lance, but before we get into that and everything else that happened at Last Stand, I’ve been asked to make a special announcement on behalf of Eddie Marlin…. Bluegrass Championship Wrestling has been admitted into the USWA. This now makes the USWA an alliance between Bluegrass Championship Wrestling, the CWA and UWF. Lance Russell: Wow Dave that is big news, but I guess when you’re seen as the greatest wrestling organization in the world, territories just want to be a part of it. So welcome Bluegrass Championship Wrestling. Dave Brown: That’s right Lance and what a time to join the USWA… I mean USWA Wrestling is on fire after Last Stand. What an event. All the great stars of the UWF were introduced to the Memphis fans in a big way. I mean the Steiner Brothers, “The World’s Strongest Man” Bill Kazmaier, Jimmy Jack Funk, the cousin of Terry and Dory Funk, Dick Slater, the Angel of Death, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Ron Simmons and then we had “The Texas Tornado” Kerry Von Erich beat “The Nature Boy” Buddy Landel for the UWF title! That is one stacked roster. Lance Russell: True that Dave but I think our CWA wrestlers held up their end of the bargain and as usual, left us with some questions that need to be answered. As we already saw, Randy Savage arrived out of nowhere and cost the King the USWA World Title. I mean I hope 1990 is a better year for Jerry Lawler... I mean just in the last month, we see a brutal attack on Lawler by Jimmy Hart and the First Family and then he losses the World Title on a coin flip and now… Randy Savage, a man that has never stepped foot in Memphis, (at least not in Dawn of War) attacks him just as he was on the verge of becoming the World Champion. Dave Brown: Amen to the idea of a better year for the King but that’s not all we’ve got to figure out here after Last Stand. I mean is Jimmy Golden back with the Studd Stable… was this all a trick to defeat the Freebirds? And what about Dirty Dutch Mantel who defeated Brad Armstrong to become the new Tri-State Champion? Did you see that object he pulled out of his trunks and how he tossed it into the stands before Nick Patrick saw it? Lance Russell: I don’t want to say I told you so, but did you expect anything different from Dutch Mantell. And then we had to say goodbye to a great American… Sgt Slaughter, who really came here to protect me from Tojo and his monster, Tarzan Goto. Thanks Sarge and I wish you the best wherever you go. Dave Brown: Agreed… Well let’s get to today’s great show. We have 5 matches for our fans here in the first show of a new decade. First, it’ll be a new tag team to the area, Devil’s Duo facing off against the Batten Twins. Then the Undertaker faces the Italian Stallion. Next, fans be ready to be up and out of your seat as the hoedown will begin as Cousin Junior makes his arrival in the CWA and he squares off against “The Professor” Bill Ash . Dustin Rhodes will face the Assassin and in the main event, it’ll be Brad Armstrong facing off against the Grappler. It looks like the Batten Twins are in the ring waiting the arrival of Devil’s Duo so let’s get to the ring…. MATCH #1 Devil’s Duo vs The Batten Twins Suddenly, the camera quickly comes back to Lance Russell as we see Randy Savage storming the podium area…. Randy Savage: Hey, do you who you’re talking to? Do you know who I am? I’m the “Macho Man” Randy Savage. 7 long years… 7 longs years…. Get him out here right now. Get him out here right now! Get him out here right NOW! Lance Russell: Mr. Savage… First, I don’t know why you’re here. You don’t work for the CWA and also, you seem to be rambling. I am unsure what you want. Randy Savage: Don’t you tell me nothing Lance Russell… Nothing… 7 years, 7 long years my father Angelo Poffo tried to get his Kentucky Rastling Territory to join with the CWA…. 7 years. Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett refused to even meet my father. Get him out here now. Get Jerry Lawler out here now… Suddenly Eddie Marlin in on the scene and tells Randy Savage that he has no right to be here, and that Jerry Lawler has been instructed to not come to the podium. Marlin goes on to tell Savage to leave or security will be called to escort him out. Randy Savage: You instructed Lawler to remain in the back because you are afraid of what the Macho Man will do to him but if I need to rip you to pieces as a representative of the CWA that’s fine. How dare you people disrespect my father like you did. (Savage spits a huge spit towards Marlin and screams that he spits on Lawler… He spits on Jarrett… He spits on the CWA… He spits on Bluegrass Championship Wrestling) Lance Russell: Randy… this seems a little ridiculous. You’re upset about something that happened 5 years ago? Randy Savage: Don’t tell me nothing man… nothing! I’m here because you let Bluegrass Championship Wrestling into the USWA after one meeting when my father asked you people for 7 years… 7 long years! How dare you disrespect him, me and everything my family stands for. Because of people like Jerry Lawler, Jerry Jarrett and you Eddie Marlin… I’m here to wreck havoc on the CWA. You saw what I’m capable the other day in the Cajundome and I won’t stop before I put an end to Lawler, Jarrett and the CWA!!! Savage storms to the ring where the Batten brothers are still waiting for their match. Savage hits the ring and is running around like a lunatic. WHAM… DDT on Brad. WHAM… Irish Whip… diving elbow… piledriver on Bart. Off the top rope… elbow drop on Brad. Off the top rope … elbow drop on Bart. Suddenly we get about 6 security guards… All 6 are down within seconds. Now we are at 12 security guards and finally they have Savage under their control and take him, kicking and screaming from the studio as Lance takes us to commercial break. COMMERCIAL BREAL When we come out of break, Lance tries to restore order, but the studio is still buzzing about Savage. Eddie Marlin is still with Lance where he tells us the next big event at the Mid-South Coliseum will be on January 27. He also announces that on March 24, also at the Mid-South Coliseum, there will be a one-night tag team tournament with teams from the CWA, UWF and Bluegrass Championship Wrestling and the winner of this tournament will be crowned the first USWA Tag Team Champions. Lance tries to hype up these huge cards coming to Memphis but you can tell all anyone cares about is Randy Savage. Next, Jerry Lawler appears, and the fans are eager to hear what he has to say. Jerry Lawler: First of all, I want to clarify that Eddie Marlin demanded that I stay in the back during all that Savage crap we just saw. He said that if anything happened to Savage, there was a good chance that both the CWA and I would be sued by that lunatic as he is not a CWA wrestler… and trust me… the anger that has been inside of me since Last Stand and the fact that Savage cost me the World Title… he would have been hurt! Now Savage was running around here talking about who we cheated his father out a chance to be with the CWA…. We didn’t cheat that criminal Angelo Poffo out of nothing. He ran a two-bit organization that was trying to steal our fans in Kentucky and when he failed he wanted us to bail him out. Not Going To Happen Buddy! Now as far as Bluegrass Championship Wrestling and Bret Prentice… they did things the right way. They came to us. They told us what they could do for us and how we could help them. They did everything with class, and I look forward to working with them for a long time. Remember the key word … class… and as far as what you just saw… Savage… his father… their time in Kentucky… ALL CLASSLESS! And as for the classless…. They can go out with the garbage… and the garbage is just where I plan on putting Randy Savage when Eddie Marlin gives me the go-ahead! Lance Russell: Thanks for clearing that all up King. And I’m sure I speak for all the fans here in Memphis, we never thought for a minute you were afraid of Savage. Folks, as a result of the attack you just saw on the Batten brothers, they are in no shape to wrestle tonight so were are just going to get to our second match. MATCH #2 The Undertaker with Paul Bearer vs The Italian Stallion While the Italian Stallion has always been a decent mid-card guy, there was nothing he could do to slow down the Undertaker. It is his combination of power, agility and size that seem to make him unstoppable. In the end, we see the tombstone piledriver and the Italian Stallion lays motionless as the ref completes the three-count. Another eerie post-match interview has Paul Bear in his high pitched, slow speaking voice wondering who will be the next wrestler to meet their maker… um, I mean the Undertaker. As Paul Bearer and the Undertaker leave, Lance Russell stutters his way though introducing his next guest… the new Tri-State Champion, Dirty Dutch Mantel Lance Russell: Dutch, you never seem to amaze me. Dutch Mantell: Well I am pretty amazing and thank you for your congratulations on me winning this Tri-State Title. Lance Russell: That’s not what I meant. I amazed that you find a new way to cheat your way to victory each time. Dutch Mantel: I have no idea what your talking about but I would expect nothing less of you Lance. I defeat Brad Armstrong just like a said I would. I win this title just like I said you would and then you accuse me of cheating just like I knew you would. Lance Russell: Accuse you… It’s a fact! Take a look at the video. VTR: . Dutch whipped Brad Armstrong right into the ref and down went the ref. As Brad went to check on him, it appeared that Dutch pulled something out of his trunks and put it in his right hand… WHAM…. Dutch with the loaded fist knocks Brad down and he is basically out…. The ref starts to struggle to his feet. Dutch tossed the object into the crowd. WHAM… Dutch with a powerslam. The ref thinks nothing else has happened as the two appear to be wrestling. WHAM…. Running elbow drop on Armstrong. The cover…. 1…2…3! When the video ends, we see that Lance has brought out a small boy of about 9 years old who is holding a metal object which he claims was thrown by Dutch Mantell at Last Stand the other day. The object is solid iron and Lance Russell says that somebody could knock out a bull with this thing. Dutch really turns up the heat on the boy and wonders how someone so young could be so good at lying. He blames it all on bad parenting and actually puts a finger in the boy’s chest and tells him that he should take him out to the old woodshed and paddle his behind. The boy starts to cry and Dutch lets him know that tears don’t work on him and if he better tell the truth if he knows what’s good for him. WHAM… from behind Brad Armstrong is all over Dutch. The boy, still crying runs for cover as Brad gives Dutch another few blows before the Dirty Dutchmen runs off too. Lance and Brad are shaking their heads as Brad promises a different outcome when he gets his rematch against Dutch! Lance also takes the time to wish him luck against The Dirty White Boy later tonight. COMMERCIAL BREAL As we come out of break, we see a video of guest referee Jimmy Golden turning on the Freebirds and helping the Studd Stable regain the Southern Tag Team belts. When the video is over, Lance Russell is shaking his head in disgust at the actions of Jimmy Golden who was supposed to be an impartial referee. This brings out The Studd Stable, Robert Fuller and Sid Eudy, along with Jimmy Golden and they are laughing it up having a good time at the expense of the Freebirds. Fuller and Golden can’t believe how dumb the Freebirds actually to believe that Jimmy would actually side with them instead of his own family in Robert Fuller. Next, the truth comes out that the reason Sid Eudy replaced Jimmy Golden in the Studd Stable was that Golden was injured and needed time to mend but now that he is all healed up, they can’t wait to use the Freebird rule to make sure they keep these Southern Tag Titles a long, long time. MATCH #3 Cousin Jr. vs “The Professor” Bill Ash The arrogant professor, Bill Ash enters the ring first and takes the house mic to insult the “stupidity” of all the fans as he brags about how smart he really is. Next, we hear the banjos start to play as Cousin Junior shuffles his way to the ring showing some great agility for a man his size as well as great “dancing” ability. The Professor goes a bit to far to point out how Cousin Jr. seems to fit right in here! Cousin Jr. turns his focus to Ash and quickly mule kicks his way to victory and we see the same hoedown as he exits the ring. Lance Russell seemed to really enjoy the show as do Jeff Jarrett and Miss. Tennessee who are at the podium where Miss. Tennessee focuses on Missy Hyatt who she is sick and tired of interfering in Eddie Gilbert’s matches. JJ, the Southern Heavyweight Champion, is also tired of Eddie Gilbert’s tactics also points out that sometimes good just wins out of evil as he has now beaten Eddie Gilbert 3 times in a row! After the match, the Freebirds are at the podium where there are real upset at themselves for trusting Jimmy Golden. Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin want the Studd Stable in the ring no matter which two they have to face as they believe the Southern Tag Team Titles were stolen from them. When asked by Lance Russell if they have spoken to Buddy Roberts in the past week, post just kind of scoff like he’s dead to them. COMMERCIAL BREAL As we come out of the break, Dustin Rhodes is at the podium, and he is real disappointed that he couldn’t do enough at Last Stand to keep Sgt. Slaughter here in the CWA but he thanks him for his help. When asked what he thought about the tactics of Tojo and Tarzan Goto at Last Stand, Dustin simply shakes his head in frustration as he knew what to expect from those two but it still makes him sick to his stomach that they bad mouth the United States every chance they get but they stick around to earn our American dollars. Dustin vowed to send Tarzan back to Japan and if he needs to get someone to watch his back from Tojo, he knows just the person. MATCH Dustin Rhodes defeats The Assassin with the Running Bulldog After the match, Jimmy Hart and the entire First Family are with Lance Russell. Jimmy is real proud of himself that he was able to go down to the Cajundome for Last Stand with the UWF tag team champions where Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Honky Tonk Man once again put Hacksaw Reed and Ron Simmons in there place. When Lance reminded Jimmy that his team lost the match because of his interference, Jimmy points out that coming home as the champions doesn’t sound like losing to him. Lance then turns the conversation towards Eddie Gilbert who once again failed to win the Southern Heavyweight Title against Jeff Jarrett, Jimmy Hart, Missy Hyatt and Eddie Gilbert all throw a tantrum about the outside interference by Miss. Tennessee. Lance pretends to be confused and says so, its okay when Jimmy Hart interferes but it is wrong when someone interferes with The First Family. Hart quickly answered “that’s right” before he realized he put his foot in his mouth. Hart quickly changes the subject and says that he has an answer for Miss. Tennessee anytime she dares to interfere with Family Business again. COMMERCIAL BREAK MAIN EVENT Brad Armstrong vs The Grappler The problems started early in this one as both Grapplers came to the ring and this seemed more like a handicap match then a singles match. Somehow, Brad was able to withstand the dirty tactics and had the momentum. The Grappler managed to roll out of the ring where the real trickery started as the “fresh” Grappler rolled himself into the ring. WHAM… The new Grappler with a knee to Armstrong. WHAM… Powerbomb by the Grappler…. The second Grappler had wondered over to the podium and corrected Lance…”Don’t you mean a Bucksnort Blaster! Suddenly the Grappler in the ring removes his mask and it’s the Dirty White Boy who has not been seen in the CWA since Thanksgiving when Brad won the Tri-State Title and the DWB was suspended for using a loaded forearm. Next, Grappler #2 removes his mask and its none other than Dutch Mantel. Now it is a 2-1 beatdown. After a pretty good beating on Brad they head over to the podium where the Dirty White Boy announces that the only thing better then the Dirty White Boy is the Dirty White Boy and Dirty Dutch!! Lance is just shaking his head as he signs off for the week, “Until next time, so long from Memphis.”

Really enjoyed the sow. The format was easy to follow and the way you used Jim Ross was so realistic! Great job. Looking forward to working with you in the USWA!

Great recaps of all the big matches coming up at Superclash. Can't wait for this one!

Looking forward to U-COSMOS. This press conference really made is seem so serious.

and Merry Christmas back to you Dan Severn

Awesome segment with Al Madril. So well done. Also great promo with Cannonball and Sandman. Very creative. I wonder what's the future of Kendall. Also, like the use of your two heel managers. DJ and Humperdink are so different but both know how to get the heat. So far, I think the heels are staking a claim to the PWF. Mulligan has his work cut out for him and I'm looking forward to seeing his response. This is so fun to read. Thanks for all the work on your promos. I know they must take a while to come up with such great material.

Good update. Welcome to the USWA. This should be fun.

you are correct

CWA adds The Alaskan Hunter Bob Brown, Italian Stallion, Solomon Grundy, Bill Ash, Jeff Sword, and Doug Vines

Looking forward to your first big event

Great all around card for the people of Florida but more importantly.... I love Alberto Madril as the lawyer..... AWESOME!!