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I think it is a combo of your writing style and my love of the smaller southern promotions that makes this such a fun read for me. I mean no were else in the wrestling world could Tim Horner and Scott and Steve Armstrong by such a big deal. Love It! So excited to be working with you in the UWF!

MID-SOUTH WRESTLING: 3/18/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA Hello again everybody. Welcome to UWF & Mid-South Wrestling from Shreveport, Louisiana and the Irish McNeil’s Boys Club here on WTBS. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd. Jim Ross: Before we get to our first bout we need to bring in the President of Mid-South Wrestling to explain what is going on as I am sure all of you noticed the name change in today’s show. Cowboy Bill Watts: Many of you have noticed many changes in the landscape of professional wrestling over the past twelve months. Well to stay up with the times and to provide you with the greatest possible wrestling talent, Fritz Von Erich and myself have decided to partner with Jerry Jarrett, David Woods and Ron Fuller. Together we will make up the UWF. Fritz and Jerry will run the USWA in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana, David and Ron will run Continental Championship Wrestling in Alabama, Mississippi, and parts of Florida and Tennessee while I will go back to my roots and run Mid-South Wrestling in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Together we will all work under the umbrella of the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and we will all recognize a unified world champion and we will all participate together to run 5 or 6 Super Cards per year. I am also very excited to announce that on May 4th in the Cotton Bowl at the David VonErich Memorial Parade of Champions we will crown the first ever UWF Unified World Champion. Both Watts and Ladd take a moment to hype up the tag team tournament that is continuing and will determine the #1 contenders for the UWF Tag Team Championship currently held by the Perfect Alliance. Ross takes us to the ring which is in fact the first semifinal of that tournament. MATCH: THE ROAD WARRIORS with Paul Ellering VS THE RAT PACK (BUDDY LANDELL & ERIC EMBRY) It didn’t matter how dirty the Rat Pack played this, they were just overmatched. They have played possum before but this time they seemed to be really scared. In the end, Animal scooped up Embry onto of his shoulders while Hawk dove from the top rope and hit a massive clothesline. As Embry flipped in mid-air, Jim Ross called this devastating move the Doomsday Device! Whatever it was, it was all she wrote. The Rad Warriors came over to the interview desk and hyped up the fact that it didn’t matter who faced, TOTAL DESTRUCTION would follow. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN VS ROTTEN RON STARR A nice and clean win here from the North American Champion as he was just too much for Starr. The end came when Duggan followed up a big suplex with a nasty football tackle. Just as the ref mad his 3 count, Dibiase comes to the interview desk. Ted Dibiase: Well now it is time for Cowboy Bill Watts to stand up and be an honest man like myself. Jim Ross: Oh brother Ted Dibiase: Shut up Ross. Everyone has seen the video of me being robbed in Texas of the USWA title. Well now it is time for Watts to right a wrong and give me a North American Title shot against this no good sack of potatoes in the ring right now. We all know that I am the best wrestler around and Duggan wouldn’t stand chance. By this time, Duggan has made his way over to the interview desk where he is challenging Dibiase right now who is playing it real cool until Duggan takes his eyes off him for one second. WHAM! Dibiase pops Duggan in the back of the head and now is really giving him the business. Embry and Landell re-emerge from their beatings by the Road Warriors and help out. This goes on for a minute or two before the Calvary of JYD and Dusty Rhodes hit the scene and the Rat Pack scamper away. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- CHRIS BENOIT VS “LEAPING” LANNY POFFO For most of this match, the crowd and the announcers were still focused on what the Rat Pack did to Duggan. Benoit performed well here and in the end, he clamped in old fashion Cross Face Chicken Wing for the submission victory. Both men showed some mutual respect with a handshake at the end. UWF WORLD TV TITLE MATCH BILLY JACK HAYNES VS HANGMAN BOBBY JAGGERS Billy Jack’s power was just too much for Jaggers and the end came by submission after the Full Nelson. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: NON-TITLE THE PERFECT ALLIANCE (EATON & ARN ANDERSON with BABY DOLL) VS JUNK YARD DOG & SWEET BROWN SUGAR JYD had things under control and looked like he was going to get the victory here in a match that had some nice chain wrestling in the beginning but turned into a power (JYD) vs chicanery (Perfect Alliance) type fight. In the end, Baby Doll distracted the ref and Eaton hit JYD with a low blow. JYD was able to make the tag but the Perfect Alliance double teamed Sugar. Arn connected with a Spine Buster followed by an Alabama Jam by Eaton and that was that. A quick interview by Baby Doll and she seemed overly confident that here team could easily defeat the Road Warriors if in fact that somehow managed to win the #1 contenders tournament. . All of a sudden the speakers blare “Iron Man” from Black Sabbath and the Road Warriors rush out but they were not quick enough to catch the Perfect Alliance who took off in a full sprint. Jim Ross: Hahaha! Not afraid says Baby Doll. The Perfect Alliance were faster than a jack rabbit running away from a hungry bobcat. So long from Shreveport. SHOW ENDS WITH PROMOS FROM THIS WEEKS BIG CARD AT THE MYRIAD IN OKLAHOMA CITY. MATCHES INCLUDE: NORTH AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Ted Dibiase

The UWF officially welcomes the CCW into their wrestling family.

It’s official! Fritz Von Erich and Cowboy Bill Watts can’t work together! Kind of. While it has been clear that these two have never been completely on the same page, this week was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Insiders have confirmed that there were numerous screw jobs recently; most of which were headed by Fritz. First of all at the Super Card in Memphis, TN there was to be a new champion. Dusty Rhodes was to defeat Ted Dibiase and become the new USWA World Champion. Somewhere behind closed doors, Fritz meet with Jerry Jarret and they came up with a new plan. Originally, Jerry Lawler was to rush in and get a huge pop from the Memphis crowd and then he would save the day by acting as the referee and make the three count in favor a Dusty. Instead, Lawler surprised everyone and made the count on Dibiase. This match had huge ramifications for the top star in the USWA as now Dusty Rhodes can’t receive another title shot this year. The reasons for this might be justifiable as the adding of Jerry Jarrett to USWA would add huge markets including Memphis, Nashville and Louisville to their loops but Watts believes the true motive was for Fritz to get Kerry Von Erich to the top of the promotion and for Jarrett to have Lawler jump right into a mega feud with Rhodes which could be huge! Screw Job #2: The finish between Stan Hansen and Kerry Von Erich in the Mid-South Coliseum! The original plan was to have Hansen win and have a wild feud with Dusty for the belt but due to some shenanigans and a fast count, Kerry defeated Hansen after only one Tornado Punch! Hansen was so angry he left the USWA and vowed not to return. Screw Job #3: The coup de gras…. Kerry Von Erich meet Dibiase in Reunion Arena last week and there was not to a title change but both Watts and Fritz agreed that giving Kerry the shot in Dallas would draw a large crowd. Instead, some back room talks were had between Fritz and the ref. Dibiase was to win when the newest members of the Rat Pack, Buddy Landell and Eric Embry emerged but instead the ref fast counted Dibiase’s shoulders to the mat and Kerry became the newest champion. The Outcome: THE FORMATION OF THE UWF Fritz and Watts will run their own promotions but will recognize the same World Champion. Watt’s is going back to controlling Mid-South Wrestling while Fritz is still debating on whether to return to his original name of World Class or stay with USWA. In order for the two to compete with the growing national promotions like the WWF, NWA (International) and the AWA, the two will come together to run 5 or 6 mega shows each year. The first will be the David Von Erich Memorial which is to be held in the Cotton Bowl on May 4th. It will be here that the first UWF Champion will be crowned. Fritz with some help from Jarrett will run the USWA and focus mainly on Texas and Tennessee while Watts will return to the Mid-South hot beds of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. Ted Turner is really excited and will continue to hoist both shows on WTBS with the announce team of Ross and Ladd staying with Mid-South and Lance Russell and Dave Brown will be back together again announcing USWA Wrestling. ROSTERS: This was a real sticking point and the best solution was a “Draft” where they both submitted a list of their wants. In the end, both organizations will have 20 full time wrestlers. Anybody not placed on a roster full time will be open to either promotion on a per diem basis. Wrestlers will also be free to work for the other on their “off” days. USWA (WORLD CLASS) MID-SOUTH 1. KERRY VON ERICH 1. DUSTY RHODES 2. JERRY LAWLER 2. TED DIBIASE 3. KEVIN VON ERICH 3. ANIMAL 4. BEAUTIFUL BOBBY EATON 4. HAWK 5. ARN ANDERSON 5. STEVE WILLIAMS 6. RICKY MORTON 6. TERRY GORDY 7. ROBERT GIBSON 7. MANNY FERNANDEZ 8. JIMMY SNUKA 8. HACKSAW BUTCH REED 9. TOMMY RICH 9. CRUSHER BLACKWELL 10. EDDIE GILBERT 10. KEN PATERA 11. JIMMY GARVIN 11. MICHAEL HAYES 12. JIMMY VALIANT 12. JYD 13. MIKE VON ERICH 13. BUDDY LANDELL 14. ICEMAN PARSONS 14. ERIC EMBRY 15. TONGA KID 15. DICK MURDOCH 16. FATU 16. JONATHON BOYD 17. WARRIOR 17. RIP MORGAN 18. GARY HART 18. SKANDAR AKBAR 19. BABY DOLL 19. PAUL ELLERING 20. BRUISER BRODY 20. BIG BUBBA ROGERS 21. CHRIS BENOIT 21. MR. OLYMPIA 22. BILLY JACK HAYNES 22. STAN HANSEN ALL WORLD CHAMPIONS MUST GIVE EQUAL TIME TO EACH TERRITORY. IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A BELT CHANGE, THERE MUST BE A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE BY THE HEADS OF THE TERRITORIES. THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS: 2/3. THAT MEANS THE UWF IS LOOKINF FOR NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN. THIS WAS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT BECAUSE NEITHER FRITZ NOR WATTS TRUSTS THE OTHER FROM ANOTHER SCREW JOB! ANY TERRITORIES THAT WISH TO APPLY ARE FREE TO DO SO. You will just have to tune in to WTBS in the weeks to come to see who is where!’’ TITLE STRUCTURE UWF WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT UWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: PERFECT ALLIANCE UWF WORLD 6 MAN CHAMPIONS: THE MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE UWF WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION: BILLY JACK HAYNES USWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: KERRY VON ERICH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION (#1 BELT IN MID-SOUTH) CHAMPION: HACKSAW DUGGAN **** FIRST JOINT MEGA SHOW: MAY 4th at the COTTON BOWL: The David Von Erich Memorial! CONTRACT STIPULATIONS: · ALL WORLD CHAMPIONS MUST GIVE EQUAL TIME TO EACH TERRITORY. · IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A BELT CHANGE, THERE MUST BE A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE BY THE HEADS OF THE TERRITORIES. THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS: 2/3. THAT MEANS THE UWF IS LOOKINF FOR NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN. THIS WAS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT BECAUSE NEITHER FRITZ NOR WATTS TRUSTS THE OTHER FROM ANOTHER SCREW JOB! ANY TERRITORIES THAT WISH TO APPLY ARE FREE TO DO SO. WELCOME TO THE NEW DAY OF SOUTHERN WRASTLIN!

It’s official! Fritz Von Erich and Cowboy Bill Watts are at WAR! Kind of. While it has been clear that these two have never been completely on the same page, this week was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Insiders have confirmed that there were numerous screw jobs recently; most of which were headed by Fritz. First of all at the Super Card in Memphis, TN there was to be a new champion. Dusty Rhodes was to defeat Ted Dibiase and become the new USWA World Champion. Somewhere behind closed doors, Fritz meet with Jerry Jarrett and they came up with a new plan. Originally, Jerry Lawler was to rush in and get a huge pop from the Memphis crowd and then he would save the day by acting as the referee and make the three count in favor a Dusty. Instead, Lawler surprised everyone and made the count on Dibiase. This match had huge ramifications for the top star in the USWA as now Dusty Rhodes can’t receive another title shot this year. The reasons for this might be justifiable as the adding of Jerry Jarrett to USWA would add huge markets including Memphis, Nashville and Louisville to their loops but Watts believes the true motive was for Fritz to get Kerry Von Erich to the top of the promotion and for Jarrett to have Lawler jump right into a mega feud with Rhodes which could be huge! Screw Job #2: The finish between Stan Hansen and Kerry Von Erich in the Mid-South Coliseum! The original plan was to have Hansen win and have a wild feud with Dusty for the belt but due to some shenanigans and a fast count, Kerry defeated Hansen after only one Tornado Punch! Hansen was so angry he left the USWA and vowed not to return. Screw Job #3: The coup de gras…. Kerry Von Erich meet Dibiase in Reunion Arena last week and there was not to a title change but both Watts and Fritz agreed that giving Kerry the shot in Dallas would draw a large crowd. Instead, some back room talks were had between Fritz and the ref. Dibiase was to win when the newest members of the Rat Pack, Buddy Landell and Eric Embry emerged but instead the ref fast counted Dibiase’s shoulders to the mat and Kerry became the newest champion. The Outcome: THE FORMATION OF THE UWF Fritz and Watts will run their own promotions but will recognize the same World Champion. Watt’s is going back to controlling Mid-South Wrestling while Fritz is still debating on whether to return to his original name of World Class or stay with USWA. In order for the two to compete with the growing national promotions like the WWF, NWA (International) and the AWA, the two will come together to run 5 or 6 mega shows each year. The first will be the David Von Erich Memorial which is to be held in the Cotton Bowl on May 4th. It will be here that the first UWF Champion will be crowned. Fritz with some help from Jarrett will run the USWA and focus mainly on Texas and Tennessee while Watts will return to the Mid-South hot beds of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. Ted Turner is really excited and will continue to hoist both shows on WTBS with the announce team of Ross and Ladd staying with Mid-South and Lance Russell and Dave Brown will be back together again announcing USWA Wrestling. ROSTERS: This was a real sticking point and the best solution was a “Draft” where they both submitted a list of their wants. In the end, both organizations will have 20 full time wrestlers. Anybody not placed on a roster full time will be open to either promotion on a per diem basis. Wrestlers will also be free to work for the other on their “off” days. ALL WORLD CHAMPIONS MUST GIVE EQUAL TIME TO EACH TERRITORY. IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A BELT CHANGE, THERE MUST BE A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE BY THE HEADS OF THE TERRITORIES. THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS: 2/3. THAT MEANS THE UWF IS LOOKINF FOR NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN. THIS WAS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT BECAUSE NEITHER FRITZ NOR WATTS TRUSTS THE OTHER FROM ANOTHER SCREW JOB! ANY TERRITORIES THAT WISH TO APPLY ARE FREE TO DO SO. You will just have to tune in to WTBS in the weeks to come to see who is where!’’ TITLE STRUCTURE UWF WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT UWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: PERFECT ALLIANCE UWF WORLD 6 MAN CHAMPIONS: THE MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE UWF WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPION: BILLY JACK HAYNES USWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: KERRY VON ERICH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION (#1 BELT IN MID-SOUTH) CHAMPION: HACKSAW DUGGAN **** FIRST JOINT MEGA SHOW: MAY 4th at the COTTON BOWL: The David Von Erich Memorial! CONTRACT STIPULATIONS: · ALL WORLD CHAMPIONS MUST GIVE EQUAL TIME TO EACH TERRITORY. · IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A BELT CHANGE, THERE MUST BE A 2/3 MAJORITY VOTE BY THE HEADS OF THE TERRITORIES. THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS: 2/3. THAT MEANS THE UWF IS LOOKINF FOR NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN. THIS WAS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT BECAUSE NEITHER FRITZ NOR WATTS TRUSTS THE OTHER FROM ANOTHER SCREW JOB! ANY TERRITORIES THAT WISH TO APPLY ARE FREE TO DO SO. WELCOME TO THE NEW DAY OF SOUTHERN WRASTLIN!

USWA WRESTLING: 3/17/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA SORRY TO POST EARLY BUT WITH CCW AROUND NOW I WANT TO GET OUT OF ALABAMA AS SOON AS I CAN BUT THIS WAS WRITTEN EARLIER “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. What a card we have for you tonight but before we get to the ring we must go to the video tape from Reunion Areana in Dallas, Texas and last week’s big World Title Match between Ted Dibiase vs Kerry Von Erich. VIDEO TAPE REUNION ARENA USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH TED DIBIASE VS KERRY VON ERICH The video tape shows about 3 or 4 minutes of the match and it is all Kerry Von Erich. He is just whipping Dibiase from pillar to post and the belt seems to be in his grasp. That is until Ted Dibiase eye gouged him and threw him through the middle rope and out onto the floor. Kerry hit his head onto the ring post and rolled out onto the floor. He seemed to be a little shaken but really no worse for wear. As the ref’s count nears 5, Kerry gets a knee up onto the apron but all off a sudden the leg that is still on the floor is grabbed by two sets of hands from two people under the ring. All of this is out of sight of the ref who continues to count. 8… 9... Ernie Ladd is arguing that should have been a 10 count and the ref slowed up! Kerry breaks free and makes it back into the ring. Nature Boy Buddy Landell and Flamboyant Eric Embry emerge from under the ring and Jim Ross is in shock and has no idea what they are doing there. It takes him a minute but Kerry regains control of the match. Kerry connects three big moves in a row here. A big suplex followed by his signature Tornado Punch and finally the Iron Claw. Dibiase refuses to submit but puts his shoulders on the mat for what appears to be just a second! 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross is going wild that Kerry is the new champ while Ernie Ladd is screaming that was the fastest count in history. Kerry’s father and brothers rush down to the ring to celebrate while Dibiase honestly looks dumbfunded. He walks back to the locker room with Landell and Embry and he is screaming at the ref the entire way! As the tape ends, we hear Ernie Ladd saying that this is not the first time that a VonErich has cheated his way to the top but if he has something to do about it, it will be the LAST! Kerry Von Erich comes out to the interview desk with his belt in hand a big smile on his face. Where he just thanks everyone who could and claims that he is going to be a fighting champion! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- IST ROUND MATCH OF #1 CONTENDERS TAG TEAM TOURNY KEVIN VON ERICH & ICEMAN KING PARSONS VS THE RAT PACK (BUDDY LANDELL & ERIC EMBRY) (SUBSTITUTION FOR MURDOCH & SLATER) This is the NewRat Packs first match in the USWA and boy do they play the heels really well. A lot of stall tactics as they run to the ropes for the first few minutes of the match and they also pat themselves on the back as often as they could. Both Landell and Embry do a great job of bringing themselves some heat from the fans. We get a bit of everything here after the stall tactics. The baby faces take control early as they are just more technically sound. Then the heels turn to their dirty tactics as Embry rakes the eyes of Iceman and then they trap him in their corner for a few minutes of nastiness. Each time Kevin tried to get involved, ref Scrappy McGowan pushed him out of the ring. Finally, we get the rolling tag from Iceman to VonErich who comes in like a house afire and clears the ring. This sets us up for the wild ending where Rat Pack leader Ted Dibiase makes an appearance and distracts KevinVon Erich and the ref. This allows a quick double team on Iceman followed by a Piledriver by Embry on Parsons for the 3 count! Ernie Ladd can’t control his laughter as he loves it whenever a Von Erich goes down while Jim Ross is sick to his stomach at the shennenigans of the Rat Pack. Nevertheless, The Rat Pack is into the second round! Jim Ross goes on to announce that match-ups for the second round which begins tomorrow night. 1. The Road Warriors vs The Tennessee Stud Stable (Rich & Gibert) 2. The Rock N Roll Express vs The Rat Pack (Murdoch & Slater) MATCH: MICHAEL HAYES VS “ ROTTEN” RON STARR Michael Hayes is a main without a friend. He is all alone in the USWA and that is a dangerous place to be. He does come out on top of this one as he catches Starr in the Running Bull Dog but he just doesn’t seem to have his electricity. Jim Ross says that Hayes is finally getting what is owed to him as he has burned so many bridges here in the USWA that he deserves to be all alone. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: JYD VS NORVELL AUSTIN Now why does Southern Wrestling have to be so violent? In the North, it seems that wrestling is trying to convince a 6 year old that it is real but for everyone else it is entertainment. In the South, wrestling is trying to convince everyone wrestling is real and a fight is violent. This match is no different. Austin uses every dirty trick he knows to its fullest here but once the Dog gets going there is nothing stomping him. After a few minutes he had enough of Austin’s biting and stomping and played dirty himself. A few dog bites to the forehead by JYD followed by some massive headbutts had Norvell busted open. An Irish Whip to a Big Thump gives the Dog the victory. Jim Ross hypes up the fact that the fans love having their Dog back in the USWA and now maybe some order will be restored around here. MATCH: BIG BUBBA RODGERS VS BRETT WAYNE SAWYER Brett Wayne Sawyer bumps and sells all over the ring and makes the rookie look good here. Traylor’s size is impressive and when he comes off that middle rope for a Big Splash with all 315 pounds it makes the fans ohh and ahh. It also gives him his first win in the USWA! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: USWA 6 MAN WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE VS THE ASSASSINS (Jody Hamilton, Mark Lewin & Fidel Sierra wearing masks) The champs put on a powerful display here but about halfway through the match, Skandar Akbar leads his Sheiks to ringside. Hacksaw Reed, Ken Patera and Crusher Blackwell wearing Arabian Headdresses are a scary site for most but the Miracle Violence Committee are not most and this seems to inspire them. They give the Assassins a good beating with the end coming when Dr. Death caught Assassin #3 with an Oklahoma Stampede. Just as the ref makes the 3 count the Sheiks surprise everyone by rushing the ring. The Assassins don’t want to get in anyone’s way and head to higher ground. Now we get one of the best Pier 6 Brawls in all of wrestling. Steve Williams, Terry Gordy, Manny Fernandez, Butch Reed, Ken Patera and Crusher Blackwell are 6 huge men just beating the Hell out of each other. Ernie Ladd and Jim Ross hype this up as much as they could before the screen faded to black and the show came to an end. Jim Ross: So long from Birmingham, Alabama. Don’t forget to join us this week in the Lake Front Arena in New Orleans as the North American Champion, Hacksaw Jim Duggan takes on Jimmy Superfly Snuka with Gary Hart. Next week we will be live from Lake Charles, Louisiana and the Sudduth Coliseum.

Very interesting news here!

Again, love the format! Your roster is so interesting as you have so many wrestlers that can be either heels or babyfaces that I can see this as a great roller coaster ride. Great work. Right now the heels have emerged on top but when you the viewers excited to see what comes next you have a great promotion. That is exactly what you got. It is quickly becoming one of my favorite reads but I am biased as I love Southern Wrastling!

With one jobber spot open, the USWA takes Art Crews

Nice card here. You really love those long matches! I used to love watching the Spoiler walk across the top ropes and do some pretty cool things but not sure I have the attention span for 75 minutes. It is a good way tobring in the dough as you only have to pay for a few wrestlers.

USWA WRESTLING: 3/11/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 Jackson, Mississippi “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. What a Main Event we have for you tonight as we will see Kerry Von Erich and Dusty Rhodes together against the USWA World champion Ted Dibiase and the person responsible for him keeping his belt, Jerry, the King Lawler. Let’s get the show started with a first match. MATCH: 1ST ROUND MATCH OF THE #1 CONTENDERS TAG TEAM TOURNY THE TENNESSEE STUD STABLE (TOMMY RICH & EDDIE GILBERT) VS THE ASSASSINS The Tennessee Stud Stable are on fire here and control about 70% of the match. The Assassins play dirty and get a few minutes on top but in the end, Gilbert got himself out of trouble and tagged in Wildfire who went on a wild rampage. He knocked Assassin #2 out of the ring and then connected with a Lou Thesz Press on Assassin #1. Jim Ross hypes up this tournament and gives us a quick review and reminds us that so far the Road Warriors, the Rock N Roll Express and The Tennessee Stud Stable have moved into the semifinals. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: JIMMY SNUKA with GARY HART VS BRETT WAYNE SAWYER A quick dismantling of Sawyer here as Snuka connects with a few flying body blocks and headbutts before climbing to the top and soaring through the air with a Superfly Death Leap. A quick interview with Hart and Snuka and we are reminded that Hart doesn’t think there is anyone in the USWA who could defeat his monster and he goes on to demand a title shot with Jim Duggan for the North American Belt. Jim Ross is worried about the new champ as it is obvious he has his list of challengers including Snuka and the former champ Hacksaw Butch Reed. Ernie Ladd is excited either way as he can’t wait to see Duggan on his back for the three count and it doesn’t matter if it is Reed or Snuka. CHRIS BENOIT VS NIGHTMARE #1 (TED ALLEN) The veteran Nightmare #1 sells and bumps all over the ring here as the rookie Chris Benoit gets his first victory after connecting with a nasty Snap Suplex followed by a diving headbutt from the middle rope. Benoit was still a little stiff but is obviously getting better week in and week out. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- CHRIS BENOIT VS NIGHTMARE #1 (TED ALLEN) The veteran Nightmare #1 sells and bumps all over the ring here as the rookie Chris Benoit gets his first victory after connecting with a nasty Snap Suplex followed by a diving headbutt from the middle rope. Benoit was still a little stiff but is obviously getting better week in and week out. Jim Ross announces that we have another newcomer to USWA up next and he is really impressive! WARRIOR VS JOE SLVOLDI Poor Jumping Joe here as this youngster is just muscles on top of muscles. Joe does his best to make Warrior look smooth but it is still a little slow and robotic. The end came after the Warrior connected with a Warrior Smash. (A Running Power Slam) The crowd seemed to love his energy but it is going to be interesting to see which side of good and bad he falls. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH DUSTY RHODES & KERRY VON ERICH VS TED DIBIASE & JERRY LAWLER Now this has it all! A little chain wrestling to get things going and to show Ted Dibiase that Kerry is just technically a little better. Then we see a double eye gouge by Lawler and the heels or off and running. They keep Dusty in their corner for a while and really work him over until he makes the tag to Kerry who goes absolutely wild. Dusty is unable to help after the beating he took so Kerry is going at it 2-1 and he is holding his own quite well. After he tosses Lawler to the floor, he connects with a tornado punch. Jim Ross is excited that Kerry is about to pin the champ and how he hopes this is a sign of things to come this week in their title match in Reunion Arena in Dallas. Somehow Dibiase kicks out but Kerry leaps on him with the Iron Claw. It appears Dibiase is about to give up! WHACK! Lawler has reemerged and cracks a chair over the head of Kerry. The ref quickly calls for the bell but the two heels are proud of themselves here as they leave the ring with Kerry and Rhodes laid out. Ernie Ladd answers Ross back by saying he hopes the title match ends the same way this week. With another chair upside of Kerry on Erich’s head! Jim Ross is once again disgusted by Ladd and thankful they are out of time. Jim Ross: So long from Little Rock. Don’t forget the big card this week in Dallas, Texas and next week we will be live from Birmingham, Alabama and the Boutwell Auditorium. _________________________________________________________________________

Sorry my fault. Bobby Bass should be on the retirement list. He has only 4 matches between Feb 1985-1990 and 5 after 1990. He should be used as a one and done

I will add him to free agency

Fun two cards from Philly and Houston. So many top singles and tag teams that your Wrestlemania is going to be awesome.

I would guess that you could take him.

I am going to place Ox Baker on the retirement list as he only has 3 matches left. 2 in 1986 and one in 87.

I believe this all to be ok.... I believe we said that there was a 3 day period were we could get 1 free agent and after that it was business as usually. 1. With my trade to CCW I have 3 open roster spots. (2 Regular and one jobber) USWA will add Rip Morgan and Jonathan Boyd to regular spots and George Wells to a jobber pack. 2. USWA is releasing Woman and adding Jimmy Valiant unless he is on a roster 3. USWA is also releasing Don Kernodle and Cpl. Kirchner and adding Bobby Jaggers and Jimmy Del Ray to a jobber pack

USWA sends Dick Slater, Tojo Yamamoto, Porkchop Cash and Dream Machine to Continental for Ultimate Warrior.

I have the same question about Jimmy Valiant. If he is not on any roster, I would like to add him to the USWA.

Enjoyed the TV show especially with Dory saying Backlund must go through him t get to Terry. All the Big players are in the right place and you are set up for some huge matches down the road. I agree with Gordi. Would love to know the finish of some of your major matches.

Adonis is a great fit for you and plays the major heel well here. YLC is off to a great start and can't wait to see the next set of matches.

I guess it is time to make something historically correct: The USWA adds Precious Paul Ellering to manage the Road Warriors and releases Lanny Kean. Plowboy Frazier will be moving to a jobber pack.

Great format that is so easy to follow. HTM turning out to be a great heel in CCW! Enjoyed the card at the HS and how it built into the bigger event the next day.

Love the Kamala in a box thing!

Was just wondering if Zhukov, a Russian would get as much heat in Montreal as in the U.S? Also, I think this is the first time I ever predicted the winners of each of your matches. I enjoyed all of your top guys coming out with the victories here as it sets up for a crowded top with scores to be settled.