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Great matches to end the year. Really looking forward to The Brawl to End it All. So many matches where the outcomes sets up your direction for 1985. I am guessing you are planning Wrestlemania but I don't see how it could top this!

I agree with you on the ideas of TV. If the AWA and NWA had done this, they might have lasted longer as true national powers. Also, it is easier in this game to give the readers what they want.

Do whatever you have to Rain. Any show is a good show!

I agree. ESPN has kind of been a precursor to current TV were they put some interesting matches on TV. So many promotions of the 1980's just jad a bunch of squash matches but this is much more interesting.

Love those matches where Cornette gets beat by a girl

So sorry to hear that. Best wishes to you and your family.

Moving some pieces into regular roster spots so I need to drop a jobber pack... USWA sends to free agency: Hacksaw Higgans, Johnny Mantell and Bugsy McGraw

I enjoyed reading this event and loved how you two worked together. Agreed that this was a great way to end the year.

I agree. You do a great job of keeping us on our toes. Whether it be a special guest referee, a show after a cCanadians game or Rick Martel on the mic. Very fun. Also like how much you are getting out of tag teams like the Moondogs and the Samoans. While in history, their careers were winding down, the average fan watching them would still see two of the best teams in the world going at it. Great job and Starrcade will be a classic!

Great series of shows. The event center interviews were spot on. You really have everyone in the right spot on your roster. Wonder how long Hogan can stop on top with Andre seemingly pushing towards the top spot. Two top faces like Hogan and Andre.... something is going to give sometime. Also very interested where you go next with Savage and Hernandez. Looking forward to 1985 in the WWF much more then when I saw the real WWF in 1985.

USWA WRESTLING: 12/29/1984: WTBS “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Shreveport, Louisiana and Irish McNeil’s Boys Club. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. Today we will be showing our 4 matches that have been nominated for match of the year. When the show is over, you will be given the opportunity to vote for Match of the Year by sending a postcard right to the studio here in Shreveport. Let’s get right to our first match. USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH HACKSAW BUTCH REED VS THE BLACK PANTHER (FOOTBALL HELMET MATCH) The Black Panther makes his way to the ring in a completely black mask and cape and antagonizes the fans every step of the way. The crowd is going wild as Hacksaw makes his way to the ring but he seems to pay them no mind as he is all business. Jim Ross reminds us that in this match there is a football helmet attached to a 10 foot pole atop one of the ring post and whichever wrestler gets that helmet can use it anyway he sees fit. Just before the match begins, the Black Panther holds up his hands as if to say wait a minute and ref Pee Wee Anderson keeps Hacksaw Reed back. To the amazement of the crowd, the Black Panther removes his mask and as everyone expected, it is none other than Ernie Ladd. Gordon Solie seems confused by this action as he says the USWA Board of Directors will have no choice but to suspend Ernie Ladd for one year as he was supposed to be serving a 30 day suspension from USWA. Jim Ross says that might not be true as the suspension of Ernie Ladd ended yesterday and there is no way to prove that Ernie Ladd was the Black Panther all along. It seems like Hacksaw Reed has also figured that out and he is enraged. He rushes in on the attack but Ladd escapes through the ring ropes and begins to run around the ring. Reed chases but maybe a bit too recklessly as Ladd catches him with a Big Boot as he came around the corner. Ladd controls the match for a while now but eventually Hacksaw regains the momentum and he begins to really lay it on Ladd. At one point, Reed put on a display off awesome power as he followed up a short armed close line with a double underhook suplex. Reed now went for the helmet but somehow Ladd caught him as he was climbing the pole. Ladd tosses Reed off the top of the pole all the way to the floor which must have been about 15 feet. Ladd now sees his chance at climbing the pole but he seems to have nothing left in the tank and comes up short with 3 straight tries. Reed has recovered by now and is firing on all cylinders. Reed connects with right hand after right hand and sends Ladd through the ropes out onto the floor. Effortlessly, Reed climbs the pole and gets the football helmet and he places it on his head as Ladd barely makes it back into the ring before the count of 10. Ladd staggers to his feet as Reed leaps off the top rope and hits a FOOTBALL TACKLE (spear) leading with the helmet right into the head of Ladd. Ladd is basically out and Reed gets the pin but he doesn’t stop there. He takes off the helmet and begins to swing it like a weapon and he is connecting with every part of Ladd’s body. Ladd is busted wide open and the beating is so violent that even the crowd begins to feel bad for the hated Ladd. There seems to be no stopping Reed as his anger with Ladd has been building up for the better part of a year now. Finally JYD comes out and comes down his buddy. It appears that Reed has calmed down as his shoulders slump and he turns away with his head down as he exhales. JYD has his hands on his hips as if to say whew! WHAM! Reed nails JYD with the football helmet and the crowd is stunned. WHAM! WHAM! Two more massive blows to JYD and he is down right next to Ladd. Reed throws the football helmet down and leaves the ring and heads back to the locker room with his title belt as the crowd is in shock. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross: Wow, that first match will be a tough one to beat but let’s give it a try. USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER VS KERRY VON ERICH (STEEL CAGE with SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE MICHAEL HAYES) Now this feud is red hot and the crowd here in Dallas is furious at Jerry Lawler for his dirty tactics over the past month. This plays right into his arrogant persona as he just struts out wearing his crown and laughing at the fans and calling them all kinds of names. VonErich is the hometown hero and the crowd would like nothing better than for him to capture the title to honor his brother David. Michael Hayes was the first to enter the cage and he is in the ring in jeans and a referee shirt while Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy is outside the ring making sure that none of Lawler’s henchmen can get involved in this match in any shape or form. As ref Michael Hayes holds up the belt for the fans to see, Lawler attacks before the bell and this gives him the early advantage. Lawler is brutal and really goes after Von Erich. He uses his skill and the cage to really give it to Kerry. He slams fist after fist into the head of Kerry and also rams it into the steel cage until Kerry is busted wide open. Lawler has many near falls but to be honest with you, Michael Hayes seemed to be out of position and made some really slow counts. Lawler even connected with his famous middle rope fist drop but again Hayes was so slow that the match continued. Hayes and Lawler had words and actually shoved each other a few times. Lawler than caught Kerry in a Sleeper but Hayes forced him to break it saying it was a choke hold even though this Steel Cage Match was a no disqualification Match. The crowd begins to get nervous and really tried to get behind the “modern day warrior” and it worked. He blocks another right hand by Lawler and gives it right back to the champ. The two exchange blows in the center of the ring until Von Erich nails a Tornado Punch and Lawler went down. This was almost the end. Not because Lawler was seriously hurt but because the count by Hayes was lightening quick. Hayes really starts to use his referee power against Lawler now and actually seemed to be helping Kerry. Von Erich clamps in the Iron Claw right in the center of the ring but Lawler refuses to submit. With Lawler basically out on his feet, Kerry Von Erich climbed to the top of the cage and leaped off with a flying cross body block. Somehow Hayes was too close to Lawler and he took as much of the blow as The King. Hayes and Lawler were both down but that was not a problem as Kerry could win by simply walking through the cage and Terry Gordy as in charge of opening the door. All of a sudden, the Memphis Bounty Hunter, the man in the red and blue mask who has been helping Lawler of late comes charging to the ring and he and Gordy begin to go at it. The fans are going wild and hoping Gordy can stop this man from saving Lawler and his title. Gordy is able to knock the masked man down and unlocks the cage door as Kerry is about to walk out and become World Champion. WHAM! Bam Bam slams the door right off the head of Kerry Von Erich and down goes Von Erich. Gordy relocks the door as the masked man and Gordy begin to hug as the masked man pulls off the mask and it is none other than BUDDY JACK ROBERTS! Inside the ring, Hayes and Lawler are beating Kerry from pillar to post. Kevin Von Erich and Michael Von Erich rush out to try and help their brother but there is nothing they can do as they have to battle the Freebirds on the outside. After a few minutes of knocking Von Erich around, Lawler rams Kerry’s head off the cage one more time and then covers him for what might have been the fastest count in wrestling history. Lawler and the 3 Freebirds embrace in the center of the ring as the Von Erichs try to help their brother who is a bloody mess. Solie finishes the show by saying that is one of the most disgusting actions he has ever seen in this sport. He wonders what type of human being would do this at the David Von Erich Memorial show and then he catches himself and realizes that the Freebirds and Jerry Lawler are just the type of people to do this. He ends the show by saying this is a sad day in the sport of “KINGS”. So long from Dallas, Texas. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross: Okay folks, let’s get you right back to another Match of the Year nomination. ELIMINATION MATCH THE HOUSE OF HUMPERDINK VS TEAM DUSTY RHODES (FIRST MAN PINNED MUST LEAVE THE USWA) Now this match is Good vs Evil and when The House of Humperdink comes to the ring, it creeps the fans out right from the beginning. Kevin Sullivan has a huge snake wrapped around his neck. The Botswana Man Eater has his stomach and face painted in African symbols and is beating on his huge belly. The Purple Haze comes out in a purple rob and appears to be chanting in a trance like rhythm and Abdullah the Butcher is Abdullah. The only one who seems somewhat normal is Hercules Hernandez who is a monster of a man and comes out with a huge steel chain wrapped around his neck. Team Dusty includes himself, Buzz and Brett Sawyer, Mike Graham and Blackjack Mulligan. The good guys come out to the roar of the crowd and Dusty starts pointing at Sullivan right away. Sullivan just gives a gigantic laugh and the commands his Minions to attack before the bell. Chaos ensues as Sullivan just waits on the apron. The reason for that is that the first man eliminated from the match has to leave the USWA and all other wrestlers who are pinned or submit must leave the ring and go to the locker room. Once order is restored, it appears that Hercules Hernandez will start against Dusty Rhodes. Team Dusty works well together and everyone gets a shot while the House of Humperdink has decided to make Hernandez a sacrificial lamb. Every time he goes to make a tag, Sullivan orders the minions to jump off the apron and not enter the ring. Finally, Hernandez is unable to hold out any longer and is pinned by the American Dream after a piledriver. Hercules Hernandez is forced to leave the ring area but he is also out of the USWA. The match drags on for a while until Abdullah the Butcher just brutalizes team Dusty and is able to knock out Brett Sawyer and Mike Graham. Buzz Sawyer was able to catch Purple Haze in a power slam to eliminate him and it is down to three on three. The next elimination comes when The Botswana Man Eater comes off the middle rope and crushes Buzz with his 400+ pounds. Gordon Solie notes that Kevin Sullivan has yet to enter the ring. Abdullah just brutalizes the forehead of Mulligan with the fork and after he is a bloody mess, Abdullah basically crushes Mulligan be squashing him in the corner and gains the pin. It is now3 members of the House vs Dusty and still note that Sullivan has yet to enter the ring. Dusty is being double teamed by the Man Eater and Abdullah and is in a bad way. Somehow, Dusty managed to come to life a hit a Stardust Piledriver on the Man-eater to eliminate him. Abdullah now man handles Dusty for a good five minutes but rushed in too quickly and Dusty moved away and the Butcher rammed his head into the ring post. Dusty caught him in a roll up for the pin. It is now a brutally beaten Dusty vs a fresh Kevin Sullivan. The devil basically tossed Rhodes all over the ring and floor area for a few minutes. He then flipped Rhodes into the corner and began the beating of the Tree of Woe. Sullivan then takes a Golden Spike and basically carves Dust’s forehead like he was a butcher. Rhodes is a bloody mess and Sullivan is really trying to injure Rhodes. Sullivan goes into a Devil Stomp and just stomps every inch of Rhodes and then drops a knee right to his throat. He pulls him up by the throat and whips him into the ropes and catches him in a power slam. As he covers him the fans are shocked that their Dream is about to go down to the devil when all of a sudden Hercules Hernandez hits the ring with the steel chain and starts to beat Sullivan across the back. He then scoops him up into the Backbreaker Rack and is trying to snap Sullivan in too. Humperdink is beside himself. Sullivan taps out and the fans go wild. The House of Humperdink actually has been beaten by one of their own men. The fans can’t believe it and give Hernandez and huge ovation. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross: And the finally nomination for Match of the Year: USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH 3 CORNER MATCH “THE AMERICAN DREAM” DUSTY RHODES VS HARLEY RACE VS TED DIBIASE Ernie Ladd is convinced that Ted Dibiase is the favorite in this match as he is the only one with experience in this type of match where everyone is in the ring at once. Ross doesn’t disagree but says you can never count out the American Dream or Harley Race for that matter. As the match begins, Race thinks that the obvious plan is for he and Dibiase to work together but Dibiase learned from his early 3 Corner Match to attack anyone who is his way as the only way to gain the victory would be to put both his opponents down. Dibiase is like a man possessed early and it hitting everything in his path. Dusty tries to focus his attention on Race for the most part. In fact, Race is taking it pretty good from both opponents. Race seemed truly out of place here as every time he thought he had something going, the other guy would attack from behind. He became so frustrated at one point that he threw his hands up in the air and walked out of the ring to gather himself. When he returned, he was quickly caught with a Bionic Elbow from Rhodes and Race stumbled back into the corner. Dibiase seized the moment and jumped on the back of Rhodes and put him into a sleeper. Desperate to break the hold, Rhodes backed into the corner. SMASH! Rhodes and Dibiase hit right into Race. Somehow Dibiase hangs onto the sleeper for 3 more times as Rhodes just keeps backing into Race in the corner. Finally, Dibiase loses his grip and falls to the ground. Race and Rhodes are also both in trouble. Somehow Harley is up first and connects with a Diving Headbutt to Rhodes. He then picks Dusty up by the hair…. High High Vertical Suplex…… Race covers Rhodes. 1… 2… Diving save by Dibiase with an elbow to Race. Dibiase quickly goes for the Figure 4 on Rhodes and he has it locked in. Rhodes is writhing in pain but won’t give up. Race seems to kow that Dibiase is going to have to break Rhodes legs before he will submit so he takes time to recoup. The Figure 4 is finally broken as Rohes reaches the ropes. Race turns to Dibiase as he knows Dusty will be out of this match for a minute or two. Double eye gouge on Dibiase allows Race to do what he wants. Race now connects with a big suplex on Dibiase. He scampers up to the top rope and hits a Diving Headbut on Dibiase. Jim Ross is sure it is now over. 1… 2… Wham… Dusty makes the save with a Diving Bionic Elbow on Race. Quickly, Rhodes puts Races head between his legs and lifts him up…. Piledriver WHAM! Rhodes piledrives Race and the follows it up with a piledriver on Dibiase. He wanted to make sure ther would be no more saves. He places one hand on Dibiase and the other hand on Race. 1… 2… 3! Dusty holds on to his World Title. TO ANY READER OF USWA WRESTLING, PLEASE PM ME WITH YOUR VOTE FOR MATCH OF THE YEAR. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE FIRST SHOW OF 1985. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING THIS PROMOTION HALF AS MUCH FUN AS I HAVE WRITING IT. TO EVERYONE IN THIS GAME, HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR AND LET’S KEEP THIS GOING!

Love Flair's exercise routine. He seems in great shape. I beat Joe Frazier is nervous as JJ Dillion might personally take care of him.

12/29/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 Shreveport, Louisiana “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Shreveport, Louisiana and Irish McNeil’s Boys Club. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. Today is our year end awards show where we honor some of the great wrestlers we have here in the USWA. Jim Ross: “It is time to hand out our first award; USWA Rookie of the Year. First the nominees: Cpl. Kirchner: One ½ of the great tag team known as the Fort Bragg Brotherhood. Cpl Kirchner and Don Kernodle defeated some great teams this year including The Japanese Assassins and The Red Assassins. Mike VonErich: What a rookie campaign for the younger VonErich brother. He successfully partnered with his older brothers to defeat the Freebirds to become the first ever USWA World Tag Team Champions. He feuded with his cousin Lance VonErich who he defeated in the Devastation Inc. Submission Challenge. Sam Houston: Young Sam Houston feuded and defeated Terry Taylor on many occasions this year. He also partnered with Wildfire Tommy Rich in a great string of victories over Taylor and the Cuban Assassin. Dan Spivey: A great rookie season where he has yet to lose in the USWA. Currently his winning streak stands at 10! Before we get to hear the winner, a highlight video of each wrestler is played. Jim Ross really hypes up the work by Cowboy Bill Watt’s son, Erik who has set all these videos tapes that we will see tonight to some great music. Jim Ross explains that the winner will receive this beautiful trophy behind him. He asks Ernie Ladd to do the honors of opening the envelope and reading the winner. Ernie Ladd rips open the envelop and seems disgusted right off the bat. “Of course, what else would I expect. Daddy even controls the awards in this company. Your winner is Mike Von Erich. Mike Von Erich comes out and ignores Ernie Ladd and simply says that he is honored to win this award and that he knows there are many other great young wrestlers here in the USWA and that he will have to stay on his guard if he is to keep having success. WHAM! From behind, Dan Spivey clocks VonErich with the trophy and starts screaming there is no way that Mike VonErich would stand a chance in the ring with him. He continues to stomp a hole in VonErich and is livid at not being named rookie of the year. Finally when Spivey is done, we see a bloodied Mike VonErich along with a floor littered with pieces of the trophy. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- When we come out of break, Jim Ross apologizes for the tactics of Spivey while Ernie Ladd apologizes for Mike Von Erich winning the Rookie of the year award. Jim Ross then moves on to hyping up all the great tag teams we have seen in the USWA. This year. He rattles off about 10 of them including The Sheepherders, The Fabulous Ones, The Perfect Alliance, The VonErich Brothers, Tommy Rich & Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler, Devastation Inc. Ole & Arn Anderson and Killer Khan & Mr. Saito. He goes on to explain that just to be nominated for this award is a great accomplishment. The Nominees for USWA TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR: 1. The Sheepherders: Luke Williams and Butch Miller were one of two teams who have held both the USWA World Tag Title and the USWA National Tag Team Titles. Wins over such great teams as Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes and the Fabulous Ones! 2. The Perfect Alliance with Baby Doll: The only two time winner of the USWA World Tag Titles with wins over such great tag teams as the Fabulous Ones and The VonErichs. 3. The Fabulous Ones: Steve Keirn and Stan Lane were the other team to hold both the World and National Tag Titles. They also hold the record for the longest USWA World Tag Team Title reign. 4. Jerry Lawler & Tommy Wildfire Rich: The first USWA World Tag Team Champions. They won the titles after outlasting 8 other really tough teams including the Sheepherders and Ole and Arn Anderson. A video showing all of these teams is shown before Jim Ross turns it over to Ernie Ladd for the opening of the envelop. Ernie Ladd: Finally the USWA gets one right. Your winner and USWA Tag Team of the Year is your two time and current World Tag Team Champions: The Perfect Alliance. We see Baby Doll lead out Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton where they do a good job of showing their cockiness. No thankyous here; just the know it all attitude that they know they are the best. Jim Ross: At least we know you are humble. I wonder if 1985 will be as good as 1984 was for you. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- When we come out of the break Jim Ross explains that our next two awards; The USWA Most Popular Wrestler of the Year and The USWA Most Hated Wrestler of the Year were chosen directly by the fans of the USWA during all of the house shows over the last month. The USWA Most Popular Wrestler of 1984 1. Tommy Wildfire Rich: When Tommy gets all Firrrrrreeeeed Up, the fans go Wild! 2. Junk Yard Dog: Another One Bites the Dust, Dog Chains and a little Howling at the Moon. Enough said! 3. Dusty Rhodes: The American Dream rally gets the fans going as he takes on the evil with his dancing, jiving and Bionic Elbows! 4. Kerry VonErich: Now the girls down in Texas really love them some Kerry VonErich. The Modern Day Warrior has tornado punched his way into the hearts of all the USWA wrestling fans. As Ernie Ladd rips open the envelop we see an unhappy Big Cat as he truly dislikes all of the nominees. He sullenly announces the winner as Junk Yard Dog! As Another on Bites the Dust blares form the speakers, an excited JYD comes out and thanks all the wonderful fans of the USWA. Jim Ross wonders what the reaction will be from the winner of our next award… The USWA Most Hated Wrestler of the Year. The nominations are 1. Ernie Ladd: Jim Ross can’t help himself but says this one has his vote. 2. Hacksaw Butch Reed: A famous heel turn on JYD is the reason Reed easily made this list. 3. Michael Hayes: The Blinding of Terry Gordy along with just pure cockiness has Jim Ross believing he might be the front runner. 4. Ted Dibiase: The return of Dibiase and the Rat Pack has turned the USWA on its ear of late and the people have really let Dibiase have it of late. Jim Ross hypes up the fact that all of these guys are so awful that you couldn’t go wrong choosing any of them as the Most Hated Wrestler of 1984. Ross goes on to say that it would only be right for him to open the envelop this time as Ladd is a nominee; hahaha. And the winner is Michael Hayes….. Michael Hayes comes out and accepts his trophy like he just won a million dollars. He says he puts a lot of time into being bad and all his hard work has bad off. He goes on to remind Jim Ross that all the hot women love a bad boy! Jim Ross now gets us ready for USWA Feud of the Year by announcing the nominees: 1. Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Ernie Ladd: What a feud this was between teacher and student. Reed had enough of Ladd and his army and didn’t stop until he forced Ernie Ladd in retirement. 2. Hacksaw Butch Reed vs JYD: Back and forth and included Steel Cage Matches and Street Fights. Both beat each other for the USWA North American Title. 3. Tommy Rich vs Jerry Lawler: A Bi-promotional feud where Lawler and Rich chased each other all over not only the USWA but the CWA. These former tag team partners really went at it for the better part of the summer. 4. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Miracle Violence Committee (Terry Gordy, Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez) Former Freebird Gordy vs The New Freebirds. Blinding creams, title changes, parking lot attacks; this one had it all. And the winner is…….. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Miracle Violence Committee. USWA plays this one smart by not calling out the teams to accept the awards as they know what would have happened. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross now turns to last two awards! The USWA 6 Man Tag Team of the Year and the most prestigious award, The USWA Wrestler of the Year! Jim Ross hypes up the 6 man division and explains that this exciting format has really taken off this year with the introduction of the USWA World 6 Man Title. He goes on to say that this division has been dominated by three teams which have all been nominated. 1. The VonErichs: The first ever 6 Man World Champs in the USWA. 2. The Fabulous Ones: What a year for the Freebirds. They were Tag Team Champions with Terry Gordy as a partner and then became 6 Man Champion after Jimmy Garvin took Bam Bam’s spot. 3. The Miracle Violence Committee: Terry Gordy, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams and Manny Fernandez have been on a roll ever since Williams came to the aid of Gordy when the Freebirds turned on him way back in early October. Ernie Ladd is convinced that the VonErichs will win the award because of who their father is even though they are the least deserving team on the list. He goes on to say that in a fair world, The Freebirds would be the obvious choice. Jim Ross tells him to just open the envelop. And the winner is……… The Miracle Violence Committee. Gordy, Williams and Fernandez come out and except the award but make sure everyone understands that they have unfinished business. They all assure us that 1985 will mark the end of the Freebirds in professional wrestling. Jim Ross now really hypes up the last award, The USWA Wrestler of the Year! He gets right to the nominations. 1. Dusty Rhodes: Our current USWA champion who came to the aid of America when the Iron Sheik attacked Jerry “The King” Lawler in the locker room and stole his title! Has taken on such stars as Hacksaw Reed, Ted Dibiase and Harley Race and has managed to hold on to his World Title no matter what the odds were. 2. Hacksaw Butch Reed: Two time North American Title holder who basically ran Ernie Ladd out of wrestling. While his heel turn on JYD bothered most USWA fans, there is no denying his talent! 3. Tommy Rich: Two time World Tag Team Champion with both Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler. His was also the USWA World Champion. After Jerry Lawler turned on the fans, Tommy Rich defeated Lawler all over the USWA and the CWA. Rich also helped rid the USWA of such heels as Buzz Sawyer, Austin Idol and Kevin Sullivan. He now has set his focus on the Rat Pack and Ted Dibiase. Ernie Ladd knows the drill but is really upset that he was not nominated for this award. He is convinced that he could beat each of them and goes on to say that he gets no respect anymore. Jim Ross tells him to just open the envelop. The USWA Wrestler of the Year is …….. Tommy “Wildfire” Rich Rich comes out and is in shock. He thanks everyone and kindly accepts the award as he pumps up his fans with a little Southern Wrastlin Charm. Ross wonders what that all means and asks fans to join in and see the 4 best USWA matches of the year and that they will get a vote on which one will be titles: 1984 Match of the Year. Jim Ross: So long from Shreveport, Louisiana.

Looking forward to Starrcade. Also very interested in the relationship between Lutte and MACW. Both of you have some really big names and it will be fun to see how you weave them together.

Nice shows! Snake and Sullivan is going to be fun!

My year end show is an awards show for USWA: Rookie of the Year Tag Team of the Year 6 Man Tag Team of the Year Feud of the Year Match of the Year Most Hated Wrestler Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Is done, just waiting for the a few days to post.

USWA WRESTLING PRESENTS 12/22/1984: WTBS 7:05-10:05 FROM THE HEMISFAIR ARENA SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS “Hello again everybody. Welcome to the Year End Special from the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio. We are here live on WTBS. I am Jim Ross along with Ernie Ladd. Both Ross and Ladd hype up tonight’s event and give some time to the 3 Corner Match for the USWA World Title between Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race and Ted Dibiase. Ross believes Rhodes will come out on top but Ladd disagrees as he doesn’t think Rhodes is half the man that his competitors are. Ross gets us right to the action. ICEMAN PARSONS VS THE GREAT KABUKI with Gary Hart A nice way to kick off the evening as Parsons gets the crowd going right away with a little “We Are Family.” Ross loves the dancing and the energy but Ladd wonders how much energy Parsons will have after he catches a few thrusts kicks from the mysterious Kabuki. As for the match, Parsons keeps the fans into it the first few minutes by having his way with Kabuki but the Iceman was caught with a martial arts chop as he rushed in a little too quickly. Kabuki now mixes in a few chops and nerve holds to keep Iceman contained. As Iceman tried to regain control Kabuki resorted to a choke hold which ref Scrappy McGowan forced him to break. Gary Hart was all over the ref but Kabuki just seemed to move on. He began to spin around a few times and then stopped and sprayed his mystical green mist high into the air. Ernie Ladd hyped up the massive Thrust Kick that Kabuki was about to throw but somehow Iceman ducked under it and then came off the ropes and connected with his own finisher; a Big Butt Bump for the victory. This got the crowd really into it and they hoped their good fortune would carry over the rest of the night. MATCH TIME: 10:21. WINNERS: Iceman Parsons _________________________________________________________________________ MIKE VON ERICH & LANCE VONERICH VS DEVASTATION INC. (The Iron Sheik & Black Blood with Skandar Akbar) THE PERSON WHO LOSES MUST LEAVE THE USWA Just a few weeks ago, nobody would have seen this match coming. Lance was feuding with all of the VonErichs and had in fact put Mike out of commission for a while. Then during the Devastation Inc. Submission Challenge, Mike beat Lance and then the rest of Devastation Inc. turned on Mr. Texas (Lance). The VonErichs let by gones be by gones and came to the aid of their cousin and now we are at a loser leave town match where Jim Ross and the fans still don’t completely trust Lance. The hated Iron Sheik and his Iranian flag waving and Anti-American propaganda has this Texas crowd all up in arms. The boos change to cheers with the arrival of the two VonErich brothers. As the match is getting set to start, we see Skandar Akbar go up to Lance and offer him some money. Jim Ross speculates that this is for Lance to once again join Devastation Inc. and leave Mike all alone. The fans are begging him not to turn heel again and their wishes are meet! Lance delivers a huge right hand to Akbar’s head that causes him to crash through the ropes as his Arabian headdress goes flying. Sheik and Black Blood quickly attack and the match is underway. It is violent and has many back and forth segments. The end came when Mike was taking a pretty could beating and was caught in Black Blood’s dreaded Full Nelson. Nobody has survived this for long and Mike is bent over like a pretzel. He has that VonErich fighting spirit and refuses to give in but he might pass out from the pain. The only thing that saved him was that Lance rushed in from behind and clobbered Black Blood. The Iron Sheik came in and Lance held nothing back and gave the Sheik some of what he gave Black Blood. Lance dragged Mike over to the corner and then legally tagged himself in. Mike was basically unconscious but it didn’t seem to matter as Lance was like a house afire. Akbar couldn’t take it any longer and tripped up Lance. Black Blood quickly pounced with a running elbow drop and then tagged in The Sheik who came up from behind and put Lance into the Camel Clutch. With Mike unable to make the save, Lance eventually tapped out. The crowd was in shock as the finally thought the VonErich clan was coming together and now Lance will have to pack his bags. Devastation Inc. celebrated in the center of the ring as Kerry and Kevin came down to the ring to ensure the safety of their brother and cousin. Lance’s true colors came out again as he shoved Kerry away and hobbled out of the ring alone. MATCH TIME: 14:41 WINNER: Devastation Inc.-Lance VonErich must leave the USWA __________________________________________________________________________ STEEL CAGE MATCH TOMMY RICH & HACKSAW DUGGAN VS DIRTY DICK SLATER & MANIAC MATT BORNE The steel cage here was erected in order to try and keep this a fair fight on both sides. The USWA hoped to keep Duggan’s 2x4 out of the ring and it was also supposed to keep the Rat Pack’s Enforcer, Loch Ness from getting involved. As the match progressed it was obvious that this had little to do with wrestling. This was Survival of the Fittest at its best and who would come out on top was anyone’s guess. In the end, we see Rich grinding Borne’s face into the cage and then whip him into the corner where he rushed in with an elbow and then climbed onto the second rope for a bunch of wild right hands that the crowd began to count off. Borne just collapsed and Rich tagged in Duggan who connected with a devastating football tackle. It looked like the match was about to end when all of a sudden the entire cage starts to rock. Loch Ness was pulling and pushing and doing his best to rip down the entire cage and get into the ring. Jim Ross and Ernie Ladd both wondered if the ring could withstand what the 700 pound monster was doing to it. In the end, the ring and the fan favorites survived a bloody brawl. Ross really hypes up the continued success of Duggan and Rich but say neither one will be happy until they get their hands on the leader of the Rat Pack, Ted Dibiase. MATCH TIME: 20:41. WINNER: Tommy Rich and Hacksaw Duggan __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TAG TEAM MATCH THE VON ERICHS VS THE PERFECT ALLIANCE (Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton with Baby Doll) A hard fought back and forth for the first twenty minutes gets really crazy at the end. Bobby Eaton has the advantage over Kevin and thinks he has set him up for the Alabama Jam (Top Rope Elbow Drop) but somehow Kevin gets up and catches him and reverses it into a powerslam. Kevin goes for the pin but Arn rushed in to make the save by clocking Kevin with an elbow to the head. The ref forces Arn out of the ring as both the legal men struggle to get to their feet and make a tag. Eaton gets to Arn first but he isn’t quick enough to stop Kevin from getting to his brother. Kerry comes in like a house afire and is tossing both Arn and Eaton all over the ring. As order is restored, it is Kerry locking in the Iron Claw on the head of Anderson. The camera picks up Baby Doll giving something to Beautiful Bobby who places it inside his elbow pad. Baby Doll now rushes to the ring apron and starts to berate ref Pee Wee Anderson. This changes his focus from checking for a submission victory for the champs to dealing with Baby Doll. Kevin now gets involved with the argument between Baby Doll and the ref and none of the 3 see Eaton climbing to the top rope. WHAM! Alabama Jam off the top rope with the loaded elbow pad. This loud crash got Pee Wee Anderson’s attention but not before Eaton rushed over and clocked Kevin to ensure he couldn’t make a save. Arn covers Kerry. 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross can’t believe that the Perfect Alliance has won the World Titles in such a devious fashion. Ernie Ladd plays dumb and seems so excited that the VonErichs went down in defeat. MATCH TIME: 22:27. WINNERS: THE FAB ONES __________________________________________________________________________ USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH JYD VS HACKSAW REED with Skandar Akbar TEXAS STREET FIGHT (ANYTHING GOES) The crowd really pops as Another One Bites the Dust leads the Dog to the ring. He is pumped up and swinging his big dog chain and howling at the moon. Like Hacksaw Reed, the Dog has come out in jeans, a T-shirt and cowboy boots. This feud is white hot and the fans hope their beloved JYD can come out of this with his title. Ernie Ladd has feuded with both these men in the last year but he seems to have zero tolerance for JYD. As for the match, it is the street fight to end all street fights. Both men have been bloodied and cloths have become a tattered, torn mess. In the end, both men are on the outside of the ring and Reed slams Dog’s head off the time keeper’s bell and then rolled in. Akbar went in and gave the Dog a few blows but this did not prevent the Dog from getting back into the ring. The wild part was that he grabbed his 10 foot dog chain and started swinging it at Hacksaw. For some reason Bronco Lubich tried to get JYD to put the weapon down. He seemed to forget it was a No Rules Match but this distraction allowed Reed to pick up a head of steam and as soon as the ref moved away…. WHAM!!! Reed hit Dog with a big football tackle. Reed now takes JYD’s own boot off and starts to beat him in the head with it. Dog is in serious trouble as Reed connects with a big short armed clothesline… 2 count! Reed with a high, high vertical suplex… 2 count! Reed puts JYD into the Bearhug… No Submission! Reed scoops up JYD and hoists him above his head. Reed with a Gorilla Press Slam… 3 Count! Jim Ross: And for the second time this year, Hacksaw Butch Reed has won the North American Championship. MATCH TIME: 19:25. WINNER: HACKSAW BUTCH REED (NEW USWA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION) __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD 6 MAN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH ELIMINATION MATCH THE MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE VS THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS The champs are at a serious disadvantage here in this elimination match as it is only Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez against the 3 Freebirds. Terry Gordy is still out and may actually never return from that eye injury caused by Michael Hayes. The match is high energy from the get go and the Miracle Violence Committee is holding their own. After about 10 minutes, Dr. Death connects with an Oklahoma Stampede on Buddy Roberts and he is eliminated. With this being 2-2, the crowd seems to relax a bit as they really don’t want to see the Freebirds win the belts. Unfortunately, Manny Fernandez catches a loaded purse from Precious followed by a Brainbuster by Jimmy Jam Garvin and he was eliminated. It is now two on one and the Freebirds go to town on Dr. Death. Somehow he keeps kicking out at two. Whether it was a Bulldog from Hayes or a Sit-down Jawbreaker from Garvin, Dr. Death was in trouble but refused to be pinned. All of a sudden, the crowd explodes as Terry Gordy, eyes heavily bandaged, is being escorted to ringside by a security guard. He is guided to Williams’s corner where he cautiously climbs up on to the apron. Jim Ross can’t believe that he is going to try and wrestle tonight even though he is BLIND. Ladd says this is one of the stupidest things he has ever seen. From out of nowhere, Williams catches Jimmy Garvin with a nasty football tackle and he covers him for a three count. Michael Hayes acts quickly and before Williams can get set, Hayes elbows him in the back of the head. He then whips him into the corner where he rushes in a catches him with a knee to the gut. Hayes signals to the crowd that he is going for his finisher, the Bulldog. Side Headlock……. Hayes runs towards the center of the ring and leaps with Williams in toe…. WHAM! BULLDOG! 1… 2… 3. Everybody is now wondering what will happen and the answer is NOTHING. Gordy simply stands outside on the apron like he has no idea what to do. Ref Scrappy McGowan goes to Gordy and tells him to either get in the ring or he will be counted out. McGowan gets to 8 before Gordy gets into the ring. Michael Hayes is smiling but cautious at the same time. He waves his hands in Gordy’s face…No Reaction! Hayes circles around Gordy…. No reaction. Hayes fakes a huge right hand …. No reaction. Ross is convinces that Gordy is totally blind behind those bandages. Hayes slaps Gordy across the face…. No reaction. Jim Ross: “Enough is enough. McGowan needs to stop this match before Gordy gets really hurt. Hayes throws a huge right hand….. BLOCKED Hayes throws another huge right hand…. BLOCKED. Hayes is in shock. Gordy pulls the bandages off his eyes and simply smiles at Hayes. Precious leaps up on the apron….. WHAM… Gordy knocks her down and stays focused on Hayes who tried to sneak in. Bam Bam grabs Hayes and Irish Whips him into the ropes. WHAM! Maybe the biggest powerslam in the history of wrestling and Gordy covers Hayes. 1… 2… 3. The Miracle Violence Committee wins as the crowd goes completely bonkers! MATCH TIME: 25:27. WINNERS: MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH 3 CORNER MATCH “THE AMERICAN DREAM” DUSTY RHODES VS HARLEY RACE VS TED DIBIASE Ernie Ladd is convinced that Ted Dibiase is the favorite in this match as he is the only one with experience in this type of match where everyone is in the ring at once. Ross doesn’t disagree but says you can never count out the American Dream or Harley Race for that matter. As the match begins, Race thinks that the obvious plan is for he and Dibiase to work together but Dibiase learned from his last 3 Corner Match to attack anyone who is his way. He knows the only way to gain the victory would be to put both his opponents down. Dibiase is like a man possessed early and it hitting everything in his path. Dusty tries to focus his attention on Race for the most part. In fact, Race is taking it pretty good from both opponents. Race seemed truly out of place here as every time he thought he had something going, the other guy would attack from behind. He became so frustrated at one point that he threw his hands up in the air and walked out of the ring to gather himself. When he returned, he was quickly caught with a Bionic Elbow from Rhodes and Race stumbled back into the corner. Dibiase seized the moment and jumped on the back of Rhodes and put him in a sleeper. Desperate to break the hold, Rhodes backed into the corner. SMASH! Rhodes and Dibiase hit right into Race. Somehow Dibiase hangs onto the sleeper for 3 more times as Rhodes just keeps crashing into Race in the corner. Finally, Dibiase loses his grip and falls to the ground. Race and Rhodes are also both in trouble. Somehow Harley is up first and connects with a Diving Headbutt to Rhodes. He then picks Dusty up by the hair…. High, High Vertical Suplex…… Race covers Rhodes. 1… 2… Diving save by Dibiase with an elbow to Race. Dibiase quickly goes for the Figure 4 on Rhodes and he has it locked in. Rhodes is writhing in pain but won’t give up. Race seems to know that Dibiase is going to have to break Rhodes legs before he will submit so he takes time to recoup. The Figure 4 is finally broken as Rhodes reaches the ropes. Race turns to Dibiase as he knows Dusty will be out of this match for a minute or two. Double eye gouge on Dibiase allows Race to do what he wants. Race now connects with a big suplex on Dibiase. He scampers up to the top rope and hits a Diving Headbutt on Dibiase. Jim Ross is sure it is now over and that Race will be the new champion. 1… 2… Wham… Dusty makes the save with a Diving Bionic Elbow on Race. Quickly, Rhodes puts Races head between his legs and lifts him up…. Piledriver Rhodes piledrives Race and then follows it up with a piledriver on Dibiase. He wanted to make sure there would be no more saves. He places one hand on Dibiase and the other hand on Race. 1… 2… 3! Dusty pins both Race and Dibiase to hold on to his World Title. MATCH TIME: 28:27. WINNERS: Dusty Rhodes So long from HemisFair Arena in San Antonio, Texas.

Get well Rain!

I am willing to work with all. If you need someone, I will send if I can.

Would love guidance on long term planning. I just kind of sit down week to week and type what comes to mind and sometimes I feel that I have too many wrestlers that deserve an angle and I get stuck. How many wrestlers do you guys use at the top of your promotion vs midcaders? How many wrestlers or teams do you give pushes too. Do you kind of leave some people laying in the weeds biding their time. Any ideas or thoughts would be very helpful coming into the new year. Please PM me as I feel I am the most unorganized at this. Like This Quote MultiQuote Edit Blog Th

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Would love guidance on long term planning. I just kind of sit down week to week and type what comes to mind and sometimes I feel that I have too many wrestlers that deserve an angle and I get stuck. How many wrestlers do you guys use at the top of your promotion vs midcaders? How many wrestlers or teams do you give pushes too. Do you kind of leave some people laying in the weeds biding their time. Any ideas or thoughts would be very helpful coming into the new year. Please PM me as I feel I am the most unorganized at this.

Great main event with Martel and Valentine. A true contender for match of the year!

Great card for the Brawl to End it All! WWF continues to reign supreme with great organization and direction. You plan things out so well.

Agree with Edger. Love the hierarchy of your roster. Something I really need to work on.