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American Free Agents Billy Anderson Bob Bradley Bob Della Sorra Bob Marcus Brian Mackney Bulldog Bob Brown Chris Carter Crusher Damien Kane Dan Denton Dan Johnson Dave Kochen Dave Petro David Sammartino Dominic DeNucci Denny Brown Doug McColl Duke Myers Eric Sbraccia Farmer Boy Ipo Frank DeFalco Frank Star Frankie Laine Gino Della Sorra George Weingroff Greg Evans Javier Cruz Jerry Grey Jerry Ho Jerry Monti Jerry Sampson Jim Lancaster Joe Cagle John Cosman John Quinn John Richmond Johnny Rivera Johnny Valentine Keith Eric Ken Jugan (Zoltan the Great) Ken Lucas Ken Raper Kerry Brown LeRoy Brown (Samoan) Les Thorton Loch Ness Manuel Villalobos Mark Ragin Mighty Milo Mike Allen Mike Hammer Mike Kelly Mike George Mike Miller Mike Reed Mike Stone Omar Atlas Pat Kelly Pat Rose Pete Doherty Phil Apollo Reggie Rapone Rick Davis Rick Jones Rick Renslow Roberto Renesto (Tom Branch) Rocky Kernodle (Keith Larson) Ron Ellis Roy Lee Welch Steve Brinson Strong Machine 2 Strong Machine 3 Taras Bulba Terry Adonis Tito Senza Tim Tall Tree Tony Stetson Tony Zane Tor Kamata Valente Fernandez 1986 Rookies Axl Rotten Chris Evans Reggie Bennett Reibun Amada Rikki Nelson Rockin' Robin Selina Majors Super Parka MANAGERS (Remember all wrestlers in the retirement section can be used as managers) Don Carsen Goldie Rodgers JR Foley Japanese Free Agents Mach Hayato Masami Soranaka Yukoh Miyato Apollo Sugawara Fumihiro Niikura Goro Tsurumi Great Kojika Haruka Eigen Haru Sonoda Masahiko Takasugi Masanobu Kurisu Motoshi Okuma Norio Honoga Rocky Hata Osamu KIdo Shunji Kosugi Free Agents who can travel between US and Japan Mitsuo Momota Yoshihiro Momota Ryuma Go Hirokazu Hata Shinichi Nakano Shinji Sasazaki Enrique Vera Gypsy Joe Sweet Daddy Siki

I used to love when the WWF would give us a SD victory. It was the best we could hope for back in the day as TV shows were so different then today.

Great card! Enjoyed the tributes to the Briscos over the past few shows.

If anyone could send me any mistakes they know about in Free Agency then I can clean it up and make a new list.

I can do free agency if you like

If this is ok, USWA would like to add Norvell Austin to its roster and drop Dirty Rhodes. Norvell seems to have disappeared from free agency but I can't seem to find him on any active rosters. I mentioned this to Edger and he thought someone had picked him up. If he is on someones roster, please let me know. I don't want to step on any ones toes.

And it gets better!

So cool!

Really looking forward to the card in Fort Erie. I also enjoy how well you are working with other promotions. The Road Warriors as a Special attraction is a great gift to the fans of Lutte but how does the NWA office feel about you pushing the AWA champs? Makes me think there might be something coming down the Road?

Love the shows and the comment from Lutte. Will Vince respond? Very interesting.

Great show with great style. So easy to read and follow. Looking forward to the next round. Are teams that lost eliminated?

I am fine with Lawler as a freelancer.

The idea of the two promotions in Japan coming together is kind of what I meant. Sorry if I upset anyone by saying that Gordi could pick out of All Japan. Would love you to have a Mega Roster as it makes for better readings which is why Lowblow proposed the draft in the first place so people like Jerry Lawler and the RnR Express just don't sit idle.

It all sounds good. Maybe Gordi could pick two people off the All Japan roster to help him out and maybe Grimmas could let us know who works in a Lucha Libre style and he can have them.

USWA would also like Abbie on Feb 16,17, 23 & 24

USWA would like to book Stan Hansen for Feb 16,23 and 28

USWA WRESTLING: 2/4/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 Lake Charles, Louisiana “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Lake Charles and the Sudduth Coliseum. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. What a card we have for you tonight but first there is big news coming out of the USWA. We are returning to the birth place of Rock n Roll, the great city of Memphis and the Mid-South Coliseum. That’s right folks, for one night only! Thursday, Feb 28th, the USWA will host its first Supercard of the Year and it will all be live for you right here on WTBS. Matches already signed include USWA World Title Match: Ted Dibiase vs Dusty Rhodes. If Dibiase wins, the American Dream will not receive another title shot this YEAR! USWA World Tag Team Title Match: The Perfect Alliance (Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton) with Baby Doll vs The Fabulous Ones in a Loser Leave Town Title Match USWA WORLD 6 MAN TITLE Match: The Miracle Violence Committee (Gordy, Williams and Fernandez) VS The Monsters of the Midway (Yamamoto, Kamata and Mr. Pogo) in A Barbed Wire Massacre Match USWA NORTH American Title Match: Sheik Hacksaw Butch Reed with Skandar Akbar vs Hacksaw Duggan in a Steel Cage Football Helmet Match BOOTCAMP MATCH: Jimmy Snuka with Gary Hart vs Sgt. Slaughter MATCH: THE FABULOUS ONES VS DAN SPIVEY & RON STARR A nice showcase here for the fan favorites as the really get the crowd going. The Fab Ones claim the victory after a Double Drop Kick on Rotten Ron Starr. After the match, they really hype up the Loser Leave Town Match with the Perfect Alliance. They talk a good game but Ernie Ladd does his best to remind them that they have not come close to beating the Perfect Alliance in a long, long time. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- USWA WORLD TV TITLE MATCH BILLY JACK HAYNES VS SHEIK HERCULES HERNANDEZ with SKANDAR AKBAR This match is full momentum changes as you would expect. Both men are so powerful that they are really only one move away from regaining the advantage. With time winding down in this 10 minute time limit match we see Akbar doing his best to get involved. He tripped up Hercules Hernandez right in front of ref Bronco Lubich who did nothing about it. This really set Jim Ross off as he is sick and tired of Lubich helping out Devastation Inc. Hercules Hernandez picks Billy Jack up by the hair and whips him across the ring. As Billy Jack came off the ropes, Hernandez nearly took his head off. Ernie Ladd is sure we are about to have a new champ and it appears to be so as Hercules covers him with both feet on the bottom rope for extra leverage. It almost seems impossible that Lubich doesn’t see this but he makes the count anyway. 1… 2… DING DING DING 3. Lubich and Akbar look at each other in surprise as Jim Ross thanks God that Billy Jack’s title has been saved by the bell! He explains that it was obvious that the time limit expired before the count of three. Ref Bronco Lubich grabs the belt and raises the hand of Hercules Hernandez. The crowd explodes in anger as does Jim Ross. All of a sudden, Cowboy Bill Watts walks down to ringside. He rips the belt away from Hernandez and gives it back to its rightful owner in Billy Jack. Using a house microphone Watts addresses the crowd. Cowboy Bill Watts: Enough is enough. I am unsure what the deal is between you two. (meaning Akbar and Lubich) but I have seen enough. First of all, tonight’s match was a Time Limit Draw and therefore Billy Jack retains his title. Next, this is the 4th time that I have seen that there has been some funny business between Lubich and Skandar Akbar. Lubich you are SUSPENDED FOR 90 DAYS! Skandar Akbar: You have no right to reverse the decision of your senior official. This is just another example of how you stinking Americans will do anything to keep me and my men down. You will hear from lawyers about this. Cowboy Bill Watts: Shut up Akbar and be happy I don’t suspend you. I will tell you that since this match was a draw, I have already booked a rematch. Billy Jack and Hercules Hernandez will wrestle for the USWA World TV Title on Feb 28th at the huge event in Memphis. If Billy Jack wins, he will get 5 minutes alone with you Akbar! Akbar begins to protest but Watts tells him that he better get out of here right now or he will rethink that SUSPENSION! Akbar and Hernandez leave as Billy Jack thanks Watts for giving him his title back. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: THE TENNESSEE STUD STABLE (TOMMY RICH & EDDIE GILBERT) VS MIKE JACKSON & TED ARCIDI A nice tag team match here between two fan favorite teams. Again, Arcidi’s power amazes but in the end, we see Gilbert catch Jackson with a Hot Shot for the victory. At the interview desk, Rich and Gilbert play the role of the Studd Stable perfectly as they wink and play to all the pretty ladies in the stands. They then get down to business and wonder if the Memphis Bruise Brothers are afraid of the Studd Stable as ever sense they were challenged, they have not shown their faces in the USWA. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: KERRY VON ERICH & DUSTY RHODES VS USWA WORLD CHAMPION TED DIBIASE & DIRTY DICK SLATER A great main event here for TV. Rhodes and Kerry might just be the two most popular men in the sport today and they are united in their quest to rid the USWA of the Rats on the opposite side of the ring. The match is wild and the 4 men are brawling all over the arena. The ref finally loses complete control and calls for the bell disqualifying both teams. This does nothing to slow down the fight and it continues all the way through Jim Ross’s sign off. Jim Ross: So long from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Don’t forget to join us this week at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City and next week we will be coming to you from the Canjundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.

King of the Ring was perfect and your format is so easy to follow. I once saw that finish with King Kong Bundy and JYD where JYD kicked out a 4 and went on to win. It was great then and even better now as he can kind of claim that he is the champion and then Harley Race is sitting there next and then you still got Piper in the on deck circle. Hogan is going to have a tough spring. Great roster and everyone is in the right place.

I agree. This is the perfect way to run Lutte. The French Canadians are used to most of your roster and by keeping them strong against people like Bockwinkle and Backlund gives the promotion some credibility. Also very interested to see where this Sherri-Bockwinkle goes. Is Bockwinkle going to be a babyface? He seems to be feuding with both Babyfaces (Rougue) and Heels (Sherri)

This sounds great. Can't wait for it to start.

I agree. Adams and Hernandez are now hated in at least two countries.

The USWA would be interested in finding some new homes for the Iron Sheik, Dan Spivey, and the Great Kabuki

USWA WRESTLING: 2/3/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 Tyler, Texas “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Tyler, Texas and the Oil Palace. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. What a card we had last week at the Lake Front Arena in New Orleans. Let’s take a look at a video from that big event. VIDEO MATCH USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH HACKSAW BUTCH REED with SKANDAR AKBAR VS HACKSAW DUGGAN The videos shows these two big men going at it in the center of the ring when all of a sudden Butch Reed eye gouges Duggan and then throws him through the middle ropes out on the floor. Reed follows him out and connects with some big haymakers but Duggan won’t go down. Duggan follows up a block of a right hand with a big body slam on the concrete. He then picks up Reed and whips him hard into the steel barricade and Reed is in bad shape. DING DING DING The match had been rules a double count out but Duggan is still going after Reed. WHAM! Lowblow by Akbar on Duggan! Duggan goes down like a ton of bricks. Reed is able to recover first and CRACK! Reed clocks Duggan with his own 2x4 and Duggan is busted wide open. Reed and Akbar head back to the locker room proud of themselves as Duggan lays in a big heap on the floor. When the video ends, we see a furious Hacksaw Duggan at the interview desk where he is sick and tired of Reed saving his belt by DQ’s and count outs. He also guarantees us that next time that Arab scum Akbar gets his nose in his business, it will be the last we ever see of Akbar. He also challenges Reed to a Steel Cage, Football Helmet Match. Jim Ross hypes up the fact that later tonight, Duggan will get the chance at a little revenge on Akbar as he takes on the Iron Sheik. This just starts Duggan up again and you can tell he is on fire. After Hacksaw Duggan leaves the set, Jim Ross and Ernie Ladd are joined by Dirty Rhodes (the imposter) and he keeps going on about how he just isn’t in the same class as USWA World Champion Ted Dibiase and that he thinks he should just walk away from this sport. All of a sudden the crowd pops as the real American Dream comes up from behind and is just standing there as Dirty goes on and on. The Dream finally taps Dirty Rhodes on the shoulder and Dirty turns around and it is like he has seen a ghost. The American Dream does a little shimming and shaking before connecting with three consecutive Bionic Elbows to the head of Dirty. Dirty Rhodes is somehow able to scurry away like a little rat as Dusty takes the microphone from Jim Ross. Dusty Rhodes: Ya know Jim Ross, It is understood that imitation is the greatest form of flattery but that Dirty Rhodes aint so flattering. I know that no good Ted Dibiase put him up to this to poke fun at me. We allll know that Ted Dibiase is a rat. Not the leader of the Rat Pack as he says but a true down and dirty rat. After he took my title with that loaded glove, I woke up the next day with an aching head. I was sick to my stomach. Not because I lost but that I lost to a cheater like him. You loaded that glove up and knocked me till tomorrow Ted Dibiase. Well know, it is time for the real American Dream to be the dirty one. In two weeks! Oklahoma City! Cox Convention Center! Ted Dibiase vs The American Dream. No Holds Barred! No Disqualification! This will be like my younger days in West Texas. I am going to wear my jeans! My cowboy boats and I am going to kick you till like the Rat you know you are until you say I can’t do this no more! That ring announcer is going to call my name at the end of the bout. The American Dream will be the first two time USWA World Champion! Take it to the bank Jack! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross hypes up the fact that we will have three great main events here for you today on TV and let’s get to the ring for our first one. MATCH: JIMMY SNUKA & THE GREAT KABUKI with GARY HART VS SGT. SLAUGHTER & KEVIN VON ERICH This match does two things. First it just continues to hype up the feud between Snuka and Slaughter. Slaughter wasted no time and went after Snuka before the bell and any time these two were in the ring together, it was an all-out brawl. When the match finally ended, these two were not the legal men in the ring but they were still going at it on the floor and had to be separated by a host of people form the back. The other thing it did was to continue Kerry’s rise to the top of the ladder here in the USWA. After a nice few minutes with Kabuki, Kerry caught him in the Iron Claw. Gary Hart tried to intervene but he was caught in another claw by Von Erich. Kabuki was flat on his back with the right handed claw while Hart was on his back with the left handed claw. When Ref Pee Wee Anderson made the three count both Kabuki and Hart were counted out. This made the fans roar as they hate Hart. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross explains that our next match up will see ½ of the Fabulous Ones vs ½ of the World Tag Team Champions, The Perfect Alliance. Ross goes on to explain that if Lane beats Anderson, the Fabulous Ones will get one last title shot vs the Perfect Alliance. MATCH: STAN LANE VS ARN ANDERSON with BABY DOLL A very even match here for the first 9 minutes or so where each had the advantage for some time. In the end, ref David Manning got a little too close to the action and all three banged into each other and Manning went down hard. Baby Doll saw this as her chance and got into the ring. Baby Doll gives Lane a couple of big right hands and then asks Arn to hold him. Arn grabs Lane from behind and as Baby Doll comes off the ropes with a big forearm! WHAM! Lane slipped out just in time and Baby Doll clocked her own man. Lane quickly rolls Anderson up just as the ref recovers. 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross is really hyping up the fact that The Fabulous Ones are going to get another title shot and that match will take place in just two weeks in Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: JIM DUGGAN Vs THE IRON SHEIK with SKANDAR AKBAR The entrance to this match sums it all up. The Sheik and Akbar waving that Iranian flag with Sheik chanting, Tehran, Iran over and over again has this Texas crowd ready for blood but then their hero waving the American flag and carrying a 2x4 chases the Arabs out of the ring. When the match finally gets going, Duggan is able to control most of the match but Akbar and his interference is able to turn the tide a few times. Finally Duggan gets going with a few haymakers and then connects with a big power slam but before ref Bronco Lubich can make the three count, Akbar is up on the apron. Lubich and Akbar are really going at it. Jim Ross: Good God Almighty, what is he doing here?” Hacksaw Butch Reed hits the ring with a chair. WHAM! Reed hits Duggan in the back of the head and the lights go right out for Duggan. Reed exists the ring as the Iron Sheik slowly makes his way to his feet where he locks in the Camel Clutch. Lubich turns around and sees this. He asks Duggan to submit but there is no response. He is completely out. Lubich calls for the bell and raises the hand of the Iron Sheik. Hacksaw Butch Reed grabs a microphone. Hacksaw Reed: Duggan consider your challenge accepted. Steel Cage Match! Football Helmet Match! It doesn’t matter. I am THE MAN in the USWA! Jim Ross: What kind of human being has Bronco Lubich become. It is obvious he is on Akbar’s pay roll. That is the 4th week in a row we have seen something like that. Lubich and Akbar are both going to rot in HELL for what they did here. Enough is enough! Ernie Ladd: Maybe Duggan should think before saying he is going to run Akbar out of town! Jim Ross: Sorry folks we are out of time. So long from Tyler, Texas. Don’t forget to join us this Tuesday in Ft. Worth, Texas and the Will Rodgers Center and next week we will be coming to you from the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa. As the screen fades to black we see promotions for the show in the Will Rodgers Center.

Like the use of Blackjack here. He is perfect for a Mid-Card feud and so is Ron Bass. Also think the 4 Way Tag Title match is really cool and hypes up the Russians. Interested in seeing who is really the true #1 contender for them. The Bulldogs choice but you can never go wrong with the Harts

1/27/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 Monroe, Louisiana “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Monroe, Louisiana and the Monroe Civic Center. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. What a card we had last week at the Lake Front Arena last week in New Orleans. Let’s take a look at a video from that big event. VIDEO MATCH: USWA WORLD 6 MAN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE (Steve Williams, Terry Gordy and Manny Fernandez VS THE MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY (Tojo Yamamoto, Mr. Pogo and Tor Kamata The video begins with Manny Fernandez and Mr. Pogo battling it out in the center of the ring. Manny whips Pogo into the corner and rushes in a little too quickly and gets caught with an elbow. Pogo puts Manny into what appears to be a simple head-but but then all of a sudden. FIREBALL! Ref Pee Wee Anderson quickly calls for the bell and DQ’s the Monsters of the Midway but the damage has been done. Fernandez is rolling around in pain and the audience is frightened that he may be badly burned. The Monsters of the Midway go on and take advantage of the 3-2 situation. Kamata and his maniacal facial expressions and the pure evilness of Tojo are on full display. The beating goes on for a minute or two before the video ends. At the interview desk are the Monsters of the Midway and they could seem to care less about how disgusted Jim Ross is by their actions. Tojo Yamamoto: Mis-tah Manny Fernandez! Mis-tah Steve Williams! Mis-tah Terry Gordy! You may still have the belts but you will never forget the night you wrestled us in New Orleans. You think Mr. Pogo turned up the heat….haha…. you just wait. You Americans talk a good game. You act tough and speak like you want revenge but it is all talk. Well we want revenge too. We will never forget Hiroshima. We will never forget Nagasaki. And if you accept this challenge, you will never forget Oklahoma City. Barbed Wire Massacre Match. Just like in Japan! No ring ropes! Barbed Wire instead. Weapons tied into the barbed wire. We fight for revenge. We fight for our homeland. We fight to take your titles. WHAM! The Miracle Violence Committee attacks. Even an injured Manny Fernandez is going full tilt with a bandage covering the burns on his face. This brawl lasts only about a minute as the action spills behind the curtains where no cameras were. Jim Ross says I guess the Monsters of the Midway got their answer. The Miracle Violence Committee would never back down from a challenge. This one is for revenge! This one is for America. This one is for the belts! Ernie Ladd hypes up this brutal match and tells the fans in the Cox Center to get their tickets early. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- ARMWRESTLING MATCH: BILLY JACK HAYNES VS SHEIK HERCULES HERNANDEZ A good little 5 minutes of entertainment here as the two men play cat and mouse and take forever to get locked in. Some posing, some grunting and lots of head games get the fans interested in this gimmick. Jim Ross reminds us that if Sheik Hercules Hernandez wins, he will get a USWA World TV Title shot next week. Finally, ref Bronco Lubich signals the match to start. After about 30 seconds of back and forth, Hercules Hernandez takes the advantage. Ladd tells Jim Ross, “I told you so” as Haynes’s wrist is just inches away from the table. All of a sudden Billy Jack starts a comeback. The expression on both Hercules Hernandez and Skandar Akbar is priceless. Their arms get back to 50-50 and Haynes keeps pushing through. Hercules is now about 2/3 of the way down well all of a sudden Bronco Lubich bends down to pick up a piece of paper. Akbar rushes in and aids Hercules by adding his two arms to the fight. Billy Jack can’t hold out and his arm is forced down. With perfect timing, Akbar let’s go as Billy Jack’s wrist hits the table as Lubich gets refocused on the match. Hercules and Akbar are jumping around celebrating their victory as Lubich raises their hands. Billy Jack is arguing his case but to no avail. Jim Ross goes through how this is the third or fourth time Akbar and his men have gained an advantage when Bronco Lubich was the ref. Ernie Ladd says that Hercules won fair and square and to stop whining like a little girl. MATCH TOMMY RICH & EDDIE GILBERT VS THE WILD HOGS A nice victory for Rich and Gilbert here as they continue their rise up the tag team division. Quick tags and a lot of energy lead to the win when Rich caught King Harley Hogg with a Lou Thesz Press. The two joined Ross and Ladd at the interview desk where both Rich and Gilbert call out the Memphis Bruise Brothers and say that if those two clowns really want to fight for the pride if Tennessee all they need to do is show up. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- DIRTY RHODES INTERVIEW MATCH: MATCH: BIG COUNTRY VS THE RED ASSASSINS A little banjo music, a little square dance and an attack by the hated Commie team is just what was needed here to get the fans into the action. In the end, the near thousand pound team of Silo Sam and Plowboy Frazier comes out on top after a Giant Splash by Frazier on the Cuban Assassin Fidel Sierra. Jim Ross hypes up this huge team a bit and we actually get our first interview here with Big Country. Both just seem like happy go luck hillbillies but it is a fact that they are undefeated so far. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT KERRY VON ERICH VS DICK SLATER A good main event here where Kerry takes the fans home happy after a nice 10 minute bout. Dirty Dick was just that here and controlled a lot of the action with his nasty tactics and good right hand. Eventually Kerry tired of this and turned on the power. A massive suplex followed by the Iron Claw wore Slater down and then it was one Tornado Punch to victory. The most interesting thing that happened here was that USWA World Champion, Ted Dibiase, came out to support fellow Rat Packer Ted Dibiase. As the match progressed and Kerry turned on the juice it looked like Dibiase was going to interfere but it never materialized. At the end the champ and Kerry starred each other down as Ross and Ladd both hyped up what a match between these two would be like. Jim Ross: So long from Monroe, Louisiana. Don’t forget to join us this week at the Will Rodgers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas and next week we will be coming to you from the Sudduth Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana.