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11/25/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Knoxville, Tennessee and the Knoxville Civic Center. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts with Ross and Ladd talking about the disgusting action we saw yesterday on WTBS when Michael Hayes blinded Terry Gordy with some sort of cream. Jim Ross shows the video from yesterday’s show for anyone who missed it and when it was over, Ross said that earlier today, WTBS and the USWA sent Cowboy Bill Watts and camera man over to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and that we are going to hear from both the doctor who treated Terry and from Terry Gordy himself. First we see a video of Watts entering the hospital and then we hear from Dr. Jonathan Myers who informs us that Terry Gordy’s eyes were severely burned by the substance from Michael Hayes but that it is too early to tell if they will be any permanent damage. He went on to say that it is possible that Terry Gordy may be legally blind for the rest of his life. The video then brings us to the hospital room of Terry Gordy where we see his eyes are heavily bandaged. Cowboy Bill Watts asks Bam Bam how he is doing. Terry Gordy: To be honest with you, I am down. Not from the pain I am in. Not from the fact that I may never see again but by the fact that someone I used to call my brother has gone this far and has tried to take my career away from me. MICHAEL HAYES! All we been through; all the good times and bad times. I never thought it would come to this. We have won World Titles together! We have beaten the hell out of each other. NEVER, and I mean Never, would I have tried to end your career. Michael Hayes, I promise you one thing! If I ever get back to the ring, I will get even. I will beat you like the dirty dog you are. I will beat you so bad, your Mama won’t know who you are. Gordy begins to get all worked up and nurses rush in and order everybody to leave. When the video ends, we see both Ross and Ladd shaking their heads. Even Ernie Ladd believes that Hayes has gone too far this time. Ross knows it is early but wonders if the Miracle Violence Committee will even be able to defend their World 6 Man Titles with Gordy out of action. Ladd reminds everyone that they have 30 days to defend their title or they must forfeit their championship. All of a sudden, the crowd has a murmur to it as Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez come out. Both Williams and Fernandez seem really focused and their attention is on getting even with Hayes and the rest of the Freebirds. They guarantee everyone that they will not let their brother down. They go on to say that they don’t care if they have to defend their 6 man titles with only two people, they will do it. They also seem a little scarred when Ross asks if they think Gordy will return to action. The both admit that they just don’t honestly know. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: TOMMY RICH & HACKSAW DUGGAN VS TERRY TAYLOR & KILLER TIM BROOKS A nice tag match that gives Wildfire and Taylor a few chances to continue their rivalry. In the end, Wildfire catches Brooks with a Lou Thesz Press and then tags in Duggan who connects with a football tackle for the victory. During their interview with Ross and Ladd, a quick video is shown of how Wildfire saved Duggan from a massive splash by the nearly 700 pound Loch Ness. Duggan hypes up the friendship the two have as Wildfire is now fully onboard with Duggan in the feud with the Rat Pack. Rich doesn’t care if it’s Dibiase, Slater, Murdoch, Maniac Matt Borne or even that fat slob Loch Ness. Duggan hypes how their match Tuesday night in Nashville with Borne and Loch Ness. Duggan also knows that until he can cut the head off the Rat Pack, namely Ted Dibiase, they are never going to completely stop the Rat Pack. MATCH: DAN SPIVEY VS JOHNNY MANTELL A nice 5 minute go round for the youngster where we see the continued progress of the 6’7 Spivey/ The end this times comes by submission with a Bear Hug. Ross is amazed a just how many ways this young giant can beat a man. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- $10,000 DEVASTATION INC. SUBMISSION CHALLENGE In the ring are Hacksaw Reed, The Iron Sheik, Black Blood and Mr. Texas along with Skandar Akbar. Akbar is on the mic telling us all just how dangerous his men are and then nobody can last even 1 minute once they get you in their clutches. He goes on to say that he will give $10,000 to anybody who can last just 60 seconds in either Hacksaw Reed’s Bearhug, Mr. Texas’s Iron Claw, The Iron Sheik’s Camel Clutch or Black Blood’s Swinging Full Nelson. He goes on to be little the entire USWA locker room and doesn’t believe anyone has the guts to stand up to his men. All of a sudden the crowd pops as young Sam Houston runs to the ring. Houston is somewhat cautious as he gets in the ring and who could blame him? It was all 4 members of Devastation Inc. in the ring and he was by himself. Akbar gives Houston a little credit for bravery for coming down to the ring. Skandar Akbar: Sam Houston! So young, so brave and just like every other Texan I have ever met in my life. SO STUPID! Which of my monsters to you wish to challenge. Houston looks around for a minute and then points to the Iron Sheik. The Iron Sheik just laughs as the other muscular monsters seem disappointed it was not their turn. Ref Pee Wee Anderson rushed down to ringside to try and make this circus look more official. He orders Akbar and the rest of Devastation Inc. out of the ring and then tells Houston to lie down on his stomach so the Sheik can place him in the Camel Clutch. Houston shakes around a bit to try and get the momentum going and then goes to the mat. Quickly the Sheik is on him and sits on his back and locks his arms around his chin and begins to arch backwards. Immediately you see Houston’s face cringe with pain. Sheik amps it up a little more and almost instantly Houston is tapping. It lasted less than 15 seconds but the Sheik keeps the hold on for a while longer just for effect. Eventually he slams Sam Houston down face first and we hear his disgusting, “Tehran, Iran” chant which really has the Knoxville crowd angry. Ernie Ladd is heard saying that maybe next time people will listen to Akbar and stay in the locker room. For once Jim Ross seems to agree with him as this Devastation Inc. is full of some bad dudes! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: TED DIBIASE VS “GENTLEMEN” CHRIS ADAMS In a wild main event, we see some good back and forth from this two for about 7 minutes. It here that the momentum changes as Dibiase caught Adams with a nasty elbow in the corner. Adams let his guard down for just a second expecting a clean break but this is when Dibiase surprised him. Jim Ross goes on to say that is the reason he is the leader of the Rat Pack and what more would expect from Dibiase but an illegal maneuver while Ernie Ladd defended the move by saying elbows are legal in wrestling. Dibiase follows the elbow up with a big bodyslam and then throws Adams through the ropes where he follows him to the floor. It is here we see a nastier Dibiase then we have seen in recent weeks. He throws Adams into anything he could find. The steel barricade, the ring post and even the timer’s bell were used as weapons. Adams is busted open but Dibiase has a wry smile on his face. He throws Adams back in and connects with a Sling Shot Suplex for the victory. Ross expresses concern for the rest of the USWA as Dibiase seems even more diabolical now than ever before. Dibiase leaves a manhandled Adams in the ring and goes to the interview table where he calls out Dusty Rhodes, the VonErichs and JYD. He is demanding title shots from all three as he believes he is unstoppable and is just the wrestler to control the entire USWA Championship situation. Ernie Ladd seems to agree and Ross says that if tonight is any evidence then he just might be right. Ross reminds us that Chris Adams is one of the leading figures in this industry and he was just destroyed. Jim Ross: The rest of the USWA needs to beware of Dibiase. Sorry but we are out of time. So long from Knoxville, Tennessee. Don’t forget to join us this Tuesday Night in the Nashville. Next week will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Tulsa Civic Center. As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the event in Nashville Matches Include: USWA WORLD HEAVYEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs Terry Funk USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The VonErichs vs Bobby Eaton & Arn Anderson Tommy Rich & Hacksaw Duggan vs Maniac Matt Borne and Loch Ness Ted Dibiase vs Iceman Parsons $10,000 Devastation Inc. Submission Challenge.
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11/24/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Knoxville, Tennessee and the Knoxville Civic Center. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts with Ross and Ladd hyping up last week’s Thanksgiving Thunder from the New Orleans Superdome. A video of the last few minutes of the Bull Rope Match for the USWA World Title between Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk from the Superdome is shown. We see Dusty really rip apart Funk with the cow bell and eventually gaining the victory by count-out. After the video, Dusty Rhodes is at the interview desk and Dusty is all fired up about his victory over Funk. Dusty Rhodes: I told you Jim Ross! I told you Ernie Ladd. Terry Funk was not taking this USWA Title form the Dream. This title represents all the great people in this country and there was no way I was going to let some low life like Terry Funk be the champion of all of you. America is a beautiful country baby and each time I look in the mirror, I seem to be getting better looking. I mean just look at this belly I got going! Just look at this wrinkled up forehead. Oh, I am real excited today baby. Not only did I beat Funk. I heard he has run away from the USWA. He has flown the coup. I beat him so bad, I heard he run all the way to Asia! That’s right! The big bad Terry Funk get beat so badly by little old me, he left the continent. Jim Ross: Dream that is true but there are still plenty of challenges for you right here in the USWA. Dusty Rhodes: Now that’s for sure but I plan on holding this belt for a long time. So it doesn’t matter to me if it’s Mr. Ted Dibiase. If it’s Hacksaw Butch Reed. If it’s Dirty Dick Slater or anyone else coming for my belt. You know that I am going to give it 110%. I will scratch. I will claw. The Dream owes it to you fans and I will be your champion. Jim Ross: Well you next opponent will be decided Tuesday Night in Nashville TN with a 20 Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal where the winner will be the new #1 contender. Ross now takes us to the ring for our first match. MATCH: USWA WORLD TV TITLE MATCH MANIAC MATT BORNE VS PVT. DON KERNODLE We see the new champion being led to the ring by the enforcer of the Rat Pack, Loch Ness. As for the match it is a nice opening bout that goes about 7 minutes. Kernodle was performing well until he got thrown through the middle ropes. As ref Pee Wee Anderson admonished Borne, Loch Ness crushed Kernodle by slamming him into the ring post. Loch Ness then tossed Kernodle back into the ring where Borne simply covered him. Pee Wee Anderson looked around as if he knew some funny business had taken place but he couldn’t figure out what. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH ICEMAN PARSONS VS FIDEL SIERRA Always a lot of energy in the building when either one of these two hit the ring. The Cuban Assassin brings out the worst in the crowd by waving his Cuban Flag but Iceman really pumps them up with a little “We Are Family.” As for the match, Sierra tries to use his power advantage but this is right up Iceman’s ally as he loves to mix it up. In the end, Iceman catches the Cuban Assassin with a Butt Bump for the victory and the crowd loved every moment of it. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: JAPANESE ASSASSINS (The Great Kabuki & Kendo Nagasaki with Gary Hart) VS AL MADRIL & BRIAN ADIAS To the fans dismay, this was all the Japanese Assassins. The end comes when Kabuki sprayed the green mist into the air and then went into a wild spinning motion that ended with a nasty thrust kick to the temple of Madril. After the match, Hart was complaining that his men get no respect and are deserving of a World Title Match. MATCH: THE PERFECT ALLIANCE (ARN ANDERSON & BOBBY EATON with BABY DOLL) VS SWEET BRWON SUGAR AND SAM HOUSTON It seemed like the Perfect Alliance took their frustration at not winning the Tag Titles at Thanksgiving Thunder out on their opponents. It was all Arn and Eaton and the end came after Arn hit a Spinebuster on Sam Houston and then tagged in bobby Eaton who climbed to the top rope and flew off connecting with an Alabama Jam! After the match the Perfect Alliance headed to the interview desk where Baby Doll pulled a letter out of the top of her shirt which really seemed to get the crowd going. Jim Ross reminded here that this was a family program and to watch herself. Baby Doll answered that there was nothing family about this letter as the courts are now involved with the tag team situation. Jim Ross: What tag team situation? Your team lost fair and square to the VonErichs last week at Thanksgiving Thunder. By now Cowboy Bill Watts has rushed out to the interview area. When he heard the word “courts” he came running out to protect his investment. Baby Doll: This letter is from the State Supreme Court on Louisiana which is where Thanksgiving Thunder took place. They are placing a work stoppage on the tag team title until my team is granted a fair rematch. Ernie Ladd: That makes “perfect” sense to me. Cowboy Bill Watts: Two questions. How did you get this situation to the highest court in the state in just 4 days and what was unfair about your last rematch. Baby Doll: First of all Watts, when you look as “perfect” as me, things get done in a hurry and most important, during our last match with the VonErichs, your incompetent referee allowed an unlicensed manager to stay at ringside and aid the VonErichs…..One Madusa Miceli! Jim Ross: Oh give me a break, Madusa never got involved in the match. You are just upset that she whooped your but on national TV. Baby Doll: I was out there to manage and when she attacked me it took my focus away from the match. Managers are not supposed to be wrestling and by me having to fight her, I was unable to perform my job. READ THE PAPER! We get the next title shot and only licensed managers can be at ringside. We will take this rematch Tuesday night in Nashville! Cowboy Bill Watts: It appears my hands are tied and we will see this match at the Tennessee Fair Grounds on Tuesday in Nashville. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: TERRY GORDY VS MICHAEL HAYES The war between the Freebirds and the Miracle Violence Committee continues. In this match, the beginning is all Gordy as he is just too much for Hayes to handle. After a beating that included a few huge bodyslams, Hayes slips out of the ring for a breather. It is here that Precious rushes down to ringside. She reaches into her purse and pulls out some sort of rag and pretends to whip Hayes’ face while Hayes reaches into the purse and we see that his fingers are covered into some sort of cream. As Hayes heads back to the ring, he is met by Gordy. Hayes ducks down and catches Gordy with a shoulder block which allows him time to get in the ring. Once in the ring, He grabs Gordy be the hair and rakes the cream across both eyes. Immediately Gordy is flailing and rolling all around the ring and grabbing at his eyes. Gordy ends up in the corner where Hayes pulls him up by the head and connects with a massive Bulldog for the victory. Gordy is still in obvious trouble as Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez rush down to his aid. Michael Hayes beats a hasty retreat and seems very pleased with himself. Dr. Death is screaming for a doctor and is trying to rinse his eyes with water. Jim Ross expresses how dangerous this situation appears to be. Jim Ross: Sorry we are out of time. Don’t forget to join us tomorrow morning for more USWA action. So long from Knoxville, Tennessee. As the screen fades to black with see promotions for Tuesday’s event in Nashville.
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USWA NEWS: It appears that there is trouble in paradise between Cowboy Bill Watts and Fritz VonErich. While the USWA promotion has seen great success, the two men are having trouble working together. A few of the sticking points are: 1. The VonErichs: Fritz is hell bent on his sons being the center of the promotion while Watts sees a lot of potential in such major players as Butch Reed, Ted Dibiase and Tommy Rich to name a few that he feels the VonErichs should be more of team players and not have everything centered around them. 2. The future of tag team wrestling: Watts loves the traditional tag team match and steady tag teams while Fritz says the future is in larger tag team matches like 6 man or 8 man matches. Again, Watts argued that this was just to better his own sons. 3. Expansion: While there seems to be a push to more national promotions going on, such as the WWF and the AWA, Fritz believes that a Dallas based promotion would be the most financial successful and that there is no reason to leave Texas/Oklahoma/Louisiana. Watts believes that a market without pro wrestling is a great market for the USWA. He has been the driving force into going to Denver, St. Louis and Nebraska. In fact, he has contacted Eddie Graham and Robert Fuller about getting something more steady going throughout the Gulf Coast States. 4. Wrestler Contracts: Fritz believes less is more and that anybody along with his sons can make a good promotion as long as the angles are interesting. Watts believes that star power and physical power are huge in the wrestling industry. With expiring contracts for people like Hacksaw Duggan, Tommy Rich, Billy Jack and JYD, this roster could see some major overhaul if VonErich gets his way. 5. The USWA Heavyweight Title: With these two at odds with each other and they both most agree on a title change, it seems unlikely Rhodes will drop the belt anytime soon. The best thing for the USWA would be to add more members to the "Board of Directors" Whatever happens here, one thing is for sure. Stay Tuned! Anything could happen. Have we seen the end of the USWA as we know it. Could we be headed back to Watts and VonErich running their own separate promotions like we say earlier in 1984 with World Class and Mid-South? Maybe we are on the verge of the "death" of the USWA? Do they have the money and resources to battle Vince McMahon if they go it alone? Do they have the roster talent to split in to two? Could they survive with 3 smaller promotions if the bring back Florida and Eddie Graham? We will just have to wait and see!
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11/20/1984: WTBS 7:05-10:05 FROM THE LOUISIANA SUPERDOME NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to the Thanksgiving Special from The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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 Bull Rope Match for the World Title between Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk. Ross believes Rhodes will come out on top but Ladd disagrees as there in tougher wrestler in the world then Terry Funk. Ross and Ladd also have a bit of a back and forth on the North American Title Match which is a three way match between JYD, Ted Dibiase and Hacksaw Reed. This time, Ross and Ladd seem to be on the same page as the deck is obviously stacked against the Dog. Ross takes us to the ring for our first bout which could be a Main Event anywhere in the country. HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN VS DIRTY DICK SLATER with Loch Ness This is an intense match from the beginning as Duggan has gone on the war path of late and is hell bent on ridding the USWA of the entire Rat Pack. Duggan excites the fans by waving his trusty 2 x 4 around as he enters the ring but is attacked before the bell as he turned and played to the fans. Slater is one tough hombre and he really knows how to throw the hands. Somehow, Duggan regained the momentum and the end came after Duggan followed up a powerslam with a nasty football tackle. As the ref counted three, we see the nearly 700 pound Loch Ness climb up onto the apron and enter the ring. Duggan is not about to back down and quickly gets his weapon. Duggan cracks Loch Ness across the back of the head but instead of Loch Ness going down, the 2 x 4 splinters into tiny pieces. Loch Ness just laughs at Duggan who looks like he just saw a ghost. Loch Ness smashes Duggan into the corner and by now Slater is up. Slater holds Duggan’s legs down as Loch Ness begins to climb to the second rope. Jim Ross announces that if he connects with this Big Splash it could mark the end of Duggan’s career. Before Loch Ness gets his balances, the crowd explodes as Wildfire Rich rushed down the aisle and clobbers Slater. Rich now hopes up on the middle rope and hits Loch Ness with about 10 huge haymakers. As Rich hops down, we see Loch Ness teetering on the ropes. Finally after a few uneasy moments, Loch Ness loses his balances and crashes head first to the mat. Rich and Duggan begin putting the boots to the Rat Pack and are soon in complete control of the ring. Rich and Duggan embrace in the ring as Ross hypes up the fact that these two have become really close friends of late and that they are becoming a force to reckon with in the tag team division. MATCH TIME: 14:21. WINNERS: Hacksaw Jim Duggan _________________________________________________________________________ MR. TEXAS with SKANDAR AKBAR VS MIKE VONERICH Mike Von Erich was able to get his revenge here. While Akbar did his best to distract Mike VonErich, there was no stopping him here. Ladd reminds us that Mr. Texas is the one who put Mike out of action for a month with a nasty head injury and that Mike better be careful or it would happen again. In the end, Mike nailed Akbar who was up on the apron and then turned his attention on Lance. He caught Lance with the Iron Claw and that was all she wrote. MATCH TIME: 7:02 WINNER: The VonErichs __________________________________________________________________________ WOMEN”S TAG TEAM MATCH THE WINNERS WILL FACE EACH OTHER FOR THE WORLD TITLE WENDY RICHTER & BABY DOLL VS MADUSA MICELI & THE FABULOUS MOOLAH This is a wild match where neither teams is happy with their partner. The team of Baby Doll and Madusa take control. Madusa seems to be just one step ahead of both Richter and Moolah and Baby Doll just seems to be too powerful. In the end, we see Madusa with a slingshot suplex on Moolah which seems to be enough for the victory until the unthinkable happens. Baby Doll comes in and makes the save. Ernie Ladd seems confused but Jim Ross believes that Baby Doll is just plan insane and her jealousy has won out and she can’t bear to see Madusa gain the victory for her team. Madusa and Baby Doll have words and begin to shove each other. Moolah is able to make the tag and Richter rushes in and rolls up Madusa for the 1… 2… WHAM! Baby Doll hits Richter with a massive elbow drop. Baby Doll demands to be legally tagged in and Madusa obliges. As she comes in the ring, Richter is just getting up and is hit with the biggest clothesline in Women’s wrestling. It looked like her head was going to separate from her body. Baby Doll makes the cover and Madusa, doing the team thing, drop kicks Moolah and prevents her from making the save. 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross and Ernie Ladd hype up the fact the Baby Doll and Madusa gained the victory and now they will face each other for the Women’s title. Baby Doll and Madusa just stare each other down and don’t celebrate one iota. MATCH TIME: 10:41 WINNER: Baby Doll and Madusa Miceli __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TV TITLE MATCH ICEMAN KING PARSONS VS “MANIAC” MATT BORNE With Borne already in the ring, the champion comes out and does his best to get the crowd going with a little “We are family,” but it is obvious that he is not himself. He comes out with his mid-section wrapped and Ross reminds us of the crushing blow he took from the Rat Pack’s enforcer Loch Ness. Ladd says that Iceman has no shot here and he just give it up. Iceman gave it his best shot but was only able to keep the momentum for short periods of time. He did have one shot at victory as he went for the Butt Bump but Borne hooked the ropes. In the end, Borne caught Iceman with a DDT. Ross is disgusted that the Rat Pack’s dirty tactics last week have led to a championship for the group while Ladd reminds Ross that this is wrestling and that Ross needs to put on his big boy pants and stop crying because Borne beat Parsons here in the Superdome fair and square. MATCH TIME: 7:41. WINNER: Maniac Matt Borne (NEW USWA WORLD TV CHAMPION) __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD 6 MAN TITLE MATCH THE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE (Fernandez. Gordy & Dr. Death) VS THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS with Precious A wild one from beginning. This was just all out brawl and neither team waited for the bell as all 6 men brawled all over the arena floor. After about 10 minutes of trying to get order restored, referee Pee Wee Anderson called this match a No Contest. The Freebirds and the Violence Committee could care less. This feud has been white hot and it is their pure hatred for one another that proved to be even more important than the World 6 Man Title. Finally, when order was restored, the cameras focused on a bloody Terry Gordy and bloody Michael Hayes. It is obvious that this feud has reached a boiling point. Jim Ross blames Michael Hayes for turning on Bam Bam while Ernie Ladd says that that is ridiculous as it was Gordy who put himself first and the team second. It doesn’t matter who is right, this one is far from over. MATCH TIME: 0:00. WINNER: NO CONTEST __________________________________________________________________________ THE FABULOUS ONE VS DEVASTATION INC. (The Iron Sheik & Black Blood) with Skandar Akbar This is a tale of two different teams. The fan favorite Fab Ones get the crowd going with ZZ Topps and “Sharpe Dressed Man” while Devastation Inc. raises every inch of ire the fans could muster. The hooded Black Blood is just scary. So evil and powerful looking that the fans could not imagine getting in the ring with him while The Sheik and the Iranian flag really bring out the patriotism in all at the Superdome. The Fab Ones take a pretty good beating here and appear to be on the verge of going down to defeat. Steve Keirn is locked in the Camel Clutch by the Iron Sheik when all of a sudden, Stan Lane rushed into the ring and before the ref could get him back to his corner, he connected with a baseball sliding drop kick to the face of the Sheik. This brought Black Blood into the ring and Akbar up onto the apron. As fast as Lane attacked the Sheik, he goes after Black Blood with another flying dropkick. Black Blood stumbles backwards and crashes head to head with Akbar. Both men roll to the floor below. With Sheik dazed, Lane drags Keirn to his corner so he can legally tag himself in. Lane hops up to the top rope and as Sheik staggers to his feet, with see a third dropkick, this one from the top rope. Lane covers Sheik and to the delight of Ross and the crowd, the Fab Ones gains the victory. Ladd is screaming about the incompetence of the USWA officials and doesn’t understand how the Fab Ones can be called the victors when Lane should not have even been in the ring. MATCH TIME: 18:27. WINNERS: THE FAB ONES __________________________________________________________________________ USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH THREE WAY MATCH JYD VS HACKSAW REED with Skandar Akbar VS TED DIBIASE 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. His opponents are already in the ring and are huddle together planning strategy. Jim Ross and Ernie Ladd both hype up the fact that this could only mean trouble for the Dog. Ross reviews the rules for this match and it is quite simple. ALL 3 MEN ARE IN THE RING AT ONCE. For JYD to win, he must pin or submit either Dibiase or Reed and for Dibiase or Reed to win the must pin or submit JYD. As the bell sounds, it is obvious that Reed and Dibiase planned to attack JYD 2-1. JYD is great but not even he can take on Dibiase and Reed alone. JYD takes a crazy amount of punishment. After about 5 minutes of punching and kicking the Dog, Dibiase points to the sky and Reed shakes his head yes. Reed hoists JYD up for a Gorilla Press Spike Slam with Dibiase helping to throw the Dog to the canvass. Reed then goes for the cover. 1… 2… WHAM Ted Dibiase nails Reed with a huge elbow and Reed rolls over holding his head. Dibiase now signals for his finisher…. The Figure 4 and he quickly picks up JYD’s leg and puts him in the submission hold. WHAM!! Reed drops the elbow onto Dibiase. Jim Ross: “Hey! I think JYD’s chances have just picked up. Both Reed and Dibiase might have beaten JYD to hell but they can’t let the other pin the Dog. As the Dog is recovering from his beating, Dibiase and Reed spend the next 5 minutes or so trying to wear the other down. Finally, Dibiase can’t take anymore and gouges the eyes of Reed. From here, he connects soundly with a low blow. Reed doubles over and starts to stagger backwards and falls right through the middle ropes and crashes to the floor. Dibiase now seems to be adjusting that “loaded” black glove. Dibiase thinking he is about to become North American Champion, turns his attention back to the Dog. Dibiase is shocked when he sees Dog up and ready for him. A quick howl to the moon as JYD blocks a huge, “loaded” right by Dibiase and then grabs him by the head and connects with 3 massive JYD head-butts. From there, it was an Irish Whip into a huge THUMP (Powerslam) JYD goes for the pin and Reed is nowhere to be seen. 1… 2… 3. Ross hypes up the fact that JYD has beaten both Reed and Dibiase and retains the belt. Ladd is once again disgusted. MATCH TIME: 26:25. WINNER: JUNK YARD DOG __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The VonErichs VS The Perfect Alliance with Baby Doll The Perfect Alliance enter first and strut their way to the ring. Baby Doll is making the sign of the championship belt as she high fives her team. Ross is unsure if she is talking about the Perfect Alliance tonight or that the she is proclaiming herself to be the first women’s champion. As the Von Erichs start to come to the ring, we notice that Madusa is leading them down the aisle. Jim Ross is excited that finally there will be someone at ringside to stop Baby Doll from getting involved. Ladd explodes that she has no right to be out here. He continues that she is not a licensed manager but it doesn’t seem that the ref is going to do anything about it! As for the match, this Superdome crowd could not have asked for more. It is a great back and forth for about 15 minutes and then all of a sudden Baby Doll got involved by throwing a massive elbow to the face of Kevin VonErich after he was tossed out of the ring by Arn Anderson. This is all that Madusa needed to see as now the brawl was own between Madusa and Baby Doll. Since it didn’t directly interfere with the match, the ref paid no attention to it and focused on the in ring action. Kevin caught Arn with a shoulder block as he re-entered the ring. This allowed him to get to his brother and make the tag. Kerry came in like a house afire and connected with Tornado Punches to both Arn and Eaton. With Eaton down, Kerry quickly scoops up Arn for a massive suplex and then goes to tag his brother. Kevin again climbs the ropes and leaps! WHAM!! Von Erich Death Leap right on top of Anderson. The crowd counts along with ref Pee Wee Anderson. 1… 2… 3. As Ross hypes up the Von Erich victory we see Madusa has the Iron Claw on Baby Doll ad she is screaming in pain. Ross explains that this relationship between the VonErchs and Madusa seems to be a two way street. Madusa helped them take care of the Perfect Alliance and the VonErichs have taught Madusa the Iron Claw to take care of Baby Doll. MATCH TIME: 25:27. WINNERS: THE VON ERICHS __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH BULLROPE MATCH “THE AMERICAN DREAM” DUSTY RHODES VS TERRY FUNK The main event is just brutal. Both men are busted open and are just beating the hell out of each other. We see Dusty being whipped into the corner but Funk rushed in a little too quickly and was caught with a nasty elbow. Funk goes down. For the next few minutes, Rhodes just grinds the open end of the cow bell into the forehead of Funk. Funk appears to be wearing a crimson mask as Jim Ross can’t belief how brutal this match is. Rhodes continues to beat Funk with the cow bell and then begins to wrap the rope around the neck of Funk. Funk is in trouble and appears to be almost out on his feet. Rhodes whips Funk into the ropes and launches himself at Funk as Funk comes off the ropes. GONG! The sound of the cow bell violently hitting Funks head echoes throughout the building. Funk is knocked backwards and goes straight through the middle ropes. The camera catches Funk falling so hard through the ropes that he actually hits his head off the steel barricade surrounding the ring. Jim Ross guarantees us that there is no way Funk will be able to beat the count back in and he was right. As ref Pee Wee Anderson makes the 10 count, we see Rhodes ecstatically jumping around the ring. Jim Ross announces that Rhodes is jubilantly jumping around the ring and it appears that he has met and conquered his biggest test since becoming World Champion. What a night for Dusty Rhodes but Ernie Ladd is sure Funk will be back and that this is just a minor setback. MATCH TIME: 32:27. WINNERS: Dusty Rhodes Jim Ross hypes up that Dusty is still the USWA World Heavyweight Champion. So long from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Commissioner Bruno as the enforcer! Love it
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and Valentine is back on the winning side!
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Is this the beginning of the phony, politically correct Vince McMahon? Soon to follow the No Blood, family friendly entertainment?
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The USWA is jealous here! Good luck to the new NWA/LUTTE
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Some great angles being played out here. From Bruno to the Funks to Bockwinkle. Keep up the good work
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The USWA drops the jobber pack of Kelly & Nick Kiniski and Jose Lothario and adds Brett Wayne Sawyer
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11/17/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 DOTHAN, ALABAMA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Dothan, Alabama and the Houston County Farm Center. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” DUE TO A HECTIC SCHEDULE, THIS WEEKS SHOW WILL BE IN SUMMARY FORM! BOTH TV SHOWS DO THEIR BEST TO HYPE UP THE UPCOMING THANKSGIVING THUNDER CARD FROM THE SUPERDOME ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th. ANGLE #1: USWA WORD TITLE: DUSTY RHODES VS TERRY FUNK · We see a short video of Rhodes and Funk from the Kiel Auditorium where the match ended in a Double Count-out as the two brawled all over the studio. · Jim Ross announces that the feud is far from settled and that the two will meet again at Thanksgiving Thunder in a Bull Rope Match. · Terry Funk beats Chris Adams in a real violent match but the end comes with Funk showing some technical skill by using the Spinning Toe Hold for the victory after the match, Funk beats Adams with the Bull Rope until Dusty comes out and the two go at it in a big way. The locker room has to get the two separated. · We see some pre-taped comments from both Dream and Funk and they seem ready to go for the kill at Thanksgiving Thunder. As we know, both men can really cut a promo. ANGLE # 2: USWA WORLD TG TEAM TITLE: THE VONERICHS VS ARN ANDERSON & BOBBY EATON · Ross and Ladd hype up the match between the two at the Kiel Auditorium that ended with a DQ when the ref thought he caught Kevin VonErich with an illegal object. It was a pair of brass knuckles that Baby Doll was tossing to Beautiful Bobby but Kevin intercepted them. After the DQ, Kevin felt he had nothing to lose, knocked Eaton out. The fans went wild. · Ross explains that the Perfect Alliance will be given their last title shot against the VonErichs at Thanksgiving Thunder. If they fail to win the belts, they will not be allowed to wrestle the VonErichs for the titles for 1 year. Ladd is really upset at this and explains that it is total unfair. · Both teams gain easy victories on the show and in their interviews it is obvious that there is no love loss here. The VonErichs are sick and tired of the Perfect Alliance’s dirty tactics while we have to listen to Baby Doll scream about Kevin VonErich stooping so low as to use a weapon in the ring. When Ross confronts her and reminds her that she threw the brass knuckles into the ring, Baby Doll went nuts on Ross. · In other tag team news, we find out that Dick Murdoch was injured at the hands of Hacksaw Duggan during the Murdoch/Slater vs Duggan/Rich match at Kiel Auditorium. Duggan took the 2 x 4 to Murdoch’s head and it seems that he has suffered concussion and will be out of action for a couple of weeks. Duggan and Rich were disqualified and the Rat Pack gained the victory. An angry “Dirty” Dick Slater demanded and received a NO DQ match against Duggan at Thanksgiving Thunder. Duggan was thrilled during his TV interview and said it was not victories he was after but revenge. He claims the Rat Pack started this war and he was more than happy to end it. · The Fab Ones and Devastation Inc. also hyped up their match against each other at Thanksgiving Thunder. ANGLE #3: USWA WORLD 6 MAN TITLE: FREEBIRDS VS THE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE · Ross announces The Freebirds and the Violence Committee will face off at Thanksgiving Thunder. · The Freebirds attacked Steve “Dr. Death Williams” during his TV singles bout against Killer Brooks. This quickly led to a brawl between the two best 6 man teams in the USWA. A commercial break seemed to restore order. · In other 6 man tag news, we see the first win for the Japanese Assassins (Kabuki, Nagasaki and the Super Strong Machine with Gary Hart) Both Ross and Ladd hype up their potential. ANGLE # 4: USWA WORLD TV TITLE: ICEMAN PARSONS/MANIAC MATT BORNE · Cameras rolled in the back of the studio as we Iceman getting attacked by Maniac Matt Borne and the new enforcer for the Rat Pack, Loch Ness. · Later in the show, a bruised and battered Iceman comes to the interview desk a demands a title match with Borne at Thanksgiving Thunder. Ross is unsure if that is a good thing as Iceman seemed a bit wobbly. Ladd gave him some credit for “finally” facing a real challenges. Cowboy Bill Watts does grant the match. ANGLE #5: USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE · We see a video from the Kiel Auditorium between Ted Dibiase and Hacksaw Butch Reed for the #1 contenders spot to face JYD at Thanksgiving Thunder. Unfortunately nothing was cleared up as the match ended in a draw. · Ladd says that Cowboy Bill Watts has no choice but to let Reed and Dibiase face JYD in the Superdome but Ross says that is ridiculous. Unfortunately for JYD, Cowboy Bill Watts agreed with Ladd and we have a 3 Way North American Title Match at Thanksgiving Thunder. All 3 wrestlers had their time on the mic during the show. Nobody seemed thrilled with the ruling as JYD seemed rather depressed about his chances. ANGLE 6: USWA WOMEN’S: Baby Doll, Madusa, Wendy Richter & Fabulous Moolah · All 4 women are called out as these are the Final 4 to become the first ever USWA Women’s champion. The rules are that they will first have a tag match at Thanksgiving Thunder and then at the year-end spectacular, the winners of the tag match will meet one and one with the winner becoming the champion. · The reason for them all being out at the interview desk was to pick teams. Ross explains that their 4 names will in a hat and the first two Ernie Ladd picks out will be team-mates. · Ladd choices Baby Doll and Madusa to be one team and Wendy Richter and Moolah to be the other. This lead to whole lot more arguing as nobody seemed happy. Ross told them if they want to be champion, they better learn to work together by Tuesday night. We also learn that Mike VonErich has signed a contract to wrestle his cousin, “Mr. Texas” (Lance VonErich) as he tries to seek revenge for the trouble’s Lance has caused the rest of the VonErich boys. Jim Ross: So long from Dothan, Alabama. Don’t forget to join us this Tuesday Night in the Louisiana Superdome for Thanksgiving Thunder. Next week will be in Knoxville, Tennessee and the Knoxville Civic Center. As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the Thanksgiving Thunder.
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How did wrestling contracts work back then? Why did promotions like WWF allow Hogan to go to Japan?
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NWA Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling - November 1984
kevinmcfl replied to agentofenton's topic in Promotions
Great group of shows. Looking forward to Kokina and Andre. Superstar seems so close to a title but keeps winning by DQ. Perfectly 1985! Killer Khan on the rise could be dangerous for all involved. Interested to see what is Windham's next big thing. -
I agree. Very fun and all seems so planned out. I love your organization. Wahoo and Ronnie Garvin doing nice work here. Santana and Sawyer would be a fun watch. You figure that the Road Warriors would come out on top but it would have been fun to see the carnage in the match with Kamala and the Botswana Beast.
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Was just wondering what your idea was for the 1985 fresh face draft.
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NWA Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling - November 1984
kevinmcfl replied to agentofenton's topic in Promotions
and 24 Karat is off and running. Perfect! Still wondering who will be first to challenge Flair with this new group. -
Nice! Maybe we could join forces on this Women's thing.
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Again, very Smoky Mountainish.... perfect. The Dutch thing is completely Dirty Dutch. I am interested to see how the #1 contenders match plays out. Especially if Gordy wins.
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11/10/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Little Rock, Arkansas and the Barton Coliseum. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts by really hyping up the recent match between the Von Erichs and the Perfect Alliance for the USWA World Tag Belts where the VonErichs were able to get the victory by DQ when Baby Doll got involved. MATCH JYD (NORTH AMERICAN TITLE HOLDER) VS KILLER TIM BROOKS (Non-title Match) A nice opening bout that gets the crowd into it from the second “Another One Bites the Dust” begins to play over the speakers. JYD quickly tires of the dirty tactics of Killer Brooks and put him away with a THUMP (powerslam) which followed three straight Howling Head Butts. JYD went to the interview desk with his USWA North American Title and was congratulated by Jim Ross while Ernie Ladd asked him when he was going to step up in competition and give some real men like Hacksaw Reed or Ted Dibiase a title shot. JYD: First of all Ladd, nobody wants to hear your big mouth. Next thing, the Dog is a fightin champ and will wrastle anybody at any time. I have beating Reed and I have beating Dibiase…… All of a sudden the leader of the Rat Pack, Ted Dibiase, appears with his new enforcer, Loch Ness. Ted Dibiase: Wait a minute Junk Yard Dog. Or should I call you Stagger Lee. Just remember our last two loser leave town bouts. You LOST you loser! What makes you think that you could ever beat me? I deserve a title shot and you know it. JYD: Just look at how yellow bellied you truly are Dibiase. You can’t even come out here on your own. You got to bring Mountain Moron with you. Loch Ness begins to inch towards JYD but Dibiase tells him to stay cool. JYD: When the USWA names you the #1 contender, I will gladly beat on you some more. All of a sudden Hacksaw Reed and Skandar Akbar come out. Skandar Akbar: Wait a minute, there is no way the USWA would name Dibiase the #1 contender when we got the greatest wrestle in the world today standing right next to me. Genetically perfect with the ability to beat any man in a matter of minutes. And you Dibiase, think you are the #1 contender for the title? As it gets a bit heated here, Cowboy Bill Watts comes out with a message. Cowboy Bill Watts: I think the people are sick and tired of the Rat Pack! (The crowd cheers) and I think the people are sick and tired of Skandar Akbar and Devastation Inc. (The crowd cheer again) The USWA Board of Directors has decided that neither of you are currently the #1 contender to JYD’s title. Both men seem really confused and agitated. Cowboy Bill Watts: Let me explain. The Board has decided that right now, you two are both equally deserving of a title shot. Jim Ross: Does that mean JYD has to face both men? Cowboy Bill Watts: No, that seems like an impossible task. Instead, as we in the USWA understand, we must please our fans. They just seemed really excited at the idea of the Rat Pack and Devastation Inc. tearing each other apart so this week in St. Louis, Missouri and the Kiel Auditorium, Ted Dibiase and Hacksaw Reed will face each other and the winner will be named the number # contender to the North American Title and will face JYD at Thanksgiving Thunder in the Louisiana Superdome. Ross and Ladd hype this up as JYD just smirks and Dibiase and Reed eye each other cautiously. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE ICEMAN KING PARSONS VS DAN SPIVEY Once again, the crowd is brought to their feet with a little music as Iceman comes to the ring to “We are family.” As for the match, the young Spivey gives Iceman all he can handle. This big young rookie has some future and came within a clothesline of gaining his first title. Instead, Iceman ducked under the clothesline and came off the ropes with a huge Butt Bump and barely got the pin. Iceman really expresses his respect for Spivey at the interview desk and seems relieved to have won the match. This is when Playboy Gary Hart comes to the interview desk. Hart tells Iceman that Spivey is nothing and if you want to see a newcomer to the USWA in action with a bright future, stay here for just a minute. MATCH: SUPER STRONG MACHINE VS AL MADRIL As soon as the Super Strong Machine heads to the ring, Jim Ross begins to go crazy as he is yelling about how the last time this lunatic was in the USWA, he almost killed a man and that he was suspended indefinitely. Gary Hart: Jim Ross, you are correct. The last time he was here, he did nearly kill a man and he was suspended. Why, I do not know. Is it his fault that he is just that much better than ever other wrestle here? No, I think not and pleaded my case over and over and over again with the Board of Directors and finally them have come to their senses and reinstated my man. Ernie Ladd: Sounds fair to me. As for the match, it was just a barbaric beating. One huge power move after another. The end came after Super Strong Machine connect with a Bridging Underhook Suplex and finished it with a devastating Sit-Down Powerbomb. As Hart and the Machine celebrate in the ring, ref Pee Wee Anderson is frantically calling for a stretcher as Al Madril seems seriously injured. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: 6 Man Tag Match THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS with Precious VS MIKE VON ERICH, SWEET BROWN SUGAR & MIKE GRAHAM The first thing we notice is that Precious is wearing a neck brace which Ross explains comes from a recent encounter with Madusa. Ernie Ladd seems disgusted by this as he doesn’t understand how a professional athlete like Madusa thinks it is ok to attack a person with absolutely no wrestling experience. Ross counters by asking Ladd how many times Precious has stuck her nose it where it doesn’t belong and hit someone with her loaded purse. Ladd seems confused and doesn’t recall any of this. He also wants to know how Jim Ross knows what is in a women’s purse and if Ross might be a little ya know, “funny.” This is also the first we have seen of Mike Graham sense his vicious parking lot beating from Kevin Sullivan. Ross hopes he is ok but Ladd thinks that is impossible as nobody is ever ok after dealing with Kevin Sullivan. As for the match it is a nice 8 minute showcase with a lot of back and forth action. The end comes when Hayes and Garvin double team Sweet Brown Sugar as Precious distracts the ref. While Precious is jumping up on the ring apron and pointing a menacing finger in the refs face, Ross wonders how a person with a neck brace could be jumping and gyrating like that. He beliefs it all to be a rouse. When the ref is done with Precious, she suddenly remembers her neck brace and climbs down to the ring floor ever so gingerly which prompts Ladd to tell Ross he is just so hateful and it is obvious she is hurt. With Sugar already in trouble, Garvin connects with a Brainbuster for the victory. Ross argues that this move should be illegal and Ladd counters with the thought that whenever a fan favorite uses a move like a piledriver or a brainbuster, you say how wonderful the wrestle is. Ernie Ladd: DOUBLE STANDARD ROSS? The Freebirds make a quick stop at the interview desk where they hype up the fact that they deserve another shot at the 6 Man Belts held by Terry Gordy, Manny Fernandez and Steve “Dr. Death” Williams. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: “MANIAC” MATT BORNE with Rat Pack Enforcer LOCH NESS VS CHRIS ADAMS In a wild main event, we see Adams seemingly in control after about 7 minutes. Somehow the two sandwich ref David Manning and with Manning down, Adams goes to check on him. Borne catches him from behind with an elbow and down goes Adams. All 6’11 and 685 pounds of Loch Ness climbs into the ring and with Borne holding Adams legs, Loch Ness climbs to the first rope. He just kind of falls off with what Ross called the biggest Super Splash in history. Adams is crushed and the loud crash must have woken Manning. With Loch Ness back on the floor, Borne covers Adams in the most arrogant of ways, by standing up and putting one foot on Adams chest. With the victory we hear Borne calling for Iceman and his World TV Title. Jim Ross: So long from Little Rock, Arkansas. Don’t forget to join us next week in Dothan, Alabama and the Houston County Farm Center for our next TV show. As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the major event this week in the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. Matches Include: USWA WORLD HEAVYEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs Terry Funk USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The VonErichs vs Bobby Eaton & Arn Anderson #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE Ted Dibiase with Loch Ness vs Hacksaw Reed with Skandar Akbar The Fab Ones vs The Iron Sheik and Black Blood with Skandar Akbar LUMBERJACK MATCH The Rat Pack (Slater & Murdoch) vs (Duggan & Rich)
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NWA Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling Events - October 1984
kevinmcfl replied to agentofenton's topic in Promotions
Sweet Ebony Diamond...... I Love it! This is one of my favorite angles from wrestling when I was a kid. Whether it was Tommy Rich as Mr. R or JYD as Stagger Lee or Rhodes as the Midnight Rider. PERFECT! -
USWA also moves Sam Houston to a jobber pact and moves Sweet Brown Sugar (Skip Young) to a regular roster spot.
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USWA drops the Oates Brothers and Scott McGhee from a jobber pack and adds Mike Graham.
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The "Survivor" Series was a lot of fine. I wonder how Andre feels about the team being called the Hulkamaniacs. Funk is a show stopper. I know we had talked about him in the past and I was never on board as to just how big he could be. I was wrong. He is a show stopper!
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Nice show. Can't wait to see what we get out of the Original Midnight Express. our tag team division is stacked and I never know what team will come out on top. Makes this fun!
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11/10/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Little Rock, Arkansas and the Barton Coliseum. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts with a video of the last few minutes of the USWA World Title match between Dusty Rhodes and Terry Funk from the Cajun Dome where we see the bout end in a Double Count-out as the two are just beating the heck out of each other. After the bell was sounded, it took about 10 officials and wrestlers to get the two separated. After the video, Terry Funk is at the interview desk carrying a branding iron where he says he is unsure which one would bring him more pleasure. Taking the World Title from the egg sucking Dusty Rhodes or permanently branding him with the tag of the Double Cross Ranch! He goes on to say that he might as well do both and for those of you who have never seen something branded before, stay tuned. You might just see it in a minute. Funk goes to the center of the ring and rams his branding iron into the center of the ring and we see a little smoke rise and Funk’s logo etched into the center of the ring. He places the branding iron outside the ring. MATCH: TERRY FUNK VS SAM HOUSTON Funk goes absolutely wild on the young Sam Houston and beats him like a dog. The finisher is when he nails not one but two Texas Piledrivers on Houston. After the pin, he goes out to get the branding iron. He begins to size up Houston and is trying to figure out the best place. He decides on the upper part of his leg but before he can finish the task, Dusty hits the ring and the two pick up right where they left off at. Again, it takes a herd of people to get them separated. Jim Ross seems really relieved that Funk couldn’t complete the job on Houston as Ladd seems like it would have been fun to watch ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- As we come out of break, we see Cowboy Bill Watts at the interview desk where Watts informs us that the USWA is going to be adding a Women’s Division. He goes on to say that the fans really seemed to enjoy the battle last week between Madusa and Baby Doll and that there are a lot a really great athletic women who have been asking for the USWA to get involved in Women’s wrestling. He goes on to say that the USWA is going to kick off the women’s Division tonight with a $5000 over the top rope Battle Royal which will include all the great women’s wrestlers in the country. Watts continues by explaining that this Battle Royal has some twists. First of all, it will stop when we reach the Final Four competitors. These 4 will wrestle in a tag team match at the Thanksgiving Thunder in the Superdome with teams being made by drawing names from a hat. The winners of this match will then wrestle each other in our USWA Year End Spectacular to be held in the Mid-South Coliseum. The winner of this match will get the $5000 and be crowned the first USWA Women’s Champion. MATCH: WOMEN’S BATTLE ROYAL LISTED IN ORDER THEY WERE ELIMINATED Princess Victoria Velvet McIntrye Debbie Combs Donna Day Wendi Richter Judy Martin Penny Mitchell Susan Star Joyce Grable Leilani Kai FINAL FOUR: TAG TEAMS TO BE CHOSEN NEXT WEEK ON TV Fabulous Moolah Madusa Micelli Baby Doll Wendy Richter ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: DEVASTATION INC. (The Iron Sheik & Black Blood with Skandar Akbar) VS AL MADRIL & BRIAN ADIAS To the fans dismay, this was all Devastation Inc. The end comes when Black Blood caught Al Madril in a swinging full nelson and almost broke him in half. After the match, Akbar is at the interview desk challenging the Fab Ones who he says have no chance at beating his team of near monsters. The crowd explodes as the Fab Ones come out and confront Akbar and his men. The Fab Ones look almost puny next to the humongous Black Blood but they don’t seem to be the least bit afraid. Both teams claim to be the better then the others but cooler heads prevail as Cowboy Watts comes out again and says enough is enough and this can be solved in the ring this week in St. Louis at the Keil Auditorium. Ladd and Ross really hype this one up but as usual, they can’t agree on who will win this huge battle. MATCH: TOMMY “WILDFIRE” RICH & HACKSAW DUGGAN VS TERRY TAYLOR & “KILLER” TIM BROOKS This is the first time that either of these teams are working together and it is an entertaining 8 minute bout with the fan favorites finally getting the victory as Rich caught Brooks with a cross body block and then tagged in Duggan who connected with a massive football tackle. Rich made sure Taylor couldn’t make the save as the fan favorites get their first win as a tag team. Rich & Duggan head over to the interview desk where they focus their attention on getting even with the Rat Pack but more specifically Dick Murdoch and Dick Slater. This is some interview as Rich and Duggan really know how to cut a promo. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE VON ERICHS VS THE JAPANESE ASSASSINS (GREAT KABUKI & KENDO NAGASAKI with Gary Hart) A great back and forth Main Event that sees all the great moves of both teams from the flying dropkicks by Kevin Von Erich and the Tornado Punches by Kerry to the nerve holds, and thrust kicks by the Japanese Assassins. To the delight of the crowd, the VonErichs take control and Kerry uses the Iron Claw to weaken Kendo Nagasaki and then he tags in his brother who climbs to the top rope and is about to go for the Von Erich Death Splash . All of a sudden, the Perfect Alliance hit the ring and we see Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton all over the VonErichs as Baby Doll is dishing out orders. This beating soon turns on to a 4-1 as the Japanese Assassins join in. This is where the show comes to an end as the World Tag Team Champions are sprawled out on the floor. Jim Ross: So long from Little Rock, Arkansas. Don’t forget to join us next week in Dothan, Alabama and the Houston County Farm Center for our next TV show. As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the major event this week in the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri.