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From Armstrong to Landell to Dirty Dutch. This truly has the SMW feel. Love the handcuffs in the ring, the TV Title being for the little people. Armstrong and Fuller going back and forth. Just very well done.

Great TV Card. Rougue vs Colon and Kimura vs Andre would really peak my interest. As I stated before, Tully vs Martel sounds great. Keep up the good work!

Very nice series of shows. I like the angle with Atlas and Hercules. Those strength things were always a lot of fun. Looking forward to the tag team situation being cleared up. You have some monster teams and it will be fun to see who comes out on top. Again the back and forth between Gorilla and the Brain was great. I agree with Edger that Hansen vs Hogan would be one for the ages.

Lots of options are good! Keep up the good work. Lutte always keeps me guessing.

Some surprises indeed. I just commented that I thought Valentine was back on the rise and then this. Also was surprises that Star and Afa beat the Zambuie Express. Love surprises! Makes me wonder who you would put third on your depth chart: 1. Martel 2. Bravo 3. ?

USWA WRESTLING: 10/28/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 CINCINNATI, OHIO “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Cincinnati, Ohio and The Cincinnati Garden. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts by really hyping up the recent card in the Denver, Colorado and then we see Dusty Rhodes come out with his USWA World Title and he really goes to town on Skandar Akbar and Butch Reed. He is furious at the tactics of Reed last week in Denver which lead to a count out victory for Devastation Inc. over Rhodes and the Fab Ones. Rhodes explains that if Reed wants to fight dirty that is fine because he was raised on the streets of West Texas and is ready for anything Reed can bring his way. MATCH THE JAPANES ASSASSINS with Gary Hart vs SWEET BROWN SUGAR AND SCOTT McGHEE A good opening bout that goes for about 4 minutes but in the end, Gary Hart trips McGhee and that leads to a nasty thrust kick by Kabuki for the victory. Hart & the Assassins head over to the interview desk where Hart basically claims victory in the upcoming tag team tournament on Wednesday night in Reunion Arena in Dallas. He warns the Fab Ones that they are in for some real pain. He guarantees the end of Lane and Keirn and that the fans better get ready for Kabuki and Nagasaki to be the next World Champions. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH TED DIBIASE VS BRIAN ADIAS Dibiase controls the first few minutes but then Adias ducked under a clothesline and came off the ropes with a cross body block and gained a near fall. This just seemed to anger Dibiase more who now punishes Adias. The end coming by submission with the Figure 4. After the ref called for the bell, Dibiase refused to release the hold. In fact, he grabbed the ropes and really amped up the pressure. Adias was writhing in agony but there was nothing he could do. The crowd explodes as Hacksaw Duggan rushes the ring with his 2 X 4. He takes a might swing and just misses Dibiase who rolls out to safety and high tails it back to the locker room. Duggan spends the next few minutes at the interview desk where he keeps saying how sick of the Rat Pack he is and how he wants Dibiase inside the squared circle at the Halloween Spectacular and doesn’t care about the stipulations. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- The Rat Pack (Dibiase, Slater, Murdoch and Borne) joined Ross and Ladd at the interview desk where Dibiase says that he will agree to face Hacksaw Duggan in Dallas as long as Duggan comes out here right now by himself and without that weapon he carries around. Jim Ross: Now why would Duggan came out here to face the 4 of you all alone? That seems like it would be a foolish thing to do. Ted Dibiase: You heard him Ross. He wants me in a ring this week and doesn’t care about the stipulations. Well coming out here now is one of the stipulations. The crowd explodes as Duggan rushes out and gets right into the face if Dibiase. Ted Dibiase: Wait a minute Big Boy! If you want a match this week, you will not touch any of us tonight. Is that understood? Hacksaw Duggan: First of all you don’t tell me what to do. If you try anything here, I will take out the entire Rat Pack. The crowd pops but Dibiase and the Rat Pack just laugh as they know that nobody in this industry can take them out all alone. Ted Dibiase: Well that is almost what you will have to do but it just won’t be here tonight. It will be in Dallas on Wednesday. If you want a match with me, first you will have to go through my men. All my men except for Dick Murdoch who will be busy beating Junk Yard Dog. Jim Ross: Now that hardly sounds fair! Ted Dibiase: I don’t care about fair. He demanded a match and said I could set the rules. First he has to wrestle Maniac Matt Borne. This should end his night but if some crooked ref helps him to win then Dirty Dick Slater will be next. Now it would be preposterous to think he could win that but if and only if he does, he will get his match with me! Ernie Ladd: Seems fair. It was Duggan’s idea to let you set the rules. Jim Ross: This is ridiculous! Jim Duggan: Deal And Duggan simply walks off set as the Rat Pack are all smiles. Ted Dibiase: Wow, what a night it is going to be. The Rat Pack is going to put an end to Junk Yard Dog and Hacksaw Jim Duggan all in the same night. MATCH THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS (Hayes & Garvin with Precious) VS THE FORT BRAGG BROTHERHOOD (Kernodle & Kirchner) With the Brotherhood already in the ring, The Freebirds come strutting out to “Freebird” and Jim Ross seems angry at their arrogance but Ernie Ladd says they have all the reasons in the world to be arrogant as they are the best in the business. As for the match, the Brotherhood do well in the beginning but Precious distracts ref Pee Wee Anderson and this allows Michael Hayes a chance to pull the top rope down as Kernodle was whipped across the ring. Kernodle crashed to the floor where Hayes continued to give him the business before tossing him back in. Garvin followed this with a sit down jawbreaker followed by a DDT for the victory. The Freebirds head over to the interview desk where they are so excited for Wednesday night. They can’t believe that they get to win the World Tag Title, $50,000 and take care of that traitor Terry Gordy all in the same night. The crowd pops as Gordy and Dr. Death come out and basically challenge the Freebirds right now and say there is no reason to wait. Both teams begin to push but the officials and Cowboy Bill Watts rush out and maintain order. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: KERRY VON ERICH VS THE IRON SHEIK The crowd explodes when the first chord of Tom Sawyer is played. Kerry comes to the ring full of energy as the crowd goes wild. With Kerry already in the ring, the Iron Sheik and Skandar Akbar walk out carrying the Iranian flag. Sheik gets the microphone and starts calling everyone “Stupid Americans” and that they need to stand and give the Iranian flag some respect. The crowd is all over him as he goes into his “Tehran, Iran” chant. As the match begins, Ross reminds us that Kerry will be joined by his brother Kevin in Dallas at the big tag team tournament to face Sheik and Black Blood in the first round. As for the match, Kerry is all over Sheik until Akbar gets up on the apron and distracts Kerry. Kerry hits Akbar with a huge tornado punch to the delight of the crowd but this gave Sheik an opportunity to catch Kerry with a knee to the back. Sheik begins to weaken Kerry for the Camel Clutch but Kerry regains the momentum when he blocks a blow by Sheik and catches him with a tornado punch of his own. As Kerry goes for a suplex, the crowd moans as Mr. Texas (Lance VonErich) and Black Blood hit the ring. The bell sounds but Kerry takes a pretty good beating until his brother Kevin and the USWA World Champion Dusty Rhodes hits the ring to even it out. This only lasts a minute until the last member of Devastation Inc. hits the ring. That’s right, the monster, Hacksaw Butch Reed comes in and just pummels Rhodes. He finishes him off with a Gorilla Press Slam. This gives the rest of Devastation Inc. an advantage and they clear the ring of the VonErichs. Akbar and his stable are all smiles as his men rule the ring as the show closes. Ernie Ladd is so excited as he is sure this is a sign of things to come and says he can’t wait for Reed to beat Rhodes this Wednesday night in Dallas. Jim Ross tells him not to count out Rhodes or the VonErichs so quickly. “So long from Cincinnati, Ohio. As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the Halloween Supercard from Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. Matches Include: USWA WORLD HEAVYEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs Hacksaw Burch Reed with Skandar Akbar USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE Dick Murdoch vs JYD GAUNTLET MATCH Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs The Rat Pack $50,000 WINNER TAKE ALL WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNAMENT

Sorry for the double post. I didn't think it went through

Nice set of events here. Looking forward to Fall Brawl and the huge steel cage matches. Also Magnum TA vs Killer Khan is a great event. Khan was such a monster but was always used to get the popular guy over. Interested to see how you play it.

Nice group of shows here. Looking forward to Fall Brawl. The steel cage matches should be great. Magnum TA vs Killer Khan is a nice match also. Khan was such an animal but never seemed to get over the big boys.

USWA WRESTLING: 10/27/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 CINCINATI, OHIO “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Cincinnati, Ohio and The Cincinnati Garden. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts by really hyping up the recent card in the Denver, Colorado. We see a video tape of the 6 Man Tag Team Match between Devastation Inc. (Hacksaw Reed, the Iron Sheik and the masked monster, Black Blood vs The USWA World Champion Dusty Rhodes and The Fabulous Ones. The video tape starts with Butch Reed connecting with a huge haymaker on Dusty Rhodes and Rhodes basically collapses into the ropes. It is here that the rest of Devastation Inc. hits the ring and goes after the Fab Ones. This distracted ref Pee Wee Anderson long enough for Skandar Akbar to reach into his Arabian attire and pull out some sort of foreign object and clock Rhodes. As the ref regains control of the ring, Hacksaw Reed impressively scoops up Rhodes into a Gorilla Press Slam and goes for the cover. 1.. 2.. 3. When the tape ends we see Devastation Inc. is at the interview desk. Jim Ross: Well, what else would we expect from you Skandar Akbar? Can you leave a match up to the abilities of the wrestlers involved? Skandar Akbar: It is my job to manage and guide my stable to be the best that they can be. That is what I do each and every day. As you can see, with my guidance, Hacksaw Reed easily defeated Dusty Rhodes. Jim Ross: Guidance, don’t you mean cheating? Skandar Akbar: I would never stoop to the levels that you are insinuating. The one thing I do know is that in just 4 days in Reunion Arena, you will see Hacksaw Reed defeat Dusty Rhodes and become the World Champion. Ernie Ladd: I completely agree with you. It is time Reed and you get what you deserve and that is the World Title. Jim Ross: Well we will have to see about that. I have never seen Dusty Rhodes so focused as he has been lately and I also have a bit of information for you Skandar Akbar. Skandar Akbar: What is that Jim Ross? Jim Ross: The Board of Directors of the USWA ruled this week that if you or any current member of Devastation Inc. interferes in the World Title Match, it will be an automatic suspension. Ernie Ladd: Typical of USWA. They will once again make up some sort of rule to help protect Rhode but they never say anything when his groupies like the VonErichs or JYD stick their noses in where they don’t belong. As we head to the ring, Akbar is screaming about unfair treatment and threatening to get his lawyers involved. MATCH: DEVASTATION INC. (the Iron Sheik & Black Blood) with Akbar vs The Oates Brothers The only thing to say here is the poor Oates Brothers. In a complete beating, Devastation Inc. destroys the Oates. The end comes when Black Blood gets the submission victory on Jerry Oates with the Swinging Full Nelson. Both Ross and Ladd hype up how difficult Devastation Inc. will be in the upcoming tag tournament in Dallas where the winner not only gets $50,000 in cash but also walks out as the USWA World Tag Team Champions. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: MR. TEXAS LANCE VON ERICH VS JOSE LOTHARIO A rather quick match that saw Lance Von Erich get the win with the Iron Claw. After the match, Lance Von Erich goes over to the interview desk where Jim Ross does not hold back. He says that what Lance Von Erich did to the rest of the VonErich clan over the past few weeks was one of the lowest things he has ever seen in this industry. Lance VonErich: First of all, let’s get my name right. I am Mr. Texas. I will never again use the name VonErich in this industry. I have always been the best athlete of all the VonErichs. I am the reigning Mr. Texas Bodybuilding Champion along with being the fastest rising star in Professional Wrestling. You saw how easy I took out that punk Mike VonErich. He wrestled me over a month ago and has not been seen since. Kevin VonErich walked in the ring with me and barely was able to walk out. Kerry caught me with a lucky ILLEGAL PUNCH and the ref did nothing about it. When I came to that no good sleazy Uncle of mine, Fritz VonErich and said that I wanted to wrestle, he refused to give me a job. He said I was not good enough. He was just afraid that I would out-shine all of his sons. He did the same to my father Waldo VonErich. My father was better than him at everything but Uncle Fritz got a lucky break and got into this business. When his own brother asked him to help him break into the business he refused. That’s because again, he knew his brother was superior to him in every way. A few months ago, Jack and Jerry Brisco came to me and said I have great potential and brought me into Memphis and taught me the ropes. I owe them everything and I owe the VonErichs nothing! Fritz VonErich goes and runs World Class Championship Wrestling into the ground and Cowboy Bill Watts saves his butt and allows WCCW into the USWA. I will spend the rest of my days ridding this sport of the VonErichs. All of a sudden Skandar Akbar walks out and the crowd boos. Jim Ross wants to know what Akbar is here for and Akbar says that Watts and the Briscos are not the only ones who can see talent. Akbar goes on to say that he also sees the potential in Lance and says he loves that they have one thing in common and that is to rid wrestling of the VonErichs. What happens next shocks everyone in the building. Akbar offers Mr. Texas a contract to join Devastation Inc. and Lance accepts. As we go to break, Ross expresses his disgust while Ernie Ladd is so excited that someone else sees the evil in the VonErichs. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: THE ROCK n ROLL EXPRESS VS THE KINISKI BROTHERS The crowd explodes as one of the most popular tag teams in history is back in action for the first time in a while in the USWA. As for the match, it is all RnR Express here but about 2 minutes into the match, The Perfect Alliance (Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton with Baby Doll) comes to ringside. Jim Ross reminds us that these two mega teams will meet in the opening round of the $50,000 tag team tournament this Wednesday in Dallas and that the World Title will be on the line. Ross also expresses concern at why the Perfect Alliance is out here right now. Ernie Ladd says they are just scouting as any good team would be doing but Ross is skeptical. The RnR Express seem to pick it up even more with their opponents at ringside and quickly dispose of the Kiniski brothers after a double dropkick on Nick Kiniski. As the ref was busy making the three count, the Perfect Alliance rushes the ring and hops up on the apron but as soon as the 3 count is completed, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson turn their attention to Arn and Bobby. The Perfect Alliance has second thoughts and returns to the floor. Both teams stare each other down but nothing else happens. MATCH: TERRY TAYLOR VS SAM HOUSTON This feud has been going on for about three weeks now and it all began when Houston caught Taylor with a roll up for the surprise victory. In this match, the fans are really behind Houston but it does him little good. Taylor catches Houston with an Airplane Spin and then connects with a vicious Bulldog. After the ref made the three count, Taylor continued the beating. He rammed Houston’s head into the steel post and busted him open. The TV screen became censored as the blood was really flowing but that did not stop Taylor. All of a sudden Tommy Rich rushes out and just misses catching Taylor who made another one of his escapes. It seems of late that Taylor has no problem taking on Houston but wants no part of Wildfire Tommy Rich. Rich and the official helps Houston back to the locker room but then Wildfire goes over to the interview desk where he goes crazy about what he is going to do to that coward Terry Taylor. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: MAIN EVENT WORLD TV TITLE MATCH ICEMAN PARSONS VS DICK SLATER Ross hypes up Parson’s win last week over Rat Pack member Maniac Matt Borne but has some concern on how will do against another member of the Rat Pack here in Dick Slater. He also reminds us that Iceman just barely escaped last week before he was attacked by the Dibiase’s entire stable. As for this match, it is a brawl from the opening bell. You would expect that this is exactly what Slater would want but Iceman holds his own. Just like last week, the rest of the Rat Pack begin to circle the ring but what is different is JYD, Dusty Rhodes, Kevin& Kerry VonErich and Hacksaw Duggan come out as well. Jim Ross hypes up the fact that for the first time in a while, the side of good outnumbers the Rat Pack. Ernie Ladd says that Rhodes and his stable of goons have no business being out there. Jim Ross says the same about the Rat Pack but Ladd simple says Ross must be stupid and asks if he forget that Slater is a member of the Rat Pack. Ross ignores this and goes back to calling the match. Iceman connects with the Butt Bump which should be the end but all of a sudden the Rat Pack hits the ring. The ref calls for the bell and gives the win to Iceman due to interference but Rhodes and his gang don’t miss a beat and hit the ring too. It is a scene that is totally chaotic but again, the numbers game wins out. This time Ross expresses how the Rat Pack is One member short as they take a pretty good beating. Dibiase gathers his troops and they make a quick exit to the locker room as those on the side of good rejoice in the center of the ring. Jim Ross: So long from Cincinnati, Ohio.” As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the Halloween Super card from Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.

This really has a SMW feel. Love how you wrote the Gauntlet Match with Dirty Dutch winning the way he did. Nice SMW Championship match also.

Very fun promotion here. Like seeing the mix of old timers and newcomers.

Love the 60 minutes matches between Flair and Backlund. They would be classics. I think they did the same thing a couple of times in Florida Championship Wrestling. I am interested to see how far you go with aging Mr. Wrestling II and Rock Johnson. I think they are both popular enough to pull off almost anything even though their bodies might begin to break down. I am also very interested to see where you go next if Backlund doesn't capture the title. You have a lot of good babyfaces that would be Main Events anywhere in the country with Flair. From TA to Windham to one of the Harts. Should be fun to watch.

I agree with Edger but I would not say "only" the Barbarian. That might be the best match ever on WWF TV. I always felt lucky as a kid if SD Jones was on the card cause he might get an upset win once a year. Hogan vs The Barbarian would have made me a WWF fan in 1984. I am also finding this Bockwinkle angle a lot of fun. I am also jealous of how you are using Sullivan. He is a great addition to the WWF and I look back and I just gave up on him because I thought he was too much work to write into shows. Great Job!

Great show and it sets up your angles perfectly. Loved the opening segment with the parking lot video tape. I might have to use that one for something soon. -I see a triple threat tag team match down the road -Valentine back on the rise Kimura challenges Andre- now that takes guts!

Love all the cards. Eddie Gilbert is a star wherever he goes! Liked that Regal got a loss. Didn't want it to be so easy for him. Lots going on here and fun to follow.

USWA WRESTLING: 10/21/1984: WTBS TAPED IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Lawton, Oklahoma and the Great Plains, Coliseum. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts by really hyping up the recent card in the Jackson, Mississippi. We see a video tape of the USWA World Title Match between Dusty Rhodes and Hacksaw Butch Reed. The video shows the two slugging it out in the center of the ring and Dusty seemed like he just refused to feel the pain that this monster must have been causing him. Rhodes blocks a right by Reed and connects with a huge Bionic Elbow. Reed goes down but quickly rolls out of the ring. Rhodes follows him out onto the floor where the two just beat each other senseless. Reed somehow musters the energy to scoop Rhodes up and drop him across the steel barricade. Reed is able to beat the 10 count in as Rhodes is counted out. Reed goes wild thinking he is the new World Champ but Ref Bronco Lubich rips the title from his hands. Akbar, Reed and The Iron Sheik resume their beating of the champ. Jim Ross once again expressed how disappointed he is in the tactics of Akbar and his men and that it seemed like Reed was out to injure Rhodes and that he went too far when he dropped the champ across the steel barricade. Ernie Ladd, as you would expect, believes that Reed should have been declared the champ and that Rhodes got himself counted out just to save his belt. Jim Ross changes the topic to our first match which will be for the USWA World TV Title. MATCH ICEMAN KING PARSONS VS MATT BORNE Ross hypes up Parson’s title win last week over Kabuki but he seems worried here if Iceman will get a true one on one battle here tonight or will the rest of the Rat Pack interfere. As for this match, it is a nice back and forth for about 5 minutes and then the Rat Pack tries to take the law into their own hands. First, Dick Slater wonders out and attempts to trip Iceman. Iceman turns quickly in anger but is able to refocus on Borne. Next we see the USWA North American Champion, Dick Murdoch come out. He distracts the ref and allows Borne to catch Iceman with an eye rack. Borne now controls the next few minutes. As Dibiase comes to the interview desk and says that his Rat Pack is about to add another title to its collection, borne Irish Whips Iceman into the ropes as Borne goes for a clothesline. Somehow, Iceman had the where to all to duck under it. He comes off the ropes and connects with a big Butt Bump! He quickly goes for the cover and gets the three count just before the Rat Pack can hit the ring. Iceman rolls out the other side and hits the locker room before the Rat Pack can attack 4-1. Ross really hypes up Iceman’s win while Ladd wants to know how Ross can support a coward as a champion. Jim Ross: Coward? What are you talking about? Ernie Ladd: That’s right, Ross. I called him a coward. He didn’t stay and fight. He took his belt and ran away. Jim Ross: Oh brother. We got to take a break. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross calls out Kerry VonErich but insists that we see the end of last night’s match between Kerry and Mr. Texas first. With only about a minute to go in the match and 2 minutes to go in TV time, VonErich connected with the Tornado Punch and followed it up with the Iron Claw. Kerry almost turned this into a pin a couple of times but Mr. Texas got the shoulder up. While Mr. Texas would not submit to the Iron Claw, he did begin to lose consciousness. With about 5 seconds to go, the ref lifted his arm up and the fans watched it fall to the side and he counted 1. Ref Pee Wee Anderson repeated this action and counted to 2. He was in the middle of lifting it again when the bell rang signaling a 10 minute time limit draw. The camera picked up on the fact that Kerry was now going for the mask and that he had it half way off. Mr. Texas was doing everything he could to keep that mask on but Kerry ripped it off. Mr. Texas quickly put his hands over his face and ran to the locker room. The camera did catch a quick glimpse of this blonde haired, blue eyed handsome man. Jim Ross: ok Kerry, it looked like you definitely knew who Mr. Texas was. I mean by the look on your face when you pulled that mask off last night, it was very clear. Mr. Texas was someone you have crossed paths with before. Kerry VonErich: That is for sure. I have definitely crossed paths with him before as has all of my brothers. Jim Ross: Well that might explain why he has been coming after each and every one of the VonErichs over the past month. Kerry VonErich: Well that it where I disagree with you. Family should never attack family! Jim Ross: Family? Kerry VonErich: That’s right Jim. Mr. Texas is my cousin. He is the son of my father’s brother Waldo. That masked man is none other than my cousin, Lance VonErich. When I saw who it was I was in shock. I tried to gather my composure last night and call him to see what was going on but he did not answer. Kevin, Mike and I are in need of answers and we want them sooner than later! Jim Ross: Well thanks Kerry. This is all been a shock to us and I hope you get the answers you have been looking for. We need to get back to the ring. MATCH DAN SPIVEY VS NICK KINISKI Dan Spivey, the rookie, continues to look better and better since he first appeared in the USWA. He racks up another win. This time is came after about 4 minutes of some robotic wrestling as he connected with a powerbomb. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- THE FABULOUS ONES VS BOBBY JAGGERS & MEAN MIKE MILLER The crowd is really dancing away to “Sharpe Dressed Man” as the Fab Ones hit the ring. This is one of the best entrances in all of wrestling and it really is fun to watch. As for the match it is a nice 8 minute back and forth with the Fab Ones getting the win after Steve Keirn connected with a reverse DDT on Miller. The Fab Ones head over to the interview desk where the really hype up the Halloween Tag Team Special in Dallas, Texas. Both Keirn and Lane say how great it would be to win $50,000 but it would mean more to them to walk out again as the USWA World Heavyweight Champions but they know how tough it would be as all 8 teams in the tournament are really good. Ladd basically says they have no shot but Ross thinks differently and wishes them luck. All of a sudden Skandar Akbar leads out Devastation Inc. out to the interview desk where Hacksaw Butch Reed, the Iron Sheik and Black Blood get right in the face of the Fab Ones as Akbar takes the microphone Skandar Akbar: Just look at my men Jim Ross. They are big. They are strong. They are mean. How do these little girly men think they could win the tag team tournament when their first match is against Devastation Incorporated? All of a sudden the crowd explodes as the World Champion, Dusty Rhodes rushes out and grabs the mic. Dusty Rhodes: It is real easy to act big and bad when it is 3-2. Well I said it last night. The American Dream will not let any of his friends be outnumbered by people like you Skamdar Akbar. Skandar Akbar: Well, well, if it not the Dough Boy Champion of the World. Be careful Rhodes before Reed beats you some more. All of a sudden all 6 men begin a pushing match as officials and wrestlers poor out from the back and somehow find a way to maintain order. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: JYD & TOMMY RICH VS DICK MURDOCH & TED DIBIASE The crowd explodes when the first chord of Another One Bites the Dust is played. JYD comes to the ring swinging his big dog chain and is howling at the moon as Wildfire runs around the ring giving the fans high fives. The atmosphere does a complete 180 as the Rat Pack comes to the ring. Jim Ross and Ernie Ladd both hype up the North American Title Match between Murdoch and JYD this week in Denver. Another great match here for the fans and with just a couple minutes left in TV time, it looked like they were to leave happy. JYD and Rich were in control when all of a sudden, Dibiase “accidently” knocked the ref down. All 4 men were now in the ring and going at it. Dibiase caught Rich with an eye rack and then quickly caught him with the loaded glove and Rich went down. Murdoch caught JYD here with an elbow and then grabbed him from behind. Dibiase again goes for the loaded glove and connects. JYD goes down and Murdoch scoops him up in the center of the ring and WHAM Murdoch nails JYD with a Brainbuster. Murdoch covers JYD just as the ref recovers and he to the fans dismay, gets the 3 count. Jim Ross is sick and tired of the tactics of the Rat Pack while Ladd hypes up the idea that Murdoch has JYD’s number and there is no way for JYD to get his title back in Denver. Matt Borne and Slater come out as the full Rat Pack ends another show in complete charge of the arena. We hear Jim Ross hyping up the card in Denver, Colorado for Tuesday night and the Team of Terror event in Dallas on Halloween night. He also reminds us that next week the TBS show will be coming from the Cincinnati Gardens. As Ross begins to sign off, the camera closes in on Dibiase who holds up 1 finger and mouths the words, “One More Member.” “So long from Lawton, Oklahoma.” As the screen fades to black with see a promotion for the Denver Auditorium. Matches Include: “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes & The Fab One vs Hacksaw Burch Reed, the Iron Sheik and Black Blood with Skandar Akbar USWA WORLD 6 MAN TITLE REMATCH The Freebirds vs The Violence Committee USWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE (KING OF THE ROCK MOUNTAIN MATCH: NO RULES Dick Murdoch vs JYD Tommy Rich, Iceman Parsons & Chris Adams vs Ted Dibiase, Dick Slater & Matt Borne And much, much more!!

Good show as always. The Rankings were always my favorite part of reading the wrestling magazines when I was a kid. Liked the joint promotion with Lutte.

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I like that I am seeing a clear hierarchy here throughout the card and it is obvious as to who is getting the push and who is doing the jobbing. This is something that I truly struggle with. Like to see Ottman getting a little love here. What I found interesting is Sgt. Slaughter over the Masker Superstar. Superstar was just up for the belt and I thought Sgt. was struggling a bit. This will be interesting to watch. Does Superstar get relegated to Mid Card and Sgt move up the list or will they continue to battle back and forth to see who eventually makes another major run.

Thanks for keeping this going. Good luck and have fun with it!

10/20/1984: WTBS 9:05-10:05 TAPED IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Lawton, Oklahoma and the Great Plains, Coliseum. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts by really hyping up the recent card in the Jackson, Mississippi. We see a video tape of the World 6 Man Title Match between the Freebirds and The Violence Committee. (Terry Gordy, Steve Williams and Manny Fernandez) The tape shows that Madusa Miceli leads The Violence Committee out to the ring and she gets right in the face of Precious and warns her to stay out of the action. The tape then jumps forward and the match is a full out war. With the ref knocked down, Precious jumps up on the apron and is about to throw the loaded purse to Jimmy Jam Garvin to use on Steve Williams. Before she can do this, Madusa catches here with a forearm to the back and she flies into the ring post. Madusa scoops up the purse and throws in to Dr. Death who clocks Garvin in the head. Williams follows up this knock-out blow with the Oklahoma Stampede. As the ref staggers back to the action, Williams covers Garvin. Michael Hayes rushes in to make the save but Bam Bam Gordy catches him and almost plants him through the mat. The ref makes the 3 count and we have New World Six Man Champions! When the tape ends we see the Violence Committee and Madusa Miceli at the interview desk. Jim Ross: Well, well guys! You weren’t kidding when you said you had a plan to deal with Precious. Terry Gordy: Remember, I used to be a Freebird. I know how they think. They always have a plan. They knew that they couldn’t beat us straight up so planned to use Precious and that loaded purse. We got ourselves a little insurance policy! We knew Madusa would take care of that She-Devil! Jim Ross: And take care of her she did. Madusa Miceli: And nothing could have been more fun. People like Precious give the rest of us women in this industry a bad name and I knew I needed to do something about it. Ernie Ladd: Well if you ask me, this was not a win. You cheated and have no right to call yourselves Champions! Steve “Dr. Death” Williams: Well Ladd if you want to come out of retirement and find a few of your old goons to come and try and pry these belts off our waists, we would gladly accept your challenge. If not, just stay out of our business. Jim Ross: What do you think Ladd? Are you ready to get back in the ring? Ernie Ladd: Typical of today’s wrestlers. Pick on the retired guys so they don’t have to give the Freebirds a rematch. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: USWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton with Baby Doll Vs Al Madril & Brian Adias (NON-TITLE) A rather quick match that saw Anderson hit the Spinbuster on Al Madril and then tag in Bobby Eaton for the Alabama Jammer for the pin. After the match, Baby Doll leads her team over to the interview desk where she confidently knows that her team will be the #1 seed in the upcoming $50,000 winner take all tag team tournament on Halloween Night in Dallas. She demands to know who the other tag teams in the tournament will be. Jim Ross admits that Baby Doll is correct in that the World Champs are indeed the #1 seed. He continues to announce the other teams #2 Seed: The Violence Committee (Terry Gordy & Steve Williams) #3 Seed: The Fabulous Ones #4 Seed: Kevin & Kerry Von Erich #5 Seed: The Japanese Assassins (Kendo Nagasaki & the Great Kabuki) #6 Seed: Devastation Inc.: The Iron Sheik & Black Blood #7 Seed: The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) #8 Seed: The Rock n Roll Express Arn Anderson: Are you telling me, that we have to wrestle the Rock n Roll Express in the first match and then win 2 more matches in the same night just to leave Reunion Arena with our titles? This seems like Watts is just trying to find a way to take our belts. Jim Ross: That is the setup of the tournament. You could also walk out with $50,000 in cash. Let’s get back to the ring. MATCH HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN VS THE CUBAN ASSASSIN As usual, the Cuban Assassin gets the fans going by waving that Cuban Flag. Duggan can’t take anymore and to the delight of the fans, Hacksaw attacks right away. During the match, the Rat Pack, Dibiase, Slater, Murdoch and Borne, come out to ringside and things look bad for Duggan. It is hear that the crowd pops as JYD, Dusty Rhodes, and the VonErichs also come out to ringside. The two teams stare at each other and kind of draw the line in the sand which neither team crosses. Duggan rides the momentum of his allies coming to ringside to get the victory after a Football Tackle. Duggan joins his pals at the interview desk where the USWA World Champion, Dusty Rhodes does most of the talking. Dusty Rhodes: These are sum dark times! Whether it is the Rat Pack or Devastation Incorporated and that no good desert rat, Skamdar Akbar. Whether it is Gary Hart and his team of Assassins or Michael Hayes and his team of Cuckoo Birds. These are sum dark times but in dark times you band together. You find who is willing to be by your side. And let me tell something brother, the guys out here right now have each other’s backs. Whether you make up some corny name for us like all the ones on the evil side have done, We Got Each Other’s Backs! Call us the Dream Team. Call us the Dog Pound. Call us the Von Erich Extended Family. Call us Hacksaw’s Hitman! It doesn’t matter. We will never be alone again. Good is about to rise up and put evil in its place. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Skandar Akbar comes out to the interview desk where Jim Ross asks about this new edition to Devastation Inc. known as Black Blood. Akbar says that he has people all over the world searching for the best wrestlers and that he will spare no expense to rule the USWA. He warns the fans that what they are about to see will make some of them very, very nervous and for them to sit back and think what Dusty Rhodes is thinking right now knowing that Hacksaw Butch Reed, the Iron Sheik and now Black Blood are hot on his heels. MATCH: HANDICAP MATCH BLACK BLOOD VS THE OATES BROTHERS This powerful monster just annihilates the Oates brothers with power move after power move. The end comes when Black Blood puts Ted Oates into a Backbreaker Rack and then changes it into a nasty Power Bomb. The crowd is in awe and Akbar is all smiles. Ross and Ladd hype of the power of this new, masked man in a big way and then Ross takes us back to the ring. MATCH THE JAPANESE ASSASSINS with GARY HART VS THE FORT BRAGG BROTHERHOOD (Kernodle & Kirchner) Gary Hart and his men are not to be out done by Akbar as the Japanese Assassins just dominate. The end comes with the Spinning Thrust kick by Kabuki on Kirchner. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Both Ross and Ladd really hype up tonight’s main event as it is the Gauntlet Glove Match. If the masked man, Mr. Texas gets the win, he will earn a World Title Shot and he would be the first USWA Wrestle to complete the Gauntlet Glove. Jim Ross asks Ernie Ladd to reach into the hat to find out the opponent of Mr. Texas. Ernie Ladd reaches into the hat and pulls out…………… Kerry VonErich. Jim Ross: Business is about to pick up now. Mr. Texas has been going after the VonErichs for weeks now and tonight it will be the Modern Day Warrior, Kerry VonErich standing between Mr. Texas and a World Title Shot! MATCH: MAIN EVENT GAUNTLET GLOVE MATCH MR. TEXAS VS KERRY VON ERICH With Mr. Texas already in the ring, the crowd explodes as we hear “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blare from the speakers. They truly go nuts as Kerry makes his way to the ring. Neither man waits for the bell and the brawl is on. Kerry has the advantage for the first few minutes but Mr. Texas takes control after an eye rake. It appeared as if Mr. Texas would win after he locked in the Cobra Clutch but Kerry made it to the ropes. VonErich blocked a vertical suplex and then reversed it with one of his own. Kerry was shaking his fists as the crowd was now behind him. With only about a minute to go in the match and 2 minutes to go in TV time, VonErich connected with the Tornado Punch and followed it up with the Iron Claw. Kerry almost turned this into a pin a couple of times but Mr. Texas got the shoulder up. While Mr. Texas would not submit to the Iron Claw, he did begin to lose consciousness. With about 5 seconds to go, the ref lifted his arm up and the fans watched it fall to the side and he counted 1. Ref Pee Wee Anderson repeated this action and counted to 2. He was in the middle of lifting it again when the bell rang signaling a 10 minute time limit draw. Jim Ross sounds disappointed that Kerry did not win the match but he also expressed how relieved he was that whoever this Mr. Texas was, would not get a shot at the USWA World Title. Ernie Ladd chimed in and the two began to argue. While they were arguing, the camera picked up on the fact that Kerry was now going for the mask and that he had it half way off. Mr. Texas was doing everything he could to keep that mask on but Kerry ripped it off. Mr. Texas quickly put his hands over his face and ran to the locker room. The camera did catch a quick glimpse of this blonde haired, blue eyed handsome man. While Jim Ross is left wondering who it could be, Kerry VonErich looks like he has just seen a ghost. Jim Ross: “Fans, we will have to wait to tomorrow night to get to the bottom of this. So long from Lawton, Oklahoma.” As the screen fades to black with see promotions for the Denver, Auditorium on Tuesday night and Reunion Arena in Dallas for Halloween Night.

To be honest, I have no idea. I never saw Mid-South Wrestling. The research I did was a bit confusing. One thing said it was Dibiase, Borne and Hacksaw Duggan while cagematches.com said it was those three + Mr. Olympia, Steve Williams and KKB. Not sure which is true.

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10/14/1984: WTBS TAPED IN CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Corinth, Mississippi and the Crossroads Rodeo Arena. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd.” The show starts with an interview with the USWA World Champion, Dusty Rhodes who is really upset that his next opponent, Hacksaw Butch Reed has joined forces with Skandar Akbar and Devastation Inc. He basically says that there is no way that he would ever allow this title to fall into the hands of someone like Akbar and that he will find some way to defeat the monster, Hacksaw Butch Reed. Ernie Ladd: Dusty, there is no way an out of shape, pot-bellied, over the hill redneck like you could beat today’s perfect athlete, Hacksaw Butch Reed. Dustry Rhodes: I may be old. I may be fat. But one thing will never die in me and that is that I bleed Red, White and Blue. And the next time you mouth off to me Ernie Ladd, you better be willing to get in the ring and stand by your words. Jim Ross: You tell um Dream. Now we got to get to the ring. MATCH SAM HOUSTON VS JOHNNY MANTELL Ross hypes up Houston’s win last week against Terry Taylor but Ernie Ladd believes it was all caused because of the interference by that no good Tommy Rich. As for this match, the young Houston looks pretty good in this affair. He is on the verge of victory after a Bulldog on Mantell but before the ref can make the count Terry Taylor hits the ring and makes a real example out of the youngster. Jim Ross is really sickened by the actions of Taylor who really lays the boots to Houston. With Houston basically out on his feet, Taylor gives him a Bulldog of his own. The crowd pops as Wildfire Rich hits the scene and Taylor scurries for cover. This is the second week in a row that he wanted no part of Rich. Rich helps Sam Houston to his feet and raises his hand. The crowd gives the youngster a nice ovation. Jim Ross tells us that this feud between Taylor, Rich and Houston seems to be just getting started. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Jim Ross hypes up the Gauntlet Glove Match and reminds us that today, the masked man, Mr.Texas, is going for his fourth straight win which would leave him just one short of a World Title Match. Ernie Ladd reaches into the hat and pulls out his opponent ……… Kevin VonErich. GAUNTLET GLOVE MATCH MR. TEXAS VS KEVIN VON ERICH Jim Ross can’t believe the match up we got here as Mr. Texas and the VonErich’s have been feuding for a while now. As for the match, it pits two great and powerful athletes against each and it proves to be as good as advertised. The end comes after Kevin weakened Mr. Texas with the Iron Claw and climbed to the Top Rope for the VonErich Death Leap. WHAM! At the last second Mr. Texas pulled the ref in close and it was the ref that took the full force of the VonErich leap. Kevin goes over to see how Pee Wee Anderson is doing when WHAM! Mr. Texas hits Kevin with a lowblow and down he went. Mr. Texas now picks up VonErich and locks in the Cobra Clutch. He keeps it locked in until VonErich goes out cold. Mr. Texas goes over and helps Pee Wee to his feet and then simply covers Kevin for the 1…2…3. Jim Ross is really disgusted the tactics of Mr. Texas but Ernie Ladd is excited that the VonErichs are getting taken to school here of late by this masked avenger. He hypes up the fact that if Mr. Texas wins next week, he will get a World Title shot. MATCH THE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE (Terry Gordy, Manny Fernandez & Steve Williams) VS THE OUTLAWS (Ron Bass, Bobby Jaggers & Mean Mike Miller) While the Outlaws are a good team, this was just complete domination by the VC. The end came after an Oklahoma Stampede by Dr. Death on Miller. The Violence Committee stops by the interview desk after their match where they take turns hyping up their 6 Man World Title Match this week in Jackson, Mississippi. Terry Gordy even hints that there will be a little surprise in Jackson for that so called “lady” known as Precious. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- USWA TELEVISION TITLE MATCH THE GREAT KABUKI with Gary Hart vs ICEMAN KING PARSONS The crowd is really dancing away to “We are Family” as Iceman hits the ring. The fans would like nothing more than to see a new World TV Champ here as they are sick and tired of the antics of Gary Hart and his wrestlers. As for the match, it was a great showcase for TV but it appeared that the 10 minute time limit would expire. Both men had their turn with the momentum but Kabuki seemed satisfied that with a draw as he kept Iceman on the ground with a painful nerve hold. All of a sudden, Iceman began to shimmy and shake. He seemed to just ignore the pain as he got to one knee and then the other. He stood up with Kabuki on his back and backed full force into the turnbuckle. Kabuki was bucked off and left flat on the ground. Gary Hart feared that Iceman was about to gain the victory so he got up on the apron. WHAM! Iceman hit the ropes and came off with a major Butt Bump and sent Hart flying. WHAM! Iceman came off the ropes again and this time he nailed Kabuki with the Butt Bump just as he was getting to his feet. 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross hypes up the fact that we have a new World TV Champion while Ernie Ladd tells us that he thinks he is going to be sick to his stomach. Jim Ross makes an announcement that on October 31, Halloween Night, there will be a $50,000 winner take all Tag Team Tournament known as TEAM OF TERROR and it will be held in the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The tournament will include 8 teams and the tag team title will be on the line each and every time the champions wrestle that night. All of a sudden the USWA World Tag Team Champions, Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton, are led to the interview table by an angry Baby Doll. Baby Doll: What is the crap! Nobody ran this by the champions. Are you telling me Jim Ross, that my Perfect Team will have to defend their World Titles 3 times that night? Jim Ross: I never said that. They could lose the first match and whoever is the champ in the second round would now be defending the titles. Bobby Eaton: Oh very funny, Jim Ross, you must be some sort of comedian. Jim Ross: I am not sure what you guys are worried about. It was just last week that you said that no team around here even deserved to be in the ring with you. Arn Anderson: No team does but this is typical of that fat, no good Bill Watts. Stack the deck against the people who refuse to bow down to him. Jim Ross: Well next week, right here on WTBS, we will announce the other 7 teams. Ernie Ladd: This is the most unfair thing I have ever heard of. Jim Ross: But it will be a real exciting night a wrestling. There will also be a World Title Match that night and a North American Title Match that night. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: JYD VS DIRTY DICK SLATER The crowd explodes when the first chord of Another One Bites the Dust is played. JYD comes to the ring swinging his big dog chain and is howling at the moon. The atmosphere does a complete 180 at Slater walks to the ring alone. Ross was surprised that the rest of the Rat Pack didn’t accompany him. Another great match here for the fans and with just a couple minutes left in TV time, it looked like they were to leave happy. JYD was holding Slater up by his ears and was nailing him with headbutt after headbutt. Slater was staggering as JYD whipped him into the turnbuckle. This arch backing toss had Slater bouncing towards the middle of the ring. This is where Dog caught him with a huge THUMP (powerslam) but before the ref could even count to one, the Rat Pack hit the ring. Matt Borne, Dick Murdoch and Ted Dibiase where now laying the boots to JYD. As the show was about to close, JYD was tossed to the floor and for the second straight night, America watched the Rat Pack celebrate in the center of the ring. We hear Jim Ross hyping up the card in Jackson, Mississippi for Tuesday night and the Team of Terror event in Dallas on Halloween night. He also reminds us that next week the TBS show will be coming from the Great Plains Coliseum in Lawton, Oklahoma. As Ross begins to sign off, the camera closes in on Dibiase who holds up 1 finger and mouths the words, “One More Member.” “So long from Corinth, Mississippi.” As the screen fades to black with see a promotion for Mississippi Fairgrounds in Jackson. Matches Include: USWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs Hacksaw Burch Reed with Skandar Akbar USWA WORLD 6 MAN TITLE MATCH The Freebirds vs The Violence Committee Ted Dibiase vs JYD Hacksaw Duggan & Kerry VonErich vs The RAT PACK (Slater & Borne) And much, much more!!