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OH I LOVE IT. I said in a post awhile ago that I thought I had this one figured out and if I was right, you were brilliant. I thought when you said Dibiase could be the only one to bring JYD that you were going to do this. I truly love it! This show was great. It was fun to watch the demise of Tully and Gino over the past few weeks losing all their belts and now we have the feud to end all feuds coming. Watts vs The Russians is classic! Keep sending us these great cards!

LAST ONE LISTED IS THE CURRENT CHAMPION UNITED STATES WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- Austin Idol: (1): 2/23/84-4/23/84 Tommy Rich: (1): 4/23- UNITED STATES NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- Tony Atlas: (1): 2/23/84-4/32/84 Roddy Piper: (1): 4/23/84- UNITED STATES SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- VACANT (Last Champ: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (1)) UNITED STATES WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS- Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler (1): 3/12/84- 4/23/84 Mr. Saito & Killer Khan: (1): 4/23/84-4/28/84 Tommy Rich & Dusty Rhodes (1): 4/28/84 UNITED STATES NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLES- The Sheepherders (1): 2/23/84- 4/23/84 The Fabulous Ones (1): 4/23/84- TNT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EDDIE GILBERT: (1): 4/23/84-

5/1/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 11:05-12:05 TAPED IN DALLAS, TEXAS BILL MERCER welcomes all the fans to TNT Wrestling from the World’s most Famous Wrestling Arena, the Sportatorium in downtown Dallas. He goes on to say how wonderful it is to be back announcing the great sport of wrestling here in the greatest state in all the land, Texas. He then introduces his co-commentator and President of TNT Wrestling, Fritz VonErich. Fritz quickly welcomes Mercer back and then goes into how tonight will be the greatest night in TNT history. He announces that there will be a USWA World Tag Team Title Match, an interview with the New TNT Heavyweight Champion and few huge surprises. Fritz then informs the audience that after the first match, he will be turning the show completely over to Bill Mercer and he ensures us that we are in good hands. Bill Mercer says that they need to get right to the ring for tonight’s first match and a huge grin comes across the face of Fritz. All of a sudden “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blares from the speakers and for a second, the fans think, “Could it be.” When Kerry VonErich walks out the Sportatorium explodes! MATCH KERRY VON ERICH VS WENDELL COOLEY In a quick squash match, VonErich completely reeves up the fans. They love every moment of it and go wild when his lifts up the right hand to signify the Iron Claw is coming. Cooley quickly submits as VonErich plays to the crowd. Kerry quickly goes over to Bill Mercer and his father. Bill Mercer welcomes Kerry back to Texas and asks how he is doing. Kerry says it’s been a tough few months with David passing away and all but he is feeling much better now that he is back in Texas. CRACK! A bull rope snaps on the floor as Ron Bass, Black Bart ad Bobby Jaggers come out to the interview. They are all dressed in black cowboy attire and are drooling tobacco out of their mouths. Bass seems to be the mouth piece for these Outlaws and he begins by saying, “Well, Well, Well. If it is not the prodigal son returning to save his Father! Well you are not the only one to return to the Lone Star State tonight. Black Bart, Bobby Jagger and I are here to stay. We are here to make a name for ourselves and the best way to that is to beat us some Von Erich butt! The wrestlers all heard the rumors that you were coming back to work for Daddy’s new company. Ox Baker heard it. The Bruise Brothers heard it. That nut Bugsy McGraw heard it. Even that midget, Bill Dundee heard it. Guess what. They all left the company. They knew that there was no more equal treatment around here. It would be Kerry getting the main events, the title shots and the special treatment from the refs. Well let me tell you two something Kerry and Fritz VonErich. It doesn’t matter how much help you get. You can’t stop us from taking over TNT. All 3 spit a wad of tobacco on the shoes of Fritz as they walk off. Bill Mercer shakes his head as he takes us to the first break. COMMERCIAL BREAK When they come out of break, it is the New TNT Heavyweight Champion and Sherri Martel at the desk. Mercer congratulations them on their victory over Bill Dundee at Memphis Roundhouse Revival and on becoming the first champion in TNT history. Sherri takes control saying that there was nothing Dundee could have done about it. He knew that he couldn’t beat Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and now he has run for the hills. She continues on about how Baby Doll is lucky not to be in TNT anymore or she would have gotten the same beating her “little” man got. The crowd begins to roar as Baby Doll walks out. She goes right face to face with Martel and says she isn’t going anywhere. Texas is her home and she is her to stay. She goes on to say Eddie Gilbert better not get to use to having that title because her man is the Perfect Wrestler. Gilbert laughs and says that Dundee is everything but perfect and he isn’t even in TNT anymore. Baby Doll says it is true Dundee decided to stay in Memphis but when you are the Perfect 10, it doesn’t take long to find a new man and let me interest you to him. The crowd roars as none other than Curt Hennig joins her. He gets right in the face of Gilbert and Baby Doll gets right in the face of Sherri. On the count of three, Hennig and Baby Doll smack them in the face and the brawl is on. It takes a bunch of wrestlers and officials to break this one. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: Dr. D DAVID SCHULTZ VS RICKY GIBSON Poor Ricky Gibson is all Bill Mercer can say. Dr. D makes an example out of him and beats him from pillar to post. The match comes to a merciful end after Schultz followed up a running bulldog with a piledriver as ref Bronco Lubich made the 3 count. Schultz heads over to Bill Mercer and starts yelling and screaming that Fritz better be thinking real hard about giving him a title shot. He goes on to say that no one here in TNT has the guts to stand up to him. Mercer is honest and says that after that last match I am sure Fritz is thinking about a title shot down the road. The 6’6 270 pound monster is real intimidating and Mercer warns the rest of TNT that he is double tough. All of a sudden Schultz doesn’t look quite as big as the flamed tattooed head of Bam Bam Bigelow appears. He starts yelling that he is the Beast from the East and that he may be young and he may be dumb but he is ready to stand up to Schultz. He goes on to say that he respects Schultz but that he is ready to play with the big boys. Schultz grins and pokes Bigelow in the chest and says “Boy, you are not worth my time.” Bigelow responds. “I am going to tell you two things. First don’t ever touch me again and second don’t ever call me boy. Schultz actually takes his finger off of Bigelow and the two glare at each other. Cooler heads do prevail and Mercer calls for peace. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: THE GREAT KABUKI VS RICK McGRAW The fans are expecting a lot from Rick McGraw as he has wrestled well in recent weeks but from the get go it is all Kabuki. He is one dangerous dude and his martial arts almost take of McGraw’s head on numerous occasions. The end comes after a perfectly timed thrust kick to the temple. Bill Mercer really puts over Kabuki and how dangerous he is and that TNT better tread lightly. Mercer then gets right into talking about tonight’s main event. The USWA World Tag Team Title Match between the New Champions, Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich against the number one contenders, Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen. COMMERCIAL BREAK USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH TOMMY RICH & DUSTY RHODES VS BRUISER BRODY AND STAN HANSEN (TV TIME REMAIING) All four men enter the ring to the loud ovations but is Hansen and Brody who seem to have a majority of the fans on their side and even though these two teams respect each other, it is a brawl from beginning to end. Brody doesn’t know any other way and the other three kind of enjoy it. All 4 men had their moments but it was Hansen who took control late by connecting with a huge lariat on Rich. It was only due to Rhodes making the save that we did not have new champions. Bill Mercer announced that we only have about 1 minute left and after the interference by Rhodes all 4 men were in the ring. Chaos was the only rule being followed now. From out of nowhere, Bruiser Brody nailed Rhodes with a Maniacal Knee Smash and Rhodes fell through the middle ropes. Hansen and Brody now turn to Rich. Hansen scoops up Rich and slams him down with a thunderous Power Bomb. Hansen covers Rich as Mercer predicts new champions but he might have wasted two much time as the credits start to roll. Ref Rick Hazzard counts 1…. Mercer “So long from” Hazzard counts 2… Mercer, “Dallas.” The screen fades to black,

USWA WRESTLING: 4/29/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 5:05-6:05 ATLANTA, GEORGIA The show opens with a VTR of last night’s Main Event that shows Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich winning the USWA World Tag Team Titles. “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jammed packed hour so let’s get right to it. Solie goes on to explain that on last night’s show, Lawler sucker punched Tommy Rich and stormed off. Solie continues to say that Lawler has returned to Memphis and will once again be working for Jerry Jarrett but that he also has unfinished business here. Solie explains that he is about to show a videotaped message sent by Lawler to USWA wrestling from his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Lawler goes on to say that how wonderful it is to be back to the real home of Professional Wrestling. Memphis, Tennessee! He goes on to say that he doesn’t wish to return to any of those hick towns that Eddie Graham has planned for USWA Wrestling. He goes on to make jokes about Lakeland, Florida, Marietta, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama. He really gets going on Dothan and the Arena there, The Farm Center! The Farm Center were men are men and the farm animals are afraid! He then turns his attention to that insecure coward, Tommy Rich! What a baby. What a quitter. Lawler goes on to call Rich every name in the book. He ends by announcing that he has no real interest to return to USWA but of course he is the King of Wrestling and oh by the way, he is still the #1 contender for the World Championship so he will be back to claim what is rightfully his. Solie announces that he will be joined by the American Dream Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Wildfire Rich right after this break. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK --------------------------------------- Rhodes and Rich walk out to huge applause. Rhodes has the Tag Belt around his waist while Rich has both the Tag Title and World Title over his shoulders. Gordon begins by first welcoming The American Dream back to Atlanta and to USWA Wrestling and then he congratulated them both on their victory over Saito and Khan. Rhodes thanks Gordon and says how wonderful it is to back in HOTLANTA BABY! He goes on to thank Eddie Graham for bringing him in and talks about how excited he is to be teaming up with Wildfire! Gordon smiles at Dusty’s excitement and turns the attention to Rich and asks him what he thinks about the message they just saw from Jerry Lawler. Rich says that it is unfortunate but it is Lawler’s decision to run away. It is Lawler’s fault for being jealous and Rich explains that Dusty has brought new life into him and he is so excited to be teaming with The AMERICAN DREAM and that he will deal with Lawler later. Rich is now firrrreeed UP! He says Lawler is the baby and a coward. He is the one who has run away. King? Seems more like a big Queen to me and he can’t wait to meet Lawler in the ring. Rhodes finishes by telling Rich that “I got your back and that I have dealt with Lawler for a long time baby! When Lawler is the champ, everything is good. When anyone else is the champ, he can’t handle that. It’s the Silver Spoon Syndrome Baby! Never had to work a day in his spoiled life. If Memphis wants him, they can keep him.” Solie goes on to say that Memphis is not keeping him. He is the #1 contender and Eddie Graham has already signed a World Title Match between Lawler and Rich for May 27th at a card being billed as Don’t Tread On Me and will be a salute to our troops. Gordon goes on to say this event will be held in the Houston County Farm Center in Dothan Alabama. Solie finished by saying Lawler is going to love that. Ha! Solie announces that it is time to get to the ring for a tag match which is of great interest to Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes. The winner will become the New #1 Contenders for the USWA World Tag Team Title. #1 CONTENDER’S MATCH The Sheepherders vs The Fort Bragg Brotherhood The match begins before the bell sounds as the Sheepherders attack Pvt. Kernodle and Cpl. Kirchner. It is a brutal match that is back and forth but in the end The Sheepherders are put over The Brotherhood as the end comes from a Battering Ram for a clean victory. Gordon Solie wonders if Tommy Rich knows what he is in store for. He has The Sheepherders breathing down his throat as well as Jerry the King Lawler. Solie says he better have eyes in the back of his head. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK --------------------------------------- Gordon Solie is joined at the interview desk by Sir Oliver Humperdink who says that Buzz Sawyer and his brother Brett have no idea what they have started last night when they betrayed the House of Humperdink. Humperdink challenges Sawyer and his brother to a match right now against the House of Humperdink. Solie goes on to ask Humperdink who is his “House” now that Sawyer and Crusher Ottman have left. Humperdink tells Solie to shut up and that is House has ever reaching connections and if Sawyer and Brett Wayne dare to enter the ring, they will find that out. The Sawyers rush out and quickly accept the challenge and are they are really amped up! TAG TEAM MATCH: THE SAWYERS VS THE HOUSE OF HUMPERDINK The Sawyers are already in the ring as Humperdink announces his new and improved House of Humperdink. Hercules Hernandez comes out first as was expected. He is bouncing around the ring and flexing his muscles. All of a sudden The Wild Man from the Sudan hits the ring. Abdullah and Hernandez attack the Sawyer and the beating is on. The bell never sounded so this is not an official match but that makes no difference to Humperdink’s stable. Somehow the Sawyers regroup and take back the momentum. Humperdink grabs the microphone from Solie and yells one word, “NOW” Gordon Solie is heard saying, “No, Oh No, I can’t be. Oh My God it is. It’s Kevin Sullivan, the Purple Haze and a huge black man with African war paint on his stomach on face. . It is now 5-2 and the Sawyers are being brutally attacked. Never have these fans seen the brutality of Sullivan and his army. Throw in Humperdink and Hercules Hernandez and this is really ugly. The fans roar as Solie announces the cavalry that is coming to the rescue. It is Crusher Ottman, Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Rich and Eddie Graham’s son, Mike Graham. Solie announces that “A Pier 6 Brawl has broken out.” After about 3 wild minutes, the favorites are spread out all over the arena floor and have been beaten to a pulp. Humperdink calls off his “House” and they return to the locker room. The fan favorites slowly make their way to their feet. It is a rather strange moment when Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer look at each other and realize they are on the same side. Rich slowly extends his hand and Sawyer hesitates but then shook it. Solie is in shock at this new alliance and says “who would have ever thought this would be possible just a short time ago. Wildfire and The Mad Dog on the same side. Bro-ther!” --------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK--------------------------------------- Gordon Solie takes a moment to put over our next match which is A Tapped Fist Match between Hacksaw Reed and Ernie Ladd MATCH: A TAPED FIST MATCH HACKSAW REED VS ERNIE LADD The crowd explodes when Reed hits the ring but those cheers quickly change to boos as Ladd makes his way to the ring. Ladd gives it right back to them as Solie says this is the hottest feud in the history of the USWA. As for the match it is a brawl from beginning to end. Ladd use his 6’9 frame and reach advantage to hit Reed over and over again with his huge taped right hands but Reed never backs down and returns each and every blow with one of his own. These two go toe to toe as the ref tries to separate them but they will have none of it. The two just keep punching and punching each other until Reed accidently punches ref Paul Morton who goes down like a ton of bricks. When he finally comes to, Morton calls for the bell and disqualifies Reed. The fans are furious but the fight continues until wrestlers pour out from the back to separate these two. Gordon Solie wonders if it is safe to keep these two in the same company and says that something has got to give. After order is restored, Solie takes us right back to the ring for tonight’s Main Event USWA NATIONAL TITLE MATCH RODDY PIPER VS TONY ATLAS Last night, Eddie Graham demanded this match take place and if Piper is disqualified Atlas wins the match. From the get go, it is obvious that Piper wants no part of Atlas. When they finally do tie up, Piper goes right for the eyes. This gives him the advantage for a few minutes but then Atlas goes wild. After a huge bodyslam, Piper scurries out of the ring. Ref Jerry Calhoun starts his count and Piper looks like his back is hurt. As Calhoun gets to 6 Piper gets up on the apron. On the count of 7, Piper jumps down. On the count of 9, Piper waves his arms at Atlas as he grabs his belt and walks away. The ref raises the hand of Tony Atlas as the fans go wild. Gordon Solie announces that your winner by count-out is Mr. USA Tony Atlas but then he goes on to say that according to the ref, Roddy Piper is still your USWA National Champion. The fans are outraged and even Atlas seems surprised. Atlas goes to Solie and says that the stipulations of the match said if Piper got disqualified he would lose the belt. Gordon Solie says that they will all have to wait until next week to get an answer to this situation as they are out of time. “So long from Atlanta.”

When a card has names like Funk, Race, Larry Z, Bockwinkle, Snuka, Flair, Adams and the Guerreros, it can't help but be great! You have a Hall of Fame roster and they are all doing great work. Welcome back form sabbatical and look forward to more great shows. Loved the ending to the Snuka/Flair match as well as the Adams/Bockwinkle match. Good job by the Bruiser getting that TV Tourny going right away.

Boob Roop goes from USWA to WWA for Brickhouse Brown

USWA WRESTLING: 4/28/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA The show opens with a VTR Tommy Rich winning the World Title over Austin Idol and then a second tape of Rich and Lawler losing the World Titles to the Shogunate. “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jam packed show tonight. Gordon Solie welcome Wildfire Rich to the set and as Tommy comes to the set, it is obvious that he has something on his mind. Gordon congratulations him on winning the World Title but he goes on and also reminds the fans that just after that victory, Tommy and Jerry the King Lawler lost the World Tag Titles to Mr. Saito and Killer Khan. Tommy shakes his head and is obviously upset. He is talking low and dejectedly. He goes on to say he would just like to say he is sorry to the fans of Memphis and to his great buddy Jerry Lawler. He takes full blame for losing the Tag titles and says he hopes Jerry Lawler can forgive him. Gordon Solie makes the fans day when he says “tonight our Main Event will be the rematch for the USWA World Tag Team Titles. It will be Jerry Lawler and Wildfire Rich vs Mr. Saito and Killer Khan. Tommy Rich is still just shaking his head and says he doesn’t think Lawler is even going to show up tonight. The fans in Atlanta notice that Lawler is now coming to the set and they erupt because they know that there main event will now take place. Lawler begins by saying “How big it is of you to take responsibility for the tag lose.” Wildfire again says he is sorry and he will do everything in his power to regain those tag titles. Lawler just shakes his head. “You dumb hick! Can’t you tell sarcasm when you hear it. What you did last Monday night was the most selfish act I have ever seen. I will NEVER be your partner again. Last week I was upset that you were named the #1 contender to the World Title because I knew you were going to beat Idol and then it would bother me when I took the title from you because we were friends. Now it is going to my pleasure taking that belt from a punk like you. Wildfire now begins to fight back as Solie tries to keep order. Rich continues about how he made a mistake but if you can’t get over one mistake then you’re not half the man I thought you were. He continues by saying that you might be the King of Memphis but here in Atlanta GA, I am the King and if you think I am just going to bow down and kiss your stinking feet, you got another thing coming. Lawler responds, “There is just one more thing.” WHAM! Lawler sucker punches Rich and walks off set. Rich looks dejectedly at the ground. As they head to break, it is Gordon Solie who wonders if Lawler and Rich can get back on the same page for tonight’s main event. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Gordon Solie gives a rundown of tonight’s show and gives a quick review on the wrestling spectacular that took place in Memphis on April 23rd before welcoming in the Sir Oliver Humperdink and his “House.” Solie notices that Humperdink is joined by Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez but not Crusher Ottman who was beaten last Monday by Bam Bam Bigelow. Solie mentions this to Humperdink who goes on the tell Solie “How smart you must be to state the obvious.” He goes on to say that he is done with the fat tube of garbage Ottman. How can he allow some worthless piece of garbage that can’t even beat Bigelow in his stable. He continues on by saying that he is in search of new stable members and has a mega deal in the works. He tells Solie to watch the destruction that is about to take place in the ring. MATCH: Hercules Hernandez with Sir Oliver Humperdink vs Brett Wayne This is a total squash match where Hercules just throws Wayne from pillar to post. The end comes after Wayne frantically submits after being tortured in the Backbreaker Rack. The ref continues to call for the bell but Hernandez refuses to release the hold. It goes on and on until finally the ref reverses his decision and declares Wayne the winner. This means little to Hernandez and Humperdink. Humperdink is heard screaming “break him in half.” Buzz Sawyer hits the ring and the fans think that Wayne is in for more torture but Mad Dog goes completely berserk on Hernandez. Crusher Ottman hits the scene and does the same to Humperdink. The beatings go on for quite some time until Hernandez and Humperdink escape to the locker room. Sawyer helps Wayne to his feet and gives him an embrace. The crowd is confused. Ottman puts his hand out to Sawyer who looks at it for a minute before shaking it. The three then head to the interview desk. Sawyer grabs the mic and just begins screaming, “I told you. I told you. Anybody else! Anybody else.” Solie asks Sawyer to explain. Sawyer goes on to say that family is family and he told Humperdink not to do what he just did. Solie again seems confused and asks for more information. Buzz goes on to say that this is his younger brother and that Humperdink was told to go easy on him. Solie and the fans are in shock and they feel sorry for Sawyer and his brother. Ottman goes on to say that if the Sawyers will allow it, he would like to help them rid wrestling of Humperdink. They all shake hands as the Atlanta fans can’t believe that Sawyer is on their side now. WOW! What will the champ think about this one? ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ As we come out of break, we again see Tommy Rich at the interview desk. Tommy informs us that we he went back to the locker room to again try and patch things up with Lawler but Lawler had already left the building. All of a sudden, Eddie Graham walks on to the set. Gordon Solie welcomes Graham to the USWA. These two have a great working relationship due to Solie’s time in Championship Wrestling from Florida. Eddie thanks Gordon and says he has two huge announcements. First, he tells everyone that Jerry Jarrett and the USWA have parted ways. He then goes on to announce that he will be the new temporary President of the USWA and that he is so excited to be a part of the newest and brightest wrestling organization around. Gordon Solie seems surprised but is excited. He then asks if that is why he is solo tonight and that Lance Russell is not here. Graham informs him that there will be a lot of changes here in the USWA. Those changes will include roster changes, personal changes and venue changes. He tells the fans throughout Florida, Alabama and Georgia to get ready for the best wrestling show in the business. He says the USWA has nothing but respect for Mr. Jerry Jarrett and they wish him well and hope that they can continue together in some form of a working relationship. Graham goes on and talks about the second big announcement. He says he heard that Jerry Lawler has left the studio and that Tommy Rich should not be punished for Lawler’s actions and neither should the fans in studio or at home be punished. He says there will be a WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH RIGHT HERE TONIGHT! Rich asks Graham who his partner will be and Graham goes over to Wildfire and whispers into his ear and a smile from ear to ear comes across Rich’s face. The fans are all a buzz and these announcements and wonder who Tommy will be partner with tonight. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: MIKE GRAHAM VS TED ALLEN Gordon Solie is excited and puts over newcomer Mike Graham in a big way and says he knows Mike well from his days announcing in Florida and tells the fans they are in for a treat. As for the match it is pretty long and drawn out with a lot of technical moves. After a while, Ted Allen tired of this style and tried surprising Mike with an uppercut in the corner. Graham ducked under this and then decided what was good for the goose was good for the gander and went wild on Allen. The end comes when Graham put Allen into the Figure 4 and forced the submission. Graham went over to Solie and said how wonderful it was to be here in the USWA. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Piper’s Pit with Special Guests: Eddie Graham Roddy Piper makes his way out to the set and sits in one of the two chairs that are there. The Sheepherders follow Piper out and are standing behind him with their arms folded. Piper has his USWA NATIONAL TITLE around his waist as a VTR begins to play. It is of Piper winning the belt last week over Tony Atlas but it is a doctored tape and only shows the legal things Piper did and the ref making the 3 count. It leaves out him using the ether soaked towel to knock out Atlas. Piper then goes on to say that this next guest was not scheduled but has demanded that he come on to Piper’s Pit tonight. Piper continues by saying once you win the title everyone wants to come up to you and shake your hand. Eddie Graham comes out and Piper is being phony to his new boss right away. Graham tells Piper to pipe down and this will be quick. First of all, Eddie says that he disagrees with the tactics Piper is using and he better change his ways. Graham also demands that Piper wrestle Tony Atlas right here on WTBS tomorrow night and if Piper is disqualified for any reason, he will lose the belt. Graham than proceeds to walk of set and Piper is furious and is muttering to himself. It is the first time Piper has been at a loss for words and is duped on his own Piper’s Pit. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: Hacksaw Butch Reed s Wendell Cooley While the fans are really behind Reed, by the end of this one the crowd almost felt sorry for the rookie Wendell Cooley. Reed hit him with ever major move you could think of before ending it was a Gorilla Press Slam. The match took less than 3 minutes but it must have felt like an eternity to Cooley. Reed makes his way to Solie and he is in a foul mood. He is yelling about how he is sick and tired of Ernie Ladd and anyone stupid enough to follow him. He demands a match against Ladd right here tomorrow night with Ladd. All of a sudden Ron Fuller appears and agrees with Reed and tells him that he will sanction any type of match for tonight and asks Reed what he wants. Reed thinks a minute before shooting out…. Taped Fist Match! The crowd begins to stir as Ernie Ladd comes to the set. “So punk, you want a taped fist match! You got it you big dumb muscled bound nothing. I am 6’9 and I will pound you into the ground. The two get into each other’s faces but cooler heads prevail. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Match: The Sheepherders vs Ricky Gibson and Rick McGraw The Sheepherders, fresh off of losing the National Tag Titles, really put it on Gibson and McGraw. The match is brutal from beginning to end and the fans are amazed that the Fabulous Ones beat them. After the match, the Sheepherders head to the interview desk where they are pacing and screaming about how the Fabulous Ones cheated and they don’t know who they messed with. Solie takes a risk here and asks the Sheepherders if they have ever broken the rules. Both Williams and Miller threaten Solie and really let him have it verbally. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MAIN EVENT MATCH USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE Mr. Saito & Killer Khan vs Tommy Wildfire Rich & A Mystery Partner The champs are first to enter the ring and they are very confident and let the fans have it on the way to the ring. The fans seem really excited for this one and give it right back to them. Wildfire comes to the ring next and he is alone. The Shogunate begin to close in before the bell but all of a sudden there is a ROAR form the crowd. Gordon Solie is hear saying, And it looks like… yes…. It is indeed… “THE AMERICAN DREAM DUSTY” RHODES! The Shogunate quickly back pedal to the corner and are in complete shock! The bell sounds and it is Wildfire and Saito who are the legal men as Dusty stomps on the apron to get the crowd going even more. It was this energy that carried Rich and Dusty to have most of the momentum in the early part of the match. This momentum changed as Saito was able to catch Dusty off guard with a huge chop to the forehead. It was now the villains turn to take control. They used some nasty double team moves to put Dusty in a bad way. Khan tagged in Saito and Saito grabbed Dusty by the arms. Khan spins around and goes to spray The Asian Green Mist into the eyes of Dusty but he ducks under and Khan actually sprays Saito. Dusty turns and nails Saito with a Bionic Elbow which had Saito stumbling. Dusty leans out and tags in Rich who hits the ropes and nails Saito with a Lou Thesz Press and goes for the cover. As the ref begins the count Khan rushes over. WHAM…… Dusty hits Khan with another Bionic Elbow as the ref counts 3! Solie really puts a lot of energy into this one. “AND WE HAVE NEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. WHAT A NIGHT. EDDIE GRAHAM HAS THIS ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON WTBS!

There has been another meeting of the minds in USWA and it appears that Ted Turner and Jerry Jarrett are at such odds that Jarrett may return to Memphis. Turner admits that he does not know enough of the wrestling business and continues to meet with Bill Watts and Eddie Graham in search of a new USWA President in case Jarrett does bolt. The most interesting name to come out of the USWA rumor mill today was Ron Fuller. Fuller and Turner recently split over the idea that Turner wanted growth and a focus on Georgia while Fuller beliefs in a smaller homegrown roster with a focus on Alabama and the panhandle of Florida. In the two months since Fuller left the USWA he has built a great roster and promotion in Alabama but has recently lost his television contract. The reason for no TV is the rapid growth of USWA on TBS. If the two could agree on a few things, they may be able to reunite. Turner would have to accept Fuller's love of Alabama and Fuller would have to be able to accept the idea of a superstar stacked roster that appeals to all viewers. Again, we will have to wait and see. Will the president of the USWA be Jerry Jarrett, Eddie Graham, Ron Fuller or Bill Watts?

USWA requests Hansen & Brody on May 1,8,15,22,27,29 USWA requests Abdullah on May 3,10,17,24,27,31

I have also reached out for new writers but have not had any luck as of now. I would be all in for the 10 man draft.

Great shows. Loved the Billy Jack/Adrian Street match. Street dodging the cow bell and winning on a roll up was fun. Jimmy Garvin winning a Abttle Royal against those monsters was cool. I really wish WWF would have called you long time ago. The way you use Hogan is priceless. It s the same match they used but your results vary perfectly. He wins. He loses. It just makes it so much fun. I am not a Hogan fan but when I read your matches I find myself very interested because I don;t know the results like I did in real life. Keep up the great work!

Sorry about that. I actually meant May 1. I am only in my forties and a teacher. You would think I would know how many days are in a month.

Thank you guys for the kind words. I am really enjoying this on all fronts especially reading what you guys produce.

Love all your main events but especially with Savage walking out on Flair. This could be the start of something huge!

Very fun show that as always focused on your feuds and your top stars. You have so many ways to play out these angles that I can't wait to see which way you go. Great work.

The news and rumors are coming fast and furious for the USWA and it is hard to tell which is which. Financially, the recent mega-show in the Mid-South Coliseum was a huge success and its TV ratings were through the roof but not everyone in the organizations seems thrilled. In fact, Jerry Jarrett went nuts and was furious at Tommy Rich for not being in shape enough to compete in the two matches that he had. Jarrett had no problem allowing the World Title to go to Rich but then when he just quit in the tag team title match and threw in the towel, Jarrett couldn't believe it. People who were around him said that he could not believe Rich allowed The King to lose his title in Memphis and that Rich deserved to be beaten by the wild mob that almost rushed the ring. Jarrett and Turner were already having problems. Turner thinks that Jarrett is a one town hick who can only survive in Memphis while Jarrett believes Turner to be too egotistical and has no clue on how to run a wrestling business. Turner seems in hurry to control all of the wrestling in the Deep South and believes that Jarrett can be replaced. It is rumored that he has already spoken with Eddie Graham, Ron Fuller and Bill Watts who have a lot of connections in this industry. Turner loves the attention TNT Wrestling is getting and believes growth for the USWA on the success of Fritz. He is trying everything in his power to help expand the roster of TNT and bring back some hometown stars to the program. We will just have to wait to see what shakes out for the USWA!

In just a short time you have amassed an awesome roster and they are all doing great work. Freebirds to Flair to The RnR Express to Barry Windham toKmal to JYD to the Macho Man. This seems like a Hall of Fame of 1984 and each one is so fun to follow.

Hate to see you go and wish you well. I really enjoyed your work and thought you used the idea of a small roster to perfection.

USWA would The Butcher on April 28th.

I am sorry but my roster will be in a bit of flux over the next few days with a number of changes: First: USWA will be releasing Alexis Smirnoff, Chris Markov, and The Spoiler I will be adding Carlos Colon and moving Brett Wayne Sawyer into a regular spot. I will figure out the rest later.

LAST ONE LISTED IS THE CURRENT CHAMPION UNITED STATES WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- Austin Idol: (1): 2/23/84-4/23/84 Tommy Rich: (1): 4/23- UNITED STATES NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- Tony Atlas: (1): 2/23/84-4/32/84 Roddy Piper: (1): 4/23/84- UNITED STATES SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- VACANT (Last Champ: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (1)) UNITED STATES WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS- Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler (1): 3/12/84- 4/23/84 Mr. Saito & Killer Khan: (1): 4/23/84 UNITED STATES NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLES- The Sheepherders (1): 2/23/84- 4/23/84 The Fabulous Ones (1): 4/23/84- TNT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EDDIE GILBERT: (1): 4/23/84-

There are serious rumors coming out of USWA Wrestling that Jerry Jarrett and Ted Turner are having difficulty co-existing. Jarrett is said to be furious about the lack of respect that some of his Memphis based wrestlers are getting, especially the King, Jerry Lawler who seems to be second fiddle to the "Hero of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Tommy Rich. Jarrett also heard that Turner has been having meetings with Bill Watts in an attempt to grow USWA and maybe even to become the President of the Company. Jarrett is the current President and believes that Turner's ego and his desire to run the first truly national program is clouding his vision. Jarrett may also be jealous of Fritz Von Erich whose weekly show, TNT, has opened to great ratings when you consider its small roster and small budget. It has done so well that Fritz is looking to expand this roster and everyone knows he would love to find away to bring back his sons. Fritz is also looking to expand out of the Dallas area. Fritz knows that the easiest way to increase ratings is to bring back legendary World Class Championship Wrestling announcer Bill Mercer and he is in the process of doing exactly that. This made Turner wonder why he has to pay for both Lance Russell and Gordon Solie. Look for changes is the TV structure and the broadcast structure in the near future. In efforts to cut costs, Turner is also said to be looking for a new home base for his TV promotions. He understands Atlanta is the center of his empire but he also knows their are cheaper venues around. Turner said he will never give up the Omni as one of his major venues, but in terms of the weekly TV show, he says it is expensive going back and forth between Atlanta and Memphis.

USWA WRESTLING: 4/23/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 7:05-10:05 LIVE FROM THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE “Yello again everybody. Welcome to MEMPHIS ROUNDHOUSE REVIVAL and USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Lance Russell along with Gordon Solie. This is the second prime time special here on WTBS and it is going to be amazing. We have a jam packed show tonight so let’s get right to the ring.” BAM BAM BIGELOW VS CRUSHER OTTMAN with SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK (STEEL CAGE) Now these are two big men going out it as both Ottman and Bigelow are over 380 pounds. This feud has been boiling for a few weeks now but so far Ottman has always come out on top. The reason it is in a cage is of course, Sir Oliver Humperdink who can’t seem to not get involved. As for the match, the crowd really loves to see these two throw each other into the steal and watch it buckle under their weight. The match is full of huge moves that has the crowd excited from the get go. After about 10 minutes, Ottman seemed to take control and caught Bigelow in a Bearhug and than ran him back first into the cage. Bigelow was in trouble but somehow rolled out of the way of Ottman’s running splash. As both men staggered to their feet, the crowd was awed at Bigelow’s agility as he caught Ottman with an Ensuiguri Kick. Ottman was in serious trouble as Bigelow climbed to the top rope. He looked up at the top of the cage and seemed to think for a moment and thought better of the climb. Instead he connected with a Moonsault off the top rope. The crowd went wild as Bigelow asked ref Jerry Calhoun to open the cage door. With confidence and Ottman still out on the mat, Bigelow walked through the door for the victory. A great match that had the crowd going wild and Humperdink angry at his man. The only problem was that this was the first match of the night and now there was a short break to take down the cage. Bigelow did his best to entertain the crowd by doing an interview with Gordon Solie and then running laps around the ring and up and down the aisles giving high fives to the fans. He actually got the crowd so into it that they started doing the wave! COMMERCIAL BREAK BRUSIER BRODY & STAN HANSEN VS THE BRUISE BROTHERS (Dream Machine/Cash) (Winner will get a USWA Tag Title shot on Next TNT Show) While these are not wrestlers who are part of the USWA roster, they are no strangers to Memphis. The crowd is a bit torn as they are used to rooting for Brody and The Dream Machine but they are also used to hating Cash and Hansen. In terms of support both teams get about 50 percent but as for the match it is a wild brawl from beginning to end. There seemed to be as much action outside the ring as there was in it. Each team had their ups and downs and it was really entertaining for all involved. The end came with Dream and Brody brawling on the outside and the legal men, Cash and Hansen going at it inside the ring. Hansen ducked under a huge clothesline from Cash and came off the ropes with his own Lariat that nearly took the head off of Cash. That was all that was probably needed but he scooped up Cash and slammed him to the mat with a powerbomb. At the same time, Brody was able to catch Dream Machine with a Mauling Knee Smash that left Dream unable to make the save on his partner as Hansen got the three count. Lance Russell puts over the match and says, “This win guarantees Brody and Hansen a USWA Tag Title Match tomorrow night in the Sportatorium against the winners of Rich and Lawler against Saito and Khan.” Brody and Hansen come over for a quick word and say it doesn’t matter, they will crush either team. COMMERCIAL BREAK FT. BRAGG BROTHERHOOD VS THE KANSAS JAYHAWKS with Rock Riddle Pvt. Kernodle and Cpl. Kirchner recently took offense to Dirty Dutch and Bobby Jaggers saying that they are cowards are not worthy of the Army tags they have given themselves. Riddle continued to say that if they were true heroes they would be still be in the Army and not hiding here pretending to be heroes. As for the match, it was pretty even until “Dirty” Dutch lived up to his name and raked the eyes of Kernodle. While ref Paul Morton was admonishing him for this, Riddle pulled the legs of Kirchner off the apron which caused him to hit his head on the concrete floor. With Kirchner out, Jaggers and Dutch used some quick and dirty double team tactics to gain control. Dutch thought he had Kernodle right where he wanted as he picked him up by his hair. It looked like Dutch was going for a neckbreaker but Kernodle slipped out of it. It was now his turn for an eye rake. He quickly rolled up Dutch with an inside cradle for the 1…2..3. Riddle was beside himself as he complaining about the eye rake. Paul Morton just waved his hands at Riddle and was heard saying, “Are you kidding. Did you watch the math at all?” By now, Kirchner had recovered enough to join in the celebration with Kernodle. In a quick interview with Solie, the Ft. Bragg Brotherhood said they take great pride in the time they spent in the service and that they would do anything for this country. If the Kansas Jayhawks or anyone else has anything to say, they have no problem settling the dispute in the squared circle. COMMERCIAL BREAK TNT TITLE MATCH HOT STUFF EDDIE GILBERT with SHERI MARTEL VS SUPERSTAR DUNDEE with BABY DOLL This match is to crown the first ever TNT Champion but the crowd is as interested in seeing if Baby Doll and Sheri Martel go at it again. Hot Stuff by Donna Summers blares as Gilbert makes his way to the ring to a chorus of boos. These Memphis fans really love their Superstar. The match is high energy with a lot of back and forth action. Baby Doll and Sheri encourage their men but for the most part stay out of the match. That is until Sheri tripped Dundee after an Irish Whip. Baby Doll rushed over and got right on the face of Sheri and for some reason, ref Paul Morton got distracted. Dundee was just getting to his feet from the trip when Gilbert reached into his trunks for something. It looked like a roll of quarters and as Dundee turned, WHAM……. Gilbert nailed him. Gilbert covered Dundee as Paul Morton turned back to the action. Morton slapped the mat for the count of three as Lance Russell announced, “We have our first ever TNT Champion…. Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. COMMERCIAL BREAK USWA NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH MR. USA TONY ATLAS VS ROWDY RODDY PIPER A great return match here in the Mid-South Coliseum. Atlas won last month to unify the National and Southern Titles and Piper has been hounding Mr. USA all of the USWA ever sense. As always, Piper gets the crowd going by just the site of his face. The bagpipes, the kilt and the swagger set off the Mid-South Coliseum as he struts to the ring. Those jeers quickly turn to cheers with the appearance of Tony Atlas who is wearing the belt around his waist. As the match begins, Piper does everything to stay away from the powerful Atlas. This hide and go seek game has the fans annoyed as they want to see Piper beaten to a pulp. Atlas also seemed to lose some patients as he rushed in too quickly and got caught with a low blow. Piper used this to his advantage for about the next 8 minutes. Atlas then somehow became Super Human and nothing Piper did to him bothered him. He shrugged off blow after blow until he just went wild and gave the fans the beating that they were waiting for. After a few minutes of this, Piper threw Atlas into ref Jerry Calhoun and they banged heads and each went down. Piper now took the opportunity to get his white towel and again, he went under the ring to pull out the ether bottle. He gave it a big spray as Atlas started to make his way to his feet. Atlas again saw what was going on as he did on TV the other day. As Piper came after him with the ether soaked towel, Atlas ducked away and wound up for a wild haymaker. This time it was Piper who was ready. He blocked the punch, hit Atlas with another low blow and now wrapped the towel around the mouth and nose of Atlas. It was only seconds before Atlas was out. Piper now helped ref Jerry Calhoun to his feet and covered Atlas for the pin attempt. Piper jumped wildly around the ring as Calhoun handed him the belt as Lance Russell announced “the winner and new USWA National Heavyweight Champion….. Rowdy Roddy Piper. Piper grabs the belt as heads over to Russel and Solie where they both admonish his tactics and say that was completely unfair. Piper plays dumb and says he won the match fair and square and that everyone in Memphis is just jealous of his superior ability. The boos rained down in the Mid-South Coliseum as Piper begins his long night of celebration. COMMERCIAL BREAK RUSSIAN CHAIN MATCH THE RUSSIAN ASSASSINS VS BUZZ SAWYER & HERCULES HERNANDEZ with SOH Lance Russell says that the next match shows you that in 1984 anyone who wrestles the Russians are the fan favorites. He continues to say that this will be the first time that the crowd has ever been behind the House of Humperdink. Gordon Solie goes through what led up to this match and how another Russian, Korstia Korchenko used to be a member of the House of Humperdink but that he and Sir Oliver did not get along and this brutal Russian Chain match is the result of the animosity between the two groups. Solie continues by explaining the rules of the match are that all 4 men will be chained together by a 15 foot steel chain and they only way you win is by dragging your opponents to all four corners of the ring. As the Russians hit the ring in their red singlets with the Hammer and Sickle on it and waving the Russian flag, the fans are out for blood. Just the opposite occurs as Humperdink leads Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez to the ring. Sawyer and Hernandez could care less about the fans but are ready for a wild match. Ref Jerry Calhoun locks the 4 men into the chain and the War is on! Just as you would expect in such a match, all 4 men are using the chain with reckless abandon and all 4 are wearing a Crimson Mask of blood soon after the start. The end comes after Hercules Hernandez nails Kris Markov with the chain and he is down. Sawyer and Hernandez than double team Smirnoff for a few minutes until Hernandez puts him in the Backbreaker Rack. Sawyer then wraps the chain around his face and climbs to the top rope. He connects with a Frog Splash on Smirnoff who in a wild move is flipped out of the Backbreaker Rack onto the matt and his face is teaming blood. Hernandez and Sawyer copy the same double team move on Markov and then they each drag a member of the Iron Curtain around the ring as ref Jerry Calhoun counts. 1… 2… 3… 4… The crowd goes wild as the Russians have taken the beating of a lifetime! Sawyer actually looks at the crowd like this is something he could get used to. COMMERCIAL BREAK HACKSAW REED VS ERNIE LADD & THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON This match has turned into a handicap match as Sweet Brown Sugar is still in the hospital due to the beating he receive by Ladd and Cash this week. Hacksaw Reed is going to give it his best shot but a 2-1 match against the likes Ernie Ladd and Thunderbolt Patterson seems like a tall task. As for the match, Reed gives it all he has and is in control of the match for the first 5 or 6 minutes and even came close to a pin after a short armed clothesline nearly took off Ladd’s head. Eventually the numbers game got to Reed and he was in serious trouble. Reed was taking some serious damage including a few Big Boots from Ladd. Reed was so delirious at one point he seemed to go to his corner and reach for a tag even though nobody was there. He then just fall flat on his face. Ladd and Patterson punished Reed really badly. All of a sudden the crowd erupts as Sweet Brown Sugar, with his head bandaged and with a crutch hits the ring and starts swinging like a wild man. Ref Jerry Calhoun immediately calls for the bell and DQ’s Reed and Sugar but Ladd and Patterson beat a hasty retreat. Sugar helps Reed to his feet and the two embrace. Sweet Brown Sugar has truly endeared himself to the USWA fans. Reed and Sugar head to the interview desk where Reed says he can’t believe the courage of the man to his right. He goes on to say that he was in the hospital and under doctor’s orders not to wrestle but he saved my butt tonight without any thought of his own health. He goes on to tell Sweet Brown Sugar that he owes him one and again they embrace. COMMERCIAL BREAK USWA NATIONAL TAG TITLE MATCH THE SHEEPHERDERS VS THE FABULOUS ONES This was everything that was expected of this match. From the wild entrances of both teams to the action inside and outside of the ring. You could just feel the hatred between these teams. After about 25 minutes of craziness, the Sheepherders had Stan Lane trapped in their corner and were really working him over good. Steve Keirn couldn’t take it anymore and rushed the ring but ref Paul Morton stopped him and forced him back to his corner. This gave Butch Williams the chance to grab the New Zealand flag and ram the butt of the pole into the throat of Lane. Keirn saw this and rushed back in but again, Morton pushed him back out. Williams continued to use the flag pole as a weapon as he saw that Morton was still distracted. Lane was writhing in pain as Morton turned around and Williams pretended to be only waving the flag pole. Morton now admonished him and got rid of the “weapon.” While this was going on, Keirn crawled on the outside of the ring to Lane and pulled him out and rolled himself, face down, into the ring. Butch Williams and Ref Paul Morton never saw this and when Miller went to pick up Lane he was surprised by Keirn and an inside cradle for the 3 count. He quickly rolled out of the ring to Lane and begin to celebrate before anyone could figure it out. The fans and the Fab Ones celebrate the victory as again, Lance Russell announces we have new champions. The Fabulous Ones are the new USWA National Tag Team Champions. They both head over to Gordon Solie who asks Keirn about that last move and Keirn kind of just smiled at him. Solie finished with “Fair enough” as the Fabulous Ones walk off set. Lance Solie puts over the next upcoming World Title Match between the champ, Austin Idol and Jimmy Valiant. COMMERCIAL BREAK USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH AUSTIN IDOL with ROCK RIDDLE VS JIMMY VALIANT As we have come out of break, Jerry Jarrett is on set as Lance Russell welcomes him to show. Lance Russell informs the audience that Mr. Jarrett has a very important announcement. Jarrett thanks Lance and informs the fans that unfortunately due to circumstances out of his control, Jimmy Valiant is not in the arena. The fans start to moan as Austin Idol and Rock Riddle now appear on set. They go on about how they knew Valiant was a coward and they knew he wouldn’t show up to face the Perfect Champion. Riddle says well Idol will enjoy a night off and they start to walk off set. Jarrett announces that Valiant was in a minor car accident and was sent to the hospital but he will be fine in a day or two. He then asks Idol and Riddle to hold a minute and that it will not be a night off. In fact, he says that he has found the “Perfect” replacement for Valiant. He goes on to say that this person is an icon to the wrestling industry here in Tennessee. The crowd begins to chant, “Law-ler, Law-ler, Law-ler. Jarrett informs the crowd that Lawler would be a wonderful replacement but that there are rules to this procedure. He informs Idol, Riddle and the crowd that it is none other than Henderson, Tennessee Native and #1 Contender, Tommy “Wildfire” Rich who will replace Jimmy Valiant. Riddle and Idol begin to protest but it is the crowd at the Mid-South Coliseum who are really upset and they let Jarrett have it. Lawler comes out to a huge ovation and he can’t believe that Rich has accepted the match. He goes on to say that Rich and I have a World Tag Title Defense tonight against Mr. Saito and Killer Khan and how can Rich do both. Jarrett guarantees Lawler that he spoke to Tommy and that Tommy ensured him he could do both and that you would be okay with it. Lawler just shakes his head and walks off set. Jarrett orders Idol and Riddle to the ring and the ring announcer calls out Wildfire. The fans are really letting Rich have it and he seems really surprised. As for the match it is a long and drawn out match that almost goes the 30 minute time limit. Both wrestlers have given everything they have. The legs of Rich really took a beating as he was trapped in the Las Vegas Leglock for about 5 minutes and Idol and Riddle used the ropes and each other for extra leverage. Rich refused to submit. He was finally able to break the hold broken as he reached the ropes. He stumbles around for a few more minutes as he tried to get his legs under him but you could tell he was in trouble. Idol backs him into the corner and starts throwing haymakers. Somehow Rich answers each blow with a blow of his own. His heart has won back some of the crowd. The end came when Rich ducks under a clothesline and comes off the ropes and nails Idol with a Lou Thesz Press. Ref Jerry Calhoun makes the 3 count as Riddle and Idol and in shock. The camera closes in on Idol’s face and you can almost see a smirk of admiration for what Rich just accomplished. Fans need to remember that these two have a long history and most of that was as allies. Idol seems almost happy that if he had to lose, that it was to Rich. For the fourth time tonight, Lance Russell is announcing a new champion. This time it is for the USWA World Title! Rich goes over to Gordon Solie who really seems excited and Rich thanks him and then he guarantees the fans that he is ready for his next match but they seem concerned as he is still having trouble walking. COMMERCIAL BREAK USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TOMMY RICH & JERRY LAWLER VS MR. SAITO & KILLER KHAN It is right back to the ring for Wildfire as Gordon Solie wonders if he and Lawler can get back on the same page. The Memphis fans are really angry with Rich but he can be forgiven with a good showing here. It is quickly apparent that they will not be the case. Rich is so worn out from the match with Idol that he has nothing in the tank. Lawler did his best to carry the match but he also begins to be worn out by Saito and Khan. When Lawler tagged Rich into the match, he had nothing. He was being beaten from pillar to post and was lucky that Lawler made save after save. Lawler finally had enough and went wild clearing the ring by himself but he was soon forced out of the ring by ref Paul Morton. Somehow Wildfire made a tag and again Lawler carried the match. He came close to pinning Killer Khan after a top rope fist drop but Saito made the save. Khan and Lawler began to double team The King and Rich never even made it into the ring to help his partner. He was draped over the ropes with his head down. Khan chopped away at Lawler and finally Saito came in and connected with 3 straight Suplexes. Lawler managed to kick out at 2 ½ each time Saito became frustrated that Lawler kept kicking out so he began to fire away with huge Judo chops followed by the Prison Lock which is a Kneeling Figure 4. Lawler refused to submit and the fans kept trying to encourage him but he was trapped in the center of the ring. He was trapped for about 5 minutes and the fans began to worry of permanent damage to their hero. The fans were screaming at Rich to get in there but Rich was unable to do anything. Next, he made a decision that will make him a heel in Memphis for a long time. He decided to throw in the white towel. The ref took a moment to understand what had happened and so did Saito. Finally the ref called for the bell and raised the hand of Saito. Saito finally realized they had won and released the hold. Rich wobbles into the ring and tries to help Lawler but Lawler wants nothing of it. He is furious. Khan and Saito celebrate in the ring as Lance Russell announces for the 5th time tonight we have new champions. Saito and Khan are the new USWA World Tag Team Champions but it is not them who the fans are upset with. It is Wildfire Rich who needs security to help him get back to the locker room as the fans are belting him with anything they can launch. The crowd is really becoming unruly and looks to be on the verge of rioting as Gordon Sole says so long from the Mid-South Coliseum. Rich is seen smiling and pointing to his new World Title.

USWA has Alexis Smirnoff, Chris Markoff,and the Spoiler on the block. Looking for next to nothing. I will be running shows Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and would like dates in exchange.

The future consideration for sending Baron VonRaschke to Stampede has now arrived in USWA: Dr. D David Schultz In order to make room for this deal on my roster, I am making spot #35 a jobber pack that includes 3 wrestlers who are already on my roster: Ricky Gibson, Rick McGraw and King Cobra. That actually opens up roster spot #34 and now USWA welcomes Cousin Jr. Lanny Kean.