Alabama Wrestling Alliance
Foster Auditorium, Tuscaloosa, AL
Wednesday 21st September 1983
7pm Bell Time
Well before I begin, I would like to thank Boon for the opportunity to work for Alabama Wrestling. I hope I don’t mess anything up for him. Here we go.
As the night begins, The Nightmares, Danny Davis and Ken Wayne, along with Ted Allen come to the ring. Danny Davis grabs the house microphone from the Ring Announcer.
Davis: Well where the hell am I tonight? Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Just another backwards, Alabama hick town. Listen up all you losers, I got three things to say!
The crowd is outraged and booing loudly already.
Davis: First, if your third grade education allows you tonight, you uneducated rednecks, you might have noticed our faces are painted a little different. We still have the stars on our face but
tonight they are in the pattern of the flag from the Great State of Tennessee! I am sure you all remember Tennessee and if you don’t you will remember them forever on October 15th. That’s
right October 15th. The day The Tennessee Volunteers wipe the floor with that Pop Warner Team you call The Crimson Tide!
Oh that’s right! Tennessee. The school that will run all over The University of Alabama in a few weeks. “Roll Tide Roll!!!” That does not mean roll over and play dead to the unstoppable
Tennessee Volunteers but that is what you will do!
The crowd is now beside themselves!!!!
And you say Paul Bear Cub Bryant is a legend! A legend in your own minds I guess.
Number 2, well, you can see, Ted Allen is out here with us tonight and let’s see if you can guess why?
OH never mind, you people are not smart enough to guess. Ted is another fellow Tennessean and he is also the newest member of the Nightmares. We were already The Alabama Tag Team
Champions with Ken and myself. Now throw in Ted Allen and we are now the unstoppable Tennessee Volunteer Army Nightmares!
Third, we are here tonight to challenge anyone from the poor state of Alabama to challenge Ken and myself for the Alabama Tag Team Title. If anyone is man enough in this whole state, we will
give you a shot at the Titles!
Out comes Rotten Ron Starr….
The fans boo even louder!
Starr: Nightmares, I am usually on your side but tonight you have crossed the line. I am from right here in Alabama and what you are saying is way out of bounds. I can put down these people
but that is because family can to that to family. You people come here from Tennessee to work and earn a paycheck and you have the nerve to put down this state. If you don’t like it leave it!
The crowd let’s out an uneasy cheer.
Second, nobody, and I mean nobody, makes fun of The Legend, Paul Bear Bryant! That is sacrilegious around these parts and you will pay. I accept your challenge and tonight I will become the
first ever Alabama Heavyweight Champion and Alabama Tag Team Champion!
Davis: Starr, you got no shot, first, you are from Alabama and nobody from Alabama defeats Tennessee. Second, next to us, you might be the most hated man in the building right now and
nobody would ever want to be your partner. Lastly, I don’t even think another person from Alabama would even dare to wrestle The Nightmares.
Action Jackson runs to the ring to the cheers of the crowd and grabs the mike.
Jackson: Well I know I can’t stand Rotten Ron Starr but he is from my home state. That’s right, I was born right here in the Great State of Alabama. Starr, I know we don’t see eye to eye very
often but let’s take out these Nightmares and become champs.
Starr and Jackson shake hands and head back to the locker room as due The Nightmares as both teams prepare for a title bout.
The Ring Announcer picks the mic off the mat and introduces the first match of the night.
1. Scott Armstrong defeats The Masked Raider (Norman Fredrick Charles III) with a Superkick at the 8 minute mark. Scott Armstrong is now on a roll early on in his career and must be taken more seriously.
2. The Patriot and The Moondog battle to 15 Minute Time Limit Draw. Moondog seemed on the verge of winning about 10 minutes into the match after he hit a Giant Splash but The Patriot kicked out at 2 ¾ . As the bell sounded, The Patriot had hit Moondog with a Full Nelson Slam but did not have time for the 3 count.
3. Ricky Gibson and Tim Horner defeat Don Bass and Dirty Rhodes as Horner caught Bass with a rolling cradle at the 14 minute mark. Bass and Rhodes tried to use brawler like tactics but it just seemed they were a bit slow!
4. Johnny Rich defeats The Newest Member of The Nightmares, Ted Allen with a Lou Thesz Press at the 14 minute mark. What a match. Both wrestlers hit technical move after technical move as well as a bit of the rough stuff. In the end, Rich was attacked by Davis and Ken Wayne but Horner and Gibson quickly came to his aid before much damage could occur.
5. The Alabama Tag Team Champions, The Nightmares, Danny Davis and Ken Wayne defeat the Alabama‘s Own, Ron Starr and Action Jackson as The Nightmares caught Jackson with a Tombstone Piledriver followed by a Middle Rope Leg Drop at the 13 minute mark. Jackson was in trouble early in the match and went for a tag but his teammate, Starr jumped off the apron and with a huge grin on his face strutted back to the locker room leaving Action Jackson high and dry to fend for himself against all 3 Nightmares. After the three count, the Nightmares continued their assault on Action Jackson until help arrived in the form of Gibson, Horner and Rich.
As the match ended, Gibson called once again for the microphone.
Gibson: Nightmares! We have had it up to here with you. Insulting these great fans, attacking Johnny after his match. Going 3-1 against a helpless Action Jackson. You show no class! We are
coming for you. This Friday, we already got the President of Alabama Wrestling to sanction the match! Nightmares, This Friday at Fort Payne Recreation Center we are coming for you and
those straps around your waist! Nowhere to run now Nightmares!
Johnny Rich grabs the mic:
Rich: Rotten Ron Starr! You low down dirty Dog! How could you leave your partner all alone! You had this all planned out from the get go tonight. What’s Action Jackson done to you? Nothing!
But guess what Rotten, We are also signed for Friday at Fort Payne! That’s right, I am the new #1 contender for your title. I too am from Tennessee but I was raised right by my Mamma and
Poppa. I was taught respect and honor but I was also taught to knock low-lifes like yourself out! Friday! Fort Payne! YOUR TIME IS UP Mr. ROTTEN!
The fans leave a bit relieved that their honor has been protected. They were pretty upset and the early comments and behavior of both The Nightmares and Rotten Ron Starr. Many are thinking
of making the trip to Fort Payne on Friday.
