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PRESENT Miami Arena February 27, 1989 Women’s Match Madusa Micelli vs Wendy Richter As WCW decides the direction of their Women’s Division, Jerry Jarrett decided to judge the fan’s reaction to the two biggest names he could think of. Madusa has been with WCW for a while now but has not seen a lot of action due to a lack of competition. Jarrett decided to pay the daily fee here for Richter and see what the future holds. These two put on a great show with the win coming by way of the Power Bomb by Madusa over Richter. If the fan’s reaction means anything to Jarrett, it is time to get this division off the ground. WCW WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Arn Aderson & Tully Blanchard © with Woman vs Terry Funk & Dick Murdoch While Anderson and Blanchard may know every dirty trick in the book, Funk and Murdoch are like a tornado of barroom brawlers that Arn and Tully are struggling to contain. Lucky for the champions that this action spilled out onto the arena floor. While Arn and Tully were bloodied pretty good, the ref had no choice but to count both teams out. With the Double Count-Out, the champs saved their titles. WCW WORLD TITLE MATCH Ric Flair © with Woman vs Ted Dibiase Instant classic! Not going to go into too many details here but this was a match for the ages with a tainted finish as Flair pins Dibiase. Dibiase was able to get his foot across the bottom rope at the count of two, but Woman shoved it off before the ref saw it and Teddy Long completed his 3-count. MAIN EVENT THE MAYHEM MATCH WINNER GETS A WCW WORLD TITLE SHOT AT WRESTE WAR Jim Ross: It is now time for the Mayhem Match. The rules are simple… two men will enter the ring and wrestle for 2-minutes. At the end of the two minutes, another man will enter the match. Elimination can occur at anytime when an individual is thrown over the top rope to the floor with both feet touching the ground. After all 25 participants have entered, the final man standing in the ring will be the winner. Now, let’s get ready for the most exciting hour in all of wrestling… the individual who drew number 1… “Dr. Death” Steve Williams! The man who drew number 2… coming to us from South Africa… the man we all love to hate… Col. Debeers! Dr. Death gets a huge ovation from the crowd as this is his first real action in 1989 but Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross are very concerned about the health of that injured right leg and the fact that he drew such an awful number. Debeers walks slowly to the ring as the boos rain down on him. When he gets to the apron, he demands the house microphone where he announces that he will not get involved right now as it is obvious that Dr. Death is on steroids as no human can be that strong naturally. Debeers adds that he will not fight cheaters. Suddenly, Jerry Jarrett comes up from behind Debeers and announces that if he doesn’t get in the ring, right now, he will be suspended indefinitely. Debeers, understanding where his paycheck comes from, gets in the ring and Dr. Death attacks like a man possessed. The only problem was that Debeers had stalled enough that help is soon on the way. Number 3 is… from Tehran, Iran… making his WCW debut, The Iron Sheik. The Sheik runs to the ring and quickly attacks Dr. Death. After Dr. Death is slowed, we get the most sickening moment of the night as Debeers and Sheik hug each other before continuing their attack on Dr. Death. The siren goes off as Jim Ross announces #4… Sting! The crowd once again explodes as Sting flies into the ring with a Stinger Splash on The Sheik followed by a Splash on Debeers. We get a nice 2 v 2 segment with the babyfaces in control but still no eliminations. Number 5 - …making his WCW debut… the Russian Assassin… Jim Ross hypes up the look of this man … 6’3… 250 pounds in a red jump suit with a red and yellow mask with a long chain around his neck. Tony Schiavone praised ref Pee Wee Anderson who made the Russian Assassin leave the chain at the timekeepers table before getting in the ring. The Russian quickly joins the team of Debeers and Sheik! It seems like we are at war… America vs the World. Unfortunately, it is a 3-2 fight and Sting and Dr. Death are barely holding on! Number 6… Mr. USA… Tony Atlas! The crowd explodes as they know he is going right for Colonel Debeers. The look of fear on Debeers face is priceless and he actually slides out of the ring and starts to run around the ring with Atlas in hot pursuit. The problem for Debeers is that he can’t run for the entire two minutes and Atlas catches him! Debeers is being beaten from pillar to post but it looks like Atlas wants to continue to attack the man behind the racist remarks so he makes no effort into eliminating him. #7…from parts unknown … the mysterious… the undefeated… Lord Humongous. Lord Humongous slowly makes his way to the ring with Oliver Humperdink joining him. The smile on Humperdink’s face just oozes confidence. The monster hits the ring and right away hits a double clotheline on Dr. Death and the Iron Sheik and they both tumble over the top rope. Humongous now has his sight set on Atlas but lucky for Tony, the siren goes off and we get the next entrant to the Mayhem Match. Eliminated… Dr. Death and The Iron Sheik #8… from one of the most famous wrestling families … Brad Armstrong. Unfortunately for Armstrong, his night is short lived. Lord Humongous had just body slammed Sting and left him lying in the center of the ring. As Brad come in to try and help Sting out, Lord Humongous scooped him up and press slammed him out to the arena floor. Lord Humongous is a MONSTER. We have Atlas trying to fend off both the Russian Assassin and Debeers and Sting barely holding on against Lord Humongous. Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik Brad Armstong. #9… from the Florida State Seminoles… the All-American… Ron Simmons. Simmons runs to the ring and the look of fear on Col. Debeers face is priceless. It Is now 2-2 with Simmons and Atlas taking control of Debeers and the Russian Assassin with Sting still going blow for blow the Lord Humongous. #10… one half of the Long Riders… Black Bart. When Bart hits the ring, he decides to make it a 2-1 against Sting as he joins Lord Humongous. #11… from the Sudan… Abdullah the Butcher… with bamboo stick in hand and Gary Hart in tow, Abbie drags himself up and into the ring and goes right for Sting. It is now 3-1 with Sting trying to fight off nearly 1000 pounds a wildness. Abbie hits an elbow drop followed by a double leg drop by Bart as Lord Humongous simply scoops up Sting and goes to toss him over the top rope. Somehow Sting wiggles free and superkicks Black Bart right over the top rope. An exhausted Sting leans on the rope to try and catch his breath. This is a bad place to be in the Mayhem Match. WHAM… Lord Humongous with a kick to the face sends Sting over the top rope. Sting tries to hold on as his fingers are clutching at the rope. WHAM… another boot by Humongous and out goes Sting. WHAM… a huge lariat by Humongous and over the top rope goes the unexpecting 400-pound Abdullah the Butcher. These were easily the most action packed two minutes so far. Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, Sting and Abdullah the Butcher #12… The WCW United States Champion… The Total Package… Lex Luger. Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone hype up the thought that if anyone in WCW can stop Lord Humongous, it might just be Lex Luger. Luger hits the ring and meets Humongous in the center of the ring and the two dominant forces have quite the stare down. This lasts about 5 seconds before the right hands start flying. This is a brawl like no other! While this is still going on, Col. Debeers and The Russian Assassin are barely holding on as Atlas and Simmons are getting the better on that side of the ring. Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, Sting and Abdullah the Butcher Still In: Col. Debeers, the Russian Assassin, Tony Atlas, Lord Humongous, Ron Simmons, Lex Luger #13… Here comes Grappler #1 and he goes right after Lex Luger. Luger, now in the fight for his life, somehow manages to hold off The Grappler and Lord Humongous until he gets help! #14… and help he does get… from Memphis, Tennessee… The King… Jerry Lawler. Lawler heads straight for the Grappler. This two have matched up many times in Memphis and they are brawling like there is unfinished business. The ring now has 3 major fights going on. We got Lawler-Grappler #1 in one corner, Lex and Humongous in the center of the ring and Tony Atlas/Ron Simmons vs Col. Debeers and The Russian Assassin on the other side. #15… Grappler #2… We know right we he is going! By the end of this segment the King is actually on the apron trying to hold off both Grapplers. He is taking big time shots from both sides and it doesn’t look good. #16… from the WCW Power Plant… “The Flash” Scott Norton. The fans are not familiar with Norton but WCW has shown a few videos of what Mr. Wrestling II is doing at the Power Plant so many are excited to see the Flash. Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone do a good job of telling his arm-wrestling background and hyping him up as he moves as quickly as a man his size can. WHAM…a big chest bump sends one Grappler to the floor. Norton hits the ropes and comes off with a shoulder block and out goes the second Grappler. Jim Ross says “and that is why the call him the Fash.” The Grapplers are out in the floor fuming. They grab Norton’s legs while ref Pee Wee Anderson is yelling at them to leave the arena. Eventually the do but Col. Debeers has broken free from his brawl for just a second and nails the unexpecting Norton to the floor. Tony Schiavone reminds everyone that this was Norton’s first time in the ring and that he still has a lot to learn. Tony Atlas rushed over and continues his attack on Debeers! Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, and Abdullah the Butcher, Sting, Grappler #1, Grappler #2, Scott Norton Still In: Col. Debeers, the Russian Assassin, Tony Atlas, Lord Humongous, Ron Simmons, Lex Luger, Jerry Lawler. #17… “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert with Missy Hyatt sexily leading the way… When Jerry Lawler heard this,he was all smiles. He left Luger to deal with Humongous and actually held the rope down for Eddie Gilbert. Gilbert very cautiously entered the ring and WOW, the brawl was on. Lawler’s strap was off and the punches were flying. Gilbert was down but that might have been the safest place for him as he was not going over the top rope. The way Lawler was attacking, it looked like getting at Gilbert was his main reason for coming to WCW. Missy Hyatt was screaming at Lawler and Pee Wee Anderson but there was nothing she could do. #18… Hollywood John Tatum. Missy Hyatt is jumping up and down for her “second” man in the Mayhem match. She is urging him to get to the ring faster but just as he gets there, she goes and gives him a peck on the cheek. Tatum goes right to the ring and goes 2-1 with Gilbert against the King. Also during this segment, the crowd got exactly what they wanted as Ron Simmons hit the shoulder block on Colonel Debeers and Tony Atlas press slammed him over the top rope. Next, Reed and Simmons focus on sending the Russian Assassin over the top rope but somehow this newcomer is hanging on. Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, Sting and Abdullah the Butcher, Grappler #1, Grappler #2, Scott Norton, and Colonel Debeers. #19… Hacksaw Butch Reed… Reed comes rushing to the ring but he might have come to quickly. Waiting right behind the steel guardrail was Colonel Debeers who had snatched the Russian Assassin’s steel chain. WHAM… Debeers levels Hacksaw with the chain and then begins to choke Reed. After nearly two minutes outside the ring, Debeers rolls Reed into the ring and then climbs back into the ring even though he was already eliminated. Debeers then tosses Reed over the top rope and he is dangling by the chain. Jim Ross is screaming that Debeers is going to kill him! Also, Lawler looks to be in trouble against Tatum and Gilbert. #20 … “The Outlaw” Ron Bass… Bass comes running to the ring. Tony Atlas and Ron Simmons see the predicament that Reed is in and rush to his aid. From behind, Atlas clobbers Debeers forcing him to let go of the chain. Unfortunately, this also sends Reed crashing to the arena floor and he is eliminated. Simmons sends Debeers hurdling over the top rope. By now, Lawler is half in and half out of the ring as he is struggling with Tatum and Gilbert. Missy Hyatt is screaming with excitement as she loves what she is seeing. Luger and Humongous continue their brawl as the Russian Assassin takes a momentum to catch his breath as Simmons and Atlas dealt with Debeers for the second time. Bass takes the opportunity to go after Luger in a move that he thought was safe as Humongous would have his back? Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, Sting and Abdullah the Butcher, Grappler #1, Grappler #2, Scott Norton, Colonel Debeers and Hacksaw Reed Still In: the Russian Assassin, Tony Atlas, Lord Humongous, Eddie Gilbert, Ron Simmons, Lex Luger, Jerry Lawler, John Tatum, and Ron Bass #21… from Glascow, Scotland … “the Hot Rod” … Roddy Piper! Piper struts to the ring with a huge grin on his face. Just after Piper entered the ring, Simmons and Atlas hurled The Russian Assassin over the top rope. Simmons and Atlas then rush over to help Luger and together, the powerhouse trio of Luger, Atlas and Simmons are finally able to get Humongous over the top rope but Humongous held on to Luger and dragged him with him. Luger and Humongous both collapse on the arena floor as neither has the energy left to stand up. Piper goes right to Ron Bass and nails him with a low blow. Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, Sting and Abdullah the Butcher, Grappler #1, Grappler #2, Scott Norton, Colonel Debeers and Hacksaw Reed, The Russian Assassin, Lex Luger and Lord Humongous #22… From Honolulu, Hawaii… “The Magnificent” Muraco… Muraco rushes in and goes right after Roddy Piper. These two obviously have unfinished business. Ron Simmons is all over Ron Bass as he has separated from his alliance with Atlas who has gone to help Lawler deal with Tatum and Gilbert. #23… “The Hustler” … Rip Rogers… Rogers hits the ring with Terri Powers leading the way. We now have brawling all over the ring with no set pairings except for Piper vs Muraco. #24… Jeff Jarrett… As Jarrett enters the ring, the group kind of separates again into a few mini-fights. It is Lawler, Atlas and Jarrett vs Tatum, Gilbert and Rip Rogers on one side, Ron Simmons and Ron Bass on the other and Piper vs Muraco front and center. #25… Making his WCW in-ring debut… Jake “The Snake” Roberts… Now things are going to get interesting. At Clash of Champions, Jake Roberts did nothing to help anyone figure out which side of the roster he was going to be siding with but this should answer a lot of questions. Snake slithers in, and with a wry smile takes notice of the landscape. Snake saunters over to the corner with Ron Simmons and Ron Bass. WHAM… DDT on Simmons. Snake points at the fallen Simmons and tells Bass to toss him over the top rope which is happily does. Snake extends his hand to Bass as the crowd the crowd is booing. As Ron goes to shake his hand, WHAM… DDT on Ron Bass and then Snake tosses Ron over the top rope. Eliminated… Dr. Death, The Iron Sheik, Brad Armstong, Black Bart, Sting, Abdullah the Butcher, Grappler #1, Grappler #2, Scott Norton, Colonel Debeers, Hacksaw Reed, The Russian Assassin, Lex Luger, Lord Humongous, Ron Simmons and Ron Bass. Still In: Tony Atlas, Eddie Gilbert, Jerry Lawler, Roddy Piper, John Tatum, Don Muraco, Rip Rogers, Jeff Jarrett and Jake Roberts. While the fans are still left to wonder about Jake Roberts, Jeff Jarrett and Rip Rogers are on the apron trading blows. Tony Atlas comes in with a clothesline to Rogers which sends him flying but before JJ can gather his thoughts, he is shoved to the floor by Eddie Gilbert! We now have Atlas and Lawler vs Eddie Gilbert and John Tatum, Muraco vs Piper… and Jake “The Snake” just slithering around. Atlas has Gilbert dangling over the rope when the ever-so-opportunistic Snake rushes in a sends them both to the floor. It is now Lawler vs Tatum , Muraco vs Piper + Snake Roberts. Lawler with a kick to the gut on Tatum and a huge upper cut sends Hollywood to the floor. Interesting thing here is that Eddie Gilbert seems frustrated with Hollywood Tatum and the two are having words as Missy Hyatt tries to calm the situation. We know have Lawler, Piper, Muraco and Snake left in the ring. Snake slowly heads towards Piper and Muraco… WHAM… another DDT on the Surprised Roddy Piper. Again, Snake extends his hand… this time to Muraco. Muraco with a big grin, extends his… the two embrace and then the Hawaiian Hammer disposes of the fallen Piper! Snake and Muraco close-in on Lawler. But Muraco rushed in a little two fast and Lawler steps to the side, grabs Muraco by the back of the head and tosses him over the top rope. It is now Snake vs The King for a World Title Shot at Wrestle War! We get a good back and forth with Snake blocking a Lawler Pilerdriver with a back body drop and Lawler somehow escaping the DDT by ramming Snake into the corner. After these two have completely worn each other out, we see Lawler with the top rope fist drop which allowed him to eventually send the Snake over the top rope! The winner of the Mayhem Match and the World Title shot at Wrestle-War is Jerry “The King” Lawler. A few notes on the Mayhem Match - First, this is the hardest match I have ever and I hope that I was able to keep things straight and organized. Sorry if it was hard to follow. -I had a few goals in mind and not sure I did them all justice so here is what I was aiming for 1. Continue to make Lord Humongous look unstoppable and start a bit of a rivalry with Lex Luger. 2. Introduce some new “friends” for Colonel Debeers with The Iron Sheik and the Russian Assassin. Hoping this turns into the most hated stable in WCW. 3. Give some clarity as to the direction of Jake “Roberts.” He will continue to be his own man but he has some problem with Roddy Piper that will continue to develop. 4. Most important, the WCW is a business and wants to continue to grow. Having Jerry Lawler win this match and earn the title shot at WrestleWar guarantees a huge pay day as that event is the first time WCW will be in the Mid-South Coliseum. Jerry Jarrett hopes this will solidify the Tennessee wrestling faithful as WCW fans for the foreseeable future.

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I am really enjoying this. Great project!

Nice job with all the match details. This is something I really struggle with. I really think you have a done a great job building a roster that works for you and gives you a lot of choices. You have big names who might be on the second half of their careers and up and coming youngsters. Whatever way you go, you can make $$$! Neidhart and Go seems like an awesome matchup!

Windham vs Brett Hart!!! Could watch this everyday especially if Barry was into it.

Always enjoy these title nights. I played a little game with myself to see if I could predict who was coming out with the titles... I called the Olympians title change but love the controversial ending where you can continue the angle if you wish. I thought Adias would still be the tv champ but did not expect him knocked out by the sleeper as the time limit expired. Love these matches. I did have the El Canek-Larr Z match wrong. I know that you enjoy writing for both of these guys and just picked the wrong one. Another great match. I did hove Lethal Larry over Keirn. I just thought Akbar would add too much to the match. I did have Orndorff keeping his title but I thought it might be a DDQ as I know you want to keep them both strong. Love the Missing Link addition. Sawyer and Link would be a wild feud. Nice use of your roster here. I did have a feeling the Fantastics were taking the titles from the Guerreroes but knew it would be a wild ending where anything could happen. Really enjoyed this match. I wish the Guerreroes were on more when I was a kid. What I saw of them was great. Jumbo over Iceman was the one I was surest about. I love Iceman but he is better as a major title chaser then the champ. His charisma allows him to get over without the title. It is one of the reasons I think Jake Roberts didn't have many title runs. Also, I am sure you are building to something bigger for Jumbo. Oh, by the way, loved the Hogan interview. I could just hear each of those words coming from his mouth. Didn't mean to by my booking hat in the AWA, just thought it would be fun to try and pick the winners.

Fall Out From Clash of Champions: St. Valentine’s Day massacre "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase- While his time as WCW World Tag Team Champion with his partner “Dr. Death” Steve Williams might have come to an end, “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase might just be the next WCW World Champion. His recent pin of world champion “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair in a tag team match at Clash of Champions has propelled him to a world title shot at Miami Mayhem. Ric Flair was in the middle of an interview on TV where he was talking about how Dibiase had cheated at Clash of Champions and that there was no way Dibiase could ever beat him in a real match when Jerry Jarrett came out and announced that Dibiase would face Flair at the next pay-per-view. Flair threw a big hissy fit claiming that Dibiase didn’t deserve the shot as he has not been involved in any singles matches in over a year. Jarrett didn’t even seem to hear Flair and hyped up the big upcoming match. Later in the show, a real calm, confident and direct Ted Dibiase let everyone know that his first pin of Ric Flair was not a fluke and that in less than a month, he would be the new WCW World Champion. Colonel Debeers- As a result of his racist and Anti-American verbal assaults since arriving in WCW, he has become enemy #1 to the WCW wrestling fans. The anger toward Debeers only got worse after Clash of Champions after Debeers refused to wrestle until WCW replaced Teddy Long as the scheduled referee due to his skin color. On this week’s show, Jerry Jarrett actually apologized to the fans for sending in Pee Wee Anderson as a replacement referee for Teddy Long. He said that he did not want to make the fans at the arena and those at home miss out of the action of Debeers vs Sam Houston so he made the decision to switch referees. Jarrett admitted that this was the wrong choice and that Debeers does not control WCW and that includes who he wrestles and who the official is. When Debeers came out and conftonted Jarrett and said that he will not wrestle any black man, a man on steroids or someone he considers beneath him and that goes for the referee as well. Jarrett simply replied that he was in charge and that Debeers will wrestle who he says, when he says and with whatever referee he says or he can look for another job. When Debeers began to complain, Jarrett walked away! Who came to the aid of Jeff Jarrett? Fans at home were smitten by a fit and attractive black lady during the opening pictures of the crowd at Clash of Champions. Low and behold, this lady came out of the stands to aid Jeff Jarrett who was being double teamed by Rip Rogers and Terri Powers. She came in like a house a fire with a kick to The Hustler and then a huge right hand to Terri. While the crowd loved what they saw, they had no idea who this person was. This week on TV, we find out that she is Miss. Tennessee and that her and Jeff have known each other for some time. Jeff had contacted her when Rip Rogers put him in a No-Win situation when he sent in Terri to fight him. Jeff knew that if he fought back, it would look bad and if he got beat up by a girl when he didn’t fight back, it would look bad. So, he called the only women he knew that could give Terri a fight while he dealt with Rip Rogers. This two seem ready for anything as this one has captured the attention of all of WCW. Is there a relationship between Don Muraco and Jake “The Snake” Roberts? After watching Jake “The Snake” Roberts sit there while Don Muraco attacked Roddy Piper on Piper’s Pit at Clash of Champions, all the WCW fans Jake was talking about Roddy Piper making a mistake that he couldn’t handle when he said that if you play with snakes all the time, eventually you will get bite. This situation became no clearer this week on TV as Snake simply explained his actions at Clash of Champions by saying that every decision that a snake makes has been well thought out and planned. With both Snake, Piper and Muraco spending a lot of time together up north, there could be some underlying issue that we at WCW do not know about. The only thing that we know for sure is that Muraco felt comfortable enough to come on to Piper’s Pit and attack Hot Rod. When Muraco was questioned about his reason for the attack, he reminded everyone that it was Roddy Piper who had hit him with a low blow back at Wrestlecade. What is Jerry Lawler doing in WCW? Jerry Lawler’s well-timed arrival in WCW saved Brad Armstrong from a 3-1 attack from Eddie Gilbert, John Tatum and Missy Hyatt. While it was a good thing for Lawler to be in Nashville, why exactly was he there. Most believe that Jerry Jarrett knows the importance of Jerry Lawler to WCW’s plan to expand into Tennessee and offered him a rather large contract. Besides wanting to bring Tennessee fans to WCW now that Memphis Wrestling has gone out of business, Lawler might also be in WCW to help put Eddie Gilbert’s foot in his own mouth. Hot Stuff recently told Jarrett that there was nobody from Memphis who belonged in WCW and that he should stop wasting everyone’s time by putting former Memphis wrestlers in the ring against him for the WCW World Television Title. Whatever the reason, Lawler is a welcomed addition with WCW returning to the Mid-South Coliseum in April. WCW World Tag Team Title Situation! Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard are the new WCW World Tag Team Champions but the big question is who will there first title defense be against. We already know that the title will be on the line on February 27th at Miami Mayhem. This was an unplanned title change and was forced when Dr. Death recently injured his leg at Wrestlecade. With so little time to get this set up, Jerry Jarrett added a 4 Corner Match on TV with the winner getting the title shot next week. The four teams involved were the Grapplers, The Rock n Roll Express, Ron Simmons & Hacksaw Butch Reed and Dick Murdoch and Terry Funk. This was not an elimination match and anyone could pin anyone. After everyone had a little time to shine, we see Terry Funk come off the top rope with an elbow drop to Grappler #1 who had just nailed Robert Gibson with a loaded mask headbutt. As Gibson staggered into the ropes Funk made the tag which the Grappler did not see. The Grappler was covering Gibson when he was nailed by Funk. Funk simple rolled the Grappler over and got the win. Arn and Tully better be ready for anything as Murdoch and Funk are unpredictable and unquestionably two of the toughest every to step foot in the ring. So What is Going on at the Power Plant: Last thing we heard was that Mr. Wrestling II and Scott Norton were working on perfecting his gimmick as the Flash. While that continues to progress, Wrestling II has also been spending a lot of time with Booker T Huffman and Lash Huffman. These two brothers are large black men with a lot of size and charisma. Mr. Wrestling II is trying to teach these two the ins-and-outs of the business from both the babyface perspective and heel perspective as you never know what the Bog Company wants. With that being said, they are spending time as a babyface team known as the Ebony Express as well as a heel team known as Jive Bros. Mr. Wrestling II has also suggested to Lash that he change his name which he has did to Stevie Ray; a combination of Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. Mr. Wrestling II believes that WCW might break these brothers up into singles wrestlers and might only need one of them so he has also given them singles angles to work on. Booker T is GI Bro and Stevie Ray is the Masked Heel. Only time will tell if these two make it and what side of the wrestling tracks will they be on. Women’s Match Madusa Micelli vs Wendy Richter WCW WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Arn Aderson & Tully Blanchard © with Woman vs Terry Funk & Dick Murdoch WCW WORLD TITLE MATCH Ric Flair © with Woman vs Ted Dibiase MAYHEM MATCH 25 Man Timed Entry Battle Royal with Winner Getting a World Title Shot At WrestleWar

Really looking forward to this. Cool idea.

Great event with a lot of matches that I would have loved to see. It seems like the Studd Stable might be moving past the Horsemen as the top alliance in the NWA. Great night for Ron Fuller!

Looking forward to seeing what Bad News and Backlund can do in your realm!

Great idea. Love it

Looking forward to the next Title Night! "Big Jim" and the Bruisers is a fun pairing. I guess it is because of when I was most into wrestling but Idol vs Armstrong really has my interest. You had some great matches on TV this week which I guess became much more normal by the late 80's. Great booking. Sgt. vs Nikita is really a really cool matchup especially with Sgt as the heel and Nikita as the babyface.

Sorry for falling so far behind. Enjoyed catching up with PCW. I love the Ricky Steamboat-Windham feud. While your roster is stacked, at this point in their careers, these two plus Hennig and Hart might be just be at the top of the list. Speaking of Hart, love what you are doing with Austin. What better mentor than Bret Hart! Finding all the chaos with the Jackal really interesting.

Love the build to Wrestlemania. You have such an awesome roster but somehow you know just where to put everyone and how to set up all your matches. Great booking!

Very interesting. Any idea who it was for?

Nice job hyping up SuperBrawl 2. The match with Garvin, the Road Warriors and The Horsemen would be a main event anywhere in the country. I just watched Harley Race vs Tommy Rich from the Omni. Man, he was great.

Sorry for falling a bit behind here but that was some event. You put in so much work and it really paid off. You keep teaching me more and more about UWF Newborn and I love what I see. I have seen a few of those British Catch Rules matches and found them very interesting. They just seemed to legitimize the sport. I thought the Lou Thesz promo was awesome!! The way you brought history into your tournament makes it soo interesting. WOW! That tag match between the Americans and Russians was awesome. I have always seen it from the American point of view were the Americans had the fix but the way you ended it was great!!

NASHVILLE AUDITORIUM FEBRUARY 15, 1989 The night starts with the camera flying over the excited crowd and it lingers over many of the children in the crowd, some of the couples who have come to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, some of the typical Nashville type men who are ready to see some huge haymakers thrown and some rather hot country females including one rather fit , attractive black women in a cowboy hat. Both Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross hype up all the great action we are about to see and really focus on the fact that WCW has this great event, live for everyone at home here on the Superstation WTBS. Colonel Debeers vs Sam Houston The Backstory: Ever sense his arrival in WCW, Debeers brand of racism and anti-American views has rubbed everyone the wrong way. Time and time again, he has refused to get in the ring with black wrestlers who he believes are beneath him. His views have brought the ire of Tony Atlas, Hacksaw Butch Reed and Ron Simmons. When Jerry Jarrett recently tried to force him into a match with Atlas, Debeers refused for two reasons. First, he went into a racist tirade which Jarrett threatened to fire Debeers. Next, Debeers started ranting about the rampant use of steroids that are obviously running through the veins of Atlas, Reed and Simmons. He pointed out that the success of people like that can only be explained through cheating and he would NEVER get into the ring where he knew the deck was stacked against him. In the end, it seems that Debeers somehow managed to handpick his opponent tonight… a white, gangly young buck …. Sam Houston. The Match: The problems started before the bell even sounded as Colonel Debeers refused to wrestle Sam Houston because the assigned referee was Teddy Long, a black man. Debeers grabbed the house microphone while pointing at Teddy Long Col Debeers: That is a black man. I will not have a black man referee my matches. These people take orders from men like me. I do not take orders from men like that. Debeers gets right in the face of Long and is pointing at him to leave the ring. Give Teddy Long some credit as he just stands there. He doesn’t let Debeers get to him and he also doesn’t leave. The crowd is screaming at Debeers and the announcers seem to think that we are at an impasse at that the match will not take place. Suddenly, ref Pee Wee Anderson comes to the ring and gets his fair share of boos as the crowd senses that Debeers will get his way. Anderson goes to Teddy Long and whispers something to him. You can tell Long is not happy as he throws his hands up in the air and then exits the ring. Before Pee Wee can even call for the bell, Debeers has attacked Sam Houston with his military cane. We get a few minutes of complete rule-breaking before Debeers connects with the reverse piledriver for the win. Debris follows Debeers on his walk back to the locker room. If heat is what WCW wants for Debeers, he has succeeded 10-fold! Lord Humongous with Oliver Humperdink vs Jim Powers The backstory: Week after week we have seen young Jim Powers come out on TV and get a gritty win over some jobber who used questionable tactics. We have also seen Lord Humongous break in half anyone put in front of him and then hear from Oliver Humperdink how Humongous can’t be stopped at Miami Mayhem where he will win the timed-entry battle royal to earn a WCW World Title shot and become the next champion. The Match: So, one of these two streaks will come to an end tonight at Clash of Champions and I bet you can guess which one. Lord Humongous destroys Jim Powers in under 2 minutes and leaves him a crumpled mess after a devastating powerbomb. Rip Rogers with Terri Powers vs Jeff Jarrett The Backstory: Rip Rogers has been all over Jeff Jarrett since his arrival in WCW; claiming that the only reason he is here is because of his Daddy. Jarrett has been Sucker Punched by Rogers and even had to deal with Rogers using his valet, Terri Powers to do his work as he sent her in to fight Jarrett. Being the gentlemen that he is, Jarrett refused to hit a women but he did have to endure a few shots from this rather muscular lady. Many believe that Jeff will be in for a tough one tonight as somehow this match will turn into a 2-1 attack. The Match: As you would expect, Rip tried to get the best of Jarrett by attacking before the bell, but Jarrett grew up in a wrestling family and knew what to expect from the likes of Rip Rogers. Jarrett blocked the attack and went on to throw a few punches of his own before taking the match to the technical side with a few arm bars and head scissors. The next segment saw the dirty tactics of both “The Hustler” and his valet as Rogers gained the momentum. It looked like it was over as Rogers was going for the “Ripperplex” but somehow Jarrett fought his way off the top rope. We get a few minutes of back and forth before Jarrett is back on top. Terri Powers is beside herself and hits the ring. WHAM… Terri clobbers Jarrett with a right hand… and this is not some little old lady throwing blows. The ref calls for the bell and the DQ but Rip and Terri keep on the attack! There is a murmur from the crowd! WHAM… that fit looking black lady from the opening is in the ring and lets just say she is every bit as strong as Terri Powers. Her first blow is to Rogers. Terri looks confused but then winds up with her own sledgehammer. It is blocked! A kick to the gut by the newcomer and Terri doubles over. WHAM… a snap suplex that was like a rocket! Jarrett is up and all over Rogers. The black women is all over Terri! Eventually, Rip and Terri are able to escape to safety, but you can tell they are both confused and concerned. Who was that lady and why did she help Jeff Jarrett? The Rock n Roll Express vs The Long Riders (Bass & Bart) The Backstory: Robert Gibson had been inactive since Thanksgiving due to an eye injury suffered at the hands of the Latin Connection. He recently returned to help his long term partner who was being attacked by Hot Stuff Inc. (Eddie Gilbert, John Tatum and Missy Hyatt) While the Rock n Roll Express still has unsettled business with Hot Stuff Inc., The Long Riders, Black Bart and Ron Bass recently returned to WCW and interrupted an interview with The Rock n Roll Express where Jim Ross was hyping up the Express being back together and he was sure they would be in the title picture very soon. Bass and Bart seemed to think that they were the team that should be getting a title shot and not these Daggummitt sissy boys and their bandanas. So here we are… The Match: As you would expect! A few momentum changes… some dirty tactics by the heels, a great job of playing the Face in Peril by Morton, A missed Double Leg Drop off the top rope by Black Bart, a hot tag to Gibson, we go Bonzo Gonza for a few minutes with all four in the ring, a Double Drop kick by the Express. 1…2…3! The Rock n Roll Express are back in a Big Way! SPECIAL SEGMENT: PIPER’S PIT WITH JAKE “THE SNAKE” ROBERTS The Scene: The camera pans in on the typical Piper’s Pit set where we see Roddy Piper in his traditional kilt, black belt and white Superman T-Shirt. His guest, Jake “The Snake” Roberts is seated in a chair wearing jeans and a orange T-shirt and he has brought a special guest of his own… Damien! Roddy Piper: Hello everybody… Joining me tonight is my very special guest…. Jake “The Snake” Roberts.” Jake… let me be the first to welcome you and your friend here to WCW. For those of you who don’t know, Jake and I spent some time together up North and let me be the first to tell you, Jake means business! Hey Jake, as you know, I’m from Scottland and don’t know much about snakes. What kind of tricks does this guy do for you? Jake Roberts: Damien doesn’t do tricks. That’s why I like him. Ya see, Damien and I are a lot alike. What you see is what you get. I don’t do things that others want me to do. I got my own mind. But Roddy, sooner or later you got to expect one thing. When you play with snakes and keep playing with them day after day, at some time you’re going to get bit. Roddy Piper: I think I’m starting to like this Damien guy myself. I mean Old Hot Rod has always beaten to his own drum if you know what I mean. So what does Damien eat? Jake Roberts: Anything I give him… small animals… rabbits, frogs, mice. Roddy Piper: Well I must admit that Hot Rod has never been afraid of anything in his life but seating here, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if you got on the wrong side of the Snake. Jake Roberts: Well ya know, people can make mistakes in their lifetime but you always have to be able to afford to make that mistake. But let me give this warning to anyone who thinks of crossing the Snake. I am the one mistake you can’t afford to make. WHAM… It is a pineapple that has exploded on the head of Roddy Piper as he is attacked by Don Muraco. Piper is a bloody mess as Jake and Damien just sit there. Muraco is like a man possessed. Eventually Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross take us to break in order to restore order. WCW WORLD TELEVISION TITLE MATCH “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert © with Missy Hyatt vs Brad Armstrong The Backstory: Eddie Gilbert has been surviving as TV champion sense he told Jerry Jarrett that he wasn’t ready for the WCW and Big Time Wrestling and that he better not think any of his lowly Memphis Wrestlers could handle the spotlight of WCW and the TV title. This led to a few matches with former Memphis star Ricky Morton and now we have another Memphis wrestler, Brad Armstrong attempting to take the television title. While Gilbert may have put his foot in his mouth, “Hollywood” John Tatum has returned to Hot Stuff Inc., and along with interference from Missy Hyatt, Eddie has been able to walk out each night as the TV champion. The Match: The pattern continuous! Brad looks to be on the verge of winning until Missy signals to the back for John Tatum. Tatum could care less about the DQ as he goes right in to save Eddie’s title. Some may say this is just to stay on the good side of Missy and that he could care less about Eddie Gilbert but that is a story for another day. As Tatum, Gilbert and Hyatt are putting the boots to Brad Armstrong, there is an explosion from the crowd like no other! Jim Ross: Could it be!!!! Yes!!! Here in Tennessee… It’s Jerry “The King” Lawler and he is all over both Eddie Gilbert and John Tatum! He hurls Tatum to the floor. Drops the strap on his singlet while backing Gilbert to the corner. He starts throwing big right hand after big right hand. The crowd is getting each blow and Lawler finally stops at 12. Missy Hyatt has exited the ring and is looking on in horror! Lawler turns to the crowd and gives the piledriver signal and they go wild. Lucky for Gilbert, Missy gathered herself and dragged her man to safety before Lawler could catch him. Hot Stuff Inc leaves while the crowd celebrated the return of The King!! WCW UNITED STATES TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) © vs The Grapplers The Backstory: Not much here. The WCW Tag Team Division is stacked right now. The Grapplers have been on a roll and have been calling out the Freebirds after each win saying they deserve the titles. Hayes and Garvin are not people who back down from a challenge, so here we are. The Match: Not too much to say here. The fan favorites are as dirty as the heels in the match so those guys caught on camera at the opening who looked like your typical Nashville man just wanting to see some haymakers thrown, got exactly what they wanted in this match. In the end, we get a Double Count-Out as the match spilled out into the floor and never returned to the ring. MAIN EVENT The Horsemen (Flair, Arn, & Tully) with Women vs Lex Luger, Sting, and Ted Dibiase The Backstory: First of all, the big new here is that Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson are the new WCW World Tag Team Champions. This occurred two weeks ago right on the regular Saturday WTBS show. The champs, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death had not wrestled since Wrestlecade on December 26th due to an injury suffered by Dr. Death. With about 15 minutes left in the two-hour show, the Horsemen (Arn, Tully, Flair and Women) interrupted an interview with the champs and they demanded that Jerry Jarrett come out. When he did, they pointed out that Dibiase and Dr. Death had not wrestled in 30 days and by contract, if they did not wrestle that night, they would have to have their titles vacated. Jarrett, visible disappointed, had no choice but to agree. Tully and Arn seemed to have a lightbulb go off and said that if Dibiase and Dr. Death wrestled them right now, they could have a snowball’s chance in Hell of saving their titles. Dr. Death admitted that he was in no shape to wrestle but Dibiase agreed to the match. This basically became a 2-1 as Dr. Death was a non-factor. With about 30 seconds to go in the show, Arn and Tully connected with a double team of an Arn spinebuster and a Tully slingshot suplex to win the titles! The following week, Ric Flair was having a grand time during his promo about how Dibiase was a fool to accept the match. Dibiase came out and admitted that Arn and Tully got the best of him last week but he knew that if he ever stepped foot in the ring with Ric Flair, he knew he would leave as the champion. We all know the beef between Sting and Luger with the Horsemen. Throw in the situation with Dibiase and Flair and here we are. The Match: Let’s keep this simple. We all know that everyone is going to get some shine during the match and that the ending would be crazy. So let’s just say this… Dibiase was right. He could beat Ric Flair and he did. With Sting and Luger battling Arn and Tully on the outside, it was Dibiase with a clean win over the WCW World Champion with a superplex!

WCW adds Black Bart and Ron Bass

This is so helpful. Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks for all the info on the Montreal wrestling scene. So interesting. Great card on Feb 4th. Really love Neidhart and Saito as a team.

Awesome main event with Road Warrior and Ole. This seemed like Hawk should come out on top but never count out James J Dillion and his men. Super Brawl is shaping up nicely. I can't wait for Garvin and Ace. This one could go either way and this would really push Orton up the historic rankings of Dawn of War! JYD vs Fuller... such a classic Southern Wrestling bout. One of my favorite all-time match ups here. Manny vs Slater.... BRAWL!!

Really liking all the new stars and angles in the AWA. To me, Gerry Morrow and that accent add so much to the show. He seems to be an awesome leader as sometimes the babyfaces get what they want (Iceman) and others it is the heels that get what they want (Larry Z) AWA with Hogan... can't wait. I never liked Hogan in the WWF in real life as it just seemed so predictable. Can't wait for this wild ride. Also, really looking forward to title night!

Sorry for getting so far behind. First: Prime Time on 1/15 Great segment with Brutus throwing hair at Taylor during his match. Looking forward to the Dream coming in. I wonder how the Wildfire promo would have went over in the North. I loved it in Georgia!! Hacksaw with a clean win over Valentine on TV... Hacksaw is ready for HUGE things!! The Royal Rumble was AWESOME! Warrior could be a huge money maker for you. Also thought the prelim matches and segments were just as good as the main event. WWF is rolling.

Great events in both Montreal and Toronto. I think you did a great job of really setting up the hierarchy of your roster with both your match order and the outcomes. Glad to see you giving the women some major run. The promos for the Triple Threat Match and and the actually match were great. You really showcased what they could do in the ring and how exciting women's wrestling can be. I think your use of Bravo is awesome. He has all the talent in the world to be Big Time in Canada. Nice to see Mike Graham in a main event. I know he get a little extra push in Florida due to his father but I always thought he was a pretty good worker. Very curious who Goldie Rogers will bring in as his new partner. Just a question for you as you are much more familiar with this area then I am. I was in Montreal a few times around this time period, maybe a little later like 1991 and get a real negative feel toward English speaking people. Would Maple Leaf need to have two different broadcasts to get the same people over in the different provinces. I could really see Montreal fans clashing on who they cheered for based on language. So Bravo is an easy babyface in Montreal but would Toronto always be on the same page? Just a question. Loved the shows. Sorry for falling so far behind.