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Chattanooga: UTC Arena: Thursday, May 15, 1990 A Night of Tag Team Action The Steiner Brothers & Iceman Parsons defeated The Grapplers & “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel with Skandar Akbar as Scott Steiner body slammed Akbar and Landel at the same time crushing Landel. Superstar Bill Dundee & “The Missouri Tiger” Jeff Gaylord defeated “Dirty Dutch” Mantell & Hotstuff Eddie Gilbert with Missy Hyatt by DQ as the Angel of Death interfered and attacked Gaylord from behind. Dutch had played the afraid heel really well in this match as he quickly tagged out every time Gaylord was in. Finally, Dundee and The Missouri Tiger had Dutch cornered and that is when the Angel of Death hit the ring. Dirty Dutch scampered away and let his bodyguard do the dirty work. Tommy Rich comes to the ring with a house microphone It don’t matter where I’m at… everybody knows who I am. I mean I haven’t been in these parts in quite some time but I heard that all you rassling fans here in Tennessee were giving me the business a couple weeks ago when good ol Lance Russell showed a video of Tommy “Wildfire” Rich. Well I’ll tell ya’ll something… I took that as a compliment and I’ll tell you why. You all was booing me because you know what I’ve done to Jerry Lawler in the past. I mean I beat him like a scolded dog last time I was in Memphis. (The boos start raining down of Rich again) Hold on, hold on now… give me a chance. I’m just a good ol boy from Tennessee at heart and one thing I don’t like is seeing people from not around here coming to my home state and taking advantage of one of our own. I don’t like seeing Randy Savage… Curt Hennig… Paul Orndorff or any other outsider for that matter coming here thinking they can take advantage of us. So, Jerry Lawler the ball is in your court… You want my help, I’m here for you. You don’t… then let’s get it on in the ring and take care of business. I’ve already been a World Champion before and wouldn’t mind doing it again. I mean I’m easy like Sunday morning Lawler … just tell me if you want my hand …. or …. my fist. Suddenly Lawler comes to the ring and grabs the mic from Tommy Rich… Tommy Rich, I’ve got about 10 seconds for you as I got a big match to get ready for. You say your back in Tennessee to help me out. The only thing I want from you is for you to go back to wherever you’ve been for the last year or so. I wouldn’t trust you as for as I could throw you. Lawler drops the mic and walks out on Tommy Rich who just stands there shaking his head slowly. Southern Tag Team Title Match The Southern Boys © defeated The Fabulous Freebirds in the return title match as Smothers and Armstrong survived a wild and chaotic bout to eventually connect with the bear hug-top rope drop kick on Garvin. The Freebirds huffed and puffed for a minute or so after the bout as you could tell they were frustrated but cooler heads prevailed and the Freebirds seemed to end the short-lived feud between the two teams and shook hands. Semi-Main Event Jeff Jarrett/Brad Armstrong/ & “The Fab One” Steve Keirn vs The First Family (Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, Honky Tonk Man and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine) saw The Anvil catch the Fab One for a powerslam for the win after Jimmy Hart had cracked Keirn in the head with the megaphone during a wild 6-man melee. Main Event: Jerry Lawler/ Big Boss Man/ Kerry Von Erich vs Curt Hennig/Randy Savage & Paul Orndorff If Lawler’s team wins, whoever takes the loss is out of the running for the USWA World Title shot on Memorial Day but if Lawler’s team loses, whoever gets the win, earns the title shot! Lawler has his opponents right where he wants them as Hennig, Savage and Orndorff seem to be fighting each other as much as they are their opponents. All three know that if any of them get the win, they are out of the big title shot on Memorial Day so they are reluctant to tag each other in and don’t really want each other to get an advantage so there are no double team moves or teamwork. This gives the advantage to the fan favorites throughout the match except when there is a pin attempt. The heels make saves against either team as they want the win for themselves. In the end, Hennig nailed Kerry with a low blow when the ref’s attention was turned to Lawler and Savage screaming at each other. Hennig followed up the low blow with a Perfect Plex and was going for the pin. Savage saw this and rushed in and tossed Hennig out of the ring. Savage then climbed up to the top rope and nailed Savage with a top rope elbow drop and now he went for the pin. Hennig rushed back in and dragged Savage off of VonErich. Savage and Hennig now were in a full-fledged brawl and rolled out of the ring. Lawler and Boss Man saw this as their chance to really do some damage and joined in the brawl on the outside. Mr. Wonderful took full advantage of this and slapped Macho Man’s shoulder as he was going out to the floor making him the legal man. Orndorff scampered into the ring and covered Von Erich. After the low blow, the Perfect Plex and the top rope elbow drop, Von Erich was unable to power out of the pin. When the bell rang, everyone was a little surprised and then they saw Orndorff’s hand raised! Savage and Hennig stopped their brawl. Their shoulders slumped as they realized they had been outsmarted by both Lawler and Orndorff! It will now be Jerry Lawler vs Paul Orndorff for the USWA World Title at the Midsouth Coliseum on Memorial Day! MIDSOUTH COLISEUM MEMORIAL DAY SPECTACULAR MAY 26, 1990 MAIN EVENT: USWA TITLE MATCH “The King” Jerry Lawler vs “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff UNIFICATION TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Southern Tag Team Champs- The Southern Boys vs UWF Tag Team Champs-Doom UNIFICATION TITLE MATCH Southern Champion- Randy “Macho Man” Savage vs “The Texas Tornado” Kerry Von Erich USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Steiner Brothers © vs The Guerreros TRI-STATE TITLE MATCH Superstar Bill Dundee vs “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine vs Jeff Jarrett & Brad Armstrong Nature Boy Buddy Landel vs Iceman Parsons Dutch Mantell vs Brian Christopher

You did a great job with Capital Combat and it was very much WCW at this time period. This has nothing to do with you as you did a great job but when RoboCop plays a major role in a wrestling promotion it was time for me to tune out. Both WCW and WWF went so far towards Sports Entertainment that I completely lost interest in real life around 1990. I enjoyed the late 70's- 1984 when, even though I knew it wasn't real, I still that the heels and babyfaces hated each other. To me, Vince and WCW tried to make it like a kid's birthday while the territories tried to make it seem like a backyard brawl at a neighborhood bbq. Back to Capital Combat... Score one for the little guys as the Rockers beat the Road Warriors. They better watch out in the parking lot! Like Steamboat in the mix here. He could really do it all in the ring.

The Ahmed Johnson is a move that nobody gets up from!!! Was surprised at the Maeda submission! Again, awesome description in each of your matchs... you pay such attention to details that it paints a clear picture in your mind! Great job. Thanks for all the work you put into this.

Great events in Wilwaukee and St. Paul!!! Really enjoyed the match with Muraco/Blaze vs Jumbo and KKB! Title night was awesome. What a finish! Hansen vs Hogan was epic and that was only the beginning of the action in the main event. Flair,Arn and Larry Z attack! What a trio! Also love that Idol needs a new finish. Wonder what that is going to be! Cactus Jack and Buzz is a great feud that can go on and on forever where wins and loses means nothing!! Great booking. Also Debeers after Colon makes such great sense!!

Enjoying how you have to big angles going at the same time with the KOR and the SNME. Big wins for both Jake and Tito. Like the WWF heading to London!

Wow... what a show. Give a promotion with a few big wrestling names, a few ambushes and a few wild men and you got the makings of a great Southern Wrestling Promotion. I really enjoyed reading this. You have a great, descriptive style that flows. I could really feel the promos just like it was the real thing. The Ole Anderson, Paul Ellering and Bob Armstrong interviews were awesome. Throw is Scott Armstrong and your booking options become unlimited. Love the slow way you are building the big main event that will happen someday between Fuller and Armstrong. Throw in the good looking Simpson and the characters like Vampire Warrior and Kabuki and you are selling tickets to all different types of people. I also think that Jimmy Jack Funk is someone who would be great in those semi-main events. Funks sell anywhere!! Great work. Hope you are enjoying writing this as much as I am reading it!

I would also remind everyone that you are allowed 4 three month foreign exemptions per year so Rey would be allowed into anyone's territory for 3 months per year starting in 1992 when he meets the 10 match requirement. This goes for 1000's of others also.

Sounds good. I have amended the draft order to include Smoky Mountain Wrestling and have removed Bluegrass

Week of May 10: Highlights from the weekly TV show with Lance Russell: The Show started with Eddie Marlin hyping up a huge night of tag team action coming up this Thursday at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga! Main Angle of the TV show: The USWA World Title Shot on Memorial Day The show started off with a short video from the Sam Houston Coliseum where Paul Orndorff pinned Dick Slater in the big 4-Corner match that also included Randy Savage and Curt Hennig with “The King” Jerry Lawler as the special referee. Lawler has been allowed to pick his opponent at the Memorial Day Spectacular at the Midsouth Coliseum and he made this 4-Corner Match to help in his decision making. It was interesting to watch as Lawler clearly abused his power as ref knowing that none of the men in the match would do anything to him, fearing that he would not give them the USWA World Title shot. After the match, Lawler made it clear that Paul Orndorff had not won the title shot and that the only thing that was settled was Dick Slater would not be getting the title shot. After the video, Lawler was with Lance and Dave Brown where he was having a grand old time with the idea that it’s “good to be king” and how he liked seeing all the people who had abused him recently bow down to him in hopes of getting the title shot. Suddenly, “The Bounty Hunter” Dick Slater appeared and he was fuming about how Lawler had no right putting his hands on him during the match as he was the referee. Lawler just laughed and reminded Slater that this was exactly what he had done to him in his match against Randy Savage. This incensed Slater who began to shove Lawler. Lawler warned him “that he wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Slater shoved him again and said he didn’t care as Lawler had nothing to hold over his head as he wasn’t getting the World Title shot anyway! Wham… Slater shoves Lawler again…. Lawler again warns him to be careful…. You hear the crowd begin to stir and Lance begs for some sort of decorum. Wham… Slater shoves Lawler for the third time. Wham… from behind… It’s the Big Boss Man attacking Dick Slater. Even though the Boss Man has never been in Memphis before, cable tv is starting to take off in the Memphis area and most of the crowd know who he is. Jerry Lawler: Well Lance, I guess now would be a good time to introduce my new head of security… a former correctional officer from Cobb County, Georgia… The Big Boss Man. While Lawler is just smirking for the camera, Boss Man is really roughing up Slater. Lance thinks that it is time to call off the Boss Man but Lawler reminds Lance that it was Slater who came to Memphis to collect a bounty on the King and put him out of wrestling! Finally, Lance took us to break. Later in the show, Lawler came back out with the Big Bossman and let everyone know that on Thursday in Chattanooga at the UTC Arena it will be Jerry “The King” Lawler, The Big Bossman and Kerry Von Erich vs Randy Savage, Paul Orndorff, and Curt Hennig. Lawler let’s everyone know that if Lawler’s team wins, whoever took the loss for the opponents will be eliminated from title shot contention but if one of them huckleberry’s finds a way to win, they will get the title shot in the Midsouth Coliseum on Memorial Day. Chattanooga: UTC Arena: Thursday, May 15: A Night of Tag Team Action Main Event: If Lawler’s team wins, whoever takes the loss is out of the running for the USWA World Title shot on Memorial Day but if Lawler’s team losses, whoever gets the win, earns the title shot! Jerry Lawler/ Big Boss Man/ Kerry Von Erich vs Curt Hennig/Randy Savage & Paul Orndorff A return match for the Southern Tag Team Titles The Southern Boys © vs The Fabulous Freebirds Superstar Bill Dundee & “The Missouri Tiger” Jeff Gaylord vs “Dirty Dutch” Mantell & Hotstuff Eddie Gilbert with Missy Hyatt Jeff Jarrett/Brad Armstrong/ & “The Fab One” Steve Keirn vs The First Family (Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, Honky Tonk Man and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine) The Grapplers & “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel vs The Steiner Brothers & Iceman Parsons And Tommy Rich will be in attendance

SNME looks great. I love how the WWF Special Report announces that the first round bracket for King of the RIng has been finalized and will be reviewed this Saturday on SNME. This makes everyone tune into another show and keeps the money flowing!! Nice job

I would just like to add that Prowrestlingonly has done a great job of keeping this site going for any of us who enjoy this hobby. We are thankful to anyone who who take time out of their busy schedules to read what we do. While each promotion and territory may not be for all, I do thank those that have stayed with us over the long haul. While I have not always agreed with everyones ideas as being realistic, I am sure our writers feel the same about mine as I tend to be all over the map from week to week and I am sorry for that. For those that that have been a part of our game know that all things in Dawn of War are open to discussion by our writers. We have have often changed the rules to fit the game as we see fit. Also, any decision is open to a vote by the current members. If there is something that needs to be voted on, please bring it to my attention. For those who do not wish to be a part of our game for whatever reasons, feel free to start your own game and make your own rules. We wish you luck. For those of you who have joined and left for personal reasons, I completely understand that but I am unsure why you think we care of your opinions when you have "taken your ball and gone home" everytime you didn't get what you wanted. The current writers often disagree with the decisions of the whole but we have found a way to make it work for over 6 years. Take a look at the other games on this website and see how many have "games" lasted that long. Some people must enjoy what we are providing. One last thing as I will not respond again... I am unsure of anyone's life but you must have an awful lot of time on your hands to read something that bothers you so much. I will admit that we have made mistakes but to actually keep track of who drafted who seems time consuming. Plenty of time to start a new game in fact. I am sure you will respnd again, but I will not. Enjoy Dawn of War or don't... it is your time.

Great first show... I think you can get so much out of the roster you are using. Armstrong vs Fuller will draw you money from the get go. Also like how you got Gilbert and Champion into a program right away. I enjoyed watching SMW a few years ago. They got so much out of a roster of like 17. By the way, I thought your formatting was fine. Welcome to Dawn of War. I hope you like it. We've had so many writers come and go while the 6 of us have remained pretty steady for a few years now. Would love that # to go to 7.

Really looking forward to this!!

Nothing personal. I don't think he enters our game until 1994 when he wrestled for CW USA in a match unless someone has something different

According to our rules, Wrestler Eligibility: Wrestlers must wrestle a minimum of 10 matches in a year in either the United States or Canada according to wrestlingdata.com. or cagematch.com. Wrestlers who do not meet that requirement in the year we are currently in or any future year will be considered retired. Rookies will be eligible in the year they debut. So until a wrestler wresltes in the U.S. or Canada they are not eligible for our promotions. So I would say no.

all good

Looking forward to the Battle Royal at SNME. I think Battle Royals are great ways to hype up a title as some many people are gunning for that shot!! It also allows you to slow play an angle as you can just use this as a title shot where the title stays with the champ until the real challenger is set or you can just build up the winner after the Battle Royal until the big bout

SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM May 9, 1990 “The Hammer” Greg Valentine with Jimmy Hart defeats Chris VonErich with Brian Adias with the Figure Four which he refused to release after the match. This caused Brian Adias to come to VonErich’s aid only to have Jimmy Hart clobber him with the microphone. Valentine and Hart had to dodge debris on the way back to the locker room as his abuse of this young Texas didn’t sit well with the Texas crowd. Honky Tonk Man without Jimmy Hart (who stayed in the locker room to avoid the angry crowd) defeated Brian Christopher with the Shake Rattle and Roll. It was a little interesting to see HTM look back on Christopher almost to make sure he was okay. Some belief that this act of compassion might have just been to avoid the same rough treatment by the crowd that his fellow First Family Members received after the first match of the night. The Grapplers with Skandar Akbar defeat Brad Armstrong & “The Fab One” Steve Keirn when the worn-down Grappler #1 rolled out of the ring and the fresh Grappler #2 rolled back in the ring and caught an unexpecting Steve Keirn with a running power slam. Winner Gets Tri-State Title Match “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert with Missy Hyatt & Jimmy Hart defeats Iceman Parsons as the treachery of both Missy Hyatt and Jimmy Hart proved too much for Parsons and with a distracted ref, Gilbert nailed Iceman with a low blow and followed it up with the Hotshot Suplex for the win. Southern Tag Team Title The Southern Boys defeated The Freebirds © in a wild bout that saw the Freebirds control much of the action. Michael Hayes was trying to end it with the running bulldog on Tracy Smothers only to be nailed with a top rope missile dropkick by Steve Armstrong. Smothers then shoulder blocked Jimmy Garvin out of the ring and The Southern Boys executed the bearhig-top rope missile dropkick combo on Michael Hayes and that was all that was needed for the Southern Boys to become the new Southern Heavyweight Champions! Tri-State Title Match “Superstar” Bill Dundee © vs “Dirty” Dutch Mantel with Angel of Death: This was the first time we were fully introduced to the Angel of Death who is now the new head of security for Dutch Mantel. This hire by the Dutchman was in response to being chased down for money that was owed to “The Missouri Tiger” Jeff Gaylord. As for this title match, the ref had to demand that the Angel of Death exit the ring as he was not a legal wrestler in the match. This allowed Dutch to nail Dundee with the butt end of the bull whip which he had wrapped around his hand. In this match, Dutch left on his pancho which he used to shield the whip from the ref. For the next 12 minutes or so, Dutch used that whip to nearly chole out the champ and every time the ref turned his back or tried to change positions, Dutch would nail Dundee with the butt end. Somehow, the ref finally caught on that something was amiss in the bout and started to question it. Dutch threw his hands in the air and demanded that he was innocent! WHAM… from behind, Superstar rolled up Dutch and got the win. This is when the Angel of Death rushed the ring but the champ was to smart and headed up the ally to great applause. Grudge Match Jeff Jarrett vs “The Anvil” Jim Neidhart with Jimmy Hart ended in a double dq as this one turned into a 3-3 brawl. Neidhart and JJ were splitting time wrestling from above when the action spilled out onto the floor. This is when the rest of the First Family (Eddie Gilbert and HTM) came out but, it was as if this was expected and Steve Keirn and Brad Armstrong rushed out and the ref lost complete control. UWF Title Match “The Texas Tornado” Kerry Von Erich © defeated “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel with Skandar Akbar with the Discuss Punch. Landel looked good in this match as he took the early momentum after playing the frightened heel for the first few minutes and nailed Kerry when he was calling timeout as he pretended that something was in his eye. Finally, after many close calls and Kerry refusing to give in to the Figure Four, Kerry took the lead and never looked back. He even nailed Skandar Akbar so hard that the Arabian Headdress went flying. Semi-Main Event: USWA Tag Team Title Match The Steiner Brothers © vs Doom (Hacksaw Reed & Ron Simmons) with Teddy Long saw the Steiner Brothers survive this battle of the hosses as Teddy Long accidently tripped up Ron Simmons. This was all Scott Steiner needed to connect with the face-first suplex slam for the big win! Main Event: 4 Corners Match: “The King” Jerry Lawler is the Special Guest Referee “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig vs Randy “Macho Man” Savage vs “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff vs “The Bounty Hunter” Dick Slater saw Jerry Lawler be the center of attention. He constantly verbally chastised the four men in the ring and was very quick to put his hands on anyone who broke the rules. Nobody in the audience seemed to care who won the bout but they just enjoyed seeing Lawler get his revenge. Some questioned why the combatants didn’t turn on Lawler and the answer was simple. They knew if they touched The King, he wouldn’t pick them for the title shot on May 26th at the Mid-South Coliseum. As for the end, we see Mr. Wonderful piledrive Dick Slater for the win as Hennig and Savage were off having their own brawl. Lawler helped set up the piledriver as he tossed Slater off of Orndorff as Slater was on the middle rope pounding away on Mr. Wonderful. This was nearly exactly what Slater did to Lawler a month back as Lawler was pounding away on Savage at the time. Most also say that Lawler might have used the fastest count in wrestling history to count out Slater. Orndorff jumped around like he was the next World Champion but Lawler took the house mic and let everyone know that Orndorff has not been selected or eliminated for the title match on Memorial Day and that only Dick Slater who lost tonight has been eliminated.

Fun show with the misdirection of Ricky Steamboat. El Gigante is an interesting choice with his size and all. It is a great short term gimmick but I do wonder when Ricky gets involved.

Really enjoying the build towards Wrestlrock... so many interesting things going on. I really think Hansen makes a great, believeable opponent for Hogan. While I think I know where you are headed, this just allows you to take your time and build the other angle the right way. Hansen and Hogan would be great in a 3-4 month program. So many different outcomes possible. Hogan's last promo was spot on. I could just hear him saying each and every word. Great job! Also, think it was very creative booking to add the Idol/Flair Battle of the Figure 4's with the guaranteed title shot on the line. This allows Hogan to deal with other great wrestlers why Flair builds to the epic match. The more I look back on Muracco, the more I like him. He is such a great babyface and heel becasue he was so good on the mic. Nice job keeping him involved. On that topic, also like Ray Stevens as a manager. He just seems like a wrestling lifer. Colon and Terry Taylor is interesting as both could do so much and fit any style. Just that picture of Bundy makes me think MONSTER!!! He always did a good job of getting over. You seem so organized and have everything so well planned out. Great job.

USWA still has Greg Valentine, Ron Fuller, Charles Wright, Jacqueline, Terri Powers, Kerry VonErich, Rip Rogers, Too Cold Scorpio, and possible Curt Hennig

I really enjoyed catching up on the WWF. For me, The Texas Outlaws vs The Rhodes is my favorite angle right now but I am an old NWA guy at heart! I think you doing an awesome job using all the big cities with huge cards but not giving away everything at these shows. You have a great feel for the business side of wrestling in the early 1990's as the real money is in the big pay-per views instead of the house shows like in the 80's.

Love all the angles going on here in WCW but I think my favorite is between Tully and Dillon. I can't wait to see who comes in with Tully. I thought the write up of the Z-Man vs Martel was well done and I liked how you carried it over between two shows. I might have announced that was going to happen to increase the audience. I am interested to see who you are going to put over between Pillman and Nikita. Tough choice. Abbie and Gang are going to cause havoc

May 3, 1990 The new USWA opening is played with orchestra music in the background as the tv screen is divided into quadrants with all the USWA stars in action. When the action ends, a USWA logo rolls across the screen. DIRT SHEETS VERSION Huge Card Announced The Sam Houston Coliseum is the place to be on Friday May 9th as there will be three title matches. The Southern Tag Team Titles will be on the line as The Fabulous Freebirds take on the Southern Boys. Kerry VonErich will defend his UWF Heavyweight Title in a rematch against Skandar Akbar’s “Nature Boy” Buddy Landel and finally, the USWA Tag Team Titles will be on the line as Doom (Reed & Simmons) take on the Steiner Brothers. The Freebirds and Southern Boys, former allies, have been having a war of words for the last month or so and it is time to put your money where your mouth is! Buddy Landel, the former UWF champion, has clearly positioned himself as the #1 contender for the UWF belt as he has lost only once since October… that being to VonErich. Something must give here as these two titans square off. Doom has recently turned on the Steiners as they have been frustrated with their lack of success against the brothers. After Doom attacked the Steiners from behind twice in the last few weeks, the champs where fuming and wanted revenge. These matches will clear up the picture for the Memorial Day Spectacular in the Midsouth Coliseum as the Southern Titles and the UWF Titles in both singles and tag action will be unified on that night. Will it be Doom or the Steiners facing the Freebirds or the Southern Boys and will “The Macho Man” Randy Savage be wrestling “The Modern-Day Warrior” Kerry VonErich or “The Nature Boy” Buddy Landel. So What was with the First Family at the end of last week’s show? As we went off last week, we saw the newest member of the First Family, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart clobber Jeff Jarrett with a chair shot to the head as Honky Tonk Man and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine were holding him down all while Jimmy Hart was screaming, “the sins of the father are the sins of son.” This week, a rather giddy Jimmy Hart first introduced “The Anvil” to the crowd as someone who has been hunting Jerry “The King” Lawler for nearly 2 years as it was Lawler who went to Canada and arrogantly insulted every Canadian including the famous Hart Family and the legendary Stu Hart, his father-in-law but Lawler ran away with his head between his legs before the Anvil crushed him. Next, Jimmy Hart explained that if Jerry Jarrett wants to exclude the First Family, the #1 stable in Memphis Wrestling, from USWA Title Contention, then the First Family will take it out on his son, Jeff Jarrett who he now called Enemy #1! Has The King, Jerry Lawler decided who he will face at the Memorial Day Spectacular? Due to the attack by the top contenders, “Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, “The Bounty Hunter” Dick Slater, and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff on Jerry Lawler a few weeks ago, Jerry Jarrett has allowed Lawler to pick his opponent at the Memorial Day Spectacular for his USWA World Title. Last week, each of these contenders gave their reason why it should be them. This week, Lawler responded. Jerry Lawler: Folks… I must admit that it is pretty good to be King. It’s pretty good to have all the power. It’s pretty good to hear all my enemies beg for me to pick them. First, I heard Hennig claim that I have never beaten him in the USWA and that Verne Gagne and I had some sort of plan to steal his title. Remember Hennig, it was you who refused to come to Memphis to defend your title. You had me chasing you all over the country trying to get a title shot that I earned. Then there’s Dick Slater who arrived in the USWA a few months ago and announced that he was here to collect a bounty on my wrestling career. Now look at me. I’m not only still wrestling but now I’m the world champ so Slater… you seem to be a failure! Savage… oh don’t get me started on Savage. He tried to highjack our show because we didn’t give his Daddy everything he wanted years ago. Then he attacks me each and every night as he came out of the stands during my matches… Not sure I want to give him everything he wants…. And then there’s Mr. Wonderful… claiming my piledriver isn’t as good as his. Well not sure that is true and also not sure that qualifies you as the top contender for the USWA Title… so the long and short of it is… not sure any of you deserve a title shot! But tell you what… this Monday at the Midsouth Coliseum…it will be the 4 of you in a 4 Corners match and I will be the Special Guest Referee… and let me just say this… if any of you dare put a hand on me, you are out. No title shot for you. This match might also make things a little clearer for me. Suddenly, Savage, Hennig, Orndorff, and Slater rush out to argue but Lawler just laughs at the idea that any of these 4 think they have any power in this decision. Does Dutch Mantel have the money? Last week, “The Missouri Tiger” Jeff Gaylord won a match on TV and then went to the podium demanding that “Dirty” Dutch Mantell come out and give him the money that he owes him for the time he was Dutch’s security guard protecting him from Shane Douglas. This week, Dutch gets a “dirty” win over local talent and then he goes over to Lance Russell where Lance explains that Gaylord is looking for him. Dutch Mantell: Lance… what do I care if that imbecile is looking for me. I mean he’s claiming that I hired him as a security guard to protect me…. Me? I mean I remember Jeff Gaylord following me around like a lost puppy dog just looking for some advice on the wrestling business. Out of the goodness of my heart, I tried to help this awkward nobody just because I want to pass this sport on to the next generation. And Lance… I did this all for free. I could charged his a lot of money for what I did for him. No he has the guts to say I owe him money. He owes me his livelihood. Suddenly the crowd explodes as The Missouri Tiger comes running out. He claims that Dirty Dutch is a liar and that he better have his money. Surprisingly, Dutch doesn’t run off or hid behind Lance. Instead, out of character, he steps right up to Gaylord and puts a finger in his chest and warns him to watch his mouth. Lance tries to remind the diminutive Dutch about the size and strength of Jeff Gaylord but Dutch just laughs at the thought of Gaylord doing anything. Gaylord snaps and grabs Mantell by the next… Lance Russell: WATCH OUT! From behind, a 300 pound bald headed monster with a chair comes out and clobbers Jeff Gaylord and the beating is on! Nobody seems to know who he is but he is clearly even bigger then Gaylord. Dutch starts off by joining in the beating as he uses the butt-end of his bullwhip and gives the Missouri Tiger a few good shots. Then Dutch backs off and just laughs as the monster just beats on Gaylord. Maybe next week, we’ll find out who he is but Lance is pretty sure that Dutch has found a brand new bodyguard. The Youngsters are on a learning curve! A few months ago. The USWA brought in three newcomers to the wrestling business… Chris VonErich, Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher. Chris VonErich has had the most success to date and that is most likely due to Brian Adias taking him under his wing. VonErich started off red hot with a tag win over the Moondogs but since Brian has placed him in more singles matches, he has been on a bit of a losing streak. Speaking of losing streaks, neither Taylor or Christopher have won a match yet. Christopher has had it the most difficult as he has seen a lot of action against the First Family and Greg “The Hamer” Valentine and “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert have been rather rough on him. Superstar Bill Dundee is the hunted! So who will be the next challenger for the Tri-State Champion. Well it seems that Iceman King Parsons and Eddie Gilbert are battling this week at the Sam Houston Coliseum to earn that title shot but after Dundee watched the nonsense of Dirty Dutch on this week’s show, he is granting Dutch a title match in the Sam Houston Coliseum just to get a chance to teach him a lesson. The Return of an Old Face! This week on TV, Lance Russell let everyone know that the USWA has signed Tommy “Wildfire” Rich to a contract and that he will be here next week. This announcement was met with loud “boos” as most in the Memphis area remember Tommy for the treacherous attacks on “The King” Jerry Lawler!

Using a number generator, I just did the draft order for the 1991 Rookie Draft. These picks can be traded. Anyone who joins going forward will be put at the end of the draft. The order is: 1. AWA: traded to WCC 2. PCW 3. WCW: Traded to PCW 4. USWA (Memphis) 5. WWF