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RIVERSIDE CENTROPLEX: BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA JULY 31, 1986 Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Mid-South Wrestling coming to you this week from Riverside Centroplex in Baton Rouge. I’m Jim Ross and my partner today is none other than NWA President, Cowboy Bill Watts. Before we get to today’s show, I would like to ask you if you and the NWA Board of Directors have come up with any new solutions to stop the chaos around the NWA and prevent the likes of Sheik Adnan Al Kassie and Ernie Ladd from interfering in matches. Cowboy Bill Watts: Jim, it seems like I have spent the last two weeks in meeting after meeting and we have come to a conclusion. Since the punishments that we had been handing out were not acting as a deterrent, we are just going to increase the punishments. In fact, we recently fined Tommy “Wildfire” Rich $100,000 for his actions in Continental Championship Wrestling and he can’t wrestle until he pays the entire fine. This might just be the last time we see Tommy Rich inside of a wrestling ring as I see no way he can pay that amount. If we need to fine someone like the Sheik a million dollars or the entire contents of the briefcase he has been carrying around, we will do it. If a 3 or 6 month suspension is not enough for the likes of Ernie Ladd, we will strip him of his managerial license. Jim Ross: What about the lawsuits Ernie Ladd has threatened? Bill Watts: Each managerial contract has a moral clause and our lawyers said we are well within our rights to take the license away from individual’s who break it. Also, by the time Ladd and his lawsuit runs its course, Ladd will be a grumpy, old man. Remember all the threats Jim Cornette gave us about his mother’s lawyers? Mid-South Wrestling is still here but guess who is not… Jim Cornette! Jim Ross: I like it. This new, tougher stand is sure to make people think twice before they do some of the things they do. Now, let’s get to all the action tonight. Bill Watts: Okay, here we go. Rocky Johnson will be taking on Ken Timbs. Black Bart will be in action against former Mid-South Champion, Mike George. Fans listen to this one. Carl Fergie from AWA fame, has arrived in Mid-South Wrestling and has made a deal with the devil. If he takes care of Hacksaw Butch Reed tonight, Sheik Adnan Al Kassie will pay him a million dollars and he will be the newest member of Sheik’s Army. We have a Mid-South Title Match as Crusher Blackwell challenges Bad News Allen and if Crusher wins by DQ, he wins the title. And in the Main Event, it will be Bruiser Brody & U.S. Steel taking on the NWA World Champion, “The Russian Nightmare Nikita Koloff and Ivan Koloff. Jim Ross: What a night this is going to be. Hopefully everybody will be on their best behavior but only time will tell. Let’s get to the ring. MATCH Rocky Johnson defeats Ken Timbs with the Boston Crab Rocky quickly tired of Timbs questionable tactics and hit him with the Soul Man Shuffle and followed it up with the submission hold. Between the entrance music (Soul Man), the physique, the charisma and the way he quickly puts down these heels, Rocky is quickly gaining popularity here in Mid-South. His post-match interview again shows a humble Rocky who is looking to face anyone who wants to get in the ring with him. COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR MEMORIAL COLISIEM IN SHREVEPORT When we come out of break, we see Ernie Ladd & Bad News Allen at the podium where Ladd is very direct in his comments to Bill Watts. Ernie Ladd: Watts, you think you are smart. You think you are tough. You think you have come up with a way to stop “The Big Cat.” The problem is you are nothing but a big old, fat hypocrite. You make rules for Sheik and myself, but don’t make any rules for your old buddies or Uncle Tom’s that you got running around here. Uncle Tom Rocky Johnson just beat Ken Timbs by punching him multiple times in the head. Did you punish him… No, you were right there with these Cajun hillbillies cheering him on. You talk about taking my managerial license away. Go ahead and try as I’m getting sick and tired of all you’re threats. There are a lot of dark roads and swamps down here in Louisiana. Plenty of places not to be found. Plenty of hungry gators. I hear they like white meat with a lot of fat! Watts is fuming and demands to know it Ladd is threatening him. Ladd responds by saying he is just stating simple facts and that a lot of people, unlike Watts and his old buddies, think like him. He then turns to Bad News Allen match tonight and tells Watts that he can take his Title Changes Hands Tonight On A DQ stipulation and stick it where the sun don’t shine. Bad News Allen: Crusher Blackwell… You might be from Stone Mountain, Georgia… you might by the size of a mountain… you might call yourself Crusher… but tonight, the Mountain gets topped off and the Crusher gets Crushed! MATCH: Black Bart vs Mike George Bart, at nearly 320 pounds has a good 40 pounds on George and he thinks he can just run over him but he soon finds out that Mike George is not only a good wrestler but tough as nails. George keeps Bart off balance for a few minutes with your typical arm bars and headlocks but when Bart goes for the dirty stuff, George is in the middle of the ring going toe to toe with the big, ornery cowboy. This one ends in a Double Count-out as the two end up brawling on the outside! Black Bart comes out on top of this exchange as he clobbers Mike George with a chair. Bill Watts, still angry at being threatened by Ernie Ladd, wants to show everyone that he is the boys, immediately suspends Black Bart for one week. Jim Ross and the fans like the announcement but it does seem a little overboard for one chair shot. COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR MEMORIAL COLISIEM IN SHREVEPORT When we come out of break, Jim Ross lets everyone know that we are going to live to Pensacola General Hospital for the first interview with North American Champion, Terry Gordy since the attack by Michael Hayes at the Great American Bash which has left the champion blind in both eyes. Terry Gordy: I just want to let everyone know that this is the toughest thing I have ever had to go through, but I promise each and every one of you that I’m going to do everything in my power to get back in that ring some day and get even with Michael Hayes. I might not have my vision yet but I’m confident that I will see again even though the doctors are not so sure. At this point, a “doctor” comes in the room wearing those blue scrubs from head to toe. It does seem like a few locks of blonde hair are coming out of the doctor’s cap he is wearing as the interviewer rushes over to try and get an update on the condition of Gordy. Doctor: All I can say is that Terry Gordy has been down a long and difficult road, but it is nothing compared to what he is going to go through right now. Now… he is on Bad Street U.S.A.! The doctor takes off the mask and hat and we see that it is Michael Hayes who proceeds to beat Gordy with everything that is not locked down in the hospital room. Food trays, bed pans, IV Cords… everything. Gordy is flailing away; defenseless against the attack from Hayes as he has no idea where the next blow is coming from as he can’t see a thing. Eventually nurses rush in and “Doctor” Michael Hayes makes a quick exit from Pensacola General Hospital. As the interview ends, we hear Terry Gordy screaming that he is going to get Michael Hayes if it’s the last thing he does! Back in Baton Rouge… Jim Ross: Oh my, Michael Hayes has gone to levels that I never thought possible. I mean these two used to be friends… Tag Team partners… and now, I just don’t know what to say. Bill Watts: I don’t know what to say. After seeing that, I know there will be more meetings with the NWA Board of Directors and I hope that we have seen the last of Michael Hayes! Joining Jim Ross next is Sheik Adnan Al Kassie and his stable where we get a minute or so of hyping up the fact that he believes the Masked Superstars are about to be the new World Tag Team Champions and how Jake “The Snake” Roberts” will deserve a gift after he rids the NWA of the over-the-hill- Harley Race. The real focus of the interview though is that they have all come out to watch Carl Fergie who promised them last week that, for the contents of the last briefcase, he would take care of Hacksaw Butch Reed for the Sheik. MATCH Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Carl Fergie (If Ferige wins, he joins Sheiks’s Army and the Million Dollar Briefcase) Forget the money! Fergie gets beat pillar to post in about 2 minutes with the end coming when Reed followed up a military press slam with a top rope flying shoulder block. Reed was all pumped up and dared the Sheik and his henchman, Jos Leduc to get in the ring but they both seemed to know that today was not the day to challenge Butch Reed. Reed is so fired up in his post-match interview that he says is the Sheik is going to make it his business to put Reed out of wrestling, he better find someone a lot better than Carl Ferige to do it. He also says that it is now his job to take out the Sheik and all of his men even though he suspects that Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death will take care of the Masked Superstars on their own! COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR THE MEMORIAL COLISEUM IN SHREVEPORT MID-SOUTH TITLE MATCH Bad News Allen © with Ernie Ladd vs Crusher Blackwell (If Blackwell wins by DQ, He wins the Title) As Crusher Blackwell makes his way to the ring, he is attacked by a man wearing a New York Yankees mask. The masked attacker really does a number on Blackwell and rams him head first into the ring post and then hammers away at him with a chair. Jim Ross is sure it is the “Mighty Yankee” Billy Jack Strong but NWA President, Bill Watts explains that he can not issue any type of punishment on the Mighty Yankee as he has no prove it was him. As for the match, give Crusher some credit here as he gave it his all after the attack, but it is hard enough to beat Bad News Allen when you are full strength; never mind after an attack with a chair. Crusher did have some time wrestling from the top and even tried to hoist Allen up for the airplane spin but just couldn’t succeed at Allen came crashing down on top of Crusher. From here on out, it was Bad News the entire way with the end coming after a Ghetto Blaster by Allen. Ernie Ladd, outside of a little banter with the ref, did nothing to interfere in this match as he seems to know that Bill Watts means business. The question is…. Did he have anything to do with the pre-match attack by the masked Yankee? COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR MEMORIAL COLISEUM IN SHREVEPORT MAIN EVENT Bruiser Brody & U.S. Steel vs Ivan & Nikita Koloff Violent, energy-packed match that has the fans on the edge of their seats. Last time we saw Brody in the ring with the World Champ, Ivan got involved and helped the “Russian Nightmare” to sickle Ivan. This time, Brody gets some revenge as he broke free from the grasp of Ivan at the last second during a double team by the Russians and Nikita actually sickled Ivan. Ivan goes down hard out onto the arena floor, WHAM… Brody with a huge mauling knee lift on Nikita…. The only problem was that he hit Nikita so hard that Nikita flies out on the floor with Ivan. While the fans loved this, it gave the Russians time to regroup and regroup they did! A little later in the match… WHAM… Russian Sickle by Nikita on U.S. Steel. 1…2…. Here comes Brody for the save… Ivan tries to stop him. WHAM… Knee lift by Brody on Ivan and down he goes again but it did its job as Brody can’t get to U.S. Steel in time. 3! Jim Ross: What a match folks. To bad for Brody and U.S. Steel who came up just a little short. What an hour of wrestling it has been. I’m sure next week, Bill Watts will have some answers on the disgusting action by Michael Hayes. Hopefully we will know for sure if the masked man who attacked Crusher Blackwell was The Mighty Yankee. That and so much more! See you next week right here on the Superstation. So long from the Pelican State! DARK MATCHES: Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin with Precious defeated Gorgeous Gary Young with the Brainbuster. Jake “The Snake” Roberts defeats Harley Race with the DDT. Race was distracted by Leduc who was up on the apron threatening to hit Race with the briefcase when Roberts came up from behind. Sheik seemed very pleased with both Leduc and Roberts! NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death Steve Williams wrestled the Masked Superstars to a 30-minute draw. This match saw it all both inside and outside the ring. Leduc tried the same distracting tactics as he did in the match between Race and the Snake but this time Harley Race rushed down to ringside and battled with Leduc. We also saw Jake Roberts come down to the ring to be with the Sheik. Hacksaw Butch Reed decided to plan ahead and came down just in case Roberts got involved. Nothing really came of this, but Reed and Roberts did have quite the stare down. As for the match itself, these two teams can do it all and the match was back and forth. This might have been an eye opener for the champs as they now know they are going to need to bring their “A” game against the Superstars or those titles will not be theirs for very long.

WOW! First of all, as I was reading the Gilberts vs The Studd Stable, I kept saying to myself was this violent post match attack going to be allowed in the new NWA. Right as I thought that, here comes Les with the 90 suspension. WOW. I liked how all 3 teams in the ring stopped their brawl right away after the warning. This showed Les has gotten through. NEVER... NEVER... NEVER did I expect the Mulligan turn. He has some explanining to do. Awesome show that the fans of CCW will be talking about forever.

It is all very interesting and very well done. It also gives you a lot of possible twists and turns down the road. NIce work.

Wow... the NWA officials are on the rampage. Dusek comes down right away and suspends or fines on the spot. Maybe the NWA is having money problems. LOL Jumbo is a very interesting wrestler. He is with Tojo but is usually very respectable to his opponents. Here he accepts the handshake from Dutch! I like it a lot but wonder what Tojo thinks about it. Embry survives the first big match of the week... can he beat the Rebel next? Pride in a draw with Whatley... he deserves a title shot now. Slick better start saving for his fine now as he might need to get invilved if the belt is on the line. Rufus... what are you thinking. YOu can't headbutt a hockey mask! Very creative!! Nice win for The Brotherhood! Dusek still trying to earn some more cash for the NWA!!

Awesome show. I like how you tied in Watts and chaos across the entire NWA. Sullivan being fined 50,000 and suspended is interesting. He will either steal the money or just go on to torment another promotion. This one is good to watch! Embry was awesomely rude on the mic today! It will be interesting to see if he is still the champ when the week is done. Dutch-Jumbo.... Solid feud going on here but Jumbo might just be a bit more than Dutch can handle. We will see. Akbar and Devastation Inc seemed poised to take over for any missing heelish tactics with the Dungeon of Doom being out a week.

Mid-South adds Mitch Snow and Rusty Brooks

Wow... What a show! Great job with Thatcher and Watts talking about the Rich incident. I have a feeling he might find 100,000 dollars from somewhere but he better do it before someone gets the masks off the Interns. Brign Buddy Back.... very interesting! You can go a long way putting down RPG but is he to be trusted? Woman & Man... It has begun! TA bringing in Dusty and Mulligan would have brought the house down. I'm glad Dusty is in CCW and you are magic with the interviews. I found him difficult to write for but you will make him huge! The Tourny in DOthan will be great. Like how SBS & Savanah Jack kept the Rich's out. Ron Bass with help from Olympia? CCW is a wild,wild territory now. Makes for such a great read.

Awesome TV show! I am always up for more Lawler-Idol. Earthquake Ferris contnues his rise. Ronnie Garvin with a nice win. GLad to see him getting some attention in Dawn of War. It seems we have all used him but not to the level he might have been in real life. Great Superfly promo... interested to see how he fares against Dream. King Curtis is one scary dude! Morrow better have someone better than Fergie this time for the Bruise Brothers! Can't wait to see the RnR-Fab One Feud! WHAT A GREAT SEGMENT WITH GREG GAGNE!! From the match and the interference. To the interview with the bribe with the cigars to the family feud with Greg and Dad. Really well built and done!!! The fans at the Cook Convention Center got their moneys worth. Bruise Brothers with the DQ win over the Fab Ones.... Those Fab Ones are getting real dirty. I once read that that McMahon had called up Eddie Graham down in Florida looking for a babyface names Bob Backlund who he wanted for a World Title run. Graham tried to talk him out of it and give him Steve Keirn for that roll as he was better on the Mic and could eventually have a good heel turn. It would have been interesting. And what will become of Ox after the loss by Beast of Burden

Nice week of action in WSW. Pride better find someone to keep control of that Golden Spike or else he is in some real trouble. OMG is really winning some big matches here. You are building him into a true force. Nice job. Love the main event chaos!!

Great house show. As I was reading the event, I thought it couldn't get much better then Windham/Simmons vs Miller and Hansen but then get 3 more matches that were equally exciting. Bigelow ... THe Harts... Adams... Yamada... Pillman.... Star power all over the event + each of these guys desreved all the attention they got as they could really wrestle.

Mid South adds Larry Winters, Joey Jackson and Randy Barber

The monsters might be more interesting in defeat then they are in victory. Can't wait to see where this all goes. No matter how much she underestimates Lady Apache, Moretti is just to good right now. Like how you continue to get so much out of your top stars and big stable feuds.

Really enjoyed the first show! Interesting to see a ref listen to someone for a change. I thought the stipulations and result of the main event was really well done. You hyped this one up with the possibilty of a title change but then left them out of the result which leaves us fans begging for more.

BARTON COLISEUM: LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS: JULY 24, 1986 (ON LOCAL AFFIATES IN THE MID-SOUTH TERRITORY) Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Power Pro Wrestling; bringing you the best Mid-South Wrestling has to offer. I’m Jim Ross and what a show we have instore for you as we get ready for the big card this week at the Riverside Centroplex in Baton Rouge. Michael Hayes will be taking on Jerry Oates. “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin will take on Larry Cheatum. Black Bart is back and faces Verlon Biggs. Patriot DJ Peterson looks to take out The Cuban Assassin. It will be Crusher Blackwell and “The Mighty Yankee” Billy Jack Strong where the winner gets to face Bad News Allen for the Mid-South Title this week in Baton Rouge and in the Main Event today, it will be “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff vs Bruiser Brody. Let’s get the action started. MATCH: Michael Hayes defeats Jerry Oates with the running bulldog. Before the match started, Michael Hayes made his way to the ring with a walking stick and wearing dark sunglasses; pretending to be blind. After he won his match, he put on the silly attire and struggled to find his way to Jim Ross for his post-match interview. Jim Ross: Okay Michael Hayes. Enough is enough. I know what you are trying to do and this is a low blow even for you. Michael Hayes: If I’ve told you once Jim Ross, I’ve told you a thousand times. Once a Freebird, always a Freebird. I was just trying to walk a mile in my brother Bam Bam’s shoes. To see what it feels like to be blind as a rat. Jim Ross: The saying is blind as a bat. Michael Hayes: Bat… Rat… Who cares? We all know what you are Terry Gordy…. A Rat! Some people in Mid-South Wrestling are saying Michael how could you do what you did? How can you show no remorse for your old friend? Friends don’t turn on each other Gordy. You turned on me! Don’t blame me if I’m just better at the game. Don’t blame me if your career is over. You mess with the best and you’re going to get burned! As Michael Hayes goes off the air, Jim Ross lets us know that there is no good news coming out of Pensacola this week as doctors say there hasn’t been any improvement in the vision of Terry Gordy. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR BATON ROUGE MATCH: “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin defeats Larry Cheatum with the Brainbuster During his post-match interview, Garvin is fuming about how Ernie Ladd messed with Precious last week in New Orleans and is blaming Ladd for him not being the Mid-South Champion right now. Garvin demands a rematch in two weeks in Shreveport. This demand brings out “Gorgeous” Gary Young who is sick and tired of everyone else getting title shots. He goes on to explain how Crusher Blackwell and The Mighty Yankee are wrestling today to get a title shot and know this loser in front of him (Jimmy Garvin) who stole his nickname wants to get a second title shot before he gets his first. Garvin takes offense to being called a loser and the two get in each other’s faces. Peace prevails for the moment until Young wonders how someone as ugly as Garvin got someone as fine as Precious. Young steps over to Precious and something in Garvin just snaps. It is like he is seeing Ernie Ladd looming over Precious again like he did in New Orleans. Wrestlers from the back come out and help restore order in this one! COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR BATON ROUGE When we come out of break, Sheik Adnan Al Kassie and his entire stable of sell-outs are with him. (Leduc, Jake “The Snake” and the Masked Superstars) Sheik, after his Arabic welcome, is very excited as his plan to control American Wrestling is coming together. This week in Baton Rouge, after his Masked Superstars defeat Ted Dibase and Dr. Death, they will be the new World Tag Team Champions. He does remind everyone that he is still in search of the perfect wrestler to join his Army and he has 1,000,000 dollars in the last brief case for that person. All of a sudden Carl Fergie comes out to the interview desk. Carl Fergie: Sheik, you may not know me but I’m Carl Fergie and I’m your man. For the contents of that briefcase, I will help you control professional wrestling. You see, I was once like you. Rich beyond my wildest dreams. Unfortunately, that money was stolen from me but that is a story for another day. I am also the greatest wrestler this country has ever seen but so many here in America have turned their back on King Carl Fergie. Many have even called my skills Priceless but I have no loyalty to them. I want… no, …. I need to be rich again. To have the nicest clothes. The fancy cars. The private airplanes. The best food. The most attractive women. I need it all and it is my wrestling ability that will give it to me. So, Sheik, what do you say? Sheik Adnan: Mr. Fergie… I’m going to be honest with you. I’ve never seen you wrestle. In fact, I’ve never even heard of you so I can’t be sure if you are trying to, as you Americans say, pull the wool over my eyes. I would need to see your skills in the ring… To give you a little test. How about this? I am having a little problem right now and if you can take care of that problem for me, I will give you the contents of the briefcase. Carl Fergie: Sounds good to me. Sheik: Okay, here is the deal… you take care of Hacksaw Butch Reed for me this week in Baton Rouge, and you will be the winner of the last briefcase. Carl Fergie accepts the challenge but doesn’t look as confident as he hid a few minutes ago when he thought he might be able to just talk his way into the briefcase. MATCH: Black Bart defeats Verlon Biggs with the Texas Trash Compacter In a quick post-match interview, Bart is his normal disgusting self and is once again screaming about the lack of competition here in Mid-South. When Jim Ross explains that he will be facing a former Mid-South Champion this week in Baton Rouge, Black Bart is intrigued and demands to know who. When Jim Ross says it will be Mike George, Bart has a good ol’laugh. There is a stir in the crowd as some newer fans question the person next to them about who Mike George is while others are excited as they remember Mike George from a few years back and remember that he is a guy who can really mix it up in the ring and never backed down from anyone. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR BATON ROUGE When we come out of break, Hacksaw Butch Reed, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death are at the interview desk with Jim Ross. Hacksaw Butch Reed can’t help but laugh as he says that if the Sheik thinks he can take care of Butch Reed with the likes of Carl Fergie he is even dumber then he looks. Dibiase and Dr. Death can’t wait to put the Masked Superstars down in Baton Rouge and even tease the fact that they are going for the masks. Dibiase spends a minute on how everyone in Mid-South is talking about the Million Dollar briefcase. Dibiase lets everyone know that whoever takes that briefcase is the lowest of the low. To turn your back on America and sell-out to the Sheik would be such a low thing to do. It would have to be someone as low as Tommy Rich who piledrove his own mother. Dibiase explains that last week in New Orleans, that briefcase was just lying on the ground in front of him and he could have simply picked it up and walked out of Lakefront Arena with a million dollars but he would never be able to even look himself in the mirror. Dr. Death is all business and can’t wait to get a hold of Masked Superstar #1 and Masked Superstar #2 and slam their heads together that they look like Siamese Twins! MATCH Patriot DJ Peterson defeats The Cuban Assassin by DQ Alexis Smirnoff rushed the ring and attacked Peterson and the Red Assassins had their way for a minute with Peterson until his Patriot teammate, Todd Champion hit the ring and we had a good brawl. When all was said and done, it was the Patriots in the ring and the Red Assassins tossed out of the floor without the courage to get back in the ring and continue the fight. The Patriots got a thunderous ovation from the crowd in Little Rock. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR BATON ROUGE When we come back from break, Jim Ross is with Bruiser Brody who is angry that last week in New Orleans, Ivan Koloff tried to trip him and that cost him his match with Nikita and that right now he should be the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He lets everyone know just what he is going to do to Ivan Koloff tonight, right here on TV. #1 CONTENDER’S MATCH: Winner gets a shot at the Mid-South Title this week in Baton Rouge “The Mighty Yankee” Bill Jack Strong vs Crusher Blackwell Each wrestler gets some time to wrestle on the top and it is obvious that the Mighty Yankee is quickly becoming one of the most hated men in all of Mid-South. The boos were out early today as he grabbed the microphone from Jim Ross and asked the people if they talked so slow because it takes their small brains time to process each word. In the end, Crusher had used his weight to his advantage and looked to be in control. Give Billy Jack his due, he was going to do anything he could to earn the title shot as he shoved Blackwell right into the ref, Alfred Neely. With Neely down, the Mighty Yankee reached into his trunks for some sort of weapon and clobbered Crusher with it. Give Neeley some credit here as Mid-South refs have taken some severe criticism of late, but while he was down, he was still focused on the match and saw The Mighty Yankee use the weapon. Neely called for the bell and gave the win to Blackwell by DQ. The Mighty Yankee turns his attention to Neely and is so angry he is about to hit Neely but Blackwell recovers and to the delight of the fans, hits the Yankee from behind and then scoops him up for the Airplane Spin/Drop. The fans are grateful to the man from Stone Mountain, Georgia for putting down the Mighty Yankee. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR BATON ROUGE After break we have Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen at the interview desk Jim Ross: Ernie Ladd, last week you used intimidation of a special lady, Precious to help your man retain the Mid-South title against Jimmy Garvin. What tricks do you have up your sleeve to deal with Crusher Blackwell this week in Baton Rouge? Ernie Ladd: Here we go again. There is always someone with a tainted view of things trying to keep the Big Cat down. Look at the tape Jim Ross…. Did I lay a figure on anyone last week? Who attacked who? It was Jimmy Garvin who attacked me. He is the one who should be suspended. He is the one who should be fined. The question is whether or not that Big Dummy Bill Watts will do anything about it… We all know the answers… Bill Watts would never suspend one of his guys… Jim Ross: I think you are forgetting he recently suspended Dusty Rhodes for 3 months. Ernie Ladd: Come on Ross… Rhodes set someone on fire! He literally tried to burn the Sheik to death. Imagine if I did that. I would be locked up and the key would be thrown away… Just another example of the injustices! Jim Ross, not sure what to say, turns back to the match coming up against Crusher Blackwell. Bad News Allen: Look at Crusher Blackwell… the size… the power… the speed… the agility…. He has it all…. except one thing…. A TITLE. You ask yourself why does Blackwell never win the big matches. The answer is simple… he is a loser…. A big fat loser. Now ask yourself this. What will Bad News Allen do to a loser. That’s right people you got it. Now help your fat friend there and call his doctor now. Make sure the doctor is free on Friday. Tell him to drop all his plans and get to Baton Rouge because Crusher Blackwell is going to need him. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR BATON ROUGE MAIN EVENT: Brusier Brody vs “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff Interesting part here is that Nikita comes out with Ivan and U.S. Steel comes out with Brody. The two teams are jawing at each other from the get go. Brody, still fuming from Ivan costing him the World Title, attacks before the bell and we are under way with a huge brawl. After a few minutes Nikita jumps up on the apron and distracts Brody. With Brody looking at Nikita, Ivan rushes in from behind. WHAM! Brody moved at the last second and Ivan hit Nikita with a running knee to the chest. Nikita falls to the floor and Ivan looks at his nephew in shock. WHAM… Brody from behind with a big mauling knee lift. 1…2…3! Brody gets a little revenge on Ivan with the victory here but Ross explains that he and U.S. Steel will be looking for more this week in Baton Rouge as they will take on the Koloffs. Jim Ross: So long folks. Don’t forget to join us this Friday in Baton Rouge at the Riverside Centroplex. So long from the Razorback State. BATON ROUGE MAIN EVENT Ivan & Nikita Koloff vs Brusier Brody & U.S. Steel NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Ted Dibiase & “Dr. Death” Steve Williams vs The Masked Superstars with Sheik Adnan MID-SOUTH TITLE MATCH: TITLE CHANGES HANDS ON A DQ Bad News Allen with Ernie Ladd vs Crusher Blackwell TRYOUT MATCH Carl Fergie vs Hacksaw Butch Reed (If Fergie wins, Sheik Adnan will give Fergie the briefcase with 1 Million Dollars and a Contract) “Gorgeous” Gary Young vs “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin with Precious GRUDGE MATCH Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs Harley Race Black Bart vs Mike George Rocky Johnson vs Ken Timbs

Nice start to Smoky Mountain. Excited to see where you take this. Thanks for joining. Episode 1: Looking forward to Summer BLast! Downtown Bruno really trying to get a hold on that title as he might just have the two best teams in the terriitory! Ron Wright in SMW just seems right... Stomper is a perfect heel for his stable. Good main event! Strongbow might be near the end but his name will go a long way at getting SMW some attention. Episode #2: The tag division is full of big time heel times. The Sheepherders might just be the best! Strongbow better be careful calling out the Moondogs. INterested to see who his partner is. Fritz has found his way to bring his World Class format to SMW... just add VonErich's and the show will be hot Like Al Madriil as a babyface. Great job of using what you have and making it work. Adrian Street's persona in the conservative, poverty-stricken East Tennessee is going to be golden when it all plays out! I never saw SMW when it was happening in real life but after watching every episode on Youtube, you get a great deal of respect for how smaller territories work and I think you have captured it very well. Again, thanks for coming aboard!

LAKEFRONT ARENA NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA JULY 24, 1986 Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Mid-South Wrestling coming to you this week from The Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. I’m Jim Ross and my partner today is none other than NWA President, Cowboy Bill Watts. Bill, what an exciting night of wrestling this is going to be. Cowboy Bill Watts: That’s right Jim. We have 4 huge matches for you. First, we will see the television debut of Rocky Johnson vs “No Class” Donny Bass. Jim Ross: Fans, for those of you who don’t know Rocky Johnson, you’re in for a real treat. Cowboy Bill Watts: You said a mouth full there Jim. Next, we will have a #1 Contenders match for the NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title between Ben Bassarab and the Masked Rebel. The winner will be taking on the champ, Eric Embry, next week in Baton Rouge. Also on today’s show, it will be a Mid-South Title Match as Bad News Allen with Ernie Ladd will defend his title against “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin who will be accompanied to the ring by the lovely Precious. That’s not all folks…. Listen to this main event…. It will be a 6 Man Tag Team Match between Hacksaw Butch Reed, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death Steve Williams vs Sheik Adnan Al Kassie’s men, Jake “The Snake” Roberts and the Masked Superstars. Jim Ross: Wow, what a night of wrestling it is going to be but before we get to all the action, I must ask you a question Bill. I know you and the NWA Board of Directors meet this week to discuss what to do with the constant outside interference by Ernie Ladd and the Sheik. Can you give us any insight as to what happened at the meeting. Watts: I’m glad you asked me that Jim. We did meet this week and to tell you the truth, everybody left that meeting a little frustrated. There is so much nonsense going on around the NWA that we know something has to be done. We got Tommy “Wildfire” Rich piledriving his OWN mother in Continental Championship Wrestling. We have the chaos of Kevin Sullivan in Western States Wrestling to go along with the shenanigans of Tojo Yamamoto and Slick. Here we got Ernie Ladd and Sheik Adnan Al Kassie. The problem is that fines and suspensions seem to have little effect. I mean Sheik Adnan Al Kassie has more money than all of us combined and if we were to suspend someone like Ernie Ladd, he would have us in a courtroom til the cows came home. We are still looking for solutions. We have discussed adding more referees and even putting two refs on certain very important matches. The NWA Board of Directors and myself will continue to discuss this problem and we will do what is best for the entire NWA. I promise you that. Jim Ross: There you have it fans. I, for one, hope that whatever you do, it makes the likes of Ernie Ladd and Sheik Adnan think twice before they involve themselves in another match. Let’s get to the ring. MATCH “Soul Man” Rocky Johnson vs “No Class” Donny Bass Johnson comes out to “Soul Man” by Sam and Dave and the music alone has the crowd on their feet dancing. Most of the Mid-South crowd has never seen Rocky before as cable TV is just starting to come to most of Louisiana. They are amazed at his physique. Bass seems not to notice that his conditioning comes up a little short in this one and as arrogantly as could be, he gets right in the face of Rocky and starts jawing. As the bout begins, we get a few collar and elbow lockups where Johnson simply pushes Bass to the corner and offers a clean break. Problem was that as he stepped back for the third time, Bass caught him with a low blow. Bass, smirking and taunting the crowd, uses a lot of questionable tactics for the next minute or two before Rocky has had enough and goes off like a house a fire. After a few dropkicks, Rocky hits the Soul Man Shuffle which is his boxing footwork followed by a nasty punching combo. To add insult to injury, Rocky locks in the Boston Crab and arches all the way back and Bass is screaming in agony as he submits. Post-Match Interview where Jim Ross welcomes Rocky Johnson to Mid-South Wrestling. Rocky Johnson: Thank you Jim. It is a pleasure to be here and I’m looking forward to competing against all of the great wrestlers here in Mid-South and showing these fans everything I have. After the interview, Hacksaw Butch Reed and the NWA World Tag Team Champions, Ted Dibiase and “Dr. Death” Steve Williams stop by the podium. Butch Reed: We heard Bill Watts out here earlier saying that he still needs to figure out what needs to be done with the likes of Ernie Ladd and Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie. Well, I tell ya what. I’m sick and tired of them getting involved in my matches and if it keeps happening, I’m going to take matters into my own hands. I got no problem slamming that Big Cat Ernie Ladd all over the Mid-South and then I’ll rip that towel right off the skull of Sheik Adnan and stick it where the sun don’t shine. I should still be the Mid-South champion and if anyone, that includes you Jake “The Snake” Roberts gets in my way of getting that belt back, their going to get hurt. Ted Dibiase: No matter where Doc and I go, people think they are tough enough to take our NWA World Titles. We go to Western States Wrestling and these no-good Japs steal our titles cause they know they can’t beat us. The Funks try and take the belts here and go run and hide. Look what happened when we found you Terry… Look what happened we found you Dory… That’s right… we simply beat you from pillar to post and took back what’s ours in the first place. Then over their in Alabama, Tommy Rich tries to have his mother do his fighting for him and that didn’t work too well in the end… Speaking of the end… that looks like some inbreeding their if you ask me….. And Now… here in Mid-South… we got two men wearing masks over their ugly faces thinking they can jump us from behind and take our titles…. Tell em Doc how that is going to work out. Dr. Death: Masked Superstars… you may be big and strong. We’re bigger and stronger. You may be great wrestlers. We’re better. You may be mean and tough. We’re meaner and tougher. You may have towel-head in your corner…. That only makes us stronger, better, meaner and tougher cause we hate anyone who comes into this great country and puts down anything that America stands for. I promise you Masked Superstars… whenever this is all said and done, we will have ripped those masks off your heads and you two ugly dogs will be running out of Mid-South with your tail between you legs…. AND IT STARTS TONIGHT! COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR RIVERSIDE CENTROPLEX-BATON ROUGE Before we head to the #1 contenders match for the NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion, we see a taped interview from the NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion, Eric Embry. Eric Embry: Fans in Mid-South Wrestling… I know your excited. Your excited that next week in Baton Rouge, I, Eric Embry will be there to defend my NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title. Yes… we know you are excited to see my wrestling talents but for many of you of the female persuasion, you are excited to just see me. Can’t say that feeling is mutual. I mean have any of you ever heard of salad!! Woof Woof. Now I guess I should talk about my potential challengers… Ben Bassaddoooo or something like that and the Rebel but why should I waste my breath on either of them as we all know that they got no chance in the ring with me. #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE NWA JR. TITLE “Canadian” Ben Bassarab vs The Rebel Interesting thing here was that it was the one with the nickname of Canadian who was the one acting like the babyface while the one with the Confederate flag mask was using some very heelish tactics. In the end, Bassarab came off the ropes with the crossbody block but The Rebel used the momentum to roll this into his own pin attempt…. With a grab of the tights…. 1…2…3! The Rebel with the win and will go on to face Eric Embry next week in Baton Rouge. It is not so much what was said in the post-match interview but how it was said. The Rebel had a very raspy face… one that seemed to have been affected by too much Jack Daniels in his life. The crowd knew they had heard this voice before and the murmurs started to go around the crowd. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR RIVERSIDE CENTROPLEX-BATON ROUGE When we come out of break, Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen are with Jim Ross. Ernie Ladd: Hahahahaha…. Bill Watts… you big dummy! I told ya there was nothing you could to do to stop me and Bad News Allen here in Mid-South Wrestling. You got Butch Reed out here earlier talking about who he is going to punch next and where he is going to stick Sheik Adnan’s traditional Arabian garments but Watts thinks he needs to control me. Wake up Watts… stop the double standards. Just because Butch Reed is an Uncle Tom don’t mean you can go around punishing me for protecting my man Bad News Allen from the self-admitted violent criminal Butch Reed. Suspend me Watts and I will haul your big ugly rear end into court so fast, you won’t be able to finish eating your grits. By the way… that will be Federal Court so all your look-a-like-croonies won’t be able to help you no more! Now Bad News… tell these fans what we got instore for Jimmy Garvin in just a few minutes. Bad News Allen: My pleasure Mr. Ladd. Jimmy Garvin… call your friends. Call your Mama. Call anyone who knew you as a little boy. Tell them to save any pictures they got of you just so people can remember what you looked like before you stepped into the ring with Bad News. After the match, that cute little Precious is going to call all of those people back and the call will start like this…. Mama Garvin…. I got some Bad News! MID-SOUTH TITLE MATCH: Bad News Allen © with Ernie Ladd vs “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin with Precious While the opening doesn’t go so well for Garvin, he won’t go down without a fight. With the crowd completely behind him, Garvin is fighting with everything he has and the champ is reeling. While this is going on, a camera picks up Ernie Ladd strutting over to Precious. The Big Cat is towering over Precious with an evil grin on his face… Precious, out of pure fear, let’s out a monster scream. Garvin sees what is going on and rushes out to help Precious. WHAM…. Garvin with a running forearm to the back of Ernie Ladd. Ladd is down and Garvin is all over him like white on rice! Here comes Bad News Allen. WHAM… Ghetto Blaster on Garvin. Precious sprints to the locker room out of fear. Bad News gives a few more blows to Garvin before getting back in the ring. 7…8…9…10. Jimmy Garvin has been counted out. Jim Ross once again blames Ernie Ladd as it was Ladd who went over to Precious and put the fear of God in her forcing Jimmy Garvin to come to her aid! COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR RIVERSIDE CENTROPLEX-BATON ROUGE When we come out of break, Sheik Adnan Al Kassie is with Jos Leduc, The Masked Superstars and Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Jim Ross: I see you still have one briefcase. Does that mean that you are still looking to expand your stable and are the “gentlemen” behind me, official under your management? Sheik Adnan: (first utters his Arabic greeting to Jim Ross) Yes… Jim Ross… my army of men is almost complete. I have the most dangerous men in all of wrestling. The quickness with which he strikes will bring me even greater fame and fortune. I’m talking about one Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Next, I have the greatest tag team in Wrestling today. The Mid-South Tag Team Champions… The Masked Superstars who will demolish anything in their way. Plus, the protector of both my interest and theirs… the Mercenary… Jos Leduc. Jim Ross: And the briefcase… Sheik Adnan: Ah yes. The briefcase. Inside of this briefcase is One Million Dollars. While I have already paid these men behind me a great sum of money, I am saving the best for last. One more wrestler… one with such ability that I will become unstoppable.. He will be paid the largest sum of money ever given to any wrestler but he will be well worth. He will make me proud. He will make the Colonel back in Iraq proud. He will be the next NWA World Champion and then the title will return to my homeland never to be seen in America again. Jim Ross: First of all gentlemen, (speaking to Roberts, Leduc and the Masked Superstars) I am shocked and disappointed that you would side with the Sheik for money. Secondly Sheik, who is this last wrestler who you feel will take you over the top? Sheik: Time will be the ultimate decision maker. While I have narrowed the selection down to two, I will have to continue to monitor the situation. MAIN EVENT: Jake “The Snake” Roberts & The Masked Superstars vs Hacksaw Butch Reed & The NWA World Tag Team Champions, Ted Dibiase and “Dr Death” Steve Williams Complete chaos where everyone gets a chance to shine. Interesting thing here was that neither Leduc or the Sheik attempted to get involved in the least. The Sheik was content to sit back and watch an all-out war. In the end, we unfortunately run out TV time during a segment of the match where all 6 men are in the ring brawling all over the arena. Jim Ross: Sorry folks, we are out of time for this edition of Mid-South Wrestling. Make sure to join us next week right here on the Superstation. So long from the Pelican State! After we go off the air, Sheik and Leduc no longer sit idle. Leduc tries to clobber Dibiase with the briefcase but Dibiase blocks it. Jake Roberts saw this as his chance and attacked from behind but Dibiase seemed to have eyes in the back of his head…. Leduc with a second swing of the briefcase…. WHAM… Leduc hits Snake. Dibiase takes over now and hits a Suplex on Snake. 1…2…3! The briefcase is on the floor. Dibiase looks at it for a second and then goes to celebrate with Doc and Hacksaw. DARK MATCHES FOR THE FANS AT THE LAKEFRONT ARENA Bob Roop wrestles Norvel Austin to a 10 minute draw. After the match, the two wrestlers shake hands. The problem for Austin came when he turned away from Roop, Roop caught him with a nasty shoulder break followed by a few kicks to the prone body of Austin. Roop left to a chorus of boos. The Patriots (DJ Peterson & Todd Champion) defeat the Red Assassins (Alexis Smirnoff & The Cuban Assassin) when the mighty Champion locked in the Torture Rack on The Cuban Assassin and forced a submission. Crusher Blackwell & “The Mighty Yankee” Billy Jack Strong wrestled to a double countout as the two brawled on the outside of the ring. U.S Steel defeated “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff by DQ as Koloff clobbered U.S. with a small chain that was seen by the referee. Harley Race defeated Jos Leduc with a top rope diving headbut after the Sheik had accidently hit Leduc with his briefcase of cash. Sheik Adnan Al Kassie was forced to open that briefcase and pay Harley Race $5000.00 NWA WORLD TITLE MATCH “The Russian Nightmare” Nikita Koloff defeated Bruiser Brody with a Russian Sickle. Brody gave Koloff everything he could handle, but Uncle Ivan made his presence felt when he almost tripped Bordy. Brody turned to warn Ivan not to do that again but when he turned around… major Russian sickle. U.S. Steel rushed to the ring to make sure there were no other attacks on Brody!

Love the added feelings of the crowd as they left the arena. I have only been to one show in my life and I could see the crowd erupting in anger if Sgt. Slaughter beat Andre the Giant. I bet that happened a lot. Awesome last few matches! Like that the Russians are hunting Magnum T.A. Not the hefty Interns????.... hmmmmm Lets get to Dothan!

First for the TV show... Nice first win for Pride but then he has some big words for Sullivan and crew. he better be ready. 3-1 for OMG.... The babyfaces better beware!! The Moondog attacks a fan!!! Typical member of a Sullivan crew. Will be interesting to see if anything comes of this. Watts is a very busy man as he try to sort of Wildfire attacking his mother in CCW, Moondog attacking fans in WSW and Ladd and Sheik Adnan in Mid-South!! And let's add Slick to the issue of what to do with the managers and chaos around the NWA as he helps Shaska survuve a TV title match On to the Sports Arena I had a feeling that Tyree was in trouble. OMG contiunes to rise up the ranks... He is going to be a Monster Heel in WSW Great match with the Funks and Super D's... you have really put together a nice tag division. Slater vs Jumbo is a nice main event that would sell some major tickets. Can't wait for the next TV show to see if this is a one and done event or if it will turn into a major feud.

Very interesting stroyline with Madusa and the rest of the monsters. Was the DQ on purpose as she didn't want another monster other than herself to have a title? Only time will tell.

Mid South adds Carl Fergie

OH MY GOD..... TOMMY JUST PILEDROVE HIS OWN MOTHER!!!! HE IS THE BEST (WORST) HEEL IN WRESTLING HISTORY!!! Magnum was very humble in defeat as would be expected. I am interested to see which way you go with his match vs Mr. Olympia. Either wat has so many positives!! Looking forward to see what happens to the CCW tag titles.... Humperdink has one NASTY TEAM.... a win over Scott and Steve would be a huge push that would draw big heat. Looking forward again to seeing how you write this one up. The banter between Solie and RPG is one of the reasons I enjoy your shows so much. Cooley better be careful with Ron Bass. I understand why Olympia is not happy having to face T.A. but it is time to step up! WOW.... shocker #2 for the night (Piledriver for Peggy #1).... Landel wants the help of the fans to bring him back.... While I never thought this was possible before, he does promise some things the fans would love. VERY INTERESTING ANGLE YOU HAVE CREATED HERE, INCLUDING THE PAID ADVERTISMENT. I think it was a great job to bring back the U.S. Jr title as it gives you a way to get some of your midcard guys in matches that seem really important. This might have been your best show yet. While some of your interviews in the past had me cracking up, the shock value of this show would be talked about FOREVER!

Very realistic house show that helps to finish off some wrestlers while pushing the major angle of Lawler vs Idol. Also helsp to push someone like Ito who is not too familiar with the fans. Nice job.

WITH JIM ROSS JULY 17, 1986 RAPIDES PARRISH COLISEUM: ALEXANDRIA, LA (ON LOCAL AFFIATES IN THE MID-SOUTH TERRITORY) Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Power Pro Wrestling; bringing you the best Mid-South Wrestling has to offer. I’m Jim Ross and what a show we have instore for you as we get ready for the big card this week at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans where it will be Bruiser Brody taking on Nikita Koloff. They will both be with us tonight. We will also have the Red Assassins in action as Alexis Smirnoff and The Cuban Assassin take on the Batten twins. U.S. Steel will be taking on “No Class” Donny Bass. “The Mighty Yankee” Steve Strong will be here as will be Crusher Blackwell. Jimmy Garvin, who will be getting a Mid-South Title match in New Orleans with be taking on “Iron” Mike Sharpe and in the Main Event, it will be Jake “The Snake” Roberts taking on Hacksaw Butch Reed. That and much, much more. Let’s get to the ring for our first match. MATCH: The Red Assassins (Smirnoff & The Cuban Assassin defeat The Batten Twins after Smirnoff followed up some questionable tactics on Bart with a Russian Legsweep. In their post-match interview, The Red Assassins really got under the skin of the fans with their Anti-American rhetoric as they explained why people of a democracy will always fail when compared to Mother Russia and the Super-Advanced Cuba. Not only had the fans had enough but so had The Patriots (DJ Peterson and Todd Champion) who came out to confront and challenge the Red Assassins to a match this Friday at Lakefront Arena. The challenge was accepted but when the Patriots turned to hype of the USA chant, they were attacked from behind. The attack was quick but violent and left the Patriots on the floor as the Red Assassins, feeling their work was down, gave one last comment on the inferiority of America and headed to the locker room. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR LAKE FRONT ARENA MATCH: U.S. STEEL DEFEATS “No Class” Donny Bass with a big Powerslam A quick interview to hype up what U.S. Steel is all about and we head right back to the ring for our next bout. MATCH: Bruiser Brody runs wild over Hollywood John Tatum with the final blow coming with the mauling knee lift. The fans really enjoyed seeing the crybaby Tatum running for cover throughout this beat down but they were bothered by the NWA World Champion, Nikita Koloff and Uncle Ivan joining Jim Ross during the match explaining how Brody was inferior to the Russian Nightmare and while he may be able to look good against someone like Tatum, the Russian Nightmare was going to tear Brody apart in New Orleans. Ivan tried to explain to the fans that while people here may think Brody is some sort of tough guy, some sort of Wildman, Nikita is the perfect athlete that cannot be stopped by someone who is so limited in his wrestling ability like Bruiser Brody. As soon as Brody hit the knee lift on Tatum, both Nikita and Ivan hit the ring to attack Brody, but he was ready and quickly knocked them from the ring. Before the Russians could regroup, U.S. Steel hit the ring and he and Brody dared the Russians to come back in the ring but they decided to wait for New Orleans. U.S. Steel and Brody head to Jim Ross and Brody is like a caged animal wanting to get at Nikita NOW! U.S. Steel also tired of all the nonsense tonight, challenged Ivan to a match in New Orleans. COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR NEW ORLEANS Before our next match, Bad News Allen and Ernie Ladd are at the interview desk where they are having a grand ol’ time explaining what they are going to do that pretty boy, Jimmy Garvin when they get their hands on him in New Orleans. Jim Ross stirs the pot a little as he says that NWA President Bill Watts and the NWA Board of Directors are meeting at this very minute to discuss the constant interference from Ernie Ladd. Ernie Ladd: Here we go again. That big dummy Bill Watts can’t stand that my managerial skills and my wrestler’s abilities can’t be stopped so he is going to try and come up with some new scheme to help out all the rednecks and Uncle Tom’s around here who bow down at his fat feet. Listen up Watts. I’ve been beating you all over this area for two decades and you can’t change it now by gathering all your sorry tie-wearing cronies in some back room making a plan to put down Ernie Ladd. We’ve been dealing with you and your types for hundreds of years and now that has all changed. Now you will deal with the rath of Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen. When Ladd and Allen leave, Crusher Blackwell stops by on his way to the ring and explains that he is from Stone Mountain, Georgia… the home of Southern pride and history and he won’t allow someone calling himself “the Mighty Yankee” to come into his neck of the woods and put all you good people down. Jim Ross: Look out! Wham…. “The Mighty Yankee” Billy Jack Strong clobbers Blackwell with a chair. Blackwell goes down and gets 4 or 5 more big chair shots. The Mighty Yankee: You can talk all you want about Southern Pride. All I see is 400 pounds of fried road-kill laying in front of me. COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR NEW ORLEANS When we come back from break, Jim Ross explains that after that disgusting display by the Mighty Yankee that is obvious that there will be no match tonight between Billy Jack Strong and Crusher Blackwell but that they will meet this week in New Orleans in a No DQ Match. MATCH: “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin with Precious defeats “Iron” Mike Sharpe with the Brainbuster In a quick post-match interview, Garvin explains how he loves the fact that Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen think he has no shot at winning the Mid-South Title this week in New Orleans just because he is prettier than those two goons. MAIN EVENT: Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs Hacksaw Butch Reed Interesting part here is that Sheik Adnan Al Kassie makes an appearance with Jim Ross during the bout with his bodyguard Jos Leduc. Jim Ross notices that he has only one brief case left and asks the Sheik what he did with the other briefcase full of money he saw at the Sam Houston Coliseum last night. Sheik, first says hello to all in his annoying Arabic phrases and then clearly tells Jim Ross that he will know what happened to the other briefcase when it is time for him to know but that he is building a stable like no other and will soon control American wrestling. He also told Ross not to worry about the number of briefcases as their plenty more money being made by selling his over-prices Iraqi oil to gas guzzling Americans. He asks Ross to please leave him alone know as he is very interested in the main event. Ross reminds the Sheik that it was he who interrupted the show and he would gladly leave him alone. As for the match, it is back and forth. Reed with some monster power moves and the Snake with a bunch of sudden strikes that leaves Reed struggling to find his grove. WHAM…. Leduc clobbers Reed with the briefcase but the ref saw it and called for the bell. Jim Ross: Look at this… it is Harley Race. He is after Jos Leduc. Remember folks, it was Leduc who took money from Larry Zbyszko to attack Race last year. These two have some unsettled business and it seems like Harley is here to collect his debt. There is a groan from the crowd… The Masked Superstars are in the ring and, with Roberts, the three are attacking Hacksaw Butch Reed. The groans change to cheers…. It is the NWA Tag Team Champions, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death and they are the ring causing havoc. Soon, just as we run out of time, the fan favorites (Reed, Dibiase and Doc) gain control of the ring with the Masked Superstars and Snake looking up. Leduc and Race have brawled all the way to the locker room. Lucky for the Sheik, Leduc seemed to drop the briefcase when he was attacked by Race but the Sheik scooped it up and is holding on to it for dear life. Jim Ross: So long folks. Don’t forget to join us this Friday and Lakefront Arena. It is sure to be a wild event. NEW ORLEANS NWA WORLD TITLE MATCH Nikta Koloff vs Brusier Brody MID-SOUTH TITLE MATCH Bad News Allen with Ernie Ladd vs “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin with Precious 6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH Jake “The Snake” Roberts & The Masked Superstars with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie vs Hacksaw Butch Reed, Ted Dibaise & Dr. Death $5000 BOUNTY MATCH Harley Race vs Jos Leduc with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie GRUDGE MATCH U.S. Steel vs Ivan Koloff NO DQ MATCH “The Mighty Yankee” Steve Strong vs Crusher Blackwell The Patriots vs The Red Assassins #1 Contenders Match for NWA JR. Heavyweight Title Ben Basarab vs The Rebel Bob Roop vs Norvel Austin Rocky Johnson vs “No Class” Donny Bass

Enjoyed the show as always. I like the push Brad R. is getting. He was big in the AWA and can wrestle in any type of match you set up for him. The Greatest Gagne? I see a family feud coming, unless this is all a set up. We will see against Scott C. Nice gimmicjs for Ace and Alright. I CANT'T WAIT TO SEE LARRY Z IN THE AWA!!! Iaukea must owe TIger Jeet something big... He just won't quit. Colon vs Ito.... another wild one coming! Johnny V. asking for a moment with El Jefe could turn out to be very interesting. Bruise Brothers held nothing back.... Fergie is in a world of hurt right now. Will be interesting to see if he returns. Lawler vs Idol!! Huge!!! Billy Jack vs Steamboat---- The Dragon better watch out for an Ox!

Awesome show at the Boutwell! Huge win for Ranger Ross! Scott/Steve Armstrong vs The Interns really shows the depth of your tag division! Speaking of depth in the tag team divsion-Huge win for Bullet and Brad in the Elimination match. Great ideas for the RPG Stable. Myers as the bodyguard after he ended up in a wheelchair is a nice touch. Bass gives his an instant title contender that Cooley barely managed to defeat. Landel???? Security..... Very Interesting!! Peggy hits her own son? What will the Mama's Boy say about this one? Nice win for the cheating Olympia over Iceman!! Nice house show loop that has some people rebounding from the Boutwell and well as others building on their momentum. Ranger Ross better be careful. If he keeps beating the Russians he may find himself with a Nightmare!!