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Really enjoy how you set up the new year with all these promos. It allows you to hit the ground running! Enjoy 1990.

Really like the build to Future Shock. I am very interested to see what happens between Sting and Luger.

Enjoyed the update and I think you're right that the Family seems to be in control... for now!

Enjoyed this informational piece. Hopefully we might get more of the Gypsy Joye-Cuban Assassin feud.

Very interesting shows. You are the first person I have every seen in one of these games to get people to feel sorry for Fidel Sierra. Great booking.

Memphis adds Bill Kazmaier

Championship Wrestling Association: Episode #10 December 7, 1989 The traditional CWA opening is played with some music being played as we see all the big stars of Memphis past hitting big moves. Before we get to Lance Russell and Dave Brown, we see a video with Jerry “The King” Lawler, Jerry Jarrett, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig and Bill Watts. They seem to be in some hallway as Jerry Jarrett asks Mr. Perfect to call it. Curt Hennig: Tails… Jerry Jarrett flips a coin in the air. We see him catch it and slap it on his wrist. Lance Russell: Yellow again everybody. Lance Russell and Dave Brown here for Championship Wrestling. By golly we’ve got a great week instore for everyone but before that, we’ve got to get to e some unfinished business from WrestlWar. Dave Brown: You said a mouth full there Lance. As you just witnessed, there was an historic coin flip in the back of the Mid-South Coliseum and that coin flip was for the USWA World Heavyweight Championship. Before we go any further, I want to bring out Jerry “The King” Lawler. Jerry Lawler: How are you Lance… Dave? Lance Russell: We’re okay King. Why don’t you tell us about Thanksgiving Night… and your match against Curt Hennig. Jerry Lawler: Lance, it was one of the toughest matches of my life. I will take nothing from Curt Hennig. He is a tremendous wrestler… but so am I. Unfortunately, neither one of us was able to get a win against each other. Also, unfortunately, we both knew what was going to happen. The last line of the contract stated that if the match was a 1 Hour Time Limit Draw, the USWA title would be decided by a coin flip. A coin flip that I lost. While I did not lose the match, I did lose the title. Lance Russell: Now King, that really stinks. Jerry Lawler: I agree. I totally agree. As I said before, Curt Hennig is a great wrestle but I truly believe that I would’ve never lost to him. I went to Jerry Jarrett when I Iooked over the contract and told him there must be a better way. Jerry told me that both the CWA and the UWF hopes it won’t come down to a coin flip but if it did, it was in the best interest of all involved, to make sure we left Thanksgiving with a champion… this would allow the USWA to move forward and hopefully have larger crowds and make more money with the title being defended in the biggest cities in the alliance…. Yada yada yada… to me… this was about money and not what is right! Lance Russell: I agree with you King. Hopefully, you’ll get a chance to win the title you never lost real soon. As Lawler walks off. Lance Russell: Man oh man, I just feel awful for Jerry. Dave Brown: I agree…. And that’s night the only unresolved business from Thanksgiving night and we’ll get to all that this hour. First, we actually have two other title changes to tell you about. Brad Armstrong defeated The Dirty White Boy to win the Tri-State Title and Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man are actually your new UWF Tag Team Champions. It will be very interesting to see how that works as they’re under contract here in the CWA. As for today, we have 5 great matches for you. First it will be "The Fab One" Steve Keirn taking on The Assassin. Our second bout will see a newcomer who goes by the name of The Undertaker and he will be taking on JT Southern. Tojo Yamamato and his man Tarzan Goto will be in action against Mike Jackson. The new Tri-State Champion, Brad Armstrong will also be in action in a non-title match against against “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers and in the main event, it will be Eddie Gilbert, Greg Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man taking on the Freebirds and Jimmy Golden. That and much, much more. It looks like the timekeeper is all set so let’s get to the ring. Match #1 Steve Keirn defeats the Assassin with the Russian Legsweep in a good showcase for the fan favorite. After the bout, Brad Armstrong is with Lance Russell. Lance Russell: Congratulations are in order Brad on your win against the Dirty White Boy on Thanksgiving Night to become the Tri-State Champion. I also must note you’re not wearing the cast that you had on that right hand of yours. Brad Armstrong: Thanks Lance and about my right hand… it was actually feeling a lot better yesterday and I went back in for another X-Ray and it seems like my hand was not broken at all but was just badly bruised. Lance Russell: Speaking of things that were not actually injured, it seems that you proved to everyone that the Dirty White Boy was faking his injury to the forearm as you were able to rip that brace of his off and show everyone that he had it loaded with metal rods. Brad Armstrong: Not a surprise Lance. The DWB has been stealing victories for months now. I’m just glad that’s over. I am looking forward to defending this title against whoever Eddie Marlin puts in front of me. On que, Eddie Marlin comes out… Eddie Marlin: Lance… Brad… I just want to make a few announcements. First, for his use of a loaded forearm brace, the Dirty White Boy has been suspended for two weeks without pay and he won’t be getting a rematch for the Tri-State Title. By CWA rules, all champions are given a guaranteed rematch when they lose their titles but because of the tactics of the DWB, this rule is being voided. Next, we are pleased to announce that as a result of the great success of the first interpromtional event between the UWF and the CWF, Jerry Jarrett and Bill Watts have agreed to have a second such event…. on December 30, 1989. This event, titled Last Stand 89, will also be the next big event at the Mid-South Coliseum. Suddenly, Dirty Dutch Mantel appears… Dutch Mantel: Brad… I guess … congratulations are in order… I mean somehow you got a title around your waist. Now Eddie, I think you know what you need to do… and that is to give me a Tri-State Title shot at Last Stand. I mean Brad and I have had our battles in recent months and I believe that I have come out on top of most of those matches. Eddie Marlin: To tell you the truth Dutch, we’ve not even began to think of who will get that big match for the Tri-State Title but … Brad Armstrong: With all due respect Eddie, I’m not sure you want to go from one cheating champ in the Dirty White Boy to rewarding another cheater with a title match so soon. I mean, part of the reason you made the strict policy of not allowing weapons near the ring was Dirty Dutch and his Bullwhip…. Eddie Marlin: Both of you have some excellent points. Dutch, you do have some pretty good wins of late but as Brad said, many of these wins were um, tainted. I will take both of what you said under advisement and you will have my decision next week. Brad and Dutch stare each other down as we head into break. COMMERCIAL BREAK & PROMOS FOR LAST STAND @ THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM As we come out of break, a bald Jimmy Hart and the First Family are with Lance Russell. The fans are getting him all riled up with a “Baldy” chant which continues throughout the interview. Jimmy Hart: Yeah, yeah yeah…. Baldy….you people just don’t get it. Sacrifice Baby… Sacrifice. The First Family is willing to do anything to control Wrestling. First of all, I haven’t heard any congratulations on how my men, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and the Honky Ton Man are the new tag team champions of a company they don’t even work for. Lance Russell: I don’t think congratulations are in order as I’ve never seen such a disgusting way to cheat another team out of their championship. As far as I’m concerned, Reed and Simmons are the rightful owners of the UWF Tag Team Titles. Jimmy Hart: I mean, I thought all you people here in Memphis were the dumbest people I’ve ever seen but those morons down there in Louisiana make a Kindergarten look advanced. I mean Butch Reed, Ron Simmons and Teddy Long would be better off getting eaten by an alligator then trying to come up with a plan. Now, the only reason why Eddie Gilbert is not the Southern Heavyweight Champion is because Jeff Jarrett is a male chauvinist pig! I mean he jumped right on Missy Hyatt and she fell onto the cement floor and he was the only person who didn’t check to see if she was ok. I mean Missy could have broken her neck! Lance Russell: Well I’ve heard about enough of this. Let’s get to the ring Match #2 The Undertaker with Paul Bearer vs JT Southern This is just eerie. From the ring announcer announcing the Undertaker being from Death Valley to his black hat, long black coat, black gloves and triple wide black tie… and that is not even mentioning his manager, Paul Bearer dressed as the perfect mortician. While the attire of both was almost Halloweenish… it was their death like pale skin and eerie organ music that had everyone a bit frightened. As for the match, this 6’10, 300-pound dead man was as agile as they come. Fans were amazed as he walked the top rope and then came down hard with a chop to JT Southern’s head. That was nothing compared to how hard he hit the ropes and flew through the air with the most powerful shoulder block in wrestling…. And then the finisher… a front-facing piledriver. Lance Russell: Mr. Bearer, I must admit that I’ve never seen anything quite like you or your man, the Undertaker. Paul Bearer: (in an eerie, high pitched, slow talking voice) Ohhhh Lance Russell …. I could not sleep last night so I decided to walk around the funeral home…. I soon ventured downstairs into the casket room … where I saw that our supplies might be just a little on the short side. Knowing what the Undertaker can do to any mortal man, I need to buy many, many more caskets as their will be a lot of devastation coming to Memphis… As these two walk off, Dave Brown asks Lance if it is just him whose hair is standing up on his arms. Lance actually studders as he tries to speak, so he obviously feels the same way! Suddenly, the studio lights go black and we get a strobe light flashing Welcome to the Madness …. Neither Lance and Dave speak as we go to break… They both look very nervous. COMMERCIAL BREAK & PROMOS FOR LAST STAND @ THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM When we come out of break, Lance introduces us to a new segment called “Spanning the USWA” where we’ll catch up on all the important news coming from the UWF. This week, we see Jim Ross interviewing the new USWA World Champion, Curt Hennig “Spanning the USWA” Jim Ross: Well, I guess congratulations are in order as you, Mr. Hennig are the first ever USWA World Champion. Curt Henning: What do you mean you guess. I told you and all the fans here in the land of the toothless that I was going to march up there to Memphis and beat the so-called King of Wrestling from pillar to post and come back down here as the first ever USWA World Champion. Jim Ross: I not sure you beat him from pillar to post. In fact, I’m not even sure you beat him. Curt Hennig: Jim Ross… do you see this gold belt around my waist? This means I’m the world champion. This means I went to up to Memphis … beat Jerry Lawler… and I am the champion. The Perfect Champion in fact…. And I’ll tell all you losers up in Memphis that if Jerry Lawler wants another shot at this title, he better come down here to the UWF as I’m sure not making that trip up there to see the cow folk any time soon! As we come back to Memphis, Lance and Dave Brown are just shaking their head about how Hennig didn’t even bring up the coin flip that allowed him to be the champion. Dave goes on to say that somebody better get that video we saw at the opening of the show to the folks down their un the UWF. Suddenly, Tojo Yamamota and Tarzan Goto appear! Tojo: Sgt. Slaughter… you are just like every other American I have ever met. You are a cheater. You know that there was no way you were going to beat Tarzan on Thanksgiving night, so you put someone in the stands to attack us from behind. Lance Russell: You mean just like you did to Sgt. Slaughter with the bamboo stick you had at ringside. Tojo: Lance Russell… you never learn. You better have eyes in the back of your head if you don’t learn some respect. Lance Russell: I think its time for you to get your man to the ring for his match! Match #3 Tarzan Goto with Tojo Yamamota vs Mike Jackson Goto just beats Mike Jackson to a pulp. The problem was that he had no interest in winning and just wanted to hurt Jackson. We get multiple power slams and big splashes but no pin attempt. Lance Russell is getting sick and what he is watching and demanding Tojo put an end to this. Instead, we get the save from the tall, lanky blonde wrestler that helped Sgt. Slaughter. He’s wailing away on Goto until Tojo finally pulls his man to the outside of the ring and both heels high tail it to the locker room. While nobody in the crowd knows who this man is, Lance Russell knows exactly who he is. Lance Russell: Fans … I must let everyone know who this man is… he is the son of none other than “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes…. Welcome to the CWA…. Dustin Rhodes. Dustin Rhodes: Thank you Lance… and as you said, I’m the son of The American Dream and I just want you to know that my father taught me something real important… This is the greatest country on the face of the Earth and Tojo and Tarzan Goto … . every time you do anything to try and make it look bad or disrespect it, I will be there with something to say about it. How about next week… you and me Tarzan and we’ll see what happens when you pick on someone your own size! Lance Russell: Boy oh boy… Dustin you sure have your Daddy’s fighting spirit. It is going to be awesome to have you here in the CWA. COMMERCIAL BREAK & PROMOS FOR LAST STAND @ THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM This segment starts with Brad Armstrong, the Tri-State Champion, with Lance Russell when suddenly, Dirty Dutch Mantel comes out to the interview area. He is in his complete attire including the bull rope! Lance Russell: Dutch, what are you doing here. Dutch Mantel: I’ll tell you Lance, I’m here for what I deserve and that’s a Tri-State Title Match. This man here, Brad Armstrong has never actually beaten me in a match and there is no way he would ever beat me. BA: Now listen up Dutch… the only reason I’ve never beaten you is because you get disqualified ever time we wrestle before I can beat you. You’re afraid to actually wrestle me. Dutch Mantel: Afraid? Are you kidding me? BA: I’m dead serious … oh and by the way, you will get a title shot when Eddie Marlin deems you worthy and right no brother… you’re not worthy! Dutch Mantel: Watch it punk… we all know Eddie Marlin is just a puppet for your daddy… and you know as well as I do … you’re daddy won’t put me in the ring with you because he knows I’d beat your sorry butt all over the place. Lance Russell: Ok, ok… that’ll be enough. Jeff, you got a match in the ring. Match # 4 Non-Title Match Brad Armstrong © vs “Pretty Boy” Doug Sommers Before the bell rings, Dutch enters the ring and goes up to Doug and says something to him. Dave Brown wonders what is going on and Lance just shakes his head as he wouldn’t put anything past him! Dutch reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out some cash. He counts off 5 or 6 bills and then hands it to Doug Somers who takes the cash, shakes Dutch’s hand and then heads off to the locker room. Armstrong comes over from behind Dutch and wants to know what is going on…. WHAM …. A rolled up Shoo Baby across the head of Armstrong. Brad goes down and Dutch is all over him. We get about 2 or 3 good minutes of a beat down before Jerry Lawler and Dustin Rhodes rush out to make the save. Lance Russell: Nothing, I mean nothing Dutch Mantel does surprises me. He is just not to ever be trusted! Let’s take a break. COMMERCIAL BREAK & PROMOS FOR LAST STAND @ THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM Match #5 Main Event The First Family (Eddie Gilbert, HTM & Greg “The Hammer” Valentine with Jimmy Hart Vs The Freebirds & Jimmy Golden This match seems more like an impromptu lumberjack match as other wrestlers are out to watch and get closer and closer to the ring as the match begins to heat up. We have the Studd Stable (Fuller, Eudy and Buddy Jack) eyeing the Freebirds. Lawler, Jeff Jarrett, and Dustin Rhodes are now out to make sure no funny business happens. This brought out Dutch Mantel, Tojo and Tarzan Goto to see if they can get to Jarrett and Rhodes. The match was a good showcase for all six men in the ring but most of the eyes were on those around the ring. At one point, Honky Tonk Man and Jimmy Golden were brawling in the ring and their action spilled out onto the floor. This brought everyone together and one side began shoving the other and back and forth we went. Just as it appeared that the roof was going to blow…. Lance Russell: Sorry folks, we are out of time. Until next week… So long from Memphis.

Greatest half hour in Dawn of War! Really enjoying the vodoo angle with the lady in the hood and the monster to become Taz.

Wow... Superclash is going to be great!! The Elimination Match really has my interest. Also, can't wait for Orndorff vs Hansen. I bet all the girls can't wait for the Fantastics vs The RnR Express!! This one will have some sort of crazy ending I bet. Awesome job with Nikita and Debeers. I think Ivan and Nikita were great but Debeers and Nikita would have even been better. Nice arrival for the Anvil. I always liked him. I also enjoyed the smack by Leo Burk on Tommy Jammer... great way to get some heat but also a great way to put the cocky young guy in his place. Fun segment.

Looking forward to Future Shock and the direction of WCW

Memphis adds Mike Sharpe, Pez Whatley and Steve Lombardi

You always have such great answers to my questions. Thanks for the info.

Sorry for falling so far behind. The U-Cosmos tournament is really entertaining. The videos you added were a great addition. Vader really seemed to crush Takada. Was wondering if people like Vader did promos over there with the language issue and all. Would love to see all the Americans as heels... just to see the opposite as here.

Memphis will add Sean Royal and Chris Champion

Great plan. Good luck and enjoy!!!

Really exciting show from start to finish. Using BJM in this role is a great choice. Between his size and history in Florida, people better listen. Gorgeous and Precious had their egos put in place here tonight. Will be interesting to see where this goes. The segment with Graham and Mando was so well done. It had it all from great wording of the interviews to BJM to the match to the arrival of Hector and Chavo and then the feud started between the Armstrongs and the Guerreros. Awesome booking! All the matches did a nice job of moving your angles forward and really looking forward to next week with the bog match/big stipulations between the Armstrongs and the Guerreros. Thanks for such a great read.

AD was Frenchy Martin on your roster before? I had him listed in free agency and LastStopTour picked him up. If he was on yours prior to him joining, I will let him know.

To all those readers of Dawn of War, who have been thinking of giving this hobby a try, please contact me. I have an interesting idea that would require a second writer.

To all those readers of Dawn of War, who have been thinking of giving this hobby a try, please contact me. I have an interesting idea that would require a second writer.

Thanks for all your work with the NWA... I hope you enjoy the WWF.

Great first show. The interaction with Gossett and the women had me cracking up. Really good writing here!! Nice job introducing all the main characters to us. You have a knack for some town promotions and make them seem so realistic and cool. Great job.

Wow... these fans got 15 great matches. What a way to get them hooked on live events. Great hype for the PWF. Love how the tournament hyped up all your angles! Nice job keeping the Florida feel with many of the past Florida stars staying hot. Kabuki with the mist... Mike Graham was willing to fight even though he was blind... Windham all the way to the finals... Humperdink with a hand in everything... and a Funk on top. Really fun read. Good choice with the Southern Rockers!! This team will keep all the girls happy.

Thanksgiving Night: November 28, 1989 USWA TITLE MATCH Eric Embry vs The Assassin (Don Bass in a mask) Eric Embry continues to take on all comers as he is giving away nearly 70 pounds to the Assassin. In this match, Embry continues to win over the crowd with his never quit attitude. No matter what the Assassin did, Embry was right back and ready to fight. The Assassin became frustrated and tossed Embry through the middle ropes and out onto the floor. Ref Jerry Calhoun admonished the Assassin and then went over to the ropes to check on Embry. The Assassin took this time to load his mask with some type of object…. As Embry staggers through the middle ropes…. WHAM… loaded head butt by the Assassin. The count… 1…2…2 ¾ …. Somehow Embry kicks out. The Assassin is in the face of the ref who keeps telling him it was only a count of 2. From behind, Embry, who now is bleeding profussily from the head, smashed the Assassin, loaded mask first into the turnbuckle. The Assassin falls straight back like he is knocked out…. Even though we can’t tell with the mask in…. The count…. 1…2…3! The fans love how Embry managed to win this match! WOMEN’S MATCH Madusa vs Terri Poch Memphis has not yet gotten into the Women’s revolution but if they are going to push this aspect of the sport, they got a great duo to hype up the crowd. Not only are these two powerful, athletic and have a nice array of skill, they are both very easy on the eyes! In the end, Medusa gets the win with a spinning heel kick followed by the big German Suplex. “The Fab One” Steve Keirn vs “The Dirty Dutchmen” Dutch Mantel These two have been at each other’s throats for about 3 weeks now as Mantel laid some heavy insults on Keirn and Keirn answered with some heavy fists. Again, Dutch comes to the ring in his usually gear which includes Shoo Baby…. And again, Eddie Marlin has a person come and remove the Bull Whip to the back. Dutch can complain all he wants to, but Eddie Marlin is going to hold to his guns… No Weapons! As for the bout, a nice back and forth match between two guys who can both sell and bump with the best. Keirn starts with some technical wrestling but Dutch quickly turns this into a brawl. Unfortunately, the brawl spilled into the crowd and never returned to the ring resulting in a Double -Count out. TRI-STATE TITLE MATCH The Dirty White Boy © vs Brad Armstrong Nobody really knows if either man is truly injured as we head into this title match. The DWB has been wearing a forearm brace for months now and while he claims it’s due to an injury, most believe it is more like a crutch then a brace as he uses “the loaded arm gear” as a weapon whenever he seems to be in trouble. As for Brad Armstrong, many believe his “car accident” was just an invented story by Eddie Marlin to allow him to even the odds as he is wearing a giant cast on his right arm. As for the match, Brad uses his wrestling skill to control the opening segment before the DWB takes the match to the gutter. We see the DWB fondling with his brace apparently “loading it up.” He comes off the ropes for the forearm smash…. Brad ducks under it and hits the ropes… WHAM… a huge right hand by Brad with the heavy cast and down goes the DWB. 1…2…3! Brad Armstrong wins the Tri-State Title….. Brad is now ripping at the forearm brace of the DWB. He has it off and reaches inside…. He pulls out a large metal plate! The crowd boos the DWB and then they cheer as ref Jerry Calhoun hand him his new title! UWF TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH CAJUN STREET FIGHT Doom (Hacksaw Butch Reed & Ron Simmons) with Teddy Long vs Greg “The Hammer Valentine & Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart In a strange twist, we get the UWF tag team champs, Doom, putting their title on the line against a CWA team. This has more to do with the nation-wide hatred of Jimmy Hart than the recent alliance between the two new promotions. All four wrestlers come to the ring in jeans with the only apparent weapon being Honky Tonk Man’s guitar which he has promised to use. Doom is all over the First Family as this bout gets started. We see both Reed and Simmons rip off their belts and use them as whips. The sound of this leather smashing against the backs of Valentine and HTM is music to the fan’s ears. Jimmy Hart tries to get involved but Teddy Long is ready for him and the two managers begin to go at it. After catching a few shots from Long, Jimmy Hart scampers around the ring with Long in hot pursuit. Jimmy, running for his life, actually goes under the ring. Teddy looks for him but comes up shrugging his shoulders. While all of this is going on, HTM who is not the legal man in the ring goes for the guitar. Ron Simmons has some sort of nerve hold on the traps of Greg Valentine. Honky Tonk Man comes in from behind with the guitar… WHAM… Reed with a running knee to the HTM…. The guitar goes flying. Simmons releases the hold and we go all 4 men in a wild brawl. From under the ring…. Jimmy Hart comes out with a large white towel. Reed throws HTM through the middle rope and follows him out onto the floor. Greg Valentine scoops up the guitar. WHAM…. Valentine smashes the guitar over the head of Simmons. Simmons staggers a few steps before falling to the ground. The Cover…. 1…2… somehow Simmons kicks out! The Hammer grabs the leg of Simmons…. Figure Four!! Hammer is grabbing the ropes, arching his back, amping up the pressure. Simmons is struggling. Without Teddy Long noticing, Jimmy Hart has come up from behind him… Suddenly a white towel comes flying into the ring…. Jimmy Hart, like a cockaroach, slithers back under the ring. Ref Jerry Calhoun looks at the white towel… looks at the trouble Simmons is in, gives a look at Teddy Long who does nothing as he has no idea what happened. Calhoun now looks to the other side of the ring where Jimmy Hart is now standing… Jerry Calhoun puts it all together and calls for the bell. Everyone seems to be confused… everyone but Jimmy Hart who has crawled all the way to the other side of the ring is screaming and pointing at the white towel. The ring announcer explains …. With have new UWF Tag Team Champions as Teddy Long has thrown in the white towel causing his tag team to submit! Long is screaming in denial but Jerry Calhoun just shrugs his shoulders, points to the towel and hands Greg Valentine and the HTM the UWF tag titles. BOOTCAMP MATCH Sgt. Slaughter vs Tarzan Goto & Tojo Yamamota Both men come to war ready for war. Sgt in complete military gear including combat boots and his riding crop. Goto has both fists taped and is carrying his bamboo stick. And a war it is… both men are bloodied in this patriotic battle of East vs West. Eventually, Sarge connects with the Cannon Lariat and then locks in the Cobra Clutch… Tarzan is struggling but soon collapses into a sitting position. He is starting to go out. The ref is checking and lifts the arm of Tarzan and it falls to his side…. 1 …. The ref lifts the arm again and it fails again…2…. WHAM…. Tojo from behind….with the bamboo stick. Over and over again, Tojo is beating Sarg with the cane. The fans are screaming in anger but there is nothing he can do in this NO DQ match. Suddenly, a large man about 6’6 with blonde hair, wearing jeans comes out of the stands. Security goes to stop him but he shoves them out of the way. He is now in the ring where he grabs the bamboo stick from Tojo and clobbers him over the head with. Tojo staggers out of the ring. He checks on Sarge he seems to be in pain but ready to fight. Tarzan is staggering to his feet… The big man hands the bamboo stick to Sarge and then stands guard to make sure Tojo doesn’t come back in… WHAM…WHAM… WHAM… Sarge with repeated blows on Tarzan with the bamboo stick. Sarge, then goes back to where we were before the chaos started. He locks in the Cobra Clutch. This time… ref Jerry Calhoun raises and drops the big Asian’s hand three times and calls for the bell giving the win to Sgt. Slaughter! Slaughter embraces the big blonde and it is obvious that these two know each other. The fans are very interested but are going to have to wait until next week on TV. SOUTHERN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH (WILL BE WRESTLED AS A 6-MAN TAG MATCH) FIRST BLOOD ELIMINATION MATCH The Freebirds with Jimmy Golden vs The Studd Stable with Buddy Roberts As we all know, nothing technical in this match so lets just get to the eliminations…. First…. Sid Eudy military press slams Jimmy Garvin into the announce table cutting his head…. Next… In a surprise elimination, Sid Eudy dove at Jimmy Golden who had been whipped into the corner post outside of the ring. Golden moved at the last minute and Eudy hit the ring post… blood from mouth. Next… Jimmy Golden slams on a chair into the temple of Robert Fuller and busts his forehead open. Next… Even though Fuller had already been eliminated, he staggered up from the chair shot by Golden, reached into his tights and pulled out a small chain. He grabs Golden by the shoulder and spins him around…. WHAM… multiple chain shots to Golden his is now showing blood from a few different spots. This leaves Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts… two original Freebirds… fighting for the Southern Titles… fighting for blood! We get a pretty good brawl with some actually wrestling moves but No Blood! Finally, Buddy Roberts nails Hayes with a backbreaker and goes to the top rope for a bib elbow drop. He leaps off but Michael Hayes puts his knees up and catches Roberts in the gut! Roberts is rolling around in pain as Hayes drags him up by his hair. WHAM… Running Bulldog by Hayes… Roberts is in trouble…. Hayes whips Roberts into the corner and rushes in after him. He leaps onto the second rope and starts throwing haymaker after haymaker. The crowd is counting the blows. 1…2…3…6…7…8… Hayes pauses checks Roberts… NO BLOOD Hayes, frustrated, snaps Roberts to the floor and puts a knee into his back in almost a rear chinlock. Michael Hayes just starts savagingly clawing at the forehead of Roberts. He is ripping layers of skin off. This just looks so personal!!!! Buddy Roberts is now bleeding with color dripping down his entire face. The ref calls for the bell as the Freebirds survive this bloody war! HAIR VS TITLE MATCH SOUTHERN TITLE MATCH Jeff Jarrett © vs Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt (If Jarrett wins, he gets to shave the head of Jimmy Hart) First thing, as soon as this match gets under way, Teddy Long rushes out and continues his chase of Jimmy Hart. Missy Hyatt was unsure of Long’s intentions and hid in the corner as Jimmy Hart rushed up the exit ramp with Long in pursuit! As for the match, the dirty tactics of Gilbert and Hyatt had JJ scrambling from the beginning. This was a very similar match to their last battle in the Mid-South Coliseum where Gilbert’s confidence was growing and growing. At one point, Eddie was so sure he had the title won that he called Missy Hyatt up on the apron for a long kiss… To Gilbert’s shock, JJ kicked out. Gilbert is fuming and drags JJ up and nails Gilbert with the Hot Shot Suplex but again, to his shock JJ managed to get out of trouble as he got his foot across the bottom rope. Missy Hyatt is up on the apron screaming at ref Jerry Calhoun…. WHAM… A frustrated Gilbert dragged JJ up and went for another Hot Shot Suplex but when he dropped JJ’s legs across the top rope, they landed on Missy, and she went flying. This caused the Hot Shot to fail and JJ just rolled off the top rope onto the mat. Eddie, by the ropes, looked out at Missy he was rolling on the ground…. FROM BEHING, JJ with the roll up and maybe with a fast count… ref Jerry Calhoun completes the three count. JJ is still the champ and its time to shave the head of Jimmy Hart…. But…. Where is Jimmy Hart. He must now get his hair cut but he is nowhere to be seen. Suddenly the crowd erupts as Doom and Teddy Long are dragging Jimmy Hart back to the ring. The ref hands the clippers to JJ but first he goes over to shake the hands of Teddy Long, Hacksaw Butch Reed and Ron Simmons. The fans realize that babyfaces are babyfaces wherever they wrestle, and heels are heels. It is great to see the cooperation between the UWF and the CWA to fight a common enemy. The shaving of the head of Jimmy Hart commences as Hart has no choice but to sit there. Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt are throwing a hissy fit but there is nothing they can do with Doom acting as security guards. When it is over, Teddy Long pulls out the white towel, presumably the one used to trick the ref into giving the First Family the UWF tag titles. It looks like he is going to give it to Hart so he can cover his bald head…. But just before he hands it to Hart, he pulls it back and tosses it into the crowd. The crowd loves this karma and Jimmy Hart, trying to be covered by Gilbert and Hyatt makes the walk of shame… as bald as a cue ball! USWA TITLE MATCH Jerry “The King” Lawler vs “Mr. Perfect” Curt Henning This one is pretty easy to write as it is everything you would expect. Both men put on a great show with many momentum changes, lots of bumping, selling and near falls. The only problem is that it goes the 60-Miunte Time Limit, and we do not get a winner. The crowd is disappointed as they were so close to exploding time and time again as Lawler was inches from winning the title. The one thing that nobody knows is what is going to happen to the USWA title. Both wrestlers demanded that the match continue but the ring announcer came on and announced that the match couldn’t go any further as we were up against the 11:00 curfew put in place by the City Counsel for events at the Midsouth Coliseum. Fans shuffled out knowing they saw a great show but wondering about what they would see this week on TV.

Welcome back. Love how you get the most out of wrestlers who might not be big mainstream names.

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