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Really cool image to begin the show. Did you make it? If yes... how? Reed in the Movement....can't wait to see where this goes next. Fun claw vs claw match... Kerry should make a good champ but he seems to have the ire of The Hammer. This will be a nice feud. Bock finds a way to survive and now Brody has to deal with more goons if he is ever going to get that belt. Nice set up to another interesting angle. The splash scene in the cage was vintage Jimmy Snuka... he seems to have taught the Kid well. Wonder what is next for the Midnight Express. I thought they would have made a great match for the Movement.

Great show. I will be honest, with reading so many shows, I often get mixed up on what is going on where. This is the perfect way to get us caught up and ready for the big event. I agree with Rain... Who is Lawler's partner?

ALBUQUERQUE CIVIC AUDITORIUM NOVEMBER 28, 1984 KENDALL WINDHAM VS KIM DUK This is Kendall’s first time on a big card and you can tell he is a bit nervous but that is to be expected by any high schooler in front of nearly 8,000 fans. Put the nerves aside, this match sells. The All-American boy next door vs the evil, grizzled veteran from one of those countries we love to hate in the 1980’s wrestling scene. Kim Duk does a great job of bringing the youngster along in this bout. We see a few momentum changes in the match but Duk really puts Windham over with his bumping and selling. In the end, Windham hits the Running Bulldog and gets the three count but for those in the know, Kim Duk has really earned his keep here with this match. “HOLLYWOOD” JOHN TATUM VS MIKE GEORGE One of the interesting things here was that Tatum seemed to begin his entrance to the ring while Windham was still celebrating his victory with the fans. Neither seemed willing to give way to the other and some words seemed to be exchanged. The referee coming in for the second match seemed to calm the situation down but maybe these two are headed for their first angles in Rocky Mountain Wrestling. Tatum’s expectations have risen in Rocky Mountain Wrestling of late since Eric Embry left for another promotion. First thought of as a jobber, Tatum has filled in admirable with the sudden loss of Embry and has been magic on the mic. The Rocky Mountain agents have given Tatum a few wins and a few interviews to see the fans reactions and he has delivered. This “Hollywood” persona has drawn a lot of heat from the fans and Tatum continues to play the arrogant, spoiled heel to a tee. As for the match, it is a carbon copy of the first except this time, it is Mike George putting over Tatum. The experienced George really takes it to the frightened heel in the beginning as the sound of the jobs echoed through the arena. One thing Tatum is really doing well is that he is getting on everyone's nerves with his constant whining. In the end, Tatum uses a low blow to take the advantage and then he finishes of George with a flying elbow and a grab of the tights on the pin. “OUTLAW” JOEL DEATON VS RUFUS R. JONES The rugged Deaton vs the rugged Rufus R Jones means this one will forget the technical stuff and be a brawl from the get go. Unfortunately, the actions spills out of the ring and the two continue to fight and seem to care less about getting back in the ring as we get a Double Count-Out. It is not that these two had so much heat before the bout but their fighting styles has caused this one to build almost instantaneously and they are heading for some rematches down the road. For those in the know, this means a lot to both of their careers as the higher ups in Rocky Mountain Wrestling are trying to find out if Deaton can draw heat from the crowd and if Rufus R. Jones can find enough charisma to get over with the crowd. This one could mean they both get contracts in 1985 or that one or both may be on the unemployment line. JOHNNY RICH VS ONE MAN GANG Johnny Rich has been the giant killer of Rocky Mountain Wrestling but this is different…. It is One Man Gang. Rich gave it about 30 seconds before being dominated by OMG. It seems like Rich has meet his Rocky Mountain ceiling and he is never going to reach the top and OMG is now the newest monster heel who will be tough to stop! The end game with a Running Powerslam and it seems like Gang has taken a page out of the books of King Kong Bundy and he demanded a 5 count. The people were in awe of the five count and Gang and wonder if Ernie Ladd’s Army can ever be stopped with his as the enforcer. THE YELLOW DOG & “DIRTY” DICK SLATER VS THE ZAMBOUI EXPRESS The Zamboui Express may have been crushing everyone is Rocky Mountain Wrestling sense they hit the scene as part of Ladd’s Army a few weeks ago but Slater and this masked man in a yellow jump suit vow to change that. They both seem to have some real loyalty to Blackjack and are here to help fight this war by any means necessary. The Yellow Dog comes out with a Dog Collar and a steel chain around his neck and when he hits the ring, he takes the chain and starts swinging it at the Express. Most of the crowd was shocked at how fast these two big men were as they dropped to the floor. As for the match, it was obvious that Slater and the Yellow Dog were not the least bit intimidated by the Express. At one point the Express had the Yellow Dog trapped in the corner and were really going for the mask. We have heard Ernie Ladd demand to know who he was and it seemed like Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammed were doing their best to solve the mystery. Unfortunately for them, Yellow Dog made the escape and Slater hits the ring and is throwing big right after big right. We are now going 2 on 2 and the ref lost some control. It was here that the Yellow Dog grabbed that chain he had earlier and wrapped it around his fist and used it for a weapon. Unfortunately for the Yellow Dog, the ref caught some of this and called for the bell. Unfortunately for the Zamboui Express, the Yellow Dog did not care and continued to pound on his opponents. This one just seems very personal and the announcer, Cowboy Bob really want to know the history between the Yellow Dog and Ernie Ladd so he can understand what is going on here. ALBUQUERQUE STREET FIGHT: DORY FUNK JR. VS LARS ANDERSON While this battle has been brewing over the past few weeks over the idea of who’s family is the top in the industry, this Street Fight is much more technical then most. While there are plenty of big haymakers that are being thrown around, Dory continues to work on the lower body of Lars to set hem up for the Spinning Toe Hold while Lars is focused on the shoulder area and wants to hit the big Shoulder Breaker. In the end, we get Dory coming on top as Lars is forced to submit as Dory is like a spinning top with that Toe Hold. ROCKY MOUNTAIN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE IRON SHIEK & NICOLAI VOLKOFF © VS THE USA EXPRESS (HACKSAW DUGGAN & TONY ATLAS) Wow…. Good vs Evil at its best and it starts from the entrance of the wrestlers. Hacksaw is waving the American flag and Atlas is circling the ring shaking hands while the entrance for the champs sees Volkoff carrying the flag of the Soviet Union and the Sheik comes carrying the Persian Clubs. When Volkoff goes to sing the Russian National Anthem, all hell breaks loose as Duggan attacks. Almost 25 minutes of a brawl later, we see Hacksaw hit the football tackle on Volkoff and he goes for the pin. 1… 2… WHAM! The Sheik makes the save as he comes crashing down on Duggan with the Persian Club right to the back. The ref calls for the bell as Atlas hits the ring and quickly scoops up the Sheik and Military Press’s him right to the floor. As the ring announcer declares Atlas and Duggan the winners, the crowd explodes only to have their cheers change to boos when he went on to say that since the win was by DQ, the titles do not change place. Duggan looks to be a little hobbled but he should be ok as Atlas and Hacksaw stand in the center of the ring with the champs looking up from the floor. It is obvious that this battle will continue. ROCKY MOUNTAIN TITLE MATCH BLACKJACK MULLIGAN © VS “THE BIG CAT” ERNIE LADD” This is the rematch that everyone has been wanting for and it doesn’t disappoint. With Ladd and Blackjack getting up there in age, this main event goes just over 15 minutes. Ladd shoved Mulligan into the ref and he went down hard. With Mulligan and the ref both down, we see Ladd start pounding his toes on the floor. Most people are speculating that he is loading up that big size 22 to kick Mulligan right in the face. Ladd picks up Mulligan and whips him into the ropes. WHAM! Ladd connects with the Big Boot and Mulligan is out! The Big Cat covers the champ! 1… 2… 3. The crowd can’t believe it, Ladd gets the win and is once again, the Rocky Mountain Champion!

Like the finishes of the last two matches. Eddie keeps messing up and Piper out tricks the Playboy

I am digging this Hogan angle here! I wonder how long Hulk will allow his brother to mess up the outcome of the matches. Piper vs Gordy is interesting to me. Too different styles and we will just have to wait to see what happens here.

THE PRE-SHOW UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 2: THE RETURN TO VICTORIA PAVILION WITH ED WHALEN Ed Whalen: Hi everybody and away we go with another edition of Stampede Wrestling and we have another ring-a-ding-dong-dandy of a show. I am Ed Whalen coming to you from the CHCT Studies in downtown Calgary, but tonight’s show will be a little different as we are going to get all of you caught up on all of the goings-on here in Stampede for the big one on December 2, right here in downtown Calgary and the Victoria Pavilion. HYPE: This is the first time in a year that Stampede will be allowed to return to Victoria Pavilion following the riot of 1983 caused by Bad News Allen and his comments that he hoped the Mongolian Stomper’s son died after their wild tag match. Since then Allen has had a crazy year where he defeated The Stomper, Nikita Koloff, and Stan Hansen in loser-leaf town matches. He also challenged for the North American Title where he suffered his only loss in 15 months in a controversial decision against Hulk Hogan. He had roughed up Hogan so bad that Hogan has not been seen in Stampede Wrestling since. MAIN ANGLE: Bad News Allen- $10,000 Bounty-North American Title Match Allen recently set his sights on Paul Orndorff and the North American Title and the match is set for December 2, 1984. Almost as soon as Allen called out Orndorff, a letter was found in the locker room that place a $10,000 bounty on the head of Bad News Allen. Allen has been like a caged beast of late, crushing anyone who dares to come after him and the bounty. Allen is convinced that it is the North American Champion who placed the bounty on him. He feels that this could be Orndorff’s only chance to safe his title. Over the past few weeks, Allen has taken to the ring on TV where he has called each match “The Bounty Challenge” and he basically allows anyone to come to the ring to earn the money. So far it has only been jobbers who have tried to earn the money and by the end of the match, these poor slobs wishe that hadn’t tried as they are stretchered out. Paul Orndorff has denied the idea that it was he who placed the bounty on Allen and has successfully been defending the North American Title all over Albertan and Manitoba. Orndorff has also been on a roll ever since he was double crossed by Bobby Heenan, as he not only won the North American title but took out the Nature Boy, Ric Flair in doing so. While these are good things, it brought Bad News Allen and Bobby Heenan together with a common goal… to take out Paul Orndorff. With Allen angry about the bounty and with Heenan as his manager, most around Stamped believe that Orndorff will be lucky to escape this bout with his belt as they have never seen Bad News Allen this angry. ANGLE #2: Sgt. Slaughter with John Foley vs Tito Santana for the Stampede Heavyweight Title in a Loser-Leave-Town Match with a Special Guest Referee. The feud between Slaughter and Santana goes back prior to the arrival of John Foley when Slaughter’s then manager, Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie tried to strangle Santana by tossing him over the top rope with a bull-rope tied around his neck. As the Sheik ran from Stampede and the law, John Foley has come in and taken over his stable and the situation has just gotten worse. Foley has declared Slaughter his #1 and uses his entire Army to help Sarge in his battle against Tito. John Foley has angered a lot of people around Stampede with his Anti-Canadian propaganda as he continues to criticize them for their lack of respect to the Crown and their colonial attituded. He is constantly using the numbers game to his advantage and has attacked Santana numerous times with a 3-1 Pearl Harbor Style where Butch Moffit and Gama Singh have joined Slaughter in the attack. A few weeks ago, the situation appeared even more dire as Jimmy Garvin, the notorious heel, game to the ring during one of these attacks. Instead, it was Garvin who surprised everyone when he helped Santana. Together, they gained control of the ring. When asked why he helped Santana, Garvin said that it was more the fact that he as a Canadian couldn’t stand listening to Foley put down these good people anymore. On Halloween, Tito was able to defeat Sarge for the Stampede title and the rematch has been set for December 2. Since Santana got the win, the heat between Foley’s Army and Santana has grown hotter and hotter with numerous attacks but Garvin has been there each time to aid the champ. Stu Hart stepped in last week on TV and said that this situation has gotten out of control and has decided that a special referee is needed but he would allow the wrestlers to choose. His idea was that Foley could pick one candidate and Santana could pick one candidate and last night in Edmonton, these two men wrestled with the winner becoming the special guest referee. For Santana, the choice was easy as he picked Jimmy Garvin. Foley decided to go with his newest stable member… the nearly 300 pound Mr. X. The man in the black mask has been just crushing each and every opponent since his arrival and looks to be unstoppable. With the help of a loaded purse shot by Precious, Garvin somehow managed to beat Mr. X and so we are set. It will be Santana vs Slaughter in a Loser Leaf Town Steel Cage Mage with Jimmy Garvin as the Special Referee. ANGLE #3: The Stampede Tag Team Titles While the say that you can’t keep a good man down, the opposite may be true here in Stampede as the bad guys are continuing their rise to the top. Just about a month ago, it looked like Bobby Heenan had hit rock bottom. When Flair headed south to the U.S., Heenan’s once proud stable had crumbled to nothing. Now, not only is he associated with Bad News Allen, he went out a signed a monster of a tag team…. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams and Mr. Saito. These two have just run roughshod over everyone for the past month and have earned the title shot at the huge December 2nd. Again, this will be Heenan’s chance to get revenge on one of his former stable mates. Not only is Bad News Allen trying to take out Paul Orndorff, but this new monster tag team has the chance of taking the belts from Brett Hart and Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart. Remember, Bret Hart did have that stage of rebellion where he turned on his own father and joined the Heenan stable. The champions have had an emotional roller coaster of late as they recently defeated the British Bulldogs in their last ever match in Stampede. The Harts and Bulldogs have had some wars over the past year or so but it was always like one of those family feuds where you fight it out but in the end, you love one another. Since this battle with the Bulldogs, the Harts have been defending their belts all over Canada, but some say it looks like they may have lost a little focus. One thing is for sure, if they are not focused against Dr. Death and Saito, they will not only lose their belts but may also get hurt! ANGLE #4: The British Commonwealth Middleweight Title: Dave Morgan recently arrived from Britain with the belt and has been defending it all over the Prairie Provinces. This is right up Stu Hart’s ally as he is a true fan of the technical stuff. The arrival of Morgan also brought in some of the best middleweights in the world as they view this as a stepping stone to the AWA Jr. Light Heavyweight title currently help by the Super Ninja. While newcomers like Chief Joe Lightfoot and Brian Blair will have to wait for their title shot, it will be Gamma Singh getting a crack at Morgan on December 2. Singh is managed by John Foley who is fuming that a Brit like Morgan has sided with the colonist and refused to join his army. Morgan has been under attack of late and has been the victim of some 3-1 beat downs by Foley. One thing for sure is that on December 2, the Brit, Dave Morgan will have the support on the crowd but is that enough to stop the dirty tactics of John Foley and his man, Gamma Singh. ANGLE #5: The Return of Jos Leduc The powerful Jos Leduc has returned to Stampede after a 4- month absence and he has set his sights on Moose Morowski. Morowski, the most traveled Canadian wrestler in history, recently arrived in Stampede Wrestling as a changed man. For decades, he has terrorized his opponents, the fans and even announcers but he says he knows he is nearing the end and wants one last chance to show the fans his true ability. It took some time but he has won them over. This change of heart has drawn the ire of Jos Leduc. Leduc calls Morowski a phony and that he can’t stomach someone with Morowski’s career bowing down to the fans which he calls the ingrates of the sport. One thing is clear, Leduc will either put Moose out of wrestling or Moose will really win the fans over on December 2. ANGLE #6: Sweet Brown Sugar & Brian Blair Want the Outlaws Ron Bass and Black Bart recently arrived in Stampede and have been tearing it up as the rough and nasty Outlaws. Their black hats, tobacco filled mouths, and their cracking of the bull whip have intimidated some here in Stampede but there is one team that is not running from the Outlaws and that is Sweet Brown Sugar and Brian Blair. Last year, the Outlaws were terrorizing Florida and Sugar and Blair were where the victims of some real questionable tactics. When Eddie Graham eventually had enough and sent the Outlaws packing, they arrived in Rocky Mountain Wrestling. Sweet Brown Sugar was so set on revenge that he followed them to Denver where he found a new partner, Tony Atlas. Atlas and Sugar brawled with the Outlaws all over the Southwestern parts of the U.S. until the Iron Sheik and Nicolai Volkoff won the Rocky Mountain Tag Titles. Being friends with the Sheik and Volkoff, the Outlaws headed out of town in search of the Stampede Titles. Once again, Sweet Brown Sugar followed them. This time he called his old friend, Brian, to see if he was interested on going after the Outlaws again and he jumped on the opportunity. So, here we are… Dec. 2…. Sweet Brown Sugar & Brian Blair vs the Outlaws… again… but for the first time in Calgary. This one is really getting personal. OTHER BOUTS FOR DECEMBER 2, 1984 IN CALGARY AT THE VICTORIA PAVILION Chief Joe Lightfoot vs Man Mountain Rex MR. X with John Foley vs Ben Bassarab $10,000 TWENTY MAN OVER THE TOP BATTLE ROYAL SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Jan 6, 1985, Stampede Wrestling will return to Calgary and Victoria Pavilion for the Royal Stampede. The Main Event for this bout will be a 30 Man Gauntlet Match where the last man standing will receive $25,000 and a guaranteed North American Title Shot! The way this will work is that two wrestlers will start and every 3 minutes another wrestler will enter the ring. Ed Whalen: Folks, if you are anywhere near Calgary on December, get to Victoria Pavilion. It is going to be a ring-a-ding-dong-dandy of a show. We are out of time for now, so, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling.

Nice lead in show to Starrcade. I love your Bill Watts interviews. You can just taste his hatred for Corny. Seeing Patera slam Kamala with ease would be a site to see. Reed vs Iceman with those stipulations is the one I am looking forward to the most. Reed in the Movement could be huge. If he joined in earnest, the Movement might be unstoppable but if he joined it, it could also be its downfall. So many options... must be good to be you

November 16, 1984 A montage of wrestling and rodeo falls set to music introduces the show. Broadcasting to our local affiliates in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakatos, TSN all across Canada and Sports Channel America throughout the United States,the American Wrestling Association proudly presents Rocky Mountain Wrestling, coming to you from the KCNS Studio in Denver. From peak to peak and valley to valley we welcome you Rocky Mountain Pro Wrestling. I am Cowboy Bob Tallman and we are coming to you tonight from the KCNS studio in Denver, Colorado. With me tonight is the President of Rocky Mountain Wrestling, the Lawman, Don Slatton. Don, I am told, you have a huge announcement for us tonight. SHORT VERSION: 1. Replay of last week’s brawl between Lars Anderson and Dory Funk Jr. During the hour, we hear from both of them in anger-filled promos where each claims to be from the superior wrestling family. We find out that these two will meet at Thanksgiving Thunder in the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium 2. The USA Express (Duggan & Atlas) get a win against two jobbers and in the post-match interview, we find out that they will get the Rocky Mountain Tag Title shot at Thanksgiving Thunder against the champs, The Iron Sheik and Nicolia Volkoff. Later in the show, the champs come out to protest as they believe the USA Express has yet to accomplish enough in Rocky Mountain Wrestling to warrant a title shot but this argument falls on deaf ears. 3. Grizzly Boone stops by the interview area for a pre-match interview and once again expresses his anger at Ernie Ladd for kicking him out of the Army and also for the beating he took from the Zamboui Express. He explains that Ladd’s Army is itching for a beating and with his size, he is just the man to do it! Boone than goes on to squash some jobber to the delight of the fans. As soon as the match was over, the crowd was shocked as One Man Gang hit the ring and attacked Boone. With the advantage of the surprise attack, this melee was all Gang. When it was over, Boone was laying in the center of the ring and the crowd was stunned. All of a sudden, Ernie Ladd came out to introduce the newest member of his Army…. The African Queen…. One Man Gang! Ladd laughed as he wondered if Grizzly Boone still thought he had the size to give Ladd and his Army the beating that they deserved! 4. In other matches, Kendall Windham gets a nice win against local talent as this high school student continues to impress. “Hollywood” John Tatum continues to build his character with a nice win over Verlon Biggs. Tatum is becoming more and more confident. We see newcomer, Joel Deaton take down the big Plowboy Frazier with a hug running lariat. Deaton seems to be the newest bad cowboy to come to Rocky Mountain Wrestling.

I often find these lead -up shows to be the hardest to right as they get repetitive. You did a great job of keeping it fresh with some interesting tag matches and crazy finishes. Lawler in a wild brawl in Memphis to open a show gets us all hooked in and the Tully with the Brass Knucks to finish it brings us back next week. Excited to see the mystery man! Solidarity is born... hugs it out and then takes a loss. I wonder how long this group will be united. Ricky Vaughn had a great look. Wonder why he never made it? I think the Lance VonErich thing and how big world class was might have limited him elsewhere. Ratymus.... he seemed... almost normal. For him at least. He was just full of anger but with him, I can't wait to see the end game with the Samoans. Rolling Thunder is a nice physical paring that could do it all for your midcard tag division

World Class seems to be on a huge roll. - I was excited to see the Fiesta Garden continuing in World Class. -The AWA Wold Tag Title seems to have some drama down in Texas. I was really excited at the idea of a heel vs heel match with the Highway Men and the Movement but that might have to wait as the Youngbloods are also laying claim to the title shot. Great attention to detail here by making sure the Movement was far away during the #1 Contender's Match. - Enjoy how you keep remembering the history of our game as you started off the Akbar/Patera mess with a reference to Patera's time in Stampede as a Sheik for Adnan. I have always found Akbar to be a great promo and you knocked it out of the park. -Bock's promo was spot on! Awesome. - I could watch Reed/Iceman every day! Looking forward to Starrcade

I enjoy how you seem to always have well balanced angles and by that I mean some are always ending while others are in the middle and others are just beginning. You are the master at developing rookies... Great job with Texas Red I hope it continues for awhile but I can't wait for the end game of the Hogan angle.... I have a feeling it is going to be a surprise

All-Star places Sgt. Slaughter on the block.

November 9, 1984 Music intro with a montage of all the stars of Stampede Wrestling past and present is shown. Broadcasting to our local affiliates in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, TSN all across Canada and Sports Channel America throughout the United States, the American Wrestling Association proudly presents Stampede Wrestling, coming to you from the CHCT Studios in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ed Whalen: Hi everybody and away we go with another edition of Stampede Wrestling and we have another ring-a-ding-dong-dandy of a show. I am Ed Whalen coming to you from the CHCT Studies in downtown Calgary but before we get to our first match tonight, we need to go back to the end of last week’s main event featuring the Stampede Champion, Tito Santana. MAIN EVENT: NON-TITLE MATCH Tito Santana defeats Moondog Rex with a Flying Burrito This match was rather tough for Santana because of the style of the Moondog but once Santana decided to fight fire with fire, he was able to secure the win. Unfortunately for Tito, John Foley wanted to prove a point that getting that Stampede title back around the waist of Sgt. Slaughter was his #1 priority. Foley attacked with his entire stable of Butch Moffit, Gama Singh and of course, Sgt. Slaughter. Santana held his own for a few seconds but the numbers game proved to be too much and Tito was being beaten until the crowd erupted as the Hart Foundation came to the ring along with none other than Jimmy Garvin and Precious. Soon the fan favorites were in control of the ring and the fans went wild. When the video was over, we see Jimmy Garvin along with Precious. Ed Whalen: Well, I must say that you really surprised us all last week. How did it come to be that you would be in Stampede. Jimmy Garvin: To tell you the truth, John Foley caused this. I was lucky enough to see Halloween Howl on Sports Channel American when I was down in Texas and I saw Foley talking about Canada as a bunch of second class citizens. He went so far as to call the people of Canada, colonists. I may be arrogant… I may be pompas… I may be gorgeous, … but I am first, a Canadian. Nobody and I mean nobody is going to get away with talking about us like that. He thinks his #1 priority is getting Sgt. Slaughter his title back. His #1 priority might be talking my foot from where the sun don’t shine! Ed Whalen: Well a little later in the show, you get your first match in Stampede and it is against one of Foley’s men, Butch Moffit. Jimmy Garvin: Butch Moffit… prepare to go get dropped on your head. John Foley… if I get the chance, you are going to need a doctor! Ed Whalen: Well things here are getting very interesting. Let’s get to our first match. MATCH: Ben Bassarab defeats Kim Duk with the Flying Body Press (Commercials) Sweet Brown Sugar & Brian Blair defeat Jeff McCloud & Vinny Storm as Sugar hit a top rope dropkick on Storm Ed Whalen makes a point during the match that Sugar has been out of action for awhile due to an attack in Rocky Mountain Wrestling by the Iron Sheik but he seems to be okay now. Blair and Sugar seem to work well together and they have the crowd eating out of their hands. From their high flying moves to the willingness to play it rough when Storm and McCloud tried to bring it the gutter, the fans liked this duo from the start. When asked what they were doing in Stampede Wrestling by Ed Whalen, both Blair and Sugar quickly replied the Outlaws. It seems that both Blair and Sugar have been having trouble with Ron Bass and Black Bart for sometime and it all stems back to their days in Florida. Sugar says that he has been chasing these two goons all around North America and when he saw them last week on Stampede Wrestling, he knew he was on his way to Calgary. Both Blair and Sugar do make a little joke about the weather up here but express how it will all be worth it when Bass and Bart are running with their tails between their legs. (Commercials) When we come out of break, Bad News Allen basically highjacks the show and he is fuming. Bobby Heenan stands behind his new man but for once, keeps his mouth shut. Bad News Allen: Ok Whalen. I need to know and I need to know now. Ed Whalen: Bad News, I am unsure what your are talking about. Bad News: I need to know who put this note in my locker. Ed Whalen: Again, Bad News, I have no idea what you are referring to. Bad News Allen uncrumples a piece of paper and gives it to Whalen and he reads it. “$25,000 BOUNTY FOR WHO EVER PUTS BAD NEWS ALLEN OUT OF WRESTLING” Ed Whalen: Wow… not sure who would do such a thing. Bad News Allen: Turn it over Whalen. “I am coming for you Bad News” Bad News Allen: I am telling everyone in this sport right now. If you wrote this or if you try to collect this money, you will find yourself in the cemetery. As Bad News Allen storms off, Ed Whalen wonders who would have the guts to place a bounty on Bad News Allen and better yet, who would have the guts to collect it. MATCH: “The Canadian Strongman” Jos Leduc takes out Paul Londen with the Bearhug This is the first time that we have seen Leduc in Calgary in a few months and he seems to have returned for gold but his first order of business is going to be to put Moose Morowski out of wrestling. Jos Leduc: Morowski has been limping around here for weeks now saying that he wants one last shot at a title and he wants to do it the right way. He says he is going to show these fans that he can wrestle clean. I got sick when I heard this. I have no respect for those wrestlers who want to please the stupid fans. Morowski … the one good thing is that you realize your time is coming to an end. The bad thing is that it is coming sooner then you think. (Commercials) MATCH: Sgt. Slaughter with John Foley defeats Mike George with Cobra Clutch After the match is over, John Foley is with Sarge at the interview desk where he is again screaming about how his #1 man is being cheated by the head colonist, Stu Hart. He keeps on saying that his man wants his guaranteed rematch with Tito Santana but that he knows Stu Hart will just payoff another corrupt low life Canadian referee so what is the sense. Again, Foley keeps on claiming that if Stu Hart was an honorable man like the rest of the Empire, then he would grant his request for a change of venue. This brings out Stu Hart… Stu Hart: Ehhh, EHh. I don’t like you John Foley. I don’t like anything you stand for. That being said, I would never ruin my reputation for a piece of trash like you. My first job is to the fans of Stampede Wrestling and this match is one that the people of Canada deserve to see. This is not a trial… this is MY company. A Stampede Wrestling match must take place in Stampede Wrestling. This match will take place in Calgary on Dec 2 in our return to the Victoria Pavilion. Ed Whalen: Wow, this is big news. Stampede Wrestling has not been in the Pavilion since the night of the riot. This is going to be one historic night in Wrestling History Foley and Sarge are already not happy with this situation but then it gets worse as Stu Hart announces it will be a Loser-Leave Town Match. By angering Hart, Foley may have just cost himself his #1! Ed Whalen: Well John Foley… you have been inviting me to all these big parties of late. Maybe you could invite me to the Going Away Party. COMMERCIALS Match: The Hart Foundation make quick work of the Lumberjacks The interesting thing here was that Dr. Death and Mr. Saito along with Bobby Heenan come out and “scout” the Stampede Tag Team Champions but in a surprising turn of events, peace prevailed. In the post-match interview, Ed Whalen asks the Hart Foundation what that was all about. Brett Hart: I think Heenan has a short memory. The biggest mistake in my career was joining Heenan for a short time and I thought he would have learned one thing about me…. I can’t be intimidated. If he things Steve Williams and Mr. Saito coming out to ringside was going to through me off me game, he is not only a weasel but a dumb weasel at that. Jim Neidhart: Bobby Heenan, Not sure if you have noticed… members of the Heenan Family keep losing and leaving you. I hope you haven’t convinced these two clowns that you can lead them to a title. The only thing you are going is leading them to a world of hurt. Hahahahahaha Ed Whalen: Fans, you may love the Hart Foundation but that laugh from the Anvil means he is ready for business. COMMERCIALS MAIN EVENT Jimmy Garvin with Precious beats Butch Moffit ith John Foley with a Brainbuster This match ended with some real chaos. Right when Garvin had Moffit up for the Brainbuster, Sgt. Slaughter was charging down the aisle. It is obvious that Garvin’s comments before angered him and he was looking for some revenge. Lucky for Garvin, Tito Santana was planning ahead and was only a step behind Slaughter. As Slaughter and Tito brawled on the floor, Precious clobbered Foley with her “loaded” purse. Garvin got the victory and the fan favorites really got a great ending to tonight’s show. Ed Whalen: Not sure where the time went tonight but what a show we just saw. Stampede is a wild, wild scene. Make sure you tune in next week as we will have another ring-a-ding-dong-dandy of ahow for you. So, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling.

Great build up to Wrestlestorm. Hennig/Blanchard is the highlight for me! Love how Jumbo continues to bounce from feud to feud. The outcome with Martel is interesting as I wonder who gets the push. LAWLER/IDOL/DUNDEE/DREAM and now a mystery man.... can't wait. Landell is awesome where ever he goes. Looking forward to the battle for the title

Superfly as a one time manager was an awesome turn but Corny always seems to figure something out. I like Spoiler with Hart but I must admit that I will miss Kamala. The Movement seems to have two teams after them in World Class alone. NICE Love the idea of a win giving Brody any title shot he wants... I might steal this one. Going after Bock is a good choice. Can't wait to hear his promos for this one. Kerry VonErich for the Central States title... maybe Fritz has paid his dues and his boys will win a big one

And that is the end of Pat Patterson!

the House of Humperdink is wild right now. Oh how the mighty have fallen... JYD gets a 20 minute draw with Duke Myers I wonder what an Iron Bridge of Hell Scaffold Match would look like with big Bob Sweetan on a scaffold. Sullivan and Sweetan must be white hot with each other to agree to such a dangerous one.

November 9, 1984 A montage of wrestling and rodeo falls set to music introduces the show. Broadcasting to our local affiliates in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakatos, TSN all across Canada and Sports Channel America throughout the United States,the American Wrestling Association proudly presents Rocky Mountain Wrestling, coming to you from the KCNS Studio in Denver. From peak to peak and valley to valley we welcome you Rocky Mountain Pro Wrestling. I am Cowboy Bob Tallman and we are coming to you tonight from the KCNS studio in Denver, Colorado. With me tonight is the President of Rocky Mountain Wrestling, the Lawman, Don Slatton. Don, I am told, you have a huge announcement for us tonight. Don Slatton: That’s right Bob. On Thanksgiving Night, Rocky Mountain Wrestling will be putting a wrestling spectacular in the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium. Already signed for that major event will be the rematch for the Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Title between the champion, Blackjack Mulligan and the former Champion, Ernie “The Big Cat Ladd.” I can guarantee you that these two men have some unfinished business and this is going to a match that you will not want to miss. Cowboy Bob: Well, all I know is that if the Thanksgiving Night Spectacular is anything like Halloween Howl, it will be a night to remember. Speaking of Halloween Howl, that night left us with some unanswered questions. More specifically, what was Lars Anderson doing helping the Iron Sheik and Nicolia Volkoff defeat Dory Funk Jr. for the tag team titles. Lawman Don: Well hopefully we will get some answers this week as Lars is supposed to join us later in the show. We will also be seeing the self-proclaimed #1 free agent in the business, Dick Slater in action. The Zamboui Express will make their in-ring debuts tonight, as will another team I am really excited to see, Tony Atlas and Hacksaw Duggan. Also, in action will be Grizzly Boon and Kendall Windham. In the main event, we will be seeing the Rocky Mountain Champion, Blackjack Mulligan in the ring against Man Mountain Link . Cowboy Bob: Well let’s get up on that bull and get this night started. MATCH: The Zamboui Express with Ernie Ladd crushes Tom Stone & Ed Oak with the end coming mercifully after Akeem Muhammed hit a powerslam. Ernie Ladd seems to take over the post-match interview and the dominance of his men is totally ignored. Ernie Ladd: Ok Lawman…. Finally you have done something right. My rematch with Mulligan is set for Thanksgiving Night. What a night to carve up a giant turkey like Mulligan. He thinks just because one corrupt referee gave my belt to Mulligan, that he can beat me again. Mulligan is nothing more than a big dummy. Thanksgiving is all about being grateful. I promise you that on Thanksgiving night, the big dummy will be grateful to God …. if he can ever walk again. Big Dummy… you listen and listen good…. SHINE MY BELT BOY! COMMERCIAL MATCH: Kendall Windham defeats Josh Jones with a Running Bulldog The fans really love the charisma in Kendall and Cowboy Bob never misses a chance to remind everyone that Kendall must get home early as he has his high school biology homework to finish up. MATCH: Grizzly Boone crushed Brain Garrett with a Giant Splash The interesting part here was that Grizzly was the same nasty wrestler he was before but since he was kicked out of Ladd’s Army, the fans were 100% behind the big man. In a quick post-match interview, the video tape from last week were Boone was jumped by the Zamboui Express is shown. Grizzly Boone: I know it was Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammed who attacked me last week but I also know it was at the command of one Ernie Ladd. Ernie has put out many hits in the last few months… whether it was Eric Embry, Sonny King or Taras Bulba. The attack was always sanctioned by Ladd. He is the Godfather if you will of the Movement that is sweeping across the AWA. I know this because I was often the one sent to carry out the deed. Well now I see I was just being used. Ernie Ladd is nothing but a bully hiding behind his goons. Well the tide is about to turn…. But somethings will remain the same. I will be still be carryout the hits except this time it will be on the members of Ernie Ladd’s Army including the Godfather himself. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Dirty Dick Slater defeats Steve Dean with 3 Right Hands followed by a Neckbreaker Cowboy Bob Tallman: Well Dick, do you wish to expand on your comments last week where you said you were the #1 free agent in the game and that you are here to help one of the good guys in the sport of wrestling. Dick Slater: In due time Cowboy, in due time! MATCH: THE USA EXPRESS (Atlas & Duggan) vs Ciclon Negro and Kim Duk Negro and Duk do a good job of playing the hated foreigners which is perfect for the first match for the patriotic team of Duggan and Atlas. Negro and Duk try to break every rule in the book which helps to put the USA Express over with the fans. The end game when all 4 men were in the ring as Duggan gets town in the three-point stance and hits Duk with a big football tackle. In the post-match interview, Duggan leads the crowd in a USA Chant as Atlas declares that he wants a piece of the Rocky Mountain tag champs, the Iron Sheik and Nicolai Volkoff at the Thanksgiving Thunder. COMMERCIAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN TITLE MATCH: Blackjack Mulligan defeats Man Mountain Link with the Brain Claw As soon as the ref made the three count, the Zamboui Express and Ernie Ladd hit the ring and started to beat on Mulligan. It was obvious that Ladd was starting his campaign to weaken the champ as much as he could before their title bout on Thanksgiving. Lucky for Mulligan, the calvary was there shortly to make the save. This answered one question as part of the calvary was none other than the #1 free agent in the game, Dick Slater but it also left us with another question as the other man was in a yellow mask and yellow tights. It didn’t matter who he was, he could really fight and soon the fan favorites were in charge of the ring! Mulligan is screaming about how great it feels to have his own real true Army to combat Ladd now and how Ladd is the one who now needs to have eyes in the back of his head. Dick Slater simple says that he told everyone he was here to help a good guy and that there is no one better than Blackjack Mulligan… the crowd simply explodes. When asked who he was by Cowboy Bob, the man is the yellow mask says nothing. COMMERCIAL When we come out of break, Lars Anderson has finally come out to answer some questions on why he distracted the ref on Halloween Night in the Denver Auditorium which helped the Iron Sheik and Nicolai Volkoff win the tag titles. Lars Anderson: First of all… lets get one thing straight. I am as American as anyone in this studio today. This had nothing to do with helping the Iron Sheik or Nicolai Volkoff as what they say and do makes me sick but so does Dory Funk Jr! I was sitting at home a few weeks ago and this show started with a match that was 5 years old when Dory Funk Jr. won some now extinct title. Then Dory Funk Jr. comes out and is the guest commentator week after week as you, Cowboy Bob, keep telling him how wonderful he is and how much the Funks mean to the sport of professional wrestling. You even went so far as to call the Funks the first family of wrestling. I was at the breaking point and then the Lawman broke all the rules and allowed Dory to take Sweet Brown Sugar’s spot to defend a tag title that was not even his. WHY? Just because he was a Funk! I got so sick to my stomach that I had to show up in Denver and let everyone know that the Funks are overrated…and let everyone see that th first family of wrestling is in fact the Andersons and anytime Dory or any other Funk for that matter wants to step in the squared circle, I am ready to go. All of a sudden, Dory comes out and goes right to the ring and is screaming at Lars to get in the ring and just as he said he would, Lars obliges. No ref, no contract, no real match but real anger! The brawl is on but unfortunately, we are out if time so only the fans in studio see how this one ends. Cowboy Bob Tallman: Well folks, tonight’s wild rodeo has come to a close. See you next time on AWA Rocky Mountain All-Star Wrestling. So long from Denver!

Great set of shows. Enjoyed the write up of the Unsanctioned Barbed Wire Match. As much as I hated to admit it as a kid, wrestling is scripted and sometimes it goes wrong. You also carried it nicely over into your tv show. So many ways you could go with this that I am interested to see if this will end in the titles being taking away from the Fantastics. Percy with Embry is perfect but Street against Embry is even better. Looking forward to your promo segments here. All the segments on TV seemed to be white hot and were a fun read. Flair vs Muraco is a great starting point for the Nature Boy but we all want Flair vs Landel. Please slooooooooow play this one as I hope it never ends.

November 2, 1984 Music intro with a montage of all the stars of Stampede Wrestling past and present is shown. Broadcasting to our local affiliates in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, TSN all across Canada and Sports Channel America throughout the United States, the American Wrestling Association proudly presents Stampede Wrestling, coming to you from the CHCT Studios in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ed Whalen: Hi everybody and away we go with another edition of Stampede Wrestling. I am Ed Whalen coming to you from the CHCT Studies in downtown Calgary. We have so much to get to and it all goes back to Halloween night in the Corral. For those of you who missed it, we have a little video montage to catch everyone up. VIDEO OF HALLOWEEN HOWL The Hart Foundation defeats the British Bulldogs in a Stampede Tag Title Match and the Bulldogs are leaving Stampede Wrestling Tito Santana defeats Sgt. Slaughter for the Stampede Heavyweight Title Paul Orndorff successfully defends the AWA North American Title against Ric Flair when Heenan hit his own man with a chair. Bad News Allen defeats Stan Hansen in a Lights Out Loser -Leave Town Match When the montage is over, Ed Whalen is interrupted by Bad News Allen. Bad News Allen: It doesn’t matter where in the AWA you are. Everyone is talking about Bad News Allen. Here in Stampede Wrestling, I am God. I am the almighty. The one who decides who leaves and who goes. Over the past year, I have lost only one match and that is when Verne Gagne strong -armed a referee into making a fast count against me and gave Hulk Hogan a tainted win. The fact about that match is that I beat Hogan so bad, he has not shown his face anywhere in Canada in Months. I took out the Mongolian Stomper. I took out Nikita Koloff. I took out Stan Hansen…. All never to be seen again. The fact is that I am the most dominant force ever in Stampede Wrestling. I know Stu Hart has done his best to keep people like me down but with the Movement taken over… he can’t get away with that any longer. My next goal …to get back the title that Stu Hart wrongfully took away from me last December when he couldn’t control his own event…when I nearly killed the Stomper’s bratty kid. That’s right Mr. Paul Orndorff. I want my North American Title back and there is nothing you can do about it! As Bad News walks off, Ed Whalen seems visibly concerned as he knows what a focused and angry Bad News Allen can do. MATCH #1: Chief Joe Lightfoot defeats Joe Callo with the Running Knee Lift Lightfoot is a long time Stampede fan favorite but this is his first time back to Calgary in a while. When asked why he was here, Lighfoot said that Stampede seems to be the center of the Light Heavyweight Division in the AWA and that if he could ever win the British Commonwealth Middleweight Title, it could be a stepping stone to the AWA World Light Heavyweight Title. Lightfoot makes sure to compliment the champion, Dave Morgan, and acknowledge other top contenders like Gamma Singh, Ben Bassarab and MX-1. As we go to break, Ed Whalen lets Chief Joe know how great it is to have him back in Stampede. (Commercials) When we come out of break, Bobby Heenan is at the interview desk where Ed Whalen wants to know about his current relationship with Ric Flair. Bobby Heenan: Unfortunately, I will no longer be managing Ric Flair. After Halloween Howl we decided to go our sperate ways. I blame Stu Hart. He made it impossible for Ric and myself. All he cared about was protecting his boy and hurting Bobby Heenan. He could care less about helping his biggest asset. He had the best wrestler working with the best manager. That means dollars but he couldn’t see the forest through the trees. He just wanted to see the Hart Foundation as the tag team champion and to make sure nobody who was under contract to me was the North American Champion. That meant Paul Orndorff could go around hitting people in the head with chairs and nobody would say anything to him. Ed Whalen: Well I guess you will be out of the wrestling game for a while. Bobby Heenan: Come on Whalen. I am a legend in this sport. Just ask me! How long do you think it took me to regroup and put together a new Family? Maybe a minute. Now my goal is to take that tag team title away from the Harts and I got just the team to do and you will see them in the ring in just a few minutes. All of a sudden, Bad News Allen walks out again. Bad News Allen: It seems to me Bobby that we got the same enemies. We both want to destroy Stu Hart, but we also want a piece of Paul Orndorff. What do you say, lets make an alliance to stop the Harts and get the North American title back where it belongs. Heenan, with a big smile on his face shakes Allen’s hand and tells him to watch as his new Family members destroy two jabrones. MATCH #2 Dr. Death Steve Williams & Mr. Saito with Bobby Heenan crush Brian Dean & Mike Downs If Ed Whalen was in shock when Bad News joined Heenan, he nearly collapsed when Heenan’s new team turned out to be Saito and Williams. Last we saw in Stampede, Dr. Death was going after the Road Warriors with his partner Manny Fernandez and he seemed to be on the right side of the law. Whalen emphasizes that Dr. Death seems to have jumped ship on the fans and has no idea why. He also wondered how long it would be before Bobby Heenan truly controlled Stampede Wrestling. (Commercials) Before our next match, the North American Title Champion, Paul Orndorff joins Ed Whalen. Paul Orndorff: Bobby, Bobby, Bobby… Don’t you ever learn. You have me so focused that it doesn’t matter who you put in your stable. I took care of Ric Flair with no problem and now because you and Bad News Allen think just because you shook hands and made nice, that you are going to come and take the North American Title from me. That is one thing I will not let happen. MATCH: Gama Singh with John Foley defeats by submission The Patriot with the Camel Clutch John Foley: The colonists here in Calgary are revolting. The fans show no respect for Mother Britain, but I have a plan. A plan to take down that trader, the British Commonwealth Middleweight champion, Dave Morgan and that plan starts with the universal feared Gama Singh. Ed Whalen: And what about your #1 guy… Sgt. Slaughter. He seems to have lost the Stampede Heavyweight Title to Tito Santana. John Foley: For once, you are correct Ed Whalen, but you seem to have left out the fact that it was a colonist who was the referee and my man Sgt. Slaughter never received a fair shake. For the title rematch, I am requesting a change of venue. Since it is obvious my man cannot receive a fair and honest shot here, I will seek a neutral venue and when Sgt. Slaughter wins, the Queen will throw a huge party for me and my troops. And guess what Ed Whalen…. You are still not invited! (Commercials) MATCH: The Outlaws (Ron Bass & Black Bart) defeat Larry Isle & Dan Moregrief as Bart hit the big Legdrop This Stampede tag team division may have lost the British Bulldogs last week but seems to have gotten a whole lot deeper as tonight first showcased the new team of Dr. Death and Mr. Saito and now we see the appearance of the Outlaws. In their post-match interview, they are nasty, repulsive and hot tempered. Ed Whalen: Not sure you boys know this, but we have been following the goings on of Rocky Mountain Wrestling for some time up here in Calgary and it seems like you two have had a rough time of it lately, losing your belts to Tony Atlas and Sweet Brown Sugar and all. This just about had smoke coming out of the Outlaws ears and Whalen realized he many have taken his life into his hands with that comment, so he takes a quick commercial break but before the screen fades away, we here him calling for security to protect him. Commercials Before our main event, the Hart Foundation come out and again explain how hard it was for them to wrestler the British Bulldogs on Halloween night and that they wish them will. They also comment how Bobby Heenan thinks just because he has a new team, that the Harts are just going to hand the belts over, he better think again. MAIN EVENT: NON-TITLE MATCH Tito Santana defeats Moondog Rex with a Flying Burrito This match was rather tough for Santana because of the style of the Moondog but once Santana decided to fight fire with fire, he was able to secure the win. Unfortunately for Tito, John Foley wanted to prove a point that getting that Stampede title back around the waist of Sgt. Slaughter was his #2 priority, Foley attacked with his entire stable of Butch Moffit, Gama Singh and of course, Sgt. Slaughter. Santana held his own for a few seconds but the numbers game proved to be too much and Tito was being beaten until the crowd erupted as the Hart Foundation came to the ring along with none other than Jimmy Garvin and Precious. Soon the fan favorites were in control of the ring and the fans went wild. Ed Whalen: Not sure where the time went tonight but what a show we just saw. Bobby Heenan and his new team of Saito and Dr. Death, the Outlaws and now Jimmy Garvin coming out to help Tito Santana. I never would have expected any of those things and they all happened in one hour. Stampede is a wild, wild scene. Make sure you tune in next week as we have a lot of questions to ask. So, in the meantime and in the in-between time… that’s it, another edition of Stampede Wrestling.

Really like the dominance at the end with Murdoch and Adonis taking the big win. This keeps them red hot going into the big card Nice way to keep both Jones and Wells looking good. Wells with the win, Jones with the revenge!! And just like that! Prichard is over with the fans... so simple... so quick... so effective. I am going to use this one DJ and Shaw is an interesting team. You could do some much with them. They could be the champs or the JTTS.... Can't wait to see what you do with this feud you got building. Colon vs Ayala on free TV... Love it! Can't wait for the big one. Nice lead in show here

Pat Patterson couldn't have put anymore on the line.... A career match is must see tv but Pat might have gone too far for just the TV title. Samoans vs Moondogs would be a great brawl. One question? Who was the crowd behind here.

Star Wars was a great showcase of all the talent in World Class. Like how Corny outsmarted everyone once again. That overprices education did him well. Still unsure if the VonErichs should trust Adams but that is what makes it fun. Bock gets a nice win and it will be interesting to see who is up next for the champ The only bad part of the show was the Chamber of Horrors because it now marks the end of one of my favorite angles in the entire game right now. Awesome match. Awesome show! I like this 4 match major show that would really pick up a huge tv audience. I think this is a great way to keep people excited and watching all of our shows

Very interesting show. Not sure if even Hulk believes Eddie is the savior.

November 2, 1984 A montage of wrestling and rodeo falls set to music introduces the show. Broadcasting to our local affiliates in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakatos, TSN all across Canada and Sports Channel America throughout the United States,the American Wrestling Association proudly presents Rocky Mountain Wrestling, coming to you from the KCNS Studio in Denver. From peak to peak and valley to valley we welcome you Rocky Mountain Pro Wrestling. I am Cowboy Bob Tallman and we are coming to you tonight from the KCNS studio in Denver, Colorado. With me tonight is the President of Rocky Mountain Wrestling, the Lawman, Don Slatton. Don, what a show we had on Halloween Night. Don Slatton: It was indeed Cowboy. Not only was it the first combined show between Stampede and Rocky Mountain Wrestling but we saw both Rocky Mountain Wrestling titles switch hands. All of a sudden, Ernie Ladd comes out with Grizzly Boone and he is fuming about losing the Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Title to Blackjack Mulligan. Cowboy Bob: Well, Mr. Ladd…. What do we owe this pleasure to. Ernie Ladd: Enough of your sarcasm Cowboy. I am not in the mood. I will admit that I made some mistakes and those mistakes cost me the title. Lawman Don: That is very big of you to admit that at Halloween Howl that Blackjack Mulligan was the better man. Ernie Ladd: Now you just proved you are as dumb as you look. I said no such thing. I said I made mistakes, but I will never admit that Blackjack Mulligan was the better man. My mistakes were not listening to Shaska Whatley and Tiger Conway Jr. when they questioned some of the members of my army as they were not quite…. How do you say it…. Movement material. All these people just seemed to ride my coattails to the top and we not in it for the right reasons. From that no-good albino, Eric Embry to that lazy Mexican, Taras Bulba to the crazed Canuck, Jos Leduc. None of them were ready to go to war against Blackjack Mulligan and sense they all failed me, they are all fired! Cowboy Bob: Does that mean that Grizzly Boone is the only one left in your Army. Ernie Ladd: Well it is like dumb and dumber around here. I never said that. I just told you who is out of the Army. Now I will bring out the newest members… ones I am sure the Movement will approve of… The crowd is stunned as Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad come out in camaflouge cloths as Ernie Ladd introduces the Zamboui Express. Cowboy Bob: Wow… I will say that between Grizzly Boone and the Zamboui Express…. You might just be unbeatable. Ernie Ladd: Again… stop trying to figure out the Army. I recall Grizzly Boone trying to stop that no good cheater Blackjack Mulligan on Halloween only to be stopped by Rufus Jones. I am not sure Grizzly Boone is Army material anymore. Grizzly Boon: Come on boss. You know I got your back. WHAM…. From out of nowhere comes the Zamboui Express, they beat Grizzly Boone out of Ladd’s Army. The nearly 600 pound mountain is left laying in the fetal position and appears to be convulsing on the floor. Without any friends to help him, Boone was forced to just take the beating until Ladd’s new army was done. Ernie Ladd: Blackjack Mulligan…. Shine my belt boy. I am coming for you! COMMERCIAL Promos for Monday’s show at the Denver Auditorium Show repeated around Colorado during the week (Boulder, Pueblo, Ft. Collins, Grand Junction) MATCH: John Tatum defeats Josh Jones with a Superkick MATCH: Hillbilly Jim defeats Mike Lownd with the Bearhug Tatum is new to the winning scene here in Rocky Mountain Wrestling but it seems he is going to make the bet of his new push. We can see him start to strut a bit more and seems to be getting more comfortable with getting some heat from the fans. In fact, it was so good tonight, that Cowboy Bob said that John Tatum seems to have a bit of Hollywood in him. No post-match interview tonight, but if he keeps perfecting this arrogant act of his, he will be a low card star in no time. As the Tatum match ends, Dory Funk Jr. comes out to the interview area where we see the video tape of his Rocky Mountain Tag Team Title match with Tony Atlas vs the Iron Sheik and Nicolai Volkoff. Funk was filling in for the inured Sweet Brown Sugar, but he came up on the short end of the stick as the Foreign Menaces became the champions. The reason for the defeat was the interference by Lars Anderson. Cowboy Bob: Dory… I must ask you what it is between you and Lars Anderson that caused him to side with an Iranian and a Russian instead of you and Tony Atlas. Dory Funk Jr. I got no idea, but I can assure you, I am going to find out. What he did was not only cost Tony Atlas his title, but he took it away from these great fans. I have never had a problem with Lars. In fact, I have had very little interaction with him in all my years in wrestling. One thing for sure though, with a last name like Funk, you can be sure I am going to get to the bottom of this and I am going to get even. COMMERCIAL MATCH: Dirty Dick Slater defeats Leo Downing with 3 Right Hands followed by a Neckbreaker Cowboy Bob Tallman: Well Dick, welcome to Rocky Mountain Wrestling. What brings you to town. Dick Slater: Instead of running my mouth and giving you all this bull about how I want to be here for the competition and all, why don’t I just cut to the chase. I have been wrestling all over this country and in my time in this sport, I have come across a few good guys and a whole lot of jerks. I have come here because a good guy asked for my help in getting rid of a jerk. Cowboy Bob: Can you be a little more specific. This is of course Rocky Mountain Wrestling where it seems everyone is here to settle some score. Dick Slater: That is information that will have to keep to myself at this time but all I can tell you is that I am the #1 free agent in the game right now. I am a gun for hire if you will and when the time is right… I will be the true mercenary that I have been asked to be. Cowboy Bob: Fair enough! This show has become a bit of a mystery. COMMERCIAL Promos for Monday’s show at the Denver Auditorium MATCH: Johnny Rich defeats Man Mountain Link with the Middle Rope Knee Drop Rich continues to be the slayer of all the big and powerful wrestlers in Rocky Mountain wrestling and tonight was no different. Man Mountain Link goes nearly 400 pounds and Rich just battled and battled until finally he was able to wear Link down. At one point, Rich thought he had Link finished and hit the Thesz Press but Link just caught Rich and slammed him down. Again, Rich started from the bottom and wouldn’t quit until he finally climbed to the middle rope and hit a double knee drop on Link for the win. At the interview desk, Cowboy praised Rich for his win against Jos Leduc and Rich replies that each and every week he goes out there and gives 110% and it doesn’t matter how big the man in the other corner is. ROCKY MOUNTAIN TITLE MATCH: Blackjack Mulligan defeats Ciclon Negro with the Brain Claw At the interview desk, Blackjack hypes up the fact that he won the Rocky Mountain title but that his work will not be done until he rids the sport of wrestling of Ernie Ladd. When asked about the new members of his Army, Blackjack just smiles and lets everyone know that he has some reinforcements of his own. He also gives a big thanks to Rufus Jones for his help in keeping Grizzly Boone out of the ring at Halloween Howl. COMMERCIAL Promos for Monday’s show at the Denver Auditorium When we come out of break, Cowboy Bob informs us that he has just been informed that Lars Anderson will be here next week and he has some serious questions to answer. NON-TITLE MATCH: Iron Sheik & Nicolai Volkoff vs Verlon Biggs & Jay Dean Even in this squash match, Volkoff and Sheik have perfected getting heat from the crowd and this continued all the way though the match. The Sheik and Volkoff decided that today was the day they would dish out some extra punishment and they kept picking up Jay Dean at the count of two so they could inflict some extra punishment. The crowd pops… Cowboy Bob Tallman: Well here comes the calvary… its Tony Atlas and… and… yes… yes… it is Hacksaw Duggan! Both Atlas and Duggan hit the Foreign Menaces with big right hands. Duggan then comes off the ropes for a big football tackle on the Sheik and he tumbles to the floor as Atlas Press Slams Volkoff. Within seconds, Atlas and Duggan have emptied the ring and the champions are out on the floor debating if they will come back for more when they decide to head for the hills, the crowd is disappointed but also elated as they know the USA has just one up-ed the champs. At the interview desk, Altas and Duggan are both hyping up the fact of how great America is and how they are coming after those Rocky Mountain Tag Belts. Atlas is sick and tired of the Sheik and Volkoff bullying people and thinking they can get away with what ever they want. He guarantees those days are over and he thanks Duggan for coming here to Rocky Mountain Wrestling. Duggan says where ever there is an A-RAB problem and a Commie problem he is the man to call. As Duggan starts the USA chant, the crowd is electric! Cowboy Bob has declared Atlas and Duggan as Team USA and how he can’t wait to see them get their hands on the Sheik and Volkoff. Well folks, tonight’s wild rodeo has come to a close. See you next time on AWA Rocky Mountain All-Star Wrestling. So long from Denver!