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Some big singles wins for the Masters of Torture coming out of these shows. Always good to see Backlund winning gold!

Huge series of shows in Nashville...fans got the opportunity to see a TON of stars so far. Well, guess the Sammartinos better hope Dusty doesn't choose Vlad the Russian as his tag partner for the Dallas main event....

UWF/CCW Television Recorded on September 3, 1985 at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX in no audience Airing on Florida Superstation WTOG, Texas Superstation WTVT, and various television outlets throughout Alabama and Mississippi on September 7, 1985 Hosted by Marc Lowrance Marc Lowrance lets everyone know that due to UWF's Music City Mayhem there will be no event In Birmingham this week but CCW will return to Birmingham on September 16th. Marc also reminds everyone that we'll return to Dallas, Texas at Reunion Arena on September 23 for the 'David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions' featuring the following matches that's already been signed: UWF/CCW David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas Sunday September 23, 1985 Bell time- 5pm Airing LIVE on WTVT across Texas and beyond! MAIN EVENT GRUDGE TAG TEAM CHALLENGE MATCH "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Mystery Partner Vs. "The Living Legend" Bruno Sammartino "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino SEMI-MAIN EVENT UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship Bam Bam Bigelow Vs. Kevin Von Erich UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Hiroshima Wrecking Crew (Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu) w/Lars Anderson Vs. The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane) UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship "Handsome" Harley Race w/Classy Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles Vs. Mike Von Erich PLUS MUCH, MUCH MORE!! The rest of the show features highlights of various matches from the past few weeks at various CCW events. Marc Lowrance closes the show by saying next week's tv show will come to you from the 'World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas!" © 1985 UWF/Continental Championship Wrestling

I hope the fair is paying out big time for this show causing they are getting some of the biggest stars in the business! So many great match ups here but the one that really stands out to me is Dr Death vs. Wahoo! Shocking actions from Wrestling 2 and Douglas!

Got to see LeDuc on a Memphis show towards the end of his career and he was still a huge impressive guy...always liked watching him as a kid even if he was beating up my hero Lawler.

Music City Mayhem is going to be awesome! Loved the Ellering promo especially!

UWF Continental Championship Wrestling Update Following today's earlier report out of the Bill Watts camp, sources close to Fritz Von Erich say that the differences are only getting worse. Rumor is Fritz told Ron Fuller that he can buy him out of Continental and keep the name and the territory if he so chooses. Word is that Fritz has already been in contact with Paul Boesch and Dory Funk Jr about bringing back World Class and running all over the state of Texas including Houston and Amarillo as well as parts of Oklahoma. It's not clear how close this is to happening or if this is all just being blown out of proportion. It's also been said that Fritz is the one who agreed to work together with NWA Lutte Wrestling this month which Fuller was not happy about...nor was Fuller happy about Fritz reaching out to Vince McMahon to book Andre the Giant for Beach Brawl ironically around the same time his son Kerry debuted for the Fed. Apparently the bad blood for Fritz started when Watts/Fuller/Jarrett bulldozed Fritz on Lawler winning the UWF World Championship at Beach Brawl with Fritz making the argument that putting the UWF World title on Lawler was crazy since he's not on any of the full time UWF promotional rosters and what would stop another promoter outside of the UWF from booking Lawler and having him drop the UWF World title to a wrestler whose is not bookable by the UWF. Allegedly Watts' response was "Lawler wouldn't do that to us." A few weeks later Fritz bought a bigger chunk of Continental thinking it would give him more leverage but he was still outnumbered on UWF decisions by Watts/Jarrett/Fuller. Time will tell how all this will play out but it should be interesting regardless.

Great show and what a huge series of mega events Music City Showdown is going to be. It works for a fantasy scenario but having grown up around that area I'm not sure Memphis would have been ready for the Nation of Domination in 1985...much different world than it was when they did it in the late 90's.

CCW Fall Brawl Tour 1985 Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, AL. Monday Sept. 2, 1985 Bell Time- 7:30pm Scott Armstrong pinned Roy Lee Welch after a superkick The Grappler w/Missy Hyatt defeated Rocky Johnson off a distraction by Missy Hyatt UWF Southern Television Championship Special 30 Minute Time Limit "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles defeated Mr. Olympia when Teddy Muscles interfered while Blassie distracted the referee #1 Contender's Match for the Continental Tag Team Championship Four Corners Elimination Match The Desperados (Black Bart/Ron Bass) Vs. The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong/Tracy Smothers) Vs. The Interns (#1/#2) w/Dr. Johnny V Vs. Mike/Terry Von Erich Order of eliminations: The Interns eliminated The Von Erichs when Intern #2 pinned Terry Von Erich The Southern Boys eliminated the Interns when Smothers pinned Intern #1 with a sunset flip The Southern Boys eliminated The Desperados when Armstrong pinned Bart with a missile dropkick #1 Contender's Match for the Continental Championship Adrian Adonis w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles defeated Big John Studd w/"Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller by DQ when Ron Fuller interfered…..Studd was visibly upset with Fuller when the match was over. Six Person Grudge Tag Team Match The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) & Baby Doll defeated The Exotic Hustlers (Adrian Street/Rip Rogers) & Ms. Linda when Baby Doll pinned Ms. Linda after a clothesline UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship "Handsome" Harley Race w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles pinned "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley with a cradle suplex UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Hiroshima Wrecking Crew (Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu) w/Lars Anderson defeated The Stud Stable (Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich) w/"Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller when Tsuruta pinned Rich with a power bomb SEMI-MAIN EVENT UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Blackjack Mulligan after diving splash off the top rope MAIN EVENT STEEL CAGE MATCH UWF Southern Tag Team Championship The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane/Steve Keirn) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes/Buddy Roberts) when Lane pinned Roberts

UWF/CCW Television Recorded on August 21, 1985 at the Sportatorium in Tampa, FL. In front of a live studio audience Airing on Florida Superstation WTOG, Texas Superstation WTVT, and various television outlets throughout Alabama and Mississippi on Aug 31, 1985 Hosted by Gordon Solie & Joe Pedicino Interviewer: Coach John Heath Ring Announcer: Rhubarb Jones ***Highlights*** Missy Hyatt says she is going to lead the Grappler to the top of the UWF Gordon talks about this Monday night's Four Corners Tag Team Elimination match to crown new #1 contenders to the Continental Tag Team Championship featuring The Desperados, The Southern Boys, The Interns, and the Von Erichs Highlights are shown of last week's 'Badstreet Brawl' where the Freebirds defeated the Fabulous Ones in a non-title match thanks to interference from a large "fan" who ran in out of the crowd who Gordon said looked suspiciously similar to Terry Gordy….Michael Hayes said it must have been a "concerned citizen who was sick of seeing the Freebirds get cheated week after week". Solie says this week there will be no interference from anyone as the Freebirds will face the Fabs for the Southern Tag Team titles INSIDE OF A STEEL CAGE!! The Nightmares came out joined by Baby Doll whose head was bandaged from being rammed into the ring post by Ms. Linda last week. This week they will face off in a six person tag team match against the Exotic Hustlers (Adrian Street/Rip Rogers) & Ms. Linda….they are looking for revenge and plan to get it this Monday at Boutwell! Freddie Blassie brings out David Sammartino who says he will defend the Southern Television title here tonight on television. ***Matches*** The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) w/Baby Doll defeated Johnny Jarrett/El Guapo with the tombstone/top rope legdrop combo The Grappler w/Missy Hyatt pinned Star Man with a swinging neckbreaker Blackjack Mulligan pinned Bobby McGhee with a powerslam UWF Southern Heavyweight Champion Harley Race w/Blassie & Teddy Muscles defeated Porkchop Cash with a cradle suplex MAIN EVENT UWF Southern Television Championship "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino went to a 15 minute time limit draw with Mr. Olympia © 1985 UWF/Continental Championship Wrestling

CCW picks up Dory Funk Jr and the Spoiler CCW sends Sir Oliver Humperdink to Central States and drops Sabu (Terry Brunk) into Free Agency.

UWF Continental Championship Wrestling News It's been revealed this week that Fritz Von Erich has become majority owner of Continental Championship Wrestling. His first act as majority owner is pulling completely out of Florida effective September 1st. Fritz has argued that they are spreading themselves too thin trying to cover from Texas down through Florida. Apparently, the scheduled Orange Bowl show in Orlando in October will be moved to Texas Stadium in Dallas which will include the big Bruno/David Sammartino vs. Dusty Rhodes/Partner tag team match. It's assumed that now Dusty's partner will likely be Kevin Von Erich. Bill Watts has stated that the UWF may find another way to utilize Florida in the next few months if no one else moves in. Another point of contention is the fact Fritz wants to change the name of the promotion to World Class Championship Wrestling. So far Ron Fuller has convinced him to keep it as Continental but only time will tell. It's unclear where they will tape television now that they won't be going to Tampa, Fuller is pushing to bring it back to the studio in Dothan, Alabama while Fritz wants to tape television at the Sportatorium in Dallas while doing the Sunday shows at Reunion Arena and Mondays in Birmingham, Alabama. Joe Pedicino will be taking a producer role with the show hosted by Gordon Solie and Bill Mercer and Marc Lowrance handling all the announcing duties. They have a year long deal on their television Superstation in Florida so they will still be seen there for a few more months at least.

Love the combo of Kendo/Kabuki! The Orndorff train rolls on!

The Clown is doing a great job of getting over! Awesome stuff!

I agree,great work with the bounty angle! I love that Mr. Wrestling 2 and Douglas are right in the mix already! Great show!

Great job man, the Kiniski Brothers are a great choice as champions!

CCW sends Mike Graham to UWF for Honky Tonk Man. CCW sends Brad Armstrong to AWA for Wahoo McDaniel effective September 1st

CCW Summer Heatwave Tour 1985 Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, AL. Monday Aug 26, 1985 Bell Time- 7:30pm The Tonga Kid pinned"Golden Boy" Chic Donovan after a top rope splash Double Bullrope Match The Desperados (Black Bart/Ron Bass) defeated The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong/Tracy Smothers) The Grappler pinned Kendall Windham after Missy Hyatt came to ringside and distracted Windham Grudge Tag Team Match The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) w/Baby Doll defeated The Exotic Hustlers (Adrian Street/Rip Rogers w/Ms. Linda when Baby Doll grabbed the air freshener away from Ms. Linda and sprayed it in the eyes of Rip Rogers allowing Davis to pin Rogers. Afterwards, Street sprayed Baby Doll in the eyes allowing Ms. Linda to ram Baby Doll into the ringpost, she had to helped away from ringside Adrian Adonis w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles pinned Rocky Johnson after Muscles tripped him running the ropes causing him to fall right into a DDT from Adonis Badstreet Brawl (Non-Title) The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes/Buddy Roberts) defeated The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane) when a large "fan" came out of the crowd and broke a beer bottle over the head of Lane allowing Hayes to get the pin….even though the fan had a hat pulled down low, fans at ringside sat it appeared to be Terry Gordy….though that has not been confirmed or denied by the Freebirds UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Mr. Olympia after a top rope diving splash SEMI-MAIN EVENT UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Hiroshima Wrecking Crew (Tsuruta/Tenryu) w/Lars Anderson defeated Kevin & Mike Von Erich when Tenryu pinned Mike Von Erich with a bridging German Suplex MAIN EVENT UWF World Heavyweight Championship Jerry 'the King' Lawler fought "Handsome" Harley Race w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles to a 'No Contest' when both men were counted out of the ring when brawling on the floor

CCW Summer Heatwave Tour 1985 Sportatorium Dallas, TX Sunday August 26, 1985 Bell Time- 4pm Kendall Windham pinned "Outlaw" Ron Bass after a running bulldog "Living Legacy" David Sammartino w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles pinned "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley with a school boy roll up and a handful of tights The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) w/Baby Doll defeated The Interns w/Dr. Johnny V. when Baby Doll hit Johnny V when he got on the ring apron causing him to accidently throw powder in the eyes of Intern #1 who was then pinned by Ken Wayne with a flying crossbody off the top rope Mr. Olympia defeated Adrian Adonis w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles by DQ when Teddy Muscles hit the ring when Olympia had Adonis in a sleeperhold UWF Southern Tag Team Championship The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane) fought The Stud Stable (Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich) w/"Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller to a 30 minute time limit draw UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship "Handsome" Harley Race w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles pinned Blackjack Mulligan after a piledriver SEMI-MAIN EVENT SIX MAN TAG TEAM GRUDGE MATCH The Von Erichs (Kevin/Mike/Terry) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Hayes/Roberts/Bigelow) when Kevin pinned Roberts with a small package MAIN EVENT UWF World Heavyweight Championship Jerry 'the King' Lawler beat Big John Studd w/"Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller by DQ when Gilbert/Rich hit the ring and attacked Lawler, The Fabulous Ones ran in to make the save and helped Lawler back to the dressing room afterwards

Hopefully, I can get back to writing normal tv soon, but for now I'll do these recap type shows in order to not get behind…Thanks! UWF/CCW Television Recorded on August 21, 1985 at the Sportatorium in Tampa, FL. In front of a live studio audience Airing on Florida Superstation WTOG, Texas Superstation WTVT, and various television outlets throughout Alabama and Mississippi on Aug 24, 1985 Hosted by Gordon Solie & Joe Pedicino Interviewer: Coach John Heath Ring Announcer: Rhubarb Jones Recap/Highlights: Dusty Promo: Dusty says he waited to respond to really let Bruno's words sink in……He said he still respects Bruno's legacy in wrestling but now finds him disgusting as a person….he says if David is truly Bruno's "Living Legacy" then his legacy isn't much anyway. He says he may not be the athlete that Bruno was in his prime but he promises that Bruno Sammartino will learn to respect him and this fans on October 27th at the Orange Bowl in Orlando. The Nightmares talk about their loss from last Monday night due to the interference of Ms. Linda, they introduce their "insurance policy" to take care of Ms. Linda, they bring out BABY DOLL! Baby Doll promises the Nightmares that Ms. Linda won't be a problem for them anymore. Fritz Von Erich talks about the upcoming 'David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions' in Dallas, Texas on Sunday September 23rd. He says there will matches announced here on television in the coming weeks. He says it's being negotiated to air as a special on WTVT and WTOG. Gordon Solie called Freddie Blassie out to the desk and let him know that the UWF Board of Directors have informed him if David Sammartino does not show up next week on TV to defend his Television title he will be stripped of the title. Blassie says that's outrageous that David has been off celebrating his victory over Dusty Rhodes, he will gladly return and beat whomever they put in front of him just as he did Rhodes at Beach Brawl. Footage is shown of Bam Bam Bigelow injuring both the Bullet and Brad Armstrong. Also the fireball incident last week where Eddie Gilbert burned Robert Fuller just as he did Jimmy Golden. The Fabs come out and talk about their win over the Freebirds but also the heinous post match attack, so this week they asked for a rematch but the Freebirds insisted it be a "Badstreet Brawl", The Fabs say they gladly accept and are looking for revenge. Missy Hyatt is seen sitting in the crowd watching the matches, she Is approached by Joe Pedicino who asks her if she's scouting talent in Continental and she replies, "I'm looking for a star and I'll know them when I see them." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's matches: The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong/Tracy Smothers) defeated Bobby Jessup/"Jumpin" Jed Johnson when Armstrong pinned Jessup after a missile dropkick The Grappler pinned Ricky Flame with a swinging neckbreaker Kendall Windham pinned Ted Allen after a flying lariat (Missy was seen taking notes during this match) UWF Continental Tag Team Champions The Hiroshima Wrecking Crew (Tenryu/Tsuruta) w/Lars Anderson defeated Scott Armstrong/Mike Graham when Tsuruta pinned Scott after a Enziguiri Kick to the head MAIN EVENT UWF Unified World Champion Jerry 'the King' Lawler pinned "The Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony Gordon/Joe review Monday night's card in BIrmingham CCW Summer Heatwave Tour 1985 Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, AL. Monday Aug 26, 1985 Bell Time- 7:30pm MAIN EVENT UWF World Heavyweight Championship Jerry 'the King' Lawler Vs. "Handsome" Harley Race w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles SEMI-MAIN EVENT UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Hiroshima Wrecking Crew (Tsuruta/Tenryu) w/Lars Anderson Vs. Kevin & Mike Von Erich UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship Bam Bam Bigelow Vs. Mr. Olympia Badstreet Brawl The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes/Buddy Roberts) Vs. The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane) Rocky Johnson Vs. Adrian Adonis w/Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles Grudge Tag Team Match The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) w/Baby Doll Vs. The Exotic Hustlers (Adrian Street/Rip Rogers) w/Ms. Linda Kendall Windham Vs. The Grappler Double Bullrope Match The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong/Tracy Smothers) Vs. The Desperados (Black Bart/Ron Bass) The Tonga Kid Vs. "Golden Boy" Chic Donovan © 1985 UWF/Continental Championship Wrestling

Flair vs. Orton is an awesome main event!

If we are giving LeDuc to Lutte is Pringle going to Gene then? I wanted it to be a clear black and white thing... other than rookies... I think rookies like the Vader situation... they should go to draft but full-time active people should go to the finder? I don't care either way....I'm not lobbying for Pringle, I already picked up Lars Anderson for that spot.....I just can't see the case to be made for "everyone to get a chance" when no one has noticed they were missing for two years now. But I'm good with whatever the consensus is.

HUGE Saturday Night's Main Event but the Steel Cage Rematch with Andre as the enforcer should bring even bigger ratings!

Looking forward to seeing Jesse Barr compete in the AWA. Orndorff vs. Rose is a great title match.

The JYD angle continues to build interest. Butch Reed was criminally underated IRL in my opinion, with the addition of Ladd, he should be a champion one day soon.