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UWF Continental Championship Wrestling News and Notes - Beach Brawl is being considered a huge success, a huge crowd was on hand and so far the feedback has been extremely positive. - The Bruno Sammartino turn is a huge deal and word is that it wasn't offiical it was happening right up until bell time. A newsletter commented last week there might be a turn coming and Bill Watts wanted to change the finish and not do the heel turn with Bruno, however Fritz Von Erich and Ron Fuller insisted it had to happen to help draw the return to the Orange Bowl in October, based on crowd response and the interest already being shown for the October rematch, the feeling is that Von Erich and Fuller were right. - While Fritz is being praised for fighting to go through with the Bruno Sammartino heel turn, he's being taken to task for another recent decision that looks like is going to take place. It's well documented that Fritz was extremely upset with his son Kerry for choosing to go to the WWF instead of coming along to CCW. Fritz feels there needs to be three Von Erichs for six man tag team matches and such. Fritz decided they needed to recruit a "family member' and was pushing Ron Fuller to make Wendell Cooley a "Von Erich cousin". Fuller and Watts both fought it since Cooley is pretty well established in the territory. After didn't pan out, Fritz looked to guys who hadn't had much if any TV exposure and came across young Terry Brunk, who has competed a handful of times on house shows as 'Sabu' teaming with the Tonga Kid. Fritz has decided to introduce Terry Brunk to the CCW fans as 'Terry Von Erich'. Watt, Fuller, and everyone who has heard about it have tried to tell him this is a HORRIBLE idea but he's determined to do it and Terry Von Erich is set to debut on the next Sportatorium show in Dallas, Texas. ​ - Fans were excited to see the debut of The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes/Buddy Roberts) who will at least for the time being have Bam Bam Bigelow stepping into the Terry Gordy role. The Fabulous Ones who made their CCW debut on TV this week taking the Southern Tag Team titles from Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich have also caused quite a stir with the fans as well. - While there is an influx of new faces coming including the legendary "Handsome" Harley Race and Adrian Adonis, there's been some shocking departures as well including Austin Idol, Shane Douglas, Mr. Wrestling 2, and "Superstar" Bill Dundee. Most fans were shocked when a "Loser leaves Town" match was signed between the Bullet and Kevin Sullivan....most fans assume that Sullivan will be back under a mask similar to Armstrong...but that is NOT the case. The feeling in the office is that the "Devil" gimmick with Sullivan and Humperdink's guys just didn't take this time around as it has in the past in Florida. Perhaps it just didn't click against the Armstrongs but the bookers decided to pull the plug and go another direction. Fallen Angel has already left for the AWA with Sullivan and Humperdink is being taken off TV for a few weeks (and perhaps for good) if not he will return with different wrestlers and they are currently trying to come up with something different for Killer Brooks, Mark Lewin (who will likely end up under a mask), and 'Dirty White Boy' Tony Anthony. - The next big event for CCW will be the 'David Von Erich Parade of Champions' at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas on Sunday September 22nd. It's said they will try to get most of the UWF Champions on the card in hopes of the next big event in Texas taking place at the Cotton Bowl. In October, CCW will return to the Orange Bowl in Orlando for the 'UWF SuperBowl of Wrestling' featuring the Steel Cage Match: Bruno/David Sammartino vs. Dusty Rhodes/???? - It is rumored his partner could be Blackjack Mulligan or perhaps someone outside the territory. - The VHS release of 'Beach Brawl' is looking to be sometime in December in time for Christmas.

CCW sends Austin Idol, Bill Dundee, Shane Douglas, Mr. Wrestling II and my first round pick in the Fresh Face draft to USWA for Micahel Hayes, Buddy Roberts, Stan Lane, Steve Keirn and Rip Rogers

UWF/CCW Beach Brawl Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Sunday Aug 4th, 1985 Bell time- 4pm Adrian Adonis pinned Brad Armstrong with his feet on the ropes Mr. Wrestling 2/Shane Douglas came after Black Bart/Ron Bass were in the ring…..Mr. Wrestling 2 (whose arm was in a sling) took the mic and said the best way to beat two rowdy Texans…..was with another rowdy Texan and introduced Shane's mystery partner….STAN 'THE LARIAT' HANSEN!! REVENGE TAG TEAM MATCH Shane Douglas/Stan 'the Lariat' Hansen w/Mr. Wrestling 2 defeated The Desperados (Black Bart/"Outlaw" Ron Bass) when Hansen hit Black Bart with the 'Lariat' allowing Douglas to get the pinfall Loser Leaves Town FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE The Bullet pinned "Prince of Darkness" Kevin Sullivan in a wild brawl that went all over ringside and at one point out into the crowd…..shockingly there was no interference from the 'House of Humperdink' nor was Humperdink at ringside for this match…Sullivan must leave CCW UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Rock & Roll Express (Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson) defeated The Exotic Superstars (Bill Dundee/Adrian Street) w/Ms. Linda when Linda interfered and hit Gibson with her purse allowing Street to get the pinfall…..The Nightmares (Danny Davis/Ken Wayne) came to ringside and pointed out Linda's purse in the ring and explained what happened…..Senior Referee Ron West restarted the match, Morton/Gibson double dropkicked Dundee who was covered by Morton for the 1-2-3!! The Nightmares celebrate in the ring with the new champions The Rock & Roll Express! UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship Mr. Olympia Vs. Freddie Blassie's Mystery Challenger "Classy" Freddie Blassie's mystery challenger turned out to be the legendary former multiple time World Champion "Handsome" Harley Race! Race went on to pin Mr. Olympia after a piledriver to win the UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship UWF World Six Man Tag Team Championship Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden/Andre the Giant defeated The Stud Stable (Big John Studd/Tommy Rich/Eddie Gilbert) w/"Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller by DQ when Ron Fuller came in and broke his cane across the back of Andre the Giant, Andre simply turned around and looked at Fuller who begged off but Andre picked up the "Tennessee Stud" and body slammed him….Big John Studd then charged Andre and got body slammed as well. The crowd went wild, Fuller and Golden got a measure of revenge against the Stud Stable but failed to win the World Six Man Tag Team titles UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship NO DQ/NO COUNTOUT Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Kevin Von Erich after the Fabulous Freebirds hit the ring, Michaels Hayes and Buddy Roberts double teamed Von Erich…allowing Bigelow to hit the Slingshot Splash and get the 1-2-3! The Freebirds and Bigelow continued to triple team Von Erich after the match until the brand new UWF Southern Tag Team Champions THE FABULOUS ONES (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane) ran in with chairs to make the save, Michael Hayes…grabbed the mic on the way out and simply said, "To be continued, pretty boys!" UWF World Tag Team Titles "The Legion of Doom" The Road Warriors (Animal/Hawk) w/Paul Elleriing defeated The House of Humperdink (Purple Haze/Killer Brooks) w/Sir Oliver Humperdink when Hawk pinned Brooks after the 'Doomsday Device' This was originally scheduled to be Purple Haze and Death Wish but Death Wish balked at taking the Doomsday Device and no showed….it's thought he may be done in CCW at this point. SEMI-MAIN EVENT THE RECKONING STEEL CAGE FINAL SHOWDOWN Special Referee: Bruno Sammartino "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Vs. "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino As the match started David tried to climb out of the cage but Bruno pulled him back down and shouted at him "fight like a man!", Dusty controlled most of the match with some offense from David scattered here and there….both men were bloodied after being raked against the cage..Bruno mostly stayed out of the way and let them fight…but when it looked like Dusty was about to get the win, David reached in his trunks and pulled out the 'knux' that's been scoring him victories lately….Dusty grabbed his arm and pried the knux out of David's hand and then handed them to Bruno……Dusty then locked a sleeper on David in the center of the ring……Bruno lifted David's arm once and it dropped, he lifted it a 2nd time…and it dropped…..as he Bruno lifted David's arm a third time with his left arm….from out of nowhere he came around with a right with the knux on his fist and knocked Dusty out cold….David falls back on top of Dusty as he goes down….Bruno slowly counts…1---2--3!!! The Orlando crowd is IN SHOCK!! At first there's just stunned silence and then it turned into a near riot as fans threw things at the cage and some started trying to rush the cage and security and local police fought to escort the Sammartinos out of the cage and back to the locker room An impromptu intermission had to be taken while they tried to settle the fans down for the main event MAIN EVENT STEEL CAGE MATCH UWF UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Jerry 'the King' Lawler pinned "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles after a piledriver to win the UWF Unified World Championship. Afterwards, Teddy Muscles, Blassie, and Harley Race were fighting with the outside referee to get into the cage…Lawler sees this and climbs over to escape the attack….they manage to get in the cage just as Lawler is getting to the floor and leaving with his new title belt. Idol struggles to get back to his feet as Blassie starts berating him about losing…Idol tries to shrug him off but Blassie slaps him across the face, Idol grabs him around throat and starts choking him as the crowd erupts but Idol is quickly cut off by Teddy Muscles and Harley Race…..they put the boots to him and then give him a spike piledriver……they continue to put the boots to him until Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler come back out and clear them out of the ring. Dusty grabs the mic and says, "Freddie Blassie….you tell them Sammartinos…THEIR ASS IS MINE, BABY!!! RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI I WANT THEM BOTH IN A CAGE AGAINST ME AND WHOEVER I DECIDE TO BRING WITH ME!!" The crowd erupts!! The show ends on a high note with the Dream and the new World Champ in the cage as EMTs check on the fallen Austin Idol.

Oh ok I just assumed he had been in the game at some point since he'd been in the business since '74...just let me know what the verdict is.

Am I overlooking him on someone's roster or has Percy Pringle fallen off lists? If he has CCW would like to pick him up for our open spot. I will post my updated roster after I post Beach Brawl later tonight.

Awesome job! Proud to have you with us in the UWF!. I've been watching some old Central States on youtube and you've addressed and are fixing the major flaws with real life Central States in this time frame. I agree the Mid America League sounds fun and will be a great way to crown a champion!

Thanks for the kind words....it's very much appreciated guys....just trying to keep up with all the other great booking that's going on across the board here in the project!

UWF/CCW Television (Pre-Beach Brawl Episode) Recorded on July 24, 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 3, 1985 Hosted by Gordon Solie & Joe Pedicino Interviewer: Coach John Heath Ring Announcer: Rhubarb Jones (Show opens with highlights of the Dusty Rhodes/David Sammaritino feud dating back to 'Rocket City Rumble' in Huntsville, Alabama all the way to their recent interactions in the Bunkhouse Battle Royal, we then go to the opening montage and to the desk with our hosts Gordon Solie and Joe Pedicino) Gordon and Joe welcome everyone to the show. Gordon says we are less than 24 hours away from 'Beach Brawl '85' at the Orange Bowl in Orlando, Florida headlined by not one but TWO STEEL CAGE MAIN EVENTS!! Joe tells us we'll be hearing from the 'American Dream' later in the show and the Southern Television Champion David Sammartino will be defending the title here tonight against 'Nightmare' Danny Davis. We'll also see footage of Adrian Adonis who will be making his CCW debut tomorrow at Beach Brawl. Today in our main event we'll see the UWF Southern Tag Team Titles on the line as The Stud Stable (Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich) will defend against the top contenders from the USWA The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane)! Gordon says we'll see all this and much, much more but sends it to the ring. MATCH #1- UWF Continental Heavyweight Champion Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Johnny Jarrett/Dan Yarborough in a handicap match with a flying headbutt off the top rope onto BOTH guys Post Match- Coach John Heath catches Bigelow at ringside and asks him if Kevin Von Erich has his number in a no DQ/no count out match? Bigelow asks him where he was during that last match he destroyed TWO men at once. He says Kevin Von Erich will meet the same fate as everyone else in Continental has….Bigelow says he will eventually retire as CCW champion because NO ONE, least of all a Von Erich can beat him! COMMERCIAL BREAK We return from break as Gordon and Joe throw to footage of the Rock & Roll Express in past CCW matches who will be challenging for the CCW tag team titles against The Exotic Superstars (Bill Dundee/Adrian Street) w/Ms. Linda. We then see footage from Japan of Adrian Adonis in action, Gordon reminds us that Bam Bam Bigelow came here from Japan and he's been unstoppable. MATCH #2- UWF Southern Television Championship "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino w/'Classy' Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles defeated "Nightmare" Danny Davis with a small package and a handful of tights Post Match- Joe Pedicino approaches Blassie/Sammartino/Teddy. Blassie says that Mr. Olympia has no clue how much trouble he's in tomorrow when he faces Blassie's Mystery Challenger for his UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship, there will be a new champion crowned in Orlando and he promises everyone that. David cuts in and says that he can't wait until he steps into the Steel Cage with Dusty Rhodes with his father right there to witness as he surpasses the legacy of his famous father and ascends to the very top of the wrestling business while Bruno can do nothing but count to three! Gordon talks over highlights of the Austin Idol/Jerry Lawler feud that's been playing out in the USWA and hypes the Steel Cage grudge match for the UWF World Championship tomorrow at Beach Brawl. Gordon runs down the FULL CARD for tomorrow's huge event: UWF/CCW Beach Brawl Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Sunday Aug 4th, 1985 Bell time- 4pm MAIN EVENT STEEL CAGE MATCH UWF UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles Vs. Jerry 'The King' Lawler SEMI-MAIN EVENT THE RECKONING STEEL CAGE FINAL SHOWDOW Special Referee: Bruno Sammartino "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Vs. "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino UWF World Tag Team Titles "The Legion of Doom" The Road Warriors (Animal/Hawk) w/Paul Elleriing Vs. The House of Humperdink w/Sir Oliver Humperdink & Fallen Angel UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship NO DQ/NO COUNTOUT Bam Bam Bigelow Vs. Kevin Von Erich UWF World Six Man Tag Team Championship The Stud Stable (Big John Studd/Tommy Rich/Eddie Gilbert) w/"Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller Vs. Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden/Andre the Giant UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship Mr. Olympia Vs. Freddie Blassie's Mystery Challenger UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Exotic Superstars (Bill Dundee/Adrian Street) w/Ms. Linda Vs. The Rock & Roll Express (Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson) Loser Leaves Town FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE The Bullet Vs. "Prince of Darkness" Kevin Sullivan REVENGE TAG TEAM MATCH The Desperados (Black Bart/"Outlaw" Ron Bass) Vs. Shane Douglas/Mystery Partner w/Mr. Wrestling 2 Brad Armstrong Vs. Adrian Adonis (CARD SUBJECT TO CHANGE) COMMERCIAL BREAK Promo: "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes says that the time for talking is done....tomorrow in Orlando, Florida....David Sammartino will know what "hard times" are all about....David Sammartino will pay for his sins....and David Sammartino will suffer all this right in front of his famous father who he can only imagine is embarrassed and humiliated by the actions of his son. Beach Brawl will bring retribution for Dusty Rhodes the American Dream and a reckoning for the so-called...Living Legacy. MATCH #3- Brad Armstrong pinned Roy Lee Welch after a 'Russian Leg Sweep' Gordon then narrates a highlight package of the The Bullet and the Armstrongs vs. The House of Humperdink and Kevin Sullivan and the recent attacks of Sullivan on the Bullet. He says the war will be settled in less than 24 hours in a the FALLS COUNT ANYWERE/Loser Leaves Town Match between the Bullet and 'The Prince of Darkness' Kevin Sullivan. We then shift to the recent battles between Shane Douglas and Mr. Wrestling 2 against the Desperados (Ron Bass/Black Bart). We see Bart/Bass injure Mr. Wrestling 2 with the bullrope and Gordon and Joe speculate who the 'Mystery Partner' for Douglas could be in Orlando. MATCH #4- Big John Studd w/"The TN. Stud" Ron Fuller pins Porkchop Cash after a 'Heart Punch' Post Match- Studd/Ron Fuller are joined at ringside by Gilbert/Rich. Studd says that HE is the only GIANT in the UWF and that when he hits Andre the 'sorta tall fat guy' in the chest, he will go down forever!! Gilbert says that Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden are a joke and that after tomorrow this thing is over with, it will be time to move on! Rich says he's "farred up" and that Andre the Giant is going wish he had minded his own business and stuck to "rasslin cartoon characters up north" instead of facing "real rasslers" such as themselves. COMMERCIAL BREAK We return from break to highlights of the UWF World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors (Hawk/Animal) with Paul Ellering…..after seeing footage of the Warriors destroying jobbers, we got to promo. Hawk says that Humperdink just doesn’t learn, they destroyed his 'wannabe bikers' back at Rocket City Rumble and it will be their pleasure to beat the brakes off of these Kevin Sullivan "trick or treat freaks", Animal says that hate the beach…but they love to brawl and they will be more than happy to destroy another Humperdink tag team in Orlando. Ellering adds, These boys are World Champions for a reason and at Beach Brawl…..they are going to burn down….the House of Humperdink!! MAIN EVENT MATCH #5- UWF SOUTHERN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn/Stan Lane) defeated The Stud Stable (Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich) w/"Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller when Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden caused a disruption at ringside attacking Ron Fuller allowing Stan Lane to school boy Tommy Rich to get the win and take the Southern Tag Team Championships! Gordon closes with "We'll see you all at Beach Brawl, for Joe Pedicino, I'm Gordon Solie….So long, from the the Sunshine State!" © 1985 UWF/Continental Championship Wrestling

Those two matches alone would have sold me on being at the matches Thursday night!

Dusty/Duggan vs. The Rat Pack is firing on all cylinders! I've always been a fan of Butch Reed, very underrated in my opinion...could have been a great US or TV champion in the late 80's early 90's

For some reason even in a fantasy scenario, Manny Fernandez in the WWF feels surreal. BJH and Windham make for a fun tag team in the same vein as Windham and Garvin did IRL

Great string of shows lately....I feel like Orton is really about to take off here. I like the way the clown gimmick is being introduced.

Testing the waters here.....I might be looking to trade Brad Armstrong for the right deal.

Enjoy your vacation buddy!

CCW Summer Heatwave Tour 1985 Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, AL. Monday July 29, 1985 Bell Time- 7:30pm "Nightmare" Danny Davis (subbing for the injured Wendell Cooley) pinned The Grappler with a small package Mike Von Erich pinned The Great Kabuki w/Tojo Yammamoto with the 'Iron Claw' Tag Team Bullwhip on a Pole Match Shane Douglas/Mr. Wrestling 2 defeated The Desperados (Black Bart/"Outlaw" Ron Bass) when Shane got down the bullwhip and whipped Bass with it a couple of times but Black Bart hit him in the back of the head with the cowbell on his bullrope knocking Douglas out to the floor….Mr. Wrestling 2 went after Bart but was blasted by Ron Bass, Bart put the bullrope around Mr. Wrestling 2's neck and tossed him over the top rope…Bart and Bass hung Wrestling 2 there for a minute or so until The Armstrongs and Rocky Johnson ran in for the save. Afterwards, Mr. Wrestling 2 had to be taken out on a stretcher. Special Challenge Match Rocky Johnson pinned Killer Khan w/Tojo Yammamoto after a powerslam UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Exotic Superstars (Bill Dundee/Adrian Street) w/Ms. Linda defeated Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden when "Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller came down while Ms. Linda distracted referee Ron West and hit Jimmy Golden with a cane that he carries around now allowing Street to get the pin UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship- 45 Minute Time Limit Kevin Von Erich defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by DQ when Bigelow hit Kevin with a chair when they were fighting on the floor SEMI-MAIN EVENT UWF Southern Heavyweight Championship MASK vs. MASK Teddy Muscles suspended above the ring in a cage/David Sammartino barred from the building Mr. Olympia defeated Super Olympia w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie with a sleeper hold While Super Olympia was knocked out, Mr. Olympia removed the mask to reveal……JESSE BARR! Barr who lost a 'Loser leaves Town' match months ago as 'Jesse Anderson' and will now be forced to leave CCW! MAIN EVENT UWF World Six Man Tag Team Championship The Stud Stable (Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich/Big John Studd) w/"The Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller defeated The Bullet/Brad Armstrong/Scott Armstrong when Studd pinned Scott after a 'Heart Punch' After the Stud Stable left the ring, the lights went out and when they came back on Purple Haze, Killer Brooks, Death Wish, Dirty White Boy, Sir Oliver Humperdink, and (A hooded figure assumed to be Kevin Sullivan) were all in the ring attacking the Armstrongs who were "left for dead" in the center of the ring

CCW has Sir Oliver Humperdink and Tonga Kid on the trading block.

CCW Summer Heatwave Tour '85 The Sportatorium Dallas, Texas Sunday July 28, 1985 Bell Time- 4pm Rocky Johnson pinned The Grappler with a small package The House of Humperdink (Purple Haze/Killer Brooks) w/Fallen Angel defeated The Southern Boys (Armstrong/Smothers) when Lewin pinned Smothers after a running powerslam 10 Lashes to the Loser The Bullet pinned The Dirty White Boy w/Sir Oliver Humperdink with a school boy Winner gets a Continental Championship match on Sunday Aug. 11th Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy pinned Death Wish w/Sir Oliver Humperdink with a belly to back suplex UWF Continental Tag Team Championship- Four Corners Match- 1 fall to a finish The Exotic Superstars (Adrian Street/Bill Dundee) w/Ms. Linda Vs. "Nightmare" Danny Davis/Mr. Olympia Vs. Black Bart/"Outlaw" Ron Bass Vs. Shane Douglas/Mr. Wrestling 2 The Exotic Superstars retain when Adrian Street pinned Danny Davis with inside cradle and a handful of tights UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Brad Armstrong after a slingshot splash over the top rope in a very closely contested match SEMI-MAIN EVENT UWF World Six Man Tag Team Championship Kevin Von Erich/Mike Von Erich/Wendell Cooley defeated The Stud Stable (Big John Studd/Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich) w/"The Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller by DQ when Eddie Gilbert threw a fireball in the face of Wendell Cooley MAIN EVENT $30,000 30 Man 2 Ring Bunkhouse Battle Royal "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley Shane Douglas stepped in for the injured Wendell Cooley Black Bart Mike Von Erich Killer Khan Kendall Windham The Great Kabuki Kevin Von Erich "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino Blackjack Mulligan "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert Mr. Olympia "Nightmare" Danny Davis "Wildfire" Tommy Rich The Bullet Big John Studd Robert Fuller The Grappler Jimmy Golden Super Olympia Rocky Johnson The Purple Haze Brad Armstrong Killer Brooks Steve Armstrong Dirty White Boy Tracy Smothers Death Wish Bam Bam Bigelow "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes "Outlaw" Ron Bass ***WINNER*** Big John Studd Highlights: When the opening bell rang, Dusty Rhodes headed straight for David Sammartino who eliminated himself by jumping over the top rope. Mr. Olympia eliminated Super Olympia. Kevin Von Erich eliminated Bam Bam Bigelow who was irate. The final four men in the ring were Dusty/Blackjack/Studd/Rich ….While Rich and Dusty fought, Studd managed to eliminate Blackjack Mulligan, Dusty tossed Rich out of the ring…..Dusty nearly had Studd eliminated….when David Sammartino re-entered the ring and slipped on some 'knux' and blasted Dusty in the back of the head, which allowed Studd to take advantage and get the victory.

UWF/CCW Television Recorded on July 24, 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 July 27, 1985 Hosted by Gordon Solie & Joe Pedicino Interviewer: Coach John Heath Ring Announcer: Rhubarb Jones (Show opens with highlights of the Austin Idol/Jerry Lawler feud in the USWA, we then cut to Gordon Solie and Joe Pedicino at the desk) Gordon addresses that we haven't seen UWF Unified World Champion Austin Idol in the past couple of weeks because he's had his hands full in the USWA with the challenge of Jerry 'the King' Lawler. Solie says that Fritz Von Erich has confirmed that at UWF Beach Brawl in Orlando it will be a "Double Main Event", TWO CAGE MATCHES….Main Event #1: Dusty Rhodes vs. David Sammartino with special referee Bruno Sammartino in a Steel Cage and Main Event #2: UWF Unified World Championship inside a STEEL CAGE: Austin Idol vs. Jerry 'the King' Lawler! It has also been confirmed that the UWF Continental Tag Team Titles will be on the line as the champions will defend against the world renown Rock & Roll Express. The CCW Tag Champs The Exotic Superstars (Bill Dundee/Adrian Street) w/Ms. Linda come out of the back….Dundee asks why Gordon is just saying 'the champions' as if it could be another team…he says they will be the champions on August 4th and they will beat the Rock & Roll Express like they've beaten everyone else in the UWF so far. Street says they will not only beat Morton and Gibson but they will make them scream just like the little girls do when they come out to the ring, now excuse them while they go put on a clinic in the ring. The opening match of the show features UWF Continental Tag Team Champions The Exotic Superstars (Adrian Street/Bill Dundee) w/Ms. Linda defeating Ted Allen/Blue Cyclone when Street made Cyclone submit to a 'Boston Crab' COMMERCIALS and Local House Show Promos The Stud Stable (Big John Studd/Eddie Gilbert/Tommy Rich) w/"Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller join Coach John Heath in the interview area. Gilbert says they have all sorts of matches coming up….they have to defend the UWF World Six Man Tag Team Titles against the Armstrongs on Monday in Birmingham which he says will be a walk in the park…..Rich talks about the $30,000 Bunkhouse Battle Royal that will take place in Dallas on Sunday and how the Stable will win it and split the money….then Ron Fuller says that Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden have signed a six man tag team grudge match at Beach Brawl and they can't wait to see who they think they are going to bring as a partner. Big John Studd said that he hopes it's not another "midget like Danny Davis"…….(Before Studd can finish, they cut back to the desk in the studio where Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden have joined Joe Pedicino) Robert says that he doesn't care if the Armstrongs take the Six Man titles from the Stable before Beach Brawl because this is more personal than belts at this point….this is about revenge and they have found a partner who assures them they will get revenge on Ron Fuller and the Stud Stable…..Pedicino asks who the partner is…..Jimmy Golden says their partner at Beach Brawl will be none other than the one…….the only….the 8th Wonder of the World…..ANDRE THE GIANT!! (The crowd goes wild and the camera cuts back to the dressing room where the Stud Stable are beside the themselves at the announcement of Andre the Giant teaming with Fuller and Golden in Orlando on August 4th!! The 2nd match on television this week sees UWF Southern Champion Mr. Olympia defeat Carl Fergie with a Sleeper hold Coach John Heath comes to ringside to speak to Olympia. Mr. Olympia says this Monday night this war with Super Olympia comes to an end, because Monday night in Birmingham…it's going to be a 'Mask vs. Mask' match and the best part is that Teddy Muscles will be in a cage suspended above the ring and David Sammartino is barred from the building so there will be no interference this week. Olympia says he will pull off the mask and expose Super Olympia once and for all! Gordon Solie shows footage from last Monday night where Mr. Wrestling 2/Shane Douglas defeated Black Bart/"Outlaw" Ron Bass by DQ when Douglas nearly pinned Bart and Bass grabbed his bullwhip and started choking Douglas with it until Mr. Wrestling 2 grabbed a chair from ringside and ran both Bart and Bass off. Solie says that Douglas and Mr. Wrestling 2 aren't here at the Tampa Sportatorium this week but Monday night they will face off with Bart and Bass again, but this time it will be in a 'Bullwhip on a Pole' match. Black Bart and Ron Bass come out, Bart says that "Rasslin' 2 and Shawn Douglas must be dadgum stinkin' idiots to face them in a bullwhip on a pole match. Rasslin' 2 is senile and Douglas is greener than dadgum Kermit the Frog", Bass adds…"If Wrestling 2 really wanted to help that kid he would have told him not to mess with the Desperados!" The 3rd television match features the newly christened Desperados (Black Bart/"Outlaw" Ron Bass) defeating The Tonga Kid/Sabu when Bart pinned Sabu after a legdrop off the 2nd rope COMMERCIALS and more local house show promos Joe Pedicino welcomes out Kevin Von Erich who talks about his recent match with CCW Champion Bam Bam Bigelow and says that this Monday night he will walk out of Birmingham the Continental Heavyweight Champion…..Bigelow makes his way out to the desk and shoves Kevin and a brawl nearly breaks out…as security and other wrestlers had to come out and get between them. Bigelow grabs a mic and says if Kevin wants a preview of what's going to happen on Monday, he'll put the title on the line against Mike Von Erich right now instead of just "beating up the other scrub" he was supposed to face tonight. The 4th match of the night: UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship Bam Bam Bigelow beat Mike Von Erich after a slingshot splash over the top rope……Bigelow went to give Mike a 2nd splash this time off the top rope but was shoved off by Kevin Von Erich who then mounted Bigelow and started nailing him with a flurry of punches until the dressing room emptied again to break it up COMMERCIAL: UWF/CCW Beach Brawl Orange Bowl Orlando, Florida Sunday Aug 4th, 1985 Bell time- 4pm MAIN EVENT STEEL CAGE MATCH UWF UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles Vs. Jerry 'The King' Lawler SEMI-MAIN EVENT THE RECKONING STEEL CAGE FINAL SHOWDOW Special Referee: Bruno Sammartino "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes Vs. "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino UWF World Tag Team Titles "The Legion of Doom" The Road Warriors (Animal/Hawk) w/Paul Elleriing Vs. The House of Humperdink (Death Wish/The Purple Haze) w/Sir Oliver Humperdink & Fallen Angel UWF Continental Heavyweight Championship NO DQ/NO COUNTOUT Bam Bam Bigelow Vs. Kevin Von Erich UWF World Six Man Tag Team Championship The Stud Stable (Big John Studd/Tommy Rich/Eddie Gilbert) w/"Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller Vs. Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden/Andre the Giant UWF Continental Tag Team Championship The Exotic Superstars (Bill Dundee/Adrian Street) w/Ms. Linda Vs. The Rock & Roll Express (Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson) Plus four more matches!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Footage airs from last Monday night when Wendell Cooley won a 'Four Corners Match' to become the #1 Contender to the UWF Southern Television Championship) The 5th match of the night: MAIN EVENT UWF Southern Television Championship "The Living Legacy" David Sammartino w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles defeated "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley when Blassie distracted referee Bill Alphonso while Teddy handed David a set of 'knux' he used to knock out Cooley and get the 3 count. Afterwards- David Sammartino gets in the camera and yells, "That's what Dusty Rhodes has coming and if my father gets in my way……he can get it too!!" © 1985 UWF/Continental Championship Wrestling

Great Memphis action...bounties, family feuds, everything you could want from your Memphis Rasslin! Honky is a good fit here. Lawler has his hands full with these guys. Who could be behind the JYD bounty??

Awesome 6 man tag to close the show. The AWA is the place for great tag action right now...Bulldogs, Bad Company, Varsity Club, and the list goes on and on.

I love the ref catching the Machines switching out here! It puts more heat on it the next time they do it and get away with it.

Windham vs. Savage is what the IC title is all about! Great stuff! I'm really excited about Hogan vs. Nikita...this is the perfect time for this and will make Kolloff a huge star in the game for years to come.

Great stuff here...really enjoying the Dusty/Hacksaw vs. Rat Pack feud! In '85 Reed vs. Snuka is a great angle as well.

With the open roster spots from sending Valiant and Graham to Central States, CCW picks up the Kelly Twins.

CCW sends "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant and "Dream Machine" Troy Graham to Central States as a "Welcome to the UWF" gift!