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Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXXI – 6th of April 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Desiree Petersen & Winona Little Heart & Susan Starr versus Wendi Richter & Linda Dallas & Kat LeRoux for the WWW Trios Championship We open this week’s programme with a snazzy new graphic, displaying the words “Season One” before transitioning to a leader board, showing every woman on the roster and a series of zeroes by her name. Our traditional television title opener sees Winona Little Heart challenge Rhonda Singh. In a reversal of last week’s circumstances, Rhonda Singh is now the one looking to disable her opponent and make it hard for her to win her second match of the night. Winona Little Heart anticipates this, however, and uses a highly evasive style as a result, preferring to exhaust her opponent rather than focus on dealing damage. Once we enter the finishing stretch, and an increasingly frustrated Rhonda Singh is sweaty and breathless, Winona Little Heart decides to step things up a notch and hit her with a missile dropkick. The champ miraculously stays on her feet but when she goes to pick the challenger up, Selina Majors instinctively launches a hand through the ropes and grabs a hold of her ankle. The subsequent distraction puts Rhonda Singh in a vulnerable position and Winona Little Heart capitalises immediately. Winona Little Heart defeats Rhonda Singh in 13:44 by pinfall with a schoolboy roll-up to win the WWW Television Championship The resulting chaos eats through the interview time as the Giant Slayers take on Rhonda Singh and Reggie Bennett in a violent brawl and gets out of hand quick and requires a horde of staff members to bring to an end. A commercial break then takes us through to our first ever “Season Match”, with Goldie Ray taking on Ashly Kennedy. Both women have their tag partners in their corner. Whilst neither woman holds a distinct technical advantage, indeed they both regularly make mistakes, Ashly Kennedy goes to the well immediately with dirty tactics and extreme aggression. Goldie Ray holds her own and is buoyed by the moral support in her corner but struggles to open the match up. Ashly Kennedy defeats Goldie Ray in 10:21 by pinfall with her feet on the ropes in a Season Match A sponsor-filled video package then transitions us the interviews. The camera makes sure to catch the brand name of the water bottle whenever Goldie Ray takes a sip, as she laments her loss but promises to redouble her training efforts and wishes Trudy Adams luck her own match later on. Ashly Kennedy gloats about her victory and praises the company for designing the new season system, which she says will give her a chance to prove she belongs at the top. A second commercial break then takes us through to a special match, with Medusa Miceli and Luna Vachon fighting to determine who will pick the stipulation for their match at next week’s “mega-event”. The match gets nasty as soon as it begins, and the commentators mention that the referee has been instructed to be lenient in anticipation of this. There is plenty of ringside brawling and even a few occasions of weapon usage, but Medusa Miceli is eventually able to bring things back into the ring and force Luna Vachon to compete in a half-way technical match. The finish sees Medusa Miceli take her frustrations out on Luna Vachon, taking her up for three of her signature moves before trying to pin her. Medusa Miceli defeats Luna Vachon in 13:01 by pinfall with a bridging German suplex A hype package – mostly focusing on Wendi Richter’s fall from grace – for the main event then plays us into the interviews. Luna Vachon is mostly unhinged and incoherent but manages to eventually communicate the fact that she’s capable or beating Medusa Miceli no matter what stipulation she picks. Medusa Miceli is joined by Velvet McIntyre, and they give a show of talking over her options before she proclaims that she’ll be end her feud with Luna Vachon in a submission match. A third commercial break then takes us to our second season match. Trudy Adams is taking on Candice Pardue. Whilst the match starts out friendly, Candice Pardue becomes slightly frustrated by her inability to put the rookie down and consequently becomes just a little bit nastier to give herself the edge. It pays off and Trudy Adams leaves the match with a busted lip. Candice Pardue defeats Trudy Adams in 09:20 by pinfall after a missile dropkick in a Season Match A music video promoting the roster and various items of merchandise related to the top stars then plays before we get to the interviews. Trudy Adams is nursing her mouth and lets Goldie Ray do most of the talking – she runs down Candice Pardue and claims that she and her partner will eventually find their footing. Candice Pardue for her part is slightly meek and apologetic but insists that she stayed within the rules and won her match fair and square, which is all that really matters. A fourth commercial break then brings us to our penultimate match, another season match, this one pitting Brittany Brown against Princess Delta Dawn. With their partners in their corner, Ashly Kennedy and Malia Hosaka respectively, this is a pure heel programme – the audience hate all of them and the match quickly becomes a question of who can come up with the best way to cheat. The finish is a crisscross that ends with Brittany Brown getting crushed by Princess Delta Dawn when Malia Hosaka trips her up. Princess Delta Dawn defeats Brittany Brown in 08:37 by pinfall after a splash in a Season Match One final hype package for the main event then plays before we transition to the interviews. Brittany Brown is consoled by her partner, and they demand a rematch, eventually storming off. Where they stormed off to is revealed when they crash Princess Delta Dawn’s interview, and a war of words ensues. Staff are able to intervene before things get violent, but Malia Hosaka does manage to spit in the face of Brittany Brown before we cut to commercials. Next up is the main event. Winona Little Heart makes a show being ready, despite her clash at the start of the show, and the heels are noticeably unnerved by this, especially the Nasty Girls who appear generally unhappy with their prospects and their teammate. Wendi Richter glances briefly at the camera, with a beaten expression. The match does develop into a fun and fast-paced back and forth, however, with plenty of tags in and out and double team manoeuvres. The match looks like it could go either way and the finish seems to come out of nowhere. Desiree Petersen & Winona Little Heart & Susan Starr defeat Wendi Richter & Linda Dallas & Kat LeRoux in 15:44 when Winona Little Heart pins Wendi Richter with a victory roll to retain the WWW Trios Championship With the champions celebrating in the background, we end on scenes of Wendi Richter confronting her partners and accusing them of various inadequacies before getting badly beaten down by the thoroughly unimpressed pairing. * P.S. I've finally managed to get this new schedule in order, so I can now actually get back into the swing of things!

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXX – “March Spectacular” – 29th of March 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Lisa Moretti versus Babyface Nellie for the NWA World Women’s Championship This week, we open unconventionally with Pat Patterson at the commentary desk to run down the company’s big shakeup. Wonder Women Wrestling is switching to a TV-only format, monthly supercards are being wrapped up, the weekly television programme is moving to two hours and each year will see three “mega-events”; in April, August and December. We then move onto the television title match, a rematch between Rhonda Singh and Desiree Petersen. Both women clearly hate each other and go hard on each other as soon as the bell rings. Rhonda Singh has an advantage but she’s racing against time, trying to make sure she remains in a fit enough state to defend her tag team titles later on tonight. Desiree Petersen also knows that Rhonda Singh needs to be in a good condition after the match and makes exhausting her a secondary objective. The result is a really nasty match that leaves both women bruised and achy. In the end, however, Rhonda Singh is able to bring her weight to bear and defend her championship. Rhonda Singh defeats Desiree Petersen in 13:02 by pinfall after a splash to retain the WWW Television Championship A hype package for the main event then takes us through to the interviews. The Giant Slayers console their leader on her loss, and she says that she thinks Winona Little Heart deserves to have a shot at the TV champ. Rhonda Singh is joined by Reggie Bennett and the two women focus on their upcoming match, declaring that they’ll send Heidi Lee Morgan to the hospital if she uses dirty tactics to steal their titles. A commercial break then takes us through to the tag team title match. If Rhonda Singh is still hurting, she does a good job of hiding it and starts the match off. Misty Blue Simmes takes the fight to her, and the two women have what would be a great singles match, hammering the hell out of each other. We get a lot of crowd interaction here, with all four women brawling at ringside at various times and Rhonda Singh even pulling off a brutal diving splash from the crowd barrier onto Heidi Lee Morgan. We head to a commercial break with Misty Blue Simmes in a perilous state but return to see her taking it to a Rhonda Singh who appears bruised and exhausted. A tag to Reggie Bennett shifts the momentum around, however, and when a hurting Heidi Lee Morgan feels compelled to tag herself in, things look even worse for the challengers. With Heidi Lee Morgan brutalised and Misty Blue Simmes screaming in indignation at ringside, the finish comes out of nowhere. Being brought up for an atomic drop, Heidi Lee Morgan manages to kick out, knocking Rhonda Singh down to the arena floor and swinging herself up and over Reggie Bennett. Reggie Bennett comes down hard and only manages to get one of her shoulders up after the three-count. Misty Blue Simmes & Heidi Lee Morgan defeat Rhonda Singh & Reggie Bennett in 29:51 when Heidi Lee Morgan pins Reggie Bennett with a lateral press to win the NWA Women’s Tag Team Championship When we come back from a promotional video for the upcoming “mega-event” in April, Rhonda Singh and Reggie Bennett are thoroughly enraged, beating on their opponents and manhandling the hapless staffers trying to stop them. Predictably, the pair reserve their nastiest punishment for Heidi Lee Morgan who is crushed with splashes from both of them about half a dozen times. Eventually, the Giant Slayers rush to the aid of their fellow faces and the attackers run off. A commercial break then brings us to a match between Debbie Combs and Mad Maxine for the former’s dual championship. The challenger has a size advantage but little else and the match ultimately serves as a spotlight for the champion’s move set. Enjoying the room to breathe, she plays to the crowd with a few high-risk manoeuvres before settling into a familiar pattern for the finish. Debbie Combs defeats Mad Maxine in 12:45 by pinfall after a neckbreaker to retain the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship A sponsor-filled ad for the new merchandise catalogue then takes us through to the interviews. Mad Maxine begins to speak but is cut off by Luna Vachon, who comes up from behind her and grabs her in a chokehold and thrashes her around as she launches into a deranged rant about Medusa Miceli and threatens to prevent her from accomplishing anything in the company ever again. Debbie Combs uses her interview time to talk about the big schedule shakeup and announces her plan to steal the show at the first mega-event in April. A commercial break then takes us to the main event. Lisa Moretti gets a grand entrance, with a lightshow and a bit of pyro, before the bell rings. With Babyface Nellie living up to her name and Lisa Moretti generally walking a lighter path, we get a clean and technical bout in the early goings, with plenty of holds and reversals. Though things seem relatively balanced between the two, Babyface Nellie always comes away a little worse for wear after each major clash. The two are still in a relatively equal position after the commercial break but both are sweaty and breathless. A powerslam threatens to end things relatively early but Babyface Nellie manages to roll out of the ring and Lisa Moretti uses it as opportunity to catch her breath instead of going after her. The challenger is then able to compose herself enough to knock the champ down with a clothesline upon her return, but Lisa Moretti dodges a running knee drop. The finish is simple. Babyface Nellie runs at the champ with a crossbody but gets it reversed into another powerslam by a reenergised Lisa Moretti. Lisa Moretti defeats Babyface Nellie in 35:33 by pinfall after a powerslam to retain the NWA Women’s World Championship The commentators push the fact that the company has now permanently moved to two hours, and we end on a shot of an exhilarated Lisa Moretti. * P.S. I was hoping to telegraph this big schedule change but it took a lot longer to get it all set up than I'd anticipated - and I still have more planning to do! Apologies, all!

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXIX – 23rd of March 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Wendi Richter versus Babyface Nellie We start off hot this week, with Rhonda Singh thundering into Desiree Petersen in the traditional television title opener. The champ has perhaps been made overconfident by her recent successes and her challenger knocks her right back down to Earth. The Giant Slayers serve as moral support at ringside and each do their fair share of brawling with Reggie Bennett, but things are far less balanced inside the ring. Desiree Petersen is beaten from pillar to post, prolonging the manage only through her wiles and her pure will. Rhonda Singh makes sure to bring her to the point of exhaustion before going into her finishing sequence. Rhonda Singh defeats Desiree Petersen in 13:57 by pinfall after a splash to win the WWW Television Championship After that we get a promotional video for Lisa Moretti to transition us to the interviews. Desiree Petersen laments the loss of her title and asks for a rematch – pledging to train hard in the meantime. Rhonda Singh and Reggie Bennett crow about the victory but mostly use their interview to run down their competition in the tag team division and promise a successful title defence at the supercard. A commercial break then brings us to some tag team action. The narrative for this match is obvious almost as soon as it begins. Leilani Kai and Judy Martin are merciless heels but generally the worse team overall. Misty Blue Simmes and Heidi Lee Morgan, on the other hand, make an excellent team – but Heidi Lee Morgan is still the weak link and still hurting from her treatment by the former Monsters. The Glamour Girls take every liberty they can and try to isolate Heidi Lee Morgan. This only serves to light a fire in the belly of Misty Blue Simmes, however, who uses her time as the illegal partner to harry Despina Montagas and Liz Chase. By the time she’s done with them, their ability to affect the finish is severely diminished. Everything comes down to whether Heidi Lee Morgan can drag herself away from the action to get a tag off. It takes a lot out of her, but she eventually manages with a savage kick to the face of Leilani Kai when the heel bents to pick her up. Misty Blue Simmes & Heidi Lee Morgan defeat Leilani Kai & Judy Martin in 12:05 when Misty Blue Simmes pins Leilani Kai after a diving splash A hype package for the main event then plays before we arrive at the interviews. The Glamour Girls are screaming and ranting and raving and Leilani Kai makes a dramatic show of holding her nose as though it were pleading as they demand a rematch. Misty Blue Simmes and Heidi Lee Morgan say they’ve got what it takes to snatch their titles back at the supercard. A second commercial break then brings us to the main event. The match is nasty from the very beginning, with Wendi Richter immediately resorting to scratching, hair-pulling, shin-scraping and tangling her opponent up in the ropes. Babyface Nellie takes quite a beating throughout, but her opponent’s inattention and general sloppiness prove easy to capitalise on. The result is a back-and-forth, with phases of awkward grappling and savage striking. Wendi Richter becomes increasingly rattled, set off by a hostile ground, her own near-constant mistakes and Babyface Nellie – who never misses an opportunity to get in her head. The finish comes when Wendi Richter decides to go high-risk and eats a boot for her trouble. A Russian leg sweep then puts the former world champion on the ground, in prime position. Babyface Nellie defeats Wendi Richter in 15:23 by pinfall after a running knee drop We end on a shot of a bruised but smiling Babyface Nellie.

I'm sure Hiroshi Hase would've snatch up the victory here with more time to play with! Brian Adidas picks up a nice win here, with a victory over Jimmy Del Ray that I imagine should count for quite a bit! I love the Kansas Jayhawks, happy to see them get a solid win here! Randy Savage is such a star here, and makes for a great US champ! The Roadkill Tour gimmick is really fun, and suits Stan Hansen quite well! The Road Warriors versus the Outlaws predictably gets nice and nasty!

A fun opener with Petersen and Ligon! Really neat visual with the finish for Gama Singh and Scorpio! Kirchner gets a crowd-pleasing win over Ustinov! Greg Gagne is very easy to hate! Someone needs to do something about him! Classic double count out and brawl to the back! Nice win for Lightning Strike! I wonder what Frenchy Martin and Phil LaFon have planned? The penultimate match sounds like a lot of fun. Dick Slater likely now has his sights set on something bigger. It's really good to see El Canek get a nice main event victory, and even better to see Larry Zbyszko fall short!

Sad to see Chris Candido take a loss but Konnan should be pleased with himself. Steven Regal picks up a win ... hopefully he can build on it! TDT have to be feeling confident heading into their title match after that win! Sabu learns the hard way that there's nothing better than technical superiority! I always love seeing the Black Tiger. Glad to see him successfully defend, in a great match! Owen Hart & Brian Pillman versus the Midnight Express is such a whopper main event!

The Rockers are excellent openers! Chris Adams versus Buddy Landel is a solid match. Nice clean finish! Great first impression for Mike Rotundo! Scott Steiner will definitely be looking for payback! A strong showing for Skandar Akbar's posse, with back-to-back victories! It's fun to see a hairspray in the eyes finish. I wonder what's in store for Jimmy Garvin! RPMs and the New Breed give us some nice chaos and carnage! Great visual with Dan Spivey bloodied and haphazardly clipped, and great way to get the crowd riled up! I really hope the Rockers can succeed where the Dudes fell short! Really fun main event! Harley Race deserves a second chance or, at the very least, some time alone with Buddy Landel.

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXVIII – 16th of March 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Debbie Combs versus Wendi Richter for the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship We kick off this week’s show with a video package detailing all of Wendi Richter’s recent losses and ending with a bit of hype for her shot at retaking a couple of her titles in tonight’s main event. After that, we move on to the traditional television title opener, with Desiree Petersen facing Leilani Kai. With both stables at ringside, we get a lot of brawling and crowd interaction to go along with a nice back-and-forth traditional match. It seems as though it could truly go either way and both women get a near-fall in the last five minutes. The finish comes when Leilani Kai misses a big boot. Desiree Petersen rebounds from an Irish whip but manages to duck under her opponent’s finisher and come back with a hard strike across the back of her head. Desiree Petersen defeats Leilani Kai in 13:14 by pinfall after a flying forearm to retain the WWW Television Championship A sponsored video them plays – with footage of various babyfaces at outdoor business venues – before we head to the interviews. The Glamour Girls, predictably, assert foul play and Leilani Kai consoles herself with the belief that she and Judy Martin are on track to win the tag team titles. Desiree Petersen celebrates with her fellow Giant Slayers but says she needs to make sure she’s ready to face Wendi Richter when the inevitable rematch with the former champ comes around. A commercial break then takes us through to a grudge match between Medusa Miceli and Luna Vachon. There is a considerable amount of palpable rage between the two and they begin thrashing each other before the bell rings. Medusa Miceli has the technical advantage, but Luna Vachon is much nastier, clawing and biting like a wild animal whenever she gets the chance. The match is not pretty, and the finish is telegraphed far in advance. Unable to put her enemy on the backfoot, Luna Vachon decides to sacrifice a point in the win column for a slice of revenge. Medusa Miceli is thrown into the ringside barrier and then gets a steel chair wrapped across her back for good measure. Medusa Miceli defeats Luna Vachon in 11:55 by disqualification The bell rings but Luna Vachon continues her savage attack, with stomps and repeated whacks with the chair. With the few staff at ringside unable to successfully intervene, Velvet McIntyre emerges from the back with a chair of her own to scare the attacker off. We cut to our second commercial break just as a groggy Medusa Miceli is helped to her feet. When we return, the main event gets underway immediately, and the story of the match quickly develops. Wendi Richter might otherwise have held an advantage, but she is in her own head. Debbie Combs, along with audience, picks up on this and taunts her every step of the way. This is never clearer than when the challenger manages to pull off her signature powerbomb on the outside technique but is subsequently distracted by jeering from the crowd. This almost ends the match as Wendi Richter nearly manages to be counted out. Debbie Combs then makes her pay dearly for her inattention with a violent clothesline. This time around, the finish is far more decisive. Debbie Combs defeats Wendi Richter in 15:38 by pinfall after a neckbreaker to retain the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship She hides it well but the Wendi Richter we end on a shot of is on the verge of tears. * P.S. I've finally cleared my workload, so I should be able to be more active from now on!

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXVII – 9th of March 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Medusa Miceli versus Penny Mitchell This week, we open with a shot of Wendi Richter after her loss in last week’s main event. The footage transitions to the opening match, as an already enraged Wendi Richter looks to defend her television title from Desiree Petersen. As the contest progresses, Wendi Richter demonstrates that she has both the technical advantage and the power advantage, but her foul mood causes her to regularly get carried away and make mistakes. The champ is also frequently antagonised by the rest of the Giant Slayers at ringside. The finish is stunning, then, as Wendi Richter is distracted by a torrent of abuse from Selina Majors and gets rolled up. Desiree Petersen defeats Wendi Richter in 12:34 by pinfall with a schoolboy roll-up to win the WWW Television Championship Desiree Petersen then rushes to the back with her stablemates as Wendi Richter, who got her shoulder up a split second after the three-count, fumes in the middle of the ring. A music video promoting Lisa Moretti then plays before we get to what should be the interviews. Instead, we follow Wendi Richter through the corridors backstage as she hunts for the Giant Slayers. When she finds them sitting and waiting for their interview time, she launches herself at Selina Majors and wails on her with such ferocity that she seems possessed. She is eventually pulled away by the other Giant Slayers and give beatdown of her own before we cut to commercials. We return in time for some tag team action as Goldie Ray makes her in-ring debut, teaming up with her partner Trudy Adams to take on Leilani Kai and Judy Martin. With their minions around the ring, the heels do not take this challenge seriously and pay for it in the opening rounds of the match. Trudy Adams and Goldie Ray know that their best chance to pull off a victory is to go hard and to go fast and snatch a pinfall before their opponents even know what hit them. This shockingly almost works when Trudy Adams manages to get a two-count on Judy Martin. However, once a focused and determined Leilani Kai enters the ring, their fortunes change. What ensues is a fun back-and-forth with the Glamour Girls generally in control and eventually coming out on top. Leilani Kai & Judy Martin defeat Trudy Adams & Goldie Ray in 11:59 when Leilani Kai pins Goldie Ray after a big boot A hype package for the main event then plays before we head to the interviews. The faces try to console themselves and suggest that the match may have played out differently if the troublemakers Despina Montagas and Liz Chase hadn’t been at ringside. The Glamour Girls cackle over their victory, ironically making their opponents seem like a tougher challenge than they were and say they’re more than capable of taking back the tag team titles. Our second commercial break then brings us to the main event. Medusa Miceli and Penny Mitchell are raring to go by the time the bell rings and they immediately rip into each other. Penny Mitchell is fighting for a chance to break into the title picture and Medusa Miceli is desperately trying to make sure she can stay in the title picture. The fight is nasty, with both women primarily using strikes, and with loads of ringside brawling. Candi Devine is an important part of Penny Mitchell’s arsenal, as Medusa Miceli clearly holds the technical advantage. The finish is a chaotic affair as Luna Vachon rushes down to the ring to mess things up. Intuiting what she intends to do, Candi Devine steps up to the ring apron to distract the referee. Apparently prepared for her appearance, however, Medusa Miceli manages to throw Penny Mitchell into Luna Vachon – their skulls crack against each other and the interloper takes a nasty fall from the apron. Medusa Miceli is then free to take Candi Devine down with a clothesline and end the match. Medusa Miceli defeats Penny Mitchell in 14:25 by pinfall with a lateral press We end on a shot of a triumphant Medusa Miceli. * P.S. Apologies all, once again, I've had a really hectic week!

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXVI – 2nd of March 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Wendi Richter versus Debbie Combs for the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship This week, we open with a recap of the supercard, transitioning seamlessly into a preview of tonight’s card. Wendi Richter has her work cut out for her, with three matches – three title defences. The commentators explain that her first match should be relatively easy, as she takes on Candice Pardue, but it’s obvious very early on that she’s still suffering from the effects of her performances on Saturday. As a result, the television title match is highly competitive. Candice Pardue works on her opponent’s leg throughout, hoping to ensure that Wendi Richter is unable to get her up for a powerbomb. In the end, however, an enraged champ is able to fight through the pain and deliver her signature manoeuvre. Wendi Richter defeats Candice Pardue in 12:02 by pinfall after a powerbomb to retain the WWW Television Championship We then get a promotional music video before heading down to the interviews. Candice Pardue complains that Wendi Richter is simply too tough but hopes she did enough damage to hurt her chances later on tonight. Wendi Richter goes on an unhinged rant, promising to win all of her matches and prove herself as the single most dominant competitor on the roster. A commercial break then takes us through to a six-woman tag team match, with Wendi Richter and the Nasty Girls looking to defend their titles from the Giant Slayers: Desiree Petersen, Winona Little Heart and Susan Starr. With Selina Majors at ringside to cheer them on, the Giant Slayers take an extremely aggressive approach, capitalising on the fact that Wendi Richter is bruised and exhausted and uninterested in competing. The Nasty Girls are by no means pushovers, but they struggle with essentially being one woman down. Wendi Richter, to her team’s detriment, manages to go the entire match avoiding being tagged in, regularly stepping away when either of her partners came to her corner. Predictably, this cost them the titles. Desiree Petersen & Winona Little Heart & Susan Starr defeat Wendi Richter & Linda Dallas & Kat LeRoux in 13:58 when Winona Little Heart pins Linda Dallas with a victory roll to win the WWW Trios Championship A brief recap of the dissolution of the Monsters and the growing feud between Medusa Miceli and Luna Vachon then plays us into the interviews. With Wendi Richter nowhere to be seen, the Nasty Girls are able to lay the blame squarely at her feet, even floating the idea of challenging for the titles with a different partner. The Giant Slayers gush over their victory, downplaying Wendi Richter’s behaviour and promising to hold onto the belts for a long time to come. The second commercial break then gets us through to the main event. Debbie Combs is forced to wait an excruciatingly long time as Wendi Richter takes as long as she can to get into the ring. Whilst it’s impossible for the champ to fully disguise her trepidation, she tries to make up for it with violence. It’s not just that she abuses the referee’s five count, it’s that she clearly doesn’t care whether or not she is disqualified. Debbie Combs catches onto this rather quickly and is forced to plan around it, preventing her opponent from leaving the ring and extricating herself from illegal holds. This dynamic creates an even sided and fairly nasty contest. However, there’s nothing Wendi Richter can do to stop the challenger from attacking her weaker leg whenever she gets the chance. This plays into the finish when the champ’s knee buckles during a powerbomb attempt and the challenger ends up falling on her and crushing her chest. Debbie Combs defeats Wendi Richter in 17:31 by pinfall with a double leg cradle to win the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship When end on a shot of Wendi Richter in agony as Debbie Combs is handed her titles in the background.

Wonder Women Wrestling FEBRUARY SUPERCARD 1987 Live from: Las Vegas, Nevada We get straight into the action for this month’s supercard, after a brief run of the camera through the crowd. Rhonda Singh and Reggie Bennett are challenging Misty Blue Simmes and Heidi Lee Morgan for the tag titles. The match has a familiar beat, as Misty Blue Simmes remains a cut above her opponents but the inexperience Heidi Lee Morgan struggles when she’s on her own. This time around, the heels are in-sync, and the contest is very even-sided as a result. We get a lot of big moves and even a bit of brawling around the ring halfway through the match that ends in a devastating splash from Rhonda Singh onto Misty Blue Simmes on the ringside floor. With a weakened Misty Blue Simmes, Heidi Lee Morgan is placed in a difficult position. She performs admirably against Reggie Bennett, clearing internalising a lot of advice given to her by her partner over the last few weeks, but once Rhonda Singh tags, in she folds. A hot tag to Misty Blue Simmes promises to turn the tide but her bruised torso fails her when she connects with a crossbody – though both women go down she’s obviously in far more pain. The finish comes when Rhonda Singh is able to get to her feet and deliver another brutal splash. Rhonda Singh & Reggie Bennett defeat Misty Blue Simmes & Heidi Lee Morgan in 19:01 when Rhonda Singh pins Misty Blue Simmes after a splash to win the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship Though pleased with their titles, the heels are not done, and they proceed to beat down on their opponents, culminating in Rhonda Singh cracking Heidi Lee Morgan’s back over her knee. A legion of staff then rushes in and a spotlight video for Wendi Richter transitions us to the next match. With Debbie Combs going up against Candi Devine, the commentators speculate that this match has been made to keep Debbie Combs satisfied with her lack of a title match. Their theory that Candi Devine is an easy opponent proves correct as the match progresses. Though she has Penny Mitchell in her corner to give her advice and help her cheat, Candi Devine is not able to pose a serious threat to Debbie Combs. The babyface does not let her opponent’s dirty tactics go unpunished and her desire to prove a point is, at times, the only thing that keeps the match going. Debbie Combs defeats Candi Devine in 14:25 by pinfall after a neckbreaker A promotional video for the VIP tickets, showing giddy children meeting the babyfaces for autographs, plays before we get to the interviews. Candi Devine is joined by Penny Mitchell and they, of course, accuse Debbie Combs of cheating and generally behave petulantly whilst selling the chances of Penny Mitchell beating Velvet McIntyre later tonight. Debbie Combs complains about not being in the title picture and predicts that Wendi Richter is going to get her ass kicked in both of her title matches. We then move onto the first of Wendi Richter’s matches, as she faces a challenge for her dual titles from Medusa Miceli. The challenger’s strategy is simple, go as hard as possible against the champ in order to make sure she can’t effectively compete in the main event. The champion intuits this strategy but is more or less helpless to stop it. The two girls beat each other badly, with Wendi Richter even managing to get busted open. The champ is being hounded so mercilessly that it looks like she might even lose her titles. Her salvation comes in the form of Luna Vachon, who crashes the party and goes straight after Medusa Miceli. The bell rings and Wendi Richter hobbles to the back. Medusa Miceli defeats Wendi Richter in 26:11 by disqualification after interference from Luna Vachon but the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship do not change hands Luna Vachon does some damage but, after the ruckus in the opening match, the staff are much quicker to react and shut her down. We then get a hype package for the main event before going straight through to the next match. Penny Mitchell is taking on Velvet McIntyre and, whilst commentators initially speculate that the match exists to let Velvet McIntyre get her momentum back, Penny Mitchell turns the opening round into a rout. Velvet McIntyre is hesitant, easily frustrated and prone to mistakes, as Penny Mitchell takes liberty after liberty. The match is awkward and nasty, with the heel taking every opportunity to cheat and abuse the referee’s leniency and the babyface uncharacteristically lashing out with toe stomps and scratches and hair pulling. When the finish comes, Penny Mitchell can barely believe her luck. Penny Mitchell defeats Velvet McIntyre in 14:37 by pinfall after a swinging neckbreaker One last promotional video – this time focusing on various roster members and their sponsored charity efforts – plays us into the interviews. Velvet McIntyre struggles to explain herself, appearing despondent until Medusa Miceli arrives to lighten her mood and she cedes the interview time to her. We then hear a fired-up rant from Medusa Miceli present to exact a heavy price from Luna Vachon for her interference. Penny Mitchell is still slightly stunned by her victory, but Candi Devine eventually prompts her to demand a title match and she does so with gusto. We get to the main event with Wendi Richter trying to disguise a limp as she makes her entrance. Lisa Moretti is given a grand spectacle for her entrance, with music and lights. She makes sure to drag it out to upset her opponent but leaves Wendi Richter no chance to turn things around and heads straight for her with a spear once she enters the ring. The challenger is able to keep herself from going down and showers elbow strikes and punches down on the champ’s back. All Lisa Moretti has to do, however, is thump her in her injured leg, eliciting a howl of pain and a collapse. The match proceeds like this for some time, Wendi Richter has the power advantage, but Lisa Moretti ruthlessly exploits her in her injured state. Things become more even-handed as the match progresses and Lisa Moretti takes her lumps, but Wendi Richter remains on the backfoot, failing severely times to get a powerbomb off on account of her weakened leg. By the end, the wound on Wendi Richter’s forehead has been reopened and she stumbles, a sweaty and bloody mess, into the finish. Lisa Moretti defeats Wendi Richter in 27:55 by pinfall after a powerslam to retain the NWA World Women’s Championship We end on a shot of an exhausted Wendi Richter barely able to stand, as Lisa Moretti celebrates on a turnbuckle in the background.

It's always nice to see Greg Gagne getting his ass kicked! Tommy Rich works so well as this insufferable heel champion and I hope he's in for a rude awakening!

Really killer visual for the post-match of The Road Warriors versus The Red Tide - who're really been solid as a formidable faction! Dusty Rhodes versus Arn Anderson is such a solid match! Tully Blanchard is a great heavyweight champion!

A lot to look forward to here! Jake Roberts versus Ted DiBiase, and Dick Murdoch versus Bruiser Brody should both get nice and ugly! The Freebirds versus The Rock 'n' Roll Express would be something to look forward to even without the prospect of a mystery partner!

Wow! What an amazing event! A two-out-of-three-falls match with the Midnight Express was always going to be great! Barry Windham is impressive here but One Man Gang has been on an absolute tear! I can't wait to see them clash!

The Rockers versus The New Breed makes for a really fun lead into the main event. Speaking of which, that was awesome! I'm glad to see Harley Race score the pin ahead of his title match!

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXV – 23rd of February 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Lisa Moretti & Medusa Miceli versus Wendi Richter & Linda Dallas This week, we open hot with the television title match just about to start. Trudy Adams, with her partner Goldie Ray at her side for moral support, makes her debut against Wendi Richter. The challenger makes a good impression with the crowd as a smiley babyface but faces an irrepressible opponent. Within minutes, the champ has neutralised her. What ensues is essentially ten minutes of torture. With only occasional bursts of offence, Trudy Adams is battered from pillar to post. Wendi Richter is clearly intent on proving a point ahead of the supercard, which is that she can easily win two matches on the same night – the task being asked of her here and on Saturday. When the finish comes, it’s practically a mercy. Wendi Richter defeats Trudy Adams in 10:32 by pinfall after a powerbomb to retain the WWW Television Championship A hype package for the supercard then plays before we get to the interviews. Trudy Adams tries to remain defiant, and Goldie Ray points out that she had a very difficult first match, and she promises to one day be capable of going toe to toe with the champ. Wendi Richter makes a big deal of apparently having not even broken a sweat, berates her opponent and promises to add yet another title to her collection on Saturday. We cut to a commercial break before getting to our first tag team match, this one between the teams of Lady Apache and Vicky Carranza and Rhonda Singh and Reggie Bennett, for the opportunity to challenge the tag team champions at the supercard. This match is far more competitive than the last. The former Monsters are initially taken off-guard by the skill and determination of their opponents and only a few big moves prevent them from being completely routed. As the match wears on, however, the size and strength of the heels turns the tide, and the faces are eventually reduced to exhaustion from both the moves they’ve taken and the energy they’ve had to exert to get their opponents off their feet. Rhonda Singh & Reggie Bennett defeat Lady Apache & Vicky Carranza in 13:02 when Rhonda Singh pins Vicky Carranza after a splash A music video promoting the main event of the supercard – Lisa Moretti versus Wendi Richter – then transitions us to the interviews. Lady Apache and Vicky Carranza console themselves with their solid performance and pledge to continue building a credible strategy. Rhonda Singh and Reggie Bennett are fairly subdued this time around, mainly trying to disguise how close they came to losing but manage to reiterate their threat to destroy Heidi Lee Morgan. The second commercial break then brings us to the main event. With Kat LeRoux in their corner, the heels have a clear advantage. Combined with distrust and miscommunication between the faces, this leads to Wendi Richter and Linda Dallas dominating the first half of the match. Eventually, however, this translates to a cocky attitude, especially on the part of Wendi Richter, who pays for it dearly. A double team sequence, with Medusa Miceli catching Wendi Richter with a drop toe hold and Lisa Moretti dropping a leg across the back of her neck, turns things around and the last five minutes are a fierce back-and-forth. The end, Kat LeRoux gets up on the apron only to be brutally knocked down, along with her partner, by a spear from Lisa Moretti. Wendi Richter, denied the tag she was desperate for, is then thrown up and over for the win. Lisa Moretti & Medusa Miceli defeat Wendi Richter & Linda Dallas in 16:21 when Medusa Miceli pins Wendi Richter with a bridging German suplex We then end on a shot of an angry Wendi Richter with characteristic murderous look in her eyes.

Ah! The return of the Crockett Cup! This will be great! Jim Duggan getting a win is a good crowd-pleasing ending for a new show!

Such a solid roster here! Owen Hart is unstoppable!

I'm happy to see Larry Zbyszko and Al Perez hold onto the titles. Great match, and a compelling post-match! It's really fun to see the international title, with a cool match between El Canek and Yoshiaki Yatsu. That eight-man cage match would've been amazing to see! I loved the brutal visual of the assisted camel clutch on Jimmy Snuka. Carlos Colon looks so dangerous coming out of that one! Tommy Rich is such a good heel champ, here! I can't wait to see who delivers his comeuppance!

Great visual for Cactus Jack! Dan Severn versus Bobby Eaton - awesome match, and hopefully a sign of things to come! It's cool to see Ron Simmons making an explosive return, throwing people left and right! Big Bubba Rogers should be grateful for the champion's advantage, and Brian Pillman should be itching for some payback!

Wonder Women of Wrestling – Episode No. LXIV – 16th of February 1987 – Airing Live! – Las Vegas, Nevada Advertised Match: Wendi Richter versus Velvet McIntyre for the WWW Television Championship and the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship in a 30 Minute Iron Woman Match We kick this week’s episode with a recap of last week’s main event, along with a hype package and excited chatter from the commentators about the rematch tonight. We then move onto another tag team opener, with the Nasty Girls taking on Lady Apache and Vicky Carranza. The heels spend the first few minutes in complete control and end up treating the match like a joke. When Lady Apache manages to kick out of a big double team finishing manoeuvre, however, they’re sufficiently panicked into treating the contest more seriously. The result is an extremely dirty and violent turn that ultimately comes back to bite them. When her partner is being brutalised by Linda Dallas, Vicky Carranza eventually realises that her attempts to get the referee’s attention are playing into her opponents’ hands. Instead, she holds her hand up and backs off. The referee then turns just in time to see Kat LeRoux crack Lady Apache across the back with a steel chair after being dumped outside. Lady Apache & Vicky Carranza defeat Linda Dallas & Kat LeRoux in 13:45 by disqualification The heels are shocked when the bell rings and break into hysterics, desperately arguing with the referee. When their efforts prove fruitless, they lose their temper and attack the faces. The assault eats through the interview time and requires intervention from Misty Blue Simmes and Heidi Lee Morgan to bring to an end. A commercial break then takes us through to the start of our main event. The entrances are preceded by a hype package and a brief rundown of the rules. After a dramatic entrance from Wendi Richter, the first half of the match plays out very similarly to last week’s encounter. Velvet McIntyre shows far too much hesitation, making stupid mistakes at crucial moments, and it costs her the first point after a nasty powerbomb. Once that pinfall is on the board, however, a fire is lit somewhere deep down and she shifts into overdrive. Shortly before the commercial break, Velvet McIntyre launches into a flurry of offence, with strikes that Wendi Richter finds impossible to block or dodge. When we return the fighting has become more even sided but the champ has a bloody lip and looks exhausted. Within minutes, the challenger manages to even the score with three-count of her own. After that, the pair battle ferociously as the clock winds down. Technically, Wendi Richter could safely try to avoid getting pinned and let the match tie, but she appears to want a victory just as badly as Velvet McIntyre. We have just ten seconds left on the clock when the third fall comes. Unfortunately for the challenger, it comes after another powerbomb from the triple champion. Wendi Richter defeats Velvet McIntyre in 30:00 with a score of 2 – 1 in an ironman match to retain the WWW Television Championship and the WWW Fighting Spirit Championship and the NWA Texas Women’s Championship With the rare opportunity for interviews after the main event, we transition to them with an advert for the supercard hawking the VIP tickets. Velvet McIntyre is on the verge of tears throughout, eventually comforted by the appearance of Medusa Miceli, and promises to rethink her strategy and train more effectively. Wendi Richter is too exhausted to gloat, so she instead spits venom at her opponent and asks for another crack at the world title.

Phenomenal card here! The six man tournament was great and to top it all off Adrian Street got some of the gold! That US title match was something else! Randy Savage in a brutal dog collar match would've been such a cool thing to see live!

Fifteen minutes of solid technically wrestling between Steven Regal and Fit Finlay is such a treat! Amazing back-to-back matches to end the show! The Midnight Express are always great and Owen Hart really works as the California Champion.

Some really fun rhetoric from Austin Idol, there! Dan Spivey getting the win helps the fans fell better about it, though! I loved that Main Event, especially the post-match! I'm really looking forward to Naperville!