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Yeah, I wonder what AEW's stance would be on that situation. So far, they've thrived on being an alternative to WWE and doing things different - yet having exclusive contracts for most of their talents. Could they reverse course just to one-up WWE and stick it to them?

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!

Interesting dilemma for WWE ahead: would they pass on a major market like Los Angeles just for the sake of avoiding that bill?

I mean, hell, Dino Bravo was literally the godson of Montreal mob's godfather Vic Cotroni (and I believe he worked in New York as well around that timelime as Dominic DeNucci's tag team partner) so it's not a stretch to assume that there might be mob ties to Italian wrestlers and the NY mafia around that time.

Events for September 7, 8 & 9th, 1984 Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling TV, September 7th, 1984 Sportatorium, Tampa, FL Matches and highlights: At the broadcast booth, Bob Caudle & David Crockett interview Johnny Mantell and Scott Casey. Johnny says that he has a lot of respect for Scott Casey and he wants him to be his tag partner going forward. They'll be going forward as The Gunslingers. However, Casey insists that before they take that division by storm, they're contractually obligated to wrestle each other Monday night and he's looking forward to it because by fighting each other, they'll learn how to fight better together. Also in a pre-match interview, the whole House of Humperdink before an 8-men tag match. Sir Oliver Humperdink particularly bragged about how Reverend Jimmy Valiant is now alone, since Porkchop Cash has left the territory, thanks to Khruschev & Zhukov. Humperdink hype tomorrow night's match between Valiant and Konga and he claims that Konga will burn the rest of the Church of Boogie Woogie. Humperdink also hypes Abdullah's match on Sunday night vs Dory Funk Jr as well as a feature tag match between Abby & Kevin Sullivan and the duo of Gino Hernandez and Jerry Brisco on Monday night. Dory Funk Jr later answers that he's not afraid of Abdullah the Butcher because he bled buckets to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion and he's not afraid to bleed again. Funk considers himself a lone wolf in Atlantic Coast and isn't intend on changing things. Funk is ready to take on Abby and the whole rest of Humperdink's motley crew by himself if he has to. For the rest of the promos, a couple of pre-recorded vignettes from the various guests appearing during the weekend loops: -The Stud Stable of Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden hyping their match vs David Sammartino & Khruscher Khruschev tonight; Sammartino doing the same shortly afterwards. Sammartino also plugs his Submission match vs Billy Travis on Monday night -Tojo Yamamoto hyping his match against Boris Zhukov on Sunday night. Yamamoto also says he's gonna closely watch that Gunslingers match on Monday night as well. -Finally, Tommy Wright hypes his tag match with Eddie Gilbert vs The Soviet Soldiers on Monday night -The Purple Haze destroys Scott Casey in 1:34, despite Johnny Mantell cheering Casey on... -The House of Humperdink (Sullivan/Abdullah/Konga/Kabuki) beat Kevin Kelly, Leland Dodge, Jerrard Beverly & Isadore Waterman when in a bizarre twist, Kevin Kelly knocked one of his partners out cold with a roll of coins, allowing Konga to pin Dodge following a diving headbut. -In the feature bout, Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Florida Heavyweight Champion Don Kernodle in a non-title match. *** September 7th, 1984 Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL -Johnny Mantell beat Reverend Jimmy Valiant by DQ in 21:16 after interference from Bulldog Bob Brown. Postmatch, Mantell challenges Brown to a match tomorrow night in Miami! AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship: Boomer Lynch beat Rocky "The Best Kernodle" to win the title in 20:36 -The Stud Stable (Jimmy Golden & Robert Fuller) vs David Sammartino & Khruscher Khruschev ends in a double DQ at 22:36 -The Junkyard Dog beat The Missing Link in 20:41 *** September 8th, 1984 Miami, FL -Bulldog Bob Brown beat Johnny Mantell -Dusty Rhodes & The Junkyard Dog beat The Rock N' Roll RPMs Champion vs Champion: AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight champion Boomer Lynch beat Florida Heavyweight champion Don Kernodle -Konga the Barbarian (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) fight Reverend Jimmy Valiant to a double countout -Abdullah the Butcher beat Dory Funk Jr -Boris Zhukov beat Tojo Yamamoto -Rocky "The Best Kernodle" fight Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) to a 30-minute time limit draw *** September 9th, 1984 Orlando, FL -Johnny Mantell beat Tojo Yamamoto in 18:17. Yamamoto attacked Scott Casey prior to the match and took his place. Casey was still able to stand in the corner of his Gunslinger tag team partner -The Soviet Soldiers beat Tommy Wright & Eddie Gilbert in 13:26 with the Russian Sickle -Johnny Weaver beat John Bonello in 17:19 Submission: David Sammartino beat Billy Travis with a bearhug in 19:04 -Mike Graham beat Don Kent in 13:09 Champion vs Champion: Atlantic Coast TV Champion Kerry Brown beat Florida Heavyweight champion Don Kernodle in 1:42 -The House of Humperdink (Kevin Sullivan & Abdullah the Butcher) beat Gino Hernandez & Jerry Brisco after interference from Randy Savage in 22:35 after Savage nailed Gino with a double axhandle while the referee was distracted by Sullivan and Brisco fighting outside the ring. Savage kept yelling "STAY AWAY FROM ELIZABETH" at Gino while retreating backstage....

Some shitty and lazy booking on this episode of Smackdown. I'm absolutely done with this Shane McMahon crap. And that Mandy Rose promo just made me wanna throw my remote at my TV. 3rd graders are now writing promos for Smackdown or what?

What a great card in Phoenix! Hot Rod finally did it and dethroned the king! Long live Roddy Piper! And man, the Vachons vs the Assassins had to be absolutely brutal!

Might've been a diversion for the 11:19 symbol.

Piper keep racking up some momentum before Phoenix Firestorm! And I bet Buddy will get more desperate!

Indeed, it is. For everything we say about Vince McMahon and the way he acts, looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree, in hindsight.

No, it's a Tuesday so that's not it. I've seen several meanings behind it. Some quoted some scriptures from the Bible; I also saw that 11:19 is known as the "mirror hour" where if you see that hour often in a short span of time, it could carry a message to you that only you can understand or something like that. But, here's the most interesting theory of the bunch; the date of The Undertaker's debut? November 19th, 1990.

I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to counter AEW with the TakeOvers. Perhaps putting them back-to-back or the week before to try hurting their PPV buys.

Looks like Impact has finally found a new home in the US, thanks to Anthem purchasing AXS TV. https://pwinsider.com/article/129427/impact-wrestling-has-a-new-home-anthem-media-purchases-axs-tv.html?p=1

Yeah, I think that Terry Taylor screwed up a little bit with his good intentions!

So....Dave is truly down to the point to throwing shit to the wall and see what sticks and what doesn't to "inform" his subscribers? Wow.

Can't never go wrong with Brad Armstrong and The Bullet in the main event!

You're right. Pretty sure Gorilla Monsoon had ownership in WWC but I don't know if he still had it when he died.

I love how you used Porkchop Cash's gimmick in Atlantic Coast to set up his first angle with The Movement. Very well played. Terry Funk was so entertaining in this co-host gig that I hope to see more of that in Continental. And good grief, Buddy Landel's letter was hilarious.

I think they're gonna keep him with Jungle Boy until AEW can find a few big men that Luchasaurus could work with in a singles program. But in the meantime, I expect the Jurassic Express to hold the AEW tag titles within the next year or so.

Never get tired of seeing The Hart Foundation and the British Bulldogs wrestling each other. Also, the good news for Stampede: Nikita Koloff is out of the territory. The bad news: there are 7 other territories where he can show up!

Bill Dundee sure figured out how to get himself a title shot! Good for Denny Brown to have found himself some backup in Gino Brito & Tony Parisi. Never can have too much backup. After all, he is the Contender's Crownholder and never it's been specified that it is attached to Atlantic Coast so....

I think the last Fusion episode I watched was the one with Davey Boy Jr vs Timothy Thatcher. Decided to switch to SMASH Wrestling on a regular basis, going forward.

I don't know why but man, The Sheepherders look like the most terrorizing tag team ever with Skandor Akbar as their manager. I feel like a Continental tag title run isn't too far for them!

It's rare that Nick Bockwinkel paints himself in a corner the way he did but Bill Watts got him big time on this one!

Atlantic Coast puts Khruscher Khruschev, Boris Zhukov, Rufus Jones & Buzz Tyler on the block. Also listening to offers for Kevin Kelly.