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Did this occur before, during or after his Wrestlemania splits? Inquiring minds want to know.

In that case, I don't blame Road Dogg for quitting as Smackdown Live head writer.

Notice the pattern here; in both cases, it's Vince's behavior that drove them both to their breaking point. At some point, you're gonna have to wonder which people's reaching their breaking point to change his attitude. Is there a Superstar who could rattle Vince's cage the way that Austin could do or Cena could? Has Roman reached that level?

Or a mix of both, maybe. Candice & Kairi Sane are rumored to be called up for the Superstar Shakeup. Besides, I expect Io Shirai to be the one to take the title from Shayna Baszler. Either way, those options are way more attractive to me as a viewer than Nia & Tamina. I wouldn't even mind Mandy and Sonya but I'd like Sonya to have a solo run.

I'm 95% sure it's gonna be Nia Jax and Tamina. Just so I couldn't give a fuck and another reason to flip channels when they're on my TV. But I hope I'm wrong. I really, really, really do.

You are so good at pulling off some awesome main event drama with all kinds of shenanigans surrounding Ric Flair's rivalries, Another great layer with the involvement of Jake Roberts in there. Jake The Snake vs Mr. Olympia with the Alabama title on the line should be really good!

I definitely have that throwback Mid-South feel seeing Hacksaw Duggan as a heel and you make it work so well. I'm dying to see Butch Reed and Duggan square off down the road for the National Heavyweight Championship.

Indeed. Magnum & Barry Windham could easily make a Super Powers-like tag team in your territory

Other than what was posted here, I know that she and Alexa got into a verbal joust on Twitter that ended with Alexa blocking her. So I'm fairly confident that this has something to do with Alexa.

I don't but Vince better get his shit together by then because they might not even make it through FS1 if FOX thinks he's booking a shitty product.

They're pretty much lone wolves. At least, that's how I intended them to be.

April 8th, 1984 Greensboro, NC -Larry Lane fought Boomer Lynch to a double countout. After the match, the brawl continued between Lane and Lynch with Lynch lowblowing Lane. Rufus Jones came to the ring to confront Lynch but all he got was a slap to the face from Boomer as he left! -Masanobu Fuchi beat The Missing Link (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink). Same situation than the 2 previous nights. That woman at ringside is having an effect on Link's focus and Humperdink is besides himself! Lights Out Match: Angelo Mosca Jr beat Ric McCord -Angelo Mosca beat Greg Valentine by reverse decision. Originaly, Valentine had won the match by submission but with Valentine refusing to let go of the hold, Eddie Graham ordered the referee to reverse the decision and award the match to Mosca instead. -Ken Timbs & The Great Kabuki (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat John Bonello & AWA Atlantic Coast TV Champion Don Kent when Kabuki pinned Bonello -Rocky "The Best Kernodle" (w/Greg Valentine) beat Kevin Sullivan (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink and Fallen Angel) with a small package

April 7th, 1984 Raleigh, NC -Dory Funk Jr beat Roger Kirby in 13:55 with the Spinning Toe Hold -Mark Youngblood beat The Missing Link (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) in 8:12. Once again, the same woman who was in Charlotte attended the show and was at ringside. This time, after the match, Humperdink berated Link for losing the match and walked out without him. The woman comforted Link as he passed in front of her on his way back to the locker room. -Mike Graham beat Tommy Wright in 14:14 Steel Cage: Rufus Jones beat Ivan Koloff in 18:56 by escaping the cage -Gerry Brisco beat Ricky Steamboat in 21:20 -Greg Valentine beat Steve Diblasio in 8:55 AWA Pacific Heavyweight Championship: "Playboy" Buddy Rose beat Paul Orndorff in 30:01 to retain

ATLANTIC COAST/SUPERSTARS OF THE SUPERSTATION JOINT SHOW April 6th, 1984 Coliseum, Charlotte, NC Match #1 AWA SUPERSTATION TV CHAMPIONSHIP “Mean”Mike Miller (c) vs Adrian Adonis To kick things off, Mean Mike Miller defends his TV Championship against AWA Pacific’s Adrian Adonis. Two big hosses going at it during around 9 minutes. At the end of the match, Adonis locks in a sleeper hold but Miller is able to back Adonis in a corner and Adonis is forced to relinquish the hold. Miller turns around and trips Adonis and used the ropes for leverage to secure a pinning combination and to retain his championship. Winner: Mean Mike Miller (c) (retains the championship) Match #2 AWA ATLANTIC COAST TV CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE : JAY YOUNGBLOOD Rick Rude (c) (w/Bobby Heenan) vs Don Kent For those who didn’t catch this week’s Atlantic Coast TV, Jay Youngblood was appointed special guest referee of this match by Eddie Graham, who specifically requested Jay to be unbiased and to call the match right down the middle. Clearly, Rick Rude realizes that Jay Youngblood doesn’t want to be there and he and Heenan do everything they can to antagonize him. As for the match itself, Rude is giving the fans a dominant performance but that doesn’t deter Bobby Heenan and Rick Rude to play dirty in the match. Jay Youngblood admonishes Rude numerous times during the match but it doesn’t seem to take effect. Things get heated when after Rude hits Rude Awakening on Kent, Jay Youngblood catches Heenan holding to Kent’s foot, to ensure he doesn’t kick out. Jay Youngblood stops the count and heads outside to argue with Heenan. Heenan shoves Jay and Jay responds with a chop on Heenan’s head. Rude steps outside with Jay and starts arguing with him and Rude shoves Youngblood head first on the post. Rude returns to the ring and picks up Kent for another Rude Awakening but Youngblood had time to recover and climbs on the top turnbuckle and delivers a Tomahawk Chop on Rude! Rude goes down and Jay draps Kent’s body over Rude and makes the pinfall at a somewhat questionable pace, as well. Youngblood hands over the Atlantic Coast TV Title to Kent, who isn’t too sure of what just happened neither does he realize the upset that just took place but he doesn’t have to ask questions as Jay immediately storms out of the ring. Looks like Jay will have some explaining to do with Eddie Graham! Winner: Don Kent (new Atlantic Coast TV Champion) Match #3 The House of Humperdink (Abdullah the Butcher & The Missing Link, w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) vs The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole & Arn Anderson) A definite clash of styles between those two teams but oddly enough, the crowd seem to rally more behind Ole & Arn, despite being villains themselves. However, the most notable highlight of this match is that throughout the entire thing, The Missing Link seems to be smitten by a woman sitting at ringside and it definitely messes up the chemistry between Abby & the Link, which is something that you don’t want to happen when you face a team as good as The Andersons. It gets to the point where Sir Oliver Humperdink goes talk to the woman in the front row to ask her to leave. Link, while doing a number on Arn Anderson, sees it and drops Arn on the mat to yell something at Humperdink. That distraction is all the Andersons need as Ole delivers a high knee in the back of Link who collapses on the mat. Ole places Arn on Link and the referee registers the pinfall to secure a huge win for the Andersons at the 12-minute mark. After the match, Link and Humperdink get into it as Link seems to be very protective of that woman. Is there trouble within the ranks of the House of Humperdink? Winners: The Minnesota Wrecking Crew Match #4 Greg Valentine vs Konga the Barbarian The match was originally set to be Valentine vs Hercules Hernandez but with Hercules’ departure, he’s been replaced by Konga for this match. Definitely a bit of an adjustment for Valentine at first, considering he was preparing for Hercules at first but he’s able to turn things around and get some momentum on his side. The end comes as Valentine is able to dodge a Barbarian squash in the corner and locks him in an inside cradle to score a big victory at the 14-minute mark. Winner: Greg Valentine Match #5 Jack Brisco vs Ivan Koloff A battle of two former World Heavyweight Champions as Brisco’s technical savvy squares off against Koloff’s brute force. Koloff thought he had the match won at some point with a big bearhug but a last-ditch effort from Brisco with a good ol’ fashioned ear swat, sends the Russian Bear a bit dizzy, allowing Brisco to recover a bit. In the end, it’s with the Oklahoma Roll that Brisco will secure a big victory over Ivan at the 13-minute mark. Winner: Jack Brisco Match #6 Dusty Rhodes vs Buzz Sawyer Buzz Sawyer wasted no time, jumping on Dusty Rhodes, before the bell even rang, which gave him the advantage in the early moments of the match. However, the fighting spirit of the American Dream allowed him to get back in the mix and Dusty’s more aggressive side showed through until the very end. Buzz hit a bulldog on Dusty but only got 2. Sawyer then went for it a second time but Dusty shoved Buzz in the corner instead, stunning him. Buzz was then easy pickings for the Dream after he hits the Bionic Elbow to score the pinfall victory. Winner: Dusty Rhodes Match #7 Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Paul Orndorff Big showdown between two of the top contenders in their respective territories as perhaps the most dangerous threat to Butch Reed’s championship in Jim Duggan face one of the main favourites to become the Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion. When he usually is the stronger man in the match, this time is a bit different for Paul Orndorff as Duggan gives him a hard time in the strength department, Orndorff being unable to establish his strategy in the process, which results in Orndorff resorting to dirty moves, which is a bit unusual so far for Atlantic Coast faithful since he joined the territory. Orndorff hits his piledriver on Duggan but Duggan kicks out at 2.9, completely shocking Orndorff. Orndorff hits it a second time and once again, Duggan barely kicks out. This clearly offsets Orndorff as he tries it for a 3rd time but he goes to the well one time too many and Duggan reverses it. A completely disoriented Orndorff then falls prey to Duggan’s running shoulder tackle and that’s enough for Duggan to score the win. Winner: Hacksaw Jim Duggan Match #8 AWA NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Butch Reed (c) vs Ricky Steamboat Before the bell rings, Butch Reed takes the mic and says he has a lot of respect for Ricky Steamboat and he wants him to bring his best shot because he’s gonna bring him everything he’s got. Huge match for Steamboat, especially since he’s considered one of the top contenders for the Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship. Another classic case of powerhouse vs speed in which both Butch Reed and Ricky Steamboat trade momentum and pinfalls left and right. They go at it for a solid 20 minutes until Steamboat decides to take things on the top rope. Steamboat dives for a cross body and lands on Reed but the momentum propels Reed over Steamboat and Reed solidly hooks Steamboat’s legs to get the victory and retain the championship. After the match, Steamboat and Reed shake hands and Steamboat raises Reed’s hand in a show of sportsmanship. Winner : Butch Reed (c) (retains the championship) MAIN EVENT Match #9 TEXAS DEATH MATCH Ted Dibiase vs The Masked Superstar An absolute drag-down fight between Dibiase and The Masked Superstar. Both men beating each other senseless in hopes to score the big pinfall and the regulatory 10-count for the Texas Death Match. In the span of 65 minutes, no less than 21 pinfalls were registered. Towards the end of the match, Superstar’s manager Angelo Poffo attacks Gary Hart at ringside, who goes down in a heap. Ted Dibiase steps outside and goes check on him, which allows Superstar to load his mask. Superstar then headbutts Dibiase and scores the pinfall. The referee starts the count and Dibiase struggles to get up and must use the ropes. Fans thought that Dibiase was up but at the count of 8, an exhausted Dibiase collapses on the mat and he can’t make the 10-count. After the match, Superstar doesn’t seem to be satisfied with that and picks up Dibiase to lock him in the Cobra Clutch. A defenceless Dibiase passes out and to add insult to injury, Angelo Poffo repeatedly kicks him in the ribs. Fortunately for Dibiase, Butch Reed & Dusty Rhodes charge the ring and chases off Poffo & The Masked Superstar. The show ends with Poffo & Superstar soaking the boos from the Charlotte attendance on their way back to the locker room while Dusty Rhodes & Butch Reed check on Dibiase. Winner: The Masked Superstar

Atlantic Coast TV #4 April 6th, 1984 Sportatorium, Tampa, FL (After the opening credits, we head to the broadcast booth where Bob Caudle is awaiting for the start of the show, solo.) Bob Caudle: Hello, wrestling fans, and welcome to Atlantic Coast TV. I’m Bob Caudle, and my broadcast partner Tony Schiavone is standing outside of the Sportatorium, waiting for the arrival of Jay Youngblood. If you attended last Sunday’s show, you know that we’ve crowned our first Atlantic Coast TV Champion in Rick Rude and he certainly can thank his manager Bobby Heenan for that, as he provided him a bit of help, despite the match being held inside a steel cage. We’re hopeful to get a word from Jay Youngblood once he arrives at the Sportatorium shortly. Our feature bout this week will oppose 2 men who were part of the TV title tournament as Mike Graham will square off against The Missing Link. We’re ready for our opening match so let’s get started. Match #1 Johnny Weaver beat Bernie Nye in 10:22 with the Weaver Lock (Cameras go outside of the Sportatorium as Tony Schiavone is standing outside of the venue’s front door.) Tony Schiavone: As I’m standing here outside the Sportatorium, the arrival of Jay Youngblood is imminent and it’s gonna be interesting to hear what he has to say about what happened last Sunday as he was so close of becoming to Atlantic Coast TV Champion and – (Schiavone is interrupted as a car pulls off in the parking lot in the background. Two men emerge out of the rental car and it’s Jay Youngblood and his brother Mark. Tony Schiavone turns around and spots them so he goes to talk to them.) Tony Schiavone: Just a second, Jay, if you don’t mind, fans would like to know your frame of mind after what happened in Orlando Sunday night as Bobby Heenan cost you the Atlantic Coast TV Championship and I’m sure you had a lot to think about as well. Jay Youngblood: Well, Tony, this will have to wait because Eddie Graham wants to see me so I need to go talk to him first. As soon as we’re done, I’ll be able to share some thoughts with all of you, guys. Thank you. (Jay and Mark Youngblood head into the venue.) Tony Schiavone: Well, as you could hear Bob, Eddie Graham summoned Jay Youngblood to a meeting so what could this be about, I don’t know, but we’ll be set to hear about it a bit later in the show. Back to you and your guest, Bob! Bob Caudle: Thank you, Tony. At this time, let’s welcome one man who is already a champion here, the current AWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, Bill White! (Bill White comes to the booth to a decent ovation from the Sportatorium crowd.) Bob Caudle: Bill, I think I speak for everyone when I say that it’s great to see you sporting some gold as you’re in the twilight of your career and I’m sure it gave you a boost of confidence in the process. Bill White: Well, any title you can win, it does that to you. I don’t care which one it is but as long as you have “champion” next to your name, it means something. I’m proud of being the Florida Heavyweight Champion and I’ll do everything I can to keep that title around my waist. I’ll defend it against everybody and anybody. Bob Caudle: And speaking about that, we have received news of the date of your first title defense of the Florida Heavyweight Championship and it’s gonna happen on Monday, April 15th from Bob Jones Stadium in Fort Mill, SC as you will defend that title against Don Kent. And as I understand it, there’s a possibility that this match could become a double title match as Eddie Graham will explain later on. Bill White: Well, if that’s the case, the more, the merrier as they say. You can never discount any challenger placed in front of you. This is gonna be a very significant match for myself but also for Don Kent himself. For him, it’s gonna be the same reason I explained a few minutes ago about having “champion” next to your name. For me, it’s more than that. Any title match could be my last and I know it. Everyone in the back knows it as well. There are a lot of people in this business who loves to have that feather to their hat of ending someone’s career. Even moreso if they take a title away in the process. However, I can assure you that I’m not gonna go down easily. Whoever wants that title will have to pry it away from my cold dead hands. In this first case, it’s gonna be Don Kent in Fort Mill, South Carolina and I’ll be ready. I hope you’ll be too, Don. Match #2 Porkchop Cash beat Larry Lane in 8:47 with a backbreaker Match #3 Paul Orndorff beat Thornton Killam in 11:22 with a piledriver Bob Caudle: ….Orndorff continuing to rack up momentum for his big match against Greg Valentine next Sunday, April 14th in Miami. And now, we’ve been waiting for this moment all day. Let’s talk to Eddie Graham and Jay Youngblood. (Eddie Graham and Jay Youngblood make their way to the booth together to a nice ovation.) Bob Caudle: Alright, Eddie Graham, we were told that you and Jay were going to have a meeting about something as soon as he arrived to the Sportatorium and maybe you could shed some light about this right now. Eddie Graham: I sure will. First, I wanted to congratulate Jay Youngblood for his amazing performance in the Atlantic Coast TV Championship tournament but unfortunately, someone got in the way. However, I made it clear to Rick Rude and Bobby Heenan that if they thought they could hide in Minnesota and avoid repercussions, they’d be wrong. And I’m about to exercise one of those right now. Bob Caudle: Which is? Eddie Graham: Well tonight, we have a special event in Charlotte, NC along with the Superstars of the Superstation. All of our big stars will be there and so are theirs. Tonight, I’ll have Rick Rude defend the Atlantic Coast TV Championship against Don Kent and the reason I asked Jay Youngblood to come to my office was to ask him for a favor. Knowing how sneaky and a weasel Bobby Heenan can be, I needed a referee who could make sure that we couldn’t have more shenanigans. So I asked Jay if he would accept being the special guest referee tonight in Charlotte and he said yes. Bob Caudle: Wow, that’s somewhat of a bombshell. Jay Youngblood: Well, that’s the least I could do for Eddie Graham after I felt like failing the territory for not bringing the title back here. I won’t lie that I’m hopeful that Don Kent pulls this off and beats Rick Rude tonight. But I can’t be biased and I’ll do my best to remain professional. Eddie Graham: I have a lot of confidence in you that you’ll do so. But like I said, Jay, actions have repercussions and that will also apply to you. And I’m gonna make this perfectly clear; if somehow, you’re directly involved in the outcome of this match, you’ll never be able to get a rematch for the TV Championship. No matter who’s the champion. Do you understand me, Jay? Jay Youngblood: I definitely do. Like I said, I’ll do my best to remain professional. Bob Caudle: Finally, Eddie, I understand you have a couple of other announcements regarding our Fort Mill card about 2 more title matches. Eddie Graham: I do, Bob. First, as announced last week, Greg Valentine and Paul Orndorff will wrestle in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match to crown the Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion. Now, I can already confirm that the winner of this match will defend his title the very next night in Fort Mill against “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes and it will be under Street Fight Rules. I want the fans to have a great show and I’ve booked this card with that in mind, which lead me to my final announcement for that card. One title that is very important in the entire AWA but not often talked about is the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. And so far, I’ll say that The Dynamite Kid, despite often resorting to questionable tactics along with his usual partner Davey Boy Smith, has been doing a great job of elevating that title. We don’t have a big amount of Light Heavyweight in the territory but we have a solid one in Denny Brown. He doesn’t always end up on the winning end of things but you can’t say he doesn’t fight hard. Therefore, after consideration with the AWA Board of Directors, I’ve been able to secure a Light Heavyweight Championship match for Denny Brown in Fort Mill as he’ll take on The Dynamite Kid or whoever will be the champ at that date. And to ensure that we’re gonna get a fair fight, I’ll have it contested inside a Steel Cage. Bob Caudle: Big announcement, Eddie, but if I don’t mind saying so, considering that this didn’t prevent Bobby Heenan to interfere in the finals of the Atlantic Coast TV title tournament, nothing says that the same couldn’t happen here. Eddie Graham: That’s true but it’s because Jay Youngblood didn’t have anyone in his corner to offset Bobby Heenan at ringside. So, I told Denny Brown that if I get to hear that Dynamite Kid is bringing along Davey Boy Smith with him, then he’ll have permission to have someone to second him as well. In the end, we want a fair match and an undisputed winner and that’s all that should matter. Bob Caudle: Alright, thank you Eddie Graham and we’re getting ready for our feature bout of the week but first, let’s recap what we’ve learned about our Fort Mill card on April 15th. PARTIAL CARD FOR APRIL 15TH BOB JONES STADIUM, FORT MILL, SC MAIN EVENT STREET FIGHT FOR THE AWA ATLANTIC COAST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes vs Winner of Greg Valentine/Paul Orndorff © AWA WORLD LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP The Dynamite Kid © vs Denny Brown AWA FLORIDA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Bill White © vs Don Kent *** MAIN EVENT Match #3 The Missing Link (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Mike Graham in 25:41 with a Figure Four Leglock. After the match, as Link left, Greg Valentine showed up and taunted Graham, adding insult to injury by locking Graham in another Figure Four! The show ended with Greg Valentine walking away as soon as Eddie Graham hit the ring, shooting daggers at Valentine, who cockily walked to the back

Must be something related to Alexa Bliss.

On any other RAW, the level of outrage would've been way different. But it's the RAW after Mania; I say 90% of the crowd were expecting that interference to be the debut of the Undisputed ERA but instead, they got The Bar. The way I took it, fans were pissed about who made the run-in, not the fuck finish itself.

I would definitely have to make that argument. Some might say that Goldberg's rookie year was more phenomenal but considering Ronda really was starting from scratch, that was extraordinary.

I wonder who's the cowardest between this Dash guy and the guy who actually perpetrated this. Mental issues or not, that's unacceptable.

The actual mugshot of the douche.

When you look at both pieces of footage, there are some similarities but no one has ever confirmed it was the one and the same. By the way, has there been a mugshot released of the guy or anything? I've seen some stuff on Twitter but I'm tempted to think it wasn't the guy.

I was internally wondering what it would take for me to tune out of ROH programming. After reading the Enzo/Cass thing, I have definitely found my answer.

Nice seeing Wendell Cooley getting some important spots on those cards. Not only that elevates him but also the Mississippi Heavyweight Championship as well. And he's beating some solid names in the process!

Going into the Legacy Wing this year, according to PWInsider: -Bruiser Brody -Wahoo McDaniel -Luna Vachon -SD Jones -Professor Toru Tanaka -Primo Carnera -Joseph Cohen (MSG Network founder) -Hisashi Shinma (former WWF President) -"Playboy" Buddy Rose

Correction to be made for the AWA Atlantic TV Title tournament; Rude won a 14-men tournament, not 8