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Couple of interesting things here but the most intriguing for me is a heel David Von Erich. Hell, a heel Von Erich period is intriguing. This will be interesting to watch, along with the Flair/Wrestling II situation.

Nikita being the top heel in UWF is awesome. Especially in that territory. And with Skandor Akbar as his manager, makes him even more dangerous. I can see a long line of possible challengers for Nikita down the road but I definitely think that Dr. Death is the potentially more dangerous of the bunch. I think you got money all over this feud, my friend! :)

Yeah, Ohno knew what his role would be when he chose to return. I don't think that bothers him the slightest.

Conveniently fitting final opponent for Ron Garvin in the AWA against Fit Finlay. No doubt that there has to be many bruises on both men's bodies after this one!

*takes notes*

Massive victory for The Guerreros on TV! And it looks like the Bockwinkel/Zbyszko situation has reached its boiling point now! And I don't want to be the first one to cross Saito, now that he's alone and angry!

A pretty cool match that I had already seen last year on British Wrestling Weekly and that I rewatched today. This is Sami Callihan shortly after his requested release from NXT and you can see the fire in him right from the get-go. I always thought that Mark Haskins was one helluva worker on the British scene, probably the most underrated and overlooked because of all the great British guys that popped up lately. Some really fun sequences in this one, particularly towards the end where Mark Haskins particularly shines. I don't know if I'm the only one but I kinda feel a Steve Corino vibe with Haskins' body of work. That's a plus in my book.

That angle with Rusev/Lana/Aiden English certainly took one of those weird turns when Aiden English hinted about something happening in Milwaukee. And it turns out The Rock *might* have something to do with it. Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mwKJ-SMCA

How can you not love Steamboat vs Bockwinkel for a main event? Greatness written all over it!

September 17th, 1986 Jacksonville High School, Jacksonville, IL -Gama Singh beat Scott Casey in 22:54 6-Men Elimination Tag Match: World TV Champion Tony St. Clair, Tiger Jeet Singh & James J. Dillon beat Mike Sharpe, Vinnie Valentino & Steve Pardee. JJ Dillon officially introduced Tiger Jeet Singh as his newest protégé prior to the match. Very little involvement from JJ in this one. -Bad News Brown beat "Maniac" Mark Lewin in 2:02 with the Ghetto Blaster -"Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer beat George Wells (w/Rock Riddle) in 14:50 -Tony Atlas beat Chris Youngblood in 9:33 US Tag Team Championship Street Fight, Battlebowl Rules in Effect: The Awesome Twosome beat Brad Rheingans and his surprise partner Bad News Brown with :53 to go before the time limit expired when Rick Rude pinned Brad Rheingans with the Rude Awakening.

BREAKING NEWS: NWA DISSOLVED; NWA WORLD TAG TEAM & HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP VACATED; JIM CROCKETT BUYS BACK TITLES The last straw to break the camel's back coming with the UWF withdrawing from the NWA, Fritz Von Erich decided to close shop with World Class and therefore, both the NWA World Heavyweight & World Tag Team Championships had been vacated. Jim Crockett made his move and bought the exclusive rights to those championships, which will be simply renamed "World Heavyweight Championship" and "World Tag Team Championship". This brings the total of 3 championships that Jim Crockett has purchased, with the National Tag Team Championships that had been vacated when the UWF withdrew from the NWA. Jim Crockett should announce at the next TV tapings what he intends to do with those championships, as well as elaborate on some new arrivals in Mid-Atlantic.

September 16th, 1986 Cahokia High School, Cahokia, IL NWA World TV Championship: Tony St. Clair (w/JJ Dillon) beat Terry Gibbs in 1:37 to retain NWA National Heavyweight Championship: Arthur W. Crews (w/Rock Riddle) beat Scott Casey in 3:59 to retain Steel Cage Match: Tracey Smothers beat Iron Mike Sharpe in 13:38. The cage stipulation was put to ensure no interference from the Southern Ramblers Submission Match Open Challenge: Brickhouse Brown beat Brad Rheingans with a bearhug. Rheingans was definitely surprised as he repeatedly claimed that this won't count since it wasn't a sanctioned match by Mid-Atlantic. -Ole Anderson beat Don "The Pride of" Kernodle in 10:03 -The Missing Link beat Austin Idol in 10:31 NWA United States Heavyweight Championship: Ted Dibiase beat Corporal Kirschner in 48:50 to retain after interference from Don Kernodle. Kirschner had the match won but Kernodle used the referee's knockdown to his advantage as he cold-cocked Kirschner with his Pride of Kernodle flag, allowing Dibiase to score the pinfall victory. Dibiase was seen giving a wad of money to Kernodle as they left the ring.

A new page is turning for UWF. The withdrawal from the NWA was predictable but I think that in long-term, this is what's best for the territory. This will definitely be a fun read.

September 15th, 1986 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA -In the opener, Steve Pardee defeated Chick Donovan in 5:55 -"Superfly" Jimmy Snuka beat Iron Mike Sharpe in 7:47 with the Superfly Splash -The Fabulous Blondes (w/Rock Riddle) defeated Austin Idol & Tony Atlas in 18:47 after interference from National Heavyweight Champion Arthur W. Crews, allowing Ken Timbs to pin Tony Atlas -Bad News Brown beat "Crippler" Rip Oliver in 8:51 with the Ghetto Blaster -Bull Gantner beat Randy Rose in 4:54 -Ole Anderson beat Tiger Jeet Singh in 14:46 -"Maniac" Mark Lewin beat Robert Fuller in 7:37 NWA World Television Championship: Tony St. Clair (w/JJ Dillon) beat Assassin #1 (w/The Assassin) in 10:56 to retain

Muta vs Owen will definitely one fun feud to watch. I can't help but think we might get Bret vs Muta at one point and this could be a big showstealer.

***Just want to catch up a bit since I'm taking over for Spaldoni so those next TVs will be in recap form. I'll be back to a regular format soon, as well as some house shows*** World Wide Wrestling (Broadcasted weekend of September 6th, 1986 - Taped at WTBS Studios) Tony Schiavone & Bob Caudle are on the call for Worldwide. As the show starts, Schiavone informs the viewers that Jim Crockett will be soon rebranding Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling to Jim Crockett Promotions. He also announces the implementation of the Battlebowl Rule, which will be implemented at random during events. Jim Crockett comes out and explains that he did this to add some excitement to TV & live events every week and to spice up the highly competitive tag team division in the territory. Who knows, we might have some interesting new alliances coming up, according to Crockett! Lumberjack Match under BattleBowl Rules: Professor Brad Rheingans & "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer beat the Southern Ramblers when Rheingans pinned Johnny Rich BattleBowl Rules: The Assassins (w/The Assassin) beat "Maniac" Mark Lewin & Chris Youngblood when Assassin #1 pinned Chris Youngblood World Championship Wrestling (Broadcasted weekend of September 6th, 1986 - Taped at WTBS Studios) Tony Schiavone and David Crockett on the call for this show. The show starts with US Heavyweight Champion Ted Dibiase coming out with US Tag champs the Awesome Twosome. Dibiase says he doesn't need for any BattleBowl Rules because he already has the best tag team in the world in Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez. And besides, Dibiase could buy out the territory if he wanted to because he has that much money. Jim Crockett comes out and says that Dibiase doesn't get to make the rules in the territory and if he doesn't comply by them, he'll be stripped of the US Heavyweight Championship. In fact, Dibiase will be involved in a BattleBowl Rules Match this week. Dibiase says that he doesn't care who are his partners because he'll get the job done all by himself. Crockett introduces Dibiase's partners for the night: Brickhouse Brown & Bad News Brown! Bad News Brown doesn't waste anytime and jumps on Dibiase but it doesn't take long before Rude & Fernandez pull off Dibiase from him. How can Dibiase & Bad News Brown co-exist together for the night??? -Ivan Koloff defeated Wendell Cooley with a bearhug. Postmatch, Cooley was a tad bit frustrated that Rocky Johnson wasn't by his side for the match.... -The Flame (w/The Assassin) defeated "Mad Dog" Buzz Sawyer -Don "The Pride of" Kernodle squashed Jeff Hardwick. In a postmatch, Kernodle says that he might no longer be the Canadian International Heavyweight Champion but he's still a better example for America than anyone else. Kernodle challenges anyone to prove him wrong. Tracy Smothers from the Southern Boys comes out and answers Kernodle's challenge. Smothers vs Kernodle next week on World Championship Wrestling! -The debuting Tony Atlas defeated Randy Rose with a gorilla press slam. Postmatch, Rocky Johnson came out and hugged Tony Atlas, happy to be reunited with his old friend! -Bull Gantner & Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Paul Orndorff beat TV Champion Tony St. Clair (w/JJ Dillon) & George Wells (w/Rock Riddle) when Gantner pinned St. Clair...After the commercial break, we hear that Bull Gantner will get a TV Championship match next weekend on Worldwide Wrestling but a special referee will be appointed to ensure that JJ Dillon is kept in check! 6-Men Elimination Tag Team Match under BattleBowl Rules: Brickhouse Brown, US Heavyweight Champion Ted Dibiase & Bad News Brown defeated Chick Donovan, Terry Gibbs & Iron Mike Sharpe. The story of the match took place towards the end when a miscue between Dibiase and Bad News degenerated to the point that Brown delivered the Ghetto Blaster to Dibiase and then walked out, causing himself to be counted out. It's only a matter of time before things truly explode between Dibiase and Brown! Worldwide Wrestling (Broadcasted weekend of September 13th, 1986 - Taped at WTBS Studios) -US Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez (w/Rick Rude & Ted Dibiase) squashed Issac Snider. After the match, Rick Rude cut a promo saying that if Bad News Brown wanted a shot at Ted Dibiase, he still must go through him and there's no chance in hell that he can beat him. TV Championship, Special Guest Referee Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Paul Orndorff: In controversial fashion, Tony St. Clair (w/JJ Dillon) defeated Bull Gantner to retain. The controversy emerged when Orndorff was accidentally clotheslined over the top rope by Bull Gantner and knocked his head on the ring apron. Bull Gantner had the match won with a bearhug on St. Clair but a hooded referee - with a familiar sheiky silhouette - came out and attacked Gantner, choking him with a piece of cloth to render him unconscious. The "referee" then draped St. Clair over Gantner's body and made the 3-count for the victory. The "referee" ran out as fast as he could as J.J Dillon celebrated with St. Clair, not too sure himself of what just happened! World Championship Wrestling (Broadcasted weekend of September 13th, 1986 - Taped at WTBS Studios) -Steve Armstrong defeated Ken Timbs (w/Rock Riddle) with a flying crossbody -Robert Fuller defeated George Wells (w/Rock Riddle). Postmatch, Robert Fuller promises the resurrection of the Stud Stable this week. Tony Schiavone is skeptical considering that both Ron Fuller & Jimmy Golden have departed the territory but Fuller says it's gonna be bigger and badder than ever! -Randy Rose squashed Cletus Maddison. Postmatch, the Southern Ramblers say they're focused on getting back on track and they want a shot at the US Tag Champs as well as the World Tag Champs, the Road Warriors down the road! -Austin Idol squashed Dacre Atkinson with the Las Vegas Leglock 8-Men Elimination Tag Team Match under BattleBowl Rules: Ole Anderson, Jimmy Snuka, Brad Rheingans & Tony Atlas beat Chick Donovan, Vinnie Valentino, Mike Pardee & Terry Gibbs. Clearly, Ole & Rheingans weren't interested in working with Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas. After the match, Ivan Koloff showed up to attack Snuka. He wrapped Snuka's throat with the Russian Chain and dragged him all the way to the back while Ole & Rheingans started beating up on Atlas. Fortunately for Atlas, Rocky Johnson made the save! -Tiger Jeet Singh defeated Sweet Brown Sugar. Brickhouse Brown was at commentary with Tony Schiavone & David Crockett -Spike Huber beat Big John Studd by disqualification after interference from Robert Fuller. Robert Fuller introduces the newest member of the Stud Stable....BIG JOHN STUDD. -In the main event, Tracy Smothers beat Don "The Pride of" Kernodle with a missile dropkick. Postmatch, a frustrated Kernodle attacked Tracy Smothers with his flag. Cameras show Steve Armstrong trying to help his partner but The Southern Ramblers jump him from behind and took him out. World Championship Wrestling ended this week with Kernodle draping the Flag of Kernodle over Smothers and then celebrating with the Southern Ramblers.

I'm still glad I'll get to see your NWA game unfold. I'm kinda sad that you didn't get to see The Great Muta as Ric Flair's surprise tag team partner at War Games! :p

I hope to see Johnny Rougeau getting some love in that ballot. People have no idea how important of a star he was in Montreal in the 50s and 60s.

No problem, that's just me being nitpicky but for the flow of your show, it just would've made more sense

Man, what a great show. A bit unusual for me to see a Tuxedo Match in ECW but given where you are at that time of the promotion's history, it still makes sense. Two great co-main events, especially Luger vs Eaton. What a huge moment for Beautiful Bobby!

Loved the main event between Orton and Kabuki. Still a bit unusual for me to think of Kabuki as a babyface but I think you can accomplish something great in the AWA with him in that spot.

Epic main event between Mr. Wrestling II and Ric Flair. No doubt that the crowd in the Omni went nuts. I thought it's an interesting to put the Young Guns title on Buzz Sawyer rather than Barry Windham. Great heel turn by Kevin Sullivan in the tag match, although if I were to be nitpicky, I would've placed that match sooner on the card if you had Mike Graham try to come in to aid Windham, knowing that Graham practically passed out to Iron Sheik's Camel Clutch in that match. Other than that, solid effort at the Omni.

BREAKING NEWS: LUTTE INTERNATIONALE FOLDING; MID-ATLANTIC EXPANSION PLANS; WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR THE NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP It was announced earlier today that Promotions Varoussac, the entity running operations for Lutte Internationale, has filed for bankruptcy and therefore, decided to regretfully close shop for Lutte Internationale. It is said that the territory had been hemorraghing money in the past couple of months and while they were able to draw good crowds on a regular basis, the move made by the World Wrestling Federation to run the Montreal Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto played a big factor into the demise of Lutte Internationale. The interesting situation will now be where the chips may fall when it comes to several key talents in the company; it is assumed that the ace of the territory Rick Martel could be headed to the AWA on a full-time basis if he can come to an agreement with Verne Gagne. The Rougeau Brothers will definitely be sought after talents as well. Mid-Atlantic is expected to seek some of Lutte's talents as well but they're keeping their options close to the vest at the moment. As for Mid-Atlantic, promoter Jim Crockett is currently going through the process of officially rebranding the territory to Jim Crockett Promotions. The Crocketts are very pleased with the core roster they have in the likes of Ted Dibiase, Paul Orndorff, Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez as well new arrivals like the Honky Tonk Man and Bad News Brown among others. Jim Crockett is also considering running a couple of shows outside of the the Mid-Atlantic areas, possibly involving outside talents from those areas, a bit like Lutte did until they folded. With the recent cease of operations in Lutte Internationale and Porto Rico, there is concern about what this could mean for the future of the once seemingly indestructible National Wrestling Alliance. As of right now, there are no intentions of changing anything; Kerry Von Erich remains the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and plans are headed towards a Kerry Von Erich vs Ted Dibiase showdown at Starrcade but time will tell, especially if Fritz Von Erich isn't thrilled with what the Crocketts have in mind for his son Kerry. The National Heavyweight Championship, once under the jurisdiction of Lutte Internationale, will now become an exclusive property of the Crocketts. Expect some changes in the midcard and possibly some important additions if Jim Crockett can scoop up a few names in the next couple of weeks.

I'm not gonna lie, I wish the Young Guns tournament finals would've been Brad Armstrong vs Barry Windham. But other than that, the January 30th card at the Omni looks absolutely STACKED.

The visual of Tracy Smothers - I'm sorry, Tre Smooth - as a gangsta wannabe is quite entertaining. Luger vs Eaton is becoming a premiere feud and I'm enjoying every moment of it! You got a great creative mind!