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Mark Youngblood is definitely on a roll ever since he's focused on singles competition. Like it or not, he's been able to clinch some serious wins lately. He could easily contend for Paul Orndorff and now Tommy Rich's titles. Speaking of Orndorff & Rich, huge win for them in the main event. But I'm mostly glad to see Tom Prichard being featured in that main event. He's been such a gem in Mid-Atlantic. Probably the most underrated worker on your roster.

As much as The Freebirds realized a big coup by claiming that bounty on Dusty, they might've done this all for nothing if Fritz is able to enforce that fine. But most importantly, Dusty won't go that down that easily. With all the friends he has in the business and the NWA, the Freebirds are marked men! Nice to see the Revolution making waves already in World Class. There'll be a force to be reckoned with. And now, I'm really curious what this match during World Class' Bash stop will be!

St. Clair & Singh clearly can't help but beat each other senseless as it was the theme of the night here! Great National title match as well with the double countout finish between Snuka and Haku/King Tonga! I bet that Skandor Akbar will ask for another match for Haku against the Superfly! And of course, excellent main event with the 6-Men Tag. Let's see how Dibiase and his crew will bounce back from this.

Haven't had the chance to comment yet on this latest string of shows but everything is going full cylinder for some huge cards. The Horsemen have a huge opportunity to make a statement both at SNME IX and at Showdown at Shea Stadium. I don't expect Ric Flair to lose the title to Wahoo at SNME (who'd ever thought we would actually read Wahoo, Flair & SNME in the same sentence!) however, I'm not counting Curt Hennig out in the TV title tournament against Tully Blanchard. I just think Hennig is such on a role that he can't be stopped. But Windham vs Savage at Shea is a potential MOTYC!

I think it's all about having the right pieces at the right time. Perhaps at the time, you didn't have the right pieces to make Kevin Sullivan work the way you wished it would work. rain was successful taking the Varsity Club approach at first, rather than using the stuff he did in Florida.

If you wanna keep it kayfabe, then yeah, Karen War Cloud

HOW....WHA....THA....I MEAN.... No, seriously, great main event and I really didn't see Tommy Rich answering The Agency's open challenge coming. Rich will be a fantastic TV champion. And I'm legit more pumped up for Snuka vs Haku than Snuka vs Brody. This is gonna be BRUTALLY AWESOME.

The WWA title tournament is really tough to predict here as you got all 8 women who could legitimately win the whole thing. I think Lioness Asuka vs Sherri Martel will probably be the best match of the 1st round. I don't know the exact brackets of the tournament but I predict a Lioness Asuka vs Monster Ripper final! Did I say that Jumping Bomb Angels vs Glamour Girls will steal the show?

Actually, for that segment with Sunny War Cloud & Brian Adias, I've inspired myself from some real life stuff. Sunny's RL girlfriend is named Karen and they had a couple of children together, including a few that got involved in the Quebec indy wrestling scene over the years. She's only here to further the angle I got going with Sunny & Adias. Don't expect her to be a regular or even recurring character

BREAKING NEWS: TATSUTOSHI GOTO HEADED TO LUTTE INTERNATIONALE; TO DEBUT AT HEATSTROKE, JUNE 28TH In a press release sent earlier today, Lutte Internationale has announced the imminent debut of Japanese star Tatsutoshi Goto on their next supercard Heatstroke: St-Jean Baptiste Massacre on June 28th in Saint-Wenceslas, QC. The word going around is that he'll go one-on-one with Gino Brito on that night and he will also wrestle Mid-Atlantic's Harley Race the next night in Calgary, AB. Goto is scheduled to have an important role in Lutte Internationale in the upcoming months. The first vignettes will start airing on next week's TV. Lutte is also negotiating with Japanese free agent Hiro Saito to also join the territory and we should have an update in the upcoming days.

Lutte would like to sign Hiro Saito.

Indeed you do. If there's a roster in which you can learn a bunch from if you're a rookie, it's the AWA roster!

June 8th, 1986 Garden City, NY -The Killer Bees beat Los Infernales in 25:55 when B. Brian Blair pinned MS-1. Postmatch, TV Champion Matt Borne wearing HALF of a Killer Bee mask attacks Blair! Jim Brunzell is able to chase away as Borne snickers to the back! -Armand Rougeau beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) in 9:23 -Leilani Kai beat Penny Mitchell in 13:51 -Keith Hart beat Satanico in 10:08 Steel Cage: NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Kokina Maximus fight Tommy Lane to a 30-minute time limit draw -Mike Davis beat Doug Vines in 10:23 -Bruce Hart beat Gilles Poisson in 13:46 -The Rougeau Brothers beat Gino Brito & Andre the Giant in 21:57 when Raymond pinned Brito after the Savate Kick. All 4 men shook hands afterwards.

VS AWA VS LUTTE SPECIAL Taped June 5th, aired June 7th, 1986 Appleton High School, Appleton, WI Lutte Internationale Exclusive Special Attraction, Wisconsin Street Fight: Debbie Combs beat Judy Martin in 8:26 -Larry Zbyszko (AWA) beat Brian Adias (Lutte) in 11:13 -Jos LeDuc (Lutte) fight AWA Canadian Champion Ron Garvin (AWA) to a double countout in 19:19 6-Men Tag: The Guerreros (AWA) beat NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champions The Samoan SWAT Team (Lutte) (w/Paul E. Dangerously) in 9:52 -The Killer Bees (Lutte) beat The Can-Am Express (AWA) in 10:20 Lutte Exclusive: In a segment taped earlier in the day, we spot Sunny War Cloud chatting friendly with a young woman when he's approached by Brian Adias. Adias asks Sunny the name of the girl and he answers Karen. Adias says he'd like to go on a date with her but Sunny thinks she isn't interested. Adias taunts Sunny saying that she'd be wasting her time with Sunny anyway. Karen seems to hear what Adias said and she returns, saying that she wouldn't waste her time with him but she tells him if he wins his next match, she'll agree to a date with him. Brian says he accepts and he spots an offical and asks him when his next match is. The official answers Friday June 13th and it's against The Iron Sheik! All of the sudden, Adias isn't that confident and both Sunny & Karen walk off, laughing while Adias is wondering what he got himself into... -Jacques Rougeau (Lutte) beat Bob Orton (AWA) in 19:04 -Nick Bockwinkel (AWA) beat Richard Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) in 13:33 -In the main event, Rick Martel (Lutte) beat Tom Zenk (AWA) in 14:27

Gonna be fun to have the AWA showcased as well during the Great American Bash! Steamboat vs Blackwell should be fun.

This is awesome news and like everyone here, I'm fully rooting for this to succeed. Should you eventually reach the level of success allowing you to hire paid writers, this is something that I would definitely like to give a try at some point. But, baby steps first. I can't wait for the launch!

Well, I know who to blame now for being late in my posting schedule! Just kidding, of course, rain. It happens to everyone. If someone can afford to get some breathing room, it's you, my man.

For Victator, I got Heavy Metal/Jerry Estrada/Psicosis vs Misterioso/Rey Misterio Jr/Volador from AAA 4/9/93 https://youtu.be/r-ZM9IeiFCE

June 6th, 1986 CNE Coliseum, Toronto, ON -NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Kokina Maximus (w/Paul E. Dangerously) beat Satanico in 14:39 -NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Prince Alofa Fatu (w/Paul E. Dangerously) beat Tiger Jeet Singh in 4:52 20-Men Battle Royal: Satanico wins the battle royal, last eliminating Ken Wayne 8-Men Tag: Gino Brito, The Ultimate Warrior & The Killer Bees beat The Rock N' Roll RPMs, Frenchy Martin & Richard Charland in 12:43 -Brian Adias beat Sunny War Cloud in 11:57 NWA World Tag Team Championship: The Road Warriors beat The Southern Ramblers in 16:42 to retain NWA Canadian International TV Championship: "Maniac" Matt Borne beat One Man Gang (w/Floyd Creatchman) in 36:31 to retain after interference from Paul E. Dangerously & Kokina Maximus!

Lutte will certainly keep an eye on the GAEA shows for sure. Jumping Bomb Angels vs Glamour Girls will steal the show!

Really fun 8-Men Tag to close the show. It was great to see some other guys being featured in that spot. That 6-Men Tag next week will be insane!

Perfect fit to put Adrian Adonis with Adrian Street. This is gonna be fun! And I got a big kick out of Missy Hyatt's opening line in her promo!

gordi, go check your DMs, please

Of course, for me, Savage vs Steamboat is my masterpiece as a wrestling fan; probably the greatest match I've ever seen in my life. So many layers in the storytelling throughout the entire match (and the feud in general) with everyone playing their part to perfection. I always thought that the addition of George Steele in the match being Steamboat's second was a nice way to tie-in Savage's match from the year before (he defended the IC title against George Steele at Wrestlemania 2 in the New York part of the show) so everything that he does during the whole feud - most notably, kidnapping Liz on SNME) makes sense. We can look at many matches that are considered epic and pieces of anthology and find over the years that they didn't necessarily age as well as we originally thought but Savage vs Steamboat will forever be the measuring stick for any wrestler trying to emulate that level of performance. This is the match that defined the Intercontinental Championship as the "workrate title", if I could use the expression. And we only have to look over the years at the list of guys to hold this championship: Curt Hennig, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels. The current champ Seth Rollins also fits that category. To me, this match changed everything for the Intercontinental Championship. A definite ***** match in my book.

I'm jumping back in.