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October 19th, 1985 Vernon, BC 6-Men Tag: Bolshevik Revolution beat the Hart Brothers in 9:39 -Ivan Putski beat Prince Alofa Fatu (w/ "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) in 10:20 -Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) beat Masked Confusion #1 in 9:46 -Rick Martel beat Steve Strong in 18:33

NWA Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC Broadcasted October 19th, 1985 (After the opening credits, we go to the broadcast booth where Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier are waiting to start the show) Guy Hauray: Good morning everyone and welcome to NWA Lutte Internationale TV. We’re gonna have some great action as our feature bout as the NWA demanded for Super Strong Machine to defend the NWA Canadian International TV Championship this week on TV, despite the fact that the champion wanted to remain in Japan and have the contender to be flown in instead, going forward. And to make sure that there are no shenanigans from his fellow Machines this week, the National Wrestling Alliance appointed Bruno Sammartino as the special guest referee for this one. Édouard Carpentier: We know that the last time Bruno was involved physically in some capacity, there was a lot of controversy. The NWA was forced to remove Bruno from an event a few weeks ago in Calgary because of his actions the night before, allowing his son David’s team to get the victory over our Lutte All-Stars. This is a big opportunity for Bruno to redeem himself and put all of this behind him. Guy Hauray: In any event, Super Strong Machine’s opponent will be “Hangman” Bobby Jaggers from the Sensationals. Speaking of which, Eddie, quite a mystery last week as Sherri Martel received flowers from a secret admirer. And judging by the initials on the card, Sherri believes that Billy Robinson is behind it. Édouard Carpentier: And yet, Billy was shocked about this and it doesn’t look it’s him. I don’t know if he’s playing coy to fool Sherri a bit but should we have further developments this week, we could be in for a surprise again this week. Guy Hauray: We shall see but up first, Hillbilly Jim & Jimmy Snuka are in tag team action to kick us off! Match #1 Hillbilly Jim & Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka vs Jayden Watt & Garth Madison The broadcast team hypes that this is their first TV outing in Lutte, and it looks like they could be a tag team going forward. Nevertheless, the two veterans are gelling pretty good and poor Watt & Madison don’t stand a chance against them. The end comes as Hillbilly Jim press slams Garth Madison and this is followed by a Superfly Splash from Jimmy Snuka to score the pinfall victory. Winners: Hillbilly Jim & Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka After the match, Hillbilly Jim & Jimmy Snuka are headed to the broadcast booth for an interview Guy Hauray: Alright, guys, congratulations for a first successful outing. And I must say that when we’re used to see teams like the Sheepherders or The Creatchman Family, it is refreshing to see teams like you two just go out there and having fun. Hillbilly Jim: Yee-haw! Well, sir, this is exactly what we’re all about. This is what this business is all about. It’s about go out there and put on a show for the fans out there. Now, it’s all fine and well but don’t let our attitude fool you. We can be as mean as they come when it comes down to winning matches. We know about the Creatchmans and how they put together a stable of mean men and the old Brain might even have Abdullah the Butcher in his back pocket when he wants to. But I can assure you that there’ll be a time where if the Creatchmans cross paths with us, we’re gonna be ready for them and we’re not scared of them. Isn’t it right, Supafly? Jimmy Snuka: OH BRUDDA! The Supafly has never feared anyone! ANYONE! I was born ready for battle and the Supafly has seen a lot of bad bad men in his day. We have heard a lot about how mean and dangerous the Creatchman Family is. But Jim and I are as hungry as they are. In fact, brudda, we’re STARVING. Do you know how dangerous somebody starving really is, brudda? So, this goes to the Botswana Beast and the Lord Humongous. You may be big, you may be bad, you may have the Creatchmans but we are hungry and we want something that is yours. We’re not afraid of you. We’re not afraid of the beasts, brudda! Bring it on! (Hillbilly Jim and Jimmy Snuka leave the broadcast booth together) Guy Hauray: Well, it doesn’t look like Hillbilly Jim and Superfly are intimidated at all. Right from the start, they look to be gunning after the Creatchmans! Édouard Carpentier: Well, when you are the NWA World Tag Team Champions, you have a big bullseye on your back. Here in the NWA, the Rougeaus want their title back, the Midnight Rockers want those titles. In Mid-Atlantic, the current NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champions The Vachons probably want those titles as well and perhaps the most dangerous opposition they could have, Ole & Arn Anderson, now managed by JJ Dillon. This couldn’t get any more exciting! Guy Hauray: I’m sure that we’ll hear from the Creatchman Family sooner rather than later. Later on, we’ll hear from Sherri Martel and perhaps we’ll hear about that mysterious secret admirer. But when we come back, we’ll hear from the champion, Jacques Rougeau himself. *****COMMERCIAL BREAK***** Guy Hauray: Welcome back to Lutte TV. Please welcome the NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau! (Jacques Rougeau comes out to a rousing ovation from the studio crowd.) Guy Hauray: Obviously, Jacques, no one will deny that you’re a fighting champion since you’ve won the tournament last August to be the new NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Champion. This brought you to go represent the NWA and Lutte Internationale against some of the top talents in the world, namely from World Class Championship Wrestling . You’ve recently been pinned by Black Bart in Jupiter, Florida and he hasn’t stop mocking you since. He has even claimed that if you’re not scared of him, to come to World Class Championship Wrestling on October 25th to defend your title against him. What is your response? Jacques Rougeau: Vous savez, m’sieur Hauray, oui, c’est vrai que les choses se sont pas trop ben passé quand on a fait nos galas aux États-Unis pis quand les gars de Dallas sont venus ici. J’ai vraiment rien à redire contre Kevin Von Erich parce que dans les circonstances, on avait le meilleur partenaire, Raymond pis moi. J’aurai toujours le plus grand des respects pour la famille Von Erich. Black Bart m’a battu 1-2-3 dans un combat par équipe, oui, c’est vrai. Big John Studd a fait la même chose à Edmonton dans un combat 5 vs 5. Je pourrai pas toutes les gagner. Mais par contre, la chose que je vais dire, c’est que des gros malpropres comme Black Bart, on n’a vu un pis un autre dans notre vie, Raymond pis moi. M’as vous dire une chose; Black Bart peut rire de moé tant qu’y veut mais le 25 octobre, j’vas aller y fermer la trappe pour de bon dans son territoire. J’ai dit à M. Fritz von Erich que ce serait un honneur pour moi d’aller me battre un jour à Dallas pis je suis un gars de parole. Pis j’vais encore faire mieux que ça, monsieur Hauray. On va faire d’une pierre 2 coups. Si le gros Big John Studd pense lui aussi qu’y peut m’enlever ma ceinture, j’suis prêt à rester au Texas pour une couple de jours pis défendre mon titre. En fait, m’as prendre n’importe qui de World Class. Pis j’ai parlé à Raymond pis ça l’intéresserait ben gros également. (Translation : You know, Mr. Hauray, yeah, it’s true that things didn’t go our way when we wrestled in the United States and when the boys from Dallas came over here. I got nothing to say against Kevin Von Erich because under the same circumstances, Raymond and I had the best partner we could have. I’ll always have the utmost respect for the Von Erich family. Black Bart pinned me 1-2-3 in a tag match, yeah, that’s true. Big John Studd did the same thing in Edmonton in a 10-Men Tag. I won’t win them all. However, the thing that I’ll say is that big fat asses like Black Bart, Raymond and I we have seen a lot of ‘em in our lifetime. I’ll tell you something; Black Bart can mock me as much as he can but on October 25th, I’ll go in his backyard to shut him up once and for all. I told Mr. Fritz Von Erich it would be an honor for me to wrestle in Dallas one day and I’m a man of my word. And I’ll do you one better, Mr. Hauray. We’ll kill 2 birds with one stone. If Big John Studd also thinks that he can take the title away from me, I’m willing to stay in Texas an extra couple of days and defend my title. In fact, I’ll wrestle anybody from World Class. And I spoke to Raymond and he’s also interested into making the trip!) Guy Hauray: Are you saying that you and Raymond are throwing an open challenge of your own IN Texas? Jacques Rougeau: M’sieur Hauray, j’ai regardé notre horaire pour la fin du mois pis à part notre combat par équipe ici la semaine prochaine contre Chris Benoit pis Steve Strong, Raymond pis moi on a du temps libre faque si Mr. Fritz Von Erich est d’accord, si y a du monde au Texas qui veulent battre les Rougeaus, ils savent où nous trouver! (Translation : Mr. Hauray, I’ve checked our schedule for the rest of the month and other than our tag match vs Chris Benoit & Steve Strong right here on TV next week, Raymond and I have a lot of free time so if Mr. Fritz Von Erich is OK with it, if there are people in Texas looking to fight the Rougeaus, we won’t be too hard to find!) (Jacques returns to the back) Guy Hauray: Well, Eddie, looks like Jacques Rougeau has accepted Black Bart’s challenge. He’ll wrestle him IN TEXAS on October 25 and he wants to wrestle anyone else from Texas until then. Édouard Carpentier: Well, Jacques is right; his next scheduled title defense is on November 2 vs Hangman Bobby Jaggers but one may say that Jacques is being a bit careless. Let’s hope for him that he’ll be up to the task. But if Raymond tags along with him, fans in Dallas will be in for some major excitement. Guy Hauray: We should have confirmation from World Class in the next couple of days. When we come back, before our main event, we’ll hear from Sherri Martel! *******COMMERCIAL BREAK****** Guy Hauray: Welcome back to Lutte TV as we’re approaching main event time but before we do, please welcome Sherri Martel and her Sensationals. (Sherri Martel walks to the set with the same flowers she received last week and both Billy Robinson and the #1 contender for the TV title, Hangman Bobby Jaggers behind her.) Guy Hauray: First of all, Sherri, you look absolutely delighted today. Sherri Martel: Of course, I am! Wouldn’t you be too if you’d receive flowers like I did last week? I mean, I always knew that my Sensationals appreciate me but I’m actually a bit speechless about this. I mean....Billy, you didn’t have to do this. Billy Robinson: Sherri, I didn’t. Sherri Martel: Oh, don’t be so humble, Billy. You don’t have to lie here. I love those flowers, those are my favourites. Billy Robinson: But Sherri, I.... Sherri Martel: It’s OK, Billy, I know that you have a tough guy reputation in the UK and everything but really, women love caring men like you. Just say it, it’s OK. Billy Robinson: I don’t know how else to tell you, Sherri. It wasn’t m... Sherri Martel: You know what? That’s OK, no big deal. We’ll have more time to celebrate tonight after Bobby Jaggers is the new NWA Canadian International TV Champion! Let’s go Bobby, show ‘em how it’s done! (Billy Robinson doesn’t have the time to place another word that Sherri drags him to ringside for the main event!) MAIN EVENT Match #2 NWA Canadian International TV Championship Super Strong Machine © vs “Hangman” Bobby Jaggers (w/Sherri Martel & Billy Robinson) The broadcast team is quick to notice that Super Strong Machine came alone; no trace of his fellow Strong Machines. They speculate if they have returned to Japan as well along with Super Strong Machine earlier. Either way, it’s a pretty rugged and highly-contested match the crowd in attendance is witnessing. And as expected, Sherri Martel gets involved as much as she can, especially since there seems to be no presence of the other Machines in sight. The challenger is about to turn the tide and it looks like Bobby Jaggers is on his way to win the title. However, a stagehand comes at ringside to deliver a box to Sherri Martel. Sherri opens it and it’s a box of chocolates. There’s a card going along with it and it’s only signed “ Love, B.R.” Sherri is once against convinced that it’s Billy Robinson and Robinson argues with Sherri that it isn’t him who sent her the box of chocolates. This distracts Jaggers long enough for Super Strong Machine to clock Jaggers from behind with the Machine Lariat! With Jaggers out cold – and Sherri too busy trying to hug a perplexed Billy Robinson – Super Strong Machine scores the pinfall victory over Bobby Jaggers. Super Strong Machine triumphantly exits the ring as Sherri and Robinson realize what just happened. This week’s show ends with all 3 Sensationals trying to make sense of what just happened with “Ace” Bob Orton coming in street clothes, to try calm down Bobby Jaggers after his mysterious and bizarre situation. Winner and still champion: Super Strong Machine À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!

You might have the best undercard in all of our territories in the game. Everything rocks.

I watched this match this afternoon and I thought it was a good match, that dragged a bit in the middle but with an anticlimactic DQ finish. I loved Davey Boy's power spots early in the match designed to throw off Big Van Vader off his game and like everyone, the Electric Chair at the end of the match is probably the highlight of this one. I thought early on, Vader made Davey Boy look pretty good by letting him showcase his power and no-sell his early offense. Obviously, the DQ ending and the final moments of the PPV with the Bischoff/Magnum comments along with Verne Gagne's interview made me feel like that was rushed but if I look overall, it wasn't a bad match. However, it felt really clear that the endgame was being Sting vs Vader on a bigger stage. Quick question; early in the match, Tony & Larry ran down a list of people that Big Van Vader injured in the weeks prior to Slamboree. I heard Cactus Jack, Sting & Ron Simmons but I couldn't hear the 4th one. Anyone knows who it was?

Big Dust & Hacksaw can't seem to catch a break with the Koloffs!

Yeah, I might go a tad overboard sometimes. This one with Von Raschke was more for drama effect with the time limit and such. I'm working on fixing that haha TEW is a lot of micromanagement, especially for the cards. You can control everything in your card: match times, outside interferences, referees, road agents, etc. So, this very much limits the strange undesirable outcomes you could have. The only thing that you have no control on are injuries and random incidents like people working on drugs and alcohol. This will affect the quality of matches. Pro Wrestling Superstars pretty much go move by move, similar to the Filsinger Games while TEW only generates results. TEW gives you a better overall feel of the wrestling business in its whole while Pro Wrestling Superstars basically limits itself to plain straight booking. I'd say that EWR is a mix of PWS and TEW. But again, it depends on what you like. LowBlow recommended that game to me and I've been hooked ever since I started with TEW 2005 and bought the 2016 last year. If you wanna keep things simple, go with EWR or PWS.

October 18th, 1985 Saint-Hugues, QC -Abdullah the Butcher (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat Gilles "The Fish" Poisson in 13:19 -Ivan Putski beat NWA World Tag Team Champion Lord Humongous (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 15:27 Texas Death Match: Armand Rougeau beat Mad Dog Lefebvre in 8:02 -Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland beat The Great Samu (w/Floyd Creatchman) in 13:38 -Larry Zbyszko & Bruce Hart beat Bolshevik Revolution in 14:19 -Gino Brito beat Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka in 9:24 -Shawn Michaels beat UFO (Frenchy Martin with a mask) in 7:05 -Rick Martel beat Raymond Rougeau in 24:46

Agreed. Orndorff vs Steamboat could easily carry you into the next 6 months while building major interest.

But didn't Sid sign with WWF until the summer of 1991 (the first appearance I recall seeing Sid in WWF was Summerslam 1991 as the special enforcer in the 2-on-3 Handicap Match)? If that's the case, was Vince that confident to lure Sid away from WCW to plan this from the day after Wrestlemania VII?

The mayoral election is around May 1st, 2018 I believe so he won't stick around full-time. My guess is this is probably his last run.

Looks like Jacques will be busy responding to Black Bart again this week on Lutte TV!

I'm totally down for a Bockwinkel vs Lawler rematch!

Imagine if you had practice in the 1983 Project, how even better your series would be. Developing your own writing style gives so much more life to your series.

Gotcha.

So basically, Big Bossman wears Big Bubba Rogers' gear?

Lutte officially releases Chavo, Hector & Mando Guerrero from their Lutte contracts and are now free agents.

October 13th, 1985 Calgary, AB -Judy Martin & Leilani Kai beat Debbie Combs & Penny Mitchell -Mad Dog Lefebvre & "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers (w/Frenchy Martin & Sherri Martel) beat Hillbilly Jim & Jimmy Snuka in 20:04 Loser Leaves Town: Abdullah the Butcher, Bruiser Brody & Stan "The Lariat" Hansen beat The Guerreros in 16:13. Per stipulation, the Guerreros must leave Lutte! -The Andersons (Ole & Arn) beat Rick Martel & Shawn Michaels in 10:09 -Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Prince Alofa Fatu (w/ "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) in 18:03 NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Jacques Rougeau pins Baron Von Raschke to retain with :05 left before the 60-minute time limit expires!

Holy crap those two feature matches in New Orleans were definitely worth the price of admission.

October 12th, 1985 Kingston, ON -Richard Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Armand Rougeau in 12:58 -Raymond Rougeau beat Billy Robinson in 11:40 -Joyce Grable & Judy Martin beat Debbie Combs & Sherri Martel in 21:43 Special Attraction: Stan "The Lariat" Hansen beat Matt Borne in 4:15 I Quit Match: Gino Brito & Quebec Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund beat Mad Dog Lefebvre & Frenchy Martin when Brito submitted Frenchy! -Shawn Michaels & Steve Strong beat The Creatchman Family (The Great Samu & Prince Alofa Fatu, w/ "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) in 12:36 -Abdullah the Butcher (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in 11:51 NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Jacques Rougeau beat Marty Jannetty in 11:50 to retain

NWA Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC Broadcasted October 12th, 1985 -This week's show opens with a singles match between Chavo Guerrero and The Great Samu, lead to the ring by "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman. During the match, Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier mention that this week's TV could be the last time we see the Guerreros since tomorrow night in Calgary, the Guerreros wrestle The Machines in a 6-Men Match with the losing team leaving Lutte Internationale. Chavo Guerrero doesn't seem to bothered by this and remains focused on the task at hand. Chavo gets the victory over Samu, thanks to the Gory Special! -Up next, Chavo's brother, Mando Guerrero squares off against Billy Robinson, accompanied to the ring by Sherri Martel. A very highly contested technical showdown between Mando and Billy. However, at the end of the match, a member of the technical crew comes to the ring and delivers flowers to Sherri, which destabilizes Billy a bit. While Mando is able to benefit from Billy being distracted, eventually the British veteran turns the tide around and delivers the Butterfly Suplex to score the victory. After the match, Billy Robinson & Sherri Martel are headed to the broadcast booth for an interview. But the interview quickly turns towards the flowers that Sherri just received. Sherri opens the card in which many compliments are written and the card is signed "B.R."...Sherri is obviously thrilled that Billy showed much attention to her and hugs him before leaving with the flowers. While asked about it, Billy Robinson denies that he sent Sherri the flowers and things are strictly business between them. -Up next, "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal battles Shawn Michaels from the Midnight Rockers. Regal is surfing on a big tide, coming off some really impressive performances. This match is going at a higher pace than the preceding match, which makes for some exciting action. Michaels goes for the victory after going for a 2nd rope fist drop but Michaels missed and Regal rolls up Michaels in La Magistral to score another victory, this time over the former 2-time NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion! Postmatch, Steve Regal and Shawn Michaels shake hands, but we can clearly see that Michaels isn't happy about the match. -Before the main event, Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier plugs next week's main event as Super Strong Machine will be defending the NWA Canadian International TV Championship against "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers! -Main event time as Raymond Rougeau battles Alexis Smirnoff. The broadcast team reminds us the stakes of the match: if Raymond Rougeau loses, he leaves Lutte Internationale; if Alexis Smirnoff loses, he reverts back to his Michel "Justice" Dubois character and forsakes the Soviet flag. Lots of emotion going into this match by both wrestlers who realize that it's do or die. Another highly contested match but the broadcast team reminds us that we're getting closer to the TV time limit as we're about to off-air. Naturally, Boris Zhukov tries to get involved but the NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Champion Jacques Rougeau comes to the aid of his brother and neutralizes Zhukov outside. We're down to the last minute of the match and Smirnoff almost scores the victory with a backbreaker. Down to 30 seconds and Smirnoff decides to go with his version of the infamous Russian Sickle, so efficient to many of Smirnoff's "comrades" but Raymond dodges and hits his Savate Kick with about 5 seconds left! Raymond drags himself on Smirnof....1....2.....DING! DING! DING! The time limit has expired! Looks like everyone stays put but the Bolsheviks don't take this very well and they come back in the ring to assault Raymond. Doesn't take long for Jacques to return, this time, along with little brother Armand. The Rougeaus clean house with the Bolsheviks! Jacques Rougeau goes to the broadcast booth and says that last week, Black Bart from World Class Championship Wrestling called him out and said he would take the title away from him. Jacques Rougeau says he never feared anyone and the Rougeaus never feared anyone. Jacques says that he's willing to go to Dallas himself to defend the title against Black Bart and he upps the ante by saying that he'll avenge his loss to Big John Studd as well by beating him if he has the guts! All that needs to be done is for Fritz Von Erich to call the NWA Lutte Internationale office to set it up and they've got themselves a match! The show ends with the Rougeaus celebrating together at the broadcast booth. À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!

As expected, Buddy Rose going over in Portland. Huge rub for him to be the sole survivor in this one.

Corrected lol

October 11th, 1985 North Bay, ON -Shawn Michaels beat "Ace" Bob Orton (w/Sherri Martel) in 16:09 -Keith Hart beat Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) in 14:42 -Bolshevik Revolution beat Steve Regal & Chris Benoit in 14:14 Special Attraction: Abdullah the Butcher beat The Great Samu in 14:53 -Ole & Arn Anderson beat Jos LeDuc & Jimmy Snuka in 12:02. Postmatch, Ole & Arn kept beating up Jos LeDuc! -"Hangman" Bobby Jaggers (w/Sherri Martel) beat Chavo Guerrero in 11:50 Steel Cage Match: Gilles "The Fish" Poisson beat Baron Von Raschke in 7:27 -Roddy Piper beat Rick Martel

Really diggin Leo Burke vs Steven Regal. I probably said it already but solid underrated undercard feud.

I'm sending you the Rougeaus for the tournament, rain.