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Damn, pure domination by the Rock N' Rave Infection!

September 29th, 1985 Jackson, MS Final leg of the 3-day US tour, appearances from World Class Championship Wrestling talent -The Great Samu (w/"Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) beat Chavo Guerrero in 7:36 -Raymond Rougeau beat Masked Confusion #2 in :57 -Strong Machine #3 beat Steve Strong in 9:56 after an illegal switch with Strong Machine #2 Quebec Heavyweight Championship: Bob Backlund beat The Iron Sheik in 9:11 to retain 6-Men Tag: The Creatchman Family (Prince Alofa Fatu & NWA World Tag Team Champions Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous, w/Floyd & Eddy Creatchman) beat The Rougeaus (NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Champion Jacques & Armand) & Kevin Von Erich in 6:09 when Botswana Beast pinned Armand. Lumberjack Match: "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal beat Scott Irwin in 10:33 8-Men Elimination Tag: Chris Benoit & The Bolshevik Revolution beat Team WCCW (Blackjack Mulligan, Kendall Windham & The Fabulous Ones) in 6:09 Order of Elimination: -Chris Benoit by Blackjack Mulligan -Kendall Windham by Alexis Smirnoff -Boris Zhukov by Stan Lane -Blackjack Mulligan by Baron Von Raschke -Baron Von Raschke by Stan Lane -Steve Keirn by Alexis Smirnoff -Stan Lane by Alexis Smirnoff Alexis Smirnoff is the sole survivor of rapid fire eliminations! -Terry Funk beat Dino Bravo in 46:50

I also heard that Checkmate was Les Thornton but could never know for sure.

Ah, looks like the Von Erichs are about to be reunited again!

I don't know why but I don't trust Hotstuff lol

Predicting (and hoping!) that Cedric Alexander wins the Johnny Weaver Cup!

Wow! Solid main event at the Saddledome! The Bulldogs & Rose/Somers keep tearing the house down!

September 28th, 1985 Jupiter, FL 2nd leg of the 3-day US Loop -Mad Dog Lefebvre comes out, dressed in his tuxedo bought to him by Ric Flair after the Heatwave incidents with Rick Martel and he starts disparaging fans on hand. After a few minutes, NWA Enforcer Bruno Sammartino comes out and asks Mad Dog to leave because the show has to start. Mad Dog rants on and on that he's not gonna do nothing because he's a friend of Ric Flair and Flair has more power in the NWA as its champion than Bruno is as the Board of Directors' special enforcer. Bruno has enough and locks Mad Dog in a bearhug! Bruno ends up totally ripping off Mad Dog's tux of his back and Lefebvre is heading distraught to the locker room as Frenchy Martin comes out with a bathrobe to cover Mad Dog's who's now in his underwear! -Chris Benoit & Black Bart score a huge win over The Rougeau Brothers in 17:46 after his Texas Trash Compactor on Jacques! Before the match, Black Bart openly revealed himself as the Masked Cowboy who attacked Raymond after his match in Southfield, MI last night. And after the victory, Black Bart tells the world that now that he has pinned the NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Champion, he's gonna take the title away from him. Black Bart officially challenges Jacques Rougeau to come defend his title in World Class Championship Wrestling and it doesn't matter when and where because he will take the title away from him! -Chavo Guerrero beat "Ace" Bob Orton (w/Sherri Martel) in 9:22 -Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) beat "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in 12:59 Quebec Heavyweight Championship: Bob Backlund beat Armand Rougeau in 3:43 to retain -Prince Alofa Fatu (w/ "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) beat Mando Guerrero in 10:04 -Terry Funk beat Shawn Michaels in 9:28

NWA Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC Broadcasted September 28th, 1985 -Opening up this week's show, "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman and his Samoan SWAT Team of Prince Alofa Fatu & The Great Samu are invited to the broadcast booth. Floyd says that it's no secret that a certain someone wants Rick Martel out of his sights and that's what he's here for. Floyd reminds the viewers at home that The Great Samu has Rick Martel's number and he's the one that will get the job done. Floyd says he's looking forward to this week's main event as the Creatchman Family will take on Armand Rougeau & Rick Martel. Floyd concludes that it's very telling that Rick Martel picked the "lesser talented Rougeau" to team with him as a metaphore of his state of mind when he crosses paths with The Great Samu... -In the opening match, Strong Machine #2 easily defeated Laverne Arterbury with a DDT. Postmatch, a note from Super Strong Machine is handed to the broadcast booth in which he states that he officially is returning to Japan as the NWA Canadian International TV Champion and this is the last they'll ever see of it because even if he loses it, it's gonna be against a fellow Japanese and as they're superior wrestlers to North Americans, there's no chance in hell that Lutte Internationale will ever see this title back ever again. Promoter Frank Valois appears for a rare time in front of the camera to tell Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier that he's working closely with his team of attorneys to make sure that Super Strong Machine gets to defend his title in Canada again, even though he has fulfilled his commitments with Lutte Internationale. -Up next, in 6-men tag team action, Frenchy's Legion - Frenchy included square off against the unusual trio of Sensational member "Ace" Bob Orton & the Bolshevik Revolution of Alexis Smirnoff & Boris Zhukov. Sherri Martel & Baron Von Raschke are allowed at ringside for this match. The broadcast team hypes this match as a possible way to determine the next contenders to either NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champions the Vachons or NWA World Tag Team Champions Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous. To no surprise to everyone, Frenchy Martin is the first one eliminated following a piledriver from "Ace" Bob Orton. Orton is the next one eliminated after a backbreaker from Mad Dog Lefebvre. The next elimination comes as Boris Zhukov accidentally strikes Alexis Smirnoff in their corner and Richard Charland rolls up Zhukov with a handful of tights. Alexis Smirnoff is left alone to fend for himself against Charland & Mad Dog and while he gives it a valiant effort, a superplex from Charland allows them to take the win. The broadcast team hypes this as a huge win for Frenchy's Legion and definitely puts them in title contention against either the Vachons or the Creatchman Family. -Time for the feature bout of the week as Creatchman Family members Prince Alofa Fatu & The Great Samu take on the team of Armand Rougeau & Rick Martel. Despite the bravado shown by Floyd Creatchman in the opening promo, it seems like Samu is doing everything to avoid Rick Martel and it's on Armand Rougeau that they're working on instead. The broadcast team hypes how much Rick Martel has changed since Heatwave and how much he's hellbent on destroying Ric Flair and whoever crossed him. It will finally take a missed double headbutt by Samu & Fatu for Armand Rougeau to tag in Rick Martel! Martel is a house of fire and goes straight for The Great Samu! Major comeback from the former champion and he's finally about to take the monkey off his back after a crossbody block on Samu when all of a sudden, Floyd Creatchman starts yelling Ric Flair's name towards the entrance area. Rick Martel immediately jumps outside the ring and makes a beehive for the locker room. In the meantime, Floyd has tossed a chair to Fatu and they're about to make a number on Armand when Rick Martel bolts out of the locker room with a chair himself! Martel shoves referee Adrien Desbois out of his way and goes after everyone in sight associated with The Creatchmans! The match officially ends in a no-contest and the show ends with Martel standing over his fallen partner, still waving the chair, daring Fatu & Samu to come back. Is Ric Flair getting inside Rick Martel's head? À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!

So, apparently, The Rock N' Roll Express are booked to face The Club at Starrcade. Anyone else read something to that effect?

Nice. Don't hesitate to ask for advice if you need to. There are plenty of us in the project that can help you with that.

That's a little bit how I book my territory in the 1983 Project (except that I use TEW, not Filsinger, although that's not the first time I hear about this) and it really makes it more fun and more challenging because you have to adjust on the fly and adapt what you wanted to do to what you've been dealt. I'm already enjoying that series, Mad Dog. I'm familiar with a couple of names in there and I'm looking forward to see where you'll be going with this!

I really hope you're gonna join us in the 1983 Project as well. Once you fine tune your writing and find your stride, this IWA series will even be better. Keep it up!

September 27th, 1985 Southfield, MI 1st leg of the 3-night loop in the United States -The Machines ( #2 & #3) beat The Bolshevik Revolution (Von Raschke & Zhukov) in 34:08 -Bob Backlund & Jimmy Snuka beat Frenchy's Legion (w/Frenchy Martin) by DQ after interference from Mid-Atlantic's The Iron Sheik at 17:37. Postmatch, Bob Backlund says that if the Sheik wants a shot at his title, all he had to do was ask. Backlund says he's gonna put his Quebec Heavyweight Championship on the line in 48 hours in Jackson, MS against the Sheik and the Sheik accepts! However, if Armand Rougeau regains the title in his rematch tomorrow night in Jupiter, FL, this will be a non-title match. -Gino Brito beat Masked Confusion #2 in 7:24 -NWA World Tag Team Champion Botswana Beast (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat Dino Bravo in 16:47 -Matt Borne (subbing for Shawn Michaels) & Marty Jannetty beat The Sensationals ("Ace" Bob Orton & "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers, w/Sherri Martel) in 25:06 Street Fight: Gilles "The Fish" Poisson beat Raymond Rougeau in 34:08 after the interference of a masked man wearing a cowboy hat & leather vest, very reminiscent to the Masked Cowboys who attacked the Rougeaus last year....Déjà vu all over again?

That rivalry between Leo Burke and Steven Regal is such an underrated one. Very fun to read.

Having flashbacks of the RL matches between The Midnight Rockers vs Rose & Somers with Bulldogs vs Rose/Somers. Really fun!

Good news. Glad to read that you're OK.

Talk about commitment to a gimmick. Power of Love is real, peeps! But in all seriousness, congrats to Maria & Mike Bennett.

Looking forward to see what you'll do with the Thrillseekers!

I knew that Bill Dundee was a fantastic athlete but I'm stunned that he could even wrestle himself!

Agreed. For a relaunch of World Class, I think that Terry Gordy was the right choice to be your first Texas Heavyweight Champion. And I can really see Hotstuff feuding with him over the title for the rest of 1985.

Already done before I even mentioned it here. He should contact you pretty soon.

Yeah, crossing my fingers that he's joining. He's doing a pretty good job with his IWA 1991 series and I'm sure he'd find his bearings pretty quickly here. Don't know yet if he would takeover for gordi or Boon or a brand new territory though. As long as he's comfortable with what he picks, that's all that matters.

Giving you a heads-up, guys, that we might have someone else to join in the Project. He's currently doing an IWA series set in 1991 in the Armchair Booking section and he's really interested to join in so he can improve his writing. LowBlow, I told him to DM you for more info & guidance.

LOVE Big John Studd being paired with Percy Pringle. This feels just absolutely right. Major congrats also in order for "The King" Harley Race & the Mercenaries for their title victories!