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All set.

Switched.

Oh, business just picked up. I smell an inevitable Lawler vs Dibiase showdown.

That's the beauty of it; everyone can imagine how it went like and not being disappointed.

September 13th, 1985 Sudbury, ON -The Great Samu (w/ "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) beat Strong Machine #3 in 16:50 -Rick Martel beat "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers (w/Sherri Martel) in 7:10 -Baron Von Raschke beat Gilles "The Fish" Poisson in 14:06 -Frenchy's Legion (w/Frenchy Martin) beat The Rougeau Brothers in 15:59 -Debbie Combs beat Luna Vachon in 11:59 -NWA World Tag Team Champions The Creatchman Family (w/Prince Alofa Fatu & Floyd Creatchman) beat Steve Strong & Bruce Hart in 12:52 Steel Cage Match: Gino Brito beat Thunderbolt Patterson

Definitely convinced that the 2 out of 3 Falls for the Southern Tag titles stole the show in San Francisco!

Oh yeah, I'm sure that KO & Vince totally meant for that to happen, right? But, in all seriousness, a 72-year old man isn't supposed to take bumps and a beating the way Vince does. I bet this was his idea for Kevin Owens to headbutt him.

Sorry to see you go, gordi, but family comes first and that's perfectly understandable. It was really fun to have you around and I hope you'll pop up once in a while!

Really looking forward to the Parade of Champions. I'm sure it will live up to the hype!

Austin Idol being Austin Idol is always a great thing. Music City Mayhem is a resounding success!

I actually met Jos LeDuc at my high school when I was around 14 years old as he was giving a speech to students. Even bought a chocolate bar from him. He's the very first wrestler I met in person and he was really nice. Which you wouldn't think when you saw all of his bloody brawls throughout his career!

Love the benefactor angle that just kicked off. Plenty of mystery and of course, fingers will point at Bobby Heenan for that!

NWA LUTTE INTERNATIONALE TITLE HOLDERS NWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS The Rougeau Brothers (1) --> 12/25/1984 The Creatchman Family (Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous) (1) --> 6/28/85 NWA CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Greg Valentine (1) --> 7/5/84 Rick Martel (1) --> 9/13/84 Terry Funk (1) --> 3/1/85 Andre the Giant (1) --> 6/28/85 Andre vacates the title on 8/11/85 after fulfilling all his commitments to Lutte Jacques Rougeau (1) --> 8/17/85 NWA CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS The Wild Samoans (1) --> 7/5/84 The Caribbean Connection (1) --> 8/25/84 The Sensationals (Billy Robinson & Doug Somers) (1) --> 9/16/84 Gino Brito & Rick Martel (1) --> 12/5/84 The Midnight Rockers (1) --> 6/28/85 The Midnight Rockers are stripped of their titles after briefly jumping ship to WWF *The Vachons (1) --> 8/17/85 The Vachons were considered Interim Canadian International Tag Team Champions but were given official title shot the following night in Stoney Point, ON The Midnight Rockers (2) --> 8/18/85 The Vachons (2) --> 9/8/1985 NWA CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TV CHAMPION Gino Brito (1) --> 6/30/84 Dino Bravo (1) --> 9/1/84 Mad Dog Lefebvre (1) --> 9/23/84 Gino Brito (2) --> 2/15/85 Super Strong Machine (1) --> 8/17/85 QUEBEC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Armand Rougeau (1) --> 6/28/1985* Bob Backlund (1) --> 9/8/1985 *Inaugural champion; crowned after beating Billy Robinson for his unsanctioned Sensational Heavyweight Championship.

September 8th, 1985 Colisée de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC Mid-Atlantic Showcase: Master of Torture #1 beat Owen Hart in 10:23 6-Men Elimination Tag Team Match: Hillbilly Jim, Jos LeDuc & Dino Bravo beat Gilles "the Fish" Poisson & The Sensationals ("Ace" Bob Orton & "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers, w/Sherri Martel) in 11:03 -Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) beat Chris Benoit in 10:11 -Alexis Smirnoff beat "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in 13:48 Quebec Heavyweight Championship, Guest Referee - Édouard Carpentier: Bob Backlund beat Armand Rougeau in 13:57 - TITLE CHANGE!!! -Master of Torture #2 beat Raymond Rougeau in 11:49 NWA Canadian International Tag Team Championship: The Vachons beat The Midnight Rockers in 36:07 to win the titles. Crowd was solidly behind the Vachons in this one. At one point, referee Adrien Desbois was inadvertantly knocked out by a Shawn Micheals superkick. The Creatchmans came out and sent out The Botswana Beast & The Great Samu to disrupt the match. However, Édouard Carpentier - still in referee gear - came out to attack Eddy & Floyd Creatchman! This distracted The Creatchman Family long enough to allow the Vachons to take them out and finish off The Midnight Rockers with Édouard Carpentier making the 3-count himself! - TITLE CHANGE!!!

Absolutely. Love how you have some certain unexpected people being the focus in some cards that wouldn't usually have drawn that attention in real life. I especially like what you're doing with Badd Company. They're probably the team flying most under the radar in the whole project right now.

September 7th, 1985 Bentley, AB WRESTLING UNDER THE TENT!!! NWA Canadian International TV Championship: Super Strong Machine fight NWA World Tag Team Champion Lord Humongous (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) to a double disqualification at 15:31. Super Strong Machine retains -Master of Torture #2 upsets Raymond Rougeau in 15:06 -Hector Guerrero beat Strong Machine #2 in 6:05 -Strong Machine #3 beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland in 10:16 #1 Contender's Match: Matt Borne beat Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) in 6:44 to earn a future title match of his choice -Hillbilly Jim beat Prince Alofa Fatu (w/ "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman) in 16:24 NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Jacques Rougeau beat Marty Jannetty in 46:03 to retain, despite interference from Alexis Smirnoff & Baron Von Raschke. Postmatch, D'Artagnan the Clown tried to pull the same shenanigans than on TV this week but this time, Jacques saw him coming and D'Artagnan retreated....

NWA Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC Broadcasted September 7th, 1985 Another recap for this week -This week's show starts with a match between Strong Machine #2 and enhancement talent Foster Holmes. Holmes doesn't last too long as Strong Machine #2 makes quick work outta him. Super Strong Machine, with the NWA Canadian International TV Championship on his shoulder, watches the match from the broadcast booth. After the match, Super Strong Machine hands over a note to the broadcast booth saying that the first step into their takeover of the territory has been completed with him beating Gino Brito for the NWA Canadian International TV title at Heatwave and he says he'll return to Japan with it. The next step is beating Jacques Rougeau for the NWA Canadian International Heavyweight championship this week. That brings out Jacques Rougeau himself to the booth and he says that he has no fear of the Machines and there's no chance he's losing the title so he doesn't mind which one of them he wrestles this week. Bruno Sammartino makes his way to the booth and says that he will sanction the match but given the past shenanigans involving the Machines, he wants to make sure that this match remains fair so he'll make this a Lumberjack Match for the main event! -Up next, Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman comes out to the booth along with his Creatchman Family. Eddy said that last week he promised to find someone else to take over the destiny of Prince Alofa Fatu & The Great Samu so he can focus on Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous as the NWA World Tag Team Championship. But he says not to worry because it will all stay in the family. He officially introduces Fatu & Samu's new manager.....his own son, "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman! Floyd hugs his father and says that he's thrilled to have this opportunity and just like his dad did with the NWA World Tag Team Champions, he'll do the same for Fatu & Samu. A new chapter has become and he will make the family proud. Eddy says however that he has a welcoming gift for his son as he'll allow him to stay at ringside for the Botswana Beast & Lord Humongous open challenge, coming up next! -The Creatchman Family is now in the ring waiting for their opponents in this open challenge. Eddy says they'll even put the World Tag Team titles on the line! The first one to come out is.....Hillbilly Jim? The Brain doesn't seem too impressed by the appearance of Hillbilly Jim but then Jim's partner comes out.....IT'S JOS LEDUC! The crowd in the studio goes insane as Jos LeDuc shakes hands with Jim and they step into the ring. Floyd tries to calm down his father as he definitely didn't expect Jos to show up. Nonetheless, the match is official and it begins. The challengers hold their own at the beginning of the match, obviously taken aback by their surprise opponents. However, the tide turns and Hillbilly Jim falls prey to Eddy Creatchman's questionable tactics and the champs are back in the driver seat. Finally, Hillbilly Jim is able to tag in Jos LeDuc after a missed Botswana Beast splash and LeDuc cleans house! LeDuc is a house of fire and The Creatchman Family can almost feel their titles slip away! Jos LeDuc locks in a bearhug on Botswana Beast! The champs are in trouble but then.....DING, DING, DING! Referee Adrien Desbois is confused as he didn't ask for the bell, nor there's a time limit. However, the camera shows the culprit: "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman rang the bell himself! Amidst all of the confusion, the champions retreat backstage as Jos LeDuc is fuming and wants to get his hands on Floyd, which he almost does! However, thanks to Fatu & Samu, who came back, Floyd escapes the wrath of LeDuc! -In the main event, we have a Lumberjack Match and Jacques Rougeau awaits his opponent. After much consultation between the Machines, it's determined that Strong Machine #3 will take on Jacques for the title. The lumberjacks surround the ring and they fulfill their duties, keeping the wrestlers inside the ring whenever they come outside. However, that doesn't mean that Super Strong Machine & Strong Machine #2 don't take a few shots. Jacques is able to regain the advantage back in the match towards the end and sensing that victory is slipping away, Super Strong Machine climbs on the apron to distract Jacques. But brothers Raymond & Armand are coming to Jacques' aid and the battle carries over to the ring. Now, the lumberjacks are in the ring and are fighting each other! The lumberjacks battle now spill over outside the ring and that's the moment that out of nowhere, D'Artagnan the Clown sneaks inside the ring behind Jacques! Jacques turns around and spots D'Artagnan, who does nothing other than stare at him with a blank look in his face. D'Artagnan chooses to extend his hand to Jacques and Jacques shakes it.....but then goes down in a heap, like he was electrocuted or something! Jacques seems to be in tremendous pain as Raymond & Armand rush to the ring. The show ends with the Rougeaus checking on Jacques while D'Artagnan looks over the scene with the same usual blank stare....

Well, Rick has revenge on his mind right now. I wouldn't wanna be Ric Flair right now

September 6th, 1985 Woodbridge, ON -Prince Alofa Fatu (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers (w/Sherri Martel) in 10:44 -Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Strong Machine #3 in 13:08 Gauntlet Match: Boris Zhukov beat "Ace" Bob Orton, Hector Guerrero, Billy Robinson, Steve Strong & Mando Guerrero in 12:37 Order of elimination: -Bob Orton -Hector Guerrero -Billy Robinson -Steve Strong -Mando Guerrero. Boris Zhukov provided ALL of the eliminations -Matt Borne beat Gilles "The Fish" Poisson in 9:52 Quebec Heavyweight Championship: Armand Rougeau beat NWA World Tag Team Champion Botswana Beast (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 13:25 -Bolshevik Revolution (Alexis Smirnoff & Baron Von Raschke) beat the Hart Brothers (Bruce & Owen) in 10:24 -The Vachons beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland & Rick Martel (w/Frenchy Martin) in 16:38 when Martel abandoned Charland to fight for himself. The match was signed before the events from Heatwave and the NWA Board of Directors ordered Martel to honor his contract and team with Charland against the Vachons. Charland spent the match refusing to tag in Martel and Martel snapped and delivered a vicious beating to Charland before leaving, much to the crowd's approval! -The Rougeau Brothers beat Jos LeDuc & Dino Bravo in 7:59

The Nation of Domination is picking up steam. Huge win for Hacksaw Butch Reed!

Those misprints can be gold sometimes. For instance, in the first Sting DVD they released, there was a batch where one of the pictures in the back of the DVD featured NWO Sting aka Jeff Farmer and not Sting. I believe they had to redo a few boxes to fix that.

If they wanted me to throw my remote at my TV during the Ziggler segment, mission accomplished. I just can't anymore. And I was a Ziggler fan.

Another solid card in Calgary!

Solid main event in Winnipeg!

Oh yeah, for sure. Would've paid some serious money IRL to see that.