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Of all the freelancers, Jerry Lawler & The Rock N' Roll Express make the more sense to be put into the draft. We obviously put them in freelance because of their drawing power but in reality, they aren't freelancers like Brody, Abdullah or Stan Hansen are. So I'm 100% behind the option of putting Lawler & the Rock N' Roll Express in the draft. Let's keep Bruiser, Abdullah, Hansen & Mil Mascaras as the main freelancers.

Loving the team of Captain Redneck & JYD. This should be really good And it looks like the cousins are gonna tear it up again in the main event. Very nice!

And the plot thickens!

No worries. Family comes first. I'm about to have a newborn niece any day now so I might have just a bit less time in the rest of the summer myself so don't feel bad

To be honest, I like the freelance system that we have now. Having those guys being able to be used in our territories on a regular basis with no strings attached is a huge boost, especially for smaller territories like mine or Smokey Mountain and soon, Central States. So I'd vote for sticking this way. Throwing it out there, what do we do with the Women? Do we throw them in free agency if someone wants to build a women's division?

Yeah, I'm gonna have to send my updated roster as well. Will do it this weekend. And yeah, Patrick, it would definitely come in handy when I do my requests for my loops!

July 27th, 1985 CNE Coliseum, Toronto, ON -The Great Samu (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in 15:04 -NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Shawn Michaels beat Gilles "The Fish" Poisson in 7:20 -Mando Guerrero beat Boris Zhukov in 6:52 -Rip Oliver (w/Sherri Martel) beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) in 9:38 after Sherri struck Charland with a loaded purse! NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Andre the Giant beat Bob Backlund in 15:47 with a double underhook suplex to retain

NWA Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC Broadcasted July 27th, 1985 -To kickoff this week's show, Rick Martel joins the broadcast booth for an interview with Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier. While Martel says that he's now focused on winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship after beating Ric Flair by countout at the Great American Bash tour, he still is a bit bit disapppointed about losing the NWA Canadian International Tag Team titles to the Midnight Rockers in Charlotte and is hoping to get another opportunity against the champs down the line. Right on cue, here comes the Midnight Rockers onto the set. They both praise Rick Martel as a tremendous athlete and say that they are honoured to have shared the ring with him and they wish him the best of luck in his quest to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion. However, the Rockers say that since they're free this week, they'd like to partly grant Martel's request by having one of them wrestle him in this week's main event. Martel says that he's also free so this would be his pleasure. Marty Jannetty steps in front of the line and volunteers to wrestle Martel this week. Looks like our main event is set! -In our opening match, Frenchy's Legion - including Frenchy Martin himself take on the team of Alexis Potter, Scotty Jewel & Drummond Cotterill. The poor enhancement talents are no match for Frenchy's Legion and it's Frenchy himself who scores the win over Potter following a spike piledriver with Mad Dog Lefebvre. After the match, Frenchy's Legion are headed to the broadcast booth for a post-match promo. They're here to plug their respective matches Sunday night in London vs The Great Samu & NWA World Tag Team Champion Lord Humongous in singles action. Frenchy says that the Quebec Alliance is stronger than ever and they're set on avenging the Rougeaus loss to the Creatchman Family and become NWA World Tag Team Champions themselves. They vow to cut the head of the snake on Sunday night and that snake is Eddy Creatchman. Frenchy says he'll make sure that The Brain won't be a factor in any of those matches in London Sunday night. -Up next, Bob Backlund steps into the ring against Rip Oliver, accompanied by his manager Sherri Martel. During the match, the broadcast team mentions the random occurence the other night when Bob Orton worked a Lutte event wearing the cutoff Sensational jacket that Terry Taylor has and they question if he could come in as Taylor's replacement in the group. Sherri is still having the cutoff jacket with her at ringside. As expected, Sherri gets herself involved and momentarily distracts Backlund and the team hypes Backlund's title match vs Andre the Giant tonight in Toronto and how a loss could affect his momentum going into this match. Luckily for Backlund, he's able to regain momentum and he will capture the victory following his patented Crossface Chickenwing on Oliver, who has no choice but to give up! Can Backlund carry this momentum onto tonight and dethrone Andre? -Before the main event, Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier announce that next week, Andre is back on Lutte TV and will go one-on-one with The Spoiler and in our feature bout, Hector Guerrero goes one-on-one with Raymond Rougeau! -Main event time as Rick Martel takes on NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Marty Jannetty, who's accompanied by Shawn Michaels at ringside. Great scientific match filled with excitement and speed from both athletes in the ring. Several nearfalls from Marty Jannetty who comes within an eyelash in several nearfalls to score the victory over Martel. But in the end, it's gonna be Rick Martel who will score the pinfall victory after a beautiful cross body block on Marty Jannetty. After the match, Martel shake hands with both Jannetty & Michaels and before we go off-the-air, Martel reiterates his intention to Ric Flair that he's coming after his NWA World Heavyweight Championship! À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!

Oh man, I'm really digging the main event in Milwaukee. Orndorff vs Harley? Take my money!

To give El Dragon more bodies to choose from to assemble his Central States roster, Lutte Internationale will release their 2 jobber packs: Bob Dellaserra, Gino Dellaserra, Dominic DeNucci, Denis Goulet, Tito Senza & Serge Jodoin.

If you need any other wrestlers, I can send you my jobbers as well for Central States.

July 26th, 1985 Bourget, ON -Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) beat Strong Machine 3 in 4:49 -Gilles Poisson beat The Great Samu (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 8:22 -"Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal & Dino Bravo beat NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champions The Midnight Rockers by countout in a non-title match in 27:35 NWA Canadian International TV Championship: Gino Brito beat Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) in 22:52 to retain

Another solid show all-around. Really loved Ayala vs Rheingans. I think you could do something pretty good long-term with them.

That B-crew loop is insanely tearing houses down.

Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales this close of regaining some tag team gold together. This time, NWA World Tag Team gold.

I heard they may also be switching Naomi & Sasha during that shakeup. Gallows & Anderson could also be Smackdown-bound

That crowd "ooooh" when Nia Jax finished off Emma with that front flip senton. Really impressive for her size!

Very impressive win for Badd Company. Buzz Sawyer & Dr. D are no slouches!

Yeah, that's the beauty of a smaller territory like mine; I can allow some workers who didn't have to shine in bigger territories to shine brighter here.

Yeah, Bam Bam is now a force to be reckoned with in America AND in Japan!

Love the current dynamic within the Rat Pack. Should be fun in Houston. And I'm gonna try my damndest to beat Verlon Biggs for a jobber name!

Congrats to Mr. Olympia. Some sweet justice after the way Adrian Street moved to the finals!

Don't worry about anything, gordi. Take the time you need before coming back. Can't wait to have you back with us!

Looks like Bruno will have his hands full; the usual dealings in Lutte Internationale plus taking care of his son David at Beach Brawl! Everything coming along nicely, awesome TV!

July 21st, 1985 CNE Coliseum, Toronto, ON -Dino Bravo & Gilles Poisson beat the Dellaserras in 3:59 when Poisson submitted Bob Dellaserra with a bearhug. -Crusher Blackwell beat Bob Backlund in 10:46 -Super Strong Machine beat NWA World Tag Team Champion The Botswana Beast (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 8:42 -Strong Machine 3 beat Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) in 12:53 after an illegal switch with Super Strong Machine -Mando Guerrero beat Richard Charland in 13:22 with the Gory Special