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Apparently, James Ellsworth' t-shirt is the top seller on WWEShop.com at the moment. More than Goldberg, Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins.

Yeop, might be some twists & turns for November 9 at the Forum!

Great card! Should've known that it was Lance Von Erich under the Mr. Texas mask!

Lots of new faces and all making an impact in their own way. That's a solid sign of a strong roster!

Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC October 20th, 1984 (After the opening credits, we go to Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier at the broadcast booth to open the show) Guy Hauray: Hello, wrestling fans, and welcome to Lutte Internationale TV. An extended 90-minute edition of our show this week with several big matches on tap, including our two feature tag team bouts of the week as The Wild Samoans will take on the Frenchy’s Legion tandem of George “The Animal” Steele & International TV Champion Mad Dog Lefebvre but also in action, we’ll see The Sheepherders take on the team of Raymond Rougeau & a partner of his choosing. Why, are we talking about Raymond’s mystery partner? We’re about to show you. Édouard Carpentier: If you watched last week, you saw that the Rougeaus were supposed to be involved in our main event teaming up with Rick Martel but they couldn’t make it to the match. We’ve acquired exclusive footage of what happened in the parking lot of the TV studios last week and after watching it, it should’ve come to no surprise that this was why. Guy Hauray: We’d like to warn you that some part of this footage is extremely graphic and viewer discretion is advised. Let’s roll the footage. ******EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE******** (We cut to footage shot outside of the arena as a brawl is seemingly occurring at the moment. The camera pans closer to reveal a bloody Jacques Rougeau being laid out by the Midnight Express, thanks to a lead pipe shot from Dennis Condrey. Raymond Rougeau is furiously fighting with Randy Rose near a car. Raymond has the advantage on Rose but he’s jumped from behind by Condrey and the Midnight Express regains the advantage. Jim Cornette is spotted nearby, directing traffic. The trunk of a car is popped up and Raymond is tossed inside. Cornette then sits on the trunk of the car while Rose and Condrey pick the bloody Jacques back on his feet. Jacques can barely stand as Cornette gets off the trunk and grabs the lead pipe Condrey used on Jacques earlier and as they restrain Jacques....POW! Cornette nails Jacques with the lead pipe. Jacques collapses in the parking lot as we can hear some yelling from the background. We can see Dino Bravo, Gino Brito & The Spoiler rushing in the parking lot as the Midnight Express scour away, fleeing the scene in their rental car. Last moments of the footage see Dino Bravo pop up the trunk and help Raymond get out while Gino Brito & The Spoiler check on Jacques) Guy Hauray: As you could see, a savage attack conducted by the Midnight Express, and perpetrated by Jim Cornette. As a result, Jacques is unable to compete this week but should return to action soon. In the meantime, promoter Frank Valois has decided to suspend the Midnight Express along with Jim Cornette. Now, while this was taking place, we also saw Rick Martel getting beaten down by Samu, Baron Von Raschke & Doug Somers among others. To punish them, Frank Valois has decided to book them this week in a tag match, against each other. It will be Samu & a partner to be determined to take on Baron Von Raschke & Doug Somers later tonight. Édouard Carpentier: It should be an explosive episode this week but we’re gonna kick things off with the former International Heavyweight Champion himself in action! Match #1 Greg Valentine vs Charlie Cook The commentary team puts over how Greg Valentine seems to almost being forgotten in the title picture ever since Samu & Eddy Creatchman challenged Rick Martel for his title. Valentine seems hungry – and angry – and wastes no time disposing of Charlie Cook, making him tap to the Figure Four Leglock in around 2 minutes. Winner: Greg Valentine *****COMMERCIAL BREAK**** Match #2 Special Attraction Rusher Kimura vs Sheik Ali (w/Eddy “The Brain” Creatchman) The commentary team hypes up big time that this is Rusher Kimura’s tune-up match for his confrontation with Andre the Giant next week on the show. The Japanese sensation doesn’t seem too fazed by the Creatchman Family member’s tactic and remains focused on the task ahead. Kimura finishes things up with his Lariat to pick up the win. Winner: Rusher Kimura (After the match, Rusher Kimura goes to the broadcast booth, obviously to speak a few words. A Japanese translator also joins Édouard Carpentier and Rusher Kimura at the broadcast booth. Rusher Kimura speaks his mind in Japanese before the Japanese translator translates Rusher’s comments in English/French) Translator (speaking as Rusher Kimura): I came to North America to prove that I belong with the best in the world in professional wrestling. One name here is synonymous with legendary, especially for us in Japan and his name is Andre the Giant. Many Japanese wrestlers fear Andre but I’m not one of them. I will die in the ring if I have to but I’m not afraid of Andre the Giant. I won’t quit against Andre the Giant. In fact, I challenge Andre the Giant to an I Quit Match next week! (Everyone seems shocked by the challenge from Rusher Kimura as he leaves the broadcast booth with his translator. Carpentier returns to his broadcast seat.) Édouard Carpentier: I would’ve never thought I’d see the day that someone would actually challenge Andre the Giant to such a match. I mean, we know that Andre isn’t a technical wizard by any means but still, I think this is insane that Rusher Kimura is willing to do this. Guy Hauray: I guess that Rusher Kimura wants to leave his mark in Lutte Internationale before he returns to All-Japan next month and he’s ready to make the most of his opportunity by doing what he just did. When we come back, tag team action ***CONFIRMED FOR NEXT WEEK’S TV*** I QUIT SPECIAL CHALLENGE MATCH Andre the Giant vs Rusher Kimura ********COMMERCIAL BREAK************ Match #3 “Adorable” Adrian Adonis & Samu (w/Eddy “The Brain” Creatchman) vs Baron Von Raschke & “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers (w/Sherri Martel) The commentary team hypes up again what went down last week with the attack on Rick Martel and reminds the viewers that Jim Cornette is not here because he’s been suspended with his Midnight Express. For a first time teaming up, Adrian Adonis & Samu are getting along very well while despite having teamed together before, Von Raschke & Somers are showing some dissension again. Somers & Martel are trying to boss around Von Raschke around in the match and while it works at first, the more the match progresses, the more the crowd seems to be getting to the Baron. The end comes when Von Raschke & Somers have an argument in their corner and Somers slaps Von Raschke in the face. Von Raschke snaps and starts to choke Somers but Samu jumps Von Raschke and hits the Samoan Drop, followed by a top rope splash to get the victory. Winners: Adrian Adonis & Samu As Adonis & Samu are leaving the ring, Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier announce that next week, they’ll speak to Rick Martel via satellite to get an update on his physical condition. ********COMMERCIAL BREAK********* Match #4 Hercules Ayala vs Nord the Barbarian (w/Eddy “The Brain” Creatchman) The commentary team hypes up the fact that Hercules Ayala was the one who saved Rick Martel last week & also mentions that Ayala has also been involved in more saves in the past recent weeks. They also talk about how much Nord seems to be flourishing as a rookie under Creatchman’s tutelage. Ayala’s experience gives him the advantage throughout the match but Nord the Barbarian is able to score a serious upset as he gets the victory over Ayala after his falling powerslam. Creatchman seems to be overjoyed by this victory from one of his newest recruits. Winner: Nord the Barbarian *******COMMERCIAL BREAK********* Match #5 The Wild Samoans vs Frenchy’s Legion (George “The Animal” Steele & Mad Dog Lefebvre, w/Frenchy Martin) Conspicuous by his absence is Eddy “The Brain” Creatchman, who pretty much threw the former International Tag Team Champions under the bus last week when he introduced the Zambuie Express to Lutte Internationale. However, the Wild Samoans seem to be back to their prime form as they’re very focused and aggressive. But most importantly, the fans are behind them in this match, which is somewhat of an unusual feeling for Afa & Sika. Still, Frenchy’s Legion are able to capitalize on an Afa mistake in mid-match and the International TV Champion Mad Dog Lefebvre looks like a million bucks in the ring as he works relentlessly on Afa. However, Sika gets the hot tag and cleans house. Sika gets the win for the Wild Samoans after a Samoan Drop to George “The Animal” Steele. Winners: The Wild Samoans ******COMMERCIAL BREAK********** Before the main event, the broadcast team hypes next week’s special interview with International Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel and the main event featuring Andre the Giant vs Rusher Kimura in an I Quit Match! MAIN EVENT Match #6 The Sheepherders vs Dino Bravo & Raymond Rougeau Dino Bravo turns out to be the man chosen by Raymond Rougeau to replace his brother Jacques in this night. Match turns to be somewhat stiff and brutal and both Bravo & Rougeau hold their own against the vicious Sheepherders. However, all hell breaks loose in the studio as despite being suspended for the week, The Midnight Express charge the ring and attack everyone in the ring, causing referee Adrien Desbois to throw out the match. Condrey & Rose switch their attention to Rougeau & Bravo but the Sheepherders didn’t appreciate the interference from the Midnight Express and this causes a three-way tag team brawl to close the show. No-Contest À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!

Truly felt like it was a vintage Nick Bockwinkel promo at the end of Wrestling Challenge. This feud is gonna be very fun.

No problemo! I was just asking.

Have you thought about starting a thread in which some people on the board could show their interest in joining the 1983 Project? Since the 1995 Project has it and it seems to be working, wouldn't hurt to try.

I'm good with Bruno returning to the WWF in whatever capacity. Speaking of head count, any news of Gene & Boon?

October 19th, 1984 Mississauga, ON -Chicky Starr beat Pete Doherty in 1:36 -Gino Brito beat Buzz Tyler in 4:39 -International TV Champion Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Serge Jodoin in 12:08 Special Attraction: Lone Eagle beat Little Coco in 10:04 -Justice Dubois beat Hercules Ayala in 11:24 -The Spoiler beat Black Bart (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 17:51 -Carlos Colon beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) in 19:36 -Rick Rude (w/Sherri Martel) upsets Raymond Rougeau in 35:32

It's a work in progress. It's so different from the other wrestling games that I'm used to play that my learning curve is slower than usual. Doesn't take anything away from the fun I'm having right now though!

Is that another version of Fire Pro Wrestling? Looks really cool. Speaking of which, haven't put much Fire Pro Wrestling Returns down since I bought it a few weeks ago. Having a blast playing patiently waiting for the prices for WWE 2K17 to drop a bit.

OK, that photo tease was really cool. (But I still can't figure out who it is lol)

I knew I wouldn't be disappointed!

I'm so amped to read this!

If you ask me, Mickie is a more than suitable replacement for Trish under those circumstances. I feel like anyone else would've been disappointing to replace Trish.

On Grey Dog Software's website, you can buy the game and on their forums, there are several mods with current wrestlers.

I'm assuming that there probably were rotating parts in the group at some point. I'd have to revisit this part of Mid-South on the DVD WWE released a few years back.

My memory's a bit fuzzy here but did the Rat Pack had more than 3 members back in the day with Mid-South?

Agreed. The more I read this, the more I wish that the Russians would've actually worked in WWF.

October 14th, 1984 Centre Paul-Sauvé, Montréal -International Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel & Greg Valentine beat Pete Doherty & Buzz Tyler in 12:56 -Gilles Poisson beat International Tag Team Champion Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) in 5:38 Guest Referee - Maurice Richard: Justice Dubois beat Rusher Kimura in 19:34 -The Missing Link beat International Tag Team Champion Doug Somers (w/Sherri Martel) in 8:44 10-Men Tag Team Match: The Midnight Express & Frenchy's Legion beat The Sheepherders, The Rougeau Brothers & Carlos Colon in 52:01 when International TV Champion Mad Dog Lefebvre pinned Colon

Well, the mentality of the Brain was always this: if you can't rid me of the Rougeaus, Martel & Bravo and their friends, you're no good to me anymore. That's pretty much the stage that Eddy Creatchman is at with the Samoans and he's hoping for the Zambuie Express to accomplish that.

I personally enjoy that format. Especially in WWF where it's all about developing characters, it totally works.

October 13th, 1984 Centre Paul-Sauvé, Montréal -Butch Miller & Dino Bravo beat Pete Doherty & Buzz Tyler by countout in 11:58 -International Tag Team Champion Doug Somers (w/Sherri Martel) beat Charlie Cook in 8:54 by referee stoppage -Sika (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat Luke Williams in 13:41 -Baron Von Raschke beat The Missing Link in 10:27 after using his feet in ropes for leverage International TV Championship: Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Dennis Condrey (w/Jim Cornette) in 44:34 to retain

Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC October 13th, 1984 (After the opening credits, we head to the broadcast booth to Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier) Guy Hauray: Hello, wrestling fans, and welcome to Lutte Internationale TV. Lots of action to be expected this week as our main event will feature a 6-men tag team match with our International Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel in action. But as we’re going on the air for this week’s show, we just learned that Rick Martel’s partners, the Rougeau Brothers, have mysteriously not made it to the studios to team with him against Samu, Baron Von Raschke & International Tag Team Champion Doug Somers. We hope to learn more about this before the main event but I’m hoping for Martel that he’s gonna find some tag team partners. Édouard Carpentier: We all know about the guts and courage of our champion but it would be smart on his part to not go at it alone in this one. Especially not knowing what happened to the Rougeaus. But if I were a betting man, you might wanna ask Jim Cornette if he knows something about it Guy Hauray: We hope to give you more news before the end of the show but let’s go to the ring for our first match. Match #1 5-on-2 Handicap Match Charlie Cook, Buzz Tyler, Pete Doherty, Tito Senza & Serge Jodoin vs Eddy Creatchman’s Surprise All 5 jobbers are waiting in the ring for their opponents and out comes Eddy Creatchman first. Creatchman stops in front of the ring and signals behind the curtain....out comes Elijah Akeem & Kareem Muhammad, aka the Zambuie Express! The 2 large African-American men are now flanking Creatchman and The Brain gives the order to his troops and they charge the ring. The poor enhancement talent stand no chance whatsoever as the Zambuie Express are literally steamrolling through them. Eventually, the slaughter comes to an end as Elijah Akeem drops his Big Elbow on Cook while Muhammad locks a sleeper on Doherty to secure the victory. Winners: The Zambuie Express (After the match, Creatchman and the Zambuie Express are headed to the broadcast booth with Édouard Carpentier is waiting for them) Édouard Carpentier: Brain, last week, you promised us a new tag team to add to your revamped Creatchman Family and looks like you found them. Eddy Creatchman: Mr. Carpentier, when I make a promise, you know that I deliver on that. I told the Wild Samoans last week that they were expendable and I wouldn’t hesitate to do so. And that’s exactly what I did. I’m bringing in Elijah Akeem & Kareem Muhammad to make sure that the Wild Samoans realize their situation. But you see, the problem with Afa & Sika is despite my advices, they were always hellbent on wrestling some singles matches. You know what? A cohesive tag team is a team that works together 24/7. So you can rest assured that you won’t have this problem with my Zambuie Express. The Zambuie Express will strictly work tag team matches going forward in Lutte Internationale and this isn’t a suggestion to Frank Valois, this is a guarantee. Under my guidance, they’re gonna become the best tag team in the territory. So, from this moment forward, Afa & Sika, they can do whatever they want. I don’t care. They either get back in line or they’re gonna suffer the consequences. It’s their call. And I can tell you that this won’t be pretty! (Eddy Creatchman walks back to the locker room with his new protégés. Carpentier rejoins Guy Hauray at the broadcast booth) Guy Hauray: And if the tag team division couldn’t be any hotter, there you now have the Zambuie Express in Lutte Internationale! Édouard Carpentier: We just saw what those two are capable of and I don’t think The Brain is fooling around when he says he’s gonna replace the Wild Samoans if they don’t fall in line. Billy Robinson & Doug Somers better get ready because their reign as International Tag Team Champions might come to an abrupt end! Guy Hauray: Speaking of which, still to come, Billy Robinson will take on Gino Brito in a Lumberjack Match! But up next, Butch Miller from the Sheepherders is in action vs George Steele! ********COMMERCIAL BREAK******** Match #2 Butch Miller vs George “The Animal” Steele (w/Frenchy Martin) The commentary team puts over the actions of the Sheepherders last week, including their dismantling of Gilles Poisson. But Butch Miller finds out soon enough that George Steele is most definitely not Gilles Poisson. Somewhat a very even match through most of it as Butch Miller tries to go for the gutbuster in the end but The Animal counters with his hammerlock slam followed by his big splash to secure the victory Winner: George “The Animal” Steele **********COMMERCIAL BREAK********* Match #3 Lumberjack Match Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) vs Gino Brito While Billy Robinson has his usual suspects as lumberjacks in International TV Champion Mad Dog Lefebvre, Richard Charland and Lutte’s newest addition on loan Rick Rude among others, Gino Brito can count on some dependable lumberjacks like the Caribbean Connection, The Missing Link, The Spoiler & his close friend Dino Bravo. Everything seems to be going smooth sailing under the circumstances as the lumberjacks do their job every time either Robinson or Brito gets tossed out of the ring. But eventually, all hell breaks loose after an argument between Mad Dog Lefebvre and The Missing Link, leading up to Link headbutting Lefebvre and a melee at ringside. In the meantime, Rick Rude steps on the ring apron to distract Brito and Robinson charges Brito but Brito ducks and Robinson almost hits Rude. Brito dropkicks Robinson and he collides with Rude, who falls off the apron. Brito then rolls up Robinson to score the victory. After the match, Brito doesn’t even have time to celebrate that Rick Rude comes back in the ring and clubs Brito from behind. Rude picks him up and hits Rude Awakening on Brito. Rude taunts Brito before leaving the ring with Robinson & Sherri. Winner: Gino Brito *******COMMERCIAL BREAK******** (Back from the commercial break, Guy & Édouard are standing in front of the broadcast booth) Guy: Before we go to the main event, a little update on what went down earlier today since as we told you when we went on air, the Rougeaus aren’t here to team with Rick Martel against the trio of Samu, Baron Von Raschke & Doug Somers. We still don’t know what happened but we can confirm that there has been video footage of this incident and we should receive it for next week’s program so we’ll be able to play it to you in its entirety. But Eddie, as we’re about to head in our main event, it looks like Rick Martel is all alone in this. Édouard: Indeed, Guy, and we were hoping that this wouldn’t be the case and that he would find some partners but it doesn’t look like it was the case. Perhaps Rick should do the right thing and just not show up. (And just like if the champion had heard Édouard Carpentier, he just does the actual opposite and makes his way to the ring, in wrestling gear and everything. Martel steps into the ring and symbolically places the title in the center of the ring, standing behind it. That brings out the trio of Samu, Baron Von Raschke & Doug Somers, along with Eddy Creatchman and Sherri Martel. Martel doesn’t back down as Samu stands in the middle between Von Raschke and Somers. Martel looks around and realizes that there’s no way out from this as the heel trio – well 2 of them at least – circles the ring. Eventually, Samu, Von Raschke & Somers charge the ring and Martel tries to fight them as best as he can. Martel can get a few shots on Somers & Von Raschke but eventually, Samu Pearl Harbors Martel and the champion goes down. The trio stomps on Martel as the champ still tries to fight back, being cheered on by the audience. But the numbers become too much for the champion as each heel takes their shot on Martel. Doug Somers uses his tag team title belt to knock down Martel and he’s busted open. Sherri Martel orders Baron Von Raschke to put the Claw on Martel, but he seems rather hesitant. Finally, after shoving him around a bit, Somers convinces Von Raschke to proceed. Von Raschke puts Martel in the Claw as Martel tries to vigorously fight back. As Martel is neutralized by the Claw, Samu climbs on the top rope and hits a splash on Martel. And Samu goes with a 2nd one. And a 3rd one. Martel is now unconscious and bleeding. Luckily for Martel, finally someone runs in as Hercules Ayala runs in with a chair to clear the ring. The show ends with Ayala checking on Martel while Samu, Creatchman, Von Raschke, Somers & Sherri celebrate on their way back to the locker room.) À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!