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Pleasantly surprised to see who ended up becoming the Smokey Mountain Tag champs. Really thought the RPMs would come out of it victorious but this is gonna make things interesting from the start!

Yeah, pretty good start. So far, so good!

Yeah, but that's the best thing about this project; like I stated in my thread, it's a great lab to test stuff and get the feeling for it. It even works better when you know the territory well.

Solid show to open the festivities. Smokey Mountain Wrestling is in good hands!

Great card again. This Gauntlet Glove idea really fits better than I expected!

Loved the finish of Flair vs Brody. Pure and utter chaos with Stan Hansen and Abdullah the Butcher getting involved!

Both the Oates Brothers & Kay Brothers on trading block. Listening to all offers.

Ditto.

Lutte Internationale would like to open another jobber pack and add Serge Jodoin & Tito Senza to that jobber pack, please.

Personally, I don't have an objection about it. Especially if he was active in that period of time. For instance, I was planning to use Jacques Rougeau Sr. for a supercard as a special attraction but I only found one match of him in December 1984 so I'm not sure if I'm gonna go forward with it.

It's already a good start for you as you're establishing the pecking order in the territory. Once you get more guys on your roster, it's gonna be very fun to watch.

Yes, there were 2 versions of Lutte in English and French. Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier were handling the French version while Gino Brito & Milt Avrushin were doing the English version. It was the same cards in both languages. I just kept the French guys to add the local flavor.

Lutte Internationale News -Lutte Internationale is now finalizing their plans to organize the 1st Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup, honoring the memory of the late legend who passed away in May of 1983. The event will take place from August 27 to August 29 at the Montreal Forum. The format will feature a 32-men singles elimination tournament featuring a stacked field. Lutte Internationale has reached out to every territory and they've all accepted to send a 4-men delegation to represent their territory in the tournament. Every territory have already sent to promoter Frank Valois the names who'll be competing in the tournament except for the AWA, who will divulgate their representatives in the next couple of days. It is a sure deal that Johnny's nephews, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau will enter the tournament as well as Rick Martel. The other name has yet to be unveiled. The names of the participants in the tournament will be revealed starting next weekend on Lutte Internationale TV. -A scary incident took place during the Scaffold Match between Gilles Poisson and Mad Dog Lefebvre on Sunday night as Lefebvre took a nasty fall while climbing the scaffolding early in the match. Lefebvre tripped and fell awkwardly on his shoulder and referee Adrien Desbois stopped the match right away, under the 5-minute mark. It was feared that Lefebvre would've also suffered a neck injury and/or a concussion, which is why he was stretchered out for safety precautions. However, Lefebvre will be OK and will be able to resume his in-ring activity for the next slate of shows. However, Lutte Internationale's officials have decided to book him in tag team matches for Friday night in Montreal and Sunday night in Quebec City to ease his workload. -Bob Backlund's situation with Lutte Internationale is a bit in limbo as creative plans for him have changed multiple times over the past few weeks, which resulted in increasing frustration on his part. Backlund hasn't directly expressed it to management and hasn't made noise in the locker room to distract everyone but management caught wind of it anyway. Lutte have already some options into place and the situation should be resolved as early as next week as an unnamed territory have already expressed their interest into bringing in Backlund. -Sherri Martel's debut has made a very good impression on everyone, as well as Eddie Gilbert's first appearance on the most recent episode of Lutte TV. It's interesting to mention that management is looking at the possibility of having Gilbert wrestle sporadically on TV, much like they're doing with current International Heavyweight Champion Greg Valentine, since they see him as a very special attraction. Also, Gilbert is nursing a minor injury but nothing that will prevent him from being inserted in the house show loops by the end of the summer. Lutte is being extra cautious with how they treat Gilbert because they see him as a potential top heel in Montreal and they hope to have him face Rick Martel & Dino Bravo in the next couple of months. -Plans also call for Andre the Giant to return to Lutte Internationale for a special TV appearance in late October. It's been years since Andre has worked in the Montreal territory and promoter Frank Valois is hoping to book Andre more often in the future. It's a known fact that Valois & Andre are close friends and Andre has always enjoyed working in Montreal. No word yet on who'll be his opponent then. -Speaking of Lutte Internationale TV, the ratings on CFCF 12 and their French affiliates have been so good that CFCF has requested for Lutte Internationale to air some special 2-hour episodes at various times during the year. The November 3rd date has been targeted for the first 2-hour special. In the meantime, Lutte will air 2 special 90-minute episodes in August and in October in their regular Saturday morning slots and everything will be adjusted accordingly, depending on the ratings for those specials. -Tune in next Saturday morning as finally, the Rougeau Brothers will take on the Masked Cowboys. You DON'T want to miss this episode, as well as the announcement of the first Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup participants!

Yeah, I love writing house shows the most just to try and see what works and what doesn't. House shows are a great lab to test gimmick matches.

July 29th, 1984 Centre Paul-Sauvé, Montréal, QC -Leo Burke beat Charlie Cook in 9:36 -Rick Martel beat Pete Doherty in 10:50 with a boston crab -Samu (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) beat Rudy Kay in 12:47 with the Samoan Drop -Baron Von Raschke beat Jerry Oates in 6:35 by countout Scaffold Match: Gilles Poisson beat Mad Dog Lefebvre in 4:46 by referee stoppage after Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) fell badly on his shoulder while climbing the scaffolding and got injured. Mad Dog was stretchered out for precautionary measures. -The Caribbean Connection beat International Tag Team Champions The Wild Samoans (w/Eddy "the Brain" Creatchman) in a non-title match in 9:19 when Chicky Starr put his foot in the ropes for leverage. Earlier in the match, Eddy tried to interfere by hitting Starr with his cane but Starr kicked out of Afa's pin attempt. -Billy Robinson beat Jacques Rougeau in 8:56 with a double underhook backbreaker -International Heavyweight Champion Greg Valentine & Masked Cowboy #1 (w/Frenchy Martin & Masked Cowboy #2) beat Hercules Ayala & International TV Champion Gino Brito in 19:48 when Valentine pinned Ayala after a spike piledriver.

Oh crap, I thought you had Skandor Akbar on your roster. My bad!

Awesome debut for Jimmy Hart with Orton & Slater. Exactly the way I would've envisioned it!

I must admit that it feels a bit weird to see The Iron Sheik being paired up with The Great Kabuki & Gary Hart. I feel like the Sheik & Skandor Akbar would be a more natural pairing but I'm confident you're gonna make this work!

July 28th, 1984 Centre Paul-Sauvé, Montréal, QC -Jacques Rougeau beat Pete Doherty in 13:42 with a cross body Minis Match: Little Coco & Cowboy Lang beat Butch Cassidy & The Haiti Kid in 10:44 Cage Match: Billy Robinson beat Bobby Kay in 14:40 -Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Leo Burke in 7:51 with a backbreaker -George Steele (w/Frenchy Martin) beat King Tonga (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 6:07 with a splash International TV Championship: Gino Brito beat Mad Dog Lefebvre (w/Frenchy Martin) in 40:31 to retain International Heavyweight Championship: Greg Valentine (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Hercules Ayala in 43:43 with a piledriver to retain

Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC July 28th, 1984 (After the opening credits, we go to the broadcast booth as Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier are waiting to start the show) Guy Hauray: Hello, wrestling fans, and welcome to another edition of Lutte Internationale TV. This week, the ladies take center stage as they’ll compete in our main event in an 8-Women Elimination Tag Team Match. Eddie, this will also mark the official debut of Sherri Martel for Lutte Internationale as we saw last week. Édouard Carpentier: And the question is: will Eddie Gilbert show up with her today, even though this is a women’s showcase match. Guy Hauray: And for a rare time since the past couple of weeks, The Masked Cowboys aren’t here to wrestle but the Rougeaus are, more specifically Jacques as he’ll compete in singles competition this week, in our opening match. Édouard Carpentier: We all know that the Rougeaus have revenge on their mind and the only thing they’re thinking about is getting their hands on those Masked Cowboys, whoever they are. Guy Hauray: We’ll see in which frame of mind Jacques Rougeau is because he’s ready to be in action right now! Match #1 Jacques Rougeau (w/Raymond Rougeau) vs Kendo Nagasaki It’s a very aggressive Jacques Rougeau who steps inside the ring this week but the mysterious Japanese warrior doesn’t go down that easily. Nagasaki gets his way mid-way through the match but eventually Jacques Rougeau makes the comeback and nails a beautiful missile dropkick on Nagasaki to score the pinfall victory. Winner: Jacques Rougeau (After the match, Jacques & Raymond go to the broadcast booth where they’re about to be interviewed by Édouard Carpentier) Édouard: Jacques, a great victory for you this week but I think we all know what you’re thinking about. Jacques Rougeau: T’as ben raison, Édouard. Tout le monde sait à quoi on pense ou plutôt à qui on pense. Les Cowboys Masqués, les Rougeau en ont plein le dos de vous avoir dans les pattes pis de vous mêler de ce qui vous regarde pas. S’attaquer à nous autres, c’est une chose, mais de mêler notre frère Armand là-dedans, c’était de trop. La joke a assez duré, les Cowboys. Moi pis Raymond, on a quelque chose à vous proposer. (Translation : You’re absolutely right, Édouard. Everyone knows what we’re thinking about or rather who we’re thinking about. Masked Cowboys, the Rougeaus have had enough of you sticking your noses where you don’t belong. To attack us is one thing but to involve our brother Armand in this, that was too much. Joke’s over, Cowboys. Myself and my brother Raymond, we have a deal for you.) Raymond Rougeau: On sait pas qui vous êtes, les Cowboys, mais on sait que vous refuserez pas ce qu’on vous propose. La semaine prochaine, drette icitte, les Cowboys vs les Rougeaus. C’est ça que vous voulez, c’est ça qu’on veut aussi. On va en finir drette là pis on va vous régler votre compte. Si vous êtes des vrais hommes, vous allez vous montrer la face la semaine prochaine. Sinon, ça prouvera exactement ce que tout le monde pense : vous êtes des lâches pis vous avez pas d’honneur. Contrairement à vous autres, les Rougeau, on en a de la fierté pis vous allez vous en rendre compte quand on va s’affronter! (Translation : We don’t know who you are, Cowboys, but we know you won’t turn down what we’re offering you. Next week, right here, the Masked Cowboys vs the Rougeaus. That’s what you want, that’s also what we want. We’ll settle this right then and we’ll also end you. If you’re real men, you’ll show up next week. Otherwise, this will prove exactly what everyone thinks: you’re cowards and you have no honor. As opposed to you, us Rougeaus have pride and you’ll find that out when we’ll face off!) (The Rougeaus walk off the set and Édouard Carpentier returns to the broadcast booth) Guy: Well, Eddie, the challenge has been made. We should have the Masked Cowboys vs the Rougeau Brothers right here next week! Édouard: Hopefully, they do show up so we can finally have closure in this whole situation. It’s been eating Jacques & Raymond alive for the past couple of weeks and I don’t think they can handle it much longer so the timing of this challenge is excellent. Guy: When we come back, King Tonga is in action! *************COMMERCIAL BREAK*************** Match #2 Gilles Poisson vs King Tonga (w/Eddy “The Brain” Creatchman & Sheik Ali) King Tonga is obviously still fuming from his loss last week against Dino Bravo in the main event and he takes his frustrations out on the poor Gilles Poisson. The crowd is most definitely into this and they’re riling up The Brain, who’s getting into it with the people in attendance. Meanwhile, Tonga is in control against Gilles Poisson and is about to finish the match. However, in an attempt to shut the crowd up, Sheik Ali climbs on the ring apron to talk down to them. Tonga is momentarily distracted and Poisson shoves Tonga into Ali, who falls on the floor. Poisson rolls up King Tonga and gets the upset victory! Winner: Gilles Poisson (Immediately after the match, King Tonga goes into a rage and locks in the Tongan Death Grip on the poor Poisson and he refuses to let go while Eddy Creatchman admonishes Sheik Ali for another mistake. However, Ali gets in the ring under orders from The Brain and joins Tonga for a beating of Gilles Poisson while Tonga still has the Tongan Death Grip locked in. All of a sudden, Armand Rougeau runs from the back, chair in hand, and gets in the ring. Tonga releases the hold but slowly retreats outside, without exchanging words with Rougeau. Rougeau checks on the fallen Poisson while Creatchman orders his troops to the back.) Guy: Another costly mistake from Sheik Ali leading to an upset victory for Gilles Poisson, Eddie. Édouard: Yes, but Sheik Ali realized he screwed up and repaired that mistake by immediately helping King Tonga against Gilles Poisson. Thankfully, Armand Rougeau was here but he might have bitten off more than he could chew. King Tonga is probably the toughest man in the Creatchman Family. And that’s saying something. Guy: When we come back, a special exhibition match featuring our International TV Champion Gino Brito. ******************COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMO FOR AUGUST 5 HOUSE SHOW IN QUEBEC CITY******************** (Back from the break, we see that International TV Champion Gino Brito is in the ring with 5 other men: Doug Somers, Hercules Ayala, “No Class” Bobby Bass, Leo Burke & Carlos Colon, the runner-up in last week’s battle royal. It looks like we’re about to have some sort of exhibition 6-Men tag match: Brito teaming with Doug Somers & Ayala while Carlos Colon is teaming up with Bobby Bass and Leo Burke. Referee Luigi Macera allows for the exhibition to start and the fans are treated to some excellent wrestling. But all of a sudden, the attention draws to the broadcast booth where Frenchy Martin and his gun for hire and #1 contender to the International TV Championship, “Dr. D” David Schultz have made their way.) Frenchy Martin: Arrêtez-moi ça tout de suite. C’est une vraie farce ce que j’suis en train de voir. Une vraie farce! Depuis quand un champion a besoin d’une exhibition? C’est-tu que t’as peur de mon homme, Brito? Dans le fond, tu le sais que tu peux pas battre le mercenaire de ma légion. T’as aucune chance pis tu veux pas te l’avouer faque là, tu décides de faire semblant que t’es un grand champion avec ta petite pratique publique. Ben j’ai des nouvelles pour toi, mon Brito; David Schultz va te manger tout rond au Forum de Montréal le 13 septembre. Parce que oui, je t’annonce que c’est le 13 septembre que mon homme va te prendre ta ceinture. Là, Lutte Internationale aura un champion TV de qui ils pourront être fiers! (Translation : Stop this right now. What I’m seeing is a true travesty. A travesty! Since when does a champion need an exhibition? Is it because you’re afraid of my man, Brito? Deep inside, you know that you can’t beat my Legion’s mercenary. You’ve got no chance and you can’t admit it to yourself so you decide to fake that public workout to prove that you’re a great champion. But I’ve got news for you, Brito: David Schultz will eat you alive and spit you out on September 13 at the Montreal Forum. Because, yes, I can confirm you that the match has been made for September 13 and my man will take that belt from you. Then, Lutte Internationale will have an International TV Champion that they can be proud of.) David Schultz: Gino, I know that you Italians have more guts than brains but I think that you and your buddies right here can figure out what’s about to happen. I’ve already bashed Leo Burke’s brains in when I arrived here and last week, I took out Carlos Colon to win that #1 contendership. And Ayala’s from Puerto Rico so that doesn’t make him any different than you. Now I know that Doug Somers and Bobby Bass – there you go, boys (Bass & Somers are walking out of the ring) – now, see, those guys are smart. So everyone else should leave the ring while I destroy you, Gino. (It doesn’t seem like Ayala, Burke & Colon are going anywhere. Brito asks for the ring announcer’s microphone) Gino Brito: J’ai jamais eu peur de personne, Frenchy, pis ça commencera pas aujourd’hui. J’suis prêt à défendre mon titre le 13 septembre au Forum mais si ton mercenaire me cherche, il attendra pas longtemps pour me trouver. Amène-toi, Schultz. (Translation : I’ve never been afraid of anyone, Frenchy, and it won’t start today. I’m ready to defend my title on September 13 at the Forum but if your gun for hire is looking for a fight, he won’t wait long to find one. Get in here, Schultz.) (David Schultz steps in the ring while Gino Brito asks for Hercules Ayala, Leo Burke & Carlos Colon to step aside and get out of the ring. They all oblige and both champion and challenger exchange words. Eventually they get into it and Frenchy Martin steps on the ring apron as well. Brito charges the apron with his title belt and Frenchy steps down the apron. However, that allows David Schultz to nail a big boot in Gino Brito’s face and the champion goes down. Frenchy Martin orders his mercenary to do some damage. Ayala, Burke & Colon try to get involved but Schultz quickly disposes of them on the floor. Schultz grabs the International TV title belt and puts it in the middle of the ring. Schults then picks up Brito and places him right between his legs: PILEDRIVER ON THE TITLE BELT! The champion is knocked out cold as referee Luigi Macera and the other officials try to stop Dr. D from doing more damage. Frenchy Martin finally orders David Schultz to walk away and Schultz returns backstage along with Martin.) Guy: Shots have been fired, Eddie. What a cowardly attack by David Schultz on Gino Brito! Édouard: Dr. D & Frenchy Martin will do anything to get themselves an advantage for their title match, even though if the match is taking place in over a month. Hopefully, Brito will be able to recover from this quickly. Guy: When we come back, it’s our main event and the ladies will be in action. ****CONFIRMED FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH MONTREAL FORUM SUPERCARD**** INTERNATIONAL TV CHAMPIONSHIP Gino Brito © vs “Dr. D” David Schultz (w/Frenchy Martin) ***************COMMERCIAL BREAK************* (Back from our commercial break, Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier are in front of the broadcast booth with some breaking news) Guy: Before we head to our main event, we just received word from promoter Frank Valois during the commercial break that the match has been made official. Right here, next week, the Masked Cowboys will square off against the Rougeau Brothers! Édouard: Finally, the news the Rougeaus had been waiting for. This should be a highly emotional affair next week and let’s hope that the Rougeaus will be able to keep their emotions in check in order to secure the victory. Guy: This will definitely be a fantastic match but let’s head to the ring for our main event. It’s the Ladies Showcase! Main Event Match #3 8-Women Elimination Tag Team Match Penny Mitchell, Madusa Miceli, Sherri Martel (w/Eddie Gilbert) & Velvet McIntyre vs The Fabulous Moolah, Joyce Grable, Judy Martin & Susan Star Eddie Gilbert sits at commentary for the main event with Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier. Highly-contested match with both teams. Velvet McIntyre is the first woman to be eliminated and soon after, it’s Penny Mitchell’s turn to be eliminated. The Fabulous Moolah’s team now has a 4-on-2 advantage in the match. However, Sherri’s team is able to gain momentum as they’re able to successively eliminate Judy Martin & Joyce Grable in a short amount of time. We’re now down to Madusa & Sherri vs The Fabulous Moolah & Susan Star. Sherri Martel and the Fabulous Moolah are going at it and the fans are eating it up. Sherri is about to finish Moolah but Moolah hits her patented backbreaker on Sherri but Sherri rolls out the ring and decides to leave with “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert, leaving Madusa to fend for herself vs The Fabulous Moolah & Susan Star. As good a wrestler as Madusa Miceli is, there’s nothing she can do against 2 solid workers like Moolah & Susan Star. Susan Star then nails a beautiful dropkick to get the pinfall victory for her team. Winners & survivors: The Fabulous Moolah & Susan Star (This week’s episode ends as Eddie Gilbert & Sherri Martel laugh at a fallen Madusa Miceli who had to fight for herself in the final moments of this match.) À LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE SI DIEU LE VEUT!

Love the direction you're going with the WWF title tournament. Rooting big time for the Macho Man to pull this off!

Thank you to everybody for accepting the invite for the Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup next month. Very fun to see that everyone is genuinely excited for it and thanks to those who pitched in to help too!

Aaaaaaaaah, that's what I was forgetting about. Makes absolute sense then.

From what I understand, Vince has always liked him and wants to push him but it seems like Triple H, for some reason, is always able to convince Vince to put the kibbosh on that push and just lets Del Rio flounder. Triple H has an apparent grudge with Del Rio but over what, I don't know.

Rollins should've turned babyface the minute he came back on TV. His return screamed babyface. Instead, they stuck with Roman as the babyface, trying once again to keep his push alive and now, with the failed drug test and everything, they're coming to the realization that it just doesn't work. I don't think they're gonna turn him heel. At best, they're gonna make him a tweener. As for his next feud, I wouldn't be shocked to see him fight Rusev for the US Championship. But even there, I don't know if that's even the smartest move. I mean, Rusev has finally found his monster feel back again and dropping the US title to Roman would definitely piss people off even more than they are. Basically, Roman is in a lose-lose situation no matter what at the moment. Like it was suggested, maybe that a few months in the midcard is the best option for him.