Autistic Dragon

Taylor proved a tough test but the Warrior passed regardless. Bad night for Austin as his men go 0-2. Poffo saves Zbyszko's Mid-America title. The feud with Idol just got even more intense. A lightning fast win by Los Guerrero's leads to the break up we all knew was coming. After another stiff challenge, Brown can still raise the world title high.

Gary Hart must be a hell of a negotiator to get Chono a shot at the European title in his first match. In contrast, Vega just straight up demands a shot at Konnan. Z-Man looks to crash Hayes' party. Johnny Ace is the first to step to U.S champ Spivey. The Rockers are ready to bring the fight to the Towers. Savage may still be hurt but he still wants another shot at Steamboat and the Dragon agrees. Dusty throws down the challenge for the Match Beyond and unleashes his secret weapons..... The Road Warriors!

Poor Lance, the show started out so well thanks to Terry but it all went downhill fast. Ok I really love just how honest Budro was in his promo, he may not be the best wrestler but he gets under your skin like nobody's business! A monthly deal with the Mid-South Coliseum and a plan to crown new Southern Tag champs. Things are picking up in Memphis. Slater is on the warpath. If I were Rich I'd show up in two weeks, seems like the safer option.

Synergy provide an exciting opener. Well Gagne promised muscle and Tony Atlas definitely qualifies. Nikita & Fujinami both look strong heading into the Memorial Day tournament. Speaking of which, Dream Machine is in babay! The Harris Brothers arrive to put in work. Barr & Deaton? Yeah I'd say Unhinged Outlaws is a good description. Kokina sends Busick a painful message. Sawyer vs Colon? Bring on the carnage! Yeah I couldn't post pics here either so I think there's something going on with the thread.

We can now bring you the full card for Honor Reigns Supreme. The night will see the beginning of a 16 man tournament for the vacant Ring of Honor Pure Championship. The tournament will continue through the TV taping with the semi-finals and finals occurring at Masters of the Craft. Main Event. 8 man tag team match. Blackpool Combat Club (Ring of Honor World Champion Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxly, Bryan Danielson & Charlie Dempsey) w/William Regal vs The Foundation (Jonathan Gresham, Tracy Williams, Drew Gulak & ?) Pure Title tournament round 1 match. "The Iceman" Dean Malenko vs "American Wolf" Davey Richards Pure Title tournament round 1 match. "The Prestigious One" Joe Hendry vs "Champagne" Chris Kanyon Four Corner Survival. Winners challenge for the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Titles at Honor Reigns Supreme. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr) vs TMDK (Bad Dude Tito & Shane Helms) vs Team Filthy (Danny Limelight & Slice Boogie) vs The All-Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) Pure Title tournament round 1 match. Doug Williams vs "Filthy" Tom Lawler Pure Title tournament round 1 match. "Wild Rhino" Clark Connors vs TJ Perkins Strong Hearts (Cima, El Lindeman & T-Hawk) vs The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz & Desmond Xavier)

Victory & Tatum are exactly the kind of guys I can see running around with Gilbert and Hyatt. Luger & Woman turn on Vader! Now they've got the monster on their tail. Dr Death is back and calls his shot for the Louisiana title. The Steiner brothers reunion has begun. After losing Hercules, Roberts & Ellering the fans surely loved seeing the faces stand tall to end the night.

Huge changes coming to Ring of Honor. Rumors of a shake-up among RoH top brass have been confirmed. In a press release earlier this week company president Cary Silkin announced he had hired a new head for the company's booking committee as well as a change to the promotion's TV deal & streaming service. Under the new deal, Ring of Honor will air a two hour show every Thursday night starting on 5/18/2023. The episodes will be uploaded to Honor Club 30 days after airing. Likewise pay per views shall now be airing live on Fite TV before being uploaded to Honor Club 90 days after airing. House shows will air live on Honor Club and be archived the next day. To compansate for the reduced amount of live content for the site, Honor Club's monthly fee will be lowered to $6.99. The new era of Ring of Honor will begin on 5/14/2023 with Honor Reigns Supreme airing on Fite TV from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach California. Matches for the event will be announced in the coming days and the company is running a special 2 for 1 deal where purchasing Honor Reigns Supreme will allow buyers to get the following event Masters of the Craft airing 5/28/2023 from Cicero Stadium in Chicago Illinois at a discount. Ring of Honor was founded in 2002 and has been a driving force in the American independent wrestling scene for over two decades. After a scare in which fans were wondering if the company might actually go under, we here at WhatCulture wait to see what awaits us in the new era of Honor.

This time I remembered to specify that I wanted *English* names from the random name generator. Yeah, that's what attracted me to the idea of these two feuding. Defending the honor of his people, representing his culture, these are things that would matter to Wahoo perhaps even more than winning a title. Especially since he is getting older and he doesn't want to leave things in the hands of a guy like Lightfoot. Yeah I just remembered you using that in Windy City. I can edit that part out if you want. That way you can use Lethal Lottery while I stick with Battlebowl.

NWA Live @ the Memorial Auditorium in Greenville SC 5/2/88. "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers defeats a local talent with the "Hangman's" neckbreaker. "The Haitian Sensation" Tyree Pride defeats The Great Kabuki w/"Number One" Paul Jones with a inside cradle in a huge upset. Jones shakes his head in disgust and walks off without Kabuki. The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) w/Jr Foley defeat The South Pacific Connection (Siva Afi Cocoa Samoa) after Foley hit Afi with his helmet. "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard defeats The Monster" Rip Morgan w/Jr Foley by DQ when Morgan hit Prichard with his chain right in front of the ref before using it to choke Prichard out. "Chief" Joe Lightfoot defeats "Chief Wahoo McDaniel with a shot from his "War Club". "Rugged Ron Garvin & "Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin w/Precious wrestled to a 20 minute time limit draw. Ron wanted overtime but Jimmy bailed. Losing Team Leaves Town. The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) defeat The Moondogs (Rex & Spot) w/"Number One" Paul Jones when Jones accidentally hit Spot with his own bone. Arabian Death Match. Super Strong Machine defeats Abdullah the Butcher w/"Number One" Paul Jones with the "Machine Lariat with barbed wire wrapped around his arm!

NWA Worldwide. Taped at the Winthrop Coliseum before Main Event. Originally airing on 4/30/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary& Bob Caudle & David Crockett The Great Kabuki w/"Number One' Paul Jones defeats The Intern with a Thrust kick. "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard defeats The Mongolian Mauler with a Superkick. "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin w/Precious defeats Stoney Burke with a Brainbuster. "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel defeats Barry O with a Tomahawk chop. In other news.... We get a pre-taped segment from Jim Crockett Jr who gives us the details of Battlebowl. He says that on June 3rd the NWA will air live from the Houston County Farm Center in Dothan Alabama. Wrestlers will be randomly assigned partners in the "Lethal Lottery" for 7 tag team matches. The 14 winners will advance to Battlebowl proper. Two wrestlers will start with another entering every 90 seconds. Elimination is done by being thrown over the top. When we get to the final two it reverts to pinfall or submission. The winner will challenge Tully Blanchard for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash airing live on pay per year July 2nd from the District of Columbia Stadium in Washington DC.

(The logo won't copy for some reason. NWA Main Event. From the Winthrop Coliseum in Rocky Hill SC. Previously recorded & airing on 4/29/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie. RIng announcer/Interviews: Sean Moony (The battery on my phone is low so just the results this week) The debuting Nightmares (1&2) defeat The Patriots (Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion) with a double DDT on chip. "The Haitian Sensation" Tyree Pride defeats "Bad Boy" Benjamin Wickham with a flying Bodypress. David "Fit Finlay w/Jr Foley defeats "Ladies Man" Lindey Lacey with a "Tombstone" Piledriver Buffalo Soldiers (Ranger Ross & Brickhouse Brown) vs Tough Guy Inc (Don Bass & Big Daddy Cyrus) ends with the ref throwing the match out during a pier-six brawl. "World's Strongest Man" Bill Kazmaier defeats Elliott Bevis Paige with a running powerslam. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Arn & Ole Anderson) w/JJ Dillon defeat Aubrey Bullock and Balfour Drogo Solomon with a double Gordbuster on Solomon. The Paul Jones Army (Abdullah the Butcher & The Moondogs) defeat Super Strong Machine & The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) when Jones hit Chris with one of the Moondogs bones behind the refs back.

Hayes certainly is aiming high. Between the match between Konnan & Silver King next week, as well as the Conquistadors, Lucha Libre is represented very well. Tiger Mask 2 & Azure Dragon are coming to represent Japan. Speaking of Japan, Muta returns next week and he's bringing Gary Hart with him. But they may have already hit a roadblock in Benoit. Dusty promises he's found another partner to stand with him at World at War. Looks like WCW is about to have a snake problem. I smell collusion going on between Bockwinkel & Spivey.

Some very interesting matchups taking place in the Emerald City.

Oakland. An impressive debut for the Army's new Japanese recruits. Mr Backlund is increasingly taking the easy way & Neidhart is not happy. Hmmm, I wonder who could be under the Hangman's mask? Candido put up a fight but Hall was just too much. The Blood Syndicate, most metal tag team name ever. The Holly Cousins have had enough and decided to make some friends in the Diamond Exchange. San Francisco. Christopher just keeps on rolling. A wounded PCO falls to the Monster. The Southern Boys welcome Death Sentence to the tag ranks. Hashimoto scores his first singles win. Rose costs his team and now the SCS have to worry about the FoJ. Windham has to take a cheap win against Pillman. Fresno. Neidhart's hometown continues to be good to him. Rod just paid the Price for standing in the path of the Bulldozer. Cyrus falls prey to Perez's ever growing arsenal of submissions. Eddie gets sneaky to hold on to the Golden State Tag Titles. Candido goes 0-2 over the weekend thanks to Hennig. Flowers retains but the real story is Brookside's frustration.

Poffo & Adidas get solid showcases. A classic angle as Rich & Dream Machine take turns screwing each other out of wins. A thrilling six man tag is always a welcome sight. Canek showing off his power. Busick & Strong come together to fend off Iaukea & Kokina.

The Renesto Brothers are together but Tim is still looking for the Zebra Kid. Love the twist on the DJ suspension angle. Now she has to spend the next 3 months working for Jamie and Spazzinsky.

I like the bookend with the challenger and champion for the world title match at Title Night. Venomous is ready to inject the OG Midnights with a lethal dose. Baby Doll is looking for a tag team. Maybe Badd Company? They kinda need the help. Dream Machine doing what he does best, running his mouth. Nelson's little dig at Gagne must've felt good. But Gerry gives Greg something to be happy about by promising the Fortunate Ones a tag title shot. Larry Z is such a dick. I hope Idol knock his head off. Vin Man sets the record straight, there is absolutely no dissection in the tag champs and he definitely isn't playing favorites. Norvell helps his man Grizzly land a TV title match.

Ole says Hansen can step up whenever he's ready to have his Lariat arm torn clean off.

Sorry I don't know what I was thinking.

Taped before Main Event at the Civic Center in Charleston WV. Originally airing on 4/23/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Bob Caudle David Crockett "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel defeats The Pearl with a Tomahawk chop. "Terrific" Terry Taylor w/JJ Dillon defeats The Intern with a "Five-arm" The debuting Patriots (Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion) defeat The Brooklyn Brawler & the Mongolian Mauler with a standing suplex/crossbody combo on Brawer. Main event. Col Debeers w/Jr Foley defeats "The Haitian Sensation" Tyree Pride with a face first Piledriver. Huge "Brody" chant throughout. In other news.... We get a promo reading "Battlebowl" with commentary promises details next week. We get a pretaped promo from Ric Flair. He's fired up and says that while he intends to get his belt back from Blanchard, first he means to take a piece of Terry Taylor's hide.

From the Civic Center in Charleston WV. Previously recorded &airing on 4/22/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie. Ring announcer/interviews: Sean Moony. Match #1 "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley vs "Rotten" Ron Starr Cooley is a talented athlete who's most famous for his tenures in the Alabama territory. It's fitting then that the Cotton State native Starr who meets him in his NWA debut. The two have a competitive opening match which ends when Cooley hits a running Bulldog for his first win. (Before the next match, Jr Foley speaks with Mooney. He says that due to the sublime performance of his troops so far, he's been given a reward in the form of two departed comrades returning to finish the fight. With that he proudly welcomes back The Sheepherders.) Match #2 The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) w/Jr Foley defeat Tomē Laurynas Carvalho & Vasil Abdul-Fazl Marston with a double gutbuster on Carvalho. (VTR- Sean Moony leads a cameraman into a lavish penthouse suite where a raucous party is taking place. Mooney guides the cameraman through the party goers to the center of the room. The Crockett Cup sits on a coffee table with the NWA World Heavyweight Title in front of it with champagne bottles on each side. JJ Dillon, a mile wide grin on his face welcomes Mooney to "the celebration of the century". Says the Crockett Cup proved beyond a shadow of a doubt we he already knew, The Minnesota Wrecking Crew are the greatest tag team on God's green while Tully Blanchard is ten times the wrestler Ric Flair ever was. Tully sitting in between two ladies in cocktail dresses to say some things are just meant to be, like the fact that he is now a four time World Heavyweight Champion. Says he always knew he was meant to be the main man and know he's exactly where he belongs, at the top of the mountain. Ole says that he & Arn beat the best teams the world had to offer and that a million dollars buys one hell of a good time. Arn agrees but says something is missing and it's time for them to focus on getting back what's theirs, and that's the NWA World Tag Team Titles and makes clear the Andersons are coming for the Rock n Roll Express.) Match #3 "Chief" Joe Lightfoot defeats Joakin Neeraj Ò Maoilsheachlin with the "Indian Death Lock" Match #4 "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard vs "The Monster" Rip Morgan w/Jr Foley Solie dubs this bout "beauty vs the beast" and it seems the crowd agrees. Morgan is extra aggressive keeping Prichard on the backfoot for much of the match. Still Prichard is able to use his superior technique to keep himself in the fight. Morgan's aggression is ultimately his downfall as he charges Prichard in the corner only to catch a boot to the mouth that turns him around allowing Prichard to score a victory roll for the struggling three count. Match #5 "British Magician" Steve Wright defeats The Miner 49'er with the "Octopus hold" (We see security camera footage of Commando Boone walking up to his pick-up truck when Tough Guy Inc jump him from behind. He try to fight them off but the 2-1 is too much and we get a nasty scene of TGI slamming the truck door on his knee. When the footage ends Ranger Ross is with Mooney and says he doesn't know when or even if Boone will be able to step in the ring again but he promises to make the Stud Stable pay for what they've done. Says he was pleased to get a phone call from an old friend who says he's ready to go to war. This brings out Brickhouse Brown who says that NWA Special Forces may be gone but the Buffalo Soldiers are locked & loaded) Match #6 Buffalo Soldiers (Ranger Ross & Brickhouse Brown) defeat Sosruko Orpheus Van Agthoven & Maybernd Dinu Rava with a neckbreaker/top rope splash combo on Rava. Main Event. Super Strong Machine vs Abdullah the Butcher w/"Number One" Paul Jones An all out brawl between the "sensai" of the Japanese contingent and the monster of the Paul Jones Army. Abby seems more focused on crippling SSM then winning the match (which let's be honest, is not that unusual for him) and by the matches end, SSM's mask is torn and a bit of blood is visible. A "Machine" Lariat sends the two over the top to the floor where they fight through the referee's 10 count. Security is able to get them separated but this clearly isn't over.

NWA releases Norman Smiley, Jimmy Del Ray, Chic Donavon, Grizzly Boone & Tom Brandi. That should get me back in the 60 wrestler limit. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Looks like DJ just couldn't help herself. See ya in 90 days sweetheart. If someone wanted to do Riggins & Wolf a favor they'd take that stick from Tojo. The Headliner escapes with the belt again. I'm sure Rose isn't giving up however. Really like the newspaper article. Very creative.

Portland night 1. Christopher gets a major win over a former Light Heavyweight champion. The Bulldozer proves he's still a rising star. Leo Burke returns to lead the Army while Severn, Blackman, Snow & Furnas break off to form The Citadel. That's a big shakeup. The og Hollywood Vampires haven't missed a beat. Mr Backlund's desperate actions have Neidhart questioning his leader. Larry Hamilton returns meaning The Diamond Exchange doesn't have to close its doors just yet. Portland night 2. Perez is really stepping up his submission game. Singh is really taking to his new singles run. The General returns with a win. RPG is probably wishing he left for Alabama when he had the chance. The Playboy only just escapes The Natural. The future Iceman gets put on ice by the Beast. The Lethal Weapons take the new tag champ to the limit. Finally Eugene. The Elder Malenko gives Lynn a wrestling lesson. Regal uses a bit of venom to overcome the Virus. Neidhart beats the other half of the Force, noticably more cleanly than Mr Backlund. Furnas stampedes over Cactus. Eddie & Art retain over the Canadians. Crash must've made for some scrappy prey.

Jack Brisco vs Nick Bockwinkel in a street fight, not something I thought I'd see.