Autistic Dragon

Gotta be honest, the Rogers/Horner wager didn't do it for me in SMW. I get Rogers is a dick but Horner cheating to win a bet never struck me as a babyface thing to do. Ron Wright had the best seat in the house for a DWB victory. I hope he enjoyed it because Jarrett says he's banned from ringside until he signs a talent. Slater is ready for the Southern Heavyweight Title tournament. And Jarrett gives him his chance on May 3rd at the Mid-South Coliseum. I think I agree with Dutch regarding Scorpio's promo. But he looked good in his match until Wright got involved. SBS with a debut win. Douglas overcomes a 2-1 disadvantage to send Dutch heading for the hills.

Taped at the Memorial Auditorium before Main Event. Originally airing on 3/26/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Bob Caudle David Crockett Brad Anderson w/Ole & Arn Anderson defeats The Pearl with a Fujiwara armbar. "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers defeats the debuting Brooklyn Brawler with the "Hangman's" neckbreaker Black Bart defeats the debuting Stoney Burke with the "Texas Trash Compactor" Crockett Cup qualifying match. The South Pacific Connection (Siva Afi & Cocoa Samoa) defeats Tough Guy Inc (Don Bass & Big Daddy Cyrus) with a double jumping headbutt on Cyrus. In other news... Commentary announce that Pacific Coast Wrestling has once again agreed to send two teams to the Crockett Cup. This year PCW will be represented by Mark Starr and Scotty the Body collectively known as the Sun City Superstars, as well as the Midnight Express "Beautiful Bobby Eaton & "Sweet Stan Lane who will be making their second consecutive appearance in the tournament. Speaking of tournaments, the AWA has concluded their qualifier tournament and the winners are "Lover Boy" Dennis Condrey and "Ravishing" Randy Rose who as it happens, style themselves as the Original Midnight Express. Will they meet the PCW duo? Time will tell. Next week's qualifier. The Zero Fighters vs The Moondogs

From the Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg SC. Previously recorded & airing on 3/25/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie Ring announcer/interviews: Sean Moony Match #1 Billy Joe Travis vs "The Monster" Rip Morgan w/JR Foley Though the fans did their best to cheer Travis on, and he does manage to leave Morgan rocking at a couple of occasions the result is never in doubt with the Monster claiming another victim via the Chokeslam. Solie asks what many fans are no doubt wondering, who can stop this Monster? Match #2 NWA Special Forces (Ranger Ross & Commando Boone) defeat The Masked Yuppies when Boone pinned Yuppie #1 with a big splash. The SPC join Mooney and put over their Crockett Cup qualifying match tomorrow. They say that while they'd of course love to win the trophy and the million dollar prize what they're really hoping for is to meet up with The New Breed. They say they haven't given up on the U.S tag titles and whether it's in the tournament or not, they will meet again. Match #3 "Rotten" Ron Starr defeats John "The Fish" Herman with a double armed DDT. Match #4 "Super Rookie" Hiroshi Hase w/Super Strong Machine vs "Maniac" Matt Borne w/"Number One" Paul Jones Hase has his "sensei" SSD in his corner who makes it his mission to keep Jones at bay. Though Jones is a trained wrestler -and a former World Tag Team Champion at that- he still is hesitant to step to the Japanese bruiser. This allows Hase to focus entirely on withstanding Borne's frantic assault. Borne is unrelenting in his attack but Hase's technical ability keeps him from being entirely overwhelmed. The two trade momentum until the bell rings signaling the 15 minute time limit has expired. Borne looked ready to continue the fight but SSM got in the ring alongside his student causing Jones to lead his man away. Match #5 "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin w/Precious defeats Mason Dixie with the Brainbuster. Sean Moony proudly introduces the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair! Flair is all smiles as he takes in the cheers of the crowd. He hypes the fact that he's held the title for nearly a full year and says as great a feeling as that is, it will feel even sweeter to retain against Blanchard one more time on the way there. Says he doesn't know when or even if this feud with the Horsemen will ever end but if any of them thinks they've got what it takes to ride space mountain all they need to do is lace'em up, walk that aisle and he'll give them the lesson of a wrestling lifetime. Whoooooo. Match #6 The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) defeat The Convicts (Tiny & Bubba) with a double chop on Tiny. Main Event "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez vs Col Debeers w/Jr Foley Debeers has made it known that he's on the hunt for the NWA United States Title held for Bruiser Brody and tonight he takes on a man cut from much the same cloth as the champion, Manny Fernandez. The two beat seven shades of hell out of each other until Fernandez runs off the ropes looking for the "Flying Burrito". Unfortunately Foley is there and uses the opportunity to crack Fernandez in the back with the South African flag while Debeers has the ref distracted. Wasting no time, Debeers rushes to scoop Fern up into the face first Piledriver for the tainted win. Foley enters the ring and hands the flag to Debeers who waves it around until he sees Fernandez getting to his feet and decides to hit him in the back with the flag. He continues to rain blows down -while the fans rain boos down on him- until Bruiser Brody storms the ring swinging his chain. The heels bail to the floor while Brody stomps around barking. Brody shouts at Debeers to get back in the ring and fight. Debeers seems to consider it until a brief conversation with Foley leads to the two walking away.

The Grappler arrives with a win. He's a guy I can see thriving in Mid-South. JYD sends Wahoo out the hard way. Super D loses the match but doesn't keep his end of the stipulation. You know things get crazy when a street fight ends in a no contest. I'm kinda cracking up picturing Dr Death in a refs shirt. The Steiner Bros finally collide. The champs retain leaving Rick in the dog house. Who or what attacked Roberts? The Snowman with a dramatic debut as he costs Reed the Mid-South title.

Portland night 1. Furnas makes an example of Spicoli. The Playboy is to slick for the Ladies Man. RPG's crew scores a trios win over Camp Cornette. Severn scores a successful defense against the younger Malenko. Haynes survives a hunt by the Cat. Portland night 2. The Natural fends off the Assassin. Eddie wins a barnburner against Brookside. A tag match puts Dean back on the winning track. Regal evens the score against Barr. The Playboy Club are really picking their rivals apart. Hennig retains against the always credible Mr Backlund. Finally Eugene. The Animal mauls Wellington. Lee impales the Vampire Warrior. Looks like the Holly's couldn't summon enough Force. Singh mashes PCO. Pillman overcomes the young Lynn. Bret manages to keep things from getting to Wild in the main event.

Schaiavone starts the show with a major announcement, a massive six man tag main event for the Clash. Koko B Ware has a tall task ahead of him taking the TV title from Muta. The Rockers have two top teams on their trail. Rhodes vs Spivey should be a real slugfest. Don't fancy Ace and Zenk's chances against Kamala and Haku respectively. Konnan & Benoit pair up to take on Los Conquistadors. Crazy scene to close the show as Bigelow protects a bloody Rhodes.

Knighton's turn to the dark side is already paying off. Renesto may be willing to lend a hand in a six man tag occasionally but he's dedicated to a singles run. DW overcomes a bad arm to beat the Headhunter. Rise should be satisfied with being the #1 seed in the tournament. Frazier gets on the wrong end of a 2-1 beat down but the face locker room clears out to help.

I imagine Mean Streak is gonna lose some money after laying out the ref. Good thing Morrow was there to kick the Gunslingers/Badd Company match into overtime. Considering we all already knew who was winning there was a danger of this coming off as anticlimactic but you did a great job overcoming that. After having to go through The Technicians, The Glamour Boys & Badd Company there's no doubt that the OG Midnights have earned their way into the Crockett Cup. And I would be remiss if I didn't give due credit to Badd Company who knows overcame both their rivals Synergy & The Gunslingers in overtime to earn their slot in the finals.

Nothing like a out & proud patriot getting a win to get the crowd warmed up. Dark Journey's trio get a needed notch in the win column. Papa-san has to get tough to keep the Headhunter in line. Ash scores his first successful defense.

Tyler laying down the law telling Ash that he'll be strictly held to the 30 day rule and giving Rose a well deserved second chance. Michaels is willing to bury the hatchet, as long as Knighton is willing to be square with him. Appreciate the shout-out from Riggins & Wolf. Minor correction though, the Crockett Cup offers a full million dollar prize. You might have been thinking of PCW's upcoming tournament.

Ladd gives Duggan & Super Destroyer a chance to end their feud in New Orleans, either Super D loses his mask or Duggan leaves Louisiana. Dibiase tries to pull a fast one but Ladd was a step ahead. Either Williams or Vader will be the referee for the big title match. But Woman isn't worried either way. No comment on Chicago though. Eddie's looking a little jealous after Rick retains. Roberts & Ellering knock it out of the park again. And it wouldn't be an episode of Mid-South if it didn't end in a pier-six brawl. And nobody spices up a Brawl like Stan Hansen! A stacked card for New Orleans.

Brown starts the show with a Pearl Harbor job on Colon. Idol & Oliver get some shine ahead of Champagne Slam. Adams tries to jump Nikita but it backfires leaving the Gentleman shaking. Dream is riding high with his new friends. Perez & Starr trade words before their showdown. Vinnie is somehow getting his team on the same page. I got a feeling Frenchy is gonna be eating these words. The six man main event ends the show in chaos.

It has been brought to my attention that between the talent Kev just sent me & my recent signings from Free Agency, I have exceeded the 60 talent cap. As such, the NWA releases Tom McGee, Ray Candy, Scott McGhee and Vladimir Krupoff. This brings me back to the limit.

Knighton finally snaps. A man can only take so many L's. Moving to Arkansas has NOT been worth it for Dark Journey. Tojo/Headhunter & Riggins/Wolf have another bloody brawl. Now that he's IPW Heavyweight Champion, there's no denying that Bill Ash is indeed the Headliner.

NWA releases Brodie Chase and George South. NWA signs Scott McGhee, Stoney Burke, Mongolian Mauler and Vladimir Krupoff

NWA adds Tom McGee to the block.

Taped at the Township Auditorium before Main Event. Originally airing on 3/19/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Bob Caudle David Crockett. "Chief. Joe Lightfoot defeats The Intern with the "Indian Death Lock". Major heat for Lightfoot. "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard defeats Tom Brandi with a Superkick. "Exotic" Adrian Street w Ms Linda defeats George South with a Cross-face Chickenwing. Main event. Crockett Cup qualifier. The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) defeat Radiance (Jimmy Del Ray & Chic Donavon) w/Precious by DQ when the ref caught Precious tripping Mark. In other news.... Commentary announces the first set of outer-promotion teams for the Crockett Cup, representing International Pro Wrestling out of Arkansas are the teams of Reno Riggins and Dancing Wolf as well as Tojo Yamamoto and the New Guinea Headhunter. It's announced that next week's qualifier will be The South Pacific Connection vs Tough Guy Inc.

From the Township Auditorium in Columbia SC. Previously recorded airing on 3/18/88 on the USA Network. On Commentary: Gordon Solie. Ring announcer/interviews: Sean Moony. Match #1 Ranger Ross vs The Great Kabuki w/ "Number One" Paul Jones A nice back-and-forth brawl to start us off this week. Kabuki and Jones use every dirty trick they can think of but Ross battles through it. The finish sees Jones get on the apron to yell at Ross only to get a "Combat Kick" for a good sized pop. While the ref is checking to make sure Jones isn't dead, Kabuki sprays Ross with the "Asain mist" and nails the Thrust kick for the win. Match #2 "British Magician" Steve Wright defeats Edward Teach with the "Octopus hold". The Celestial Trinity join a visibly weirded out Moony. Zodiac says he & his fellow "warriors of infinity" have corrected the "galactic glitch" that separated them from the six man tag team titles and have left a trail of broken bodies ever since. Says that anyone who thinks to challenge the match of the cosmos by taking these titles from them shall be crushed with all the force of a black hole. Match #3 The Celestial Trinity (Jason the Terrible & Angel of Death) defeat Surf's Up (Moondoggie & The Big Kahuna) when AoD pins Kahuna with the "Death Sentence". Match #4 "World's Strongest Man" Bill Kazmaier vs"The Gatekeeper" Jimmy Golden Kerry Brown was in Kazmaier's corner while Fuller was in his cousins. Kazmaier's incredible strength gave the veteran Golden all he could handle with the Gatekeeper of the Stud Stable eventually having to resort to a low blow which lead to the match winning Piledriver. Golden & Fuller try to keep attacking after the bell bringing Brown into the ring. The four brawl for a bit until Bass and Cyrus come down to turn the tide in the Stud Stable's favor. They beat down the until Ranger Ross and Commando Boone charge the ring and together with Brown and Kazmaier send the heels running. The four men shake hands and it seems the Stud Stable's problems just multiplied. Match #5 "Rugged" Ron Garvin defeats "Killer" Kyle Knolastname with the "Hands of Stone" punch. JJ Dillon joins Moony and declares that he has two things to say regarding the upcoming Crockett Cup, one a spoiler and the other an announcement. The spoiler is that The Minnesota Wrecking Crew will sweep the whole thing and walk away with the cup and one million dollars richer. The announcement is that on night 2 of the Crockett Cup, Tully Blanchard will be cashing in his "Merry Christmas" title shot and will be taking back what he never should've lost, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Match #6 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Arn & Ole Anderson) w/JJ Dillon defeat Mr Higglesby & Lurch Evans when Arn hit the Spinebuster on Evans. Main Event. Non title. NWA United States Champion Bruiser Brody vs David "Fit" Finlay w/Jr Foley With Col Debeers positioning himself as a top challenger to the U.S title, commentary speculate that Finlay facing Brody tonight is recon for when the Col makes his challenge. The match itself is a hard-hitting affair with neither man giving a inch. Finlay puts up a fierce fight but ultimately succumbs to the "King Kong" Knee Drop.

Cool with me.

Jerry may not have been able to lure the King back to Memphis yet but at least his baby boy is back home. Ron Wright & Rip Rogers continue to be weekly highlights. Slater is looking to erase some bad Memphis memories. Marlin lays down the law fining the men involved in last week's brawl. He also warns Dutch that he's on his own if he gets in the ring. And what awful timing that after hearing this Dutch comes down with a fever. Luckily Gaylord was there to pick up the slack. And next week he'll try to solve the boss's Douglas problem. Whatley & co beat down the Fab One until the calvery runs them off. Between Keirn, Slater and Jarrett the Lightning Express have some great options for the big six man tag when Brad gets back from Japan.

PCW bringing two stacked cards to Vegas.

Ya know, I actually like that you're willing to have some hiccups on your card. The four way tag with the wonky ending, Ace and Zenk not being over as challengers, the Road Warriors not wanting to play ball, Steamboat and Hayes not clicking, it all adds a touch of realism most of us don't bother with. Muta is a made man beating the Superfly for the TV title. Konnan may have won with their help but he makes clear that he is not on the Conquistadors side. Interested to see where he & Benoit go from here. Gordy accidentally floors Elizabeth. There's gonna be hell to pay when Savage wakes up. Spivey with the swerve of the night as he turns on Dusty. Curious to hear his reasoning.

First Victoria. Cheetah Kid with a easy kill. The Widowmaker wards off the Demon. Undertaker leads NoE to another victory. Thankfully Owen has a strong immune system. Hall retains but how much longer can that leg hold out? Onwards to Vancouver. Albright makes Gary Hart proud. The Lethal Weapons score a major win. Flowers derails Christopher's momentum. Acevedo wasn't ready for Prime Time. Superstars & C2C get to wild. First a Mad Dog, now a Bull, Bret is becoming quite the beast master. Finally Kelowna. Dustin shows Cairo why he's the Natural. The Knights Templar repel the British Invasion. The Cat pounces on PCO. Wild Things outsmart the Force. Pillman caps the night off with another successful defense.

Michaels with another win. Knighton seems to take it better though. Plowboy is still having a good time after the battle of the biggun's Rose is ready to become champion. Reno & the Wolf get a win & then send their rivals packing. Not a bad night.

Spazzinsky comes in for Dundee. The Headliner is one win away from the International title. But Pat Rose is in his way.