Autistic Dragon

Taped at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill SC before World Championship Wrestling. Originally airing on 5/1/87 With your host "The Dean of professional wrestling" Gordon Solie! "Outlaw" Joel Deaton defeats "Stray Cat" Brodie Chase with a bulldog. The S&S Express (Joe Savoldi & Shaun Simpson) defeat Fire & Flame with the "Express Lane" on Fire. Big Daddy Ritter w/Slick defeats George South with a powerslam. Winner challenges for the TV title "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi defeats "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray with a jumping headbutt. in other news.... Solie announces that every NWA title will be defended at 'Memorial Day Spectacular". He recaps that the Celestial Trinity will challenge the Posse for the World Six Man Titles & reveals that Savage & Hansen has been signed for the United States Championship!

From the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill SC On Commentary:Bob Caudle &Tony Schiavone Ring Announcer: David Crockett Previously recorded/Airing on 4/30/87 on the USA Network. "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers vs Zodiac Commentary reveal that the Celestial Trinity will challenge the Posse for the NWA World Six Man Tag Team Titles at the "Memorial Day Spectacular". Zodiac builds momentum for his team when he avoids a charging Jaggers in the corner than rolling him up with his feet on the ropes. Tracy Smothers vs "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers Somers has a few tricks up his sleeve but the self-described Wild Eyed Southern Boy wasn't having any of it. A flurry of offense leads to a win via the "Tennessee Jawbreaker" Ole Anderson w/JJ Dillon vs "Super Rookie" Hiroshi Hase The Japanese prodigy brought his considerable talent to bare against the battle hardened Anderson. Though Hase's raw ability gave Ole more than a few problems it was ultimately Anderson's experience that decided the outcome as he grabbed Hase's hair during a "Scorpion Death Lock" attempt & pulled him into a inside cradle with a handful of tights for insurance. Good & Plenty (Ray Candy & Sweet Brown Sugar)vs British Justice (Adrian Street & Giant Haystacks) w/Ms Linda There was a couple of things to enjoy here. Namely the contrast of styles when Sugar & Street locked up as well as the sight of the two big men pounding on each other. British Justice made their official tag debut a successful one when Haystacks dropped the leg on Sugar. "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez vs Tiger Conway Jr w/Slick Honestly just a showcase for Fernandez as he batters Conway before finishing him with the "Flying Burrito" NWA World Television Title "The Natural" Mark Fleming(c) vs "Shooting Star" Keiichi Yamada Two of the hottest stars in the NWA collide over what many are calling the "workhorse" title. An exciting match follows pitting Yamada's fast paced crowd pleasing offense vs the champs far more economical style. We're approaching the end of TV time when the challenger has Fleming in position for the "Shooting Star Press" only for the champ to get the knees up at the last second before pulling Yamada into a cover for the surprise 3 count.

El Jefe opens the night with a win. Frenchy ends up costing his own man. The Vin Man returns to in-ring action & gets broken in half by Busick's Spinebuster! Love it! Mad Dog uses Morgan's own chain to claim victory in a wild six man. Kazmaier proves a bit too aggressive for his own good against Gama. Gagne & Boone leave Blackwell laying. Colon pins Steamboat with some help from Iaukea. Both sets of tag champs impress while going broadway. Could a rematch be in the cards?

Baby Doll & Tommy get the drop on Slater starting the night off hot. The Master of Disaster is determined to be the Last Man Standing. Looking forward to the Chosen Ones vs The Olympians at WrestleRock. Man i hope Blackwell crushes Gagne tomarrow. Glad to see Stevens find a good home. Morrow goes double or nothing on his ability to become TV champ. Nice of him to offer Busick a job when the match is over. Kelly/Peterson in a taped fist match is exactly the kind of match the Memphis crowd would love. Outback Jack may be in for a rough welcome from "Powerhouse" Putski. Scorpio finds some new friends to cheer him up. Here's hoping they can make it work at WrestleRock. A pair of big-time six man tags & a possible title unification announced for Louisville. A Bunkhouse match for WrestleRock? Yee Haw! Abby has arrived & i bet he's looking for Canek! Fuller -with a pair of brass knucks- gets the edge over Armstrong as they head to their loser leaves town match. Abby doesn't have to wait too long as Brenda announces the rematch for WrestleRock! Plus the Bunkhouse match....Plus T&Z vs the Original Midnight Express...Plus more matches to be announced for next week? Nobody packs a supershow quite like you!

Tony proves too "Tough" for the "Polish Prince". Owen is on a pretty good roll right now. Bock & OMG are proving to be quite the team. Black Tiger claims another successful defense. I like the note of Barr being more restrained without Cactus around. Red settles an old score with the Ace of the Crazy Gang. Corny resorts to desperate measures to keep the gold on his boys. Another rematch is surely in the cards.

NWA Live at Dorton Arena in Raleigh NC 4/27/87 EL Santo Negro defeats Scorpion with a "La Magistral" cradle. "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray defeats Shaun Simpson with his feet on the ropes. "Jumping" Joe Savoldi & "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers wrestle to a 15 minute time limit. "Shooting Star" Keiichi Yamada defeats Jason the Terrible with the "Shooting Star Press" Giant Haystacks w/Ms Linda & Adrian Street defeats Tracy Smothers when a distraction by Street leads to a belly-to-belly suplex. NWA World Tag Team Titles The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal)(c) w/ "Precious" Paul Ellering defeat The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden) with the "Doomsday Device" on Fuller.

NWA Live at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro NC 4/25/87 "Mr Excitement" Johnny Ace defeats Angel of Death with the "Ace Crusher" "Outlaw" Joel Deaton defeats "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi by rolling through a crossbody attempt & grabbing the tights. The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) defeat Brutha's in Arms (Iceman Parsons & Big Daddy Ritter) w/Slick when Chris countered a Parsons Piledriver into a jacknife cover. NWA World Six Man Tag Team Titles The Posse (Bill Irwin, Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantel)(c) defeat Radiance (Adrain Adonis, Doug Somers & Jimmy Del Ray) when Mantel pinned Somers with the "Tennessee Chainsaw" "Exotic" Adrain Street w/Ms Linda & Giant Haystacks defeats "Chief" Wahoo McDaniels with a crossface chickenwing. NWA United States Tag Team Titles Brutha's in Arms (Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr)(c) w/Slick defeat The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) when Slick cracked Armstrong with his cane behind the ref's back. Texas Bullrope Match "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes defeats Ole Anderson w/JJ Dillon with a cowbell assisted "Flip, Flop & Fly" NWA World Heavyweight Title Tully Blanchard(c) w/JJ Dillon defeats "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez by hitting him with the title belt as Dillon distracted the ref.

Tenta shakes "Mean" Mike in the opener. "Hands of Stone" falls to the Bull Hammer. Payne & Cactus get nuts with Payne coming out on top. The General leads his troops to victory over Los Guerreros. I like the "team dad" thing you're doing with Burke. Hart's quartet capitalize on the fracturing British Steel to win the 8 man tag. Tatum screws up while seemingly trying to help, costing Mr Backlund the Heavyweight title. The closing visual tickled me.

A massive tag team main event....a wild 8 man tag....plus Brown/Hall? Now that's a recipe for Anarchy if I've ever seen one!

The Young Dragon starts the night off well with a win over Beautiful Bobby. Cornette's reaction was priceless! Humongous helps the Ace end his dry streak against Konnan. Backlund may rue the day he messed with Severn's partner. I know Mando does. The Wild Bulls & the Big Cat force the Army to withdraw....for the moment. Bockwinkel was gloriously smarmy in his promo. Right up until Mr Backlund was mentioned, That sounds like a purists dream. Bret is proving quite the fit with the Snowbirds. Of course one of them being family helps.

Little Heart retains the TV Title....& maybe becomes the new leader of the Giant Slayers? Singh & Bennett aren't finished with the champs, much to the chagrin of the Nasty Girls. Richter defeats Combs for the second time in a week to re-unify the titles. Medusa/Moretti starts clean, goes to the gutter before ending with the champ having to spam her finisher. Thanks for clarifying on the Seasons matches.

Taped at the Memorial Auditorium in Colombia SC before World Championship Wrestling. Originally airing on 4/24/87 With your host "The Dean of professional wrestling" Gordon Solie. El Santo Negro defeats Scorpion with a Missile dropkick. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis defeats "Stray Cat" Brodie Chase with "Goodnight Irene" Tough Guy Inc (Don Bass & Duke Myers) defeat Rocky King & George South with a double shoulderblock. "Shooting Star" Keiichi Yamada defeats "Black Bullet" Shaska Whatley w/Slick with the "Shooting Star Press" In other news.... Solie announces that the NWA had decided to have the Television Title defended on each episode of WCW with the main event of Worldwide being used to determine the challenger. He also announces that on Monday, May 30th the NWA will host the "Memorial Day Spectacular" Live on the USA Network! Matches will be announced in the coming weeks but he can announce that the event will be mark the NWA's first show as a single promotion to be held in the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham Alabama!

From the Township Auditorium in Colombia SC. On Commentary: Bob Caudle & Tony Schiavone Ring Announcer: David Crockett Previously recorded/Airing on 4/23/87 Spartanburg Vice (Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston) vs The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden) The Studs were clearly underestimating the Vice & payed for it with a flurry of offense that had the arrogant Tennessee natives struggling to respond. They eventually gained their footing but the Vice refused to be put away. Fuller eventually takes advantage of a distracted ref to whack Winston with a suspeciously thick towel too secure the victory. "Wild" Bill Irwin vs Angel of Death Just two tough guys beating seven shades of hell out of each other with both men looking for the knockout blow which eventually comes in the form of a bycicle kick from Irwin for the 1...2...3. "Young Pistol" Steve Armstrong vs Giant Haystacks Armstrong has his Southern Boys tag team partner Tracy Smothers in his corner while Haystacks has both Adrian Street & Ms Linda, not that any of them have the opportunity to get involved. Armstrong shows heart & fire which mainly serves to enrage the british behemoth. After some stiff shots & crushing slams Armstrong's night is brought to a close by a massive legdrop. "Mr Excitement" Johnny Ace vs Stan "The Lariat" Hansen Nuclear heat for Hansen as he makes his way in.The match mainly serves as a showcase for Hansen but Ace gets in enough to keep it from becoming a squash. Hansen is just about to seize victory with the Lariat when RANDY SAVAGE emerges from the crowd, rushed into the ring & starts raining punches onto the Bad Man from Borgia. Hansen recovers from the surprise & starts to give as good as he gets. Security & preliminary wrestlers rush the ring to separate the two as the crowd loses its collective mind. (We see a replay of last weeks episode showing Ric Flair being violently ejected from the Four Horsemen) Interview:Tony Schiavone in the ring TS: Ladies and gentlemen my guests at this time have a great deal of explaining to do. Please welcome, along with their manager JJ Dillon, the former NWA World Tag Team Champions The Minnesota Wrecking Crew & the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard, The Horsemen! (Major heat as the now Three Horsemen make their way to the ring. If the vitriol from the fans bothers them at all, they don't show it as they trade barbs with the fans at ringside) TS: Alright gentlemen, For the past week fans across the world have been asking the same question, Why? Why would you turn on Ric Flair & throw from a group he helped found in the first place? JJ: Why indeed Schiavone? Why would we turn on the man whose idea it was to form the Horsemen. Well, the answer is quite simple really. Flair wasn't living up to the vision he himself proposed. Let me take you people back to the summer of 85, when a group called Power Play was absolutely dominating the then Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. They controlled the Heavyweight Title thanks to the late, great Gino Hernandez, they controlled the Tag Team Titles through the GREATEST team to lace up a pair of boots, The Minnesota Wrecking Crew *The Andersons raise their hands smugly*, they controlled the United States Title thanks to first the Masked Superstar then when he no longer measured up, The Super Destroyer, all under the managerial brilliance of yours truly. Then on July the 6th 1985 Ric Flair drops out off the sky & starts strutting around like he owns the place! But he's smart enough to realize that he can't beat Power Play so he may as well join us. So he comes to us & spells out his master plan to take us from simply ruling the mid-atlantic region to ruling the entire NWA. On so on August 17th 1985 Power Play dies so the Four Horsemen can be born. Fast forward to Halloween Havoc 1986 where the plan begins to come together when the Andersons take their rightful place as World Tag Team Champions. Then one month later at Starrcade, Tully Blanchard places the jewel in the crown when he defeats that muscled up statue Butch Reed to become the UNDISPUTED NWA World Heavyweight Champion. The Horsemen truly were on top of the wrestling world... with one notable exception. TB: That's exactly right. Ya see as The Andersons & myself were claiming our rightful spots on top of the mountain, Ol' Slick Ric was stuck on the fringe. But hey, things seemed to turn around at Christmas Chaos. Won yourself a helluva opportunity didn't ya Ric? The chance to challenge for any title of your choosing at a time of your choosing. The perfect opportunity to claim the United States Title from that Macho Moron who made himself a thorn in our side. But every time we'd try to ask when you planned on calling him out, you started getting awful shifty didn't ya Ric? Started getting real evasive, starting casting some curious glances at the ten pounds of gold when you THOUGHT I wasn't looking. But I'm more observant than you thought. I noticed how you couldn't keep your eyes off MY TITLE just as we noticed when you started half-assing it in the ring. Now we can forgive the odd screw up every once in a blue moon but you were getting much to sloppy to ignore. But without a doubt, the straw that broke the Camels back came at the Crockett Cup. OA:Oh yes, we had the perfect plan to ensure that it was the Horsemen who walked out with that beautiful trophy & that million dollar prize. But it was dependent on everyone doing their part. Arn & I made it to the finals like we were supposed to. JJ made it to the ring despite being brutally assaulted by that criminal Dusty Rhodes *huge pop which cause Ole to glare at the crowd* but when we needed Flair the most, when we had the prize within our grasp, what does he do? He leaves us high & dry. After that, the fact that you allowed Tully, the WORLD CHAMPION, to be embarrassed by the damn, dirty wetback Fernandez was just the cherry on top. You're greed, you're jealousy was had crossed the line & it was time to drop the dead weight before he drug the rest of us down with him. Flair you're finished, you're through, we're done with you & are setting their sights to where they should have always been. Arn & I getting OUR titles back & ensuring that Tully goes down in history as the greatest NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time! AA:Oh and Ric? If you've got any ideas on using that title shot you've got in your pocket to come after Tully, I recommend you think again because if you do, it'll be the last mistake you ever make in a wrestling ring. NWA World Television Title "The Natural" Mark Fleming(c) vs Brickhouse Brown The announcers hype Fleming's reign since Christmas Chaos will emphasis on his frequent defenses. Brown's combination of power & explosive offense gives the champ perhaps his toughest challenge yet but they don't call Fleming The Natural for nothing. By concentrating on defensive wrestling he's able to wear down the challenger until he can synch in the rear naked choke. Give Brown credit, he refuses to give in ultimately passing out from lack of breath. The reign of the Natural continues.

Jarrett announces some big stars & some must see matches for the two night extravaganza. But come on guys, did any of us expect this thing to end any other way than a brawl?

NWA Live @ The Coliseum in Athens GA 4/19/87 Zodiac defeats "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers with his feet on the ropes. Tom "MegaMan" McGee defeats "Outlaw" Joel Deaton with a slingshot legdrop. "Adorable" Adrian Adonis defeats "Jumping" Joe Savoldi with "Goodnight Irene" The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) & The War Party Joe Lightfoot Billy Two Eagles defeat Brutha's in Arms (Shaska Whatley, Tiger Conway Jr, Iceman Parsons & Big Daddy Ritter) w/Slick when Mark pinned Whatley after avoiding the "Flying Willie" & performing a Oklahoma Roll. NWA World Television Title "The Natural" Mark Fleming (c) defeats "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi with a rear naked choke. NWA World Heavyweight Title "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez defeats Tully Blanchard(c) w/JJ Dillon by c.o when Blanchard was knocked to the floor & choose to leave through the crowd rather than return to the ring.

NWA Live @ Richmond Coliseum in Richmond VA 4/18/87 "Mr Excitement" Johnny Ace defeats a local talent with the "Ace Crusher" Giant Haystacks w/Adrain Street & Ms Linda defeats Shaun Simpson with a 600 pound elbowdrop. El Santo Negro defeats Angel of Death with a Missile dropkick. Big Daddy Ritter w/Slick defeats Chris Youngblood after Slick hit Youngblood with his cane as he came off the ropes allowing Ritter to hit a powerslam. The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) defeat The Celestial Trinity (Zodiac & Jason the Terrible) with a dropkick/backslide combo on Zodiac. "Exotic" Adrain Street w/Ms Linda & Giant Haystacks defeats "Chief" Wahoo McDaniels when a distraction by Haystacks allowed Street to lock Wahoo in a crossface chickenwing. NWA United States Title "Macho Man' Randy Savage(c) (no Elizabeth) defeats Jimmy Golden with the "Savage Elbow" The Horsemen (Tully Blanchard & the Andersons) w/JJ Dillon defeat "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & NWA World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) w/ "Precious" Paul Ellering when Blanchard took advantage of a pier-sixer to drive the World Title into Hawk's knee as he was gorilla pressing Arn who landed on top of him. Tully directed the ref to the cover netting the tainted win.

Boone doesn't really explain himself but i'm not about to pester him for an answer. The Olympians send a message to the Chosen Ones. Iaukea's monsters claim their first victims. The NWA would like to formally thank the AWA for displaying the Crockett Cup in such a manner. The champions vs champions match should be stellar. Four team chaos! You could have some fun with this. Dream Machine's got no remorse. Canek must be regretting his trip to Puerto Rico. T&Z haven't missed a beat. Mad Dog & the Maniac together again! And this time they're bringing the Crippler! The six mans with Morgan & the Sheepherders are gonna be insane! Outback Jack is coming. Brenda sics the Original MXE on T&Z. Resnick should know to watch how he talks to El Jefe. Steamboat & the Bruise Brothers seem to be on the same page. After a pretty good battle of the cowboys, Mulligan is closing in on victory when Royal decides its better to just send a message.

The Belfast Bruiser gets a few bruises in route to victory over Grizzly. Sabu claims his most impressive scalp yet. The Wild Bull can't put a dent in US steel. The Hart brothers team for the first time & produce classic with Los Guerreros. Badd Company pulls out a flash win against the Army's wldmen. First they've got Black Gold hot on their heels, now the Rainbow Warriors have a claim on a title shot. The MXE are having it rough.

Jimmy Jam & Budro capitalize on a RPM distraction to get one over on the New Breed. The Nasty Boys ruin the Gunslingers reunion & look strong heading into their title match. A double powerbomb sees Richter capture NWA gold. At least Combs still has her Fighting Spirit title, Another solid showcase for Hall. The tag title match goes off the rails as the Nasties & the New Breed get involved. Do i see a four-way on the horizon. The Killer Bees add to an already loaded division. Adams give the Cuban the boot. Hacksaw arrives & gets to go one-on-one with the champ. Idol goes to take the easy way out but Race isn't having it. Things are going great until Akbar reveals his newest monsters, Killer Khan & Kabuki! I guess we know who took out Snuka. Pedicino wastes no time announcing a huge tag match in Aurora before revealing WCPW will be on its biggest stage yet at Triumph. "This is a nice battle royal if you like forearms and such" This line cracked me up. Kamala goes on a rampage before finally being stopped by Race. Who then withstands an onslaught from Garvin to earn himself one more shot at Idol.

The Big Cat catches himself another mouse. Orton's in a bit of a slump. British Steel infighting costs them & St Clair against the Knights Templar. Rose tries to K.O Garvin but it backfires. Bock has to get dirty to get past Simmons. Another successful title defense for Black Tiger. His reign is really becoming a PCW highlight. Mr Bob Backlund scores his biggest win in PCW yet as he pins the heavyweight champion!

No wounded man can stand before the Lord Humongous. Haynes runs through Tatum leaving Victory upset & Mr Bob Backlund....indifferent. Ed Ganter certainly strikes me as the kinda guy who'd appreciate Cactus' style. Blackman taps Lane which certainly puts Black Gold in the champs heads. Mr Backlund finally takes out his frustration on double j. Nice visual with the heel group standing tall at the end.

Taped at the Catawba College Goodman Gym in Salisbury NC along with With World Championship Wrestling. Originally airing on the USA Network 4/17/87 at 11am. With your host Gordon Solie. Iceman Parsons w/Slick defeats George South with a Piledriver. "The Polynesian Prince" Siva Afi defeats Dusty Wolfe with a jumping headbutt. The Outlaws (Ron Bass & Black Bart) defeat The Interns (1&2) when Bart pinned Intern #2 with the "Texas Trash Compactor" Winner challenges for the Television Title next week on WCW. Brickhouse Brown defeats "Dandy" Don Bass with a swinging neckbreacker. In other news Gordon Solie recaps Ric Flair seemingly being ousted from the Horsemen & announces the group will explain their actions next week on WCW. A pre taped promo from the Renegade Warriors who call out the Brutha's in Arms & vow to get the United States Tag Team Titles back. A pre taped promo from Adrain Street as he complains about "incompetent American officiating" that cost him & his teammates the World Six Man Tag Titles. Says Dundee has returned to Australia in protest he'll be staying around to see "some proper British justice" gets done...& He won't be alone he says as Giant Haystacks lumbers into frame. Stan Hansen joins Solie for a promo. Says the Road Kill Tour has failed to produce a real challenge so far so he did what any real man would do & took the initiative. Says he doesn't see anything Macho about a Man who gets all round up over a woman. Says the whole thing with Adonis could've been avoided if Savage had kept the "little woman" in the kitchen where she belongs! Says she'll have to stay home to tend to Savage after he takes the United States Title....& his head along with it!

Little Heart fends off Morgon's attempt to become a double champ in a nice showcase opener. Cool of WWW to hype WCPW's show. Combs heads to Chicago victorious but sore. Peterson shows why she leads the Giant Slayers. Bennett & Singh running wild is a good way to reheat them after the loss in the cage. Richter defeats the former camp proving that her return to form wasn't just a one-off.

A Bruise Brothers win is a good start to any show. Peterson wins but its Kelly who's standing tall. I was wagering on Fuller/Armstrong being a double elimination but the Stud proves me wrong. Slater overcomes the numbers to advance. WOW! Gange may not have gotten Blackwell on board but Boone's not a bad sustitiute. Glamour Boys get their revenge on the Bombers. Gotta hand it to DJ, he gave it his best shot but Fuller's a handful at 100%. Gama puts up quite the fight but Slater's going to the finals. Iaukea has quite the surprise with the addition of TNT & Kokina. Thankfully the Bruise Brothers were there to lead a hand. Bring on the 6 man. My boy Slater is going to WrestleRic...er Rock, WrestleRock. Rich retains thanks to the Dream Machine babay! His coming to the ring wearing a crown was classic! I'm so hyped for Rich vs Slater!

From the Catawba College Goodman Gym in Salisbury NC National Wrestling Alliance presents.... Originally airing 4/16/87 on the USA Network at 8pm. On Commentary:Bob Caudle & Tony Schiavone Ring Announcer:David Crockett (A highlight reel from the Crockett Cup plays, showing top moments from both nights before ending on a shot of the winners, Jumbo Tsurata Tatsumi Fujinami posing with their winnings. We then cut to the new opening video showing fast paced NWA action set to "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen. We close on a shot of NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard before cutting to Caudle & Schiavone at ringside) BC: Wrestling fans, welcome to the first episode of NWA World Championship Wrestling here on the USA Network! I'm Bob Caudle alongside Tony Schiavone and Tony, the wrestling world is still buzzing about the epic two night event, The Crockett Cup TS: Indeed they are Bob & we here in the NWA extend our heartfelt congratulations to AWA World Tag Team Champions Jumbo Tsurata Tatsumi Fujinami for claiming the trophy as well as the Million Dollar prize. Fans tonight in our main event NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard will team with Ric Flair to face "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & a partner of his choosing, after what went down on night 2 there's no question Rhodes will be looking to get his hands on Blanchard. All that & more on our first ever episode of World Championship Wrestling! Now let's get to the action. "Super Rookie" Hiroshi Hase vs "Iron Fist" Duke Myers Myers makes Hase work for it with some stiff blows but the Japanese sensation guts it out long enough to synch in the "Scorpion Death Lock" Radiance (Doug Somers & Jimmy Del Ray) vs The S&S Express (Joe Savoldi Shaun Simpson) A solid display of tag team wrestling by two teams looking to climb the ranks. It's ultimately the underhanded tactics of Somers that secures victory as he gets his feet on the ropes during a backslide. Chris Youngblood vs Tiger Conway Jr w/Slick (Announcers inform the audience of the draw between the two teams on the last loop) Youngblood overcomes the antics of Slick & the craftyness of Conway to nail a Tomahawk chop for the win. Arn Anderson w/JJ Dillon vs Sweet Brown Sugar SBS shows a lot of heart but the skill of Anderson is too much & he falls to a Gordbuster. "Dirty" Dutch Mantel vs Jason the Terrible (Announcers hype the Posse as the new NWA World Six Man Tag Team Champions while also reporting Jason's assault with the axe handle) A wild affair that completely goes off the rails as Jason goes to strike Mantel with his axhandle only for Mantel to produce a bullwhip leading to a standoff. Finally Zodiac comes down to lead Jason away while Mantel grabs the mic & implores them to come back so he can introduce them to "Shoo Baby" Main Event (Dusty milks the suspense for a bit before revealing his partner to be...Manny Fernandez!) "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez vs Four Horsemen (Blanchard & Flair) It's the explosive offense of Rhodes/Fernandez vs the refined, scientific approach of the Horsemen. Throughout the match, fans pick up on a tension between Blanchard & Flair which hinders their teamwork at certain points. This plays into the finish which sees Blanchard holding Fernandez for an axhandle off the top rope by Flair only for Fernandez to move causing Flair to strike his own partner! In his shock, Flair is knocked to the floor allowing Fernandez to hit the "Flying Burrito" on Blanchard for the shocking win! As the faces celebrate with the fans, Flair goes to check on Blanchard only to get shoved away. A heated discussion breaks out causing Dillon to summon the Andersons to intervine. It seems like cooler heads will prevail as Dillon calls for a handshake only for Ole to nail Flair from behind! The rest of the Horsemen join in, stomping on Flair. Blanchard instructs the Andersons to hold Flair up. They lift him by the arms allowing Blanchard to blast Flair with the World Title. Finally security & preliminary wrestlers arrive in force enough to make the Horsemen retreat. The show ends as medics check on the bloody Flair.