Autistic Dragon

Kirchner channels his inner G.I Joe as he bests The Terrorist. Embry gets the better of Armstrong again. Now he's gonna be even more insistent that he deserves a title match. Starr Power sets Morton up for a fall. (P.S you posted this match twice) Bruno spoils the first Scorpio/Cobra match. Chaos in the 8 man tag. Travis writes another smash hit! The Sawyers win the first round of their renewed feud with the Rich cousins. Bullet gets some payback on Adonis but it doesn't last. Idol arrives with a bang making the Continental Heavyweight Champion tap out! This is gonna be fun!

Hangman scores the win over Dax the Ax but gets jumped by FTR then badmouthed by Danielson. He's got 3 weeks to rebound. MJF always has something up his sleeve. Brodie doesn't let his men get baited by Kingston. It will happen on the exalted one's time. Jackson "No chance in hell" line got a chuckle out of me. Punk gets past Starks but now he has to slam Ryback through a table? That should be good. Joe is in the battle royal & he's coming for Adam Cole Bay-Bay! FTR vs DIY? Hell to the yes! EL Idolo is gone courtesy of the newest members of the House of Black, The Butcher & The Blade!

With all due respect to Mr Embry, the NWA records don't quite match his description of events. I'm not up to speed on the Rich/Sawyer issue but I'm glad I'm not Johnny & Davey right now. The Tennessee Stud has found someone he trusts to send to Montgomery. Considering he can't trust his own family that really says something. Kirchner with a successful arrival. The Balled of Dumbell Dougie is gonna be on Alabama radio for weeks. Bruno is compiling quite the diverse group of talent. The Cobra is a great get. The New Breed are riding high heading into the Skywalkers match. Hope they don't come crashing down. Considering Slick & Allen's track record in CCW I'm not surprised there's trust issues in the Stable. Though if Budro is cool with them they can't be all bad....right? Another stacked Montgomery card. Madril fires Slinker! Not only fires him he possibly re-breaks the leg. Taylor maintains the gold with a win over "Wild" Bill.

NWA Live @ Dorton Arena in Raleigh NC 12/4/86 "British Magician" Steve Wright defeats Savanah Jack with the "Octopus Hold" The Warlord defeats The Intern with a powerslam. "Downtown" Denny Brown defeats "Dandy" Don Bass with a victory roll. The Assassin defeats Mr Wrestling 2 with a second rope elbow drop. "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel defeats Tiger Conway Jr with the Tomahawk chop. The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) w/"Precious" Paul Ellering defeat Radiance (Gary Royal & Paul Roma) with the "Doomsday Device" on Roma. The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair & The Andersons) defeat The Posse (Black Bart & The Hangmen) when Ole pinned Rhodes with his infamous kneedrop. But what had the fans buzzing was what happened towards the end when Paul Jones came down with RON BASS which got the attention of Black Bart. When Bart approached them Bass greeted his former partner warmly before signing Jones to open a briefcase...reveling it to be filled with money! Jones pressed the case into Bart's hands while Bass threw his arm over Bart's shoulder and together the two lead Bart to the back leaving The Highwaymen high & dry!

NWA Power Hour #1 Commentary team:Bob Caudle & Tony Schiavone. Ring Announcer:David Crockett Taped on Thursday December 2nd, 1986 at the Winthrop Coluseam in Rocky Hill SC and airing December 3 on WTBS Channel 17. (A new intro slams on screen showing high speed action from all the top stars of the NWA set to "Rock Warrior" by The Rods. We freeze on a shot of NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard before cutting to Caudle & Schiavone at ringside) BC:Wrestling fans welcome to the debut episode of NWA Power Hour! I'm Bob Caudle alongside Tony Schiavone and Tony what a historic night this is for the NWA. TS:It certainly is Bob. From here on out the NWA goes forward as one promotion and we're all determined it will be the greatest wrestling promotion in the world. Tonight is just the beginning, the first major step happens on Christmas day in Greensboro NC as we present Christmas Chaos which we can report that will be airing live on close circuit television. Matches will be announced in the coming weeks & we've got some big news for you later this broadcast. BC: Indeed we do but it's time to get started, let's send it to the ring for our first match. Match #1 "The Electrifying" Ben Bassarab defeats The Executioner with a Flying Bodypress. Commercial-Bob Caudle runs down the NWA house shows for the coming week. TS:Wrestling fans welcome back to NWA Power Hour. My guest at this time is the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion, "Handsome" Harley Race! *huge pop* HR:Thank you Tony. Folks this is something of a bittersweet moment for me. You see I was so proud to defeat Ric Flair for this title and prove that while I may be getting up there in years I still have what it takes to beat the very best. However one of the many changes of the NWA restructuring is that now that we're looking to establish a national presence it's been determined there is no longer a need for regional titles. As such the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship shall be contested in a title vs title match at Christmas Chaos & as a courtesy I've been given a choice between the United States title or the World Heavyweight title. If you know me you know that's not a choice at all. I truly believe I would have won the tournament at Halloween Havoc if not for Tully Blanchard's foolishness & at Christmas Chaos i shall prove it when I finally become NWA World Heavyweight Champion for the 8th time! (Race leaves to rousing cheers) BC:Wrestling fans you heard it from the man himself Harley Race to challenge for the World Title at Christmas Chaos! Switching gears now, we've got a new face in the NWA the man they call "Maniac" Matt Borne with his manager, a man VERY familiar to Mid-Atlantic fans "Number One" Paul Jones! Match #2 "Maniac" Matt Borne w/"Number One" Paul Jones defeats "Stray Cat" Brodie Chase with a "Stump Puller" During the match Jones joins the commentary booth and reveals he has purchased the contract of the Great Kabuki who'll be in the main event. Commercial+Promo for Christmas Chaos (Caudle is joined by the Renegade Warriors. They confirm that the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles will also be retired at Christmas Chaos and they were given the same choice as Race. However while it was incredibly tempting to challenge for the World Titles they couldn't stand the idea of the United States Tag Titles being controlled by that anti-american blowhard JR Foley for one second longer. They swear that when 1987 dawns the U.S Tag Titles will be around the waist of a pair of true American patriots) Non title Match #3 The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) defeat Cruel Connection (1&2) with a double knife edge chop to CC#2. Commercial+Promo for Christmas Chaos (Caudle announces that Christmas Chaos shall serve as the year end show for 1986 & that the new years eve edition of NWA Power Hour shall be a special episode highlighting the best action of 1986 including some matches airing on tv for the first time) Match #4 "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers defeats Rocky King with a Brainbuster. Commercial+Promo for Christmas Chaos (Before the main event Caudle explains that due to his actions at Starrcade, Kevin Sullivan was stripped of the NWA World Television Championship & suspended indefinitely. Sullivan was so enraged he actually quit. Regardless the main event shall be the first of a series of qualifing matches to take place over the next several weeks where the winners shall meet in a four corners elimination match to crown a new champion) Main event The Great Kabuki w/"Number One" Paul Jones defeats El Santo Negro when a distraction from Jones lead to the "Asian mist"/Thrust kick combo.

Kind of strange reading Red apologize knowing who he'd become but I believe him. I'm all for a rubber match between Kazaharu & Regal. The Tribe is ready for war with The Cartel. The Glamor Boys vs The Highwaymen in a cage where the losing team disband forever? I don't see any other way to end this. Looking forward to seeing what Keirn can do on his own. Backlund is trying to be the professional but his issues are getting the better of him. Not a good way to be going against Hercules.

Carlos Colon joining up with Curtis Iaukea? Did NOT see that coming. Rock n Roll is in for a hell of a fight trying to take the titles off Jumbo & Fujinami. Well you gotta admit, Gagne did tell us so. Superfly is on the hunt for gold. Have to hand it to Kirby, he's got quite the crew assembled in a short amount of time. The Bombers could be big here. Beauty Shop returns with the new National Tag Champs. They might not have them for long with Cabin Fever coming after them. Gamma could be a tricky obstacle for Snuka. Bockwinkel vs Henning is quite the clash of personalities. Diamond Aces sounds like a name Vin Man would come up with. The Olympians & The Union are heading for a violent blowoff. Wildfire leaves the King laying in what will be one of the AWA's most memorable endings. I'm not sure the AWA is ready for Tommy Rich.

Some solid matches on Dark. I just wanna say you've done a great job capturing Kingston's voice. Big episode of Dynamite coming up.

Survivor Series provides a strong start and the first round of Tag league capitalizes on it.

McIntyre & Medusa get back-to-back victories. They're seriously riding high. Richter is the focal point of the main event making a opening for her partners to sneak up on Combs leading to new Trios champions. Wonder how long Richter & The Nasty Girls can play nice.

Goliath may have knocked Bugsy even loopy-er then he already was. The Sawyers are back & they're going Rich hunting. Bruno & Grappler working together? It could work. Bass just took his ball and went to Charl...home he went home. The Taylor relationship pays off for Furnas. Now what does Taylor expect in return. Adonis gets his wish as The Bullet can't use the Sleeper or he'll get dq'd. I don't know what the fans loved more, Dutch getting a whippin' or Slick getting the Thump. And Robert was worried, I think he & Allen will get along great.

National Wrestling Alliance Title Histoy NWA World HeavyWeight Title Magnum T.A. defeats Terry Funk on January 31, 1985 in the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO to win the vacated title in a one night 16 man tournament Tully Blanchard defeats Magnum T.A. on September 7, 1985 at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Arena, in Tulsa Oklahoma at Wrestlefest 85. Magnum T.A. (2) defeats Tully Blanchard on December 25, 1985 at The Lake Front Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nikta Koloff defeated Magnum T.A. on July 5, 1986 at the Great American Bash at The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA Magnum T.A. (3) defeats Nikita Koloff on August 30, 1986 at the Gulf Coast COnvention Center in Biloxi, MS at Beach Brawl 86 Title Vacated on October 21, 1986 after it became clear how serious the injuries from the car accident were for Magnum T.A. Butch Reed defeats Tommy Rich in the finals of a 16-man tournament on Oct.31, 1986 to fill the vacated title at Halloween Havoc in the Omni in Atlanta, GA Tully Blanchard (3) defeats Butch Reed on November 25, 1986 at Starrcade in the Omni in Atlanta, GA Ric Flair defeats Tully Blanchard on May 30, 1987 at the Memorial Day Spectacular in the Boutwell Memorial Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. NWA World Tag Team Title Hacksaw Butch Reed & Steve "Dr. Death" Williams defeat The Hart Foundation on Feb. 20, 1985 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to win the vacated title in an 8 team tourny Harley Race & Larry Zbyszko defeated Hacksaw Butch Reed & Steve "Dr. Death" Williams on May 10, 1985 in Oklahoma City at the Cox Convention Center. Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death defeated Harely Race & Larry Zbyszko on September 7, 1985 at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Arena, in Tulsa Oklahoma at Wrestlefest85. The Rock n Roll Express defeated Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death on November 26, 1985 at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston Texas (Thanksgiving Spectacular) The Freebirds defeated The Rock n Roll Express on January 25, 1986 at The Bayfront Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death (2) defeat The Freebirds on March 14, 1986 at The Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio, Texas. Ole & Arn Anderson defeat Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death on October 31, 1986 in the Omni in Atlanta, GA at Halloween Havoc. The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) defeat The Andersons on February 7,1987 in the Greensboro Coluseam in Greensboro, NC. NWA United States Title The Iron Shiek (1/5/85) Worldwide Wrestling King Tonga (2/2/85) Worldwide Wresrling Masked Superstar (2/10/85) House Show Super Destroyer (8/10/85) Miami, FL Kerry Brown (11/28/85) Starrcade, Greensboro, NC Nikita Koloff (9/11/86) Norfolk VA Randy Savage (12/25/86) Christmas Chaos, Greensboro NC Stan Hansen (5/30/87) Memorial Day Spectacular, Birmingham, Alabama NWA United States Tag Team Title The Paisans (Tony Parisi & Italian Stallion) (11/28/85) Starrcade, Greensboro, NC The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole & Arn Anderson) (1/30/86) Winter Warfare, Tallahassee, FL Vacated (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew relinquished the titles after winning the NWA World Tag Team Titles) (11/5/86) the Commonwealth (George Barnes & Jonathan Boyd) (11/6/86) Raleigh, NC The Renegade Warriors (Chris & Mark Youngblood) (12/25/86) Christmas Chaos, Greensboro, NC Brutha's in Arms (Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr) (2/20/87) Jacksonville, FL NWA World Television Title Jesse Ventura defeated Ron Garvin on April 11, 1985 in Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Missouri to become the first champ. Dusty Rhodes defeated Jesse Ventua on July 12, 1985 in Irish McNeil's Boys Club in Shreveport, Louisiana. Kevin Sullivan defeated Dusty Rhodes on October, 31, 1985 in Kiel Audiorium in St. Louis Missouri. TITLE VACATED ON JAN. 18, 1986 Lex Luger (9/19/86) MACW TV Kevin Sullivan (2) (10/23/86) Albany, GA Title Vacated when Sullivan left the promotion. Steve Wright won a Four Corners Eliminations Match at Christmas Chaos to become the new champ. Mark Fleming defeated Steve Wright on February, 14, 1987 at St Valentine's Day Massacre in Huntsville, Alabama. Tom McGee defeated Mark Fleming at Memorial Day Spectacular in Birmingham, Alabama. NWA World Six Man Tag Team Titles Bill Dundee, Giant Haystacks & Adrian Street won a eight team tournament at St Valentine's Day Massacre in Huntsville, Alabama on February 14th 1987 to win the vacant titles The Posse (Bill Irwin, Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantel) House Show (4/14/87) Charlotte, NC The Celestial Trinity (Zodiac, Jason the Terrible & Angel of Death) House Show (6/14/87) Charlotte, NC Brian Adidas & The Grapplers. Great American Bash, (7/4/87) Miami, Florida

NWA sends Eric Embry to CCW in exchange for Ron Bass.

NWA places Eric Embry on the block.

NWA returns Kevin Sullivan to UWF. NWA also sends Lex Luger to UWF as part of a preexisting agreement with the previous MACW administration. NWA sends Baby Doll to AWA in exchange for Paul Jones.

*Breaking news! New NWA World Jr Heavyweight Champion crowned in Japan!* At a event held by the NWA's Japanese partner All Japan Pro Wrestling in Misawa, Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated Eric Embry to become the new NWA World Jr Heavyweight Champion. This match was part of a world tour that was scheduled in advance of Starrcade. The decision was made to honor the commitments made despite the restructuring currently underway. The NWA congratulates Kobayashi-San on his victory. We are certain he will carry the title proudly.

E-C-W E-C-W E-C-W! That ending was classic with a hoss losing their shit and sticking it to the authority.

WCW is off to a hot start! Austin vs The Horsemen! The Dangerous Alliance! So many options.

CM Punk vs Kenny Omega is basically permission to print money. I agree it's great to see The Exaulted One back in charge of The Dark Order where he belongs.

Good thing the South Pacific Islanders were there to prevent Lightfoot from experiencing some painful dejavuh. Tatum with yet another reason to preen. Chick Magnet & Big Ripper earn yet another shot at the tag straps. Regal remembers shit! I never liked that "touch the corners to win" thing. It's not over till The Glamor Boys win! Looks like Backlund kept it together long enough to earn himself a title shot. Batshit insanity leads to Red breaking out the Heart Punch! Red's reaction intrigues me. And just like that, Duggan is gone! Hercules didn't strike me as a main eventer but you've set him up great.

Jos Leduc as a face? Oh what the hell i trust you. Tiger & Finley pick up solid wins. Pillman vs Muta? Yes please! The new leader of the Hollywood Knights bests the General. The Brigade & Owen close the show with a pair of successful defenses.

From the desk of Jim Crockett Jr "Bring it on!"

Atlas starts his rebound post Iron & Steel. Glad Simmons roll is continuing but I'm also kinda nervous about what Pringle & Miller are cooking up. OMG with another dominant performance perhaps getting himself a new manager. Gilbert & Hyatt leave PCW on a high note after another win over Orton. Bubba puts down a gutsy Rotunda. British Steel net their first successful defense. Windham retains in a rematch.

Thatcher returns fire at Watts before announcing "Christmas Clash" in...Georgia? OK I see how it is. Adonis stakes his claim to the Sleeper and backs it up by putting Bullet to sleep. Bruno's boys have a big night ahead of them in Biloxi. Interesting to see Taylor take a shine to Furnas. A bit of friction in Slick's Stable but the Slickster always has a plan & he knows just who to call. Also i see Robert still isn't quite comfortable with the way of things. Olympia & JYD are all business! The card in Biloxi is stacked to the rafters. So happy to see Budro & RPG make up. So Slick has "bad news" for Cooley huh? The Exotic Garden may have just been canceled courtesy of the Starr Corporation. Nice tv win for Scorpio. Can't say I blame Dundee for wanting to wack Dutch with the bullrope OR Taylor getting upset about having to take a dq loss.

The following statement was released by Jim Crockett Promotions. Following the financial and critical success of Halloween Havoc we at Mid-Atlantic were excited to work with our fellow promoters in the NWA to present Starrcade. However problems immediately became apparent in the planning stages. More specifically it became clear that while Mr Watts had scheduled Starrcade to take place less then a full month after Halloween Havoc no effort had been put into planning Starrcade until Halloween Havoc had concluded. This was compounded by Mr Watts's increasingly unilateral decision making process, relegating the Board of Directors to a purely advisory status and on occasion ignoring it's advise entirely in clear defiance of NWA guidelines. Mr Thatcher himself hindered matters by constantly hijacking what were scheduled to be meetings on booking decisions instead insisting on issuing complaints that CCW was somehow being shortchanged financially despite the fact that each of the three territories received an equal portion of the profits from Halloween Havoc. Regarding the conclusion of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match. No rational person could deny that Butch Reed was cheated out of his title not that there was clear collusion between the Four Horsemen and referee Carl Fergie. However, there exists clear evidence of Mr Fergie's corruption from the moment he ceased to be an active wrestler and obtained his referee license through a program started by Mr Watts. Indeed earlier in the same night, Mr Fergie showed blatant bias in his refereeing of the Mid-South Tag Team Title match in favor of the Masked Superstars. As such the conspiracy between Mr Fergie and the Horsemen can be seen as clearly that, a conspiracy between those individuals. While the way Mr Reed was defeated for the title is truly unfortunate the fact is wrestling matches, including those contested for championships, are won through nefarious means on a nightly basis without the decision being reversed. Mr Crockett acting as the representative of Mid-Atlantic made clear that Mr Blanchard would be made available whenever Mr Watts requested so that Mr Reed could receive his rightful rematch. However Mr Watts refused, demanding the decision be reversed. The Board promptly held a vote and while the decision was close it was ultimately decided the the matches decision would be upheld. Mr Watts furiously declared he would be withdrawing from the Alliance and while we disagree with this rash decision we respect Mr Watt's choice. This and Mr Thatcher's withdrawal of CCW in favor of holding his own Thanksgiving event leaves MACW as the sole American promotion in the NWA. As such Mr Crockett in his newly appointed role as President has made the following decision. Effective immediately Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling be ceasing operations and te National Wrestling Alliance will be going forward as a single promotion. All MACW talent have been giving the option of signing new NWA contracts with the vast majority agreeing. The NWA will be proud to bring the very finest in pro wrestling to not only to the established MACW territory but new venues in West Virginia,Maryland, Ohio and anywhere else that is prepared to host us. The official launch of the new era of the NWA will occur with the debut of "NWA Power Hour" on Friday December 3rd. We can also announce that on Christmas night the NWA will host the first supershow of the new era called "Christmas Chaos" in the Greensboro Coliseum. Matches for the event will be announced on "NWA Power Hour" in the coming weeks.