ErictheDragon

Watts pulls off a major coup by securing an agreement with WCW.

Originally airing 1-21-91 on HBO. We see a match from a recent RAW taping where The Bolsheviks (Ivan Koloff & Boris Zhukov) show off their new finisher "Iron Curtain call" (Hart attack). Mean Gene's Update features promos from Dino Bravo & Tito Santana with both explaining why they;ll win the Royal Rumble. Dynamite Kid's squash from last week's Wrestling Challenge is sown. Split screen promo sees DK promise two things. 1. A pair of new recruits for the Commonwealth will debut on the Royal Rumble Free for All and 2. He will personally eliminate Chris Benoit from the Rumble itself. One Man Gang's squash from RAW is shown. Slick says Black Diamond Enterprises will be undergoing some "re-structuring" in the new year and it starts with OMG winning the Royal Rumble. The Bushwhackers squash from Wrestling Challenge is shown. Promo time with Sean Mooney! Koko B Ware sings about how good things are going for High Energy in the WWF. Berzerker hollers about how he will conquer the ring at the Royal Rumble. The Nightmares squash from Wrestling Challenge is shown. Tugboat defeats Russian Pitbull #1 with the "Capsize". More Promos with Mooney! Snuka and Andre both muse that this year's Rumble could be their last chance to main event Mania. Chris Benoit says he'll win the Rumble then at Mania he'll take the WWF Championship home to Canada. The Killer Bees w/Capt Lou take down a pair of jobbers with one of them feeling the "Stinger". Feature Match. Bad News Brown defeats "The Ace" Bob Orton Jr after ducking a lariat and hitting the "Ghetto Blaster".

Pourteau wins in a clinic to become the inaugural GWF Light Heavyweight Champion. New Breed make a statement in their debut. I don't even wanna know whatVW and Kabuki ave planned for those two. Big Bill Kazmier stand up to Bruiser Bedlam. Haystacks dominates but Zeus immediately strikes. Angel of Death is a dangerous man to be sure, but challenging Abby might be a step too far for even him. Killer Kyle impressed. Morgan sends a message directly to Tenryu.

Wild Dog advances in the TV title tournament: yay! Mountain Dew Kid loses in the first round: boo! PiP has yet another enemy to worry about. On the bright side, Tasha has one of her boys in the TV title semifinals.

I like the new slimmed down format. Race adding the Samoans is a frightening prospect. Jannetty has found some better (hopefully) backup to take the fight to Doom.

RPG is back in the co-host seat and Alberto Madril wows the audience with another dazzling display of legal mastery. Great build up to the big 8 man tag this Thursday. Embry runs his mouth and now has to defend against Whatley. Stacked card coming to Birmingham.

Watts with a bold strategy, using Abby as a lure, "Come check out this guy the TV networks don't want me to show you."

Muta continues to dazzle Dallas. Wild Bill and Southern Justice are still going strong. Stunning Steve with a Magnificent victory. Wallstreet hasn't cracked the code on Mascaras. Roadies put the Moondogs down. Big night for Soul-less as the tear through their opponents and strike out at the Steiners. Memphis. Graham tames the Bad Boy. Can Am Express is going full steam ahead. The Hoffmans see just how dirty these white boys are. Luger gets an easy win and sends the champ a message. Savage powers through and takes his anger out on Taylor. All the while, Idol is lurking in the background. RnR and DC are having trouble figuring out who the better team is. Major embarrassment for the Prince.

Another great three nights f wrestling in Southern California.

Love the foreshadowing of Magnum declaring he'll clean up the messes around the AWA only for the Horsemen to come out and make another. Magnum makes them pay for all their crimes by declaring War Games! Jammer is a o more chill without Vinnie around. Payne has better things to do than answer questions. The Heavenly Bodies are shining. Norton's AWA debut ends in a Flash. The Idols are after even more gold. Horrible night for Tommy Lane.

Looking forward to it.

Garvin & DJ still can't get on the same page. The Southern Rockers get the won but the Bruise Brothers spoil the celebration. Mean Mike takes his place in the Memphis Mafia. Jamie suckers his old man in. Love the scene of Embry and RPG laughing at the whole thing. Somebody better console Platt because RPG finally has his co-host spot thanks to....The Bullet?

The link worked for me and I am thankful for it. I didn't actually know who Como or St Clair were so I looked them both up. Honestly surprised the latter is currently Toni Storm's butler. Vampire Warrior & Kabuki. Back together and just as creepy as the first time. Bedlam with another dominant win but his post match actions cost him some money. Boss man Watts gets the crowd back with the announcement of three incoming titles. Zeus has been unleashed but Giant Haystacks may just be the man to rein him in. Larry Winters doesn't fare any better against the Demon than Stetson did. Pourteau however takes the chance to wear his opponent down ahead of next week's clash to become the first ever GWF Light Heavyweight champion. Lombardi did much better than I thought he would but Tenryu still puts him down. He doesn't have time to celebrate however as the Monster Rip Morgan makes his pretense known. Abby's GWF is as chaotic and bloody as we all knew it would be.

Originally airing 1/14/91 on HBO. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan's non title squash from last weeks RAW is shown. Splitscreen promo sees the IC champ say the contract has been signed and he'll see the big Earthquake at the Royal Rumble.....TOUGH GUY! Mean Gene's Update gives his weekly update segment. His sources tell him that a number of talent will be arriving at the Royal Rumble to take part in the titular match. Some will be familiar faces while others will have never been seen in the World Wrestling Federation. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) defeat Mark Starr and Disco Inferno with "Welcome to Nastyville". Splitscreen promo see them hooting and hollering (mostly the latter) about how at the Royal Rumble The Fantastics will take their long overdue trip to Nastyville. Brutus Beefcake spikes someone with the "A little off the top". It's announced that at the Rumble he'll enter the King's Court to challenge Lawler for the crown. Promo time with Sean Mooney! Dino Bravo, Billy Jack Haynes & Bad News Brown all hype their chances with Brown in particular swearing to dump the One Man Gang out personally. A replay of Dustin Rhodes' squash from a recent RAW is shown. Tom Zenk defeats Black Bart with a sunset flip. Manny Fernandez comes down and once again gave Bart a tongue lashing. This time however, Bart looked less apologetic and more frustrated. Sensational Power (Hercules & Warlord) w/"Sensational" Sherri Martel defeat Pat Armstrong & Pete Sanchez with dual fall-away slams causing both jobbers to collide in midair. Sherri says The Ronin took Roma out so now her pair of beasts is going to do the same to them. Andre joins the set and chats with Monsoon about the Rumble. Jesse tries to crack some jokes but quickly backs off when Andre starts to get irritated. Tatanka pins Kent Carlson with "The end of the Trail". The iron Sheik submits Rico Fredrico with the "Camel Clutch". The Bushwhackers defeat Dennis Allen and the Gladiator with a double gutbuster. Feature Match. One Man Gang w/"The Doctor of Style" Slick defeats Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka after Slick shoved Snuka off the top when he was going for the "Superfly splash" allowing OMG to hit the 747.

Get ready San Antonio because the Butcher is coming!

Starr gets caught in the act. Taylor finds out how mean Miller is. Armando's tricks get his team the win. J.C didn't have much fun at the Party. Papa Bill is much more successful. Whatley & Olympia just shot to the top of the tag ranks. Embry needs help to escape with his title.

Nothing like a nice, crazy battle royal to welcome the fans. Really enjoyed the back-nd-forth between Johnson & Prichard. Bruiser Bedlam makes a terrifying impression as he dismantles a Von Erich. Tenryu overcomes the earlier assault ot become the first ever GWF World champion. I thought that there might be funny business when I saw Watts and Ladd in the same ring but the Big Cat played it straight.

Oakland. Not the best first showing for Scotty and Steveie. Modest impresses his new teacher. Adams puts Tommy on Dreamstreet. Cornette has quickly become a believer in the FBI. Stormfront clearly didn't care for a win. Adams puts Hart on Notice. San Francisco. Patriot with a solid Victory. Gordy return to save Dr Death. Finlay and the Thrillaz strike the first blow. Candido looks to prove himself to the boss. RVD & Sabu were just too crazy. Young gets spiked. Fresno. Tatum avenge his partner. Guido isn't any more successful against Scorpio. Trisha seems to be getting a lot of unwanted attention. Modest keeps up the pressure. Kawada k.o's the Beast. Liger sends the fans home happy.

Bill Watts is back and hyping his new territory as only he can.

JC Ice crosses the line by hitting his own father with the chair. Olympia ii tries to get a piece of Miller. Garvin is told he's in the doghouse. Team Texas uses Embry's title as leverage and now RPG may get his coveted co-host spot. The Rich's get themselves a shot at the tag straps. Ya know, I;m starting to suspect that Alberto isn't as good a lawyer as he thinks he is. Bill and Mantell bring in Budro to even the score as we get a Memphis civil war at this week's Birmingham show.

Idol's back and immediately slithers his way into a world title shot. Memphis is about to become a Madhouse! JJ and Luger are coming to the USWA. Can Memphis handle them? Lawler declares all out war and Rich and the rest of the Family. The Can Am Express are back in the game. USWA Dallas is up and running. Gary Hart is back in Dallas and he brought the brought the Great Muta. Austin and Madusa are still going strong. Sullivan, Cactus and Vader? Dallas ain't ready for the Soul-less. Steiner quickly makes friends in the new territory. Wallstreet and Miss York run a foul of the lucha legend.

Great write-up of the battle royal. First round looks interesting. Some obvious ones sure -i'll eat my hat the day Skinner bets the Dragon- but with the potential for some big upsets.

*Meant to post this last week* I popped so big for the Mountain Dew Kid. Been drinking that stuff since I was 3/4. One thing i've noticed about your territories is that, compared to the rest of us you don't rush to crown your champions, you set up your big storylines first. I also like that you're starting with the TV title. Nice hook with the random draws.

Taylor keeps himself in title contention. Gee, I wonder what had Alberto so out of sorts? Memphis Mafia vs Team Texas, hell yeah! Okay what the hell is going on with Miller? Fuller kick RPG out allowing Whatley to get his revenge on Kabuki. The tag title match is all out madness. A batshit finish sees Embry become Southeastern champion meaning Team Texas has all the gold save the Jr title. The Mafia look to take their anger out on the Superstar only for Dutch Mantell of all people to save the day. southeastern is officially the craziest territory we have going.

The AWA heads act decisively resulting in a vacant World title and the need for a new commissioner. What a nightmare for poor old Verne. The Horseman are making all kinds of moves. What a wave of talent coming in.