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Week 3 of January 1983! A crazy week here with lots to talk about. First: What the heck? I guess they didn't like me sharing Junkyard Dog with them? I don't know, but what a bummer. At least they didn't declare war, so no biggie. We move onto the TV tapings and I had an alarming alert. I was told that Roddy Piper caused an incident backstage. Shit, do I have to fire Piper or fine him. What has he done??? What the heck? How awesome is this? Piper is the man and he is rewarded with a fun match on the TV! I just realized I could run dark and post match matches! So, that is going to help. Zbyszko and The Poffos debut with strong effort and the Spoiler and Martel started their angle. A successful show and my ratings are growing weekly. Speaking of The Poffos: Savage and Sunshine have great chemistry is very promising. Who needs Liz? I have big plans for Savage! The tags are to get him over and then to split him off into singles. Other great news that came out this week was the stealing of The Rock and Roll Express from Fuller. The tag division is building up well. The last bit of business this week an event: The opener which didn't show up because I had too many segments was Bret Hart & The Rock'n'Rolls beating Kabuki, Rip Rogers and Bobby Bass. This was a loaded show three title matches and one title change. Step two of the future unification match was Kerry winning the Brass Knuckles Title. Wahoo and Valentine going 18 in the main event was the best thing on the show! So, there is a major issue. The NWA won't let me run in the South East. Leaving the NWA might be suicide at this point, so I might have to focus in on the South West. It will take longer, but it's possible.

About to watch the Hall of Fame and then waiting for Musgrave and my sister and her boyfriend to come over and watch the show. Getting a pizza and enjoying tonight. Also, my wife agreed to watch the show if she could get drunk, so that will be fun.

So, I will be checking in every Monday of the game for a weekly report. Week 2 of January 1983 was an interesting week. There was a lot of debuts, a mistake and some happenings. There was even a title change! Let's start off with our second TV show on Thursday1 As you can see, no problems on the show and the popularity went up everywhere it aired! A little less attendance, but I'm not going to complain about this. Lots of debuts here and there was some problem with the overness of the youngsters. I think it is only a matter of time though. The two big news coming out of the show is Barry Windham winning the TV Title and the beginning of ruining Bruiser Brody. Brody is PISSED. I fired his friend and he jobbed clean to Bundy. Brody is a cancer in the locker room and the first big show I can book him on, he is losing clean to Bundy as a send off. Next up was my first event. Originally scheduled for the Louisville Gardens, problems arouse: So, stupid South Eastern Championship Wrestling would not allow me to run in the South East due to some non compete clause. Also, you can't change the name of a show once you start booking. All this comes down to a show at Sam Houston Coliseum entitled Louisville Gardens. Oops. If I was doing this solely for fun I would start over, but it is what it is. What a successful show. B-, 8,100 people and it helped me in my home base. My roster is awesome now and it really made booking a show easy. Running it down, Bundy, Windham, Hennig & Hart and Steamboat were just put in spots to shine. In sad news Hennig and Hart had zero chemistry together as a team, which might change up some future plans. I put Martel over The Spoiler as just a match to get Martel over, but the chemistry between them was great. I may continue these two together. The main stuff on the show was Freebirds-Von Erichs moments and The Hammer becoming the main singles heel. Hayes & Gordy retained their tag titles, cut a promo and then took out Kevin before he defended the title against Valentine. Valentine then took Kevin to school and took the NWA American Heavyweight Title. This is step one to building to the unification match in July between Valentine and a Von Erich. Coming out of this show, I still wanted to run in the South East. Which means I had to end my non-compete relationship with the Fullers. Sorry. They did not take it well: With Hart and Hennig not working, I may steal the Rock and Roll from Fuller, we will see. WAR IS ON, BABY!

They only matter if I care if the guy gets over or not. If Rusev lost every match this last year would he be over?

I dowse off and Thatcher loses?

I just paid to watch Ultimo Dragon with Sonny Ono versus Juventud Guerrera in 2015. Surprisingly good match. They didn't try to do too much. I enjoyed this.

Match of the night so far and another match that is completely different. Horus corkscrew moonsault and rana to floor ruled. I can't wait for Willie Mack vs Cobb. I am loving this show.

Tattooed tag partners trained by Mustapha? They go all out and have a fun match. The kicky guy vs Thatcher in the second round should rule. 3 for 3

I loved the Thatcher match. They kept the same shoot fight feel all match and it never turned into a bomb throwing nearfall match or anything. Vinnys back suplex was perfect. I am glad I ordered this show so far.

Cobb and Cage was a real fun opener. The right guy won and this could be a great show.

I'm a big fan of tournaments and there are some guys I like in this.

I'm watching

Cherry Bomb is local here and it's nice that she gets a showcase like that.

Stu retired... so I can't do a Stu/Bret vs Fritz/Kerry match. However.. I could sign up Larry the Axe and team him with Curt to take on the Von Erichs?

I have completed week 1, so what's happening? I had a lot of signings and firings, which I will get to in a bit. I sent out feelers to anybody I thought could help just to see what could happen. The only one I used on the first show was Tim Horner in a JTTS role. Without further adieu our first TV show: So, I had too much wrestling for TV. I can fix that easily. One thing I did start up as the Devestation Inc. feud with Bruiser Brody. I am going to use Brody to get over either Bundy or Kamala. The first match in this was a Akbar DQ. However this show sucked, since all my new talent hasn't been signed yet or was not available yet. Kind of a place holder show. Although The Spoiler refused to job to Chris Adams, so I had to just try to protect Adams in it. The Spoiler will not last long with that attitude. I did get Fritz Von Erich's business goals for me: No spot monkeys, cruiserweights or Japanese juniors. Well, that allows me to sign luchadores, so awesome! The other goals are just to maintain where I am, which is bullshit. Dream big Fritz, dream big! Now onto the fun, the firings! James Beard, sorry a third referee is too much. Jose Lothario, sorry but we have no room for you. Arman Hussien, one manager too many. Friday, Kamala with Akbar means you are not needed. Frank Dusek, creative has nothing for you. The Mongol, creative has nothing for you. Killer Tim Brooks, creative has nothing for you. A positive to this is that it pissed off Brody. More firings to come once Madrill and McGraw lose their belts. Also some contacts will just expire instead of firing. We will see though. The hiring list is huge. Some of them will just be special attractions for my Louisville invasion and some are long term projects. Let's take a look: Barry Windham, Bret Hart & Curt Hennig. These three will form a unit to join the six man tag title race. A team of young second generation talent who can be groomed to the top. All three will be a babyface unit. Wahoo McDaniel, Blacjack Mulligan, Junkyard Dog, Sgt. Slaughter, Tommy Rich, Ron Garvin and Roddy Piper are all being brought in to bolster my standing in the South East. Don't expect them to be too integrated into the product, as they will mainly be on Lousiville shows. Bobby Bass, just to work the undercard heel side and maybe manage some guys! Got to get some No Class into World Class! Dutch Mantell, a face or heel who can be a gatekeeper. Greg Valentine will be pushed as a number one heel. Probably a guy I will get to unify the titles. Expect him to win one of the Von Erich's titles soon. Lanny Poffo and Randy Savage. They will team for a bit while I build Savage up for bigger and better things. T Larry Zbyszko is another top heel who will form a team with Valentine from time to time. Between the Birds, Larry and Greg we have our main event heels settled. Tito Santana, Rick Martel and Ricky Steamboat will team as the ultimate babyface team in a race to see who can surpass Kerry. Finally Skip Young and Rip Rogers will help out the undercard. I would say this was a great week, even if my ratings weren't good on syndication and I got a warning. Things are looking up with all this talent and Birds-Von Erichs on top. By the way, Bruiser Brody has low morale and will job out soon before leaving the company.

While Parv is in control of the WWF on Earth-Z, over here on Earth 616 I have decided to take over World Class Championship Wrestling! I'm not as fancy with pictures, but I will try to insert them when appropriate. To set some things up, the biggest promotions in America are 1) AWA 2) WWF 3) WCCW, so I have some work to do. However, I do have a strong feud with the Von Erichs and The Freebirds. That's some good talent to build upon. Here is the roster that I will run under the ownership of Fritz Von Erich: Faces: Bruiser Brody David Von Erich Kerry Von Erich Kevin Von Erich Al Madril Chris Adams Tola Yatsu Brian Adias Heels: Michael Hayes The Spoiler The Great Kabuki Terry Gordy Kamala Scott Irwin Killer Tim Brooks The Missing Link King Kong Bundy Buddy Roberts Bugsy McGraw Bill Irwin The Mongol Tony Charles Frank Dusek Johnny Mantell The Samoan Managers, Referees, etc.. Skandor Akber Arman Hussien Friday Jose Lohtario Bill Mercer Marc Lowrance Sunshine David Manning James Beard Bronco Lubich Ken Mantell Fritz Von Erich I have some work to do. I need more babyfaces and a better undercard with some youth. Von Erichs and Freebirds will only take me so far. Also, a lot of dead weight. I can't imagine Jose Lothario makes it onto a show for me. Now onto the titles! NWA American Heavyweight Champion: Kevin Von Erich NWA American Tag Team Champions: Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy NWA Brass Knuckles Champion: Bugsy McGraw NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion: David Von Erich WCCW Television Champion: Al Madril WCCW World Six-Man Tag Team Champions: The Fabulous Freebirds Soooo many titles. 4 single titles is ridiculous. I will keep the TV Title and I am considering unifying the remaining belts. Make my own Triple Crown! I like the old WWF model of three titles, but I can live with four if I can get a few more six man combinations. Von Erichs, Freebirds is a start, but I can add Devastation Incorporated. There is some folks I hope to hire that could make another unit, but we will see how that works out. If I can't get some more units, then I can just scrap the belts. If I am stealing the Triple Crown, then making teams like All Japan did would work well. The first goal is to get to cult status. It looks like the road to cult status runs through the South East! That will be priority number one. Besides hiring some talent which is popular in that area, I will be running a monthly show from Louisville, Kentucky. I feel weird going straight into Atlanta, Memphis or New Orleans. The general schedule will be: TV taped on Thursday. Once a month in the Sportatorium. Once a month from Louisville. Also major shows will be the holiday Star Wars shows. To sum things up: Hiring young and exciting talent, as well as stars in the South East. Unify the main singles titles, most likely at the Independence Day Star Wars show. Ride the coat tails of Von Erichs-Freebirds and build around Kerry, for now. Most importantly do better than Parv.

What on earth does that mean EDIT: Nevermind, I get it now. And you know that's not possible anyways. Even at its absolute height the IC Title was never seen as anywhere close to the world belt. Ambrose should win the ladder royal since the actual story here is supposed to be him chasing after Barrett. Or at least it was, before they turned it into a Robert Altman movie. Because nothing can ever change? What is the point of putting Bryan in the IC Title picture if you are not going to give him the title and make it a big deal? Especially if Brock is staying and may keep the title. If you do that, Bryan can defend the IC Title in the main events that Brock skips. That may be wishful thinking, but it is a possibility.

So, should I ignore night 2 and watch the WWN Special instead?

He deleted my facebook comment as well and mine was way more civil than Parv's.

Pure speculation, since I haven't heard this anywhere, but this is what I expect to go down. Roman wins by getting help from Heyman in a non-obvious way. For example, Heyman throws in a chair and Roman doesn't see who throws it, but uses it anyway for the win. Post match The Rock comes out to congratulate and let him know about getting help from Heyman, at that point Roman destroys The Rock and leaves with Heyman. A plan all along or not. That is my prediction, mark it down.

Saddest thing ever is that my wife started eating meat 3 months ago. She is eating meat, like 3 times a month. It's crazy.

I had never heard that before. Watch the match, Michaels could barley move.

Multiple times he made that point. Like he seriously thought only somebody who thought it was real could make the points Will was making. Was this guy Vince Russo's son?

Especially since they have had 3 hour ppvs with 9 matches.

Nice.