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    Jim Ross is joined by Sting on the Wrap Up, and says how this Wednesday night was one of the most bizarre nights he’s ever witnessed. He beats the man, unmasked the man and all of a sudden they see the Black Scorpion isn’t in the ring at all. Sting says how he pulled one mask off and the guys got another mask on, he then glances up in the audience and there he is standing in a robe, and guesses that must be the ‘real’ Black Scorpion. He still has no idea who he is and why he wants him, and Ross says that the only clues they’ve been able to find out from his interviews are 1986, California and that Sting wouldn’t recognise him if he saw him anyway. Tape of the end of the match from the Clash airs and then we get another statement from the Black Scorpion. He says he’s making a little present for Sting, everybody else wants to take something from him, but he wants to give. In a while he may even show him what it is. He has another clue: Los Angeles, 1986, on the beach. He tells Sting to think about it and he hopes he’s slowly losing his mind. While the Horsemen and Sid want his belt, he wants his life!
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    It doesn’t seem logical to the Dirty White Boy that the likes of Bill Dundee and Brickhouse Brown would want to step in the ring with him and ‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert. He doesn’t know what they are thinking about, but he’s thinking about inflicting pain all over them. Gilbert says that this week they’re going against a little man and a ‘boy’, because as of this week Brickhouse is going to be his ‘boy’. He’s going to tell him what to do, and the next time they’re up here he’s going to be driving himself and Tony Anthony to the matches. They’re going to have the Dirty White Girl in the back, and they might even put his brother in the front seat next to Brown as a rib on him. I thought we’d seen the back of the blatant racist promos, but they make a return here. Maybe Gilbert had been watching Flair and the Horsemen in the NWA and waiting for the right time to channel them? With how awesome Gilbert has been since he’s returned to the USWA it was really disappointing to see him going down this route.
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    The Nightstalker isn’t Bryan Clark who I thought he might be. The match has only just started when Eddie Gilbert and Sam Lowe are out and Dave tells him they they’re not supposed to be here today. They’re not going to have an interview, there’s a match going on and Eddie Marlin has said that they’re not talking to them today. Gilbert questions that he can’t talk because there is a match going on? He then enters the ring and attacks both wrestlers putting a stop to the match. Sam Lowe starts calling Gilbert ‘The King’, to which Dave responds ‘don’t call him the King!’ He doesn’t want to do the interview but guesses that he hasn’t got much of a choice. Gilbert isn’t supposed to be in the building, but Dave tells him since he’s here, say his piece and get out of here. Gilbert says that he’ll talk for as long as he wants and about anything he wants to. There have been a lot of people who have come through here, said they were the ‘new’ King, and that they were going to take Jerry Lawler’s spot, his position. That position today belongs to him. He tells Lawler that he hates his stinking guts, he’s not obsessed being him, he’s obsessed with being ‘The King and ‘The King’ is ‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert and he’s the new boss of wrestling. He’s like a bad nightmare, Jerry Lawler can try to get rid of him but he’ll always come back. He was trying to give him a way out when he attempted to break his leg, he should’ve just said he’s got to retire and Eddie Gilbert can be the new King. There is plenty more places like Missouri though, this is the week he’s going to take him out, and next week he’ll be stood out here with the crown on his head. Jackie Fargo was great, Jerry Lawler was great, but Eddie Gilbert is that little bit greater. It’s 1990, it’s his era! He calls out Greg Wayne and thanks him for his loyalty and says that he’s a much better man than his brother Ken! Gilbert says that it was his destiny to walk out in every arena with a crown on his head, a belt around his waist with his manager Sam Bass and his family being so proud of him. As they leave Dave tells them to get out of there, and that it’s Sam Lowe and not Sam Bass! There was huge heat for this, probably the most heat we’ve seen in the studio all year. At times you could barely here what Gilbert was saying because the booing from the audience was so loud. He won’t be overtaking Lawler as the best promo for the year, but there is every chance Gilbert will be number two by the time I’ve finished December’s viewing. I really like Dave Brown hear too, his disgust with them both and that he’s almost obliged to let them speak even though Eddie Marlin has banned them from the studio for the day.
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    Dave Brown says that this feud between Jerry Lawler and Eddie Gilbert has been going on all over the territory in recent weeks and he wants to get ‘The King’ over to talk some about the situation. Lawler says how it’s really been getting out of hand and he doesn’t know how much more his legs are going to be able to take. Everyone saw what happened in the parking lot and he thought that would be the end of his devious stunts, but it seems like there is no end to what Eddie Gilbert will try to pull. Last week at the Mid-South Coliseum they had an ‘ambulance match’, which was Gilbert’s idea, and the match would continue until someone is put in an ambulance and taken to hospital. They have video of this match, but ‘The King’ wants everyone to be aware of what Eddie Gilbert had in store for him, that he went out with the full intention of trying to put something in his eyes that would either permanently blind him, or do serious damage to his vision. Fortunately for him, that plan backfired. Highlights of the ‘ambulance match’ from the Coliseum air. It looks like a fantastic match from the clips we see with the two of them fighting at ringside, Lawler with a DDT to ‘Hot Stuff’ on a chair and a piledriver on him too. Gilbert clobbers Lawler with one of Sam Lowe’s cowboy boots and a piledriver for ‘The King’. A great series of punches from Gilbert until Lawler pulls down the strap and fires back with some of his own. Jerry Calhoun gets bumped and Sam Lowe gets in the ring. Gilbert holds Lawler so Lowe can spray something in his face but ‘The King’ ducks and it goes in ‘Hot Stuff’s’ eyes instead. Lawler slugs Lowe, grabs the bottle and sprays it again in Gilbert’s eyes and he is taken out of there on a stretcher and away in the ambulance. Back in the studio and Lawler says how things keep happening and it’s like Eddie Gilbert is obsessed with him. He then compares him to one of these fans from Hollywood where they’re so obsessed that they try to take the life of the person they’re a fan of. Eddie Gilbert has followed his career, patterned himself after him, but he seems intent on getting him out of the way. He’s even changed Sam Lowe’s name to Sam Bass, the name of his former manager. After what happened in Memphis he was supposed to wrestle him again in Trenton, TN on Tuesday, but he came out with patches on his eyes and said that he couldn’t wrestle because his vision was blinded. Last night he was due to wrestle Gilbert once more at a town in Missouri, but the same thing happened and they substituted his brother Doug into the match. He has footage of this and wants to show everyone what happened. Looks like handheld footage of this match from Missouri, and ‘The King’ explains that Jerry Calhoun was supposed to be officiating but he got injured in a previous match and Greg Wayne, Buddy’s son, took his place. Lawler decks Doug with a chain (that Sam Lowe had given to Doug) and he makes the cover but Greg won’t count. Eddie Gilbert enters the ring, takes off his eye patches and nails ‘The King’ with a chair. The three of them start trying to re-break Lawler’s leg as Eddie knew it had been broken before and injured by the car. Brian Lee, Don Harris and Downtown Bruno were blocking the dressing room door to prevent anyone from coming to help ‘The King’, but they let Brickhouse Brown through who was able to help him for a bit. They had a reason for that though, and it was so the Dirty White Boy could attack him. Anthony has a noose with him and tries to hang Brown while Gilbert continues to smash the chair into Lawler’s leg. Jerry Calhoun comes to try and help but he’s attacked by Greg Wayne. Eddie Marlin is next to try and put a stop to this, but when he puts his hands on Greg to get him off Calhoun it just brings out Buddy Wayne who slugs Marlin. Lawler says how Eddie Gilbert must have gotten together with everyone to orchestrate that attack which left himself, Brickhouse Brown, Jerry Calhoun and Eddie Marlin all laid out in the ring. Marlin has said though that due to what happened in Missouri, Eddie Gilbert is not allowed in the studio today. He tells Gilbert that he has friends too, and that he may have won the battle but he hasn’t won the war. He’s going at him this week with one intention in mind, and that’s to cripple him and put him out of wrestling for good. This was just a fantastic few segments. From the ‘ambulance match’ to Lawler comparing Gilbert to a crazed stalker to the wild, chaotic footage from the Missouri house show. Even the little touches such as why no-one could come to help ‘The King’ in the beat down were explained perfectly and logically. Wonderful!
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    Bill Dundee says how Eddie Gilbert is going around running people over in cars, and that the Dirty White Boy has got a rope that he’s putting around people’s necks trying to hang them. He doesn’t know what they think this is, but it’s still wrestling. Eddie Gilbert should know better because his dad, Tommy Gilbert, bought him up right and he was one of the best wrestlers there is. He can’t be proud of him though. He tells the White Boy he’s been looking at him all summer, he’s tired of looking at him, so maybe if ‘The Superstar’ and Brickhouse Brown beat him up good enough he’ll go away and won’t come back! He’s sick of looking at him and hopes that the Dirty White Girl will be at ringside too because he hasn’t forgotten her running Tessa out of town either.
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    Tony Anthony, the Dirty White Girl and Doug Gilbert join Dave Brown, and the White Boy says how Dave is wanting to talk about himself and ‘The Hitman’ Doug Gilbert, but they want to put the Dirty White Girl center stage because she’s not too happy about this ‘dog food match’. Kim doesn’t know whose idea this was, but if they think she’s going to eat a can of dog food it’s not going to happen, and Vicious Vicki better be prepared to get on all fours. Doug says that she’s a big dog so he’s sure she’ll like it! The White Girl is convinced though that this is Bill Dundee’s idea, and he is still upset because she ran that bleach blonde bimbo out of here. Tony Anthony says that he heard a rumour that Dundee and Vicki are living together, which makes them laugh, and Kim says waking up to that every morning would scare her half to death! ‘The Superstar’ joins them and tells the White Girl that she never ran Tessa out of town, she never did anything by herself as the White Boy or someone else always helped her. He tells Anthony that he knows all about dogs and says that Vicki is just a friend of his. The White Girl doesn’t care about his opinion and says that she’s going to tell him what she thinks, then slaps him hard across the face. ‘The Hitman’ and the White Boy find that funny and taunt Dundee about what’s he going to do? Kim slaps him again, he grabs her, but is warned by Gilbert and Anthony about beating up a woman, when out comes Vicious Vicki, cigar and all. Vicki says that if she wants to slap somebody ‘slap her’, and Kim responds how she’s got the sort of face that needs slapping! Kim slaps her and Vicki replies with one of her own. As Anthony grabs her, Dundee gets between them but is then attacked by Gilbert and the White Boy. They double team him and then Anthony holds Vicki so Kim can slap her. Dundee is able to get the better of Doug, picks up a chair and cracks the White Boy in the back with it and they’re out of there. An angry Dundee then tells the Dirty White Boy that he won’t make this Battle Royale that’s coming up because he’s going to take him out in the tag match before it. Again Kim is improving, but I think the White Boy actually walks her through these interviews. At times it looks as though she forgets what she wants to say, and he’ll make a comment or do something to buy a little time or help her get back on track. She laid those slaps into Dundee, none of that weak ass stuff she was doing with Tessa. Doug has also ditched the wig now and that’s for the better if he wants to be taken seriously.
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    The Freebirds are in full on confederate flag gear, complete with confederate flags painted on their face (although it looks like Hayes’ has sweated off) and have Buddy Roberts with them. Tony Schiavone says that the match which has had everyone buzzing here was the Southern Boys victory over the Freebirds, although he’s sure these men would disagree! Jim Garvin tells him that I’s a good job he’s shut his mouth now before General Buddy Lee shoves his fist down it! They’re sick of being treated like garbage and if these people can’t respect them, they’ll teach them how to respect them! Nobody messed with the Freebirds before and nobody is going to mess with them now. Roberts says that they’re going to get the Southern Boys out of here, these people may think they won the battle, but they will win the war. Hayes tells ‘Bullet’ Bob that he was step number one and there will be many more to follow. They’re still the greatest Rock & Roll band, still kicking butt, still taking names and still raising chaos! He then has a video of when they went to Hollywood and were mobbed by fans wherever they went. I had no recollection of Roberts being with the Freebirds as late as this in the NWA at all.
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    Bill Dundee tells Eddie Gilbert and the Dirty White Boy that they know exactly what they did last week when his friend Cowabunga beat them in the Battle Royale. All he did was go to the ring to make sure justice was done, but next thing he knows they’re attacking him from behind, busting his head open and running away with Cowabunga’s money. He’s never seen a mad turtle, but they’ve got him mad and this week he’s going to take it out on them. Cowabunga says that they stole $5,000 from him and that would buy a lot of Domino’s pizza! Not only did they hurt him, but they hurt ‘The Superstar’, his best friend in wrestling and the man who’s taken him under his wing and showed him the ropes! They’re coming for them, they’re going to beat the shell out of them and they’ll be shell shocked! I’m pretty sure I saw ‘The Superstar’ smile as Cowabunga was cutting his promo here!
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    This Ringside Wrestling promotion out of Iowa might be the most obscure one yet. A limousine pulls up and one of the passengers asks this old lady where the wrestling is? She doesn’t know as she hates wrestling. Ox Baker steps out of the limo almost apoplectic that she doesn’t like wrestling. He tries to steal her walker when this other old dear shows up and starts hitting him over the head with her handbag, and they then quickly get out of there. After that we get an advert for a ‘Mr Ugly’ contest between Ox Baker and Mr Frenchy, who I think might be a manager in this promotion. It’s a tough call!
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    Kevin never knew how much fun he could have when he stepped into the IWA, and here he is at Disney World (really?). The Diamond Exchange will stop at nothing to hurt him, but now he’s got someone who’s great at hurting people and just as nutty watching his back Kevin Von Erich and Moondog Spot, the oddest of odd couples!
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    Music video set to ‘Born to be Wild’ by Steppenwolf. Cactus Jack and Gary Young look like a surprisingly good team from the footage we see here. Standout clips are Cactus doing the elbow drop to the floor of the Sportatorium on several occasions, the Cactus clothesline on Kerry Von Erich, and Jack repeatedly ramming his head into a steel chair until he knocks himself down. I liked this one.
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    We see two pairs of feet walking through the junkyard and that’s it for the Master Blasters so far! Jim Ross reminds everyone that Sting will be defending the World Heavyweight title on national television for the first time Wednesday night against the unknown commodity that is the Black Scorpion. Sting says that he doesn’t know who he is, just that he’s from California in 1986 and he is someone that he used to know. The Scorpion is letting little hints out, but he doubts he will find out who he is until he gets him in the ring. He’s not sure how to prepare for a match like this so does lie in bed at night thinking about it. Wondering who is he? What’s his background? What’s his style in the ring? It’s definitely on his mind. National TV is the best place to defend the World title though because he wants the whole world to be see, and he’s not going to let anybody down because it took him a long time to get the belt. This is hardly Flair doing the great final promo on the last TV show before his World title match on PPV or at a Clash. At least he is a bit more serious here saying he’s concerned about not knowing who the Scorpion is.
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    Wrestling Wrap Up with Jim Ross and he says on Wednesday night, at Clash of the Champions, Sting will defend his World title on national television for the first time against the mysterious Black Scorpion. The Scorpion has made another statement and he wants us to hear his comments. Exact same promo that first aired on the Louisville Slugger on 8/31 with the exception of the words ‘at Mountain Madness’ added every time the Scorpion said September 5th.
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    The Gilberts and Sam Lowe return to the studio and Dave Brown tells Eddie that they’re not supposed to be here now, ‘Eddie Marlin has fired you, collect your bags and get out of here!’ Gilbert says that Eddie Marlin has fired him, but from what he’s heard, he’s already been rehired. Jerry Lawler, Brickhouse Brown and Eddie Marlin want to label him a killer? He didn’t mean to run him over, he wouldn’t intentionally do that, he just got in his way. Jerry Lawler is a killer though, he’s the one who killed Andy Kaufman! He says that when he was a little kid he used to put Jerry Lawler’s picture up in his room, he used to look up to him, he wanted to be ‘The King’. For that goal to be accomplished he’s got to eliminate him, and he’s going to do whatever it takes. On Monday the Gilberts are going to go down in the history books, just like the Funks and just like the Briscos, because he is ‘Mr Memphis’. They leave and Eddie Marlin says to Dave that the only reason he didn’t stop that interview was because he’s been in the back talking to Jerry Lawler and ‘The King’ told him that if he fires the Gilberts he’s quitting as of today. He didn’t want him to leave so agreed to let them have the match. Have to agree with the comments that this angle should have been dragged out and not all happened in the one TV episode. I’ve never been one for fantasy booking, but drafted something out in a five minutes last night: Week 1 – Eddie Gilbert runs down Jerry Lawler Week 2 – Jerry Lawler interview from his hospital bed Week 3 – Jerry Lawler interview from home, he’s doing a bit of light exercise to get himself better Week 4 – Jerry Lawler interview in the gym working out (possibly on a leg weight machine), announces he’ll be in the studio next week Week 5 – Jerry Lawler is back in the studio and wants Eddie Gilbert. Eddie Marlin tells him that he fired him and he won’t be back. Week 6 – Jerry Lawler tells Eddie Marlin that he can’t sleep, he keeps going over and over what happened when Eddie Gilbert ran him over. He needs some sort of closure for himself and to get some piece of mind. He’s done so much for the USWA, rarely asks for anything and asks Marlin if he can please rescind the firing. Eddie says that he’ll have to think about it and confer with the other Board of Officials and he’ll have a decision next week. Week 7 – Eddie Marlin announces that after discussions with the Board of Directors he has decided to reverse his decision about Eddie Gilbert Week 8 – Eddie Gilbert is back in the studio, bragging and boasting about everything. Eddie Marlin confronts him tells him he is only back because Jerry Lawler wanted him back and the two of them have a match Monday at the Coliseum That’s is all very basic and not really fleshed out, but from one angle there is eight weeks of television, (and that’s before the match has even taken place). First match between them would be a DDQ and you can comfortable get another month of TV from the rematches with various stipulations in place.
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    Cowabunga has a match against Keith Eric but stops off for a chat with Dave Brown first. He says that the Gilberts running ‘The King’ over in the parking lot was totally bogus. Major pukus maximus! The Gilberts are running around here acting like they own the wrestling business, running people over with cars. He hopes that Eddie Marlin doesn’t fire them because he wants his shot at them too. Major wiggage going on in the territory too with what Doug Gilbert’s got on his head. Major wiggage! Huh? They’ve just done the most realistic angle you could possibly imagine, and then you’ve got a man in a turtle costume commenting on it and wanting revenge? Could they not leave the turtle off television at least for one week whilst this was going down?
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    Eddie Marlin and Brickhouse Brown are with Dave Brown and they are joined by a limping Jerry Lawler. He tells Eddie Gilbert that it’s going to take more than him and a car to put him out of commission. He then tells Eddie Marlin not to fire them because he wants them and Brickhouse wants them, but not as much as he wants them! What he did there has nothing to do with pro wrestling, grudges or fighting, that’s someone trying to kill somebody! Two can play that game though. He tells them to be at the Mid-South Coliseum on Monday, and he better start watching out for him and looking over his shoulder from the time he gets into Memphis! He’s hot now and Eddie Gilbert’s got hell to pay! Bar some grazing or bruising over his right eye you wouldn’t know he’d nearly been killed by looking at him. I do wish this had been sold more, but if people were ringing up the studio or the police saying they’d witnessed an attempted murder, I suppose he had to go back on TV to show that he’s alive and ‘well’. This is one extreme way to build a match for the Coliseum mind and the match is happening far too soon! Despite this though, Lawler was excellent as ever in his promo.
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    End of a $5,000 Battle Royale from the Mid-South Coliseum. Eddie Gilbert had offered to split the money with Brickhouse Brown but Brown wants no part of that, and quickly eliminates Gilbert after an atomic drop sends him flying over the top rope to the floor. Doug Gilbert and Sam Lowe jump Brickhouse after the match, Eddie nails Calhoun and the three of them give Brown a spike piledriver. Eddie steals his cheque, and the three of them continue to attack him until Eddie Marlin comes out and tells them that if they don’t stop they will be suspended. ‘Hot Stuff’ is not worried about no fine, and they carry on attacking him until Marlin gets in the ring. He is immediately jumped by Doug and Sam Lowe, and Eddie then clocks him in the head with a chair. Marlin is busted open by now but is able to get out of there and calls for Jerry Lawler to come and help over the house mic. Lowe gets back hold of him and puts the boots to him while the Gilberts take care of Brown. ‘The King’ is finally out, he pulls down the strap and unloads on the heels. Brickhouse is able to get back to his feet and the two of them are able to clear the ring. A chaotic scene and great stuff at the end with the attack on Eddie Marlin and him calling Jerry Lawler for help. In the studio and Dave Brown has the Gilberts and Sam Lowe with him, and says thank goodness Jerry Lawler got there to help out after such an incredibly disgusting display. Eddie says that the people didn’t get to see what happened first in that video though! He thought Brickhouse Brown was like a brother to him, that they would split the money, but he turned on him in front of all those people! He warns ‘old man’ Eddie Marlin to stay out of his business and when he gets on the microphone and tells him to stop, he’s just going to do it harder because he’s always been a little bit rebellious. Marlin is out to confront them and first of all tells Sam Lowe that he shouldn’t even be on camera, he should be taking pictures with his camera at ringside. As he is though, he’s going to be in a match with him and he’s going to take his cowboy boot and bust his head open Monday night. He tells Eddie that he should have fired him last week, but he didn’t because Jerry Lawler and Brickhouse Brown reckoned they could do more damage to him in the ring. Gilbert is not having any of that, and tells him the only reason he didn’t fire him is because they are the USWA now! They would sell diddly squat if it wasn’t for him and his brother, they’d have an empty arena with no-one coming to the matches. The people don’t care about Jerry Lawler, Brickhouse Brown, Bill Dundee or Jeff Jarrett, they care about the Gilberts as they’re the stars here! The ratings have been up since he came back and the crowds have been coming in to see him. He is irreplaceable, they can’t do without him and they’re lucky he’s even working for this ‘rinky dink promotion’. Marlin calls his bluff and tells him if it’s so ‘rinky dink’ he doesn’t have to be here. He escorts them out of there while Eddie is saying that he can’t fire him. The cameras follow them to the parking lot to make sure that they get out of the building, while ‘Hot Stuff’ and Marlin to continue to argue. They get into a shoving match and Gilbert ends up pushing him over and puts a boot to him. Jerry Lawler is out there to help Marlin and Gilbert backs off and gets in his brother’s car. He floors the car and drives straight at them. Marlin just about gets out the way but he hits ‘The King’ who goes flying over the bonnet!!! Marlin checks on him and then Jerry Calhoun, Bill Dundee and a few other wrestlers rush out to help Lawler to his feet and back into the building. Holy fuck! I would like to know what prompted ‘The King’ to do that because the risk to reward margins must have been very slim. You can tell he’s wearing knee pads to try and offer some form or protection, but he’s lucky he never cracked his head on the concrete or was seriously hurt. Not much shocks me in wrestling any more, but I’ve watched this several times and it’s shocked me every one.
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    Oh most definitely. Is there any good Harris Boys match out there? Pete beat me to it, but there are in Smoky Mountain.
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    Words of wisdom from the world’s smartest man telling all the kids to go to school and do the best they can. It was as if they were trying to make him look effeminate as possible with that pink mortar board and gown and that awful blonde wig. Good poem though!
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    The camera pans to a fan in the audience wearing a quality looking Brother Love costume complete with red face, before we go to the man himself. His guest this week is ‘The Model’ Rick Martel looking very dapper, and with Roddy Piper saying that he’s going for the ‘Steven Seagal’ look. Love welcomes ‘Brother Model’ to the show and tells him that he does love the smell of Arrogance. Martel tells him that Arrogance isn’t just a fragrance, it’s also a way of life. It’s the most powerful potion in the world! He then pulls ‘model vision’ (some sort of mirror contraption) out of his jacket pocket so he can appreciate his beauty and profile wherever he goes. He says that scent is very important, but vision is everything and there is nothing more important than vision. Seeing is believing, and as you can see, he has it all! Is this the start of the Jake Roberts angle? I know the feud culminated with the blindfold match at Wrestlemania VII so did it really start this far out? Martel is great in his gimmick, but this was just meh and felt like something to fill time. If it is the start of the feud, then fair play. Piper and McMahon were making comments as this segment was going on, but it was tricky to make out what they were saying.
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    The Tugster is docking his boat and says that Earthquake and Dino Bravo thought they had him down and out, he was down, but definitely not out! Every time he pulls on a rope or swabs the decks he feels pain in his mid-ships. The Hulkster always told him though, no pain, no gain! He’s back and ready, the boiler is stoked, the charge set and he’s coming full steam ahead! I can’t take Tugboat seriously in that hat. He seemed to be rattling out every boat related pun and reference he could think of here.
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    If the VWA has a hotline as well, every company must have been doing one back in 1990. Sam Houston and Baby Doll are in a cheap looking studio with the presenters where they take calls from fans. Houston claims he still works for the WWF and that he wrestled five days for them last week, but now wants to spend more time with Baby Doll and likes to do other things for himself, such as enter this VWA tournament. He wouldn’t be able to do that if he was full time with the WWF and wants to win as many of the regional titles as possible. Another random federation shows up on the Yearbook and it’s pretty cool that this exists. Good on Houston for trying to put this VWA tournament over by claiming he left the WWF so he could participate in it.
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    Jim Cornette is joined by Sting and he says that on Wednesday night at Clash of the Champions ‘Mountain Madness’, he’ll defend his World title against the Black Scorpion, a man who he’s never seen before and whose identity he doesn’t know. They heard a statement from the Scorpion last week that was very mysterious in itself, that said he knew Sting in 1986 and is someone from his past. Cornette asks Sting who this guy is and what is he going to do about this match on Wednesday night? Sting says he has no idea who it is. He knows a lot of different athletes from all over the world; he did in 1986. He knows a lot of different people, but doesn’t know who he is, who he could be, what his background is or even how to train for this match. He doesn’t know boxing, doesn’t know karate, he knows wrestling and he knows crazy, so that’s what he’ll be! Whatever it takes to get the job done he’s going to do, Horsemen or not he’s going to fight to the bitter end. Taped Black Scorpion promo, and we just see a silhouette of him. He wonders if Sting has figured out who he is yet? He could tell him, but he wants him to be scared and to wonder. He tells Sting that if he beats him he’ll tell him his name, however if he beats him it won’t matter, because he’ll be in no shape to care. He’ll be waiting for him on September 5th. Sting’s face paint looked half-finished here! Were they trying to tease this was the Warrior by referencing that the Scorpion knew him back in 1986? I was wondering how I would view this angle, but between the mysterious silhouette, the voiceover and Sting not taking the Scorpion as a threat (laughing and joking in his interview with Cornette and not taking it seriously) it comes across as cartoony. There is a good angle in here somewhere (mysterious person from Sting’s past), but the execution is wrong on every level.
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    Gordon Solie says that this Wednesday at the ‘Clash of the Champions’, Ric Flair steps into the ring against Lex Luger in the unusual position as challenger. Flair says what he is is the measuring stick, and when he says he’s going to do something it gets done. He wants Lex Luger’s United States title and on Wednesday night, Asheville, NC, ‘Clash of the Champions’, he’s coming for it.
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    The Dirty White Boy says that he’s starting to get chill bumps just hearing the words ‘hospital elimination’, and he can’t wait until the match because he’s going to take Bill Dundee’s face and rip it apart! Gilbert says that he hates coming to Evansville, IN, getting his booking sheet and seeing he’s got to come to Evansville or as he calls it, depressville. He hates that these people get to see a match like this, but the more he comes to think about it, the more he doesn’t mind. Bill Dundee is going to bleed and get carted off and then they’re going to see how much Jerry Lawler can strut around when he’s left with the Dirty White Boy, ‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert and the Dirty White Girl. Date on this one is correct and it’s Gilbert and the White Boy’s rebuttal to the earlier Lawler and Dundee promo. I have a feeling this match would’ve been fantastic.
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