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It was more than a pet peeve in Watts' case. He was genuinely worried JYD jumping to the WWF without notice would put him out of business. As it turns out, his business became stronger than ever due in no small part to a talent exchange with Memphis that brought in acts like the Rock & Roll Express who appealed to the young female audience.

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I am working my way through a 1984 Mid-South watch but also looping in Houston matches and episodes of Power Pro from the era, and man, you think the anti-"New York" sentiment was wild on the main Mid-South TV, it gets taken to astronomically comical levels on Power Pro, where Watts is dubbing new commentary over year-old Houston footage of guys that have gone to WWF losing to current Mid-South stars and trying to pass it off as current for the broadcast week.

One such 1983 Houston match re-purposed for broadcast in Fall 1984 was Butch Reed vs The Iron Sheik. Oh, Butch Reed is a heel in Mid-South 1984? Well, no problem, we'll just dub new commentary about how Butch Reed is normally not a favorite of the fans, but was inspired by the patriotism of the 1984 Summer Olympics and the chance to defeat a former World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion!

Which still somehow wasn't as ridiculous as airing a 1983 match between Ted DiBiase and Tito Santana, and implying on the newly dubbed 1984 commentary that while Tito is currently that WWF Intercontinental Champion, this is a non-title match because "perhaps Tito wasn't confident in his abilities against the stars of Mid-South since taking on weaker competition in New York".

Oh and that episode of Power Pro ended with a teaser from Jim Ross where he talked about how the WWF TV announcers claim that Kamala has never been slammed, but next week we are going to show footage of all of the Mid-South stars that have slammed Kamala.

The current wave of WWE vs AEW sniping is fucking child's play. 

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On 9/15/2016 at 1:53 AM, alexoblivion said:

 

Mocho Cota vs Ultimo Dragon (11/19/93)

 

 

That Cota/Dragon title match from 93 was on one of the lucha comps that Paul Herzog put together in the 90's, so that seems like something that is attainable as well.

Please don't get your hopes up but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMqZIlUVveI

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