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All-Star

Terry Adonis
Mike Allen
Tiny Anderson
Jerry Bryant
Joey Cagle
Bruiser Costa
Wayne Farris
Timothy Flowers
Dean Ho
Dave Kochen
Moose Morowski
Sonny Myers
Rick Patterson
Buck Ramstead
Randy Rich
Verne Siebert
Ron Starr
Al Tomko
Igor Volkoff

AWA

Crusher Blackwell & Ken Patera
Nick Bockwinkel
Da Crusher
The Hi-Flyers
Hulk Hogan
Blackjack Lanza
Chris Markoff
Rick Martel
Baron Von Raschke
Brad Rheingans
Mr. Saito
David Shultz
Mad Dog Vachon
Jesse Ventura
Buck Zumhofe

Central States

Bob Brown
Jerry Brown
Steve Estes
Grizzly Evans
Manny Fernandez
Hercules Hernandez
Jerry Ho (Jerry Oske)
Roger Kirby
Kortsia Korchenko
Dewey Robertson
Mark Romero (Mark Youngblood)
Gary Royal
Sheik Abdullah
Super Destroyer
Steve Sybert
Tonga John (The Barbarian)
Buzz Tyler
Mike Vachon
George Wells

CWA

Ted Allen
Don Anderson
Apocalypse
The Assassins (Don Bass & Dirty Rhodes)
Austin Idol
Mad Dog Boyd
The Bruise Brothers
Bobby Eaton
The Fabulous Ones
The Galaxian (Ken Wayne)
Tommy Gilbert
The Grapplers
Spike Huber
King Cobra
Frankie Laine
Jerry Lawler
Rick Link
Dutch Mantell
The Moondogs
Duke Myers
Tom Prichard
Ken Raper
The Rebel (Stan Frazier)
Robert Reed
Steve Regal
The Rock n Roll Express
Stagger Lee
Tom Stanton
Sweet Daddy O
Ken Timbs
Jeff Van Camp

CWF

Brad Armstrong
Ox Baker
Ron Bass
Blackjack Mulligan
Brian Blair
Denny Brown
Charlie Cook
Bubba Douglas
Bobby Duncum
Dusty Rhodes
Mike Graham
Mark Lewin
Scott McGhee
Angelo Mosca
Angelo Mosca Jr.
Mr. Olympia (Tommy Wright)
The Professional (Les Thornton)
Adrian Street
Kevin Sullivan
Barry Windham
The Zambuie Express

GCW

Arn Anderson
Ole Anderson
The Angel
Killer Brooks
Norman Frederick Charles III
Man Mountain Darsow
Bill Dundee
The Fantastic Ones (Bobby Fulton & Terry Taylor)
Carl Fergie
Ronnie Garvin
Iron Sheik
Wild Bill Irwin
Joe Lightfoot
Jerry Novak
Steve O
Tommy Rich
The Road Warriors w/Paul Ellering
Rick Rood
Bob Roop
Pat Rose
Brett Wayne Sawyer
Buzz Sawyer
The Stray Cat (Danny Davis)
Pez Whatley
Mr. Wrestling II

Tony Zane
Larry Zbyszko

Grand Prix

The Alaskan
Bobby Bass
Bill Cody
Hubert Gallant
Great Malumba
Dan Johnson
Bobby & Rudy Kay
Killer Karl Krupp
Paul Peller
Steven Pettipas
Vic Rossitani
Tony Russo
Randy Scott
T.G. Stone
Sweet Daddy Siki
Rick Valentine
Tiger Williams
ICW

Mark Batten
Tony Falk
Angelo Poffo
Lanny Poffo
Randy Savage
Jeff Sword
Johnny Wilhoit
Tojo Yamamoto

International

Dino Bravo
Gino Brito & Tony Parisi
Louis Laurence
Pierre LeFebvre
Frenchy Martin
Gilles Poisson
Tony Ricco
Billy Robinson
Armand Rougeau
Jacques Rougeau
Raymond Rougeau

JCP

Ben Alexander
Gene Anderson
John Bonello
Jack & Jerry Brisco
Rick Connors
Mike Davis
Joel Deaton
Ric Flair
Mark Fleming
Masa Fuchi
Dory Funk Jr.
Sgt. Jacques Goulet
The Great Kabuki
Jerry Grey
Brett Hart (Barry Horowitz)
Bill Howard
Armand Hussein
Abe Jacobs
Cy Jernigan
Rufus R. Jones
Kelly Kiniski
Keith Larsen
Jos LeDuc
Tom Lintz
Magic Dragon
Rick McCord
Wahoo McDaniel
Bugsy McGraw
One Man Gang
Bob Orton Jr.
Roddy Piper
Jake Roberts
Mike Rotundo
Dick Slater
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
Greg Valentine
Vinnie Valentino
Jimmy Valiant
Johnny Weaver
Bill White

Maple Leaf

Leo Burke
Nick DeCarlo
Alex & Tim Gerrard
Billy Red Lyons
Bob & Joe Marcus
Mid-South

Art Crews
Ted DiBiase
Hacksaw Duggan
Tim Horner
Junkyard Dog
King Kong Bundy
Magnum TA
Mr. Olympia (Jerry Stubbs)
Butch Reed
Johnny Rich

Doug Vines
George Weingroff
Steve Williams
Boris Zuhkov

PNW

Brian Adias
The Assassin (Fidel Sierra)
Jesse Barr
Billy Jack
Matt Borne
Chris Colt
Dynamite Kid
Scott Ferris
Curt Hennig
Al Madril
Rip Oliver
Ron Ritchie
Buddy Rose
The Samoans (Tapu & Tio)
Siva Afi
Stan Stasiak

Southeastern

Bob Armstrong
Bill Ash
Chick Donovan
The Flame
Ron Fuller
Ricky Gibson
Jimmy Golden
Larry Hamilton
Ricky Harris
Eddie Hogan
Mike Jackson
Ken Lucas
The Midnight Express (Norvell Austin, Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose)
Midnight Stallion (Mongolian Stomper)
Buck Robley
Tommy Rogers
Ron Sexton
Roy Lee Welch

Southwest

Ali Bey
Tully Blanchard
Brickhouse Brown
Scott Casey
Cocoa Samoa
Tiger Conway Jr.
Eric Embry
Mando Guerrero
Bobby Jaggers
Rick McGraw
Ninja Warrior
Al Perez
Juan Reynosa
El Santo Negro
Sweet Brown Sugar
Bob Sweetan
Luke Williams

Stampede

Bad News Allen
Hercules Ayala
Ben Bassarab
Ciclon Negro
The Cobra
Cuban Assassin
Athol Foley
JR Foley
Mike Hammer
Cedric Hathaway
Bret Hart
Bruce Hart
Keith Hart
Mr. Hito
Phil LaFon
Lochness Monster
Cal Manson
Mike Miller
Jim Neidhart
Goldie Rogers
Mike Shaw
Davey Boy Smith
Shunji Takano

World Class

Chris Adams
Bruiser Brody
Raul Castro
The Fabulous Freebirds
Jimmy Garvin
Gran Markus #2
Chavo Guerrero
Mr. Ebony
Kamala
Jose Lothario
Johnny Mantell
The Mongol
Iceman Parsons
Bill Rathke
Mike Reed
Rock Riddle
Rip Rogers
David Von Erich
Kerry Von Erich
Kevin Von Erich

WWA

El Bracero
Bobo Brazil
Paul Christy
Bobby Colt
Dick the Bruiser
Rooster Griffin
JR Hogg
Jimmy Doo
Moose Cholak
Leroy Redbone
Jerry Valiant

WWC

Ray Apollon
Barrabas
Chief Thundercloud
Carlos Colon
Javier Cruz
Frank Dusek
Terry Gibbs
Luke Graham
El Gran Apollo
Victor Jovica
Kendo Nagasaki
Don Kent
King Tonga
Buddy Landell
Pedro Morales
Jose Miguel Perez
Angelo Rivera
Chicky Starr
Super Medic (Jose Estrada)
Mr. Tempest
Goro Tsurumi

WWF

Billy Anderson
Jack Armstrong
Tony Atlas
Bob Backlund
Salvatore Bellomo
Black Gordman & Goliath
Bob Bradley
Jack Carson
Tony Colon
Rudy Diamond
Pete Doherty
Mr. Fuji
Tony Garea
Swede Hanson
The Invaders
Rocky Johnson
SD Jones
Ken Jugan
Don Kernodle
Steve King
Ivan Koloff
Fred Marzino
Masked Superstar
Israel Matia
Jerry Monti
Magnificent Muraco
Steve Pardee
Pat Patterson
Ivan Putski
Mac Rivera
Victor Rivera
Gypsy Rodrigues
Johnny Rodz
Pete Sanchez
Tito Santana
Baron Mikel Scicluna
Iron Mike Sharpe
Sgt. Slaughter
Alexis Smirnoff
Jimmy Snuka
George Steele
Ray Stevens
Chief Jay Strongbow
Big John Studd
Tiger Chung Lee
Butcher Vachon
The Wild Samoans (Afa, Sika, Samu)
Frank Williams

Freelance/Free Agents/Japan

Abdullah the Butcher
Abdullah Tamba
Adrian Adonis
Lars Anderson
Andre the Giant
Rocky Brewer
Bulldog Brower
Fred Curry
Gino Dellaserra
Rocky Dellaserra
Dominic DeNucci
The Destroyer
Mike George
Superstar Billy Graham
Hector Guerrero
Gypsy Joe
Stan Hansen
Rocky Jones
Gene Kiniski
Ernie Ladd
Killer Khan
Eddy Mansfield
Mil Mascaras
Mighty Igor
Gerry Morrow
Dick Murdoch
Jerry & Ted Oates
Paul Orndorff
Johnny Powers
Big Red Reese
David Sammartino
Joe Savoldi
Hans Schroeder
The Sheik
Gama Singh
Roberto Soto
Jules Strongbow
Toru Tanaka
Tim Tall Tree
Nikolai Volkoff
Ed Wiskowski

Injured/Miscellanous

Jonathan Boyd
Robert Fuller
Eddie Gilbert
Doug Somers

Retired

Terry Funk
Gino Hernandez
Phil Hickerson

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You have Luke Williams listed for Southwest but not Butch Miller.

 

EDIT: Ok tried to do a little research on that and wikipedia had this to say: After the team left WWC, Butch decided that he wanted to return closer to home and went to Australia to wrestle. Luke remained in the United States determined to keep the "Sheepherders" name on everyone's lips by teaming up with "Lord" Jonathan Boyd (formerly of the Royal Kangaroos). In 1983, Boyd and Williams were working for Southwest Championship Wrestling when in June, Jonathan Boyd legitimately broke his leg in a car accident. While Boyd was out with the broken leg Butch returned from Australia to reunite with his old tag-team partner. But looking at the TV listings from the time it doesn't look like Butch is in by July 1st.

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Maple Leaf Wrestling card from July 10, 1983

 

1. Nick DeCarlo & BIlly Red Lyons d. The Executioner & Bill Armstrong

2. Kelly Kiniski & Jacques Goulet d. Bob Marcus & Joe Marcus

3. Johnny Weaver & Mike Rotundo d. Alex Gerrard & Tim Gerrard

4. Fabulous Moolah d. Princess Victoria

5. Dick Slater d. Nick DeCarlo

6. Great Kabuki d. Jimmy Valiant

7. Steamboat & Youngblood d. Jake Roberts & Dory Funk Jr.

8. ANgelo Mosca d. One Man Gang

9. Geg Valentine drew Wahoo McDaniel

10. Ric Flair d. Harley Race

 

I think the only consistent member of the Maple Leaf shows is Angelo Mosca

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No worries Kris, it's frustrating the overall lack of results for WWC but we make do.

 

I'm not sure if they were still there in July, but around May-June we had the following wrestlers in WWC (not including those already listed in the WWC roster list above):

 

Ron Sexton

Frank Dusek

Jim Dillon

Crazy Luke Graham

Kendo Nagasaki (I actually think he was in WWC in July since he appears at Aniversario in September)

Victor Jovica (semi-regular that pops in now and then as a wrestler)

Angelo Rivera

Chicky Starr

El Monarca Javier Cruz (he's not there by September and probably should not be listed since he goes back to Mexico)

Goro Tsurumi

Barrabas

Ox Baker

 

Gorilla Monsoon did some shots during this time with his last appearance being Aniversario 83 against Tamba. The Sheik did some shots in the first part of the year.

 

Don't think they were in WWC in July, but were there earlier in the year and do not see them on the list:

 

Gino De La Serra

Pierre Martel/Frenchy Martin (think he was in Grand Prix at this time)

 

Others that I don't see:

Jose Estrada (started as Medico 1 in July in WWC, tag partner was Johnny Rodz as Medico 2)

Jose Luis Rivera

Rick Valentine/Kerry Brown (think he was Grand Prix at the time)

Bruiser Bedlam/Johnny K-9

Dick Steinborn (although he may be close to retirement at this point)

Iranian Assassin (may be there under a different name)

Gerry Morrow

Bob De La Serra/Heffernan

Sweet Daddy Siki

 

Perro Aguayo was the Junior heavyweight champion, but he would only pop in for increasingly sporadic appearances (he remains recognized as the Junior champion all the way to summer of 84). Enrique Vera, Scorpio and Mr. Tempest had already gone back to Mexico before May.

 

Bob Sweetan, Gypsy Joe, Gama Singh and Tamba start at some point in late summer/early fall (they are all there by Aniversario 83). Tim Tall Tree tags with Gypsy Joe a s the Infernos at Aniversario 83. Chief Thundercloud and Chuy come in at some point, but not sure if it was just for Aniversario or for how long.

 

Masa Fuchi and Masao Ito had stints earlier than July, but I don't think would qualify.

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Kris, one thing you might do is go through my 1983 WWF booking thread to see if there are any guys you missed who were hireable in their database. Quite a few older guys I ran against Snuka, for example, aren't listed. The Sheik springs to mind. You can make a call as to whether or not they were realistically active in 83. Tor Kamata is another one. There are quite a few older older guys I used at some point or other who were in the database. Some of them like Waldo von Erich or Spiros Arion's were dragged out of retirement, but others seemed to be listed as active.

 

Maybe Bruno under "retired"?

 

Some guys, if you listed them and I've missed them apologies. I'm on my iPAd and can't figure out how to use "find" on the page.

 

Doug Somers?

Frankie Williams?

Jose Luis riveria

Mike Jackson

Pedro Morales?

Italian Stallion?

George South?

 

 

Also, I'm sure you know, but don't forget about Harley!

 

Also what we doing with managers? I'd definitely want use of them in my booking.

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Kris, one thing you might do is go through my 1983 WWF booking thread to see if there are any guys you missed who were hireable in their database. Quite a few older guys I ran against Snuka, for example, aren't listed. The Sheik springs to mind. You can make a call as to whether or not they were realistically active in 83. Tor Kamata is another one. There are quite a few older older guys I used at some point or other who were in the database. Some of them like Waldo von Erich or Spiros Arion's were dragged out of retirement, but others seemed to be listed as active.

 

Maybe Bruno under "retired"?

 

Some guys, if you listed them and I've missed them apologies. I'm on my iPAd and can't figure out how to use "find" on the page.

 

Doug Somers?

Frankie Williams?

Jose Luis riveria

Mike Jackson

Pedro Morales?

Italian Stallion?

George South?

 

 

Also, I'm sure you know, but don't forget about Harley!

 

Also what we doing with managers? I'd definitely want use of them in my booking.

 

Somers wasn't with anyone at the time so good call on him,.

Frank Williams was a WWF jobber so yeah.

Jose Luis Rivera was in WWC I think at the time.

Mike Jackson I forgot...he was bouncing around Georgia & Southeastern.

Pedro Morales I listed in WWC

Italian Stallion & George South weren't wrestling yet

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Steven, following on from my post about WWA in the other thread, can you pull up the WWA roster on your TEW?

 

I think I listed most of them, but there are some obscure cats lurking there. I want to say they had Bobo Brazil too.

When I get home tonight.

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I wish I still had mine. I am not sure where to find the 1983 mod now.

 

Before the draft, it might be worth cross-checking our list with the database to see if there's any we missed. We could do a skype call with Kris on the line to make a call on whether or not to include certain guys.

 

Like Spiros Arion, I'd say leave out, but Tor Kamata should be in. Stuff like that

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Assuming Beast takes Flair that leaves me to choose between:

 

Jack & Jerry Brisco

Wahoo McDaniel
Roddy Piper
Jake Roberts
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
Greg Valentine

As my guys to save. Throw in Angela Mosca as the only Maple Leaf regular.

 

Options, options!

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WWA in TEW has

 

Bill Beach, Buddy Colt, Bobo Brazil, Brute Bernard, Chris Markoff, Dick the Bruiser, Greg Wojokowski, Igor Zatkoff, Mike Kelly, Moose Cholak, Pat Kelly, Paul Christy, Rick McGraw, Steve Regal, Terry Sullivan, The Sheik, TOm Jones, Troy Graham, Victor Rivera, Wilbur Snyder

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