Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

[SirEdger]

Point duly taken!

[SirEdger]

Events for September 14, 15 & 16th, 1984

Atlantic Coast Championship TV, September 14th, 1984, Sportatorium, Tampa, FL

To start the show, a VTR promo from Jos LeDuc is shown to hype his match this weekend versus Boris Zhukov in Miami on September 15. Leo Burke does the same for his match vs Dusty Rhodes and Buck Robley hypes his match vs Junkyard Dog on September 16.

-Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Spencer Gladwin in 9:16 with the Macho Elbow. Postmatch, Savage was still incensed over Gino's recent actions:

"Gino Hernandez, I will say it for the last time: STAY AWAY FROM ELIZABETH! She wants nothing to do with you and next time you approach her, you're gonna a piece of the Madness. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU BETTER! DIG IT!"

-In a 6-Men Tag, the team of Gino Hernandez & Stampede Rush defeated Dory Funk Jr & The Rock N' Roll RPMs in 23:16. After the match, Gino couldn't resist but to egg on Randy Savage...

"Randy, Randy, Randy....it's not my fault if I'm always in Liz's head. I can't control what goes in the ladies' mind. That's what happens when you've been graced with the looks of a Greek god like I've been. You know, Liz likes to play coy and be all shy but deep down, you both know that she can't resist me. Just give her time to come around, Randy, and you'll see for yourself! But tonight,  right here in Tampa, it's all about the gold and I'm taking back the Florida Heavyweight title from that loser Don Kernodle. The only reason he has it is because I got bored with it and let Konga have it. No more playing around. It comes back to my gorgeous waist tonight!"

-King Tonga beat Karter Raines in 11:54 with the 2nd rope diving headbutt

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September 14th, 1984

Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL

Steel Cage: Scott Casey defeats Mike Graham in 1:05 when Kevin Kelly runs in and slams the door on Graham's head, busting him open, allowing Casey to score the pin.

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship: Don Kernodle beat Gino Hernandez in 2:41 when Gino was distracted by Randy Savage showing up in the alley with a chair, and Kernodle rolled him up. Gino then left through the crowd with Savage in hot pursuit!

-Konga the Barbarian beat The Purple Haze in 14:56 in what was supposed to be a friendly affair within the House of Humperdink. But Purple Haze's "misty" response to Konga afterwards is starting to make some cracks show in  the House!

-The Great Kabuki (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White in 9:06

-Billy Travis scores the upset over Dory Funk in 17:48

-Abdullah the Butcher (w/Kevin Sullivan & Fallen Angel) beat Jerry Brisco in a bloody match in 13:35

 

September 15th, 1984

Miami, FL

-Boris Zhukov beat Jos LeDuc in 21:52

-Scott Casey beat Tommy Lane in 3:24

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship: Mike Davis beat Don Kernodle in 13:22 to win the title

-Abdullah the Butcher (w/Kevin Sullivan & Fallen Angel) beat Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White in 16:43

-Eddie Gilbert & Billy Travis beat Bulldog Bob Brown & Dory Funk Jr in 20:19

-Jack Brisco beat The Junkyard Dog in 19:02 with the Oklahoma Roll and a handful of tights

-Dusty Rhodes beat Leo Burke in 21:10 with the Bionic Elbow

 

September 16th, 1984

Orlando, FL

-Jack Brisco beat Bulldog Bob Brown in 14:24 with the Oklahoma Roll

-Eddie Gilbert beat Reverend Jimmy Valiant in 20:27

-Dory Funk Jr gets his revenge on Billy Travis in 20:20 with the spinning toe hold

-The House of Humperdink (Abdullah the Butcher & Kevin Sullivan, w/Fallen Angel) beat King Tonga (subbing for Mike Davis) & Tommy Lane in 16:43

-Scott Casey beat The Great Kabuki in 16:12

-Mr. Pogo beat Sunny War Cloud in 10:32

-Junkyard Dog beat Buck Robley in 14:37 after interference from Dusty Rhodes, who came in to even the odds when the Brisco Brothers tried to get involved in the match.

[spaldoni]

Gino's promos were gold! He just might be crazier than I thought, antagonizing Randy like that LOL. 

Turn around of the week has got to go to Scott Casey. He wins a cage match over Graham  and then goes on a winning streak by beating Lane and Kabuki! 

Mike Davis ends Kernodle's solid reign. 

WOW! Travis upsets Dory Funk! Dory does get some revenge a couple nights later. 

I'm all for a Konga/Purple Haze feud. Talk about a wild one. 

Sweet! Looks like we're going to get Dusty and JYD vs. The Briscos! 

[SirEdger]

Events for September 21, 22 & 23, 1984

Atlantic Coast Championship TV, September 21st, 1984

-Gino Hernandez & Duke Myers beat Dusty Rhodes & Billy Travis in 10:30 when Gino pinned Travis with a piledriver

-A series of vignettes air from various guests throughout this weekend's loops:

Sailor White vs Randy Savage on September 22nd

In an AWA Showcase match, Tommy Rich taking on Steve Armstrong on September 22nd

Tony Atlas challenging Boomer Lynch for the Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship on September 22nd

Brad Rheingans vs Mike Graham on September 23rd

-Johnny  Mantell beat John Bonello in 5:27. Postmatch, Mantell ropes up Bonello like he would with cattle, giving the Sportatorium crowd a good laugh!

-At the broadcast booth,  Bob Caudle & David Crockett interview Dory Funk Jr, hyping his match with Rocky "The Best Kernodle" tonight at the Armory. Dory says he's ready to move on from Billy Travis and wants to be in contention for the Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship. That brings out Kernodle who says that Dory Funk Jr forgets that he's the former Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion. Also, since he's the Best Kernodle, that also means he's the smartest and you can't outsmart the Best Kernodle. Dory then asks Rocky who's behind him and when Rocky turns around, Dory smacks both of Rocky's ears with his hands. David Crockett tries to stifle some laughter as Dory Funk walks away, leaving Rocky seething!

-Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Davis comes to the broadcast booth and Bob Caudle says there's speculation about him dodging contenders for his title. Caudle says that Eddie Gilbert & Dusty Rhodes both tried to get a title shot for this weekend and Davis refused. Davis says he needs to get some time to get adjusted, as he's primarily a tag team wrestler, he needs a learning curve. Eddie Graham  comes out and tells Davis that since he doesn't want to make a decision on his next challenger, Graham will make it for him. Graham orders Davis to face BOTH Eddie Gilbert & Dusty Rhodes tonight at the Armory in a Triangle Match for the Florida Heavyweight title! Davis doesn't have even time to complain that Graham walks off! Davis tries to plead his case while pursuing Eddie Graham!

-Buzz Tyler beat Kevin Kelly in 9:57. After the match, an irate Kelly jumps Buzz Tyler from behind. Kelly retreats outside and pulls off a pair of handcuffs from under the ring and ties Tyler to the bottom rope. Kelly then retrieves a pair of brass knuckles and starts pummeling Tyler! A slew of referees and wrestlers try to pry Kelly off Tyler and finally are able to do so. The crowd boos as Kelly is escorted to the back.

-In the feature bout of the week, Abdullah the Butcher beat Greg Valentine in 5:44 after Kevin Sullivan nailed Valentine with the Golden Spike! Luckily for Valentine, there's no time for Abby to do more damage as officials and referees want to avoid what they saw in the preceding match with Kevin Kelly!

 

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September 21st, 1984

Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL

-The Purple Haze (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat John Bonello after Haze spit purple mist on John Bonello, allowing Haze to roll him up. Postmatch, Bonello seemed confused, not even looking to know where he was...

Handicap Match: Stampede Rush beat Tommy Lane

-Konga the Barbarian (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) after Savage was distracted by Gino Hernandez and Liz bickering at ringside. Liz ended up slapping Gino, who only ended up walking away, smiling. That's when Konga hit Savage with the big boot to score a huge win.

-Jerry Brisco beat Kevin Kelly

-Rocky "The Best Kernodle" beat Dory Funk Jr

-Khruscher Khruschev beat Reverend Jimmy Valiant

-Mike Graham beat Johnny Mantell

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship Triangle Match: Eddie Gilbert beat Mike Davis and Dusty Rhodes to win the title after Gilbert  pinned Davis, following the Hot Shot.

September 22nd, 1984

Miami, FL

-Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Sailor White (w/Gino Hernandez) in 22:44 after interference from Tommy Lane, who came to stop Gino from harassing Elizabeth again. After the match, Gino challenges Tommy Lane to a No DQ Match tomorrow in Orlando!

AWA Atlantic Coast TV Championship: Don Kernodle beat Kerry Brown in 20:07 to retain

AWA Showcase: Tommy Rich vs Steve Armstrong ends in a no-contest at 1:34 when Abdullah the Butcher runs in to attack both men. Kevin Sullivan grabs the house mic and says that Abby wants a shot at the new Florida Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert. Gilbert doesn't take too long to manifest himself and accepts Abby's challenge for a title match later tonight!

-King Tonga (subbing for Boris Zhukov) & Khruscher Khruschev beat The Gunslingers in 10:49 after Tonga submitted Scott Casey to the Tongan Death Grip

-Kevin Sullivan (w/Fallen Angel) beat Duke Myers in 2:23

AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship: Tony Atlas beat Boomer Lynch in 2:57 with a bearhug to win the title!!!

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship: Abdullah the Butcher (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Eddie Gilbert in 11:44 to win the title after Gilbert tried to slam Abby but collapsed and Abby fell on him!

Prior to the main event, Dusty Rhodes comes out and says that the Briscos attacked Junkyard Dog backstage and he's unable to compete. Dusty is ready to go it alone when Kevin Kelly walks out and offers to be his partner tonight. Besides, he has a score to settle with Jerry Brisco after he beat him last night. Kelly promises no shenanigans, since he doesn't want to be fined by Eddie Graham after what happened on TV this week. Dusty accepts.

-In the main event, The Brisco Brothers beat Dusty Rhodes & Kevin Kelly in 7:25 after Jack Brisco nailed Kelly with a right hand and Kelly stayed down. After the match, the Briscos jump on Dusty and suddenly....Kevin Kelly rises up like nothing had happened and he tosses a pair of brass knuckles from inside his trunks and tosses them to Jerry Brisco! The Briscos pummel Dusty while Kelly walks out, smiling. However, a bandaged Junkyard Dog rushes the ring with his chain and takes a swipe at both Briscos, who hastily retreat as JYD checks on Dusty!

 

September 23rd, 1984

Orlando, FL

-Kerry Brown fight Don Kernodle to a double countout at 16:30

-Brad Rheingans beat Mike Graham by referee stoppage at 13:39 due to excessive bleeding. Kevin Kelly ran in and clocked Graham with a pair of brass knuckles while referee Bill Alfonso was shaken up and Graham literally lost some teeth in the process. Seeing that Graham was bleeding a lot from the mouth, he called off the match and awarded it to Brad Rheingans. A concerned Eddie Graham rushed the ring while Kevin Kelly watched from afar, visibly satisfied with his work.

-Sunny War Cloud & Reverend Jimmy Valiant beat the Gunslingers by countout in 17:08

-Konga the Barbarian (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Dory Funk Jr in 11:52 with a 2nd rope falling headbutt

No DQ Match: Gino Hernandez beat Tommy Lane in 20:02 with a piledriver on a chair!

[kevinmcfl]

Those house shows were awesome with so many angles going on from the title changes to JYD being attacked in a parking lot and the Kevin Kelly attack on Dusty.  Your next TV show is going to crazy as everyone is going to a piece of somebody!!  Would love to see more of Rich coming after the Butcher for revenge.  Many of the people in Florida might have come to the event just to see Wildfire as he is rarely there and then his gets attacked by Butcher.  The Floridians want more Wildfire now 

[Crazymax Jack]

Enjoyed a lot of things here but Savage and GIno continues to be my favorite part of the reading... Savage vs. Barbarian would have been fun.

I like the use of Mike Davis here and thought you made a good move giving him the belt. Tremendously underrated and I enjoyed his stuff throughout his career all the way through Gobal... Well until he went crazy and got slingshot to the moon on a bungee cord and returned with a moon rock... For those unaware and think I'm making that up, no... that was a GWF angle...

 

[SirEdger]

Yeah, I remember seeing those GWF marathons (they air from time to time on ESPN Classic Canada) and that was a sight to behold.

[spaldoni]

Kevin Kelly is going berserk with the brass knuckles LOL. He sure is making a lot of enemies. 

It was fun while it lasted for both Davis and Gilbert and now Abdullah is champ. You have to be always on guard in Florida.

Hoping Valentine reemerges in the main event scene and it looks like he might after getting beat down by Abdullah. 

Tony Atlas comes to town and immediately wins a title! 

And of course the Gino/Savage feud continues to be a highlight. The build has guaranteed a sell out for their inevitable match. 

[GeneJackson95]

Kevin Kelly and his brass knucks are on a rampage here in ACCW

Savage/Gino continue to build towards a huge showdown.

JYD/Dusty will be looking for revenge on the Briscos I'm sure.

It will be interesting to see if Abby can hold onto the Florida title and end the "hot potato" streak it's on.

Tony Atlas makes a fine Atlantic Coast champion.

 

[SirEdger]

Events for September 28, 29 & 30th, 1984

Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling TV, September 28th, 1984

-Buzz Tyler beat Kian Munson

-Kevin Kelly beat Norwood Crawford. Postmatch, Kelly handcuffed Crawford to the ropes and clocked him with a roll of coins

-Duke Myers beat Boris Zhukov in 15:35

-Kevin Sullivan (w/Fallen Angel & Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Scott Casey in 14:36

September 28th, 1984

Cowen, WV

AWA Atlantic Coast TV Championship: Mike Davis beat Don Kernodle in 19:00 to capture the TV title

-Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Eddie Gilbert in 11:52. Postmatch, Savage challenges Abdullah the Butcher tomorrow night in a 2 out of 3 falls for the Florida Heavyweight Championship!!!

-Boomer Lynch beat Duke Myers in 20:04 after interference from Khruscher Khruschev

-Gino Hernandez & Boris Zhukov beat John Bonello & Sunny War Cloud in 14:46 after interference from Khruschev

-Tommy Lane beat Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Johnny Weaver in 19:37

-Junkyard Dog beat Scott Casey in 20:19

-Kerry Brown beat Dory Funk Jr in 4:08

-Greg Valentine beat Ricky Gibson in 9:35

September 29th, 1984

Miami, FL

-The Junkyard Dog beat Kerry Brown in 1:38 with Thump

-The Purple Haze (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat Boris Zhukov in 4:48

-Johnny Mantell & Killer Khan (subbing for Scott Casey) beat Sunny War Cloud & Kegan Hathaway in 17:02

-Greg Valentine fight Don Kernodle to a double countout in 14:55

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, 2 out of 3 Falls: Randy Savage beat Abdullah the Butcher 2 falls to 1 in 12:48 to win the title. Gino Hernandez cost Savage the 2nd fall when he knocked him out with the Florida Heavyweight title. Gino then tried to leave with Miss Elizabeth but Liz slapped him and security and police officers escorted Gino out of the building!

September 30th, 1984

Orlando, FL

-"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion Tony Atlas beat Mr. Pogo & Vic Randell in 5:15

-Junkyard Dog & Doug Vines beat Boomer Lynch & Maddox Johns in 15:56

Grudge Match: Mike Graham beat Kevin Kelly in 20:44. After the match, Graham was cheapshotted by Kelly. Kelly attempted to repeat what he did to Graham a few weeks ago until the Rock N' Roll RPMs made the save. Tommy Lane challenges Kelly to a Taped Fist Match this Saturday night!

-AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White beat Tojo Yamamoto in 8:42

-Johnny Mantell beat Reverend Jimmy Valiant in 12:34

-Buzz Tyler beat King Tonga in 9:32

Guest Referee - Eddie Graham: Kerry Brown beat John Bonello in 21:54

-Abdullah the Butcher (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink & Kevin Sullivan) beat Dick Slater in a bloody match at 15:16

[SirEdger]

Events for October 5, 6 & 7th, 1984

Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling TV, October 5th, 1984

This episode was in recap mode, showing some highlights of previous live events that took place in the last month. Bob Caudle and David Crockett also announced the end of the year special event called New Year Bash for December 31st at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. The first match already signed will pit Gino Hernandez vs "Macho Man" Randy Savage in a No DQ Match!

October 5th, 1984

Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL

-Kerry Brown beat Boris Zhukov in 6:31

-Hiro Saito beat Scott Casey in 2:53

-Jack Brisco beat AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White in 2:11

-Johnny Mantell beat John Bonello in 20:13

-Jerry Brisco beat Purple Haze (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) in 19:39

Taped Fist Match: Tommy Lane beat Kevin Kelly in 16:41 when Mike Graham prevented Kelly for using a pair of brass knuckles on Lane.

October 6th, 1984

Miami, FL

-Killer Karl Krupp beat Boomer Lynch in 21:18

-Big John Studd beat Don Kent in 19:41

-Johnny Mantell beat Boris Zhukov in 18:12

-Jack Brisco beat Sunny War Cloud in 15:18 after interference from brother Jerry

-Florida Heavyweight Champion Randy "Macho Man" Savage & Reverend Jimmy Valiant (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Stampede Rush in 12:04 after Savage hits the top rope elbow drop on Duke Myers

October 7th, 1984

Orlando, FL

-Eddie Gilbert & Mr. Pogo beat The Waller Brothers (Flannery & Mayer)

-The Gunslingers beat Dory Funk Jr & The Great Kabuki (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink)

-The Rock N' Roll RPMs beat Rocky "The Best Kernodle" & Greg Valentine after Kevin Kelly accidentally struck Kernodle. After the match, Valentine punched Kelly in the mouth and beat him up until Mike Graham came back and took over the beating on Kelly!

-Konga the Barbarian beat Don Kent

Jack Brisco came out and issued an open challenge to anyone in the locker room who think they could last 10 minutes with him. Billy Travis came out and accepted the challenge.

-Billy Travis was able to barely withstand the 10-minute limit, and the match was called a time limit draw. That didn't prevent Jack and Jerry Brisco to put a beating on Travis afterwards...

-In the main event, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & The Missing Link beat Killer Karl Krupp & Big John Studd by DQ after Studd brought in a chair to hit Link with it. Dusty & Link were able to fend off the heels anyway and celebrated with the crowd.

[Blehschmidt]

Gino and Macho bringing in the New Year! That's gonna be an awesome build!

I can't believe how long White and Weaver have had those Tag Titles!!

[spaldoni]

I agree, no better way to end the new year than a Savage/Gino No DQ match! That's going to be epic! 

 

[SirEdger]

Events for October 12, 13 & 14th, 1984

Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling TV, October 12th, 1984

-The opening match was supposed to feature a tag match between The Soviet Soldiers and the team of Greg Valentine & Gino Hernandez but Gino came to the set and told David Crockett and Bob Caudle that there's no chance he's gonna team with Valentine, considering their history and also that he must start his preparation for his big match with Randy Savage on December 31st.

-Greg Valentine defeated The Soviet Soldiers in a handicap match in 10:50 after submitting Boris Zhukov to a Figure Four Leglock. After the match, Dusty Rhodes tries to come help out Valentine but he is ambushed by Bulldog Bob Brown. It's finally gonna be Randy Savage who'll make the save but unfortunately for him, he won't be able to get his hands on Gino...

Some exclusive footage from last Monday in Orlando, FL when Jack Brisco went to a time limit draw with Billy Travis before attacking Travis along with his brother Jerry. The Briscos are confronted by the Rock N' Roll RPMs, calling them bullies for what they did. Mike Davis confronts Jack Brisco and says he won't get to push him around when they'll meet on TV this week. Jack says they'll see about that but he wants to wrestle Davis on his own terms. Jack wants a Submission Match with Mike Davis and says it's gonna be easy since Davis can't wrestle his way out of a paper bag. Davis says he's gonna bring it to Jack on TV this week!

Submission Match: Jack Brisco beat Atlantic Coast TV Champion Mike Davis at 39:59 with the Spinning Toe Hold in a non-title match

 

October 12th, 1984

Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL

-Dusty Rhodes beat Bulldog Bob Brown in 19:20 with the Bionic Elbow

AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship: Bill White & Johnny Weaver beat Florida Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) & Mucho Macho (John Bonello under a mask) in 23:16 by reverse decision. Originally, Savage & Macho had won the titles but promoter Eddie Graham came out to inform Savage that his partner didn't have a wrestler's license in Florida so he had to return the titles to White & Weaver. Postmatch, Savage hits the Top Rope Elbow on Macho.

-Jack Brisco fight Mad Dog Vachon to a double countout at 17:19

-Junkyard Dog beat Eddie Gilbert in 8:37 with Thump

-Sunny War Cloud & Reverend Jimmy  Valiant vs The Gunslingers ends in a no-contest after The House of Humperdink charge the ring and destroy everyone. Abdullah bloodied both Sunny War Cloud & Jimmy Valiant with his trademark fork until the Atlantic Coast Heavyweight champion Tony Atlas & Don Kernodle  ran in to make the save. Tony Atlas says he came here to fight and he won't stand for the House of Humperdink's shenanigans and wants an 8-Men Tag. Eddie Graham came out and announced that the match will start right now!

8-Men Tag: AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion Tony Atlas, Don Kernodle & The Gunslingers beat the House of Humperdink (Kabuki/Purple Haze/Abdullah the Butcher/Kevin Sullivan) after Atlas pinned Kabuki in 15:48

Steel Cage: Dory Funk Jr beat King Tonga in 9:58

 

October 13th, 1984

Miami, FL

-Lanny Poffo fight The Great Kabuki to a double disqualification in 9:26

-Boris Zhukov beat King Tonga in 7:30

-Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Johnny Weaver beat Mr. Pogo by DQ in 9:02

AWA Atlantic Coast TV Championship: Mike Davis beat Mucho Macho (John Bonello under a mask) in 1:50 by reverse decision. Like the previous night, Mucho Macho had originally won the match but Eddie Graham came out to say that since Macho didn't have a valid wrestler's license, he had to return the title to Mike Davis. Davis KOed Macho with the TV title belt after the match.

-Jerry Brisco beat Don Kent in 6:40 with the Oklahoma Roll

-The Junkyard Dog beat Mad Dog Vachon in 21:55 with Thump

 

October 14th, 1984

Orlando, FL

-Abdullah the Butcher (w/Kevin Sullivan & Fallen Angel) beat Rocky "The Best Kernodle"

-Duke Myers beat Dory Funk Jr

4 Corners Match: King Tonga beat Billy Travis, Scott Casey & Tommy Lane after submitting Travis to a nervehold

AWA Atlantic Coast TV Championship: Mike Davis beat "Hotstuff" Eddie Gilbert to retain

Florida Heavyweight Championship: Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Mucho Macho (John Bonello) to retain. Savage celebrates post-match with Liz when while Mucho Macho rolled out of the ring, another one came out to take his place in the ring. Savage saw Macho still in the ring and went to lift him up but Mucho Macho low blows Savage! Savage drops the belt and Mucho Macho seizes the opportunity to hit a piledriver on the Florida Heavyweight title belt to Savage. Mucho Macho stands up and takes off his mask....IT'S GINO HERNANDEZ! Miss Elizabeth goes to check on Randy, concerned, while Gino blows a kiss to Liz before leaving the ring!

-Jimmy Garvin (w/Precious) beat Don Kernodle

Steel Cage: The House of Humperdink (The Great Kabuki & Purple Haze, w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat The Brisco Brothers when Purple Haze used the Golden Spike, slid in by Kevin Sullivan cageside to hit Jerry Brisco!

[Crazymax Jack]

Great angle on the final night with Savage and Gino... Bonello as Miucho Macho is fun too...

Interesting to see someone Valentine's size wrestling 2 men... Shows how dangerous he is...

Former NWA World Champ Brisco needs 40 minutes to put away Mike Davis... I've always been a huge fan of Davis and followed him through the end of Global in the mid 90s but I don't know if I cant see Mike going 40 with someone the caliber of Brisco. I might have shaved that time in half, though I admire you trying to make Mike into a star. He can easily be much better than what he was given in real life.

[spaldoni]

LOL, Mucho Macho was just to much fun. Loved it! Also, great pay off as Gino uses this to his advantage on Savage. 

Very cool to see Valentine moving back up in the main event scene. 

Mike Davis is on the roll of a lifetime. 

House of Humperdink has a strong threat and his name is Tony Atlas. 

 

[GeneJackson95]

the saga of Mucho Macho leads to some big heat for Gino Hernandez!

Wow, Mike Davis could be on the road to the World title.

Huge win for Boris over King Tonga!

[kevinmcfl]

Gino Hernandez is just getting bigger and bigger and Mucho Man helos out.

The House of Humperdink is a fun aspect of ACCW

[SirEdger]

Events for October 19th, 20th & 21st, 1984

Atlantic Coast Championship TV, October 19th, 1984

Sportatorium, Tampa, FL

-Lots of recap from various house shows and recent TV and a lot of emphasis was put on the Gino Hernandez/Randy Savage rivalry that will come to a head at New Year's Eve Bash on December 31st in Greensboro. David Crockett and Bob Caudle speculate that Miss Elizabeth will break her silence in the upcoming weeks in regards to this heated rivalry.

-Stampede Rush make quick work out of Roscoe Bird & Hyram Bell

-In a triangle tag match, The Briscos beat Dory Funk Jr & Kevin Kelly and The Missing Link & Mike Graham when Brisco made Dory submit to a leg lock. After the match, Kevin Kelly clocked his own partner Dory out cold with the same roll of coins he used to break Mike Graham's jaw recently. Graham came back to the ring to save Dory but too late as Kelly has already walked out to the back.

October 19th, 1984

Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL

-The Brisco Brothers beat Bulldog Bob Brown & Charlie Cook by countout at 19:32

-Brian Adias beat Jose Luis Rivera in 19:07

-John Bonello beat Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Johnny Weaver by DQ at 18:06 when Weaver refused to let go of the Weaver Lock. Even Bill White struggled to convince his partner to let go....

-Khruscher Khruschev beat Purple Haze (w/Sir Oliver Humperdink) in 1:55. Postmatch, both men brawled outside the ring and it took police officers to stop the melee. Both men were escorted out of the arena, meaning that Khruschev wouldn't be ringside for the main event.

-Boris Zhukov beat Reverend Jimmy Valiant in 20:56 after the shocking interference from Richard Charland!

 

October 20th, 1984

Miami, FL

-Johnny  Mantell beat Kerry Brown in 13:37

-Brett Wayne Sawyer & Steve Keirn beat Eddie Gilbert & Charlie Cook in 23:28 by DQ after interference from Richard Charland!

-The House of Humperdink (Great Kabuki & Purple Haze) beat The Brisco Brothers in 22:15 after Humperdink used his cane to hit Jerry Brisco in the back with it.

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship: The Junkyard Dog beat Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) in 23:40 to win the title. Savage was clearly off his game a bit, visibly thinking about Gino Hernandez, which came back to haunt him in the end. JYD and Savage shook hands after the match and JYD celebrated.

 

October 21st, #984

Orlando, FL

Gauntlet Match: Richard Charland beat Brett Wayne Sawyer, Gino Hernandez, Konga the Barbarian & Blackjack Lanza in 8:54

Order of elimination:

-Brett Wayne Sawyer by Gino Hernandez

-Gino got eliminated by countout after Randy Savage charged the ring to attack Gino against Konga.

-Blackjack Lanza by Konga the Barbarian

-Konga the Barbarian by Richard Charland

AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship: Bill White & Johnny Weaver beat The Gunslingers in 3:41 to retain

-Stampede Rush beat The House of Humperdink (The Great Kabuki & Purple Haze) by DQ in 7:24 when Humperdink got caught using his cane on Duke Myers.

-Bulldog Bob Brown beat Jose Luis Rivera in 7:55

-Kevin Kelly fight Sunny War Cloud to a double countout at 4:07. Sunny was KOed by Kelly's roll of coins afterwards.

-Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat Mr. Pogo in 17:49

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship: Jerry Brisco beat Junkyard Dog in 20:24 to win the title after choking out JYD with his own chain, behind referee Bill Alfonso's back!

[kevinmcfl]

One thing for sure is that the Florida fans are never sure what to expect which makes it really fun.  I was wishing JYD had more then a day with the belt as I think he is someone to build around and get a huge feud going with someone.  Also was surprised Gino exited the Gauntlet Match so quick but that just goes to show you how wild and crazy the feud between Gino and Savage is right now.

[Blehschmidt]

While everything else in ACCW is kind of chaotic, White and Weaver have a death grip on those Tag Titles. At this point I am wondering if someone is going to manage to dethrone them before White retires!!

[spaldoni]

LOL, Kelly keeps knocking people out with his roll of coins. 

Dang Khruscher and Haze have one crazy brawl! 

Charland comes to town and is already causing a lot of trouble. 

JYD beats Savage for the title!!!! Savage needs to get his head back in the game and take care of Gino once and for all. Maybe this will happen at the New Year's Bash. 

WOW! JYD's reign ends quick as Jerry Brisco uses the chain! What a crazy 2 nights! 

You just never know what's going to happen in Florida. 

[GeneJackson95]

Wow! Great win for JYD! He's going to make an awesome champion!

Oh...wait....nevermind. Jerry Brisco is good too if he can hold onto it.

[SirEdger]

My apologies to all as due to very inclement weather, I've been out of the loop for the past 48 hours (only got power back this morning). I'll get caught up with everyone's shows ASAP and I'll post my next loop of shows by the next 48 hours.

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Events for October 26th, 27th & 28th, 1984

 

Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling TV, October 26th, 1984

Sportatorium, Tampa, FL

-AWA Atlantic Coast TV Champion Mike Davis beat Lavern  Huxtable in 14:43 in a non-title match.

-We're set for an interview between Bob Caudle, David Crockett and the House of Humperdink. Conspicuous by his absence is Abdullah the Butcher. Humperdink is asked what is going on and why is he out of the picture. Humperdink says that Abdullah has been out of control lately in various matches and outside the ring and something needed to be done. Humperdink says he wants to take control of this territory but he doesn't wanna risk getting killed in the process. Therefore, Humperdink banished Abdullah from his House. Humperdink says he isn't done yet and he needs to settle another thing as well. Humperdink turns to Konga and tells him that he caused more problems than impact since he was brought in. Humperdink believes Konga is also part of the problem and tells him his services are no longer required. Konga doesn't take it too well and slaps Humperdink! All hell breaks loose as Konga is able to fight back Sullivan, the Great Kabuki & The Purple Haze before putting the boots to Humperdink and leave. Will there be anything left of the House of Humperdink before the end of the year?

-Then, Bob Caudle and David Crockett welcome the newest addition to the Atlantic Coast roster, Jimmy Golden and Robert Fuller, aka the Stud Stable. Jimmy Golden says that obviously, Eddie Graham must've gotten wind of what they were doing with Continental because Fuller is getting a title shot against Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Champion Tony Atlas on Sunday night and he can already feel himself becoming champion right now. Fuller adds that they're ready to make this territory their own sandbox and make sure everyone knows who they are. They are as formidable as individuals than they are as a tag team and it won't take too long for anyone to find that out.

-Up next, it's an interview with the Rock N' Roll RPMs. Despite being the current Atlantic Coast TV Champion, Mike Davis is still committed to the success of the Rock N' Roll RPMs and he's got Tommy Lane's back just like Lane has his. During the interview, Bob Caudle announces that Atlantic Coast is coming to Charlotte on Saturday November 9 and there will be special guests like Buddy Rose and the team of Tommy Gilbert & Ricky Gibson. But on that card, Tommy Lane will go one-on-one with Gino Hernandez. Lane is pretty excited about this opportunity and he wants to make a good impression as well. Lane wants to prove that he can be as successful as Mike Davis in singles and if he can beat Gino in this match, this will go a long way in doing that.

-In the feature match, Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champions Bill White & Johnny Weaver and their partner Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) beat the team of Stampede Rush & Kevin Kelly in 8:43 after an elbow drop from Savage on Kelly. But the story is that Gino Hernandez  made his way to the ring to attack Savage afterwards. While Stampede Rush was taking care of the champs, Gino Hernandez blew a kiss to Liz before piledriving Savage on the concrete floor of the Sportatorium! The show ended with a distraght Liz checking on Savage as he was stretchered out of the Sportatorium!

 

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October 26th, 1984

Fort Homer W. Hestorly Armory, Tampa, FL

-Hubert Gallant (subbing for Randy Savage, injured) beat John Bonello in 12:55

-The Stud Stable beat AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champions Bill White & Johnny Weaver by countout in 4:30 in a non-title match when "No Class" Bobby Bass attacked Johnny Weaver, causing him to be counted out.

-Duke Myers fought The Junkyard Dog to a double DQ at 22:50. Postmatch, JYD proceeded to a buttwhooping using his chain on Myers!

6-Men Tag Team Elimination Match: The House of Humperdink (Kevin Sullivan, The Great Kabuki & Purple Haze) beat The Rock N' Roll RPM & "No Class" Bobby Bass in 15:07. Postmatch, Sullivan cuts a promo about how tomorrow night in Miami, he wants to throw someone down the Iron Bridge of Hell tomorrow night. He says whoever in the AWA is man enough to do so can tell him by the end of the night...

-Don Kernodle & Mike Graham upset The Brisco Brothers in 1:58 after Graham pinned Florida Heavyweight Champion Jerry Brisco, reversing a small package that Jerry had tried to leverage with a handful of tights!

6-Men Tag, Atlantic Coast vs AWA All-Stars: Atlantic Coast's newest acquisition The Masked Superstar, Rocky Kernodle & Khruscher Khruschev beat The French Revolution & Bob Sweetan in 9:17. After the match, despite the loss, Bob Sweetan took the mic and told Kevin Sullivan that he can stop looking because he has found his man. They'll see each other on the Iron Bridge of Hell tomorrow night.

Guest Referee - Eddie Graham: Andre the Giant beat Eddie Gilbert in 10:08

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October 27th, 1984

Miami, FL

-Jimmy Golden beat AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White in 9:25

-Gino Hernandez & Rocky Kernodle beat Eddie Gilbert & Junkyard Dog in 18:20, following interference from Khruscher Khruschev. After the match, Eddie Graham comes out, seeing that Gino was about to do the same thing he did to Randy Savage at the Sportatorium this week and orders a rematch later in the show between both teams!

-Mike Graham beat Scott Casey in 7:24

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship Falls Count Anywhere: Jerry Brisco beat The Masked Superstar in 11:04 to retain

-The Junkyard Dog & Eddie Gilbert beat Rocky Kernodle & Gino Hernandez (w/Khruscher Khruschev) by countout in 15:21 following an appearance from Randy Savage in a neckbrace, who came out to chase away Gino from the ring. Groundhog Day for Savage it seems....and Gino!

AWA Atlantic Coast Heavyweight Championship: Robert Fuller beat Tony Atlas in 14:04 to win the title after Jimmy Golden struck Tony Atlas in the back with a crutch that he used from a a fan sitting at ringside!!!

Iron Bridge of Hell Scaffold Match: Kevin Sullivan beat Bob Sweetan in 16:02

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October 28th, 1984

Orlando, FL

-"No Class" Bobby Bass upsets AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Johnny Weaver. Weaver was seemingly upset and Bill White tried to calm him down.

-Scott Casey beat King Tonga by DQ after Tonga refused to let go of the Tongan Death Grip after Casey grabbed the rope. Postmatch, Johnny Mantell tries to stop Tonga but Richard Charland runs in and attacks Mantell. Are we seeing an alliance between King Tonga and Richard Charland?

AWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, No DQ Match - per order of Eddie Graham, the title can also change tonight if Jerry Brisco gets counted out on purpose: Jerry Brisco beat Boomer Lynch....by countout to retain.

-Gino Hernandez & Richard Charland beat Jose Luis Rivera and Griffin Brewster after Gino beat Rivera with a piledriver

-The Masked Superstar beat Mike Graham

-Andre the Giant beat AWA Atlantic Coast TV Champion Mike Davis in a non-title match

-Atlantic Coast's newest signing The Dynamite Kid (w/Davey Boy Smith) beat AWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion Bill White. During the match, Johnny Weaver ran in, trying to hit Dynamite Kid with his title belt but he was stopped by Davey Boy Smith. Weaver tried to talk his way out of a confrontation, allowing Dynamite Kid to get the victory with a snap suplex, followed by a diving headbutt. Weaver didn't do much effort, postmatch, to help out his tag team champion partner while the British Bulldogs celebrated their first night with Atlantic Coast!