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Pacifc Wrestling Showcase from the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, on ESPN / TSN , January 7th The Rock & Roll Express vs. Mr. Hito & Gama Singh In front a boisterous and excited crowd, the debut broadcast of Pacific Wrestling Showcase kicks off with a hot tag team battle. The Rock & Roll Express, an impressive young duo out of Memphis consisting of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, got a strong reaction from the crowd, especially the young ladies. Their opponents, no strangers to followers of Canadian wrestling, seemed to care much less for the approval of the fans, ambushing the Express before the opening bell and double teaming them throughout the …

AWA TV @ The Hammond Civic Center 4-2-86 The animated AWA logo spins around as you hear a voiceover. "From coast to coast, continent to continent, and border to border. Welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling" Highlights are shown of the USWA's last event, The Happening. Lance Russell is standing in front of the AWA banner. Lance Russell: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. We're very happy and excited the American Wrestling Association is back. On behalf of Jerry Jarrett and Verne Gagne, we want to welcome all our fans watching across the globe. Tonight you will see some outstanding in ring action. Right now please…

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From the offices of WGN Chicago… Windy City Pro Wrestling was acquired this morning by WGN Chicago and renamed World Championship Wrestling. The office of WGN has secured the services of Jim Herd as the executive vice president in charge of wrestling and sport entertainment. Mr. Herd will be the head of the new company and also work directly with Joe Pedicino as head of talent relations and Bruce Prichard as head of creative. We are pleased to announce that the former heavyweight champion of the world… Nick Bockwinkle will be our commissioner and help with the day to day operations of the company. World Championship Wrestling will run shows throughout Illinois,…

UNIVERSAL WRESTLING FEDERATION (JAPAN) “UWF Newborn” Owner: Shinji Jin Promoter: Akira Maeda Honorary Chairman: Lou Thesz Commentators: Sōichi Shibata, Kenichi Takayagi, Sadaharu Tanikawa, Shogo Tanaka Referees: Masami Soranaka, Motoyuki Kitazawa, Yuji Shimada, Ryogaku Wada Ring announcer: Nobuyuki Furuta Trainers/advisors: Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson Location: Tokyo, Japan Historical Background UWF Newborn, established in 1988, was the resurrection of the original Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in Japan, which was active from 1984-1985. UWF was created by Hisashi Shinma in the wake of a scandal that caused…

As first revealed on NBC and expanded upon in the December edition of Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Vince McMahon has reached an agreement with HBO for a two hour weekly series called WWF Prime Time. The show has been described as "an all encompassing recap show designed to keep fans up to date on all the major happenings in the World Wrestling Federation." While the new show won't have any original matches, it will contain matches first seen on other WWF programming as well as never before seen (to most fans) matches recorded on the various live events or "house shows" as their called in the industry. Titan Sports -the WWF's parent company- has also released a schedule of t…

Smoky Mountain Wrestling Headquarters: Knoxville, Tennessee Promotor/Owner/Booker: Ole Anderson Commentary: "The Golden Voice" Gordon Solie Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champion: "Bullet" Bob Armstrong Smoky Mountain Tag Team Champions: Well Dunn (Timothy Well and Steven Dunn) Smoky Mountain Television Champion: *Vacant* OOC: Hey everyone, I’ll be running this independent promotion for the next four months as I build out a full roster. Depending on how things go, I may either continue this story or launch a brand new promotion it just depends on how the cards fall. I’m fully aware that any of the wrestlers I’m us…

Professional Wrestling returns to Kentucky with Bluegrass Championship Wrestling. The action coming from Paducah and the Western Kentucky area. A television deal has been struck, bringing all the action to Saturday mornings at 11 am on WPSD-TV, Channel 6. Television tapings from the Paducah studio before a live studio audience with hosts Bert Prentice and Ronnie Gossett.

UWF Power Pro Wrestling #1 Wednesday January 3rd 1990 Tulsa Convention Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma The show begins with the classic UWF intro featuring a mix of arenas from around the UWF area mixed with action shots of the stars of the UWF. We then cut to the desk as we see Cowboy Bill Watts. Bill Watts - Hello, wrestling fans. Cowboy Bill Watts here and I would not only like to wish all the fans of the UWF a very happy new year but would also like to welcome you to this very special year in review, edition of Power Pro Wrestling. Jim Ross is away on assignment this week and will return next week. So lets get started by taking a special look a…

PWF TV Episode #1 Airing on 11/9/89 The Sportatorium Tampa, Florida Hosts: Jim Ross & Joe Pedicino Show opens with Jim Ross and Joe Pedicino sitting behind that familiar desk from Florida wrestling in the past. Ross welcomes everyone to the debut episode of the Professional Wrestling Federation and he promises some great action in the upcoming hour. Pedicino chimes in that they will soon be crowning champions here in the PWF and says we’ll hear more details on that in this broadcast. Ross pitches it to the ring for the opening bout. Match One- The New Breed (Chris Champion/Sean Royal) vs. The Southern Rockers (Rex…

August 1, 1988 - Prime Time Wrestling w/ Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan We open to the set of Prime Time Wrestling with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby the Brain Heenan. Gorilla welcomes us to the show and discussed how this is a special mid-year review of the WWF and we will be seeing all the big events that have gone down this year plus some of the big news coming up for the future. We’ll hear about SummerSlam 1988 that will take place on August the 29th from Madison Square Garden. Bobby lets us know that he has a major announcement for the Summerslam… Gorilla bites… Bobby says that Brother Love will be hosting a LIVE Brother Love show… Gorilla shuns his idea… B…

The following statement was released by Jim Crockett Promotions. Following the financial and critical success of Halloween Havoc we at Mid-Atlantic were excited to work with our fellow promoters in the NWA to present Starrcade. However problems immediately became apparent in the planning stages. More specifically it became clear that while Mr Watts had scheduled Starrcade to take place less then a full month after Halloween Havoc no effort had been put into planning Starrcade until Halloween Havoc had concluded. This was compounded by Mr Watts's increasingly unilateral decision making process, relegating the Board of Directors to a purely advisory status and on o…

Central States Wrestling Friday 4-12-1989 from the Casa Loma Ballroom Announce Team: Jay French and "The Professor" Marty Goldstein Match #1 Kevin Clark rolled up Don Allen. Match #2 Jason Sterling defeated Jimmy Jannetty. Match #3 The Sandman & Ray Odyssey w/Miss Peaches beat The Interns w/Downtown Bruno. Promoter Bob Geigel with several announcements for upcoming shows as well as TV in the very near future. He promised Central States Wrestling would bring the very best in professional wrestling to the territory. Lou Albano ran down the crowd before turning his attention towards Ricky Santana. Santana kept his cool the whole ti…

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING EPISODE #1 AUGUST 12, 1988 TED TURNER: It seems that Ted Turner was not very happy with how his meeting with Jerry Jarrett (Memphis) and Ernie Ladd (Mid-South) went a few weeks ago. Turner fully believes that his Superstation is the vehicle to take professional wrestling to the national stage. By the time the meeting ended, he didn’t trust that Jarrett really wanted the same thing as he did. He also did not believe that Ladd was completely finished with his legal matters with Cowboy Bill Watts. While he did have a handshake agreement with Jarrett, Turner decided to go quickly in a different direction. He d…

Maple Leaf Wrestling January 7, 1989 (Leamington, ON) The episode opens with the arena packed with enthusiastic fans ready for an action-packed night of wrestling. The camera pans to announcers Chic Cullen and Frenchie Martin at ringside, ready to call the action. Match 1: Larry Winters vs. Terry Daniels Winner: Terry Daniels After the match, Basher, accompanied by Mr. Saito, storms the ring and attacks both Winters and Daniels. Just when it seems there's no hope, Chris Champion and Ashley Kennedy rush to the ring, clearing it of Basher and Saito. Backstage, t…

WrestleMania 5 Gorilla and Jesse open us up with a big run down of the card tonight. Jesse makes it a point to let us know that we will see a new champion tonight… Gorilla wonders if tonight will be the power of the paint… Jesse questions it but Gorilla points out how each of the title matches has people who wear face paint. Jesse can’t believe the coincidence but he says tonight we will see a new champion, someway, somehow… It is going to be historic! It’s time to get to the ring though… Here is our opening contest. Steiners vs Varsity Club w/ Kevin Sullivan We get it going right out the gates as the bad boys from Mo-…

Roster & Championship Information for WONDER WOMEN WRESTLING Championships: National Wrestling Alliance World Women's Championship Medusa Miceli (27/04/1987) Lisa Moretti (II) (29/01/1987 - 27/04/1987) Debbie Combs (III) (25/12/1986 - 29/01/1987) Wendi Richter (II) (27/11/1986 - 25/12/1986) Debbie Combs (II) (30/10/1986 - 27/11/1986) Lisa Moretti (28/08/1986 - 30/10/1986) Debbie Combs (29/05/1986 - 28/08/1986) Wendi Richter (08/09/1985 - 29/05/1986) ** Misty Blue Simmes (05/07/1985 - 08/09/1985) * * Misty Blue Simmes won the title before it entered the regular schedule of Houston Wrestling ** Wendi Richt…

Voiceover: You are watching Music City Wrestling on WCAY-TV, Channel 30! Bert Prentice: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Bert Prentice. For the last 72 hours, I and the people of Music City Wrestling have moved Heaven and Earth to bring you and the beautiful city of Nashville, this broadcast, our very first, of Music City Wrestling ... So, sit back, relax and get ready for a roller coaster ride of professional wrestling, THE WAY YOU LIKE IT! Music City Wrestling From the WCAY-TV studios in Nashville, Tennessee! Airing at 10:30 am Central on WCAY-TV, Channel 30 Taped: Thursday, September 7, 1988 AI…

WMC-TV 5 following the 10 am broadcast of CWA wrestling ... We transition to taped action ... We get a ref bump when Ash gets knocked into a corner and pulls the referee into the way as Michaels charges in and lands a flying cross body block and down goes the ref! Ash nails Michaels who tries to help the referee. Boot stomping begins before Ash motions for Knighton to get into the ring and help. Knighton is booed to high heaven as he gladly gets into the ring to put a hurting on his former opponent. The smiling Knighton grabs Ash by the arm and sends him across the ring. Following, he leaps in the air and grabs at the Champion ... FLYING REAR CHINLOCK! WHAT THE?…

International Pro Wrestling Promoter: Bert Prentice Booker: LastStopTour Commentary: Buddy Lee & Bert Prentice Roster Size: (30 Max until July 10) Territory: Arkansas KAIT-TV, Channel 8 Jonesboro, Arkansas

The following Associated Press story was picked up by newspapers all around the southern part of the United States. (Again, sorry for being a few days early, but with all the changes going on, I thought I would get this out there so Perfectly Straightedge can get started. I planned to write a full show of the title tournament but went with this style to save time) WRESTLING’S GREAT NIGHT MARRED BY RIOT IN BILOXI July 4th, 1987 was set to be one of the greatest nights in Southern Wrestling history. The Bill Watts led UWF was hosting its holiday spectacular in the Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. This event was to hold 4 hug…

The camera pans out and we see Bob Roop and Buddy Colt sitting behind a desk. Roop- Good morning folks. I am Bob Roop and I have my partner Buddy Colt with me to introduce the reopening of Florida Championship Wrestling. Colt- Bob, this is a great day for Florida. Both of us have been involved throughout our careers and I am happy to be here with you today. Roop- Buddy, I know the wrestling from Florida will be different without the legendary Eddie Graham, but I do want to introduce and thank the new owner of Florida Championship Wrestling, Angelo Poffo! (Out walks Poffo and takes a seat next to Colt and Roop) C…

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(The following interview aired on WTVY 4 in Dothan and will be shown on stations across Alabama and Mississippi where Twin States Wrestling will be airing beginning on Saturday August 27th) (Charlie Platt is seen sitting at the desk of the Twin States Wrestling set at the WTVY Channel 4 studios in Dothan, Alabama alongside the "Tennessee Stud" Ron Fuller) Platt: "Hello ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to once again join you from the WTVY Channel 4 studios here in Dothan, Alabama on a familiar set for many of you, of course I'm talking about the Twin States Wrestling set and I'm very pleased to be joined here by the man who makes i…