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Championship Wrestling from Florida Episode 1 Live from the Sportatorium in Tampa Available on cable access channel 32 We open to Gordon Solie sitting at a desk set up inside the small arena, where a few hundred fans are in their seats, awaiting the rebirth of their beloved Florida Championship Wrestling promotion. Solie: Ladies and gentleman, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the first show of a new era of Florida Championship Wrestling! We thank you for tuning in here in the sunshine state and we have a great show jam-packed with some of the most talented wrestlers in the world today! And we are going to get things started to…

Great American Bash 1988 The Price for Freedom July 10, 1988 Baltimore, Maryland - The Baltimore Arena We see a great opening package highlighting the big feuds of the evening. We see the live Baltimore crowd as they are white hot already. We see the War Games cage above the two ring set up. Fans it is time! Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone welcome everyone and run down the card. They put over the War Games, the Texas Bullrope Match, and of course the Main Event… World Title on the line… Ric Flair and Rowdy Roddy Piper. It is going to be history in the making… it is time to get things going right now… let’s head to the ring! The Hart Foundation vs Mike Rotundo…

AWA All-Star Wrestling The camera pans onto the arena as the crowd is cheering loudly. We then see the camera transition to our play by play commentator. EB: Hello everyone, my name is Eric Bischoff and welcome to AWA All-Star Wrestling. We are excited to be coming to you from Sydney Australia for the return of professional wrestling to Australia. Firstly we are going to cross to the ring to hear from our president, a legend of Australian Wrestling: Mario Milano Mario Milano is in the ring. MM: Ladies and Gentlemen, after 10 long years Professional Wrestling is back in Australia is where it belongs. We are excited to be bringing…

WCW Saturday Night WTBS Studios - Atlanta, Georgia 2/27/88 {We cut to the set of WCW with Jim Ross and Tony Schaivone standing by…} JR: Welcome everyone to World Championship Wrestling! Fans I am Jim Ross alongside tony Schaivone and Tony we’ve got a lot of news to go through here tonight! TS: That’s right Jim… first and foremost… World Championship Wrestling is now its own entity and this program will be called WCW Saturday Night! JR: So much more to go through, we’ve got some new stars joining the ranks of the WCW along with some big news as we head into the month of March. Perhaps the biggest news in the Clash o…

WCW Presents: The Clash of the Champions The Omni - Atlanta, Georgia 3/27/1988 -A great opening video sets the stage for the Omni in Atlanta! Jim Ross and Bob Caudle are standing by… JR: Welcome everyone to the Clash of the Champions! Jim Ross and Bob Caudle here to call the action for the next two hours. Bob… tonight we’ve got every title in WCW on the line but everyone is looking forward to the World Title with Ric Flair and Sting! Bob: Well everyone knows what Ric Flair is all about but tonight we find out what Sting is all about. JR: I think everyone is ready to see what the Venice Beach Bad Boy is going to do tonight to the Nature Boy… plus… w…

WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION OWNER: Vince McMahon ON-AIR AUTHORITY: Jack Tunney ANNOUNCERS: Gorilla Monsoon, Jesse Ventura & Vince McMahon Interviews: Mean Gene Okerlund & Lord Alfred Hayes ROSTER Hulk Hogan Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) Andre the Giant (w/Bobby Heenan) Nick Bockwinkel (w/Bobby Heenan) Paul Orndorff Greg Valentine (w/Bobby Heenan) Honky Tonk Man (WWF Intercontinental Champion, w/Johnny V) Bad News Brown (w/Gary Hart) Jerry "The King" Lawler (w/Missy Hyatt) Larry Zbyszko Brutus Beefcake Sgt. Slaughter Tito Santana "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin (w/Preciou…

In April of 1987, Jim Crockett purchased the UWF from Bill Watts. In doing so, he took on many of the debts of Watt’s UWF and unbeknownst to him, these debts were higher than initially thought. Along with the debt, Crockett got control of some of the contracts of the UWF including Dr. Death Steve Williams, Terry Taylor, The One Man Gang, Rick Steiner, and Sting. Over the course of the summer of 1987, JCP would utilize UWF as a second brand but were never able to get out of the debt that they took on by purchasing the territory, contracts, and television. Meanwhile,the contracts of Ted Dibiase, Jim Duggan, and Butch Reed were all held up. The three men were heavily courted…

March 27th, 1988 Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ Hosted by: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse "The Body" Ventura After the usual introductions by Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura, Mean Gene Okerlund is standing in the middle of the ring to present WWF President Jack Tunney. As expected, Tunney is greeted to a chorus of boos. Mean Gene asks Jack Tunney about the status of both Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake for the tournament. Tunney announces that both Hogan and Beefcake are out of the tournament due to the recent attacks on them. Tunney then announces that he accepted Wahoo McDaniel's request to take Brutus Beefcake's spot in the tournament. Tunney does…

WCW Presents: The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup - Night 1 Memorial Auditorium - Greenville, South Carolina 4/22/88 -So this event isn’t “televised” but is given production from Jim Ross and Bob Caudle. It is simply the matches with some interviews but not necessarily a PPV style event. Crockett Cup Round 1 Arn & Tully receive a bye The Hart Foundation vs Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotundo -A great opening match and the Hart Foundation have got some real hype behind them. This one goes about 13 of the 15 minutes. The finish sees Mike Rotundo go for a flying shoulder block in the corner but Bret Hart leaps up and Rotundo NAILS the ringpost… Ha…

World Championship Wrestling Owner: Ted Turner Authority: Jim Crockett Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Bob Caudle Ric Flair w/ JJ Dillon Ted Dibiase Rick Rude w/ Jimmy Hart King Kong Bundy w/ Jimmy Hart Big Bubba Rogers w/ Jim Cornette Curt Hennig Butch Reed Terry Taylor Buddy Landel Ron Bass Rip Rogers Bill Irwin Black Bart Pat Tanaka Dusty Rhodes Roddy Piper Jim Duggan Barry Windham Jake Roberts Sting Lex Luger Tommy Rich Dick Murdoch Brad Armstrong Dustin Rhodes (R) Ron Simmons Tim Horner …

We’d like to announce that WrestleMania III will be held in the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas on March 29, 1987! (Not really… show will be posted this weekend) This will be the final show for the 1983 project. We want to thank you for all the support over the last four years to get to this point and to cap it off with the show that was for all intensive purposes… the end of the Territories. Let’s take a look at the card... The Rockers vs The Russians w/ Slick This one built over a series of tag team encounters. The Rockers continued to challenge bigger teams and the Russians overpowered them on two encounters. WrestleMania poses a chance…

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN / TSN for October 3rd The Love Connection vs. Andrew Torrens & Craig L'Anson After losing Badd Company when they left the AWA following a brutal loss to the Sheepherders, Sunshine has put together a new team named the Love Connection, consisting of Al Perez and young newcomer Chris Candido. The brand new pairing impressed the fans with some fast paced and exciting offense, with Candido finishing off Torrens with a top rope flying legdrop. A commendable start, but time will tell how well they do against the brutal New Zealanders. Shane Douglas & Brian Pillman vs. Black Irish Superstar U…

https://next-episode.net/tv-shows-images/big/wwf-prime-time-wrestling.jpg WWF Presents: Prime Time Wrestling 12/1 Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse the Body Ventura Matches from: Phoenix, AZ – Veterans Memorial Auditorium PT opens with a lot of footage from SNME this past weekend. We see the Horsemen regain the Tag Titles… Randy Savage retain the IC title… Windham pin his father… and the Hulkster beating Kamala before almost being branded by Terry Funk! We cut to Gorilla and Jesse and tonight is all about the TV Title match. We get a lot of hype for Hennig and Muta and tonight will be a big one. First off we’ve got six-man tag team action as we…

Jim Crockett Promotions presents Worldwide Wrestling Taped at WTBS Studios, Atlanta, GA Broadcasted weekend of November 1st, 1986 Quick and dirty results -To kickoff this week's show, "Maniac" Mark Lewin is at the broadcast booth. Tony Schiavone & Bob Caudle brings up the recent string of bad luck Lewin has had recently. Lewin says that this is a thing of past because he has found the light that will guide him. Or rather, the dark that will guide him. Very soon, apocalypse will be here and will consume Jim Crockett Promotions and everyone of their heroes. Lewin leaves while Schiavone & Caudle seem to be confused. However, Lewin remains at rings…

WWF Live 11/1 Montreal, Quebec, Canada – The Forum Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated The Nasty Boys via DQ WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Hart Foundation vs Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard © went to a No Contest -Demolition showed up and beat down the Hart Foundation before they made their way to the ring. Jack Tunney and officials came out to announce that there would be a tag team title match tonight… Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine defeated Brutus Beefcake & Billy Jack Haynes WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Randy Savage © defeated Honky Tonk Man WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Jacques & Raymond Rougeau vs Arn Ande…

October 3rd, 1986 Lincoln-Way High School, New Lenox, IL -Tiger Jeet Singh (w/JJ Dillon) beat "Maniac" Mark Lewin in 11:41 Falls Count Anywhere Match: Ken Timbs beat Corporal Kirschner after interference from Don "The Pride of" Kernodle -Mr. Wrestling II beat Norvell Austin in 19:10 with the Running Knee Lift -Before the next match, US Heavyweight Champion Ted Dibiase issues an open challenge to anyone in pro wrestling that wants to take the US Championship away from him. However, there is a catch; this will be their one and only shot at the title. Not only can't they challenge ever again for the US title if they lose but they can NEVER come back …

WWF SNME XI 10/4 Tampa, FL - The Sundome Your hosts: Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura Arn Anderson: Everyone talks about the World Tag Team titles and when they do they talk about the Horsemen because we’ve beat them all… everyone in our path. Tonight, Hogan and Savage… you both find out exactly what it means to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight! Tully Blanchard: That’s right because tonight, the lights of NBC are going to shine bright and that means the Horsemen will be at their finest. When we are at our worst, no one can touch us...but when we’re at our best… we’re untouchable! Bret Hart: Tonight I get a measure of revenge …

UWF Power Pro Wrestling Airing via syndication across the U.S. Civic Auditorium Pensacola, FL. Taped on 10/1/86 Airing on 10/3/86 (Highlights from Memphis, TN are shown of Nikita Koloff capitalizing on the injury of Magnum TA to win the UWF World Championship in the Steel Cage…..we then cut to the following night in Nashville, TN where Jerry Lawler was facing King Kong Bundy where Nikita Koloff (who was not booked on the card) came out of the crowd and helped Bundy double team Lawler and sent him out on a stretcher……We then go to the opening montage and over to Jim Ross and Ron Fuller) Ross: "Hello and welcome once again to…

(Live from the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN, Bill Apter approaches the podium….on one side sits 'Cowboy' Bill Watts and Jim Ross, on the other side sits "Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller and Magnum T.A.) Apter: "Hello everyone and thank you for attending today's press conference and right now without further ado, please welcome 'Cowboy' Bill Watts." Watts: "Good afternoon everybody. We've called this press conference to let everyone know about some big changes we're undergoing in the Universal Wrestling Federation. First, I want to say that it's unfortunate the turmoil that's gone on in the National Wrestling Alliance in the past several weeks. Promotions hav…

WWF Presents: Prime Time Wrestling 9/8 Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse the Body Ventura Matches from: Worcester, MA - Centrum PT opens this week with the return of Blackjack Mulligan and Andre the Giant. We also hear from Jesse and Gorilla who put over the big bounty of Hulk Hogan. They talk about how anyone could cash in on that $100,000 and the Hulkster could be in real trouble. We also hear about the next big SNME that will be held on October the 4th and already signed will be a tag team match of monumental proportions when Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage have signed to take on Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard with the WWF Tag Team Titles on the…

AWA show from the Met Center in Bloomington, Sept. 5th (as shown on ESPN / TSN Super Cards) Nord The Barbarian vs. Mark Starr Nord won with a front slam The Youngbloods vs. The Can-Am Express Both teams went to a 20 minute time limit draw, and continued fighting after the final bell Cactus Jack vs. Brian Pillman Pillman took out Cactus with a top rope flying clothesline. Post match, Cactus once again went after the ref Leo Burke vs. Shane Douglas Douglas was going for a belly to belly suplex, but Burke blocked it with a legsweep, and hit his own belly to bell suplex for the vic…

MACW Special Labor Day Event @ The Omni, Atlanta GA 9-1-86 'Crippler' Rip Oliver vs. Terry Gibbs Gibbs gives Oliver some early trouble with some hard hits and slams. Oliver comes back with a flurry of punches then an Atomic Drop sends Gibbs into the turnbuckles, Gibbs staggers back into an overhead back suplex. Oliver hops on the 2nd turnbuckle, Gibbs staggers up and Oliver nails him with the flying clothesline for the pin! 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer vs. Vinnie Valentino (Subbing for Tommy Rich) Buzz spends most of the match yelling Tommy Rich's name and totally destroying Valentino. Buzz bites, kicks, stomps and chokes. Buzz lifts Valentino up and hangs h…

September 5th, 1986 St. Catharines, ON -"Pretty Boy" Doug Somers beat Jacques Rougeau after a chairshot behind the referee's back. Postmatch, Doug Somers rummaged under the ring and retrieved a bug-like mascot head and put it on Jacques' head. Somers started stomping on it, telling Jacques that he's gonna keep squashing him like the bug that he is! NWA National Heavyweight Championship: Arthur W. Crews (w/Rock Riddle) beat Assassin #2 in 16:10 to retain -Armand Rougeau beat "Nightmare" Danny Davis in 16:46 with a missile dropkick -Raymond Rougeau beat Satanico in 6:43 with a Savate Kick Street Fight: The Hart Brothers (Owen & Keith) beat …

Press Release from the Offices of World Class Championship Wrestling Ladies and gentlemen as you are aware World Class hasn't been on your screens for the past month, this is due to some issues behind the scenes in World Class. I am pleased to announce that theses issue have been sorted and that World Class Championship Wrestling will return to your screens this coming Saturday night from the World famous Dallas Sportatorium, the Road to the Wrestling War Extravaganza. which will take place on Friday Night September 28th from Reunion Arena. It will feature 2 huge Main Events. NWA World Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors will defend against NWA North …

AWA All-Star Wrestling On ESPN / TSN for July 12th Tom Zenk vs. Paul Diamond Zenk has let it be known that he has designs on the Southern Title, currently held by Diamond's compatriot Pat Tanaka. Diamond was clearly intent on not being looked past as he put in a mighty effort to shut down Zenk. It looked like he would pull it off when he hit the flying back bodypress, but Zenk reversed it with a rollover and grabbed a fistful of tights to cinch the pinfall. Dirty pool, but it just goes to show that Zenk will stop at nothing in his pursuit of the gold. Death Sentence & Kevin Sullivan vs. The Sheepherders & Mark Starr …