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MACW @ WTBS Studios TV Aired 8-2-86 Footage is shown of Buzz Sawyer's brutal attack on Tommy Rich last week. Schiavone: Hello again everybody and welcome to another edition of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. With me as always, David Crockett. Well David, we both watched in shock as Buzz Sawyer showed up last week and assaulted the TV champion, Tommy Rich. I understand you have some things to say about that. Crockett: Yes I do Tony. First off, Tommy Rich is in pretty bad shape and against Doctor's orders he went up to actually wrestle in Lutte. I can only hope he returns home safely. Now, as for the actions of Buzz Sawyer. My brother Jim has sta…

WWF Presents: Wrestling Challenge Hosted By: Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby the Brain Heenan Matches from: Poughkeepsie, NY – Mid- Hudson Civic Center Featuring: Also: Mr. Fuji came on and put over how Demolition is tired of the Hart Foundation… he has a challenge for them… at SNME they will face one another but when Demolition wins… then the Hart Foundation must not be able to wrestle in America for 6 months! When Gorilla asked about Demolition he said they would follow suit. Gorilla asks why they would hold this match in Canada and Fuji says he wants the Harts to lose and stay out! Plus: Elizabeth was on urging fans to call and write in to Jack Tunney to…

August 1st, 1986 Saddledome, Calgary, AB -Gilles "The Fish" Poisson & "Nightmare" Ken Wayne (w/Floyd Creatchman) beat NWA World TV Champion Tommy Rich & Tiger Jeet Singh in 17:55 when Singh turned on Rich by hitting him with his sword and Wayne pinned Rich! -Armand Rougeau beat Rip Oliver in 8:55 with a missile dropkick -"Nightmare" Danny Davis beat Mike Davis in 5:08 -Hiro Saito (w/Paul E. Dangerously wearing a baseball cap) beat One Man Gang (w/Floyd Creatchman) in 6:52 after interference from Kokina Maximus while Dangerously distracted the referee. After laying down the Gang with 2 legdrops, Kokina draped Saito over Gang to score the up…

I changed the format some to incorporate house shows into things more. Seems more like a 90 minute show now that I write it, and I think the promotion is hot enough to warrant that. (Originally airing on August 1st, 1986 in Spanish on WAPA Channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This broadcast is translated to English where applicable.) The opening montage featuring highlights of Carlos Colon, Chicky Starr, Invader 1, Invader 2, Invader 3, Abdullah the Butcher, Hercules Ayala, Bam Bam and Dutch Mantell plays. Carlos Colon doing a cartwheel and coming up fists at the ready leads to the WWC logo as the music ends. NWA and Capitol Sports Presenta Los …

Summer Gold 1986 Live August 3rd from Veterans Memorial Coliseum Attendance 12,000 Los Villanos (Villano 3,4,5) (Mexico) vs. Masahiro Chono, Hiroshi Hase, Kensuke Sasaki (Japan) Chono and Villano 4 start us off. Hase comes in and hooks a sleeper. Villano 4 reaches for the ropes but when that fails he twists and turns it in to a side suplex. Villano 3 comes in and gets a small reaction but it’s more than anyone else has gotten. He cleans house but Chono stops him cold. Chono and Sasaki make quick tags keeping Villano 3 from his corner. Villano 3 hits Rolling Kick allows him to get the tag. Villano 5 comes in but gets cut off quickly as Sasaki an…

It’s official! Fritz Von Erich and Cowboy Bill Watts can’t work together! Kind of. While it has been clear that these two have never been completely on the same page, this week was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Insiders have confirmed that there were numerous screw jobs recently; most of which were headed by Fritz. First of all at the Super Card in Memphis, TN there was to be a new champion. Dusty Rhodes was to defeat Ted Dibiase and become the new USWA World Champion. Somewhere behind closed doors, Fritz meet with Jerry Jarret and they came up with a new plan. Originally, Jerry Lawler was to rush in and get a huge pop from the Memphis crowd and the…

World Class Championship Wrestling TV Recorded at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX on 6/26 Airing on Friday 7/3 on WTVT throughout Texas And various outlets across the Southwest Hosted by Bill Mercer and Bruce Prichard Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Marc Lowrance TV QUICK RECAP: Mercer and Prichard talk about all the happenings of last week in Ft. Worth with the Headhunters defeating the Fabulous One to retain the North American Tag titles. Terry Funk defeating Kevin Von Erich with the help of lumberjack Terry Gordy, Bruiser Brody turning on Dusty on Dibiase's behalf but also going after Gordy to try and collect Dibiase's money fro…

Business man Graham Stevens was touring Japan in 1985 and went to a local indie show where he saw Japanese women's wrestling for the first time. He was blown away by their skill and talent and knew that their talent needed to be shown to the world. A promotion relying on women was unthinkable, but Stevens dream was become a reality. Enter GAEA Wrestling, named after the Greek Goddess of the Earth. GAEA has found a TV deal on Fuji TV to air "World Wonder Ring" starting Wednesday, July 2nd. VHS video tapes of major shows will distributed both in Japan and in the United States, as GAEA will feature wrestlers from both countries. GAEA will make it's debut on June 28th…

Portland Wrestling – Episode #1 July 7th 1986 – Portland Armoury (1,000) - The show opens with the Portland Wrestling intro. - We go live inside Portland Armory and see Don Owen stood at the commentary desk he welcomes us to the show and introduces us to Terry Garvin as fellow commentator. We go to the ring for the opening contest. The Spoiler (W/Classie Freddie Blassie) vs Chuck Coates. There is a bit of stalling in the early going. Chuck Coates tries to get the crowd behind him. They finally lock up, with The Spoiler tossing Chuck to the mat. Chuck looks at the crowd in shock. The Spoiler shoves Chuck down again. Chuck tries a shoulder tackle, b…

WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION Owner: Vincent K. McMahon Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon & Jesse Ventura Referees: Dick Woehrle, Dick Kroll, & Nick Patrick Ring Announcers: Howard Finkel & Gary Michael Capetta TITLES WWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT Hulk Hogan defeated Ted Dibiase -8/5/1984 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Ric Flair defeated Hulk Hogan - 4/20/1986 - Boston, MA - Boston Garden WWF INTERCONTINENTAL Gino Hernandez defeated Ricky Steamboat - 6/10/1984 - New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden Rick Martel defeated Gino Hernandez - 6/23/84 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Maple Leaf Gard…

MACW @ WTBS Studios TV Aired 7-5-86 Great American Bash Highlights are shown in a music video Schiavone: Hello again everybody and welcome to another edition of Mid Atlantic Championship wrestling. With me as always my partner. David Crockett. Well David, The Great American Bash is in the books. We want to thank all the great fans who came out and made the event an incredible success. A lot went down. Crockett: You're right about that Tony. A lot of old scores were settled, new grudges began and looks like some haven't been resolved. Ted Dibiase retained the United States Title in a bloody hard fought steel cage match against Hacksaw Duggan. Later on…

Original Airdate: July 4th, 1986 The Batten Twins beat Mr. W & X with a double dropkick. Dutch Mantell joined Rickin at the desk. Dutch said that if Bobby Jaggers expected the match to be the end of things tomorrow night, he had another thing coming. It didn't matter who bled, Dutch meant to make sure Jaggers ran back to Kansas after the beating he took. Dutch beat El Vikingo with a gourdbuster. TNT and El Profe were on the Sports Shop: The Sports Shop intro plays and we cut to Victor the Bodyguard and Abdullah Tamba on the Sports Shop set. A voice-over by Hugo Savinovich plays. Hugo: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the most watched w…

July 4th, 1986 Sandspit, BC -The Sheepherders beat The Killer Bees in 18:23 Guest Referee - Bruno Sammartino: One Man Gang (w/Floyd Creatchman) beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) in 25:58 -Los Infernales beat The Nightmares (w/Floyd Creatchman) in 8:39 -Mike Davis (w/Tommy Lane) beat Black Bart in 13:07 -Bruce Hart beat Chris Candido in 9:22 Submission Match: Jacques Rougeau beat Al Madril with the Boston Crab Mid-Atlantic Showcase: Tony St. Clair beat Duke Myers in 7:41 NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Don Kernodle beat NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion The Great Samu (w/Pa…

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198607040NYN WWF Presents: Showdown @ Shea II July 4th 1986 SIX-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH Tony Atlas & the Rockers vs Big John Studd and Power & Glory w/ Jimmy Hart -This is the first chance the Rockers have to get their hands on Roma and my oh my does this one have some heat. Roma is garnering it all and he looks to be loving it. Inside the ring we’ve got a good 13-minute contest and we see the heat of the Rockers and P/G but also the strength match up of Atlas and Studd. Big John looks like he is in prime form here and looks good in the ring. The highlight is seeing the Rocker…

AWA show from the Canada Games Sportsplex, Lethbridge, Alberta, June 1st Death Sentence vs. The Youngbloods Payne made Wellington give up to the Payne Killer Jake Roberts & Nord The Barbarian vs. The British Bullies Roberts pinned Jones after a DDT British Steel vs. Hector & Mando Guerrero A fast paced match where Regal managed to catch Hector with the Regal Plex to get the win Brian Pillman vs. Leo Burke Burke ducked the Air Pillman then hit a piledriver to score the pinfall Mike Rotundo vs. Chavo Guerrero A back and forth match where Rotundo was able to get the All-Star Spotlight (Samoan drop) to pull out the victory …

​MACW Great American Bash 86 Update w/ Bob Caudle ​The Bash Updates will be shown on MACW's broadcasts throughout the month of June ​ Bob Caudle: ​Hello everybody and welcome to the first Great American Bash update, I'm Bob Caudle and it's great to be here. As you know the NWA will be holding various Great American Bash cards during the month of July. MACW will be presenting their Great American Bash card on July 2nd in Charlotte NC, at the Memorial Stadium. Fans, don't forget to stick around for the fireworks show after this historic event, Big news in the NWA, as Nikita Koloff defeated Rick Martel to win the NWA World Heavyweight title. Fans, Nikita Kol…

WWF Presents: Wrestling Challenge Hosted By: Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby the Brain Heenan Matches from: Allentown, PA – Agricultural Hall Featuring: The Russians, Dino Bravo, Tonga Kid, Don Muraco, & Bull Ganter -Round two matches of the Television Tournament are released… Bull Ganter vs One Man Gang, Sting vs Greg Valentine, Tully Blanchard receives a Bye, and Curt Hennig vs Don Muraco! WWF Live 5/31 Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum WWF CHAMPIONSHIP Ric Flair © defeated Billy Jack Haynes INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Randy Savage vs Barry Windham went to a 30-minute draw Wahoo & Tito defeated Arn & Tully Jim Neidhart & The Bulldogs defeated …

Original Airdate: June 6th, 1986 (Originally airing in Spanish on WAPA Channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This broadcast is translated to English where applicable.) The opening montage featuring highlights of Carlos Colon, Chicky Starr, Invader 1, Invader 2, Invader 3, Abdullah the Butcher, Hercules Ayala, Bam Bam and Dutch Mantell plays. Carlos Colon doing a cartwheel and coming up fists at the ready leads to the WWC logo as the music ends. NWA and Capitol Sports Presenta Los Campeones De La Lucha Libre Con Tus Luchadores Favoritos De Fama Mundial Rickin Sanchez and Hugo Savinovich sit smiling at the commentary desk in Coliseo Municipal Pe…

World Class Championship Wrestling TV Recorded at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX on 5/29 Airing on Friday 5/30 on WTVT throughout Texas And various outlets across the Southwest. Hosted by Bill Mercer and Bruce Prichard Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Marc Lowrance (Show opens with footage of Nikita Koloff defeating Rick Martel for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the UWF Memorial Day Bash) Mercer: "Hello wrestling fans and you just saw footage of the man who is…whether we like it or not, our new NWA World Heavyweight Champion…'the Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff." Prichard: "What a great champion he is…Bill Mercer, someone we can all look up to and respec…

MACW @ The Convention Hall, Hutchinson KS, 6-1-86 ​Tony St. Clair vs. Pat Rose ​First match back for Tony St. Clair, since that beating he took from Singh and Abdullah. Tony shows no signs of rust as he hip tosses Rose then follows with a heels first drop kick. Tony climbs to the top turnbuckles and hits the flying body press for the pin! 10,000 Dollar Challenge King Kong Bundy w/JJ Dillon vs. Jimmy Golden ​Neither wrestler get a lot of cheers here. JJ opens the briefcase in front of Golden and says "All you have to do is beat him" Golden stares hard at the money and even tries to touch it. JJ closes the case quick and gets out of …

Press Conference 29th June 1986 - Portland Armory - Don Owen walks into shot and stands at the podium in front of a ring bearing the Portland Wrestling logo. Don Owen – Ladies and gentlemen of the gathered media I would first of all like to welcome you to the stunning Portland Armory for this very special press conference. I am here today as Owner of Don Owen Sports and as I can now officially announce the owner of Portland Wrestling. As you may have heard over the past couple of days I have acquired the talent from the now defunct Big Time Wrestling. However that is not to say they will all work for Portland Wrestling as i am accepting offers o…

June 1st, 1986 Kelowna, BC -Tommy Lane beat Sunny War Cloud in 10:28 -Chris Candido & Robert Fuller beat the Killer Bees in 7:50 when Fuller pinned B. Brian Blair 3-Way Dance: Dick Murdoch beat 747 (w/Floyd Creatchman) & "Hollywood" John Tatum at 32:13 by pinning Tatum after a brainbuster. Midway through the match, Kokina Maximus & Paul E. ran out to confront Floyd Creatchman, which drew 747 outside to brawl with Kokina. While Floyd and Paul E were getting into a shouting match, 747 went for his chain but was blocked by Kokina. Kokina kicked 747 and decided to unmask him: OH MY GOD.....IT'S ONE MAN GANG!! Paul E. is STUNNED as Floyd is laughing hi…

MACW @ WTBS Studios TV aired 5-3-86 Schiavone: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. My partner David Crockett along with his brother Jim are up in Canada watching the Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup. We'll give you some highlights of that historic event next week. As for tonight, the Universal Heartthrob Austin Idol will take on one half of the Stud Stable, Jimmy Golden. Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant takes on Paul Jones's newest acquisition, Rip Oliver. Also in action will be Hacksaw Duggan, Jimmy Snuka, Tony St. Clair, The Cobra, Mark Youngblood, Blackjack Mulligan and Polynesian Power. We will hear from the US Tag C…

Original Airdate May 2nd, 1986 (Originally airing in Spanish on WAPA Channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This broadcast is translated to English where applicable.) The opening montage featuring highlights of Carlos Colon, Chicky Starr, Invader 1, Invader 2, Invader 3, Abdullah the Butcher, Hercules Ayala, Bam Bam and Dutch Mantell plays. Carlos Colon doing a cartwheel and coming up fists at the ready leads to the WWC logo as the music ends. NWA and Capitol Sports Presenta Los Campeones De La Lucha Libre Con Tus Luchadores Favoritos De Fama Mundial Rickin Sanchez and Hugo Savinovich sit smiling at the commentary desk in Coliseo Municipal Pedr…

World Class Championship Wrestling TV Recorded at the Sportatorium in Dallas, TX on 5/1 Airing on Friday 5/2 on WTVT throughout Texas And various outlets across the Southwest. Hosted by Bill Mercer and Bruce Prichard Ring Announcer/Interviewer: Marc Lowrance Mercer and Prichard welcome everyone to this week's episode and talks about today's main event as the Midnight Express defend the National Tag Team Championship against The Onyx Express. MATCH #1: "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes pinned Dewey Cox after an elbow drop……As Dusty is getting his hand raised, Dirty Rhodes hits the ring and attacks Dusty choking him with a bullrope and busting his head open with the …