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Late at Night, somewhere on the upper end of your UHF dial, it's... RADICALLY RIGHTEOUS WRESTLING! Cut to the front of the Riveria Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas where David McLane is waiting, as a limo pulls up and after a moment, Vinny Blackstone (Goldie Rogers) stumbles out of the limo with two lovely ladies on his arms. McLane: Mister Blackstone, we heard rumors you were ending your whirlwind global tour to come to Radically Righteous Wrestling and join the squared circle. Can you confirm that for everybody watching? Blackstone: Daddy, it's true. I've traveled from Timbuktu to Tulsa and back again, but the fact is, jack, it doesn't matter if I'm …

JWA Press Release: JWA Factions Draft, June 1, 1985 Captains: Giant Baba, Tatsumi Fujinami, Antonio Inoki, and Riki Choshu The JWA factions are intended to be loose affiliations. Members of a particular faction can and occasionally will fight members of the same faction. Members of a particular faction can and occasionally will team with members of a different faction. In general, however, Members of a given faction will usually team up together, and fight against members of other factions. In the televised portion of the JWA Factions Draft, only the first three rounds were shown. Each captain chose a singles wrestler for their faction in the first two round…

Attention Wrestling Fans! Jim Crockett Promotions, along with the National Wrestling Alliance and its partners Lutte Internationale and Smokey Mountain Wrestling are proud to present the Great American Bash Tour for 1985! We have a majority of venues and talent signed for this very special tour. Today, we are proud to announce the venues signed for July. We have TEN huge stadium shows planned on this year’s tour. Those stadium shows will feature at LEAST ten matches on the card. Even more impressive, each of these stadium shows will include the NWA World Heavyweight Championship being defended on each show. There will be ten different challengers from all over the world v…

WWF Wrestling Challenge Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby The Brain Heenan in studio Matches from Hershey, PA – Hershypark Arena The Killer Bees vs The Faces of Fear w/ Bobby Heenan -Heenan messes up with his communication and we see Blair pin Barbarian after a double dropkick. The Faces of Fear then walk off on Heenan. Back on commentary he says that these two are nuts and they are no longer in the family… Sika w/ Gary Hart defeated Skip Young -Sika is on a reign of Terror here and he just destroys Skip Young. Gary Hart has an inset promo saying that he and Sika will be traveling the world and they are set to find their next Colossus. PIPE…

NWA Lutte Internationale TV Taped at CHLT-TV Studios, Sherbrooke, QC Broadcasted June 1st, 1985 (After the opening credits, we’re going to the broadcast booth where Guy Hauray & Édouard Carpentier wait to start this week’s show) Guy Hauray: Hello, wrestling fans, and welcome to Lutte Internationale TV. We’re coming off a huge week in Lutte Internationale and a stunning turn of events as “The Living Legend” Bruno Sammartino showed up in our studios last week and announced that he was the special enforcer appointed by the NWA Board of Directors to oversee what is happening here in Lutte Internationale. Édouard Carpentier: It took absolutely everyone b…

June 1, 1985 Savannah, GA Civic Center Cpl. Kirchner defeated Ricky Santana Mad Dog & Butcher Vachon defeated an unknown masked team. The Great Kokina (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated George Steele Masters of Torture (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated JR Hogg & Lenny Kean NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Championship Match Manny Fernandez defeated Mr. Saito (w/ Mr. Fuji) NWA United States Tag Team Championship Match The Foreign Legion © (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Bruce & Keith Hart NWA United States Championship Match Terry Funk © defeated Pedro Morales Magnum TA, Sam Houston & “Superstar” Graham defeated 24 Karat {NWA World Champion Ric Flair, …

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for June 7th Doug Somers vs. Greg Gagne Somers was joined at ringside by “Playboy” Buddy Rose , his chief in Playboy After Dark, while Gagne was accompanied by Nick Bockwinkel , which made for an odd pairing. Regardless, Bockwinkel cheered on the son of his greatest rival, who weathered out a furious assault from Somers to use his considerable technical prowess to gain control of the match. At this point, Rose looked like he would attempt to interfere in the match, but suddenly found Bockwinkel standing in front of him, staring him down. Rose froze in his tracks, and Somers was sufficiently distracted by this that he failed to …

World Wrestling Council Puerto Rico The World Wrestling Council presented by Capitol Sports Promotions SCHEDULE: Wednesday Night TV "SUPERESTRELLAS DE LA LUCHA LIBRE" Tapings - Distributed Throughout the Islands Thurs-Sunday House Shows - Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday (will not be posting results from these) Our first episode of "SUPERESTRELLAS DE LA LUCHA LIBRE" will tape MAY 29, 1985 in SAN JUAN, PR. Just some housekeeping ... the shows are televised in Spanish ... but for everyone's sake, including my own, they'll be written in English. I am woefully unfamiliar with arena names in the area and WWC 80's results outside of the big cards are to…

CCW TV Recorded on May 30, 1985 at the Sportatorium in Tampa, FL. In front of a live studio audience Airing on various television outlets throughout the Southeast on June 1, 1985 Hosted by Gordon Solie & Joe Pedicino Ring Announcer: Rhubarb Jones (The show opens with footage of Austin Idol winning the UWF World Championship from Dusty Rhodes with unexpected help from David Sammartino at Rocket City Rumble last Sunday in Huntsville, Alabama. The footage ends with Dusty declaring David Sammartino a "dead man"/ We then go to the opening montage and to the desk with Gordon Solie and Joe Pedicino) Gordon: "Hello wrestling fans and welcome to sunny Tampa, …

CCW On Tour 1985 April 11, 1985 National Guard Armory Hamilton, AL. Porkchop Cash pinned Dream Machine with a sunset flip Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty defeated The Rock & Roll RPMs (Mike Davis/Tommy Lane) when Michaels pinned Lane after a fist from the top rope Tom Prichard pinned Tracy Smothers with his feet on the ropes "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley/Scott Casey defeated The Super Destroyers (#1/#2) when Cooley pinned #1 after a running bulldog Semi-Main Event Kamala w/Tojo Yammamoto pinned Steve Armstrong after a big splash MAIN EVENT GRUDGE MATCH Brad Armstrong pinned Jesse Ander…

May 1, 1985 World Championship Wrestling TV Taping (Airing May 4, 1985) Augusta, GA Civic Center Tony Schiavone & David Crockett welcome us to WTBS. This week we have another MACW debut, with The Midnight Express from Lutte Internationale coming in for tag team action. 24 Karat are here in 8-man tag team action! A number of champions will be in action, we don’t wait any longer and head to the ring. NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Foreign Legion {Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff} (w/ Paul Jones) defeated The Young Stallions (Jim Powers & Paul Roma in 4:02 after Sheik made Powers submit to the Camel Clutch. COMMERCIAL BREAK 1 We return to Davi…

JWA Special TV Event: Two Gauntlet Matches Airing May 8th on Asahi TV Match #1, 4-man teams, 30 minute time limit “Batting Order” Mil Mascaras Antonio Inoki Dos Caras Seiji Sakaguchi Kengo Kimura Yoshiaki Fujiwara Tatsumi Fujinami Akira Maeda Match #2, 5-man teams, 60 minute time limit “Batting Order” Giant Baba Riki Choshu Jumbo Tsuruta Stan Hansen Genichiro Tenryu Bad News Allen Yoshiaki Yatsu Dick Murdoch Andre the Giant Bruiser Brody JWA Gauntlet matches are wrestled as a kind of …

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for May 3rd Dave Schultz vs. Phil LaFon The AWA is back from April vacation on TV after ESPN and TSN were broadcasting the International Sportsball Championship. First match up has one half of the Can-Am Express taking on the craziest member of Col. Robley’s Army (which is saying something). As is becoming something of a tradition, the match started out in confusion as Mick Foley, wearing a camouflage jacket, came out to the ring and declared himself to be the latest member of the Army, hailing from Fort Bragg, South Carolina, Corporal-Captain Mick Foley. Schultz’s partner, Buzz Sawyer , grabbed Foley by the hair and dragged him …

Smoky Mountain All Star Wrestling Saturday 23rd March 1985 Knoxville Civic Ballroom, Knoxville, TN Taped in front of a live studio audience at the Knoxville Civic Ballroom, Knoxville, TN Hosted by Les Thatcher Smoky Mountain Heavyweight Champion - Ron Starr Smoky Mountain Tag Team Champions - The Batten Twins (Brad & Mark) The show opening roles and we pan to Les Thatcher sitting at the announcer’s desk with the Smoky Mountain back drop. Thatcher welcomes everyone to the return of All Star Wrestling live from the Knoxville Civic Ballroom, Thatcher tells us that we have an exciting week of wrestling action with Private Don Kerno…

May 3rd, 1985 Tillsonburg, ON -Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Rip Oliver (w/Sherri Martel) in 7:54 -Armand Rougeau & "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal beat Bob Backlund & Luke Williams by DQ in 7:12 when Luke Williams got intentionally DQed by hitting referee Adrien Desbois. Backlund & Luke exchanged words afterwards.... -Gilles "The Fish" Poisson beat Fatu (w/Eddy "The Brain" Creatchman) in 9:20 -Billy Robinson (w/Sherri Martel) beat Baron Von Raschke in 15:27 -Dory Funk Jr beat NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Rick Martel in 7:41 NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Terry Funk beat Sp…

WWF on Tour Utica, NY – Memorial Auditorium Glen Falls, NY – Civic Center Niagara Falls, NY - Convention Center WWF CHAMPIONSHIP Hulk Hogan © defeated Roddy Piper via DQ Hillbilly Machine & The Machines defeated Studd, Bundy, & Haku King Harley Race defeated Dino Bravo The Russians defeated The British Bulldogs WWF on Tour Oswego, NY – Laker Hall Gymnasium White Plains, NY – Westchester Count Civic Center Binghamton, NY – Broome County Arena INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP LUMBERJACK MATCH Randy Savage © defeated Jake Roberts The Fantastics vs The Hart Foundation went to a 20-minute draw Tito Santana vs Greg Valentine went to a double DQ Brutus …

April 3, 1985 World Championship Wrestling TV Taping (Airing 4/6/85) Augusta, GA Rocky Johnson defeated Dennis Stamp with a powerslam. NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Hart Brothers {Bruce, Keith & Owen} defeated Brian Knobbs, Ray Apollo & Mike Sharpe in a non-title match after Bruce pinned Apollo after an airplane spin. NWA United States Tag Team Champions The Foreign Legion {Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik} (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Jerry Saggs & Tiger Chung Lee in a non-title match after a Volkoff Press Slam Backbreaker. The Great Kokina (w/ Mr. Fuji) defeated Italian Stallion in a sit-out splash off the second-rope. Masters of…

This is the thread about the second Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup taking place at the Montreal Forum from April 28 to April 30. For those who participated last year, same formula will apply for this year: -3 day tournament with the 1st Round matches taking place on Night 1 -Night 2 will feature Round 2 & Quarter-Finals plus 1 or 2 matches featuring eliminated talents -Night 3 will feature Semi-Finals & Finals plus other matches -Given the ban imposed to the World Wrestling Federation following the Dino Bravo signing, their slots in the tournament (except for Andre the Giant) will be alloted to freelancers Jerry Lawler, Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody…

April 5th, 1985 Los Angeles, CA 1st of 3 US shows to promote the Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup at the end of the month. Matinee event -Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) beat Rip Oliver (w/Sherri Martel) & Mr. Saito in 29:42 when Charland pinned Saito after a piledriver -NWA World Tag Team Champion Jacques Rougeau (w/Raymond Rougeau) beat Afa in 12:47 6-Men Elimination Tag Team Match: The Strong Machines beat The Sensationals (w/Sherri Martel) in 19:21. Super Strong Machine #1 was the sole survivor for his team -Sika beat The Spoiler in 12:24 NWA International Heavyweight Championship: Terry Funk beat Nord the Barbarian (w/Eddy …

JWA: Japan Pro Wrestling Association President and Founder: Shohei Baba Vice President: Motoko Baba Managing Director: Hisashi Shinma Head Booker: gordi Head Trainer: Kotetsu Yamamoto Referees: Joe Higuchi, Kyohei Wada, Red Shoes Unno, Verne Siebert Ring Announcer: Hidekazu Tanaka TV: Asahi TV World Pro Wrestling (ワールド・プロレスリング) TV Commentary Team: Ichiro Furutachi, Takashi Yamada MAIN EVENTERS: Giant Baba – President and founder of JWA. Niigata. 6’10” 298. Running Neckbreaker, Coconut Crush. Past his peak but still a huge star, ready and willing to step aside to make room for younger stars. Trainer and mentor to Tsuruta, Tenryu, Misawa, Fuchi, K…

WWF Wrestling Challenge Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby The Brain Heenan in studio -Some fun banter between Monsoon and Heenan here as Gorilla really digs in how no members of the Heenan Family won. Bobby went one by one… he says that Inoki cheated and the referee counted too fast. He says the Machines kept jumping in and out of the ring illegally. He says that Andre was too big and the referee couldn’t see how King Harley got his arm up! Monsoon is going on and on but Heenan says that he has got a big surprise for the Machines next week on Superstars… he is challenging them against members of the Heenan Family and he is going to finally take those masks off! …

AWA All-Star Wrestling on ESPN/TSN for March 1st The Fabulous Ones vs. The Latin Assassins While Stan and Steve had made some guest appearances in the AWA in the past, they were now making their debut appearance as a full time part of the roster, and the crowd was incredibly psyched to see them. The Latin Assassins tried to intimidate them with attempted cheap shots, but the Fabs consistently outfoxed them with a cool , cocky confidence that drew cheers from the fans. They swiftly dispatched Angel Acevedo with a double belly-to-back suplex before leaving the ring to give high fives and sign autographs for the fans. Al Perez was clearly displeased with his partner …

Much like I did for the Paul Boesch tag team tournament, I am going to make this the "HYPE" Thread for WrestleMania and post the show on here along with special announcements, news, and rumors. I think for a "BIG" event like this and Starrcade or Superclash, they deserve a little extra recognition and exposure. Hope you guys enjoy all the little extras going into this... WWF Presents: WrestleMania Live on March 31st Madison Square Garden New York City, New York MAIN EVENT WWF CHAMPIONSHIP RING ENFORCER: Muhammad Ali Hulk Hogan © vs 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Randy Savage © w/ Elizabeth vs Jake Roberts WWF TAG TEAM CHA…

March 22, 1985 World Championship Wrestling (Airing 3/23/85) World Wide Wrestling (Airing 3/24/85) Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum ** Due to my recent absence, these will be recaps until I can catch up. ** World Championship Wrestling Taping: The new Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion, George “The Animal” Steele defeated Gary Royal. The Moondogs defeated Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs. NWA United States Champion Magnum TA defeated Swede Hanson. Terry Funk is shown on a pre-taped interview from after the Clash show. Terry Funk challenges Magnum TA to a rematch. He wants that US championship. Rocky Johnson defeated Ray Apollo. Iron Sheik defeated Ji…

CCW TV- Episode 1 Taped on Monday March 4, 1985 Airing on Saturday March 9, 1985 on various stations throughout the Southeast Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, Alabama Hosted by Gordon Solie Backstage Interviews: Joe Pedicino Ring Announcer: Rhubarb Jones (Show opens with a montage of action from Southeastern Championship Wrestling, we then go to the new set with your host Gordon Solie) Solie: "Hello everyone and welcome to the all NEW Continental Championship Wrestling. That's right it's been a little while but Southeastern Championship Wrestling is no more, we are back as Continental Championship Wrestling coming to you from beautiful Birmingham,…