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The Funker tries to get one over on the Dream, but Dusty turns it around..if you will. Great promo, I totally read it in Dusty's voice. Very much looking forward to this match. Stud Stable are a great fit here in the USWA. If they expand their ranks they are gong to be a force to be reckoned with. They should be strong contenders in the tournament as well. Uh oh. Dissension in the ranks of Paul Jones Army. Super D making the Devil's Duo look bad. Vines and Sword had better step it up!! Oh Damn, Morrow just disrespected George Wells with some Thunderbird. Probably should have used some Colt 45, it does it every time. I am so looking forward to Morrow and Fergie in the tournament. I like the duo of Cocoa and Sivi a lot. I hope they can move up the card a bit and get a feud going soon. Greg Gagne is mad. Meh Curt Hennig should make a big impact here! Very excited to see what you do with him!! YESSSS!!! Whether it's a Nord and Rip team, or a Nord and Rip feud. I LIKE IT!!! Ha! Ha Ha! Oh Yes..... send Lancelot to the Fiesta Garden. Kamala squashes another one, and now Iaukea is talking about another! "A True Assassin" Yikes, if the guys he already has aren't that, Rocky, Colon and whoever else should probably be real worried!! When Bodacious was first announced, I really wanted to hate them. But this whole stable has totally won me over. Fantastic stuff. Oh Damn, a Ghetto Street Fight between Wells and Morrow? That should be a ton of fun!! Slater knocking Tully on his ass after the civilized man comment was awesome! These two are going to be awesome together! I can't wait to see the "Real" King Steel almost ends the Reign of St. Clair, but Kevin Kelly saves the day!! Now we have ourselves a Loser Leaves Town Match!! Good Times!! Great Show! So much going down, and the Tournament is going to be awesome. I am super excited.

Man, little ole Twin States is getting all fancy on me with a name change, and now all of a sudden the IWGP Champion is here opening the show spiking jobbers with a Dragon Suplex. If that's the first name you are going to enter in the tournament for the Continental Heavyweight Title, it's going to be a doozy! The Armstrong/Funk feud is back in full swing, and that's going to be a lot of fun. Dory is here to hold down the fort, and Terry can pop his head in as often as possible. I'm sure they'll be friendly affairs all around! DWB picks up a win, but what just happened post match? I think heel turn Chicky Starr is getting ready to to make quite the splash around here! Dundee and Street are definitely a formidable team of tough little bastards! This tournament is going to be awesome! Oh Shit. Slick and Fergie better come up with a LOT of money if they don't want Bad News to murder them..... Great promo! and then The Rich's get interviewed.... Damn....my tag team division just got eviscerated. The litter comment, Fat and Skinny, undercard of David and Goliath, and Ratings Killer Mike Miller all had me rolling. They they talked bad about Sunshine, and now even I want to beat up imaginary versions of Tommy Rich!! Well, I suppose if you need protection from Bad News, and want to beat up Bob Armstrong, aligning yourself with The Funks is a good way to do it. Fergie and Slick are smart men! Well, Olympia is severely outnumbered by the Platinum Club, but I suppose when you have Bruiser Brody watching your back that makes it a little better! I am very excited for this feud!! Wild six man caps off the first episode of the new Continental, and we see Iceman go bye bye, Dundee and Barnes going at it, and the Herder/Duo feud get turned up a notch! That'll keep the new viewers watching!! Awesome show Gene! This place already feels like it has taken a step up going from Twin States to Continental. Just uh, lay off my girl Sunshine.

(Taped on Monday February 1st, 1986 and airing Friday Night February 5th) From the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. This is.... Richard Myhill's "The Hit" plays as we are shown highlights of all the top talent and hard hitting action from.... We cut to ringside where Marc Lowrance is standing by with a microphone. Marc Lowrance: Hello Everyone! Welcome to the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas and Welcome to Championship Sports. We are here tonight on KTVT for another exciting edition of Texas All Star Wrestling! We are just one week away from the huge David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament where we will be joined by our associates from the United States Wrestling Association and the newly branded Continental Championship Wrestling. Tonight in our main event the team of Killer Tim Brooks and "Mean" Mike Miller will take on two members of The Wild Bunch for the right to be the tenth and final team to represent Texas All Star Wrestling in that tournament. We will also see the Percival Pringle led Kansas Jayhawks in action for the first time here this evening. The Gunslingers will have a tune up match for the tournament, and Ricky Santana and Fidel Sierra who will represent The Cartel in the tournament will be in action. I do understand that "El Jefe" Jose Estrada has been barred from the Sportatorium this evening, and both The Gunslingers and The Cartel have been told they will be removed from the tournament if things get physical between them. Now, earlier today Texas All Star Comissioner Frank Dusek met with The Wild Bunch to find out which two of them would be competing here tonight. A camera was present for that encounter, so let's take you to the footage. We are taken to footage from the parking lot as Black Bart, Ron Bass, and Bill Irwin are all heading into the building. They are stopped by Frank Dusek at the door and Dusek has a stern look on his face. Frank Dusek: I might let all three of you into the building, but there ain't going to be any funny business tonight. So I want to know right here, right now, which two of you will be wrestling Brooks and Miller tonight. Because whoever isn't in that match, I promise you that if you so much as sneeze in the direction of the ring, I am going to fire you. All three of them looks at each other and then there is some muffled talking and some pointing, followed by some nodding. Black Bart: I'M FIGHTIN' FOR SURE.... CALL IT BILL! Bill Irwin: Heads. Black Bart tosses what appears to be a silver dollar up in the air and the camera follows it up as it flips through the air, then follows it to the ground. It zooms in to show that the coin has landed on Tails. Bill Irwin: Aww Hell. Ron Bass reaches over and slaps Irwin on the shoulder, and "Wild" Bill nods and gives him a slap back. Ron Bass: Me and Bart are in the match. Frank Dusek: Okay. That's final. Irwin, you go anywh... Bill Irwin: Yeah, yeah... I got it. The three members of The Wild Bunch walk around Dusek and head into the building. Marc Lowrance: There you have it folks, our main event will be Ron Bass and Black Bart taking on Killer Brooks and Mike Miller. The winning team enters the David Von Erich Memorial Tournament, and the losing side can never team in Texas All Star again! Big stakes to be sure! We'll be right back with The Cartel in action! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Cartel (Fidel Sierra/Ricky Santana) vs Mike Bond/Darren Jackson- Ricky and Fidel came to the ring wearing matching tights that had the word Cartel down one leg, and the flag of Puerto Rico on the other. They were nothing but efficient in the ring as they cut the ring off and brutalized Darren Jackson. Santana was especially vicious with his punches having a little extra pepper, and when he scaled the ropes and delivered a Top Rope Splash, it appeared to drive all the wind out of Jackson. Sierra tagged in and clamped on a Sleeper Hold and it took only seconds for the ref to call it. Winners: The Cartel (Fidel Sierra/Ricky Santana) Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I may not much care for the way they conduct themselves or for their Jefe, Jose Estrada. But if these two men can compete like that in the tournament, they will certainly be hard to defeat. Speaking of the tournament, right now let's go ahead and run down the teams from Texas All Star Wrestling who will be competing. First up, we have the Texas Tag Team Champions, led by their manager Dark Journey, "Hollywood" John Tatum and "The New Jersey Heartthrob" Jack Victory! Then we have the former champions, Phil Hickerson and Bobby Duncum, The Highwaymen! The men that we just saw in action, representing The Cartel, Fidel Sierra and Ricky Santana. Part of the Pringle Dynasty, we will see them make their in ring debuts a little later today, "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers and "Dirty" Dutch Mantell, The Kansas Jayhawks! We will also see another set of former Texas Tag Team Champions, Chris and Mark Youngblood, Tribal Nation! The masked duo of Longhorn and Lonestar, The Texas Rangers! The hardest rocking team in Texas All Star Wrestling, Steve Doll and Steve Simpson, The Glamour Boys! The newest sensation in tag team wrestling, "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young and "The Candy Man" Ray Candy, Good and Plenty!! Then we will have the duo of the reigning Texas Heavyweight Champion "Cowboy" Scott Casey and his partner Johnny Mantell, they are of course, The Gunslingers!! We will of course find out who the tenth and final team is tonight in our main event. Right now, we have a very special highlight video of the teams who will be joining us from Continental Championship Wrestling, formerly Twin States. We know the fans here in Texas get to see the USWA teams on the USA Network every week, but these teams from Continental may not be as familiar to you, so we wanted to give you a chance to see just a little bit of what you have to look forward too! Roll the tape... A highlight video of all of the Continental tag teams who are entered in the tournament starts to play but after about 30 seconds the footage goes to static and then..…the familiar World Class Championship Wrestling theme starts up with the old intro to WCCW. After about twenty seconds of the intro, we cut to Ronnie P. Gossett in a cowboy hat and western style shirt in front of a clearly homemade World Class banner. He's holding up his hand in a "claw" position and is doing a weird voice. Ronnie P. Gossett: "Hey folks and welcome back to World Class Championship Wrestling, I'm Fritz Von Erich! Noo, I'm not doing the clawhold, I just have really bad arthritis. Well as usual, here on World Class….we'll spend the whole time putting over my kids. Hey Kerry……Kerry, where ya at?" We here the unmistakable sound of a tape being closed in a boom box, and a second later the opening of "Tom Sawyer" by Rush begins to loudly play. The camera pans over to show "Kerry" who appears to be Davey Rich slumped over in a folding chair struggling to lace his boots while holding both hands as if he was doing a claw hold. Tommy Rich comes in with a short brownish/blond wig on and Gold's Gym t-shirt, the camera pans down to show he's barefoot, as he is apparently supposed to be Kevin Von Erich. "Fritz Von Erich": "Hey Kevin, what's wrong with Kerry?" "Kevin Von Erich": "Uh…um….he's just real sleepy Dad….he stays sleepy a lot." "Fritz Von Erich": "Well he must have a bad headache, cause I saw him taking a BUNCH of asprin a little while ago." "Kevin Von Erich": "Yeah Dad, that's it….he's got a real bad headache….we better let him sleep off all of those....asprin. Let's talk to Mike instead." The camera pans over and shows Johnny Rich in a short reddish colored wig, he's sitting at table and appears to be coloring and drinking from a juice box "Fritz Von Erich": "Mike, come on over here son and talk to us." Johnny/Mike gets up and comes walking over, we can now see he's wearing a home made t-shirt that says, "TEXUZ IZ GUUDER THAN TWEN STATZ" "Kevin Von Erich": "Hey Mike, did you hear that the USWA is doing a tournament to honor your brother David?" "Mike Von Erich": "I like pancakes!" "Fritz Von Erich": "We know Mike. Did you hear that those guys Johnny and Tommy Rich said bad things about our family and the state of Texas?" "Mike Von Erich": "Texuz guud. Richs bad! They don't get no pancakes!" "Kevin Von Erich": "Take it easy, Mike! We don't want those Rich boys to come kick our butts….we couldn't carry their jock straps, that's why we're wrestling up in New York for that cartoon company instead of down south where the real action is." "Fritz Von Erich": "Now those are some tough boys! I wish Johnny and Tommy Rich were my sons….they are wrestlers I could be proud of….why, they are the Twin States tag team champions and the favorites to win that whole thirty two team tournament." "Kevin Von Erich": "They sure are, there's not a single team in that entire tournament that could cause them to break a sweat." Davey/Kerry can be seen falling out of the chair to the floor in the background. "Mike Von Erich": "Uh oh…….Kerry go boom!" "Kevin Von Erich": "He's fine…he does that all the time." "Fritz Von Erich": "Do you wanna try to get Kerry up off the floor and enter that tournament?" "Kevin Von Erich": "Have you not been listening Dad? We don't wanna be in that tournament, the Richs would beat what's left of our brains in! Not to mention the whole reason we took off to Ringling Wrestling Federation was to get away from Texas….this state sucks! It's nothing but a bunch of steers and…." "Mike Von Erich": "Adrian Street!" "Kevin Von Erich": Ha! That's a good one Mike... The tape abruptly ends as if it were cut off in the truck, and the show goes immediately to commercial. -Commercial Break- When we return, Marc Lowrance is standing stone faced staring at the camera. Frank Dusek is standing next to him, and he looks very pissed off. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, the footage that just aired was not at all what we intended to be shown on this program. As you saw, it was supposed to be a highlight reel of the teams that will be joining us from the Twin States promotion as part of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. What we got instead was a disgusting, disrespectful, and downright vile attack on the Von Erich family perpetrated by the Rich Cousins who are scheduled to be part of the tournament. Right now joining me here at ringside is the Commisioner of Texas All Star Wrestling, Frank Dusek. Frank Dusek: Number one, I want to assure everyone that as soon as we realized what was being aired, we shut that tape off. There was more of it, and it only got worse. The first thing I did was to call up Les Thatcher and ask him just what the hell was going on, but he had no knowledge of that crap. It seems that the Rich Cousins somehow got hold of the tape that Twin States were sending us and taped over it. Mr. Thatcher immediately offered to fine and suspend the Rich Cousins and pull them out of the tournament. I almost took him up on that offer. But then I remembered who we are, and where we are! I said No. I said you let them Rich boys come on down to Texas! Because while we might not have any Von Erich's here to take some revenge, we have a whole locker room full of guys who after seeing that are going to want nothing more than to kick their asses! This draws a huge pop from the Sportatorium crowd! Frank Dusek: Now, we've let those punks take over enough of our show. Let's get back to some action! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Gunslingers (Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell) w/Sunshine vs Snake Brown/The Bounty Hunter- The fans were put into a much better mood after Scott and Johnny hit the ring and made short work of their opponents. Lots of tandem offense on both men, Casey hit the Bulldog on Snake Brown and that was it for the man "From Outta Town." Then Mantell took a little time breaking down the big masked man, before finally hitting him with the Russian Leg Sweep and floating over into the pinfall. Winners: The Gunslingers (Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell) Marc Lowrance: All Right! I am here with your winners, the Texas Heavyweight Champion Scott Casey, Johnny Mantell, and the lovely Sunshine! Johnny Mantell: You know something Marc Lowrance, I am getting sick and tired of these people thinking they can just come down here to Texas and do whatever the heck they wanna do! First we got The Cartel running around here like they own this place, and now we got Tommy Rich and his kin badmouthing the Von Erich's when they aren't even here to defend themselves. Well let me tell you what boys! The Von Erich's may not be here, but The Gunslingers sure the hell are! You wanna come down to Texas and run your mouths, me and Scott will be more than happy to shut 'em for you. Scott Casey: You said it Johnny. Estrada! Cartel! You all wanna act like your some kinda big shots, like you run Texas All Star Wrestling. You think because you broke Jeff Gaylord's arm that everybody is supposed to be scared of you. Well Jefe, right now we got this David Von Erich Tournament to worry about, and I know your boys do too. But when this is all said and done, The Gunslingers are going to be coming to show you just who runs Texas, and it ain't you three. Not by a long shot! Sunshine: Marc Lowrance. The Gunslingers are fired up, and the other thirty one teams in the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament had better bring their best, because we are coming to bring home that trophy! Marc Lowrance: There you have it Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back! The Sportatorium crowd is rabid for Casey, Mantell, and Sunshine as the show heads to commercial. -Commercial Break- As the show returns from break we are taken to the small stage away from the ring, that has been completely redone since last weeks brawl. There are now four fake cactuses, one at each corner of the stage, and each of them is wearing a sombrero. On the wall behind the stage is a new Fiesta Garden banner that is done up in the colors of the Mexican flag and also has streamers and balloons. The two director chairs have been redone in green, and Al Madril's name has been stenciled on his in a much more professional manner. The biggest change however, would be that Al Madril is not alone. While Al is of course standing at the front of the stage with a huge smile on his face, behind him is a man dressed in a martial arts gi who looks ready to fight. Al Madril: Hola Mi Amigos!! Welcome back to the Fiesta Garden. As you can clearly see we've had some renovations since last week when all that Texas trash destroyed the place. Big boo's from the crowd in the Sportatorium. Al Madril: I Know! I was mad they destroyed it too! I mean, it still looked better than the Beauty Shop, but I couldn't have my Fiesta Garden looking like that. Anyhow, the biggest change I made was getting myself some security. I mean, Frank Dusek was my guest last week, and he is supposed to be in control of this place, and it's pretty obvious that he is in control of jack and crap! So I went out and hired this man to protect both myself, and the Fiesta Garden. This man has won Twenty Seven Karate Tournaments, he has black belts in both Karate and Judo, and he was a police officer for ten years. Ladies and Gentleman, the new Head of Security for the Fiesta Garden, Ron Slinker! Say Hello Ron... Madril turns around with a big expecting grin and looks at Slinker. Slinker nods at the camera and Madrils smile quickly fades. Al Madril: Ennhh, I suppose we can work on that part. Anyhow, before I introduce my special guest today, I need to address something that happened this past week on USWA Television. Apparently, Brenda Britton was on the TV talking again, instead of in the kitchen making someone a sandwich, and she kept referring to me as Alvin. Now, my name is Alberto, I mean seriously... Alvin? If either one of us sounds like a singing chipmunk it's her with that voice only a desperate man could love. I mean, I know Brenda only got this job because she was REALLY good at taking dictation for the whole USWA Front Office...if you catch my drift, but if this is really the best she can do, have her manage Greg Gagne or something, that way you only have to have one awful segment instead of two. Madril lowers the microphone, nods at the camera and mouths the words "It's True." Al Madril: Okay! Now that I've wasted my breath on a no talent bimbo, let's talk to my no talent guest. Ladies and Gentleman, "White Lightning" Tim Horner! Tim Horner comes from the back where his trunks and a tank top. He already looks pissed off as heads to the stage. Al Madril: Tim Horner, welcome to the Fiesta Garden! Tim Horner: What was that you just said? Madril cocks an eyebrow at Horner, and looks around like he doesn't understand the question. Al Madril: Ummm... Tim Horner. Welcome to the Fiesta Garden. Do you need me to say it slower? Tim Horner: No smart mouth, before that. Something about a no talent guest. Al Madril: Ohhhh! You mean before you came out here, when I referred to you as my no talent guest! Tim Horner: You got a big mouth Madril. You've been out here week after week running it, but you haven't stepped in that ring yet! How about you go one on one with White Lightning, RIGHT NOW! Horner rips off his tank top and throws it into the face of Madril and storms off toward the ring. Madril tosses the tank top to the floor and looks toward Slinker who just shrugs his shoulders. Al Madril: Come on Slinker, let's go show White Lightning what happens when you try to take the fiesta out of my Fiesta Garden. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Al Madril w/Ron Slinker vs "White Lightning" Tim Horner- Horner is waiting in the ring, ready for a fight. Madril saunters to the ring, grinning and taking his time. When the bell rings, Madril opens the match by lightly paint brushing Horner across the face. Horner responds with a right hand that floors Madril, and sends him rolling to the floor holding his cheek. Madril walks it off and then nods an okay at Horner before rolling back into the ring. The match then became much more of a back and forth with Horner using his speed and quickness and Madril using his technical ability and well, cheating. Madril controlled the opening minutes after raking the eyes out of the collar and elbow, and then worked over Horner with a series of punches, before executing a series of wear down holds that seemed to focus on the legs of Horner. Horner eventually reversed an Irish whip and caught Madril flush with a dropkick, and then went to work with a series of high impact moves like a bodyslam, a back suplex, and a big back body drop that scored a two count. The end came when Horner caught Madril with another dropkick that staggered him backwards into the ropes. Horner then charged Alberto, who was able to duck down and backdrop Horner over the top rope. Horner was able to land on his feet on the apron, and when Madril turned around, the two of them blasted each other in the face with simultaneous forearms. Madril staggered forward and got tangled up with the referee, while Horner dropped to the arena floor. This allowed Ron Slinker to come from behind and let loose with a Karate Kick to the back of the knee of Tim Horner that sent him to the concrete clutching his leg in agony. Slinker quickly moved away as Madril and the referee got untangled in the ring, and the referee began to count Horner out. Madril rolled out of the ring and yanked Horner up by the hair and tossed him into the ring. Madril stomped on the injured leg of Horner several times as Horner tried in vain to fight, and then Madril locked in the Indian Deathlock and Horner had no choice but to give it up. Winner: Al Madril Marc Lowrance: Al Madril picks up the win with more than a little help from his new Head of Security Ron Slinker, and young Tim Horner is going to need some medical attention. Let's take a break while the medical personnel attend to him. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Speculation continues to grow as to the nature of Lucious, but who or what it is remains a mystery. What doesn't remain a mystery are the participants in the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Up next we have a team who will be competing in that tournament, and tonight they make their debut here in Texas All Star Wrestling. They are "Dirty" Dutch Mantell and "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers, collectively known as The Kansas Jayhawks along with their manager, Percival Pringle III. 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantell/Bobby Jaggers) w/Percival Pringle III vs Mike Reed/Ken Johnson- The Jayhawks were brutal this evening seperating Ken Johnson from his partner and just delivering a beating to the man. Jaggers stomped him about half to death after dropping him with a left hand, then jerked him up by the hair and gave him a hangmans neckbreaker that should have been the end. Then Mantell tagged in and gave the kid a piledriver for good measure, before punching Mike Reed off the apron. Then Jaggers came in and lifted the kid up, and Mantell came off and gave him a clothesline and mercifully pinned him. Winners: The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantell/Bobby Jaggers) Marc Lowrance: I am here with your winners The Kansas Jayhawks and their manager, Percival Pringle the Third. Percival Pringle III: That's right Marc Lowrance, the winners! These men right here are victorious tonight, and in seven short days they are going to lead my Pringle Dynasty to glory in the Tournament, when they defeated thirty one other teams, and bring me home One Hundred Thousand Dollars! Isn't that right boys! Bobby Jaggers: You didn't bring us here for our good looks did you? Pringle breaks out into laughter. Dutch Mantell: Eight teams, sixteen teams, thirty two teams. It doesn't matter to us. We step into that ring for two reasons. To beat people up and to make money. Next week we get the chance to do a whole lot of both. Percival Pringle III: You heard it Marc Lowrance! I spent a lot of money to bring these men to Texas, they'd better not let me down! The three men walk away from Marc Lowrance making assurances of their dominance next week. Marc Lowrance gives a look to the camera and the show heads to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling on KTVT. It is time for our main event and it is sure to be a wild one! "Mean" Mike Miller and "Killer" Tim Brooks team up to take on Black Bart and Ron Bass of the Wild Bunch! The winners move on to the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament next week. The losers are no longer allowed to team together here in Texas All Star! Let's head to the ring!! 1 Fall, No Time Limit -The Wild Bunch (Black Bart/Ron Bass) vs "Killer" Tim Brooks/"Mean" Mike Miller- The minute the bell rings all four men are in the center of the ring throwing punches at one another. The referee is trying valiantly to get people out of the ring, but his threats fall on deaf ears. Eventually Bass knocks Brooks out of the ring with a right hand, and the referee manages to shoo him out of the ring as Bart and Miller continue to brawl inside the ring. Bart apparently still hasn't forgiven Miller for his betrayal on Halloween as he is blasting away at the Mean One with rights and lefts and then levels him with a big clothesline. Bart drops an elbow on Miller, then gets up and drops another. Bart jerks Miller up by the hair and sends him into the corner and follows him in with a big back elbow. Bart tags in Bass who drops a leg on Miller and covers for a count of two. Bass picks Miller up and gives him a bodyslam and then starts working on him with a rear chinlock. This starts to actually turn into a wrestling match instead of a fight for about the next six minutes as Bass works over Miller, who manages to reverse the momentum after a couple of minutes and scores with a desperation DDT that allows him to crawl over and tag Brooks. Brooks actually continues the wrestling as he comes in and clamps a headlock on Bass, then whips him into the ropes and hooks on an abdominal stretch! Brooks looks to Bart and begins to gloat, and that is when Bass hiptosses him out of the hold, stumbles forward and tags in Black Bart. The wrestling portion of the contest ends as Black Bart hits the ring and unloads on Brooks with right, lefts, kicks, and even a headbutt. The crowd is going nuts as Bart goes crazy beating on the Killer! Bart hits Brooks with a reverse atomic drop, then a regular atomic drop, then stuns everyone when he hits him with a dadgum dropkick! Miller comes back into the ring, but Bass cuts him off and the two of them begin to exchange fists, and soon they've brawled over to the ropes, and then out to the floor. Bart stalks over and drags Brooks up to his feet by the hair and Brooks immediately tries to kick Bart in the balls! Unfortunately for Brooks, Bart saw it coming and catches his foot. With a shake of his head No, Bart whips Brooks around and blasts him with a big clothesline! Bart scales to the second turnbuckle and crashes down with the Texas Trash Compactor for the One, Two, Three!! Winners: Black Bart and Ron Bass Marc Lowrance: Bart and Bass are going to the Tournament! Brooks and Miller are done as a team here in Texas All Star! What a brawl!! "Wild" Bill Irwin comes to ringside and begins to celebrate with his two Wild Bunch partners. Meanwhile the camera pans to Mike Miller who is looking at Brooks laying in the ring, he shakes his heads and the camera catches him say "Killers Gang Huh" before turning and walking away from the ring. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, that's all for Texas All Star Wrestling this week. We thank you so much for joining us, be sure to tune in next week along with our partners in the USWA and Continental we present the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament on the USA Network, and right here on KTVT. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone. The show fades out with the Wild Bunch celebrating in the ring, and Killer Tim Brooks staring at them in wild eyed anger on the floor as the fans in the Sportatorium go crazy.

That's terrible to here. I never knew the greatness of Reed until a couple years ago when I got hold of the comp done on him. I was blown away by how much I enjoyed him, having only really known him as "The Natural" before that. Definitely underrated both in the ring and on the mic. RIP Big Man

You don't hear too many kind words about Jay Strongbow either.

I'll freely admit that I don't have a clue who Bad Bunny is, and that I am an old man who thinks that music pretty much died at some point in the mid 1990's. That said, like him or not, at least Bad Bunny is relevant to someone in this day and age. We should probably just all be happy it wasn't Trapt or Limp Bizkit!

Texas All Star will also hire Nick Kiniski

Very interested to see what your plan is for "Mr. Pro" If he is going to feud with the Classic Rock Express, he is going to need a partner, but you just shit canned his brother! Ha! Choke on That, Slapnuts! George Barnes Forever!! Well, sportsmanship goes right out the window with the Twin States name as Chicky Starr smashes the Lil' Bullet of Scott Armstrong and takes away the Southern Junior Title. I know you have some plans for Chicky, and I am looking forward to seeing them play out. Parsons with the Dynamite Duo is an awesome idea! We have Freebirds and Snowbirds already, maybe the Blackbirds can come around early in this game! A feud with Boyd and the Herders could be a long term war and a ton of fun. I really thought Taylor was taking the title tonight! With Bad News out of the building, Morrel and Slick out of the picturem, and the dreaded FIVE Arm being hit, I thought it was over! But then Champagne hit the scene and everything was alright!! These two are going to be amazing in the tournament!! Nightmares/Moondogs Round 1..... Nightmares get the official W, but Moondogs walk away. Let's call it a Draw! Mulligan gets some measure of revenge against Khan and Humperdink, but the numbers game overwhelms them in the end. I figure Mulligan knows a few dudes, so next time that mistake probably won't happen again! The Funker and The Bullet starts off with Terry kindly offering Armstrong a chance to save himself a beating and go home to his wife, but Armstrong being a hot head of course declines..... They go on to have a pretty good brawl, and it actually looks like Bob Armstrong is going to have the single luckiest night of his life when Dory Funk Jr shows up from out of nowhere to make sure his brother is okay, and the stupid referee calls for a DQ. Then the rest of the little Armstrong punks come out to attack the Funks and they have to run for their lives. Those Armstrongs..... terrible people. Oh My, six man steel cage clusterfuck in the main event.... Good brawling to start, Brody keeping order and not getting involved. Uh oh.... Brody goes down. Olympia 3 looks to have it won...Olympia 2 attacks 3 and puts Landel on top of him!! It's over! Okay...so Olympia 2 is Matt Borne, who just joined the Platinum Club, and they all beat up Brody. Big Mistake. 3 was DJ Peterson, who is now fired (I might have already known that!) So now Brody is pissed, actual Olympia is pissed, and The Platinum Club have once again made everyone look like fools. Tremendous! This is going to be a lot of fun to watch unfold!! Great Stuff Gene!!

Texas All Star drops Allen West and Akio Sato and picks up Ron Slinker

Well, at least the Women's division has a future. Sasha and Carmella had a good match despite Carmella trying to kill herself on a dive, and then the Women's Rumble was really good from start to finish with likeable surprises, and a final 3 that I bought all of as winners. The men.... Well, I think we can sum that up pretty easily.....

Twin States continues to grow, and morphs into a new Continental! I like it! Gives the place a much bigger feel! Chicky Starr pulling out the top rope sunset flip! Big win for the Chickster heading into his Junior Title match! Blackjack and Khan should be quite the war. Like Kendall, I am very interested to find out who is behind the bounty. The Sheepwhackers take out the Battens and they are in the DVE. This tournament is going to be something else!! Gulf Coast Clash is a STACKED card! Looking forward to that one. Terry Taylor picks up a victory, kisses Bob Armstrongs ass, and then has the audacity to think that he is going to get past Mr. Money! Keep dreaming Rooster! The younger Armstrongs qualify for the DVE over Fire and Flame, and that's another exciting young team to be part of the proceedings. Terry God Damn Funk indeed! Great Promo by The Funker!! Mr. Pro appears to have his hands full with the Rocking and Rolling Express! Even with all of the personalities involved, when Brody says he will keep order in that cage, I tend to believe him!! Bob Armstrong wins the main event and goes on to challenge Funk, but I feel like the real story is going to be whether Bad News allows Fergie and Slick to continue living after that screw up! Looking forward to Gulf Coast Clash!!!

and we immediately start the show by giving the belts back to Karachi Vice! Man, when these guys finally, legit drop the belts, you are going to MAKE a babyface tag team!! George Wells gets a quick victory and will get Champagne one on one next week. He may think he wants that, but I'm not sure he does! Cool idea to pick challengers for the TV Title, gives everyone a chance but makes them earn it. The reign of St. Clair has been nothing short of phenomenal, but maybe this will lead to him finally meeting a challenger with the right talent to take the title. I'm going to go ahead and assume that Tugboat isn't that guy! The war between Iaukea's Army and the Colon group is going to need to end in a cage or some kind of crazy gimmick. But I don't think it's quite over yet! Wonderful interview by The Funker! But I'm not sure I could buy Jesse Barr as a Funk! Super Destroyer picks up a nice win, and the battle of the masks is coming, and that should be a fun feud. Looking forward to it. Hell Yeah! The Rose Cousins take out the RPMs!!! That automatically shoots them up my favorites list! Loving the after match promo, and I look forward to them moving up the ranks here. Hmmm? I wonder how Brenda is going to feel after she gets the next tape from Texas? My boys the Bruise Brothers are looking good and feeling confident. If I were them I wouldn't be too worried about Gagne and Savoldi either! The Fabs have to be considered one of the favorites in the tournament. Though Fuller/Golden will probably have something to say about that. I am getting excited to find out who the "Real King" is! Dusty pins Funk!! Oh Man, The Dream has momentum heading into the title match now! Barr and George will have to finish their rivalry another day, but oh my Dusty and Terry..... Things are likely to get real nasty, real soon!! Good Stuff Dude! Things are building to the DVEMTT nicely, and all your other angles are shaping up quite nicely!

(Taped on Monday January 25th, 1986 and airing Friday Night January 29th) From the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. This is.... Richard Myhill's "The Hit" plays as we are shown highlights of all the top talent and hard hitting action from.... We cut to ringside where Marc Lowrance is standing by with a microphone. Marc Lowrance: Hello Everyone! Welcome to the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas and Welcome to Championship Sports. We are here tonight on KTVT for another exciting edition of Texas All Star Wrestling! We have a huge night of action here for you this evening as we continue to head toward the big David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Tonight we will see two teams that will be part of that tournament, and two teams that are long time rivals will lock it up again as The Highwaymen and The Glamour Boys meet once more. In the main event tonight, the challenge has been accepted. Brian Adias will defend the Texas Television Title against "General" Skandor Akbar's Oriental assassin, Kendo Nagasaki. Akbar laid down the challenge last week on the Fiesta Garden, and Adias who is a fighting champion was quick to accept. Speaking of the Fiesta Garden, I understand that none other than Texas All Star Commissioner, Frank Dusek will be the guest of Al Madril this evening. That should be interesting to say the least. Also in action tonight will be the team of "Killer" Tim Brooks and "Mean" Mike Miller, and we will see The Wild Bunch in six man tag team action. With those men in the building together, anything can happen! Up first tonight we have a newcomer here to Texas All Star Wrestling, and.... Oh No.... As Marc Lowrance was speaking, a huge round of boo's went up in the Sportatorium. We see Lowrance look off to his right as he is talking, and as he says the words "Oh No" we actually see him roll his eyes on camera. The camera pans over and taking his final steps down the aisle is Percival Pringle the Third. He has a huge grin on his face as he steps to where Marc Lowrance is standing. Percival Pringle III: Oh Yes Marc Lowrance, it's true, I have returned to Texas, and you get the pleasure of being the first person to welcome me back. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman.... Percy Pringle. Percival Pringle III: Marc Lowrance! It's Percival Pringle the Third, and you know it! Marc Lowrance: My apologies. Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome back to Texas, Percival Pringle the Third. Percival Pringle III: Well Thank You Marc Lowrance! I'd say it's a pleasure to be back here in Texas, but we both know I'd be lying. Marc Lowrance: Then why are you here? Percival Pringle III: What? You didn't miss me? Marc Lowrance: Mr. Pringle, we have to get the show started, so please... Percival Pringle III: Fine you stick in the mud! I am here, because my newest client is your newest wrestler, and the man who is set to wrestle in your opening contest here this evening! He is the man who is going to lay waste to the competition here in Texas No Stars Wrestling, and soon enough he'll hold either the Texas Heavyweight or Texas Television Title, or maybe both. So I present to you, "Crippler" Rip Oliver! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -"Crippler" Rip Oliver w/Percival Pringle III vs Mike Reed- Rip Oliver was laser precision in his Texas All Star debut, going right after the arm and shoulder of Mike Reed. Oliver grabbed a hammerlock out of the collar and elbow, then drilled his elbow into the shoulder of Reed. An arm wringer followed, and then he took Reed down and worked the arm with several painful maneuvers. At one point Oliver had Reed face down on the mat and just simply stomped the shoulder several times, and then dropped an elbow on it. Finally after several minutes of torture, Oliver scooped Reed up and drilled him with a Shoulder Breaker. The cover followed for the easy One, Two, Three. Winner: "Crippler" Rip Oliver After the match Pringle and Oliver make their way over to where Marc Lowrance is standing. Percival Pringle III: Aren't you going to interview the winner Marc Lowrance? Marc Lowrance: Well, I.... Percival Pringle III: He didn't want to talk to you anyway! Crippler, you go on back and get a shower, then we'll head out for champagne and a steak dinner. Oliver nods at Pringle, gives Lowrance a dirty look and then heads to the back. Pringle meanwhile continues to stare at Marc Lowrance with a grin on his face. Marc Lowrance: Was there something else I could help you with? Percival Pringle III: Well, I thought you'd never ask! There sure is Marc! I hear tell that there is a tag team tournament coming up with a quite sizeable cash prize on the line. Is that correct? Marc Lowrance: Yes, the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament is coming up on February Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth. Percival Pringle III: and how much is the cash prize? Marc Lowrance: The winning team will be taking home One Hundred Thousand Dollars and the David Von Erich Memorial Trophy. Percival Pringle III: Did you say One Hundred Thousand Dollars? Marc Lowrance: Yes, and the David Von Erich Mem.. Percival Pringle III: Yeah, Yeah, Trophy Schmophy! That draws a huge round of boo's from the Sportatorium crowd Percival Pringle III: Oh Shut Up! Now, since Percival Pringle didn't come back to Texas just to manage a single man, allow me to introduce to you the rest of The Pringle Dynasty! Please welcome the men who are going to win me One Hundred Thousand Dollars, "Dirty" Dutch Mantell and "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers"...The Kansas Jayhawks! Mantell and Jaggers come walking down the aisle dressed in long coats and cowboy hats. Mantell is carrying a whip, and Jaggers has a noose. They come to stand next to Pringle and both of them are wearing sneers on their faces. Dutch Mantell: So this is it? This is the Sportatorium, and this is Texas All Star Wrestling? We aren't impressed. You see, we come from Kansas, the home of real life, tough cowboys. Not like these sissies I see around here that go out and buy fancy boots and a cowboy hat and all of a sudden think they are Hoss Cartwright or something. Bobby Jaggers: What Dutch is saying is that if any of these so called Texas tough guys want a fight, they can come find the Kansas Jayhawks and we'll show them a fight. Dutch Mantell: Now, Mr. Pringle... it'll be an honor for us to win that Danny Von Erich tournament and that money for you. We just want you to know what a relief it is to us that we have quite possibly the only honest man in the state of Texas managing our business affairs. Percival Pringle III: Ohh Boys. The honor is all mine. It's a relief to me to be managing the soon to be winners of the tournament and the money and the only real cowboys in the state of Texas! Ha Ha Ha! Pringle and the Jayhawks head up the aisle surrounded by security as a chorus of boo's rings out across the Sportatorium. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling, right here on KTVT. Before the break we heard way too much from the returning Percy Pringle. But he has assembled quite the roster of wrestlers under his employ. "Crippler" Rip Oliver made short work of his opponent and looks to be a threat to anyone he steps into the ring with. Then the team of Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers, collectively the Kansas Jayhawks made an appearance and have apparently entered the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. I am no fan of Pringle, but again, that is an impressive collection of talent. Okay, let's head down to the ring for six man tag team action with The Wild Bunch! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Wild Bunch (Black Bart/"Wild" Bill Irwin/"Outlaw" Ron Bass) vs The Spider/Snake Brown/Dave Kent- Bart, Bass, and Irwin were out to have some fun tonight and they each took their turn beating up on one of the opponents. Bass started the match with Kent and pretty much just abused the youngster, battering him with big right hands and hard knees to the guts. Bass allowed Kent to tag out to Brown, and then tagged in Irwin. "Wild" Bill was all over Snake, hitting him with a big swinging neckbreaker and nearly knocking his head off with the Pump Kick. Irwin rolled Brown into the corner, and The Spider reluctantly tagged himself in. Irwin tagged out to Black Bart, and Bart came in like a wild man, battering The Spider with a barrage of punches. Bart carried the masked man around the ring and slammed him down, before scaling the ropes and coming off with the Texas Trash Compactor. Bart covered and that was all she wrote! Winners: The Wild Bunch (Black Bart/"Wild" Bill Irwin/"Outlaw" Ron Bass) Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I am here with your winners, The Wild Bunch! "Wild" Bill Irwin: Marc Lowrance! We run Adrian Adonis outta Texas already. One match, one match with the three of us, and he took off. Ron Bass: So Tim Brooks, Mike Miller. If you two old boys still want a piece of The Wild Bunch, you'd better find yourselves someone a little meaner, and a little tougher, cause it looks like your biker buddies ain't worth a damn! Black Bart: BROOKS! MILLER! ADONIS MIGHTA RUN OFF! BUT THAT DON'T MEAN WE'RE DONE WITH YOU! FRANK DUSEK! THE WILD BUNCH WANTS IN THAT TOURNAMENT!! Marc Lowrance: Which two of you would compete in the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament if you were granted a spot? Black Bart: IT DON'T MATTER! AIN'T NONE OF THEM FELLA'S CAN BEAT US! ANY TWO OF US'D WIN THE WHOLE DADGUM THING!! Ron Bass: You heard him! Marc Lowrance: There you have it folks, The Wild Bunch is looking to lay claim to Texas All Star's tenth and final spot in the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament! We'll be right back!! -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling on KTVT. Up next we have two teams that will be part of the big David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament coming up in just a few weeks. They are also two teams who have a long history with each other, so this should be a fight Ladies and Gentleman. Let's head down to the ring. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -The Highwaymen (Bobby Duncum/Phil Hickerson) vs The Glamour Boys (Steve Doll/Steve Simpson)- This one didn't take long at all to break down into a fight as The Highwaymen jumped Doll and Simpson during the ring introductions and went to work on them. The referee was trying to push Hickerson out of the ring, when The Glamour Boys shook it off and nailed Duncum with a big double dropkick that sent him out of the ring. Doll and Simpson then basically leapt over the referee and started pummeling Hickerson with four fists of fury until Doll finally was pushed out of the ring by the referee. Simpson was still all over Hickerson blasting him with lefts and rights, and kicks to the midsection. He then grabbed a headlock and snapped him over, grinding it in and occasionally popping him with a closed fist when the ref wasn't looking. It didn't take long for a recovered Duncum to hit the ring and stomp Simpson in the head, which allowed Hickerson to escape the hold and make the tag. Duncum came in and started pounding on Simpson with big hammer shots across the back, and a hard Irish whip into the turnbuckles that looked like it shifted the ring. Duncum followed that up with a big back suplex, and dropped an elbow on Simpson. This time Doll had seen enough, and hit the ring with a big dropkick to the back of Duncum that sent him out of the ring again! Doll then catapulted himself over the top rope onto Duncum on the floor! Hickerson dropped off the apron onto the floor, and yanked Doll up by the hair and started blasting away with punches. Then Duncum was back to his feet and both Highwaymen had a hold of Doll, but then Steve Simpson came sailing off the top rope all the way to the floor! He crashed into the pile and all four men were down on the concrete!! It took several moments for them to recover from that spectacular leap by Simpson, but when they did all four were back slugging it out on the floor, and none of them seemed to notice when the bell rang signalling the Double Count Out. They just continued to pound away on each other until a gaggle of security and enhancement talent flooded ringside and pulled them apart. This Match is a Double Count Out! Marc Lowrance: As we mentioned earlier, the rivalry between The Glamour Boys and The Highwaymen goes back a long way and neither team has really ever been able to gain a clear cut advantage. Tonight that animosity boiled over into an all out brawl that saw both teams counted out of the ring. Both of these teams are entered into the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. If they happen to meet during the tournament, a result such as this would eliminate both. Something for both teams to think about. Folks, we'll be right back! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -"Killer" Tim Brooks/"Mean" Mike Miller vs Mike Bond/Shane Tyler- Brooks and Miller were apparently feeling extra ornery tonight as they were obviously having some fun with young Shane Tyler. Miller started off grinding on him with a headlock, then took to choking him with his wrist tape when the referee wasn't looking. Then he stomped him down in the corner and choked him with his boot for several repeated four counts. He then tagged in Brooks who choked the young man on the ropes, raked his eyes, threw him over the top rope to the floor, and then brought him back in for a piledriver. That would have been in it, but Brooks scaled the ropes and delivered a Diving Knee Drop into the young mans throat and then covered him for the victory. Winners: "Killer" Tim Brooks/"Mean" Mike Miller Marc Lowrance: I am here with your winners Mike Miller and Tim Brooks. "Killer" Brooks: I heard Fat Bart and them other two out here earlier bragging about how they run Adrian Adonis out of Texas. Well let me tell you right now, if you want to see the men who ran Adrian Adonis out of Texas, you're looking at 'em! He proved he couldn't cut it as part of the Killers Gang, so we sent him on up the road. Mike Miller gives Brooks the side eye when he says "Killers Gang" but then nods to the rest of the statement. Mike Miller: That's right Killer! "Mean" Mike and "Killer" Brooks were doing just fine before Adonis, and we are doing just fine without him. The two of us are just as bad as all three of those cowboys put together. That's not just talk either, we plan to prove it when we win that David Von Erich Tag Team Tournament. Marc Lowrance: Well, actually The Wild Bunch claimed the tenth and final spot in the tournament earlier this evening. "Killer" Brooks: WHAT!!! Brooks grabs hold of Marc Lowrance and starts screaming, but Mike Miller quickly pushes him away. The microphone that Lowrance dropped when Brooks grabbed him picks up Miller saying "We'll take care of it." -Commercial Break- As we return from break we are greeted with the smiling face of Al Madril. He is sitting on the small stage that is the home of the Fiesta Garden. On either side of the stage are the two fake cactus each with a sombrero on top of it, and hanging above each of them in a pinata. Behind where Al is sitting in his custom producer chair, is a huge banner with the words Fiesta Garden in sparkling silver letters with streamers and balloons tied to it. Al Madril: Hey Everybody! Welcome back to the number one, highest rated show in all of professional wrestling, especially amongst the USWA and it's affiliates, The Fiesta Garden! I am your host Al Madril, and tonight we have a very special guest as I will be joined by none other than the Commissioner of Texas All Star Wrestling, Frank Dusek! But before we get to that, I have been asked to issue a public apology for last week when I referred to Marc Lowrance as a stupid gringo. The truth of the matter is that for a stupid gringo, Marc Lowrance does a great job hosting this show. For a stupid gringo he always conducts himself with class, integrity, and in a manner that benefits both Texas All Star Wrestling and the industry of professional wrestling as a whole. So for calling you a stupid gringo last week Marc Lowrance, I am truly sorry. I assure you that I will not make the mistake of calling you a stupid gringo again. Okay? Okay! Ladies and Gentleman, Frank Dusek!! Frank Dusek comes walking toward the set of the Fiesta Garden and he looks beyond perturbed. He stands staring at Madril who continues to have a huge smile on his face. Al Madril: Frank, you're a guest, please have a seat. Frank Dusek: Madril, I am not in the mood for any crap or any funny business. I heard that so call apology and I am THIS close to shutting you down. So you have one chance here. Madril looks at Dusek like he has no idea what he is talking about, and then motions for him to sit down again. Dusek shakes his head and takes a seat. Al Madril: So Frank, can I call you Frank? Frank Dusek: Sure. Al Madril: Great! So Frank, since I am giving out apologies tonight, I wanted to apologize to you for insinuating several weeks ago that you were perhaps stealing from this promotion. That was an ugly rumor, started by Jerry Jarrett may I add, and it was wrong of me to perpetuate it any further. So, man to man, I apologize. Dusek just stares daggers at Madril. Madril waits for him to accept the apology with a smile on his face. Dusek continues to stare, and after several seconds Madril nods and continues. Al Madril: Okay. So Frank, we are just a few weeks away from this David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. I understand that this involves teams from here in Texas All Star, from the main branch of the USWA, and from the Twin States Wrestling promotion. Is that correct? Frank Dusek: Yes it is. Al Madril: and there are going to be Thirty Two tag teams entered in this tournament? Frank Dusek: Yes there are. Al Madril: Wow! That is a ton of tag teams! Now I know that the people here have seen which teams from Texas All Star will be competing, but can you tell us about some of the teams that will be coming from Twin States and the USWA? Dusek stares at Madril for a moment, seemingly confused that this is turning into an actual interview. Frank Dusek: Sure. We know that the USWA will be sending the Central States Tag Team Champions, Porkchop Cash and The Snowman, The Bruise Brothers. Al Madril: A very exciting team to be sure. Frank Dusek: They will also be sending Steve Keirn and Stan Lane, The Fabulous Ones. Al Madril: A huge name in tag team wrestling. Frank Dusek: Even though he is technically banned from Texas All Star, Cocoa Samoa will return for the tournament along with his partner in South Pacific Connection, Sivi Afi. Al Madril: The fans sure seem excited to hear that one. How about the Twin States? Who do they have? Frank Dusek: Well, the world famous Armstrong family will be represented as "Bullet" Bob Armstrong teams up with Terry Taylor, and Brad Armstrong teams up with "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley. Al Madril: Both of those teams should prove to be quite tough to beat. Frank Dusek: They'll also be sending their tag team champions, Tommy and Johnny Rich.... Al Madril: TOMMY AND JOHNNY!! I LOVE THOSE GUYS!! Frank Dusek: You would.... Madril lowers his microphone and gives Dusek a dirty look. Dusek just glares at him realizing the "interview" is probably over. Al Madril: What does that mean? Frank Dusek: Well, they've said some rotten things about Texas and the Von Erich's. Al Madril: Sometimes, the truth hurts... Frank Dusek: All right, we are done here.... Dusek starts to get up, but Madril throws up his hands.... Al Madril: No, no, no, no, no, no, no..... difference of opinion, difference of opinion. This was going well. Let's change the subject. Frank Dusek: Fine.... Al Madril: So, this tournament is going to have five shows over three days. Is that correct? Frank Dusek: Yes. Al Madril: All of them will be broadcast on the USA Network? Frank Dusek: Yes. Al Madril: That's a really big deal. Frank Dusek: It definitely is. KTVT will always be our home here in the Metroplex, but this will give Texas All Star Wrestling exposure across the United States. Al Madril: and I understand the USWA will have their television show at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, then Texas All Star and Twin States will be here at the Sportatorium, and then the last two shows will be at the Reunion Arena. Is that correct? Frank Dusek: Yes it is. USWA and Texas All Star on Friday Night. Twin States on Saturday Morning. Then the first Reunion show on Saturday night, and then the tournament finals and the defense of the USWA World Heavyweight Title on Sunday afternoon. Al Madril: That is very impressive. Frank Dusek: It is. Al Madril: Now, I heard a rumor that originally USWA was supposed to have their show here at the Sportatorium as well. But they wanted to have Brenda Britton and the Beauty Shop on the show, so they had to move it to the Will Rogers Coliseum because the City Inspector said he'd shut the Sportatorium down if he saw any more rats in the building. Is that true?!?! Dusek is staring at Madril like he wants to murder him and Al has a huge grin on his face. Dusek gets up out of his chair and looks like he is about to unleash a tirade on Madril, when "Killer" Brooks and "Mean" Mike Miller arrive at the Fiesta Garden stage. An angry Frank Dusek turns to them... Frank Dusek: What do you two want? Brooks reaches up and snatches the microphone out of his hands and looks even angrier than he did earlier. "Killer" Brooks: WHAT WE WANT! What we want is to know why Fat Bart and his boys get to be in this damn tournament, and we don't! What we want..... Brooks doesn't get to finish his sentence as he and Miller are throwing fists as Black Bart, "Wild" Bill Irwin, and Ron Bass arrive on the scene. It quickly escalates into a wild brawl and both Frank Dusek and Al Madril are jumping out of the way as they brawl onto the Fiesta Garden stage. The chairs are knocked over, one of the cactus's gets smashed onto the head of Brooks, and before long the flock of security and undercard guys is on the scene trying to hold the five rampaging wrestlers apart. In the chaos Frank Dusek finds a microphone on the floor and begins to yell! Frank Dusek: THAT'S IT!! WE'RE DONE!! THIS ENDS NEXT WEEK!!! BROOKS...MILLER......THE TWO OF YOU.......AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE WILD BUNCH.... I DON'T CARE WHICH TWO!!! ......The Winners....The Winners are in the tournament! ....The Losers..... The Losers are no longer allowed to team together here in Texas All Star Wrestling!!! NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ARENA!!! Brooks, Miller, and The Wild Bunch are herded out by security, as Frank Dusek stomps over and hands the microphone back to Marc Lowrance. The last scene before we head to commercial break is of Al Madril standing in the ruins of his Fiesta Garden set. He looks briefly sad, then shrugs his shoulders and cracks a grin before walking away. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling on KTVT. Just before the break we saw a very tense Fiesta Garden end in a wild brawl as Tim Brooks and Mike Miller got into it yet again with Black Bart, Bill Irwin, and Ron Bass. Well Frank Dusek has apparently seen enough as next week he has made match that will see Killer Brooks and "Mean" Mike Miller take on any two of The Wild Bunch. The winners will enter the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament, and the losers will no longer be allowed to team together here in Texas All Star Wrestling. High stake for certain. But that is next week. Right now it is time to get to our main event for this week, which will see Brian Adias defend the Texas Television Title against Kendo Nagasaki! Let's head to the ring! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Kendo Nagasaki w/Skandor Akbar vs Brian Adias- Texas Television Title Things looked bad right off the bat for Adias as Nagasaki caught him with a thrust to the throat as he was going for the collar and elbow. Nagasaki then pounded away with karate style chops to the neck and shoulders, before locking in a nerve hold to the trapezius muscles. Adias eventually got to the ropes, but his left arm was hanging limply at his side early in the contest. Nagasaki went back to work hitting Adias with a thrust kick to the gut, and then butterflied his arms, holding the position and wrenching it for some time, before taking him over in a suplex. Nagasaki covered but only got two. Kendo picked Adias back up and shot him into the ropes, he went for a double chop, but Adias ducked under it and caught him with a crossbody on the rebound! Nagasaki was quick to kick out, but it allowed Adias to roll to his feet and nail Kendo with a dropkick! Nagasaki quickly rolled to the floor, and while the ref was counting him it allowed Adias a bit of time to try and massage some feeling back into his arm. When Nagasaki came back in Adias quickly snatched a headlock, but Kendo shot him into the ropes again. Nagasaki leapfrogged over Adias and went for another thrust kick, but Adias forward rolled under it, and when Kendo came back around, Adias nailed him with another high dropkick! Adias followed it with a big elbowdrop and a cover that got two. The match continued back and forth for several minutes with Adias using speed and quickness to confound his opponent, and Nagasaki using strikes and submissions to the head, neck, and shoulders every opportunity he got. The end came when it looked as if Nagasaki had things in the bag. He had been working on Adias for a couple of minutes and after sending him into the ropes, caught him with a hard kick to the gut. He put Adias into position for his Jumping Piledriver, but just as he was hooking his arms around his waist, Adias countered it with a big backdrop! Nagasaki crashed hard to the mat, but on his way over his foot clipped the referee. Adias got slowly back to his feet, and was heading toward where Nagasaki was just starting to stir, when Skandor Akbar got up onto the ring apron and took a swing at Adias. Akbar missed, but caught the attention of Adias who grabbed the "General" by the collar and was drawing back to punch him when Nagasaki grabbed Adias by the shoulder. Kendo spun Adias around with one hand, and his other hand went to his throat as he spewed forth the Green Mist!! But Adias Ducked!! The mist caught Akbar full in the face and he fell from the ring apron clutching his face!! Adias quickly pivoted around and hooked Nagasaki in his patented Russian Leg Sweep, executed the maneuver, and floated over into the cover before the stunned Nagasaki knew what hit him! The recovering referee counted One, Two, Three!! Winner, and STILL Texas Televsion Champion: Brian Adias! Marc Lowrance: THE GREEN MIST... HITS AKBAR.....RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP..... IT'S ALL OVER!!! Brian Adias retains the Texas Television Title in an exciting match up! Kendo Nagasaki looks stunned, Skandor Akbar is furiously wiping his eyes, and Brian Adias is holding the championship high for all to see! Ladies and Gentleman, that's all for Texas All Star Wrestling this week. We thank you so much for joining us, be sure to tune in next time, right here on KTVT. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist!) and Yeah, sometimes I forget my Hulk Hogan Bullshit Timeline. Was this before or after he almost played bass for Metallica?

Skeptical about what wrestlers say? I'm skeptical about you being skeptical! Are you trying to insinuate that maybe Hulk Hogan was stretching the truth when he claims that Andre the Giant weighed close to 700 pounds when he body slammed him at WrestleMania 3 and that Hulk tore nearly every muscle in his back picking him up, and that Andre died just a few months later? Because I find it hard to believe that the bastion of Truth, Justice, and the American Way in the 1980's would do such a thing, Brother!

I had a good time listening to -1, him "playing a character" while still being a little boy watching wrestling with all the Oohs, Aahs, and Woahs brought a smile to my face and made me laugh more than once.

Right before #30 is set to enter, someone goes on a big elimination spree. When there are only two people left in the ring, one of them is made to look like a total jackass, by hitting a cactus clothesline and eliminating himself as well as the opponent who just eliminated everyone. The ring sits empty..... Countdown clock to #30...… Lights Go Out.....Lights Come On.... The Fiend is in the ring.....The Fiend wins without ever touching anyone and now main events WrestleMania. Spooky lights, spooky laughter, Michael Cole is frightened voice, end of show.

I am fairly certain that King has been signed. I would also agree that they should sign Alex Gracia yesterday.

Tremendous opening as RPG and Landel may have actually convinced Platt that he is an alcoholic. Landel explaining video trickery is brilliant! Chicky Starr picks up a nice win in the opener and will hope to keep that momentum going when he gets his rematch for the Southern Junior Title at Gulf Coast Clash. Davey Rich makes his debut and he has a.... heartfelt apology from his cousins? This should be good..... and as I expected it was. If the Rich Cousins leave Texas alive, it is going to be a miracle. I look forward to George Barnes giving J-e-Double-F a proper thrashing at the earliest possible moment. In the meantime, Lord Boyd managing The Sheepherders should spell a ton of trouble for the tag team division here in Twin States. Moondogs/Nightmares in a first blood match? That should be a freaking war! Mr. Pro lost because his opponent brawled and didn't wrestle! Awesome excuse! Four more teams announced for the DVE, and some big ones. Street/Dundee and Taylor/Armstrong are certainly not natural teams, but big name pairings none the less. Holy Shit! That cage match at Gulf Coast Clash is fucking huge! Someone is leaving town, the title is on the line, the masks are on the line, and someone's hair is on the line.. with Brody as the referee!! WOW! It truly doesn't get much bigger than that! Platinum Club is pissed off! "He ain't been to referee school!" cracked me up. Bob Armstrong outsmarts Ayala and gets the quick and easy win!! Terry Taylor almost gets the best of Bad News, but with a little help from the Slickster and his cane, Bad News advances and we'll see Bullet and Bad News go one on one next week to determine who fights The Funker! Either way that goes, that should be something to see! Great stuff as always man!!

Funk/Barr vs Dusty/George will be a huge main event for next week! Quite a way to start this weeks show with that announcement!! Barr makes a good point about having Funk as his partner, and already beating up George!! Strong vs Kamala should be a big time fight! Powerage and Hard Knocks get themselves thrown out of the tournament with a wild Double DQ! Big mistake by both teams! Quite the impressive line up of teams heading to the DVE from the USWA. Will Bodacious or Wells/Lance get that last spot? With the singing, I have to say I am rooting for Bodacious!! South Pacific Connection with a nice win, and Cocoa coming back to Texas could get real interesting..... The newly babyfaced Spoiler gets himseld a win, but then Paul Jones shows up with the Super D! and The Spoiler gets wrecked! A battle of the masked men is coming, and that should be a lot of fun!! Technicians have Karachi Vice fired up. Should make for quite the match in Evansville. This could change the whole outlook of the tournament. Good Lord, Strong and Lewing would be a horrible wrestling match, but would be quite the spectacle of two huge dudes beating the hell out of each other! I didn't expect to see Blanchard and Baby Doll show up on the Beauty Shop! Blanchard/Slater would be one hell of a fight! Very Interesting! I can't wait to see who the King is! Nord arrives and shows us who Nord is. I want Nord vs Rip Morgan!! Oh Man, Fuller and Golden get the mega cheap win over the Fabs in one hell of a main event! It appears the Stud Stable have officially come together and the USWA is in trouble!! On too Evansville.... Wow, if I had been coming to this show I would have hoped for car trouble so I could miss that opener :-p The Real Thing destroys 2 jobbers! I love it!! Barr and George are headed toward some real bloodbaths. Kelly and The Vin Man picks up the cheap win, but Steel gets himself a little payback! You know the fans loved that one! Big win for Rocky Johnson! I have a feeling that he is going to end up a major player here for one last big run. Bodacious advance to the tournament! Morrow takes out Wells! Love every little bit of this one!! Kamala takes down Strong, and they'd have probably ended him if not for the Soul Man. This is a great feud. Even if that no good Colon isn't here to help his friends. Oh Shit!! Karachi Vice Loses!! Roop and Rheingans win the belts? I don't want to get my hopes up with the contested finish..... but.... Great shows Spaldoni, but damn cliff hanger endings!!

(Taped on Monday January 18th, 1986 and airing Friday Night January 22nd) From the world famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. This is.... Richard Myhill's "The Hit" plays as we are shown highlights of all the top talent and hard hitting action from.... We cut to ringside where Marc Lowrance is standing by with a microphone. Marc Lowrance: Hello Everyone! Welcome to the World Famous Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas and Welcome to Championship Sports. We are here tonight on KTVT for another exciting edition of Texas All Star Wrestling! I am your host Marc Lowrance, and we have quite a night of action in store for you here tonight. In our main event we are going to see Johnny Mantell go one on one with the leader of The Cartel, "El Jefe" Jose Estrada. Last week we saw this Cartel make quite the impact as they broke the arm of young Jeff Gaylord in two places. Estrada then challenged Mantell to a match intending to use him as a stepping stone to a shot at Scott Casey and the Texas Heavyweight Title. Mantell told Estrada that he'd fight, but wouldn't be anyone's stepping stone. So they will settle this, right here, tonight. For those who have been asking, Jeff Gaylord had surgery to repair the arm earlier this week, and will be out of action for some time. As I understand it, he has returned home to Missouri to be with family as he recovers, but has vowed to return here to Texas All Star once he has healed. Also tonight we will see "General" Skandor Akbar's Oriental Assassin, Kendo Nagasaki in action. We will see the debut of not one, but two new tag teams here in Texas All Star Wrestling, and speaking of tag teams. Our opening contest is going to be a match for the Texas Tag Team Titles! Normally a title match would be our main event, but Jack Victory and John Tatum insisted that they be the first wrestlers that the people see tonight so that they would know who the biggest stars in the company are. They will be defending against the former champions Mark and Chris Youngblood, The Tribal Nation. Both of these team will be part of the upcoming David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament. Let's head down to the action! 1 Fall, 60 Minute Time Limit -John Tatum/Jack Victory w/Dark Journey vs Tribal Nation (Mark/Chris Youngblood)- Texas Tag Team Titles This one began with Tatum and Victory being as obnoxious as possible during their introduction, and then continued with Tatum stalling, strutting, and preening in the opening minutes of the contest. The Youngbloods finally had enough of his shenanigans and began blistering him with knife edge chops and soon Tatum was in trouble as Mark and Chris cut off the ring and really worked "Hollywood" John over. Tatum finally managed to tag in Victory after taking quite the ass whipping, and Victory was able to get some offense on Chris Youngblood. Victory's luck didn't last long as Chris ducked under a clothesline and caught him with a big dropkick. A tag to his brother Mark, and soon the champions were back in trouble. The end of this one came when Dark Journey reached into the ring and tripped up Mark Youngblood as he bounced off the ropes. A fired up Chris Youngblood immediately jumped into the ring upon seeing this, and the referee was quick to usher him out. Jack Victory charged at Mark Youngblood, but Mark was smart enough to know what was coming and side stepped. Victory hit the ropes chest first, and Youngblood grabbed him from behind and rolled him up. John Tatum quickly entered the ring since the referee was still tied up with Chris, and blasted Mark with the California Kick, knocking him off of Victory. Tatum quickly exited back out of the ring, Victory quickly jumped on the stunned Mark, and the referee was counting before Chris realized what was going on. Winners, and Still Texas Tag Team Champions: John Tatum and Jack Victory Marc Lowrance: Tatum and Victory steal another one! Chris Youngblood got overzealous at the interference of this Dark Journey, and the champions took full advantage of the referee's distraction to cheat their way to retaining the titles here tonight! Look at the three of them, escaping to the dressing room like thieves in the night. Just terrible behavior from champions. Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling, right here on KTVT. Up next we have the debut of a new tag team, sort of. During our time away for the holidays, it seems that the man we knew as The Texas Ranger was sent some back up. So now we have not one, but two Texas Rangers competing here in Texas All Star Wrestling. The one who was competing here previously told me that he should be identified by the code name, Longhorn. While his new partner, would be identified by the code name, Lonestar. So let's head down to the ring and see the tag team of The Texas Rangers! 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Texas Rangers (Longhorn/Lonestar) vs Dave Kent/Jack Spade- The new Texas Ranger, Lonestar appears to be a little shorter and a little lighter than his partner but is also a well built and muscular athlete. He starts the match against Kent, and immediately impresses by press slamming him above his head and sends him crashing to the mat. The two masked men make frequent tags and work over both Kent and Spade for several minutes. The end comes just after Longhorn has taken Spade down with a vertical suplex and tags in Lonestar. Longhorn whips Spade into the ropes before exiting the ring, and Lonestar catches him on the rebound with a picture perfect twisting Power Slam and then covers for the One, Two, Three. Winners: Longhorn and Lonestar, The Texas Rangers Marc Lowrance: An impressive showing from this new duo as they make quick work of the competition here tonight. The question is will they be able to do the same as part of the David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament coming up on February the Twelfth? Because it is official, the Texas Rangers will be joining The Tribal Nation of Chris and Mark Youngblood, Fidel Sierra and Ricky Santana of The Cartel, and the Texas Tag Team Champions John Tatum and Jack Victory as part of that tournament. Those are just four of the ten teams that will represent Texas All Star Wrestling in the tournament. Who the other teams are, we will find out over the next few weeks. Don't go anywhere Ladies and Gentleman, we'll be right back with more wrestling action! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -Kendo Nagasaki w/Skandor Akbar vs Mike Bond- As soon as Akbar finished helping Nagasaki remove all of his entrance gear, Kendo was on the attack. He blasted Bond with several karate style chops to the head and neck and then went to work with a nerve hold. Nagasaki drilled elbows down into the trapezius muscle of Bond several times, then went right back into the nerve hold. Nagasaki pulled Bond to his feet and blasted him with a huge Mongolian chop that left Bond staggering. Nagasaki kicked him hard in the gut, positioned him, and dropped him with a Jumping Piledriver. The ref could have counted to one hundred. Winner: Kendo Nagasaki Marc Lowrance: I am here with your winner Kendo Nagasaki, and his manager "General" Skandor Akbar. Now... Hey... Wait a minute.... Akbar walks right past Marc Lowrance with a big smile on his face and motions for Nagasaki to follow him. "Hey Marc Lowrance! No one wants to talk with a stupid gringo like you, when they can be interviewed on The Fiesta Garden!" The camera pans over to where Al Madril is standing on the small stage away from the ringside area. This week the two fake cactus are wearing sombreros, and there are now two pinatas. The Fiesta Garden banner has been upgraded since last week and is far more stylish and sparkling. The two producer style chairs are still there, only one of them now says "Madril" across the back. Madril continues to talk as Akbar and Nagasaki make their way toward him..... Al Madril: That's right, The Fiesta Garden. The REAL highest rated segment in wrestling no matter what a bottle of bleach and some silicone might have you believe. I know last week we got short due to time constraints, but this week we have plenty of time for my very special guests, "General" Skandor Akbar and his assassin from the Orient, Kendo Nagasaki. Everyone welcome them to the Fiesta Garden! The boo's are coming hot and heavy for Madril, as well as Akbar and Nagasaki. Madril shakes hands with Akbar, and then attempts to shake hands with Nagasaki, who just looks at him like he has two heads. Al Madril: Heyyy! No harm meant big guy! Skandor Akbar: You will have to forgive Kendo Nagasaki for not returning your greeting Mr. Madril. Our ways are not his ways. He was raised to understand only one thing, and that is combat. He was bred to destroy any who oppose him, and to achieve victory by whatever means necessary. Al Madril: He was very impressive in there tonight destroying Mike whats his name, and he was certainly impressive when he ran The Spoiler out of here with his tail tucked between his legs. So what's next for him General? Skandor Akbar: You know Al, for me to procure the services of a man such as Kendo Nagasaki, it took a whole lot of the General's money. So I need to make that money back and then some. What's the best way to do that? Championship Gold! So I look around and I see Brian Adias running around here with that Texas Television Title around his waist, and I see that all of his friends have left Texas. So that makes Brian Adias a prime target for my Oriental assassin. Al Madril: Well I know if I were Brian Adias right now, I wouldn't be! That comment causes Akbar to let loose with a hearty laugh. He nods to Madril and then motions for Nagasaki to follow him as they head back toward the dressing room. Madril waves goodbye as they leave, and then turns back to the camera. Al Madril: Will Brian Adias have the courage to accept the challenge of Skandor Akbar and Kendo Nagasaki? Probably not without Kerry Von Erich here to tell him what to do. Will there be a witty retort to my earlier comments on USWA Television next week? Probably not because I doubt she got it. Will Marc Lowrance have anything worthwhile to say when I throw it back to him? Probably not, because he is terrible at this job. Back to you Marc! The camera cuts back to Marc Lowrance who looks beyond annoyed. Marc Lowrance: Let's go to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling. It's now time for the debut of our second new tag team. So let's get too it! New Edition's "Candy Girl" begins to play and down the aisle comes the new duo of Skip Young and Ray Candy! They are wearing matching red and white striped tights, sparkling red boots, and sparkling red vests. The only difference being that Young's vest says "Sweet Brown Sugar" on the back while Candy's reads "The Candy Man." They are grooving to the beat of the song and high fiving the fans on the way to the ring, and the Sportatorium fans who at first seem confused are very into it by the time they reach ringside. The ring announcers introduces them as "weighting in at a combined weight of 575 pounds, "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young, "The Candy Man" Ray Candy, they are Good & Plenty!!" 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -Good & Plenty ("Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young/"The Candy Man" Ray Candy) vs Snake Brown/The Bounty Hunter- Candy and Young had the crowd loving them even after the big entrance as they mixed a lot of big man/little man double team offense with the continued dancing and good times they displayed during their entrance. Young nearly decapitated Snake Brown with a dropkick in the opening moments of the match, and a little later Candy impressed everyone by walking around the ring while holding the big Bounty Hunter up for a body slam. The ending came when Young scaled the second rope and tagged Candy before sailing off and catching The Bounty Hunter square in the center of his chest with an impactful dropkick. Candy then entered the ring, ran across and crashed down onto the masked man with The Chocolate Drop, and that was all she wrote! Winners: "Sweet Brown Sugar" Skip Young and "The Candy Man" Ray Candy, Good & Plenty! Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I am hear with your winners Sweet Brown Sugar and The Candy Man! Skip Young: Marc Lowrance! It feels so good to be back in Texas! It feels so good to be part of Good and Plenty with my man Ray Candy, and it feels so good to know that we are going to be part of that David Von Erich Memorial Tag Team Tournament! Ray Candy: Thirty Two Teams. That's a whole lot of men who think they have what it takes to win it all. But now that Good and Plenty have come together, there is only one team that can win it all. You wanna know who can? Let me tell ya! Sweet Brown Sugar sure can, and you gotta know....The Candy Man Can! Ha Ha Ha! Sweet Brown Sugar and The Candy Man immediately go back to high fiving the fans as "Candy Girl" begins to play again. Marc Lowrance can only grin as the show fades to commercial. -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back to Texas All Star Wrestling! It's time now for our main event as Johnny Mantell goes one on one with "El Jefe" Jose Estrada. Estrada hopes to use Mantell as a stepping stone to "Cowboy" Scott Casey and the Texas Heavyweight Title, but Mantell says he is no ones stepping stone and plans to show "El Jefe" a fight. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -"El Jefe" Jose Estrada w/Fidel Sierra & Ricky Santana vs Johnny Mantell w/Sunshine- As soon as Mantell and Sunshine see that Estrada has brought Santana and Sierra with him, Mantell whispers something to Sunshine and she leaves the ringside area. Mantell is chomping at the bit to lock up, but Estrada is playing cocky and stalling, then "El Jefe" reaches out and slaps Mantell in the face. Mantell cracks a smile, and even laughs, before blasting Estrada with a huge right hand that sends "El Jefe" crashing to the mat. Mantell is quickly on top of him, peppering him with lefts and rights, and Estrada has to scramble like a madman to get out from under the onslaught of Mantell. Mantell doesn't let up though, pulling Estrada to his feet and whipping him into the ropes. He catches Estrada with a hard fist to the gut, then bounces off the ropes and nails him with a big knee lift. Mantell yanks Estrada up again, and then bodyslams him down. The crowd is one hundred percent behind Mantell as he reaches down and pulls Estrada up off the mat again, but this time it appears that Sierra and Santana have seen enough as they slide into the ring. Mantell turns and fires a big right hand at Santana, but he gets nailed from behind by Sierra. Mantell turns and tries to fight Sierra, but then both Santana and Estrada jump on him. Three on one odds quickly overwhelm him, and soon Mantell is on the mat with all three members of The Cartel laying the boots to him. Then a huge eruption from the Sportatorium crowd as Scott Casey comes running down the aisle with a steel chair in hand. He slides into the ring and manages to whack Fidel across the back, as all three members of The Cartel head for higher ground. Winner, by Disqualification: Johnny Mantell Marc Lowrance makes his way into the ring where Sunshine has arrived and she is helping Johnny Mantell to his feet along with Scott Casey. Marc Lowrance: Sunshine, may I have a word? Sunshine: I have several words right now Marc, but none that I am allowed to say on television! Scott Casey: Jose Estrada! You want a piece of me big boy? You don't have to fight my partner to get it! I'll whip you any time, any where! Johnny Mantell: But don't think that means me and you are done "Jefe!" You got a whooping coming, and you better believe I'll be bringing it! Scott Casey: and you can tell your boys Ricky and Fidel, that The Gunslingers are in the David Von Erich Tag Team Tournament too, and if they meet up with us, that'll be it for them. Johnny Mantell: Cartel! You messed with the wrong cowboys this time. We'll see you real soon fellas! Sunshine and The Gunslingers head out of the ring to a rousing ovation. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, that's all for Texas All Star Wrestling this week. We thank you so much for joining us, be sure to tune in next time, right here on KTVT. Until then, I'm Marc Lowrance, Good Night Everyone.

Thank You for recapping that. Seriously appreciate it. Really a whole new perspective. Makes me hope that Conrad gets Flair and Herd together to mend fences.

Fantastic recap so far, and I have to say it is definitely a far contrast of the "Pizza Guy" image that has been presented by virtually everyone that worked in the company at the time. Can't wait for part 2!!

This is the part that really gets me. When the Wyatt Family first started and they were doing like a Southern backwoods Jim Jones thing with him, I thought there was so much potential with that gimmick. All kinds of potential angles with him trying to recruit and indoctrinate people. Followers could easily be swapped in and out to freshen things up. Etc. Now we have somehow gone from that, to dreadlocked supernatural murder clown, and I apparently missed the explanation (I know there probably wasn't one) on how that happened.

Well, if you want to be technical about it, Yes, the Reptilians are the base issue. As it was indeed their biology reacting to the baby blood they drank in that pizza place that caused Covid-19, and thus we have lockdowns and social distancing preventing some folks from enjoying wrestling like they used too. It's probably also the reason that Triple H isn't funny.