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Gulak wins the Cruiserweight Title in a fun little 3 way on the pre-show. I think I will call it a night right there and chalk this PPV up as a success!

I wish they'd hurry up and announce that they are moving the Cruiserweight Title match to the pre-show, so that I won't even have to bother trying to fast forward any of the main show.

Al Madril's "health scare" is the best thing ever. You are utilizing him so much better than I ever did. Awesome stuff! A Continental Title and a TV Title should lead to interesting times even with the loss of the Alabama and Mississippi belts. I like the way you are allowing those champions to be rewarded for having those belts (even if Al and Jake don't!) Slinker, Rose, and Tojo are certainly a makeshift team, but I guess the enemy of my enemy is very true in this case. Not a good evening for Paul Jones and The Army! Olympia is gonna take his pound of flesh! But Flair gets Bob in the cage and that could go either way, and now you got a real pissed off Snake backed into something of a corner, and that's never a good idea. Double duty for Brad, gonna be a long day for the champion....but he gets past Tiger Mask. Good show, but it suffered from a severe lack of Blue Cyclone! On too Cage Wars! Damn, Slinker submits DWB. Didn't expect Devastation Inc to lose that one!! Hamilton and The Hustler with another cheap win, and this feud is begging for a No Count Out, No DQ match! Don Bass manages to hold on to the title for Madril when Al was having a post heart attack seizure and accidentally bumped into Cooley Olympia puts Jones down with no shenanigans? Wow. I still expected something funny to happen. Brad and Street isn't over, I can feel it. Looking forward to Adrian using some antics on Brad. The Birds pick up a big win over The Army in the cage!! Flair and Jones put one over on Armstrong! Flair is the Champion again! Match #3 is coming soon and it's gonna be big!! The Warriors take out the Japanese in the cage to send the fans home happy. Great Show! The inevitable 3rd match between Armstrong and Flair is gonna be awesome, and I can't wait to see what the stip is!!

Guerrero's being back together is a nice bolster for the tag team ranks. Idol vs Tully is gonna be awesome! But I knew it wouldn't take Tully too long to set his sights above the TV Title!! Whoever wins Funk vs Tito had better be wary. Wrestling 2 is quietly putting himself together a nice little stable of followers. He may make himself a very dangerous man under peoples noses. Atlas/Ayala should be a fun brawl. I love your Funk promo where he is obviously the one being the asshole, but in his mind has done absolutely nothing wrong. I hope Lawler's back up is good, because Hart and his group are certainly taking the upper hand right now! Great show man! Already looking forward to seeing the Jayhawks next week!!

25 bucks plus shipping for the IWA Kawasaki Dream King of the Deathmatch tournament on VHS in 1996 seemed like such a reasonable thing to me when I was 17 years old and thought dudes falling in exploding barbed wire was the coolest shit ever!

It's the nature of the objects being used too. I'd gladly take ten shots to the head with some thin ass cookie sheets and a dollar store frying pan, before I took a weed whacker to the stomach and a staple gun to my forehead. Sure occasionally, like you said there was some nasty shots, but these kids today with all of the light tubes, and other stupid shit are just nuts. I swear I saw them using a fucking cactus in that viking funeral match. Please, hit me with a VCR, but I'll be damned if I am pulling Cactus Needles out of my back for the next week.

-Broadcasting live to our local affiliates in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, as well as in Syndication across these great United States, the American Wrestling Association proudly presents World Class Wrestling, coming to you this week from the Sportatorium in Dallas!- Jim Ross: Good Evening Ladies and Gentleman, and welcome to AWA World Class Wrestling. I'm Jim Ross and tonight I'll be flying solo as "Cowboy" Bill Watts will be handling things backstage. We have quite a line up of matches for you tonight as four more men will attempt to qualify for the big Central States Title tournament. We'll see Mr. Saito make a go of it in singles competition and his opponent will be a young man very familiar to the fans here in the Texas area, who will be making his AWA World Class debut, Brian Adias. We'll also see..... As Ross is talking, a man that is very familiar to long time fans of the American Wrestling Alliance makes his way toward the announce position. He is dressed in an expensive looking three piece suit, and not a blonde hair is out of place on his head. When Ross notices him, he pauses and just watches as Nick Bockwinkel unbuttons his jacket and takes a seat at the table next to him. Jim Ross: I...uhh...well.... Nick Bockwinkel: If this is the level at which you normally do your job Mr. Ross, I understand why they asked me to come out here and assist you this evening. Jim Ross: I just, you don't work here... Nick Bockwinkel: Actually Mr. Ross, earlier this week, myself and Mr. Geigel negotiated a deal that will see AWA World Class become the company that will showcase the talent of Nick Bockwinkel. I've decided that my skills in linguistics make me exactly the right person to come out here and put some class in World Class. Now, I believe you were telling the viewers about tonight's matches in the tournament. Jim Ross: Yes indeed. As I was saying, first up will be Saito and Adias. Then the second match up will see former World Class Tag Team Champion Black Bart take on "The Modern Day Warrior" Kerry Von Erich. The winners of those matches will join The Grappler, Kevin Von Erich, Jimmy Garvin, and Jay Youngblood who have already qualified for the tournament. Nick Bockwinkel: Quite a field of competitors competing for the championship. Both matches tonight should be excellent. What else will we be witnessing? Jim Ross: The Islanders will join us a bit later, and the main event will see The Midnight Express defend the World Class Tag Team Titles against The Blackjacks in a Tornado match! Nick Bockwinkel: Lots of savagery to come. Jim Ross: Up first, it appears Tiger Conway Jr. has something to say. Inside the ring, Tiger Conway Jr. is standing holding the microphone. His afro is again looking bigger than before, and the Fu Manchu mustache he was growing is looking fuller. He is wearing a black leather coat, a black shirt, and camouflage pants. Standing beside him to the left is a man who is slightly larger than him with a bit of a gut, also sporting an afro, dressed all in black. To his right, is a muscular man with shorter hair and a mustache wearing a black tank top and black leather pants. Standing behind him are the two much larger men dressed all in camo that helped him destroy Jose Lothario a few week back. Tiger Conway Jr: If all of you white devils would shut your mouths for a minute, I got something to say. As you can imagine, this doesn't sit well with the Sportatorium crowd who boo him heartily. He stands silently until they quiet somewhat. Tiger Conway Jr: What you are looking at is five men who are tired of being held down by men like The Blackjacks! Men like Hulk Hogan! Men like The Road Warriors! Men like the Von Erichs!! That got 'em.... Another huge round of boo'ing. Tiger Conway Jr: The man standing on my left is Mustafa Morrow. He's been up in Canada for years, damn near freezing to death, because chances for a man like him are few and far between. So he has chosen to come and stand for what he believes. The man on my right is Taalib Jones, who is built like a Greek god, but has spent his whole life surrounded by a bunch of Uncle Tom's. So he has chosen to come and stand for what he believes. The men behind me, Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad have grown tired of saying Yes Sir and No Sir, and dancing for the man, so they have chosen to embrace who they are! They have chosen to stand for what they believe. I spent months floundering around the bottom of this company, being teamed with whatever other "Boy" they could find to stick me with until I decided to do something about it. I have chosen to stand up for what I believe. This is The Movement. This is your only warning. 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Movement (Elijah Akeem/Kareem Muhammad) vs Joe Lightfoot/Italion Stallion- Akeem and Muhammad went after these two like they owed them money. Lightfoot got the better end of the deal when he ate a brutal clothesline from Akeem that sent him hurtling between the ropes and crashing to the floor, because they appeared to forget about him after that. Muhammad crushed the Stallion with a massive powerslam, Akeem went to the second and sailed off with a Diving Headbutt, and then Muhammad nailed a Big Splash and that was all she wrote. Conway, Jones, and Morrow joined them in the ring, where all five men raised the Black Power fist into the air. Winners: The Movement (Elijah Akeem/Kareem Muhammad) Conway takes the microphone again and continues. Tiger Conway Jr: I hear that at the upcoming Star Wars show, the AWA Lightweight Champion will be coming to World Class to defend his title. So Brad Armstrong, I'm calling your Georgia redneck butt out! Conway spikes the microphone in the center of the ring and The Movement exit the ring to loud jeers from the audience. Jim Ross: An absolutely one sided win from the two monsters of The Movement. Then Conway calls out AWA Lightweight Champion Brad Armstrong for the upcoming Independence Day Star Wars. What did you think of that one Nick? Nick Bockwinkel: I think those five men have a bone to pick with the establishment, and that anyone who runs afoul of them are going to have quite a fight on their hands. Jim Ross: There you have it folks, we'll be right back with our first Central States qualifying match. -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Brian Adias vs Mr. Saito- The first several minutes of this match were a competitive back and forth that saw both men with the advantage. Then Saito caught Adias in a waistlock and absolutely destroyed him with a belly to back suplex. After that it was all Saito as he methodically worked over Adias, until finally drilling him with the Saito Suplex and covering him for the One, Two, Three. Winner: Mr. Saito Jim Ross: A dominant win from Mr. Saito as he qualifies for the Central States Title Tournament. Nick Bockwinkel: He established a game plan and stuck to it against Adias. Brian looked good in the early parts of the match, but the skill and power of Saito were too much for him to handle. Saito will be a dangerous combatant in the tournament. Jim Ross: Next up, The Tonga Kid and Samu, The Islanders will be in tag team competition. Any thoughts on these two Mr. Bockwinkel? Nick Bockwinkel: Actually, I have not yet seen these two in action. But if they wrestle like their South Pacific brethren, I should be in for a treat. 1 Fall, 10 Minute Time Limit -The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) vs Dave Kent/Bill Rathke- Ouch. Samu and Tonga seemed a little pissed off tonight, and Bill Rathke took the brunt of it. Lots of stiff sidekicks into his ample midsection, a few headbutts that looked to have a little extra oomph on them, and then a Top Rope Splash from Tonga Kid that may well have broken ribs. Dave Kent looked quite relieved to have never made the tag. Winners: The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) Jim Ross: Any thoughts on these two now that you've seen them in action? Nick Bockwinkel: Well Mr. Ross, I can tell you with much certainty that if I ever step in the ring here in AWA World Class, it will not be in the tag team division. Jim Ross: Good idea. Nick Bockwinkel: Indeed. Jim Ross: Folks, we'll be right back after these messages. -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Alright Ladies and Gentleman, it's time for our second Central States Title tournament qualifying match. Black Bart is set to take on Kerry Von Erich. Nick Bockwinkel: Bart is a rough and mean brawler, while Von Erich has strength, speed, and every man, woman, and child in this building on his side. Whether those variables will lead him to victory remains to be seen. Jim Ross: What he said! 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Black Bart vs Kerry Von Erich- A fairly competitive back and forth for the opening few minutes that saw Bart attempt to use his size to keep Kerry in the corner and work him over, but Kerry continuously manage to slip out and use his speed to take Bart off his feet with armdrags and dropkicks. Bart eventually took over on offense for an extended period after catching Kerry with a big bodyslam and then grinding him down with a headlock, and dropping a big elbow on him. Kerry started his comeback with a series of elbows to the gut to work out of another headlock, and then caught Bart with a huge dropkick that sent him sailing out of the ring. After that Kerry was a whirlwind and Bart had no answer for the on fire Von Erich. Finally Kerry nailed Bart with a huge bodyslam of his own, then rocked him with a Discus Punch before covering him for the One, Two, Three. Winner: Kerry Von Erich Jim Ross: Kerry Von Erich joins his brother Kevin, Mr. Saito, The Grappler, Jimmy Garvin, and Jay Youngblood as the men so far qualified for the Central States Championship Tournament that will take place at Independence Day Star Wars. Two more men will round out the field of eight next week, and this tournament is looking fantastic. Nick Bockwinkel: It is quite an assemblage of talent for certain Mr. Ross. Whoever achieves victory will certainly have earned the gold. Jim Ross: Folks, we are going to take our last commercial break, and be back with our main event for the World Class Tag Team Titles. -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Alright Ladies and Gentleman, here we go. The Blackjacks and The Midnight Express, Tornado Rules, which means all four men in the ring at once, no count outs, no disqualifications, and the World Class Tag Team Titles are on the line. This should be a war! 1 Fall, 60 Minute Time Limit -The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan/Blackjack Lanza) vs The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette- Tornado Rules - AWA World Class Tag Team Titles This is an all out war from the moment the bell rings. Cornette quickly retreats from ringside as Mulligan and Condrey are brawling on the floor with in the first thirty seconds of the match. Eaton and Lanza are slugging it out inside the ring, rights and lefts, one after the other, until Eaton finally hits the mat. Mulligan rams Condrey into the ringpost, and Dennis comes up bleeding. Lanza is putting the boots to Bobby inside the ring, so Bobby quickly uses the ropes to pull himself out of the ring. Mulligan smashes Dennis into the Marc Lowrance's table at ringside, knocking the ring bell, the microphone, and all of the timekeepers stuff to the floor. Eaton manages to catch Lanza as he is coming out to the floor with a low blow, and rams him back first into the apron. Bobby then sends Lanza hard into the ringpost. Mulligan hurls Condrey back into the ring. He follows him back in and takes him down with a huge vertical suplex. Eaton grabs a chair from a security guy and cracks Lanza across the back with it. He gets a look at Dennis in the ring and heads in after him. Mulligan holds his hand up in the air, signalling for the Iron Claw. He doesn't get to apply it as Bobby Eaton cracks him across the back with a chair shot. Bobby helps Dennis to his feet and the two of them begin to stomp Mulligan. On the floor Lanza is starting to get to his feet, but Cornette comes out of his hiding spot and catches Lanza in the side of the leg with a shot from the tennis racket. The thud is sickening, Lanza collapses in a heap, and security has to stop several fans from going after Cornette. With a smile Jim now returns to ringside. In the ring Bobby and Dennis now have Mulligan on his feet, and Dennis has him in a full nelson. Eaton positions the chair and Condrey sweeps Mulligan forward and faceslams him onto the chair. Eaton heads up to the top rope and delivers a huge Flying Knee Drop onto the prone Mulligan, and Condrey covers for the One, Two, Three. Winners, and still AWA World Class Tag Team Champions: The Midnight Express Nick Bockwinkel: Whether or not you agree with the tactics they employed this evening, all of them were legal in the confines of the match. Jim Ross: It doesn't mean I have to like it. Condrey and Eaton leave the ring and see Lanza on the floor clutching his knee. Cornette smiles and shows the tennis racket to his men, and all three of them have a laugh. Lanza uses his good leg to kick at Cornette, who then orders his men to attack the fallen Lanza. Eaton and Condrey lay the boots to Lanza, and then stretch out the already injured leg. Cornette raises the tennis racket high above his head and brings it crashing down onto the knee of Lanza who yells out in pain. Jim Ross: Can we please get some help out here? As if on cue, help does arrive, but not in the form anyone was expecting... Jim Ross: WHAT THE..... RON BASS AND BLACK BART ARE ATTACKING THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!! The former champions, Bart and Bass come from the back and start throwing punches at Eaton and Condrey and soon The Midnights along with Cornette are running for the dressing room. As medical personnel come out to attend to The Blackjacks, Bart and Bass make their way to Marc Lowrance at ringside. Marc Lowrance: Ron Bass, Black Bart, we never expected you to save The Blackjacks! Ron Bass: Just because we fought 'em, don't mean we don't respect 'em! Black Bart: JUST CAUSE THEY TOOK OUR BELTS, DON'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA LET SOME PUNKS DISRESPECT THEM!!! Ron Bass: Lanza deserves better than having his leg broke on a dirty floor by a couple of pretty boys geeks! Black Bart: IF YOU TWO SISSIES GOT ANY GUTS, NEXT WEEK YOU'LL FIGHT US!! BELTS, NO BELTS, WE DON'T CARE!! Ron Bass: That's right boys, we just wanna beat you up! Marc Lowrance: There you have it folks, the challenge has been laid down! Bart and Bass leave to a strange sound, the cheers of the Dallas crowd. Jim Ross: Ladies and Gentleman, Blackjack Lanza is being taken out on a stretcher, Blackjack Mulligan is being helped out of the ring, The Midnight Express are still your World Class Tag Team Champions, and the team of Ron Bass and Black Bart just got a standing ovation. I'm not sure what the hell is happening! Nick Bockwinkel: Chaos Mr. Ross, I belive it's called chaos. Jim Ross: Well Nick, I appreciate you joining me this week. Nick Bockwinkel: Oh Jim, the pleasure was all yours. Jim Ross: Heh, folks, we'll see you next week.

World Class drops Blackjack Lanza and Pete Doherty and adds Swede Hanson and Jose Lothario

I'm with El-P on this one. FMW and ECW were one thing. ECW was mostly just tables, chairs, and shit the audience brought them. The only time it ever really got out of hand was the Funk/Sabu barbed wire match, and even then it was once. Like El-P stated above, FMW was supposedly all of this violent shit, but it was really a whole lot of selling and teasing the violent shit, and then you got a couple of bumps out of it and it was enough to send the people home happy. Now, it's just too much. Bump after bump into stupider and stupider shit for little to no money and virtually zero chance at ever making it to the big dance. It sucks too, because some of the guys are actually fairly decent in the ring and if they'd just try something else could potentially succeed. I've worked a bunch of shows with Matt Tremont, and gotten to know him a little bit. He is a hell of a nice guy, and can actually work pretty well as an indy strong style kinda guy (in the vain of a Dan Maff, or a slower Kevin Steen) but instead continues to do this shit, and now walks with a permanent limp, his head and body are all scarred up, and I just don't get it. I was doing color commentary for a company near Pittsburgh that was actually starting to gain a bit of momentum doing a mix of ECW and ROH and then the money mark behind it decided we needed to have a Deathmatch tournament. It drew the biggest crowd the company ever had, and next thing you know, it's a death match promotion. I ended my association with the company at that point (not trying to put myself over, or say I am above it, it's just there are only so many ways you can say "Oh he hit him with -insert object here-" and not come across as fucking bored on commentary, and I had zero interest in calling it) Fast forward 5 years later, and the company has gone from running monthly shows, to running 1 show a year, which is the fucking deathmatch tournament. So much for the momentum. It's just not sustainable. You keep giving them increasingly more violent stupidity, and eventually someone is going to have to saw an arm off to get that CZDub chant started. I'm sure the 25 bucks, and a hot dog will be worth it.

Ha Ha! Rude learns the hard way that you don't mess with Hot Stuff. Armstrong and Dynamite against the High Flyers in a cage! That is gonna be an awesome match!! Buddy Landell picks up another win over Big Jim, and seems primed to deliver on his promise. He also helpfully points out that Canadians aren't smart enough to watch a video, which was tremendous! The Gilbert/Koloff skirmish during the Volkoff/Neidhart match sounded fantastic. The whole tournament is shaping up nicely. Still very much enjoying the two company split. Good stuff all around.

If they release an uncut 87 next, I am gonna freak out. That was my first ever commercial tape. I still have it in the giant clam shell packaging. I watched those clipped matches a million times. I've wanted to see the whole thing uncut for so long.

I'm sitting in the lunch room at work shaking my head at my phone and people are looking at me. This is your fault!

Furthermore.... Looking forward to the tag team tournament. The Superstar and Rocky Johnson is a feud I can get behind, and I hope "The Man of the Hour" gets his due! Steele/Magnum is gonna be an awesome fight! Oh man, when the Giant comes back Albano and his men better have one hell of a game plan.... and finally Mr. Backlund fulfills his destiny and vanquishes the plebian known as Jimmy Snuka and now the children once again have a champion worthy of emulating!

No worries man, we'll run with it! I just need Bart 2 more dates, and then Bart-A-Mania can run wild here in Worldwide!! Besides, getting Beefcake early actually helped me out of a jam, so it all works out!

World Class drops Mr. Pogo and adds Tom Jones

World Class sends Black Bart to Worldwide for Brutus Beefcake. (World Class will retain use of Bart on 6/21 and 6/28)

The Brain obviously has something up his sleeve and I can't wait to see what it is. Eddie Gilbert better quit worrying about Rude and Doll and start worrying about not getting his head torn off with the Russian Sickle!

-6-15-84 from the Municipal Auditorium in Topeka, KS- 1) The Glamour Boys (Steve Doll/Steve Simpson) defeated Snake Brown/The Bounty Hunter in 5:18 when Doll pinned Brown 2) The Moondogs (Spot/Cujo) beat Italian Stallion/Scott Casey in 6:11 when Cujo pinned Italian Stallion 3) The Movement (Tiger Conway Jr, Elijah Akeem, Kareem Muhammad) over Chick Donovan, Joe Lightfoot, Jules Strongbow in 7:14 when Conway pinned Lightfoot 4) The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan/Blackjack Lanza) beat Kim Duk/Tetsuo Pogo in 8:27 when Mulligan submitted Pogo 5) DJ Peterson defeated The Nightmare in 7:54 w/ Second Rope Shoulderblock 6) The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) over Ron Bass/Black Bart in 14:47 when Samu pinned Bart 7) Hercules Hernandez w/Percival Pringle III beat Sam Houston in 8:08 w/One Armed Backbreaker 8) The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette defeated Barry Windham/Kendall Windham in 25:44 when Eaton pinned Kendall 9) The Junkyard Dog/Kerry Von Erich/Kevin Von Erich/Jay Youngblood and David Schultz/Jimmy Garvin/The Grappler/Mr. Saito w/Precious wrestled to a Draw in 60:00 -6-16-84 from the Levitt Arena in Wichita, KS- 1) The Glamour Boys (Steve Doll/Steve Simpson) defeated Pete Doherty/Snake Brown in 5:08 when Simpson pinned Doherty 2) The Moondogs (Spot/Cujo) beat Italian Stallion/Scott Casey in 6:21 when Spot pinned Italian Stallion 3) The Movement (Tiger Conway Jr, Elijah Akeem, Kareem Muhammad) over Chick Donovan, Joe Lightfoot, Jules Strongbow in 7:01 when Conway pinned Lightfoot 4) The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan/Blackjack Lanza) beat Kim Duk/Tetsuo Pogo in 8:59 when Mulligan submitted Pogo 5) DJ Peterson defeated The Nightmare in 7:38 w/ Second Rope Shoulderblock 6) The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) over Ron Bass/The Bounty Hunter (substituting for Black Bart) in 7:57 when Samu pinned Bounty Hunter 7) Hercules Hernandez w/Percival Pringle III beat Sam Houston in 8:36 w/One Armed Backbreaker 8) The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette defeated Barry Windham/Kendall Windham in 27:04 when Condrey pinned Kendall 9) The Junkyard Dog/Kerry Von Erich/Kevin Von Erich/Jay Youngblood and David Schultz/Jimmy Garvin/The Grappler/Mr. Saito w/Precious wrestled to a Draw in 60:00 -6-17-84 from the Convention Center in Tulsa, OK- 1) The Glamour Boys (Steve Doll/Steve Simpson) defeated Pete Doherty/The Bounty Hunter in 5:28 when Doll pinned Doherty 2) The Moondogs (Spot/Cujo) beat Italian Stallion/Scott Casey in 6:11 when Spot pinned Italian Stallion 3) The Movement (Tiger Conway Jr, Elijah Akeem, Kareem Muhammad) over Chick Donovan, Joe Lightfoot, Jules Strongbow in 7:04 when Conway pinned Lightfoot 4) The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan/Blackjack Lanza) beat Kim Duk/Tetsuo Pogo in 8:29 when Mulligan submitted Pogo 5) DJ Peterson defeated The Nightmare in 7:58 w/ Second Rope Shoulderblock 6) The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) over Ron Bass/Snake Brown (substituting for Black Bart) in 7:45 when Samu pinned Brown 7) Hercules Hernandez w/Percival Pringle III beat Sam Houston in 8:38 w/One Armed Backbreaker 8) The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette defeated Barry Windham/Kendall Windham in 25:24 when Condrey pinned Kendall 9) The Junkyard Dog/Kerry Von Erich/Kevin Von Erich/Jay Youngblood and David Schultz/Jimmy Garvin/The Grappler/Mr. Saito w/Precious wrestled to a Draw in 60:00 -6-18-84 from the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, OK- 1) The Glamour Boys (Steve Doll/Steve Simpson) defeated Pete Doherty/The Bounty Hunter in 5:35 when Simpson pinned Hunter 2) The Moondogs (Spot/Cujo) beat Italian Stallion/Chick Donovan in 5:19 when Spot pinned Italian Stallion 3) The Movement (Tiger Conway Jr, Elijah Akeem, Kareem Muhammad) over Scott Casey, Joe Lightfoot, Jules Strongbow in 7:44 when Conway pinned Lightfoot 4) The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan/Blackjack Lanza) beat Kim Duk/Tetsuo Pogo in 9:19 when Mulligan submitted Pogo 5) DJ Peterson defeated The Nightmare in 7:46 w/ Second Rope Shoulderblock 6) The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) over Ron Bass/Snake Brown (substituting for Black Bart) in 6:59 when Tonga Kid pinned Brown 7) Hercules Hernandez w/Percival Pringle III beat Sam Houston in 8:38 w/One Armed Backbreaker 8) The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette wrestled Barry Windham/Kendall Windham to a Draw in 30:00 9) The Junkyard Dog/Kerry Von Erich/Kevin Von Erich/Jay Youngblood defeated David Schultz/Jimmy Garvin/The Grappler/Mr. Saito w/Precious in 49:14 when JYD pinned Saito -6-19-84 from the Memorial Auditorium in Wichita Falls, TX- 1) The Glamour Boys (Steve Doll/Steve Simpson) defeated Pete Doherty/Snake Brown in 5:05 when Doll pinned Doherty 2) The Moondogs (Spot/Cujo) beat Italian Stallion/Chick Donovan in 5:19 when Cujo pinned Italian Stallion 3) The Movement (Tiger Conway Jr, Elijah Akeem, Kareem Muhammad) over Scott Casey, Joe Lightfoot, Jules Strongbow in 7:04 when Conway pinned Lightfoot 4) The Blackjacks (Blackjack Mulligan/Blackjack Lanza) beat Kim Duk/Tetsuo Pogo in 9:23 when Mulligan submitted Pogo 5) DJ Peterson defeated The Nightmare in 7:56 w/ Second Rope Shoulderblock 6) The Islanders (Samu/The Tonga Kid) over Ron Bass/The Bounty Hunter (substituting for Black Bart) in 7:09 when Tonga Kid pinned Hunter 7) Hercules Hernandez w/Percival Pringle III beat Sam Houston in 8:31 w/One Armed Backbreaker 8) The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette wrestled Barry Windham/Kendall Windham to a Draw in 30:00 9) The Junkyard Dog/Kerry Von Erich/Kevin Von Erich/Jay Youngblood defeated David Schultz/Jimmy Garvin/The Grappler/Mr. Saito w/Precious in 49:14 when Garvin walked out for the Count Out while facing Kerry.

The action in Southeastern is always hot, and this week doesn't disappoint!! A fired up Cooley wants his belt back, and I really dig this feud. When I think Super Ninja, Ron Slinker is usually in the top 3 names that come to mind!! Classic wrestling stuff there, love it! Armstrong bringing out the real Thunderbolt Patterson is great stuff, and I can't wait for Rogers to claim he's an imposter. Slinker don't want no part of the Gang..... Love the Road Warriors promo!! Moving on to the show... With the Thunderbolt neutralized, Armstrong picks up the belt! Oh No! Al's heart!!! Thoughts and Prayers.... Tarred and Feathered!! Heads Shaved. What stipulation could be next! Man, Flair seems a bit afraid of The Birds. Doing whatever he can to get out of matches with them. Kabuki/Kendo are just dominating the tag division. Bob gets a big win over Jake!! His reign is off to a huge start! and Tag Wars.... Larry Hamilton!!! What!!! Shocked, shocked I tell you. Cooley and Street is an interesting friendship. I hope we see more of it! Olympia is back! We finally have a core group forming that can stand up to the Army of Jones! Good stuff all around man, loving SECW!!

World Class sends Dick Murdoch to TNT for Nick Bockwinkel

-Broadcasting live to our local affiliates in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, as well as in Syndication across these great United States, the American Wrestling Association proudly presents World Class Wrestling, coming to you this week from the Memorial Hall in Kansas City!- Jim Ross: Hello everyone, and welcome to another exciting week of AWA World Class Wrestling! I'm Jim Ross, and joining me as always is "Cowboy" Bill Watts! Bill Watts: Thank You Jim. We have a big week of action here tonight, as we will here a response from the Heavyweight Champion, The Junkyard Dog to the words of David Schultz from last week. We will have Hercules Hernandez defending the Television Title, and we will have two more qualifying matches for the big Central States Title tournament that will take place at the upcoming Independence Day Star Wars. Jim Ross: That's one heck of a line up Bill. I understand that you also have announcement later on this evening concerning our new Tag Team Champions, The Midnight Express. Bill Watts: That's right Jim. Bob Geigel and the Board of Directors have some thoughts about the way things went down last week, but we'll get into that a little later on this evening. Jim Ross: I look forward to it Cowboy. Let's head down to the ring where Hercules is set to defend the Television title. 1 Fall, 15 Minute Time Limit -Hercules Hernandez w/Percival Pringle III vs Joe Lightfoot - AWA World Class Television Title Hercules rushes Lightfoot before the bell rings and just decimates him with a clothesline. Once the bell rings, this is a totally one sided affair as Hercules just beats on him with clubs across the back, more clotheslines, and then finally hoists him up into the Over the Shoulder Backbreaker for the victory. Winner, and still AWA World Class Television Champion: Hercules Hernandez Marc Lowrance is waiting for Hercules and Pringle outside of the ring as they exit. Marc Lowrance: Another defense of the Television Title in the books, and.. Percival Pringle III: Quiet down Lowrance, and allow the viewers at home to gaze at my Hercules! Look at him, he barely broke a sweat in that ring tonight. He has no competition for this title. No mere mortal can even come close to defeating him. A cheer goes up from the crowd as DJ Peterson comes down the aisle and marches straight to the interview area. Percival Pringle III: What do you want!! DJ Peterson: No one can come close? I seem to remember taking him to his limit at Star Wars until time ran out!! Percival Pringle III: YOU DIDN'T BEAT HIM!! DJ Peterson: All I need is one more chance. Percival Pringle III: Out of the question. You had your chance. DJ Peterson: You afraid I'll whip your meal ticket? Fat Man!! Hercules lunges past Pringle and tries to hit Peterson with the belt, but with both Pringle and Lowrance in the way, doesn't manage to get a clean hit. Immediately Hercules and Peterson begin to brawl, as Lowrance runs for cover and Pringle is knocked to the floor. It goes on for close to a minute, and just as Peterson begins to get the upper hand, a herd of security and officials reach ringside and break it up. Pringle grabs the Television Title off the floor and rushes himself and Hercules backstage. A fuming Peterson is given a huge ovation from the crowd as he is pushed back to the locker room by security. -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Welcome back folks, just before the commercial break we saw Hercules Hernandez make another defense of the Television Title. But after the match DJ Peterson who took the champion to a time limit draw back on Memorial Day came looking for a rematch. Bill Watts: That loud mouth Pringle didn't seem keen on that idea, and next thing we knew Herc and DJ were going at it. I have to think the championship committee will be looking long and hard at making that one happen. Jim Ross: I sure hope so Bill. Up next we have our first of two qualifying matches for the upcoming Central States Title tournament. Tonight these men are wrestling for a spot in the tournament, while the tournament itself will take place at the upcoming Independence Day Star Wars show. Bill Watts: Competing in this match will be the masked newcomer known as The Nightmare. A stocky, barrel chested bruiser who possesses a devastating piledriver. He'll be taking on Jay Youngblood, who is going to take a shot at some singles gold while his younger brother recovers from an injury. Jim Ross: This should be an outstanding contest Cowboy. Let's head to the ring. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Jay Youngblood vs The Nightmare- The Nightmare powered Youngblood to the canvas out of the collar and elbow and then blasted him with a clothesline. He scooped Youngblood off the canvas and planted him with a big bodyslam. For the next several minutes, The Nightmare would maintain control with an arsenal of power moves. The tide would shift on an Irish whip when Nightmare went for a back body drop, but Youngblood vaulted over him into a sunset flip. A stunned Nightmare managed to kick out at two, but Youngblood took the offensive and began to lay into the masked man with punches and chops, and finally a big dropkick that sent him to the mat. Youngblood would keep the advantage for several minutes working over Nightmare with a chinlock, some more blistering chops, and a big suplex. Finally Youngblood went up top and delivered the Flying Tomahawk and covered for the three count and the win. Winner: Jay Youngblood Jim Ross: Jay Youngblood picks up a big win against The Nightmare and advances to the Central States Title Tournament. Bill Watts: The Nightmare looked great out there tonight, but Youngblood was able to absorb what he dished out and come back to pick up the win. Jim Ross: We still have one more qualifying match a bit later on, but right after this break, I am being told that the World Class Heavyweight Champion, The Junkyard Dog will be joining us for comments! -Commercial Break- Marc Lowrance: Welcome back Ladies and Gentleman, Marc Lowrance here with the AWA World Class Heavyweight Champion, The Junkyard Dog. Last week "Dr. D" David Schultz was out here and he made some terrible comments before laying out a challenge to you JYD. Your response? JYD: Marc Lowrance, I been dealing with idiots like David Schultz spouting nonsense like that my whole life. I learned when I was just a little pup not to let it get under my skin if you know what I'm saying. But if that dumb redneck wanna come out here and challenge me to a fight, well that's where I gotta draw the line! Because the Dog ain't never backed down from a fight, and I sure ain't gonna start now! So David Schultz, you wanna wrestle me again for this Heavyweight Title, then let's do it my man, and let's do it on the Fourth of July at the Star Wars! Marc Lowrance: There you have it Ladies and Gentleman! The Junkyard Dog and "Dr. D" David Schultz for the World Class Heavyweight Title at Independence Day Star Wars! JYD: If that boy's a doctor, I hope he's ready to perform surgery, cause that's the only way he's gonna get my boot outta his butt! JYD barks to the cheers of the crowd and holds the World Class Heavyweight Belt in the air as he heads to the back. Jim Ross: There you have it folks, JYD accepts the challenge of David Schultz, and we have our Heavyweight Championship match set for Independence Day Star Wars. Bill Watts: I never doubted for a minute that the Dog wouldn't accept the challenge of Schultz, and while he may claim the comments don't bother him. Believe me when I tell you that when he starts punching Doctor D, he'll be thinking about them! Jim Ross: I don't doubt that for a minute Cowboy. Alright, up next we have our second Central States Title Tournament qualifying match. It will see young Sam Houston, a talented youngster taking on another man making his debut in this version of World Class Wrestling, "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin. Bill Watts: Underneath the big hair, the sequins, and the preening, Garvin is a talented wrestler and he's been around these parts before. Houston as you mentioned is an up and comer who has a bright future ahead of him. Garvin likely has the advantage here, but Houston should never be counted out. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -"Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin w/Precious vs Sam Houston- We started with some strutting, and some stalling, and then some more stalling. By the time Garvin finally locked up, Houston was irate and while he got off an initial flurry of offense, Garvin went straight to the floor so that Precious could check his hair and rub his shoulders. Houston followed him out, chased him around the ring, and then got kicked hard in the head when he followed him back in. After that, it was all control from Garvin who kept it nice and slow and worked his match, until he finally finished Houston off with a nasty Brainbuster. Winner: Jimmy Garvin Marc Lowrance: I am here with your winner Jimmy Garvin and the lovely Precious. Jimmy Garvin: Am I looking good tonight or what Marc Lowrance? ... No need to answer that, I already know the answer. When Precious and I got the call to come to AWA World Class I knew I would be going straight to the top, but if I'd known it was going to be this easy, I'd have been here months ago! Now I'm qualified for the Central States tournament, so we are already on the road to gold, and if there is one thing my Precious loves it gold. Ain't that right baby? Precious nods and continues to rub the muscles in the arms of Garvin. Jimmy Garvin: Now if you'll excuse us Marc Lowrance, the champagne is on ice, the limousine is waiting, and we want nothing more than to get as far away from Kansas City as we can! Garvin and Precious leave to a chorus of boo's as Lowrance shrugs his shoulders. -Commercial Break- When we return Bill Watts is standing in front of the ring holding a microphone. Bill Watts: Ladies and Gentleman, last week we all saw Jim Cornette and his Midnight Express arrive here in World Class wrestling and win the Tag Team Titles from The Blackjacks. We also all saw them cheat to do it. Well over the course of the last week, the Board of Directors here in World Class including Bob Geigel and myself had a meeting to discuss that match and the title change. Dressed in a pink suit with a red shirt and a white tie, carrying his trusty tennis racket, Jim Cornette comes marching out from the back and is already ranting by the time the microphone Watts is holding picks him up. Jim Cornette: ..if you think for a second that you are just gonna take those titles away from us Watts, I will have my Mother's lawyers sue you and everyone involved with this redneck company so fast that you won't be able to afford to pay attention! Bill Watts: No one said anything about taking the titles away from your men. I voted for that to happen, but the decision of the referee is final, and we stand behind our officials. Jim Cornette: Oh, well good, maybe you idiots have a lick of sense after all. Bill Watts: But the Board of Directors has decided to grant The Blackjacks a rematch for those titles, next week on this television program. Jim Cornette: We didn't agree to that.. Bill Watts: and since we'll be at the Sportatorium in Dallas next week, we've decided it should be a Texas Tornado match with all four men in the ring at once! Jim Cornette: WHAT! Bill Watts: It will also be No Count Out and No Disqualification. Jim Cornette: You can't do this! This is ridiculous! I'm calling my Mother right now! Watts draws back like he is going to hit Cornette with the microphone, and Cornette quickly takes off toward the dressing room still in a frantic state. Watts makes his way back to the announce position, where Jim Ross is sitting with a smirk on his face. Jim Ross: Heh. Folks, we'll be right back! -Commercial Break- When we return Marc Lowrance is standing at ringside with Barry Windham and another wrestler who is tall, and blonde, but very skinny. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentleman, I am here with Barry Windham and a special guest. Barry Windham: Thanks Marc. Ladies and Gentleman, this is a special moment for me. This guy standing next to me is my little brother Kendall. He's just signed a contract with AWA World Class and will be making his debut real soon. He's been... "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!" Both Windhams and Marc Lowrance turn to see Dick Murdoch making his way to ringside with a bemused look on his face. He walks over to Lowrance and grabs the microphone. Dick Murdoch: It's bad enough that I've had to spend the last two months smacking you around boy, now there's gonna be another one of you running around here? What's next, is your daddy gonna wrestle here too? Look at this kid! I've have fence posts that are bigger round than him. Is this some kinda joke or something? Barry Windham: He could take you Murdoch. Dick Murdoch: Yeahhh... If I lost to that tooth pick, I'd never show my face around here again. Kendall Windham: Then get in the ring if you got the guts! Kendall pulls off his shirt and rolls into the ring in his blue jeans and cowboy boots. Murdoch gets the same goofy grin on his face and pulls off his t-shirt, which he throws at Barry, before sliding into the ring. Jim Ross: Do we have a match? Bill Watts: What the heck! Ring the bell!! 1 Fall, TV Time Remaining -Dick Murdoch vs Kendall Windham- As soon as the bell rings, Murdoch charges Windham who side steps him and uses his momentum to shove him into the buckle, Kendall then drops down and cradles him for the One, Two, Thre...KICK OUT!! Murdoch pops to his feet and Kendall takes him over with a side headlock. Kendall is quickly back up and nailed Murdoch with a huge dropkick that staggers him into the ropes. Kendall goes for an Irish whip, but Murdoch reverses it and catches a big knee to the guts as Kendall comes off the ropes. The look of amusement returns to the face of Murdoch as he drops Kendall to the mat with a huge punch. Murdoch jerks him off the mat by the hair and gives him a huge bodyslam, and follows it with another. Murdoch yells something at Barry, before picking Kendall up and laying another hard knee into the midsection. Murdoch yells out "Watch This!" and then hits Kendall with a very nice dropkick of his own. Again Murdoch yanks him up by the hair and puts him in position for the Brainbuster. Then a big smile crosses his face and he shakes his head as if to say not yet, and instead slaps him hard across the face. Murdoch then whips Windham into the ropes, and leans down for a back body drop. On the rebound, Kendall leap frogs over Murdoch and as Murdoch stands up, the rebounding Kendall catches him and plants him face first with a huge Bulldog!! Kendall quickly rolls Murdoch over and referee Jerry Usher counts One, Two, Three!!! Winner: Kendall Windham Jim Ross: HE GOT HIM!! Barry is in the ring in a flash and hoists his celebrating brother in the air, as a stunned Dick Murdoch stares at them in disbelief. The Windhams continue to celebrate as the KC crowd goes nuts, and Murdoch rolls out of the ring and heads to the back shaking his head with a look of shock on his face. Bill Watts: I don't think saw Dick Murdoch saw that one coming Jim. Jim Ross: He certainly didn't Cowboy. Bill Watts: Maybe he can go commiserate with Cornette! Jim Ross: Ha! Maybe so. Well folks, on a night where Jay Youngblood and Jimmy Garvin qualified for the Central States Title Tournament. Where we learned The Blackjacks will meet The Midnight Express in a Tornado match for the Tag Team Titles next week. Where we learned The Junkyard Dog and David Schultz will clash for the Heavyweight Title at Star Wars, and where we saw Kendall Windham shock the world. This is Jim Ross, for Bill Watts saying Goodnight Everyone!

If Super Ninja causes OMG and Fuji many more losses, I don't think he'll be long for this world! Nice win for DWB over Bugsy. The Mixed 6 Person would be quite the spectacle and would get over with the audience, great booking. The Cooley/Madril feud is gonna be great, and a series of Count Outs around the loop is a great start. The Nightmares get up is fantastic! I can only imagine the 6 Man Grudge Match was a wild brawl. Bullet takes down the Humongous!! Bob lets the world know this title reign is no fluke. Awesome!!

Buddy Landell takes his first step toward gold! I for one am rooting for The Nature Boy, so screw you Whalen! Gotta agree with Gene, nice win for Jim, cause I think Ox still had to be the favorite even if he's a little past his prime. Rude and Neidhart round out the tournament advancements and the second round is looking good. Armstrong and Kid seem poised to have another classic, and it's broken up by the Flyers, and I think we have a potential tag team classic in our future! Also, interested to see when the hammer is gonna fall on Heenan ignoring Rude. The Ravishing One's ego isn't going to allow him to be ignored for long. Good stuff all around!!

Good lord, either Vince Russo was in charge of the Stampede reboot or whoever was doing it should be Vince's top writer. In 1 hour we had Kenny Johnson, H. Ivy Thomsen, Dick Butkus Jr, Dirty Dick Raines, and Principal Richard Pound I suppose Kenny Johnson could be a real name, but the rest of those are something....

Hey, we haven't had the Iron Man Match yet! Imagine all of the finisher kick outs when it goes into Over Time!! God, I hope didn't just jinx us all....