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Well God Damn! Some shit just went down in Atlantic Coast!!! Firstly, nice win by Charlie Cook, a guy who could certainly achieve more than his card position allows. Then we get the Kernodle's and The House going at it, Oliver forced into the ring, then Rocky turning on his brother!! Then you drop the Freebirds bombshell!! That is how you do some compelling television and get some fans in the arena!! More domination by the HoH on the first spot show after TV.. Then we get to the big show and right off the bat, you got Kabuki picking up the huge win against Dory Funk!! Then Abby takes out two guys, you know, cause he can... Valentine who has been quiet since his early domination shows up and whacks Orndorff with a chair, just cause we don't need anyone forgetting who the man is around these parts. Then we get TV Title announcement, we get a stacked little tournament coming up, and we get Dusty dropping the wisdom on Rocky, if you weel..... Then The Birds and the House go at it, and while the Birds won the match, the House definitely won the battle. Sounds like Abby made a mess of Bamm Bamm. So of course when Eddie Graham and Bill Watts have to figure out what to do about it, they decide to let them beat the shit out of each other some more so that they can make some money off of it!!

So have they never officially announced Beefcake?

Two fantastic shows all around. I detest Rip Rogers, but you have made him super entertaining here! Superstar putting away JYD has to come as a huge shock for the fans. I am super excited for Monday and to find out what Paul Jones has in store! The guys is already pretty much running the place, what in the world could he have up his sleeve! Flair better get his ass back to work, or he may not have any allies left standing!

Fantastic edition of TNT television! Love the set up for Regal/McGraw with both guys getting wins, Regal talking shit and McGraw coming out, then Regal going for the cheap shot but McGraw knowing it was coming and knocking him on his ass. Classic Stuff, I love it!! I am so glad we made the deal for Wells, as you are getting so much more out of him than I ever would have. I am looking forward to seeing the clash with Atlas. Axe/Robinson as the bad ass old guys is awesome. The Ratymus group is a fantastic heel threat for the company, and while I don't think Dream Machine poses much threat to Tully, the build up is solid. Good lord, that card for the 6th is stacked! Funk/Bockwinkel is a dream match for me, I can't wait!!

-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 Gentlemen, I’m Jim Ross and welcome to another exciting edition of AWA World Class Wrestling. Tonight, we have the first two matches in the tournament to crown our first Heavyweight Champion, as well as tag team action featuring the Fabulous Freebirds and much more. Joining me as always is “Cowboy” Bill Watts! Bill Watts: Thanks Jim. First thing tonight we have the brother of the man who will be challenging for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship tomorrow night in Calgary, Eddie Hogan taking on the loud mouth David Schultz. I’m hoping we see two Hogan’s prevail this weekend. Jim Ross: Then later on this evening in a match that is sure to blow the roof off the Sportatorium we’ll see Texas’s own, Kerry Von Erich take on Black Bart in our main event. 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Eddie Hogan w/Sunshine vs “Dr. D” David Schultz- Schultz is obviously taking Hogan lightly, taunting and trash talking him from the very beginning. Then he slaps him across the face and turns to the crowd laughing. The big dropkick that catches him in the back of the head lets him know that this isn’t a joke and the match is on from there. Things stay fairly even for several minutes going back and forth, until Dick Murdoch makes his way down to ringside and begins to harass Sunshine. Hogan doesn’t notice at first, but when he does he turns his attention away from Schultz and goes over to the ropes to yell at Murdoch. This is all the distraction Dr. D needs as he clobbers Hogan in the back of the head with a brutal forearm shot, and then plants him onto the mat with a bodyslam. Schultz scales the buckles and comes off with an Elbow from the Second Rope and Ron West counts the three. Winner: David Schultz Jim Ross: Bill it looked to me like Eddie Hogan had that match well in hand until Dick Murdoch appeared at ringside! Bill Watts: You aren’t wrong Jim, but technically Murdoch didn’t interfere. Jim Ross: Marc Lowrance has Schultz and Murdoch at ringside, let’s hear what they have to say. Marc Lowrance: David Schultz, some might call that a tainted vict….. Schultz snatches the microphone out of the hand of Lowrance, and Murdoch shoves him out of the camera frame. David Schultz: Some might call you an idiot, announcer man. Now let Dr. Dr do the talking 'round here. What you just saw was me whip the brother of the man fighting for the World Title tomorrow night. If Hulk Hogan was here, I’d whip him too. The next guy they put me in front me in this tournament is gonna get whipped, and the guy after him too! The only person worthy of stepping into the ring with me is the man standing right next to me. So how about all of you inbred Texans out there say Hello to the greatest man to ever be born and raised in this state, my good friend Dick Murdoch! Dick Murdoch: That’s right Dr. D! Dick Murdoch is here in the World Class wrasslin’ and just like you I am lookin’ to put some gold around my waist. So next week as part of this here tournament, I gotta go one on one with Blackjack Lanza! Now Lanza! I know you were a tough guy thirty years ago! But if you think you can still fight with the likes of Dick Murdoch when your drawin’ social security and lookin’ for a nice retirement home, you got another thing comin! So if you don’t forget where the arena is, or have to get a hip replaced, you come on down and I’ll put a whippin’ on you old man!! David Schultz: Now before we do my favorite thing to do here in Dallas, which is leave town, let me say one more thing. Last week Lanza was out here rambling about teaching Mantell and Casey about being a tag team or something like that. Now, while I always figured Blackjack Lanza as the kind of man who likes "educating" young boys....if either of them two punks try to stick their nose in the beating that Murdoch is out here giving Lanza next week, you best believe I'll be on hand to teach them a lesson that won't neither of them ever forget! Schultz slams the microphone into the chest of Marc Lowrance, as Dick Murdoch laughs and both men exit to a chorus of boo’s. -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: We’re back folks and I’d like to apologize for the comments made by David Schultz and Dick Murdoch before the break. Bill Watts: If I know Blackjack Lanza, Murdoch will be paying for those comments next week. Jim Ross: Speaking of comments that we may need to apologize for, Marc Lowrance is standing by with The Fabulous Freebirds! We cut to ringside where Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts are decked out in red and blue attire and Hayes has already taken the microphone from Marc Lowrance. Michael Hayes: Just in case you don’t already know, what you people are looking at right now is Freebird Fantasia at it’s finest. To my left you got the brother known as Bamm Bamm, three hundred pounds of rompin' stompin' walkin' talkin' destruction, the master of disaster, and one of the baddest dudes on the planet, Terry Gordy. To my right you got the man with the plan, the man who has been more places and done more things than you’ve even dreamed of jack He's two hundred thirty pounds of real hot stuff, and he won't stop until he get's enough, Buddy Roberts. Here on the stick, last but not least, where women would like to feast, two hundred and forty pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal, so darn bad it seems unreal, you got the man known as P.S. baby, and that stands for Purely Sexy and if you don’t believe me, just ask your lady and she’ll tell you it’s true, and there’s nothing you can do about it, because the three of us come from a place called Badstreet and the further down that street you go, the badder it gets, and baby, we live in the house on the right. Terry, Buddy Jack, lets show these boys how it’s done! 1 Fall, 20 Minute Time Limit -The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts) vs Jerry Oske, Ron Ritchie, Mike George- Michael Hayes started this one off and while he always maintained the advantage on Mike George, it was more strutting and preening than actual wrestling. George managed a tag to Oske while Hayes was yelling at someone in the crowd, and Oske was able to catch Hayes with a hiptoss on a reversal. Hayes quickly tagged out to Buddy Roberts who came in and lit up Oske with some nasty lefts and rights. Roberts worked over Oske for several minutes, and used several illegal tactics simply because he could, drawing the ire of referee David Manning. Finally, Terry Gordy was tagged in and that was the beginning of the end, and Oske was just cannon fodder for a barrage of power moves, before Gordy destroyed him with a piledriver and covered him for the 1,2,3 after knocking George and Ritchie off the apron for good measure. Winners: The Fabulous Freebirds Jim Ross: A dominant performance from The Freebirds tonight Bill. You have to think that when AWA World Class crowns it's inaugural Tag Team Champions, they will be heavy favorites to win the gold. Bill Watts: Well Jim, they were offered a single spot in the tournament for the Heavyweight Championship, and have chosen Terry Gordy as the man to represent them. When the Tag Team Tournament goes down, they will certainly be a part of it as well. Jim Ross: There you have it fans, Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy will compete in our ongoing tournament to crown the first AWA World Class Champion. We'll be right back with more action! -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Welcome back Ladies and Gentleman, let's head down to the ring where big Barry Windham from right here in Texas is set to compete! 1 Fall, 15 Minute Time Limit -Barry Windham vs Snake Brown- The opening 60 seconds of the match was Barry grabbing a headlock, and then turning it into a hammerlock and an arm wringer. Then he shot Brown into the ropes and nearly took him out of his boots with a dropkick. When Brown managed to get back to his feet, Barry bounced off the ropes behind him and dropped him with a huge bulldog. Then instead of waiting for Brown to get up on his own, Barry gave him a little help, and then sent him right back down with a Lariat that was all she wrote. Winner: Barry Windham Windham rolls out of the ring and joins Marc Lowrance who is waiting to interview him. Marc Lowrance: A dominating performance tonight Barry. Next week you are part of the tournament for the AWA World Class Heavyweight Title, and you will be stepping into the ring against "The Outlaw" Ron Bass. Your thoughts? Barry Windham: First of all Marc, I'd just like to say how good it is to be part of World Class, and how great it is to be back in Texas. This draws big cheers from the fans in the Sportatorium. Barry Windham: My goal in coming here is to win that World Class championship, and if I have to beat Ron Bass to do it, then... The eyes of Marc Lowrance grow huge, and he quickly gets out of the way... Jim Ross: RON BASS JUST ATTACKED BARRY WINDHAM FROM BEHIND!! Bass clobbers Windham from behind with a huge forearm smash to the neck that sends Barry staggering forward. Bass quickly capitalizes and grabs Windham by his hair and smashes him face first into the ring post. Windham collapses to the floor clutching his face, and Bass raises his arms into the air in celebration much to the disdain of the fans in attendance. Jim Ross: A heinous attack by "Outlaw" Ron Bass on Barry Windham. Bill Watts is headed to ringside along with the Doctor to check on Windham. Let's go ahead and take a commercial break while they check on him. -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Welcome back folks, before the break we saw Ron Bass sneak attack Barry Windham and ram his face into the metal ring post. Bill Watts escorted Barry Windham to the locker room, and from what I am being told he is conscious, but did receive a laceration on his forehead that will require stitches. If I receive any further information on his condition, I will pass it along to you. For now, let's head down to ringside where Marc Lowrance is standing by with Skandor Akbar. Marc Lowrance: That's right, I am here with Skandor Akbar. Skandor Akbar: That's General Skandor Akbar to you Lowrance! Marc Lowrance: My apologies, General Skandor Akbar, and in the ring is his new tag team of The Mongol and.. Skandor Akbar: Wrong Again Lowrance! The man that you all insisted on calling The Mongol has a name. I mean, they don't just call you The American, simply because you are from this inferior country, do they Lowrance? That comment sets the Sportatorium crowd to boo'ing the foreign contingent. Skandor Akbar: No! The man you stupid Americans have simply referred to as The Mongol is called Nazar Bulba! and the man that joins him is his brother, and he is called Taras Bulba! Together they are The Mongolians! Together they will bring the AWA World Tag Team Titles and the World Class Tag Team Titles to Devastation Incorporated! Now shut your mouth and watch as they destroy these two unfortunate souls in the ring with them. 1 Fall, 20 Minute Time Limit -The Mongols (Taras Bulba/Nazar Bulba) w/ General Skandor Akbar vs Bob Brown/Buzz Tyler- Nazar Bulba opened up against Bob Brown, and while Brown managed a bit of early offense, the size of Bulba allowed him to batter the smaller man with lots of forearms clubs across the back and a brutal shoulder block after a whip into the ropes. Nazar pulled Brown toward his corner and planted him with a huge bodyslam, before tagging in Taras. Taras pulled Brown too his feet and holding him by both ears delivered a series of headbutts that sent The Bulldog back to the canvas. Bulba covered, but Brown managed to get his shoulder up at two. Taras fired Brown into the ropes and bent down for a back body drop, but Brown nailed him with a kick to the head. The blow didn't phase Taras, but it did allow Brown to run to his corner and tag in Buzz Tyler. Tyler entered the ring and was met with a big clothesline from Taras. Bulba followed it up with a series of headbutts to "Avalanche" then whipped him into The Mongol corner. Taras followed him in with a hard back elbow and tagged out to Nazar. Nazar entered and battered Tyler with a series of punches, and then scooped him up for a big bodyslam. He quickly tagged Taras back in, before charging across the ring and knocking Bob Brown to the floor. Taras entered the ring and slapped The Mongolian Clawhold onto Buzz Tyler who was prone on the mat. Tyler struggled against it for a few seconds, but the grip of Taras Bulba proved to be unbreakable. Referee Rick Hazzard counted down the shoulders of Tyler and this one was over. Winners: The Mongols Jim Ross: Devastation Incorporated has quite a tag team with The Mongols there Bill. They just made short work of Buzz Tyler and Bob Brown. Bill Watts: That was an impressive showing for sure Jim. Two big dangerous men, and with a guy like Akbar leading the way, that makes them even more dangerous. Jim Ross: Now, before we get to our main event that will see Black Bart and Kerry Von Erich battle in our second Heavyweight Title tournament match of the evening, why don't you go ahead and tell us about the tournament matches we'll see next week. Bill Watts: Well, they were both mentioned earlier tonight, but we will see Blackjack Lanza take on Dick Murdoch in the first one. Then we will see Ron Bass and Barry Windham do battle in the second one, and Barry assured me in the locker room that nothing will stop him from being here next week. Jim Ross: On top of all that fans, we will have "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, The Russians, and so much more. That's all next week. But stay tuned, cause right after this final break, we will be back with our huge main event! -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Kerry Von Erich vs Black Bart- The crowd in the Sportatorium went nuclear when Kerry Von Erich came to the ring, as this was his first time in competition in Dallas since the passing of his brother David. The roof nearly came off the place when Kerry took the upper hand off the lock up, blasting Black Bart across the ring with a series of right hands that left the big man staggered in the ropes. Kerry Irish whipped him across the ring and caught him with a beautiful dropkick that sent Bart to the canvas. Kerry quickly covered, but Bart was able to kick out at two. Kerry slapped on a side headlock and fired a few punches into the head of Bart, but Bart used his size to shove Kerry into the ropes and attempt a clothesline. Kerry was able to duck under it and bounce off the ropes on the far side, then he caught Bart with a clothesline of his own. Feeling the momentum, Kerry went back into the ropes and launched himself at Bart with a cross body block, but unfortunately for Kerry, Bart caugh him and dropped straight down into a big slam. Kerry managed to get the shoulder up at two, but Bart was quick to capitalize, dragging Kerry to his feet and hammering him with a series of big right hands. Bart whipped Von Erich into the corner and followed in with an avalanche, then lifted him up and planted him with another body slam. Bart dropped a big elbow on Kerry, and instead of covering chose to stomp him in the gut several times. An elbow to the back of the head left Kerry reeling and then Bart hooked him up and took him over with a big vertical suplex. Bart got back to his feet and pulled Kerry by his feet closer to the corner, and began to ascend the ropes. Bart raised his hands in the Texas Longhorn sign and leapt for his Diving Legdrop... BUT NO ONE WAS HOME!! Kerry rolled out of the way much to the delight of the screaming crowd and Bart crashed posterior first to the mat. Both men made it to their feet at around the same time as deafening chants of "Kerry, Kerry, Kerry" rang off of every wall. They began to exchange punches in the center of the ring with each man becoming a bit more staggered with each punch, finally Kerry spun into his Discus Punch and Bart sailed backwards into the ropes. He bounced forward, arms at his sides, already loopy from the huge punch he had just taken and Kerry locked on The Iron Claw! Bart struggled against it for a minute, and then sank to one knee, then fell onto his side, and finally his back. Referee David Manning quickly counted the three, and the Sportatorium exploded in celebration! Winner: Kerry Von Erich Jim Ross: Kerry Von Erich picks up the huge win, and this crowd is so loud that I can't even begin to describe it! Bill Watts: These people love the Von Erich's and the family's loss was the people's loss too. So this moment, this victory, this is for all of them. Jim Ross: Well said Cowboy. Marc Lowrance is gonna try and get a word with our victor... Marc Lowrance is standing ringside with a sweaty and exhausted Kerry Von Erich, and both of them are surrounded by children and teenagers who rushed to ringside as soon as the bell rang. Marc Lowrance: I am here with Kerry Von Erich who just made a triumphant return to Dallas and the Sportatorium and has defeated Black Bart in the tournament to crown the Heavyweight Champion. Tell us your thoughts Kerry.... Kerry Von Erich: You know Marc, it's so good to be back here in Dallas in front of all these people. The love we've felt this last month is something I can't begin to describe, and I know David is looking down on us from Heaven and he'd want to say Thank You to all the people for the cards and letters, and the prayers. I didn't know at first how Kevin and I were gonna do it you know. We'd always done this as brothers, all of us, as brothers. But the more we thought about it, the more we talked about what David would want us to do, we know he'd want us to keep on fighting. We know he'd want us to keep on trying to get a Von Erich to be the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Kevin Von Erich arrives at ringside in his street clothes and hugs his brother. Kerry Von Erich: So, while this is a different World Class Wrestling than it was before. Even though we are going more places, and there are different guys here and everything. The reason we are here is still the same. Whether it's me, whether it's Kevin, we want to make sure a Von Erich becomes the World Heavyweight Champion. We also wanna win the Heavyweight Title here, and we wanna go after those Tag Titles too. Marc Lowrance: Anything you would like to add Kevin? Kevin Von Erich: Kerry said it all right there man. Even though this is a different company than the one our Dad owned, we still want all of the wonderful people of Texas to support it, to support us. Because we are still fighting for the Von Erich name. We are still fighting for the great state of Texas. We want to make all of you people proud. We want to make our Dad proud, and we want to make David proud. Marc Lowrance: There you have it Ladies and Gentleman. For Jim Ross and Bill Watts, I'm Marc Lowrance. Good Night! The show goes off the air as both Kerry and Kevin begin mingling with the Sportatorium faithful. Shaking hands with the men, receiving kisses from the women, and high fiving the children.

I really like the Glamour Boys team and I am looking forward to the ongoing feud with the Cowboys. Nord is a guy I've always enjoyed, so I am glad to see him getting the push here. The showdown with Machine was a lot of fun, and the upcoming matches should prove to be even more fun.

Fantastic show from top to bottom! I think Eddie Gilbert had better watch himself or he may be feeling a Gorgeous Brainbuster sooner than later. You don't mess with Precious. I'd pay good money to see Nikita rips Greg Gagne's head off with a Sickle any day of the week! and how dare those Canadians not rise and respect the singing of the Russian National Anthem! The Hennig heel turn was well done my man. Those people would have never seen it coming. Rude and Hennig together with Bobby Heenan! That's a Minnesota Wrecking Crew!! Now, Bobby costing Savage a title. Bad idea Brain. That's an unhinged wild man, and now he is coming for you!! Road Warriors are gonna be hard to beat as Champs Bad News/Stomper sounds fucking awesome. Look forward to seeing Bad News come for that Beer Bellied Sharecropper Hogan next!! As for Hogan, great main event, but The Hulkster has a whole list of people gunning for him, can he keep the title? Great show dude!

The action in SECW is really heating up! Midnight's drop the tag straps thanks to their new member who may end up being an old member real quick after that. The Humongous has arrived! (The Warrior of the Wasteland, The Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah!!... Sorry) Seriously though, he is off to a dominating start and is another monster for Jones. Wendell Cooley picking up the gold is awesome, and I look forward to a good run from him. Then man oh man, we still got Fire and Flame going at it with Fuller and Golden AND Brody and Hansen are nowhere near done. All of this while Ric Flair sits on the sidelines, and who knows what he's plotting!! Great stuff Gene.

It's not even the Twitter garbage that bothers me. Your average fan doesn't even know that happened. I'll use my Dad as an example again, he doesn't even know what the fuck a Twitter is! What kills me is their constant need to convolute everything and twist everything, when a simple good old fashioned wrestling story is all you need. Look at Becky and Ronda. The angle wrote itself. You had the Baddest Woman on the Planet in Ronda Rousey, and you had Becky Lynch who by sheer force of will got herself over and turned into some kind of female Stone Cold. All you needed to do was have Becky win the Royal Rumble, say she was going to Raw to fight Rousey, and then have some promo's and some pull aparts all leading up to potentially the single biggest moment in American Women's wrestling history when Becky beats Ronda in the Main Event of Wrestlemania!! But we can't just have simple wrestling angles anymore, we have to let 40 soap opera writers get a hold of everything, so we've had McMahons, suspensions, Becky getting replaced by Charlotte, more McMahons, Ronda giving up the title, Hold Harmless Agreements, Becky vs Charlotte so that Becky can be in the match she was supposed to be in in the first place, now it's a triple threat match, a Rousey heel turn, and god knows what other nonsense in the two weeks left until the show. It's all so unnecessary, it just dilutes everyone involved. I mean, did we really need "Vince is a Racist" undertones to get Kofi a title shot? Did we really need to almost inadvertently turn Mustafa Ali heel to get Kofi a title shot? Couldn't we have just had Bryan vs Kofi at Fast Lane, have Bryan cheat to win, then have a No DQ match at Mania or something? Did it really require veiled racism, almost derailing Kevin Owens and Mustafa Ali, more veiled racism, and another gauntlet match where half the roster does the job to one guy (which doesn't help anyone in the match) only to pull a screwjob ending? I get "making the fans wait for it" but this has become the WWE M.O. for years now, and eventually the fans are going to get tired of being Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, and they are going to stop giving a shit.

While I greatly appreciate your positive attitude, which is hard to find on the internet these days, I'm not sure everyone is quite as enthusiastic about the current product as you are. At least to me, they've managed to convolute what should have been simple angles like Becky/Rousey and Bryan/Kofi and the 3 hour Raws are exhausting slogs, let alone a potential 7 hour pay per view. The whole company just seems directionless and deathly afraid of doing anything that might lead to someone or something getting over. The titles are meaningless, the feuds are stop and go and often times make little sense, and about half of the performers don't seem to care anymore. My Father who is in his 60's and has been watching off and on since the Bruno era, said that WWE now reminds him of WCW when it was dying. While they have too much money to die, I definitely see the comparisons.

World Class releases Don Carson to get under Roster Cap

I used to ring announce for Rock Parsons in West Virginia and I know he has been gathering and collecting this footage for a long time. Glad to see it's all in one easy to watch place!

Thanks everyone for the feedback so far! Glad the Eddie Hogan choice went over well! I needed babyfaces, and I figured the name alone could give him a rub, and make him a nice target. It also gives me a nice way to transition into the Beefcake character if I ever decide to go there. Also, appreciate the praise on the Schultz promo. He is the first guy I went after in trades when I joined up, and I am excited to hopefully turn him into one of the top heels in all of the AWA. I love writing for Dr. D and I know my heel side is a little thin on my cards so far, but I am rolling out the roster slowly, and the heavy hitters on the heel side are coming soon.

Also love the usage of the Braves game. I remember getting so pissed off as a kid when they cut wrestling short for baseball. Who gives a shit about baseball!!! I really like your Ole Anderson promo's and portrayal of the MWC in general. The Battle of the Hacksaws is gonna be awesome, and with Iceman and Mad Dog involved the possibilities get even better. as for babyface Gary Hart. Well, I am looking forward to the backstabbing!!

-3-16-84 from the Municipal Auditorium in Topeka, KS- 1) Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell defeated The Grizzlies (Grizzly Evans/Grizzly Boone) when Mantell pinned Evans in 14:15 2) Eddie Hogan w/Sunshine defeated Nazar Bulba (formerly The Mongol aka Gene Petit) w/ High Knee in 11:36 3) David Schultz over Blackjack Lanza by Count Out in 9:27 4) The Russians (Krusher Darsow/Boris Zhukov) beat The Island Boys (Tio/Tapu) in 18:02 when Krusher Darsow pinned Tapu with his feet on the ropes. 5) Barry Windham and Ron Bass wrestled to a draw in 20:00 6) "Dr. Death" Steve Williams pinned Taras Bulba in 8:48 with the Oklahoma Stampede 7) Magnum TA defeated Black Bart in 14:15 with a Belly to Belly Suplex 8) David Schultz won a 15 Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal last eliminating Steve Williams -3-17-84 from the Levitt Arena in Wichita, KS- 1) Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell defeated The Mongols (Taras/Nazar Bulba) when Casey pinned Nazar Bulba in 14:55 2) Eddie Hogan w/Sunshine defeated Grizzly Evans w/ High Knee in 8:40 3) Black Bart and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams fought to a Double Count Out in 13:29 4) The Russians beat The Island Boys in 18:11 when Krusher Darsow pinned Tapu with his feet on the ropes. 5) Barry Windham beat Grizzly Boone with a Lariat in 7:30 6) David Schultz defeated Blackjack Lanza by Disqualification in 13:50 when Lanza got caught using a chair that Schultz brought into the ring. 7) Magnum TA over Ron Bass in 16:49 with the Belly to Belly Suplex 8) Barry Windham won a 15 Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal last eliminating Krusher Darsow -3-18-84 from the Convention Center in Tulsa, OK- 1) Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell defeated The Grizzlies when Mantell pinned Boone in 13:09 2) Blackjack Lanza over Nazar Bulba in 10:28 with a Piledriver 3) Eddie Hogan w/Sunshine and David Schultz wrestled to a Double Count Out in 12:44 4) Black Bart/Ron Bass defeated The Island Boys in 18:23 when Bart pinned Tio following the Diving Leg Drop 5) Barry Windham beat Taras Bulba in 11:50 with a Lariat 6) Krusher Darsow over "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in 13:33 when Darsow pinned Williams with his feet on the ropes. 7) Magnum TA defeated Boris Zhukov by Disqualification in 7:05 when Krusher Darsow interfered. Steve Williams made the save, and Bill Watts made a special appearance for the live crowd and ordered an immediate tag team match. 8) Magnum TA and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams defeated The Russians in 18:26 when Magnum TA caught Boris Zhukov with a Belly to Belly Suplex -3-19-84 from the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, OK- 1) Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell defeated The Mongols in 14:44 when Casey pinned Taras Bulba 2) "Dr. Death" Steve Williams defeated Boris Zhukov in 10:00 with the Oklahoma Stampede 3) Krusher Darsow beat Blackjack Lanza by Count Out in 9:41 4) The Island Boys over The Grizzlies in 15:34 when Tapu hit a 2nd Rope Splash on Grizzly Evans 5) Eddie Hogan w/Sunshine and Black Bart wrestled to a 20 Minute Draw 6) Barry Windham defeated Ron Bass with the Superplex in 19:52 7) Magnum TA defeated David Schultz by Disqualification in 13:01 when Schultz hit Magnum with a chair 8) "Dr. Death" Steve Williams won a 15 Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal -3-20-84 from the Memorial Auditorium in Wichita Falls, TX- 1) The Mongols beat The Island Boys in 13:19 when Taras Bulba forced Tio to submit to the Claw. 2) Eddie Hogan w/Sunshine defeated Grizzly Boone in 9:20 with the High Knee 3) Kim Duk/Tora Yatsu over Johnny Mantell/Scott Casey in 19:54 when Duk Double Arm Suplexed and pinned Mantell 4) Barry Windham defeated Grizzly Evans in 8:11 with a Lariat 5) "Dr. Death" Steve Williams beat Boris Zhukov in 10:39 with the Oklahoma Stampede 6) Krusher Darsow defeated Blackjack Lanza in 9:01 after blasting him with a chain behind the referee's back 7) Magnum TA and David Schultz wrestled to a Double Count Out in 14:21 8) Kerry and Kevin Von Erich defeated Black Bart and Ron Bass in 26:19 when Kerry nailed Bart with the Discus Punch and pinned him.

Funk vs Bockwinkel, I may cancel my April 6th show so I can come watch that!! Love what you are doing with George Wells. Much more than I would have ever gotten out of him, very glad we made that trade. Great stuff. Fabs/Nightmares should be awesome, and when we Race/Hercules again, it is gonna be a war. and like Edger just said, eventually Tully Blanchard is going to run this company and I get the feeling Nick, Terry, and Harley may never see it coming.

It may be getting overlooked amidst the other things going down, but Rick Rude is mowing down the competition, and Martel might be in trouble! Count me as another interested to see where the jealousy of Jimmy Garvin takes this thing with Gilbert. That has the makings of a war.

-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: Ladies and Gentleman, my name is Jim Ross and I know some of you may be expecting a different wrestling program right now, so without further ado, let’s head down to ringside to shed some light on things! We cut to ringside where a large man in blue jeans, a suit coat over a dress shirt, and a cowboy hat is standing by. “For those of you who don’t know who I am, my name is “Cowboy” Bill Watts. I spent a lot of years in this business as a wrestler, and more recently I have run the Mid-South wrestling territory. In the last few weeks several things have happened that I need to address to you the fans who are watching this show. Bob Geigel who promoted the Central States territory here in Kansas City and the surrounding areas and I came to an agreement, and combined our two businesses, into one larger business. Then the two of us met with our friend down in Texas, Fritz Von Erich who ran the Dallas territory more commonly known as World Class Championship Wrestling. As many of you know, Fritz recently lost his son David in an unimaginable tragedy and he has decided that he wants to step away from the wrestling business to spend more time at home with his wife and his youngest children. So, an agreement was reached, and Mr. Geigel and I purchased the Dallas Territory from Mr. Von Erich and have made it a part of our operations as well. On a personal note, I would like to say that I respect the hell out of Fritz for having the courage to do the right thing for his family during this time, and I would like to tell him that should he ever wish to get back into the wrestling business, there will always be a place for him right here. So, we were all set to become a giant super territory consisting of Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, and Central States Wrestling when we were approached and offered a deal we couldn’t refuse. Anyone who follows professional wrestling on a national scale knows the National Wrestling Alliance is crumbling, and the AWA is the place to be. So, when Verne Gagne offered us a spot in the AWA, we tossed the NWA aside like last week’s garbage and joined the team. Now, I know you fans probably don’t care about all this business mumbo jumbo and want to know what this means for you! Well, I’ll tell ya! It means more big-name wrestlers, more hard-hitting action, and all of your favorites from Mid-South, World Class, and Central States like Magnum TA and The Von Erich’s, all in one place, right here every week on AWA World Class Wrestling!” This last statement gets a big cheer from the crowd in attendance Jim Ross: There you have it from the Cowboy himself, big things in store here at AWA World Class! We’ll see some of that hard-hitting action right that Bill was talking about right after this break Ladies and Gentlemen! -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Welcome back everyone, joining me here on commentary is the man you just heard from, “Cowboy” Bill Watts. Bill Watts: Thanks Jim. Before we head to the ring, I just wanted to let the folks watching at home know that although Mr. Geigel and I oversee AWA World Class equally, during the shows I will be out here with you to provide commentary and will be doing my best not to get involved with things as the person in charge unless absolutely necessary. If a decision needs to be made while I am out here, I fully support any that Bob makes. Jim Ross: Well, I am glad to have you out here with me Cowboy, and let’s head down to the ring for our first contest of the evening. 1 Fall, 15 Minute Time Limit -Magnum TA vs Grizzly Evans- Ring Announcer Marc Lowrance had barely finished introducing Magnum TA when Grizzly Evans decided to take his shot and charged across the ring. TA ducked the lumbering clothesline and waited for Evans to get his bearings and turn around. As soon as he did, Magnum wrapped his arms around him and planted the 283 pound Grizzly onto the canvas with the Belly to Belly Suplex. Referee Ron West counted the three and this one was all over! Winner: Magnum TA Before Magnum has a chance to celebrate his victory, the four hundred plus pound Grizzly Boone enters the ring to avenge his fallen partner. He charges Magnum TA, but Magnum side steps him too, and the massive mans momentum carries him into the ropes. On the rebound Magnum hooks the girth of Boone the best he can and Belly to Belly Suplexes him down onto the canvas as well! The fans are going crazy as Magnum TA has his hand raised by the referee! Jim Ross: A dominating performance by Magnum TA here tonight, taking out two men in short order. You have to think that Magnum will be contending for that AWA World Heavyweight Championship if he keeps putting on performances like that Cowboy. Bill Watts: Indeed Jim, a very impressive performance. Speaking of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Next weekend Hulk Hogan is looking to regain that title from Jerry “The King” Lawler, but right here tonight we have the younger brother of the champion, Eddie Hogan along with his girlfriend Sunshine. Let’s head down to Marc Lowrance who has them for a special interview. Marc Lowrance: Thanks Bill. That’s right I am here with the younger brother of former AWA World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan, Eddie Hogan along with his girlfriend Sunshine. Eddie, your brother has already made a name for himself here in the AWA, now you’ve come to AWA World Class, can you tell us what your plans are? Eddie Hogan: Well let me tell you something Marc Lowrance! I’ve been wrestling all over the world while my brother the Hulkster has been making a name for himself here in the AWA. So when I heard that AWA World Class was going to be opening up, I figured what better place for me and my girl Sunshine to come and start building the legacy of Eddie Hogan! So whoever they want to put in that ring against me, I am ready to show everybody that the whole Hogan family are champions. You know what I’m saying Brother!” -Commercial Break- Jim Ross: Let’s head to the ring where we are going to see Black Bart in action! 1 Fall, 15 Minute Time Limit -Black Bart vs Shane Tylor- Bart took his time and enjoyed dismantling this kid. Just a series of sledgehammer shots across the back, clotheslines, grinding headlocks, and a bone rattling suplex toward the end. Finally, Bart took him over by the turnbuckles and planted him with a huge bodyslam, before ascending to the second turnbuckle and coming off with a brutal diving legdrop. Referee David Manning could have counted to one hundred, but it only took three. Winner: Black Bart Jim Ross: A tremendous victory for Black Bart. Bill Watts: When a man that size can deliver a flying maneuver like that, he is gonna be a danger to anyone he steps into that ring with. Jim Ross: Before we head into the break, let’s take a look at some more of the men who will be competing here in AWA World Class Wrestling. Before heading to the commercial break, we are taken to a video package highlighting both Kerry and Kevin Von Erich. It features both brothers taking it to a series of opponents, and highlights some of their best and most dominating moves. For Kevin they feature his dropkick, his flying crossbody from the top rope, and of course the Iron Claw! While for Kerry they show several instances of his Discus Punch laying out opponents, and they also show him securing several victories with the Iron Claw. -Commercial Break- We come back and “Cowboy” Bill Watts is standing by the ring holding a microphone. “Ladies and Gentlemen, before we get to the match standing by in the ring I wanted to announce that next week the tournament to crown the first AWA World Class Heavyweight Champion will begin right here on television with two first round matches. Black Bart who we saw earlier this evening will take on “The Modern Day Warrior” Kerry Von Erich and Eddie Hogan will take on the man currently in the ring, “Dr. D” David Schultz.” 1 Fall, 15 Minute Time Limit -“Dr. D” David Schultz vs Alexander Winston- Schultz catches the kid with a knee to the midsection as he goes for the lock up and then just hammers him down to the canvas. A series of stomps and Schultz is yelling toward Bill Watts asking him if this is the best he has to offer. Schultz waits until the kid gets back to his feet and boots him hard in the face, then obliterates him with a piledriver. He goes for the cover, but jerks Winston up by the hair at the count of two. Schultz kicks the kid from the sitting position he left him in back to a prone one, and then scales to the second turnbuckle and comes off with a leaping elbow smash. Referee Rick Hazzard counts the three, but before he can raise the hand of Dr. D, Schultz is out of the ring and heading for the announce table. Winner: “Dr. D” David Schultz Schultz goes over to the announce position where Jim Ross and Bill Watts are sitting and grabs the house microphone off the desk. David Schultz: “Is that the level of competition you got around here Watts? If so you may as well just hand me that title right now! Watts starts to say something, but is cut off by Schultz “I know, I know. Next week I gotta wrestle Eddie Hogan in the first round of some kinda tournament for the belt. You know what, that doesn’t concern Dr. D in the least. I heard him out here earlier talking about making a name for himself and yakking about his big brother, and building a legacy, and blah, blah, blah. It doesn’t matter! You understand! You can bring Eddie Hogan, you can bring Hulky Hogan, you can bring Daddy Hogan and Mommy Hogan too! Dr. D will beat the hell out of all of them and bring home that championship title baby!! That belt belongs to me, ain’t nobody gonna stand in my way! I’m gonna send Eddie Hogan running back into his brothers shadow, and if his little girlfriend comes down to my ring and sticks her nose in my business, I’ll smack her right back into the kitchen where she belongs!” Schultz throws the microphone at Jim Ross and walks out of the arena to a chorus of boos. Jim Ross: I can’t say I care much for that man Cowboy. Bill Watts: He certainly has an attitude problem. Jim Ross: Folks, we’ll be right back with more wrestling action. -Commercial Break- We come back, and Marc Lowrance is at ringside with two large bald men dressed in red singlets. Marc Lowrance: Ladies and Gentlemen, my guests now hail from the Soviet Union, please welcome Boris Zhukov and Krusher Darsow. Krusher Darsow: That’s right you American Pukes! Krusher Darsow has a new comrade in Boris Zhukov and all the other tag teams here in AWA World Class had better get ready, because we plan to take the belts home to the Kremlin! Boris Zhukov: Comrade Darsow is correct. It doesn’t matter who they put across from us, we will smash them, we will destroy them, and we will claim the championships in the name of Mother Russia! The Russians leave to a chorus of jeers from the crowd, as the camera cuts back to the announce position. Jim Ross: Darsow and Zhukov will be back out here later for our main event, when they take on Scott Casey and Johnny Mantell, but first we have another old cowboy looking to make one last ride. Bill Watts: Careful who you’re calling old there Jim! But your right, Blackjack Lanza is now going it alone and wants to make one last run at glory and he has chosen to do it here in AWA World Class. Jim Ross: Let’s head up to the ring and see what he has to offer. 1 Fall, 15 Minute Time Limit -Blackjack Lanza vs The Bounty Hunter- This one started slow and tapered off from there as Lanza worked a methodical pace against the masked man. The outcome was never in doubt as Lanza controlled with grinding headlocks, elbow smashes, and a very nice takeover suplex. The end came when Lanza fired The Bounty Hunter into the ropes and plowed him with a clothesline, then picked him up and dropped him with a piledriver. Winner: Blackjack Lanza Marc Lowrance: Marc Lowrance here with your winner, Blackjack Lanza. Blackjack Lanza: Tonight, I took my first steps on the road back to the top. I’ve been told that I have a spot in the tournament for the heavyweight title, and I plan to beat whoever they put in front of me and take that title. Marc Lowrance: On top of your career goals Blackjack, I am told that you have been passing on your knowledge to some of the newer talent. Would you like to tell us about that? Blackjack Lanza: Yes, I would Marc. The two men who are about to come out here and take on those no good Russians, Scott Casey and Johnny Mantell came to me recently for advice. I spent years as part of one of the best tag teams this business has ever seen, so I have been doing my best to impart some of my knowledge on them. They still have a lot of learning to do, but I gotta tell ya, I see a lot of myself in them, and I wish them the best of luck tonight. Marc Lowrance: There you have it folks, back to you Bill and Jim. Jim Ross: A great showing from Blackjack Lanza here tonight as he takes out The Bounty Hunter in impressive fashion. Bill Watts: Lanza may be an older dog, but you should never count him out of the fight. Jim Ross: and now he is apparently passing his fountain of knowledge on to the young team of Scott Casey and John Mantell. Bill Watts: They couldn’t ask for a finer teacher Jim. Jim Ross: Well let’s take out final break Cowboy, and when we come back we will see Casey and Mantell take on the Russians. -Commercial Break- 1 Fall, 30 Minute Time Limit -Scott Casey/Johnny Mantell vs The Russians (Krusher Darsow/Boris Zhukov)- As soon as the bell rang, The Russians jumped Casey and Mantell and a brawl broke out. Once Referee David Manning had things under control, Darsow had Mantell in the ring and the beat down began. The Russians made quick tags and pounded on Mantell unmercifully for several minutes. Finally, when Zhukov whipped Mantell into the ropes, he was able to duck a clothesline and connect with a flying shoulder tackle on the rebound. Mantell quickly tagged out to Scott Casey who came in like a crazy man throwing huge haymakers at the massive cranium of Zhukov and blasted Darsow with a clothesline when he tried to get into the ring. Casey scooped up Zhukov and bodyslammed him, then dropped a big elbow on him which got a count of two. Casey pulled Zhukov off the mat and set him up for his patented Bulldog, but Zhukov was able to shove him into the corner where a waiting Darsow got the knee up and caught him in the ribs. Zhukov charged forward with a clothesline that leveled Casey and tagged out. Darsow quickly entered and laid the boots to the fallen Casey. He then charged across the ring and knocked Johnny Mantell off the apron. Just as Darsow had anticipated, a fired up Mantell immediately tried to get into the ring to fight, and Referee David Manning while doing everything in his power to keep Mantell out of the ring, never saw Boris Zhukov wrap the Russian Chain around his fist and clobber Scott Casey in the back of the head with it. Darsow calmly walked over and covered the fallen Casey, and when Manning finally got Mantell on to the apron and turned around, he counted the One, Two, Three. Winners: Krusher Darsow and Boris Zhukov Jim Ross: A travesty of justice right their Bill. Bill Watts: That turncoat Darsow has been nothing but a pain in my butt since he showed up. I’ll have my eye on the both of them. Jim Ross: Alright Ladies and Gentlemen, that is our show for this week. Please join us tomorrow night in Topeka, Sunday Night in Wichita, Monday in Tulsa, Tuesday in Oklahoma City, and Wednesday in Wichita Falls, and then right back here next week for the beginning of the tournament to crown the first AWA World Class Heavyweight Champion. Good Night Everyone!

The problem with Braun is the problem with all of WWE. How can you expect them to book a guy as something special, when no one on the roster is booked as anything special. (Unless your a part timer or a McMahon.) The brand is the star, Remember. They wanted interchangable cogs and they've got them.

Great Show Man! Loving the Steamboat/Orndorff alliance, especially the lingering threat of Orndorff not wanting to be "best friends" certainly possible to come into play in the future! I'll do my best to stop Devastation Inc. from coming after them!! Also really like how between those two and Dusty, you have made Valentine the biggest single threat in the promotion and he didn't have to show his face on television. Good Stuff. The House of Humperdink is being set up perfectly to be the biggest angle in the fed, while not necessarily dominating everything (like an nWo) but just a constant background threat, because you never know what they are going do, or when they are gonna do it. Lastly, great work on Caudle and Schiavone. I've watched a ton of both, and I was easily able to read this and hear their voices as I was doing so and nothing sounded out of character for them or took me out of that voice. Awesome stuff.

What about Bob Caudle, or a young Tony Schiavone

90% of the things they do anymore make no sense story wise. They fall all over themselves to overbook everything. What happened to something simple like Kofi gets the shot, Bryan gets himself DQ'ed, the fans are fucking pissed, we get a No DQ rematch. Why does that story need Vince, a conspiracy, Kevin Owens, a swerve with The Bar, Mustafa Ali in a triple threat, and god knows what other bullshit before we finally get the match. I'd say it seems like they forgot how to book a wrestling angle, but that is the problem, they aren't a wrestling company, they are entertainment, only problem is... this isn't entertaining. I don't mean to sound like Cornette, but fuck this Kofi angle and the Becky angle should be the easiest shit in the world, and they have convoluted it so much that it makes Days of Our Lives look easier to follow.

World Class would like to drop Roger Kirby and fill out the rest of my roster with Mike George, George Weingeroff, and Jerry Oske. Thanks!

Oh Man, a war is brewing and it is gonna get ugly. If Fuller and Golden can get Hansen on the team, these matches are gonna be absolute chaos!! I bet Lawler will never be so happy to get out of Alabama if he escapes with the title. If Flair is smart, he'll take full advantage of the 30 day rule if it's in place.

Yeah, she is definitely better off here! The House is looking to run things here in ACCW, and unless some people come together real fast to stop them, they may succeed before anyone knows what hit them!