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Aug. 25th, Colisée de Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC (2,751, sellout) Louis Laurence & Tony Ricco defeated the Gerrard Brothers with a wishbone snap/half crab combo on Tim Gerrard Goldie Rogers defeated Rudy Kay with a neckbreaker Invader 1 defeated Bobby Kay with a heart punch Tony Parisi defeated Dan Johnson with a flying senton Dave Kochen defeated Quebec Heavyweight Champion Richard Charland by disqualification due to a chair being used, Louis Laurence made the save post-match Invader 3 defeated Gilles Poisson with a running senton, Lefebvre attacked post-match with Invader 1 making the save leading to a bloody brawl around ringside The Midnight Express & the Tongan Terrors defeated Canadian International Tag Team Champions the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers & the Can Am Express in a wild 8-man tag with a savate kick/flying headbutt combo on Lafon after he’d taken a second rope powerslam/running leg drop combo from the Midnights

August 23rd, 1983, Auditorium de Shawinigan, Shawinigan, QC (3,600) Louis Laurence & Tony Ricco defeated Etienne Bergeron & Frederic Tremblay with a wishbone split/half crab combo on Bergeron Canadian International Heavyweight Champions The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers defeated the Kay Brothers with a crab/flying knee drop combo on Bobby Kay Armand Rougeau defeated Alex Gerrard with a sleeper Randy Rose defeated Tim Gerrard with a second rope powerslam Tony Parisi defeated Dan Johnson with a flying senton Quebec Heavyweight Champion Richard Charland defeated Dave Kochen with his feet on the ropes in a non-title match Invader 1 defeated Gilles Poisson with a heart punch Gino Brito defeated Dennis Condrey by DQ due to a very early Randy Rose run-in, the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers & Tony Parisi ran out to make the save The Tongan Terrors & Mad Dog Lefebvre defeated the Can Am Express & Invader 3 with a savate kick/flying headbutt combo on Lafon

Interesting idea for a show. I'm not a big fan of "random" tag matches as a concept though. It's very often done poorly in most promotions.

Eddie Mekka is so screwed. That 8 man tag better make your first commercial tape. Buck Zumhofe isn't getting hurt enough. I hope those Road Warriors learn the value of allies soon. That Valentino seems a little too obsessed with talking to the ladies. Are you sure he's not posing as a ladies' man?

Yeah, Rocket, just throw up some quick results with whatever notes about specifics on each show. There's no reason to feel like you need to do a full write-up on catch-up shows. Just do a x vs. y with whatever details are necessary thing until you are caught up on dates. Unless you want to be done. If you do, then that is your choice and I won't argue. But if you do want to stay, just wrtie stuff up in whatever way you need to to keep up. This project benefits a lot from more people being involved than a small amount of promotions.

Martel vs. Saito and Choshu seems like a great series of mains. Murdoch vs. Valentine sounds like an incredible match. Not entirely sure I'd have run it 30 minutes though.

He had a great 2004 match against Kazuyuki Fujita. I thought it was one of his better matches as it highlighted his ability to play FIP really well.

Loved the main, Kabuki and Kevin sounds like an awesome brawl. Tito as TV champ is awesome, means we get to see him weekly.

I try to do either 6-man tags with 1 and a half feuds or a singles match with half of a tag feud on the midcard and above feuds to set up the 2 on 2 matches. To me, it doesn't matter what matches you put on a card with feuding teams/people across from one another, as long as it's not the money match on something like a 2,000-3,000 seat house. You may or may not have noticed that the Can Ams and the Tongans, despite feuding, have not had a 2 on 2 match yet. That and matches like Condrey/Rose vs. Jacques/Raymond are saved for the 18,000 seat Montreal Forum shows or something like that. Also, the first Can Ams vs. Tongans match is being used to lend significance to the new title they will be wrestling for in it. At some point I may work a bigger building in Ottawa on a Thursday after a TV taping or something, hit a nice 10,000 gate as a follow-up to the previous night's TV with a marquee matchup or two that gets teased on the TV. It's also the reason why my lowest title is a singles title. The guys who are getting pushes get good experience in a lot of tag matches & six mans to build to the title matches and a chance to work a semi-featured singles match now and again. Gives them the training they need for what will be expected of them on the midcard.

What a great Boston show! I think the only match I'd not care for was the Mil vs. Harley match. Bock at the end is great. I'd put him in my top 3 heels on the continent so far.

Yeah, I can't believe Eddie Marlin is so good to the RnRs. Only way they could hold a candle to the Assassins. So what sort of shenanigans do Ladd and Sonny King have up their sleeve exactly?

I feel like I started this more than a little, so I just want to clarify what I was trying to say. I think that after the draft and first week a lot of folks slowed down on this whole deal. Some had other stuff they needed to put time into I'm sure, while others have simply burnt out on the fantasy booking. I feel like we should be very careful about removing territories without the person running them saying they are done. You've all read my shows and how long they get. I am written a month and a half in advance just writing on weekends. I wrote three weeks of TV last weekend while knocking out season 1 of Breaking Bad. If somebody like Rocket, Boricua or Wahoo's really wanted to catch up it wouldn't take very long at all. So I think we should have patience with anyone who hasn't been posting for a while. I also think that those of us who are here more often than others can help by reading through what other people write and letting them know what we think. It's a small thing, but knowing what works for your audience (and that your audience cares enough to reply at all) can be a big help. I've been trying to be better about that lately after having a bit of a lull myself.

No reason to make it an argument. Let's just try to talk it out without throwing anything back an forth in the process.

Fliers for the International Wrestling Association have been turning up all around Quebec and in several new Brunswick towns. The fliers are promoting International's again expanded touring schedule for September. September 5th, Colisée de Saint-Jean, Saint-Sean-Sur-Richelieu, QC September 6th, Palais des Sports, Granby, QC September 7th, Palais des Sports, Sherbrooke, QC September 8th, Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC September 9th, Colisée de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC September 8th, Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB, joint show with Maple Leaf Wrestling September 12th, Halifax, Nova Scotia, joint show with Maple Leaf Wrestling September 13th, Aitken Centre, Fredericton, NB September 14th, Colisée de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC September 15th, Centre Georges-Vézina, Saguenay, QC September 16th, Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC September 17th, Palais des Sports, Saint-Georges, QC September 19th, Centre des Loisirs, Thetford Mines, QC September 20th, Auditorium de Shawinigan, Shawinigan, QC September 21st, Colisée de Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC September 22nd, Colisée des Bois-Franc, Victoriaville, QC September 23rd, Centre Civique, Drummondville, QC September 24th, Colisée Cardin, Sorel, QC September 26th, Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, QC September 27th, Robert Guertin Centre, Gatineau, QC September 28th, Earl Armstrong Arena, Ottawa, ON September 29th, Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, QC October 1st, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC Television commercials are airing on local TV stations during the evening hours in addition to the fliers.

Yeah, I'm guessing there are several of us who are written far enough ahead that we don't need the shot in the arm. I won't have room for anyone new until at least mid-November. I understand the feeling that all those workers are just sitting there, but we can't just kick people out because we like their roster.

So do we give people a little more time to get their stuff going again? I'm not sure how we want to set the protocol on this because both of the other people who have left have done so voluntarily. The way we handle this is going to determine how it works going forward, so we better be sure it's how we want to do this every time before this is finished.

So Boricua's perfect WWC roster is going to get a boost? Sweet. I imagine that random draw is going to be closely watched given Florida's roster. I tend to agree with Grimmas on the sideways moves also. I don't know if Florida is one of those, but it would be fine for somebody from a smaller territory to move in if you ask me.

Ooh, a recap show. I was thinking I would add one of those sometime in 84.

Another great show! Tully is easily one of the top heels across North America right now. Khan is gonna give a HUGE rub to whoever puts him away. I'm liking the Tiny Anderson stuff. Gilbert seems like he is in over his head, but I imagine he's gonna find a way to overcome.

Hogan ripping things up in wild brawls is an interesting twist on Hogan. Wild Bills and Road Warriors seems like a great tag team brawler feud. Could Embry become a part of Garvin's stable?

Russians with a clean win is interesting. I'm sure the last two matches were taped and will come out on your first batch of commercial releases? If not, fuck you world.

Way to go Rogers & Fulton! Those Germans are not done yet though. Steve-O is quite the young lion in his way. Wrestling 2 no selling the low blow is a bit odd. Was wondering when we'd get one of them in your booking though. Brody vs. the Sheik is a perfect way to use Brody. Tag championship match looks fun, but I'm no huge fan of Mascaras. Now the main event....you are going to get Ted killed, sir. I hope you don't mind having that on your conscience.

Great lead-in to the Chicago show. Really loaded card with what seem like no throwaway matches in the Amphitheatre. When Bock is in match #2 you know you've got a pretty beefed up roster. Also, Colon vs. Abby with two matches to go seems a bit off. I think the mat is going to be blood red by the time that match ends and probably not very safe to wrestle in.

Yeah, Georgia is right up there for me too. I'm loving the tag division and the whole Jake/Adonis/GC/Reed/Koko situation. It's a concept I had thought to use right away but will have to wait a bit to employ due to having to remake the entire structure of the roster through the shows. It's one of my favorite promotions to read with Southeast and Southwest neck and neck (and neck?).

Man, what a great Coliseum show. I smell a certain football playing Indian chief coming in sometime soon to make Casey pay for his crimes. Darsow had a great show even if I'm not a fan. Taylor and Guerrero are showing signs of dissension in the ranks, but I would have loved to see that match. Sheik vs. David seemed like it was sort of shoehorned in, but it works for what you were doing during that part of the show. The tag championship match was great and I hope alternate universe me has the good sense to watch that some day. Damn those sneaky Russians anyway. Last two matches were a great way to send the crowd home happy. All in all, I'd say you knocked the big show out of the park.