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Savoldi with success in perhaps his new home? I love the use of TJ Singh as a prop here. Brunzell vs. Satanico! Match of the night! I wonder if Andre got booed or cheered. That street fight is runner-up match of the night. No Sunny War Cloud after the Adias match? Good symmetry with OMG interfering after the earlier match. Fun main with Goto's build-up going to good use.

Fuji with a big challenge. Some big tag team movement going on coming up. I hope Wahoo's leg holds up. Haynes and the Rockers as babyfaces work really well in the 1980s WWF. I like how you use both. Savage's reinstatement and the Horsemen's obviously concerned reaction is awesome. Incredible stuff from the Horsemen. You write them so great. Out of Hacksaw, Bravo and Atlas I trust Bravo the least. Hot main event and the finish makes you want to see the Horsemen get theirs. Perfect.

WWC House Show 8/2/1986 Arquelio Torres Ramirez Stadium, San German, Puerto Rico Miguelito Perez w/Huracan Castillo Jr. vs. Mercenario 2 w/Mercenario 1 Perez and Mercenario start brawling from before the bell, but stay mostlyu in the ring. Whenever the match spills outside both seconds get involved. Perez hits a big powerslam that gets him a close nearfall. Merc 2 gets his own with a falling headbutt. Finally Perez is able to get el coqui (standing victory roll) for the three count. Los Mercenarios and the Express keep brawling after the match is over and need to be separated by officials. The Batten Twins & Ricky Santana vs. Victor the Bodyguard, Jonathan Boyd & The Crusher w/Barrabas & Chicky Starr Victor has no interest in working with Boyd or the Crusher, which gives the faces the early advantage. Brad Batten gets caught with a Crusher backbreaker and the heels work him over. Bart makes the illegal substitution while everyone appears to be distracted, but Chicky sees it and has Victor hit him with a few elbow drops before the heels take over again. Chicky and Barrabas have some words at ringside and start brawling, which distracts all three of their wrestlers. Bart rolls Victor up with a schoolboy for the three count. This only makes things worse between Chicky and Barrabas until the Battens hit ringside and start brawling with Boyd and the Crusher. Santana catches Victor with a crossbody off the top before hitting Chicky with a plancha (Barrabas is overjoyed at this). Barrabas and his men retreat to the back while the Battens and Santana stand tall. Ron Starr vs. Hercules Ayala, taped fist, low blows constitute a DQ, no managers allowed at ringside Fistst were flying right away and it stayed that way most of the match. Ron hit a big running knee lift to knock Ayala down. Ayala went after the leg and started punching away on Ron's knee while he was down. Ron came back after repeated punches to Ayala's head despite being stuck in a leglock. Chicky Starr ran out to ringside only for Invader 1 to follow closely. This caused enough of a distraction for Ron to take over fully. Ron did hit the brainbuster DDT, but due to his leg was unable to cover in time and Ayala just kicked out. Ron had Ayala ready for another DDT when he was tossed over Ayala's shoulder to the mat. Ayala caught Ron in an inside cradle as he staggered up for the three count. Mercenario 1, Abdullah Tamba & Chicky Starr vs. Jos LeDuc, Invader 1 & Carlitos Colon This was an all-out brawl after the bell rang, but settled down into Invader 1 getting worked over by all 3 heels. Invader was close to a tag before Chicky nailed him with a low blow a few steps from being able to reach his corner. A tag to Colon was missed by referee Ricky Vargas because Chicky and Mercenario 1 had Vargas' attention. Finally Colon did get the tag and the roof blew off the building. Colon was cleaning house with LeDuc going after Tamba as soon as he scrambled outside. Chicky got caught in the figure four, but Mecenario 1 hit the ring with Chicky's bat and started going nuts on Colon with it, even attacking Vargas when he tried to take it from Merc 1. LeDuc hit the ring with Invader 1 close behind and they seemed to be turning the tides when Tamba came up behind Invader 1 and leveled him, making it 3 on 1. Merc 1 gave the bat to Chicky as the beating continued. The locker room emptied as allies of both sides came out and there was a lengthy clean-up. WWC Light Heavyweight Championship Invader 2 vs. Owen Hart (C) Invader 2 laid into Owen with punches aimed right at the bandage covering the cut he had suffered the night before above his left eye. Owen had no weakness to attack on Invader 2 like in the LHW tournament and ended up using every dirty trick possible to keep things even. A bloody Owen was dropkicked out of the ring and collected his belt before heading to the back. Invader 2 gave chase and was joined by Ricky Santana, who cut off Owen's retreat. Abdullah Tamba and Chicky Starr were out to cover Owen's retreat. Invader 2 and Santana raised their arms to a roaring crowd once the three heels had retreated.

That Lawler promo was really good. I could hear Lawler saying that in my head. Poor Nikita. Magnum vs. Murdoch??? Hell yes!! Dr. Death is looking fired up for Akbar. Oh man, that Watts/Corny segment was gold. So looking forward to that match. Iceman, Royal and Armstrong get some maintenance wins, always a good thing. That alliance against Wright is looking really tough. I wonder if he maybe pissed off one big man too many in Grizzly Boone.

Is Kernodle biting off more than he can chew with all of this? Why is he stirring the pot with Garvin and Borne? Poor Gino Brito. The first victim of Paul E.'s war. Good bounce back win for Martel. Bullet Bob should be getting wins over Candido. I like OMG getting a win here. He needs one. Rich vs. Raymond would have been an entertaining babyface match. Goto's build has been tremendous. Love Jimmy Brunzell, so his wins make me happy. Of course Kernodle just barely beat Adias. That's just good heel champ booking.

WWC House Show August 1st, 1986 Pachin Vichens Stadium, Ponce, Puerto Rico Victor the Bodyguard w/Chicky Starr vs. Super Medico 1 Medico 1 controlled most of the match with Chicky giving Victor most of his openings. Victor slammed Medico 1 near the ropes and Chicky held Medico's feet to give Victor the three count. Following the match, los Mercenarios and Ron Starr ran to the ring to join the attack on Medico 1. Medico 3 led los Invaders and Carlitos Colon out for the save. The Batten Twins vs. Los Mercenarios Los Mercenarios were their usual brawling selves, but the Battens were up to the challenge. This match went all over the arena with the Battens both getting busted open in addition to Mercenario 2. Los Mercenarios used a folding table to clothesline Bart and Merc 2 covered for the three count with Brad just too late to make the save. Los Mercenarios left the ring peacefully after their win, not attacking the Battens post-match. The crowd gave the Battens a lot of support even though they had lost. Ricky Santana, Dutch Mantell & Carlitos Colon vs. Owen Hart, Bobby Jaggers & Chicky Starr If you think this one was any less than a pier 6 brawl, you haven't been paying attention. Referee Victor Quinonez lost control of this one right away and never got it back. The ring was used occassionally. Colon chased Chicky out of the arena first. Next was Owen fleeing Santana, who had piece of a wooden folding chair in hand. Mantell and Jaggers brawled until referees and officials needed to call security to break it up. Ron Starr vs. Hercules Ayala taped fist match, lumberjack match It's pretty clear who the lumberjacks were on the side of. The 10 lumberjacks are: Jos LeDuc, Dutch Mantell, Super Medico 1, Invader 1, Carlitos Colon, Abdullah Tamba, Bobby Jaggers, Mercenario 1, Mercenario 2 & Chicky Starr. Both participants did their best to throw their opponent out to their friends. Many of which armed themselves with items at ringside and went after other lumberjacks. In the end it was chaos outside the ring and more wrestlers came in out of the locker rooms. Ayala and Starr still punched each other and hit low blows on one another in the ring and Ron snuck in a handful of tights to get the pinfall on Ayala. It took a while to clean up after this match. WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (C) Tamba fared better than his first match against Bigelow. Bigelow was down to one knee several times, the last after a Tamba dropkick. After that, Bigelow shifted up a gear and finally slammed Tamba down near the ropes. The slingshot splash put Tamba away for a successful first defense by Bigelow. Post-match Chicky Starr collected Tamba and made no move to have Bigelow attacked.

Nah, no need. I honestly figured it had slipped your mind. Also, we're probably going to have a lot of interpromotional matches around Starrcade anyway.

Was wondering why Singh would team with Rich. Then I read the match. Good maintenance wins for Armand and Davis. I'd agree the referee would have to take leave of his senses to miss the two leg drops. BIG wins for Savoldi and Parsons. Borne and Brunzell would be a great, great match. Not sure who the fans would hate more in the main. And I was wondering what happened to that Colon/Chicky match.

U.S. Express vs. Ole & Ivan? Yes, please! Good wins for Demon, Landell and JYD. Landell and Brisco is becoming one of my favorite angles. JYD vs. Luger sounds like a much more fun feud with Ladd in Luger's corner. Loving the duplicity from Akbar. Atlantis gets a much-needed TV win to help get over. I'm trying to imagine a scenario when I didn't look forward to Doom s. the Fabs. I really can't come up with one, two great teams.

I changed the format some to incorporate house shows into things more. Seems more like a 90 minute show now that I write it, and I think the promotion is hot enough to warrant that. (Originally airing on August 1st, 1986 in Spanish on WAPA Channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This broadcast is translated to English where applicable.) The opening montage featuring highlights of Carlos Colon, Chicky Starr, Invader 1, Invader 2, Invader 3, Abdullah the Butcher, Hercules Ayala, Bam Bam and Dutch Mantell plays. Carlos Colon doing a cartwheel and coming up fists at the ready leads to the WWC logo as the music ends. NWA and Capitol Sports Presenta Los Campeones De La Lucha Libre Con Tus Luchadores Favoritos De Fama Mundial Los Tejanos vs. The Batten Twins The Battens used their teamwork and speed to control. A Tejano 1 comeback was cut off by a Brad clothesline after ducking one from Tejano. Bart was tagged in and the double dropkick finished Tejano 1 off. Hugo and Rickin talked about the Battens switching out illegally to fool the Crusher into being pinned. The highlight was shown and Rickin was not 100% behind the tactic, but he understood that Barrabas and his men had cheated to win against the Battens before. (Commercial Break) A clip was shown of Ricky Santana almost throwing Owen Hart down the stairs in Caguas. Then we see clips of Santana going hold for hold with Invader 3 before losing in a match for the NWA Light Heavyweight Championship. This followed by a clip of Owen blasting Santana with the WWC LHW belt as he was chasing a fleeing Owen. Rickin interviewed Owen Hart, who complained that Santana "tried to end my career" and had no right challenging for the NWA LHW belt because Owen was the WWC LHW champ. He also claimed that Santana got what he deserved when Owen blasted him with the belt for all of the times Santana had tried to hurt him or cheat him out of what was rightfully his. Hart finished the interview by accepting the Street Fight with Santana on September 20th and saying he would show Santana he was the better man and be done with him. Los Assassins vs. The Caribbean Express The express use their smooth teamwork and legal double teams to control. A powerslam byt Perez stops Asssassin 1's comeback. Castillo takes the tag and climbs up top. He hits a flying crossbody as Perez executes a vertical suplex, Castillo covering for the three count. Rickin and Hugo talk about the violent brawls that the Express has been having with los Mercenarios around Puerto Rico. They mention that on Saturday in San German and Sunday in San Juan there will be more battles between the two teams. (Commercial Break) Sports Shop The Sports Shop intro plays and we cut to Victor the Bodyguard and Abdullah Tamba on the Sports Shop set. A voice-over by Hugo Savinovich plays. Hugo: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the most watched wrestling program in Puerto Rico!! This is Chicky's Sports Shop and I'm pleased to announce your host, the most charismatic, best dressed man in Puerto Rico today, Chicky Starr!! Chicky walks in wearing his custom suit and his WWC Caribbean Tag Team Title over his shoulder. He picks up a microphone and sits down. Chicky: Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Chicky Starr's Sports Shop! Before we get to my guests this week I'd like to take this time to point out that Ronnie and I have been beating los Super Medicos, Invader 1 and Carlitos Colon all over Puerto Rico this last week. While the fans at the arenas all seem to be the idiots I deal with on a weekly basis, I know that the fans at home love it. You see the people at home make my show the highest rated show in Puerto Rico and they would want to know. Chicky pauses and shakes his head. Chicky: Another thing people need to know is that my cousin Ron Starr was cheated in the first taped fist match with Hercules Ayala. That villain Ayala used an illegal low blow to pin my cousin and the WWC did nothing about it. I have demanded that the rest of the matches also have the stipulation that any kind of low blow results in immediate disqualification. Chicky nods off-screen. Chicky: And now the most disappointing part of the show. My guests this week are los Super Medicos. Don't worry you idiots, I signed a very official document stating that I lose this belt if you get hurt on or around this show. So try not to trip over anything. Los Super Medicos walk in and sit down. Chicky: So after this week do you two really think you are contenders for these titles? I think you've been shown how superior a team Los Primos Starr truly are. Medico 1: If you had come by any of those wins honestly- Chicky: If you could come by a win. You have to win matches to capture, and hold, titles. I'm sure somebody should have told you. Medico 1: I recall you being pinned by us twice. Chicky: And yet I still have this. (taps belt) I guess those wins aren't everything you thought they were. Medico 1: They were enough. Enough to prove we can beat you and we belong in matches with you. Chicky: If you had beaten us without help, sure. Hiding behind Jos LeDuc and Dutch Mantell won't win you any championships. Medico 1: And here I thought Jos LeDuc was an old, useless Canadian lumberjack. Isn't that about what this man here said last week? Medico 3 nods. Chicky: Are you sure he's not mute? Medico 1: He doesn't speak Spanish. Something I'm sure most fans wish was true of you. Chicky: Jos LeDuc is an old, useless Canadian lumberjack. When compared to Abdullah Tamba. But he is a big man and can turn the tide of a match. Medico 1: I recall Abdullah Tamba being in the match when Jos LeDuc was on our side. Chicky: (English) I recall your partner being more useless than LeDuc. Medico 3 starts to get up, but Medico 1 calms him down. Medico 1: (English) Let's not give them the reason that Chicky here is looking for. (Spanish) We can trade insults all day, but it's what happens in the ring that counts. How about next week you and your cousin take us on in six-man tag matches. And if we don't win two of those, you have my word we will back out of the title match on September 20th. Chicky: Let me get my lawyers to draw up that contract. Medico 1: Unlike you, some men keep their word. When I tell you something I mean it. So you may want to listen to what I have to say next. Chicky: (yawns) Sure, sure.. Medico 1: We will beat you however we have to. Because we will take those titles from you. I hope your cousin has luck on his side this week. He's going to need it. Los Super Medicos get up and leave. Chicky: Well, I'm sorry that things were so...awful just there. But not all guests are cut out for the Sports Shop. Next week should be better because none other than my cousin Ronnie himself will be here to celebrate his successful series of 5 taped fist matches against Hercules Ayala. And as another treat, I'll show you how my man Abdullah Tamba has been destroying Jos LeDuc all around Puerto Rico before you have to get back to the boring part! I know you'll be sure to tune in next week! Highlights are shown of the battles between Jos LeDuc and Abdullah Tamba around Puerto Rico. The announcers talk about how intense the feud has gotten and how Chicky Starr has been feuling that fire. Rickin has some not-so-friendly things to say about the way Chicky treated los Supr Medicos. Domingo Robles vs. Jos LeDuc LeDuc is dominant, cutting off all offense by Robles almost immediately. He hits the one-armed backbreaker for the three. The announcers put over LeDuc's power and experience. Highlights are shown of the Caribbean Express beating Jonathan Boyd and the Crusher after an evenly fought brawl. (Commercial Break) Barrabas is out at the desk and immediately complains about the treatment of his team. The Battens obviously cheated to get their win and had little success outside that match. On top of that, it wasn't even a tag match! And the Express distracted his team, who had been doing well, by attacking him. Barrabas was adamant that both offenses would be punished and stormed towards the ring with his team. Mr. X & Y vs. Jonathan Boyd & The Crusher Boyd & the Crusher were in rare form tonight after a pre-match attack (ordered by Barrabas). They really took it to X and Y, giving them little offense at all and ruthlessly cutting it off. Mr. Y fell victim to the Jonathan Boyd three point clothesline while being held by the Crusher and that was the match. Barrabas had his men continue the attack after the match until the Battens came running out and the brawl was on. Rickin told the fans that it was time for a commercial break and things would be cleaned up when they returned. (Commercial Break) Clips are shown of the previous week's brawls between Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers. Dutch Mantell swore he would continue his assault on Jaggers until "the dirty, yellow dog knows what happens when you hurt Dirty Dutch Mantell." Rickin questioned Dutch about the cage match in September, to which Dutch replied he didn't care if Jaggers made it that far. Mr. Z vs. Ricky Santana Santana is at a size disadvantage, but uses his speed and technique to make up the difference and control the match. He cuts off a comeback with a dropkick and hits the fisherman's suplex to get the 3 count. The announcers talk up Santana's resilience and Hugo praises his newfound willingness to fight dirty when he needs to. Rickin is more measured in his praise of that particular change. (Commercial Break) Invader 3 is at the desk and talks about how honored he is to represent Puerto Rico as the NWA Light Heavyweight champion. He praises Ricky Santana for giving him a tough fight and wrestling within the rules. Invader 3 lets the fans know that on Sunday in San Juan he will be defending the title against Owen Hart and knows to expect anything and everything from the Canadian. He says that he respects Hart's ability, but not the way the man fights. Los Super Medicos & Invader 1 vs. Abdullah Tamba & WWC Caribbean Tag Team Champions Los Primos Starr The faces controlled early with quick tags back and forth between the Medicos and Invader 1. Invader fell victim to an Abdullah Tamba dropkick and Tamba clotheslinef him over the top rope. Tamba hit a big tope on Invader 1 and Medico 3 was checking on him after Tamba headed back into the ring. This gave the Starrs and Tamba time to triple team Medico 1. Medico 1 made a comeback after a bit to tag Invader 1. Medico 3 had just been pulled off the apron by Chicky Starr and Invader 1 still not recovered from the big tope. The heels worked Invader 1 over and cut his escape off to anger the crowd. When Invader 1 did hit a low blow on Chicky and tag in Medico 3, the crowd went nuts. Medico 3 was hitting haymakers all around and hiptossed Ron as he charged. Chicky came up behind Medico 3 and hit a low blow, rolling with the momentum into a schoolboy for the three count. The heels made a quick escape, Ron and Chicky taunting los Super Medicos with their tag belts on the way back. Rickin and Hugo talked about how the Starrs had been hanging onto those belts the same way across Puerto Rico. Hugo made sure to remind Rickin that holding the belts is what matters, not how. Rickin closed the show and the card for September 20th was shown. Main Event: Abdullah the Butcher vs. Carlitos Colon for the vacant WWC Universal Heavyweight Title in a Fire Match Los Super Medicos vs. Los Primos Starr (C) for the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championships Hercules Ayala vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (C) for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship Ricky Santana vs. Owen Hart (C) for the WWC Light Heavyweight Championship in a Street Fight Dirty Dutch Mantell vs. Hangman Bobby Jaggers in a Cage Match

Big win for the U.S. Express. They will be all kinds of over with the mid-south and southeastern crowds. Robert Fuller is a guy I need to see everything ever on tape from. Seriously. So I always like seeing him. Poor Ron Wright. Loving the idea of Jarrett and Brad mixing it up with the big, tough cowboys. I would have gone nuts for that guitar shot. Taylor and Murdoch is a fun brawl for sure. Magnum is looking like a beast, which he should. Kerry defending his title against Nikita really cements him as the new champ. Two wins against the Russian Nightmare is pretty huge. Atlantis gets a needed win. Always excited to to see the Fabs win and I like this new, cleaner side of Landell. BBM & Slater would have been an awesome brawl! Big win for JYD and the Freebirds definitely got a Freebird style win. Baby Doll as a heel manager makes so much sense. RnRs & Midnights in the main is exactly where they should be. Love it. *Small correction here, but I think the Demon was supposed to win match 2 in Shreveport.

WWC House Show 7/31/86 Humacao, Puerto Rico The Batten Twins & Dutch Mantell vs. Jonathan Boyd, the Crusher & Bobby Jaggers w/Barrabas The babyfaces get a nice shine on Boyd and a short advantage on the Crusher before Jaggers interferes and Dutch goes right after him. Both Mantell and Jaggers are busted open a few minutes later after brawling on the outside. Boyd and the Crusher work on Bart for a while. He makes the hot tag to Brad and Boyd ends up on the floor after a quick dropkick. The Crusher takes a dropkick from Brad and doesn't go down, but a double clothesline puts him on the mat. Dutch and Jaggers end up brawling into the ring, which leaves the Crusher with an advantage after he is pushed into Brad in the corner, squashing Brad. Brad barely makes it to the ropes in a bearhug and the Crusher signals to the crowd it's over. Bart has taken this time to roll into the ring and rolls the Crusher up for three. Dutch and Jaggers are at the entrance, brawling their way out of the arena. Barrabas sees it this time and is furios at referee Tomas Marin for counting to three. The Crusher holds Marin at Barrabas' insistence and Boyd gets ready to hit the three point stance clothesline, but the Battens make the save and send Barrabas and his men packing to a hot crowd. Super Medico 1 vs. Mercenario 1 Medico 1 is taking things slow and steady in this match. He lets Mercenario 1 try to turn the match into an all-out brawl, but frustrates the bigger man by going after an arm. Merc 1 ends up getting Medico 1 on the floor, but he counters a series of clubbing blows with his signature punch combo before slamming Merc 1 on the floor and hitting a plancha from the ring. Merc 1 turns things around in the ring with a low blow and starts using his strength advantage. Medico 1 reverses a slam attempt into an inside cradle for the three count. Ricky Santana & Invader 3 vs. Owen Hart & Chicky Starr Santana and Invader 3 work pretty well together, isolating first Owen and then Chicky early. Hart goes to the eyes on Santana and the heels take over. They use every dirty trick in the book to keep Invader 3 on the apron. When Invader 3 does take the tag, referee Victor Quinonez doesn't see it. Finally a bloody Santana crawls through the legs of both Owen and Chicky to tag Invader 3. Invader 3 cleans house with the crowd eating it up. He sends Chicky outside and hits a bullet tope while Santana drops Owen with a series of punches. Santana climbs up top and hits the flying body press for the three count. Post-match, Owen is yelling at Santana and pulling up on his own tights. He and Chicky yell at Quinonez for not seeing the obvious cheating until both Santana and Invader 3 climb up on turnbuckles they can reach Hart and Starr from. The heels retreat, shouting back at the ring along the way. Victor the Bodyguard & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr vs. Invader 2 & Carlitos Colon This one is a flat-out brawl. Colon goes right after Tamba from the opening bell and referee Ricky Vargas loses all control of the match. Colon has Tamba bloodied when Tamba makes a comeback and hits a clothesline on the floor. The elephantine tope follows and both men are down in a heap. Invader 2 is mostly in control with Victor, but he has learned the Chicky Starr way and has a power advantage. And he has Chicky Starr interfering on his behalf. A Victor DDT comes close to winning, but Colon is just in time. Victor and Tamba double team Colon before Victor grabs a chair to hit Invader 2. Invader 2 surprises him with a double throat chop and covers for the three while Colon and Tamba exchange punches on the floor. Ron Starr w/Chicky Starr vs. Hercules Ayala w/Invader 1, taped fist, low blow results in DQ This match is pretty much just these guys punching each other. And running each other's head into the turnbuckle. And the ringpost. Mostly just two guys punching each other though. Ayala doesn't even go for the leg to set up the reverse figure four. Both Chicky and Invader 1 interfere liberally to get their man back in control. Invader 1 finally just starts attacking Chicky, which distracts referee Victor Quinonez. Ron uses this distraction to hit a low blow on Ayala and roll him up with a schoolboy that gets him three. Ron and Chicky quickly retreat as Invader 1 checks on Ayala. The fans let the Starrs know how they feel about that win.

That Professor gimmick has to be getting Rheingans over. Blondes and Warrriors was a fun midcard tag and that feud should elevate both teams. Big win for Peterson over the Flame. Bull and Lewin brawling around ringside is a good way to get Bull over. Hot Property had a nice run, but I think that keeping the Assassins around and building them up was the way to go. Johnson and Cooley as tag champs has been a great run and they have become a highlight of your shows. The Harley Race feud for Orndorff gave him achance to prove he was worthy of being the champ. This one is a different animal. Singh will literally try to kill him.

JYD has every right to be angry at Ted right now. Road Warriors are all over the place! Good interview here, gets the fans wanting to see that match for sure. The U.S. Express taking on the Iranian and Cuban Assassins is pretty much Watts 101. And it works. Good debut for Adams, will have to see where this Demon gimmick goes. Rough night for Slater as he feels the nightstick after failing Corny. Love your use of Cornette. RnRs vs. MXE?? Hell yes! Doom and Williams are too much team to take on the Freebirds. Until you factor in the Freebirds cheating. Taylor supporting Slater so soon might not be wise. Then again, Slater might save Taylor from a massive beatdown. Awesome booking. Ernie Ladd has really been revitalized by recent events. He's got a damn good stable and I am hoping somebody lands some gold.

Sharpe and Singh get some squash wins, both necessary. Loved SBS getting the win after Rose was removed. I liked the chaos in the Kirch/Kernodle 6-man. I didn't want that particular story to end just yet. The Awesome Twosome just escaped with that win. I'm sure Polynesian Power will have more to say. Valiant doing a stretcher job for Mulligan! I'm sure Jones will reward Mulligan for that. Whoa, that KKB/Bad News match was awesome. That feud could make both guys household names. I love heel victories where they kind of stumble into it. It makes the gloating interviews after sound so hollow, just makes you want to see them get theirs even more.

Beefcake and Houston got a big win against Rogers and Link. Wrestling 2 being willing to do the job for his team seems about right. Poor Link, always ends up with the wrong people. Sad to see the Southern Boys go, but they'll find a new home. Adonis with the title shot is another big win for Percy's crew. Man, first Dr. D then Adrian Adonis taking Funk apart. Why do I have a feeling Funk is going to be an angry man in the future? Animal and Hawk are such physically dominating guys, even teams like the Headhunters can't overpower them. Closing a WCCW show with Freebirds vs. Von Erichs is the right call every time. Fans still didn't go home happy this night though.

The opening interview was great and built to two matches really well. I like how you are turning Landell face here. It would be very effective. Boone and Fuller is anothe big match for ST. Louis. Good interview for the Iceman. Jarrett and Brad are really making their mark in a short time. Putting Atlantis over this way would have absolutely worked. I'm not sure if he would have adapted to the in-ring style superbly, but his high flying would have worked wonders. HTM vs. Lawler in St. Lous too! Awesome card! I liked Lawler showing up HTM.

Teddy is always welcome on any NWA TV he shows up on. He's such a great heel champ. Power vs. Twosome will be an awesome feud if it goes past this match. Great interview by Singh as much for his actions as words. Singh and Lewin is a deadly combo. Idol may be done with Fuller, but Fuller doesn't appear to be done with Idol. The Blondes with a good TV win and Riddle making sure he stays over. Loved Kernodle's flag and his interview. You're hitting it out of the park with him. Tough match for Peterson and tougher weekend ahead for Hot Property. KKB with a big squash and I am really looking forward to the KKB/Bad News match. Oooh, Rip Oliver out of town while his friends take on 3 opponents with a manager. I'm sure nothing will go wrong. I loved the way Riddle handled Prichard leaving. Great interviews and the Blondes vs. Renegade Warriors should be a fun feud. In fact, Riddle's guys should always have reasons for him to talk. Sawyer/Rich is such an awesome feud. I'm sure you'll do great with it.

Scott Puttski has a job on his hands taking on Eddie Gilbert. Muta/Nagasaki need as many TV wins as they can get. Great team like that should get over. Love the Pringle/Adonis interview. I wonder what that last little bit means. DWBs vs. Southern Boys is such a natural feud. And awesome one. I like Wrestling 3 getting a TV win. Kerry being the gracious, all-American babyface is the right call. Funk vs. Schultz for the North American belt? Hell yes! Even better with Funk going in with an injury. Road Warriors would have looked great in the ring against somebody like Gilbert. Great main event for even a big show.

WWC House Show 7/27/86 Roberto Clemente Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico Dutch Mantell vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Boyd gets a quick start, but Dutch brawls right back into the match. The match goes back and forth with very little wrestling. Boyd tries using the tights to get the win but Dutch is just close enough to the ropes. This only makes Dutch angry and he hits the short lariat followed by the gourdbuster for the three. Jos LeDuc vs. Bobby Jaggers You can tell Jaggers isn't used to giving away 20 pounds, but he finds ways to stay in the match. Mostly illegal. LeDuc gets sick of it and starts doing a little cheating himself, which has Jaggers outside the ring and backing away. Right into a Dutch Mantell clothesline right to the back of the head. Mantell hammers away on the downed Jaggers with the riding crop, busting open the back of Jaggers' head. LeDuc calmly walks by on his way to the dressing room, making no move to help or hurt Jaggers. Abdullah Tamba and Victor the Bodyguard come out to run Dutch off and help Jaggers to the back. The Caribbean Express & Ricky Santana vs. Owen Hart & Los Mercenarios This match never truly gets started. Before Hart and los Mercenarios get 5 feet out of the entrance Santana and the Express are sprinting at them from ringside. Not one competitor ever enters the ring and everything at ringside gets used. Eventually security has to help the referee and officials break up the brawl. Ron Starr vs. Hercules Ayala in a taped fist match Ayala goes right after Ron and hits an early low blow to keep the advantage when Ron starts in with right hands. Ron regains the advantage the same way, then hits a big running knee before unloading on Ayala with punches. Ayala takes Ron down and starts working over the leg, but Ron kicks him off on the figure four attempt. Ron is looking for the DDT but gets a forearm right between the legs and Ayala rolls him up for the 1,2,3. The Batten Twins vs. Invader 1 & 2 The Battens do surprisingly well with their very smooth teamwork to match that of los Invaders. The match goes back and forth with no illegal tactics. Invader 2 hits an out-of-nowhere double throat thrust on Bart and covers for the 3. Both teams shake hands after the match. Super Medico 1, 3 & Carlitos Colon vs. Victor the Bodyguard, Abdullah Tamba & Chicky Starr The heat for this is off the charts. Los Super Medicos and Colon control early, but Colon's need to go after Tamba gets him in trouble. He takes a lot of damage before hitting a low blow on Chicky and tagging in Medico 1. Medico 1 clears the Starrs from the ring but has some trouble with Tamba. Luckily for him Medico 3 is there to help. Medico 3 gets tripped up by Chicky Starr as he is the legal man taking on Tamba and Tamba slams Medicos 3 down. He climbs up top and hits the big splash to put the match away. Colon and Medico 1 hit the ring on fire and all three opponents are moving towards the exit as Medico 1 and Colon check on Medico 3.

Like seeing Satanico and the RPMs getting wins. Road Warriors are great as traveling champs. Brunzell beating Rougeau with the crab is actually a big upset. Armand's upset of Martel dwarfs that one though. Ted continues his rise in the NWA and it has been incredibly entertaining wherever he goes.

Loved the interview with Embry carrying his character from Texas over. Can't wait for the main! Keith and Bruce are certainly nowhere near the same page right now. I liked Floyd Cretchman's interview a lot. We have heard a lot from Paul E. but not as much from Floyd. Embry and Garvin are really on a tear in Lutte. The Ripper should stop by Portland and get his stretcher if he continues that behavior. I wonder who the masked man was. Bob Armstrong? Not sold on that yet. Main was great with Andre turning on Embry and Garvin. Then we see their earlier transgression come back and bit them. Great stuff.

The IC Battle Royals looks like they could be a blast when they got down to the non-jobbers. And I don't like Battle Royals as a rule. I love Liz opening Prime Time trying to garner support for Savage. It is sort of a play on the Jake angle, but with different circumstances. I'm sure Tunney will be an asshole about it as best he can. Harts and Demo as a feud would be sweet. Hennig and Wahoo vs. Studd and Valentine is a really good match. You've got the two workrate guys, the power guy and the wily vet. I like the build for Blade Runners and Nasty Boys. The Rockers getting a shot at Arn & Tully is such a great match-up. The Rockers are a small enough team that the Horsemen can beat them up believably, but then turn around and put over their speed offense great too. So much going on in that last segment. Montreal for SNME!! Hogan building to the Flair rematch is gold. Some great stuff at MSG. Muta and Tonga would have torn the house down. Harts and Demo is a big, big feud. That Hogan six-man would have had the fans blowing the roof off. And then tack on a 45 minute match between Flair and pre-injury Hennig. Yeah, I think the fans got their money's worth.

WWC House Show 7/26/86 Rafael A. Mangual Coliseum, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Bart Batten & Dutch Mantell vs. Mercenario 1 & Bobby Jaggers Dutch goes after Jaggers before the bell and the match becomes Mercenario 1 against Bart Batten while Mantell & Jaggers brawl their way through the ring , much to the chagrin of referee Tomas Marin, occasionally. Both Mantell and Jaggers use their riding crops and bust one another open. Jaggers sneaks in a low blow on Dutch before getting in the ring and double teaming Batten. A Jaggers hangman's neckbreaker finishes Batten off. Jaggers is back on the outside after Dutch, but Dutch makes a big comeback and Jaggers heads for the hills. Mercenario 1 had left ringside after the match and Dutch helps Batten to his feet. Jos LeDuc vs. Victor the Bodyguard w/Chicky Starr Victor is green, but he bumps well enough for LeDuc's power offense. Chicky creates openings for his bodyguard, but the momentum is difficult to maintain. LeDuc hits the one-armed backbreaker and covers Victor for the three. Chicky motions to the back and Abdullah Tamba comes out to brawl with LeDuc. Chicky and Victor don't have any intentions of getting in between the 270+ pounders and retreat as Abdullah Tamba slams LeDuc down on the outside and climbs into the ring. A tope by Tamba hushes the crowd before they start booing and throwing garbage at Tamba on his way out. The Caribbean Express vs. Jonathan Boyd & the Crusher w/Barrabas This old rivalry picks up right where it left off with Barrabas sending his men (who got to the ring first) right after the Express. The Express ends up taking over on Boyd for a while. A distraction by the Crusher and a low blow by Boyd on Perez brings the Crusher in the ring to work on Perez. Barrabas taunts Castillo at ringside to buy his men time to illegally double team. Perez hits a powerslam on the Crusher (big pop) and barely makes the tag to Castillo. Castillo cleans house to a frenzied crowd and even hits a sliding dropkick to Barrabas outside. Castillo climbs up top and hits a missile dropkick on the Crusher to get the three. Boyd and the Crusher are checking on Barrabas and helping him to the back as the Caribbean Express celebrate their win in the ring. Ricky Santana & Invaders 2 & 3 vs. Owen Hart, Mercenario 2 & Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr Owen makes sure that Ricky Santana is aware he is the WWC Light Heavyweight champ. Chicky Starr's men are the bigger team and try to dominate through strength (Merc 2 & Tamba) and technique (Hart). Santana and los Invaders are all quick teamwork,speed and heart. Santana sends Hart outside and hits a big plancha. Both Invaders dropkick Merc 2 outside and Invader 3 hits a big bullet tope. Tamba sends Invader 2 to the outside and hits his tope on everyone. Referee Ricky Vargas is counting everyone out as Jos LeDuc hits ringside to start beating on Abdullah Tamba with big punches and forearms. Los Invaders use a double clothesline to knock Mercenario 2 down then whip Tamba into a running clothesline by LeDuc. Santana has been chasing Hart, who collected his belt and ran towards the exit. Hart turns around and decks Santana with the belt, busting him open. LeDuc and los Invaders go over to help Santana, carrying him between los Invaders to the back. WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championships Invader 1 & Carlitos Colon vs. Los Primos Starr (C) The Starrs are on the run early as both Invader 1 and Colon are always ready to get their hands on Chicky. Both Starrs take punishment for extended periods before Chicky goes to the eyes on Colon. Colon is not having it and keeps coming so Chicky goes low. Colon takes a short beating before he tags Invader 1. Invader 1 immediately has his mask pulled sideways by Chicky before the Starrs go to work on him. Invader takes quite the beating befoe he hits a low blow on Chicky and tags Colon. Carlitos is cleaning house and the crowd is going insane. Ron gets on all fours behind Colon after being knocked down and Chicky rushes forward, pushing Colon over Ron. Invader 1 is still down as Chicky grabs two handfulls of trunks and leans all of his weight over Colon for the three. Colon is even more furious and sends both Ron and Chicky out of the ring, standing tall as the Starrs get pelted with garbage taking their belts to the back. Colon checks on a bleeding Invader 1 and the crowd roars as both Colon and Invader 1 walk around ringside interacting with the fans.

WWC House Show 7/25/86 Pachin Vincens Stadium, Ponce, Puerto Rico Abdullah Tamba w/Chicky Starr vs. Brad Batten w/Bart Batten Brad gives a good effort, but Abdullah Tamba constantly cuts him off with his power offense before he can get anything big in. Brad rolls Tamba up for some close near-falls before Tamba hits a fall-forward slam and climbs up top for a big splash that gets the three. Jos LeDuc vs. Jonathan Boyd w/Barrabas Boyd has his ways of dealing with LeDuc's power advantage, namely brawling. LeDuc is no slouch in this department but cannot keep up with the younger, more energetic Boyd when he is outside of arm's reach. LeDuc controls when he can use his strength to ground Boyd and wear him down. Barrabas, of course, tries to create openings when Boyd is being overpowered. The end comes when Boyd misses a clothesline and runs right into a slam by the big Canadian. LeDuc drops an elbow for a nearfall and then sets Boyd up for the one-armed backbreaker. Abdullah Tamba hits the ring and starts brawling with LeDuc for the DQ. Barrabas calls Boyd off and the brawl continues until security can get things cleaned up. Super Medico 1 w/Super Medico 2 vs. Chicky Starr w/Ron Starr This match goes back and forth with brawling from both sides. The obligatory nutshot is seen from both Chicky and Super Medico 1. Medico 2 and Ron start brawling on the outside while a bloody Chicky Starr rolls up Medico 1 with his feet on the ropes for the win. The Starrs make a hasty retreat with their title belts. Ron Starr & Bobby Jaggers vs. Dutch Mantell & Invader 1 This is a blody brawl with all four men bleeding, bringing the stiffness and selling. Chicky Starr comes out to attack Invader 1, leading to a huge fracas involving Chicky Starr's entire entourage, Owen Hart, the Caribbean Express, Jos LeDuc, Ricky Santana, los Super Medicos, Ricky Santana and Hercules Ayala around ringside. Invaders 1, 2 and Carlitos Colon overbalance the odds and the heels retreat. NWA Light Heavyweight Championship Ricky Santana vs. Invader 3 (C) Mostly even match with Invader 3 pulling ahead in the end after a series of nearfalls for both. Invader 3 hits the cannonball from the top rope for three. Both men shake hands afterwards as Invader 3 holds up Santana's arm for the cheering crowd.