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5/9/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Civic Center Mid South Wrestling is coming to you on its Fox Affiliates throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Action is coming to you tonight from the Civic Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. -MSW opens up this week with footage of the rise and subsequent fall of Tully Blanchard and Gino Hernandez. We see them winning all the titles and then losing all the titles last week. The final scene is that of Ted Dibiase challenging Blanchard and Hernandez and then announcing that he had a contract for the Junkyard Dog to join him against Hernandez and Blanchard on the 26th in the Superdome! We cut to Jim Ross who is standing by… Jim Ross: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mid South Wrestling! I am Jim Ross and fans I want to welcome in right now, the one, the only, Cowboy Bill Watts! Cowboy, I see you are joined right now by the All Americans, Mike Rotundo and Steve Williams… are they ready for the All American Brawl at the Superdome? Cowboy Bill Watts: Well lemme tell you something Jim Ross… I have got these two men right here ready for the fight of their lives brother. You are talking about American vs Russian. Decency vs Scum in my opinion. These three come out here and just run America into the dirt… well we are right here boys and we are going to rise up from the ashes and we are going to be the ones putting you down or good! -The crowd pops big for Watts who is going wild right now… Cowboy Bill Watts: Now you wanna talk about the Superdome? I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag, but I have got a limo going to pick up the Junkyard Dog from the airport, and he is going to be here tonight to answer Ted Dibiase! He is going to be here in about 45-minutes and I am told he has some input on what is going to happen. -The fans are screaming for the JYD!! Cowboy Bill Watts: Now I have got a couple more announcements. First… the Television Championship… this Friday night, Rick Rude is going to get a shot at Magnum TA… and the North American title… this Friday night in Houston, we’re going to have a number one contender match between Wahoo McDaniel and King Kong Bundy and the winner is going on to the Superdome to face Duggan! Now… that leaves the tag titles… and tonight we have got that big Texas Tornado, Loser Leaves Town Tag Team Championship Match…. Well the losers are leaving Mid South but the winners… they are going on to the Superdome to face the Guerreros in an NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match! Now it is time to see these two in action, let’s take it to the ring! The All Americans vs Two Bad Dudes (Koko & Norvell under masks) -While they are hiding who they are, these two bad dudes have got some great stuff going even under the masks. The match isn’t fully two-sided but Williams and Rotundo give them some space to work. It isn’t much space though as Dr. Death nails the biggest Oklahoma Slam you’ve ever seen for the 1…..2….3!! Williams and Rotundo celebrate but we see the Russians in the aisle-way… this one could go down at any point in time… but tonight isn’t the night. The Russians are just soaking it in and Nikita Koloff looks SO FUCKING BIG! He is going to be unleashed for real next week… get pumped! *COMMERCIAL* -MSW returns with Watts and Ross putting over all the action from tonight and then build up to our next big contest between Wahoo McDaniel and Rick Rude. They put over the Heenan Family and talk about the big showdown this Friday night when Wahoo McDaniel will take on King Kong Bundy for a shot at the North American title. They also put over Rick Rude’s big chance this Friday night in Houston to take the TV title from Magnum TA! We head to the ring for this big contest. Wahoo McDaniel vs Rick Rude w/ Bobby Heenan A white hot contest here as Wahoo rips the RIP shirt right off of Rick Rude’s chest! Wahoo is sending him rocking and reeling with some HUGE chops and the fans are just going NUTS! Heenan calls out of the reinforcements as we see Bundy, Adonis, and Murdoch run out. The crowd is stirring as they are starting to surround the ring. The crowd then really pops when Magnum TA and Scott Casey run out and shit is about to hit the fan! We get a couple more minutes of action before Adonis and Murdoch try to get involved but Magnum and Casey pull them down. Here comes the Fantastics to help the cause. Bundy is looking to get a shot in on Wahoo but here comes Casey and he nails Bundy in the back. Heenan then jumps up and Casey is about to crack him but Heenan ducks and Casey nails Wahoo instead! Rude then pulls the tights with a roll up for the 1…2….3!! Casey jumps down and goes after Bundy as we’ve got pure chaos right now with Watts and Ross just going nuts on commentary! *COMMERCIAL* -We are back for MSW and it has alredy begun as inside the ring the tag team contenst has started. The tag team titles are on the line and so are the contracts. Watts and Ross put over how one of these teams will be leaving Mid South after tonight and one of them will be able to face the world tag team champions in the Superdome! LOSER LEAVES TOWN MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TEXAS TORNADO MATCH The Fantastics © vs Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch w/ Bobby Heenan -This one is picked up hot right off that bat! We see the best out of both of these teams for 15-minutes. With no tags, it is an all out brawl. They even take the fight outside the ring and we see the evolution of the Fantastics. As Murdoch and Adonis are working over Fulton, Tommy Rogers runs off the apron and flying cross body taking both men out! The crowd is white hot right now! We see Heenan trying to bring out Bundy but Hacksaw Duggan is there and he CRACKS HIM OVER THE BACK WITH THE 2x4! Inside the ring Murdoch and Adonis try to isolate Fulton as Rogers has still got some steam. Heenan however grabs Roger’s leg while inside the ring, Murdoch and Adonis set up Fulton for a SPIKE PILEDRIVER! Rogers kicks Heenan away and then goes up top and leaps for a flying dropkick that nails Murdoch right on the chin! Adonis comes flying for a clothesline but Rogers with a backdrop. Fulton is getting up to his feet as Rogers flips Adonis into the ropes and here comes a double dropkick from the Fantastics for the 1…2…3!!! OH MY! Fulton and Rogers have won it and the crowd is going nuts!! Duggan grabs their belts and holds his own while the three of them celebrate in the ring. Heenan is going nuts outside the ring, as he can’t believe it! Adonis and Murdoch are irate. Watts and Ross put this through the roof. The crowd is going wild as we may never see Adonis and Murdoch again! *COMMERCIAL* -MSW is back with limited time remaining. Ross and Watts are putting over the nights action before the crowd stirs with the arrival of Ted Dibiase. He walks over to Ross and Watts… Jim Ross: Is he here? Did she show up? Ted Dibiase: I don’t know… I haven’t heard yet… Bill Watts: Wait just a moment… ­-THE JYD IS HERE! THE JYD IS HERE! He walks over and joins everyone… the crowd is going absolutely insane right now! Jim Ross: Welcome in here Junkyard Dog! JYD: Oh Jim Ross, it is good to be home daddy. I love me some Mid South Wrasslin and brother I am back here to put this together. Jim Ross: Now do you understand the circumstances? JYD: I think I got an idea… Ted Dibiase: I don’t know if you do. Let me lay it out for you. On the 26th in the Superdome, this contract stats that you can step back into that ring and team with me. Let me make it perfectly clear Dog… you and I have never seen… JYD: Why don’t you let me explain it to you Dibiase! I sign on that dotted line, I get to step back into the ring on the 26th in the Superdome! You and I have never seen eye to eye and brother don’t you think for a minute I can trust you today. I know you are doing this for you… if you had it your way you’d have me gone forever… but brother, if it gets me back in the ring and a shot at the title, I am going to sign on the dotted line! Ted Dibiase: I guess you do know it… then sign the line… -JYD signs the line and the crowd goes wild. This is the most unholy of alliances right now and there is no telling what could happen when these two walk into the Superdome together in a little over 2 weeks!

That all works out well.

I'm gonna go ahead and drop Kurt Von Hess for Billy Robinson

I guess we can formally welcome Sir Edgar and International Wrestling into the fold. I know he has made some rosters moves with some others and should be kicking things off here in the coming weeks. A reminder, tomorrow morning, your complete roster control goes into full effect, I will try and keep up with changes as they happen.

Awesome. We can go ahead with this tomorrow morning then... say 8am central to have complete roster management of your 40 spots.

With regards to the draft... I think we are going to go ahead with Sir Edgar getting Detroit's roster and doing his movements. Southeastern will remain open to new writers or Boon even if he wants to come back which I hope he would. But if nothing is done by July we can cross that bridge and see what we can do with the out of work guys. Until then, the loans that Boon sent out are in full effect until July 1st.

Hey guys, first things first, this is not a post to RAISE the roster cap by any means, but more or less a roster cap management thing I wanted to put out to everyone. Right now we have a 37 workers +3 managers roster cap for a total of 40. In July, we will get another +1 and my proposal is to make it so you can have full management of your cap. This would be geared towards being able to have full management of the roster so right now I can only have 3 managers, but with this proposed change, I can use the 40 spots on my roster any way that I'd like. I could have 4 managers if I want. I could have 4 jobber packs if I want. Then I could have 32 worker spots for the total of 40 still, just using my cap management the way I want rather than being limited to how many managers, jobber packs, or workers I want. If someone wanted they could also hire 40 workers with no managers or jobber packs. If they only wanted 20 workers.... it wouldn't matter. You have the choice over the 40 spots allotted to you. This isn't a way to limit things but rather open up possibilities on you can have total control of your roster. I know some concerns would be someone having 5 jobber packs, but they are simply jobber packs, those people shouldn't be used as main workers in any way and we can police that as a group. What do you guys think?

Awesome, awesome, awesome return to the project. Looking forward to where you go after this big time start. You have put all the pieces into place and now they will set up a great future for Memphis wrestling.

5/3/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – Austin, Texas – Frank Erwin Center Don Muraco defeated Samu Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Putski Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo and The Russians went to a double DQ MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Magnum TA © & Gino Hernandez went to a 30-minute draw ELIMINATION MATCH King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude, Adrian Adonis, & Dick Murdoch defeated Wahoo McDaniel, Scotty Casey, & The Fantastics MID SOUTH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Hacksaw Duggan © defeated Tully Blanchard 5/4/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – San Antonio, Texas – HemisFair Arena Don Muraco defeated Samu Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Putski Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo defeated The Russians Wahoo McDaniel & Scott Casey defeated Rick Rude & King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby Heenan MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Fantastics © defeated Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch via DQ MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Magnum TA © & Gino Hernandez went to a 30-minute draw MID SOUTH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP CAGE MATCH Hacksaw Duggan © defeated Tully Blanchard 5/5/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – Lake Charles, Louisiana - Civic Center Don Muraco defeated Samu Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Putski Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo and The Russians went to a double DQ MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Magnum TA © & Gino Hernandez went to a 30-minute draw ELIMINATION MATCH Wahoo McDaniel, Scotty Casey, & The Fantastics defeated King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude, Adrian Adonis, & Dick Murdoch MID SOUTH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Hacksaw Duggan © defeated Tully Blanchard

Welcome aboard Patrick. Patrick is looking to move the Big Time/Detroit roster up to Canada. He is going to look around and see what's going on and then we will formally announce him stepping in if it works out.

You have done a great job bringing in these new stars like Dusty Rhodes and Company into the uswa and pushing them to the Moon right off the bat. Without a doubt there's no question that Dusty vs. Sullivan is a hot Feud and you are giving it the right way and time to make sure that it goes over in a big way. The biggest question continues to be what happens when it's all said and done. Do you follow the way that history did it or do you do it differently I'm interested to see how it plays out as the dream and the devil could never coexist.

VINCE MCMAHON SENT HOME! -In perhaps the most shocking turn of events, Vince McMahon has left Mid South after a huge blow up with Bill Dundee during this week's Mid South television tapings. Bill Watts had to bring McMahon and Dundee in a closed room meeting that was said to be very loud and violent. McMahon has verbally spoken out against the direction Dundee has been taking Mid South, especially the removal of the titles from Hernandez and Blanchard. Tully and Hernandez left the tapings after their segments before the show ended and there are some major issues running backstage at a time in which Mid South is doing some amazing business and heading for one of the biggest shows of the year at the end of May. Dundee has put Jim Ross and Joel Watts in charge of television production and Grizzly Smith in charge of the talent while McMahon is gone. Watts says it is only for two weeks and one has to wonder what will happen when and if McMahon does return. BILL WATTS POLITICS -In addition to the Dundee booking and McMahon fiasco, Bill Watts has now booked himself in the semi-main event for the Superdome show at the end of May. There are a lot of detractors towards Watts putting himself in a position to possibly kill off the Russian angle before it really gets going. McMahon especially sees a lot of money in Nikita Koloff and is worried Watts is going to put him down early to show that he is still the man in charge. To go along with this, Watts has also put himself in the front running position to join the USWA and possibly become the president. This is in part to Dundee's ties with the USWA and Watts using that as leverage to the position, not to mention the hot bed he has created in the Mid South territory.

5/2/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – Fort Worth Texas – Will Rogers Memorial Center Mid South Wrestling is coming to you on its Fox Affiliates throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Action is coming to you tonight from the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas! -MSW opens this week with Jim Ross putting over the night’s event as we will see the Mid South Tag Team Titles on the line when the Fantastics challenge the champions, Gino Hernandez & Tully Blanchard. Ross puts over how we have a NEW North American Champion and we will see the footage in a little while on the broadcast. The crowd then pops when we see Ted Dibiase walk out to the ring! He joins Jim Ross… Jim Ross: Wait just a moment… Ted Dibiase?!? Ted Dibiase: Don’t adjust your television sets… I am here and I have got a couple of things on my mind. First things first, I want to congratulate Jim Duggan on winning the Mid South North American Championship. I have held that title more than anyone and I know exactly what it is all about to win that title but retaining it is going to be the hard part. The next thing on my mind is the team of Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard. These two call themselves the Dynamic Duo… well I am a man alone but you better damn well know that I have got revenge on my mind. You two put me out of action for months here in Mid South and I am back and revenge is on my mind. Jim Ross… I am going to sit right here and join you tonight as we watch this tag title match… Jim Ross: Fans there you have it… Ted Dibiase is here and fans we have got a big one coming up! MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Fantastics vs Tully Blanchard © & Gino Hernandez © -Here we go after some big entrances it is time! These four men put it all together tonight in a great 17-minute contest! Ross and Dibiase tell the story and what a story it is. The Fantastics’ rise to the titles. The rise of Gino and Tully and the subsequent bad luck that have had over the past two weeks. Could it come to fruition here tonight? The match is fast paced with some smooth tags. The big moments see Gino and Tully work some serious heat with the crowd over on Fulton and we get a big hot tag to Rogers who come in like a house of fire! He is firing on all cylinders but Gino and Tully break him down. Dibiase says they may be the best tag team in wrestling and perhaps the world. Tully and Gino look to finish but Fulton and Rogers find a way out but it isn’t enough. Gino has got something in his tights and he CRACKS Fulton who goes out of the ring. Dibiase leaves to check on him and see what’s going on. Inside the ring, we see Gino and Tully set up for the SPIKE PILEDRIVER but Dibiase distracts Gino who is on the ropes! We see Rogers with a mule kick and Hernandez goes down! He runs through Tully’s legs but on the other side of the ring Fulton is on the rope and leaps for a SUNSET FLIP ON BLANCHARD FOR THE 1…2….3!!! WE HAVE NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! THE CROWD EXPLODES! Nick Patrick gives the titles to Rogers and Fulton and they hold them up high in the air! Blanchard and Hernandez are IRATE! We will be right back! *COMMERCIAL* -MSW returns with Jim Ross putting over the big tag team title win of the Fantastics with Ted Dibiase. They cut to footage of Gino Hernandez losing the TV title to Magnum TA and then Tully Blanchard losing the North American title to Jim Duggan! Ross and Dibiase put it over in the biggest way. Gino and Tully come back out and they are screaming up a storm! Tully Blanchard: YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY DIBIASE?!? Gino Hernandez: Listen up here pal… if you want we should finish the job we started you just keep talking… Ted Dibiase: Hold it right there fellas… hold it right there. As you can see, I didn’t come here tonight to fight… I came here to make a deal… and a deal I made… you see Bill Watts is in the back… he is coming out here in just a little while to talk about the Russians… but he and I agreed to a deal… a deal that will see the two of you in the ring against me and a partner on the 25th of May in the Superdome! Gino Hernandez: Oh yeah… and just who is that going to be huh?? Tully Blanchard: You seem to forget there Dibiase… you broke every friendship you ever had here… there is NO ONE who is dumb enough to team with you against us… Ted Dibiase: That may be true… hell I may have to give them everything I have got to do it… but I am going to be in the Superdome… I am going to make some phone calls right now and see what I can do! -Dibiase walks off to a nice little pop from the crowd. Hernandez and Blanchard are still hot… Ross puts over our next contest in the ring… Hacksaw Duggan vs Dominic DeNucci -The new North American Champion makes his debut to the ring and he chases off Gino and Tully with the 2x4 and the title! We get a pretty simple squash with Duggan making quick work of DeNucci. He nails the flying clothesline for the 1…2…3! He takes the title over to Jim Ross… -Ross and Duggan put over his big title win. They talk about him being up for any and all challengers. Ross says that Bobby Heenan has been talking about King Kong Bundy a lot and Duggan says he would love to see him in that ring anytime… anywhere! Magnum TA then walks out and joins Duggan and congratulates him. He puts over how he retired Wrestling II this past week and he says just like Jim Duggan… they are on the golden road. He says it is hard to walk this road with enemies at every turn but he will do whatever it takes to keep his title! Ross puts it over and says the Heenan Family will be here when we return! *COMMERCIAL* -MSW returns with Ross putting over the big title change earlier tonight but then we see Bobby Heenan come out. He puts over the Family and says that next week… right here on MSW… Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch are challenging The Fantastics to a Loser Leaves Town, Texas Tornado, Mid South Tag Team Title Match. Ross jokes that Heenan could barely pronounce that. Heenan threatens Ross and says that next week it will be the Fantastics… but he has got an issue with Wahoo McDaniel first… this brings the big Chief out and he is in the ring… Wahoo McDaniel: You got something to say to me Heenan?! I can see you brought everyone to the party here tonight… well let me put it on the line for you. Rick Rude… Bundy… right here… right now… and I have got a partner! -Rude and Bundy head into the ring but then the crowd pops when Scott Casey runs out to join Wahoo and we have got tag team action right now! Wahoo McDaniel & Scott Casey vs Rick Rude & King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby Heenan -A fun little 6-minute contest but it breaks loose pretty quick. Adonis and Murdoch come out and get involved but then we see Fulton and Rogers run out and break things up for an eight-man brawl. Ross it putting it over like crazy as we see the babyfaces standing tall with Heenan and the Family irate in the aisleway! *COMMERCIAL* Don Muraco & Ivan Putski vs The Invaders -A quick little squash for Muraco and Putski. They work these guys over pretty good and get a nice pop from the crowd. Ross puts them over as the crowd then erupts when we see Bill Watts walk out and join Ross. Jim Ross: Thank you for coming in here Bill… I know everyone wants to know the status of your injuries… Bill Watts: Well Jim Ross, you can see this brace around my neck. I have had a pain in my neck for a LONG TIME and it is because of those RUSSIANS! They came out here a couple of weeks ago and that good for nothing Ivan Koloff unleashed the Russian Nightmare, Nikita Koloff and he hit me brother with a Russian Sickle that tore up all the muscles and strained all the muscles in my neck. -The crowd pops as here comes the Russians! The Koloffs and Kruschev walk up to Watts but then the crowd goes nuts when we see Rotunda and Williams come out! Ivan Koloff: You want to come out here and you want to disgrace Russia. You want to disgrace my family! Bill Watts, you are going to rue to the day that you messed with the Kremlin! -Watts rips off the neck brace to a huge pop! Bill Watts: You wanna talk about ruing the day Koloff… lemme tell you something right now brother… I haven’t been in that ring in quite some time brother but this is going to be the last Stampede! Ivan Koloff: What do you want? You want me to unleash Nikita again to finish the job!?! Bill Watts: I’m gonna tell you right now… in a couple of weeks… we’re going to the Superdome… the three of us vs the three of you in an ALL AMERICAN BRAWL! Come as you are… leave if you can… one team wins and one team loses! Ivan Koloff: If you want to know the date of your demise you know it… we will see you then… -The Koloffs walk off as the crowd is going wild right now for Watts, Williams, and Rotundo! We will be back in just a moment! *COMMERCIAL* Jim Ross: Fans we are back… you heard it just a moment ago… on May the 26th in the Superdome it is going to be a six-man American Brawl for it All as Bill Watts is going to come out of retirement and join Mike Rotundo and Steve Williams to take on Ivan, Nikita, and Kruscher Kruschev! Wait just a moment… we heard this one earlier… Ted Dibiase… Ted Dibiase: Jim Ross… I set the challenge out earlier… well Gino Hernandez and Tully Blanchard accepted the challenge and I set out to get a partner. Well I asked around the back and needless to say I have burned those bridges to the ground and I can’t blame anyone… but what I do have right here… -Dibiase pulls out a piece of paper… Ted Dibiase: This is a contract but not just any contract… this is the Junkyard Dog’s contract! -The crowd explodes! Ted Dibiase: JYD if you are watching… if one of his family members or friends is watching… this is your contract. I am the one who can make it happen again… you show up here next week… you join me in the Superdome against Hernandez and Blanchard… this become whole once again! Jim Ross: Fans there you have it! the JYD has a chance to come back to Mid South if he joins Ted Dibiase in the Superdome! We will hopefully have him here next week!

Going through some flux with the roster right now... Hillbilly Jim, Uncle Elmer, Adrian Adonis, Don Muraco all on the block for those interested, let me know.

-Huge news out of Mid South this week as Hacksaw Duggan defeated Tully Blanchard for the Mid South North American Championship. Vince McMahon was said to be verbally going against the title change saying that Blanchard was the man to go behind. Duggan was interesting as he has a great relationship with Vince, but was visibly upset due to what went down. It is said that McMahon and Duggan met afterwords and were better but Dundee and McMahon are forming camps in Mid South and it isn't getting pretty. To top off the entire story, Bill Watts has been in Georgia as everything has gone down. He is lobbying to take control of the USWA and become president and bring in his entire roster to join the ranks. Watts had previously lobbied to get Dibiase a chance at the NWA World Title but faced some serious scrutiny. Watts feel as as though he can push Dibiase in the USWA with that great cast of wrestlers. -Speaking of the USWA, as we saw the merger happen over the weekend, Bill Watts was said to be a catalyst in helping some of the deals go through for the USWA and then subsequently Memphis, Dallas, and Florida. Expect to see some USWA wrestlers in Mid South and possibly on the big Superdome card on Saturday the 26th of May. -The Superdome card is expected to take shape over the next couple of weeks and should be headlined with the official return of Ted Dibiase. -Bill Dundee has almost complete control of the roster right now and the booking... he is even doing it as a satellite as he is working with Memphis exclusively and working through Jim Ross and Joel Watts along with Grizzly Smith. The McMahon contingent is not on board with all the changes but no major issues have been seen in the work rate. - Bobby Heenan is said to be doing well in Mid South walking the fine line of comedy vs serious. While McMahon feels some of his humor can help the overall cause, Dundee has said there is no room for it with the current attitude of Mid South.

I agree that the Bash 89 match was great, and in my opinion superior to the I Quit match due to the blood and chaos but also psychology they had going in that Flair had to change his way in order to combat the crazed Funk. I remember seeing the picture of Flair covered in blood and green mist in a magazine and then some 15 years later finally seeing the match and then subsequently 3 years later seeing the PPV version which shows everything from start to finish and the post brawl interview with Ross, Flair, and Sting. Just pure awesomeness from both men and two people that have made me truly enjoy this crazy thing we call pro wrestling.

Woman goes from Mid South to CWA for Alfred Hayes Mr. Wrestling II goes from Mid South to Detroit for Koko Ware (officially from a previous trade)

Okay fellas, my schedule may fill up more than I imagine tomorrow. Regardless, try and follow through this series of events. 1. Florida's 60-days have come and gone. 2. Gene Jackson has taken over the Florida roster. 3a. Gene is going to take that roster and move it to Memphis. 3b. Kevin (graciously) has given up the "Memphis" territory to Gene so he can take it over. There were some roster moves in this deal that will be reflected in the upcoming roster lists. 3c. For the time being, Kevin is going to run USWA and headquarter out of Dallas with Fritz until things get figured out on his end. 4. I am going to post the following rosters and try and update the database, trade deals, and free agency pages... CWA Memphis - GeneJackson Jerry Lawler Humoungous (Mike Stark) Dutch Mantell Ox Baker Austin Idol Thunderbolt Patterson Terry Daniels Mr. Hito Jack Brisco Jerry Brisco Tojo Yamamoto Bobby Duncum Dream Machine Steve Keirn Stan Lane Jimmy Valiant Bugsy McGraw Ninja Warrior (Mr. Pogo) Porkchop Cash Mark Batten Johnny Wilhoit Brian Adias Honky Tonk Man Tommy Gilbert Magic Dragon Al Madril Gypsy Joe Bob Bradley Butch Moffatt Spike Huber Lance Von Erich Rick Patterson Tiger Conway Jr. Boris Zhukov Keith Eric/Aaron Holt/David Haskins Jerry Bryant/Lou Winston/Carl Fergie MANAGERS Freddie Blassie Woman - Traded from Mid South for Lord Alfred Hayes Sonny King Bill Dundee ON LOAND Tommy Rich SHARED w/ USWA Dusty Rhodes SHARED w/ USWA The Von Erichs SHARED w/ USWA USWA - Kevin Dusty Rhodes Roddy Piper Butch Reed Curt Hennig Ron Bass Ernie Ladd Bobby Jaggers Ricky Harris Butch Miller Luke Williams Buzz Sawyer Kevin Sullivan Tony Atlas Mr. Saito Hercules Hernandez The Great Kabuki Killer Khan Kendo Nagasaki Skip Young Don Kernodle Bam Bam Bigelow Mike Graham Fred Ottman Brickhouse Brown Kerry Von Erich Kevin Von Erich Mike VonErich Tommy Rich Purple Haze (Mark Lewin) Dr. D Dave Schultz New Guinea Man Eater Brett Wayne Sawyer Carlos Colon The Missing Link Rick McGraw, King Kobra, Ricky Gibson R T. Reynolds (aka Cpl Kirchner), Steve Travis, Lanny Kean Steve Simpson,Wendell Cooley, & Ted Allen Sensational Sherri Oliver Humperdink Rock Riddle There you go fellas... we lost two guys but gained one over the past couple of weeks. I know that this can be difficult to keep up with and I applaud all of you who continue to find a way and not give up. I firmly believe that we can keep this thing going with this group through the summer and then jump into 1985. I continue to urge you to reach out to people to join. If we agree, we can look into doing a 10-round draft in July to shake things up with our rosters and break up the Detroit and Southeastern rosters but hopefully we can get some people to pop in before that.

anybody playing the demo? I have been going through a couple of scenarios... a lot of great additions and some minor flaws but definitely a worthwhile purchase.

As a reminder... '84 I.W.G.P.: May 11th through June 14th Hulk Hogan Andre the Giant Dick Murdoch Adrian Adonis Big John Studd Ken Patera Otto Wanz Big John Quinn Masked Superstar Rick Martel (cancelled)

4/26/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – Chalmett, Louisiana - St. Bernard Cultural Club Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell defeated Johnny Rodz & Ken Raper The Barbarian & Samu defeated Omar Atlas & Dominic DeNucci Ivan Putski defeated Kurt Von Hess The Russians defeated The Invaders The Great Moolah won a battle royal last eliminating Medusa King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude w/ Bobby Heenan defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Scott Casey MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Magnum TA © & Mr. Wrestling II went to a double DQ! ELIMINATION MATCH Hacksaw Duggan, Don Muraco, & The Fantastic defeated Tully Blanchard, Gino Hernandez, Adrian Adonis, & Dick Murdoch 4/27/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – San Antonio, Texas – HermisFair Arena Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell defeated The Invaders Nikita Koloff & Ivan Koloff defeated Ivan Putski & SD Jones Gino Hernandez defeated Don Muraco Wahoo McDaniel & Scott Casey defeated Rick Rude & King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby Heenan MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Magnum TA © defeated Mr. Wrestling II -Because of his defeat, Mr. Wrestling II was forced to leave the territory! 2/3 FALLS The Fantastics defeated Adonis & Murdoch – The Fantastics will get Tag Title Shot on MSW this week! MID SOUTH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Hacksaw Duggan defeated Tully Blanchard © - Hacksaw Duggan wins the TITLE! 4/28/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live – Baton Rouge, Louisiana - River City Arena Samu & The Barbarian defeated Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell The Russians defeated The Invaders The Fabulous Moolah won a battle royal last eliminating Medusa King Kong Bundy & Rick Rude w/ Bobby Heenan defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Scott Casey 2/3 FALLS The Fantastics defeated Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch w/ Bobby Heenan MID SOUTH TELEVISION Magnum TA © and Gino Hernandez went to a 30-minute draw! MID SOUTH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Hacksaw Duggan © defeated Tully Blanchard via count out!

Alright fellas, a couple of notes as we begin to move into May... 1. Florida's 60-days is up today. GeneJackson has decided to come back and he will be taking over the roster. We will announce all the other things that go along with that formally tomorrow as that would be the day he "officially" takes over. If Florida does come back in today, we can adjust accordingly. 2. I have tried to reach out to some people to take over Detroit's roster and I encourage the rest of you to do that as well. It is a phenomenal roster to pick up and get going with. The same now goes for Boon's Southeastern roster. So we have got two open promotions if we have new writers they can take over accordingly. One thing I was thinking about would be to look at a "shake up" draft in July as we celebrate one year of existence. This would involve absorbing the Detroit and Southeastern rosters into a draft and having a "10-man Fee" in order to enter the 10 round draft. In July, all of you who have loans from Southeastern will conclude so that roster and Detroit's would be a good way to shake things up, however in order to enter the draft you'd need to put in 10-men in order to get involved... just like we did last December. We will see how things shake out over the next 24 hours and if Gene takes over, tomorrow I will post the rosters and changes and all that good stuff to clear things up. Keep doin work!

Guess I was in the minority with the Steamboat vote as #2 overall. Can't say enough about his work ethic, selling, high spots, and just how important he could make a match feel on ppv or free tv. Great stuff from him for a number of years and even showed he could still go against Jericho for some fun nostalgia.

Very successful first month man. Some consistency and star power along with builds and you've got a solid territory here. You are keeping it simple while making it count which is the best way to go.

MACW rocking the High Schools once again and some great shows to boot. I would have shit to see that 8-man in a high school around this time. Looking forward to what you are building to as we head to the summer.