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1/6/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live - Houston, Texas - Sam Houston Coliseum Rick Rude & Superstar Graham defeated El Bracero & Jose Lothario Magnum TA defeated Victor Rivera Krusher Kruschev defeated S.D. Jones ThunderBolt Patterson defeated Boris Zhukov ** Scott Casey came out and addressed the crowd. He said he wanted to talk to Wrestling II who came out. He cut a promo about losing his hair to him and asking him for his respect. Wrestling II was hesitant but agreed. Casey went on to talk about Houston Wrestling and wanting to prove that he could hang with the best. He said that he came to Mid South to face the toughest competition and will do whatever it takes to get to the top! Wrestling II then holds up Casey's hand before Casey nails him with a clothesline! He hammers down on him with rights and lefts and then he hits him the with the title belt! He picks him up for a BRAINBUSTER ON THE TITLE! Wrestling II is laid out. MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Fantastics © defeated Don Muraco & Paul Jones via DQ when Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch interfered. MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP The Masked Superstar defeated Mr. Wrestling II © via count out when Scott Casey came out and nailed Wrestling II from behind leading to the count out. Casey attempted to finish the job until officials and agents pulled him back! MAIN EVENT SIX-MAN TAG The Junkyard Dog, Wahoo McDaniel, & Hacksaw Duggan defeated Ted Dibiase, Tully Blanchard, & King Kong Bundy w/ Jimmy Hart when Gino Hernandez interfered leading to a 4 on 3 beat-down.

Outside of Adrian Adonis and Masked Superstar possibly appearing on both japan and mid south shows at the same time due to the possibility of helmet not posting the show from earlier, I am excited to see what he came up with. I miss the Japanese influence we had going. I saw joeg posted some cmll stuff perhaps we could reach out for Mexico to be introduced.

Jan 25th 27th and Feb 1st and 4th for Mid South please.

1/5/1984 - Mid South Wrestling Live - Jackson, Mississippi - Mississippi Coliseum Rick Rude defeated El Bracero Magnum TA defeated Raul Castro Masked Superstar defeated Jose Lothario Tully Blanchard & Gino Hernandez defeated ThunderBolt Patterson & S.D. Jones Wahoo McDaniel defeated Israel Matia King Kong Bundy w/ Jimmy Hart defeated Rick McGraw MID SOUTH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The Fantastics © defeated the Russians to retain the championships. MID SOUTH TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Mr. Wrestling II © defeated Don Muraco to retain the championship. MID SOUTH NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP The Junkyard Dog defeated Ted Dibiase © via DQ when Dibiase hit JYD with the title belt

Hansen is going to go into business for himself and take the title back to Japan.

Not a problem man. Check it out. We've got some great stuff going here.

That's true in real life Joeg, in our world, the WWF has actually closed (but could reopen) and the white area is simply the spots in which there are currently no promotions actively running on a consistent basis.

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 Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jim Ross: WELCOME EVERYONE TO MID SOUTH WRESTLING! I am Jim Ross alongside Bill Watts and Bill, we want to wish everyone a very happy new year and you and I can both agree that 1984 is going to be a HUGE year for Mid South Wrestling! Bill Watts: You’ve got that right Jim. Lemme tell ya, I have been working with the board of directors here in Mid South and we’ve got some great talent coming in, we’ve got some huge matches lined up, and fans, right here in New Orleans, we are coming back to the Superdome in one month and we are going to blow the roof off that place. Ross: We had some great exhibitions there in 1983 but I think we can say without a shred of doubt that this February 4th, it will be a Superdome Extravaganza second to none! Watts: It is going to be huge… wait just a moment… what do you want out here? -Ted Dibiase walks out with the North American title… Ted Dibiase: Let me be the first to say that 1984 is going to be the year of Ted Dibiase. In 1983, I won this North American title twice, and in 1984, this title will stay around my waist and there is not a man alive who will take it from me. Watts: Well let’s talk about Starrcade and the Junkyard Dog defeating you, don’t you think that puts him right in line for a title shot? Dibiase: Well Watts, I figured you’d say something like that… the Junkyard Dog did defeat me at Starrcade… but who’s got the title? The JYD had his shot… he did what he did but it wasn’t enough! -The crowd then explodes as the JYD walks out! Dibiase: Now wait just a minute there Dog… don’t you come out here looking for a fight… I am not dressed for action tonight… JYD: I didn’t come out here for a fight, I came out here to let you know that I want a shot at that tile and I am willing to do whatever it takes! Dibiase: Whatever it takes? JYD: Whatever it takes! Dibiase: Well I am going to put it out there… but Watts… I know you want to sell out the Superdome… I know the people wanna see the Junkyard Dog take this title… well let me tell you the way it will happen. On February the 4th… I have got a contract being written that will be to you by the end of the night… it is for a one on one, North American Championship match, but this title it is a loser leaves town! Now it isn’t just any Loser Leaves Town match… you see this contract states that ONLY the winner can let the loser back into Mid South for the next year! Watts: So you are saying the loser must leave Mid South for a year… Dibiase: And the only way he cane come back before that year is if the other man signs his contract! Your fate will be in my hands… mine will be in yours… the winner walks away with the title. JYD: Brother you wanna do the thing, I will do the thing! Watts: Now wait just a moment… let me go run this by the board… let’s go to the ring! The Junkyard Dog vs Dennis Stamp -A simple showcase for the JYD who makes quick work of Dennis Stamp. JYD has got the crowd in the palm of his hand. Dibiase doesn’t look happy with the events of the evening as Ross puts over that contract offer. He says Bill Watts will be back with the answer. Inside the ring, the JYD has the answer and it is a THUMP for Stamp and the 1…2…3!! Ross puts this through the roof and says that we *COMMERCIAL* -MSW returns with Jim Ross putting over the Mid South tag team champions. He talks about them being champions who will defend the titles anywhere anytime. He discusses the plethora of challengers that will be coming into the Mid South area to challenge them. Ross says that Paul Jones has got his hopes on the TV title and the Tag Titles. He says he may be putting together a team just for that… but tonight the Fantastics are in action as we cut to the ring. The Fantastics © vs Israel Matia & The Masked Destroyer -Outsized but never outdone. Fulton and Rogers have made a habit of beating big men and they do it here tonight. They work over Matia and Destroyer pretty good as they get some heat but nothing special as Fulton and Rogers with a couple of big double dropkicks sending both men reeling and then a ROCKET LAUNCHER on Matia for the 1…2…3! Rogers and Fulton work the crowd but wait just a minute… out of the crowd! THAT’S DICK MURDOCH AND ADRIAN ADONIS! OMG! Adonis and Murdoch jump out of the crowd and NAIL Fulton and Rogers! The crowd is in awe! We see officials and agents run out as Ross is going nuts putting this over! *COMMERCIAL* -MSW returns with Ross showing footage from the previous attack on Fulton and Rogers. Ross says that he is unsure of what Adonis and Murdoch’s plans are but they have made their presence known here tonight! Ross puts over the tag champs and says he would love to see a straight up tag team match with these two. Ross then turns his attention to King Kong Bundy and Jimmy Hart. He puts over how Bundy is the master of the five count and a man who will go up against anyone at any time. He is in action tonight as we cut to the ring! Rick McGraw vs King Kong Bundy w/ Jimmy Hart -Seconds into this contest, it is not a contest. Bundy is just a destruction machine and he destroys McGraw for the 1…2…3 but he yells at the referee to finish the 4….5!! Bundy works the fans with Jimmy Hart who is just about as loud mouth as they come! -Bundy walks off as the fans then begin to cheer for Wahoo McDaniel who comes out and he’s in action. He and Bundy share a stare… this one could explode at any moment as Ross puts it through the roof. We cut to the ring for Wahoo McDaniel in action… Wahoo McDaniel vs The Red Shadow -Not quite as quick as Bundy but Wahoo looks great in the ring tonight. He handles the Shadow pretty good and is able to finish him off with a couple of huge chops and then an overhead chop that puts him down for the 1…2….3! Wahoo then joins Jim Ross… Ross: Wahoo McDaniel, welcome in here… you had a little stare down there with King Kong Bundy… Wahoo McDaniel: Lemme tell you something Jim Ross. It is about the way you measure man… you look at what he does as a competitor. When you beat a man in that ring you beat him. When you humiliate him, well, that makes you a bully in my book. I don’t have time for bullies or thugs. You look at them boys attacking Bobby and Tommy, nothing but thugs. Nothing but bullies. Bundy… you beat a man… you put him down for a 3 count but you rub it in his face for a 5 count. Brother you try and put me down… with God’s luck you could do it for 3 but there’s no way on this Earth that you could do it for 5… I dare you to try! *COMMERCIAL* -MSW returns with Jim Ross putting over the possibility of a Wahoo v Bundy match. He says that Adonis and Murdoch have been removed from the arena and he hope to speak with them next week right here to talk about what they did to the Fantastics. We see Bill Watts come out and he announces that the contract has been signed and on February the 4th, it will be JYD vs Ted Dibiase for the North American Title in a loser leaves town for a year where only the winner can bring the loser back! Ross puts it over in a big way as we cut to the ring for our big main event! MAIN EVENT ThunderBolt Patterson w/ S.D. Jones vs Masked Superstar -A great showcase here tonight for Masked Superstar who is breaking through in a big way. We see SD out there with ThunderBolt getting the crowd going. In a weird occurrence we see Paul Jones come out with Don Muraco as they are in Superstar’s corner. They try to get involved as SD comes over and we get a little bit of a brawl before Jones NAILS ThunderBolt with the cane and Superstar grabs him for a Cobra Clutch Slam for the 1….2…3!! Jones raises his hand as he and Muraco look to have a new friend! Ross and Watts put this over and pump up next week’s episode and Power Pro this Sunday!

Thanks to Dex, we have a proposed map of the Territories for 1984. This is just a draft but I think it shows where we are at as of this time.

Nevermind, it was my internet. Looks awesome.

World class is free. If someone picks it up, they get Dallas. I will pull away. Georgia Championship is closed.

So the issue is me running Dallas since World Class closed. Running San Antonio with Goc quitting. I asked to run Houston a while ago and was given the "blessing" by "founders" before most of them quit. I have run the town since I took over Mid South. If it is that big of an issue, I can pull out of it to make people happy. Like I've said numerous times, if someone wants to come in and pick it up, I will be the first to help them out.

It was a flawed system from the beginning Boon. I have no ill-will from it, it is simply how it is handled in the future that we can iron out. If we say that Georgia is yours and closed to new promotions, then we go forward with that.

Whatever works best for the group. If new writers come in, then we can work on what is open for them. I am working with Dex right now on a little project that could shed some light on those things. I think the idea of "real territories" as we know it should be abolished for new people coming in and they should just run cities to start and pick a home-base and build from there into a promotion of his or her choosing.

That was my issue with the absorption logic in the first place. When you absorb the promotion you get the tv and the area and the talent. But what if someone wants to come in and take over that promotion, we are saying they can't because if was absorbed into South Eastern due to an older rule. If we were to follow that same logic... I took San Antonio in the absorption of those towns and tv as both of them dropped... but I didn't get the talent (some through the draft) but still get the tv and the arenas then? The issue at hand is that some promotions got the absorption and some didn't. Fair or unfair in these cases, we have to work around it. I don't see how it is right to say Georgia is closed because you absorbed it and it can't be opened when that "rule" was thrown out by the mass exodus and people like myself who would have gotten San Antonio and AWA who would have gotten Calgary and so on and so on don't get that same luxury. I think it would be great to run a single town. Think about running a town like Los Angeles and having only a few homesteaders while booking in all kinds of talent throughout the country week in and week out. If someone wants to do that, I'd be all for helping that work. I think it has been shown that I am all about helping this project run and smooth as possible and am willing to make someone else happier in order to encourage his or her creativity at my own expense.

Georgia Championship Wrestling is defunct though... that would make the promotion itself open right? If we followed your logic, due to this time period in real time, Bill Watts was running Houston much like I am so it wouldn't be open either, since you are running in Georgia, but not as GCW. Not trying to split hairs, but when we look at open promotions that are now closed for one reason or another we have to figure out what that list looks like.

Houston I offered to take Houston in the initial draft and was told I couldn't. I was told it wasn't a real territory. I don't think it would be available at this point either under those same circumstances. (However, read below) Georgia would be added to that list if we are going on defunct promotions that existed at the time. I don't think there's anything against someone coming in, like Dex did, and working a town or an area. If someone were to open up a Los Angeles promotion or something similar I would be open for it. Much like a Houston or Atlanta... I think it comes down to the circumstances of that person. The WWF is tricky as I picked up Vince and am utilizing him. If I have to move him, I have no problem. I did offer him up to trade if someone would like to bring him and the WWF back, but much like World Class without the Von Erichs, it would be difficult to see. Not saying it wouldn't happen, I just think if someone has these aspirations, we have to figure out individual schematics and work from there.

I added Sherri and Medusa to the women. I am expecting them to have a bigger year in 1984. I agree with the call for writers... plenty of people out there and those of us with the "big names" are more than willing to work.

Mid South signs Woman to a managerial contract

Free Agency is updated with over 380 names available.

-Word from Mid South is that Boris Zhukov came in so overweight that Bill Watts read him the riot act in front of everyone at tonight's television tapings. Watts let him know that his time would be limited if he didn't get into shape and Boris wasn't too happy but understood. -Hacksaw Duggan has some nagging injuries that he's working through to get back full time and when he does, he is expected to be in the North American title hunt. -There is talk of bringing in a manager for Tully Blanchard who is said be go going into Mid South as a solo act, with Gino Hernandez be as far away from his as possible to lead to a possible feud which Watts thinks would draw big money in Texas. -Speaking of Texas, Watts has got a full fledged brigade to invade Texas in the coming weeks. He will continue his bi-weekly shows in Houston but now he will be running in the HemisFair Arena every other week he isn't in Houston. To add to that, he is going to try and run television in the Sportatorium without a Von Erich on the card. This could be a huge flop for Mr. Watts who is said to be very confident about moving into Texas and expanding Mid South through the Lone Star State. -There is talk of a big Battle For New Orleans match with the Junkyard Dog taking on Ted Dibiase. Watts said he would find the biggest cage he could to hold these two stars. -As of this writing, Power Pro is going to be hosted by Vince McMahon of all people and air Sunday mornings at 8am. The matches will be from Mid South's Thursday house show loops in which they will bring one hard cam for the taping. One has to wonder if taping the matches before the regular television would be the safe and less costly solution.

Wanted the throw something out for everyone. This would be a dirt sheets thread in which we could post possible rumors and stories for our promotions. This could be piggybacked on with Dex's PWI covers for those who want to add some more to the project. What would be posted on here can be true or false... simply going by the dirt sheets to get information about upcoming shows or previous results or someone arguing with someone else. Have some fun with it.

Just to give everyone a heads up. This will be finishing within the next hour. I will then throw the remaining names into Free Agency and they will be live to pick from.

I don't think it's a big deal but it could be an additional thing if we just need to use guys for one shot to have them do a gig as a freelancer free agent on the free agent thread. This could be what we do for the jobber packs as well...

I don't think there was a set thing on that. I do know that it could work, but it would be opposite of this thread. That would simply be on the free agency wire I'd think especially for just a one off.