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TNT @ The Convention Center, Louisville KY 8-10-84 DJ Peterson defeated Kent Hawkins with a flying shoulder tackle from the top ropes to get the crowd going. 8-Man Tournament to determine the number one contender to the TNT Title 1st Round Matches-10 minute time limits Jerry 'The King' Lawler defeated The Dream Machine Dream rolled up Lawler but Lawler kept the momentum going and rolled Dream over to get the pin. Afterwards Dream Machine gave Lawler a quick hand slap before leaving. Jumbo Tsuruta w/Gene Anderson defeated 'Bruiser' Bob Sweetan Gene distracted Sweetan, when Sweetan turned around, Jumbo nailed him with a big boot to get the pin. TV Champ 'The Universal Heartthrob Austin Idol and Adrian Adonis fought to a draw. 10 minutes wasn't enough time as these guys battled back and forth. When the bell rang, tempers were still flaring and they kept fighting. Both men are eliminated from the tournament. 'Superstar' Bill Dundee defeated Dick Murdoch by DQ Dundee had things going his way until Murdoch nailed him with a lowblow in front of the Ref. Semi- Finals-30 minute time limit Bill Dundee receives a bye into the finals. Jerry 'The King' Lawler defeated Jumbo Tsuruta by count out Both men were fighting on the outside. Jumbo chopped Lawler and threw him back in the ring just as the Ref counted to 10. A furious Jumbo went in the ring and executed a powerbomb on Lawler before leaving. Non Tournament Match Kansas Jayhawks defeated The Continental Cowboys During a pier six brawl, Orton sent Dutch through the ropes with a clothesline from behind. Brooks pounded away on Jaggers, then held him as Orton went to the top rope. Dutch staggered up to the apron and pushed Orton off just as Jaggers hit Brooks causing Orton to crash down on Brooks. Jaggers dropped an elbow on Brooks to get the pin! Tournament Finals- 45 minute time limit- Highlights Jerry 'The KIng' Lawler vs. 'Superstar' Bill Dundee Luckily both men had time to rest before the finals. Started off with a handshake. Match stayed clean for awhile but tempers began to flare as these guys went at it hard. During a spot, Dundee pick up Lawler and spun him around for a slam but Lawler's boot hit the Ref and knocked him down. Dundee slammed Lawler down, then went to the top rope and crashed down with the Bombs Away! Dundee covered but the Ref was still out. Dundee got up and went to wake the Ref up. This allowed time for Lawler to regroup. The Ref cleared the cobwebs just as Lawler began to rise. The match continued for a few more minutes as Dundee couldn't put Lawler away. Lawler got control when Dundee swung him to the corner and charged in but Lawler moved. Lawler picked up Dundee and slammed him down, then hopped on the middle ropes and came down with a fist drop to get the win! After the match, Lawler helped Dundee up. Dundee pushed Lawler off him. Lawler held his hands up and was talking to Dundee. After a minute, a disappointed Dundee took a deep breath and extended his hand to Lawler. Lawler nodded and the two shook hands as the fans cheered. Winner of the tournament and the number 1 contender to the TNT title- Jerry Lawler! TNT Title Bout- Highlights Terry Funk (C) vs. Tito Santana These two put on a classic that went about 45 minutes. The match was a combination of brawling and scientific maneuvers. At the 40 minute mark, Tito was in control but Dick Murdoch came to ringside. Tito hit Funk with a flying body press that sent both men over the top rope. On the other side, Murdoch got on the apron and distracted the Ref. Tito was slowly trying to stand as Funk reached over and grabbed a chair. Funk staggered up and nailed Tito's leg with the chair. The Ref turned around just as Funk hurled Tito back in the ring. Funk went in, grabbed Tito and clamped on the spinning toe hold! Tito already in extreme pain had no choice but to submit. Murdoch smiled as he went back up the aisle. Massive boos as the Ref hands Funk the TNT title and Funk raises it up high. Winner of the Match and still TNT Champion- Terry Funk

Battle of the Belts has finally arrived and of course it delivers. Kernodle wanted Konga but gets Sullivan. Sullivan gets the win and Konga delivers a post match hurting. Kernodle and Konga will be a fight! Savage looks great and gets the win over the Reverend Valiant. Couple colorful characters here. Dang! Tonga made short work of Casey! Bulldog gets a hard fought win over Manny to retain the TV title. That Weaver/White-Fantastics match leaves the fans wanting more. Action continues on the loop as Tony Atlas and Duke Myers have some heated altercations with Atlas going over in a Texas Death match! Like that old school Rhodes/Lanza match. Kamala comes in and wins a 4 corners match! You just never know what's going to happen in Florida. Always a fun read.

Congrats on the new job! That's great news. I enjoyed this loop. Steve O is on a roll here and picks up a nice win over Bass. OMG puts an end to Bugsy's winning ways. Soul Patrol are getting the best of the Bass brothers and move up the tag rankings. Lars goes from battling the monster OMG to solid Jr. Heavyweight contender Nelson Royal. Rat Patrol continue to pick up wins over Kabuki and Kendo. The 'Great' Al Madril! LOL, love it! Shultz gets a huge non title win over Landel. Fuller is next and on TV! I know the fans walked away happy after that Southern Street fight. Great way to cap the night.

Another wild night of action in WCCW! What a blockbuster match to kick things off as Brody and Studd battle to a crazy double C.O. Great way to debut Stan the Man. LOL, liked his explanation of why he's back in the ring. Like the young team of Kendal and Houston but Tatum and Young don't seem to like them. Nice set up here. Speaking of nice set ups, looks like Adias has some friends in the Youngbloods to battle the Movement. The tag team division is red hot. Highwaymen and Glamour Boys battle to a double c.o. which furthers the feud. YES! It looks like a Steamboat/Bockwinkel match is looming. What a classic that will be. Awesome main event between Kerry and Grappler. Kerry seems to have the match won until another Grappler interferes! Kerry might need to get Kevin's help. Watch out! The Road Warriors are coming to town. Cant wait to find out who faces them. Next week cant come soon enough.

Damn! Historic night indeed! Dibiase finds a way to beat Nikita. Dibiase is proving to be a very credible traveling AWA world champion. Man, I cant wait to find out who Bad News got for a partner. Slaughter cheats to take the title from Anvil. The rematch will be explosive! Dr. Death and Fernandez win round 1. Will they take it all?? Flair wins the North American title! Controversy surrounds the match from Stu's slow counts to the Bulldogs throwing in the towel. Looking forward to the aftermath. Great night of action!

TNT Wrestling TV @ The Roanne Fieldhouse, Memphis TN 8-9-84 Footage is shown from Nashville as Hercules Ayala defeats Cocoa Samoa in a brutal and bloody contest to win the TNT Brass Knuckles Title. Lance Russell: Hello wrestling fans and welcome to another edition of TNT wrestling here on the USA network. You saw at the top of the program, Hercules Ayala is the new Brass Knuckles Champion. Commissioner Larry Hennig will be out later to present the title to Ayala. Well, tomorrow night is the night 8 wrestlers have been waiting for as they will compete in a one night tournament. The winner of that tournament will be the number 1 contender to the TNT title. The tournament will be held in the Louisville Convention Center and here are the 8 names. Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Dick Murdoch, Adrian Adonis, Dream Machine, Bob Sweetan, Jumbo Tsuruta and TV champ Austin Idol. Should be a great night of action. Well, let's get to the ring and see one of those competitors right now. Dream Machine vs. Gary Williams Dream swings Williams to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Dream body slams Williams then hops up on the middle ropes and drops an elbow for the pin! Dream cuts a promo and says he's winning the tournament and then going for the gold! Commercial Break 'Bruiser' Bob Sweetan vs. Kent Stevens Bob tunes up for the tournament and really works his opponent over. Bob swings Stevens to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Bob hoists Stevens up and finishes him off with a piledriver for the pin! Bob heads to the podium and Lance asks him about Gene Anderson's remarks last week. Bob: Yea, Gene thinks I'm washed up and should follow his lead and get out of in ring competition. Not going to happen! Gene might be done but I'm sure as hell not! I'm here to win the TNT title and my first stop is Louisville to win the tournament. Next stop...the TNT title! Commercial Break Lance: Fans, I have a big announcement for the card in Louisville. Terry Funk will defend the TNT title against my guest at this time, Tito Santana! The crowd pops as Tito comes out and raises his fist to them. Lance: Tito, I know you have to be excited to be back and be granted a rematch with Funk. Tito: Very pumped up Lance! Terry and I have unfinished business and for the last few weeks, the only thing on my mind has been that beating he gave me after our match. After he shook my hand! Funk! I'm coming for you and this time it's war! The title will be mine. Ariba! Boos as Terry Funk storms out. Funk: Once again the master manipulator gets his way. You're a very stupid man Santana! The last beating I gave you was a warning and obviously you didn't learn. Doesn't surprise me as you people aren't very smart. Tito BLASTS Funk! The fans go crazy as Tito unloads and hammers away on Funk! Tito tackles Funk and just unloads with more punches. Several officials come out to help. Commercial Break The Enforcers (Charland and DellaSerra) w/Gene Anderson vs. Sam and Sean Smith Total squash as the Enforcers just destroy the Smith Brothers. DellaSerra hits a vertical suplex and Charland crashes down off the middle ropes with a knee drop to get the pin! The fans boo as Gene leads the Enforcers to the podium. Footage is shown from Nashville as The Enforcers interfered in the Denny Brown/Art Crews match. Enforcers severely beat down Brown and he leaves on a stretcher. Lance: Just a despicable act. Denny Brown was set to team with Gino Brito in the upcoming TNT tag team title tournament. Now Denny will be out of action for awhile. However, I received word earlier this week that Gino Brito will have a partner and they will compete in the tournament. Gene: (Laughs) We don't care who he gets! The Enforcers are walking away with the TNT titles. Now, Denny Brown stuck his nose in our business and then Denny Brown was carried out on a stretcher. If people want to help Brito then more people will be stretchered out. TNT better duly note that the Enforcers are here! Commercial Break Dick Murdoch vs. Todd Rooney Murdoch looks primed and ready for the tournament as he punishes Rooney. Murdoch easily finishes him off with the brainbuster. Murdoch cuts a promo and says the tournament will be to damn easy with sissys like Lawler and Dundee competing. Commercial Break Lance: Ok, please welcome out Jerry 'The King' Lawler! Huge pop! Lance: Jerry, I know you got a lot on your mind with the tournament tomorrow night but I have to ask, it seems you and Bill Dundee have had some miscues of late. Everything ok there? Lawler: Like you said Lance, they were simply miscues and nobody's fault. Rest assured I'm coming to Louisville to... Cheers as Bill Dundee comes out. Bill: Lance, Jerry's right, simply miscues. We talked it over and everything is fine. My focus now is winning the tournament tomorrow night and Jerry, daddy, if I have to go through you to do it then that's what I'm going to do. It's for all the marbles baby! Jerry: (smiles) Bill, I wouldn't have it any other way. We have the same goal, if we didn't then we wouldn't belong here. Competition is what TNT is all about brother. The two shake hands as the fans cheer. Lance: It will be very interesting if those two meet up in the tournament tomorrow night in Louisville. Fans, big match up when we come back. Commercial Break George Wells vs. 'Cool' Carl Fergie Both men were former Hart Family cohorts. Last week, Wells came out with his new Football look and said he was looking for redemption. Fergie came out and agreed then decided to clothesline him during the handshake. That brings us to this grudge match. The bell rings and the fists are flying! Wells gets the upper hand, swings Fergie to the ropes and back drops him. Fergie staggers up and Wells puts him down with a flying head scissors. Fergie staggers up again and Wells drop kicks him through the ropes. The fans are on their feet cheering. Fergie stumbles around and finally gets on the apron at the Ref's count of 8. Wells charges but Fergie hops down and starts yelling at the Ref to back him up. The Ref backs Wells up. Fergie gets on the apron, Wells runs over but Fergie rakes his eyes and snaps his head on the top rope. Fergie gets in the ring and hits Wells with several angry stomps. Fergie drags Wells over and chokes him on the ropes. Fergie grabs Well's head and rakes it across the top rope then flings Wells back. Fergie body slams Wells, swings off the ropes and drops a knee 1..2..Kick Out. Fergie berates the Ref then chokes away on Wells. Fergie hoists Wells up and holds him then suplexes him back. Fergie hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Kick Out! The fans cheer Wells on as Fergie tells them to Shut Up! Fergie picks up Wells and swings him into the turnbuckles and charges in but Wells puts his boot up and Fergie hits it face first. Both men are regrouping and stagger up. Fergie(still dazed) grabs Wells and swings him to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Wells executes a sunset flip 1..2..3! Huge POP! Wells stands up and soaks in the cheers. WHAM! Fergie sends him through the ropes with a high knee! Fergie goes to the outside and grabs a wooden chair. Wells slowly staggers up and Fergie shatters the chair over his head! Wells falls back and down. His head is busted open. Officials and medics come out to assist as Fergie raises his fist to the booing crowd. Commercial Break Lance: Fans, we all just witnessed that brutal chair shot. George Wells is being looked at in the back. I'll try and keep you updated. Let's get back to the ring. 'Man Mountain' Mike Shaw vs. Jason Rivers Shaw has been winning the fans over in recent weeks. A couple weeks ago he was attacked and busted open at the hands of George Steele. He looks great tonight and is set for action. Shaw swings Rivers into the turnbuckles and follows with a corner splash. Rivers slowly staggers forward. Shaw grabs him and scoop slams him down. Shaw swings off the ropes and hits the big splash for the decisive win! Shaw raises his arms in victory. The fans boo as George Steele hits the ring but Shaw turns around in time and the 2 monsters have a furious exchange! They fight through the ropes and around the ring. The fans are cheering big time as these guys really pummel away on each other and into the commercial break. Commercial Break Lance: Oh my! Quite the brawl between Shaw and Steele. Those two are heading for an explosive match. Fans, lets go to the...wait a minute, it looks like I'll be joined by Art Crews. Crews: I'm not going to tell you again Lance. It's the ACE Art Crews! Got it! Now as I've told you, being the Ace means I'm the best at what I do. I'm so good I'm going to beat my opponent in less than 4 minutes tonight. I want every wrestler in the back to watch and learn. 'The Ace' Art Crews vs. Keith Jergens The fans boo as Crews spins around in his jacket and points to the Ace on back. Once again Crews comes through on his promise as he finishes off his opponent with a running shoulder tackle in 3 minutes and 12 seconds. Lance: Another impressive win for the Ace Art Crews. Fans please welcome out the Commissioner of TNT, Larry the Axe Hennig. The fans cheer as Larry (gym bag in hand) comes out waving. Larry: Thank you Lance. Let me get right to it. (Larry opens his bag and pulls out a championship title belt then holds it to the camera) If Hercules Ayala can come on out. Boos as Ayala (bandage on forehead) walks out and looks like an absolute beast. He glares at Lance and Hennig. Larry: Ayala, you went through a battle to earn this and it's my honor to reward to you the first TNT Brass Knuckles title. Ayala yanks it from Hennig, holds it up and roars! Commercial Break Adrian Adonis vs. Trent Watkins Adonis looks sharp tonight as he tunes up for the tournament. He severely works over Watkins before finally finishing him off with the Sleeper! Adonis cuts a promo and says he's by far the toughest SOB in TNT and he's the one winning the tournament! Lance: Ok, it all happens tomorrow night. Who will be the new number 1 contender to the TNT title and who will be the champ, Funk or Santana? Highlights will be shown next week until then, so long fans. Tomorrow Night- Louisville KY 8 man number one contender tournament Lawler, Dundee, Murdoch, Adonis, Dream Machine, Sweetan, Tsuruta, Idol plus TNT Title Bout Terry Funk (C) vs. Tito Santana Saturday 8-17-84 8 Team Tournament for the TNT Tag Team Titles plus AWA Southern Tag Team Title Bout The Fabulous Ones (C) vs. The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus

Yea, Martel and Arn going 45 minutes gave the fans their money's worth. WOW! Ellering with Harley! Cant wait to see where this goes. Blackwell and Patera send a message to Harley but they better stay focused on Muraco and Sawyer. Once again the loaded purse comes into play. Saito and Doll might have the upper hand on Reed right now but I know Reed will come back with a vengeance.

Bad News in Dibiase's corner! He couldn't have better back up but Dibiase should be careful. You just never know what Bad News is going to do. Dibiase vs. Nikita will be very interesting. DR. Death and Manny lose to the Road Warriors but that didn't seem to stop their momentum as they're ready for Hennig and Orndorff. Nice set up with Bassarab and MX-1. With Flair, Hennig and Orndorff, the Heenan Family is stronger than ever. Flair gets his long awaited title match with Bret but finds out Stu will be the referee. How will Flair deal with this? McCord and Dynamite will face off in a promised clean match. Should be a dandy. Great brawl to end the show between Slaughter and Anvil. That 6 man street fight will be one heck of a fight!

Damn, I cant wait for the Dibiase/Muraco-Patera/Blackwell cage match! Smart move on Reed's part to bring in the Ebony Express as back up. Great segment with Miss Doll. Aligning her with Saito and company is brilliant. Ole Anderson makes ominous comments towards Martel. Ole was the master of calm threats. Harley Race returns! Looking forward to seeing what he does in this hard hitting territory. Arn and Martel put on a 15 minute classic. Looks like Martel has an ally in Thornton. GCW is really coming on strong!

Saturday Night Special gives the fans a big night of action on FREE TV! Super Ninja kicks things off as he retains against Nelson Royal. Cooley and Casey win the 4 corners to get a shot at the titles. Later we find out they will be facing new champs Fuller and Golden. Man, Fuller and Golden took it to the Rat Patrol. Lars retains with a DQ win over OMG. Tensions are boiling between OMG and Akbar. LOL, Landel delivers another prime promo, this time on Kerry Von Erich. Hayes cuts him off and is ready to fight. Landel (thanks to brass knuckles) walks away with the title again. Awesome main event as Gordy pins AWA champ Dibiase. Gordy's celebration is short lived as everybody does a number on him inside the cage! They got the best of Gordy tonight but watch out when he comes back!

I agree with Edger, big show of respect by Harley Race as he endorses the new champ Tommy Rich. Already Rich has a challenger in Hustler Rip Rogers. This should be fun. Nice surprise as Light heavyweight champ Brad Armstrong shows up. Nice angle here as him and Michaels have an impromptu match. Masked Superstar ruins it but class act Armstrong gives Michaels a shot next week. Very well done. The Marvelous Masked Manager and his stable of masked men are becoming one of my favorite factions in the AWA. YES! An RnR-Miller/Oliver feud has started! Great show that set up a lot of good storylines. Fun house show in MN that really showcased your stacked tag team roster!

TNT House Show @ The Nashville State Fairgrounds 8-3-84 'The Golden Boy' Jerry Grey w/Johnny Valiant defeated Marvin Young Grey won the match with a Superplex. 'The Ace' Art Crews defeated 'Downtown' Denny Brown During a Ref bump, the Enforcers (Charland and DellaSerra) with Gene Anderson ran in the ring. The Enforcers nailed Brown with a double Hot Shot on the top rope. Crews covered as the Ref came to his senses to make the 3 count. After the match, the Enforcers continued to beat down Brown, hurled him outside the ring and double slammed him on the concrete.The Enforcers followed with knee drops from the apron. Charland then picked up and held Brown as DellaSerra blasted him over the head with a chair, leaving Brown a bloody mess. Brown had to be stretchered out. Kansas Jayhawks defeated The Continental Cowboys Hard hitting match that ended with Dutch and Orton brawling to the outside and Jaggers nailing Brooks in the ring with a Hangman's Neckbreaker for the pin! Jumbo Tsuruta w/Gene Anderson defeated Bruiser Bob Sweetan Gene tripped Sweetan and Sweetan staggered into a kick in the mid section by Tsuruta followed by a Powerbomb for the win! Polynesian Power defeated The Blonde Bombers w/Johnny Valiant Tio and Tapu nailed Rogers with a battery ram for the pin! TV Title Bout 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol (C) defeated 'Polish Power' Ivan Putski w/Ratamyus Chaos broke out as the Cuban Assassins came to ringside but before they could do anything, the Fabulous Ones ran down and brawled with them. During the chaos, Idol caught Putski with a small package for the win! For the Brass Knuckles Title Larry Hennig will present the title to the winner on the next TV show. Cocoa Samoa vs. Hercules Ayala This was one of the most brutal matches ever to hit Nashville. At the 15 minute mark, both men were busted open and bleeding bad. Both men's taped fists were red. Cocoa had things going his way. He slammed Ayala, then went to the top rope and attempted a diving headbutt but Ayala moved at the last second. Cocoa was knocked out. Ayala staggered to his feat, lifted Cocoa up by his hair and knocked him down with a big right punch to get the win and title! Winner and the first TNT Brass Knuckles Champ- Hercules Ayala TNT Champ Terry Funk/Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch Defeated Jerry 'The King' Lawler/Superstar Bill Dundee/Dream Machine These guys went hard for nearly 45 minutes. In the end, Funk took advantage of a Lawler/Dundee miscue and nailed Dundee with his branding iron to get the pin! AWA Southern Tag Team Title Bout The Fabulous Ones (C) defeated The Cuban Assassins w/Ratamyus In a wild ending, the Fabs hit dual sunset flips on the Cuban Assassins to get the win! Ratamyus and Ivan Putski hit the ring and put the boots to the Fabs. Austin Idol runs in and punches away on Putski. The Fabs regroup and put Ratamyus down with a double punch. Fabs then brawl with the Cuban Assassins all around the arena.

Gene, the promos are top notch! Everybody is really delivering on the mic. The DR.D/Stud Stable feud is going to be explosive! Good to see Steve O found a good home. Just by their promos, I cant wait for Landel/Hayes. Grappler 2 is getting a good push and rightfully so. Bill Watts makes the big Supercard announcement! A Continental /WCCW will be EPIC! LOL, loved the interaction between Madril and Watts. Super Black Ninja is really hitting his stride. Timbs cuts a good promo but comes up short in his TV title match with Lars. Lars and OMG end the show with a brawl. Cant wait for the Saturday Night Special card. That 6 man cage match will be awesome.

The surprises keep coming! Cyclone wins the battle royal to get a title shot. Lars continues his roll with a big win over the Hustler. Fun battle of the masked men that goes to a double c.o. Gordy and Herc would of been a fun hard hitting match to watch live. Rich and Armstrong get in a good title defense over Kabuki and Kendo. LOL, Street distracts Madril allowing Brad to get the quick pin. The big moment of the night goes to Dr. D! He's the Blue Cyclone! Chaos ends the night! Dr. D wants his money!

TNT releases Steve O. TNT picks up Tony Parisi

Prichard is piling up wins. Beefcake is one sought after wrestler. His time with Garvin paid off as he now joins up with David and Haystacks. This could be a dangerous faction to deal with. Amazing what going back to your roots can do as the Devil's Duo picks up another win. Ah yes, there's the Andersons we all know. Like Gene said, Martel needs a friend and fast! I wonder who's the woman who attacked Reed. Whoever it is, she's got guts! Blackwell and Patera play the odds game with Muraco until Brett Sawyer runs in to even things up. Fun card here.

What a night! Oliver and Miller are quietly racking up wins, this time over the Poffo's. Stevens puts the hurt on Hall. I'm liking this rookie vs. veteran feud. Super Destroyers win the Great Lakes tag titles! Great choice. WOW! RnR answer the challenge and defeat the Fantastics in a dream match to win the National tag titles. Tommy Rich does it! He overcomes the odds and defeats Race in a classic. Rich deserves a good run as champ. Props to you on a great build up. Main Event for the AWA World Title ends in chaos as Masked Superstar wins by C.O. thanks to the Super Destroyers and Carsen. Man, Superstar did a number on Dibiase. Cant wait for the rematch. Rich, Race, RnR, Destroyers, Bullet, Masked Superstar, Great Lakes has some serious momentum going!

Another stellar show! Midnights will defend against the Islanders...YES! BTW, Cornette's promo was gold. Oh man! WCCW teaming up with Continental for the Battle of New Orleans will be off the charts! Looking forward to the Great Texas Roundup. Who will emerge as champ? WOW! Jumping Joe and Powers get on the map with a big win over the Moondogs. Ice Man turns! The heat the Movement is getting is unreal. LOL, Jimmy Jam explains the ins and outs like only JImmy Jam can. Windham retains in a brutal match with Garvin. Great TV match here. Awesome brawl between Studd and Brody! Kevin and Nick get into it until Baron comes on the scene and shows Kevin the damage a claw can do. Great way to debut Baron! All this and Ricky Steamboat is coming! The action in WCCW never ends.

TNT Wrestling TV @ The Roanne Fieldhouse, Memphis TN 8-2-84 Lance Russell: Hello again wrestling fans and welcome to TNT Wrestling here on the USA Network. Boy do we have a big show lined up. Jerry Lawler teams with the Dream Machine and Bill Dundee to take on TNT champ Terry Funk and 2 mystery partners. If any of Funk's opponents pin him, then they will become the TNT champ. A rather bold move by Terry Funk if you ask me. A lot of teams are getting ready for the upcoming tournament to crown the first ever TNT tag team champions. We have 2 big tag matches as Polynesian Power takes on Johnny Valiant's Blonde Bombers. Also the Real Deal will face Mr. Wrestling 2 and 3. Ok let's get to the ring as DJ Peterson is set to make his TNT debut. DJ Peterson vs. Neil White DJ works over White with power moves then hits a vertical suplex. DJ hops on the middle ropes. White staggers up and DJ nails him with a flying shoulder tackle for the pin! The fans give a nice pop as DJ heads to the podium. Lance: Congratulations on your win DJ and welcome to TNT wrestling. I'm sure you have some goals in mind. DJ: Thank you Lance and yes I do. You know I just came from World Class and I was fortunate enough to have tasted some gold there. Once you get a taste of that, well, you just want more. I'm here in TNT to work my way up and get some more gold. Commercial Break Lance: Ok, I'm here with the commissioner of TNT, Larry the Axe Hennig who has some announcements to make. Larry: Thank you Lance. Ok just a reminder, tomorrow night in Nashville, Cocoa Samoa and Hercules Ayala will battle it out for the Brass Knuckles title. Either one of those men will make quite the brass knuckles champ. On August 17th in Evansville Indiana, 8 teams will go at it in a one night tournament to crown TNT tag champions. And next week at the Louisville Convention center, the tournament to determine the number one contender for the TNT title will take place. I will announce the 8 participants very soon. Should be an action packed couple of weeks in TNT. 'Polish Power' Ivan Putski w/Ratamyus vs. Gary Williams Putski is a man possessed as he just demolishes Williams. Putski swings Williams to the ropes and hits him with the Polish Hammer for the pin! Ratamyus enters the ring (wearing his hooded robe) and stares into the eyes of Putski. Putski picks up Williams and hurls him out of the ring. Putski goes to the outside and stands Williams up, then puts him back down with another Polish Hammer! Putski then drops down and starts choking Williams. Ratamyus taps Putski on the shoulder. Putski gets up and Ratamyus leads him to the back. Commercial Break TV Champ 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol vs. Chance Evans Idol shows off his newly won TV title as he smiles and raises it to the cheering fans. Idol works over Evans then swings him to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Idol hoists Evans up and hits a Shin Breaker. Idol clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock to get the submission victory. The fans cheer as Idol heads to the podium. Lance: Austin Idol, it must feel pretty good to have that Television title. Hey, what do you think about the former champ Tully Blanchard quitting last week? Idol: You know, Tully called my win a fluke. Tully, it was no fluke baby. The fact of the matter is you made a terrible mistake by underestimating the Universal Heartthrob and I took advantage of your stupidity. I'm not shedding a tear for Tully. Now is my time to shine. I'm ready for all challengers and I'm also ready for my name to be included in the number one contender's tournament cuz like I said last week, I'm the one with the gold Jack! Idol flexes, holds up the TV title and winks at the camera. Commercial Break Polynesian Power vs. The Blonde Bombers w/Johnny Valiant Both teams will be in the upcoming TNT tag title tournament. Pretty fun TV match. Tio and Tapu control early with body slams, chops and solid double teaming. Blondes come back, as Valiant trips Tio and Tio staggers into a snap suplex by Regal. Regal body slams Tio and tags in Rogers, who comes off the middle ropes with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Rogers hits a backbreaker and follows with a double boot stomp then tags in Regal. They hit a double vertical suplex. Regal follows with a standing leg drop 1..2..Tapu makes the save. Rogers runs in and Tapu punches him to the corner. Meanwhile Regal swings Tio to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Tio kicks him. Tapu knocks Rogers through the ropes. Valiant runs over to help Rogers. Polynesian Power grab Regal, press him up and drop him with a free fall slam. Tio hits a body splash 1..2..3! Huge pop! Winners- Polynesian Power Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as George the Animal Steele attacks Mike Shaw and busts him open by slamming his head into the steel post. Pre recorded comments Shaw: (bandage on forehead) Hey Steele! I'm not going to be one of your victims. Yea, you busted me up pretty good but it's going to take a lot more than that to take Klondike Mike down. I'm coming for you Steele! AWA Southern Tag Champs, the Fabulous Ones are at the podium. Lance shows footage from last week as the Fabs were attacked by the Cuban Assassins. Fabs cut a passionate promo and say many teams have tried to take them out and they've all failed! They will be more than happy to put the titles on the line against them and they will be even happier to put a beating on them! Fabs exit and Bruiser Bob Sweetan enters. Sweetan: I'm back in TNT for one reason and one reason only. To win gold! I want in that tournament and I'm going to win it! Boos as Gene Anderson and Jumbo Tsuruta enter. Gene: Hold on a second Bruiser. That's mighty bold talk. Jumbo Tsuruta will be in the tournament and you can bet he's the one who's going to win it. You were good in your day but those days are long gone. I realized my best days are done hence why I got my manager's license. Maybe it's time for you to do the same before you get hurt. Jumbo gives Sweetan a cold hard stare before exiting. Commercial Break Real Deal (McGhee/Vaughn) vs. Mr. Wrestling 2/3 Once again, 2 teams involved in the upcoming TNT tag title tournament. Solid back and forth match up. Real Deal uses their speed and quickness as Mr. Wrestling 2/3 use their technical skills mixed in with some rule breaking. Tempers flare a couple times as pier six brawls break out. The tide turns a couple more times as neither team can put the other away. 10 minutes isn't enough time as the bell rings, signaling a draw. Both teams stare at each other. Mr. Wrestling 2/3 point and warn the Real Deal that this isn't over. Official Ruling- Time Limit Draw Commercial Break Gene Anderson is back out. Lance asks him what's on his mind. Gene: As I mentioned earlier, I got my manager's license because why not use my wisdom to guide the right wrestlers to championships. Jumbo Tsuruta will be wearing gold. As everybody knows, nobody was a better tag team wrestler than myself. What I want is a tag team to manage. And I found one. Please welcome out the future TNT tag team champions, the Enforcers! Richard Charland and Bob DellaSerra walk out sporting matching silver jackets. Fans boo as they arrogantly smile. Gene: With my guidance, the Enforcers are going to run over all the so called competition here. Two men who better be on high alert are Denny Brown and Gino Brito. Boys, the Enforcers are coming and you better have eyes in the backs of your heads. Lance: Ok, Charland and DellaSerra are now the Enforcers led by Gene Anderson. That could be a very dangerous group. Back to the ring. Kansas Jayhawks vs. The Smith Brothers Jayhawks make quick work as they hit a double clothesline for the win! Jayhawks cut a promo and say they're coming to Indiana to win the TNT tag titles and they hope they meet the Continental Cowboys there. Dutch cracks his whip as Jaggers grips his bullrope. Commercial Break Cocoa Samoa vs. Todd Rooney Cocoa is all over Rooney. He swings him to the ropes and chops him down. Cocoa swings off the ropes and crashes down with a diving headbutt for the pin! Cocoa is celebrating with the fans when WHAM! He's nailed from behind by Hercules Ayala with a taped fist punch! Ayala puts his knee on Cocoa's chest, grabs his hair and punches away with taped fist punches. Prelim wrestlers hit the ring. Ayala rolls out of the ring and raises his taped fist to the booing crowd. These two will meet for the Brass Knuckles title tomorrow night in Nashville! Commercial Break George Wells vs. Vic Dutro Wells comes out with a new look. He's sporting a bald head and wearing football pants. Wells uses a variety of power moves to work over Dutro. Wells swings Dutro to the ropes and puts him down with a Sphere to get the dominating win! Wells heads to the podium. Lance: George, I have to say I'm impressed with the new look and what you did in the ring. What's going on? Wells: Lance, I have to say, I listened to the wrong people and made some mistakes. Losing that cage match forced me to see the light. It was time for George Wells to go back to his roots and find redemption. There's a stir as Carl Fergie comes out. Carl: George, I couldn't agree more. It's time we moved on and did things the right way. Good luck to you and brother if you ever need anything, I'm here for you. Fergie extends his hand. George smiles and shakes it. Fergie pulls him in and clotheslines him down! Lance: Whoa! What the h.... Fergie: Shut up! He was making me sick to my stomach! What a suck up sell out! George Wells is weak! Mr. Cool, Carl Fergie has been reborn and rejuvenated! Fergie gives Wells a few stomps before leaving. Commercial Break TV Main Event If someone pins Terry Funk, they will win the TNT title. Jerry 'The King' Lawler/Superstar Bill Dundee/Dream Machine vs. TNT Champ Terry Funk and ?? The fans are on their feet cheering as Lawler, Dundee and Dream Machine are in the ring waiting. Mega boos as Terry Funk walks out with the TNT strap on his shoulder. Funk smiles and turns to the back. WOW! Out comes Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch! They hit the ring and a pier six brawl starts! The Ref finally gets control. The match is a back and forth wild fight. Dundee and Funk are the legal men. Dundee staggers Funk with his punches, winds up and punches Funk down. Dundee quickly goes to the top rope and crashes down with the Bomb's Away! Murdoch runs in as does Lawler. Murdoch punches Lawler and Lawler falls on Dundee to break the pin! Adonis and Dream Machine run in and hammer away on each other. Lawler gets up and punches Murdoch through the ropes. Dundee gets up, grabs Lawler and swings him around. Dundee is in Lawler's face. Lawler is explaining that Murdoch hit him. Funk staggers up and pushes Dundee into Lawler. Murdoch runs back in and sends Dream Machine through the ropes with a high knee. Murdoch and Adonis put the boots to Lawler and Dundee. The Ref has no choice but to ring the bell and disqualify Funk, Adonis and Murdoch. Winners by DQ- Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee and Dream Machine Funk quietly rolls out of the ring. He grabs his TNT title and smiles as Adonis and Murdoch continue to stomp away on Lawler and Dundee. Funk goes to the podium. Funk: I told everybody that this title stays with me by any means necessary. I'm the smartest champion in the entire AWA! I'm just going to let these idiots beat the hell out of each other. Nobody will beat me. Nobody!

Good job with the promos leading up to the big show. Thunderbolt gives Tommy his word that he has his back. Fantastics have guts putting out an open challenge. Solid promo from the Marvelous Masked Manager as he says his Super Destroyers can beat any team. A focused Ray Stevens is a dangerous Ray Stevens. Scott Hall better be ready. Super Destroyers look strong winning the battle royal. I'm hoping for a showdown with the Road Warriors down the line. Good grief, that Koloff/Bruiser Russian Chain match must of been brutal! Fans got their money's worth on that one.

Dibiase is a very smart man, making sure he has a strong ally like Muraco before going into battle with Blackwell and Patera. Like the boiling build up between Reed and Saito. Reed now has some strong friends for back up. LOL, David remains TV champ but is taking a lot of pins. Great job portraying him as the cowardly heel. It's going to be a big moment when somebody finally gets the title off him. Martel is rolling and will be a big star here. Andersons turn back the strong challenge of Thornton and Bassarab. Happy that the Devil's Duo has returned. Haystacks gets the win over Kokina but who attacked Kokina??? Cant wait for that Dibiase/Muraco-Blackwell/Patera cage match!

The situation between Gino and Savage is getting crazy! Cant wait for their one on one match. Brisco says he's a better wrestler than Backlund but Backlund proves him wrong. Gilbert comes in and wins the TV title but the reign is short lived as Brown takes him down but now Manny gets a shot. Very interesting. Very cool seeing Piper show up. Road Warriors continue to be the most dominant team in the AWA! Who was that masked man running in on Dusty??? Always something happening in Florida.

Things in Rocky Mountain are boiling! Ernie Ladd just might end up taking over but his army have a fight coming with the likes of Atlas and Mulligan. Love the debut of Atlas. Great feud going between Adams/Mike and Bass/Embry. Sonny King is back in the ring but he might of bitten off more than he can chew with Sweet Brown Sugar. Wahoo proves he's still at the top of his game as he comes back from the Heart Punch and vows to take out Ladd. This has become a fun territory.

Oh Man! Hulk Hogan has arrived in Pacific! This is defiantly a game changer! Awesome TV debut and follows that up with a big win over Bundy. Man this is HUGE! Rose has some very threatening words for Piper but Piper doesn't let that happen in the 6 man match. Looks like the Embassy has a new member. LOL, only Chicky could get a win like that over Cobra. Texas Red and Spoiler show that they're for real as they retain against the Harts. Liking the Vachons/Assassins brutal feud. Man the babyface side is looking stacked with Hogan, Piper and Billy Jack. Rose is going to have his hands full.

WOW! Shawn Michaels win the tournament! This pushes the youngster to a new level. The celebration is short lived as the Masked Superstar destroys Michaels and the car! The Masked Superstar is going to really elevate Michaels. Loved the tournament. Lots of exciting matches that gave the fans more than their money's worth. Buzz finishes his feud with his brother and sends him packing. Great ending to a great family feud. Loving Jimmy Hart oh I mean the Marvelous Masked Manager LOL. Cant wait for that huge Race/Rich rematch. You did a great job making this a huge deal.