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I am enjoying the fact that Flair is having some great singles matches during the Bash. Flair vs Hansen would be something special. Also think the TA-Funk series is cool. I remember when I was a kid and TA had a series with Nikita Koloff.

8/10/1985: WTVT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE “Yello again everybody. Welcome to The Main Event a USWA and UWF promotion coming to you from Memphis Tennessee. I am Lance Russell along with the young Jeff Jarrett. The big news in the UWF this week is coming out of Beach Brawl in Miami, Florida where our own Jerry Lawler has captured the UWF Unified Heavyweight Title from Jerry Lawler. If that is not enough, you need to see what happened after the match. SUMMARY VERSION ANGLE #1: UWF UNIFIED WORLD TITLE We see a video of the match between Austin Idol and Jerry Lawler and what happens after the match courtesy of Continental Championship Wrestling…. Jerry 'the King' Lawler pinned "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles after a piledriver to win the UWF Unified World Championship. Afterwards, Teddy Muscles, Blassie, and Harley Race were fighting with the outside referee to get into the cage…Lawler sees this and climbs over to escape the attack….they manage to get in the cage just as Lawler is getting to the floor and leaving with his new title belt. Idol struggles to get back to his feet as Blassie starts berating him about losing…Idol tries to shrug him off but Blassie slaps him across the face, Idol grabs him around throat and starts choking him as the crowd erupts but Idol is quickly cut off by Teddy Muscles and Harley Race…..they put the boots to him and then give him a spike piledriver……they continue to put the boots to him until Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler come back out and clear them out of the ring. Dusty grabs the mic and says, "Freddie Blassie….you tell them Sammartinos…THEIR ASS IS MINE, BABY!!! RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI I WANT THEM BOTH IN A CAGE AGAINST ME AND WHOEVER I DECIDE TO BRING WITH ME!!" The crowd erupts!! The show ends on a high note with the Dream and the new World Champ in the cage as EMTs check on the fallen Austin Idol. When the video ends we see both Jerry Lawler and Austin Idol at the interview desk. Lawler is receiving all kinds of congratulations from Lance, Jeff Jarrett and the fans. Lawler thanks them and say he is ready for all the challenges that lie ahead as he knows he is in for a tough road. Lance then asks the King about why he came back to the ring with Dusty Rhodes to help Idol who was under attack from Race and the rest of Blassie’s gang. Jerry Lawler: You know Lance, Austin and I go back a long way. Sometimes we are at each other’s throats and sometimes we got each other’s backs. Remember that together we have held the Southern Tag Titles on 2 occasions. When Dusty and I looked at what was going on in the ring we knew what was right. I hope Austin and I can continue to be on the same side as I have no interest in getting back in the ring with him. He is one tough hombre and he wore me OUT! Austin Idol: Well King, I am just grateful for you and Dusty and I hope we can work together to help clean up Memphis wrestling and maybe, just maybe, someday you and I will step into that ring and knock each other around a bit. All of a sudden the crowd pops as Superstar Bill Dundee is back in Memphis. Lance Russell: Well Bill, it’s nice to have you back again but I hope it will be peaceful. The last time you were in Memphis, you and Austin had some problems. Bill Dundee: Well Lancer, yeah, I am here on TV to congratulate my good friend, the Kingfish on his big win and if he is ok with Idol, so am I. I mean we all go back a long way. Sometimes it’s the three of us bashing in the heads of some dude who has stepped out of line and sometimes its 2 of us bashing in the head of the third when he has stepped out of line. But remember Lancer, this party has been going on all week long at Corkys down on Biele Street and the three of us have worked everything out and together we are going to make sure there is no funny business that the Kingfish has to deal with. Lance Russell informs the trio that they all better watch their backs as “Classy” Freddie Blassie and Handsome Harley Race are claiming that the UWF belt won’t be around Lawler’s waist for long. ANGLE #2: UWF U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Lance hypes up the fact that Beach Brawl was not the only big card that took place this week as there was a major event in the Mid-South Coliseum that featured a bout for the U.S. Championship and it was the last chance for Terry Gordy to win the belt from Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin. Lance also reminds us that Eddie Marlin has banned Precious from ringside for this event. Lance brings us to another video and we see Garvin pleading with Bam Bam to back off but no chance. Gordy actually shoves the ref a bit to get to Garvin and he scoops him up and walks around the ring with him for a while before planting a running powerslam on him. Somehow Garvin kicked out but that just delayed the inevitable as Gordy follows it up with a Jumping Piledriver and that was all she wrote. Gordy was at the interview desk where he was as loud as good be and verbally attacked bot Garvin and Precious. All of a sudden Precious comes out screaming about how Gordy is a bully for shoving the ref and that he should have been disqualified. She is also still fuming about being spanked by Gordy on TV two weeks ago. Gordy laughs as he reminds everyone that the only rule to his match with Garvin was that this jesabel was banned from ringside. He also makes some joke about how all the guys in the locker room heard she liked to be spanked! SMACK! Precious clocks Gordy and vows revenge before stomping off. ANGLE #3: Are the Midnight Express or the Kiwi Sheepherders the #1 Contenders to the U.S. National Tag Titles held by Ronnie Garvin and Terry Taylor. -After a squash match that saw the Kiwi Sheepherders come out top by just beating the crap out of Verlon Briggs and Homer O’Dell, we see the Sheepherders at the interview desk. Lance hypes up their victory in the Mid-South Coliseum against the Midnight Express when Denis Condrey distracted the ref and Jim Cornette attempted to toss the tennis racket to Beautiful Bobby but it was intercepted by Jonathen Boyd. Boyd clocked Eaton to even this best of 3 series and 1 match each. The Sheepherders are screaming about what they are going to do to Midnight Express this week in Nashville and what will happen to that little weasel Jim Cornette if they get their hands on him. All of a sudden, the weasel himself dares to come out and he is screaming about how the Sheepherders should have been disqualified for using an illegal object. The young Jeff Jarrett can’t contain himself and reminds Cornette that he threw the racket in to be used on the Sheepherders just as he did in the first match with the Midnight Express won after using the racket. Cornette goes off on Jeff Jarrett and threatens that his mother’s lawyers will sue him and he will take this company from his father and that the two of them will be homeless within a week. Jerry Jarrett comes out and gets right in the face of Cornette and seems furious about how his son was treated. He does agree with Cornette on one thing. Both of these teams like to use illegal weapons so he is going to allow both teams to use their favorite weapons in the match in Nashville. The Midnight Express can use a tennis racket while the Sheepherders can use a New Zealand flag pole. Cornette is upset that the flag pole is an unfair advantage and that Jarrett is doing anything he can to stop the greatest tag team in the world from winning the U.S. National Tag Team belts. Jerry Jarrett: SO SUE ME! -Also on the show tonight, we saw - Another dominate performance by Vlad the Russian Hammer. This time it was in the main event against Pistol Pez Whatley. This was really a step up in competition but it seems like nothing can stand up to that Double Fisted Sledgehammer. Lance is really wondering if he can be stopped. We also find out that Vlad will be facing the UWF TV World TV Champion next week. - A win in a tough Non-title match for the U.S. National Tag Team Champions against Bobby Jaggers and Invader #1 (Jerry Ho) as Ronnie Garvin followed up Terry Taylor’s Airplane spin on Invader #1 with the Garvin Stomp. At the interview desk, the champs told us it didn’t matter if they faced the Midnight Express or the Kiwi Sheepherders and that they were ready for both. - A dominate win for Superfly Snuka against former NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Les Thorton. Thorton, playing the arrogant British heel, was technically very good but could not handle the power of the now fan favorite Superfly. A couple of headbutts followed up by a big slam set Thorton up for the best finisher in all of wrestling…. The Superfly Splash! - A great main event win for Superstar Bill Dundee and Austin Idol who seemed to be on the same page against Honky Tonk Man and Tommy Gilbert. The end came when Dundee did a great job of playing the face in peril and escaped to tag in the Universal Heartthrob who came in like a house afire. A few haymakers to HTM followed up by a bodyslam-Las Vegas Leglock Combo to Gilbert claimed victory and made the crowd happy. The problem was that this was all a set up as the Southern Tag Team Champs, Wildfire Rich and Eddie Gilbert hit the ring and took out Superstar and Idol. What was interesting here was that the new UWF Unified World Champion NEVER came out to help the duo who said had his back earlier in the show!! Lance Russell: So long from Memphis and don’t forget to join us in Nashville this week. Matches to include #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE UWF U.S. NATIONAL TAG TITLES (Tennis Racket vs New Zealand Flag Pole Match) The Midnight Express with Jim Cornette vs The Kiwi Sheepherders UWF 6 MAN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH SUPERSTAR BILL DUNDEE, AUSTIN IDOL & JERRY LAWLER VS THE TENNESEESS STUDD STABLE (Rich, Gilbert and John Stud)

8/10/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA UWF UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION: JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION: TED DIBIASE UWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE ROAD WARRIOIRS UWF WORLD 6 MAN CHAMPIONS: THE TENNESSEE STUD STABLE (TOMMY RICH, EDDIE GILBERT & JOHN STUD) UWF WORLD TV CHAMPION: ICEMAN PARSONS SUMMARY VERSION Hello again everybody. Welcome to Power Pro Wrestling; a UWF & Mid-South Wrestling production from Shreveport, Louisiana and the McNeil’s Boys Club. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd. The big news in the UWF this week is coming out of Beach Brawl in Miami, Florida where Jerry Lawler has captured the UWF Unified World Title from Austin Idol. If that is not enough, you need to see what happened after the match. ANGLE #1: UWF UNIFIED WORLD TITLE We see a video of the match between Austin Idol and Jerry Lawler and what happens after the match courtesy of Continental Championship Wrestling…. Jerry 'the King' Lawler pinned "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol w/"Classy" Freddie Blassie & Teddy Muscles after a piledriver to win the UWF Unified World Championship. Afterwards, Teddy Muscles, Blassie, and Harley Race were fighting with the outside referee to get into the cage…Lawler sees this and climbs over to escape the attack….they manage to get in the cage just as Lawler is getting to the floor and leaving with his new title belt. Idol struggles to get back to his feet as Blassie starts berating him about losing…Idol tries to shrug him off but Blassie slaps him across the face, Idol grabs him around throat and starts choking him as the crowd erupts but Idol is quickly cut off by Teddy Muscles and Harley Race…..they put the boots to him and then give him a spike piledriver……they continue to put the boots to him until Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler come back out and clear them out of the ring. Dusty grabs the mic and says, "Freddie Blassie….you tell them Sammartinos…THEIR ASS IS MINE, BABY!!! RIGHT HERE IN MIAMI I WANT THEM BOTH IN A CAGE AGAINST ME AND WHOEVER I DECIDE TO BRING WITH ME!!" The crowd erupts!! The show ends on a high note with the Dream and the new World Champ in the cage as EMTs check on the fallen Austin Idol. When the video ends, we hear Jim Ross letting us know that Jerry Lawler will be here in the Boys Club next week and he will be defending the Unified World Title next Thursday in Houston and that we will find out next week who the challenger will be. ANGLE #2: DIBIASE AND DR. DEATH VS DUSTY AND HACKSAW DUGGAN -We get a squash match here for Dr. Death Steve Williams as he destroys some jobber with the Oklahoma Stampede! At the interview desk, he seems a little subdued as we find out that he lost his #1 Contenders Lumberjack Match for the North American Title against Dusty Rhodes. We see a short video from Houston, Texas where we see the action spill out to arena floor a few times and it appears that Rat Pack leader and North American Champion, Ted Dibiase, is doing little to help Williams out. Williams continues to say all is ok with the Rat Pack but we will have to wait and see. Later in the Main Event we see Dusty Rhodes in a match with the Cuban Assassin but it doesn’t go long as the Rat Pack (Dibiase, Dr. Death, Embry and Landell) hit the ring and go after Dusty. This is an obvious attempt to keep Rhodes from the North American Title Match this week in New Orleans. While the attack doesn’t last long as the Calvary of Hacksaw Duggan, JYD and Dick Murdoch come to the rescue. What was noticeable here was the lack of involvement in the dust up by Dr. Death. MAYBE ALL IS NOT WELL! ANGLE #3: THE ROAD WARRIORS VS THE FACES OF FEAR We get a short clip here of the latest wild title match between these two teams. This one took place in New Orleans and again we saw the match end without a clear winner. This one ended in a double count-out as all 4 men brawled all over the arena floor. After the video, we see Cowboy Bill Watts at the interview desk where he informs us that enough is enough. In two weeks these teams are going to face off in a Steel Cage. He hopes this will stop the managers from getting involved and for the action to stay in the ring. ANGLE #4: NEW ANGLE: HACKSAW REED DISGRUNTLED Skandar Akbar comes out and calls out Hacksaw where he says that Hacksaw means so much to him that he has sent the Dingo Warrior away and that the new Devastation Inc. will consist of only the Faces of Fear and Hacksaw Butch Reed. Reed says that sending Dingo away is a step in the right direction but he needs more. He reminds us that Jerry Lawler will be here next week and if he doesn’t get a title shot in Houston in two weeks, Akbar better look for a new star. Akbar stumbles around and tries to say that he doesn’t have the power to just decide who gets that title shot. Reed doesn’t care and tells Akbar that getting title shots is the only reason that he is part of Devastation Inc. and reminds everyone that he is the “man” here and it is not like he needs Akbar’s help at ringside. To prove this, he tells Akbar to not accompany him to the ring for his TV match this week. In that match, Reed is like a man possessed as he just pummels Kenny Shane. ANGLE #5: $25,000 BOUNTY ON JYD JYD wins an easy match against Larry Cheatem with a Big Thump. As soon as the match is over, the Midnight Cowboys, the two masked men who attacked JYD two weeks ago in Memphis are back. They Pearl Harbor him and have their way with him until Dick Murdoch makes the save as the Cowboys run for cover. JYD and Murdoch are full of anger at the interview desk. Jim Ross welcomes JYD back to Mid-South as he has spent the last month or so in the USWA. Ernie Ladd steps in and wonders if Dog is “yella” and has run away from Memphis as he is just afraid of these so called Midnight Cowboys. This set Dog and Murdoch off and they demanded a match against the Midnight Cowboys this week in New Orleans. Dog also says he would have no problem meeting Ladd in the ring as well! Ladd does back down a bit but tells JYD he has been sent a letter and has been asked to read it on air so here it goes. Mr. JYD You think you can out smart me by leaving the USWA and coming to Mid-South Wrestling. You are a good example as to why dogs are man’s best friend. It is because you are just plain stupid and we can always figure out your thinking. A bounty is a bounty. It doesn’t matter where you go, someone will be there to take you out. Memphis … New Orleans … St. Louis…. It doesn’t matter. Hell it might be in the parking lot …. in your drive way or when you take that girlfriend of yours to the movies. This sport is not big enough for the both of us and it is time for you to go. Your friend, John. JYD and Murdoch are both wild with anger now and calling out this letter writing John! We also find out that the match between JYD and Murdoch vs the Midnight Cowboys is a go for this week in Houston! ANGLE #6: NEW ANGLE: Mr. Wrestling II and Shane Douglas This is Wrestling II’s first time in Mid-South in almost a year but he still is one of the most popular wrestlers in the territory. Wrestling II explains that he knows that he is getting up there in age and wants to pass on his knowledge to a hard-working, talented youngster who has the drive to succeed in this business and that person is Shane Douglas. We see Shane Douglas win a match with the Million Dollar Knee Lift against Tony Perkins and Jim Ross hypes up the fact the Shane Douglas seems like a quick learner. IN OTHER ACTION UWF World TV Champ, Iceman Parsons defeats Chris Benoit in an 8 minute match that saw the young Benoit really hold his own. Benoit did connect with a suplex and got a 2 ¾ count before falling to Iceman after a Big Butt Bump. What was nice was that the two shook hands after the bout. This week’s big card in New Orleans and the Lake Front Arena includes: NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH Ted Dibiase vs Dusty Rhodes UWF WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Road Warriors vs Steve “Dr. Death” Williams and Buddy Landell Eric Embry vs Hacksaw Duggan JYD & Dick Murdoch vs The Midnight Cowboys Jim Ross: So long from Shreveport!

WOW. great card. So many possible champs...... Looking forward to seeing how this Mid-American League plays out. Valiant would be a good choice but if you went heel, he could chase him all over the Great Plains.

With the open spot left after the trade with CCW, UWF picks up Jerry Oske (Jerry Ho)

Let me congratulate you on the show off the year! Match by Match: -Was surprised to see Brad in the opener and more surprised to see him go down in defeat. Wonder where he turns next? - Hansen would have really pumped up this crowd and it is a great way to continue to build Shane Douglas. Even though Wrestling II brought in Hansen, I wonder if this is not the beginning of some jealousy on his part. - I must admit that my least favorite match was the Loser Leave Town Match. Not because of how it was done but because I think they are both so important to your territory. The Bullet in Alabama and Sullivan in Florida. Hope to see him back at some point. -Great way to bring in Harley Race. Being a mystery wrestler hypes up attention on the match and then to give him a title on night 1 makes his an automatic contender for the World title. -6 Man tag match was executed perfectly. Andre gets to slam Stud which could lead to a battle of the giants at some point and also the slam on Fuller makes the crowd jump for joy and almost forget that the heels still have the belts. You also do not have to worry about getting Andre from Vince McMahon to defend the belt. -Not only is your VonErich-Bigelow feud on fire but now Texas can be Texas again as we got the VonErich/Freebird battle underway! -The loss by by the Exotic Superstars was needed here to keep your tag team division fresh. They came off as two great heels and can continue on to the next angle without losing a step whild now we get to see f the Nightmares were really friendly to the RnR Express or was that not just a ploy to get a "freebie" in terms of a title shot. -Thanks for adding to the legacy of the Road Warriors. Someone not even showing up makes them the most feared team in all of wrestling. What will the Faces of Fear have to say.....stay tuned -Oh those dirty Italians. How could Bruno turn heel... another new and exciting angle +who will Dusty have as a partner. -Those Memphis guys are like two brothers. They beat the crap out of each other but how dare someone else go after your bro. Lawler, the new champ, comes back to save Idol. Angles ending, continuing and starting makes this show awesome + its creativity in both match making and results makes it one of the best I have read yet. LET THE LAWLER REIGN BEGIN!

There seems to be a lot of Lutte/WWF "stealing" of talent lately. The NWA offices should be watching this relationship closely! Is it true stealing? Maybe "sneaky" sharing to test the waters if Montreal is a better fit with Vince! VERY INTERESTING!!!

The people of Boston are in for a great show! Your TV shows are spot on to the WWF on the 80's as your stars get a nice win to stay hot as they call out their opponent of the next big card. I do think Hogan vs Savage who are your two champions is a huge match worthy of Wrestlemainia and deserves some more hyping especially when it was in the "greatest arena in the world."

Great start and welcome to the come. The UWF is so excited to expand into the plains! -The Mid-American League seems like it is a cool way to crown a champion and I look forward to reading it. -JR. Foley makes a great heel manager and along with the hated Japanese Black Dragon, they could bring some serious heat. - For someone who kind of just picked a roster from what was left, I really think you got some big stars which could produce some great UWF Championship matches. The players who have been around awhile have rosters a little to big to play the territory game but your is perfect. People like Buzz Tyler, Jimmy Valient and Sweet Brown Sugar are really championship material but we had pushed them into jobber roles. You actually have a very realistic roster for 1985! Perfect!!!! -Don't be afraid to ask for anything. The UWF tries to help each other out.

WOW... CCW IS DOING WORK . I am really looking forward to Beach Brawl. No disrespect to any other territory but I so enjoy working with Gene and seeing the direction he takes UWF. Each week it just seems so creative and I never no what to expect but it all so fits the Southern Wrastlin scene.

UNDER THE TENT AND THERE IS A CLOWN...... HMMMM. THIS REALLY HAS ME THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS COMING NEXT.

I am enjoying this roster. Nice southern feel to it with Gary Hart leading his usual cast of characters. It is almost like WCCW was a feeder system to the WWF with so many Texas guys battling it out!

I enjoyed the series of shows here as with the beating after the bell and the run in for the south gave it is nice Southern U.S feel. I was surprised that you went with a repeat match with Andre choosing the Spoiler. Looking forward to Andre vs Backlund but wondering if there is a turn by someone here in Andre's last match.

Just making sure.... I should put these guys in the Japan-North America pool?

Nice set of cards. I have been on Edger's side with the idea that your B side rules but I feel I sudden switch. In my opinion, the tag match being a semi-main event and Billy Jack vs Hercules can't be beat.

I love wrestling with head-scratchers. What's up with Marty Jannetty.... angry that his kid partner is getting all the attention....... homesick....... who knows and that is what makes you come back next week. And what is up with a grumpy clown. I mean happy clowns are creepy enough but a grumpy one! The poor children in Ottawa.

8/3/1985: WTVT 9:05-10:05 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA UWF UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION: AUSTIN IDOL NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION: TED DIBIASE UWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE ROAD WARRIOIRS UWF WORLD 6 MAN CHAMPIONS: THE TENNESSEE STUD STABLE (TOMMY RICH, EDDIE GILBERT & JOHN STUD) UWF WORLD TV CHAMPION: ICEMAN PARSONS SHORT VERSION DUE AS I DON’T WANT TO HOLD GENE UP WITH BEACH BRAWL! Hello again everybody. Welcome to Power Pro Wrestling; a UWF & Mid-South Wrestling production from Shreveport, Louisiana and the McNeils Boys Club. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd. Let’s get right to some video tape from last Thursday in Houston, Texas in a match with Ted Dibiase and Steve “Dr. Death Williams squared off against The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. ANGLE #1: DIBIASE AND DR. DEATH VS DUSTY AND HACKSAW DUGGAN We see a video from their tag match in New Orleans that was a Coal Miners Glove on a Pole Match. In the end, there seemed to be some confusion between Dibiase and Williams. As Dr. Death went for a big football tackle, Dusty got out of the way at the last second and Williams actually speared Dibiase. This allowed Dusty to get the Coal Miner’s Glove. Dr. Death was checking on Dibiase which allowed The American Dream to clock both Dr. Death and Dibiase. Dusty got the three count just in time as the rest of the Rat Pack rushed to the ring. It was here that Duggan assisted the Dream as he retrieved his 2 x 4 from ringside and whacked the other two stoogies. In a rarity lately, the crowd at a UWF event goes home happy as the baby faces were victorious. After the video, the Rat Pack is at the interview desk and Jim Ross is pushing to see if there is any dissention between the members of the Rat Pack and to a man, they deny it. We are also informed that this week in New Orleans there will be a #1 contender’s match for Dibiase’s North American Title and it will be between the American Dream vs Steve Williams in a Lumberjack Match. Williams and Dibiase both seem happy with this idea. Viewers wonder if they are happy for the same reason. Dibiase is happy as he thinks Dr. Death could beat Rhodes and then give there would be no match as Williams would not turn on the leader. Dr. Death may be happy as he sees a title in his future. Later in the show, The American Dream wins the main event against Rat Pack member Eric Embry. Just after the Bionic Elbow the rest of the Rat Pack came out to ringside. Dibiase seemed to take charge and ordered Nature Boy Buddy Landell into the ring and Rhodes quickly disposed of his with a Bionic Elbow. Dibiase now ordered Dr. Death into the ring but Williams seemed to have problems taking orders from Dibiase. By the time the Rat Pack reorganized, Hacksaw Duggan had joined Rhodes with the 2 x 4 and the Rat Pack ended the show looking too afraid to get in the ring. ANGLE #2: THE ROAD WARRIORS VS THE FACES OF FEAR We see a quick video of the match from New Orleans between Pau Ellering and Skandar Akbar where Ellering seemed to be in control until Akbar grabbed him by the tights and shoved him into the referee. The ref went down hard and this was all that was needed to ignite a firestorm. The Road Warriors and the Faces of Fear both hit the ring and the brawl was on. When the ref finally got to his feet, he called for the bell and ruled the match a no contest. It took the entire locker room to get these monsters apart. In the end, it did not matter. As long as Akbar wrestled Ellering, his men would receive a UWF World Tag Team Title match in Houston. Both teams won squash matches during the show and hyped up the clash between these 4 brutes. ANGLE #3: NEW ANGLE: HACKSAW REED IS DISGRUNTLED This all starts after a great UWF World TV Title Match between Iceman Parsons and the Dingo Warrior with Skandar Akbar. The match went almost to the time limit and with the help of Akbar, Dingo had a few chances at winning the title. In the end, Iceman ducked under a Warrior Smash and connected with a Big Butt Bump. At the interview desk, Iceman is very grateful to the fans and yada yada yada when all of a sudden Hacksaw Reed comes out. Iceman is ready for a fight but Reed tells Iceman that he has no problem with him and to relax. Hacksaw Reed is irate and lets Akbar have it. He is furious that all of the other members of his stable are getting title shot after title shot while he just sits on the sidelines. He goes through the Faces of Fear getting title shots against the Road Warriors and even Dingo getting a shot against Iceman. Akbar comes out and tries to come down Hacksaw but that is to no avail. Dingo, who tires of being bad mouthed, comes out and confronts Reed. Big mistake…… WHAM! A forearm smash by Reed followed by a Gorilla Press Slam on the arena floor. Dingo is in a bad way and Reed simply tells Akbar that if Dingo is still in Devastation Inc. in one week, he walks! IN OTHER ACTION Chris Benoit and The Cuban Assassin win their singles matches against jobbers. This week’s big card in Houston includes: #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE Steve “Dr. Death” Williams vs Dusty Rhodes (Lumberjack Match) UWF WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Road Warriors vs Faces of Fear Jim Ross: So long from Shreveport!

8/3/1985: WTVT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE “Yello again everybody. Welcome to The Main Event a USWA and UWF promotion coming to you from Memphis Tennessee. I am Lance Russell along with the young Jeff Jarrett. Well before we get to the ring, let’s take a look at a video from the Tennessee State Fairgrounds Thursday where it was Jerry Lawler vs his cousin Honky Tonk Man. If Lawler won the match, he would receive a UWF World Title Shot vs Austin Idol! SHORT SUMMARY VERSION TO MAKE SURE I POST ON TIME SO AS NOT TO KEEP GENE AND BEACH BRAWL WAITING. -We see a quick video where Lawler and HTM are fighting it out in the center of the ring. Lawler gets the best of this exchange and then hits a big bodyslam. He drops the shoulder strap down and heads to the ropes where he connects with a middle rope fist drop for the win. On the way to the locker room, a tired and beaten up Lawler is attacked by Austin Idol with Freddie Blassie and his cane. This was all an attempt to make sure Lawler didn’t make it to Beach Brawl. Unfortunately for Lawler, he doesn’t have many friends right now and the attack went on for some time. After the video, we see Lawler, with a few bumps and bruises on his face, give a great interview about how it didn’t matter what Idol did; what Blassie did; what the HTM did or what the Stud Stable did. Tomorrow night in Miami, he was going to WIN the World title. He goes on to say why would an old geezer like Blassie come out with a cane and hit the King over the head. It is because he is afraid. He knows Idol has no shot and that he better have another plan if he ever wants to see that World Title again. ANGLE #2: The $25,000 bounty on JYD -We see two newcomers in black masks who call themselves The Midnight Cowboys win a squash match against two jobbers. -After the match, they come to the interview desk where they are asked to watch a short clip from last week’s card in Nashville and the match between JYD and Dick Murdoch against the Freebirds. -The match was going hot and heavy and all of a sudden these Midnight Cowboys hit the ring with chairs and went right after JYD. Murdoch tried his best to save his buddy but just got a chair shot for his good deed. The Freebirds and the Cowboys really went to town on JYD who had to be carried from the arena on a stretcher. -After the video, the Cowboys demand that they receive ½ of the bounty for taking out JYD and that they want their money NOW! -Lance Russell lets the Cowboys know that he has a letter from someone calling himself John and John says that he really doubts that a few shots from a chair will put JYD out of wrestling and that the Midnight Cowboys will have to wait for their money to make sure JYD is gone for good. -The Midnight Cowboys are confident that their work is done when all of a sudden the crowd explodes as a chain swinging JYD and a tapped fist Dick Murdoch hit the interview area. The Cowboys run for cover and JYD grabs the microphone demanding to know who has put this bounty on his head. Who is the John character and why doesn’t he have the guts to show his face. ANGLE #3: Are the Midnight Express or the Kiwi Sheepherders the #1 Contenders to the U.S. National Tag Titles held by Ronnie Garvin and Terry Taylor. -After a squash match that saw the Midnight Express come out top against Don Taylor and Frank Dalton, Jim Cornette is magic on the microphone. He is ranting and raving about how great his team is and how easily they defeated the Kiwi Sheepherders in Nashville. Jim Ross reminds him how much easier things are after you hit your opponents over the head with a tennis racket and that it is not over yet as this is a best 2-3 series and that the next match will take place this week in the Mid-South Coliseum. ANGLE #4: U.S. NATIONAL TITLE: JIMMY GARVIN VS TERRY GORDY -Terry Gordy wins the main event match over the Cuban Assassin with a powerbomb. -At the interview desk, they show a video from last week’s TV show in the match between Garvin and Gordy. We see Garvin laying in the corner with a neck brace on as Precious comes in but is caught by Gordy. Gordy puts Precious over his knee and gives her a pretty good spanking. All of a sudden, Garvin who must have been faking the injury, rips off the neck brace and goes wild on Bam Bam. -Lance asks Gordy about how he felt after he hit a women. Gordy quickly changed Lance’s words to spank a women and says it did two things. “First of all, my mommy always spanked him when he did something wrong. Gordy says his momma believed you had to smack the bad outta people.” Gordy says he was also tired of Jimmy Garvin ducking him as he reminds everyone that Ed Marlin had to force him into the ring last week or take his title from him. He says there is one way to make a man fight and that is to mess with his women. -All of a sudden Jimmy Garvin and Precious come out as it looks like for the first time Garvin is looking to fight and not run. Gordy is ready and the two square off. All of a sudden, Ed Marlin comes out and demands they stop or else he will strip Garvin of the belt and that Gordy will never get another title shot. Marlin goes on to say that this rivalry has crossed the line and that it must be solved once and for all. He announces that this Thursday in Nashville it will be the last match between Garvin and Gordy and that it will be 2-3 Falls for the U.S. Heavyweight Title and that since you two love to break the rules, THERE WILL BE NO RULES! Just before Marlin walks off to end the show, he turns and says…… Oh sorry, one rule…. Precious is band from the building. As the screen fades to black we see an irate Jimmy Garvin. -Also on the show tonight, we saw -Another dominate performance by Vlad the Russian Hammer. Lance is really wondering if he can be stopped. -Wins by Chris Benoit as he used the ropes for a slingshot suplex and a win by Pez Whatley with a Flying Willie (Headbutt) Lance Russell: So long from Memphis and don’t forget to join Beach Brawl tomorrow night in Miami as the King goes for the UWF Title against Austin Idol and so much more. We will also be in Memphis and the Mid-South Coliseum this Thursday. #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE UWF U.S. NATIONAL TAG TITLES The Midnight Express with Jim Cornette vs The Kiwi Sheepherders LAST CHANCE U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH Jimmy Garvin vs Terry Gordy: 2/3 Falls with Precious banned from ringside

UWF adds the Ultimate Warrior to its list of who is on the block

The creativity continues to amaze. The Barr thing was great!

On the block for the UWF BABY DOLL JIMMY SNUKA RIP RODGERS RIP MORGAN JONATHAN BOYD MICHAEL HAYES BUDDY ROBERTS

Love the Bunkhouse Battle Royal. It did a nice jump of adding to your current angles. 10 lashes match, #1 contenders match, 4 corners match..... so many coo things for the fans.

UWF has the Fabulous Ones on the trade block.

I must say that it is great working with you as we seem to build off of each other. Beach Brawl is turning out to be the card of the year and I am really looking forward to it. I find the Kevin VonErich-Bigelow feud coming up to be something to keep the Texas fans on the edge of their seats.

7/27/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA UWF UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION: AUSTIN IDOL NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION: TED DIBIASE UWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE ROAD WARRIOIRS UWF WORLD 6 MAN CHAMPIONS: THE TENNESSEE STUD STABLE (TOMMY RICH, EDDIE GILBERT & JOHN STUD) UWF WORLD TV CHAMPION: ICEMAN PARSONS SHORT VERSION DUE TO ME BEING AN IDIOT AND NOT SAVING MY WORK! Hello again everybody. Welcome to Power Pro Wrestling; a UWF & Mid-South Wrestling production from Shreveport, Louisiana and the McNeils Boys Club. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd. Let’s get right to some video tape from last Thursday in Houston, Texas in a match with Ted Dibiase and Steve “Dr. Death Williams squared off against The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. ANGLE #1: DIBIASE AND DR. DEATH VS DUSTY AND HACKSAW DUGGAN We see a video from their tag match in Houston where Dibiase and Dr. Death win after Dr. Death connected with an Oklahoma Stampede on Rhodes and then tagged in Dibiase. Williams went right in the face of Duggan and Hacksaw charged the ring. This distracted the ref enough to allow for Dibiase to load up that black glove of his and clock the American Dream. Dusty was out cold but Dibiase locked in the Figure 4. The ref came over and saw Rhodes was out and thought he passed out from the pain and called for the bell. After the video, the Rat Pack is at the interview desk gloating about the win. Ross is sick to his stomach at the tactics used. Dibiase plays dumb and has no idea what he is talking about. Cowboy Bill Watts comes out and is also tired of the Rat Pack’s tactics and calls for a rematch this week in New Orleans. He also bans the rest of the Rat Pack from ringside and if they do interfere, they will be suspended. Watts lets Dibiase know that this will be a Coal Miners Glove on a Pole Match where the glove will be suspended 10 feet above one of the corners on a pole and the first team to capture the glove, can use it. Dibiase seems confident as he knows Rhodes is too fat to climb a pole and Hacksaw is too dumb to know how! Later in the Main Event we see Dusty Rhodes against Bobby Jaggers. During the match both Dibiase and Williams come out to the ring and everybody is expecting they jump Rhodes. Hacksaw Duggan is thinking the same thing and comes out to protect his partner. Of course he is carrying his trusty 2x4. Rhodes wins the bout after he follows up a Bionic Elbow with a Piledriver. Hacksaw Duggan jumps into the ring and together, he and the Dream dare the Rat Pack to enter the ring. Maybe because of the 2x4 or maybe because the sides are even for once, the Rat Pack saunters back to the locker room as Jim Ross signs off. ANGLE #2: THE ROAD WARRIORS VS THE FACES OF FEAR We see a quick video of their bout from Houston which ended in a Double DQ as Skandar Akbar and Paul Ellering got involved. Akbar actually entered the ring first and Ellering came in to stop him. After the video, Akbar and his men are at the interview desk where Akbar is claiming the Road Warriors keep getting DQ’ed on purpose. Jim Ross tells Akbar that he must be forgetting that he entered the ring first. Akbar tells him to shut up and demands a rematch with the Road Warriors for the UWF Tag Team Title! Later in the show, the Road Warriors win a squash match with the Doomsday Device and at the interview desk Paul Ellering says that he is getting sick and tired of Akbar and his copy cats. He claims they just want to be like the Road Warriors because they know they can’t beat them. Ellering says the Road Warriors will give the Faces of Fear a title shot in 2 weeks if Akbar agrees to wrestle Ellering this week in New Orleans. Later in the show, after his man the Dingo Warrior completely dominated Scooter Rigsbee, Akbar accepted Ellering’s challenge. ANGLE #3: HACKSAW BUTCH REED VS JIMMY SNUKA After Jimmy Snuka wins a pretty good bout with Master G with the Superfly Death Leap, he heads to the interview desk where he is white hot about last week’s comments by Hacksaw Butch Reed about Snuka being a tree climbing coconut picker. You can tell by his tone that this feud still has legs. In other action, Chris Benoit, the Cuban Assassin and the Rat Pack (Eric Embry and Buddy Landell) all came out on top. This week’s big card in New Orleans includes: Dibiase & Dr. Death vs Rhodes & Duggan in a Coal Miner’s Glove on a Pole Match Paul Ellering vs Skandar Akbar Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Jimmy Snuka