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with the roster spots opened up by giving talent to central states, UWF would like to add Duke Myers, Kerry Brown, Coco Samoa and Les Thorton

Big news coming out of the UWF central offices: -The UWF is really excited to announce that they have added Central States Wrestling to its growing list of territories and hopes this will add to its fan base in middle America. El Dragon, good Luck and welcome to the game. -The UWF would also like to announce that it has struck a deal with the Tennessee State Fair to host a 4 night extravaganza Nashville that coincided with this years State Fair in September. The UWF is going to share the stage with some of country musics biggest stars in an event titled CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK. The format is going to be: DAY 1 and 2: MUSIC CITY BOWL A 16 man tournament and an 8 team tag tournament that will include wrestlers from all 4 UWF territories. The final two singles and tag teams will move forward and compete in the next round for the Music City Belt. DAY 3 & 4: BATTLE FOR THE BELTS Each title except for the World Titles will be defended with the winners moving on DAY 5 and 6: CLASH OF CHAMPIONS A singles tournament and tag tournament for anyone who has a UWF title except the World Champions DAY 7: The winners from the Clash of Champions will face the World Champions. The Tennessee State Fair is hoping this will become a yearly event that will, along with country music, give the fair another big draw.

Some huge battles coming up as the WWF keeps on rolling. Windham vs Savage Demolition vs the Duo Hogan vs Nikita The Barber vs Valentine Love them all but if I had to chose one I think it would be the tag match as it is the most unpredictable.

I will agree that Lawler and the RnR Express don't fit the freelancer model and should find a home.

I kind of enjoy the system we have now. It gives our shows a little boost when we want it.

Great house show loop. Who could the hooded figure be? Also love the name of the Desperados for Bass and Bart

7/27/1985: WTVT 8:00-9:00 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 Mid-South Coliseum last Thursday where it was Jerry Lawler and his cousin Honky Tonk Man vs Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich for the UWF Southern Tag Team Titles. We see a quick video of Honky Tonk Man and Jerry Lawler crackin skulls in the ring during a period of chaos. All 4 men are in the ring until HTM tosses Gilbert through the ropes. Lawler, with the strap pulled down, comes off the middle rope with a nasty fist drop. He scoops up Wildfire and connects with a big piledriver. Rich is out of it and it looks like new champs for sure. Lawler goes to high five HTM who is still in the ring but instead, HTM grabs Lawler by the arm and wraps him up…… WHAM! HTM nails Lawler with a giant reverse neckbreaker and then drags Rich on top of Lawler for the 3 count! When the video is over, we see HTM with the Southern Tag Team Champions (who are also 2/3 of the UWF 6 Man Champions with John Stud.) Lance Russell: Ok you guys, what in the Sam Hill was that? I mean come on Honky Tonk Man. Tommy Rich: All I can say Lance is that Jerry Lawler is one stupid fool for someone who is supposed to be king. I mean we were all just out here two weeks ago telling Lawler he aint got no friends. I mean he has crossed everyone in the business. HTM: That’s right Wildfire. Lawler and I may be blood but that didn’t stop him from turning on me in the ring 5 years ago. He thinks he can do whatever he wants and that he is this popular rock star around here. Well Lawler, actions speak louder than words. You may say the right things but you never think the rules apply to you. Hotstuff and Wildfire are more family then you will ever be. Eddie Gilbert: Last week, my father had the joy of crackin your skull with a chain. This week, your own family tried to break your neck. Who will it be next? You better have eyes in the back of your head. You think you are going to have gold around your waist? The only gold you are going to have is that store bought crown you wear around your spoiled head. Lance Russell: Well I have heard about enough of this. Family turning against family. Let’s get to the ring before I become sick MATCH: SWEET BROWN SUGAR VS LARRY CHEATEM A nice return to Memphis for the fan favorite here as Sweet Brown Sugar shows his athleticism and willingness to duke it out in the middle of the ring when thing turned nasty. The finish came when Sugar connected with a series of Lightening Dropkicks. ----------COMMERCIAL BREAK--------- MATCH JYD VS ROCKET MONROE JYD plays nice until Monroe uses some questionable tactics on a break in the corner. This really got the Dog going and he finished off Monroe with a Big Thump! Just as the ref made the 3 count we get the Fabulous Freebirds (Hayes & Roberts) rushing out as they attack the Dog. Dog tries his best but the Freebirds are just too much. We hear Lance Russell saying this must be the Freebirds attempt at collecting that $25,000 bounty that someone put on the Dog. Jeff Jarrett is furious as you can tell JYD is one of his favorites. Lance Russell: Well what in the Sam Hill is this? The Dog could be in real trouble now. It is none other than Captain Redneck, Dick Murdoch rushing to the ring. We all know the rocky relationship these two have had down in Mid-South. To the surprise and shock of all, Murdoch does not try to collect the bounty but instead starts throwing haymakers at the Freebirds. Dog recovers quickly and he and Murdoch soon control the ring as the Freebirds beat a hasty retreat. It is exactly what you get when you combine JYD and Murdoch. JYD and Murdoch look cautiously at each other and Murdoch extends a hand. JYD, slowly at first but then enthusiastically shakes it. The two head to the interview desk where Murdoch takes the lead. Dick Murdoch: I know the Dog and I have had some battles but we have also been teammates. We were 3 times Mid-South Tag Team Champions and we are like family. Families don’t always get along but when someone is after family, you protect your own. When I heard that some low life rotten scoundrel went and put a bounty of JYD to try and put him out of Wrastlin, I just had to come up here and watch his back. JYD thanks Murdoch but says anyone that wants to come out and go after the Dog is going to have to pay the price and the Freebirds are going to have to pay big time. He asks Murdoch to be his partner this week in Nashville as they go get some revenge. Murdoch accepts and Lance Russell hypes up this challenge match for all the fans in the Nashville area. ----------COMMERCIAL BREAK--------- MATCH MIDNIGHT EXPRESS with JIM CORNETTE VS DAVE & TYLER OWENS The best part of this match, was the introduction by Jim Cornette. The end came when Beautiful Bobby followed up Condrey’s suplex with an Alabama Jammer. At the interview desk, Cornette is all business and is demanding a title shot against Ronnie Garvin and Terry Taylor for the UWF U.S. Tag Titles. This brings out Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan who claim that they are the #1 contenders for the titles. It is interesting to watch two heel teams go face to face and you can almost feel the crowd hope that they beat the crap out of each other as they settle their dispute. Cooler heads prevail as we get Jerry Jarrett coming out telling the two teams that they will have a Best of 3 Series to find out who the # contender is and that it will begin this Thursday in Nashville. The two teams seem satisfied with the solution and walk off! MATCH VLAD THE RUSSIAN HAMMER VS AL COSTELLO Lance and Jeff barely have a chance to review the beating Vlad gave Spike Huber in the Mid-South Coliseum last Thursday before this one is over. The 6’8, 300 pounder just continued to run over every USWA wrestler. The end came with that devastating double fisted sledgehammer to the chest and neck area that caused Costello to completely flip in mid-air and land on his head. Vlad, in broken English, spends a minute at the interview desk where he dares any American to step up to him. ----------COMMERCIAL BREAK---------- When we come out of break, we see a dejected Jerry Lawler at the interview desk. It takes him a minute or two to really get going but when he does, he is demanding to get his cousin HTM in the ring and that he is going to take this boy out to the woodshed if you know what I mean. All of a sudden, Austin Idol comes out with Freddie Blassie and he laughing it up. Austin Idol: We told you Lawler. We told you. You aint got no friends in the business. You can take out HTM if you like but we got a long line of others ready for you. How about this, you beat HTM this week and survive whatever other surprises we have instore for you and I will give you another title shot. Maybe even at Beach Brawl in Miami! Jerry Lawler: HTM has no chance in Nashville and even his own mother knows that. You just signed your own death notice Idol. I can’t wait to feel the sand beneath my toes and the gold around my waist! Lance Russell is glad this little interview segment did not end in violence and takes us to the ring where we see two more of Lawler’s biggest headaches. MATCH: UWF SOUTHERN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH TENNESSEE STUD STABLE (Rich & Gilbert) VS THE SAMOAN CONNECTION (Farmer Boy Ipo & LeRoy Brown) A great bout here as the Studs had trouble dealing with the Samoans size and hard heads. Ipo and Brown seemed on their way to the title by using their hard heads as battering rams. But the end came when Wildfire distracted the ref as Tommy Gilbert came down to ringside and slipped hi son a chain which he wrapped around his fist and laid Brown out! The ref, not knowing any better, made the three count as Lance Russell and Jeff Jarrett tried to plead the case of the Samoans from the interview desk! When the match was over and the Stud’s were at the interview desk hoopin and hollerin, Jerry Jarrett came out and said that he is sick and tired of their tactics and that he has a surprise for them. Jerry Jarrett: This week in Nashville. You boys will be putting your titles on the line in Nashville. If there is any help from the outside, you boys will lose your title! If you use an illegal weapon, you will lose your titles! Gilbert and Rich seem a little less smug and demand to know who their opponents will be. Jarrett says it is always better to see then to hear. He asks them to look at the video screen where we see Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson. When Rich and Gilbert find out it is the Rock n Roll Express the go completely bonkers and demand that Jarrett change this but he is obviously quite proud of himself and hoped the Stud Stable’s days are numbered. ----------COMMERCIAL BREAK---------- When we come out of break, we hear Lance hyping up tonight’s Main Event which will be for the USWA Title as Jimmy Garvin defends against Terry Gordy. Lance explains that Gordy came within seconds of winning the title last week in Memphis as he connected with a piledriver and had the champ down but at 2 ¾, the bell rang as time expired. All of a sudden Jimmy Garvin and Precious come to the table and we see Garvin in a neckbrace. He is saying that he can’t wrestle tonight as he is injured due to the ILLEGAL PILEDRIVER that Terry Gordy used. Lance explains that the move is dangerous but it is not illegal here in the USWA and that he better get in the ring. Eddie Marlin, the head of the USWA Board of Directors comes out and simply gives Garvin 2 choices. He can either get in the ring now or be stripped of his title. With this ultimatum, Garvin heads to the ring. MAIN EVENT U.S. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP JIMMY GARVIN with PRECIOUS VS TERRY “BAM BAM” GORDY Garvin plays the wounded animal and ties his best to beg for Gordy to leave him alone. Gordy finally gets his hands on the champ and the beating is on. Precious wastes no time and heads right to the ring. She tries to sneak up on Gordy and is ready for the loaded purse shot. Gordy turns around just in time and catches her hands. He rips the purse from her grip and throws the purse to the arena floor. Garvin is down and just watches as Gordy grabs his valet. The crowd is urging him to hit her! Gordy is obviously thinking. On one hand, he knows the jezebel deserves it and on the other hand, he knows he can’t just wind up and hit a women! It is like a lightbulb goes off in his head. He picks her up and put her over his knee and begins to spank her! Lance Russell and Jeff Jarrett are loving every moment of this but the camera catches Jimmy Garvin as he rips off his neck brace and rushes outside the ring to grab a chair. WHAM! Just as TV time expires, Garvin clocks Gordy with the chair. Lance Russell: Wow, you can’t put anything past Garvin and Precious. From the fake injury, to the loaded purse to the chair shot. This duo is a force to be reckon with but trust you me, when Gordy gets up, they better be gone. So long from Memphis and don’t forget to join us this Thursday in Nashville. Matches include: JERRY LAWLER VS HONKY TONK MAN: (If Lawler wins, he gets another shot at Auston Idol and the UWF Title) JYD & DICK MURDOCH VS THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS UWF SOUTHERN TAG TEAM TITLE MACTH The Tennessee Stud Stable vs the Rock n Roll Express #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE UWF U.S. NATIONAL TAG TITLES The Midnight Express with Jim Cornette vs The Kiwi Sheepherders VLAD THE RUSSIAN HAMMER VS LANNY POFFO

I do think the 20 year old Michaels would be best to keep shaking Martel's hand or he may get truly hurt.

I love the Sports Shop opening here. Also like seeing Tamba getting some hype! He could be a huge star. This has a great Caribbean feel!

The Bash is off and running! Nice to see the women and midgets getting some time. Flair and Funk really seem to be struggling in the tag team action here. Wonder if it will carry over to the singles. TA is off to a good start and Piper could really push Flair. Nice to see the freelancers getting time also. They are all huge stars and need to be showcased!

I actually can't take credit for my jobber names. I went back a decade or two on wrestlingdata.com and found jobbers from Memphis and the Mid-South.

I swear I never predict anything right in Southen Rastlin! I was sure Kevin Von Erich was coming out on top!

7/20/1985: 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 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 the Lake Front Arena in New Orleans We see a video of how Steve Williams hit the ring during Ted Dibiase’s North American Title defense and hit special referee, Dusty Rhodes with a chair causing the dq but protecting Dibiase’s title. When the video ends, we see Dusty Rhodes and Hacksaw Duggan at the interview desk where they are fuming mad. Jim Ross lets the fans know that Hacksaw and Dusty will have a chance at revenge this week in Houston as they get Dibiase and Williams in a Texas Street Fight. Dusty and Hacksaw guarantee to get even with the Rat Pack and announce that it they cannot wait until Thursday. Cowboy Bill Watts comes out and basically calls the Rat Pack a disgrace and that he agrees with Duggan and Watts that they should not have to wait until Thursday. He announces tonight’s main event as Rhodes and Hacksaw vs Eric Embry and Buddy Landell. The crowd pops and the entire Rat Pack rush out and complains. Watts reminds them who writes the checks and that if they are not careful, they may find themselves fined and suspended for their actions in New Orleans. He also tells Dibiase to watch how he controls his band of hooligans or else he may find himself defending that North American Title tonight! Dibiase seems to pipe down as he would rather throw Embry and Landell to the wolves then defend his title. We also saw a bit of a reaction from Dr. Death who was taken back when Watts called Dibiase the leader of the Rat Pack! Ross hypes up this main event but before Ernie Ladd sends us to the ring for our first match, he gives Watts some pretty big criticism for forcing the Rat Pack into the ring tonight. MATCH #1 UWF WORLD TV TITLE MATCH ICEMAN KING PARSONS VS THE CUBAN ASSASSIN The TV and studio audience are in this from the get go. From the heat of the Cuban Assassin waving his flag to the energy of “We Are Family” and a dancing Iceman, the crowd is on pins and needles. We get the Cuban Assassin attacking before the bell and this controls the first 3 minutes of the match. Brett Wayne Sawyer comes out to the interview desk and cheers on Iceman. Ross reminds us all that the Cuban Assassin attacked Sawyer last week. As the Cuban seems to distract the Assassin. This was all Iceman needed as he made a nice come back and finished him off with a Big Butt Bump. Sawyer congratulates Iceman as they seem to have a bond forming. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: THE FABULOUS FREEBIRDS (MICHAEL HAYES & BUDDY ROBERTS) VS TIM ANDERSON & FRANK DALTON A complete squash match where the Freebirds shock everyone with their aggression. They come out and seem to have no care in the world for the rules. They use some questionable double-teaming techniques and do their best to hid their dirty play from the referee. The end comes in about 4 minutes with the only legal move we seemed to have seen, a Running Bulldog by Hayes. Jim Ross, who is disgusted by all of this, explains to fans that this heel turn seemed to begin in Nashville where they turned on the Fabulous Ones. At the interview desk after the match, the Freebirds seem quite satisfied with their actions. Michael Hayes: The Freebirds have been the dominate team in this industry for a long time but we lost our path. We started to listen to people like Hacksaw Duggan and Dusty Rhodes and our title shots dried up. They told us to care about these stupid fans in TV land and where did that get us? NOWHERE! The Freebirds are about crackin heads and taken names. We are the ones breaking chairs over someone’s skull; not the ones breakin up fights. Buddy and I are bringing this team back to the top! Back to the days where we blinded JYD, back to the days when we left Dusty Rhodes lying flat on his back in the ring. And yes, back to last week where left Steve Kerin and Stan Lane nearly blind in the ring. Jim Ross: Speaking of the Fabulous Ones they have a message for you. We have a quick video tape from the Fabulous Ones where we see Steve Keirn with a bandage around one of his eyes. Baby Doll does most of the speaking and says that they will be down to Louisiana real soon and she guarantees the Fab Ones will walk down Badstreet and when they get to that last house on the block, the Freebirds better not be home. When the video ends, Hayes is laughing and says that he likes a big feisty blonde! MATCH: CHRIS BENOIT VS RANDY MILLER Benoit stays on his latest roll here. He is very technically sound and seemed to enjoy mixing it up also when Miller went for the dirty stuff. In the end, Benoit wins with a nice high Vertical Suplex. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- M ATCH: THE ROAD WARRIORS with Paul Ellering VS PAT HUTCHINSON & VERLON BIGGS A quick and brutal win by the Road Warriors with the finish coming with a Doomsday Device. Just as the three count is finished, Skandar Akbar and the Faces of Fear come to the interview desk where Akbar is yelling across the studio at the Road Warriors for hiding behind their belts and wrestling losers like Hutchinson and Briggs instead of being real men and putting their titles on the line against the best team in the UWF, Haku and Konga The Barbarian. Paul Ellering and the Road Warriors strut right over to the interview desk where they get right in the face of Akbar’s men. There is no backing down here from either team and the locker room feels the tension and rushes out to separate these men before it blows up. NO CHANCE! The entire locker room couldn’t stop these 4 on their best day and we get chaos! The only thing that restores order is a commercial break. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Before our next match, we are informed by Cowboy Bill Watts that the only way to keep the peace around here is to put the Road Warriors and the Faces of Fear in the ring together and that is going to happen this week in Houston with the UWF World Tag Title on the line! Skandar Akbar and his man, Hacksaw Butch Reed stop at the interview desk before their match. They are all business and hype up the mission to force Superfly Snuka out of the UWF. Jim Ross doesn’t understand and reminds us the Snuka was a part of this organization just a short time ago. This sets Akbar off as he says Snuka was all about himself and not the family! Hacksaw gets on the mic and goes over how he and Snuka had a battle last week in New Orleans and that neither man seemed to come out on top. Hacksaw Reed: Well listen up Jungle Boy. This is not a battle, this is a WAR! A War, I will win. I am the man here and you are just a jungle boy used to climbing trees picking coconuts! Houston will be your last hoorah! MATCH HACKSAW BUTCH REED with SKANDAR AKBAR VS KENNY SHANE WOW! Poor Kenny Shane as he was just beaten from pillar to post. The end came when Reed followed up a Gorilla Press Slam with a nasty football tackle. MAIN EVENT DUSTY RHODES & HACKSAW DUGGAN VS THE RAT PACK (ERIC EMBRY & NATURE BOY BUDDY LANDELL) The baby faces were ready the Rat Pack as the heels tried a Pear Harbor Attack but were beaten back. Rhodes and Duggan had them right were they wanted them until Dibiase and Dr. Death hit the ring. Dibiase and the rest of the Rat Pack went right after Rhodes and it looked for a second that Duggan was going to abandon him as he jumped down off the apron. Instead, it seemed like Duggan had stored 2 x 4’s under the ring. He comes in swinging at the Rat Pack abandon. As the show comes to an end, we the baby faces in the ring and the Rat Pacl trying to figure out a way that there 4 on 2 advantage won’t result in a 2 x 4 across the head. Jim Ross: So long from Shreveport! Don’t forget to join us in Houston this week. Matches included: Hacksaw Butch Reed with Skandar Akbar vs Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka UWF WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Road Warriors vs The Faces of Fear with Skandar Akbar Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death vs Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Dusty Rhodes ___________________________________________________

UWF releases Man Mountain Link and adds Skip Young (Sweet Brown Sugar)

Bruno coming in will be very interesting...... The moral compass of Bruno vs his spoiled brat sun..... What is a father to do? All the feuds are going strong and are progressing nicely with that Southern feel. Heel turns, run ins, masked men trying to unmask other masked men, familys fighting for their name..... Just so well done.

Good luck with everything and can't wait until you are back full time!

Great separation of your roster here. The VonErichs in the main event in Texas and Fuller and Golden in Alabama and Mississippi!

As always, things just continue to roll in the WWF with new angles starting all the time and with a roster to keep the audience interested.

Wow, the baby faces were having a pretty good night until Orndorff couldn't go...... or could he and chose not to?

Really great tv show that would have been better then what we watched in the 80's. The Sgt. Slaughter interview was well written. I think we finally have Harley Race back in his proper place. He has been playing JTTS all over North America for awhiile and now he quickly goes over one of the AWA standouts. Race may become King yet!

Nice card in Winnipeg with a lot of star power. The Spoiler would be a nice partner to help show the young rockers the ropes.

7/20/1985: WTVT 8:00-9:00 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, we must review what happened at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville last Thursday night. We see a quick video of Tommy Gilbert and Eddie Gilbert interfering in the World title match between Austin Idol and Jerry “the King” Lawler” where Tommy Gilbert pulled out a chain and hit Lawler. As the clip ends we see Jerry Lawler and the Honky Tonk Man with Lance and Jeff at the interview desk. Lance Russell: Well Jerry! I guess you are going to have to have eyes in the back of your head. Idol is rounding up everyone that you may have crossed paths with over the last 15 years and they are coming after you. If Idol gets to keep that UWF Unified World Title every time one of his goons gets him Disqualified, it may be impossible to dethrone him. Jerry Lawler: Lance, nothing is impossible and if he Austin Idol thinks he can find enough people who want to come at me in Memphis, he has another thing coming. Memphis is my town! My people and I know they got my back. As for the Gilberts, if they think they can slow me down they are OUT OF THEIR MINDS. Tommy Gilbert is a hasben and his punk son is a never was. They want to make this a family thing, I got no problem with that. Honky Tonk Man here is blood and together we are going to make those Gilbert’s bleed. This Thursday in the Mid-South Coliseum, I am going to take what is most near and dear to Eddie Gilbert and that is that UWF Southern Tag Team Title he holds with that other punk, Tommy Rich. Honk Tonk Man echoes the same sentiments as he also hypes up the match before Lance Russell sends us to the ring for our first match. MATCH: LANNY POFFO VS DAVID KING An impressive win here for Poffo as he excited the crowd with a Moonsault for the victory. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- U.S. TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS RONNIE GARVIN & TERRY TAYLOR VS WAYNE PETTY & PAUL DIAMOND During the match, Lance talks about how great Garvin and Taylor where in Nashville in the U.S. Tag Team tournament and about how hard the finals match was against the Tennessee Stud Stable (Rich and Gilbert) The champs look real good here and they make quick work of the challengers. The end comes when Garvin follows up Taylor’s Airplane Spin on Petty with the Garvin Stomp! At the interview desk Lance and Jeff congratulate the new champs who are very humble and talk about all the great tag teams in the USWA and that they are going to have to work hard to keep these belts. All of a sudden, Jim Cornette comes out in a neck brace screaming about how the Midnight Express should be the champions. Lance Russell: Come on now Jimmy. Your men were not even in the tournament. How could they be champions? Jim Cornette: As I already told you clowns last week, we were not in the tournament because it was purposely held on a night that we would be out of town. Ronnie Garvin: Let me get this straight? You are angry because the tournament was held the same night you met the Road Warriors for the UWF Tag Team Title because you are certain they would have won because the Midnight Express is the greatest team in wrestling today? Jim Cornette: That’s right and my mother’s lawyers are looking it to. We will soon be the champions and we will also own the stinkin company. Terry Taylor: Well if you are the best team in the world, then why don’t we see the World Titles around your team’s waist? And what happened to your neck? Lance explains that Cornette stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and got whacked by a chair he brought to the ring. Jim Cornette: Shut up Lance Russell before I sue you for liable. I am also going to sue Jerry Jarrett if we don’t get a title shot. Jeff Jarrett: You are not going to sue my daddy and you will never own our company. I think there are so many great teams in the USWA and you will just have to wait your turn. Jim Cornette: I am telling you right now you little punk, that my men will beat any team in the USWA and we challenge any team that thinks they can beat us to a match today right here on TV. Lance Russell: Well look who seems to be coming out now to except your challenge. Fresh off of their victory over the Rat Pack it is the Samoan Connection! Cornette is obviously taken back and looks worried he has bitten off more than his men can chew as Lance hypes up our new main event for today’s show. MATCH: VLAD THE RUSSIAN HAMMER VS BOB OWENS While bringing some serious heat down on himself, Vlad makes quick work of Owens. He just beats the poor American to the point he can’t even stand up. The end finally come with a huge two fisted sledge hammer to the chest. Vlad antagonizes the fans all the way to the interview desk where he is wondering where all the strong Americans are. He goes on to explain that he has been here for two weeks and beaten two weak Americans and can’t wait to beat another next week. All of a sudden, Spike Huber comes out to challenge the Russian. Huber gets a nice ovation as the crowd didn’t care who, they just wanted someone to stand up to this -bound, 6’8 Russian. Unfortunately Huber plays to the crowd as he is getting their support. WHAM! A huge Russian Boot to the back and the beating is on. After a minute or two we see officials and jobbers rush out to get Vlad back to the locker room. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MATCH: JYD VS FRANK TAVARES As JYD’s music begins to play the crowd goes wild! Dog makes quick work of Tavares with a Big Thump but it is at the interview desk that things get very interesting. Lance congratulates Dog on his win but says that he has something very disturbing to show him. As the video begins all we see is a suitcase full of money and we hear a somewhat familiar voice…. “In all my years of wrestling, I have never been pushed to do what I am about to do. I am going to pay any wrestler $25,000 if they can get rid of Junk Yard Dog. I am sick and tired of him getting all the attention. I am sick and tired of him getting all the big matches. Look at Battleground. Who had the World Title Shot? That’s right, Junk Yard Dog! Who has the title shot this week at the Mid-South Coliseum. That’s right JYD! So listen up UWF. I don’t care if it is Ted Dibiase and the Rat Pack. I don’t care if it is Tommy Rich and the Stud Stable. I don’t care if it is Skandar Akbar and the Devastation Inc. Somebody has got to take him out.” As the video ends, Lance Russell seems very concerned but JYD is all business. He starts howling at the moon and demands to know who this coward is that couldn’t even show his face on camera. He also points out that this yellow bellied chicken needs to pay someone to do what he wants done because he can’t do it himself. He dares Dibiase, Rich and Akbar to come for him as he has got a big 12 foot chain waiting for them and he is going to knock them right in the mouth! JYD looks right at the camera and says he thinks Austin Idol is behind this because he knows he can’t beat him alone and this Thursday, he is going to take Idol’s World Unified Title and his money! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- JIMMY GARVIN with PRECIOUS VS PISTOL PEZ WHATLEY We get a little of everything here. Pez starts out on top by using his quickness but Garvin turns the tide with a sucker punch in the corner. Garvin stays on top and seems to have the match won after a big suplex but Pez kicks out. Pez starts his comeback but only to be thrown out if the ring where he needs to deal with the cat like fighting style of Precious who claws at his back. Pez catches Garvin with a shoulder block from the apron and almost gets the pin with a sunset flip if it weren’t from Precious again. This time she hoped up on the apron and distracted the ref. Somehow she was able to flip the loaded purse to Garvin who clocked Whatley. All of a sudden, Terry Gordy hit the ring like a house afire and hit Garvin with some huge shots! Garvin made a quick exit as the ref called for the bell and DQ’ed Pez for outside interference. Gordy picked up the loaded purse and pointed to Pez who was down and pleaded that he came to the ring because Garvin used a weapon! The ref looked at Pez, looked at the purse and put two and two together and reversed his decision. While the belt did not change hands, Garvin and Precious were fuming at Bam Bam! At the interview desk, Terry Gordy is fuming mad and demands a match with Garvin. He says these fans deserve a team they can be proud of. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT THE SAMOAN CONNECTION VS THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS A wild one wear the Midnight Express had some real trouble dealing with the size of Farmer Boy Ipo and LeRoy Brown. A nice double team move by the Samoans seemed to have them poised for victory. Brown tagged in Ipo but before leaving the ring, he connected with a Savat kick to the head of Condrey. Condrey back peddled right into the arms of Ipo how nailed him with a Samoan drop. Instead of making the 3 count, the ref delayed and went to Brown forcing him to exit the ring. Jim Cornette rushed in and connected with a tennis racket shot to Ipo just as Beautiful Bobby scampered up the ropes and come off with an Alabama Jammer! Ipo was out and Brown saw this and tried to rush back in the ring but again, the ref not seeing what was happening, forced him out. Eaton pulled Condrey on top of Ipo and left the ring. The ref turned around and saw Condrey on top of Farmer Boy and made the 3 count! Lance Russell: What a show we had today. So long from Memphis! Don’t forget to join is in the Mid-South Coliseum this Thursday. Matches include: Vlad the Russian Hammer vs Spike Huber UWF Southern Tag Team Championship: Lawler and HTM vs Rich & Gibert U.S. Heavyweight Title: Jimmy Garvin with Precious vs Terry Gordy UWF WORLD UNIFIED TITLE: AUSTIN IDOL VS JYD

and the Boutwell continues to be my favorite card of the week. -Not only do we get a heel turn, we get it against his own family. -The Bullet with a heel move with something in his mask against the House of Humperdink - The VonErichs beat the champ! Anything could and usually does happen each week in Alabama!

Great return to Dallas for the UWF! Love how each match seems to have something on the line. I suspect the people of Dallas would not be that into Graham and the Tongo Kid (even though for an opening match it is awesome) but put a title on the line and it becomes a very important match. Makes me think I need another title or two! Kevin Von Erich gets the win and I am sure we get the fans going wild for a second before Marc Lowrence says that the title doesn't change hands on a count out.

As Gordi said, this is the perfect male version of GLOW. So cheesey that you can't help but watch. All the cool names of the wrestlers and the moves shows your creativity. This would be driving all the other promoters wild. As they are trying to make wrestling as legitimate as possible to draw fans, you are gaining popularity by making it look ridiculous. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK