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Here we go! Funk vs TA. An instant classic is on the way.

Free Agency is up to date. I will just remove the last two picks from the Memphis Draft. I can restart after Grimmas and Gene get a pick.

USWA welcomes "The Nature Boy" Buddy Landell

USWA sends Kabuki to Lutte for Fatu and sends Iron Sheik to MACW for Tonga Kid

I think I got all the moves done

USWA WRESTLING: 3/3/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 AUSTIN, TEXAS “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from the Frank Irwin Center in Austin, Texas. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. Let’s get right to the ring tonight with the King, Jerry Lawler. MATCH: JERRY LAWLER VS KING COBRA A quick match for the King here is his official return to USWA Wrestling. The end came when King followed up a second rope fist drop with a piledriver. Lawler heads over to the interview desk where he has some explaining to do on why he turned on Dusty Rhodes the other night in Memphis. Jerry Lawler: Memphis is my town. I am not going to sit by and watch some fat slob cheat his way to the title in Memphis. We all saw Rhodes throw Dibiase into ref Pee Wee Anderson and hit Ted with loaded elbow after loaded elbow. Wrestling is the sport of Kings and I am the only true King here! The crowd pops as Dusty Rhodes comes out. Dusty Rhodes: The other night Lawler you messed with my livelihood. You messed with my chance to regain what was rightful mine. Now because of you, it will be one year before I will champ. Well I am going to spend that year beating you all over this land. You might be the King of Memphis but I am the AMERICAN DREAM and every city you go to, I will be right there knocking your teeth out! Dusty does a quick play to the crowd and Lawler doesn’t hesitate. He sucker punches Rhodes from behind. He now spends the next minute or two just beating Dusty like a dog until order is finally restored by a commercial break. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- INTERVIEW WITH GARY HART & JIMMY SNUKA & THE GREAT KABUKI Gary Hart really hypes up the beating that Superfly gave Sgt. Slaughter last week in Memphis and he spends the next few minutes calling out the new North American Champion, Hacksaw Duggan. Duggan has heard enough and comes out and confronts Hart and his men. Gary Hart responds by challenging Duggan right now to a tag team match between his men and whoever Duggan can find. Hart goes on and on that he believes that there isn’t a wrestle in the back who would dare face his men. Duggan smiles and accepts the challenge and goes to the back to “find” a partner. MATCH: JIMMY SNUKA & THE GREAT KABUKI VS HACKSAW DUGGAN & MYSTERY PARTNER With Hart’s men already waiting in the ring Duggan comes out alone and Gary Hart begins to laugh as he figured nobody would join Hacksaw. All of a sudden the speakers begin to blare a little Queen and “ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST” and the crowd explodes like never before. Jim Ross: “By Gawd could it be? Yes, it is Junk Yard Dog! We have not seen him in the USWA for months. Hart and his men are in shock and the action begins before the bell. Duggan and JYD are all over their opponents for a while but Hart trips up Duggan. A few headbutts later and Superfly is leaping off the top rope! Snuka connected but JYD made the save and cleared the ring all by himself. A little 4 men in the ring ensues and with Snuka and Duggan duking it out, JYD whips Kabuki into the ropes and catches Kabuki with a big “Thump” (powerslam) for the victory. JYD quickly helps Duggan dispose of Snuka and the baby faces control the ring! Ross hypes up the return of JYD while Ernie Ladd is more excited by the beating Duggan just got by Snuka and “the Big Cat” believes Duggan’s title reign will be short lived. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MIRACLE VIOLENCE COMMITTEE VS CHRIS BENOIT, BIG BUBBA RODGERS & TED ARCIDI The Miracle Violence Committee are just too much for the youngsters but the three rookies continue to look less and less robotic in the ring. Arcidi matches the champs in the power department but in the end, we see Manny Fernandez catch Chris Benoit with a flying Burrito for the victory. After the match the Miracle Violence Committee are at the interview desk taking turns verbally assaulting their newest challengers; Skandar Akbar’s Sheiks when all of a sudden Jim Ross can’t believe what he says. Jim Ross: Bah Gawd the Devil has emerged in Austin, Texas. Michael Hayes has returned to the USWA and he is walking out kind of sheepishly and Jim Ross can’t believe that he has the guts to come out here with Terry Gordy! Michael Hayes: Please, I come in peace. I know what I have done to you over the past was wrong. I was jealous of your big win in that tournament up in Canada but trust me brother, Terry, you are a FREEBIRD for life! Buddy and I have seen what Jimmy Garvin is. A True Snake! I ,I, I, uh …… Terry Gordy: Shut up Hayes! You think you can just come out here and everything would be like it was in the past. You are the dirtiest player in the game and you have played me long enough. Tonight was your one and only free pass but the next time you interrupt me or get in the face of any member of the Violence Committee, you will be drinking though a straw! Garvin has seen the light. I have seen the light. Your Bad Street is becoming a lonely place! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT: #1 CONTENDERS MATCH THE ROAD WARRIORS with WOMEN VS BIG COUNTRY (Plowboy Frazier & Silo Sam) Big Country has been undefeated so far in the USWA and it is simply that no team has been able to deal with their almost 1000 pounds of mass. That is until tonight. Plowboy Frazier and Silo Sam are beaten from pillar to post. The end comes when Hawk nearly decapitates Plowboy Frazier with a diving clothesline off the top rope for the victory! Jim Ross: Well, I think the Road Warriors just put the Perfect Alliance and Baby Doll on notice. Just last week, the champs said there was no competition here in the USWA and now we got both the Road Warriors and the Rock N Roll Express breathing down their necks. Well we are out of time. So long from Austin, Texas. Don’t forget to join us next week from the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. _________________________________________________________________________

Sounds good! I love drafts. It is the best part of this game for me.

USWA would like to add Mike Graham to a jobber pack.

USWA requests Jerry Lawler for September 6,13,19,20,27 and 28

USWA requests the RnR Express for August 2,9,16,22,23,29 and 30

USWA requests the Rn R Express for July 3, 5, 12,19, 25 and 26

The USWA requests the RnR Express on June 7, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28

Jerry Lawler: May 4, 10, 17, 23, 24 & 31 (USWA)

USWA requests the RnR Express on April 5,12,18,19,25 and 26

USWA would like the RnR Express on 3/15, 3/22 and 3/29

Would love to start the draft as soon as we can. Is our roster expanding to 48 now or are we waiting until April 1

USWA WRESTLING: 3/2/1985: WTBS 9:05-10:05 ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA WRESTLING from Alexandria, Louisiana and the Rapides Parrish Coliseum. I am Jim Ross and my partner today is the Big Cat, Ernie Ladd. What a card we have for you tonight but we have an interview with the STILL USWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION TED DIBIASE: I told each and every one of you rednecks out there in TV land that I would beat that fat slob Dusty Rhodes in Memphis and that this belt was going to stay around my waist for a very, very long time. Jim Ross: Well let’s hold on a minute. It’s not like you won that match fair and square. All the WTBS viewers saw that you needed help from King Jerry Lawler to get that victory as Dusty had you pinned right there in the center of the ring. Ted Dibiase: I have no idea what you are talking about. When the ref made the three count, he raised MY Hand and not Rhodes! Jim Ross: Well moving on, as we all know that Dusty cannot have another USWA World Title shot for the remainder of 1985, you now have a new challenger to deal with. None other than Kerry Von Erich. Ted Dibiase: Hahhaha. The spoiled nosed brat. The boss’s kid! Yeah that sounds real tough. This company better find some real challengers. Jim Ross: Well that is about as arrogant as I would expect from you. We will just have to wait and see as next week in Dallas, Texas, you will be facing Kerry in Reunion Arena. MATCH: JIMMY GARVIN with Precious VS SWEET BROWN SUGAR The crowd is all abuzz as this is the first we have seen of Jimmy Garvin this year and he is without his fellow Freebirds. The contest is well contested with Sweet Brown Sugar controlling a lot of the match. Garvin was able to toss Sugar through the middle ropes and then he got right in the face of ref David Manning. This allowed Precious time to clock Sugar with the loaded purse and that was all she wrote. Jimmy Garvin went over to the interview desk where he said he is working solo now and that the Freebirds were dead! He said if he ever got his hands on that rat, Michael Hayes, it would be a BAD day for him. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- When we come out of break, Cowboy Bill Watts has joined Jim Ross and hypes up how exciting a time it is for USWA WRESTLING and he takes a moment to review the huge card last week in Memphis and how he is really excited for the upcoming world title match between Kerry Von Erich and Ted Dibiase. Watts then turns his attention to the USWA World Tag Team situation where the Perfect Alliance defeated The Fabulous Ones in a loser-leave town match. This brings out baby Doll and her team of Bobby Eaton and Arn Anderson and they go on and on bragging about there is nobody in the USWA who can beat them and how everyone thought so much of the Fab Ones and now they are gone. Watts interrupts and says that he was about to inform the viewers that there is going to be an 8 team tournament to find the new #1 contenders for the tag titles and that this tournament actually starts tomorrow night. The 8 teams will be The Tennessee Stud Stable (Wildfire Rich & Eddie Gilbert), Kevin Von Erich and Iceman Parsons, The Fort Bragg Brotherhood, Big Country, The Assassins and the Memphis Bruise Brothers. Baby Doll: That is only 6 teams. I thought you said 8. I guess that everyone else was just afraid. Cowboy Bill Watts: oh, I am sorry but I needed to pause as these last two teams need some special attention. “Rock N Roll All Night” by Kiss begins to blare from the speakers and out comes the Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson. Baby Doll and her team are in shock but that does not compare to what will happen next. All of a sudden a beautiful women walks out and says how much she admires Baby Doll and what she has done for women in this industry but it is time for her and her team to step aside. She goes on to say that she is the manager of the 8th team in the tournament and here they are… THE ROAD WARRIORS! The Road Warriors come out and the Perfect Alliance basically crap their pants. Animal and Hawk are screaming on the microphone how it is time to Shine Up Those Titles Boys! ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- Before we get to the ring, both Ross and Ladd can’t believe the Rock N Roll Express and the Road Warriors are here in the USWA and this is going to turn the tag team division up on its ear! MATCH: THE SHEIKS with SKANDAR AKBAR VS MIKE JACKSON, BRETT SAWYER & ROY LEE WELCH This is the first time we get to see Akbar’s new acquisitions of Sheik Ken Patera and Sheik Crusher Blackwell in real action. They made a run-in appearance the other night as Akbar continues to build a terrifying army. Tonight, Butch Reed, Patera and Blackwell crush their opponents and leave them all scattered around the ring. The end came with the 420 pound rusher Blackwell coming off the middle rope with a Giant Splash. Akbar takes his men over to the interview desk where the message is loud and clear. His men are coming after the USWA World 6 Man Titles and the Miracle Violence Committee. (Gordy, Dr. Death and Manny Fernandez) and it will only be a matter of days before Butch Reed regains his North American Title. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- MAIN EVENT USWA WORLD TV TITLE MATCH BILLY JACK HAYNS VS DAN SPIVEY A nice challenge as Billy Jack has to find a way to deal with the 6’8 300 pound Spivey. Spivey finds out that Jack’s power knows no bounds and he is forced to submit to the Full Nelson. An unusually peaceful finish to USWA Wrestling but Ross and Ladd are really pumped up for the upcoming #1 Contenders Tag Tournament. Jim Ross: So long from Alexandria, Louisiana. Don’t forget to join us next week from Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sounds perfect

Poor Nick Bockwinkle seems to be taking some abuse in his early days in Lutte. Getting attacked by a rookie now! Steve Strong might be in some trouble

I say it each time I read a show from Lutte but it is so true. You have some of the best names in the business and they all seem to be in the right spot. Now we throw in Terry Funk and give him a belt for everyone to chase is great, I would love watch your tag teams battle it out from supremacy because you are also stacked there. There are still many names that I am not very familiar with in Lutte but you I am getting the hang of it and starting to find out who was big in Montreal and who wasn't.

Nice card in the Boston Garden. Your main event on your TV show reminded me of the old WWF TV shows where they gave that one match where you hoped the mid-card babyface team would beat the Top heels aka every now and then SD Jones would pull that upset. You do a wonderful job of representing WWF 1985!

I enjoy seeing your rookies rise to power as the AWA is in great hands moving forward. I also seem to like the fact that some of your biggest names are title-less. Watching Ricky Steamboat feud with your biggest heels and go after a title at the same time is a great read.

THE MID-SOUTH COLISEUM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 2/28/1985: WTBS “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling and MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. We are coming to you live on WTBS from the world famous Mid-South Coliseum. I am Jim Ross along with Ernie Ladd. Welcome to the first major prime time event of the year! We have a jammed packed schedule so let’s get right to the ring for our first bout. MEMPHIS STREET FIGHT: The Memphis Bruise Brothers (Porkchop Cash & Dream Machine) VS The Tennessee Stud Stable (Tommy “Wildfire” Rich & “Hotstuff” Eddie Gilbert) A nice 10 minute brawl here that has a lot of back and forth action. Eddie Gilbert was trapped in the wrong corner here for a few minutes but after making the tag, Wildfire came in like a house afire and went wild on both Cash and Dream Machine. Gilbert recovered enough to make this a chaotic scene with all four men in the ring. Gilbert and Cash spilled out on to the floor as Rich took off his cowboy boot and beat Dream pretty good. Rich followed this up with a Lou Thesz Press for the three count. __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TV TITLE MATCH: BILLY JACK HAYNES VS SHEIK HERCULES HERNANDEZ w SKANDAR AKBAR (If Haynes wins, he gets 5 minutes alone with Akbar) A typical power vs power match here as both men connected with some huge moves. It looked like it was over after Akbar got involved and tripped up Billy Jack. This gave the momentum back to Hercules who lifted Jack up into a backbreaker rack. Billy Jack almost submitted but was somehow able to wiggle out. As the war waged on, Jack got Hercules in his signature finisher, The Oregonian Full Nelson, and that was it as Hercules was forced to submit. Jim Ross announced that there will be a three minute break before Akbar must get in the ring alone with Billy Jack. All of a sudden two huge men with Arab headdresses rushed to the ring. Jim Ross was in shock. Jim Ross: Bah Gawd…. Its Ken Patera and Crusher Jerry Blackwell. What are they doing here? Blackwell and Patera really beat down Billy Jack two on one for the next three minutes before they are forced out of the ring. Akbar enters the ring for his 5 minutes alone with Billy Jack. Akbar just kicks and punches Haynes for the entire 5 minutes as he is completely out of it. After 5 minutes, Billy Jack is a mess and Akbar and his collection of Sheiks leave all giddy! __________________________________________________________________________ BOOTCAMP MATCH: Jimmy Snuka with Gary Hart vs Sgt. Slaughter A good old fashion brawl here with both men having their turns with the momentum. Sarge stomped a Mud Hole in Snuka with his combat boots and Snuka used his athleticism to connect with some leaping headbutts and cross body blocks. The action spilled outside the ring on a few occasions where nothing was safe including the ring bell. After Snuka rammed Sarge into the steel barricade, he did the unthinkable and climbed to top ropes and came leaping off with a Snuka Death Leap ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. Snuka lifted Sarge up by the hair and rolled him into the ring for the three count. __________________________________________________________________________ USWA World Tag Team Title Match The Perfect Alliance (Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton) with Baby Doll VS The Fabulous Ones in a Loser Leave Town Title Match A bit a chain match in the beginning here with lots of quick moves and tags on both sides. A few momentum changes and then we get the typical match where Stan Lane becomes trapped in the corner until making a daring escape. Keirn comes in like a house afire. A bit of Bonzo Gonzo follows with all 4 men in the ring. In the end, Anderson made a sneaky little tag to Eaton just before Keirn connected with a swinging neckbreaker. As Keirn covers Anderson, he thinks he is about to regain the World Title. Instead we get an Alabama Jam from Eaton onto the back of the head of Keirn. A quick drop kick by Eaton to Lane knocks Lane to the floor and Eaton scampers to cover Keirn. 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross: I can’t believe it. The Perfect Alliance has survived and are still the World Tag Team Champions. I don’t know what else to say but that the USWA will not be the same without the Fabulous Ones. Baby Doll gloats with the titles in here hands as the Fab Ones spend a few minutes thanking the fans of the USWA as they will now be forced to leave the USWA. _________________________________________________________________________ KERRY VON ERICH VS STAN HANSEN #1 CONTENDERS MATCH Unsure if this match could have been any better. Von Erich used his combination of speed and power to try and keep Hansen at bay but there is no way to keep Hansen off his game for an entire match. He is like a Bull in a china closet and just has moments when he is unstoppable. In the end, Kerry ducked under a Big Lariat from Hansen and came off the ropes and caught Hansen with a tornado punch for the surprisingly quick three count. Ernie Ladd is ranting about how that was the fastest count he has ever seen and Ross is all hyped up about how Kerry will now get the title shot he so deserves. __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD 6 MAN TITLE Match: The Miracle Violence Committee (Gordy, Williams and Fernandez) VS The Monsters of the Midway (Yamamoto, Kamata and Mr. Pogo) A Barbed Wire Massacre Match Just a bloody brawl from beginning to end. As if the barbed wire wasn’t enough, there were weapons tangled inside the barbed wire for the wrestlers to use. In fact, Mr. Pogo nearly won the title as he clobbered Manny Fernandez with a bat that was wrapped it its own steel mesh covering. This match was so bloody that WTBS cut away for numerous commercial breaks and the end was actually shown by replay. With all 6 man engaged in what appeared to be Mortal Combat, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams took out Tojo Yamamoto with the Oklahoma Stampede and the Miracle Violence Committee retained their titles. This match was so violent and the Monsters of the Midway were so ruthless that even Ernie Ladd was glad it was over and hoped that this team returns to their native Japan. Just before we break away to commercial, Terry Gordy’s mouth drops and it appears that he has seen a ghost. The camera pans to the back were we see the back of the head of a blonde haired man heading behind the curtain. __________________________________________________________________________ USWA North American Title Match Sheik Hacksaw Butch Reed with Skandar Akbar VS Hacksaw Duggan Steel Cage Football Helmet Match This is an innovative match by Cowboy Watts in which it is a cage match but there is also a football helmet attached to a ten foot pole in one of the corners. Whoever gets that helmet first can use it as a weapon. Now these are two big guys just beating the Hell out of each. Both men used the cage to their advantage numerous times. Reed raked the face of Duggan across the mesh of the cage and Duggan vaulted Reed head first into it. Even with the violence, neither man is able to keep the other down long enough to climb up the pole to capture the football helmet. Reed finally connects with a big football tackle on Duggan and he now sees his chance to get to the football helmet. As Reed starts to climb the pole, Duggan is slowly getting up. Just as Reed gets the helmet, Duggan rises to his feet. He motions to the gate keeper to unlock the door. Reed rushes at Duggan and takes a mighty swing with the helmet. CRACK! Reed hits Duggan right across the temple and Hacksaw is busted wide open and he is out on his feet. As Duggan falls backwards towards the ropes, he crashes right through the open door of the cage and out onto the floor. Jim Ross: Bah Gawd, I can’t believe what I have just seen. Reed knocked Duggan out cold but right through the cage door. Hacksaw Duggan is the winner and NEW North American Title Holder! Reed is beside himself and goes out to the floor and cracks Duggan over and over again before spiking the football helmet and storming off. Akbar is beside himself but there is nothing he can do. __________________________________________________________________________ USWA World Title Match: TED DIBIASE VS THE AMERICAN DREAM DUSTY RHODES (If Dibiase wins, the American Dream will not receive another title shot this YEAR! Just as you would expect, Dibiase plays the frightened heel in the beginning and Rhodes gets off to a good start until Dibiase rakes the eyes. A nice 50/50 match ensues until Rhodes simply goes off and takes complete control. Rhodes connects with 3 or 4 Bionic Elbows but Dibiase kicks out at 2 ½ each time. As Rhodes picks up Dibiase, the champ shoves the American Dream into ref Pee Wee Anderson and Anderson goes through the ropes and hits the floor really hard. Rhodes just continues with the beating of Dibiase and it culminates in a nasty piledriver. Rhodes is on top of Dibiase which is obviously for more than a three count but with no ref, nothing happens. The crowd explodes as all of a sudden, the King of Memphis, Jerry Lawler rushes to the ring in a referee shirt and slides into the ring. Rhodes again covers Dibiase and Lawler begins the count. 1… 2… WHAM… Lawler has dropped an elbow across the head of the American Dream. Quickly, he scampers up to the middle rope and comes off with a fist drop. He picks up Rhodes and delivers his own Royal Piledriver. He then drags Dibiase on top of Rhodes and Lawler slips out the other side just as Pee Wee Anderson is back. 1… 2… 3. Jim Ross: Oh my God! What has Jerry Lawler done? I can’t believe what I have just seen. Ted Dibiase, with the help of Jerry Lawler, is still the USWA World Champion and the American Dream can’t receive another USWA World Heavyweight Title Match until 1986! So long from Memphis!

Enjoyed catching up with the AWA. I like how you use your middle guys and the match I thought was best was the Henig-Roop match. You got a lot out of Roop there and it was cool to see him used as a real wrestler like he was in Georgia rather then the Miyah Singh thing in Florida.

No problem at all. Remember this is for fun and do what you need to take care of first.