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WCW places either the Samoan Swat Team or Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death on the block

I am enjoying the development of all the different angles. The tag division is wild right now but again to me, DJ and Miss Kentucky steal the show each week. I am liking Don Bass here. This is a perfect territory for someone his age and style.

DECEMBER 7 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANAZambui RIVERSIDE CENTROPLEX OPENINNG BOUT Lord Humongous with Oliver Humperdink defeats Kendall Windham in under two minutes with the powerbomb IF JIMMY VALIANT DEFEATS RIP ROGERS, HE GETS A DATE WITH TERRI POWERS Rip Rogers defeats Jimmy Valiant with a low blow by Terri as Valiant had the sleeper locked in on Rogers. Somehow, she managed to kick Valiant below the belt without the ref seeing, just after he scolded her for being up on the apron. Valiant seemed extremely depressed as he left the ring while Terri Powers looked relieved that she would not have to go out with the Boogie Woogie Man. GRUDGE MATCH: Hacksaw Butch Reed & Ron Simmons vs Snowman & Kareem Muhammed ended in a No Contest as a large black man rushed from the back in his Army fatigues and attacked Reed and Simmons on their way to the ring. We will have to wait until the next TV show to find out who this attacker was. Right behind Akeem where Muhammed and Snowman. This three on two attack seemed to be big trouble for Reed and Simmons until a shocking return to WCW by none other than Tony Atlas occurred. The crowd cheered as Atlas, Reed and Simmons flexed their muscles and tossed the surprised Nation from pillar to post. SPECIAL SEGMENT: PIPER’S PIT With special guest, Terry Funk Roddy Piper: Well everyone, Welcome to Piper’s Pit and I must say that we have a very special guest for our first Piper’s Pit here in WCW… none other than Terry Funk himself. The greatest dog gone Cowboy I’ve ever seen. I mean between you, your brother Dory Jr and your Dad, Dory Sr., you guys have ruled Texas Wrestling for decades. No matter what people like Stan Hansen, Dick Murdoch and most of all, The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes say… the Funks are the real Cowboys in this sport. It’s a pleasure to have you, Mr. Funk. Please sit-down Terry. Terry Funk: I’ll just stand of that’s okay with you Piper as I’m here to talk about Dawgs. And I know with all you’ve gone through in this sport that you know a lot about Dawgs! Piper: And why don’t you tell us about the different types of dogs there are. Funk: My Daddy told me that a good dawg is worth his wait in gold. I mean a good dog can bring you a feast when you go out hunting. A good dog can protect your ranch from all kinds a varmints that can attack your livestock at anytime of day or night. A good dog can be just about the best company a man can have when he’s out there branding cattle. Piper: I don’t mean to interrupt Mr. Funk but what does a cow sound like when you put that hot fire on them. Funk: Agggggghhhhhhhhhh (As Piper is laughing) Funk: But let me get back to Dawgs! I told you about the good ones. Now let me tell you about the bad ones. Bad Dawgs are the fat, good for nothing Dawgs that just want you to hand them things. They want a nice bed made for them but do nothing to earn it. They want you to pet them all night but did nothing for you all day. They want you to feed them and give them treats as they just sit there and get fatter and fatter. Piper: Bad dogs seem like the type of animal you don’t want to brand as you don’t want anybody to know they are part of your ranch! Funk: Oh on the contrary Mr. Piper. On the contrary. We have a bad dog right here in WCW and I am going to brand him? Piper: I’m not sure I understand. Funk: Oh, I think you do. We have got someone here he just gets fatter and fatter. He wants everyone to give him something for nothing. He wants title shots. He wants everyone to bow down at his feet. He wants and he wants…. That’s right Dusty Rhodes is an EGG SUCKIN DAWG! Piper: And did you say you were going to brand him? Funk: At Wrestlecade, I Terry Funk will brand Dusty Rhodes! Oh and Piper, Do you know what an Egg Suckin Dawg sounds like when you brand him? Piper: I have no idea. Funk: HeeHaw, HeeHaw, HeeHaw…. That’s because Dusty Rhodes, besides being an Egg Suckin Dawg, he is also a Jackass! WHAM…. The walls of Piper’s Pit come crashing down. Dusty Rhodes is here and the brawl is on! Funk and Rhodes are all over each other as Piper just sits back and watches. At one point, he asked the cameraman for some popcorn as he can’t look away. Before we are forced to go to break to get control of the situation, both Rhodes and Funk are showing some color. U.S. TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Latin Connection © (Guerrero & Santana) with Dr. Diobolico defeated The Lightening Express as Guerrero rolled up Horner and got the pin with a grab of the tights and two feet across the middle rope. This occurred as Dr. Diobolico had hold of Armstrong’s legs and wouldn’t let him make the save. SEMI-MAIN EVENT #1 Contender’s Match for the WCW World Tag Team Title. Winner faces Ted Dibiase and Steve Williams at Wrestlecade on December 26th! The Samoan Swat Team with Gary Hart defeated The Texas Outlaws (Murdoch & Hansen) in an all-out brawl that saw each team have many near falls. Both teams were a bit bloody and the cameraman seemed to like seeing the Samoans lick their own blood with a Savage smile on their faces. This left Schiavone and Ross a bit disgusted by this cannibalistic behavior. The end saw Hansen get a Savat Kick to the temple by Samu. Murdoch tried to make the save but he also took a kick from Fatu for his troubles. MAIN EVENT: $50,000 BATTLE ROYAL: WINNER GETS A WORLD TITLE SHOT AT WRESTLECADE The entrants: Butch Reed, Ron Simmons, Lord Humungous, Rip Rogers, Snowman, Kareem Muhammed, Sting, Brad Armstrong, Mando Guerrero, Ricky Santana, Dr. Diobolico, Dick Murdoch, Stan Hansen, Samu, Fatu, Dan Spivey, Tully Blanchard, Terry Funk and Lex Luger -Jimmy Valiant was a No Show when his name was called out. The Order of Wrestlers Eliminated: 1. Rip Rogers by Tully Blanchard with a simple shove from behind while Rogers was flexing to the crowd. 2. Dr. Diabolico by Lex Luger as The Latin Connection tried to make a name for themselves and attacked Sting. Sting and Luger with a quick high five for each other and then went back to work. 3. Ricky Santana, Brad Armstrong and Mando Guerrero by Lord Humongous as Santana and Guerrero were in the middle of double-teaming Armstrong. Humongous simply barreled into all three and they went flying. 4. Ron Simmons by Dan Spivey as Simmons was in the middle of fighting with Kareem Muhammed and Spivey thought he would be opportunistic. 5. Snowman by Hacksaw Butch Reed who just overpowered his enemy and press slammed him to the arena floor. 6. Kareem Muhammed by Butch Reed who quickly turned his attention to his other former teammate. This time he got Muhammed with a running lariat and out went Muhammed. 7. Dick Murdoch in another sneak attack by Dan Spivey as Murdoch was on his way to help his tag partner, Stan Hansen, who was dealing with both members of the Samoan Swat Team. 8. Stan Hansen by Fatu and Samu. Without the help of Murdoch, there was nothing Hansen could do. 9. Lord Humongous by everyone in a united effort as they thought it was now or never. 10. Samu and Fatu by Sting and Luger who just looked at each other and said “why not” as everyone was bunched up against the ropes after the disposal of Humongous. 11. Butch Reed by Terry Funk as Funk had pulled a pair of brass knucks from his trunks and nailed the unsuspecting Reed. Funk then simply rolled Reed over the ropes and out onto the floor. There are now just 5 left: Terry Funk, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard, Dan Spivey and Sting 12. Terry Funk by Dusty Rhodes…. That’s right Funk was eliminated by someone who was not even in the Battle Royal as the career long feud that had been ignited again tonight during Piper’s Pit, spilled over to the Battle Royal. A bandaged Rhodes simply ran into the ring and clobbered a tired Funk with elbow after elbow and then simply dragged him over the rope and out onto the floor where the brawl continued all they way behind the curtain. 13. Tully Blanchard by another Spivey sneak attack. Even the wrestlers are all-in on the Dusty-Funk feud and Blanchard got caught watching the two legends go at it! It’s down to Spivey, Luger and Sting. Spivey is trying to convince Luger to team up and go after Sting. Spivey has ulterior motive here as he is trying to do anything is his power not to put his United States title on the line against Luger at Wrestlecade and if Luger wins this Battle Royal he would face Ric Flair for the World Title! 14. Dan Spivey by Sting and Luger as Luger would have nothing to do with Spivey’s plan. 15. What happens next? We have two best friends in Luger and Sting with a common enemy in the Horseman? We one turn on the other here? Of course NOT! Luger asks for a microphone. Lex Luger: “Sting, my brother, I already have Spivey at Wrestlecade! You get Flair and together we finish the Horsemen!” The two embrace and Luger simply rolls himself out onto the floor and gives the match and the money to Sting! Schiavone and Ross are now hyping up Wrestlecade as the event that may mark the last time we ever see the Horsemen!

With the recent additions to the roster, I need to free up some roster space. WCW drops Denise Storm, Tommy Jammer, JW Storm, and King Cobra, Moondog Moretti and Mike Graham

WCW adds Sean Royal, Chris Champion, Angel of Death, Steve Lombardi and Jim Powers and Precious

Nice event to hype up SuperClash. I love a great brawl on TV with people running in to add to the chaos. The No Contest between Iceman/Black Bart and others was something that would be talked about for a long time. Really looking forward to the big one on Dec.30

-I love this format! - Can't wait to see the Horsemen back with a Nature Boy -Day One looks to have an awesome card. Looking forward to the Gold Rush! -Wahoo might be nearing the end but his name will always sell in the NWA! Enjoy the break and Christmas Season.

Really enjoying all these introductions. Perfect for your territory!

I enjoyed all the little teases to the developing angles this week. -It seems Danny Davis might be having some trouble doing his job correctly. -PRG and his many "uncles" -The Nightmares leaving out the Renestos. All good stuff! Also, as I said before, the fairgrounds is a perfect place to make this one-town promotion Really Big!

EPISODE #17 NOVEMBER 25, 1988 Update on Season’s Beatings and Wrestlecade After last week’s show, the card for Clash of Champions II: Season’s Beatings on December 7th was all set. Lord Humongous vs Kendall Windham Jimmy Valiant vs Rip Rogers with Terri Powers. (If Valiant wins, he gets a date with Terri) GRUDGE MATCH: Hacksaw Butch Reed & Ron Simmons vs Snowman & Kareem Muhammed SPECIAL SEGMENT: PIPER’S PIT with special guest, Terry Funk U.S. TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Latin Connection vs Lightening Express SEMI-MAIN EVENT #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE WCW WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: Samoan Swat Team vs The Texas Outlaws (Dick Murdoch/ Stan Hansen) MAIN EVENT: $50,000 BATTLE ROYAL: WINNER GETS A WORLD TITLE SHOT AT WRESTLECADE While everyone was excited about the Battle Royal, one entrant might have stood out above the rest. During the Horseman’s promo about how they were going to make sure Lex Luger and Sting never would win the Battle Royal, a newcomer to WCW walked out and it was like Ric Flair and Arn Anderson had seen a ghost. Tully Blanchard made his arrival in WCW. Blanchard ran down all the list of wrongs that were done to him by Flair in the NWA and that he couldn’t wait to win that Battle Royal and take back the World Title he never lost. Flair took a while to gain his composure but when he did, he rattled off one of his best promos ever and he made sure that Tully knew that he was the best there is, the best there was and the best there will ever be. Wrestlecade also took a big step forward with two huge matches signed. It seems like the WCW World Television Champion, Eddie Gilbert, took offense to Ricky Morton clobbering him on TV last week. This was caused by Hot Stuff who thought he had every right to interrupt Morton’s interview where he was updating the public on the condition of his tag team partner Robert Gibson. This week the roles were reversed. As Gilbert was belittling Morton and making sure all the fans knew that Robert Gibson was the only reason the Rock n Roll Express had any success as a tag team, Morton came out and interrupted Gilbert. Ricky was quick to point out that while Robert was a huge part of the Rock n Roll Express, both he and Robert where both pretty darn good but it was Eddie Gilbert who always seemed to need some help. Morton went on to state that it was obvious to everyone watching how important Missy Hyatt’s cheating in Gilbert’s success and that she was the biggest reason Hot Stuff even had the TV title to begin with. Missy seemed to take this as a compliment but Eddie was now fuming and maybe without thinking, challenged Ricky to a Television Title match at Wrestlecade! Ricky quickly accepted and Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross quickly added to the hype of this bout. The show also began with another promo by Terry Funk from his home in Texas where he challenged that Egg Suckin Dog, Dusty Rhodes to a Bull Rope Match at Wrestlecade and the show ended with “The American Dream” gladly accepting the challenge. Matches now signed for Wrestlecade are: WCW World Television Title Match Eddie Gilbert © with Missy Hyatt vs Ricky Morton U.S. Title Match “Dangerous” Dan Spivey © with Woman vs Lex Luger WCW World Title Match Ric Flair © vs Woman vs Winner of the Battle Royal at Clash of Champions BULL ROPE MATCH Terry Funk vs “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes Summary of this Week’s Show…. We get a lot of jobber matches vs the stars for Clash of Champions and then a bunch of post-match promos hyping up the big event. Dr. Diobolico did try to attack Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner during their match. The Latin Connection (Mando Guerrero & Ricky Santana) joined Schiavone and Ross during the Lightening Express match vs Steve Stone and Rocky Jones. They seemed upset at the quality of their opponents and thought that WCW was making it easy for them going into their U.S. Title match at Clash of Champions. To try and give the Express some work, they sent in the muscular Dr. Diobolico for a sneak attack on the Express but they seemed ready for him. It was lucky they were as Guerrero and Santana were right behind him. This would have turned into a nasty 3-2 attack if Dr. Diobolico had any success. Instead, Dr. Diobolico was left licking his wounds and the Lightening Express daring the Latin Connection to enter the ring. A dare they turned down! We also saw an out and out brawl in the main event as it was Dick Murdoch taking on Samu. This lasted about 2 minutes before Stan Hansen and Fatu hit the ring. These 4 monsters brawled all over the outside of the ring as Schiavone and Ross wondered if anybody was going to be able to control these 4 at Clash of Champions. The Dirty White Boys continue their winning streak this week. In their post-match interview they hoped that the Lightening Express would win the U.S. Titles at Clash of Champions so they could get to birds with one stone as they are set on taking out Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner and win the titles at the same time. Don Muraco also continued his winning streak and again he made sure that Schiavone and Ross addressed him as the “The Magnificent One.” Both announcers made sure to listen as they did not want a repeat of last week when Muraco almost attacked them. On to Clash of Champions!

I really enjoyed the TV show this week and think the highlight for me took place at the interview area. Morrow putting Larry Z. in his place was great and then he came back out to allow Sarge to pick his partner. This stipulations just draws the fans in and we now have Must-See-TV. Also really enjoyed the interview with Adias. To me, Adias is a mid-card guy who you have built up perfectly. His arrogance in his promo today reminds me of what you have done with Greg Gagne. Gagne and Adias, in my opinion, lacked charisma but you have given them that and more. Great job. Also, the Greg Gagne, money in the envelop segment, was great. Can't wait for the rematch! Great job with the card at Bloomington. I find it hard to write events so close to a big show and you really have that coming in SuperClash. You found a great way to make that event important while not giving too much away and also not just hyping up all the big matches coming up next week.

To me, Survivor Series is a pay-per-view used to simply set up future pay-per views and you did this perfectly. Muta comes out as a dominant force! The two best tag teams in the WWF are left standing tall. Warrior and Andre get the win. But the big one.... Hogan vs Savage is coming again.

Your biggest show of the year really paid off. It was an awesome read! Thanks for all the hard work setting up such a great card. I liked the creativity of some of your stipulations and finishes as they made each match have such an important feel. For me, Al Perez vs Sawyer with the stipulation of who can use the finisher made this match and feud seem bigger then a normal mid-card event. Love Fuller with the hammer and ringing the bell in the 6 man title match. Really glad Wahoo came out on top. I think he was the true star in this feud and now you can keep using him. Also liked the Road Warriors going over Ole and Race. The Road Warriors might be the greatest tag team of the era while Ole and Race might be past their prime. Good choice Finally, someone put DeBeers in his place. You did an awesome job building such a hated heel! Garvin over Tully! Looking forward to this new reign.

WOW... Starrcade looks awesome. Can't wait for DeBeers vs JYD

Great poster. I wish I could do things like that. Perfect way to set up Survivor Series. Really Creative!!

WCW adds Rip Rogers, Jimmy Valiant, The Snowman, Ray Candy, Kendall Windham, Sam Houston, and Curtis Hughes to the trade block.

WCW releases Bull Nakano back to Japan as she was one of my foreign exemptions. I also release Wendy Richter.

Thanks for the info. Very interesting stuff.

I really enjoyed the article on the Russians coming to Japan. While Dawn of War is fantasy booking, you have given us so much factual information along the way that I feel that that I am really starting to understand what the UWF is all about as well as learning more about technical and shoot style wrestling. Also, looking forward to seeing what Bob Backlund will do here. Just wondering if you know the knowledge of Japanese Wrestling fans to the on-goings of wrestling in America. I can honestly say that while I grew up in the 80's and was 17 years old in 1988 and technology the way it was back then, unless a Japanese wrestler was in the U.S. like a Mr. Saito or Kendo Nagasaki, I knew zero about what was going on in Japn.

Sorry for falling a bit behind here... First for Nov. 10 I really liked Stomper's attack on Canek begore the match. Stomper used to scare the crap out of me as a little kid. An attack by him would have left anyone down and out. I doubt this was the end of the bounty and I am looking forward to a rematch. Orndorff vs Larry Z... love how you set this up with the Battle Royal. To me, this is a perfect AWA feud and I have no idea who is coming out on top. Heel Sgt vs fan favorite Nikita... I could see this going either way. Nov. 17 First, I was so excited for Terry vs Kerry on tv but then I was afraid that this might be the end for one of them... great locker room brawl and now I am excited as I know there is more. I hope this goes on for months. Taylor vs Diamond is a great tv bout... like the double count-out. I almost forgot about what Black Bart did to Iceman... really looking forward. Title Night I always think that an event like this before Super Clash needs at least one title change but it is hard as you have your angles already going for the super big event. Nice job having The Gunslingers get the belts. I was really wondering which way you would go with Colon and Jumbo. You really couldn't go wrong either way and now we get a huge bout. Larry Z vs Orndorf was one other match I thought could have had a title change but really liked how you did this. With Jumbo getting the win, I had a feeling Nikita would survive this bout with Sarge but WOW, what a match. Really can't wait till Super Clash.

Really enjoying the story between RPG and Fargo. It seems Fargo expects to see some sort of athlete but RPG is trying to hide all of this. Wonder if and when Fargo will return. The chaos at the opening got everyone interested and then we go right through to the win by JT. Exciting 30 minutes.

EPISODE #16 NOVEMBER 18, 1988 Update on Season’s Beatings and Wrestlecade We already knew that the main event at Clash of Champion’s: Season’s Beatings on December 7 in Baton Rouge, will be a $50,000 Battle Royal where the winner would receive a WCW World Title Shot at Wrestlecade: True Grit on December 26th at the HemisFair Arena in San Antonio. Last week Jim Herd added two matches to that event. First, Jimmy Valiant vs Rip Rogers was added with the stipulation that if the Boogie Woogie Man wins the match, he gets a date with Terri Powers. Also added was a United States Tag Team Title match between The Latin Connection (Mando Guerrero & Ricky Santana) vs The Lightening Express. This week, Jim Herd came out and gave the rest of the rundown for Season’s Beatings. First, Lord Humongous with Oliver Humperdink will get his first test against a non-jobber as he takes on ½ of the Young Guns in Kendall Windham. We also find out that The Samoan Swat Team will face Dick Murdoch & Stan Hansen and the winner will get a WCW World Tag Team Title shot at Wrestlecade. In a very interesting announcement, we also here that we will get the first installment of Piper’s Pit in WCW and Piper’s special guest will be none other than Terry Funk! Finally, it became official. Hacksaw Butch Reed’s time in the Nation is not only over but Reed will be facing Snowman and Kareem Muhammed with a partner of his choosing. Nothing really new on the Wrestlecade front. We already know it will be “Dangerous” Dan Spivey facing off against Lex Luger for the United States title unless Luger wins the Battle Royal at Season’s Beatings and then he will get a World Title Shot at Wrestlecade and a new opponent for Dan Spivey will be named. Wrestler’s Getting a Push The Dirty White Boys get another win this week and continue to claim that even though they are new around here that they deserve a U.S. Title shot and not the Lightening Express. In fact, they challenge Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner to a match next week where the winner gets the match for the U.S. Title at Season’s Beatings. We do find out later that The Lightening Express did accept that match for next week. Don Muraco gets his fourth straight win on TV as he steps up in competition this week with a win over Sweet Brown Sugar with the Hawaiian Hammer. Muraco walked right past Roddy Piper this week and headed to Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross. Muraco was fuming. He claimed that all he hears in the back is those two idiots praising the likes of Sting, Lex Luger, Ted Dibaise but they say nothing about him. Before walking off, he gets right in their faces and makes Schiavone and Ross say that he is “The Magnificent One.” It was obvious that both announcers were a little shaken from the near attack of Muraco. Lord Humongous’ roll continues with a destructive win over Ray Scagnello. Scagnello was just the latest victim to be left crumpled in the ring after the powerbomb. Piper again tried to antagonize both Humgongous and Humperdink but Humperdink just chuckeled at him at said that he if he is not careful, Humongous will take care of him right after he leaves Kendall Windham in a mangled heap at Season’s Beatings. Piper wonders what “takes care of him” means and wonders if it will hurt with a hockey mask on. Ron Simmons gets another impressive win this week as he defeats Randy Jones. His interview with Piper was interrupted by Hacksaw Reed who was wondering if he wanted to be Reed’s partner at Season’s Beatings against Snowman and Kareem Muhammed. Simmons accepted but wasn’t as eager as you might expect. He did have concerns about Reed seemingly constantly switching from good to bad and vice versa. Simmons did question Reed’s loyalty and motives. Piper seemed to enjoy this and gave a lot of sound effects as Simmons seemed to test Reed. Later in the show, Snowman and Muhammed had an easy win over Luke Mitchell and Caled Johnson. When they had their time with Piper, they were having a big laugh at Reed’s expense. They even went so far as to point out that even a rookie like Simmons could point out Reed’s lack of loyalty which they said was there exact problem with him during his time in the Nation. The Lightening Express! Since the arrival of the Rock n Roll Express, Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner were pushed to the number two babyface team in pursuit of the U.S tag titles. With the injury to Robert Gibson, The Lightening Express are back as the top team in pursuit of the Latin Connection as they will be looking for revenge for their good friend Robert Gibson at Season’s Beatings. Everyone else on the Season’s Beatings card had an on-air win and did their best to hype up their big match. “Captain Redneck” Dick Murdoch and Stan Hansen had another easy win and this time they did seem to be on the same page as both Murdoch and Hansen couldn’t wait to get their hands on the Samoan Swat to his good friend, the American Dream that Terry Funk is a real snake in the grass and that he needed to be real careful with the man from Amarillo, Texas. Ricky Morton wrestled in a rare singles match as Robert Gibson is recovering from his devastating eye injury caused by the Latin Connection and the Guerrero Hair Removal Cream. Morton defeated Jimmy Del Ray in one of those fan favorite vs fan favorite matches that everyone loves. The match started and ended with a handshake and Morton got the win with a missile drop kick. Piper played it cool during this post-match interview as he knew everyone wanted to hear Ricky give an update on his long-time tag team partner. Unfortunately, the news Ricky gave us was not too positive. It seems like Robert is not reacting well to treatment and still has not gotten back his vision in his right eye and he may require surgery. Piper, acting sympathetic, asked for a timetable for Robert’s return. Ricky said he really had no idea at the current time. This is when the interview took a turn for the worse. “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt strutted out to the podium. Eddie, pretending to cry, sniffled out the words, “Nobody cares about you or your blind partner. Just go get a Seeing Eye Dog and go off in the woods and stay out of the way of the Hottest Wrestler in the business today… the one with the WCW World Television Title… the face of the franchise! WHAM… It was obvious that Ricky was not in a playful mood as he leveled Gilbert and then walked off. Roddy Piper was full of laughs and wondered if Missy might be going to whereever they sell Seeing Eyed Dogs and buy one for “Hot One with the Black Eye.” Dusty Rhodes’ Response to his attack last week on Terry Funk When “The American Dream” came out to talk to Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross, they both said they were a little surprised last week when Dusty came out and attacked Terry Funk. Jim Ross said it seemed like it was a bit of a role reversal as that would be something they would expect from Funk. Dusty Rhodes: Jim… ya know the American Dream respects everything you do, brother but in this case, you just don’t get it. I sat back two weeks ago and listened to what that Egg Suckin Dog talked about. He talked about how he’s been the one whose been wronged in this situation. He talked about how The Dream was the one who kept pushing the red button. He talked about how I cost him the World Title… That’s not true. I just beat his sorry “you know what” from pillar to post. I was the champ, not him. He talked about how I walked out on him in a tag title bout against the Briscos… That’s not true. I was stuck with him by some stupid stipulation. Jack and Jerry Brisco were class acts that he tried to cheat out of the title. Then he goes on to explain how I attacked his family when I went after that red-headed step child, Jimmy Jack Funk. Well… I guess that’s true but anytime I can but anytime I can pummel a Funk, I’m going to do it. Now take nothing away from Terry Funk but I aint going to wait another moment. I’m telling you right now Jim Ross that each and every time I see Terry Funk, I’m going on the attack. WCW isn’t big enough for the two of us…. This sport isn’t big enough for the two of us… Heck, this world aint big enough for the two of us. Tony and Jim… if you two don’t like what I did last week, you’d better close your eyes cause you aint seen nothing yet Daddy O! The American Dream is on the Warpath!!

I enjoy all the different type of matches here like the round system. While I have seen a few wrestling matches done this way and hated all of them, I think in your set up with the shoot style, it makes the matches seem more legit.

Great use of your tv shows to sell tickets to your biggest event of the year. I think the Tully-Garvin match is going to be awesome. Tully is the man right now but at times in his career, Garvin was really over and I could see the NWA using him to get those big crowds all over the Mid-Atlantic. Wahoo-Lightfoot. I think that this is one of those feuds that makes Dawn of War and fantasy wrestling so much fun. In real life, I think Wahoo was much higher up the totem pole then Lightfoot but here, with your patience and development, you have made this a match that is unpredictable. Nice work! I also like all the other wrestlers getting a nice push but not yet in a major angle. I read somewhere that many of the 80's promotions liked to have no more than 4 angles.... their top champ and tag champ and then two other random ones while everyone else just wrestled someone else. I think you are getting everyone quality work where they could, if you wanted, step right into your next big storyline.

I think we all can tell that we are our way to a JT-Reno feud but I wonder Baxter sides with. Very well done here! I think the two best teams in MCW might be the ones without the belts in the Renestos and the Nightmares. Looking forward to watching all of these teams battle. I had a feeling the Assassin would put a beating on Knighton but he would not get the victory. Again, really like how you wrote this up! You're doing a great job of making this all have a big time feel while running a small promotion. Great work