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WCW adds Tommy Jammer and then drops out.

WCW adds King Cobra

EPISODE #15 NOVEMBER 11, 1988 Sorry for the short form. It might be this way for a while Update on Season’s Beatings and Wrestlecade Last week we were informed by Jim Herd that the main event at Clash of Champion’s: Season’s Beatings on December 7 in Baton Rouge, would 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. This week we start to see those cards develop as we add two matches to Season’s Beatings. First, “The Boogie Woogie Man” Jimmy Valiant will face “The Hustler” Rip Rogers. After Valiant stole two kisses from Terri Powers in recent weeks, Rogers was so angry that he allowed Valiant to pick any stipulation that he wanted just to make sure Valiant signed the contract. Valiant didn’t hesitate as he said that if he wins the match, he gets a Date With Terri. Also, as a result of the injury to Robert Gibson, the Rock n Roll Express will not be getting any WCW U.S. tag title shots in the near future. Jim Herd was really angry at the Latin Connection for their attack on Gibson last week with the Hair Removal Cream. When both Mando Guerrero and Ricky Santana came off as very unsympathetic and seemed pleased with their actions against the Rock n Roll Express, Jim Herd, angrily, told the Latin Connection that they would have a title match at Season’s Beatings and that that it would be against The Lightening Express. (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) As for Wrestlecade, we find out that it will be “Dangerous” Dan Spivey facing off against Lex Luger for the United States title. Ric Flair tried to act disappointed but this meant that even if Lex Luger won the Battle Royal at Season’s Beatings, he would not get the WCW World Title shot. Flair said that he really wanted to put that muscle-bound meat head in his place. Jim Herd, for the third time in two weeks, came back out on the set and said that if Luger won the Battle Royal, he would indeed get the WCW title shot at Wrestlecade and they would come up with a contingency plan for the U.S. title match. The Horsemen, well Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, quickly changed their tunes and complained about Luger getting special treatment while you could almost see the lightbulb go off in Spivey’s head. He now seemed to have figured away to avoid Luger at Season’s Beatings. Women seemed to catch Spivey’s reaction out of the corner of her eye. Wrestler’s Getting a Push This week saw a new tag team on the scene in WCW as the Dirty White Boys from Bucksnort, TN had their first match and let’s just say that they bullied their way to an easy win over Allen Tab and Keith Steiborn! In their post-match interview Piper made sure to let everyone know that there seemed to be some stench around the interview area as he held his nose as soon as the Dirty White Boys arrived. The DWB’s ignored Piper and let everyone know that they were there for two reasons… first to take out the Lightening Express and then to win gold! Don Muraco gets his third straight win on TV as he easily defeats Jon Graves with the Hawaiian Hammer. Piper and Muraco continue to banter back and forth but it is hard to tell if they are arguing like best friends or sworn enemies. Lord Humongous continued to destroy everything in his path with another 30 second win with the powerbomb on Ferd Steckel. This week Piper left Humongous alone but quickly turned his insults on Oliver Humperdink. First, he wondered if Humperdink had anything on his mind for a change, but he quickly cut him off when he started to speak. Piper asks Humperdink if he is lonely because the only person he seems to be around is a man wearing a hockey mask who doesn’t speak. Humperdink quickly says that he is never lonely. Piper says that is a good thing as he is often lonely… but that is only because it is lonely at the top and that he understands why Humperdink is not lonely as he is clearly at the bottom! Ron Simmons just continues to rack up the wins as he gets another over Jason Walker. When asked by Piper if he is a member of the American Red Cross, he seemed confused. Piper went on to explain that he always seems to be the one rushing in to help someone as he recently came to the aid of Dusty Rhodes against Jimmy Jack Funk and Black Bart and then last week, he saved Butch Reed from the Nation. Simmons just said that he was raised to do what is right. Piper said that he has been in this business a long time and is grateful to his parents for raising him to do what is right for himself and that Simmons better watch his back. 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. Sting and Lex Luger! Both got easy singles wins on television this week and their post-match interviews, they continued to focus on the Horsemen. Luger is really pleased at his match for the U.S. title at Wrestlecade against Spivey but did mention that he wouldn’t mind “trading up” to a WCW World Title match against Flair if he won the Battle Royal at Season’s Beating’s. Sting also wants to win the battle royal but screamed how excited he was as it looks like the beginning of the end of the Horseman! Spivey won’t be the U.S. champion after Season’s Beatings and just maybe, Ric Flair will be profiling and limo riding without those 10 pounds of gold around his waist. Is Bounty Gate Over? While the angle of who was going to collect which bounty between the WCW World tag team champions (Dibiase & Dr. Death) and Gary Hart seems to be over, the two still seem focused on one another. Hart is demanding a world tag team title match for his Samoan Savages as he claims they are the most devastating tag team in wrestling. It would be hard to deny that claim. Even though they have only been in WCW a short time, they have left everyone who has dared to get in their way a crippled mess and that incudes Dibiase and Dr. Death. Dibiase and Dr. Death make a fair claim that they were attacked from behind but still they seemed no match for the Savages. There still has not been an official announcement if these two teams will meet at either of the two big December events but it is obvious that both teams want a piece of the other. The Goals of Stan Hansen & Dick Murdoch “Captain Redneck” Dick Murdoch and Stan Hansen had another convincing win as they easily defeated Moondong Moretti and Big Money Marcus. It was interesting once again as they seem to be somewhat divided on their goals. Stan Hansen wants a title shot as Dibiase and Dr. Death while Murdoch wants to make sure his old pal, Dusty Rhodes, has all the support he needs in his current situation with Terry Funk. Hacksaw Butch Reed vs The Nation (Snowman & Kareem Muhammed) It seems that both sides have had enough of each other. After Snowman won his singles bout this week against Jimmy Del Ray, he was joined at the podium by Kareem Muhammed. After Roddy was done wondering if he should great them or just put a fist in the air, Snowman and Muhammed once again focused on how Butch Reed has lost his way. They were upset on his pursuit of Eddie Gilbert and the WCW TV title instead of the cause. Roddy got a real dirty look when he asked if the cause was running out to the local clothing store and buying up all the back gloves in the store, but Snowman ignored it and went right back saying the cause is not bowing down to the authority and not being a puppet to the likes of Jim Herd and the rest of those in power. Muhammed finished up by saying that being a part of the Nation was a lifelong commintement and that it was now the Nation’s job to put an end to Hacksaw Reed’s time in WCW. After Hacksaw’s win this week against Larry Cheatum, he went on a rampage about how Snowman and Muhammed were just jealous that he was the one getting title considerations while they were riding his coattails. Reed even went so far as to take the gimmick off of Muhammed. Hacksaw Butch Reed: Ya’ll know why Muhammed started all this Nation nonsense to begin with. It’s for attention. It’s an attempt to stay relevant. He was a nobody. He was on his way out of the sport. He couldn’t get it done. Kareem Muhammed is …. Ray Candy! That’s right… the overweight, washed up wanna-be. Ray Candy… the man that looks like he ate all the candy… and he is going to run me out of wrestling? Come on! Dusty Rhodes-Terry Funk As Terry Funk came out to give another promo with Roddy Piper, he was attacked by Dusty Rhodes before he could even get in his first insult. It is rare to see a babyface use such a heel tactic as Pearl Harboring someone but that showsim how personal this feud is. After a few minutes of Dream slamming Funk’s head off of any thing he could find, including his Bionic Elbow, the ring post and the podium, Funk was a bloody mess. As the show was running out of time and Tony Schiavone was signing off, Terry Funk could be heard with a maniacal laugh like he was enjoying this.

WCW adds JW Storm

WCW adds Denise Storm

I have explained to all involved in this game, that I am past my comfort zone in terms of wrestling knowledge. I have also welcomed all the help that I can get in terms of making the rookie list and I am grateful for the help of the writers who added names to our list and to those who helped explain that certain wrestlers did not belong on the list. Our rules also allow for retired wrestlers to wrestle for up to a month in a promotion every year. That could be like 7 months if everyone took a run at them. I believe we currently have about 12 retired wrestlers working in some fashion in a promotion. So anyone who wants a "Chick Donovan" on their roster, go for it. This is also Fantasy Wrestling. This is for fun. If the truth gets stretched a bit, we will live with it. I have seen promoters in our game force wrestlers into early retirement just because they did not like the way the promoter used them in real life. (Fritz and Mike Von Erich) We all have rushed a person too early, pushed them too late in their careers but I can honestly say that I have enjoyed writing for Dawn of War and reading the many different promotions we have had throughout our years. In terms of a reboot, we have seen 6 or 7 full attempts at a new game on this website alone. They all seemed to have lasted a few months at best. Dawn of War is heading into its 6th year. Myself, Spaldoni and Rain have been together the entire time and we have been lucky enough to add our other current creative writers: Jimmy Jack, Autistic Dragon, Lowblow, LastStopTour and Control21. We have also had many writers who have joined and left us over the years. This is not for everyone but everyone is welcomed back. While we have had some disagreements over rules, we have always come to a fair decision as all writers have equal voting power. If anyone currently involved in our game would like to amend a rule please send me a note and I will put it out there to the group. If anyone wants a reboot, feel free to start your own game. I have supported others attempts at this and always welcomed back writers who have tried it. In the end, this is for fun. We do not want to keep anyone from using their creative juices nor do we want to hamstring anyone with our rules.

Rain is up and I am unsure of who he wants next. He did give me pick but then changed it so I am going to hold off until we hear from him.

With the next two picks, WCW adds Ahmed Johnson and Scott Norton PCW is up next and adds Charles Wright. Music City is up next for two picks

PCW has the next 3 picks and adds Tommy Dreamer, Trisa Hayes and Billy Gunn. I am up for the next two picks but need a little time to look things over. Be back soon.

WCW picks Stevie Ray I also have PCW picks by proxy. Rain's first pick is Mike Awesome WWF is up.

WCW, with the first and second pick in the draft picks Steve Austin and Booker T

THE 1989 ROOKIE DRAFT - DRAFT WILL BE A SNAKE DRAFT - DRAFT WILL LAST UNTIL LAST PERSON DROPS OUT - ALL ROSTERS MUST BE AT THE CAP BY JAN 1. - DRAFTED WRESTLERS CAN NOT BE USED UNTIL JAN 1. - ALL DRAFT PICKS CAN BE TRADED - THE DRAFT ORDER AND LIST OF ELEIGIBLE ROOKIES IS LISTED BELOW. -PLEASE LET THE NEXT PERSON KNOW WHEN THEY ARE UP. THE DRAFT IS NOW OPEN. MAKE ALL PICKS HERE CURRENT DRAFT ORDER 1. Music City: (Traded to WCW) Steve Austin 2. AWA: (Traded to WWF) (Traded to WCW) Booker T 3. WCW: (Traded to Music City) Jacqueline 4. WWF: Tatanka 5. Memphis: (Traded to WCW): Stevie Ray 6. Pacific: (Mike Awesome) 7. NWA (Traded to WWF): Henry O Godwin This makes the order in round #2 1. NWA (Traded to WWF) (Traded to PCW) Tommy Dreamer 2. Pacific: Trisa Hayes 3. Memphis: (Traded to WWF) (Traded to WCW) (Traded to PCW): Billy Gunn 4. WWF (traded to WCW): Ahmed Johnson 5. WCW: Scott Norton 6. AWA (Traded to PCW): Charles Wright 7. Music City: Jim Mitchell ROUND 3 1. Music City: Ritchie Acevedo 2. AWA: (Traded to PCW): Kensuki Sasaki 3. WCW: Denise Storm 4. WWF: El Gigante 5. Memphis: Sandman 6. Pacific: David Young 7. NWA: John Kronus ROUND 4 1. NWA: Perry Saturn 2. Pacific: Shane Sewell 3. Memphis: Rick Bogner 4. WWF: Bryan Clark 5. WCW: JW Storm 7. Music City: Paul Lee ROUND 5 1. Music City: Don Allen 3. WCW: King Cobra 7. NWA: Al Green ROUND 6 1. NWA: Kurrgan 5. WCW: Tommy Jammer 7. Music City ROUND 7 1. Music City 7. NWA ROUND 8 1. NWA 7. Music City ROUND 9 Music City NWA ROUND 10 NWA Music CIty 89 Rookies List Ahmed Johnson Al Green Amy Lee Big Titan Rick Bogner Bill Francis Billy Gunn Bobby Walker Booker T Brett Como Brickhouse Baker Bryan Clarke CW Bergstrom Charles Wright Chief Lightfoot Chris Walker Dan Cooley David Young Denise Storm Don Allen Dr. Luthor Dwayne Bruce El Gigante Frankie DeFalco Hardcore Harry Henry Goodwin JW Storm Jacqueline Jason Helton Jim McPhearson Jim Mitchell (Manager) Jimmy Jannety Joe Gunns John Kronus Jumbo Baretta Kensuke Sasaki King Cobra Kurrgan Lady Amazon Lou Fabiana Mad Man Pondo Mark Guleen (To retire after 1989) Mark Von Erich Mavrick Wild Mike Awesome Mike Golden Mike Lozanski Mike Samson Nitron Paul Lee Peaches Perry Saturn Richard Sartain (To retire after 1989) Ritchie Acevedo Sandman Scott Braddock Scott Norton Shane Sewell Shinji Sasazaki Steve Austin Steve Lawler Stevie Ray Tatanka Terry Simms Tim Hunt (To retire after 1989) Tim Parker Tom Barrett Tommy Dreamer Tommy Jammer Trisa Hayes Val Pucchio

Survivor Series is looking great.

Love the venue!!! MCW now has a great home for a weekly big show if you chose. It is the Mid-South Coliseum of Nashville.

By our rules, 1 match would make him eligible. That would make him eligible for UWF if Control wants him until 1995.

I agree with Spaldoni about the importance you've put on the 6-Man title and this is right out of the NWA playbook. Great booking. Nice job getting us ready for Starrcade. Can't wait.

I think the Nightmares have found the perfect home. I do wonder if the Nightmares get that title shot before the Renestos. Dark Journey and Miss. Kentucky continue to steal the show! Not sure Reno was too excited about JT and Baxter teaming up. This is one we need to keep an eye on.

Thanks. I will fix that.

I like the updates of the calendar. This was a great way to get a lot of information to us without having to do too much.

Wow... Billy Jack is on fire and even Hennig gets to do the job to hype up the match with Windham. Really enjoy when you do the promos. They are so well done. Ferrari putting all of the Playboy Club in their place was cool.

Wow, I hate Greg Gagne! Great booking. I had a feeling that cowboy hat from True Grit was just Adias getting Black Bart in his back pocket. I wonder if Iceman is going after Adias or Bart or both. Love those parking lot brawls. Also think it was a good idea to escort them off the property. Makes it look like they are both out of control. Also, keeps them focused on each other and not the battle royal. Speaking of the Battle Royal... WOW... Nikita vs Sgt with Nikita as the babyface. Really cool!

EPISODE #14 NOVEMBER 4, 1988 Update on Season’s Beatings and Wrestlecade Before the show really got started, Jim Ross announced that at Clash of Champions: Season’s Beatings there would be a $50,000 Battle Royal where the winner will also get an WCW World Title Match at Wrestlecade on December 7th. This really seemed to excite Sting and Lex Luger as they put Flair on notice that one of them was going to win the Battle Royal and then go into 1989 as the new WCW Champion. Flair, Anderson, Spivey and Women also loved the idea of the Battle Royal because now they knew to focus on Sting and Luger during “Season’s Beatings” and make sure neither one of them got the opportunity for the title shot. Wrestler’s Getting a Push Ron Simmons continues to show great ability in the ring as he defeated Larry Cheatum with the powerslam. Simmons, as humble as could be, gave a message to all the kids to stay in school and make the most of every opportunity. Don Muraco gets his second straight win on TV as he easily defeats Allen Tab with the Hawaiian Hammer. Another interesting post-match interview with Roddy Piper has you wondering if they are friends or foe? Lord Humongous continuous to destroy everything in his path with a 30 second win with the powerbomb on Keith Steiborn. Piper tried to provoke a response from Humongous but her got nowhere as the man behind the hockey mask never even acknowledged him. Oliver Humperdink warned Piper and all of WCW that Lord Humongous can’t be stopped. The Love Triangle? Jimmy Valiant gets the win over Jerry Walker with the elbow drop. Valiant seemed in a great mood and who could blame him. He has kissed Terri Powers each of the last two weeks. While Rip Rogers is upset, everyone understands the crush the Boogie Woogie Man has on Terri! As soon as the match ended, The Boogie Woogie Man was dancing around the ring and playing with the fans as Rip Rogers tried to attack from behind. It was like Valiant knew he was coming as he turned just in time. He blocked the punch from Rogers and nailed him with a big roundhouse of his own. As Rogers went down, Valiant danced his way to the ring as he was asking “where’s my honey baby? Come on out Terri! Come on out! Bounty Gate The Samoan Swat Team get a big win on TV over the Young Guns (Sam Houston & Kendall Windham) but it was Gary Hart who made this segment really interesting. We find out from Hart that due to his relationship with Saddam Hussein of Iraq, the United States government has frozen the assets of Sheik Adnan Al Kassie. When asked by Roddy Piper about what this means for WCW, Hart explained that there is no way for Sheik to pay off the 2-million-dollar bounty he placed on the wrestling careers of the WCW Tag Team Champions, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death. Hart went on to explain that since the bounty can’t be collected, he has released Abdullah the Butcher and Tarzan Goto from his stable. Hart continued by explaining that the Samoan Swat Team can still make him wealthy beyond his wildest dreams by taking the tag team titles from Dibiase and Williams. Later in the show, Dr. Death and Dibiase didn’t seem to care that the bounty against them was null and void as they never felt threatened by Hart’s men. They went on to say that they still would have no problem paying off anyone who got rid of Gary Hart. So it seems that their bounty on Hart is still in effect. Terry Funk Responds To “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes Do you realize what the final conflict is? That’s when it all goes… when there are no people left…. When somebody pushes that red button and blows everything up. Well, that red button has been pushed between Dusty Rhodes and myself. It was pushed several years ago when he tried to blind me and damaged my eye! He pushed that red button first but everyone forgets that. He pushed that red button again when he cheated me out of the NWA World Title in the Bayfront Center in 1979. I let both of those incidents go. Years back, he pushed that red button again in St. Petersburg in the Bayfront Center when he double crossed me and turned on me against the Briscos for the World Tag Team Title! Again… I let all these things go. I did not forget them, but I let them go. Then he pushed that red button one more time when he attacked my family… my cousin… Jimmy Jack Funk. This time, I could no longer let it go. Funny thing is… history has a way of repeating itself…. As it was once again in the Bayfront Center…. But now, it was my turn to push that red button and my… did it feel good. To take that branding iron to the side of the head of that Egg-Suckin Doooggg…. Now, we hear that Dusty Rhodes wants to push that red button one last time against my entire family! I hear his friends running to his aid…. Well Dusty Rhodes… if you think you need friends for The Final Push…. Go for it. I have friends too! Your choice Rhodes…. Singles Match… Tag Team Match… Cage Match…. I don’t care! This time it will be the final push of that Red Button and Dusty Rhodes WILL BE NO MORE! The Goals of Stan Hansen & Dick Murdoch “Captain Redneck” Dick Murdoch and Stan Hansen defeated the Nightmares in violent fashion with the end coming when Murdoch connected with the brainbuster on Nightmare #1. After the bout, Hansen seemed very focused on getting some championship belts around the waists of the Texas Outlaws. Murdoch also reminded everyone that not everyone from Texas was like Terry Funk and that if the American Dream needed any help, all he had to do was ask. THE WCW TV TITLE The WCW TV Title match saw Eddie Gilbert, with the help of Missy Hyatt defeat “The Z-Man” Tom Zenk in their rematch from Fall Brawl with the Hot Shot. At the conclusion of the match, Hacksaw Butch Reed comes out and jumps up on the apron and points at Gilbert. Gilbert and Hyatt both look like they have seen a ghost! WHAM---- from behind, The Snowman and Kareem Muhammed attack Hacksaw Butch Reed. While Snowman and Muhammed easily have things under control, Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt don’t even think about joining in. Instead, they head for the hills as the Nation is beating their own member from pillar to post. As Hacksaw has blood trickling down his face, the crowd explodes as Ron Simmons rushes the ring. Simmons quickly tosses Muhammed to the mat and then focuses on the Snowman. Muhammed recovers and closes in on Simmions….. Wham! Hacksaw Butch Reed is back up and hits Muhammed with a football tackle! Muhammed and Snowman escape to safety as Simmons and Reed dare them to come back in the ring! Snowman and Muhammed head to the locker room as the babyface turn of Reed seems to be in full swing. His days with the Nation have come to an abrupt end as he and Simmons shake hands! THE WCW U.S. TAG TEAM TITLE The main event this week was a rematch for the U.S. Tag Team Title between the champions, The Latin Connection (Mando Guerrero & Ricky Santana)and the Rock n Roll Express. The match was very similar to the match at Fall Brawl where the Express started quickly and then Ricky Morton got caught with some dirty tactics by Guerrero and Santana. Eventually, we get the hot tag to Gibson and the Express are on fire! This is when Dr. Diobolico, again jumped up on the apron. This time he clobbered Ricky Morton resulting in the DQ of the Latin Connection, but they could care less as they retained their title. Santana and Dr. Diobolico grab Gibson. Mando reaches into his trunks and pulls and the Guerrero Hair removal Cream. The announcers are screaming while Mando is maniacally grinning. He reaches in and pulls out a huge wad of the cream! He closes in on Gibson…. AHHHHHHH….. Gibson is screaming and rolling around on the ground in agony as it seems that Mando got the cream in both eyes! Sting, Luger, Dr. Death and Dibiase rush to the ring. The Latin Connection quickly scamper away but everyone’s attention is on Robert Gibson. They are screaming for a doctor and trying to pour water into his eyes. They make a decision to rush him from the arena as they place a towel over his head and basically drag him from the arena.

Loved the MSG Card. I did enjoy seeing these events on the MSG Network when I was young. OMG... the figures in the tag team battle royal! That's awesome! My wife would kill me! lol

Highlight for my was the heat that Col DeBeers would have gotten with that promo about Long and JYD! Great booking. Can't wait for Starrcade!

Love all the videos as it helps explain things for people like me who are unfamiliar with this style.