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I am fine with that

I am sorry. When we did the 1984 Fresh Face Draft, Sherri Martel was listed as a manager so I thought she could be used as one.

Since USWA traded away JR Foley, I need to add a manager so we welcome Sensational Sherri Martel to the organization. USWA is also moving Chris Markov into a regular spot and moving Brett Wayne Sawyer into spot 35 which will now become a jobber spot. To complete this jobber pack, USWA will add Rick McGraw and Steve Travis.

USWA sends Shane Douglas and JR Foley to Stampede for Ox Baker and a wrestler to be named later.

I am ok with giving Dex or Florida Timbs or my partial use of Bill Dundee

I would take Ken Timbs and use him as a mid-carder if nobody else wants him. I find Adrian Street interesting but too much work to do him justice so I would not be interested in him.

If we wanted to avoid a draft, I would be fine with Baby Doll. He would not be my first pick. The Heavenly Bodies, Buddy Landell and the RnR Express would be my first three picks but others are interested in them and to avoid problems, I would be ok with Baby Doll.

I approve. Let him start right away.

UNITED STATES WRESTLING ASSOCIATION TOURING SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 1. MACON, GEORGIA 2. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 3. CINCINNATI, OHIO 4. CANTON, OHIO 5. CLEVELAND, OHIO 6. COLUMBUS, OHIO 7. TV: MEMPHIS 8. BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS 9. MID-SOUTH COLISEUM 10. NASHVILLE, TN 11. FORT KNOX, KY 12. RAMSEY, TN 13. MORENGO, IN 14. TV: ATLANTA 15. COLUMBUS, GA 16. THE OMNI 17. TOLEDO, OHIO 18. HUNTINGTON, WV 19. SAGINAW, MI 20. GRAND RAPIDS, MI 21. TV: MEMPHIS 22. OFF: EASTER 23. MID-SOUTH COLISEUM 24. LOUISVILLE, KY 25. LEXINGTON, KY 26. WHEELING, WV 27. BALTIMORE, MD 28. TV: ATLANTA 29. MARRIETTA, GA 30. THE OMNI * THE APRIL 23RD SHOW IS BEING BILLED AS THE MEMPHIS ROUNDHOUSE REVIVAL AND IT WILL BE SHOWN LIVE ON WTBS! *THESE SHOWS WILL BE STRONGLY PROMOTED DURING THE WEEKLY TV SHOWS. MATCHES WILL FOCUS ON THE ANGLES FOR ROUNDHOUSE REVIVAL AND ALLOW WRESTLERS TO GET USED TO WORKING WITH EACH OTHER SO THE MAJOR SHOW GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. DURING THESE HOUSE SHOWS, RESULTS WILL VARY TO SEE WHAT GETS THE CROWD MOST INTERESTED.

USWA is trying anything to raise money. Glad you liked it. We got a lot of bills to pay!

When I look back to the 1980's, I found a few wrestlers were so captivating that they could carry an organization on their back. It seems to me that you have many at the same time and that makes for a great time in Mid Atlantic. From Flair to Steamboat to Savage to JYD to the Freebirds and of course Akbar! They could feud with anyone and it instantly becomes Pro Wrestling illustrated worthy. This organizations roster is #1 in my eyes and something I enjoy reading each week.

Wow, the Cow Palace was treated to 5 Championship matches plus Gagne vs DiBiase and other great matches. That is a great show. Agree with the others in that I love seeing OMG put it to Hogan! This is going to be a huge angle going forward. The unstoppable Gang vs the never lose Hogan. I am very interested in seeing what gives here.

-Jerry Jarrett and Ted Turner had a meeting this week and decided to increase the number of House Shows. The USWA will be running a show everyday in April except April 22 which is Easter Sunday. In April alone, USWA Wrestling will be in Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky and Maryland. They hope this exposure along with the two weekly TV shows will be able to cover expenses. So far, USWA has been operating in the red. This is not because of attendance or TV ratings which have both been very good. It is just that the USWA may have to many high priced wrestlers on its roster. To help with cost, the USWA Board of Directors has decided to sell quarterly highlight reels of its best matches on VHS. The USWA is still looking for a partner and is somewhat surprised that they have not found one yet. They have offered such things as control of the World Title and segments on a national TV Show. Jarrett is now traveling to Puerto Rico and Canada still hoping to find a taker. His other thought is to expand the travel loop to include both the Northeast and the West which are wrestling starved at this point. He figures the more people who can see the show life, the higher the TV ratings and thus the profits. Jerry Lawler and some of the other wrestlers have expressed concerns about the current amount of travel but that was expected. The King has always been down on travel and this might be one reason the AWA and NWA never looked at him as an option to be World Champion. To appease Lawler, the USWA has agreed that its next major show, Roundhouse Revival on April 23rd will be in the Mid-South Coliseum. Memphis fans are upset that Plowboy Frazier has been forced out but Ted Turner said that he didn't think that Hillbilly angle would play with a national audience. He believes that Russians would outdraw Rednecks any day of the week. Only time will tell especially since his Russian group is the bottom of the barrel.

UNITED STATES WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 1984 VHS SET #1 ONLY $19.95 Includes over 5 hours of the best of USWA Wrestling! · Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol & Roddy Piper · Hacksaw Reed & Tony Atlas vs Ernie Ladd & Porkchop Cash · Lawler, Rich &The Fab Ones vs Idol, Piper & The Sheepherders · Slaughter, Kirchner & Kernodle vs Mr. Saito, Killer Khan and Tojo · World Title Match: Austin Idol vs Mil Mascaras · World Title Match” Austin Idol vs Bruiser Brody · Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler vs The Kansas Jayhawks · The Fabulous Ones vs The Sheepherders · Lawler & Rich vs Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez · Loser-leave Town: Stan Frazier & Hillbilly Jim vs The House of Humperdink · USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNAMENT FINALE Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler vs The Sheepherders · PIPER’S PIT WITH JERRY LAWLER AND BILL DUNDEE AND PIPER SEND PAYMENT TO 5675 Jimmy Carter Blvd. Norcross, Georgia

Wow, a show with major ramifications. Heenan gone, Goliath retires and a new Missouri Heavyweight Champ. This is what wrestling is all about. Questions to be answered and new angles to write. Good luck with it and have fun!

USWA WRESTLING: 3/24/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE “Yello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Lance Russell along with Gordon Solie and Dave Brown. We have a jam packed show tonight so let’s get right to our first segment.” THIS WEEK IN THE USWA BY DAVE BROWN Lance Russell and Gordon Solie welcome fans to the Saturday night show on WTBS and they turn it over to Dave Brown for his segment, This Week in the USWA. · REVIEW OF THE FIRST BATTLE OF ATLANTA Dave Brown begins with a review of The First Battle of Atlanta and announces to fans that new USWA World Tag Team Champions are none other than Jerry “The King” Lawler and Tommy “Wildfire” Rich. He also announces that Mr. USA Tony Atlas defeated Roddy Piper to keep his USWA National Championship belt while Piper’s championship, The USWA Southern Championship is now vacant. Brown also says that as of right now, the USWA Board of Directors has not announced any plans to fill that Championship. · #1 Contender for the USWA World Heavyweight Title Dave Brown says that Jerry Jarrett will be in studio tonight and name the new #1 contender for the USWA World Heavyweight Championship and the USWA World Tag Team Championship. · MEMPHIS ROUNDHOUSE REVIVAL Brown announces that the next major USWA Wrestling Extravaganza will be April 23rd and it will be right here in Memphis, Tennessee at the Mid-South Coliseum. Brown announces that the USWA Board of Directors has already guaranteed that each USWA Title that is currently being used will be defended at this huge wrestling event. He reminds fans across the United States that all you need to do to witness this event is turn in to WTBS as it will once again be aired live. · USWA VOLUME #1 Dave Brown announces that USWA VOLUME #1 is now available on VHS and is being offered for just $19.95. This great video contains over 5 hours of non-stop action that includes matches with all your favorite superstars. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: House of Humperdink Challenge: Cousin Bubba vs Wendell Cooley This is the first match for Cousin Bubba as a member of the House of Humperdink. The fans at the First Battle of Atlanta were stunned when he turned on his relatives to help Sir Oliver Humperdink’s men win the loser leave town match. Tonight, he tries to protect Humperdink’s money and win in less than 5 minutes or else Cooley gets $5000.00. As for this match it is a total squash match with Bubba throwing Cooley all over the ring and using his 375+ pound frame as a weapon in some major collisions. The end came with a huge running splash at just 2:12 into the match. Sir Oliver Humperdink and Cousin Bubba head to the interview desk where Russell asks Bubba how could he turn on his family? Humperdink interrupts and starts to yell at “Pencil Nose” Russell saying that the men next to him will no longer be known as Cousin Bubba and going forward this monster of a man will be called Crusher Ottman! Humperdink goes on to say that if Russell or Solie have any questions for this new member of his stable that they should address Humperdink. He says he is now paying Crusher Ottman a lot of money to hurt people and not to speak to these low life fans. The studio audience really let’s Humperdink have it now. Gordon Solie turns the interview in another direction when he asks Humperdink about his future plans. Humperdink says that within 6 months his stable will control both the USWA World Championship and the USWA World Tag Team Championships but that his immediate goal is to rid the wrestling world of that commie scum, Korstia Korchenko. This time the fans start to cheer. Humperdink does not seem to care as he says “look at these clueless rednecks here tonight. They are so uneducated that they do not even know if they like me or not. Humperdink and Crusher Ottman begin to walk off when all of a sudden Korchenko and two other “Russian looking” men attack Ottman. Ottman gives it his best go but it is 3 on 1. Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez Hernandez hit the scene and Korchenko and his friends run off. As we go to break, Solie is heard saying, “Uhhh, what was that all about? __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: The Fabulous Ones vs Bam Bam Bigelow & Shane Douglas In a pretty good tag match that had a few momentum turns, both teams gave the fans just what they wanted. It is rare to see two teams of fan favorites going at it but this match remained civil from start to finish. The Fabulous Ones were able to overcome the rookies’ power advantage with some really good double team moves. Their experience was the key to the match and Stan Lane gained the pin on Douglas after a Russian Leg sweep. Both teams shook hands after the match and it is becoming more obvious that Bigelow and Douglas have a great future in this sport. The Fabulous Ones went to the interview desk where Russell and Solie asked about their feelings about The First Battle of Atlanta where they lost the semi-final match for the USWA World Tag Titles to the Sheepherders. Lane and Keirn both said they lost fair and square and that they were not making any excuses but they feel that they can still beat the Sheepherders and that they would love a shot at the Sheepherders USWA National Tag belts. The crowd begins to boo as JR Foley leads the Sheepherders out to the interview desk. Foley begins to pretend to cry and says that the Fabulous Ones sound like a bunch of 3 year olds who lost their favorite blanket. He tells them to face it and they lost and there is no way the Sheepherders are going to give the Fabulous Ones a title shot! Lane and Keirn answer back saying the Sheepherders are just afraid of a rematch. The two teams begin to get closer together as the situation heats up. Lance Russell asks that both teams keep their cool. Jerry Jarrett walks out and tells both teams to cool it. He takes the microphone and says that it is not up to the Sheepherders who they face in their title defenses and that they will wrestle whoever the USWA Board of Directors deems to be the number 1 contender. The Fabulous Ones begin to smile at this announcement. Jarrett tells them not to get to excited because they are not yet the #1 contenders. Stan Lane asks what is meant by yet. Jarrett announces that tomorrow night on WTBS, there will be a tag team match between the Fabulous Ones and Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez. The winner will face the Sheepherders for the USWA National Tag Titles at Memphis Roundhouse Revival on April 23rd. The Sheepherders don’t seem to like either of these options but the Fabulous Ones seems satisfied at the news. Jarrett asks that both team leave the interview area and he calls out The Perfect Stable of Rock Riddle, The Kansas Jayhawks and the USWA World Heavyweight Champion, Austin Idol. Jarrett begins to announce who the #1 Contender is for Austin Idol’s belt but Rock Riddle interrupts. He is furious that Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers were not included in that tag match to determine who faces the Sheepherders. Riddle continues by saying that he understands why and that it must be because his perfect team must be wrestling for the World Titles vs Rich and Lawler and not the National titles. Jarrett says that the #1 Contenders for the World Tag Titles has yet to be decided but for Riddle not to interrupt again. Jarrett continues on to announce that Austin Idol will be wrestling the Boogie Woogie Man, Jimmy Valiant for the World Title on April 23rd. The Perfect Stable goes nuts saying that Valiant is so unpredictable and that it is unfair to make Idol wrestle him. They are screaming how nuts Valiant is when the music starts to blare from the speakers. Jimmy Valiant struts out as only he could and begins jiving and talking and bobbing and weaving. He is so energized by the news and seems ready for Idol now. The Perfect Stable realize they have a numbers advantage and start to creep in towards Valiant. Jerry Jarrett sees this and says one more thing. If any member of the Perfect Stable lays a hand a Valiant before April 23rd , Idol will be stripped of his title. The Stable starts to yell and scream while Valiant is now really up in their faces. Gordon Solie, smiling, announces “we will be right back after these messages. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ Piper’s Pit with Special Guest Roddy Piper Roddy Piper makes his way out to the set and sits in one of the two chairs that are there. The Sheepherders follow Piper out and stand behind him with their arms folded. Piper calls out none other than himself and in the strangest Piper’s Pit to date, he basically stands up to ask himself questions and then sits down to answer them. He basically spends the next 5 minutes berating himself for losing his match at the First Battle of Atlanta to Tony Atlas and being stripped of his USWA Southern Championship. By the end, he is so worked up that he begins to beat himself with his own microphone. The fans are scarred as they have never seen anyone so angry and crazed. He begins to say he is sorry to himself and he will get revenge on Tony Atlas for the loss. As the interview ends, he is basically foaming at the mouth and it looks like it would not matter if Tony Atlas was Superman and that the next time Atlas and Piper meet, Atlas could be in serious trouble __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ Interview with Ernie Ladd Ladd comes out and Solie and Russell ask him about his match with Hacksaw Reed at the Omni from The First Battle of Atlanta. Ladd goes on to discuss how USWA might not be big enough for Reed and himself to co-exist. He talks about how evident the hatred is between both men and that the match could not even get started. He also discuss how Reed has fallen into the dark side of right and wrong and has become nothing but a Big Uncle Tom. He than walks off set. MATCH: Thunderbolt Patterson vs Brett Wayne Gordon Solie begins by saying what a treat the fans are going to be in as he has been calling Thunderbolt Patterson’s matches for quite some time in Georgia and that he is really some kind of special wrestler. As the match begins, Patterson, a large black man, uses some pretty big body slams to gain the advantage. In a rare show of frustration, Brett Wayne tried to turn the tide with some dirty tactics but Patterson seemed to relish in this form of a match and started throwing huge right hands. Gordon Solie is heard saying, “Now Waitaminute. What is Ernie Ladd doing at ringside?” Patterson seems to proceed in the match with a lot more caution now that Ladd is at ringside. A few times Ladd appeared to be getting ready to get in the ring and interfere in the match. The end came after a huge headbutt was followed up by a thunderous bodyslam. After ref Jerry Calhoun counted out Brett Wayne, Ladd jumped up on the apron and moved towards Patterson. Patterson began to inch towards Ladd and it looks like the two were about to brawl. All of a sudden, Lance Russell is heard saying, “What in the Sam Hill?” as Ladd and Patterson break into a huge smile and hug each other. The fans are shocked as they thought Patterson was on their side. Gordon Solie is all so in shock and wonders if Patterson is the re-enforcements to Ladd’s Army that the Big Cat has been talking about for the last few weeks. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ Match: Private Kernodle vs The Spoiler In a great back and forth match, the end came when the Spoiler had an armbar on Kernodle as he walked across the top rope. He leaped off the rope and, as he released the armbar, caught Kernodle with an elbow to the neck. This knocked Kernodle to the canvass and the Spoiler took this opportunity to put on the Brain Claw. After a minute or two of struggling, Kernodle was forced to submit. Kernodle continue to writhe in pain as the Spoiler refused to break the hold. All of a sudden, blood started to trickle down the face of Kernodle. The Spoiler’s Claw is so strong that he may cause internal damage. The bleeding becomes heavier as Solie announces that Pvt. Kernodle is wearing a crimson mask. The Spoiler still refuses to release the hold and the TV screen becomes censored due to the amount of blood. From the back, rushes in Cpl. Kirchner. The Spoiler high tails it to the locker room just before Kirchner hits the ring. The place a towel over Kernodle’s head and Kirchner escorts his Ft. Bragg Brother back to the locker room. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ Match: Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler vs The Nightmares In a nice treat for the fans, the newly crowned champs defend their belts on National TV. This match will be a time remaining match as the show is running out of time. As for the match, the Champs control the momentum. It appeared the champs would gain the victory by pin as Wildfire caught Nightmare #1 with a flying cross body block but as he went for the pin, The Shogunate hit the ring. Mr. Saito, Killer Khan and Tojo Yamamoto took advantage of the numbers and really laid it on the champs. As Gordon Solie announced “so long from Memphis,” the Champs laid flat on their backs, faces covered in green Asian Mist from Khan and both being Suplexed by Saito. The foreign invaders smiled for the cameras and seemed really pleased with their work. The screen fades to black. USWA WRESTLING: 3/25/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 5:05-6:05 TAPED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE “Yello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Lance Russell along with Gordon Solie. We have a jam packed show tonight so let’s ring in our first guest.” Korstia Korchenko and the two goons who attacked Crusher Ottman and Sir Oliver Humperdink walk out to the interview desk. Lance Russell begins by asking who the two men with Korstia are. Korchenko replies that they are Alexis Smirnoff and Chris Markov and together they make up the IRON CURTAIN. Gordon Solie asks why these men have joined Korchenko here in the USWA. All three take turns answering in broken English but all three have the same message. They are sick and tired of the American bureaucracy and that the American people are so misguided that when even low-life’s like Sir Oliver Humperdink do wrong to Russian people that Americans are happy. They vow revenge on Humperdink and his entire stable. They warn the American people to watch the next match to see what is going to happen to any American wrestlers who get in their way. Match: The Iron Curtain vs Sweet Brown Sugar, Brett Wayne and Steve Simpson. The three Russians head to the ring in their Soviet gear and are waving the flag of the Soviet Union. The fans are really angry at this display of patriotism for our arch-enemy. As for the match, it is one of total destruction. The Iron Curtain just refuses to listen to the ref and took a lot of liberties with the rules. The end came after Steve Simpson was whipped into the ropes and Alexis Smirnoff followed it up with a Heart Punch. The punch was so violent that the medics came to the ring after the match and this is when TV went to break. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: Mr. Saito vs Wendell Cooley As expected, Mr. Saito gets a rude welcome from the fans in studio but he doesn’t seem to care. Saito is all business in this match and beats the rookie in under 4 minutes when he connected with a Saito Suplex for the pin. Mr. Saito and the rest of the Shogunate, Tojo Yamamoto and Killer Khan head to the interview desk where Solie and Russell question them on why they attacked Tommy Rich and Jerry Lawler last night on TV. Tojo takes control of the interview and begins by asking Mistah Russell if he remember 1975? Russell says he does but has no idea what Tojo is talking about. Yamamoto continues on. “1975, I took Tommy Rich under my control. I showed him the ropes of this sport. I was his tag team partner many, many times. I taught him how to win and that the fans don’t matter. I should him everything that has made him a success. He comes to the USWA and has turned his back on me. He acts like I did not make him what he is today. He cares about what the fans think. He cares about Jerry Lawler thinks. He has lost his focus. He has lost his way and we, the Shogunate, are going to take the World Tag Title from him. The crowd erupts as Tommy Rich comes to the interview desk and goes right at Yamamoto. Rich says all Tojo taught him how to do is cheat. To take shortcuts. To break the rules and try to injure others. That is not how his mother raised him and in 1975, he was just young and dumb and was wrong to follow Tojo. He lets Tojo know that Lawler and he are ready for a fight anytime. Yamamoto and his goons feel that this is as good a time as any and attack Rich. The 3-1 is too much for him to take and Rich is beaten down. The attack only lasts about a minute as Lawler, Reed and Atlas rush to his aid and chase the Shogunate away. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: Tony Atlas and Butch Reed vs The Nightmares Atlas and Reed are just too strong for the Nightmares who really give a valiant effort. The end came in about 5 minutes when Reed lifted up Nightmare #1 in a Gorilla Press Slam and smashed him into the canvass. The winners go to the interview desk where Atlas says he is ready to take on that nut job Piper anytime the USWA Board of Directors wants. Reed starts to call out Ernie Ladd and when Solie asks if he is concerned with the newest member of Ladd’s Army. Reed asks if he means OLD MAN PATTERSON and Solie warns Reed not to take him lightly. Reed and Atlas laugh and ask if this is professional wrestling or an old age home. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ #1 Contenders Match for the USWA National Tag Titles held by the Sheepherders The Fabulous Ones vs Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez The fans are on the edge of their seats for this one. Sir Oliver Humperdink leads Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez to the ring. Humperdink has Buzz Sawyer on a dog leash while Hernandez has a huge chain around his neck which makes him look even stronger than he is. The House of Humperdink seems ready for this one. The Fab Ones come out to “Sharp Dressed Man” and the young ladies in studio are going wild. The match is wild with many different momentum changes. The House of Humperdink came close to a victory when Sawyer nailed a top rope frog splash on Lane but Keirn made the save. Later, Keirn had Hernandez in an inverted Boston Crab by Hercules was able to reach the ropes forcing the break. The end came when Sawyer tossed Lane into ref Paul Morton knocking him to the ground. Humperdink saw this as his chance and tossed a chair into Sawyer but Lane intercepted it. Lane was about to clobber Sawyer when he saw Paul Morton stirring and beginning to get to his feet. Lane SLAMMED the chair in to the mat which made a loud crash sound. Lane then tossed the chair to Sawyer just as Morton was beginning to turn back to the action. Lane feel backwards as if his was hit with the chair and laid flat on the mat. Ref Paul Morton saw Lane and saw the chair in Sawyer’s hand. He immediately called for the bell and disqualified the House of Humperdink. Gordon Solie is laughing and announces “What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Humperdink has one so many times by deceit he has finally gotten what he deserves. With TV time winding down, The Iron Curtain rush to the ring and attack Sawyer and Humperdink while the Sheepherders hit the ring and go right for the Fabulous Ones. Just as the show was ending, Lance Russell was heard saying, “You cannot believe the mayhem. Four of the best tag teams in the world are brawling it out all over the studio.” Gordon Solie ends the show with “So long from Memphis.” The Credits roll while the chaos continues. The screen fades to black.

Also going to be a bit behind over the next few weeks. Had a death in the family and will be away most of the next week. I will do my best to get something out before I leave.

UNITED STATES WRESTLING ASSOCIATION UNITED STATES WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- "The Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol (1) UNITED STATES NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas (1) UNITED STATES SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION- VACANT (Last Champ: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (1)) UNITED STATES WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS- Tommy "Wildfire" Rich & Jerry "The King" Lawler (1) UNITED STATES NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLES- The Sheepherders (1)

USWA will drop Ken Raper, David Johnson, and Tommy Gilbert and pick up Chris Markoff. Markoff can go into spot 35. My jobber pack in spot 36 will now be Ted Allen, Steve Simpson and Wendell Cooley.

Patrick, Thanks for the detailed review. I think in some cases you gave more thought to certain angles than I did when working on them and for that I am grateful. Not sure I put enough thought into the Piper/Atlas finish and not sure what to do next with Piper or Atlas to tell you the truth. Maybe a clean victory was not the way to go.

USWA WRESTLING: 3/12/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 7:05-10:05 LIVE FROM THE OMNI ATLANTA, GEORGIA “Yello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Lance Russell along with Gordon Solie and Dave Brown. This is our first prime time special and it is being billed as The First Battle of Atlanta. We have a jam packed show tonight so let’s get right to the ring.” MATCH 1: Jimmy Valiant vs The Spoiler A great opening match that gave the fans everything they could want. They erupted when they heard “The Boys from New York City” blare through the speakers and the match kept them on the edge of their seats for its entirety. The Spoiler almost had the pin when he walked the top rope while keeping an arm bar on Valiant and then leaped off into a Brain Claw but Valiant was able to get to the ropes. The match turned wild and this was right up Valiant’s alley. He actually bite the Spoiler on the forehead through the mask and then followed it up with a huge bodyslam and a diving elbow drop from the middle rope for the pin at 12:43. __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: Brett Wayne vs Bam Bam Bigelow The fans really are falling in love with the high energy of this year’s rookie crop which is led by Bigelow. This 350 pounder has such agility and power that everyone knows it is only a matter of time. With Jerry Lawler helping his training, that time is getting closer. Tonight’s match was by far his best and he actually got the victory when he followed a Body Avalanche with a diving headbut at 10:03. His new tattoos of flames across his skull and a flame inspired outfit along with his ability has the fans waiting more. He high fives all the way back to the locker room as Brett Wayne takes a moment to regroup in the ring. __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: Porkchop Cash vs Sweet Brown Sugar This match is part of the ongoing feud between Ladd’s Army and Butch Reed’s new alliance. This match was a fight between two different styles, the powerhouse bruising style of Cash vs the speed and agility of Sweet Brown Sugar. The end came when Cash threw Sugar into ref Paul Morton which allowed Ernie Ladd to come to ring side and connect with a Big Boot on Sugar. Cash followed that up with a huge powerslam. Cash helped ref Paul Morton regroup and then went for the cover. The end came at 10:02 and Ladd and Cash celebrated by raising their fists in a sign of Black Power which is the Mantra of Ladd’s Army. __________________________________________________________________________ Match: USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL The Fabulous Ones vs The Sheepherders with JR FOLEY This one again has the fans on the edge of their sits. All the ladies in the arena begin to scream as the Fab Ones come out in their tuxedos to ZZ Topps “Sharpe Dressed Man” and then perform a little strip tease. This excitement quickly turns to boos as JR Foley, dressed in Army fatigues and sporting a Hitler style mustache leads the Sheepherders to the ring carrying the British Commonwealth flag. All three are antagonizing the fans as they head to the ring. As for the match, it is high energy all the way with many momentum changes. The end came when Steve Keirn was being double teamed by the Sheepherders and Lane tried to rush me to help his partner. Ref Jerry Calhoun forced Lane back to his corner but this allowed the Sheepherders to illegally throw Keirn face first into the ring post and split him wide open. The Sheepherders followed this up with a Battering Ram and in a surprisingly clean victory, pinned Keirn at 18:21. __________________________________________________________________________ Match: USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler vs Buzz Sawyer & Hercules Hernandez with Sir Oliver Humperdink Wow! Could it be that Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer met in the Last Battle of Atlanta in Georgia Championship Wrestling and now they are meeting in the First Battle of Atlanta for the USWA? The House of Humperdink do not wait for the bell and attack as soon as Lawler and Rich enter the ring. This gives them the early advantage. Hernandez was able to just overpower Rich and Lawler at times. He executed such power moves as bodyslams and clothesline. He even used some awesome submission moves including a bearhug on Rich and The Backbreaker Rack on Lawler but Rich and Lawler kept making the save. This infuriated Humperdink who berated ref Jerry Calhoun about his inability to keep the illegal man out of the ring. After being trapped in the ring for a while, Lawler was finally able to tag in Rich who went on “fire.” This was the beginning of the end as all four men were in the ring and Lawler and Rich whipped the House of Humperdink into each other. As Sawyer and Humperdink bounced off each other, Lawler caught Sawyer in a sleeper and Rich, the legal man, caught Hernandez in a sleeper. Humperdink got up on the apron to again go after the ref. Calhoun did not seem to care about Lawler and Sawyer as they were not bothering the “legal” action in the ring! As both Sawyer and Hernandez begin to go out and Calhoun begins to count, Earthquake hits the ring and Avalanche’s both Rich and Lawler from behind. Calhoun disqualifies the House of Humperdink but that does nothing to slow down the attack by Earthquake. He drags Lawler and Rich into the corner and places Rich on top of Lawler and then he climbs to the top rope and jumps off in a seated position and lands on Rich. He is basically crushing them. The House of Humperdink finally leaves with Rich and Lawler left in a heap in the ring. They are victorious but who knows if they will even be able to wrestle the Sheepherders for the championship later on tonight. __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: BOOT CAMP MATCH Sgt. Slaughter, Pvt. Kernodle & Cpl. Kirchner vs Mr. Saito, Killer Khan & Tojo Yamamoto In a match basically with no rules, this is as wild as you could imagine. The fans are all over the Shogunate but they don’t seem to care. The end came when all 6 men were paired off all over the arena. Killer Khan slammed Cpl. Kirchner head into the steel barricade and then he goes over to id Tojo who was battling Kernodle. He quickly sprays the Asian Green Mist into the eyes of Kernodle which has him rolling on the floor in agony. Yamamoto has him in a stomach claw while Khan lays the boots to him until he is basically knocked out. Khan and Tojo re-enter the ring and join Saito in his fight against Sgt. Slaughter. They triple team him. Yamamoto with another stomach Claw while Khan Puts Slaughter into his own signature move, the Cobra Clutch. Sgt yells in pain but refuses to give up. Saito scoops him up and follows up a short arm clothesline with 2 Saito Suplexes. Ref Paul Morton is forced to make the 3 count as the Shogunate has defeated the Ft. Bragg Brotherhood in 21:03. Saito, Khan, and Yamamoto now grab the United States flag that Slaughter had brought to the ring and begin to stomp on it and spit on it. The fans in the Omni are now enraged and the USWA is lucky there was not a riot as the Shogunate headed to the locker room. __________________________________________________________________________ MATCH: HACKSAW REED VS ERNIE LADD This feud has been brewing since Reed left Ladd and his Army. Reed was first to the ring and you could see the anger in his eyes. Ladd begins to walk to the ring but Reed could not contain himself. He rushed up the runway and attacks Ladd. The two brawl for about 10 minutes with each being bloodied by the other. Both connect with major moves but in the end Reed executed a huge Gorilla Press Slam on Ladd on the concrete floor. Security, USWA official and wrestlers rush from the back to keep Reed away from Ladd who is flat on his back on the Omni floor. Ref Jerry Calhoun declares this bout a NO CONTEST. This is certainly not the last we have seen of this feud. __________________________________________________________________________ Match: USWA TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH USWA NATIONAL CHAMPION VS USWA SOUTHERN CHAMPION MR. USA TONY ATLAS VS ROWDY RODDY PIPER Now this match had the fans going wild. The winner gets to keep his belt while the loser will be stripped of his. It was hard to tell if it was because they like Atlas so much or because of their hatred for Piper and his manager JR Foley. His first few Piper’s Pits have made Piper the most hated man in all of the USWA and that is hard to do in an organization that includes Ernie Ladd and Tojo Yamamoto. As for the match it is back and forth. Piper is cautious not to get to close to Atlas unless he had the advantage. He used every dirty trick known to wrestling but it did not get him close to victory. Atlas almost had Piper trapped outside the ring but Foley put his body between Atlas and Piper which allowed the rowdy one to escape. Piper rushed back into the ring and appeared to grab a foreign object out of his trunks and place it in his right hand. When Atlas entered the ring, he backed Piper into a corner but this allowed Piper a chance to throw that loaded right hand. To Piper’s surprise and Foley’s anger, Atlas ducked under and scooped up Piper into a belly to back suplex. The brass knuckles went flying in the air and Atlas covered Piper for the pin. Foley rushed into the ring and put on the brass knucks but Atlas easily dodged his punch and scooped Foley into a Gorilla Press Slam right onto Piper. The crowd went wild as Atlas leaves with his title. Ref Jerry Calhoun grabs Piper’s USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship and walks to the back as that title is now considered vacant! The crowd loves to see the British Commonwealth struggling to just get to their feet. __________________________________________________________________________ Match: USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH AUSTIN IDOL with ROCK RIDDLE VS BRUISER BRODY This match is wild and Idol does everything he can just to survive the brutal attack by Bruiser Brody but tonight it was to no avail. Everything Idol tried, Brody had an answer. At about the 15 minute mark, Idol seemed to having nothing left. Brody scooped Idol up into a Backbreaker Rack and Idol was in real trouble. After about a 2 minutes in this torture rack, Idol looked like he was about to tap out when WHAM! Rock Riddle entered the ring and cracked Idol over the back with a chair. Ref Paul Morton immediately called for the bell and disqualified Idol. The crowd began to cheer as many thought Brody was the new champ. Brody now turned his attention to Riddle who ran for his life up the runway. The two disappeared behind a curtain and nobody in the audience saw the beating Brody gave Riddle. This was all captured on TV and viewed by the National Audience. The crowd started to boo as the ring announcer told the fans that Idol retained his World Title due to the disqualification. __________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TOMMY RICH & JERRY LAWLER VS THE SHEEPHERDERS with JR FOLEY This is the one the wrestling world has been waiting for. As you could expect, it is a brutal match. The action took place both inside and outside of the ring and often had all 4 competitors brawling at the same time. The end came after a long bout that saw many momentum changes and a lot of blood spilled. The Sheepherders had Wildfire on the ropes when they went after him with their signature finisher, The Battering Ram. With Luke Williams rushing toward Rich using Butch Miller’s head as a weapon, Rich was in trouble. At the last moment Rich lifted a perfectly timed knee to the nose of Miller and he back peddled a few times before collapsing to the mat. Rich followed that up by coming off the ropes and catching Williams with a big clothesline that send him over the top rope. Foley rushed to aid Williams as Rich tagged in Lawler. Lawler climbed the roped and came off the top with a perfectly centered fist drop. Ref Jerry Calhoun quickly made the 3 count. Lawler and Wildfire are the first ever USWA World Tag Team Champions. The crowd goes wild and the wrestlers, including Atlas, Reed, The Boogie Woogie Man and The Fabulous Ones rush to the ring to join in the celebration! The screen fades to black!

THE FIRST BATTLE OF ATLANTA USWA WRESTLING THE OMNI MARCH 12, 1984 USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNAMENT Tommy Rich & Jerry Lawler vs Buzz Sawyer & Hercules Hernandez The Fabulous Ones vs The Sheepherders WINNERS TO MEET FOR THE TITLE! USWA WORLD TITLE Austin Idol vs Brusier Brody USWA TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH Mr. USA TONY ATLAS VS ROWDY RODDY PIPER BUTCH REED VS ERNIE LADD THE SHOGUNATE VS FT. BRAGG BROTHERHOOD (BOOTCAMP MATCH) JIMMY VALIANT VS THE SPOILER BRETT WAYNE VS BAM BAM BIGELOW PORKCHOP CASH VS SWEET BROWN SUGAR

USWA WRESTLING: 3/11/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 5:05-6:05 TAPED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA “Yello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Lance Russell along with Gordon Solie. We have a jam packed show tonight so let’s get right to our first match.” Match: Bam Bam Bigelow vs Nightmare #1 Jerry Lawler accompanies his protégé, Bigelow, to the ring but then goes over to the interview desk to join Solie and Russell for the match. As far as the match goes, it is high paced and the fans are starting to see that for a big man of 350 pounds, Bigelow can really move. While Nightmare #1 knows all the tricks of the trade, in the end the size difference was just too much. Bigelow gets a rare win in his rookie year when he connected with a powerbomb at the 5:11 mark. Bigelow joins the group at the interview desk were he thanks all for their compliments and he says he owes it all to Jerry Lawler. Solie turns the interview to Lawler and Tommy Rich’s semi-final match tournament match against the House of Humperdink which is to take place tomorrow night at The First Battle of Atlanta. Lawler laughs and then continues to speak but says that after tonight, Wildfire and himself would have a bye into the finals as Buzz Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez were going to lose to Plowboy Frazier and Hillbilly Jim and be forced to leave the USWA for a year! Solie pondered for a moment and then says “Well King, I had not thought about that but indeed, you might just walk into the championship but. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ Interview with The Sheepherders and JR Foley The Sheepherders are saying that the World Tag Titles will be theirs in just 24 hours and that no team can beat them. This brings out their opponents in the semi-final match, The Fabulous Ones. The two teams really go out it verbally but for once, cooler heads prevail. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS ___________________________________________________________________________ One at a time, the teams in tonight’s loser leave town match come out to hype the match which is believed to be the first Loser Leave Town Match on National TV. The segment is short as the match is given extra time. __________________________________________________________________________ COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMO FOR UPCOMING SHOWS __________________________________________________________________________ LOSER LEAVE TOWN MATCH: Hillbilly Jim & Plowboy Frazier vs Buzz Sawyer & Hercules Hernandez with Humperdink The fans are on the edge of their seats for this one. Sir Oliver Humperdink leads Sawyer and Hercules Hernandez to the ring. Humperdink has Buzz Sawyer on a dog leash while Hernandez has a huge chain around his neck which makes him look even stronger than he is. The House of Humperdink seems ready for this one. Plowboy Frazier and Hillbilly Jim come to the ring to some fiddle music with big smiles on their faces. They are really looking forward to getting rid of Humperdink and his men. As for the match, Sir Oliver Humperdink is doing his best to have the outcome come out in his favor. He distracts the ref, trips up Hillbilly Jim on an Irish Whip and even kicked Plowboy Frazier when the action spilled out on to the studio floor. It was so bad that Big Bubba, Frazier and Jim’s cousin, came down to the ring and chased Humperdink away from the action. Humperdink, from a far, continued to threaten Bubba with his walking stick but never came any closer. The fans loved this and thought it gave their favorites a chance. The end came after Hercules Hernandez whipped Hillbilly Jim right in to ref Paul Morton which sent him to the floor. He was really out of it. Hillbilly Jim went to check on him and this is when Hernandez came off the ropes and nailed him with a huge running clothesline. Plowboy Frazier tried to come to his rescue but he was caught with a flying elbow by Buzz Sawyer. Hercules now began to slowly go to check on the ref when all of a sudden WHAM! Big Bubba came off the top rope in a sitting position and landed right on the chest of HILLBILLY JIM! The three now triple teamed Plowboy Frazier who also was nailed by a top rope Avalanche from Big Bubba. Hillbilly Jim and Plowboy Frazier were completely out as the ref came to and made the three count as Hernandez covered Hillbilly Jim. The House of Humperdink, including Sir Oliver and BIG BUBBA danced around the ring in celebration. Frazier and Jim looked stunned. The expression on their face said it all. “How could a member of the family turn on them?” Bubba just laughed as his cousins struggled to get to their knees. Gordon Solie ends the show with “I have now seen it all and I am sick to my stomach. Fans, please remember tomorrow night on TBS is The First Battle of Atlanta. So long form Atlanta.” The Credits roll while the chaos continues. The screen fades to black.

USWA would like Hansen and Brody for April 3,10,17 23

Good show that promotes future shows and angels really well. Looking forward to the Big Tag Tournament. Love II vs Gino and USA vs Russia always plays well.