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USWA releases Tarzan Goto

You guys are awsome. Thanks for doing this.

WEEK OF 4/7 (Sorry for the lack of production but been away. Full shows to return next week) 1. The CWA/UWF merger is coming to an end. Jerry Jarrett has bought out a disappointed Bill Watts who claims that the lack of talent sharing caused him to have financial problems. Jarrett’s promotion, which will still run across much of the south, will only use the USWA name and no longer be called the CWA and the UWF. What this means for the UWF titles has yet to be determined but most believe that there will be a few unification bouts in the near future. Jarrett must walk a bit of a tightrope here as he will need to keep the UWF fans happy and not just simply use his Memphis guys across the promotion. Time will tell if this works. 2. With Bill Watts now out of the picture, Curt Hennig’s idea of not giving Jerry “The King” Lawler another title shot has gone out the window. One of Jarrett’s first actions as sole owner was to sign a rematch between the two but that is not the interesting thing here. The interesting thing is that the match will be part of the AWA event … Night of Champions which will be held on April 12th at Market Square Arena! What is going on here? Nobody knows. Is Jarrett trying to renew his old alliance with the AWA or is he just trying to recoup some of his money that he just spent to buy out Bill Watts?

Great details to your matches. I will admit that I was rooting for Backlund in that last match. Was wondering your background as I am not sure I would even be able to think of the moves and counter-moves but it just seems to flow for you.

Like the use of Kevin Sullivan and Wahoo McDaniel. Wahoo could help get anyone over in WCW with his history in the South.

Looking forward to the big event.

Really glad Gagne and Jarrett have agreed to showcase a big USWA match in the powerhoue that is the AWA!! What an event in London!!! So many huge names with great matches. Really enjoying the Hangman! Sawyer and Cactus Jack is my favorite feud in the game that doesn't involve a title! Great job.

Steamboat & Hart vs the MVC- Match of the year? Awesome!!!

Great video of the Dutchmen. That was some intense training.

Great build to Wrestlemania. I love how you are getting so much out of your roster and everyone seems to be involved.

SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM: MARCH 21, 1990 (UWF) ** Note: All wrestlers who wrestled tonight won matches on the 90 minute weekly TV show from this past weekend which was taped at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. El Santo Negro defeated Scott Taylor with a top rope dropkick Sam Houton defeated Rip Rogers with the running bulldog in a rematch from last week’s bout which ended in a “No Contest” after Houston attacked Rogers for mistreating the Texas women in the audience. Rogers tried his same gimmick but Houston ripped the microphone out of his hands as referee Nick Patrick called for the bell. This was a back and forth match that saw Houston throw some huge right hands after Roger’s tried to bring the match to the gutter. The Grappler defeated “White Lightening” Tim Horner with a big powerslam which Gordon Solie called The Houston Hurricane. After the three count, the Grappler tired to make an example of Horner by hitting multiple short-armed clotheslines on his opponent. El Santo Negro rushed the ring with a chair to make the save. Solie was quick to remind the crowd that the Grappler went after El Santo Negro’s mask last week claiming that their was only room for one masked man in the UWF! This week, El Santo Negro proved that he would not back done from the Grappler. Chris VonErich and Brian Adias defeated the Moondogs as VonErich shocked Rex with a rollup. The Moondogs used their size and experience to beat Chris from pillar to post every time Adias tagged in the rookie but Chris, in true VonErich fashion, did not back down. In a quick post-match interview, Chris was excited with the victory but said this was only the first VonErich win of the night as his brother Kerry would defeat Curt Hennig to become the new USWA Champion! UWF Title Match “The Nature Boy” Buddy Landel defeated Iceman King Parsons with the Figure Four and some help from Skandar Akbar who seemed to put a towel over the nose of Iceman as the ref was distracted by the Pitbulls who were on the opposite apron pretending to be trying to get into the ring. Semi-Main Event: Tag Team Gauntlet Match Doom (Hacksaw Reed & Ron Simmons) defeated The Guerreros as Reed Press Slammed Hector. Doom (Hacksaw Reed & Ron Simmons) defeated The Pitbulls as Simmons nailed Pitbull #1 with a shoulder block while Akbar was trying to get into the ring but Teddy Long pulled him from the apron. The Steiner Brothers defeated Doom as Scott hit a big suplex on Simmons after a long battle. This is not the finish Doom wanted heading into Monday’s USWA World Tag Team Title match in Memphis. In fact, Doom was a little sour with the defeat and hesitated to shake the Steiner’s hands after the bout. Solie wondered if this was just a result of Reed and Simmons being exhausted after wrestling 3 matches in a row! Main Event: USWA World Title Match: Kerry VonErich defeated Curt Hennig by countout as Hennis outsmarted Kerry as he rolled in the challenger at the count of 8 and then simple fell down and allowed the ref to complete the count. The crowd erupted when the ring announcer announced Kerry as the winner as many thought he won the title but when he said “Mr. Perfect” was still the champion, the crowd booed vehemently. MIDSOUTH COLISEUM: MARCH 24, 1990 (CWA) ** Note: This week’s TV show was taped at the Civic Center in Knoxville, TN where much of the show was to hype up the USWA Tag Team Title Tournament this week at the Midsouth Coliseum. USWA Tag Team Tournament: Round 1: Pretty N Pink with Precious defeated the Mortons in a battle of the Bluegrass Championship Wrestling teams where Precious nailed Shane Morton with the loaded purse. The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers) defeated the Moondogs in a wild match that saw the Southern Boys connect with the bearhug-missile drop kick off the top rope combo to pin Moondog Spot. The Steiner Brothers outlasted Doom in a battle of the top teams in the UWF as Reed was counted out after Rick Steiner suplexed him out on the floor. It was hard to tell that these two teams are babyfaces as these two teams were all over each other. Unlike last week when the Steiners defeated Doom in the gauntlet match, there was no handshake when the match was over. In fact, the match pailed in comparison to the violence after the match. Doom attacked the Steiners from behind ramming both Rick and Scott into the ring post. Rick was busted open but Doom continued the assault until security was forced to come in and break up the assault. Lance Russell didn’t think their was any chance of the Steiners making it back to the next round! The Freebirds defeated The After Life (The Undertaker and the Soul Taker) as Jimmy Garvin followed up the low blow by Michael Hayes on The Soul Taker with the Brainbuster. USWA Tag Team Tournament: Semifinals The Southern Boys defeated Pretty N Pink after Precious accidently hit Bodacious Pretty Boy with her loaded purse. The Steiners manage to defeat the Freebirds who took them a little lightly believing that Doom had basically finished them off with the brutal post-match attack a little earlier. This time it was Scott with the big toss suplex as he caught Michael Hayes playing with the crowd during one of his more arrogant struts across the ring. Semi-Main Event: Southern Title Match: Randy “Macho Man” Savage with Miss. Elizabeth defeats Jeff Jarrett with the top rope elbow drop to become the new champion. Main Event: Winner is the new USWA World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Southern Boys as Scott caught Steve Armstrong with a huge powerbomb.

Really love what you've done with WCW. While you didn't love Battleground, it was still a great way to kick off WrestleWar and speaking of WrestleWar, that was an awesome event. Really love the Tully-JJ situation. This might just tell the future direction of this huge promotion. Great stuff!!

Awesome build up to Champagne Slam. Just look at the names in those battle royals. So many possible game changers for the AWA with Flair leading the way. That is if Hansen doesn't take down Hogan first. Also wondering what the special attraction match will be. So many great moments in your last few shows but the one that stood out to me was the Cactus Jack promo about how he and Buzz are just having fun. This is exactly what I would expect that maniac to say! Bang Bang! Also love the masked Mr. B. It's one of those that shocks nobody but excites everyone! Great job!!

What a life. Loved him in World Class. RIP

USWA sends Dustin Rhodes to WCW for Tommy Rich, Brian Christopher, and Scott Taylor USWA also added Chris VonErich and releases Boogie Woogie Brown, Ron Harris and Don Harris

SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM: MARCH 7, 1990 (UWF) ** Note: All wrestlers who wrestled tonight won matches on the 90 minute weekly TV show from this past weekend which was taped at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Grappler defeats El Santo Negro as he came off the middle rope with a big lariat. After the match, the Grappler went after the mask of EL Santo Negro but he managed to escape with his identity intact. As El Santo headed to the locker room, the Grappler could be heard screaming, “there is only room for one masked man in the USWA! Interview with Chris VonErich After the match, Gordon Solie welcomed in the youngest VonErich brother, Chris. We find out that Chris is trying to follow in his brothers’ footsteps and to become a pro wrestler. Chris also expressed his thoughts on how it is just a matter of time before his brother, Kerry becomes the USWA World Champion as he is going to beat “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig. This brought out the world champion who kind of just laughed at Chris VonErich at his two thoughts. Curt Hennig: First of all shrimp… look at you and look at me. You got no shot at ever being a professional wrestler unless that’s Midgets Professional Wrestling…. And you think that your brother Kerry is gong to beat me… Mr. Perfect. I mean how did your daddy raise you people. I mean each time your daddy reproduced, you all came out dumber and dumber. Chris takes a charge at Hennig who simply shoved him to the ground and then went to work on Chris. He methodically beat him to a pulp. Finally, the crowd exploded as Brian Adias attacked Hennig from behind. Adias got in a few shots before Mr. Perfect recovered at we got a great “Pier 6 Brawl before going to break. When they returned from commercial, it was Gordon Solie apologizing to Brian Adias for doubting him last week when he said he was here in the UWF to make amends for all of his wrongs. Gordon went on to say that Chris was in the back receiving medical attention but that it could have been far worse if not for Brian Adias! Adias thanked Gordon and went to the back to get ready for his match! Rip Rogers vs Sam Houston ended in a No Contest as Sam Houston attacked Rip Rogers before the bout as he was incensed at Rip Rogers for the insulting way he searched for a new valet in the middle of all the “ugly Texas women.” Houston grabbed the mic and warned Rogers to stop as this is Texas where women are to be respected. When Rogers told Houston to mind his own business and went on with his insults, Houston attacked him. Houston got the best of the brawl but there seems to be some unfinished business. Iceman King Parsons defeated Jimmy Jack Funk with the Butt Bump in match that had more brawling than wrestling. Brian Adias defeated Moondog Spot as he overcame all the dirty tactics of the Moondog and managed to connect with a Russian Leg Sweep which he followed up with the Oriental Spike. Moondog Rex hit the ring and attacked Adias from behind with the dog bone. To everyone’s surprise, it was Chris VonErich who rushed out from the back and tried to help Adias against the Moondogs. Chris gave a valiant effort but his lack of size and with Adias already down, the Moondogs tossed VonErich around for a few minutes before heading to the back! Semi-Main Event: Return Match for the UWF Tag Team Titles Doom © (Hacksaw Butch Reed & Ron Simmons) with Teddy Long defeated Greg “The Hammer” Valentine with Jimmy Hart by DQ as Jimmy Hart again had a misplaced microphone shot. This time he hit referee Nick Patrick who, when he came to, called for the bell and gave the DQ win to the champs. Main Event: Kerry VonErich & The Steiners defeat Devastation Inc (Buddy Landel & The Pitbulls) with Akbar as Kerry VonErich nailed Buddy Landel with the Discus Punch. MIDSOUTH COLISEUM: MARCH 10, 1990 (CWA) ** Note: All wrestlers who wrestled tonight won matches on the 90 minute weekly TV show from this past Saturday except Ron Fuller who didn't wrestle. This show was taped at the Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, TN Opening Bout Jeff Gaylord defeats “No Class” Donny Bass with a big power slam. After the match, Lance Russell comes in the ring and praises Gaylord about how well he is doing since his return to Memphis. Jeff thanks him but says its time… time to collect his debts and that Dutch Mantell better have his money! As Gaylord exits the ring, Lance simply says that he has an idea about what that was all about and that Dutch better be careful as that is a big man coming for him! Match #2: “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff defeats Cousin Jr. with a piledriver. Orndorff tells Lance Russell that he has the best finisher in the business and that nobody… nobody gets up from his piledriver. Lance Russell tries to remind him that “The King” Jerry Lawler also uses the piledriver. Mr. Wonderful laughs that off, and simply repeats himself… “I have the best finishing move in the business… The Wonderful Piledriver! Match #3 The Southern Boys ( Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers) defeat The Harris Brothers with the Bear Hug/Top Rope Dropkick combo on Ron Harris. It appears that the Southern Boys are in peak form heading into the USWA Tag Team Title Tournament in two weeks! Match #4 “The Tennessee Studd” Robert Fuller defeats Brad Armstrong by count-out as Fuller rammed Armstrong’s head into the ring bell over and over again until Brad was showing some color and not able to get back in the ring before the 10-count. On this week’s show, The Studd goated Brad Armstrong into this match before he was healthy after the beating he took last week at the hands of Tojo and his men. Even though Eddie Marlin was against this match due to the injury, Fuller kept saying that Brad Armstrong was still just a little baby boy who needed Daddy to come and solve his problems. Eventually, a fuming Brad Armstrong agreed to this match which turned out to be a mistake. Even though Fuller has yet to wrestle on TV, claiming that he is too good and too much of a stud to give away his talent for free, he is getting more heat than ever! Match #5: CWA Tri-State Title Match Superstar Bill Dundee © defeats The Dirty White Boy in a moment of chaos. This match had gone back and forth for a good 15 minutes when Ref Jerry Calhoun went over to the ropes, reprimanding Dirty Dutch Mantell who had come to ringside. Jeff Gaylord soon followed down the aisle on got up on the apron on the other side. Dutch looked at him like he had no idea what was going on but this was all the distraction that Dundee needed as DWB seemed to be watching the show on the outside of the ring. Dundee came from behind and rolled him up for the successful title defense. Match #6: Winner will be the #1 contender in the USWA Tag Team Title Tournament The Freebirds (CWA Tag Team Champions) vs Doom (UWF Tag Team Champions) Interesting thing here was that the crowd was someone divided. The Freebirds, strutted out to a lot of love from the local fans but so did Doom as the fans remembered the recent trips to Memphis where they had attacked The First Family to help Jerry “The King” Lawler. As for the match, The Freebirds quickly realized that they had no chance unless they took the match to the gutter and they tried as many dirty tactics as any heel in wrestling! The problem was that a backyard brawl was just up Hacksaw Reed’s ally and the Freebirds constantly found themselves wrestling from the bottom. The end comes with all 4 men in the ring and a distracted ref which allowed Michael Hayes to nail Ron Simmons with a low blow for the win! While Simmons and Reed were arguing with ref Tommy Weathers, two men carrying a trophy headed to the ring and grabbed the microphone from ring announcer Dave Brown. The Freebirds kind of shrugged their shoulders as if to say, “who the hell are you two?” The one not holding the trophy introduces themselves as Shane and Todd Morton and that they are the winners of the Kentucky Cup… the most important tag team event in Bluegrass Championship Wrestling history and they want to know how come they were not invited to wrestle for the #1 seed in the upcoming USWA Tag Team Tournament? Michael Hayes can’t hide his laughter as he simple says, “And who are you two again?” Before either Morton can respond, Michael Hayes goes on to basically throw Bluegrass Wrestling, the Mortons and the Kentucky Cup under the bus. Shane takes offense and challenges the Freebirds to a match. Jimmy Garvin now steps in and continues with the belittling of the Mortons and tells the little boys to run back to Kentucky before they get hurt! WHAM… Big drop kick by Shane Morton on Michael Hayes… and like a cat, Todd Morton scampered up to the top rope and came off with a frog splash. Doom, who is still fuming at Michael Hayes for the low blow now gets involved. Ron Simmons shoves Jimmy Garvin out of the ring to prevent him from attacking the Mortons while Butch Reed quickly hits the floor and makes the “unofficial” 3 count as Todd has Michael Hayes pinned in the center of the ring! Todd and Shane calmly pick up their trophy and walk to the locker room. Doom is laughing all over the ring while Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin are fuming! You would never remember that they just became the #1 seed in the upcoming tournament. Match #7: Main Event: Rematch from last week but with Dick Slater as the guest referee Jerry “The King” Lawler & Jeff Jarrett vs “Macho Man” Randy Savage with Miss. Elizabeth & Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert with Jimmy Hart & Missy Hyatt So how did we get here? Last week, Missy Hyatt clobbered JJ with a loaded purse which allowed Savage to come off the top rope for the elbow drop. Ref Jerry Calhoun had been knocked out so there was nobody to make the 3-count… that is… until Dick Slater came into the ring and acted like the ref and made the count before simply walking away even though Jimmy Hart urged him to attack Jerry Lawler. On this week’s TV show, Randy Savage was demanding a Southern Title show as he pinned the champ, Jeff Jarrett. Eddie Marlin came out and quickly negated Macho Man’s win as Dick Slater was not the legal referee. Randy Savage was getting in the face of both Eddie Marlin and Lance Russell. This brought out all kinds of people including Lawler, Jimmy Hart, Eddie Gilbert, Missy Hyatt…. Finally, JJ spoke up and says that the only reason Savage even had a chance to cover him was because of the floozy Missy Hyatt him with a brick! This is where Savage challenged him to a match right then and there! Eddie Marlin, at first, refused this match and was set to just have a rematch this week at the Midsouth Coliseum. Jimmy Hart now took his turn with the mic and told Eddie Marlin that the CWA referees are completely incompetent and said that the return match needed a special ref for the match? Jerry Lawler saw a set up and asked who Hart wanted and he said Dick Slater. Jerry Lawler: Ok, come on now… and I want Superstar Bill Dundee! Hart quickly turned that idea down but as any good general manager does, Eddie Marlin came up with a solution. Marlin said that on TV, Randy Savage would face Jeff Jarrett in the main event of the TV show and the winner would pick the special guest referee. So, the TV fans got a great match that saw Savage get the win over JJ and Dick Slater was chosen as the ref for this big match in the Coliseum. As for the main event in the Midsouth Coliseum…. Give Slater some credit. He played this down the middle. Every time someone went to break the rules, he got involved! He cleared Eddie Gilbert away from the corner when he nailed Lawler with an illegal knee to the gut. He shoved both JJ and Eddie Gilbert out of the ri ng after a too-long double team and he knocked Jimmy Hart off the apron as he came up with the microphone. In the end, Lawler is straddling Gilbert and starts throwing big haymakers at Hot Stuff. Slater warns the King to stop but he keeps going as the crowd is counting the blows. Slater asks Lawler again to stop with the punches as the fans are nearing double digits! WHAM… Slater grabbed Lawler by his singlet and throws him backwards. WHAM… Gilbert face plants from the blows but he falls towards his corner and Macho Man makes the tag! WHAM… Top Rope Elbow Drop by the Macho Man…. JJ rushes in to break up the count but Slater interrupts him and forces him to leave the ring. This argument takes a little time but Jimmy Hart now scampers into the ring and nails Lawler with the microphone before Slater turned back. The two blows by Savage and Hart are too much and Savage pinned Lawler as Slater completed the three count!

Thank you for all that. I am sorry for my mustakes. I hope they are all correct now. If not, please let me know.

Please post all your trades as it is to hard for me to find where wrestlers are coming from and who to move where. I know have the WWF roster at like 59 but you sent me a roster of 65. For example, you sent me Brian Christopher on your roster but he is on WWF. Not sure who to move to his roster. Also, is there someone coming to you for Neidhart? I am afraid I will lose a bunch of wrestlers this way and I don't want to do that.

WWF would need to drop someone to add Ludvig

That is my fault. I never moved them into their proper places after the draft. I have moved them now. This does put WWF 1 over the cap so if he would like to move Halme or release somebody else, it is up to him. Could everyone please check your roster and the draft thread to make sure I didn't miss any others. Sorry for the problems.

Great show! Loved all the promos in the beginning to get things started. Was surprised at many of the results tonight which for me, is always a good thing. I love the chaos! Benoit being the one to get the win really helps build him up. Zeus becomes a huge deal with the beating he gave the Warrior! Same goes for Nailz! Really great job at setting things up for Wrestlemania

SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM: FEBRUARY 28, 1990 (UWF) Sam Houston defeated Dr. X with the running bulldog Rip Rogers defeats El Santo Negro with the Ripper Plex … Rogers brought his “search for a valet to Texas and calling all the Texas wives ugly and stupid didn’t go over to well with the crowd. The Grappler defeated Big Boogie Woogie Brown with an impressive powerslam Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner defeated The Pitbulls with Skandar Akbar when Scott Steiner hit a devastating suplex on Pitbull #1 Doom (Hacksaw Butch Reed & Ron Simmons) with Teddy Long defeated Greg “The Hammer Valentine & Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart to win the UWF Tag Team Titles. Kerry VonErich defeated Curt Hennig by DQ as Devastation Inc (The Nature Boy” Buddy Landel & The Pitbulls) rushed the ring and attacked VonErich. Most likely this is in response to Landel not getting a UWF Title shot against VonErich. The Stieners and Brian Adias rushed out to make the save. Adias had shown up earlier in the night asking Kerry for forgiveness for all the wrongs he’s done over the past few years. Kerry didn’t seem to trust him but the evening ended with the two shaking hands. As has been Hennig’s ritual, he simply walked off with his belt and didn’t get involved in the chaos. MIDSOUTH COLISEUM: MARCH 3, 1990 (CWA) ** Note: All wrestlers who wrestled tonight won matches on the 90 minute weekly TV show from this past Saturday except Ron Fuller who didn't wrestle. Opening Bout Jeff Gaylord defeats The Assassin with a big slam after wearing down the Assassin with a bearhug. Message from USWA World Champion, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig Lance Russell asks all the fans in the Midsouth Coliseum to turn their attention to the big scoreboard above the ring as the USWA World Champion, “Mr. Perfect” would like to make a quick announcement. Curt Hennig: Hello wrestling fans and welcome to another “imperfect” night of matches in the Midsouth Coliseum. Why imperfect you ask? Well that is simple. I, Curt Hennig, Mr. Perfect, the greatest wrestler in the world, is once again, not there to display my greatness. And why am I not there? Again, another simple answer. Your #1 contender for my world title, the so-called King, Jerry Lawler, does not deserve another match against me as I have already beaten him 3 times in the last 3 months. Lawler… Memphis Wrestling Fans… you don’t deserve another view of Mr. Perfect! As boos reign down, we get set for our next match. Match #2: “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff defeats “The Fab” One” Steve Keirn Paul Orndorff interrupted Steve Keirn’s interview on this past week’s TV show as he wondered what made a washed-up tag team wrestler, the self-proclaimed Fab One. Orndorff continued to point out that Keirn has done nothing since his return to the CWA and that he is just trying to catch a ride on the curtails of Jerry Lawler. Orndorff then began to strut around and show off his body and point out to Keirn that this in what a wrestler should look like. Steve Keirn takes over and says that he remembers when Orndorff was first hear in Memphis and how he had respect… respect for the sport … respect for the other wrestlers … and respect for the fans… but now, Orndorff, all you are is an arrogant piece of trash. This got Orndorff hot and the two go chest to chest but cooler heads prevailed when Eddie Marlin came out and announced that these two would face off tonight. As for the match, Orndorff is pretty stiff and doesn’t sell one bit for Keirn but Keirn, being the professional that he is, helps Mr. Wonderful get over as the match ends with Orndorff hitting the piledrive for the win. Match #3: The Southern Boys vs Tarzan Goto & Kabuki with Tojo Yamamota This match was signed because Tojo was fuming last week about how the Southern Boys got an elimination match into the upcoming USWA Tag Team Title Tournament and his team of Goto and Kabuki were passed over because of the “prejudice” against Japan. Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong took offense to this and came right out and into the ring and challenged them to a match on TV. Tojo said that he would rather embarrass the Southern Brats in the Midsouth Coliseum so here we are. Compared to the last match with Orndorff and Keirn, this has each wrestler putting on a good show. Goto is somewhat limited in his arsenal,but his power moves get some big oohhhs and ahhs from the crowd. After everyone gets some shine, it looks like the Southern Boys are about to get a win as Smothers hoists up Kabuki and Armstrong climbs the rope as he is setting up for a top rope drop kick. WHAM…Tojo with the Kendo stick to Smother’s back… Tojo over and over with the Kendo stick as Goto rushed in and shoves Armstrong off the top rope! The beating is on…. The fans erupt as Brad Armstrong rushes in from the back! WHAM… Green Mist in the eyes of Brad Armstrong by Kabuki! The beating now continues for a few minutes before Tojo and his “evils” head to the back, dodging debris as they go. One thing Lance Russell noticed was that Tarzan Goto had the same smile on his face heading to the locker room as he did when he was getting hit with the kendo stick a few weeks ago after losing to Dustin Rhodes and Jeff Jarrett. Match #4: Brad Armstrong vs “The Tennessee Studd” Robert Fuller Last week Brad took offense to the Tennessee Studd thinking he was too good to wrestle for free on TV and the Studd said he would love to wrestle and beat another Armstrong as long as he “got paid” to do it. Fuller is already in the ring when Eddie Marlin comes out and says that as a result of the attack by Tojo and his men, Brad Armstrong is not able to wrestle tonight. Fuller claims that while Brad Armstrong would not have been much of a challenge for him, this is even better as he is getting paid to do nothing. Marlin tells him to hold on as he has a replacement for Brad Armstrong…. Fuller says that he is only going to wrestle Brad Armstrong as that was who he was contracted to wrestle. Marlin says that is fine but then if he doesn’t wrestle tonight, then doesn’t get paid. Fuller quickly changes his mind and Eddie Marlin announced Fuller’s opponent as “The Bullet” Bob Armstrong! The crowd goes nuts as the patriarch of the Armstrongs is here and the Fuller-Armstrong feud is on once again!!! The Bullet comes running out and the brawl is on!! As for the ending… Double Countout! *** This is just and one and off for Bob Armstrong… for now! CWA Tag Team Title Match: Spot in the USWA Tag Team Title Tournament On the Line! The Freebirds (Hayes & Garvin) vs Greg “The Hammer” Valentine & Honky Tonk Man with Jimmy Hart On this past week’s TV show, Lance Russell enjoyed showing the video of Doom (Hacksaw Butch Reed & Ron Simmons) defeating Valentine & HTM for the UWF Tag Team Titles in the Sam Houston Coliseum as Jimmy Hart tried to hit Ron Simmons with the megaphone except that he accidently hit HTM. This caused HTM to stagger backwards right into a huge shoulder block by Reed for the win and the title change. Jimmy Hart and his tag team rushed out to the podium and were fuming at both Lance Russell for showing the video and for the corrupt Teddy Long, the manager of Doom. Jimmy Hart: How dare you Lance! How dare you Lance Russell… you go and show that doctored up video that the UWF set you. That’s not what happened at all. Teddy Long… the cheating Teddy Long came up from behind me and took my megaphone and clobbered Honk Tonk right in the temple. I mean I’ve never seen such actions in all my life! Lance Russell: C’mon now Jimmy. Nobody’s buying that load of malarky but I do have some news for you. Jimmy Hart: News from you… this is about as trustworthy as a weather report 6 months in advance. Lance Russell: Your real funny but my information comes straight from Eddie Marlin and I quote, “As a result of no longer holding the UWF tag team titles, Greg Valentine and Honky Tonk Man will no longer be granted an automatic exemption into the USWA Tag Team Title Tournament as this exemption is only granted to current USWA tag teams that hold a current championship! As Jimmy Hart was throwing a hissy fit, the Freebirds came out laughing at the fate of the First Family! After, a great promo by both Garvin and Hayes, Jimmy Hart fires back and gets under the skin of the Freebirds as only he can do. The result… Jimmy Hart may have just tricked the Freebirds into a title match this week at the Midsouth Coliseum … or maybe the Freebirds are as cocky as they come off and want to really make this an awful week for Hart as his stable! As for the match, we get the same ending as in the Sam Houston Coliseum… Jimmy Hart once again “accidentally” slammed HTM’s head with his microphone and HTM staggered back into a brainbuster by Jimmy Garvin! Lance Rusell: Well isn’t that karma! Semi-Main Event: Tri-State Title Match: Falls Count Anywherw: Dirty Dutch Mantel © vs Superstar Bill Dundee After the brawl all over the arena, we get a rather simple finish! Dutch has Dundee down and in trouble. He comes off the ropes for two big elbow drops which has Dundee in trouble. Dutch, feels victory is at hand, and lets the fans know!! From behind… Bill Dundee with the roll up and like many fan favorites in Memphis, he is not against bending a rule or two himself so he grabs the trunks and gets the three count! Bill Dundee is the new Tri-State champion. Main Event: Jerry “The King” Lawler & Jeff Jarrett vs “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert & Randy “Macho Man Savage So how did Eddie Gilbert and Randy Savage get together for this match? Simple… their hatred for Jerry Lawler! Interesting part here was the entrance of the heels… between Missy Hyatt, Jimmy Hart and Miss. Elizabeth, it seemed like the entourage that would accompany a heavyweight title match at a boxing event! One thing that did seem out of place was Miss. Elizabeth… Her class is apparent while the lack of class of the rest of her team is clearly on display! As for the match, this was awesome! Lawler and Gilbert are really good at the wrestling side of the match. Savage brings the athleticism and charisma while bringing down the heat on himself. JJ, still young but has the confidence to be here! The match sees a little bit of everything … some wrestling, some fighting, and a whole lot of rule breaking. In the end, we get ref Jerry Calhoun “accidently” pushed from the ring where it appears that he has hit his head. This allows Jimmy Hart to get a little revenge on everyone as he slams Lawler with the microphone. Lawler is busted wide open but is still ready to fight. He goes out after Hart as Eddie Gilbert follows him. Wham… Missy with the loaded purse shot on JJ and down he goes…. Wham… Randy Savage with the top rope elbow drop on JJ Savage covers JJ but there is no ref to make the count! Suddenly, it is Dick Slater rushing down the aisle… Jimmy Hart is jumping for joy! Slater gets in the ring… looks at Lawler …. Looks at Jimmy Hart…. Looks at Savage covering JJ Slater goes to the ground and… starts counting like he is the ref 1…2…3! Slater simply gets up and starts to exit the ring … Jimmy Hart is screaming at him to get Lawler! Slater just keeps on going! Lawler slams Gilbert’s head into the ring post and gets back in the ring! The night ends with JJ down and out. Gilbert down and out. Lawler and Savage brawling in the ring where nobody will give an inch and Slater simply walking out on everyone!

So many great feuds going on here. Tito and the Northern Invasion Nailz-Bossman Dusty-Funk Manny-Hacksaw The tag team chaos Can't wait for Mania

Great run for the AWA... I have said this before but I will say it again, you are the only one that can make Greg Gagne interesting. Him brining in KKB to attack El Canek was instant heat!!! Title night without a title change helps build your champions up. While I was 99.9% sure Hogan was coming out on top, I found myself rooting for Hogan for like the first time in my life. That's all because of how well you have developed Debeers. Really enjoying the growth of Cactus Jack and the feud with Sawyer is perfect for that. Also, the Hangman is my new favorite heel in Dawn of War.

This is the best 1/2 hour in wrestling. Great pics to add some interest... I wonder who that cute fan was. The Mortons will be a tough out in the USWA tournament!