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Love the added feelings of the crowd as they left the arena. I have only been to one show in my life and I could see the crowd erupting in anger if Sgt. Slaughter beat Andre the Giant. I bet that happened a lot. Awesome last few matches! Like that the Russians are hunting Magnum T.A. Not the hefty Interns????.... hmmmmm Lets get to Dothan!

First for the TV show... Nice first win for Pride but then he has some big words for Sullivan and crew. he better be ready. 3-1 for OMG.... The babyfaces better beware!! The Moondog attacks a fan!!! Typical member of a Sullivan crew. Will be interesting to see if anything comes of this. Watts is a very busy man as he try to sort of Wildfire attacking his mother in CCW, Moondog attacking fans in WSW and Ladd and Sheik Adnan in Mid-South!! And let's add Slick to the issue of what to do with the managers and chaos around the NWA as he helps Shaska survuve a TV title match On to the Sports Arena I had a feeling that Tyree was in trouble. OMG contiunes to rise up the ranks... He is going to be a Monster Heel in WSW Great match with the Funks and Super D's... you have really put together a nice tag division. Slater vs Jumbo is a nice main event that would sell some major tickets. Can't wait for the next TV show to see if this is a one and done event or if it will turn into a major feud.

Very interesting stroyline with Madusa and the rest of the monsters. Was the DQ on purpose as she didn't want another monster other than herself to have a title? Only time will tell.

Mid South adds Carl Fergie

OH MY GOD..... TOMMY JUST PILEDROVE HIS OWN MOTHER!!!! HE IS THE BEST (WORST) HEEL IN WRESTLING HISTORY!!! Magnum was very humble in defeat as would be expected. I am interested to see which way you go with his match vs Mr. Olympia. Either wat has so many positives!! Looking forward to see what happens to the CCW tag titles.... Humperdink has one NASTY TEAM.... a win over Scott and Steve would be a huge push that would draw big heat. Looking forward again to seeing how you write this one up. The banter between Solie and RPG is one of the reasons I enjoy your shows so much. Cooley better be careful with Ron Bass. I understand why Olympia is not happy having to face T.A. but it is time to step up! WOW.... shocker #2 for the night (Piledriver for Peggy #1).... Landel wants the help of the fans to bring him back.... While I never thought this was possible before, he does promise some things the fans would love. VERY INTERESTING ANGLE YOU HAVE CREATED HERE, INCLUDING THE PAID ADVERTISMENT. I think it was a great job to bring back the U.S. Jr title as it gives you a way to get some of your midcard guys in matches that seem really important. This might have been your best show yet. While some of your interviews in the past had me cracking up, the shock value of this show would be talked about FOREVER!

Very realistic house show that helps to finish off some wrestlers while pushing the major angle of Lawler vs Idol. Also helsp to push someone like Ito who is not too familiar with the fans. Nice job.

WITH JIM ROSS JULY 17, 1986 RAPIDES PARRISH COLISEUM: ALEXANDRIA, LA (ON LOCAL AFFIATES IN THE MID-SOUTH TERRITORY) Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Power Pro Wrestling; bringing you the best Mid-South Wrestling has to offer. I’m Jim Ross and what a show we have instore for you as we get ready for the big card this week at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans where it will be Bruiser Brody taking on Nikita Koloff. They will both be with us tonight. We will also have the Red Assassins in action as Alexis Smirnoff and The Cuban Assassin take on the Batten twins. U.S. Steel will be taking on “No Class” Donny Bass. “The Mighty Yankee” Steve Strong will be here as will be Crusher Blackwell. Jimmy Garvin, who will be getting a Mid-South Title match in New Orleans with be taking on “Iron” Mike Sharpe and in the Main Event, it will be Jake “The Snake” Roberts taking on Hacksaw Butch Reed. That and much, much more. Let’s get to the ring for our first match. MATCH: The Red Assassins (Smirnoff & The Cuban Assassin defeat The Batten Twins after Smirnoff followed up some questionable tactics on Bart with a Russian Legsweep. In their post-match interview, The Red Assassins really got under the skin of the fans with their Anti-American rhetoric as they explained why people of a democracy will always fail when compared to Mother Russia and the Super-Advanced Cuba. Not only had the fans had enough but so had The Patriots (DJ Peterson and Todd Champion) who came out to confront and challenge the Red Assassins to a match this Friday at Lakefront Arena. The challenge was accepted but when the Patriots turned to hype of the USA chant, they were attacked from behind. The attack was quick but violent and left the Patriots on the floor as the Red Assassins, feeling their work was down, gave one last comment on the inferiority of America and headed to the locker room. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR LAKE FRONT ARENA MATCH: U.S. STEEL DEFEATS “No Class” Donny Bass with a big Powerslam A quick interview to hype up what U.S. Steel is all about and we head right back to the ring for our next bout. MATCH: Bruiser Brody runs wild over Hollywood John Tatum with the final blow coming with the mauling knee lift. The fans really enjoyed seeing the crybaby Tatum running for cover throughout this beat down but they were bothered by the NWA World Champion, Nikita Koloff and Uncle Ivan joining Jim Ross during the match explaining how Brody was inferior to the Russian Nightmare and while he may be able to look good against someone like Tatum, the Russian Nightmare was going to tear Brody apart in New Orleans. Ivan tried to explain to the fans that while people here may think Brody is some sort of tough guy, some sort of Wildman, Nikita is the perfect athlete that cannot be stopped by someone who is so limited in his wrestling ability like Bruiser Brody. As soon as Brody hit the knee lift on Tatum, both Nikita and Ivan hit the ring to attack Brody, but he was ready and quickly knocked them from the ring. Before the Russians could regroup, U.S. Steel hit the ring and he and Brody dared the Russians to come back in the ring but they decided to wait for New Orleans. U.S. Steel and Brody head to Jim Ross and Brody is like a caged animal wanting to get at Nikita NOW! U.S. Steel also tired of all the nonsense tonight, challenged Ivan to a match in New Orleans. COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR NEW ORLEANS Before our next match, Bad News Allen and Ernie Ladd are at the interview desk where they are having a grand ol’ time explaining what they are going to do that pretty boy, Jimmy Garvin when they get their hands on him in New Orleans. Jim Ross stirs the pot a little as he says that NWA President Bill Watts and the NWA Board of Directors are meeting at this very minute to discuss the constant interference from Ernie Ladd. Ernie Ladd: Here we go again. That big dummy Bill Watts can’t stand that my managerial skills and my wrestler’s abilities can’t be stopped so he is going to try and come up with some new scheme to help out all the rednecks and Uncle Tom’s around here who bow down at his fat feet. Listen up Watts. I’ve been beating you all over this area for two decades and you can’t change it now by gathering all your sorry tie-wearing cronies in some back room making a plan to put down Ernie Ladd. We’ve been dealing with you and your types for hundreds of years and now that has all changed. Now you will deal with the rath of Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen. When Ladd and Allen leave, Crusher Blackwell stops by on his way to the ring and explains that he is from Stone Mountain, Georgia… the home of Southern pride and history and he won’t allow someone calling himself “the Mighty Yankee” to come into his neck of the woods and put all you good people down. Jim Ross: Look out! Wham…. “The Mighty Yankee” Billy Jack Strong clobbers Blackwell with a chair. Blackwell goes down and gets 4 or 5 more big chair shots. The Mighty Yankee: You can talk all you want about Southern Pride. All I see is 400 pounds of fried road-kill laying in front of me. COMMERCIAL BREAK + PROMOS FOR NEW ORLEANS When we come back from break, Jim Ross explains that after that disgusting display by the Mighty Yankee that is obvious that there will be no match tonight between Billy Jack Strong and Crusher Blackwell but that they will meet this week in New Orleans in a No DQ Match. MATCH: “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin with Precious defeats “Iron” Mike Sharpe with the Brainbuster In a quick post-match interview, Garvin explains how he loves the fact that Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen think he has no shot at winning the Mid-South Title this week in New Orleans just because he is prettier than those two goons. MAIN EVENT: Jake “The Snake” Roberts vs Hacksaw Butch Reed Interesting part here is that Sheik Adnan Al Kassie makes an appearance with Jim Ross during the bout with his bodyguard Jos Leduc. Jim Ross notices that he has only one brief case left and asks the Sheik what he did with the other briefcase full of money he saw at the Sam Houston Coliseum last night. Sheik, first says hello to all in his annoying Arabic phrases and then clearly tells Jim Ross that he will know what happened to the other briefcase when it is time for him to know but that he is building a stable like no other and will soon control American wrestling. He also told Ross not to worry about the number of briefcases as their plenty more money being made by selling his over-prices Iraqi oil to gas guzzling Americans. He asks Ross to please leave him alone know as he is very interested in the main event. Ross reminds the Sheik that it was he who interrupted the show and he would gladly leave him alone. As for the match, it is back and forth. Reed with some monster power moves and the Snake with a bunch of sudden strikes that leaves Reed struggling to find his grove. WHAM…. Leduc clobbers Reed with the briefcase but the ref saw it and called for the bell. Jim Ross: Look at this… it is Harley Race. He is after Jos Leduc. Remember folks, it was Leduc who took money from Larry Zbyszko to attack Race last year. These two have some unsettled business and it seems like Harley is here to collect his debt. There is a groan from the crowd… The Masked Superstars are in the ring and, with Roberts, the three are attacking Hacksaw Butch Reed. The groans change to cheers…. It is the NWA Tag Team Champions, Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death and they are the ring causing havoc. Soon, just as we run out of time, the fan favorites (Reed, Dibiase and Doc) gain control of the ring with the Masked Superstars and Snake looking up. Leduc and Race have brawled all the way to the locker room. Lucky for the Sheik, Leduc seemed to drop the briefcase when he was attacked by Race but the Sheik scooped it up and is holding on to it for dear life. Jim Ross: So long folks. Don’t forget to join us this Friday and Lakefront Arena. It is sure to be a wild event. NEW ORLEANS NWA WORLD TITLE MATCH Nikta Koloff vs Brusier Brody MID-SOUTH TITLE MATCH Bad News Allen with Ernie Ladd vs “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin with Precious 6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH Jake “The Snake” Roberts & The Masked Superstars with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie vs Hacksaw Butch Reed, Ted Dibaise & Dr. Death $5000 BOUNTY MATCH Harley Race vs Jos Leduc with Sheik Adnan Al Kassie GRUDGE MATCH U.S. Steel vs Ivan Koloff NO DQ MATCH “The Mighty Yankee” Steve Strong vs Crusher Blackwell The Patriots vs The Red Assassins #1 Contenders Match for NWA JR. Heavyweight Title Ben Basarab vs The Rebel Bob Roop vs Norvel Austin Rocky Johnson vs “No Class” Donny Bass

Enjoyed the show as always. I like the push Brad R. is getting. He was big in the AWA and can wrestle in any type of match you set up for him. The Greatest Gagne? I see a family feud coming, unless this is all a set up. We will see against Scott C. Nice gimmicjs for Ace and Alright. I CANT'T WAIT TO SEE LARRY Z IN THE AWA!!! Iaukea must owe TIger Jeet something big... He just won't quit. Colon vs Ito.... another wild one coming! Johnny V. asking for a moment with El Jefe could turn out to be very interesting. Bruise Brothers held nothing back.... Fergie is in a world of hurt right now. Will be interesting to see if he returns. Lawler vs Idol!! Huge!!! Billy Jack vs Steamboat---- The Dragon better watch out for an Ox!

Awesome show at the Boutwell! Huge win for Ranger Ross! Scott/Steve Armstrong vs The Interns really shows the depth of your tag division! Speaking of depth in the tag team divsion-Huge win for Bullet and Brad in the Elimination match. Great ideas for the RPG Stable. Myers as the bodyguard after he ended up in a wheelchair is a nice touch. Bass gives his an instant title contender that Cooley barely managed to defeat. Landel???? Security..... Very Interesting!! Peggy hits her own son? What will the Mama's Boy say about this one? Nice win for the cheating Olympia over Iceman!! Nice house show loop that has some people rebounding from the Boutwell and well as others building on their momentum. Ranger Ross better be careful. If he keeps beating the Russians he may find himself with a Nightmare!!

Mid South adds George Barnes and Jonathan Boyd

WITH JIM ROSS & BILL WATTS JULY 17, 1986 SAM HOUSTON COLISEUM HOUSTON, TEXAS Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Mid-South Wrestling coming to you this week from The Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas. I’m Jim Ross and my partner today is none other than NWA President, Cowboy Bill Watts. Bill, what an exciting night of wrestling this is going to be. Cowboy Bill Watts: That’s right Jim. We have 3 huge matches for you. All of them main event caliber with huge ramifications for the future of Mid-South Wrestling. First of all, the Mid-South Title will be on the line as Hacksaw Butch Reed tries to get his title back from Bad News Allen. Jim Ross: The key to this match will be keeping Ernie Ladd from sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. Cowboy Bill Watts: You said a mouth full there Jim. Next, we will have a Mid-South Tag Team Title Match as Dusty Rhodes and Blackjack Mulligan will defend against The Masked Superstars. Finally, we will have a 20 Man Over The Top Rope Battle Royal where the winner will earn of World Title Shot against Nikita Koloff next week at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. Jim Ross: I can understand that. I also just received word that we will be getting a medical update from the doctors in Pensacola General Hospital on the condition of North American Champion, Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy. We can only hope for the best. Let’s get to the ring for our first big match. MID-SOUTH TITLE MATCH Bad News Allen © with Ernie Ladd vs Hacksaw Butch Reed With only 3 big matches on the card, we get a full 12 minutes here of back and forth action. Make no mistake about it. These are two of the more talented big men in all of wrestling today. From power moves by Reed to some judo style elbows and kicks by Allen to big right hands by both men, this match is not for the faint of heart. As we near the end, Reed has regained the momentum and musters up enough strength to hoist Bad News up for a power slam. Next, he climbs the top rope and is going for the diving shoulder block. Ross lets everyone know that if he connects here, he will get his Mid-South Title back! WHAM…. Ernie Ladd shoves Reed off the top rope and he lands hard on the arena floor. The ref sees everything and has called for the bell. Ladd could care less as he not only has saved his man’s title, but he has taken out Reed, his biggest enemy. Ladd and Allen continue the assault on Reed until the calvary rushes out to make the save. Jim Ross: As we said before, Ernie Ladd has a habit of sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. Butch Reed gets the win but not in the fashion he wanted. I hope he is okay, and we know that if he is, he will be out for revenge. You can never keep Hacksaw Butch Reed down. Cowboy Bill Watts: I’m really getting tired of Ernie Ladd. I will be checking on the health of Butch Reed during the commercial break and will also make a phone call to get the NWA Board of Directors organized for a meeting on what to do about the constant interference from Ernie Ladd. COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR LAKEFRONT ARENA-NEW ORLEANS When we come out of break, Sheik Adnan Al Kassie, carrying two briefcases, and Jos Leduc are at the desk with Jim Ross. Sheik: SabaaH alkhayr. min faDlik aläafw. As you know Jim Ross, I am in search of a group of wrestlers to call me own and who can control American wrestling. Inside these two briefcases is the largest sum of money that any of these peasants in Texas have ever seen. I plan to reward the wrestlers I choose very well but, in order to earn that money, that must agree to work for Allah and destroy the pitiful Americans. Jim Ross: Well, I think you underestimate the wrestlers here in Mid-South Wrestling. They will never sell out to the likes of you. They are loyal to this great nation. Sheik: You may think so, but I promise you, when they see what is in this briefcase, they will see it is an offer they can’t refuse. As you see, Jos Leduc is now returned to Mid-South wrestling a please where these stupid American fans cheered for him just a few months ago but now he works for me. Jim Ross: Is this true Mr. Leduc? Jos Leduc: I am a professional wrestler. I get paid to wrestle. I get paid to hurt people. Now I get paid to protect the interests of Sheik Adnan Al Kassie! Jim Ross: But why Jos? Jos Leduc: Sheik pays better than Bill Watts! Sheik Adnan Al Kassie: Now if you don’t mind Mr. Ross. I am very interested in our next match and maybe somebody will earn on of these briefcases. Jim Ross: I guarantee you it won’t be the American Dream Dusty Rhodes or Blackjack Mulligan. Let’s get to the ring for our next big match. MID-SOUTH TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The American Dream Dusty Rhodes & Blackjack Mulligan © vs The Masked Superstars Another great match for TV that goes almost 15 of back and forth action. If you were to look at the replay of this match, it appears that the fan favorites might have even used more questionable tactics than the heels as Rhodes and Mulligan where enjoying this wild fight against their two nearly 300-pound opponents. Throughout the bout and with each momentum turn, you could see the Sheik was really liking what he saw. After Mulligan played the face in peril and makes the hot tag, we go bonzo gonza for a minute or two as all four men are brawling in the ring. As the ref tries to restore order, he demands Mulligan exit the ring after the tag. WHAM…. Jos Leduc with the briefcase shot to the back of Dusty’s head and he goes out like a light. Masked Superstar #1 simply makes the cover as Sheik and Leduc head to the locker room. 1….2….3! Jim Ross: I don’t believe what I just saw. That was a miscarriage of justice if I ever so one. The Masked Superstars are the new Mid-South Tag Team Champions. I think Bill Watts better get those Board of Directors together in a hurry. Between Ernie Ladd and Sheik Adnan Al Kassie, Mid-South seems to be under attack! COMMERCIALS + PROMOS FOR LAKEFRONT ARENA-NEW ORLEANS When we come out of break, Jim Ross takes us to a video from Pensacola General Hospital and Dr. James Nobile. While the camera gets some footage of Terry Gordy in a hospital bed with bandages around his eyes, Nobile explains that Gordy suffered severe burning to not only the cornea and the pupil of both eyes but also the iris and lens. He explains that Gordy has had double eye surgery, but it is way too early to tell if he will ever see again. Nobile refused to allow the crew to speak to Bam Bam but as the video comes to a close, we hear Gordy. “Michael Hayes…. If it’s the last thing I do, I’m goin to make sure pay for this! Back in Houston…. Jim Ross: Folks, all we can do is hope right now. Hope Terry gets his vision back and hope he gets even with Michael Hayes. Let’s get to the ring for our 3rd major event of the night. A 20 Man Over the Tope Battle Royal where the winner will take on Nikita Koloff for the NWA World Title next week in New Orleans. Let’s get to the ring where the 20 men are set to go! Inside the ring, we see some major names including those who were already on the show tonight…. Dusty Rhodes, Blackjack Mulligan, Masked Superstar #1 & #2, Butch Reed, Bad News Allen, Brusier Brody, Black Bart, Crusher Blackwell, The Mighty Yankee, U.S. Steel, Jimmy Garvin, DJ Peterson, Todd Champion, Alexis Smirnoff, Cuban Assassin, Harley Race, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Ben Bassarab and Hollywood John Tatum. As the bell sounds, feuds pair off and continue their disagreements. This allows some of the big fellows to wait for an opportunity and dispose of some of the men in the ring with some nasty sneak attacks. Out early are the undersized Bassarab, the rude Hollywood John Tatum. Next is a bit of a surprise as the sneaky Jake Roberts gets rid of both Patriots (Peterson & Champion) With a double clothesline by Crusher Blackwell, out goes both Smirnoff and the Cuban Assassin. Harley Race sees himself in a bad spot as he is double-teamed and eliminated by both Masked Superstars. Next up the crowd gets just what they want as U.S. Steel lifts and drops The Mighty Yankee over the top rope. Those cheers are short lived as Bad News Allen, with a perfectly placed superkick, knocks U.S. Steel over the top rope. Down to 11. Crusher Blackwell sees Jake Roberts trying to force Jimmy Garvin over the top rope and rushes in for a splash. Snake sees this at the last minute and pulls the rope down and Crusher goes right over the top and out onto the floor. Garvin looks at the Big Man from Stone Mountain, Georgia laying on the floor with a surprised look on his face. Roberts takes advantage of Garvin loosing focus and nails him with a clothesline to the back of the head and out goes Garvin. Down to 9. Mulligan from behind… mauling knee lift on Roberts. He is dangling over the rope. WHAM…. Big clubbing forearm by Mulligan on the Snake and out he goes. 8 left. Double team be the Masked Superstars and they have Mulligan dangling. Here comes Dusty…. Oh my… in a split second of entangled bodies, momentum takes over and all 4, Dusty, Mullian and the Superstars are over the top. These two top tag teams in Mid-South take a moment to figure out what happened and then continue their brawl on the floor. DOWN TO 4 Reed vs Allen in one corner… Brody vs Black Bart in the other. Ernie Ladd, once again makes his presence felt as he reaches through the ropes and grabs the legs of Reed. He is stuck. WHAM…. Reed breaks free and catches Allen with a big body slam. When Allen gets up, Reed with a running clothesline and out goes Allen. Jim Ross lets us all know how good that must have felt for Reed! Down to 3. Reed up on the second rope…. He is jarring at both Ladd and Allen. Not knowing it, Brusier Brody whips Black Bart into the corner… WHAM… Bart runs right into Reed and out he goes. To add insult to injury, Allen and Ladd get a few blows in on Reed as he is on the ground. DOWN to 2. WHAM… Brody followed up the Irish Whip with a knee to the gut of Bart. Brody hit the ropes and comes off with the biggest knee lift yet and out goes Black Bart. Jim Ross: What a match that was. Bruiser Brody with the victory and he has earned an NWA World Title Match next week in New Orleans. If there is anyone who could stand up to Nikita Koloff it just might be the Wildman, Bruiser Brody. Get your tickets now folks. That one is going to be action packed. So long from Mid-South Wrestling.

Great week for the fans of WSW! Shaska with a win over BIll but can he survive Scott? Jason The Terrible is giving the West Texas fans just what they crave.... violence! One Man Gang makes a deep heel group even deeper. Akbar has a real dangerous stable right now. Tribal Nation with a big win. Karachi Vice has been built up in Dawn of War to be the real deal. Nice win here for the fans. Chaos in the Main Event is always fun. Great way to lend with everybody talking about what they just saw. They will be back next time WSW is in town.

This story line with Madusa and the rest of the Monsters is very interesitng. There were either be a power struggle or a coup. Can't wait to find out which. The rebuild of Wendy Richter is underway and I am sure it will not take long at all before she is back in a title match. Good show as always.

Really enjoyed the TV show this week. I thought your opening segment with Slick and Embry on the mic was AWESOME. Pretty Boy saying he tripped Graham by accident as he was trying to pick up the refs wallet was great and I could hear almost every word coming out of Slick's mouth.... He really is slick!!! NOW WE ARE TALKING.... Jason the Terrible with Sullivan. This is going to be a wild ride. Super Destroyers are tough enough when you deal with one. THe old switch-a-roo gimmick makes them unbeatable. Nice booking here as Mantell has a reason to go down in defeat. The card this week was PERFECT for Western States. From the from the Bullrope Match to the Gang Fight to the Taped Fist Match... this was booked for the tough West Texas fan. Nice job. I think Sullivan has found his new main man!! Good week for Dory! Now he needs to get the rest of the Funks rolling and all will be right for the fans of Western States.

Mid-South adds U.S. Steel

And all is right in Dawn of War.... Gene is back and right where he should be with CCW! Ranger Ross finds trouble right away with the Koloffs. This should be interesting. You with RPG and the interviews is going to be awesome. Glad you got the Dirty White Boys going right away. You have a great group of tag teams. Like Taylor and Zenk together. Even though I have not seen much ot Wildfire Rich as the heel in real life as I saw little of Memphis, your interview was perfect. I could just hear his accent in each word. Who is the mystery man.... I love angles like this. Kazmaier as a carny.... Fuller and Golden better be careful. Great to have you back!!

Enjoyed the follow up to WrestleRock. I like when we get some new people involved. It forces me to do a little research. I admit I know nothing of Earthquake Ferris! Interesting interview with the Gagne's. Verne admitting to pulling some strings.....hmmmm. I don't trust either one of these two right now. Excited to see more Bock-Wahoo. The Beauty Shop is Back!!! Nice job. Glad the Dream Machine is back getting more attention then when he was with me. He deserves it. Charland and Gino bring some instant heat. I like new heels! Nice to see more of the Snowman! Awesome respect shown by St. Clair. Looking forward to seeing what's next for him now. Steamboat vs Haynes! This should be interesting. Steamboat can do it all and can carry anyone in the ring.

WOW WOW WOW... What an event Cornette and the Midnight Express really seem to have a problem with the Masked Avenger and what win for Ron Simmons over Tony Atlas. Liked how the feud between the Midnight Express and Black Gold was enhamced by each side winning a match!

Mid South adds RIcky Santana

Mid South adds Alexis Smirnoff, Angel Acevedo, Mark Fleming, and Jerry Oates

Anyone who wishes to see how we got here, check out the Mid-South Wrestling Archives thread as well as the Great American Bash thread JULY 3, 1986 THE COLISEUM ON THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIRGROUNDS JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI The show opens after its regular montage of Mid-South stars with a video tape showing Ivan Koloff help Nikita pin Magnum T.A. and become the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion at The Great American Bash in the Superdome. Jim Ross: Welcome everybody to another hour of Mid-South Wrestling coming to you this week from The Coliseum right here in Jackson, Mississippi. I’m Jim Ross and my partner today is none other than NWA President, Cowboy Bill Watts. Bill, everywhere I go, people are always talking about Mid-South Wrestling and this week, it’s no different. What an historic event The Great American Bash was. Cowboy Bill Watts: That’s for sure Jim. As NWA President, I would like to thank the promoters of Western States Wrestling, Continental Championship Wrestling and Mid-South Wrestling for putting on the greatest event in wrestling history. Folks, as you saw in the opening, Nikita Koloff is the new NWA World Champion. (Boos rain down from the crowd in Jackson). I know fans. I know. I feel the same way. Hopefully, Magnum T.A. will regroup and get that title back real soon! Fans who were lucky enough to be at the Great American Bash also know that Nikita Koloff is not the only new champion here in Mid-South Wrestling. As he has been known to do on a few occasions, “Big Cat” Ernie Ladd threw us a bit of a curveball at the Great American Bash by bringing out Bad News Allen to wrestle “Hacksaw” Butch Reed…. That’s right folks, Bad News Allen is back in the NWA after his year-long suspension and with the aid of Ernie Ladd, defeated Butch to become the NWA Mid-South Champion. We will be hearing from both Bad News Allen and Hacksaw Butch Reed a little later in the show. Bill Watts: That’s not all as we have another amazing hour of wrestling instore for everybody. We will have Freebird Michael Hayes in action. The Masked Superstars will tak on the Batten brothers. “Gorgeous” Gary Young will be taking on Brusier Brody. A new team calling themselves the Patriots will be taking on Don Bass and Iron Mike Sharpe. If that’s not enough, our main event is going to be huge. It will be Hacksaw Butch Reed vs Black Bart! Cowboy Bill Watts: That and much more as we will be hearing from many wrestlers who took part in the Great American Bash. Also, fans, don’t forget that next Friday we will be in the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas where we will see The Masked Superstars taking on the Mid-South Tag Team Champions, Dusty Rhodes and Blackjack Mulligan along with a 20 Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal where the winner will get an NWA World Title shot, in New Orleans on July 16 against the Russian Nightmare, Nikita Koloff. We will be right back with our first match. COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMOS FOR HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS As we come out of break, Ernie Ladd and the new Mid-South Champion, Bad News Allen are at the interview desk! Ernie Ladd: What did I promise you Bill Watts. I told you Hacksaw Reed’s days at champion were coming to an end. I told you my man was going to be wearing the belt at the Bash. Bill Watts: That’s about all you told us. We all thought it would be your man, One Man Gang coming out to face Butch Reed. Ernie Ladd: One Man Gang? Are you kidding me? As soon as I signed Bad News Allen, I gave him a dozen donuts and sent him on his way. Bill Watts: Well don’t you think you had a responsibility to inform Butch Reed so he could properly train for the match? Ernie Ladd: Train… that’s all Reed does… train, train and train some more. The problem is no amount of training is every going to be enough for him to beat Bad News Allen. You know it! I know it and most of all Butch Reed knows it! Bill Watts: I’ll admit that if you keep interfering in the matches, it might be hard for Butch Reed. Ernie Ladd: Oh here we go again… Cowboy Bill Watts: Do you deny getting in the ring and using that Big Boot of yours against Hacksaw Reed? Do you want to see the video tape? Ernie Ladd: Oh yeah… a doctored video tape from you is just what I want to see. I’ve been around the block with you a time or two already Watts and we all know that one of us is not to be trusted! Cowboy Bill Watts: One us for sure. Well, this week in Houston, Hacksaw Butch Reed will be getting a rematch for his Mid-South title! Bad News Allen: And this will be the last time that Hacksaw Butch Reed will be able to get into a ring! As Ladd and Allen walk away, Watts can do nothing but shake his head at the two as he announces it is time to get to the ring. MATCH The Patriots (DJ Peterson & Todd Champion) defeat Iron Mike Sharpe & “No Class” Don Bass when Peterson connected with a 2nd rope shoulder block on Don Bass The crowd was really behind The Patriots who came out in red and blue trunks with white stars on them. Iron Mike Sharpe tried to play his “strongest” athlete in Canada gimmick but was quickly put down when Champion, 6’6, nearly 300 pounds of chiseled muscle hit the double bicep pose forcing Sharpe to shake the ropes in frustration. Their power, good looks and constant push by Watts and Ross helped the Patriots get over in the first bout in Mid-South Wrestling. COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMOS FOR HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS When we come out of break, we see Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie with Jim Ross and he vows revenge on Sgt. Slaughter …. is he ever dares to come back to the NWA. The crowd starts to chant USA, USA which really gets under his skin. When asked where his man Killer Khan was, Sheik almost admits that he had made a mistake but then puts all the fault on Khan who he has decided wasn’t the right man to achieve his goals of controlling the NWA and American Wrestling. He says he has the resources to do just that and that he is now on a world-wide hunt to find the perfect athletes to do just that. In fact, he is here tonight to look at one “Gorgeous” Gary Young. MATCH Brusier Brody defeats “Gorgeous” Gary Young with the Mauling Knee Lift Young may be willing to use any tactic possible to win a match but tonight he was in the ring with a wild man who could not be stopped. Young seemed to be genuinely afraid and tried his best to stay away from Brody but when Bruiser eventually got his hands on him, he beat Gorgeous Gary from pillar to post. As the ref was completing the three-count, Sheik just shook his head and walked away knowing that Gary Young could not be the center piece of his stable. COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMOS FOR HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS When we come back from break, we see Freebird Michael Hayes with Jim Ross as Ross takes us to a video from the Great American Bash where Michael Hayes first shakes hands with former Freebird Terry Gordy before putting some cream in his eyes which seemed to blind his former partner. Jim Ross: Michael, I understand that your life has gone through some profound changes recently with the breakup of the Freebirds but I must admit you have gone to far. Doctors are still unsure if Terry will ever regain his vision and will be out of wrestling for some time if not forever. Michael Hayes: So, you think I went too far. So, you think I was wrong. So what! Being a Freebird is a way of life. You live by a code and that code is simple… Freebird’S First. We fight together! We party down on Bad Street USA together. We stick with each through thick and thin. That code was fine for Bam Bam as long as we had his back. As long as we helped him out of every difficult situation he got himself in and trust me brother, there was a whole heck of a lot of trouble with Bam Bam. Then Terry decides tag team titles aren’t what he wants. He wants us to help him win the North American Title. Both Buddy Jack and I did just that. That’s the Freebird way. Then Gordy starts selling out. Not given 100% in our tag matches. Not caring if we won or lost the World Title. So, you see, Michael Hayes didn’t turn on Terry Gordy. Terry Gordy turned on the Freebirds. He found out at the Bash that the only way out of the Freebirds is to be beat out of the Freebirds. Part of me feels bad that he will never wrestle again but then I think back to who broke the code. Trust me on this Jack… Freebird Mania is alive and well. They are lining up down on Bad Street to take Bam Bam’s spot and soon the Freebirds will be whole again. Now let me go to the ring as these ladies are in for a treat as Purely Sexy is ready to give them the show of their lives. Jim Ross: I don’t know what to tell ya fans. Michael Hayes has his own way of looking at things. MATCH Michael Hayes defeats Ricky Gibson with the Running Bulldog Hayes used just enough dirty tactics to come out on top. While Hayes doesn’t always look the best in the ring, he almost always finds a way to come to win. Ross and Watts continued to talk about how disgusting an act Hayes had been apart of when he blinded Terry Gordy and while the doctors didn’t seem to have much hope of him regaining his sight, they hoped for the best as they would love to have him comeback at some point and give Michael Hayes just what he deserved! After the match, we get a back-stage interview with Black Bart who is spitting tobacco and cracking the whip while he not only hypes up tonight’s main event match where he is going to beat that puke Butch Reed but also hyping up the Battle Royal in Houston where dagummitt, he is going to win the thing and get himself a World Title Shot where he is going to defeat Nikita Koloff. COMMERCIAL BREAK WITH PROMOS FOR HOUSTON AND NEW ORLEANS Prior to our main event Hacksaw Butch Reed is with Bill Watts where he has some intense words for Ernie Ladd. Hacksaw Butch Reed: Bad News Allen… I don’t blame you. We all know you’re nothing but a big dummy and you fell for the promises of the “Dirty Cat” Ernie Ladd. He promises you this and he promises you that and it all sounds great. He tells you all the times the sport of Wrestling has wronged his people and that it is time to stand up for yourself. Well, I promise you this Bad News Allen, this week in Houston I’m going to make you wish you never came back to the NWA. Make you wish you never even heard of Ernie Ladd and then I’m going for you Ernie Ladd. You got a long term memory problem. You seem to forget that it was me who put you out the sport of Wrasslin. It was who he slammed you to the mat and ended your career. Now I’m going for you again. This time you won’t be so lucky. I’m going to end more than your career! Bill Watts: Some angry words from Hacksaw Butch Reed but who can blame him. We have all seen what Ernie Ladd can do and this time, his interference stole the belt from Hacksaw Butch Reed and this week in Houston he is coming with two goals in mind. Get his Mid-South title back and get revenge on Ernie Ladd and his man, Bad News Allen. First though, he must try to find a way past the dangerous Black Bart. MAIN EVENT: Hacksaw Butch Reed defeated Black Bart when he followed up a Press Slam with a Top Rope Football Tackle Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen had come out to ringside during the match and it seemed like they were poised to attack Reed to make sure he never made it to Houston. In fact, there distraction almost cost Reed this match as Bart took control of the match when Reed went to the ropes and dared Allen to get in the ring. Bart came from behind with a big elbow to the back of the head and then went on the offensive. He had Reed in such a bad way that he was confident to climb to the top rope for the as Trash Compacter (double leg drop) but Reed moved at the last second. Reed recovered first and took control for the last time. After the 3-count, Allen hit the ring only to be met with multiple right hands by Reed. Allen fell through the ropes as Reed dared him to come back. Ladd begged him not to and the dastardly duo left for the locker room as Reed sucked in all the cheers from the crowd. Jim Ross: What a night of wrestling it has been folks. Make sure to join us right here on the Superstation next week for another exciting hour of Mid-South Wrestling. Fans anywhere near Houston get your tickets for Friday night at the Sam Houston Coliseum. It is going to be a heck of a night of Wrestling. So long everybody! DARK MATCHES: (Mostly used this week to see how the fans react to some new talent in Mid-South) “Canadian” Ben Bassarab defeats Rotten Ron Starr with a Diving Cross Body Block “The Mighty Yankee” Billy Jack Strong defeats Mike Graham with a powerslam Rocky Johnson defeated “Hollywood” John Tatum with rapid fire punches followed up by a missile dropkick. Bob Roop and Crusher Blackwell wrestled to a DDQ as they brawled out on the floor. Jake Roberts defeated Norvel Austin with the DDT.

Don't worry abou the scehdule. It looks like the Monsters are human after all! I find Madusa berating of Reggie Bennett very interesting!

Mid South adds Todd Champion

Mid South adds Bart and Brad Batten, Steve Strong, Ben Bassarab, Don Bass and Mike George

THE LOUISIANA SUPERDOME NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA JULY 5, 1986 Jim Ross: Thank you. Thank you so very much and welcome once again to Mid-South Wrestling. Tonight is the final night of the Great American Bash. The first two nights in Denver and Pensacola have been extraordinary events and tonight will be just the same! We have 9 huge matches including all three NWA World Titles. The biggest question is can the American’s, on Independence Weekend, survive an invasion from the Russians who are coming both for the NWA World Title and the NWA World Tag Team Title. Don’t worry fans, the Americans are in great hands as Ted Dibiase and Dr. Death will be defending the Tag Title against Ivan Koloff and Kruscher Kruschev and then in thr bug one, we have the biggest name in American Wrestling today…. Magnum T.A. defending the World Title agains the Russian Nightmare, Nikita Koloff. That and much, much more on an historical night in the Louisiana Superdome. I see our ring announcer is set so let’s turn it over to Gary Michael Cappetta and get right to all the action. Gary Michael Cappetta: Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Louisiana Superdome. The National Wrestling Association in conjunction with Mid-South Wrestling brings you the best wrestling has to offer tonight as it presents the final night of the Great American Bash. Before we get to the ring, please stand and remove your hats as the great B.B. King plays our national anthem. NWA JR Heavyweight TItle Eric Embry vs Mike Graham Mike Graham was excited for the title shot and came out fast which caused Eric Embry to go to the questionable tactics right away. This might be the closest thing we get to a real wrestling match the entire night as many of the other matches are just going to turn into one brawl after another. We get a quality first match that saw many momentum changes but Embry showed that he was just dirty enough to keep this recently won Jr. Heavyweight title. The end came after the ref didn’t notice the low blow and them Embry came off the top rope with a forearm smash. The pin included a grab of the trunks and a foot on the ropes for leverage. Embry has proven to be one of the dirtiest wrestlers of the Bash and he put the other Jr. Lightweights on notice that they better be ready for anything when they come after his title. Grudge Match Jake "The Snake" Roberts vs Iceman Parsons These two, with contrasting styles put on a great match. Iceman with his energy wants to go at a fast-paced tempo while “the Sanke” wants to slow this one down into a methodical destruction of his opponent with the end coming with a sudden strike… the DDT. Neither one gets exactly what they want here in terms of a victory but they both get to beat on each other a bit; maybe too much. The action spilled outside the ring and they both seemed content to club away at the other and neither made it back to the ring. This brawl continued all the way up the ramp until the two were behind the curtain and out of camera shot. Grudge Match Terry Taylor vs Gorgeous Gary Young No matter how arrogant, confident and dirty Gary Young was in this match, there was no stopping Terry Taylor. In a match that Taylor controlled 75% of the action, he was able to put away Young with the Five Arm. The only thing that went wrong in this match for Taylor was the celebration. As he partied with the crowd, Young attacked from behind with a chair and left Taylor laying on the arena floor. It seems that this one is not over yet. Mid-South Title Match "Hacksaw" Butch Reed (c) vs Any Member of Ernie Ladd's Stable! The champ was at a clear disadvantage in this one. Everyone thought all along that it would be Ernie Ladd bringing One Man Gang to the ring to fight Reed as that is the only person we have seen him manage lately. The crowd and Reed were shocked when it turned out to be Bad News Allen. Allen had lost a Loser Leave Town for a Year Match against Magnum T.A. just over a year ago and the people had forgotten all about him. When he came out with Ladd, they were quickly reminded of how nasty and dangerous he could be. Bad News attacked before the bell but Reed was expecting it. No big deal to Allen as the fight was on and make no mistake about it…. This was a FIGHT! Unfortunately for ref Scrappy McGowen, he got a little to close to the action and was knocked down by Reed with an accidentel shoulder block. With the ref down, here comes Ernie Ladd and the 2-1 attack. Allen held Reed while Ladd connected with 3 Giant Boots to the head. Reed was almost done here. WHAM… Ghetto Blaster by Allen and Reed is now completely done! McGowen had recovered enough by now to make the three count. Jim Ross: I can’t believe what I have just witnessed. Ernie Ladd and Bad News Allen have cheated their way to the North American Title. This combination might be unstoppable! Hacksaw Butch Reed is going to need some help. Mid-South Tag Team Title Match: Bunkhouse Stlye "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & Blackjack Mulligan vs Outlaw Ron Bass & Black Bart Come dressed as you like sees all 4 of these big “cowboys” in jeans while Bart and Bass have added some black cowboy hats to the attire. Bass has also brought “old Bessie,” his bull rope with him. We get a good 15 minutes of all out brawling with each man getting their time on both top and bottom. In the end, this brawl ends with a double count-out. Loser Leave Town Match Harley Race vs Larry Zbyszko Finally, this 18 month long feud must come to an end! Zbyszko pulls out the entire array of dirty tricks in this match to ensure it is not him. From playing the frightened heel and sucker punching Race as the ref tried to keep the former NWA Champ away to low blows to an illegal weapon (a small rope) used to choke Race with, Larry was a diry as good be. The problem was that each of these attacks just seemed to fuel the anger in Harley. In the end, we see the high, high vertical suplex followed by the top rope diving headbutt followed by the piledriver to give Harley the win. The crowd, who throughout history, has not always been behind Race, were ecstatic. This was mostly due to the fact that Zbyszko will be gone! They gave Harley a nice ovation and it was obvious that he was enjoying it. In fact, he stayed around the ring for an unusually long time. Almost like this might be the last time he is going to be here for a while. NWA World Tag Team Title Match Ted Dibiase & Dr. Death (c) vs Ivan Koloff & Kruscher Kruschev Back and forth we go. Americans in control…. Russians in control….. who will get the last run? We see Dibiase playing the face in peril and he is taking some serious double team moves from Ivan and Kruscher. Ivan tells Kruscher to hold Dibiase. WHAM… Ivan with a huge forearm to KRUSCHER….. Dibiase has slipped away at the last minute. Dibiase with the hot tag and Dr. Death is in like a house a fire! He is tossing both Russians from pillar to post. Dibiase is back in. The whip both Russians into one another and then slam their heads together. WHAM…. Dr. Death with the Oklahoma Stampede on Kruscher. WHAM…. Dibiase with a face first suplex on Ivan…. Right on top of Kruscher. Dr. Death with the cover….. 1….2…3! Dibiase and Dr. Death have survived this Independence Day invasion and are still the NWA World Tag Team Champions. And then the unexpected…. Ivan Koloff with his big Russian Chain….. WHAM…. Koloff whips KRUSCHER off the ropes and levels him with the chain. Koloff continues the assault for the next few minutes. After Kruscher’s betrayal of the U.S. there is nobody coming to his rescue. THIS IS FOR THE RUSSIANS TO FIGURE OUT! And it’s obvious they did…. Kruscher is no longer with them. He is a man without a country! Steel Cage Match for the North American Title Terry Gordy (c) vs Michael Hayes Michael Hayes has no idea what he got himself into. Gordy pounds him from one side of the cage to the other as this match gets under way and Hayes and his pretty face are busted up early. Hayes with a rake of the eyes is able to slow down Bam Bam but only for a short period of time. Gordy gets the rather quick but brutal victory after a piledriver on Hayes. After the bout, and with Gordy heading back to the locker room, a bloody Michael Hayes, still groggy, grabs the house mic…. Michael Hayes: Enough…. Enough Bam Bam. This last month has been tearing me apart inside. We are brothers. I know families fight but in the end, they come together and that bond is even stronger. Come back here know and let’s get back to the way things should be… Freebirds helping Freebirds. The crowd urges Gordy to keep walking but Gordy has been a Freebird for a long time. He grew up in this industry with Michael Hayes and you can see it in his eyes that this means a lot to him. Slowly he turns, hands on hips…. Thinking… Gordy…..starts walking…. Back to Hayes. They embrace in the center of the ring for a long time. As the two head out, Gordy has his North American Title while Hayes gets his robe that he wore to the ring, the crowd is unsure what to make of this. Is Gordy going back to his heel ways or is Michael Hayes now with Gordy on the side of good? We don’t have to wait long to find out! Hayes reaches into his robe and pulls out a container of some sort of cream. He dips his hand in and comes out with a big glob of it. From behind Hayes violently rubs the cream right in the eyes of Gordy…. Gordy is screaming in agony. He is rolling on the floor, writhing in pain. Hayes still with the house mic… Michael Hayes: And once you turn on a Freebird, the Freebirds will DESTROY YOU! Hayes is getting all kinds of heat. Debris is raining down on him as he smirks his way to the locker room. Gordy needs help. It is like he is totally blind. Doctors rush to the ring. They place towels over his head and are screaming instructions!!! Gordy must be guided to the back where you hear people screaming to get him to the hospital. NWA World Title Match " The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff vs Magnum T.A (C) The question is can Magnum muster up enough energy to survive the Russian Nightmare. He has dealt with a monster of a match with Jumbo on the first night of the Bash and last night he basically had to deafeat Superstar #1 and #1 in a 55- minute marathon. Everyone knows this is ble as Nikita has basically owned T.A. in their recent battles where he has done everything but with the belt. The best hope for T.A. is this is Independence Day and the crowd won’t let him go down to a Russian on July 4th weekend if they could help it. The match is a WAR but it is obvious that the last two nights has taken its toll on T.A.. He is one step behind the Russian Nightmare who is connecting with big move after big move. In a moment of pure desperation, T.A. catches Nikita with the Belly to Belly Suplex. 1….2… Ivan Koloff reaches into the ring and pulls T.A.’s leg and drags him off of Nikita. The pin attempt is foiled. The ref is admonishing Ivan and T.A. is glaring at him but nothing else comes of these shenanigans. T.A. is giving everything he has but he just can’t finish off Nikita. WHAM…WHAM…. A double clothesline and both men are down. Who gets up first will be in control. Despite the crowd’s help, T.A. collapsed along the ropes after dragging himself up hand over hand to the top rope. Nikita is up and gives an hellacious scream! WHAM…. Russian Sickle on T.A. when he was eventually able to get to his feet….. 1…2….2 ½ Kickout by T.A. The crowd is relieved but only for a second as Koloff drags Ivan up be his hair. WHAM…. A second Russian Sickle on T.A.. 1….2….2 ¾ Kickout by T.A. Nobody in the Superdome can believe it. Every wrestler in the NWA has been done after one Sickle but T.A. has survived 2. The crowd is screaming…. Nikita again drags T.A. and whips him into the ropes for sickle #3….. T.A. ducks under and hits the ropes on the other side. He meets Nikita in the center and wraps his arms around Nikita. T.A. is going for the Belly to Belly. WHAM… T.A. was just too weak and couldn’t execute the move. Nikita blocked it. WHAM… Short arm Russian Sickle…. 1….2….3! The crowd is in shock but they know they just saw a classic match. Even as the announcer calls for the NEW NWA World Champion, the what if’s start in the crowd. What if T.A. had not had to wrestle Jumbo the Masked Superstar the last two nights. What if there wasn’t so much travel. What if Ivan had not interfered. Make no mistake about it, the crowd in the Superdome booed like crazy when Nikita and Ivan celebrated in the ring but they also cheered like crazy as Magnum walked back to the locker room. They all know in their hearts that he will Very Soon win the NWA World Title for a 3rd time! And that’s the end of the Great American Bash 86!