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Is it to safe to say though that if that happens....knowing that we're also getting Shayna vs Becky, that whoever Bayley ends up facing will absolutely be an afterthought?

It is with great sadness that Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling & Jim Crockett Promotions confirm the death of Eddie Graham, who took his own life on January 21st. Everyone is devastated by this news as Eddie Graham appeared the night before as the special guest referee in the main event between the Junkyard Dog & Bobby Jaggers and Kevin Sullivan & Kamala. On behalf of everyone at Jim Crockett Promotions & MACW, we are sending our condolences to his son Mike and the entire Graham family. In the meantime, Mike Graham has been pulled off every MACW event for the upcoming weeks. To celebrate Eddie Graham's life, fans are invited to attend the Eddie Graham Memorial Show on February 3rd, 1985 at the Convention Hall in Miami, FL. Here is the card for the evening: MAIN EVENT MID-ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP The Great Kabuki vs Gino Hernandez (c) MID-ATLANTIC TV CHAMPIONSHIP Duke Myers vs Jimmy Golden (c) Robert Fuller vs Kamala Kevin Kelly vs Kerry Brown Bota The Witch Doctor vs Nikolai Volkoff TRIANGLE MATCH Paul Orndorff vs Buzz Tyler vs Tyree Pride Kevin Sullivan vs Bulldog Bob Brown Reverend Jimmy Valiant & Brett Wayne Sawyer vs Steve Doll & Steve Gatorwolf Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion Dynamite Kid vs Randy Rose The Rock N' Roll RPMs vs Mad Dog Lefebvre & Richard Charland

Worldwide Wrestling Broadcasted January 19th, 1985 -Billy Travis beat Kerry Brown in 22:17 Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship: Gino Hernandez (w/Miss Elizabeth & James J. Dillon) beat Reverend Jimmy Valiant in 14:02 to win the title! -Jerry Brisco beat local talent Aylmer Chase in 6:25 -Paul Orndorff fight Steve Doll to a 15-minute time limit draw -Junkyard Dog beat Kevin Sullivan (w/Fallen Angel & Sir Oliver Humperdink) in 17:13 -The Minnesota Wrecking Crew beat Buzz Tyler & Robert Fuller by DQ in 10:31 *** January 20th, 1985 House Show -Randy Rose (w/Robert Fuller) beat Nikolai Volkoff in 34 seconds with a roll-up -Kerry Brown beat Dutch Mantell in 18:14 Mid-Atlantic TV Championship: Jimmy Golden beat Mad Dog Lefebvre in 4:20 to retain after interference from Randy Rose & Robert Fuller -Jerry Brisco beat Richard "Le Magnifique" Charland in 12:51 -Paul Orndorff beat Duke Myers in 11:16 -Mike Graham beat Rocky "The Best Kernodle" in 3:03 Guest Referee: Eddie Graham - The House of Humperdink (Kevin Sullivan & Kamala, w/Kimchee, Fallen Angel & Sir Oliver Humperdink) beat The Junkyard Dog & "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers in 15:51

Certainly one of the titles with the most fascinating history to me, especially with what happened to it once Jim Crockett Promotions bought the promotion from WWF. Safe to say as well that a lot of fantastic wrestlers won that title in the past but Ron Garvin is probably the man most significantly attached to that title, more particularly in its final leg.

If I go by last year's Wrestlemania Weekend, pretty much all of them will be on IWTV. It's even more a possibility now that they added the double stream option recently and with the merge with Smart Mark Video. But I assume that some will also air on FITE.

Makes it more baffling that they didn't decide to go with Angel Garza rather than him on the main roster. They wouldn't be looking for that Latino babyface again if they had given him a shot instead of Carrillo.

Those final 5 minutes were masterful. Only Randy Orton can look like the most sadistic motherfucker.

This could definitely work, although I'd be stunned if Becky loses her title before Mania.

So, either Becky or Bayley drop their title before Wrestlemania....or would they even consider doing Charlotte vs Rhea Ripley at Wrestlemania???

If anything, Jerry Lawler is more of a problem on RAW than Vic ever was. But if it means Vic is gonna work back with Nigel for NXT UK, I'd be fine with that.

God I hope it's true. In the meantime, turns out like Lacey Evans' daughter is a natural at this sports entertainment thing.

I'd be fine with that but losing the Universal title will mean that you're inevitably back to square one with Bray Wyatt because The Fiend will have lost momentum. What do you do next with The Fiend afterwards?

I assume Kotaro Suzuki?

My IWTV subscription will never be more useful than on Wrestlemania Weekend.

The Playboy always having one trick up his sleeve and I wouldn't expect it any other way.

I never will root as much as I will for Tim Storm to win the TV title tonight but I wouldn't be disappointed at all if Ricky Starks won the tournament.

Doesn't beat the entire Hammerstein Ballroom singing Enter Sandman at ECW One Night Stand 2005 but it sure was cool as hell. I think you're right. Looking back and seeing all the momentum Page is getting as a babyface lately, I think we may be in for a swerve. I'm starting to think that Pac will play a major role in whatever happens between Omega and Page. At some point, I think it would be nice to just blow up The Elite as a group and have everyone do their own thing for a while. Until they're somehow brought back by necessity. That could be an excellent long-time story to be told.

Apparently, he could be returning during Rumble weekend - possibly in the Rumble match. Jinder Mahal could also be returning as well.

And after verification, you're correct. Abdullah fought Ayala over the vacant title when Dr. D David Schultz left the promotion. Ayala never won the title.

They could but last night made it look to me that Page would turn once he & Kenny lose the tag titles.

He also ventured a bit in Montreal in the dying days of Lutte Internationale when Gino Brito was counting on his working relationship with World Wrestling Council to keep the territory running. I believe that Ayala also was the last International champion but I'd have to dig up in the archives to be sure.

Including RAW, SD & NXT/NXT UK, I believe they have something around 50 or 60 women under contract so they wouldn't have difficulty booking a Rumble. Granted, some of those NXT & NXT UK women are no drawing powers like Trish or Lita used to be so they'd be tempted to ask them again to compete this year. I guess we'll see on Sunday.

Huge win for the Guerreros over the Freebirds! I'm expecting Bam Bam Gordy to rip some heads off next time they meet!

Talk about a deflating end to the go-home RAW before the Rumble.

Missy Hyatt might be exactly what Eddie Hogan needs now that big "brother" Hulk is out of the territory. She has a way to get you back in the spotlight in no time.