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FINALLY, we get to see Col. DeBeers. You can do so much with that character! And great introduction for Sabu!

I agree with Kevin about the Heavenly Bodies vibe with the Southern Ramblers! And I'll be damned if I couldn't be more pumped for Backlund vs Rheingans in Mid-Atlantic!

No problem, Gene. Take care of your personal stuff, first.

It might be more bad luck than anything in Snuka's case. I think that with the trades that spaldoni made by sending the Horsemen to WWF, now he has much more suitable opponents to work with Snuka, in my estimation. I agree that some particular workers are harder to book for various reasons but it's not totally impossible. As for Jimmy Snuka, there *might* be something coming up for him in Lutte. I heard through the grapevines that Paul E. Dangerously has taken a liking to the Superfly...

Fun main event between Ted Dibiase and Rocky Johnson. The Soul Man proving to be a hot commodity for the Mid-Atlantic territory!

Don Kernodle heel turn officially completed! Although, I have to point out that Kernodle's title win happened 4 days after he threw Jacques Rougeau off the scaffold. But you sure can work around that in the promo itself

Classic Horsemen promo. The kind I would've truly seen happen in 1986. As for the TV title tournament, my gut is telling me that Curt Hennig is winning the whole thing. I don't know who'll be on the other side of the bracket but I could see a Bad News Brown or a Tully Blanchard.

Added.

Nope, haven't seen this one so I'll take it!

Holy crap, just saw who the Road Warriors are wrestling at the Memorial Day Event. Abdullah and anybody are more than suitable challengers!

Love seeing the pairing of Brad Armstrong & Jeff Jarrett. Might be the best guy to guide Jarrett through this thing.

For you, Grimmas, I picked Matt Sydal vs Ricochet from EVOLVE 32. If you have seen it, let me know, I have a few backups in case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DlbKv4XEQo

May 6th, 1986 Selkirk, MB -Maxx Payne beat Jumpin' Jim Brunzell in 10:20 -Pedro Morales beat "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley in 10:18 NWA Canadian International Tag Team Championship: The Samoan SWAT Team (w/Paul E. Dangerously) beat Paul Jones' Army (Johnny Rich & Randy Rose) in 22:56 to retain Floyd Creatchman Open Challenge: ANDRE THE GIANT beat Lord Humongous (w/Floyd Creatchman) in 6:37 -Steve Simpson beat Richard Charland (w/Frenchy Martin) in 8:51 -Chris Candido beat Bobby Fulton in 13:54 Submission Match: B. Brian Blair beat Gino Brito in 28:27, beating Brito with his own move, the Figure Four Leglock! NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Don Kernodle beat Jimmy Snuka in 10:51 to retain

Not as much in Canada than in America. Usually, the evil foreigner gimmick used was Soviets, Japs & Germans - obviously, World War II stuff. The circumstances just dictated the use of the American flag here

Updated Lutte Internationale roster. 1. Jos LeDuc 2. "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal 3. Prince Alofa Fatu 4. Rick Martel 5. Pirata Morgan 6. Chris Benoit 7. Bruce Hart (currently on loan in WWC) 8. Owen Hart (currently on loan in WWC) 9. Gino Brito 10. MS-1 11. Keith Hart 12. The Botswana Beast 13. Lord Humongous 14. Chris Candido 15. Jacque Rougeau 16. Richard Charland 17. B. Brian Blair 18. Jumpin' Jim Brunzell 19. Terry Brunk 20. Raymond Rougeau 21. King Tonga 22. Matt Borne 23. The Great Samu 24. Adrian Adonis 25. Gilles Poisson 26. Satanico 27. Kokina Maximus 28. Bobby Fulton 29. Tommy Rogers 30. Armand Rougeau 31. Paul E. Dangerously (manager) 32. Floyd Creatchman (manager) 33. Eddy Creatchman (manager) 34. Frenchy Martin (manager) 35. Luna Vachon 36. Nightmare Danny Davis 37. Nightmare Ken Wayne 38. Sunny War Cloud

NWA LUTTE INTERNATIONALE TITLE HOLDERS NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Rick Martel (1) --> 12/25/1985 NWA WORLD WOMEN'S CHAMPION The Fabulous Moolah (1) --> 11/9/1985 NWA CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Greg Valentine (1) --> 7/5/84 Rick Martel (1) --> 9/13/84 Terry Funk (1) --> 3/1/85 Andre the Giant (1) --> 6/28/85 Andre vacates the title on 8/11/85 after fulfilling all his commitments to Lutte Jacques Rougeau (1) --> 8/17/85 Black Bart (1) --> 11/28/1985* *Won the title at Thanksgiving Day Star Wars in Dallas, TX Jacques Rougeau (2) --> 12/25/1985 Don Kernodle (1) --> 5/5/1986 NWA CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS The Wild Samoans (1) --> 7/5/84 The Caribbean Connection (1) --> 8/25/84 The Sensationals (Billy Robinson & Doug Somers) (1) --> 9/16/84 Gino Brito & Rick Martel (1) --> 12/5/84 The Midnight Rockers (1) --> 6/28/85 The Midnight Rockers are stripped of their titles after briefly jumping ship to WWF *The Vachons (1) --> 8/17/85 The Vachons were considered Interim Canadian International Tag Team Champions but were given official title shot the following night in Stoney Point, ON The Midnight Rockers (2) --> 8/18/85 The Vachons (2) --> 9/8/1985 The Vachons vacated the title and retired on 4/14 after Butcher Vachon was injured at the hands of the Samoan SWAT Team *The Samoan SWAT Team (1) (Prince Alofa Fatu & Kokina Maximus) --> 4/18/1986 *Beat The Assassins in a match to crown new champions NWA CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TV CHAMPION Gino Brito (1) --> 6/30/84 Dino Bravo (1) --> 9/1/84 Mad Dog Lefebvre (1) --> 9/23/84 Gino Brito (2) --> 2/15/85 Super Strong Machine (1) --> 8/17/85 Title vacated on 12/27/1985 due to visa issues Adrian Adonis (1) --> 1/3/1986 "Maniac" Matt Borne (1) --> 3/30/1986 NWA NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP *Terry Gordy (1) --> 2/2/1986 Beat Armand Rougeau in Atlanta, GA, the title replacing the Quebec Heavyweight Championship Satanico (1) --> 4/19/1986 Kokina Maximus (1) --> 5/5/1986 Jimmy Snuka (1) --> 5/16/1986

I see what you mean. No offense taken whatsoever. I don't think that we necessarily always see the word "upset" used in the same way. Perhaps you think it's more suited to a flash victory; in my definition of the word, I applied it as Steve Simpson was the underdog heading into the match with LeDuc. Tomato, tom-ah-to, basically

I'm wondering if Hogan won't be tempted to interfere in the main event of Satruday Night Main Event...

Well, I was one of your readers and I'm pretty thrilled about its return!

PRELUDE May 5th, 1986 Cochenour, ON Street Fight: "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal beat "The Blonde Bombshell" Chris Candido in 12:12 -Steve Simpson upsets Jos LeDuc in 17:11. Clearly, LeDuc is still hindered by the numerous beatdowns at the hands of the Samoan SWAT Team. NWA National Heavyweight Championship: NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Kokina Maximus (w/Paul E. Dangerously) beat Satanico in 8:41 - TITLE CHANGE!!! -Pirata Morgan beat Abdullah the Butcher (w/Floyd Creatchman) by reverse decision in 13:19 after Abdullah refuses to listen to referee Luigi Macera's orders! -Gino Brito beat Gilles "The Fish" Poisson in 8:34 Steel Cage Match: Death Sentence beat The Killer Bees *NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship: Chris Benoit beat Adrian Adonis (w/Paul E. Dangerously) in 7:47 to retain *Adrian Adonis (unsurprisingly) didn't make weight before the start of the match so the title shot was null & voided but Adonis still offered half of his purse to Benoit to put his title on the line anyway! NWA Canadian International Heavyweight Championship: Don Kernodle beat Jacques Rougeau at 36:03 after using the American Flag to hit Jacques in the ribs. Fearful of his brother's health, brother Raymond threw in the towel! - TITLE CHANGE!!!

My review of Mongolian Stomper vs Dick Slater sent to me by Matt D: http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/34448-dick-slater-vs-mongolian-stomper7982-houston-wrestling/

Thanks to Matt D for sending me this match to watch in the Secret Santo thread. That's a treat for me because a) I had never seen The Mongolian Stomper in action and I also had never seen Don Carson as a manager in action so that was quite a learning experience to me. I usually hate stalling in a match but in this occasion, I really loved it in the first stages of the first fall because Carson and Stomper did anything and everything you can do without getting too much on the crowd's nerves and taking their interest away from the match. The first fall is really slow with lots of mat work and I had to rewatch a second time before the start of the second fall because I missed where Slater got busted open the first time. Stomper gets more aggressive on the 2nd fall and works on Slater's cut right until Slater gets the momentum and picks up the win with the inside cradle. The 3rd fall was really fun as both men go all out, especially Stomper who doesn't wait for the end of the rest period to attack Slater. Slater going all out in this one and for the first time in the match, Don Carson gets involved physicall twice in the span of about a minute. Eventually, the 3rd fall ends in a DQ as some wrestler jumped on Stomper. I was confused a bit because I expected Stomper to get the 3rd fall by DQ but seems like the ref decided to DQ Stomper instead, maybe for Carson's interference. Overall, I liked it a lot, especially since I hadn't seen a whole lot of Dick Slater's work as a babyface. Gonna interest me to watch even more of everyone involved in this one. *** 1/4 stars for this one.

May 4th, 1986 Drummondville, QC -Los Infernales beat Richard Charland & King Tonga (w/Frenchy Martin) in 26:03 after MS-1 pinned Charland -Owen Hart beat NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit in 11:20 with a handful of tights -Abdullah the Butcher (w/Floyd Creatchman) beat Gino Brito in 11:39 in a bloody brawl -The Botswana Beast (w/Floyd Creatchman) beat "Wildcat" Wendell Cooley in 18:12 -NWA Canadian International Tag Team Champion Prince Alofa Fatu (w/Paul E. Dangerously) beat Jimmy Snuka in 18:12 -The Rougeau Brothers beat Gilles "The Fish" Poisson & Steve Simpson in 47:21

All the events of the Johnny Rougeau Memorial Cup make it even more interesting now that the UWF World Title is vacant. So many contenders who can step up and take that title. I'd keep a close eye on Jerry Lawler and Eddie Gilbert as my favorites.

Finally, Furnas & LaFon paired together. At least it's the first time I notice it. Always loved that combo. Also was a fan of Armand Rougeau & LaFon/Kroffat IRL in Lutte.