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Bill I couldn't find it on YouTube. Ditch is a good shot.

That's one for my joke! Screw you Kelly & Parv!

World Class Weekly (Week 1 of May 1983) from the desk of Steven Graham World Class always strives to showcase the top talent in wrestling. This week One Man Gang, Rip Rogers, Ron Starr, Tim Horner, Skip Young, The Spoiler and Bruiser Brody are signed exclusive to World Class. If you want to see the best talent in the world, you must watch World Class! Speaking of great talent there is some fresh blood coming in the form of Scott McGhee and S.D. Jones. These two both play great roles in the world of wrestling and will be a great addition to the crew. Last week the WCCW Women's Division begun to take shape and this week more talent was added, including: Penny Mitchell, Debbie Combs and Judy Martin. All great veterans of women's wrestling. World Class is really becoming the place to be for women's wrestling. Outside of talent changes TV negotians are taking place right now. World Class is working hard to get their talent showcased everywhere. Stay tune to this newsletter for updates. This week's TV tapings were back in the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio drawing 3,360 rabid fans! A great turn out and a huge increase from the 2,030 fans that were at the tapings in April. Two huge matches free on TV! The main event was a awesome classic that saw Greg Valentine defend the Double Title over Ricky Steamboat, by pulling the tights. Another B- match from Valentine, who you may not respect for his actions, but you have to respect his ability. He has to be at the top of his game, because he is taking on the NWA Brass Knuckles Champion Kerry Von Erich on the next WCCW PPV in June to unify the titles. The other huge match saw The Freebirds and the newer team of Dutch Mantell & Magnum TA go to a time limit draw. The Fabulous Freebirds have been on a role since Buddy Roberts left World Class winning the NWA American Tag Titles along the way and renaming them the WCCW World Tag Titles. On the other hand, Dutch & Magnum have been undefeated since they teamed up. These two will square-off again at the PPV in June for the Titles. Piper's Pit continues to be a highlight of each week's show. This time Piper had Larry Zybszko with him and they brought out the other members of Devastation Inc. in Skandar Akbar, Kamala and One Man Gang. Skandar made a surprise announcement at this point and brought out a new member in The Great Kabuki. Piper and Zbsyzko exchanged glances and it appears they were not aware this was coming. The question become how can Skandar control Kabuki and how can Kabuki work in a team unit. We did get a small glimpse of this as Kabuki teamed with Gang, but they lost to Rick Martel & Tito Santana. We will see how Kabuki does going forward. The last thing to note from the TV show was the bizarre video that the "Macho Man" Randy Savage sent in. Savage and his valet Sunshine were on a ranch making fun of the Windhams and taking credit for Blackjack's injury. Barry can not be too happy with this bit of footage. He will have a chance to get his WCCW Television title back from Savage in a week at the Sam Houston Coliseum. The other major news of the week was the debut of WCCW at the Mellon Arena in Pittsbrugh, PA! What a card they saw and you can only see this great show live! 4,112 people witnessed a good C- rated show headlined by the debut of Stan Hansen getting the win over Bruiser Brody. As we mentioned earlier Brody is now exclusive to World Class. We made his re-debut here and shockingly lost to Stan Hansen who is on loan from All Japan. Brody was irate at the ending though, as The Great Kabuki interfered costing him the match. Earlier in the night Kabuki defeated Tito Santana, but he seemed to be off the page with his manager Skandar Akbar. Later on Akbar did not seem happy when Kabuki attacked Brody costing him the match. What a bizarre situation brewing here. Why did Akbar bring in Kabuki if he can't control him? The best match on the show had to go to Kerry & Kevin Von Erich taking on Greg Valentine & The Spoiler (C rating). The Hammer cheated his way to victory over Kevin. Kevin will get his chance for redemption by facing Valentine at the Sam Houston Coliseum. Now if Kevin defeats Valentine for the Double Title, what will that mean for the PPV? Also on the show The Freebirds successfully defended their titles against The Rock'n'Roll Express. Randy Savage kept his Television title over Wahoo McDaniel. Rick Martel & Ricky Steamboat defeated Larry Zbyszko & Roddy Piper with a roll up win. Barry Windham beat Brutus Beefcake and Magnum & Dutch beat Ron Starr & Rip Rogers! Before we end this week's newsletter, let us look at the upcoming schedule for World Class. Be sure to check WCCW live when you get the opportunity, as it is the World Class of Wrestling today! TV tapings from Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX (Saturday Week 2 of May) Sam Houston Coliseum show in Houston, TX (Sunday Week 2 of May) featuring Kevin Von Erich vs Greg Valentine for the WCCW Double TItle and Barry Windham vs Randy Savage for the WCCW Television Title. TV tapings from Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA (Saturday Week 3 of May) Cow Palace show in San Francisco, CA (Sunday Week 3 of May) TV tapings from Lousville Arena in Lousville, KY (Saturday Week 4 of May) Freedom Hall show in Louisville, KY (Sunday Week 4 of May) TV tapings from Hara Arena in Dayton, OH (Saturday Week 1 of June) Mellon Arena show in Pittsbrugh, PA (Sunday Week 1 of June) TV tapings from Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX (Saturday Week 2 of June) Sam Houston Coliseum show in Houston, TX (Sunday Week 2 of June) Unification in from Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX (Monday Week 3 of June) live on PPV! featuring: WCCW Double Title Champion Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs NWA Brass Knuckles Champion Kerry Von Erich Join us next week for another round up of the week in World Class Championship Wrestling!

Can anyone explain the history of the formation of the Holy Demon Army? On today's Excite Series we are going over the Taue-Kawada match from the Carnival and then a tag match with Taue-Kawada vs Misawa/Kobashi in June 93. Why did Kawada leave Misawa to team with Taue? I always assumed it was a respect deal, but how did they explain it?

I love my country. Achieving things like this is so cool. How much stuff does the CBC have? I wonder if PBS or BBC or other publicly funded channels have anything as well.

House of Hardcore is running in Toronto in July. I am tempted.

Where do they run in Toronto, because I was unaware of them?

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This company is so moronic. Let's build to a match we may not be able to produce. Let's build around someone who can't wrestle. WTF?

I hope this 2 & 3/4 hours epic lives up to your expectations.

Greatest wrestler ever who wrestles to music?

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Click here Host: Steven Graham Guests: Kelly & Parv (Titans of Wrestling) The Titans invade the Super Show for the second part on Mr. Fuji's career as he becomes a manager. We go through all of his charges and talk about lots of awesome footage, including many matches. Why did Fuji wrestle so much? Was he the worst manager every year he managed? Is Bobby Heenan versus Mr. Fuji a missed opportunity? How great of a joke can Steven tell? We will answer these questions and many more on this epic!

I don't see the hate here. He was the best heel in ECW and was able to carry Devon and others to fun tag matches. Was pretty solid in the WWE, especially as a heel and had all those praised TLC matches. He then went on to TNA and had a pretty awesome run there. I could see him making my top 200 and I will consider him, but I don't see how he is worse than a lot of guys nominated.

What about Paul Heyman? Hall of fame booker? Yes. Hall of fame promoter? Probably. Hall of fame manager? I guess. Hall of fame commentator? Maybe?

Am I the only one who thinks he (and Jacques) are great in the WWF? They were a fun babyface team and then as heels got MONSTER heat. Sure there was a lot of shtick and comedy, but it worked.

I think it is a HUGE bonus, but not the main criteria. It's like the amount of wins in regulation for seeding in the NHL playoffs, it's a tie breaker.

I'm way behind you. My next ppv "Unification" will be in mid June and then I will be running an August ppv as well. My goal is to have a better show than you. I got to find the right opponent for Kerry to do it.

Week 4 of April 1983 World Class Championship Wrestling has officially started it's women's division with a bunch of signings. These include: Sue Green, Pantera Surena, Vicki Williams, Joyce Grable, and Jackie Sato. World Class had their best TV show to date: World Class makes its debut in Kentucky with a television taping and it was awfully successful. The best segment on World Class TV this year was "Macho Man' Randy Savage on Piper's Pit! These two with such great chemistry and Savage bragging about being the new TV champion was just awesome. The show had four great matches. The first was an 8 man tag, put that was a dark match. On TV Rick Martel & Tito Santana beat Roddy Piper & One Man Gang. Valentine & The Midnight Express beating Kerry & Kevon Von Erich with Dutch Mantell. This was a prelude to the upcoming Kerry-Valentine war. Finally the main event was a step above with Larry Zbyszko cheating his way to victory over Ricky Steamboat. The rest of the show was solid, but with those awesome matches the overall show was great. The World Class debut at Freedom Hall was another great show headlined with the WCCW Double Champion Greg Valentine continuing his streak of great matches with Barry Windham. These are two great talents that World Class seems to be building upon going forward. There was another great match The Freebirds making a title defense against The Rock'n'Rolls. The Freebirds are re-establishing themselves as one of the best teams in the business. Coming out of Freedom Hall the direction of "Unification" which the next World Class pay-per-view will be called is becoming clear. It will be headlined by Greg Valentine and Kerry Von Erich in a title unification match, however more has become clear. Devastation Inc. will defend the Six Man Tag Titles against Strike Force. Barry Windham and Randy Savage will square off for the TV Title as well. With Magnum TA and Dutch Mantell beating The Midnight Express it looks like they may be an upcoming challenger for The Freebirds, as well.

Man you're asking for trouble. It was mostly a joke, but he was successful at all 3 which very few have been.

Ultimo Dragon?