Mid South TV 7/85 Pt. 1

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Ric Flair vs. Magnum TA, 6/28/85 (clip)

2. Fantastics vs Tom Pritchard/Pat Rose

3. Kamala/Kareem Muhammad vs. Jason Walker/Frankie Lane

-clip of Hacksaw Duggan vs. Kamala

4. Dick Murdoch vs. Randy Benson

5. Buddy Roberts vs. Terry Daniels

6. The Snowman vs. Dutch Mantell

7. The Nightmare vs. Brad Armstrong (The Nightmare is Randy Culley - better known as Moondog Rex. Who knew the guy could actually work? He's North American champion here)

8. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (6/27/85. Clip - Mexican Death match)

9. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Rock N' Roll Express (I think this might be the R & R's last match for Mid-South before going to the NWA) (9:03)

10. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (JIP - Bandalero Death) ()

11. Terry Taylor vs. Ted DiBiase (Terrific studio match) (13:27)

12. The Snowman vs. Dutch Mantell (7/10/85. Mantell wins Mid-South TV title)

13. Kamala/Kareem Muhammad vs. Don Sanders/Glen Holbrook

14. Steve Williams vs. Wendell Cooley

15. Jake Roberts/Barbarian vs. Terry Daniels/Frankie Lane

16. Al Perez vs. Tom Pritchard

-Fantastics music video to, "Sharp-Dressed Man" (The Fantastics videos are so cheesy they're hilarious)

17. Fantastics vs. Red Raider/Paul Brown

18. Kareem Muhammad vs. Frankie Lane (JIP)

19. Kamala vs. Hacksaw Duggan (JIP - No DQ)

20. Ric Flair vs Wahoo McDaniel (7/12/85. JIP)

-Butch Reed music video to, "Make Your Body Work"

21. Terry Taylor vs. Dutch Mantell

 

 

Mid South TV 7/85 Pt. 2

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

1. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Kareem Muhammad

2. The Nightmare vs. Wendell Cooley

3. Brickhouse Brown/Mark Ragin vs. Red Raider/Paul Brown

4. Al Perez vs. Pat Rose

-Fantastics music video to, "Gimme All Your Lovin' "

5. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (JIP. Cage Match. Al Madrill, the special ref, turns on the Guerreros. The complete version of this match is available on the Monsters of the Mat series of tapes)

6. Mike Graham vs. Tom Pritchard

-Oliver Humperdink takes The Nightmare from Eddie Gilbert

7. The Nightmare vs. Frank Lane

8. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Brickhouse Brown/Mark Ragin

-Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams promo (Interesting promo where Dibiase talks about "every man has a price" - over 2 years before his Million Dollar Man stuff in the WWF.) (1:22)

9. Ted Dibiase vs. Dick Murdoch (turns into a brawl) (3:40)

10. Butch Reed vs. Mark Hawk

11. Bounty Hunters vs. Wendell Cooley/Mike Nichols

12. Kamala/Kareem Muhammad vs. Hacksaw Duggan/Bill Watts

13. Jake Roberts/Barbarian vs. Red Raider/Larry Clark

-Fantastics music video to, "Downtown"

14. Fantastics vs. Tom Pritchard/Pat Rose (Dutch Mantell runs in and whips Fulton)

15. Kamala/Kareem Muhammad vs. Wendell Cooley/Frank Lane

Mid South TV 8/85 Pt. 1

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Butch Reed vs. Ted Dibiase (***1/2, maybe **** - great match)

2. Hacksaw Duggan/Bill Watts vs. Bounty Hunters

3. Bill Watts vs. Skandor Akbar brawl (Mike Graham gets fireballed)

4. The Nightmare vs. Brickhouse Brown

5. Steve Williams vs. Al Perez

6. Dick Murdoch vs. Mark Hawk

7. Chavo Guerrero vs. Al Madrill (8/4/85)

8. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Jake Roberts/Barbarian (8/4/85. Roberts/Barbarian win Mid-South tag title - not sure what's going on here, this title switch was never recognized. JIP)

-Butch Reed/Dutch Mantell whip each other in a brawl

9. Lord Humongous vs. Dick Murdoch (Humongous makes his Mid-South debut and just totally squashes Murdoch, one of the area's top faces. Gotta love that Watts booking - not afraid to cleanly job his faces!)

10. Jake Roberts/Barbarian vs. Mongol/Ken Glover

11. Ted Dibiase vs. Wendell Cooley

12. Al Perez vs. Jerry Grey

13. The Nightmare vs. Jerry Backlund

14. Hacksaw Duggan/Bill Watts vs. Steve Williams/Kareem Muhammad

15. Fantastics vs. Tom Pritchard/Pat Rose (repeat of above match)

16. Bobby Fulton vs. Bill Dundee

17. Lord Humongous vs. Mark Ragin

18. The Nightmare vs. Eddie Gilbert

19. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Karl Stiles

20. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Jake Roberts/Barbarian (8/4/85. JIP - Same match as above, but less shown)

 

 

Mid South TV 8/85 Pt. 2

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Barbarian vs. Terry Taylor (JIP - no finish shown)

2. Lord Humongous vs. Dick Murdoch (same as above)

-Al Madrill/Black Gorman piledrive Gory Guerrero

3. Hacksaw Duggan/Bill Watts vs. Kamala/Kareem Muhammad (Superdome. 8/10/85. JIP - Loser must leave Mid-South for 90 days)

4. Dick Murdoch vs. The Nightmare (Superdome., 8/10/85. JIP - Murdoch wins North American title with one of the ugliest brainbusters you'll ever see)

5. El Corsario vs. Mark Ragin

6. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Jake Roberts/Barbarian (Superdome. 8/10/85. Cage - JIP - in an identical repeat of the above angle with the Guerreros, special ref Bob Sweetan turns on Roberts/Barbarian. A side note: the Superdome is a HUGE place - how the hell could anybody even see the matches? These matches look like they were lit with a flashlight!)

7. Bob Sweetan/Steve Williams vs. Dale Williams/Mike Nichols (Sweetan is now subbing for Dibiase as half of the tag champs; Dibiase went to Japan)

8. The Nightmare vs. Al Perez

9. Lord Humongous vs. Pat Rose

10. Bill Dundee/Little Tokyo vs. Wendell Cooley/Little Coco

11. Eddie Gilbert vs. Brody Chase

12. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (Cage - JIP - Same match as above)

13. Chavo Guerrero vs.Al Madrill (8/4/85. JIP - Same as above)

14. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Mike Scott

15. Butch Reed vs. Jerry Grey

16. Jake Roberts/Barbarian vs. The Bruiser/Karl Stiles

-Jake Roberts/Barbarian music video to, "Lay It Down"

17. Bob Sweetan/Steve Williams vs. Wendell Cooley/Mark Ragin

18. Bill Dundee vs. Dale Williams

19. Al Perez vs. Brody Chase

20. Dutch Mantell vs. Tommy Rogers (Here's to Tommy Rogers, one of the all-time under-appreciated workers. Check out his Georgia '83/84 stuff, it's fabulous!)

21. Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell/Bill Dundee (JIP)

22. Fantastics vs. Pat Rose/Jerry Grey

23. Hacksaw Duggan vs. One Man Gang

24. Bob Sweetan/Steve Williams vs. Al Perez/Wendell Cooley (8/28/85. Great angle! Before the match, Jake Roberts & Barbarian come out and challenge the tag champs yet again for a title shot on TV. Sweetan and Williams agree to a match the next week, but in a great upset and swerve, Perez & Cooley win the Mid-South tag titles first!)

25. The Nightmare vs. Butch Reed

26. Jake Roberts/Barbarian vs. Wayne Lavinski/Larry Clark

Mid South TV 9/2/85 - 10/85 Pt. 1

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Little Tokyo vs. Little Koko (JIP)

2. Fantastics vs. Dutch Mantell/Bill Dundee (JIP)

3. Steve Williams/Bob Sweetan vs. Al Perez/Wendell Cooley (8/28/85. Finish only - Perez/Cooley win Mid-South tag titles)

4. Al Perez/Wendell Cooley vs. One Man Gang/Kareem Mohammed (One Man Gang & Mohammed fight after the match)

5. Jake Roberts vs. The Nightmare (Roberts unmasks Nightmare to reveal Moondog Rex. Nord the Barbarian, Jake's partner, runs in and turns on Jake.)

6. Humongous vs. Mike Thorn

7. Dutch Mantell/Bill Dundee vs. Jimmy Backlund/Mark Ragin (Backlund takes a nasty belly-to-back suplex that's basically a backdrop driver)

8. Eddie Gilbert vs. El Corsario (Gilbert gets totally squashed here as Corsario attacks him before the bell and drills him with a flying kick that ends the match)

9. Fantastics vs. Steve Williams/Bob Sweetan

10. Butch Reed vs. Nord the Barbarian (JIP)

11. Hacksaw Duggan vs. Skandor Akbar (A-Train Tough Guy Fight - Each man gets tied by the wrist in the corner. First guy to escape can pound on the other guy who's still tied up)

-Bill Watts announces Ric Flair will only defend the NWA title against the North American champion (This is a slow build to a huge angle that starts with dissension among faces Murdoch, Reed, and Duggan)

12. Dutch Mantell/Bill Dundee vs. Al Perez/Wendell Cooley

13. Humongous/Nord the Barbarian vs. Jimmy Backlund/Ken Glover

14. Jake Roberts vs. Paul Brown

15. El Corsario vs. Pat Rose

16. Steve Williams vs. Karl Stiles

17. Fantastics vs. Larry Clarke/Jerry Grey

-Wendell Cooley music video

18. Jake Roberts vs. Nord The Barbarian

19. Butch Reed vs. Paul Brown

20. Humongous/Nord the Barbarian vs. Steve Constance/Tim Ashley (Ashley takes a nasty bump in this one. I thought nothing more of it until later in the tape when Bill Watts says Ashley had suffered a concussion and retired as a result)

21. Bob Sweetan vs. Ken Glover

 

 

Mid South TV 9/2/85 - 10/85 Pt. 2

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

1. Steve Williams vs. Dick Murdoch (Butch Reed/Murdoch basically turn on each other in a good angle after the match) (10:48)

2. El Corsario vs. Jimmy Backlund

3. Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantell vs. Pat Rose/Karl Stiles (Eddie Gilbert cuts short his brief face turn by returning Dundee's pink suit to him)

4. Ric Flair vs. Terry Taylor (JIP. This match is shown complete on one of the Monsters of the Mat tapes)

-Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams turn on Bob Sweetan for losing the tag titles

5. Dick Slater vs. Joe Malcolm

6. Humongous/Nord the Barbarian vs. Pat Rose/Tony Faulk

7. Buzz Sawyer vs. Rick Dunn

8. Jake Roberts/Jim Duggan vs. The Nightmare/Jerry Grey

9. Butch Reed vs. Bob Brown

10. Fantastics vs. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams (Bobby Fulton takes a horrific-looking bump when trying to escape an atomic drop)

11. Ted Dibiase vs. Bob Sweetan (JIP - Taped Fist) (9:00)

12. Al Perez/Wendell Cooley vs. Karl Stiles/Red Raider

13. Jake Roberts vs. El Corsario

14. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Tony Faulk/Pat Rose

-Eddie Gilbert announces his portrait contest

15. Buzz Sawyer vs. Joe Malcolm

-Dick Slater music video

16. Dick Slater vs. Richard Dunn

17. Fantastics vs. Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantell (Whip On A Pole match)

18. Dick Slater vs. Steve Constance (JIP)

19. Dick Murdoch vs. Butch Reed (10/14/85. JIP. Reed wins North American title)

20. Ric Flair vs. Jim Duggan (JIP)

21. Buzz Sawyer vs. Mike Nichols

Mid South TV 12/85 - 1/86 Pt. 1

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Terry Taylor vs. Killer Brooks (JIP)

2. Dick Slater vs. Steve Williams (TV title tourney)

3. Butch Reed vs. Mike Scott

4. Bruise Brothers vs. Eddie Gilbert/The Nightmare

5. Jake Roberts vs. Buzz Sawyer (TV title tourney)

6. Humongous vs. Perry Jackson

7. Al Perez/Ricky Gibson vs. Rob Ricksteiner/Ricky Starr

8. Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (12/27/85. JIP)

9. Ted Dibiase vs. Dick Murdoch (12/27/85. JIP)

10. Jake Roberts vs. Rob Ricksteiner (12/27/85. I think)

11. Dick Slater vs. Jim Duggan (JIP. TV title tourney)

12. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. JR Hogg/Shawn O'Reilly

13. Buzz Sawyer vs. Perry Jackson

14. Dick Murdoch/Masked Superstar vs. Tommy Wright/Steve Doll

15. Terry Taylor vs. The Nightmare

16. Butch Reed vs. Dick Slater (12/27/85. JIP)

 

 

Mid South TV 12/85 - 1/86 Pt. 2

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Al Perez/Brett Sawyer vs. Gustavo Mendoza/Joe Malcolm

2. Little Tokyo vs. Little Koko (Remember what I said above about this match being shown 500 times?!!?)

3. Masked Superstar vs. Al Perez

4. Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (12/27/85. JIP)

5. Jake Roberts vs. Dick Slater (1/1/86. TV title tourney final - Roberts wins Mid-South TV title)

6. Buzz Sawyer vs. Steve Doll (Butch Reed & Dick Murdoch run in, Reed gets brainbustered on the floor)

7. Eddie Gilbert vs. Tommy Wright

8. Terry Taylor vs. Humongous

9. The Nightmare/JR Hogg/Joe Malcolm vs. Brett Sawyer/Al Perez/Ricky Gibson

10. Ted Dibiase vs. Gustavo Mendoza

-Fabulous Ones music video to, "Everybody Wants You"

11. Ted Dibiase vs. Dick Murdoch (12/27/85. JIP - more than what was shown above)

12. Misty Blue vs. Linda Dallas

13. Jake Roberts vs. Dick Slater

Mid South TV 1/86 - 2/86 Pt. 1

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

1. Jake Roberts vs. Dick Slater (Clip - Roberts wins Mid-South TV title)

2. Buzz Sawyer vs. Butch Reed (12/31/85. Clip - Dog Collar - in a nutshell, this match is why I LOVE Mid-South. Here we have a heel with "specialty" match, in this case Sawyer's Dog Collar match. Mid-South smartly books him to WIN CLEANLY over a face in his specialty. That just makes sooooo much sense!)

3. Dick Slater vs. Butch Reed (1/1/86. Clip - Slater wins North American title)

-Terry Taylor music video to, "When the Going Gets Tough"

4. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Eddie Gilber/The Nightmare

-INT w/Dick Slater (Jake Roberts comes out and DDTs Dark Journey)

5. Fabulous Ones vs. Ricky Gibson/Steve Doll

6. Buzz Sawyer vs. Joe Malcolm

7. Dick Murdoch/Masked Superstar vs. Brett Sawyer/Al Perez (Terrific match)

8. Sheepherders vs. Bruise Brothers

9. Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero (JIP - Texas Death)

10. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (No DQ - Roberts wins North American title, but it later gets held up)

-Al Perez music video to, "Winning"

11. Bruise Brothers vs. Joe Malcolm/JR Hogg

12. Terry Taylor vs Shawn O'Reilly

13. Fabulous Ones vs. Brett Sawyer/Ricky Gibson

14. Masked Superstar vs. Steve Doll

15. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Rick Steiner/Gustavo Mendoza

 

 

Mid South TV 1/86 - 2/86 Pt. 2

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

 

-Jim Duggan music video

1. Sheepherders vs. Bruise Brothers (Chicago Street Fight)

2. Dick Slater vs. Jake Roberts (No DQ - same match as above)

3. Taras Bulba vs. Perry Jackson (Taras Bulba/Eddie Gilbert turn on Oliver Humperdink after the match; this is just beautiful booking with Gilbert getting revenge for stuff that happened a year earlier. He explains himself on the mic after the turn and the fans are completely behind this "heel" move on his part. More reason to love Mid-South!)

4. Dick Slater vs. Ricky Gibson

5. Koko B. Ware vs. Joe Malcolm

6. Sheepherders vs. Brett Sawyer/Steve Doll

7. Jake Roberts vs. Gustavo Mendoza

8. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams/Jim Duggan vs. Masked Superstar/Dick Murdoch/Buzz Sawyer (1/31/86) (19:05)

-Paul Boesch announces the death of Gino Hernandez and shows a video

9. Terry Taylor vs. Eddie Gilbert (1/31/86)

10. Al Perez vs. Taras Bulba (2/14/86)

-Koko B. Ware music video to, "The Bird"

11. Koko B. Ware vs. Rick Steiner

12. Sheepherders vs. Ricky Gibson/Perry Jackson

Mid South TV 2/86

VQ: VG/EX (2nd Gen VHS -> DVD)

 

1. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Dick Murdoch/Masked Superstar (2/14/86) (22:55)

-Jim Duggan music video

-Rock N' Roll Express music video

2. Jake Roberts vs. Dick Slater (JIP - Same match as above)

-Eddie Gilbert announces his "retirement"

3. Sheepherders vs. Ricky Gibson/Al Perez

4. Ted Dibiase/Steve Williams vs. Dick Murdoch/Masked Superstar (Masked Superstar II debuts and attacks Dibiase & Williams) (8:26)

5. Koko B. Ware vs. Shawn O'Reilly

6. Kortsia Korchenko vs. Perry Jackson

7. Brett Sawyer/Dave Pederson vs. Rick Steiner/Mike Scott

8. Jim Duggan vs. Gustavo Mendoza

9. Rock N' Roll Express vs. Fabulous Ones (Dream match between two of the top teams of the 1980s. So, of course, Mid-South lets the TV time run out...)

10. Sheepherders vs. Chavo Guerrero/Hector Guerrero

-Dick Murdoch/Masked Superstar/Buzz Sawyer attack Jim Duggan