kevinmcfl Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: 4/29/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 5:05-6:05 ATLANTA, GEORGIA The show opens with a VTR of last night’s Main Event that shows Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich winning the USWA World Tag Team Titles. “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jammed packed hour so let’s get right to it. Solie goes on to explain that on last night’s show, Lawler sucker punched Tommy Rich and stormed off. Solie continues to say that Lawler has returned to Memphis and will once again be working for Jerry Jarrett but that he also has unfinished business here. Solie explains that he is about to show a videotaped message sent by Lawler to USWA wrestling from his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Lawler goes on to say that how wonderful it is to be back to the real home of Professional Wrestling. Memphis, Tennessee! He goes on to say that he doesn’t wish to return to any of those hick towns that Eddie Graham has planned for USWA Wrestling. He goes on to make jokes about Lakeland, Florida, Marietta, Georgia and Dothan, Alabama. He really gets going on Dothan and the Arena there, The Farm Center! The Farm Center were men are men and the farm animals are afraid! He then turns his attention to that insecure coward, Tommy Rich! What a baby. What a quitter. Lawler goes on to call Rich every name in the book. He ends by announcing that he has no real interest to return to USWA but of course he is the King of Wrestling and oh by the way, he is still the #1 contender for the World Championship so he will be back to claim what is rightfully his. Solie announces that he will be joined by the American Dream Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Wildfire Rich right after this break. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK --------------------------------------- Rhodes and Rich walk out to huge applause. Rhodes has the Tag Belt around his waist while Rich has both the Tag Title and World Title over his shoulders. Gordon begins by first welcoming The American Dream back to Atlanta and to USWA Wrestling and then he congratulated them both on their victory over Saito and Khan. Rhodes thanks Gordon and says how wonderful it is to back in HOTLANTA BABY! He goes on to thank Eddie Graham for bringing him in and talks about how excited he is to be teaming up with Wildfire! Gordon smiles at Dusty’s excitement and turns the attention to Rich and asks him what he thinks about the message they just saw from Jerry Lawler. Rich says that it is unfortunate but it is Lawler’s decision to run away. It is Lawler’s fault for being jealous and Rich explains that Dusty has brought new life into him and he is so excited to be teaming with The AMERICAN DREAM and that he will deal with Lawler later. Rich is now firrrreeed UP! He says Lawler is the baby and a coward. He is the one who has run away. King? Seems more like a big Queen to me and he can’t wait to meet Lawler in the ring. Rhodes finishes by telling Rich that “I got your back and that I have dealt with Lawler for a long time baby! When Lawler is the champ, everything is good. When anyone else is the champ, he can’t handle that. It’s the Silver Spoon Syndrome Baby! Never had to work a day in his spoiled life. If Memphis wants him, they can keep him.” Solie goes on to say that Memphis is not keeping him. He is the #1 contender and Eddie Graham has already signed a World Title Match between Lawler and Rich for May 27th at a card being billed as Don’t Tread On Me and will be a salute to our troops. Gordon goes on to say this event will be held in the Houston County Farm Center in Dothan Alabama. Solie finished by saying Lawler is going to love that. Ha! Solie announces that it is time to get to the ring for a tag match which is of great interest to Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes. The winner will become the New #1 Contenders for the USWA World Tag Team Title. #1 CONTENDER’S MATCH The Sheepherders vs The Fort Bragg Brotherhood The match begins before the bell sounds as the Sheepherders attack Pvt. Kernodle and Cpl. Kirchner. It is a brutal match that is back and forth but in the end The Sheepherders are put over The Brotherhood as the end comes from a Battering Ram for a clean victory. Gordon Solie wonders if Tommy Rich knows what he is in store for. He has The Sheepherders breathing down his throat as well as Jerry the King Lawler. Solie says he better have eyes in the back of his head. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK --------------------------------------- Gordon Solie is joined at the interview desk by Sir Oliver Humperdink who says that Buzz Sawyer and his brother Brett have no idea what they have started last night when they betrayed the House of Humperdink. Humperdink challenges Sawyer and his brother to a match right now against the House of Humperdink. Solie goes on to ask Humperdink who is his “House” now that Sawyer and Crusher Ottman have left. Humperdink tells Solie to shut up and that is House has ever reaching connections and if Sawyer and Brett Wayne dare to enter the ring, they will find that out. The Sawyers rush out and quickly accept the challenge and are they are really amped up! TAG TEAM MATCH: THE SAWYERS VS THE HOUSE OF HUMPERDINK The Sawyers are already in the ring as Humperdink announces his new and improved House of Humperdink. Hercules Hernandez comes out first as was expected. He is bouncing around the ring and flexing his muscles. All of a sudden The Wild Man from the Sudan hits the ring. Abdullah and Hernandez attack the Sawyer and the beating is on. The bell never sounded so this is not an official match but that makes no difference to Humperdink’s stable. Somehow the Sawyers regroup and take back the momentum. Humperdink grabs the microphone from Solie and yells one word, “NOW” Gordon Solie is heard saying, “No, Oh No, I can’t be. Oh My God it is. It’s Kevin Sullivan, the Purple Haze and a huge black man with African war paint on his stomach on face. . It is now 5-2 and the Sawyers are being brutally attacked. Never have these fans seen the brutality of Sullivan and his army. Throw in Humperdink and Hercules Hernandez and this is really ugly. The fans roar as Solie announces the cavalry that is coming to the rescue. It is Crusher Ottman, Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Rich and Eddie Graham’s son, Mike Graham. Solie announces that “A Pier 6 Brawl has broken out.” After about 3 wild minutes, the favorites are spread out all over the arena floor and have been beaten to a pulp. Humperdink calls off his “House” and they return to the locker room. The fan favorites slowly make their way to their feet. It is a rather strange moment when Tommy Rich and Buzz Sawyer look at each other and realize they are on the same side. Rich slowly extends his hand and Sawyer hesitates but then shook it. Solie is in shock at this new alliance and says “who would have ever thought this would be possible just a short time ago. Wildfire and The Mad Dog on the same side. Bro-ther!” --------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK--------------------------------------- Gordon Solie takes a moment to put over our next match which is A Tapped Fist Match between Hacksaw Reed and Ernie Ladd MATCH: A TAPED FIST MATCH HACKSAW REED VS ERNIE LADD The crowd explodes when Reed hits the ring but those cheers quickly change to boos as Ladd makes his way to the ring. Ladd gives it right back to them as Solie says this is the hottest feud in the history of the USWA. As for the match it is a brawl from beginning to end. Ladd use his 6’9 frame and reach advantage to hit Reed over and over again with his huge taped right hands but Reed never backs down and returns each and every blow with one of his own. These two go toe to toe as the ref tries to separate them but they will have none of it. The two just keep punching and punching each other until Reed accidently punches ref Paul Morton who goes down like a ton of bricks. When he finally comes to, Morton calls for the bell and disqualifies Reed. The fans are furious but the fight continues until wrestlers pour out from the back to separate these two. Gordon Solie wonders if it is safe to keep these two in the same company and says that something has got to give. After order is restored, Solie takes us right back to the ring for tonight’s Main Event USWA NATIONAL TITLE MATCH RODDY PIPER VS TONY ATLAS Last night, Eddie Graham demanded this match take place and if Piper is disqualified Atlas wins the match. From the get go, it is obvious that Piper wants no part of Atlas. When they finally do tie up, Piper goes right for the eyes. This gives him the advantage for a few minutes but then Atlas goes wild. After a huge bodyslam, Piper scurries out of the ring. Ref Jerry Calhoun starts his count and Piper looks like his back is hurt. As Calhoun gets to 6 Piper gets up on the apron. On the count of 7, Piper jumps down. On the count of 9, Piper waves his arms at Atlas as he grabs his belt and walks away. The ref raises the hand of Tony Atlas as the fans go wild. Gordon Solie announces that your winner by count-out is Mr. USA Tony Atlas but then he goes on to say that according to the ref, Roddy Piper is still your USWA National Champion. The fans are outraged and even Atlas seems surprised. Atlas goes to Solie and says that the stipulations of the match said if Piper got disqualified he would lose the belt. Gordon Solie says that they will all have to wait until next week to get an answer to this situation as they are out of time. “So long from Atlanta.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 5/1/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 11:05-12:05 TAPED IN DALLAS, TEXAS BILL MERCER welcomes all the fans to TNT Wrestling from the World’s most Famous Wrestling Arena, the Sportatorium in downtown Dallas. He goes on to say how wonderful it is to be back announcing the great sport of wrestling here in the greatest state in all the land, Texas. He then introduces his co-commentator and President of TNT Wrestling, Fritz VonErich. Fritz quickly welcomes Mercer back and then goes into how tonight will be the greatest night in TNT history. He announces that there will be a USWA World Tag Team Title Match, an interview with the New TNT Heavyweight Champion and few huge surprises. Fritz then informs the audience that after the first match, he will be turning the show completely over to Bill Mercer and he ensures us that we are in good hands. Bill Mercer says that they need to get right to the ring for tonight’s first match and a huge grin comes across the face of Fritz. All of a sudden “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blares from the speakers and for a second, the fans think, “Could it be.” When Kerry VonErich walks out the Sportatorium explodes! MATCH KERRY VON ERICH VS WENDELL COOLEY In a quick squash match, VonErich completely reeves up the fans. They love every moment of it and go wild when his lifts up the right hand to signify the Iron Claw is coming. Cooley quickly submits as VonErich plays to the crowd. Kerry quickly goes over to Bill Mercer and his father. Bill Mercer welcomes Kerry back to Texas and asks how he is doing. Kerry says it’s been a tough few months with David passing away and all but he is feeling much better now that he is back in Texas. CRACK! A bull rope snaps on the floor as Ron Bass, Black Bart ad Bobby Jaggers come out to the interview. They are all dressed in black cowboy attire and are drooling tobacco out of their mouths. Bass seems to be the mouth piece for these Outlaws and he begins by saying, “Well, Well, Well. If it is not the prodigal son returning to save his Father! Well you are not the only one to return to the Lone Star State tonight. Black Bart, Bobby Jagger and I are here to stay. We are here to make a name for ourselves and the best way to that is to beat us some Von Erich butt! The wrestlers all heard the rumors that you were coming back to work for Daddy’s new company. Ox Baker heard it. The Bruise Brothers heard it. That nut Bugsy McGraw heard it. Even that midget, Bill Dundee heard it. Guess what. They all left the company. They knew that there was no more equal treatment around here. It would be Kerry getting the main events, the title shots and the special treatment from the refs. Well let me tell you two something Kerry and Fritz VonErich. It doesn’t matter how much help you get. You can’t stop us from taking over TNT. All 3 spit a wad of tobacco on the shoes of Fritz as they walk off. Bill Mercer shakes his head as he takes us to the first break. COMMERCIAL BREAK When they come out of break, it is the New TNT Heavyweight Champion and Sherri Martel at the desk. Mercer congratulations them on their victory over Bill Dundee at Memphis Roundhouse Revival and on becoming the first champion in TNT history. Sherri takes control saying that there was nothing Dundee could have done about it. He knew that he couldn’t beat Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and now he has run for the hills. She continues on about how Baby Doll is lucky not to be in TNT anymore or she would have gotten the same beating her “little” man got. The crowd begins to roar as Baby Doll walks out. She goes right face to face with Martel and says she isn’t going anywhere. Texas is her home and she is her to stay. She goes on to say Eddie Gilbert better not get to use to having that title because her man is the Perfect Wrestler. Gilbert laughs and says that Dundee is everything but perfect and he isn’t even in TNT anymore. Baby Doll says it is true Dundee decided to stay in Memphis but when you are the Perfect 10, it doesn’t take long to find a new man and let me interest you to him. The crowd roars as none other than Curt Hennig joins her. He gets right in the face of Gilbert and Baby Doll gets right in the face of Sherri. On the count of three, Hennig and Baby Doll smack them in the face and the brawl is on. It takes a bunch of wrestlers and officials to break this one. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: Dr. D DAVID SCHULTZ VS RICKY GIBSON Poor Ricky Gibson is all Bill Mercer can say. Dr. D makes an example out of him and beats him from pillar to post. The match comes to a merciful end after Schultz followed up a running bulldog with a piledriver as ref Bronco Lubich made the 3 count. Schultz heads over to Bill Mercer and starts yelling and screaming that Fritz better be thinking real hard about giving him a title shot. He goes on to say that no one here in TNT has the guts to stand up to him. Mercer is honest and says that after that last match I am sure Fritz is thinking about a title shot down the road. The 6’6 270 pound monster is real intimidating and Mercer warns the rest of TNT that he is double tough. All of a sudden Schultz doesn’t look quite as big as the flamed tattooed head of Bam Bam Bigelow appears. He starts yelling that he is the Beast from the East and that he may be young and he may be dumb but he is ready to stand up to Schultz. He goes on to say that he respects Schultz but that he is ready to play with the big boys. Schultz grins and pokes Bigelow in the chest and says “Boy, you are not worth my time.” Bigelow responds. “I am going to tell you two things. First don’t ever touch me again and second don’t ever call me boy. Schultz actually takes his finger off of Bigelow and the two glare at each other. Cooler heads do prevail and Mercer calls for peace. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: THE GREAT KABUKI VS RICK McGRAW The fans are expecting a lot from Rick McGraw as he has wrestled well in recent weeks but from the get go it is all Kabuki. He is one dangerous dude and his martial arts almost take of McGraw’s head on numerous occasions. The end comes after a perfectly timed thrust kick to the temple. Bill Mercer really puts over Kabuki and how dangerous he is and that TNT better tread lightly. Mercer then gets right into talking about tonight’s main event. The USWA World Tag Team Title Match between the New Champions, Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich against the number one contenders, Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen. COMMERCIAL BREAK USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH TOMMY RICH & DUSTY RHODES VS BRUISER BRODY AND STAN HANSEN (TV TIME REMAIING) All four men enter the ring to the loud ovations but is Hansen and Brody who seem to have a majority of the fans on their side and even though these two teams respect each other, it is a brawl from beginning to end. Brody doesn’t know any other way and the other three kind of enjoy it. All 4 men had their moments but it was Hansen who took control late by connecting with a huge lariat on Rich. It was only due to Rhodes making the save that we did not have new champions. Bill Mercer announced that we only have about 1 minute left and after the interference by Rhodes all 4 men were in the ring. Chaos was the only rule being followed now. From out of nowhere, Bruiser Brody nailed Rhodes with a Maniacal Knee Smash and Rhodes fell through the middle ropes. Hansen and Brody now turn to Rich. Hansen scoops up Rich and slams him down with a thunderous Power Bomb. Hansen covers Rich as Mercer predicts new champions but he might have wasted two much time as the credits start to roll. Ref Rick Hazzard counts 1…. Mercer “So long from” Hazzard counts 2… Mercer, “Dallas.” The screen fades to black, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: 5/5/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA The show opens with a VTR from TNT Wrestling in Dallas where Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes were defending the World Tag Team Titles against Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen. Bill Mercer announced that we only have about 1 minute left and after the interference by Rhodes all 4 men were in the ring. Chaos was the only rule being followed now. From out of nowhere, Bruiser Brody nailed Rhodes with a Maniacal Knee Smash and Rhodes fell through the middle ropes. Hansen and Brody now turn to Rich. Hansen scoops up Rich and slams him down with a thunderous Power Bomb. Hansen covers Rich as Mercer predicts new champions but he might have wasted two much time as the credits start to roll. Ref Rick Hazzard counts 1…. Mercer “So long from” Hazzard counts 2… Mercer, “Dallas.” Even though the show ended, the tape continued to roll and the studio audience showed Tommy Rich kick out at 2 ¾. The bell also sounded right away as ref Rick Hazzard declared the match a time limit draw. Hansen and Brody were upset and Rich and Rhodes appeared relieved that they were able to get out of Dallas with their belts. “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jam packed show tonight. Gordon Solie puts over the match we just saw and announces that Fritz VonErich and TNT Wrestling has been on fire as of late and says that the USWA affiliate promotion will be moving its TV show to the Sunday night time slot. He goes on to announce that Saturday mornings there will be a brand new wrestling show on WTBS. He announces the show as “This Week in Pro Wrestling and that he will be the host. The show will include highlights and interviews from all the USWA shows for the week including shows from TNT Wrestling. He asked the fans to join him Saturday, May 12th at 9:05 for the first show. Solie then gives a rundown of tonight’s show which includes a great main event between the Sawyers and the House of Humperdink. The fans go wild as Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes join Solie at the interview desk. Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes really put over TNT and announce how they were lucky to get out of Dallas with their belts. Solie moves on to all the trouble coming their way including the arrival of Kevin Sullivan, their upcoming battle with the Sheepherders, their struggles Brody and Hansen and he tells Tommy Rich not to forget about Jerry Lawler. Just as Rhodes and Rich were about to respond. CRACK! Gordon Solie jumps. “Uh, What was that? What it was, was Kendo Nagasaki nailing Rhodes and Rich over and over again with a Kendo Stick. He is using that stick like it was an extension of his arms and is cracking them over and over again. Gordon Solie is again heard, “and it looks like, yes. It is indeed Buzz Sawyer and Brett Sawyer coming to the aid of Rhodes and Rich.” Kendo escapes back to the locker room. The Sawyers help the champs up as they slowly hobble back to Solie holding various body parts. Tommy Rich begins by saying he never thought he would say these words. “Thank you Buzz.” Dusty jumps in right away. “HUMPERDINK! KEEBIN SULLIVAN! I THOUGHT THIS WAY DONE BABY! TWO WEEKS IN A ROW YOU COME AFTER US! KEEBIN HOW ABOUT YOU COME ON OUT HERE BY YOURSELF. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS RIGHT NOW! Gordon Solie asks Rhodes if he is sure Kendo Nagasaki is part of the House of Humperdink. Rhodes responds that Humperdink and Kendo were friends down in Florida and I am sure Humperdink bought himself another hired hand. “Well let me tell you one thing. You got 4 men here who won’t stand for it.” Solie thanks the Sawyers and seems happy that everything is ok as they go to their first break. . ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Gordon Solie announces that Eddie Graham has just been handed a video tape by an unidentified delivery man and that it must be aired right away. Solie says he has no idea what is on the tape but here we go. As the tape begins, we see Jerry Lawler “Greeting Rednecks! This is your King in Memphis, Tennessee. I was just wondering how Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes enjoyed their Kendo Stick beating. Oh you didn’t think I knew about that. You stupid hicks. I ordered it. That’s right Wildfire. I may be in Memphis but I am the King of all of Wrestling. Whatever I want, whenever I want, I can make it happen. I do not need to rush all the way down to Dirty Atlanta to beat you. I can send anyone I want. You better have eyes in the back of your heads boys as I really enjoyed this first message. Don’t worry Tommy Rich. I will see you in Dothan, Alabama at the end of the month to take my title back to Memphis.” Gordon Solie is surprised as says that it was not Kevin Sullivan after all and Rich and Rhodes better be careful. He goes on to say that Lawler is like the Godfather and it seems like he has put out a hit on Rich and Rhodes. He goes on to announce that tonight is a jammed packed show and they need to get to the ring. MATCH: TONY ATLAS VS MOONDOG CUJO Moondog Cujo comes out in overalls and carrying a dog bone. It looks like he hasn’t shaved or bathed in years and he is a sight to be seen. Atlas comes to the ring giving high fives to all when Cujo attacks him. Big mistake as Atlas is in no mood. Atlas makes quick work of Cujo as the end comes when Atlas forces the Moondog to submit with the Bearhug. Atlas heads over to Gordon Solie and him demands that Eddie Graham come out to the desk. Mr. Graham obliges and Gordon welcomes him to the stand. Atlas goes on to ask how come he is not the USWA National Champion after his match last week with Roddy Piper. He continues to say that the stipulations of the match said that if Piper was disqualified, he would lose the belt. He went on to say that Piper just quit the match and walked away from the ring and was counted out. Graham responds by admitting the actions of Roddy Piper were classless but that he was not disqualified by the referee. He was in fact counted out which is different than a DQ. Atlas doesn’t like this answer and demands another match with Piper. Eddie Graham said that he will have another shot at this title and that it will come at the next Super Card in Dothan, Alabama on May 26th. Graham goes on to say whoever wins the match will be the champion. If Piper is disqualified or counted out, there will be a title change. Atlas seems satisfied with this answer. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: ERNIE LADD REED VS STEVE TRAVIS The match is all Ernie Ladd. His 6’9, 320 pound frame just crushes Travis. Ladd starts with some huge overhand chops and finishes with a Big Boot. After the ref Scrappy McGowan raises his hand. Ladd pulls a way and raises his own hand in a sign of Black Power. The fans really let him have it as he heads over to the interview desk. Ladd asks what does Solie think of Hacksaw Reed now? Solie begins to speak but Ladd cuts him off. “Let me tell you what I think about Butch Reed. He is a Loser! Did you see me crush him last week in that taped fist match? He is lucky he is still able to eat. Gordon Solie interrupts with “Well I believe he was disqualified for accidentally hitting the ref but he was taking you to the wood shed. Ladd is angry and goes on to explain that every time Reed does something wrong it was an accident but when I do it, it is disgusting behavior. The crowd roars as Reed comes out. Solie begs for everyone to be calm as Ladd says that Reed has no business being out here as it is not his time. Reed tells Ladd that if he is going to spend his time talking about him, then he is coming out to see if Ladd has the cuts to say it to his face. One thing Ladd has is guts and he doesn’t back down. The two go face to face and start to push each other. About a dozen wrestlers and officials come out and try to separate these two. It takes everything this mob has to achieve this goal. As they go to break, Solie says the obvious. “We have not seen the last of the one.” ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: MIKE GRAHAM VS Nightmare #1 Gordon Solie continues to put over Mike Graham and the fans are getting behind him. As for the match it is a back and forth match that has a few momentum changes. Graham takes over and appears on the verge of victory after Graham put the Nightmare in the Figure 4. Before Graham forces his opponent to submit, members of the House of Humperdink hit the ring. It is Hercules Hernandez, The Purple Haze, Abdullah the Butcher and that huge black man with war paint on his face and stomach. The just give Graham a beating from Hell! Humperdink and Sullivan are at the interview desk where Sullivan is just saying over and over again “The SINS OF THE FATHER MUST BE PAID BY THE SON! Finally it is the Sawyers, Dusty Rhodes, Crusher Ottman and Tommy Rich who hit the scene as Solie announces, “Here comes the Calvary.” Sullivan yells at his minions to disperse and the all head to the locker room. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Piper’s Pit with Special Guests: Kevin Sullivan Roddy Piper makes his way out to the set and sits in one of the two chairs that are there. The Sheepherders follow Piper out and are standing behind him with their arms folded. Piper has his USWA NATIONAL TITLE around and he is as cocky as ever. Piper then goes on to say that this next guest is causing havoc in the USWA and seems to answer to a “different” calling. He then introduces Kevin Sullivan who comes to the set with Humperdink and the Minions as he will call them, Even Piper seems a bit on edge. Sullivan thanks Piper for the time but then takes over the interview like no one has ever done to Piper. Piper is there but only as a microphone holder. Sullivan begins to explain that when Sir Oliver Humperdink contacted him to come and lead “The House” that he asked Humperdink to give him some for time. He goes on to explain that it takes time to travel the world to find the correct Minions who will listen without reservation. He goes on to say that he has traveled to the far reaches of the World from Calcutta to the Gold Coast of Africa where cannibalism still thrives. He mentions trips to Singapore and to the 7th Step of the 5th level of Dante’s Inferno. He now has the proper “Army” to take out Eddie Graham and any of his puppets. He goes on to mention how Graham tried to take away his right to earn a living in Florida by fining him and by suspending him. He now has come to USWA Wrestling with a rock solid contract that he signed with Graham’s predecessor, Jerry Jarrett was here and there is nothing Graham can do about it. Sullivan says he will get revenge on Graham by hurting his son and anyone else that gets in his way including that fat slob Dusty Rhodes. He pauses then includes Buzz Sawyer and his brother. He seems upset as he said he had high hopes for Buzz Sawyer but sometimes people make a wrong turn. He ends by saying that he is the Task Master and the foundation of the House of Humperdink. He admits that his Minions are only the Walls and that sometimes people change the color or tear them down. He explains that this means that as long as Humperdink and Sullivan are on the same page, the rest of the Army can come and go but the destruction will be the same. While all this was going on Abdullah was slapping himself in the head. The Purple Haze had his eyes rolling inside of his head and the 400 pound beast was patting his belly. Sullivan gathers his Army and together they begin to chant. Piper seems to be grateful that they are leaving and he just looks at the Sheepherders as if to say WHAT WAS THAT? ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: The Sheepherders vs Wendell Cooley and Steve Simpson The Sheepherders continue their recent dominance here in the USWA with a brutal win over Cooley and Simpson. The Sheepherders go over to the interview desk where they are as crazy as ever and the basically tell Rhodes and Wildfire to hand over the tag belts now. Gordon Solie agrees with them that they are on a roll and he hypes their match this week against the champs and reminds all the fans in the Bayfront Center in Saint Petersburgh, Florida of the upcoming card. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Match: Pvt. Don Kernodle vs Killer Khan These two are no strangers to each other and the battle is long and drawn out. Kernodle tries everything he can to take the monster off his feet and in the end Kernodle uses the Reverse Neckbreaker to gain the victory. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MAIN EVENT MATCH Buzz Sawyer & Brett Sawyer vs Abdullah the Butcher and The Botswana Man Eater with SOH Talk about brutality. The newest members of the House of Humperdink are wild and unpredictable. The match has no rules and the ref has no control. After about 5 minutes, ref Mario Crumley calls for the bell and disqualifies both teams. This is only the beginning as the rest of the House of Humperdink hit the ring just about the same time as Tommy Rich, Dusty Rhodes, Mike Graham and Crusher Ottman. For the first time in weeks, the good guys out number Sullivan as his Army. It is still a wild pier 6 brawl but as the show ends, the favorites can control. The crowd loves Dusty getting the better of Sullivan as the Army hightails it back to the locker room with the fan favorites in hot pursuit. The fans are cheering wildly as Gordon Solie says, “So long from Atlanta.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 You have done a great job bringing in these new stars like Dusty Rhodes and Company into the uswa and pushing them to the Moon right off the bat. Without a doubt there's no question that Dusty vs. Sullivan is a hot Feud and you are giving it the right way and time to make sure that it goes over in a big way. The biggest question continues to be what happens when it's all said and done. Do you follow the way that history did it or do you do it differently I'm interested to see how it plays out as the dream and the devil could never coexist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 5/8/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 11:05-12:05 TAPED IN DALLAS, TEXAS BILL MERCER welcomes all the fans to TNT Wrestling from the World’s most Famous Wrestling Arena, the Sportatorium in downtown Dallas. Mercer gives a rundown of tonight’s show and then welcomes Kerry Von Erich to the set. Mercer really puts over how big Kerry’s return last week was for the fans and for everybody in TNT Wrestling. Kerry thanks Bill and says “I knew his father was down with the death of David and all the rest of us down in Florida. For me, family comes first and I had to come back to help Dad out.” All of a sudden the crowd starts to Boo as Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and Sheri Martel come on set. Gilbert starts belittling Kerry and says he couldn’t hack it without Daddy’s help. Martel takes over and says “It’s too late Mr. Kerry Von Erich! Eddie Gilbert is in control of TNT and the Heavyweight Title and there is nothing you or Papa Fritz can do about it.” Kerry just smiles and takes it. Finally he responds by saying that he doesn’t want any favoritism and he knows that he has to climb the ranks here in TNT before there is even talk about a title shot. Next, Kerry says to Gilbert, “if you’re so sure you can beat me, how about a little match tonight. Non-title of course.” Hot Stuff does a little back peddling and then answers and says that as the champ he is way too busy for matches against the unranked. The crowd cheers as Fritz comes out and begins by telling Edie Gilbert that he is the champ. Gilbert smiles as if to say I knew that but then Fritz continues “but I am the one in charge of matches. I am the one in charge of your contract. Due to your lack of respect for that, I am ordering you to wrestle Kerry tonight in a Non-Title match and if you don’t, I will strip you of the TNT Title and suspend you.” Gilbert begins to complain but Fritz simply walks off. Gilbert and Sheri trail him and complain all the way until there are off set. Kerry simply smiles as Bill says, “Well Kerry, I guess you have a match to go and get ready for.” Bill Mercer now turns it over to newly hired ring announcer Marc Lawrence for the first match. Match: Sweet Brown Sugar & Brickhouse Brown Vs Steve Travis and Rick McGraw Now this match is high paced and full energy to try and get the Sportatorium crowd going. Sweet Brown Sugar and Brickhouse Brown dance their way to the ring and high five all the fans. As for the match, Sugar and Brown take control after a few momentum changes and the end comes when they connect on a double drop kick on Steve Travis. Brown and Sugar head over to Mercer who really puts over their first victory here in TNT. Both Brickhouse Brown and Sweet Brown Sugar express how excited they are to be here and they know how great the fans here in Texas are. COMMERCIAL BREAK CURT HENNIG with BABY DOLL vs THE MISSING LINK When they come out of break, Bill Mercer is really excited for the next match. He believes that Hennig will have his first real challenge here in TNT against the unpredictable Missing Link. Link comes out first with his face painted green and looking as freakish as ever. Baby Doll leads out Curt Hennig and the fans are excited. It is hard to tell if that is for Hennig or the scantily clad Baby Doll. When they enter the ring, Link comes over to Baby Doll and is gawking at with wide eyes. Baby Doll plays the game and this allows Hennig to get the jump on him as ref Bronco Lubich calls for the bell. Hennig is nearly perfect in this match. He shows power, technique and agility. Except for a moment when Link gained control using a couple of huge forearms, this match was text book for Hennig. The end came when Hennig followed up a dropkick with a Bridging Cradle Plex. Henning and Baby Doll make their way to Mercer where he congratulates them on their victory. The two thank him and Hennig talks real slow and philosophical about how Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert is inferior to him and that it is only a matter of time before the TNT Championship is around his waist. Baby Doll isn’t so eloquent in her speech but basically calls Sheri Martel every name allowed on TV and says she can’t wait to slap her around. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: BAM BAM BIGELOW VS RICKY GIBSON As the match is getting set to start, Bill Mercer is joined by Dr. D David Schultz. Mercer asks what he is doing here and Schultz goes on to say that Fritz had made a mistake in the program tonight and did not give him a match and he knew that the fans here in Dallas couldn’t go a week without seeing him. Mercer just says, “uh ok.” As the match gets started, Bigelow sees Schultz so he puts on a show. All Mercer can say is poor Ricky Gibson. Bigelow makes an example out of Gibson and beats him from pillar to post. Every move was better than the last one but Dr. D makes some point on how each move was done wrong or how if Gibson was better, Bigelow couldn’t have done that. The match comes to a merciful end after the near 400 pound Bigelow followed up a diving head-butt with a nasty power bomb. Ref David Manning made the 3 count. When the match ends, Schultz makes his way to the ring where the two begin to scream at each other. Bigelow dares Schultz to get into the ring. He even sits on the middle rope to help him in but Shultz walks away. Bigelow seems to be all fired up and the fans start to call Dr. D a chicken. Bill Mercer knows better and warns that Bigleow better be careful. “David Schultz is one tough character and he knows just how to get under someone’s skin.” COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: THE GREAT KABUKI & MR. SAITO VS WENDELL COOLEY AND STEVE SIMPSON Bill Mercer reminds us that last week we saw the extremely dangerous Kabuli in a singles match and now he is joined by equally dangerous Mr. Saito. He goes on to say that if these two stay together as a team, the rest of the TNT tag teams better watch themselves. The match is a total squash match as both Kabuki and Saito are double tough. The end comes after a huge thrust kick by Kabuki on Cooley who then followed up with a tag to Saito. Saito finished it off with a Saito Suplex. The victory was not enough as Saito and Kabuki stay on the attack. Saito puts Cooley into the kneeling figure 4 while Kabuki catches Simpson with the Green Mist and then a thrust kick followed up by some nasty martial arts. This attack goes on for a minute or two before the crowd goes wild. Bill Mercer is heard saying, “Here comes the Calvary” as the fans see Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen hit the ring. Well it was not exactly a rescue. It was a wild brawl. At one point, Bill Mercer was heard saying, “Look Out. Saito’s got a chair and down goes Brody! Nobody was down for long and nobody had control for very long. This was a wild one that only ended when wrestlers and refs poured out from the locker room. COMMERCIAL BREAK NON-TITLE MATCH HOT STUFF EDDIE GILBERT with SHERRI MARTEL VS KERRY VON ERICH Kerry Von Erich enters the ring with “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blaring from the speakers as Bill Mercer hypes it up a lot. Just the opposite happens when “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summers begins to play and Sheri and Gilbert come to the ring. Sheri tries her best to distract Kerry but he will have none of it. Ref Rick Hazzard calls for the bell and it is on. Kerry is just one step ahead of the champ and is in control for most of the opening minutes. Sheri does find a way to impact the match when she trips VonErich when he was whipped into the ropes. Gilbert now plays real dirty for a while but Kerry ducked under the next Irish Whip and caught Gilbert with a flying forearm on the way back. Kerry went wild and caught Gilbert with a huge Tornado Punch. He shows the fans the big right hand symbolizing the Iron Claw is next. Bill Mercer is heard saying, “Oh know, the devil has emerged in the Sportatorium: The Outlaws have hit the ring. It is now Jaggers, Ron Bass and Black Bart going after Kerry. This lasts for less than 10 seconds when the crowd goes absolutely berserk! Bill Mercer screams, “The entire VonErch family is back in Dallas.” It is Kevin and Mike to the rescue and to boot, Curt Hennig and Baby Doll have hit the arena floor. It is now wild pandemonium here. The Outlaws are paired with the VonErichs. Hennig and Gilbert are going at it and the most exciting part is Baby Doll and Sheri are rolling round on the floor. Bill Mercer puts this brawl over in a big way and the show comes to a close with The VonErichs, Curt Hennig and Baby Doll in control of the ring. The crowd loves this and Bill Mercer announces, “for once, the good guys have won. So long from the Sportatorium. The screen fades to black, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 I love the touch of inserting a few of Bill Mercer's comments in the match description. Gives us a good perspective of how it would feel like for real. It seems to me like Eddie Gilbert is making enemies left and right so it's gonna be interesting to see how long he's gonna last before losing his championship. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 THIS WEEK IN USWA WRESTLING: HOSTED BY GORDON SOLIE 5/12/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 9:05 AM- 10:05 AM SPONSERED BY PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED “Hello again everybody. Welcome to This Week in USWA Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie joined this week by Bill Apter and together we will catch you up to date on all the comings and goings here in the USWA. The show begins with Solie and Apter talking about how hot this feud between Tommy Rich and Jerry Lawler is getting. They go over how Lawler seems to have a bounty on Rich and how he paid Kendo Nagasaki last week to attack Rich. Solie then calls out Tommy Rich who is carrying both the World Title and the World Tag Title and Rich thanks Solie and Apter for having him on the show today. Solie begins by saying that he would like to show Wildfire a short clip from the return show of CWA Wrestling on Ch. 5 in Memphis. The clip begins with Lance Russell and Jerry Lawler on the set of Ch. 5. Lance: "I wanna welcome out the 'King' Jerry Lawler! Monday night you'll be competing for the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship." King: "That's right Lance, I want that Southern Heavyweight Championship because it will bring me one step closer to getting a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship….and I'm talking about the REAL World Championship held by Ric Flair, not the one held by that backstabber Tommy Rich." Lance: "A lot of bad blood still between you two." King: "There certainly is….and Rich has all those dopey USWA fans duped into thinking he's innocent in all this and somehow I'm to blame….but these great fans here in Memphis know the truth and that's all that matters….I'll hunt down that clown and deal with him in due time…even if it means going to crappy places like Georgia or Texas…I'll get my revenge on him and hopefully Tommy Rich will never darken the doors of TV-5 studios ever again!" Well this really sets off Wildfire and he begins to go on a tirade. “Lawler, let me tell you a few things. First of all you call Ric Flair and the NWA Champion the real champion. Well that is all fine and daddy but remember this. I was also the NWA World Champion. I have been the World Champion in two different organizations while you have never been a World Champion. Next, Lawler called me a backstabber. We all know that is not true. He was just jealous that I was given the World Title Shot and not him. Maybe if he wasn’t such a Mama’s Boy and would have traveled and worked hard like Mr. Turner wanted him to, he could have been champ but all Lawler ever did was complain when he wasn’t in Memphis and sleeping in his mother’s house. I mean a grown man who can’t leave his Mother? King….. I don’t think so. Lastly, he insults the USWA fans and says he doesn’t want to show up here anymore. That is fine. I don’t mind going to Memphis and whooping him there. I know he owns the refs. I know he owns the fans because of his sleazy commercials and fast food dives. I know the fans hate me because they are jealous that I am the champ but that will make it all the more fun when I enter the Mid-South Coliseum and take his TOY CROWN!” Rich continues, “Lawler don’t forget, you are already signed for a title match with me in Dothan, Alabama at the Houston County Farm Center. The more you send people like Kendo Nagasaki after me to do your dirty work, the worse I am going to but your Royal Backside. Gordon thanks Wildfire for his time as Rich walks off set. Bill Apter and Solie say that Rich is really fired up and this feud is going to be one to watch. The two continue to talk about some of the feuds in the USWA including Hacksaw Reed vs Ernie Ladd and Dusty Rhodes vs Kevin Sullivan and the House of Humperdink. Solie really puts over the Rhodes/Sullivan issue and says that when they come back they have footage from this week’s card from the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida where this feud became white hot. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK ------------------------------ Apter and Solie review and show some highlights from this week’s major card from the Bayfront Center. · Hercules Hernandez with Sir Oliver Humperdink defeated Rick “Quick Draw” McGraw · Ernie Ladd defeated Pvt. Don Kernodle with the Big Boot. · Kevin Sullivan defeated Mike Graham with the Tree of Woe followed up by Golden Spike. · Hacksaw Butch Reed defeated Hercules Hernandez with a Gorilla Press Slam · USWA NATIONAL TITLE MATCH: Roddy Piper defeated Crusher Ottman after using a foreign object. · USWA NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Fabulous Ones defeated The Missing Link & Killer Khan when Keirn caught Link in a reverse DDT. · Buzz & Brett Sawyer defeated The House of Humperdink (Botswana Beast and Purple Haze) by DQ when Sullivan entered the ring and the House really put a beating on the Sawyers. · MAIN EVENT: USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH Tommy Rich & Dusty Rhodes defeated the Sheepherders when Rhodes hit Williams with a Bionic Elbow. Solie and Apter really spend some time with the chaos the House of Humperdink is causing and also both agree that Rich and Rhodes were lucky to escape with their belts and they announce that they have a bunch of more matches already signed with the Sheepherders who are the #1 contenders. As they go to break, Solie and Apter really wonder if Tommy Rich can keep up the schedule of having to defend two world titles at the same time. Solie really puts over the p and coming promotion and says that when they come back they have footage from this week’s card from the Abrahams Center in Fort Hood, Texas. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK ------------------------------ Solie and Apter turn their attention to USWA territory, TNT Wrestling. They discuss the champion Eddie Gilbert and review all the people coming after his title including Curt Hennig and Kerry VonErich. They continue with the apparent feud between the VonErichs and the Ron Bass led Outlaws. They also discuss how TNT is becoming a hot bed of tag team action. They again mention the VonErichs, The Outlaws but this time include Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody, Mr. Saito and the Great Kabuki and the new team of Sweet Brown Sugar and Brickhouse Brown. They both agree that they would not be surprised if one of the two USWA Tag Titles finds a new home in Dallas soon. Apter and Solie now review and show some highlights from this week’s major card from the Fort Hood, Texas. · Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Lanny Kean with a power slam. · Sweet Brown Sugar & Brickhouse Brown defeated The Nightmares with a double dropkick on Nightmare #1 · USWA NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Fabulous Ones and Mr. Saito and The Great Kabuki wrestled to a 30 minute draw as the Fabulous Ones were lucky to escape Fort Hood with their belts. · The Outlaws (Bobby Jaggers and Black Bart) defeated Kevin and Mike VonErich when the ref was distracted by Ron Bass which allowed Black Bart to hit Mike VonErich with a cow bell. · Kerry VonErich defeated Ron Bass when he followed up a Tornado Punch with the Iron Claw. Before Bass submitted, the other Outlaws hit the ring and attacked Kerry causing the DQ. Kevin and Mike rushed to the ring and the brawl was on. · TNT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert with Sherri Martel and challenger, Curt Hennig with Baby Doll wrestled to a double count-out as the brawl was all over the floor and don’t think for a minute that the ladies didn’t get involved. · USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH Tommy Rich defeated Dr. D David Schultz with the Sleeper at 27:37 Gordon Solie and Bill Apter really put over how exciting the USWA and TNT is and then they start to push the next major show which is May 26th in Dothan, Alabama at the Farm Center Solie reminds everyone to join them on TBS tonight at 6:05 for the next USWA show as the credits roll and the screen turns to black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneJackson95 Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Great show, seeing the Lawler/Rich angle being presented two different ways in the different territories is fun and leaves a lot of possibilities. I like how you manage to capture the unique feel of each area of the USWA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: 5/12/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jam packed show tonight. Gordon Solie gives a quick rundown of tonight’s show before bringing us to the ring for our first match. MATCH: USWA WORLD CHAMPION TOMMY RICH VS THE NIGHTMARE (NON-TITLE) The fans go wild as Tommy Rich hits the ring. He might have given them a little too much attention because The Nightmare attacks before the bells sounds and took Wildfire by complete surprise. Solie makes the point that the masked Nightmare is more aggressive and nasty than normal. He also questions he training of late as he says “he appears a little on the larger side.” The Nightmare had remained in control for the first few minutes and then he tossed Rich through the middle rope. Rich landed hard and The Nightmare followed him right out. He quickly tossed him into the ring post. He ignores the words of ref Scrappy McGowan to get back in the ring and picks Rich up by the hair and starts to bite his forehead. Rich is flailing in agony. The Nightmare once again holds the hair and hits Wildfire with 3 leaping head butts. Rich appears out on his feet as McGowan calls for the bell and declares the match a double count out. To Solie’s surprise, the Nightmare begins to untie his mask and pulls it off. Solie is heard saying, “I don’t believe that is Nightmare #1. It looks like….yes…. it is world famous Carlos Colon.” Colon just continues on the rampage and now hits Rich over the back with a steel pipe. The fans are stunned as Dusty Rhodes and Tony Atlas hit the scene and chase Colon away. Rich is in a bad way as we go to break. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Gordon Solie announces that for the second week in a row, Eddie Graham has just been handed a video tape by an unidentified delivery man and that it must be aired right away. Solie says he is not sure what is on the tape but he has an idea. As the tape begins, we again see Jerry Lawler. “Greeting again Rednecks! This is your King in Memphis, Tennessee. I was just wondering how Tommy Rich enjoyed the beating from the greatest wrestler in Puerto Rico, Carlos Colon. I think you are finding out my power in this industry and that my wealth can buy a lot of people. I enjoyed paying Kendo Nagasaki last week and enjoyed paying Carlos Colon even more this week. Oh, don’t forget. I also had to pay the real Nightmare a fee for letting us borrow his mask. Wow, this is really fun and a great use of my money from all my restaurants the Rich complained about last week. Rich and the rest of you stupid hicks better be ready for anything. Whatever I want, whenever I want, I can make it happen. Again, I stay at home and watch Rich get beat on the Stupidstation each and every week. Don’t worry Rich. You will get your chance at revenge in Dothan, Alabama at the end of the month. That is if there is anything left of you by then. As the tape comes to an end, Gordon Solie is joined by Eddie Graham who announces that Rich is a little banged up but is okay. He goes on to announce that against his better judgement, he has given into Rich’s request for a match this week at the Richmond County Coliseum in Augusta, Georgia for the World Tag Team Titles between himself and Rhodes against Kendo Nagasaki and Carlos Colon. Solie goes on to say that Wildfire and Rhodes are in for a tough week as they are also facing the #1 contenders, the Sheepherders in the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. Graham continues that he is disgusted by the actions of Jerry Lawler, Kendo Nagasaki and Carlos Colon. He goes on to say that placing bounties on people or trying to collect them has no place in this industry. Gordon Solie completely agrees. Solie responds by saying that Rich might just be falling into the trap set by Lawler. He goes on to thank Eddie Graham for the announcement and gets the fans back to the ring for the next match. MATCH: THE FABULOUS ONES & TONY ATLAS VS RODDY PIPER AND THE SHEEPHERDERS A great match that puts together two of the bigger feuds in the USWA. The end came with all six men are involved at the same time. The Sheepherders and The Fab Ones were on the outside while the legal men where Atlas and Piper. With the ref distracted, Piper reached into his trunks and pulled out a foreign object. With the object in his right hand, he threw a wild punch that Atlas ducked under. Atlas followed it with a huge right hand of his own which caused the object to fly out of his hand. Piper laid sprawled out on the floor when the ref turned back around. Atlas went for the cover but it was then that the ref saw the object. He put two and two together and disqualified the fan favorites. The result really set the fans off and Atlas almost lost it and hit the official. Gordon Solie was warning Atlas that would not be a good idea and might cost him some money or maybe even a suspension. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: HACKSAW REED VS MOONDOG CUJO The match is all Hacksaw. His huge, powerful body just throws the Moondog all around the ring with the end coming with the Gorilla Press Slam. Reed is furious at the comments last week by Ernie Ladd that he is a cheater. Reed says he is getting tired of wasting so much of his time dealing with Ladd and he wants to put an end to Ladd and once and for all. For the second time tonight, Eddie Graham comes to the set and announces that the feud between Reed and Ladd has been so hot that he fears for the safety of both men. He goes on to say that Ladd and Reed will face each other again in Dothan, Alabama on March 26th. Reed seems satisfied as Graham continues with the stipulations of the match. The match will be in a steel cage and the loser of the match cannot wrestle in the USWA for one month to allow this to cool off. Reed is now really excited and Solie puts this over in a big way as they head to break. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: CRUSHER OTTMAN VS KILLER KHAN This is a match of two of the larger men in the CWA and in the end Crusher Ottman gains the win after he broke free of a Cobra Clutch attempt by Khan by back peddling and squashing Khan into the turnbuckle. Ottman followed this up by turning a Bearhug into a Spinebuster for the count. Solie puts over Ottman and his ability and as they go to break he says, “Ottman is double wide and double tough!” ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Piper’s Pit with Special Guests: Rick “Quickdraw” McGraw Roddy Piper makes his way out to the set and sits in one of the two chairs that are there. The Sheepherders follow Piper out and are standing behind him with their arms folded. Piper has his USWA NATIONAL TITLE around and he is as cocky as ever. Piper then goes on to talk about his match earlier and how dirty a wrestler Tony Atlas is and that he doesn’t deserve anymore chances at the National Title. He thanked the ref for making the correct decision and he asked Eddie Graham to really think about suspending Tony Atlas. He then goes on to welcome Rick McGraw. Piper goes on to really put over McGraw’s strength and how he must spend a lot of time in the hitting the weights. McGraw thanks him but is cautious. Piper then goes on to tell McGraw “Maybe you should spend less time in the gym and more time learning how to wrestle. I mean I don’t think I have ever seen you win one match! What are you 0-100? McGraw angrily stands up and gets in Piper’s face. Piper responds, “Wait, Wait, Wait a minute. NOW! The Sheepherders both attack McGraw and the beating is on. The 3-0 beatings goes on for three or four before Piper and the Sheepherders walk off a destroyed set and McGraw is just face down and not moving. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: Buzz & Brett Sawyer vs Wendell Cooley and Steve Simpson The Sawyers are getting better and better as a tag team and this match was rather one sided with the end coming with a Power Slam by Buzz Sawyer on Steve Simpson. The Sawyers go over to Gordon Solie and rant about how they want the House of Humperdink and that demon Kevin Sullivan. Solie reminds them that the line to get to Sullivan is pretty long but hopefully someone will put an end to his reign of terror. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Sir Oliver Humperdink and Kevin Sullivan are at the interview desk and they are really in the face of Solie and demand an apology. They say that an announcer is supposed to be impartial but they just heard him say that he hopes that someone puts an end to Sullivan. Solie, out of fear, does a little back tracking to try at set things right in the eyes of the House of Humperdink. Sullivan goes on to say that in the upcoming match his Minions have with Don Kernodle and Mike Graham that they will continue their revenge on that low life Eddie Graham by taking it out on his son. Mike Graham can’t take anymore and comes out and attacks Kevin Sullivan. His partner in the match, Pvt Don Kernodle is there also. As Sullivan is struggling in this brutal two on one attack he is smiling and laughing. He seems to be enjoying getting hit. As everyone knew was coming, the rest of the House attacks. It is Abdullah the Butcher, Purple Haze, Hercules Hernandez and the huge Botswana Man-eater throwing Graham and Kernodle into ring posts, walls, tables and barricades. With the House in complete control, Sullivan is back on the microphone screaming over and over again that “The sins of the father are the sins of the son.” Gordon Solie seems relieved when help comes to aid Graham and Kernodle as he is heard saying, “Waitaminute…... Katie bar the door….it’s Dusty Rhodes, Tommy Rich and the Sawyers. The Calvary is here as the Minions and Sullivan scamper back to the locker room.” Dusty Rhodes and Wildfire and furious again and head over to Solie. Rhodes begins screaming, “Keebin! Keebin Sullivan! This is a battle between right and wrong and you are wrong baby! All these great people here tonight work hard all week to do what is right. Working 60 hours a week. Spending time praying to the Almighty one and then they tune in out there in TV land and in just 5 minutes you take away all the right in their lives. Keebin let me tell you something. You are the Devil and The American Dream here is the Angel and this place aint big enough for the Devil and the Angel. Every time I run out here, you run away. You keep saying this about you and Eddie Graham. We all know it is me you are after. Well why don’t you come and get some. Stop hiding between your ignorant Minions. Let’s finish this war once and for all.” Gordon Solie ends the show with “Indeed, Dusty. We are all tiring of Sullivan’s tactics. “So long from Atlanta.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneJackson95 Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Love the Piper's Pit segments! Carlos as the Nightmare is a great way to incorporate the bounty angle with Lawler, Rich is getting pulled in many directions having both belts....will be interesting to see how he holds up. I love smoothly you've worked in all the new characters from Florida and made their presence felt right out of the chute. Awesome job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 Great show overall! Always interesting to see the same wrestler booked from different points of view in different territories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 5/20/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 5:05-6:05 TAPED IN DALLAS, TEXAS BILL MERCER welcomes all the fans to TNT Wrestling from the World’s most Famous Wrestling Arena, the Sportatorium in downtown Dallas. Mercer gives a rundown of tonight’s show and really puts over the fact that there will be a #1 contender’s match between Kerry VonErich and Dr. D David Schultz for the USWA World Title and that the winner will face World Champion Tommy Rich in the Tulsa Civic Center this week. The three VonErich brother s come out to the set and Mercer really puts over how big their return has been for everybody in TNT Wrestling. All the VonErich’s thank Bill and say it is wonderful to be back and how great it is to be back together again as a family. All of a sudden the crowd starts to Boo as Ron Bass and the rest of the Outlaws, Bobby Jaggers ad Black Bart, come to the set where Bass is all fired up. Bass starts screaming about the favoritism Kerry is getting. He announces that he deserves to be in the #1 contender’s match and that it is ridiculous that just because Papa Frito runs this company that his son gets the shot. Kerry smiles and responds by saying that he doesn’t want any favoritism but he does deserve the match tonight. The Outlaws are furious and just stomp off muttering under their breath. Bill tells Kerry to go and get ready for his match and sends Kevin and Kerry and wises them luck because they are in for a real tough match with The Missing Link and Killer Khan Bill Mercer now turns it over to newly hired ring announcer Marc Lawrence for the first match. Match: Kevin & Mike VonErich Vs The Missing Link & Killer Khan Now this match is wild from the beginning. The unorthodox Khan and Link are giving the VonErichs everything they can handle. Khan actually locked in the Cobra Clutch on Mike but Kevin made the save. This lead to a few minutes where all 4 men were in the ring. Kevin nailed Link with a huge flying forearm and then headed to the top rope where he connected with a huge VonErich leap and to the delight on the fans, gained the 3 count for the victory in 8:03. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH TNT CHAMPION HOT STUFF EDDIE GILBERT with SHERI MARTELL Vs STEVE SIMPSON When they come out of break, Bill Mercer really puts over how dangerous the team of Gilbert and Martell are and that their opponents better have eyes in the back of their heads as you never know when Sheri will get involved. As for the match, Steve Simpson gave a good showing but once Sheri distracted ref Bronco Lubich and Gilbert raked the eyes of his opponent, the champ was on his way. The match ended with a DDT by the champ at only 4:32. Gilbert and Sheri head over to Bill Mercer and also start screaming about the favoritism given to the Von Erich boys and that there is no way Kerry deserves that shot tonight. Bill tells him he should not worry about Kerry but focus on Curt Hennig and Baby Doll. This time it is Sheri who goes wild and starts screaming about how Hennig and the big dumb bimbo don’t deserve to be in the same room as Hot Stuff and herself. Fritz now comes out to the roar of the crowd and Eddie Gilbert starts complaining how corrupt Fritz is and that he is sick and tired of him cheating for his sons. Fritz tells Eddie to watch his mouth and that it is he who is sick and tired of both Gilbert and Sheri running their mouths around here. Sheri starts yelling at him that if he is sick and tired of her, then he should do something about it and that she would slap the taste right out of his old sticking mouth. Fritz goes on to say that he was raised correctly by his Mama and that he would never hit a women but he knows someone who would. He goes on to say that she is going to face Baby Doll inside the ring this week at the Tulsa Civic Center and if Baby Doll wins, Curt Hennig will get a title shot right here next week on TV. COMMERCIAL BREAK Baby Doll and Curt Hennig are at the interview desk as they are both really excited. Baby Doll says there are certain things you don’t ask a women and one is her weight. Well I am going to tell each and every one of you here that I am 190 pounds and I am going to use each and every one of them to beat Sherri Martel all over the Tulsa Civic Center. Not only will I be enjoying this but my main, Mr. Perfect will get a title shot against that weak little cry baby Eddie Gilbert. OHHHHH, this is going to be a Perfect Week for the Perfect 10. Curt Hennig says I would just like to thank Baby Doll in advance for the beating she is going to give that witch Sheri Martel. I am also going to tell Eddie Gilbert to shine up that belt for me! Bill Mercer thanks them for coming out and as they walk away he turns it over to Marc Lawrence and our next match. MATCH THE OUTLAWS (RON BASS, BLACK BART & BOBBY JAGGERS) VS BRICKHOUSE BROWN, SWEET BROWN SUGAR AND KING COBRA Bill Mercer reminds us of the depth of the tag team division here in TNT and puts over the upcoming 6 man tag match in a big way. In the end, ref Rick Hazzard lost control as didn’t see Black Bart clock King Cobra with the cow bell so when Bart covered him, Hazzard made the 3 count. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH: THE GREAT KABUKI & MR. SAITO VS STAN HANSEN & BRUISER BRODY Bill Mercer is really hyped up for this match as there are 4 wild and dangerous men in the ring. At one point, Saito and Kabuki had Stan Hansen trapped in their corner for so long that Bruiser Brody rushed in. Ref David Manning forced him back to his corner and out of the ring but this gave Kabuki a chance to spit the green mist into the eyes of Hansen. He was temporarily blinded and walked right into a thrust kick to the temple by Kabuki and Saito and Kabuki gained the three count. This didn’t stop the brawl as Brody went wild and cleared the ring of bodies all by himself. Bill Mercer was heard saying, “Down goes Saito. Down goes Kabuki. Bruiser Brody has tossed them both to the arena floor and has followed them out. Brody’s got a chair. Look Out! He nails Saito. He nails Kabuki. Holy Cow, Brody has taken Saito and Kabuki to Woodshed City here at the Sportatorium. As we head to break to try and restore order, Mercer warns us that we probably have not seen the last of this wild feud. COMMERCIAL BREAK #1 CONTENDERS MATCH DR. D DAVID SCHULTZ VS KERRY VON ERICH Kerry Von Erich enters the ring with “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blaring from the speakers as Bill Mercer hypes it up a lot. Just the opposite happens when Dr. D David Schultz enters the ring. The fans are booing him as loud as they can but him seems to be enjoying it and gives it right back to them. As for the match it is a great back and forth bout for about eight minutes with Kerry using his skill and Dr. D breaking every rule in the book. Kerry is able to duck under a huge clothesline from Dr. D and comes off the ropes with one of his own. Schultz staggers to his feet and is nailed with a Tornado Punch. Kerry raises the right hand in the sign of the Iron law and the fans go wild. For the second week in a row Bill Mercer is heard announcing that the Outlaws are on their way to the ring. Bass, Jaggers and Black Bart are heading to the ring to get Kerry VonErich when all of a sudden they are intercepted by Kevin VonErich, Mike VonErich and Bam Bam Bigelow. These six brawl all over the arena floor as Kerry VonErich locks in the Iron Claw. Schultz is doing everything he can to break free but after a minute or so he taps out. Bronco Lubich quickly raises the hand of Kerry as other referees and wrestlers hit the arena floor to stop the war that is going on. Bill Mercer puts this brawl over in a big way and the show comes to a close with Mercer reminding everyone to join us next time and just maybe Kerry VonErich will be the new World Champion. So long from the Sportatorium. The screen fades to black, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowBlowPodcast Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 Pretty good stuff from USWA again here. I have said it before, you've got a great job picking up the pace with all the avenues you are traveling down with this promotion. Kerry is one of my all time faves and to see him in this setting has been quite good and it can only spell superstar in the future if things continue down this track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 THIS WEEK IN USWA WRESTLING: HOSTED BY GORDON SOLIE 5/19/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 9:05 AM- 10:05 AM SPONSERED BY PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED “Hello again everybody. Welcome to This Week in USWA Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie joined this week by Bill Apter and together we will catch you up to date on all the comings and goings here in the USWA. The show begins with Solie and Apter talking about how hot this feud between Hacksaw Reed and Ernie Ladd is getting. They go over how USWA President Eddie Graham has decided that the two will meet in a steel cage and the loser will have to leave the USWA for 30 days in an attempt to cool off this feud. Ernie Ladd then comes out and joins Solie and Apter and puts over his hatred for Reed. “I am sick and tired of tat drunken Reed putting his nose in my business. He is full of whiskey and we all know it and there is no way he is going to beat me. They all now I am the biggest and baddest athlete here in the USWA and I am going to send that drunk back to Africa for a 30 day vacation. There aint no doubt about it. What do you think of that Solie . Solie says “Well I think we can terminate this interview. Fair enough. Solie and Apter then begin to discuss the USWA World Tag Team situation and really put over what a week it was for Wildfire Rich and Dusty Rhodes. They head right to the video tape from the Richmond County Coliseum in Augusta, Georgia and show the end of the match between the champs and the team of Kendo Nagasaki and Carlos Colon. The tape shows that the challengers had no interest in winning the titles but in hurting the champs, especially Rich. Ref Scrappy McGowan stopped the match after Nagasaki went to the Kendo Stick and Colon went to the steel pipe. In the end Rich and Rhodes were left a bloody mess and Rich was unable to even walk. He was carried out on a stretcher as Nagasaki and Colon celebrated by making the money sign with their fingers. Solie and Apter say this must be in reference to the bounty put on the head of Tommy Rich by the NWA Southern Champion Jerry Lawler. They go on to say that because of their actions, Carlos Colon and Kendo Nagasaki have been suspended indefinatly form the USWA. Solie and Apter then turn to another video tape from 2 days later in the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. This is another title defense between the champs and the #1 challengers The Sheepherders. As the tape begins, it is evident the champs are still suffering from the beating two days earlier from Colon and Nagasaki. In fact they are so slow that the Sheepherders are in control of much of the match. The end came when Bill Lampier was distracted by Luke Williams which allowed Butch Miller to clock Wildfire with the flag pole in the head. Lampier turned around just in time to make the 3 count. Solie and Apter put over the fact that we now have new World Tag Team Champions and say that the Sheepherders will be double tough to defeat. Solie then calls out Tommy Rich who is carrying only the World Title. Rich thanks Solie and Apter for having him on the show today but you can tell he is a little depressed. He can’t believe that he has let that stinking King Jerry Lawler get the best of him and he doesn’t want to make any excuses but he feels that if it wasn’t for Colon and Kagasaki, he and Rhodes would still be the champs. He thanks Eddie Graham for suspending them and he vows that Dusty and he will get the titles back. Gordon goes on to say that he must now focus and beating Lawler in Dothan on May 27th and again he wants to show Wildfire a short tape from Memphis and CWA Wrestling on Ch. 5 with Lance Russell and Jerry Lawler. Lance: "now speaking of World Champions, apparently your comments last week raised the ire of the USWA World Champion, Tommy 'Wildfire' Rich…he made some comments about you on the USWA show this week, let's take a look at a video.." (Lawler interupts) King: "No Lance, we're not going to listen to any crap from Tommy Rich…the so-called USWA Champion…..notice I didn't say WORLD champion…because he's not! You know what USWA stands for Lance?" Lance: "United States Wrestling Association?"King: (laughs) "No, it stands for Ugly Stupid Worthless A-holes…"Lance: "Ok, now take it easy Jerry." King: "Sorry Lance, but every time someone even mentions that jerk Tommy Rich it gets my blood boiling! I can't stand that guy and I can't stand anybody associated with the USWA…." Again Rich is on fire and furious about Lawler’s comments. Rich goes on to say that he can put down me all he wants but he has no right to put down this belt, this organization and these great fans. Rich goes on to wonder why if Lawler doesn’t recognize this Championship, he is trying so hard to win it. Rich goes on to say that he might not be able to wait until May 27th in Dothan and that he might have to make a little trip up there to Memphis to start “whooping on the Queen.” He goes on to say that “Austin Idol and I have not always been on the same side but that anyone who is an enemy of the Lawler is a friend of his.” Rich continues by saying I am sorry about being so angry but when a wrestle whose greatest claim to fame is beating an midget actor like Andy Kauffman puts me down, it is time to take a stand.” Solie ends the segment with “Katie Bar the door. This one is going to be wild.” He then says that when the get back they will show more highlights from that great card from the Boutwell Auditorim. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK ------------------------------ Apter and Solie review and show some highlights from this week’s major card from the Boutwell Auditorium. · The Botswana Man-Eater with Sir Oliver Humperdink defeated King Cobra · Ernie Ladd defeated Steve Travis and Ricky Gibson in a Handicap Match with the Big Boot. · Kevin Sullivan & The Purple Haze defeated Mike Graham and PVT. Kernodle when Haze caught Kernodle in the Sleeper. This allowed them to attack Graham 2-1 after the match was over and they beat him until help came from the back. · Hacksaw Butch Reed defeated Moondog Cujo with a Gorilla Press Slam · USWA NATIONAL NON-TITLE MATCH: Roddy Piper defeated Rick Quick Draw McGraw after using a foreign object. · USWA NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Fabulous Ones defeated The Missing Link & Killer Khan when Keirn caught Link in a reverse DDT. · The House of Humperdink (Abdullah the Butcher and Hercules Hernandez) defeated The Sawyers while the ref was down and Kevin Sullivan entered the ring and nailed Buzz with a spike to the forehead and busted him wide open. As they go to break, Solie and Apter saw they have a special guest up next and that they have footage from this week’s TNT card from the Civic Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK ------------------------------ Gordon Solie and Bill Apter are very excited about their next guest. They announce the newest member of the USWA and out walks Mr. Wrestling II. Gordon Solie says this is like welcoming an old friend home and then he goes in to the rumors that were coming out of Mid–South Wrestling that II was going to retire. Mr. Wrestling II says that retirement is on his mind and that he is battling some injuries but he could not sit at home and watch old buddies like Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich deal with such scumas Kevin Sullivan and Jerry Lawler. He says that he is going to give this everything he has left and he is ready to go to war in the USWA. Gordon Solie says that he knows II will give it everything he has and again, that it is great to have him back. Solie and Apter now turn their attention to TNT wrestling and review some of the great feuds that are going on including The Outlaws vs The VonErichs and Curt Hennig and Baby Doll against Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and his manager Sheri Martel. Apter says “speaking of the VonErichs, Kerry and Kevin have a huge match in the CWA against Jack and Jerry Brisco for the NWA Southern Tag Title. Apter and Solie now review and show some highlights from this week’s major card from Tulsa, Oklahoma. · Mike VonErich defeated Wendell Cooley with the Iron Claw · Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Bobby Jaggers after connecting with a Top Rope Moonsault. The fans were again awed by his agility. Bigelow was attacked by the rest of the Outlaws after the match. · Sweet Brown Sugar & Brickhouse Brown defeated Steve Simpson and Ted Allen after a double dropkick on Allen. · Baby Doll defeated Sheri Martel after connecting with what she later called The Perfect 10 Slam. This was more of a catfight then a wrestling match as these two just tried to beat on each other. Martel was obviously more skilled but the size and power of Baby Doll wore her down. This victory gave Curt Hennig a title shot on the next TNT television show. · USWA NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH The Fabulous Ones defeated Ron Bass and Black Bart when the Outlaws were disqualified for using the cow bell to bust open Steve Keirn. · Kevin Von Erich and Curt Hennig defeated Mr. Saito, Great Kabuki when Kevin VonErich connected with a Top Rope VonErich Splash. · TNT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert with Sherri Martel defeated challenger Bruiser Brody when Sheri Martel tripped Bordy which allowed Gilbert to connect with a DDT. · MAIN EVENT: USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH Tommy “Wildfire” Rich and Kerry VonErich wrestled to a 30 minute draw. Rich almost gained the victory after he locked in the sleeper but Kerry was able to break the hold. VonErich did actually lock in the Iron Claw and almost became the new champion but Rich reached the ropes. Both wrestlers shook hands after the bout and the fans were really appreciative of the sportsmanship. Gordon Solie and Bill Apter really put over how great this show was and that the match between Tommy Rich and Kerry VonErich was a classic. Solie pushes how exciting the USWA and TNT is and then they start to push the next major show which is May 26th in Dothan, Alabama at the Farm Center Solie reminds everyone to join them on TBS tonight at 6:05 for the next USWA show as the credits roll and the screen turns to black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Love the format of your show. Some great stuff all around. Looking forward to your next show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: 5/19/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jam packed show tonight. Gordon Solie gives a quick rundown of tonight’s show before bringing us to the ring for our first match. MATCH: MR. WRESTLING II VS MOONDOG CUJO The fans go wild as Mr. Wrestling II hits the ring. Gordon Solie really amps up the return of II to Atlanta and says that maybe things can start to even out around here as II can help Tommy Rich and Dusty Rhodes with all their enemies. As for the match, it is a great opening bout with both men having their time with the momentum. II blocked a huge chop by Cujo and connected with a big right hand of his own. He then used two big body slams to set up the Moondog for the Million $$ Knee Lift. Cujo is basically out on his feet as ref Scrappy McGowna makes the three count. Mr. Wrestling II heads over to the interview desk where Gordon welcomes him back to Atlanta and the USWA. II begins by thanking Solie and the fans but then gets down to business. “I was ready to retire. I am getting up there in age. My knee is a bit cranky. I am not what I used to be, that’s for sure but then I sat down at home and started to watch USWA Wrestling and I knew I needed to come back. I couldn’t watch my buddies like Dusty Rhodes get attacked by Kevin Sullivan and his Minions. I couldn’t watch that low down snake in the grass Jerry Lawler put a hit out on my old pal Tommy Rich. I watched Kendo Nagasaki attack Wildfire. I watched Carlos Colon attack Wildfire. I knew that awful Lawler wouldn’t stop until Tommy was to hurt to defend his title. I knew I had to get here real fast before things got out of hand. So Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich, I am here for you. Anything you two need, just ask.” The crowd goes wild as Dusty Rhodes and Wildfire Rich come out to the desk. The three embrace and Rhodes and Wildfire put over how much the return of Mr. Wrestling II means to them. Gordon Solie is heard saying, “Amen to that. We will be right back after these messages.” ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Gordon Solie announces that Dusty and Wrestling II have gone back to the locker room but the USWA World Champ, Tommy Rich is already in the ring for our next bout. MATCH: TOMMY RICH VS KILLER KHAN (NON-TITLE) As you would expect, this one is wild from the beginning. Rich is having a difficult time dealing with Khan’s size and power. He has been injured by Khan’s overhand chops and is really struggling. Khan whips Rich off the ropes and connects with a Big Boot to the temple of Rich. Khan goes for the move a second time but this time Wildfire leaps and connects with a Flying Cross Body Block. Rich quickly goes for the cover but by the time ref Bill Lampier gets to two we hear Gordon Solie…. “Oh No, here we go again. Look I can’t believe my eyes. It is Crusher Blackwell and One Man Gang from the AWA and they hit the ring. It is now Rich vs about 1200 pounds of Mass. As Gang and Blackwell hit Rich with everything but the kitchen sink, Khan begins to spin around and then spits the green mist into the eyes of Wildfire. He is blinded and rolling around in obvious agony. One Man Gang hits the ropes and leaps onto Rich with a Giant Splash. Khan drags Rich over by the ropes where Blackwell has climbed to the top rope. Oh my God no. Blackwell leaps off the top rope and crashed down with must be 450 pounds of man right onto the ribs of our Champion. Finally the wrestlers, including Dusty Rhodes, Mr. Wrestling II, Tony Atlas and Hacksaw Reed hit the ring. Khan, Blackwell and One Man Gang beat a hasty retreat but it appears the damage is already done. Wildfire is not moving. Gordon Solie in a low monotone voice fears for the worst as the doctors are putting Rich onto a stretcher. Solie announces that he is really tiring of these tactics and hopes to have word on Tommy Rich’s condition when we return from break. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ As we come out of break, Dusty Rhodes and Mr. Wrestling II are with Gordon. Solie first announces that it is too early to tell but it does appear that Tommy Rich has suffered broken ribs and perhaps a collapsed lung. Next, Gordon Solie informs us that for the third week in a row, Eddie Graham has just been handed a video tape by an unidentified delivery man and that it must be aired right away. Solie says “I would bet anything I had that this is another one of those obnoxious tapes from the Maniac in Memphis, Jerry Lawler. As the tape begins, we again see Jerry Lawler. “Greeting again Rednecks! This is your King in Memphis, Tennessee. I was just wondering how Tommy Rich enjoyed the mega beating from The Towers of Pain, Crusher Jerry Blackwell and One Man Gang. I mean those are two nasty dudes and I am glad they didn’t jump on me. I think you are finding out my power in this industry and that my wealth can buy a lot of people. Remember when the CWA had a great working relationship with the AWA. Well I still do and MONEY BUYS A LOT. In this case it was a lot of weight. Oh I can’t wait to watch the Stupidstation this week. I can just hear those bones cracking from here. Rich and the rest of you stupid hicks better be ready for anything. I mean our match in the cow pasture in Dothan, Alabama is still 8 days a week. I can buy a lot of injuries in 8 days. Remember what I said last week. Whatever I want, whenever I want, I can make it happen. Don’t worry Rich. I heard they just made our title match a handicap match. It will now be the King vs The Handicaped Tommy Rich. HA HA HA. As the tape comes to an end, Gordon Solie announces that Lawler is just sick. How could anyone be so spiteful. So evil. So disgusting. Rhodes and Wrestling II convey the same ideas and wish they could get their hands on Jerry Lawler. Rhodes also has a warning for the Sheepherders. He knows that it was to be The American Dream and Wildfire getting a rematch tomorrow night in the Muncipal Auditorium in Columbus, Georgia for the World Tag Titles but that he has already asked his buddy here, Mr. Wrestling II to be his partner. II is really excited about the chance to become World Champions. All of a sudden, The Sheepherders rush out to the desk and start yelling that they have a contract to face Rhodes and Rich and if Tommy Rich can’t wrestle then our rematch will have to be The Sheepherders vs the American Dream. They say they have a contract that stipulates no replacements. Eddie Graham comes out to the desk and is welcomed by Solie. He explains to the Sheepherders that they did not read the entire contract and it stipulates that in case of an injury, the challengers can replace either partner. He goes on to announce that this is in EVERY USWA CONTRACT in order that we best serve our wonderful fans. The Shephersders walk off irate and Rhodes and II shake hands. Solie really puts over this new tag match tomorrow night and the fans are loving it. Gordon Solie thanks everyone and tells Dusty to go ready for his match later tonight against one of Kevin Sullivan’s Minions, Hercules Hernandez. Solie then returns us to the ring for the third match of the night. MATCH: ERNIE LADD VS CPL. KIRCHNER As do most matches that feature Ernie Ladd, this one as the fans full of emotion. First, CPL Kirchner gets them off their feet by carrying in the American Flag and asking the audience to join him in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The Patriotism has people feeling good until Ladd comes in and actually threatens to stomp on the flag. Kirchner raises the flag up and the audience cheers. Ladd turns his back on the flag and raises a defiant black fist in the air. Kirchner played to the crowd a moment to long as Ladd attacked him when his back was turned. The match is all Ladd and it comes to a merciful end after a Big Boot. Ladd goes right over to the interview desk and starts taking real slow and loud in his deepest nastiest voice about how Hacksaw Reed’s days in the USWA are numbered. He says he knows that the loser of their match in Dothan must leave the USAW for only 30 days but that he is going to hurt Reed so bad in the steel cage that Reed will be forced to quit wrestling FOREVER.! ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Piper’s Pit with Special Guests: HACKSAW BUTCH REED Roddy Piper makes his way out to the set and sits in one of the two chairs that are there. The Sheepherders follow Piper out and are standing behind him with their arms folded. Piper has his USWA NATIONAL TITLE around and he is as cocky as ever. Piper begins by “welcoming” Hacksaw Butch Reed. As Reed comes out Piper says “My you are a big boy aint ya.” This bothers Hacksaw who comes right back at Piper and says that “you better watch who you are calling boy. Piper continues, “Big and a bit testy. I actually understand that. You are feeling a bit insecure as of late. I mean look at you. Big, Strong athletic and you wonder why you can’t beat Ernie Ladd. You wonder why you never get any title shots. Reed: Shut up Piper. Everyone here knows that I can not only beat Ernie Ladd but if you weren’t such a coward, I would be the National Champ. Why don’t you put that belt on the line. I mean I am out there each and every night busting my butt for this company and I never see you. I mean you sit here and let the Sheepherders protect you. You talk for a few minutes a week and then pretend to be a champion. Piper: “Pretend to be a champion. Ha! Is it my fault that this stupid company can’t produce anyone worth my time in the ring.” Reed now stands up and pokes Piper in the chest and says, “I guarantee you that I would be worth your time. I also guarantee you that I would woop your skirt wearing behind and take you to the woodshed like your mama should have down to you when you was a spoiled brat of a kid. The Sheepherders start to inch in and Reed basically dares the three of them to make a move. The crowd begins to cheer as Eddie Graham walks on the set. Piper wonders why he is here but insinuates that Reed is lucky he did. Eddie Graham, to the delight of the crowd, tells Piper to Shut Up. He goes on to say that he is sick and tired of Piper using this forum to insult and then physically attack other wrestlers. He runs down the list from Bill Dundee to his son Mike to Rick McGraw. Piper tells him to “hold on just a minute. I get it now. You are out here interfering in my show because you are mad that I had the guts to slap the taste out of that boy of yours a few weeks ago. Eddie Graham continues to say that is not the reason why he is here tonight. He continues to say that he is here because he agrees with Hacksaw Reed and that Piper has been hiding behind the Sheepherders and the rules of the USWA for long enough. It is time to become a fighting champion. Piper does some quick back-peddling and goes on to say that he already has a tough match with Rick McGraw this week. Graham interrupts by saying “that match has just been changed. You will now wrestle Hacksaw Butch Reed this week in the Columbus Municipal Auditorium and the title will be on the line. He goes on to say that he is sick and tired of Piper using illegal objects, intimidating referees and getting help from outsiders like the Sheepherders so he has hired a special referee for this match. Piper, still arrogant as ever, asks who this referee would be. Graham goes on to say that instead of telling you, I would rather show you. All of a sudden the crowd goes wild as Tony Atlas walks out in a referee shirt with the sleeves torn off. Piper starts yelling furiously as Atlas and Reed shake hands with a big smile on their faces. Graham ends the segment by saying just so Mr. Piper can see what type of referee Tony will make, he is going to ref the next match which is coming up right after this segment. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: Crusher Ottman vs The Missing Link with Tony Atlas as the Guest Refere The match is pretty wild from the beginning to the end. Both men have their chance with the momentum but one thing that is certain is that Tony Atlas is in complete control. Anytime either one of the wrestlers tried to bend the rules, Atlas got right in the middle of it and kept them on the straight and narrow. He showed no fear in pushing the maniac Link back from the turnbuckle when he threatened an illegal break. He also grabbed the arm of Ottman and prevented the big boy from throwing a closed fist. The end of the match came after Ottman connected with a running splash and Atlas made the three count. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: Buzz & Brett Sawyer vs The Nightmares (Ted Allen and Steve Travis under masks) The Sawyers continue to get better and better as a tag team and this match was rather one sided with the end coming with a Power Slam by Buzz Sawyer on Steve Travis The Sawyers go over to Gordon Solie and rant about how they want the House of Humperdink and that demon Kevin Sullivan. Buzz says that he has heard Kevin Sullivan is called the task master but after what he just saw in the back, Dusty Rhodes is the true Task Master and that the end is near for Sir Oliver Humperdink and Sullivan and his Army of Minions. Kevin Sullivan comes out to the desk as the crowd boos loudly. Solie begs for everybody to remain calm but Sullivan ignores him. “Buzz Sawyer. We all know you are the Mad Dog but if you believe that fat slob Dusty Rhodes will evar get the best of me, you are sadly mistaken. Rememba I am protected by the infinite layers of my Minions. I have traveled the world to find the most loyal and most dangerous men in the world. One day I used to have high hopes for you. I mean you are the Mad Dog and who is more loyal than a dog. How about you just tell me what information you have in that pea brain of your and I might just throw you a doggy biscuit. Buzz Sawyer just laughs and laughs and you can just tell he is not right in his head as Gordon Solie tells the fans to stay put as the Main event is up next and it will feature Dusty Rhodes and Mike Graham vs Abdullah The Butcher and The Botswana Man-Eater ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: DUSTY RHODES & MIKE GRAHAM VS ADBULLAH THE BUTCHER & THE BOTSWANA MAN EATER with SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK Sir Oliver Humperdink and Kevin Sullivan are at the interview desk and they are both verbally attacking Buzz Sawyer and what he just said. He reminds Gordon Solie that they have a Master Plan and that they are in charge of USWA Wrestling. Solie does he best to remain impartial but you can tell he is sick to his stomach that this two are at the desk. He does his best to put over this feud and this match in a way that makes him sound impartial. As you would expect the match is wild from the beginning. The House is brutal in everything they do but Graham and Rhodes are up to the challenge. The action spills out onto the floor and once again Sullivan seems to go into some sort of trance as he begins to rant “The sins of the father are the sins of the son.” As normal of late, Humperdink calls for reinforcements and out rushes Hercules Hernandez and Purple Haze but before they can reach the ring the Sawyers and Crusher Ottman hit the arena floor. It is now 5-5 and the brawl is all over the studio. Gordon Solie announces that this must have been what the Sawyers were talking about. Dusty really seems to have been ready for this attack. The Sawyers are battling Hernandez and Purple Haze. Crusher Ottman and Abdullah are beating each other and Mike Graham is taking it to Hercules Hernandez. DUSTY HAS FINALLY GOTTEN HIS HANDS ON KEVIN SULLIVAN. After another moment of a Pier 6 Brawl, Gordon Solie is heard saying, “Waitaminute. Could it be? Yes it is. It is BLACKJACK MULLIGAN and he is coming out with a steel chain. He heads right for Sullivan as does Mike Graham and Dusty Rhodes.They place the chain around Sullivan’s neck. Dusty and Mulligan begin to choke the life out of Sullivan and then they actually toss the other end over the top rope and then begin to lift Sullivan off the ground. They are actually hanging him. Officials and wrestlers pour out of the back and try and stop this wild scene as Gordon Solie announces that “Sometimes a man gets pushed too far and this seems to be one of those times. It is obvious that Dusty has lost it but who can blame. Sorry but we are out of time for this week. “So long from Atlanta.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 5/20/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 5:05-6:05 TAPED IN DALLAS, TEXAS BILL MERCER welcomes all the fans to TNT Wrestling from the World’s most Famous Wrestling Arena, the Sportatorium in downtown Dallas. Mercer gives a rundown of tonight’s show and really puts over the fact that there will be a number one contender’s bout for the USWA National Tag Team Titles between Kevin & Kerry VonErich and The Outlaws. The winner of this match will face the USWA National Champions after Don’t Tread on Me, the major USWA show in Dothan, Alabama. Bill also announces that may of the great stars of TNT have been included in the upcoming USWA extravaganza in Dothan, Alabama including Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody who have been named the #1 contenders for the USWA World Tag Title and will be wrestling the Sheepherders. He also announces that the TNT TITLE will be on the line tonight when Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert and Curt Hennig meet tonight Mr. Saito and The Great Kabuki come out to the set and Mr. Saito, in broken English, complains that the VonErichs get another chance at a title shot. Bill Mercer says there is nothing he can do about it but if they have a complaint they should take it up with the boss, Fritz VonErich. Saito says that is exactly what they will do as they storm off set. Bill Mercer seems relieved that they left and he turns it over to ring announcer Marc Lawrence for our first match. Match: Sweet Brown Sugar & Brickhouse Brown Vs The Missing Link & Killer Khan Sweet Brown Sugar and Brickhouse Brown are quickly becoming one of the fan’s favorite teams here in TNT but tonight they have a tough one with the unpredictable team of Khan and Link. After a wild one that saw the heel team control much of the action, Sugar was able to escape being trapped in the wrong corner to make a diving tag to Brickhouse who went wild and cleared the ring all by himself. Brown was able to continue that momentum and after a Swinging Neckbreaker on Link, he tagged back in Sugar. Together they connected with a Double Missile Drop Kick and they escaped with the victory and continued their rise in TNT Wrestling. They joined Bill Mercer who really hyped up their last match and their recent success. Both Sugar and Brickhouse thanked Bill and said they would also love a shot at the Fabulous Ones and those National title belts. Mercer tells them to keep up the good work and that he is a sure title shot will be in their futures. COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH TNT CHAMPION HOT STUFF EDDIE GILBERT with SHERI MARTELL Vs CURT HENNIG with BABY DOLL When they come out of break, Bill Mercer really puts over this upcoming match. He reviews how this feud became so hot including the cat fighting between Baby Doll and Sheri. The challenger comes out first to the approval of the crowd and they play it up. This all changes as Hot Stuff by Donna Summers begins to blare through the speakers as Eddie Gilbert and Sheri make their way to the ring. The match is a wild back and forth match that has a little of everything. Both men have some great technical skill and both like to mix it up and the match has the fans on the edge of their seats. Sheri Martel tried to trip Curt Hennig and he turns to Baby Doll and tells her to take care of Sheri. This gives us a wild brawl both inside and outside of the ring. Eddie Gilbert connected with a DDT and went for the cover but this time it was Baby Doll who put Hennig’s leg across the bottom rope to save him. Now it was Sheri who went nuts. She was screaming at ref Bronco Lubich who became distracted. Eddie Gilbert used this to his advantage and began to slug Hennig. Somehow, Hennig was able to answer the blows with huge haymakers of his own and Gilbert went down. Hennig followed up a massive belly to belly suplex with an Indian Death Lock. Gilbert tried to reach the ropes but was stuck in the middle. Sheri reached for Gilbert’s arms and tried to pull him to the ropes but WHAM! Baby Doll came up from behind and nailed Sheri with a huge right hand and she went down. Gilbert couldn’t take the pain anymore and tapped out. Bill Mercer went wild as he said, “We have a new TNT CHAMPION! Congratulations to Curt Hennig and his manager, The Perfect 10, Baby Doll. Hennig and Baby Doll head over to the desk where Hennig thanks Baby Doll once again for taking care of that witch Sheri Martel. He also promises to be a fighting champion. Baby Doll gives Hennig a big congratulatory kiss and then announces that her man is now to be known as Mr. Perfect and together they are the Perfect Team. She also asks the camera to close in on her and she talks real slow and direct and warns Sheri Martel not to get in her business again if she knows what is good for her. COMMERCIAL BREAK MR. SAITO & THE GREAT KABUKI VS THE NORTH CAROLINA CONNECTION (RICK MCGRAW & STEVE TRAVIS) Bill Mercer reminds us of how unhappy Saito and Kabuki were earlier this evening when they were not announced as one of the two teams in the #1 Contenders Match and he says that he can’t blame them. They have been on fire as of late. Saito and Kabuki take out their anger on the North Carolina buddies and beat them from pillar to post. The end could have come at any time but they just continued to take it out these two young kids until neither one of them could get up. The end came after about the 5th thrust kick to the head of Steve Travis. When the match was over Fritz came out and took the microphone and warned Saito and Kabuki that they better be careful or they will be fined or suspended for their actions. This really set off the winners who were still in the ring but the quickly headed over to the interview desk where they really warned Fritz to watch what he says or that they will have no choice but to get even. Fritz tells them to get out of here right now due to the fact that he doesn’t take well to threats. COMMERCIAL BREAK DR. D DAVID SCHULTS VS MIKE VON ERICH This match upsets the fans as Dr. D is all over Mike VonErich. In the end, Schultz follows up his running bulldog with a Piledriver. After the rather easy 3 count, Schultz hits Mike VonErich with another Piledriver. Bill Mercer is yelling how disgusting the actions of Dr. D are as Schultz continues to punish the young VonErich. All of a sudden Bam Bam Bigelow hit the ring and the crowd goes wild. Schultz doesn’t back down and starts throwing big right hands that are connecting with Bigelow’s upper body. Bill Mercer is heard saying, “Strong right hand by Schultz but Bigelow just shrugs it off, not even shrugs it off. He acts as if it Schultz’s punches were small gnats that have intruded his space.” All of a sudden Bigelow returns fire with fire and knocks Dr. D down with one punch. Schultz is struggling to get to his feet when Bigelow scoops him up and slams him over the top rope. Again, the crowd is awed by Bigelow who is daring Schultz to get back in the ring but Schultz decides discretion is the better part of valor and slowly heads back to the locker room. Bigelow helps Mike VonErich up and the two embrace as the crowd shows its gratitude to Bigelow for helping Mike. Bigelow and VonErich head over to Bill Mercer and VonErich thanks Bam Bam while Bigelow just goes off on Dr. D and says that if he ever gets another shot at Schultz, he is in for a World of Hurt! COMMERCIAL BREAK MATCH THE OUTLAWS (RON BASS & BLACK BART) VS KERRY & KEVIN VON ERICH #1 CONTENDERS MATCH FOR THE WORLD TAG TITLES Kerry and Kevin Von Erich enter the ring to “Tom Sawyer” by Rush blaring from the speakers as Bill Mercer hypes it up a lot. Just the opposite happens when Ron Bass and Black Bart come out dressed in all black cowboy attire. As for the match it is a brawl from the opening bell. Both teams have their advantages but in the end Kerry nailed Black Bart with a tornado punch and he tagged in his brother who connected with a Top Rope Von Erich Splash. Kerry made sure Bass couldn’t make the save and ref Rick Hazzard made the three count. All of a sudden the third Outlaw, Bobby Jaggers has hit the scene and has a whip. CRACK! CRACK! Bill Mercer is heard saying, “Down goes Kerry. Down goes Kevin.” Jaggers and the rest of the Outlaws are now beating on the brothers as Bill Mercer continues his call. “Holy Cow, Look at the Outlaws go. They are taking the VonErichs to Woodshed City.” Mercer reminds us that the VonErichs are the new #1 contenders and will meet The Sheepherders in Dublin, Texas this week. That is if they are able to.” For the first time in a long time, a wrestling show in Texas ends in the middle of a beat down of the VonErich boys. Bill Mercer puts this brawl over in a big way and the show comes to a close with Mercer reminding everyone to join us next time. So long from the Sportatorium. The screen fades to black, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 THIS WEEK IN USWA WRESTLING: HOSTED BY GORDON SOLIE 5/26/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 9:05 AM- 10:05 AM SPONSERED BY PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED “Hello again everybody. Welcome to This Week in USWA Wrestling. I am Gordon Solie joined this week by Bill Apter and together we will catch you up to date on all the comings and goings here in the USWA. The show begins with Solie and Apter talking about how we are just one day before the Mega Event, Don’t Tread on Me from the Farm Center in Dothan, Alabama. They both wonder if Tommy Wildfire Rich will be able to defend his title against Jerry Lawler after suffering broken ribs by One Man Gang and Crusher Jerry Blackwell, both of who were trying to collect the bounty placed on the head of Wildfire by Jerry Lawler. They go on to say that there has been some major goings on this week in the USWA and announce that they have video tape from Columbus, Georgia and that they are going to get right to the action. The video tape begins and Solie announces that we are watching the last few minutes of the USWA National Title Match between Roddy Piper and challenger Hacksaw Butch Reed with Special Guest Referee Tony Atlas. The tape begins with Reed in control of the match. He appears to be just too powerful and connects with some big power moves including a short armed clothesline and a big suplex but give Piper his due. He refuses to give in and keeps kicking out at a count of two. Piper takes the law into his own hands with a knee to the groin of Reed. Atlas is all in Pipers face but the damage was done. Piper now takes Reed to the woodshed and kicks and stomps his way to total control. After a huge running knee lift, it appears that Piper might just get the victory but Atlas seems out of position and takes a while to begin the count. Piper gets right into the face of Atlas and Atlas shoves him. Piper goes right back at him and threatens to hit Atlas. While all this is going on Reed has made his way to his feet and sneaks up from behind and hits a football tackle. He quickly covers Piper and Atlas makes the world’s fastest three count. Gordon Solie announce that we have aknew USWA National Champion in Hacksaw Reed and Apter says that Piper is spitting mad and he says that he can’t blame him. Apter said that Atlas might not have been as biased as he should have been. Solie tries his best to protect Mr. USA but after the tape it is hard. Solie and Apter now say that they need to get back out to Columbus, Georgia for some more highlights. This one is of the USWA World Tag Team Title match between the Sheepherders and the challengers, Dusty Rhodes and his partner, Mr. Wrestling II. As could be expected in any match with the Sheepherders, it is wild and crazy from start to finish. The tape shows both teams with the momentum but in the end, the Sheepherders retained their titles after whipping Dusty into ref Scrappy McGowan and then taking the flagpole to the heads of both Rhodes and II. With Wrestling II knocked out on the floor, The Sheepherders used the Battering Ram to knock the wind out of the bloodied Rhodes and gain the victory. Solie and Apter hype up the brutal Sheepherders and announce that they might just be the World Champions for some time to come. Solie announces that when they come back, they will head down to Texas and TNT Wrestling and review some great matches from the card in Dublin, Texas. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK ------------------------------ Apter and Solie review and show some highlights from this week’s major card from TNT Wrestling down in Texas. The first highlight is off the return math for the TNT Title where Eddie Gilbert tries to recapture his title from Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig. The tape begins with Hennig in charge and he is showing off his full array of moves. Sherri Martel attempts to distract ref Rick Hazzard but just like the past, Baby Doll will have none of it. She goes right at Sheri and the two are going at it. Curt Hennig takes advantage of this and connects with the Bridging Cradle Plex. Hazzard makes the 3 count and Hennig successfully defends his title. Solie and Apter talk about how exciting that match was and that the action did not end there. The video goes on to show how Eddie Gilbert went right up TNT President, Fritz VonErich and demand another shot at the title and this time Baby Doll MUST BE BARRED FROM RINGSIDE! Fritz said that this claim was outrageous and then chaos hit as Curt Hennig and Baby Doll entered the scene. Sheri began to hide behind the desk as it was obvious she was afraid of Baby Doll. Baby Doll starts making chicken noises as Fritz asks for everyone to calm down. Hennig says he won fair and square and that Gilbert must work his way back up the ranks of TNT like everyone else before he gets another shot. Gilbert starts shooting back and all of a sudden Hennig gets a smile across his face and says that he has an idea. “I will give you one more title shot if you and that witch of your, Sheri, defeat myself and Baby Doll at the big USWA show in Dothan Alabama. Sheri starts screaming NO but Hennig says he is not finished. “If you win the intergender match and earn the title shot, Baby Doll will be banned from ringside for the title match and the loser of that match must leave the USWA. Gilbert and Sheri start to smile as they realize they can win back the title with Baby Doll not at ringside for the match and Hennig must leave the USWA. Solie says that when they come back, they are really going to get into the Supercard from Dothan, Alabama. ----------------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK ------------------------------ Gordon Solie and Bill Apter are very excited about Don’t Tread On Me and spend the last segment reviewing each match on the card. DON’T TREAD ON ME! USWA WRESTLING: THE FARM CENTER DOTHAN, ALABAMA MAY 27, 1984 USWA WORLD TITLE TOMMY “WILDFIRE” RICH VS JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER 10 MAN ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH DUSTY RHODES FAMILY VS KEVIN SULLIVAN & THE MINIONS (FIRST MAN TO LOSE MUST LEAVE THE USWA) USWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE THE SHEEPHERDERS VS BRUISER BRODY & STAN HANSEN USWA NATIONAL TITLE MATCH HACKSAW BUTCH REED VS ERNIE LADD (STEEL CAGE: LOSER MUST LEAVE USWA FOR 30 DAYS) INTERGENDER MATCH EDDIE GILBERT & SHERI MARTEL vs CURT HENNIG & BABY DOLL USWA NATIONAL TAG TITLE MATCH THE FABULOUS ONES VS MR. SAITO & THE GREAT KABUKI SIX MAN TAG TEAM MATCH THE VON ERICHS VS THE OUTLAWS (BASS, BLACK BART, JAGGERS) PIPER’S PIT WITH JERRY LAWLER DR. D VS BAM BAM BIGELOW Solie reminds everyone to join them on TBS tonight at 6:05 for the next USWA show as the credits roll and the screen turns to black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneJackson95 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Seeing as how I live in Alabama, I would HAVE to make the drive down to Dothan to be at this show live! Tremendous card with a lot on the line moving forward.....obviously I have a huge vested interest in Lawler vs. Rich but I'm also really digging the Gilbert/Sherri vs. Hennig/Baby Doll and of course the Rhodes/Sullivan war is going to be crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: 5/26/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie and we have a jam packed show tonight. Gordon Solie gives a quick rundown of tonight’s show before bringing us to the ring for our first match. MATCH: MR. WRESTLING II VS KING COBRA The fans go wild as Mr. Wrestling II hits the ring. Gordon Solie really amps up II and how great it is to have him back in Atlanta. An injured Tommy Rich joins Gordon for the match. Solie asks Rich if he will be able to wrestle Jerry Lawler in Dothan tomorrow. Rich says that he has two broken ribs and the doctors have told him not to wrestle but there is nothing that could keep him away from taking a piece out of Lawler’s hide tomorrow night. He “is sick and tired about how Lawler has hired everyone he knows to try and put me out of action because he knows he can’t beat me.” As for the match, it is a great opening bout with both men having their time with the momentum. II ducked under a huge missile dropkick by Cobra and connected with a big right hand of his own. He then used two big body slams to set up King Cobra for the Million Dollar Knee Lift. Cobra is basically out on his feet as ref Scrappy McGowna makes the three count. Rich says that King Cobra went down in the ring tonight and tomorrow another King is going down. Mr. Wrestling II heads over to the interview desk and joins Rich and Solie. Rich gives him a huge handshake and the two buddies put over how things are going to even out around here now for the good guys. Solie informs Rich that he could like to show him a short clip from CWA Wrestling. Again we see Jerry Lawler and Lance Russell Lance: "Hello everybody and welcome to another BIG day of CWA Championship Wrestling…I'm Lance Russell along with Dave Brown and you just saw the travesty that took place last Monday night when 'the King' was robbed of the Southern Heavyweight title." Dave: "We don't know who that was that came in with the mask….they were wearing a long sleeved baggy sweatshirt that made it hard to tell exactly how big they were…." (Jerry Lawler comes storming out with his face bandaged up on one side where the fireball hit) King: "Give me a break Dave Brown….I don't care what that idiot was wearing….we all know exactly who that was that came out and burned me and cost me the title!" Lance: "Who Jerry? The guy had a mask on and as Davey mentioned he was wearing a baggy sweatshirt and sweat pants…"King: "That was Tommy Rich and everybody knows it! That jerk has it in for me….he wanted to cost me the Southern title and wants to try and collect that $10,000 bounty that Idol has on me….I mean come on Lance, what kind of a guy puts a bounty on someone like that? Well Tommy Rich I know you will hear this because they play clips of me every week on the USWA show so people will have a reason to watch it…..Tommy Rich, I'm gonna make it my mission in life to take that stinkin' USWA title from you just so you can get a taste of what it's like…..Rich, I promise you the next time you show up in Memphis, mask or not I'm gonna take you out once and for all. Oh, and by the way you little punk, I have one more surprise for you. Gordon Solie asks Tommy Rich if he wishes to comment on what they have just seen. He continues to say that Lawler has made some pretty inflammatory accusations about how you interfered in his title match under the disguise of a mask and hit him with a fireball in the face. Rich responds by saying Lawler is full of himself and always needs an excuse why he lost. I have not been in Memphis, TN in months and if someone interfered in his match with Austin Idol and hit him the face with some kind of fireball, I can assure you it wasn’t me. Does it surprise me? Heck No Gordon. There are hundreds of people who want a piece of Lawler. The way he treats people, there is no surprise that someone tried to hurt him. He asks about what kind of person puts a bounty on someone’s head? I mean isn’t that exactly what the scum has done to me. Gordon Solie: I hear you on that one Wildfire. What about the fact that he has one more surprise waiting for you? Rich: He has sent Kendo Nagasaki after me. He has sent Carlos Colon after me. He has sent those fat slobs, Jerry Blackwell and One Man Gang after me. I am still standing. Tonight, I have my good friend, Mr. Wrestling II out here to watch my back. WHAM! Solie: “Uhh, Waitaminute. What is going on here? Mr. Wrestling II has just hit Wildfire with a haymaker and he follows it up with two huge bodyslams on the cement floor. We need help out here. No, No. Mr. Wrestling II is setting Wildfire up for the Million Dollar Knee Lift.” WHAM! Solie: Wrestling II has just hit Rich in the broken ribs with another knee. He is picking him up again and connects with a second knee lift. There is no telling how much damage has been done. We need to take a break and get order restored. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Eddie Graham comes out and says he is afraid that Jerry Lawler is at it again as another video tape has been sent. I have decided that it must be shown to our audience right away. “Greeting again Rednecks! This is your King in Memphis, Tennessee. I was just wondering how Tommy Rich enjoyed the mega beating from his good friend Mr. Wrestling II. See, you and I Mr. Rich used to call each other friends and now I would not spit on you if you were on FIRE! That’s right you low life scumb. I know you threw that fireball and I can truly say that revenge is a dish served Red Hot. I could only imagine you sitting in the locker room right now, struggling to breath after those Million Dollar Knee lifts from My Good Friend, Mr. Wrestling II. MONEY DOES BUYS A LOT AND I THINK IT JUST BOUGHT ME THE USWA WORLD TITLE. SHINE IT UP REAL GOOD FOR ME BOY. Oh I can’t wait to watch this all on the Stupidstation this week. I can just hear those bones cracking from here. Rich and the rest of you stupid hicks better be ready for anything. I mean our match in the cow pasture in Dothan, Alabama is still 1 days away. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Solie returns from break and announces that he hopes to have Wrestling II come back out to explain what just happened after the next match. MATCH: PVT. KERNODLE VS HACKSAW HIGGANS In a good match, PVT. Kernodle is able to overcome the size of Hacksaw Higgans and gains the victory with Neck breaker after about 5 minutes of back and forth action. The fans really start to boo as Mr. Wrestling II makes his way to the interview desk. Solie: Well, Mr. Wrestling II. We have known each other a long time and I never thought I would see what just happened. Could be please explain why you did what you did. Mr. Wrestling II: Solie, I am sick and tired of people thinking I am only able to help protect the young guns. I was not ready to retire but Bill Watts and Mid-South Wrestling was not giving me the respect that I deserve. The title shots were going to these young pretty boys who I could beat with one hand tied behind my back. Then I come back here and it’s the same thing. Tommy Rich is the champion but Eddie Graham brought me in here to help protect his prized golden boy. Well I am sick and tired of being the body guard. When Jerry Lawler offered to pay me to put Rich out of action, I jumped at the idea. I taught Rich everything he knows and does he offer me a title shot? NO! He treats me like a has-been. The crowd really pops as Dusty comes out to the interview desk. Wrestling II: Nobody invited you out here you fat slob. Rhodes: Woo Baby! I am going to tell you one thing. We have been through thick and thin and what you did just a few minutes ago is as thin as I have ever seen baby! I mean Wildfire, you, and I have been battling evil for a long time and then you just turn your back on him for money. Greed is a bad thing! Wrestling II: You don’t know what you are taking about but I’ll tell you one thing, American Dream. Stick your nose in my business again and I will slap that taste right out of it. Wrestling II storms off as Solie continues, “Broth-er!” Dusty: You can say that again Gordon. Wrestling II is in a dark place right now and he might be writing checks he can’t cash. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ Piper’s Pit with Special Guests: THE AMERICAN DREAM DUSTY RHODES Roddy Piper makes his way out to the set and sits in one of the two chairs that are there. The Sheepherders follow Piper out and are standing behind him with their arms folded. Piper has his USWA NATIONAL TITLE around and he is as cocky as ever. Piper begins by “welcoming” The American Dream.” As Dusty comes back out, he is wearing a cowboy hat and a pair of overalls. Piper thanks him for getting all dressed up for the occasion. Rhodes gives it right back by saying he didn’t know this was a date but now that he sees Piper in his best skirt he would have worn himself a suit and tie. Piper and Rhodes give it back and forth to each other for a few minutes until Rhodes just grabs the mic and tells him to shut and up listen. “Your behavior disgusts me. I mean all you do every week is put down these hard working men and women. You might have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth but not me brother. I have worked hard each and every day of my life. I know what it is like to face Hard Times. These fans out here know what it is to face Hard Times and we are sick and tired of people like you and people like Keebin Sullivan who are just pure evil. These people work hard 6 days a week and pray just as hard on the 7th day just to get buy. Those lucky enough to earn a few extra dollars come and spend it with us. I am going to stand up for them. For what is right. I will not let you, these clowns standing behind you or Sullivan put these people down. There is only two ways in this world. The right way and the wrong way. You are the wrong way. Sullivan is the wrong way. There are plenty of guys like Wildfire Rich, Blackjack Mulligan and myself who are protecting what is right. Rhodes spits on the shoes of Piper and then says “No reason to show me out” as Rhodes leaves the set Piper’s jaw is wide open but with no words are coming out. You can tell he is red hot! ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: HACKSAW REED VS MOONDOG CUJU Moondog Cujo has not won many matches but has shown some ability but not tonight. The new USWA National Champion is on point in this squash match and follows up a Gorilla Press Slam with a football tackle for the win. Hacksaw Reed heads over to the interview desk where Solie congratulates him on winning the belt and also asks about his upcoming steel cage match with Ernie Ladd where the loser must leave the USWA for 30 days. Reed goes off as the feud between Ladd and himself is white hot. Reed says that he heard Ladd call him a drunk and that he was going to send him on a 30 day vacation back to Africa. Reed continues by answering this saying “I am that he is the best athlete in the USWA. 260 pounds of solid muscle and you are Ladd is old! No way will I lose my title to a grumpy old, no skilled, washed up football player and soon to be washed up wrestler. Solie brings us back to the ring for our next match and it’s a good one. MATCH: The Sheepherders vs Crusher Ottman and Tony Atlas The match is pretty wild from the beginning to the end. Both teams have their chance with the momentum but one thing is certain. The Sheepherders are a well-oiled machine who know how to break the rules without the ref seeing anything. After about 7 minutes, Butch Williams hits Crusher Ottman with a low blow and then tagged in Luke Williams and they used a quick battering ram to knock the wind out of the 400+ pounder and gain the pin. Atlas was upset with the low blow and went wild clearing the ring with a few haymakers to the Sheepherders before going to aid his pal. Solie really puts over the victory and says he is excited to see their title defense vs Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen tomorrow night in Dothan, Alabama. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: The Fabulous Ones vs The Nightmares (Ted Allen and Steve Travis under masks) The Fab Ones own the crowd as they come out in Tuxedos to Sharp Dressed Man and from here on in the match was just a formality. The Nightmares are a tough team but tonight they ran into a buzz saw. The end came after a Russian Leg Sweep by Stan Lane on Nightmare #1. After the match Lane and Keirn head over to Solie who reminds them that they have a really tough match tomorrow night against one of the top teams in TNT Wrestling, Mr. Saito and The Great Kabuki. Lane and Keirn hype up how tough their opponents are and then say they are ready for the match. They guarantee the audience that they are ready for the challenge and there is no way they are ready to give up these USWA National Tag Titles. ------------------------------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS------------------------------------------ MATCH: DUSTY RHODES, BLACKJAKE MULLIGAN & BUZZ SAWYER VS VS KEVIN SULLIVAN ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER & THE PURPLE HAZE with SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK Sir Oliver Humperdink is at the interview desk and is verbally attacking Dusty Rhodes and his “family.” Solie responds by hyping up the 10 man tag team match between Sullivan and his minions against Rhodes and his buddies tomorrow night in Dothan. He reminds Humperdink that the first man pinned tomorrow night has to leave the USWA and how does he plan to protect the task master, Kevin Sullivan. Humperdink reminds Gordon Solie that they have a Master Plan and that they are in charge of USWA Wrestling and in just 24 hours that fat slob Dusty Rhodes will be gone from USWA forever. Solie does he best to remain impartial but you can tell he is sick to his stomach that Humperdink is at the interview desk with him. Solie just responds by saying let’s get to the ring. As you would expect the match is wild from the beginning. The House is brutal in everything they do but Rhodes and his buddies are up to the task. The action spills out onto the floor and once again Sullivan seems to go into some sort of trance as he begins to rant. In recent weeks, this has led to more Minions rushing out but tonight it is not a Minion that comes out. It is Roddy Piper. With the refs attention focused elsewhere, Sullivan is able to put Rhodes into the Tree of Woe. Instead of rushing in and Devil Stomping Rhodes, Sullivan makes sure that ref Scrappy McGowan doesn’t turn back to the action. Piper enters the ring while Dusty is hanging upside down and pulls out that white towel we have seen of late. He sprays something onto it that Gordon Solie is sure is either and wraps it around the face of Rhodes. It just a few moments, Rhodes is out cold and Piper slips out of the ring. Scrappy McGowan knows he smells something but can’t put two and two together. Before the rest of Rhodes allies notice what had happened, Sullivan unhooks Dusty and gets the three count. Piper now hits the ring and joins Sullivan in the beating of Rhodes. Officials and wrestlers pour out of the back and try and stop this wild scene as Gordon Solie announces “Oh bro-ther, it looks like Piper has gone to the dark side. I just hope Dusty can regroup for tomorrow night or this scene with him lying flat on his back may be the last we see of him here in USWA. Sorry but we are out of time for this week. “So long from Atlanta.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Man, it's like Tommy Rich can't catch a break. Every time you think he finally has an ally to watch his back, they turn on him! Excellent show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted May 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: 5/27/1984: WTBS SHOW AIRED NATIONALLY 7:05-10:05 FROM THE HOUSTON COUNTY FARM CENTER DOTHAN, ALABAMA “Yello again everybody. Welcome to DON’T TREAD ON ME and USWA Wrestling here on WTBS. I am Gordon Solie. We have a jam packed show tonight but before we get to the ring, we have one programming note to inform you of. Mr. Saito and The Great Kabuki have been replaced in their National Tag Team Title Match due to an injury suffered by Saito. Don’t worry fans, they have been replaced by a team that needs no introduction. OLE & ARN ANDERSON! USWA NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH HACKSAW BUTCH REED VS ERNIE LADD (STEEL CAGE: LOSER LEAVES USWA FOR 30 DAYS) A violent opening match with a lot at stake. Reed is able to control the early tempo as he is just a bit too fast and powerful for Ladd but Ladd is in his element here inside of the steel cage. Ladd begins to use his 6’9 frame to his advantage and chops away at Reed until he goes down. Ladd uses the cage to his advantage as he grinds Reed face into the steel and busts him open. Ladd connected with two Big Boots and it looked like we were going to have a new champ but Reed kicked out at the count of 2 both times. Reed then ducked under a huge chop and connected with a big right hand of his own. From hear it was a body slam followed up with a Gorilla Press Slam. It appeared that Reed could get the pin here but instead he climbed to the top rope. As Ladd finally staggered to his feet. Reed leaped off with the nastiest spear ever seen in wrestling. Ladd was down and Reed got the easy three count at 16:32. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PIPER’S PIT with Special Guests Jerry Lawler (This gives them time to take down the cage) Roddy Piper struts out wearing his kilt while the bag pipes blow. He is getting heckled like you would not believe but he seems to be welcoming it. After he antagonizes the fans for a few minutes insulting their breeding and their poverty, he calls out his next guest, Jerry “The King” Lawler who might be the only person who could have been boo louder than Piper. Lawler gives it back to these fans just like Piper did and then he quickly turns his attention to Tommy Rich who he will face later tonight for the World Title. He kind of chuckles as he goes through all the henchmen that he has sent after Wildfire in the past weeks including Kendo Nagasaki, Carlos Colon, One Man Gang, Crusher Blackwell and his favorite, Mr. Wrestling II. He goes over the joy he felt every time Rich was hit with a kendo stick, a steel pipe, a top rope splash from Blackwell or a Million Dollar Knee Lift from Wrestling II. Piper now asks about a recent match in the Mid-South Coliseum between Lawler and Austin Idol when a masked man rushed into the ring and threw a fireball into the face of Lawler causing him some serious burns and also costing him his NWA Southern Title. Lawler turns real serious now and you can see the anger in his eyes. He says he knows that masked man was Wildfire Rich and he is here tonight in this hick town to for one reason and one reason only. TO GET EVEN WITH RICH and take his so called World Title back with him to Memphis and civilization. He promises one thing, that he will never again return to this Hell Hole they call a wrestling venue. Lawler wants to know what the smell is in the Farm Center because he can’t tell the differences between the pigs in the stands and the pigs in the pen in the back. The fans are wild with anger now! Piper ends the interview by wishing Lawler luck and Lawler jumps right in by saying this is not going to be about luck. I paid lots of people this month to take luck out of it and Rich is a shell of the bad wrestler he was before. Piper says that he has another thing in common with Lawler in that he will never again return to Dothan, Alabama. He continues on saying that when USWA President allowed Tony Atlas and Hacksaw Reed to steal his title this week when Atlas was the guest referee he concluded that this organization is just too corrupt for someone of his stature to deal with. Piper says he has a message for Eddie Graham, the USWA and all of this welfare fans here tonight. Piper sticks up his middle finger and says, I QUIT! Piper drops the microphone and walks out to the loudest cheers ever heard in the USWA but that was because the fans were excited they would never see Piper agains. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DR. D DAVID SCHULTZ VS BAM BAM BIGELOW A wild back and forth match that shows the power of both men but it is Bigelow’s agility that really awes the crowd. After blocking Dr. D’s attempt at the piledriver, Bigelow caught Schultz with a huge right hand. He followed that up with an awesome power slam. He should have gone for the pin but instead decided to WOW the crowd as the 350+ pounder climbed to the top rope and tried a Moonsault. Schultz just moved out of the way at the last second and Bigelow crashed to the floor. Both men struggled to get to their feet but Schultz was first up. He was able to hit a running bulldog and then he connected with the Piledriver and got the victory at 8:31. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TAG TITLE MATCH THE SHEEPHERDERS VS BRUSIER BRODY & STAN HANSEN From the beginning to the end, Gordon Solie is right on the money when he said this one will be a Pier 6 brawl. These teams just beat the hell out of each other from start to finish. There was action all over the arena and all 4 men were bloodied by the end. The end came when Stan Hansen connected with a Lariat on Butch Miller and went for the pin. Luke Williams made the save by crashing the New Zealand flag pole to the back of Hansen’s head. Brody hit the ring and received the same flagpole to the head. Williams just went wild which forced ref Scrappy McGowan to call for the bell and disqualified the Sheepherders at 20:23. This did not stop Williams who was just out of control. Gordon Solie announced that he was tiring of the tactics by Williams and that help needs to get out here. Soon officials and wrestlers poured out but the Sheepherders were almost impossible to control. Finally order was restored and even though the ref declared the challengers the winners, the Sheepherders retained their belts. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Match: INTERGENDER MATCH HOT STUFF EDDIE GILBERT & SHERI MARTEL VS CURT HENNIG & BABY DOLL Gordon first reviews the rules and stipulations for the upcoming match. First, the men will wrestle the men and the women will wrestle the women. If Gilbert and Martel win, Eddie Gilbert will receive a TNT Title shot which will be a loser leave TNT match. Baby Doll would be barred from ringside at this match. If Hennig and Baby Doll win tonight, Eddie Gilbert will not receive another title shot for the rest of 1984. The match is fast paced and entertaining. Baby Doll is taking care of business as her power is just too much for Martel. When the men are in, Hennig is also outclassing Gilbert. He seems to be just one move ahead all the time. Baby Doll threw back to back haymakers and Sheri Martel back peddled into the ropes by her corner. Baby Doll followed Martel into the ropes and did not see Gilbert slap his partner on the back for the legal tag. Somehow, Martel was able to execute an Irish Whip on The Perfect 10. Martel dropped to the mat and Baby Doll leaped over her and was caught right in a front face lock by Eddie Gilbert. He turned this quickly into a DDT. Gordon Solie was in shock that Gilbert would do this to a women. Martel quickly hoped out of the ring and Gilbert tagged her back in. Martel covered Baby Doll and Gilbert rushed across the ring and drop kicked Hennig to the floor to prevent him from making the save. Ref Bruce Owens made the count at 11:21 as Gilbert and Martel quickly escape from the ring with their victory. Solie expresses his disgust and says that was the most cowardly thing he has seen in a long, long time. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ELIMINATION MATCH THE HOUSE OF HUMPERDINK VS TEAM DUSTY RHODES (FIRST MAN PINNED MUST LEAVE THE USWA) Now this match is Good vs Evil and when The House of Humperdink comes to the ring, it creeps the fans out right from the beginning. Kevin Sullivan has a huge snake wrapped around his neck. The Botswana Man Eater has his stomach and face painted in African symbols and is beating on his huge belly. The Purple Haze comes out in a purple rob and appears to be chanting in a trance like rhythm and Abdullah the Butcher is Abdullah. The only one who seems somewhat normal is Hercules Hernandez who is a monster of a man and comes out with a huge steel chain wrapped around his neck. Team Dusty includes himself, Buzz and Brett Sawyer, Mike Graham and Blackjack Mulligan. The good guys come out to the roar of the crowd and Dusty starts pointing at Sullivan right away. Sullivan just gives a gigantic laugh and the commands his Minions to attack before the bell. Chaos ensues as Sullivan just waits on the apron. The reason for that is that the first man eliminated from the match has to leave the USWA and all other wrestlers who are pinned or submit must leave the ring and go to the locker room. Once order is restored, it appears that Hercules Hernandez will start against Dusty Rhodes. Team Dusty works well together and everyone gets a shot while the House of Humperdink has decided to make Hernandez a sacrificial lamb. Every time he goes to make a tag, Sullivan orders the minions to jump off the apron and not enter the ring. Finally, Hernandez is unable to hold out any longer and is pinned by the American Dream after a piledriver. Hercules Hernandez is forced to leave the ring area but he is also out of the USWA. The match drags on for a while until Abdullah the Butcher just brutalizes team Dusty and is able to knock out Brett Sawyer and Mike Graham. Buzz Sawyer was able to catch Purple Haze in a power slam to eliminate him and it is down to three on three. The next elimination comes when The Botswana Man Eater comes off the middle rope and crushes Buzz with his 400+ pounds. Gordon Solie notes that the match is nearly 25 minutes in and Kevin Sullivan has yet to enter the ring. Abdullah just brutalizes the forehead of Mulligan with the fork and after he is a bloody mess, Abdullah basically crushes Mulligan be squashing him in the corner and gains the pin. It is now3 members of the House vs Dusty and still note that Sullivan has yet to enter the ring. Dusty is being double teamed by the Man Eater and Abdullah and is in a bad way. Somehow, Dusty managed to come to life a hit a Stardust Piledriver on the Man-eater to eliminate him. Abdullah now man handles Dusty for a good five minutes but rushed in too quickly and Dusty moved away and the Butcher rammed his head into the ring post. Dusty caught him in a roll up for the pin. It is now a brutally beaten Dusty vs a fresh Kevin Sullivan. The devil basically tossed Rhodes all over the ring and floor area for a few minutes. He then flipped Rhodes into the corner and began the beating of the Tree of Woe. Sullivan then takes a Golden Spike and basically carves Dust’s forehead like he was a butcher. Rhodes is a bloody mess and Sullivan is really trying to injure Rhodes. Sullivan goes into a Devil Stomp and just stomps every inch of Rhodes and then drops a knee right to his throat. He pulls him up by the throat and whips him into the ropes and catches him in a power slam. As he covers him the fans are shocked that their Dream is about to go down to the devil when all of a sudden Hercules Hernandez hits the ring with the steel chain and starts to beat Sullivan across the back. He then scoops him up into the Backbreaker Rack and is trying to snap Sullivan in too. Humperdink is beside himself. Sullivan taps out at 32:10 and the fans go wild. The House of Humperdink actually has been beaten by one of their own men. The fans can’t believe it and give Hernandez and huge ovation. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE OUTLAWS (RON BASS, BLACK BART & BOBBY JAGGERS) VS THE VON ERICHS This feud has been brewing for a while as the Outlaws feel the VonErichs are getting special treatment from TNT President, Fritz VonErich. The match is a brawl from the beginning and all 6 men have time in control of the action. There is a lot of double and triple teaming going on and at times all 6 men are going at it at the same time. The end comes when each of the VonErichs have when of the Outlaws in a corner and they whip all three of the Outlaws into each other. The Outlaws all fall down to the mat as the 3 Vo Erichs each raise their right hand and let the fans know the Iron Claws are coming. Kerry and Bass are the legal men and Kerry locks in the claw and Bass is flat on his back. Mike locks his onto Jaggers and Kevin straps the claw on Black Bart. While all 6 men are in the ring, ref Rick Hazzard seems to ignore it and calls for the bell as Ron Bass has given up at a time of 17:11. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD NATIONAL TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH THE FABULOUS ONES VS OLE & ARN ANDERSON The fans are wild for the Fabulous Ones and their entrance to ZZ Topps and Sharpe Dressed Man gets them off their seats. They will really need to be on their game here as the Andersons are one of the best tag teams in the World. The heels tack control early as Ole refused to break cleanly and caught Lane with a knee to the cut. They controlled Lane in their corner and really wore him down. When Lane tagged in Keirn, Keirn went wild but with all the chaos, ref Bronco Lubich got to close and when Keirn drop kicked Arn, Arn “accidently” knocked down the ref. Keirn then slapped the Sleeper on Arn and he was out but there was no ref to count. Ole hit the ring and rammed Keirn’s shoulder into the steel ring post. It would now be a few minutes of wild action with all four men in the ring at the same time but Keirn was in trouble. It was time for the Anderson trademark of wearing down an injured body part. Ole pulled and tugged and twisted that shoulder until Keirn was in agony. As the ref finally restored order, Ole had Keirn locked in a hammerlock and Keirn was in serious trouble as Ole tagged back in Arn. Arn climbed to the top rope and leaped off and hit a huge knee drop the shoulder and head of Keirn and gained the three count. Solie hypes this victory as we now have new National Tag Team Champions. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ USWA WORLD TITLE MATCH TOMMY RICH VS JERRY LAWLER Now this feud is read hot and the crowd here in Dothan is furious at Jerry Lawler and this plays right into his arrogant persona as he just struts out wearing his crown and laughing at the fans and calling them all kinds of names. Wildfire walks out pretty slowly as he has been banged up pretty badly by some of Lawler’s hired bounty hunters over the last week but Rich has vowed to take it to Lawler tonight. As ref Scrappy McGowan holds up the belt for the fans to see, Lawler attacks before the bell and this gives him the early advantage. Lawler is brutal and really goes after the injured ribs of Rich. Between the body blows and kicks to the mid-section, Lawler straps Rich into numerous abdominal stretches trying to make Rich submit. Lawler is calculated and measures each and every move and the fans have some real concern. Rich tries to gain the momentum after he blocked a suplex by Lawler but Lawler just hits him with a low blow. Lawler begins to strut around the ring and really plays to the audience. Rich decides it’s time to fight fire with fire and when the ref admonishes Lawler for grabbing the hair, Rich throws his own low blow. Lawler is stunned and Rich now goes “WILDFIRE.” He connects with 4 or 5 right hands and then whips Lawler into the ropes. Rich connects with a big Cross Body Block but Lawler kicks out at the count of 2. Lawler escapes to the floor to try to catch his breath but Rich follows him out. The brawl is on and it is amazing they both get back in the ring. Somehow Lawler is back in charge and begins to beat on Rich for a few minutes, Lawler climbs to the top rope and comes off with a big top rope fist drop. WHAM! Lawler’s fist hits the mat as Rich rolls out at the last second. Lawler is jumping around and grabbing his hand as Wildfire takes charge. Rich backs Lawler into the corner and leaps on the second row and throws right hand after right hand as the crowd counts to 10. Scrappy McGowan gets in there and pushes Wildfire back but Rich is relentless and rushes back in. Gordon Solie is heard saying, “OH MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT.” Jerry Lawler has thrown a fireball in the face of Tommy Rich and Rich is rolling in agony. Ref Scrappy McGowan saw it and quickly disqualifies Lawler at 26:02. Lawler goes nuts and stomps on Rich for a minute but Dusty and Kerry VonErich quickly hit the scene and chase Lawler to the back. Solie catches up with Lawler and demands to know why he did that. Lawler responds “Rich hit me with a Fireball up in Memphis and it cost me my title. It is ridiculous how this stupid organization protects Tommy Rich. I was out of work for two weeks. Lost thousands of dollars and now that stinkin Austin Idol is wearing my tittle. I hope Rich’s face is burned beyond recognition which would only help his looks. If Rich wants me, he knows where to find me. I will be home in Memphis thank God far away from this hillbillies and rednecks. Solie finishes the show by saying that is one of the most disgusting men I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. I hope Tommy is not injured to badly and I would like to wish him a speedy recovery. So long from Dothan, Alabama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 29, 2016 Report Share Posted May 29, 2016 LOVED that it was Hercules who cost the House of Humperdink's demise. Very well written. Pretty solid show overall! The Andersons will be great National Tag Team Champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneJackson95 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Great card from top to bottom....love the win by Gilbert and Sherri....The Andersons are a good fit here as well. Lawler/Rich continues to heat up..pun intended and great stuff with Hercules doing in Sullivan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmcfl Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 USWA WRESTLING: MID-SOUTH 6/2/1984: WTBS 6:05-8:05 TAPED IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA “Hello again everybody. Welcome to Mid-South Wrestling from Shreveport, Louisiana and the Irish McNeil’s Boys Club here on WTBS. I am Jim Ross and we have had a very interesting week here in Mid-South and let’s call in my partner and President of Mid-South Wrestling, Cowboy Bill Watts.” Cowboy Bill Watt’s comes and thanks Jim Ross and then gets down to business. He begins with the subject of Vince McMahon and you can tell he is spitting mad. He informs the listeners that McMahon has high jacked many of the wrestlers here in the Mid-South and has brought them north to the WWF. Watts says that there are three things that he holds most high: Nation, God and Family and he understands that Vince just lost his father and is trying to honor him but this was the wrong way to go about it. Watts then turns his attention to Eddie Graham, Fritz VonErich and Ted Turner. He says that all three of them reached out to him and asked him to bring Mid-South Wrestling into the USWA and gave him everything that he could have wanted. He explains that Mid-South Wrestling, Championship Wresting from Florida and Texas Championship Wrestling will now all be equal partners in the USWA and that together, they will ring the best product in all of wrestling to the great fans of the south. Watts then reaches out and thanks Ted Turner for making this all possible and for giving him a weekly show on the Superstation, WTBS. Jim Ross hypes all of this up and asks Cowboy why he thinks Turner gave him so much? Watts says there is only one reason. While Mr. Turner is giving Mid-South a new home, we are giving him the greatest fans in all of wrestling. From New Orleans to Baton Rouge to Oklahoma City and to all of the other great cities we visit, you are truly the best and for that I thank you. Watts continues by saying that Mid-South fans can expect to see some great action in the upcoming weeks and that they should be ready for anything. He says they will be welcoming back some old friends and they will also see a lot of new talent in the coming weeks. Watts now explains that Vince McMahon may have stolen many wrestlers from Mid-South but he can’t steal the North American Title. He continues by saying that there was a one night tournament this past Thursday for the vacant USWA North American Title and Hacksaw Butch Reed defeated Dr. D David Schultz to win the belt. Ross asks if that means that Reed is now the USWA North American Title holder as well as the USWA National Champion. Watts explains that according to USWA rules, a wrestler can only hold one title at a time. He continues to explain that Reed decided to keep the North American Title and his reasoning was that Mid-South Wrestling is where he got his start and this is what he hold most near and dear to his heart. Watts finishes the segment that the USWA Board of Directors will shortly decide who the two top contenders are for the USWA National title. Ross really hypes this up as we go to the first break. ------------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------------- As we come out of break, the USWA World Champion, Tommy Rich has joined Jim Ross and Cowboy Bill Watts at the interview desk. Rich explains how excited he is to be in the Mid-South as he has heard nothing but good things about the fans here. Ross asks how he is feeling after his recent match with Jerry “The King Lawler” where Lawler threw a fireball and severly burned his face. Rich explains that he is feeling pretty good and will be out of action for just a couple of days but he can’t wait to get his hands on that piece of garbage Jerry Lawler. Rich goes so far as to say if Lawler won’t come to him, he is going to Memphis, Tennessee to get his revenge. Ross asks if Wildfire can stay for the first match and Rich says he would love to. MATCH: MR. WRESTLING II VS JOSH STROUD Even though Wrestling II has not been in the Mid-South for a few months, the fans have not forgiven him from his last stint here where he turned on them. What is also obvious is that Rich has not forgiven him either for turning on him just a couple of weeks ago when he tried to collect the bounty placed on Rich by Jerry Lawler. Throughout the match, Rich has nothing nice to say about Wrestling II but there is no denying that he still has a lot of talent. Stroud is a young athletic black wrestler who appears to be in great shape but he could get nothing going against II. The math ends when Wrestling II puts some strap over his knee and hits Stroud with the Million Dollar Knee lift and gains the pin. Wildfire is yelling that Wrestling II has a loaded knee guard and that there is now way that he could knock Stroud out with one knee lift. He says if the doctor’s had not banned him from wrestling tonight, he would put a stop to this. Wrestling II leaves the ring and heads right over to Rich and Ross. Wildfire questions Wrestling II’s tactics in that last match and Wrestling II tells Rich to Shut Up! He is sick and tired of these young know it all’s and that Rich should be thanking him for showing him everything he knows. Rich really turns it up now and asks if he should thank him for turning on him and if he should thank him for collecting Jerry Lawler’s money to try and take him out. Rich now gets nasty and says he guesses that he kind of understands because you know you are collecting some of your last paychecks you over the hill nobody. SLAP! Wrestling II whacks Wildfire right across the face and Rich covers up as that must really have hurt that burned face. Ross says that will be enough as Wildfire says he better leave before he does something he will regret. He walks off set almost shaking in anger. Wrestling II: That is your World Champion folks. I mean where I come from you’d rather be hit, kicked, anything but slapped. That’s not man. Tommy Rich is nothing but a sissy. . Jim Ross takes us to break wondering if Mr. Wrestling II has a conscience. If he has a heart. If he has a soul. ----------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS--------------- MATCH: THE BLACK PANTHER VS BILLY TWO EAGLES AND JOE LIGHTFOOT Jim Ross explains that this next match will be a handicap match and that it will feature newcomer Black Panther who demanded that he face two men at once as there is nobody in the USWA who could beat him one on one. When The Black Panther enters the ring he is wearing a black mask and one thing is evident. He is huge and appears to be almost 7 feet tall and must weigh near 350 pounds. As the match begins, The Black Panther chops, slams and chokes his way to completely control. Hacksaw Butch Reed comes to the interview desk and starts to complain to Cowboy Bill Watts that this Black Panther is none other than Ernie Ladd who is banned from the USWA for 30 days as punishment for losing their last match. Cowboy Bill Watts explains that all he knows is that he recently signed The Black Panther to wrestle here in the Mid-South and while he does resemble Ernie Ladd in style, size and mannerisms, unless someone takes that mask off and proves it is Ernie Ladd, he has no power to do anything. He continues to explain that if it is indeed proven to be Ernie Ladd, he will personally suspend Ladd from the USWA for an entire year. Reed says well this will take nothing but a minute and heads to the ring just as The Black Panther catches Joe Lightfoot with a Big Boot and makes the cover for the victory. Reed enters the ring and Hacksaw and The Black Panther are going at it. Reed catches him with a haymaker and goes right for the mask. It is halfway off when Jim Ross yells, “Good God almighty. It is Big Red Reese and business is about to pick up.” Reese hits the ring and attacks Hacksaw from behind. Together, The Black Panther and Big Red weigh over 750 pounds and they are using it to their advantage. The Black Panther is holding Reed’s legs as Reese comes off the ropes for a Holy Ghost Splash. That is 410 pounds crashing down on to the chest of Reed. He is just laying their motionless as all of a sudden the crowd erupts as wrestlers and officials pour in from the back. The Black Panther an Big Red escape just in the nick of time. Once order is restored, Jim Ross brings us right back to the ring for our next match. MATCH: THE RED ASSASSINS (ALEXIS SMIRNOFF & FIDEL SIERRA) vs DUKE MYERS AND JR HOGG The Russian Assassin comes to the ring wearing a red mask with the Hammer and Sickle on it while the Cuban Assassin comes to the ring waving the Cuban flag. Both these Assassins are well over 6’0 tall and weigh in excess of 250 pounds with muscle to spare. The fans are as angry as a hornet’s nest with this Anti-American display. They are not the only ones who are angry as Bill Watts does not hold back and calls them commies on a few occasions. Watts is so much about God and country that he can’t keep his feelings to himself. As far as the match goes, the assassins are in control from start to finish as they use their brutal tactics to beat Myers and Hogg all over the ring. The Russian Assassin finally puts an end to this match when he nails Myers with a Heart Punch. The Assassins continue to stomp on their opponents for a few minutes until Stan Lane and Steve Keirn rush the ring to the roar of the crowd. The Assassins decide discretion is the better part of valor and high tail it back to the locker room as the Fabulous Ones help Myers and Hogg to their feet and then join Jim Ross at the announcer’s table. The Fabulous Ones make it clear that they will not let anyone show up this great country and if you commies are looking for a fight, well then you have found it! -------------COMMERCIAL BREAK/PROMOS----------- MATCH: BRETT AND BUZZ SAWYER VS THE PURPLE HAZE AND ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER with SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK Sir Oliver Humperdink is at the interview desk and is verbally attacking Dusty Rhodes and his “family.” Ross responds by asking Humperdink to focus on the match at hand. Humperdink responds by saying this won’t be much of a match as his House is going to put the Sawyers through the mat. Ross is obviously upset that he has to spend this match with Humperdink responds with, “We’ll have to see about that. The Sawyers are double tough.” Abdullah and Haze don’t wait for the bell and attack as soon as they are in the ring. This doesn’t bother the Sawyers one bit as they are ready for them. This is a typical match. Well typical match that includes these four men. There is almost no wrestling but the violence is tremendous. From the biting to the forks to the chairs, ref Scrappy McGowan has no control. After Buzz Sawyer connected with a huge Top Rope Splash on Abdullah and looked to have the pin but Purple Haze made the save. All of a sudden, Humperdink wasn’t so comfortable with the tag match any more, calls for re-enforcements and out comes the 400 pound Botswana Man-Eater. From the face paint to the belly slapping, he is just scary. The 3-2 advantage is all the House of Humperdink needs. Scrappy has called for the bell and disqualified Humperdink’s men but they don’t seem to care about that. The have Buzz Sawyer stretched out on the canvass as the Man-Eater climbs to the top rope. If he nails this splash, Buzz Sawyer will be joining Tommy Rich with broken ribs. Just as he was about to leap, the crowd roars. Bam Bam Bigelow has hit the scene and has pushed the Man-Eater off the ropes and he crashes onto the mat. Bigelow now goes wild and power slams Purple Haze and drop kicks Abdullah right through the ropes. As Jim Ross closes the show, Bigelow is in the ring daring any of Humperdink’s men to come in for the fight of their lives. Humperdink himself is demanding that his men head for the locker room. They all play a bit of cat and mouse but none of them has the guts to face Bigelow who is enraged in the ring. Jim Ross reminds the fans to join us next time right here on WTBS. So long from Shreveport, Louisiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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