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WORLD CLASS WRESTLING (TV TAPING)
Tuesday, Week 3, January 1984
Fort Worth, TX. (Small Venue)
Expected Attendance: 5,352; Ticket Prices: +$4 over default
Actual Attendance: 5,000 (SOLD OUT)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Villano III defeated Owen Hart in 4:45 by pinfall. Villano III looked good. (B-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Tiger Mask defeated Villano IV in 5:42 by pinfall. (C)

-Pre-Show Dark Segment
After his victory, Lord Alfred Hayes interviews Tiger Mask about his victory. (C). Before long, however, the interview is interrupted by Villano III. Villano III gets in an argument with Tiger Mask about the history and tradition of Lucha masks vs the pointlessness and gimmickry of Japanese wrestling masks. He also points out that he defeated his opponent tonight in a minute less time than it took Tiger Mask to defeat his opponent. (C)

-As the show starts, Kerry Von Erich comes out to the ring to a mixed reaction. He grabs the mic and says he knows a lot of fans want to hear from regarding what's been going the last few months. He says before he says anything, he wants his father to come to the ring. Fritz comes to the ring, looking wary. Kerry tells Fritz that he's tired of Kevin, tired of Fritz, tired of being a Von Erich, and tired of WCCW. He asks Fritz to rip up his WCCW contract, so he can go somewhere else where "he'll be appreciated". Fritz says he'll do that, if it's what Kerry really wants, but wants Kerry to first hear the announcement he was about to make. (B-)

-Fritz then announces he has booked a triple threat match for tonight to determine the #1 contender to the new TV champion, Kevin. The 3 men taking part will be the other 3 semi-finalists in the TV title tournament - Kerry, Iceman Parsons, and Chris Adams. Kerry then says he's willing to stick around for that match, then long enough to win the title from Kevin, then he'll vacate the title and leave WCCW. (C+)

-Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeat Frank Dusek & Doug Somers in 5:41 when Kevin made Somers submit. (C-). The announcers mention how Kevin announced last night that he's reforming the Kevin/Mike time in part because of the current tension in the family - they also hope to challenge Eaton and Koko for the belts.

-A hype video plays recapping entire the Manny Fernandez/Brian Adias bounty angle (including Manny successfully overcoming all challengers seeking the bounty), and hyping the Terry Funk v. Manny match to take place at next week's January Star Wars. (B-)

-Jim Garvin defeats Roddy Piper in 10:47 by countout. (C-). During the match, Adrian Adonis came out to ringside to do uninvited guest commentary, where he insulted Piper. (C) Eventually, Piper and Adonis had a wild, pull-apart brawl around the ringside area, leading to a count-out victory for Garvin. (C-)

-A hype video recaps the entire Iceman Parsons/Chris Adams feud, and hypes their steel cage match next week at January Star Wars. (C+)

-Triple Threat Match
-#1 Contender Match: WCCW Television Championship.
Chris Adams won the match by pinning Kerry Von Erich in 8:45. (B-). During the match, the referee was knocked unconscious. Gary Hart handed a chair to Adams, who was about to strike a weakened Parsons, until Sunshine (Parsons' valet) grabbed the chair away from Adams from behind. In pulling the chair away, Sunshine accidentally hits Kerry in the face. Kerry grabs Sunshine, and throws her to the ground. When he turns back around, Adams superkicks him and gets the 3-count. (B-) The match suffered from a lack of psychology.

-After the match, Kerry quickly comes to, and continues to berate Sunshine, blaming her for his loss. Iceman Parsons intervenes, and starts arguing with Kerry, until levels Parsons with a quick discuss punch. (C). Kerry leaves the ring.

-After a commercial, Lord Alfred Hayes catches up to Kerry backstage, who blames Parsons and Sunshine for the loss. (B-). Kevin Von Erich interrupts the interview, and argues with Kerry about what he's done. Kevin tells Kerry that "maybe he should leave WCCW" to get his head together. (B-).

-Outside the arena, cameras catch a limo arriving. Ted Dibiase and Arman Hussein are seen exiting the vehicle. The announcers recap Dibiase's debut last night (B)

-Ted Dibiase drew with Buddy Landell in 10:00 when the time limit expired. (C+). Dibiase seemed surprised by the result. The two showed poor chemistry.

-David Von Erich hyped his upcoming World Title defense against Michael Hayes. David points out that he's already defended the title twice against Hayes, but if Hayes still wants more, he's willing to dish it out. (B+)

-WCCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats Michael Hayes in 11:44 by DQ. (B-) David had the match won, but the other Freebirds (Roberts and Garvin) interfered and started a 3-1 attack. Mike and Kevin (but not Kerry) made the save for David, and a Freebird/Von Erich brawl ended the show. (C+)

Overall Show Rating: C+ (This show can be considered a success, it should have increased our overall popularity).

THOUGHTS

-This was pretty loaded show, featuring some pretty lengthy match recaps due to the amount of stuff I had in my head. After all that, a mediocre rating, but enough to help improve my popularity in most of the country.

-The first Tiger Mask/Villano III altercation occurs on the pre-show, the start of a feud that should help elevate both guys. Before that, Villano III caries 18-year old Owen Hart to a B- in only Hart's 3rd professional match (to put that in perspective, Hart/Funk only got a D+).

-Kerry takes a few big steps closer to heeldom - demanding Fritz rip up his contract, putting his hands on Sunshine, and laying out Iceman Parsons. I still haven't pulled the trigger on "turning" him officially. He'll go one way or the other soon.

-The Piper/Adonis stuff fell flat, (just like the rest of Piper's WCCW stint thus far).

-I did a time limit draw with Dibaise/Landell with the intention that they would have a rematch at January Star Wars. But the showed bad chemistry, so we might just run that at the house show instead.