Memphis Wrestling, 1983: Long Live The King!! - Page 2

tucking fypo · 07-21-2020, 12:05 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 1, April 1983
Mobile, Alabama
Attendance: 9,952 (Capacity: 10,000)

Pre Show Match
--Steve Williams def. Rip Rogers in 7:09 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75)

Pre Show Segment
--Rick Rude gives a promo to the crowd, hyping his next match with Rick Gibson. (D+, 50)

Pre Show Match
--Rick Rude def. Rick Gibson in 5:49 by pinfall after a Rude Awakening. (C+, 66)

--The show opens with Randy Savage and Junkyard Dog arguing at the announcers table with Lance Russell trying to calm both down. Russell tells them to settle it in the ring when both agree to face each other in the main event. (A+, 97)

--Lance Russell interviews Jimmy Hart, who hypes King Kong Bundy’s challenge to Wendell Cooley and the Mid-America title. Hart says Cooley is complaining about his ribs because he has a yellow streak down his back and is making excuses to avoid Bundy. (B-, 75)

--King Kong Bundy def. Jerry Stubbs in 6:10 by pinfall after the Big Splash (B-, 75) After the match, Wendell Cooley hits the ring with a 2X4, hitting Bundy several times in the ribs and knocking him off his feet before the rest of the First Family comes out and chases Cooley off. (C+, 68) Cooley gladly accepts Hart and Bundy’s challenge and the match will be next Saturday on the TV show. (C+, 70)

--Jim Cornette comes out with a piece of paper in hand. He tells Lance Russell he has a restraining order on Bill Dundee and that Dundee can’t come within 100 yards of him. Russell looks over the paper and rolls his eyes as Cornette continues. He tells Cornette that the paper is handwritten and an ‘X’ was written as the signature. Cornette threatens Russell with the tennis racket as Bill Dundee comes out, trailed by Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware as Cornette scampers to the locker room. (B+, 86)

-- Dundee, Eaton, and Ware cut a promo, challenging Cornette’s Dynasty to a match right now, saying that the Midnight Express have more problems than just the Rock ‘n’Roll Express and the Fabulous Ones. The Dynasty runs out and a brawl takes up the ringside area at the announcers table. Referee Jerry Calhoun starts the match when things get under control. (C+, 70)

--Bill Dundee, Bobby Eaton, and Koko Ware def. Cornette’s Dynasty (Condrey, Austin, and Fernandez) in 12:29 by pinfall after Bobby Eaton delivered an Alabama Jam on Norvell Austin as the action spilled outside the ring. (B, 79) After the match, the Fabulous Ones hit the ring and beat down an already tired Midnight Express as Dundee goes after Manny Fernandez. (B-, 74)

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. Don Bass and Roger Smith in 11:02 by pinfall after a double dropkick on Smith, allowing Morton to get the pin. (B-, 76)

--Jerry Lawler comes out and challenges any of Cornette’s Dynasty or Hart’s First Family to a singles match for the Southern heavyweight title or in a tag team match next Saturday on the TV show. He tells Lance Russell he’s itching for a fight and wants to drop someone on their head. (A+, 100)

--Junkyard Dog def. Randy Savage by disqualification in 16:58 when the Rick Rude and the Moondogs interfered and beat JYD down as Savage joined in. (B+, 86) Lawler came to JYD’s rescue with a chair and chased the First Family off. (A, 90)

Show Rating: A, 89

TV Rating: 0.44 (336,410 viewers)

A couple of pre show incidents:

--Norvell Austin received some serious heat from the locker room about his selfish behavior. He was given a stern warning and promised to improve his behavior. In addition, he was jobbed out in the six-man tag match.

--King Cobra was very late for the show, violating company rules. He was given a stern warning as well and did not like it. His behavior will likely get worse.

Post Show Notes
--Wendell Cooley gets some measure of revenge on Bundy as they head toward next week’s Mid-America title match.

--Jim Cornette’s Dynasty had a bad night with the loss in the six-man tag match and the return of the Fabulous Ones in a post-match beatdown of the Midnights. Cornette’s skills are improving every week. I checked his mic skills, charisma, and acting skills in the editor and all have increased by 3-4 points since January 1: Mic is 89, Charisma is 83, and Acting is 85. Not bad for the 21-year old Cornette.

--Lawler will see a pickup in action next week. I’ve kept him mostly on the mic with only one match since he defeated Manny Fernandez at WrestleBowl in order to give some other workers the spotlight.

tucking fypo · 07-21-2020, 11:51 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 2, April 1983
Nacogdoches, Texas
Attendance: 3,170 (Capacity: 5,000)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--Wendell Cooley def. Moondog Rex by pinfall in 7:51 after a Wildcat Slam. Cooley was in visible discomfort from his rib injury to Bundy. (C+, 66) Cooley makes his 7th defense of the Mid-America title.

--Randy Savage and Buddy Landel come out and hype their upcoming match against Jerry Stubbs and Jimmy Valiant. (C+, 70)

--The Fabulous Ones def. Leroy Brown and Ray Candy in 8:39 by pinfall after Stan Lane’s Savate Kick on Brown. (B-, 73) After the match, the Fabs hype their beatdown on the Midnight Express on this past Saturday’s TV show, saying it was good to stomp a mudhole in anything that hangs with Jim Cornette. (C+, 67)

--A backstage camera catches Wendell Cooley laying on the ground and a masked man standing above him with a chain. Promoter Eddie Marlin steps in as the masked assailant runs away. (C, 58)

--Bill Dundee def. Sabu the Wildman in 8:41 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 75) After the match, Dundee hypes the six-man tag win from Saturday, saying he could get used to working with Eaton and Ware, as long as they save Manny Fernandez for him. (B-, 76)

--Eddie Marlin comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Marlin explains the rules for the King of Kings event later in the month.

**The winner will get a Southern heavyweight title shot at the Night of Champions event in May;

**The 10 participants and five teams for the event will be chosen randomly. There will be a series of tag team matches,, over the next two weeks on Championship Wrestling and one match next Monday night at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

**There will be no time limit and there must be a winner in each match.

**The 10 winners from the 5 tag team matches will then compete in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Southern heavyweight title. (C, 62)

--Randy Savage and Buddy Landel def. Jerry Stubbs and Jimmy Valiant in 15:53 by pinfall after Savage’s flying elbow drop on Stubbs. (B-72)

--Steve Williams hypes his match tonight against Don Bass. He warns the First Family with a focus on King Kong Bundy, telling Bundy that Cooley will pay him back for the sneak backstage attack and that if he thinks he will get help in their title match this Saturday, he will be Cooley’s backup. (B, 79)

--Jerry Lawler hypes his reign as Southern heavyweight champion. He says it won’t matter who wins the King of Kings battle royal because he plans on holding the title for a very long time. (A+, 100)

--Steve Williams def. Don Bass in 9:23 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75)

Show Rating: B, 80

tucking fypo · 07-22-2020, 10:52 AM

Weekly News
--Championship Wrestling from Florida has let it be known they now have a hostile relationship with me. As a result, I check their roster to see if there is anyone I might pick up if their schedule permits. If they work for two companies, I’m out.

**Barry Windham has commitments to Mid-Atlantic and CWF. He is 22 and has good overness in the Southeast, along with above average skills for someone his age. Not now.

**Black Bart is one-half of the Florida Bahamas Tag Champions and CWF is his only contract. Bart’s brawling skills would match what we need in CWA. He might be the lone signee I could get. I will likely hold off for now

**“Cowboy” Bob Orton is the Florida Heavyweight Champion but has two employers, Mid-Atlantic and CWF.. He is the best brawler on the roster. No go for now.

**Dusty Rhodes’ only commitment is to CWF. Of course, his stats in Psychology, Mic, and Charisma are off the charts. I check to see if he is interested and Dusty says he is not interested in joining CWA at the moment.

**27-year-old Jake Roberts has three commitments: World Class, CWF, and Georgia (where he is on PPA). He’s one of the best statistically but with three commitments, its not the time to sign.

**Joe Leduc is solid across the board. Unfortunately, Mid-Atlantic and CWF are his commitments. Leduc and Lawler have a history. It was five years earlier, in 1978, that Leduc made his Blood Oath against Lawler on Memphis television on Saturday morning wrestling that shocked many fans, and Lance Russell. Dude legit scared me.

--I sign Hercules Hernandez to a six-month contract at $600 per appearance. He was recently released by the flailing Central States.

tucking fypo · 07-22-2020, 02:12 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 2, April 1983
Oxford, Mississippi
Attendance: 9,500 (Sell Out)

--Jimmy Hart comes out with his First Family and hypes King Kong Bundy’s title shot against Wendell Cooley later in the show. Lance Russell asks Hart about his group’s sneak attack on Cooley as a way of softening him up before his title defense. Hart denies any involvement in the attack on Cooley. (B-, 73)

--Promoter Eddie Marlin comes out and announces the first match that will determine the first two entrants in the King of Kings battle royal later in the month. He reminds the audience that the drawing is completely random which could make for interesting tag teams. Marlin announces the first match as Bobby Eaton and Adrian Street will take on Dennis Condrey and Moondog Rex. (C, 61)

King of Kings Qualifying Match
--Bobby Eaton and Adrian Street def. Dennis Condrey w/Jim Cornette and Moondog Rex w/Jimmy Hart in 9:55 by pinfall after an Eaton Alabama Jam on Dennis Condrey. Bill Dundee chased Cornette from ringside and Steve Williams chased Hart from ringside. Street was not willing to work with Eaton until Eaton pulled him into the ring by his hair. Street obliged by tagging Eaton back in and walking away. Rex accidentally hit Condrey with the Moondog bone, allowing Eaton the pin. (B-, 75)

--Jerry Lawler comes out and tells Lance Russell that he believes in second chances, especially in title matches. He then says he would be glad to defend his Southern heavyweight title against Manny Fernandez in the main event but only if Jim Cornette is not allowed at ringside. (A+, 100) Jim Cornette comes out and accepts Lawler’s challenge on behalf of Manny. He tells Lawler that Manny might suffer without him at ringside but says Manny is still the better wrestler. (C+, 67)

--Ricky Steamboat def. Buddy Landel in 12:42 by pinfall after a Flying Crossbody. (B, 82)

--Lance Russell shows backstage camera footage from a few minutes ago, showing Wendell Cooley being attacked by the masked man as Cooley was preparing to wrestle King Kong Bundy. (C+, 66)

--Lance Russell calls out Adrian Street, who hypes his performance in his tag team win earlier in the night and says that he is the only real man that can win the King of Kings battle royal. He then wishes “Gwendolyn” good luck in his title defense against Bundy and hopes he will be able to wrestle Bundy.

--Eddie Marlin comes back out for two announcements and asks Jimmy Hart and King Kong Bundy to join him at the announcers table. Marlin tells Hart that because of the masked man’s attack, Wendell Cooley will not be able to defend the Mid-America title against Bundy because of the injuries sustained in the two recent attacks. He tells Hart it’s not a good look for his guys to attack Cooley like that. Hart and Bundy are livid as Marlin explains that Cooley still has 25 days to defend the title. Hart and Bundy plead their innocence. (C+, 68)

--Marlin then makes his announcement for the second qualifying match for the King of Kings battle royal. The first team will be Steve Williams and Koko Ware facing off against Bill Dundee and Randy Savage. (C+, 69)

--Before the match, Bill Dundee says that sometimes you have to work with jerks and weirdos and tonight is no exception. He also tells Williams and Ware that it’s nothing personal tonight because he wants a shot at the Southern heavyweight title. Dundee also takes a jab at Cornette, saying his Momma wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied. (B, 81)

King of Kings Qualifying Match
--Bill Dundee and Randy Savage def. Steve Williams and Koko Ware in 10:02 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop by Savage on Williams. Dundee and Savage got along strangely well during the match, prompting Russell and Dave Brown to wonder how two people like Dundee and Savage and their personalities could get along with so much on the line. (B, 82)

--After the match, Bill Dundee offers a handshake to Savage on the win with the crowd behind Savage. Savage responds by punching Dundee and beating him down before leaving the ring. (B+, 86)

--Jerry Lawler hypes his upcoming title match against Manny Fernandez, reminding Lance Russell that everyone’s favorite ball boy, Cornette, and his tennis racket won’t be there to help Manny tonight. (A+, 100)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Jerry Lawler def. Manny Fernandez in 16:05 by pinfall following a piledriver in a bloody match. (B+, 87) Lawler makes his 6th defense of the Southern title.

Show Rating: A, 89

TV Rating: 0.41 (311,860 viewers)

Post Show Notes
--I make an offer to The Spoiler. He is not currently employed as he was not re-signed by Georgia. He will be a nice addition to the roster if terms can be reached.

tucking fypo · 07-23-2020, 11:52 AM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 3, April 1983
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 14,768 (Capacity: 15,000)

--Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He tells Russell he has a great idea that will make everyone happy. He says that he has yet to have an opponent for the King of Kings event because of the tag team qualifying matches. He offers that the losers of the five tag team qualifiers be put in their own battle royal on Saturday’s Championship Wrestling telecast. The winner of that 10-man battle royal would face him in the main event of King of Kings. (A+, 100)

--The Fabulous Ones def. Phil Hickerson and Troy Graham w/Jimmy Hart in 6:57 by pinfall after a Stan Lane Savate Kick on Graham. (B-, 75) After the match, Lane and Keirn hype their tag team success. Keirn also says he and Lane have discussed that if their names were called tonight or Saturday, they will be ready to fight, whether its together or against each other. (B-, 75)

--Bill Dundee comes out and challenges Randy Savage to match later in the card, referring to Savage’s sucker punch of Dundee on Saturday’s show. He says it obvious that Savage doesn’t appreciate it when people help him so he will teach him a lesson about respect. (B, 81)

--Promoter Eddie Marlin comes out and announces the next King of Kings qualifying match: Junkyard Dog will team with Buzz Sawyer to take on Ricky Morton of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express and Norvell Austin of the Midnight Express. (B-, 75) Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and says there’s a conspiracy to keep him from winning the King of Kings battle royal. He calls out JYD and says not to mess this match up or their will be a price to pay. JYD comes out and the two begin arguing. (A+, 100)

--King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Tommy Rogers in 5:48 by pinfall after the Big Splash. (B-, 74) After the match, Hart hypes Bundy and tells Wendell Cooley he doesn’t know what he’s trying to pull with the fake masked man attacks but he can’t hide from the First Family. (C+, 66) Cooley comes out and accuses Hart and Bundy of orchestrating the attacks, which they deny. (C+, 70)

--Jim Cornette comes out to a chorus of boos from the Louisville crowd for an interview with Lance Russell. Cornette says he’s ashamed to be at home in Louisville, Kentucky, in front of a bunch of uncultured backwoods hicks who need an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. Cornette then hypes Norvell Austin’s tag team with Ricky Morton, saying that the only thing worse than kissing your sister is teaming with someone that looks like your sister. (B-, 72)

King of Kings Qualifying Match
--Junkyard Dog and Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Ricky Morton and Norvell Austin w/Jim Cornette in 12:25 when the match deteriorated and Morton and Austin were counted out fighting each other outside the ring while JYD and Sawyer were fighting each other in the ring. (B, 81)

--Jerry Stubbs def. Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart in 7:01 by submission after the Figure Four Leglock. (C+, 70)

--Bill Dundee def. Randy Savage in 16:39 by pinfall after a distraction by Manny Fernandez. Fernandez distracted referee Jerry Calhoun while Savage retrieved a chair. Savage’s attempted chair shot on Dundee missed, hit the ropes, and bounced back to hit Savage in the face, knocking him out for the Dundee pin. (A, 92)

Show Rating: A, 92

Weekly News
--Dick Slater is the new Southwest Heavyweight Champion, defeating Gino Hernandez.

--I re-sign Leroy Brown and Don Bass to three month contracts at $900 per appearance. A pretty good bargain when considering that both are good workers in their tag teams.

tucking fypo · 07-24-2020, 10:28 AM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 3, April 1983
Albany, Georgia
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

--Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler. He hypes his match later in the show and his Southern title defense at King of Kings against the winner of tonight’s battle royal. (A+, 100)

--Eddie Marlin comes out to announce the fourth qualifying match for the King of Kings battle royal. Manny Fernandez and King Kong Bundy will team up against Moondog Spot and Robert Gibson. (C, 63)

King of Kings Qualifying Match
--Manny Fernandez and King Kong Bundy def. Moondog Spot and Robert Gibson by pinfall in 4:20 after Fernandez, Bundy, and Spot ganged up and beat down Gibson. Bundy pinned Gibson after a Big Splash. (C+, 67)

--Jimmy Hart comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Hart says that Junkyard Dog was too worried about fighting his tag team partner, Buzz Sawyer, last Monday night and almost cost them a chance at the Southern title. JYD comes out and lets Hart know that Sawyer is not in the building tonight. He chases and eventually catches Hart, who tripped himself up. He gives Hart two dog headbutts while on the Civic Center floor before King Kong Bundy helps him escape to the locker room. (B+, 86)

--Wendell Cooley hypes his upcoming title defense against Leroy Brown. He says he knows the masked man will eventually make a mistake and he will find out who it is and he’s sure the person responsible will be part of the First Family. (C+, 67)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--Wendell Cooley def. Leroy Brown in 4:56 by pinfall after a Wildcat Slam. (C+, 66) The masked man appeared midway through the match and distracted Cooley. Cooley makes his 8th defense of the Mid-America title. After the match, Cooley chased the masked man to the back where a car was waiting on him to take him away. (C-, 55)

--Eddie Marlin comes out and announces the final qualifying match for the King of Kings battle royal. Steve Keirn and Stan Lane will team together to face Ricky Steamboat and Jerry Stubbs. (C+, 69)

--Ricky Steamboat is interviewed by Lance Russell. Steamboat hypes his upcoming tag match with Jerry Stubbs against “the best tag team in the world”, the Fabulous Ones, and thanks the fans for supporting him in the CWA. (B+, 86)

King of Kings Qualifying Match
--Ricky Steamboat and Jerry Stubbs def. The Fabulous Ones in 8:35 by pinfall after Steamboat landed a flying crossbody on Keirn. (B-, 76) After the match, both teams offer a handshake to each other as a mutual sign of respect. (B-, 74)

--Lance Russell hypes the upcoming battle royal by running down the list of participants, in which the winner will face Jerry Lawler at King of Kings for the Southern title: Steve Keirn, Stan Lane, Moondog Spot, Robert Gibson, Ricky Morton, Norvell Austin, Steve Williams, Koko Ware, Dennis Condrey, and Moondog Rex. (B-, 72)

--Dennis Condrey wins the battle royal for the right to face Jerry Lawler at the King of Kings main event. The last two remaining were Dennis Condrey and Steve Williams. Jim Cornette distracted Steve Williams long enough for Condrey to push him over the top rope for the win. (B, 79) After the match, Cornette celebrated with Condrey along with Norvell Austin as Williams sat stunned in the corner. (C, 62)

--Bill Dundee comes out for an interview and thanks Manny Fernandez and the bad reflexes of Randy Savage for helping him win this past Monday night. As Savage comes out to respond, Dundee says that Savage and Fernandez should know you can’t put anything over on the Superstar. (B+, 86)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Jerry Lawler def. Sabu the Wildman in 9:41 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B, 82) Lawler makes his 7th defense of the Southern title. After the match, Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin beat down Lawler as the show ends. (B-, 72)

Show Rating: B+, 86

TV Rating: 0.42 (321,380 viewers)

Post Show Notes

--The King of Kings battle royal is set: Bill Dundee, Randy Savage, Bobby Eaton, Adrian Street, Junkyard Dog, Buzz Sawyer, Jerry Stubbs, Ricky Steamboat, Manny Fernandez, and King Kong Bundy

--The winner will get a title shot at Jerry Lawler, or the Southern heavyweight champion at that time, at next month’s Night of Champions.

--I sign The Spoiler and re-sign Leroy Brown and Don Bass.

--Former CWA wrestler, Wayne Farris, has been let go by Southeast Championship Wrestling. He is now unemployed. I ask for negotiations and he says it is too soon to return to CWA. He still considers himself a freelancer.

tucking fypo · 07-27-2020, 12:55 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 4, April 1983
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Attendance: 2,840 (Capacity: 3,700)

--Jimmy Hart comes out with King Kong Bundy and Buzz Sawyer and is interviewed by Lance Russell. Hart wants Eddie Marlin to come out. He asks Marlin why King Kong Bundy has not received his Mid-America title shot and Cooley defended the belt this past Saturday against Leroy Brown. Marlin agrees with Hart and tells Hart that Bundy will receive his title shot on Saturday’s TV show because of Bundy’s participation in the King of Kings battle royal on Thursday night. (C, 62)

--Jerry Stubbs def. Troy Graham w/Jimmy Hart in 5:40 by submission after a Figure Four Leglock. (C, 59)

--Lance Russell interviews Wendell Cooley about Eddie Marlin’s announcement that he must defend the Mid-America title against Bundy this Saturday. Cooley accepts the challenge ahead of him and that he expects the masked man to show up, if he has the guts. (C, 65)

--Jimmy Valiant def. Phil Hickerson in 6:42 by pinfall after a Boogie Woogie Elbow Drop. (C, 60)

--Randy Savage def. Bobby Fulton in 6:52 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop. (C+, 70) After the match, Savage says that Bill Dundee’s win over him this past Saturday was the biggest fluke in the history of wrestling. He promises Dundee he will be coming for him during King of Kings. (B, 81)

--Steve Williams def. Sabu the Wildman in 7:47 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75)

--Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee come out to hype their match with the Midnight Express, saying that they’ve won the Southern tag team titles three times and don’t be surprised if number four is tonight. Jim Cornette comes out with the Midnight Express and argues with Lawler and Dundee with Cornette telling Lawler he needs to be worried about defending the Southern heavyweight title against Dennis Condrey. (B, 82)

AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match
--Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee def. The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette by disqualification in 11:47 when Randy Savage and Manny Fernandez attacked Dundee and Lawler. (B, 81)

--The beatdown continued until Cornette landed tennis racket shots on the heads of Lawler and Dundee. (B, 80) The Midnight Express retain their titles on a disqualification.

Show Rating: B, 78

Post Show Notes
--A solid card for a Mid-South region show. The show rating was lower than usual compared to our recent outings. Still, I’ll settle for a B show outside our home region. Hopefully, this will be a nice lead-in for Thursday night’s big event.

tucking fypo · 07-28-2020, 05:14 PM

CWA King of Kings
Thursday, Week 4, April 1983
Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

--Lance Russell opens King of Kings by showing a video hyping the battle royal and how each wrestler got there through the tag team qualifying matches. (A, 90)

--The Fabulous Ones def. Leroy Brown and Ray Candy in 9:40 by pinfall after a Savate Kick by Lane on Brown. (B, 80) After the match, the Fabs are violently attacked by the Sheepherders, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan, and run into the ringposts multiple times, bringing blood to both Lane and Keirn. (C, 62)

--Wendell Cooley comes out and hypes his championship match with King Kong Bundy on Saturday’s show. He tells the fans he will be ready for the masked man if he decides to interfere. Cooley also warns any member of the First Family, including Jimmy Hart, to stay out of his matches. (C+, 67)

--Ricky Morton def. The Spoiler in 11:49 by pinfall after a missile dropkick. (B-, 75)

--Jerry Lawler comes out and hypes his Southern heavyweight title defense against Dennis Condrey in the main event. Lawler ends the interview by reminding the competitors in the King of Kings battle royal that one may be crowned the King tonight but there’s still only one King of Memphis. (A+, 100)

King of Kings Battle Royal
--Buzz Sawyer wins the King of Kings battle royal in 22:50 after eliminating the Junkyard Dog. (B, 80) JYD got the most eliminations. Bill Dundee and Randy Savage were among the last competitors with Sawyer and JYD. Sawyer wins the title shot against the Southern heavyweight champion at next month’s Night of Champions.

The order of elimination was as follows:
--Jerry Stubbs was eliminated in under 1:00 by King Kong Bundy;

--Adrian Street was eliminated by JYD;

--King Kong Bundy and Manny Fernandez were both eliminated by JYD;

--Bobby Eaton was eliminated by Randy Savage;

--Ricky Steamboat was eliminated by Buzz Sawyer following a Savage low blow;

--Bill Dundee and Randy Savage were both eliminated by JYD when Dundee caught Savage on the top rope getting ready for an elbow drop on JYD; as Dundee prepared for a superplex from the top rope, JYD knocked both Dundee and Savage off balance and onto the floor;

--JYD was eliminated by Sawyer; JYD had Sawyer up for the Thump when Sawyer grabbed the ring rope and pulled both competitors over the top; Sawyer held on while JYD hit the floor.

--Lance Russell interviews Buzz Sawyer and Jimmy Hart. Sawyer says that people’s worst nightmare came true because he will be the new Southern champion come the Night of Champions. Sawyer barks all the way back to the locker room. (A+, 100)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Jerry Lawler def. Dennis Condrey w/Jim Cornette in 20:59 by pinfall after a piledriver in an excellent match with superb wrestling and great heat. (A, 89) Lawler makes his 8th defense of the Southern heavyweight title. After the match, Lawler celebrated his victory. (A, 90)

tucking fypo · 07-28-2020, 09:25 PM

Post Show Notes
--All of the buildup was for the battle royal. I just can’t make myself put the battle royal above the promotion championship match. It ended up working out. A great show was capped by Lawler and Condrey working well together and putting on an ‘A’ match with minimal buildup, aside from the last week.

--The countdown is on to the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Night of Champions. The event itself was not something that CWA did at all in 1983. The biggest shows would come out of their partnerships with the AWA and World Class in the mid to late 1980’s (both in their death throes in 1987-88 but very popular in 1983). The weekly Monday night shows were the major events.

--The Sheepherders have returned to feud with their old nemesis, the Fabulous Ones, albeit with a new member to replace the departed freelancer, Luke Williams. The new member, Rip Morgan, made up an incarnation of the Sheepherders in the ‘80’s but with Luke Williams. I may actually talk Butch Miller into coming to CWA one day but without the ridiculously cartoonish gimmick they were shamed into taking in the WWF.

--Morton vs Spoiler was a throwaway match with no hype. Morton needed a boost. The Spoiler is 43 years old but can still put on an above average to good match with the right opponent. However, creative has put him on the time decline list, along with Jonathan Boyd.

Game World News
--Don Muraco is the new WWF Champion, ending the 5 year, 2 month reign of Bob Backlund in the Nassau Coliseum.

--In Georgia, the Masked Superstar is the new NWA National Heavyweight Champion, ending Stan Hansen’s one-month reign as champ.

tucking fypo · 07-30-2020, 10:24 AM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 4, April 1983
Decatur, Alabama
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Buddy Landel def. Jerry Stubbs in 6:38 by submission after a Figure Four Leglock.

--As the show opens, Lance Russell interviews Randy Savage, who explains that his problems with Bill Dundee are not over. He asks Dundee if he’s ready to “feel the madness”. Savage then displays a fit of intense anger by threatening Russell and Dave Brown at the announcers desk. (A+, 97)

--Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware def. Rip Rogers and The Spoiler in 6:46 by pinfall after an Alabama Jam by Eaton on Rogers. (B-, 76) After the match, Eaton and Ware cut a promo hyping their quest on winning the Southern tag titles from the Midnight Express. (B-, 71)

--The Fabulous Ones come out for an interview with Russell. Keirn explains that they knew the Sheepherders would be back one day to finish what they couldn’t a few months ago when they took the tag titles away from the Sheepherders. Lane adds they don’t care if a little more blood is spilled. (B, 78)

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title Match
--King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Wendell Cooley in 6:14 by pinfall after a Big Splash. The masked man attempted to interfere in the match but was met with fury by Cooley as they fought outside the ring, much to the surprise of Bundy, who just stood in the ring and waited.

--Adrian Street then came out and piledrived Cooley on the arena floor as Jerry Calhoun was distracted by Hart. Cooley’s lifeless body was then thrown into the ring for Bundy to finish. (B-, 76) King Kong Bundy wins the Mid-America title for the first time. After the match, Jimmy Hart celebrates the title win with Bundy. (B, 80)

--A disgusted Lance Russell attempts to interview Adrian Street and the masked man. Street says that “Gwendolyn” should have been more focused and careful in his match with Bundy. Street then introduces his friend, who removes his mask. The person is revealed to be a debuting Hercules Hernandez. Street blows a kiss to the TV audience as he leaves the set. (C+, 68)

--Bill Dundee comes out and says he wants to give Lance Russell and Dave Brown an extra pair of eyes for the upcoming match between Randy Savage and Tommy Rogers. (B, 82)

--Randy Savage def. Tommy Rogers by pinfall in 7:58 after a flying elbow drop. (B-, 75). After the match, Dundee is clapping as Savage makes his way toward the announcers table. Savage again says its too bad they were thrown out of the ring together by JYD at King of Kings because he was close to finishing Dundee. Dundee responds that it doesn’t matter because the last time there was a match with Savage, he needed Manny Fernandez’s help and didn’t know how to use a chair. (B+, 86)

--Jim Cornette comes out and hypes Dennis Condrey’s effort against Jerry Lawler at King of Kings, saying that Lawler was lucky the match didn’t last another two minutes as Condrey had the match won. (B+, 86) Cornette then hypes the Midnight Express and their tag team title reign. (B+, 88)

--Ricky Steamboat def. Rick Rude in 7:43 by pinfall after a flying crossbody. (B-, 76) After the match, Steamboat thanks the fans for coming out tonight and that he should have known that Savage would use underhanded ways to get ahead in the battle royal and wasn’t prepared for it. (B+, 86)

--Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Lawler hypes his almost three-month reign as Southern champion. Buzz Sawyer and Jimmy Hart make their way out and interrupt Lawler. They tell him that at next month’s big event, Night of Champions, the Sawyer era begins and Lawler will fade into obscurity. Lawler responds by saying that Sawyer’s best day couldn’t match The King’s worst day and he will walk out with the title. (A+, 100)

--Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Steve Williams in 13:19 by pinfall after the Flying Burrito. (B, 82) After the match, Cornette’s Dynasty comes out and congratulates Manny on his victory. (B+, 87)

Show Rating: B+, 88

TV Rating: 0.39 (293,580 viewers)

Post Show Notes
--Bill Dundee asks for a $430 pay raise. He is currently making $1280 per appearance. No problem with this. He is a cornerstone of CWA.

tucking fypo · 07-31-2020, 01:38 PM

April End of Month Review

--Buzz Sawyer wins the King of Kings and is poised to take on Jerry Lawler in the hottest storyline in the company.

--Bill Dundee and Randy Savage’s feud is the second hottest storyline but could surpass Lawler/Buzz come Night of Champions. Dundee defeated Savage on the Monday Night Tour in week 3, which rated a 92. Manny Fernandez lurks in the background of this feud as Dundee continues to insult Cornette and Savage refuses to be stuck to either Cornette or Hart.

--Adrian Street is the mastermind behind the masked man attacks on Wendell Cooley, much to the surprise of King Kong Bundy and Jimmy Hart. Cooley and Street will rekindle the solid feud from January and February, along with Hercules Hernandez.

--The Fabulous Ones and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express continue their drive for the tag titles, held by the Midnight Express. The Sheepherders have entered the fray and have their sights on getting retribution on the Fabulous Ones, who took the tag titles from them in January.

--Ricky Steamboat’s contract ends in just over a month so he will be around for the Night of Champions. He is a freelancer so he will move on after his contract is over.

Best Matches of April

**Singles – Bill Dundee defeated Randy Savage on the Monday Night Tour in Week 3 with a 92 rated match.

**Tag Team – Bill Dundee and Randy Savage defeated Steve Williams and Koko Ware on Championship Wrestling in a King of Kings Qualifying Match with an 82 rated match.

Best Card of the Month
Monday Night Tour, Week 3 rated a 92. The main event was Dundee vs Savage.

Finances and Prestige
--We made $533,128 in April. This puts us at $1,555,480. Jerry Jarrett has rated by performance as excellent.

--Our prestige sits at 63, up from a 61 on April 1. Our momentum is 100 based on winning all US regional battles in April.

CWA Titles Roll Call

AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, 100 prestige (no change from last month)
--Jerry Lawler, 8 title defenses, Won February 1983

AWA Southern Tag Team Champions, 100 prestige (no change from last month)
--The Midnight Express, 2 title defenses, Won March 1983

NWA Mid-America Champion, 81 prestige (+15 from last month)
--King Kong Bundy, 0 title defenses, Won April 1983

tucking fypo · 08-01-2020, 10:23 AM

Here's a look at the game world on May 1, 1983

Company Rankings in order and change in America from January 1 with world ranking in parentheses. Listed below each promotion is the company champion.

1. Georgia Championship Wrestling, +2 (1)
--NWA National Heavyweight, Masked Superstar

2. World Class Championship Wrestling, -1, (5)
--NWA Texas Heavyweight, David Von Erich

3. Southwest Championship Wrestling, +5 (6)
--SWCW Heavyweight, Dick Slater

4. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, -2 (7)
--NWA World Heavyweight, Ric Flair
--NWA United States Heavyweight, Greg Valentine

5. World Wrestling Federation, NC (9)
--WWF World Heavyweight, Don Muraco

6. Mid-South Wrestling, NC (12)
--North American Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog

7. Championship Wrestling Association, +2 (13)
--AWA Southern Heavyweight, Jerry Lawler

8. Championship Wrestling from Florida, -4 (15)
--NWA Florida Heavyweight, Bob Orton, Jr.

9. American Wrestling Association, -2 (16)
--AWA World Heavyweight, Wahoo McDaniel

10. Pacific Northwest Wrestling, NC (17)
--NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight, Billy Jack Haynes

11. Central States Wrestling, NC (21)
--NWA Central States Heavyweight, Manny Fernandez

12. World Wrestling Council, NC (23)
--WWC Universal Heavyweight, Carlos Colon

13. Southeastern Championship Wrestling, +1 (24)
--NWA Southeastern Heavyweight, Tommy Rich

14. World Wrestling Association, -1 (25)
--WWA World Heavyweight, Greg Wojokowski

--Some moving going on with CWA moving up two spots nationally and worldwide. Southwest continues their meteoric rise. They are now the third ranked company in America and sixth worldwide.

--The AWA looks to be in a steady decline. I will “break away” from the AWA and NWA soon (although there was no alliance to start the game) and focus on a new CWA World Heavyweight title with an eye on unification with the Southern and Mid-America titles. A TV title might also be added to the mix to defend on every episode of Championship Wrestling.

--Championship Wrestling from Florida really surprises me. With a roster of Dusty, Orton, Windham, and The Snake, they’ve only averaged a 58 in their five shows from April. Jake Roberts was part of the two highest-rated matches in April but is stuck in the midcard with wins over their lower midcard , openers, and enhancement talent. Dusty is the head booker.

American companies in the red
Central States at -$589,686

World Wrestling Council at -$259,560

World Wrestling Association at -$167,032

Southeastern at -$65,106

--I’ve noticed that for all of the in-ring success Southwest has had, they are losing around $20,000 per month. They sit as just over $67,000 in the bank right now. World Class and Georgia, on the other hand, have over $2.2 million on hand. CMLL is the richest company in the world right now with $3.3 million.

--The wrestling landscape in America will probably look very different in the next two to three months.

Other champions from around the world
All-Japan – NWA International Heavyweight, Jumbo Tsuruta

Calgary Stampede Wrestling - CSW North American Heavyweight, Leo Burke

CMLL – NWA World Middleweight, Rayo de Jalisco

Maple Leaf Wrestling – NWA Canadian Heavyweight, Raymond Rougeau

New Japan – NWA World Junior Heavyweight, Tiger Mask; IWGP Champion – Andre the Giant

Franchise Players
Ricky Steamboat
Ricky Morton
Jerry Lawler
Buzz Sawyer
Junkyard Dog

Most Popular Workers in America
1. Andre the Giant
2. Superstar Billy Graham
3. Wahoo McDaniel
8. Junkyard Dog
38. Buzz Sawyer

Most Popular Workers in the World
1. Andre the Giant
2. Harley Race
3. Superstar Billy Graham
13. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams
83. Junkyard Dog

tucking fypo · 08-03-2020, 03:02 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 1, May 1983
Tallahassee, Florida
Attendance: 15,000 (Sell Out)

-Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell hyping his title defense tonight against Randy Savage and his opponent for Night of Champions, Buzz Sawyer. (B-, 76) He is then ambushed by Sawyer and members of the First Family. (B, 79) Sawyer then taunts Lawler, repeatedly yelling if that’s crazy enough “fo’ the Kang”. (B+, 87)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Jimmy Valiant in 8:13 by pinfall after a Big Splash. (B-, 74) Bundy makes his first defense of the Mid-America title. After the match, Jimmy Hart hypes Bundy and his title win over “Gwendolyn” this past Saturday on Championship Wrestling (C+, 68) Hart then tells Lawler that come the end of the month, Buzz Sawyer will be the new Southern champion. (C+, 69)

--The Sheepherders come out for an interview and are immediately attacked by the Fabulous Ones. Keirn and Lane throw the Sheepherders into the ring and beat the hell out of them for two minutes before the Sheepherders can finally escape. (C, 62)

--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Terry Taylor by submission after a full nelson. (C, 60) Street hypes the strength of Hercules and the demise of “Gwendolyn”. He says it looks like it will be awhile before he returns to the promotion. (C+, 67)

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. Phil Hickerson and Troy Graham in 6:40 by pinfall after a double dropkick on Graham. (B-, 74) After the match, as Morton and Gibson are leaving the ring, Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express come out and taunt the R’n’R Express, telling them they can leave so the fans can see a real tag team. (C+, 68) Morton and Gibson respond by telling Cornette there’s only one way to see who the best tag team is and put the tag team titles on the line. Cornette said he didn’t say anything about a match or putting the belts on the line. (B-, 72)

--Lance Russell interviews Bill Dundee, who says that Savage acts like he’s the best but he didn’t win the King of Kings battle royal, Dundee pinned him in the middle of the ring after Savage hit himself with a chair, and will probably lose to Lawler tonight. He says that Savage talks a big game but can’t beat anyone in a big match. (B+, 87)

--Bill Dundee def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette by disqualification in 15:37 after Randy Savage interfered in the match, leading to a 2-on-1 beatdown of Dundee. (B+, 87) The beatdown continues until Jerry Lawler comes out for the save and helps Dundee drive Savage and Manny from the ring. (A, 91)

--Buzz Sawyer comes back out and grabs a chair away from a fan. He comes over to Lance Russell and says crazy is hitting yourself over the head with a chair. He proceeds to himself in the head with the chair several times before drawing blood, taking Russell by surprise as he gets away from Sawyer. (A, 90)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Jerry Lawler def. Randy Savage in 17:17 by a quick pinfall after a Dundee distraction on Savage. (B+, 88) After the match, an irate Savage comes over to Lance Russell and swears vengeance on Dundee, challenging him to any match of his choice at Night of Champions. (B+, 85)

Show Rating: B+, 86

Post show notes
--Some of the promos on this show were lower than usual. Can’t figure out why. Maybe I need to get out of the Southeast a little bit.

--Junkyard Dog asks for a $1270 pay raise to what he’s worth at $3570. I give him the full raise, which makes him happy. I would say he’s worth it, we have some money to spend and it makes people happy.

--Lawler and Sawyer are sitting at an 86 on storyline heat with Dundee and Savage right behind at 84. Anything less than B+ rated matches at Night of Champions would be a disappointment.

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express have challenged The Midnight Express to the tag team titles but Cornette balks.

Game world notes
--Central States has lost two of their five TV slots for Wrestling at the Chase. The struggle continues for them. Naturally, I attempt a takeover and am rejected.

--A slew of upcoming retirements have hit the timeline: co-founder of the AWA, Wally Karbo; former WWF champion, Stan Stasiak; Bob Orton, Sr; Mae Young; Mildred Burke; Whipper Billy Watson; Tojo Yamamoto

tucking fypo · 08-04-2020, 09:33 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 1, May 1983
Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart def. Bobby Fulton in 5:39 by pinfall after a Rude Awakening. (C, 61) After the match, Jimmy Hart hypes Rude as the next big thing in wrestling and a future champion. (C+, 67)

Pre Show Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Bill Ash (one-night deal) in 7:20 by pinfall after a spinning neckbreaker. (C+, 70)

--Ricky Steamboat comes out to be interviewed by Lance Russell. Steamboat says he is tired of Buzz Sawyer’s antics lately and challenges him to a match later in the show so he can be humbled. (A+, 97) Sawyer and Jimmy Hart come out and accept Steamboat’s challenge with Hart saying nothing or nobody is gonna stop the Mad Dog from winning the Southern title. (A, 90)

--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Jerry Stubbs in 6:08 by submission after a full nelson. (B-, 72) After the match, Street tells Lance Russell that Hercules is his bodyguard, just in case “Gwendolyn” wants to make a move on him. (C, 65)

--The Sheepherders, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan, come out for a promo with Lance Russell. Boyd and Morgan express their displeasure at the Fabulous Ones for their attacks on the “most respected and feared team in professional wrestling”. (C-, 56).

--The Fabulous Ones come out and spray their way toward the announcers table. Keirn says the entire arena is filled with the smell of goats and sheep. Lane wonders aloud to Keirn if that was the just the smell of their old ladies. (B-, 75)

AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match
--The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette def. Rick Gibson and Terry Taylor in 7:21 by pinfall after Dennis Condrey landed a full nelson faceslam on Gibson. (B-, 75) The Midnight Express make their third defense of the AWA Southern tag team titles.

--After the match concludes, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out and sarcastically congratulate the Cornette and his team. Ricky Morton again challenges the Midnight Express to a title match, this time at Night of Champions. Cornette says he will think about it and get back with them. (C, 64)

--Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He asks Russell what have we come to when people are hitting themselves in the head and drawing blood on purpose in 1983. (B-, 74) Buzz Sawyer then comes through the crowd and attacks Lawler at the announcers table. Sawyer lays Lawler on the table and performs a diving splash onto him from the edge of the ring through the the table. (A+, 100)

--Bill Dundee def. Don Bass in 8:25 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 76)

--As Dundee is leaving the ringside area, Randy Savage comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He says he has yet to hear an answer from Dundee on what type of match he wants and, furthermore, challenges Dundee to any type of match at Night of Champions. (B+, 88)

--Ricky Steamboat comes out and cuts a promo. He says that promoter Eddie Marlin has approached him and asked him about an inter-promotional match at the Night of Champions. He says he doesn’t know who he is facing but welcomes a challenge from any wrestler from any part of the United States. (B+, 83)

--Junkyard Dog and Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette fought to a draw in 9:52 when Jerry Calhoun lost control of the match and declared a double stoppage. (B, 82)

--Following the match, Jim Cornette taunts JYD and challenges him to a no time limit, no disqualification match at Night of Champions so he can’t have the chance to cheat. JYD agrees to the match. (B-, 71)

--Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Ricky Steamboat in 16:27 by pinfall after a small package. The match had sensational wrestling and fantastic heat. (A, 91)

Show Rating: A, 92

TV Rating: 0.44 (335,910 viewers)

tucking fypo · 08-06-2020, 05:05 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 2, May 1983
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Attendance: 2,987 (Capacity: 4,000)

--Jim Cornette comes out with the Dynasty to start the show. Cornette says that he has consulted with his business manager, his mother in Louisville, Kentucky, and says that he will accept the challenge made by the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express for the tag team titles at Night of Champions. (C, 62)

--The Moondogs w/Jimmy Hart def. The Fantastics in 7:29 by pinfall after Spot used his bone to hit Bobby Fulton and get the pin. (C, 60)

--'Dr. Death' Steve Williams def. Buddy Landel in 9:12 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 73)

--Williams then gives an interview with Lance Russell. He says he’s never liked Jimmy Hart and the First Family. He challenges any member of the First Family to a match at Night of Champions. (B+, 83) King Kong Bundy and Rick Rude sprint out and beatdown Williams, with Hart watching from the announcers desk. (C, 62)

--Bill Dundee def. Hans Schroder (one-night deal) in 6:49 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 75) After the match, Dundee tells Lance Russell that he needs a little more time to think about his match stipulation but will have an answer by Saturday for the TV show. (B, 79)

--Junkyard Dog def. Rip Rogers in 8:37 by pinfall after the Thump. (B-, 75). Following the match, JYD says that he can’t wait for the match with Manny Fernandez at Night of Champions because Manny has something he wants. Russell looks confused as JYD walks away. (B+, 87)

--Randy Savage def. Koko Ware in 12:17 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop. (B, 81) Savage continues to punch Ware after the pin. Bill Dundee comes in to make the save for Koko. (B, 79)

Show Rating: B, 81

Post Show Notes
--I make my first talent trade. This one is with Georgia. I will probably do all talent swaps for three appearances. I am trading their National Heavyweight Champion, Masked Superstar, in exchange for Steve Williams and $7,000. He is not available on Saturdays but will appear on two Monday night shows and the Night of Champions event. The biggest event of the year needs massive star power. He will be paid $2,650 per appearance.

--A rule I will have is that I can’t job out the incoming talent in all three appearances. For challenge sakes, a borrowed worker will not take more losses than wins for the duration of the contract (usually three appearances).

--Out of the blue, Southeastern Championship Wrestling has a hostile relationship with Southwest, the WWF, and CWA. The common denominator is that none of the companies are part of the NWA. It will be interesting to see where this goes.

Chas in Cinti · 08-07-2020, 10:45 AM

Still following this, extremely entertaining...

tucking fypo · 08-07-2020, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chas in Cinti

Still following this, extremely entertaining...

Appreciate that, Chas. This has been one of my more enjoyable dynasties in the TEW series.

tucking fypo · 08-07-2020, 09:00 PM

The next show will be lengthy but quite important in the DOTT '83 universe.

tucking fypo · 08-07-2020, 09:03 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 2, May 1983
Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def Jerry Oates in 6:58 by submission after a full nelson. (C-, 58)

Pre Show Match
--Buddy Landel def. Porkchop Cash in 6:39 by submission after a figure four leglock. (C, 65)

--Very solemnly, Lance Russell opens the show by saying that CWA owner, Jerry Jarrett, has a very important announcement regarding the future of Championship Wrestling after the first match. (B, 81)

--Randy Savage comes out with Buzz Sawyer as both hype their upcoming matches at Night of Champions and their tag team match later in the show against Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler. Savage and Sawyer say that the team of Dundee and Lawler cannot match the intensity of the Macho Man and the Mad Dog and this match is just a preview of things to come. (B+, 87)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Bob Yuma (one-night deal) in 6:34 by pinfall after the Big Splash. (C+, 69) Bundy makes his 2nd defense of the Mid-America Title.

--CWA owner, Jerry Jarrett, comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He thanks the fans for their support in helping the CWA become home to the best wrestling in the United States.

**Jarrett tells Lance that CWA has bought Central States Wrestling, one of the most respected and well-known promotions in the United States since 1948. Jarrett hypes the rich history of the promotion, including such wrestlers as Harley Race, Dick Murdoch, Bruiser Brody, and Dusty Rhodes. He said his goal is to expand CWA to all parts of the United States.

**He explains that Manny Fernandez is the Central States Heavyweight Champion and that he never defended the belt in CWA because of Central States Wrestling by-laws that kept Fernandez from defending, or even displaying a Central States title belt, in other promotions. He says that Fernandez will defend his Central States title at Night of Champions against Junkyard Dog.

**Lastly, Jarrett says that as of July 1, 1983, the AWA and NWA affiliation will end on all CWA titles, including the Southern title, the Southern tag team title, and Mid-America title. Jarrett announces that the holders of the Southern Heavyweight title and the Central States Heavyweight title will face off at the July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise and unify the titles into the new CWA World Heavyweight championship. He adds that a TV title will be added and the final match for that title will take place in the last TV show of June before the July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise. (C+, 65)

--Lance Russell interviews Jim Cornette, who comes out with the Midnight Express. Cornette says he’s glad Jerry Jarrett finally finished talking. Cornette hypes their upcoming tag team title defense against the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express at Night of Champions (B, 79) Morton and Gibson come out and tell Norvell Austin and Dennis Condrey that their days are numbered as tag team champions. The two teams argue but come short an all-out brawl. (C, 61)

--Promoter Eddie Marlin comes out and tells the TV audience that Ricky Steamboat’s opponent at Night of Champions will be one of the best wrestlers in the country, Masked Superstar. (C, 60) Steamboat comes out and thanks Marlin for working this deal out. Steamboat says that he respects Superstar and is looking forward to the challenge. (B+, 87)

--Junkyard Dog def. Buzz Tyler in 10:53 by pinfall after a series of dog headbutts on Tyler. (B-, 75) After the match, JYD says that come Night of Champions, he will be the new Central States Heavyweight champion when Manny Fernandez will become the next Thump. (B+, 86)

--The Fabulous Ones come out for an interview with Lance Russell. Keirn and Lane say that after they defeat the Sheepherders at Night of Champions, their next goal will be to get the tag team titles back around their waist. (B-, 75)

--Jim Cornette comes back out and hypes Manny Fernandez. He says that Manny won’t back down from a challenge and will gladly defend the prestigious Central States title against Junkyard Dog. He also says that if Jerry Jarrett comes back out and talks anymore, they will have to put up mirrors throughout the arena to make it look like a crowd is still there. (B-, 72)

--Ricky Steamboat def. Rip Rogers in 9:23 by pinfall following a flying crossbody. (B-, 75)

--Bill Dundee comes out and hypes his upcoming match versus Randy Savage at Night of Champions. He tells the audience that he has decided he wants that match to be a Last Man Standing match. He says the only way to win is to beat your opponent so badly that he can’t answer the ten count and it is a no holds barred match. He tells Savage to get ready for the beating of his life. (B+, 85)

--Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee def. Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart and Randy Savage in 17:31 by pinfall after a Lawler piledriver on Buzz Sawyer led to the clean pin. (B+, 85)

--As Dundee and Savage continue fighting back to the locker room, Lawler chases Hart away from the ringside area. Lawler then goes under the ring to retrieve a large bucket filled with syrup and begins to empty its contents on Sawyer. He then goes back under the ring to get two large sacks filled with feathers and empties those on a recovering Sawyer as Lance Russell complains about the mess left in the ring. Lawler leaves Sawyer in the ring a sticky mess. (A+, 100)

Show Rating: B+, 88

TV Rating: 0.40 (304,400 viewers)

tucking fypo · 08-07-2020, 09:18 PM

--I bought out Central States. They surprisingly and finally agreed after going mountains into debt. Five more workers had been released by Central States when I attempted a buyout. They were $607,679 in debt, a hefty price tag no doubt, but I had $1.8 million to spend. I pillaged the promotion and kept Buzz Tyler, Porkchop Cash, The Super Destroyer, and Super Destroyer II.

--The Missouri Heavyweight champion is the Super Destroyer (Bill Irwin). He will keep the mask for now. The Central States Champion is Manny Fernandez. The belts will be brought over to CWA with a title unification later. There will be three main event titles in CWA, way too many for a regional promotion, unless we’re talking about World Class, where they loved their titles.

--The Central States Tag Team titles were vacant so I’m not sure whether I need to acknowledge them in the coming week.

--I fired Porkchop Cash in January. He has improved enough to where I can throw him in some matches and he could be effective. His stats, particularly brawling, basics, and psychology, has improved greatly. IRL, he was part of a tag team with Troy Graham called The Bruise Brothers. A funeral was held by Jimmy Hart on Saturday morning wrestling on WMC-5 and they were re-introduced and rebranded as the New Fabulous Ones, after Keirn and Lane’s departure from Memphis. Lance Russell’s disgust at Hart is great. The video is worth checking out. Joe Leduc also makes a special appearance at the funeral.

Jimmy Hart and the 'death' of The Bruise Brothers - YouTube

tucking fypo · 08-09-2020, 03:41 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 3, May 1983
St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 4,167 (Capacity: 5,000)

--Jim Cornette opens the show by hyping the Central States Heavyweight champion, Manny Fernandez, and his title defense against Jerry Oates in tonight’s main event. There is a smattering of cheers at the mention of Central States. (C+, 70)

--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Terry Taylor in 6:38 by disqualification when a returning Wendell Cooley attacked Street and then Hercules and began choking him out with a piece of rope. (C, 59) Cooley then rages over to the announcers desk and is interviewed by Lance Russell. Cooley challenges Hercules to a match at the Night of Champions. (C, 60)

--Lance Russell shows highlights of this past Saturday’s tag match involving Randy Savage, Bill Dundee, Buzz Sawyer, and Jerry Lawler and Lawler’s post match syruping and feathering of Sawyer. (B, 81)

--Porkchop Cash def. The Spoiler in 8:01 by pinfall after a Cash In. (C+, 68)

--King Kong Bundy comes out with Jimmy Hart. Bundy tells Lance Russell that after he beats Steve Williams at Night of Champions to retain his Mid-America title, he will have his eye on bigger and better things. (B, 79)

--The Sheepherders def. The Fantastics in 7:02 by pinfall after Jonathan Boyd’s flying headbutt on Bobby Fulton. (C-, 55)

--Lance Russell calls out the Fabulous Ones for an interview. Keirn and Lane hype their Night of Champions match versus The Sheepherders. They say it will be a major step in them getting back the tag team titles. (C+, 68)

--”Dr. Death” Steve Williams def. Buzz Tyler in 9:25 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75)

--Junkyard Dog cuts a promo talking about his match at Night of Champions versus Manny Fernandez. He says he can’t wait to Thump Jim Cornette after he wins the Central States title. He asks Lance Russell who would name a move, the Flying Burrito, besides an idiot managed by an idiot. (B+, 84)

--Masked Superstar def. Jimmy Valiant in 11:31 by pinfall after a swinging neckbreaker. (B, 80) After the match, Masked Superstar promises a victory against the nice guy, Ricky Steamboat, on Thursday night. (B-, 71)

--Buzz Sawyer rages out to the announcers desk and asks Lance Russell why the match from Saturday night was shown. Russell says he’s just following what was written on the paper in front of him. Sawyer warns Russell not to show it again or he will beat him down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and back. (A+, 98) Jerry Lawler comes out with another bucket of syrup and threatens Sawyer for a second layer as Sawyer slowly retreats away from ringside. (A, 93)

Central States Heavyweight Title Match
--Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Jerry Oates in 9:38 by pinfall after the Flying Burrito. (B, 79) Manny makes his 16th defense of the Central States title.

Show Rating: B, 82

Weekly News
--I re-sign Bill Dundee to a deal at $2,250 per appearance. I also re-sign Sabu the Wildman at $1,100 per appearance.

--Tully Blanchard is the new Southwest champion, his 7th reign.

tucking fypo · 08-10-2020, 06:50 PM

The card for Night of Champions

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
Jerry Lawler (c) vs Buzz Sawyer

Central States Heavyweight Title
Manny Fernandez (c) vs Junkyard Dog

AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
The Midnight Express (c) vs The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express

NWA Mid-America Title
King Kong Bundy (c) vs Steve Williams

Last Man Standing Match
Bill Dundee vs Randy Savage

Masked Superstar vs Ricky Steamboat

The Fabulous Ones vs The Sheepherders

Hercules Hernandez vs Wendell Cooley

tucking fypo · 08-12-2020, 07:46 AM

CWA Night of Champions
Thursday, Week 3, May 1983
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 15,000 (Sell Out)

--The Fabulous Ones def. The Sheepherders by pinfall in 6:44 after a Savate Kick by Stan Lane on Rip Morgan. (B-, 75)

--”Dr. Death” Steve Williams comes out and hypes his title match with King Kong Bundy. Williams says he will be the first to bodyslam Bundy since Bundy came into the promotion almost three months ago. (B-, 75)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--”Dr. Death” Steve Williams def. King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart in 6:44 by pinfall after Williams’ two Oklahoma Stampedes on Bundy. (B-, 75) Dr. Death wins the Mid-America title for the first time.

--Lance Russell interviews Ricky Steamboat about his upcoming match against Masked Superstar. Steamboat says he is excited about facing Masked Superstar and says the fans are the reason he is getting this opportunity. (A+, 100)

--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Wendell Cooley in 7:52 by a quick rollup when Adrian Street threw salt in Cooley’s eyes with referee Jerry Calhoun down, allowing Hercules the pin. (C+, 67)

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out and tell the Midnight Express to be ready for the match of their lives. They also warn Jim Cornette to keep his distance from the ring or he will feel four boots to the face. (b-, 71)

--Lance Russell interviews Masked Superstar. Superstar says that he supposes it is nice that Ricky Steamboat says nice things about him and respects him and how excited he is to wrestle him. Superstar then tells Lance the only thing he wants to do is beat people up and win. (B, 79)

AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match
--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. The Midnight Express in 12:51 by pinfall after a double dropkick on Dennis Condrey. Jim Cornette ran into the ring during the match, hoping for a disqualification and title retaining but was met with a missile dropkick by Ricky Morton. (B-, 80) The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express win the Southern tag team titles for the first time.

--Bill Dundee comes out for a promo and taunts Randy Savage about the upcoming Last Man Standing Match and how Savage only thinks with his emotions, not with his brain. He says he will find a way to beat Savage, whether Savage likes it or not. (A, 94)

--Masked Superstar def. Ricky Steamboat in 14:05 by pinfall after a spike DDT. (B, 80)

--Lance Russell interviews Randy Savage in advance of his match with Bill Dundee. Savage tells Dundee that it doesn’t matter if he has emotions or not, Dundee will be knocked out tonight and then touch all four corners and he will be the last man standing. (A+, 98)

Central States Heavyweight Title Match
--Junkyard Dog def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette in 15:38 by pinfall after a Thump. Again, Cornette tried to distract JYD and referee Jerry Calhoun but he was met with a vicious headbutt, drawing blood on Cornette. (B+, 85) JYD wins the Central States Heavyweight title.

--Buzz Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and gives a fiery, rambling promo on Jerry Lawler. He tells Lawler it took a full day for Jimmy Hart to get all of the syrup and feathers off him from last week’s attack. Buzz says he will do something tonight that will hurt Lawler more: taking the Southern title from him in front of his adoring fans. (A+, 100)

--Lance Russell reminds the fans in attendance that the next match is a no holds barred match and there must be a winner. (B-, 76)

Last Man Standing Match
--Randy Savage def. Bill Dundee in 18:47 when Savage touched all corners with the hand of an unconscious Dundee. Manny Fernandez ran in during the match and wrapped a cloth with some chemical on it around Dundee’s head, putting him to sleep. Savage then touched all corners dragging Dundee along to each one. (B, 82)

--Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler, who hypes his three-month reign as Southern champion. He taunts Sawyer, saying it sounds like he and Jimmy Hart had some good bonding time over the past few days. He wonders if Hart stayed with Sawyer and gave him a full body bath to get the syrup and feathers off of him. Sawyer fumes in the ring as he waits for the title match. (A+, 100)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Jerry Lawler in 22:24 by pinfall after a Bulldog in a match that saw a bloodfest from the early minutes of the match. (A+, 99) After the match, Hart and Sawyer celebrate the title victory as Sawyer coats Hart’s cheap white suit with blood. (A, 90) Sawyer wins the Southern heavyweight title for the second time.

Show Rating: A+, 97

tucking fypo · 08-12-2020, 07:47 AM

Post Show Notes
--All four titles change hands at the biggest event of the year, topped off by an epic main event and the highest rated match in CWA in 1983.

--Randy Savage thinks that Hercules Hernandez is money and I should strap a rocket to him.

--Sawyer goes clean over Lawler, somewhat of a rarity whenever Lawler lost a title in Memphis. Sawyer actually held the Southern title for a couple of days in early 1979 before it was vacated after he defeated the Mongolian Stomper (not vacated by the well-known title vacator, Stanley Blackburn, mind you) hence his second reign. Buzz is white-hot right now with the King of Kings win and winning the title over the top face in the company but will have a bigger challenge next month.

--Savage goes over Dundee after interference by Manny, setting up the Dundee-Manny battle that has been on and off this year, with Cornette in the middle.

--With Steamboat and Bundy leaving after their contracts are over (they are freelancers), they put over Masked Superstar and Dr. Death. Steamboat has a couple of days left so he will be on the card for Saturday night. This is Dr. Death’s first run with a title in CWA. His attitude has been better and he is a very reliable worker. This will add to the prestige of the Mid-America title.

--Masked Superstar has one appearance left on his deal. That will be a match on the Monday Night Tour in week 4.

--I’m still at a crossroads with the Missouri Heavyweight title and the vacant Central States tag team titles. For storyline purposes, I thought about putting the tag belts on the Super Destroyers (Scott and Bill Irwin, a solid tag team in their own right) and have them feud with the Fabs to set up the unification with the R’n’R Express or Midnight Express. Having The Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) as the Missouri champion clouds things up a bit.

--The upcoming TV title tournament will feature no one higher than midcard status to give more matches and experience to less used or more jobbed out workers. It wouldn’t make sense to me to defend a TV title on the Monday night tour since there is technically no TV on Monday night. There is an announcer and colour commentator, however.

--There is only three weeks between big events over the next two months so feuds will be short on some ends and built up on others.

--JYD now holds the Central States title, along with the North American title in Mid-South. I am his priority company which helps with scheduling, of course.

--Jim Cornette loses three belts, the Southern tag titles and the Central States title. He will have plenty to say about that. Jimmy Hart gains the top title, the Southern title, but loses the Mid-America title and King Kong Bundy.

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express win their first tag team titles. This is actually Robert Gibson’s sixth time as a tag team champion; four with his brother, Rick Gibson and once with Bill Dundee. Ricky Morton is a tag team champion for the fourth time; two times previous with Ken Lucas and one time with Eddie Gilbert.

--The World Wrestling Council is looking for buyers and I bite. They are $349,815 in debt. Again, having a strong financial backing is key. It still puts me at $1,127,049. I disband the promotion and don’t pick up any contracts, titles, events, or TV (I share the same broadcaster with them) but I do absorb their popularity in Puerto Rico (40). I will not make a big deal of this acquisition on TV as I did Central States. I had 7 popularity there before. I’m sure as hell not picking up Invader #1’s contract. I don’t want that bastard in my locker room, particularly the showers.

--I release The Sheepherders, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan. They don’t have good chemistry and I just don’t like the team itself. I have signed the 24-year-old Meng. I will eventually pair him with the Barbarian. They will need a mouthpiece soon.

tucking fypo · 08-14-2020, 09:57 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 3, May 1983
Starkville, Mississippi
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Jerry Stubbs def. King Cobra in 6:58 by pinfall after a figure four leglock. (C+, 66)

--Jimmy Hart comes out carrying the AWA Southern title with Buzz Sawyer following behind. Hart says he told everyone that Sawyer was going to end Lawler’s reign as champion. He tells Lance Russell to get ready for a new age of Memphis wrestling with the First Family in charge. Sawyer hypes his win and says Lawler couldn’t hang with the Big Dog and he will do it again, if necessary. He warns Ricky Steamboat he will be the next victim in the main event tonight. (A, 90)

--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Bob Yuma (one-night deal) in 6:51 by submission following a full nelson. (C, 61) After the match, Street hypes the upcoming TV title tournament, saying that Hercules is the clear favorite to win. (C, 65)

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out to a hot crowd and hype their title win over the Midnight Express at Night of Champions. They say that although they’ve both held tag gold before, it means more this time because it might shut Jim Cornette up. (B, 79)

--Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware def. Sabu the Wildman and Lou Winston in 7:29 by pinfall after an Eaton Alabama Jam on Sabu. (B-, 75) After the match, Eaton and Ware hype their participation in the TV title tournament. (B-, 73)

--Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler, in which Lawler says that he has no excuses for losing the Southern title to Sawyer. He says that since Hart wants to run around acting like the champion and wearing the belt, maybe he would like to fight the King. Otherwise, he will ask Eddie Marlin for a rematch, although Sawyer is not obligated to grant it. (A+, 100)

--Randy Savage def. Porkchop Cash in 8:30 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop. (B-, 76) After the match, Savage taunts Bill Dundee, telling Lance Russell that it’s hard to win matches when you’re asleep, like Bill Dundee was at Night of Champions. Lance reminds Savage of why he fell asleep and Savage explains that Manny Fernandez was just telling a bedtime story to ‘mini-Superstar’ and that a no holds barred match means that nothing is illegal. (A+, 100)

--Bill Dundee def. The Spoiler in 9:01 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 75) Dundee quickly exits the ring after the pin as a camera follows Dundee to the dressing rooms. Dundee then attacks Jim Cornette and Manny Fernandez near the restrooms. Dundee finds the nearest cord and begins choking out Fernandez while Cornette runs away screaming for help. (B, 79)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Ricky Steamboat in 15:43 by pinfall after a diving splash. (A, 93) Sawyer makes his first defense of the Southern title.

--Sawyer continues his assault on Steamboat after the match as Junkyard Dog comes out to make the save. Sawyer tries to surprise attack JYD when his back is turned on him but is repelled after Steamboat comes to and helps drive Sawyer and Hart from the ringside area. (A+, 100)

Show Rating: A, 92

TV Rating: 0.54 (407,020 viewers)

Post Show Notes
--Jerry Jarrett has given me an additional goal: it is of high importance to keep JYD above 71 overall popularity in America.

--Ricky Steamboat has left Mid-Atlantic. He will now be unemployed.

--I go into talent trade discussions with Georgia again. I borrow Larry Zbyszko for three appearances at $2,200 per appearance. I am also exchanging $20,000 for the agreement. I don’t mind throwing around money at this stage. Larry is a 99 in psychology and 92 on the mic. This will be worth it.

tucking fypo · 08-16-2020, 03:33 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 4, May 1983
Knoxville, Tennessee
Attendance: 12,700 (Sell Out)

--Lance Russell reminds the fans in attendance that the TV title tournament will begin with three matches this Saturday on Championship Wrestling and an announcement by Jerry Jarrett. (C+, 68)

--”Dr. Death” Steve Williams comes out and hypes his Mid-America title win over King Kong Bundy at Night of Champions. He says he has heard that Bundy will not be around anytime soon after his loss. Williams says that the Mid-America title is a prestigious belt and getting it out of the First Family and Jimmy Hart’s greedy hands was the best thing to happen for the promotion. (B-, 74)

--Jimmy Valiant def. Sabu the Wildman in 6:41 by pinfall after the Boogie Woogie Elbow Drop. (B-, 74) After the match, Valiant hypes his charisma and talks a lot in first person as he plays up to the crowd. (C+, 69)

--Wendell Cooley def. Phil Hickerson in 7:28 by pinfall after a Wildcat Slam. (C+, 68) After the match, Lance Russell interviews Cooley about his loss at Night of Champions after Adrian Street threw salt in his eyes. Cooley says that Street has gotten dumber over the last four months. He says that Street shouldn’t even be considered for the TV title tournament. (C, 64)

--The Super Destroyers def. The Fantastics in 6:50 by pinfall following a superplex by Super Destroyer #1 on Bobby Fulton. (B-, 72)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--”Dr. Death” Steve Williams def. The Spoiler in 9:32 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede (B, 81) Williams makes his first defense of the Mid-America title

--Junkyard Dog comes out for a promo hyping the main event versus Masked Superstar. He says he respects Superstar but he will be next in line for the Thump. He also tells the fans he has a special challenge for Buzz Sawyer on Championship Wrestling this Saturday. (A+, 100)

--Junkyard Dog def. Masked Superstar in 16:01 by pinfall following a Thump. (B, 82)

Show Rating: B, 82

Post Show Notes
--I request and receive a working agreement with All-Japan Pro Wrestling. They have a solid roster with some workers that I would like to have but since I’m regional and they are bigger, those workers would consider AJPW a priority over me.

--Masked Superstar ends his three-match deal with us. He had 2 wins and 1 loss. Back to Georgia for him.

--Mid-South Wrestling did not re-sign Bill Dundee so that leaves us as his only employer.

--Roddy Piper is the new Pacific Northwest Champion, defeating Billy Jack Haynes in Butte, Montana. It is his third reign as PNW Champion.

tucking fypo · 08-18-2020, 10:06 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 4, May 1983
Huntsville, Alabama
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

--Lance Russell opens the show by showing footage from earlier today as Bill Dundee and Manny Fernandez are seen brawling in the parking lot in front of the Von Braun Center. The Midnight Express join in the brawl and help Manny beat down Dundee. Manny finishes off Dundee with a piledriver on the hood of a Pontiac Grand Prix. (B, 81)

--Lance Russell explains to the fans at home that the tournament for the new CWA Television title will take place over the next five Saturdays with 16 participants, culminating with the semifinals and finals on the last Saturday in June. He adds that the title will be defended on weekly TV. (B-, 72)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Buzz Tyler def. Terry Taylor in 6:19 by pinfall following an avalanche. (C-, 58) Tyler advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express come out and express their frustration that they will not be given a rematch for the Southern tag titles and they helped take it out on Bill Dundee. (B, 80)

--The Fabulous Ones come out and interrupt Cornette, declaring that they are clearly the #1 contenders for the titles. Keirn says that Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin couldn’t even win 1-on-1 contests with them. Cornette steps in and challenges Keirn and Lane to singles matches against Condrey and Austin at the Battle of Memphis. (B-, 72)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Jerry Stubbs def. Sabu the Wildman in 6:32 by submission following a figure four leglock. (B-, 72) Stubbs advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Lance Russell interviews Jimmy Hart, who hypes Rick Rude’s participation in the TV title tournament. He says that everyone overlooked Buzz Sawyer and he took away Lawler’s Southern title. He says that people are underestimating Rick Rude and that he will bring another title to the Family. Rude hypes his physique and taunts the Huntsville men for not being man enough to tell their wives to start exercising more. (C, 65)

--Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Porkchop Cash in 6:33 by pinfall after a Flying Burrito. (B-, 75) After the match, Cornette and Manny taunt Bill Dundee and tell him to stay out of the Dynasty’s business or his head will hit pavement next time. (C+, 67)

--Jimmy Hart comes out with the Moondogs and says that if the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express had any guts, they would defend the tag team titles against the Moondogs at the Battle of the Memphis. (B, 80) Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson come out and accept Hart’s challenge. (B, 79)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Jerry Oates def. Troy Graham in 4:35 by submission following a spinning toehold. (C, 63) Oates advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Randy Savage comes out for a promo with Lance Russell. Savage that it’s time for the Macho Man to achieve greatness and gold in Championship Wrestling. Savage challenges ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams to a match for the Mid-America title. (B+, 83)

AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match
--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. Ray Candy and Leroy Brown in 9:56 by pinfall after a double dropkick and pin on Brown. (B, 82) Morton and Gibson make their first defense of the Southern tag titles.

--The owner of CWA, Jerry Jarrett, makes his way out to the announcers table. Jarrett announces that the Missouri Heavyweight Champion, Super Destroyer, will defend his title Monday night in St. Louis. Jarrett says if he successfully defends the title there, Jarrett will waive the 30-day title defense requirement and he will face the Mid-America champion at Red, White, and Bruise on July 4 to unify the titles and form the new CWA American Heavyweight Championship. (C+, 67)

--Junkyard Dog comes out with Jerry Lawler and tells Buzz Sawyer that since he can’t face him for the title unification until July 4, he has an offer that Sawyer can’t refuse. He challenges Sawyer to a tag team match at the Battle of Memphis with Lawler and himself facing Sawyer and anyone of Sawyer’s choosing. (B+, 84)

--Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and accepts the challenge. He tells JYD and Lawler that they need to be careful what they wish for. He says he has an old friend in mind and tells JYD and Lawler to be in St. Louis on Monday night to see. (B+, 87)

--Jerry Lawler def. Buddy Landel in 9:41 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B, 82)

Show Rating: B+, 83

TV Rating: 0.53 (400,940 viewers)

tucking fypo · 08-19-2020, 09:07 PM

May End of Month Review
--All titles changed hands at the Night of Champions event, with Buzz Sawyer defeating Jerry Lawler for the Southern heavyweight title in the hottest storyline in the company, sitting at 96 heat.

Best Matches of May
**Singles – Buzz Sawyer def. Jerry Lawler at the Night of Champions event (99). The match is being considered as one of the best matches in the United States this year.

**Tag Team – Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler def. Randy Savage and Buzz Sawyer on Championship Wrestling in Week 2 (85)

Best Card of the Month
--The Night of Champions event rated a 96. The main event was the Southern title match between Buzz and Lawler.

Finances and Prestige
--We lost $87,150 in May due to buying out Central States Wrestling and the World Wrestling Council. Jerry Jarrett is still pleased at my performance. The bottom line reads that we have $1,468,330 available. Still a considerable amount. Ticket sales for May were the highest to date at just over $1.8 million.

--Our prestige is now 70, up 7 points from a 63 on May 1. Our momentum is 100 based on winning all US regional battles in May. The only region I don’t have coverage in is New England. The WWF wins that one. I can’t get any TV coverage in New England unless I go ‘Small’ or combine with other networks, which I’m not doing at this point. If I did somehow get coverage there, it would help guys like Buzz, Lawler, and JYD expand their popularity in America.

CWA Titles Roll Call

AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, 100 prestige (no change from last month)
--Buzz Sawyer, 1 title defense, Won May 1983

AWA Southern Tag Team Champions, 100 prestige (no change from last month)
--Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, no title defenses, Won May 1983

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion, 100 prestige (+19 from last month)
--’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams, 1 title defense, Won May 1983

NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion, 95 prestige (+10 from last month)
--Junkyard Dog, no title defenses, Won May 1983

NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion, 94 prestige (no change from last month)
--The Super Destroyer, 3 title defenses, Won February 1983

Company Rankings ranked in order and change in America from January 1 with world ranking in parentheses. Listed below each promotion is the company champion.

1. Georgia Championship Wrestling, +2 (1)
--NWA National Heavyweight, Masked Superstar

2. Southwest Championship Wrestling, +6 (5)
--SWCW Heavyweight, Tully Blanchard

3. World Wrestling Federation, +2, (6)
--WWF Heavyweight, Don Muraco

4. World Class Championship Wrestling, -2, (7)
--NWA Texas Heavyweight, David Von Erich

5. Championship Wrestling Association, +4, (8)
--AWA Southern Heavyweight, Buzz Sawyer
--NWA Central States Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog

6. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, -4 (10)
--NWA World Heavyweight, Ric Flair
--NWA United States Heavyweight, Greg Valentine

7. Mid-South Wrestling, -1, (11)
--North American Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog

8. Championship Wrestling from Florida, -4 (15)
--NWA Florida Heavyweight, Bob Orton, Jr.

9. American Wrestling Association, -2 (16)
--AWA World Heavyweight, Wahoo McDaniel

10. Pacific Northwest Wrestling, NC (17)
--NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight, Roddy Piper

11. Southeastern Championship Wrestling, +3 (22)
--NWA Southeastern Heavyweight, Tommy Rich

12. World Wrestling Association, +1 (24)
--WWA World Heavyweight, Greg Wojokowski

--We are now the 5th ranked promotion in America and on the heels of World Class. Southwest jumps to #2 and is now one of the top five promotions in the world. Mid-Atlantic and World Class are the biggest decliners this month.

--It appears that Georgia, the WWF, and World Class are here to stay. They are all financially strong and are putting on shows in the C+ to B range consistently. As I said in the beginning, it will be a challenge to break into the top three unless I get to ‘Cult’ status.

--I still plan to make the break from the AWA and NWA titles “official” next month, just in time for the July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise. I’m still juggling some things around in my head. I will likely just rename the Southern tag titles the World Tag Team titles. The TV title will still stand. I will not mention the Central States tag titles since they were vacant. The winners of the big tag team match at RW&B will become the World Tag Team champions. I’m not confident enough to have two sets of tag titles yet.

Comey · 08-19-2020, 09:23 PM

Who would you want to bring in the most, should you have the opportunity to do so? For me, it'd be Piper.

tucking fypo · 08-19-2020, 09:46 PM

No doubt for me it would be Piper, followed by DiBiase. It's difficult to not sign someone like Piper but he works for three companies at this point in the dynasty and I would not be the priority company. Basically, he's four nights a week and I would be lucky to get him any.

It's also a challenge to just wait things out in this particular dynasty and not accidentally go into the editor.

Comey · 08-19-2020, 10:07 PM

When did Foley start showing up? I read Have a Nice Day, but nearly twenty years ago.

(I just looked up his first book on Amazon. No Kindle version. That's interesting.)

tucking fypo · 08-19-2020, 10:32 PM

The editor says Foley is set to debut in July '83. He has 77 in brawling, 83 in hardcore, and 90 selling. A superstar in waiting. If I get to cult, I will hold off signing him until someone else can offer a written.

tucking fypo · 08-20-2020, 11:15 PM

American companies in the red
World Wrestling Association at -$245,227.

Southeastern at -$94,747

Other companies in the red
All-Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling is almost gone. They are looking for buyers for a -$479,919 debt.

All-Star Wrestling (Al Tomko) is at -$106,981.

Atlantic Grand Prix sits at -$83,870.

Southwest, the second-ranked American company, is sitting on shaky ground financially after May. They have $15,423 in the bank. They will probably join the list above next month unless they cut some of their roster. If they continue hemorrhaging money at this rate, it will still be quite a while before they fold.

CMLL continues to be the richest company in the world right now with $3.65 million. World Class is the richest American company at $2.57 million.

Other champions from around the world
All-Japan – NWA International Heavyweight, Jumbo Tsuruta

Calgary Stampede Wrestling - CSW North American Heavyweight, Leo Burke

CMLL – NWA World Middleweight, Rayo de Jalisco

Maple Leaf Wrestling – NWA Canadian Heavyweight, Raymond Rougeau

New Japan – NWA World Junior Heavyweight, Tiger Mask; IWGP Champion – Tatsumi Fujinami (won in May 1983)

Franchise Players
Ricky Morton
Buzz Sawyer
Jerry Lawler
Larry Zbyszko
Junkyard Dog

Most Popular Workers in America
1. Andre the Giant
2. Wahoo McDaniel
3. Superstar Billy Graham
7. Junkyard Dog
38. Buzz Sawyer
39. Steve Williams

Most Popular Workers in the World
1. Andre the Giant
2. Harley Race
3. Superstar Billy Graham
15. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams
83. Junkyard Dog
97. Buzz Sawyer

tucking fypo · 08-21-2020, 07:49 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 1, June 1983
St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 4,804 (Capacity: 5,000)

Pre Show Match/Promo
--Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart def. Dare Bergeron in 5:45 by pinfall after a Rude Awakening. (D+, 52). After the match, Rude insults the men in attendance, telling the women in the audience ‘this is what a real man looks like’. (C, 59)

--Jim Cornette comes out with his Dynasty. He hypes Norvell Austin’s match this coming Saturday in the TV title tournament and Manny Fernandez’s dominance of Bill Dundee. Cornette says that if Dundee isn’t still in a neckbrace next Thursday night, be at the Mid-South Coliseum in Redneck-phis, Tennessee, and fight Manny one more time. (B, 79)

--Meng def. Rick Gibson in 7:23 by submission after a Tongan Death Grip. (C+, 68)

--Jimmy Hart comes out and hypes the Moondogs, telling Lance Russell that here stands the next Southern tag team champions and it might be a good idea for Porkchop Cash and Terry Taylor to go ahead and lay down. (C, 63)

--The Moondogs w/Jimmy Hart def. Porkchop Cash and Terry Taylor in 8:09 by pinfall in a hard-fought match after Moondog Spot hit Terry Taylor with his bone as Jerry Calhoun was preoccupied with Cash and Moondog Rex. (C+, 68)

--Lance Russell interviews Randy Savage, who exclaims that all he’s heard is ‘Steve Williams this, Oklahoma that, Stampede this, Title that’. He says no rookie should have had a chance at any title before the Macho Man. Williams comes out and tells Savage to be there in Memphis next Thursday night and that he will join Bundy on the list of people to leave the territory. (B+, 88)

NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title Match
--Super Destroyer def. Jerry Oates in 9:24 by pinfall following a superplex. (B-, 75) Super Destroyer makes his 2nd defense of the Missouri title. He is also granted a waiver of the 30-day title defense requirement.

--Buzz Sawyer comes out and introduces his partner for the match at the Battle of Memphis, Larry Zbyskzo. Sawyer and Zbyskzo hype the tag team match. Zbyskzo ends the interview by saying that with the best brawler in wrestling teamed with the best technician in wrestling, they will send JYD and Lawler packing. (A+, 96)

--Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Jimmy Valiant in 11:37 by pinfall following a Flying Burrito. (B, 79)

--Jerry Lawler def. Super Destroyer #2 by disqualification following interference by Sawyer and Zbyszko. (B+, 86) The three men continue beating down Lawler until the crowd erupts as Junkyard Dog enters the ring swinging his chain and helping Lawler drive Destroyer, Sawyer and Zbyzsko from the ring. (A+, 100)

Show Rating: B+, 87

--I signed a game-created wrestler, Dare Bergeron. That actually sounds like a cool name so hats off to the TEW engine. He has good brawling (79), great basics (91), decent mic skills (68), great safety skills (96), and can sell (93). It will be awhile before he gets his first win in CWA. This is probably the best game-created character I’ve seen so far. I sign him at $160 per appearance. He is only 17 years old.

--I have to find a good program for one or both Super Destroyers. They are too valuable to just job out all of the time but that might be what is needed in June.

tucking fypo · 08-22-2020, 07:23 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 1, June 1983
Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Wendell Cooley def. Danny Davis (one night deal) in 7:12 by pinfall following a Wildcat Slam. (C+, 70)

--Lance Russell starts the show by hyping the six-man tag main event with Jerry Lawler, Junkyard Dog, and Bill Dundee going up against Buzz Sawyer, Manny Fernandez, and Randy Savage. (B, 81) Sawyer, Manny, and Savage come out and promise a beatdown in Georgia tonight. Sawyer says that Larry Zbyzsko is right down the road if Lawler or JYD want him to come visit. (A+, 100)

--Russell hypes the continuation of the TV title tournament tonight with three matches. (B-, 72)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Adrian Street def. Tommy Rogers in 5:48 by submission following a sleeper. (B-, 76) After the match, Street hypes his client, Hercules, and his title qualifier later in the show. (C, 62) Street advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Lance Russell interviews the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express about their upcoming title defense versus the Moondogs next Thursday night at the Mid-South Coliseum. The Express say they are ready for the challenge and plan on keeping the titles for a long time. (B-, 76) As Morton and Gibson are exiting the interview area, the Moondogs attack Morton and Gibson with the Moondog bones and beat the Express to a pulp, leaving both in a pool of blood. (C+, 69)

--The Fabulous Ones def. Roger Smith and Don Bass in 8:24 by pinfall following a Keirn piledriver on Bass. (B-, 76) After the match, Keirn and Lane talk about their singles matches versus Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin at the Battle of Memphis, saying that after next Thursday night, it will be back to tag team business and winning the tag titles back. (B, 80)

--Jimmy Hart comes out and hypes the First Family’s upcoming title wins. He says that after the Moondogs win the tag team titles, Rick Rude wins the TV title, and Sawyer retaining the Southern title, there will be a parade in the streets of Memphis, Tennessee. (B-, 71)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Bobby Fulton in 5:06 after Fulton submitted to the full nelson. (C-, 61) After the match, Hercules flexes for the cameras while Street wonders aloud where “Gwendolyn” is. (B, 77)

--Jim Cornette is interviewed by Lance Russell. Cornette says his team is ready for Keirn and Lane next Thursday night and reminds the fans that both Condrey and Austin are accomplished singles wrestlers, and not just former tag team champions. (B-, 76) He also talks about the ‘Australian chihuahua’ Bill Dundee and his upcoming loss to Manny Fernandez in the six-man tag and next Thursday night in Memphis. He says that after next Thursday night, Bill Dundee may not have a neck to help keep his thick head on. (B, 82)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Norvell Austin w/Jim Cornette by pinfall in 7:48 following a Cornette distraction turning into an accidental tennis racket headshot onto Austin. (B-, 76) Eaton becomes the sixth wrestler to advance to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Bill Dundee, Jerry Lawler, and Junkyard Dog come out and hype their match versus Manny, Sawyer, and Savage. Lawler says all Sawyer is good at is running his mouth and telling anyone and everyone how crazy he is. JYD tells Sawyer to hug that belt as long as they can because he will win it soon. (A+, 100)

--Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and Junkyard went to a no contest with Randy Savage, Manny Fernandez, and Buzz Sawyer in 15:31 when referee Jerry Calhoun lost control of the match and all of the action spilled out to the ringside area. (B+, 86)

Show Rating: A, 89

TV Rating: 0.51 (386,860 viewers)

Post Show Notes
Television Title Tournament Quarterfinals
--Jerry Stubbs vs Buzz Tyler
--Hercules Hernandez vs Jerry Oates

--Bobby Eaton vs Adrian Street
--Rick Rude/Rick Gibson winner vs Phil Hickerson/Koko Ware winner

--It's curious how I ended up with so many 76 rated angles and matches.

--This is the last TV show before the Battle of Memphis event next Thursday night. This will give another three weeks to get ready for the big July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise.

tucking fypo · 08-25-2020, 10:06 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 2, June 1983
Conway, Arkansas
Attendance: 4,718 (Capacity: 5,000)

Pre Show Match
--Sabu the Wildman def. Dare Bergeron in 6:12 by pinfall after a flying chop. (C+, 68)

--Steve Williams is out for an interview with Lance Russell when Randy Savage interrupts. Both have an argument before Russell steps between them. (B+, 85)

--Dennis Condrey def. Terry Taylor in 7:14 by pinfall following a full nelson faceslam. (C+, 69)

--Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware def. Meng and the Barbarian in 7:03 by pinfall following two Alabama Jams on the Barbarian. (B-, 75)

--Jerry Lawler and Junkyard Dog come out for an interview hyping their tag match against Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko on Thursday night. Buzz and Larry storm out the four men begin to brawl around the ringside area. (A+, 99)

--Steve Keirn def. Buddy Landel in 8:30 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B-, 71)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--Steve Williams def. Super Destroyer #2 in 11:34 by pinfall following an Oklahoma Stampede (B, 81) After the match, Randy Savage comes out and tells Williams that a rookie wrestler won’t be any problem against an established wrestler like himself. He tells Williams he’s not worried about their match on Thursday night. (A, 89)

NWA Central States Title Match
--Junkyard Dog def. The Spoiler in 9:44 by pinfall after the Thump. (B, 81) JYD heads over to the announcers table when Lawler comes back out, where they are interviewed by Lance Russell. They hype their tag match on Thursday night and promise the fans a victory. (A+, 100)

--Larry Zbyszko def. Bill Dundee in 16:01 by pinfall following a small package. (A, 89) After the match, Larry taunts JYD and Lawler, saying they have no chance against a legend like himself. (A+, 95)

Show Rating: A, 90

Post Show Notes
--A solid show going into the June Battle of Memphis event. Larry sets himself up as a major threat to Lawler and JYD by defeating Bill Dundee. He and Sawyer will be a formidable tag team.

--Larry Z could be the backbone of the roster if not for the fact that he’s not available on Saturdays due to his Georgia contract. I have a couple of more important contracts to deal with at the end of the week.

--Moondog Spot is becoming a problem backstage. He briefly improved his behavior after being called out on it by the rest of the locker room. Of course, our old friend Jackie Fargo ordered him to cut it out and…buy drinks for everyone after the show.

tucking fypo · 08-27-2020, 10:49 PM

CWA Battle of Memphis
Thursday, Week 2, June 1983
Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Meng and the Barbarian def. The Fantastics in 6:48 by pinfall after a Meng superkick on Tommy Rogers. (C+, 66)

Pre Show Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Rip Rogers in 6:48 by pinfall following an Alabama Jam. (B-, 71)

--Jim Cornette opens the show with an interview with Lance Russell. Cornette tells Russell and the fans that they will see the best singles wrestlers that make a tag team tonight in the Midnight Express. He says after they win both matches, they will be winning the tag team titles on July 4. Cornette ends the interview by asking Lance how Memphis girls turn on their bedroom lights. “They open the car door, Lance!!” Russell feigns disgust as Dennis Condrey makes his way out for a match. (B, 81)

--Dennis Condrey w/Jim Cornette def. Stan Lane in 11:09 by a quick pinfall after a distraction by Jim Cornette. (B, 80) Lance Russell calls Cornette over to call him out on his interference. Cornette says ‘if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying’. (B, 81)

--Steve Keirn def. Norvell Austin w/Jim Cornette in 7:40 by pinfall after a small package when Stan Lane distracted Norvell Austin by attacking Cornette and ripping his pants off of him, forcing him to the backstage area. (B-, 73) After the match, Keirn, Lane, Condrey, and Austin brawl around ringside as Lance Russell pleads for them to go somewhere else. (C+, 69)

--Jimmy Hart comes out and hypes the Moondogs upcoming title match against the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. (B+, 84)

AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. The Moondogs in 9:34 by pinfall after Morton took Spot’s bone to the top rope when referee Jerry Calhoun was down, threw it to Moondog Rex, who caught it, while Morton missile dropkicked the bone into Rex’s face for the cover. (B, 80) The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express make their 2nd defense of the Southern tag team titles.

--Bill Dundee def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette in 15:35 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B+, 85) After the match, Dundee chases Cornette, who had duck taped his pants together, away from ringside. Dundee pulls Manny to the outside onto the announcers table and piledrives him again. (B, 80)

--A video montage is shown of the events leading up to the Steve Williams/Randy Savage title match. (B+, 86)

NWA Mid-America Title Match
--’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams def. Randy Savage in 16:17 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (A, 93) Williams makes his 3rd defense of the Mid-America title.

--Junkyard Dog and Jerry Lawler come out and hype their tag team match against Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko. (A+, 100)

--Before the match, while JYD and Lawler are in the ring, Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko cut an interview with Lance Russell with Zbyszko taunting Lawler and Sawyer barking at JYD, who barks back at him. (A+, 100)

--Junkyard Dog and Jerry Lawler def. Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko in 20:32 after a Thump by JYD and ensuing piledriver by Lawler on Zbyszko. (A+, 99) JYD and Lawler celebrate the win as the show ends. (A+, 97)

Show Rating: A+, 97

Post Show Notes
--Great show with our highest show rating of 1983, exceeding last month’s Night of Champions by 1 point. Also, another match of the year candidate, this in a tag team match, and far exceeding any tag match I’ve had in this run.

--Larry’s three appearance run comes to an end as he heads back to Georgia.

--I check to see if I can strike up a working agreement with the WWF, since there are only a couple of Saturdays that would come into conflict. They have a few notable faces that could work in CWA. Just a few.

--It turns out that Jerry Jarrett wants nothing to do with the WWF or Vince McMahon. Still some hard feelings about what happened in real life, I guess.

--Dr. Death and Savage put on what would have been the best match on any other card in another promotion. Savage is slowly becoming a legit contender and Dr. Death has established his potential dominance. No backstage attitude could lead to a stellar run if he can keep it up. The Creative Team thinks that Savage is an upper midcarder. I put him at main event status just because...its Randy Savage!!

--The tag team scramble continues as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express defend against the Moondogs while the Midnight Express and Fabulous Ones split their singles matches. A big announcement is coming in the future for these teams at Red, White, and Bruise.

tucking fypo · 08-31-2020, 10:01 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 2, June 1983
Texarkana, Texas
Attendance: 3,627 (Capacity: 5,000)

Pre Show Match
--Super Destroyer #2 def. Dare Bergeron in 5:35 by pinfall after a bicycle kick. (C+, 69)

Pre Show Match/Angle
--Buddy Landel def. Porkchop Cash in 8:02 by submission after Landel applied the figure four leglock. (C+, 68) After the match, Landel says that he is being overlooked and puts the company on notice. (C-, 57)

--Lance Russell interviews a maniacal Randy Savage. Savage says he was cheated out of winning the Mid-America title by ‘that fake football player’. Russell reminds Savage of needing Manny Fernandez’s help to beat Bill Dundee, which makes Savage destroy the ringside area. (B+, 84) Savage then makes a challenge to Junkyard Dog for his Central States title tonight as he walks away. (B+, 86)

--Before his TV title tournament match, Rick Rude grabs a house mic and insults the ‘heavy men and women’ in the Texarkana crowd. He then apologizes by saying ‘I’m sorry if I offended any of you. I hope this doesn’t make you go home and cut yourself….A PIECE OF CAKE!!’ (C+, 68)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart def. Rick Gibson in 6:21 by pinfall after a Rude Awakening. (C, 65) After the match, Hart hypes Rude’s performance and tells the crowd they are looking at the first CWA Television champion. (B, 79) Rude advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Junkyard Dog comes out and accepts the challenge made by Savage and will face Savage in the main event for the Central States title. (A, 89) Savage sprints to the ringside area and jump JYD as Lance Russell calls for order. Jerry Lawler comes out to make the save and drives Savage away. (A+, 100)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Koko Ware def. Phil Hickerson in 6:31 by pinfall after a Bird Buster. (B-, 73) Koko advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament.

--Wendell Cooley comes out for an interview. Cooley admits that Adrian Street has gotten the best of him and Hercules Hernandez is the real deal. He tells Russell it is time for him to move past Street and Hercules and compete for other titles in the CWA. Russell looks surprised by Cooley’s remarks. (C, 65)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Jerry Stubbs def. Buzz Tyler in 6:44 by submission following a figure four leglock. (C+, 68) Stubbs advances to the semifinals of the TV title tournament.

--Jim Cornette comes out and hypes the Cornette Dynasty. He says he wants the Midnight Express to be named the #1 contenders to the tag team titles and he won’t take no for answer. (C+, 67)

--Adrian Street and Hercules Hernandez come out for an interview with Lance Russell. Street says he thought ‘Gwendolyn’ was more of a man than this as Hercules clinches his fist in the background. Street says either he or Hercules will win the TV title. (C+, 68)

CWA Television Title Tournament Match
--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Jerry Oates in 6:44 by submission following a full nelson. (C+, 66) Hercules advances to the semifinals of the TV title tournament.

--Jimmy Hart comes out and introduces the newest member of the First Family, the toughest man in the business, Meng, and says that Jerry Lawler is toast after the next match. (C, 64)

--Jerry Lawler def. Meng by disqualification in 9:18 following interference by Randy Savage (B-, 76) After the match, Savage tells Lawler to stay out of his business and not to even get around the ring for his match with Junkyard Dog. (A, 89)

--Lance Russell makes an announcement at the request of promoter Eddie Marlin. Russell says that the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express will defend their tag team titles against the Midnight Express and the Fabulous Ones in a Total Elimination match at Red, White, and Bruise. (C, 63)

NWA Central States Title Match
--Junkyard Dog def. Randy Savage in 12:02 by countout when Savage walked out of the match when JYD clearly had control of the match. Savage was yelling at JYD that this match doesn’t even matter as he walked away. (B-, 76) JYD makes his 2nd defense of the Central States title.

Show Rating: B+, 84

TV Rating: 0.54 (408,690 viewers)

Post Show Notes
TV Title Tournament Update
--Jerry Stubbs vs Hercules Hernandez
--Bobby Eaton/Adrian Street winner vs Koko Ware/Rick Rude winner

--The last two quarterfinal matches will be the only two TV title tournament matches on the next Saturday TV show. The semifinals and finals will take place at the last Saturday show in June.

tucking fypo · 09-01-2020, 10:08 PM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 3, June 1983
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 15,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
Buzz Tyler def. Dare Bergeron in 6:48 by pinfall following an avalanche. (C, 60)

Pre Show Match
--Meng w/Jimmy Hart def. Tommy Rogers in 6:34 by submission following a Tongan Death Grip. (C, 59) After the match, Hart hypes Meng as a future star and enforcer of the First Family. (B-, 73)

--Koko Ware def. Phil Hickerson in 6:34 by pinfall after a Bird Buster. (B-, 72) After the match, Bobby Eaton joins Ware as they cut an interview with Lance Russell. They hype their upcoming matches in the TV title tournament. (B, 77)

--Manny Fernandez def. Terry Taylor in 7:17 by pinfall after a Flying Burrito. (B-, 74) As the match finishes, Randy Savage comes out and taunts Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler, saying that the hype around their ‘friendship and tag team’ is overrated. He tells Lawler and Dundee that he and Manny Fernandez could easily beat them in a tag team match. (A, 91)

--As ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams comes out for an interview, he is jumped by the Super Destroyers. The Destroyers perform a double superplex with ease on the massive Williams, leaving him laying in the middle of the ring. (C+, 70)

--Super Destroyer 2 w/The Super Destroyer def. Jerry Stubbs in 11:03 by pinfall following a superplex. (C+, 69)

--Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler come out and hype their upcoming match versus the Moondogs. They accept Randy Savage’s challenge and say that Red, White, and Bruise would be a good place to have the match. (A+, 100)

--Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler def. The Moondogs in 10:48 following a Lawler piledriver on Moondog Rex. (B, 81)

--Buzz Sawyer and Jimmy Hart are interviewed by Lance Russell. Sawyer hypes the title unification match and promises Jimmy Hart that the title will stay in the First Family. (B+, 86)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match
--Buzz Sawyer def. Jimmy Valiant in 11:37 by pinfall following a diving splash. (B, 81) Buzz makes his 2nd defense of the Southern title.

Show Rating: B+, 85

Game Notes
--Ricky Steamboat has signed a PPA deal with Mid-South. It would be nice to have him right now but that won’t happen for at least another two plus months.

--All Japan moves to cult size. They join Georgia and CMLL as the only other cult promotions.

--Freddie Blassie has retired and is now out of the business.

--Southwest Championship Wrestling has cut production costs as a cost-saving measure. This looks like the first step to cut losses. They are already $44,000 in debt.

--I find myself putting Lawler in more tag matches as of late. After RW&B and just past the six month mark, I’ll need to look over the roster for something fresher.

Comey · 09-01-2020, 11:36 PM

Koko B Ware disgraced Phil Hickerson so brutally he was forced to change is name and take up another sport entirely.

He took up golf, and found fame as Phil Mickleson. Pssh. We know who you really are, guy.

tucking fypo · 09-04-2020, 06:54 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 3, June 1983
Fort Myers, Florida
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--The Spoiler def. Dare Bergeron in 6:51 by pinfall via a piledriver. (C, 60)

Pre Show Match
--Buddy Landel def. Bobby Fulton in 7:06 by submission after a figure four leglock. (C-, 58)

--Jimmy Hart is followed out by Meng and Rick Rude as Hart is interviewed by Lance Russell. Hart hypes Rick Rude’s upcoming TV title quarterfinal match against Koko Ware. (B, 77)

CWA Television Title Tournament, Quarterfinal Match
--Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart def. Koko Ware in 9:34 with a quick roll up after a Meng distraction. (B, 77) Rude advances to the semifinals of the TV title tournament. After the match, a frustrated Ware goes over to the announcers table and challenges Meng to a match. (B-, 73)

--The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette def. Jerry Stubbs and Jerry Oates in 10:11 by pinfall after a Dennis Condrey full nelson faceslam on Oates. (B-, 75)

--After the match, Jim Cornette calls Lance Russell over for an interview. Cornette calls out Eddie Marlin and asks him to explain the ‘Total Elimination Match’ for Red, White, and Bruise to help the Fort Myers fans who are rare in intelligence because its rare when they show any. Marlin calls out the Fabulous Ones and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. Marlin tells the teams
**there can only be one winner;

**one member of two teams start in the ring and anyone can be tagged in by anyone else;

**if you fail to accept a tag, you and your partner will be disqualified;

**when a member of a team is pinned or submits, that person must leave the ringside immediately or his team is disqualified and fined;

**the last person left in the ring wins the tag team titles for his team through pinfall or submission. (C+, 68)

--Cornette whines to Marlin that it is 4-on-2. Stan Lane interrupts and tells everyone else that they are in to win the tag team titles. Morton says the same thing as Cornette, Condrey, and Austin walk off in anger. (B-, 72)

--Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee come out and hype their match with Randy Savage and Manny Fernandez at Red, White, and Bruise. He tells the fans to be ready for some fireworks when the King and the Superstar light up their opponents on July 4th. (B+, 84)

CWA Television Title Tournament, Quarterfinal Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Adrian Street in 7:58 by countout. Street went looking under the ring for a chair or some type of weapon and his body went limp, allowing for Jerry Calhoun’s 10-count. (B-, 75) Hercules Hernandez comes out and fireman-carries Street to the locker room while a confused announce team wonders what happened. (B-, 73) Bobby Eaton advances to the semifinals of the TV title tournament.

--Lance Russell reminds the TV audience that the semifinals and finals of the TV title tournament will be next Saturday on Championship Wrestling. (B-, 71)

--Buzz Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and hypes his title unification match with Junkyard Dog on July 4th. JYD comes out to the interview area and the two begin arguing, coming short of blows. (A+, 100)

--Randy Savage and Bill Dundee fought to a 15:00 time limit draw. (A, 90) After the match, Manny Fernandez hits the ring, followed by Jerry Lawler and the four men brawl to end the show. (A+, 100)

Show Rating: A, 91

TV Rating: 0.59 (445,830 viewers)

Game News
--Stanley Blackburn has apparently retired and left the business. Too bad he can’t continue screwing people out of winning and keeping the AWA title.

--The Spoiler’s contract is up and he is a freelancer so he will walk after his contract is up with no hard feelings. As with Bundy and Steamboat, I tried to give six-month contracts when negotiations began three months ago but they thought it was too long and wanted something shorter. Perhaps I can get them back when I hit ‘Cult’.

--I request negotiations with the WWF champion, Don Muraco, the NWA US champion, Greg Valentine, the Florida heavyweight champion, Barry Windham, and Ted Dibiase. It is time to be a little more aggressive.

tucking fypo · 09-06-2020, 11:21 AM

CWA Monday Night Tour
Monday, Week 4, June 1983
Monroe, Louisiana
Attendance: 5,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Rip Rogers def. Dare Bergeron in 6:10 by pinfall following a sleeper. (D+, 48)

Pre Show Match
--Rick Rude def. Jerry Oates in 6:45 by pinfall following a Rude Awakening. (C, 59)

--Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee to start the show. Lawler says he likes his tag team with Bill Dundee and thinks they could be tag team champions but has his eye on the title unification match at next week’s July 4th event. Dundee says Cornette and Fernandez can plot and scheme all they want but they will not get rid of him. (A+, 100)

--Bobby Eaton def. The Spoiler in 10:30 by pinfall after an Alabama Jam. (B, 78)

--The Super Destroyers come out for their first interview since joining CWA. Destroyer #1 promises to unify the Missouri Heavyweight Title and the Mid-America title next Thursday night. Destroyer #2 says that after his partner wins versus Steve Williams, they will dispatch the tag team division, beginning with bottom feeders like Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware. (C, 63)

--Adrian Street comes out with Hercules Hernandez walking. Street hypes Hercules' match this Saturday for the TV title. Lance Russell asks Street what happened under the ring this past Saturday. Hercules steps in and says after the arena emptied, he looked under the ring and found a pair of brass knucks. He said whoever did it will pay by getting racked. (C, 64)

--Randy Savage def. Porkchop Cash in 11:29 by pinfall following a flying elbow. (B, 80) After the match, Manny Fernandez joins Savage as they hype their tag match versus Lawler and Dundee. (B+, 85)

--’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams comes out for an interview and says he is looking forward to tonight’s tag team main event when he and Junkyard Dog will face the Super Destroyers. Williams says there is no way Super Destroyer #1 will walk out of the arena at Red, White, and Bruise with gold around his waist. (A+, 100)

--Jim Cornette comes out and tells Lance Russell that Jerry Jarrett and Eddie Marlin have been conspiring against the Midnight Express and the Express has been wrestling against the odds and the match on July 4th proves it. He said all four of their opponents will try to get rid of them first in the Total Elimination match but says that his team will walk out of the ring the tag team champions. (B-, 73)

--Jerry Lawler def. Roger Smith in 10:17 by pinfall following a flying fist drop. (B, 81)

--’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams and Junkyard Dog and The Super Destroyers fought to a double stoppage as both teams refused to listen to Jerry Calhoun and the match got out of control. (B+, 86)

Show Rating: B+, 86

Post Show Notes
--Not a bad show. Williams and JYD had each other’s backs when they entered the CWA. This is their second tag match. The first being against the pre-Zambuie Express, Ray Candy and Leroy Brown. It did help with the storyline involving Williams and The Super Destroyer, leading up to RW&B.

--The Dundee/Manny feud will come to a head at RW&B. Lawler and Savage, however, need to go on a little longer.

--I am sitting on the edge of ‘Cult’ size after this show. I inherited Central States’ popularity after the buyout back in mid-May. They were sitting just short of 44. Hopefully, after the next TV show and the July 4th event, I will be able to sign written deals and start killing promotions like Vince did.

--The bloodletting begins in Southwest as Jonathan Boyd, Chick Donovan, Kelly Kiniski, Eddie Mansfield, and Al Perez are released. This leaves only 19 wrestlers on their roster. Bigger names to come? They have, however, cut their production expenses on music and broadcast quality.

--After the Saturday TV show, I will post a six-month review. It will be lengthy but it feels necessary at the point. I like doing the reviews and looking at game world, company, and individual progress. And it helps me recharge.

tucking fypo · 09-08-2020, 10:24 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 4, June 1983
Jackson, Mississippi
Attendance: 10,000 (Sold Out)

Pre Show Match
--Don Bass def. Dare Bergeron in 6:27 by pinfall following a running powerslam. (C, 63)

Pre Show Match
--Koko Ware def. Lou Winston in 6:03 by pinfall following a Bird Buster. (B-, 72)

--Steve Williams comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He is confronted by the Super Destroyers and they eventually begin attacking Williams. They beat Williams down until several backstage workers come out to break it up. (B-, 74)

--Lance Russell goes through the matchups for the TV Title tournament and says that the semifinals and title match will be tonight with Bobby Eaton versus Rick Rude in the first semifinal and Hercules Hernandez versus Jerry Stubbs in the second semifinal with the winners facing off later in the show. (B, 78)

CWA Television Title Tournament, Semifinal Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart in 6:49 by pinfall following botched Hart interference. (B-, 75) Eaton advances to the TV title tournament finals. After the match, Jimmy Hart complains to Lance Russell that this is not the way things are supposed to be. (B, 80)

CWA Television Title Tournament, Semifinal Match
--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Jerry Stubbs in 5:46 by submission following a full nelson. (B-, 75) Hercules advances to the TV title tournament finals. Before the match, Street was seen checking under the ring and giving Hercules the all-clear.

--As the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express make their way out for an interview, the Midnight Express come out and demand what Morton and Gibson are trying to pull for their tag title defense. The Fabulous Ones then come out and tell Jim Cornette, Dennis Condrey, and Norvell Austin to suck it up and come ready for a fight on Thursday night. (C, 64)

--Lance Russell calls out Bill Dundee for an interview. Dundee hypes his tag match with Jerry Lawler against Manny Fernandez and Randy Savage next Thursday night. Dundee tells the fans he’s sick of Jim Cornette and sick of Manny Fernandez. Dundee challenges Manny to a match right now because he wants to fight tonight. Fernandez and Jim Cornette oblige. (B+, 84)

--Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Bill Dundee in 10:14 after Manny used the ropes for leverage and securing the pinfall. (B, 82) After the match, Cornette taunts Dundee, saying he is no better than the backwoods rubes who live in Jackson, Mississippi. (B, 77)

CWA Television Title Tournament Championship
--Bobby Eaton def. Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street in 9:44 by pinfall to become the first CWA TV champion. (B, 82) During the match, the lights went out while Jerry Calhoun was down. When they came back on, Adrian Street was laying in the floor ringside and Wendell Cooley standing behind Hercules, knocking him out with a pair of brass knucks and leading to the Eaton pinfall. After the match, Cooley said if Hercules ever comes to, he can show up on July 4th and fight again. (B-, 74)

--Randy Savage comes out and hypes his match in the main event versus Jerry Lawler and the tag match with Manny Fernandez against Lawler and Dundee. Savage says that Lawler is ripe for the picking because he is too worried about recapturing the Southern title. (B+, 86)

--Jerry Lawler comes out to respond to Randy Savage. Lawler tells Savage that beating Savage tonight will be a sign of things to come for he and Fernandez. (B+, 86)

--Randy Savage def. Jerry Lawler in 13:01 after a quick rollup by Savage followed by using Lawler’s tights for the pin. (B, 82) After the match, Lawler sat in the corner stunned as Savage celebrated. (B+, 87)

--A camera catches Junkyard Dog and Buzz Sawyer brawling in the back parking lot. The brawl ends after JYD used his chain to choke out Sawyer, leaving him lying in the parking lot while he chased Jimmy Hart away. (A+, 100)

Show Rating: B+, 87

TV Rating: 0.54 (410,390 viewers)

tucking fypo · 09-10-2020, 11:15 PM

Post Show Notes
--There will be no Monday show this week. The next event will be Red, White, and Bruise.

--With the move to ‘Cult’ the networks let me change Championship Wrestling from 90 minutes to 2 hours.

--Tony Schiavone enters the game world and I immediately sign him. He is rated a B- in Announcing and C+ in Colour Commentary. I will put him in Colour along with Dave Brown and always alongside Lance Russell.

--With the move to ‘Cult’, I sign the following current workers to written contracts: Jerry Lawler, Robert Gibson, Norvell Austin, Rick Rude, Koko Ware, Hercules Hernandez, Dave Brown, Lance Russell, and Jerry Calhoun. Several more are pending.

--Manny and Savage get big singles wins on the last June show and are looking to carry the momentum to July 4th and beyond.

--Bobby Eaton becomes the first CWA Television champion with a little help from Wendell Cooley and his brass knucks. Cooley is set to take on Hercules, who suffered only his second loss since joining CWA in April. The first loss was to Cooley for the Mid-America title.

--Tojo Yamamoto leaves the company after contract expiration.

--Bruno Sammartino left the WWF due to contract expiration. This ends a 20-year run as the most popular wrestler in company history.

tucking fypo · 09-13-2020, 03:35 PM

DOTT Mid-Year Review

I’ll take a thorough look at the DOTT universe, which has changed significantly since the beginning of the year.

The TEW Mid-Year Awards

Wrestler of the Year
--Genichiro Tenryu has been in 42 matches and NINE of them have been rated 99. His average match rating is 88. There’s nothing that would suggest he won’t be #1 on the Top 100 list at the end of the year.

Company of the Year
--New Japan Pro Wrestling has had 20 shows rated an A to A+. The Love to Burn Tour event in January rated a 96 and featured Tatsumi Fujinami defeating Tiger Mask in the main event, which scored a 99. The match before that was also scored a 99, when Antonio Inoki defeated Andre the Giant.

Tag Team of the Year
--Tatsumi Fujinami and Akira Maeda have teamed together seven times at an average of 88. Their highest rated match was against Hulk Hogan and Antonio Inoki (96)

Match of the Year
--Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Tiger Mask at the NJPW Betrayed Tour event in May. It rated a 99.

Show of the Year
--The Battle of Memphis is the highest rated event so far in the DOTT 1983 universe. It rated a 97.

Young Wrestler of the Year
--Akira Maeda has wrestled in 11 A or above matches.

Veteran Wrestler of the Year
--Umanosuke Ueda is leading the field so far with 3 A or above rated matches at age 43.

Female Wrestler of the Year
--18 year old Chigusa Nagayo has stood out for her 84 average match rating over 32 matches.

Independent Wrestler of the Year
--Spike Huber has only wrestled three matches and has a 64 average match rating.

99 Rated Matches
All Japan 9
New Japan 7
CWA 1

# of A and above rated matches
New Japan 61
All Japan 45
CWA 9
All Japan Women’s Pro 5
Southwest 5
WWF 5

tucking fypo · 09-13-2020, 03:38 PM

TEW Most Popular in the World
1. Andre the Giant
2. Harley Race
3. Superstar Billy Graham
4. Terry Funk
5. Jack Brisco
14. ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams
80. Junkyard Dog
82. The Spoiler
99. Buzz Sawyer

TEW Most Popular in America
1. Andre the Giant
2. Wahoo McDaniel
3. Superstar Billy Graham
4. Ric Flair
5. Jimmy Snuka
6. Junkyard Dog
38. Buzz Sawyer
40. Steve Williams
55. Manny Fernandez
65. Bill Dundee
91. The Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin)

Company Rankings ranked in order and change in America from January 1 with world ranking in parentheses. Listed below each promotion is the company champion.

1. Georgia Championship Wrestling, +2 (1), Cult
--NWA National Heavyweight, Masked Superstar

2. Championship Wrestling Association, +7 (5), Cult
--AWA Southern Heavyweight, Buzz Sawyer
--NWA Central States Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog

3. World Wrestling Federation, +2, (6), Regional
--WWF Heavyweight, Don Muraco

4. Southwest Championship Wrestling, +4 (7), Regional
--SWCW Heavyweight, Tully Blanchard

5. World Class Championship Wrestling, -3, (7), Regional
--NWA Texas Heavyweight, David Von Erich

6. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, -4 (10), Regional
--NWA World Heavyweight, Ric Flair
--NWA United States Heavyweight, Greg Valentine

7. Mid-South Wrestling, -1, (12), Regional
--North American Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog

8. American Wrestling Association, -1 (15), Regional
--AWA World Heavyweight, Wahoo McDaniel

9. Championship Wrestling from Florida, -5 (16), Regional
--NWA Florida Heavyweight, Bob Orton, Jr.

10. Pacific Northwest Wrestling, NC (17), Regional
--NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight, Roddy Piper

11. Southeastern Championship Wrestling, +3 (22), Regional
--NWA Southeastern Heavyweight, Tommy Rich

12. World Wrestling Association, +1 (24), Small
--WWA World Heavyweight, Greg Wojokowski

World Rankings and Size of Foreign Companies
2. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Cult

3. New Japan Pro Wrestling, Regional

4. All Japan Pro Wrestling, Cult

9. Joint Promotion UK, Regional

11. Calgary Stampede Wrestling, Cult

13. Maple Leaf Wrestling, Regional

14. Universal Wrestling Association, Regional

18. International Wrestling, Regional

19. Big Time Wrestling (UK), Regional

20. All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling, Regional

21. Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, Small

23. All Star Wrestling, Small

Companies in the Red
--All Star Wrestling, -141,953

--Atlantic Grand Prix, -179,376

--Southeastern, -154,124

--Southwest, -25,020

--World Wrestling Association, -322,502

--I’ve decided to go into the Game Editor and “inject” some cash into All Japan Women’s Pro. They were almost $500,000 in debt. The game world needs it and it helps the women’s wrestling scene. GLOW and Japan’s Women Pro don’t come in until 1986.

--The WWA is looking for buyers. Not biting on this one.

--By the looks of it, there could be 3-4 less companies by October. There are 24 companies left worldwide.

tucking fypo · 09-20-2020, 09:19 PM

June Report
--CWA now has $1.83 million available after posting a solid $362,780 gain in June.

--With the company size increasing to ‘Cult’, our company prestige increases to 86, an increase of 16 from June 1. Company momentum stands at 98.

Best Matches of June
**Singles – ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams def. Randy Savage at the Battle of Memphis (93)

**Tag Team – Junkyard Dog and Jerry Lawler def. Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyzsko at the Battle of Memphis (99)

Best Card of the Month
** The Battle of Memphis rated a 97, our highest of the year so far.

The card for Red, White, and Bruise

CWA World Heavyweight Title Unification Match
AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer vs NWA Central States Champion Junkyard Dog

CWA American Title Unification Match
NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion Super Destroyer #1 vs NWA Mid-America Champion Steve Williams

CWA World Tag Team Title Match
Total Elimination Match
Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Champions) vs The Midnight Express vs The Fabulous Ones

Manny Fernandez and Randy Savage vs Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee

Bobby Eaton vs Super Destroyer #2

Koko Ware vs Meng

Hercules Hernandez vs Wendell Cooley

tucking fypo · 09-24-2020, 09:23 PM

CWA Red, White, and Bruise
Monday, July 4, 1983
Lexington, Kentucky
Attendance: 23,000 (Sell Out)

--Lance Russell opens the show by running down the card for the event. (B-, 74)

--Wendell Cooley def. Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street in 3:46 by pinfall following botched interference from Street. (C-, 56) Street attempted to pass a pair of brass knucks to Hercules. It was caught by Cooley, who hit Hercules, and hit the Wildcat Slam for the win.

--The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out and hype their upcoming Total Elimination title defense versus the Midnight Express and the Fabulous Ones. Morton and Gibson promise the fans they will become the first CWA World Tag Team champions. (B, 79)

Non-title match
--Super Destroyer #2 w/Super Destroyer #1 def. Bobby Eaton in 7:12 by pinfall following a Bicycle Kick. (B-, 75) After the match, Super Destroyer #1 tells the crowd that there may be no Missouri Heavyweight champion after tonight but he will leave with a title. (C, 65)

--Meng w/Jimmy Hart def. Koko Ware by pinfall following a Jimmy Hart distraction of referee Jerry Calhoun, allowing Rick Rude to come in and give Koko the Rude Awakening and leading to the pin for Meng. (B-, 74)

--’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Williams says he is looking forward to becoming the first CWA American champion and warns Super Destroyer #2 to stay away from the ring. (A, 92)

--Randy Savage, Manny Fernandez, and Jim Cornette are interviewed by Tony Schiavone. Manny says that he doesn’t mind bleeding if it means that his partner can drop the flying elbow on Lawler or Dundee. Savage reminds Dundee to not get caught napping during the match, referring to his win over Dundee at the Night of Champions in May with help from Fernandez. (B, 79)

Mid-America Title/Missouri Heavyweight Title Unification Match
--The Super Destroyer def. ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams in 14:01 by pinfall following a failed shoulder block into the ringpost by Williams and ensuing Superplex by Super Destroyer. (B, 81) The Super Destroyer wins the CWA American Title.

--The Midnight Express and Jim Cornette come out and hype what Cornette calls the most unfair match in the history of professional wrestling, masterminded by the half-brained dimwits Eddie Marlin and Jerry Jarrett. (B-, 73)

--The Fabulous Ones are then called out by Lance Russell. Stan Lane and Steve Keirn say that even though the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express are great champions and good friends, you get in the ring to win and friendships are out of the window, especially when titles are on the line. (B, 77)

Total Elimination Match for the the World Tag Team Titles
--The Fabulous Ones def. The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express by pinfall in 17:18 after Stan Lane’s Savate Kick on Dennis Condrey. (A, 91) The order of elimination was Robert Gibson, Norvell Austin, and Steve Keirn, which left Ricky Morton, Stan Lane, and Dennis Condrey.

--Lane savate kicked Morton to the shock of the fans in attendance and Condrey covered to eliminate Morton. Lane then savate kicked a celebrating Condrey for the pinfall. The Fabulous Ones are the first CWA World Tag Team champions.

--After the match, as the Midnight Express left ringside, Lane offered a handshake to Morton as Keirn grabbed the belts and Gibson looked on, telling Morton it wasn’t personal. Morton walked away from the handshake. (B+, 86) The Fabulous Ones celebrate their win to a few boos from the Lexington crowd. (B, 81)

--Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee come out to hype their match against Savage and Fernandez. Lawler tells Cornette he has another thing coming if he’s trying to pull something tonight. Dundee says that after tonight, Cornette might need a neckbrace after a piledriver by he and Lawler. (A+, 100)

--Junkyard Dog hypes his title unification match versus Buzz Sawyer in the main event. JYD tells the fans that they will not leave this arena disappointed as he leaves the arena with two belts. (A+, 100)

--Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette and Randy Savage by pinfall in 18:20. (B+, 85) As Lawler, Savage, and referee Jerry Calhoun were incapacitated, Jim Cornette unzipped his tennis racket and handed a cloth to Manny. Dundee low-blowed Manny and put the cloth on Manny’s face, putting him to sleep. Dundee then ducked a tennis racket to the head by an interfering Cornette and put the cloth on his face and put him to sleep. Dundee then pinned Manny after Calhoun recovered, leaving Dundee the only man standing with bodies everywhere.

--Buzz Sawyer cuts a promo and tells the fans that he has been the best wrestler in CWA since he arrived five months ago. He said nothing changes tonight and he will walk out as the first CWA world champion. (A+, 100)

AWA Southern Heavyweight Title/NWA Central States Heavyweight Title Unification Match
--Junkyard Dog def. Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart in 22:49 by pinfall after the Thump in a match that featured a hot crowd and exceptional wrestling. (A+, 99) Junkyard Dog wins the new CWA World Heavyweight Title. After the match, JYD celebrates his victory with the fans. (A+, 100)

Show Rating: A+, 96

--Incredible show with another A+ match involving Buzz Sawyer. The Total Elimination tag team match was the highest rated match in 1983 for any of the participants involved and the highest for any regular tag teams so far.

--I hope people don’t mind the expanded storytelling in some of these matches but I feel some of the endings deserve an explanation, such as the Total Elimination tag team title match. I’m not as talented as many of the folks over on the TEW boards but I picture some of these endings going down in 1983.

--Before the jump to ‘Cult’, JYD was up for renegotiation and told me that CWA was too small for him and I was ready to let him walk. The original plan was to put over Buzz while JYD walked away and for Buzz to continue his reign of terror on the roster and rev up for another big feud with Dundee and then Lawler. The move up was apparently good enough for JYD as he agreed to a written deal, hence the title change. JYD is by far the most over worker on the roster.

--I want to declare war on other companies but Jerry Jarrett won’t let me. He wants to keep good relationships with other companies, except the WWF, and has blocked any attempts at changing those relationships. I can’t even get a hostile relationship. Nothing.

--In other news of the day, Dave Righetti pitched a perfect game against the Red Sox.

CWA Title Roll Call
**CWA World Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog (won July 1983)
100 prestige

**CWA World Tag Team, The Fabulous Ones (won July 1983)
100 prestige

**CWA American, The Super Destroyer (won July 1983)
95 prestige

**CWA Television, Bobby Eaton (won June 1983)
55 prestige

tucking fypo · 09-29-2020, 09:34 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 1, July 1983
Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out)

Pre Show Match
--Buddy Landel def. Dare Bergeron in 6:43 by submission after a figure four leglock. (C-, 54)

Pre Show Match
--Ray Candy and Leroy Brown def. Terry Taylor and Porkchop Cash in 7:21 by pnfall after a Candy splash on Taylor. (C+, 69)

--Junkyard Dog comes out for an interview with Lance Russell with the new CWA World Title belt around his waist. JYD thanks the fans for helping him win the world title. He says it was about time the belt was taken from that ‘bald-headed maniac’, Buzz Sawyer. (A+, 100)

--Wendell Cooley def. The Spoiler in 7:56 by pinfall following a Wildcat Slam. (B-, 74)

--A backstage camera catches the Super Destroyers beating down ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams. A figure emerges from the shadows as the Super Destroyers stop what they are doing and step back. A debuting Barry Windham helps Williams up to his feet. (B-, 75)

--Lance Russell tells the TV audience that all TV title matches will have a 10-minute time limit. (B-, 73)

CWA Television Title Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Troy Graham in 6:03 by pinfall following an Alabama Jam. (B-, 76) After the match, Rick Rude comes out and taunts Eaton, saying that Eaton was lucky to have pinned him in the TV tournament semifinals. Rude said it is just a matter of time before the title belongs to him or someone in the First Family. (C+, 68) Eaton makes his first defense of the TV title.

--Lance Russell calls out the newest CWA signing, Barry Windham. Windham says he is in CWA to face the best wrestlers in the world. He says he’s been keeping up with things in CWA and he is tired of the Super Destroyers sneak attacking people. He challenges Super Destroyer 2 to a match later on and tells Russell that he will be hanging around near the ring so there will be no interference in the next match. (B, 82)

--’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams def. Sabu the Wildman in 6:40 by pinfall following an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75)

--Jim Cornette comes out for an interview with the Midnight Express in close tow. Cornette tells Lance Russell about the unfair treatment the Cornette Dynasty has received. He says that the Midnight Express should be tag team champions. Russell reminds him of Dennis Condrey’s overconfidence after he pinned Morton. Cornette calls Russell a stupid man as he and the Express walk off. (B-, 72)

--The Fabulous Ones come out with the new CWA tag team belts around their waist and to a mixed greeting from the fans. Stan Lane and Steve Keirn call out the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. Lane tells Morton that he’s not sorry for the kick to the jaw because he had to come up with the best way to pin Dennis Condrey and says that Morton would have done the same thing. Lane offers his hand to Morton and Morton shakes but doesn’t let go. Morton tells Lane and Keirn not to get too comfortable with the belts as Robert Gibson pulls Morton away. (B+, 88)

CWA World Tag Team Title Match
--The Fabulous Ones def. The Barbarian and Meng by disqualification in 9:09 after interference from the Midnight Express. (B, 81) The four beat down the Fabulous Ones with the crowd expecting help from the back that never came. (B, 80) The Fabs make their 1st defense of the world tag team titles.

--Buzz Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and gives a wild, rambling promo about how the world title should be around his waist right now and he should be given an immediate rematch. (A+, 100)

--Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Jerry Stubbs in 10:48 by pinfall after a diving splash. (B, 82) Buzz continued to intensely beat down Stubbs after the match. (A, 91)

--Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee come out with a tennis racket and waving a cloth. Lawler and Dundee hype their win over Randy Savage and Manny Fernandez two nights ago. They say that if Cornette needs his tennis racket, he is welcome to it any time. (A+, 100)

--Barry Windham def. Super Destroyer in 17:15 by pinfall after a Superplex. (B, 79)

Show Rating: B+, 87

TV Rating: 0.55 (417,640 viewers)

tucking fypo · 10-01-2020, 09:17 PM

CWA Championship Wrestling
Saturday, Week 2, July 1983
Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 13,886 (Capacity: 15,000)

Pre Show Match
--Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Porkchop Cash in 6:56 by submission following a full nelson. (C+, 70)

Pre Show Match
--Koko Ware vs Adrian Street in 7:20 by pinfall following a Bird Buster. (B-, 75)

--Jim Cornette comes out to start the show, explaining how promoter Eddie Marlin got tired of hearing him complain about the world tag team title match so he is giving Manny Fernandez a world title shot tonight in the main event versus the Junkyard Dog. (B-, 74)

CWA Television Title Match
--Bobby Eaton def. Buzz Tyler in 6:49 by pinfall after an Alabama Jam. (C, 62) After the match, Rick Rude and Jimmy Hart once again come out and challenge Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware to a tag team match Monday night. He announces that his partner will be fellow First Family member, Meng. (C+, 69)

--Bill Dundee comes out for an interview with Lance Russell and hypes his recent upswing in momentum. As he is about to finish the interview, he is interrupted by Greg Valentine. Valentine tells Lance Russell and the TV audience that he respects Dundee’s toughness but there’s a reason why he is called the ‘Hammer’ and challenges Dundee to a match later in the show. (A, 90)

--The Super Destroyers def. The Fantastics in 6:48 by pinfall after a bicycle kick by Destroyer 2 on Bobby Fulton. (B-, 76) After the match, the Destroyers are met by Barry Windham and Steve Williams, who are out for an interview. A face-off occurs but with no contact. (B+, 84) Windham and Williams challenge the Super Destroyers to a match anywhere, anytime. (B+, 83)

--Jake Roberts def. Don Bass in 7:49 by pinfall after a DDT. (B-, 76) After the match, Roberts says he is glad to be in the CWA. He says he knows a little about some of the new guys coming in and no one should ever trust them. (B+, 88)

--Lance Russell says that he is about to introduce a new CWA signee, Ted DiBiase. He goes into a spiel about how he is the best wrestler in the world and the Junkyard Dog should just go ahead and put the world title around his waist to save himself some embarrassment. JYD comes out and the two begin brawling around the ringside area. (A+, 100)

--Greg Valentine comes back out and introduces the man he wants to be associated with in CWA, Buzz Sawyer. Valentine says that with them together, they will be an unstoppable force, especially for Bill Dundee tonight. (A+, 100)

--Jerry Lawler comes out and responds to Valentine. He tells Valentine not to write any checks ‘his rear end can’t cash’. Lawler says he will be watching Valentine’s upcoming match with Dundee carefully. (A+, 100)

--Jerry Lawler def. The Spoiler in 10:06 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B, 82)

--Tony Schiavone interviews the current world tag team champions, the Fabulous Ones. Keirn and Lane say that as far as they are concerned, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express have earned the right to be the #1 contenders for the tag titles. Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express come out and argue with the Fabs, saying that Condrey pinned Ricky Morton in the middle of the ring so that makes them one over the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. (B-, 76)

--Randy Savage comes out and talks about his latest setbacks. He tells Lance Russell that the last time he looked, he wasn’t the one who was pinned in the tag team match with Manny Fernandez. (A, 89)

--Greg Valentine def. Bill Dundee in 13:18 after Buzz Sawyer distracted Dundee long enough for Valentine to recover and get a quick roll up. (B, 82) Sawyer and Valentine stomp a mudhole in Dundee after the match until Jerry Lawler comes out to make the save. (A, 91)

CWA World Heavyweight Title Match
--Junkyard Dog def. Manny Fernandez in 15:31 by pinfall following a series of dog headbutts. (B, 78) JYD makes his 1st defense of the world title.

Show Rating: B+, 87

TV Rating: 0.54 (406,510 viewers)

--Change of plans. I need a Monday night show to complement Saturday’s show and to give more workers in the ring. I thought one show a week would be enough but its not with the loaded roster.

--Stampede is upping their game, signing Ric Flair to a PPA deal.

--I sign referee Tommy Young, one of the best in the world. As an aside, also Flair’s favorite referee.

07-28-2020, 09:25 PM	#59
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	Post Show Notes --All of the buildup was for the battle royal. I just can’t make myself put the battle royal above the promotion championship match. It ended up working out. A great show was capped by Lawler and Condrey working well together and putting on an ‘A’ match with minimal buildup, aside from the last week. --The countdown is on to the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Night of Champions. The event itself was not something that CWA did at all in 1983. The biggest shows would come out of their partnerships with the AWA and World Class in the mid to late 1980’s (both in their death throes in 1987-88 but very popular in 1983). The weekly Monday night shows were the major events. --The Sheepherders have returned to feud with their old nemesis, the Fabulous Ones, albeit with a new member to replace the departed freelancer, Luke Williams. The new member, Rip Morgan, made up an incarnation of the Sheepherders in the ‘80’s but with Luke Williams. I may actually talk Butch Miller into coming to CWA one day but without the ridiculously cartoonish gimmick they were shamed into taking in the WWF. --Morton vs Spoiler was a throwaway match with no hype. Morton needed a boost. The Spoiler is 43 years old but can still put on an above average to good match with the right opponent. However, creative has put him on the time decline list, along with Jonathan Boyd. Game World News --Don Muraco is the new WWF Champion, ending the 5 year, 2 month reign of Bob Backlund in the Nassau Coliseum. --In Georgia, the Masked Superstar is the new NWA National Heavyweight Champion, ending Stan Hansen’s one-month reign as champ. Last edited by tucking fypo : 07-28-2020 at 09:26 PM.

08-07-2020, 10:45 AM	#66
Chas in Cinti High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Still following this, extremely entertaining... __________________ Email: [email protected]

08-07-2020, 09:03 PM	#69
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 2, May 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) Pre Show Match --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def Jerry Oates in 6:58 by submission after a full nelson. (C-, 58) Pre Show Match --Buddy Landel def. Porkchop Cash in 6:39 by submission after a figure four leglock. (C, 65) --Very solemnly, Lance Russell opens the show by saying that CWA owner, Jerry Jarrett, has a very important announcement regarding the future of Championship Wrestling after the first match. (B, 81) --Randy Savage comes out with Buzz Sawyer as both hype their upcoming matches at Night of Champions and their tag team match later in the show against Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler. Savage and Sawyer say that the team of Dundee and Lawler cannot match the intensity of the Macho Man and the Mad Dog and this match is just a preview of things to come. (B+, 87) NWA Mid-America Title Match --King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Bob Yuma (one-night deal) in 6:34 by pinfall after the Big Splash. (C+, 69) Bundy makes his 2nd defense of the Mid-America Title. --CWA owner, Jerry Jarrett, comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He thanks the fans for their support in helping the CWA become home to the best wrestling in the United States. Jarrett tells Lance that CWA has bought Central States Wrestling, one of the most respected and well-known promotions in the United States since 1948. Jarrett hypes the rich history of the promotion, including such wrestlers as Harley Race, Dick Murdoch, Bruiser Brody, and Dusty Rhodes. He said his goal is to expand CWA to all parts of the United States. He explains that Manny Fernandez is the Central States Heavyweight Champion and that he never defended the belt in CWA because of Central States Wrestling by-laws that kept Fernandez from defending, or even displaying a Central States title belt, in other promotions. He says that Fernandez will defend his Central States title at Night of Champions against Junkyard Dog. Lastly, Jarrett says that as of July 1, 1983, the AWA and NWA affiliation will end on all CWA titles, including the Southern title, the Southern tag team title, and Mid-America title. Jarrett announces that the holders of the Southern Heavyweight title and the Central States Heavyweight title will face off at the July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise and unify the titles into the new CWA World Heavyweight championship. He adds that a TV title will be added and the final match for that title will take place in the last TV show of June before the July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise. (C+, 65) --Lance Russell interviews Jim Cornette, who comes out with the Midnight Express. Cornette says he’s glad Jerry Jarrett finally finished talking. Cornette hypes their upcoming tag team title defense against the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express at Night of Champions (B, 79) Morton and Gibson come out and tell Norvell Austin and Dennis Condrey that their days are numbered as tag team champions. The two teams argue but come short an all-out brawl. (C, 61) --Promoter Eddie Marlin comes out and tells the TV audience that Ricky Steamboat’s opponent at Night of Champions will be one of the best wrestlers in the country, Masked Superstar. (C, 60) Steamboat comes out and thanks Marlin for working this deal out. Steamboat says that he respects Superstar and is looking forward to the challenge. (B+, 87) --Junkyard Dog def. Buzz Tyler in 10:53 by pinfall after a series of dog headbutts on Tyler. (B-, 75) After the match, JYD says that come Night of Champions, he will be the new Central States Heavyweight champion when Manny Fernandez will become the next Thump. (B+, 86) --The Fabulous Ones come out for an interview with Lance Russell. Keirn and Lane say that after they defeat the Sheepherders at Night of Champions, their next goal will be to get the tag team titles back around their waist. (B-, 75) --Jim Cornette comes back out and hypes Manny Fernandez. He says that Manny won’t back down from a challenge and will gladly defend the prestigious Central States title against Junkyard Dog. He also says that if Jerry Jarrett comes back out and talks anymore, they will have to put up mirrors throughout the arena to make it look like a crowd is still there. (B-, 72) --Ricky Steamboat def. Rip Rogers in 9:23 by pinfall following a flying crossbody. (B-, 75) --Bill Dundee comes out and hypes his upcoming match versus Randy Savage at Night of Champions. He tells the audience that he has decided he wants that match to be a Last Man Standing match. He says the only way to win is to beat your opponent so badly that he can’t answer the ten count and it is a no holds barred match. He tells Savage to get ready for the beating of his life. (B+, 85) --Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee def. Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart and Randy Savage in 17:31 by pinfall after a Lawler piledriver on Buzz Sawyer led to the clean pin. (B+, 85) --As Dundee and Savage continue fighting back to the locker room, Lawler chases Hart away from the ringside area. Lawler then goes under the ring to retrieve a large bucket filled with syrup and begins to empty its contents on Sawyer. He then goes back under the ring to get two large sacks filled with feathers and empties those on a recovering Sawyer as Lance Russell complains about the mess left in the ring. Lawler leaves Sawyer in the ring a sticky mess. (A+, 100) Show Rating: B+, 88 TV Rating: 0.40 (304,400 viewers)** Last edited by tucking fypo : 08-07-2020 at 09:07 PM.

08-07-2020, 09:18 PM	#70
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	--I bought out Central States. They surprisingly and finally agreed after going mountains into debt. Five more workers had been released by Central States when I attempted a buyout. They were $607,679 in debt, a hefty price tag no doubt, but I had $1.8 million to spend. I pillaged the promotion and kept Buzz Tyler, Porkchop Cash, The Super Destroyer, and Super Destroyer II. --The Missouri Heavyweight champion is the Super Destroyer (Bill Irwin). He will keep the mask for now. The Central States Champion is Manny Fernandez. The belts will be brought over to CWA with a title unification later. There will be three main event titles in CWA, way too many for a regional promotion, unless we’re talking about World Class, where they loved their titles. --The Central States Tag Team titles were vacant so I’m not sure whether I need to acknowledge them in the coming week. --I fired Porkchop Cash in January. He has improved enough to where I can throw him in some matches and he could be effective. His stats, particularly brawling, basics, and psychology, has improved greatly. IRL, he was part of a tag team with Troy Graham called The Bruise Brothers. A funeral was held by Jimmy Hart on Saturday morning wrestling on WMC-5 and they were re-introduced and rebranded as the New Fabulous Ones, after Keirn and Lane’s departure from Memphis. Lance Russell’s disgust at Hart is great. The video is worth checking out. Joe Leduc also makes a special appearance at the funeral. Jimmy Hart and the 'death' of The Bruise Brothers - YouTube Last edited by tucking fypo : 08-10-2020 at 06:48 PM.

08-12-2020, 07:47 AM	#74
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	Post Show Notes --All four titles change hands at the biggest event of the year, topped off by an epic main event and the highest rated match in CWA in 1983. --Randy Savage thinks that Hercules Hernandez is money and I should strap a rocket to him. --Sawyer goes clean over Lawler, somewhat of a rarity whenever Lawler lost a title in Memphis. Sawyer actually held the Southern title for a couple of days in early 1979 before it was vacated after he defeated the Mongolian Stomper (not vacated by the well-known title vacator, Stanley Blackburn, mind you) hence his second reign. Buzz is white-hot right now with the King of Kings win and winning the title over the top face in the company but will have a bigger challenge next month. --Savage goes over Dundee after interference by Manny, setting up the Dundee-Manny battle that has been on and off this year, with Cornette in the middle. --With Steamboat and Bundy leaving after their contracts are over (they are freelancers), they put over Masked Superstar and Dr. Death. Steamboat has a couple of days left so he will be on the card for Saturday night. This is Dr. Death’s first run with a title in CWA. His attitude has been better and he is a very reliable worker. This will add to the prestige of the Mid-America title. --Masked Superstar has one appearance left on his deal. That will be a match on the Monday Night Tour in week 4. --I’m still at a crossroads with the Missouri Heavyweight title and the vacant Central States tag team titles. For storyline purposes, I thought about putting the tag belts on the Super Destroyers (Scott and Bill Irwin, a solid tag team in their own right) and have them feud with the Fabs to set up the unification with the R’n’R Express or Midnight Express. Having The Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) as the Missouri champion clouds things up a bit. --The upcoming TV title tournament will feature no one higher than midcard status to give more matches and experience to less used or more jobbed out workers. It wouldn’t make sense to me to defend a TV title on the Monday night tour since there is technically no TV on Monday night. There is an announcer and colour commentator, however. --There is only three weeks between big events over the next two months so feuds will be short on some ends and built up on others. --JYD now holds the Central States title, along with the North American title in Mid-South. I am his priority company which helps with scheduling, of course. --Jim Cornette loses three belts, the Southern tag titles and the Central States title. He will have plenty to say about that. Jimmy Hart gains the top title, the Southern title, but loses the Mid-America title and King Kong Bundy. --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express win their first tag team titles. This is actually Robert Gibson’s sixth time as a tag team champion; four with his brother, Rick Gibson and once with Bill Dundee. Ricky Morton is a tag team champion for the fourth time; two times previous with Ken Lucas and one time with Eddie Gilbert. --The World Wrestling Council is looking for buyers and I bite. They are $349,815 in debt. Again, having a strong financial backing is key. It still puts me at $1,127,049. I disband the promotion and don’t pick up any contracts, titles, events, or TV (I share the same broadcaster with them) but I do absorb their popularity in Puerto Rico (40). I will not make a big deal of this acquisition on TV as I did Central States. I had 7 popularity there before. I’m sure as hell not picking up Invader #1’s contract. I don’t want that bastard in my locker room, particularly the showers. --I release The Sheepherders, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan. They don’t have good chemistry and I just don’t like the team itself. I have signed the 24-year-old Meng. I will eventually pair him with the Barbarian. They will need a mouthpiece soon. Last edited by tucking fypo : 08-12-2020 at 08:10 PM.

07-21-2020, 11:51 PM	#52
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 2, April 1983 Nacogdoches, Texas Attendance: 3,170 (Capacity: 5,000) NWA Mid-America Title Match --Wendell Cooley def. Moondog Rex by pinfall in 7:51 after a Wildcat Slam. Cooley was in visible discomfort from his rib injury to Bundy. (C+, 66) Cooley makes his 7th defense of the Mid-America title. --Randy Savage and Buddy Landel come out and hype their upcoming match against Jerry Stubbs and Jimmy Valiant. (C+, 70) --The Fabulous Ones def. Leroy Brown and Ray Candy in 8:39 by pinfall after Stan Lane’s Savate Kick on Brown. (B-, 73) After the match, the Fabs hype their beatdown on the Midnight Express on this past Saturday’s TV show, saying it was good to stomp a mudhole in anything that hangs with Jim Cornette. (C+, 67) --A backstage camera catches Wendell Cooley laying on the ground and a masked man standing above him with a chain. Promoter Eddie Marlin steps in as the masked assailant runs away. (C, 58) --Bill Dundee def. Sabu the Wildman in 8:41 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 75) After the match, Dundee hypes the six-man tag win from Saturday, saying he could get used to working with Eaton and Ware, as long as they save Manny Fernandez for him. (B-, 76) --Eddie Marlin comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Marlin explains the rules for the King of Kings event later in the month. The winner will get a Southern heavyweight title shot at the Night of Champions event in May; The 10 participants and five teams for the event will be chosen randomly. There will be a series of tag team matches,, over the next two weeks on Championship Wrestling and one match next Monday night at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. There will be no time limit and there must be a winner in each match. The 10 winners from the 5 tag team matches will then compete in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the Southern heavyweight title. (C, 62) --Randy Savage and Buddy Landel def. Jerry Stubbs and Jimmy Valiant in 15:53 by pinfall after Savage’s flying elbow drop on Stubbs. (B-72) --Steve Williams hypes his match tonight against Don Bass. He warns the First Family with a focus on King Kong Bundy, telling Bundy that Cooley will pay him back for the sneak backstage attack and that if he thinks he will get help in their title match this Saturday, he will be Cooley’s backup. (B, 79) --Jerry Lawler hypes his reign as Southern heavyweight champion. He says it won’t matter who wins the King of Kings battle royal because he plans on holding the title for a very long time. (A+, 100) --Steve Williams def. Don Bass in 9:23 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75) Show Rating: B, 80

07-22-2020, 10:52 AM	#53
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	Weekly News --Championship Wrestling from Florida has let it be known they now have a hostile relationship with me. As a result, I check their roster to see if there is anyone I might pick up if their schedule permits. If they work for two companies, I’m out. Barry Windham has commitments to Mid-Atlantic and CWF. He is 22 and has good overness in the Southeast, along with above average skills for someone his age. Not now. Black Bart is one-half of the Florida Bahamas Tag Champions and CWF is his only contract. Bart’s brawling skills would match what we need in CWA. He might be the lone signee I could get. I will likely hold off for now “Cowboy” Bob Orton is the Florida Heavyweight Champion but has two employers, Mid-Atlantic and CWF.. He is the best brawler on the roster. No go for now. Dusty Rhodes’ only commitment is to CWF. Of course, his stats in Psychology, Mic, and Charisma are off the charts. I check to see if he is interested and Dusty says he is not interested in joining CWA at the moment. 27-year-old Jake Roberts has three commitments: World Class, CWF, and Georgia (where he is on PPA). He’s one of the best statistically but with three commitments, its not the time to sign. Joe Leduc is solid across the board. Unfortunately, Mid-Atlantic and CWF are his commitments. Leduc and Lawler have a history. It was five years earlier, in 1978, that Leduc made his Blood Oath against Lawler on Memphis television on Saturday morning wrestling that shocked many fans, and Lance Russell. Dude legit scared me. --I sign Hercules Hernandez to a six-month contract at $600 per appearance. He was recently released by the flailing Central States.

07-22-2020, 02:12 PM	#54
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 2, April 1983 Oxford, Mississippi Attendance: 9,500 (Sell Out) --Jimmy Hart comes out with his First Family and hypes King Kong Bundy’s title shot against Wendell Cooley later in the show. Lance Russell asks Hart about his group’s sneak attack on Cooley as a way of softening him up before his title defense. Hart denies any involvement in the attack on Cooley. (B-, 73) --Promoter Eddie Marlin comes out and announces the first match that will determine the first two entrants in the King of Kings battle royal later in the month. He reminds the audience that the drawing is completely random which could make for interesting tag teams. Marlin announces the first match as Bobby Eaton and Adrian Street will take on Dennis Condrey and Moondog Rex. (C, 61) King of Kings Qualifying Match --Bobby Eaton and Adrian Street def. Dennis Condrey w/Jim Cornette and Moondog Rex w/Jimmy Hart in 9:55 by pinfall after an Eaton Alabama Jam on Dennis Condrey. Bill Dundee chased Cornette from ringside and Steve Williams chased Hart from ringside. Street was not willing to work with Eaton until Eaton pulled him into the ring by his hair. Street obliged by tagging Eaton back in and walking away. Rex accidentally hit Condrey with the Moondog bone, allowing Eaton the pin. (B-, 75) --Jerry Lawler comes out and tells Lance Russell that he believes in second chances, especially in title matches. He then says he would be glad to defend his Southern heavyweight title against Manny Fernandez in the main event but only if Jim Cornette is not allowed at ringside. (A+, 100) Jim Cornette comes out and accepts Lawler’s challenge on behalf of Manny. He tells Lawler that Manny might suffer without him at ringside but says Manny is still the better wrestler. (C+, 67) --Ricky Steamboat def. Buddy Landel in 12:42 by pinfall after a Flying Crossbody. (B, 82) --Lance Russell shows backstage camera footage from a few minutes ago, showing Wendell Cooley being attacked by the masked man as Cooley was preparing to wrestle King Kong Bundy. (C+, 66) --Lance Russell calls out Adrian Street, who hypes his performance in his tag team win earlier in the night and says that he is the only real man that can win the King of Kings battle royal. He then wishes “Gwendolyn” good luck in his title defense against Bundy and hopes he will be able to wrestle Bundy. --Eddie Marlin comes back out for two announcements and asks Jimmy Hart and King Kong Bundy to join him at the announcers table. Marlin tells Hart that because of the masked man’s attack, Wendell Cooley will not be able to defend the Mid-America title against Bundy because of the injuries sustained in the two recent attacks. He tells Hart it’s not a good look for his guys to attack Cooley like that. Hart and Bundy are livid as Marlin explains that Cooley still has 25 days to defend the title. Hart and Bundy plead their innocence. (C+, 68) --Marlin then makes his announcement for the second qualifying match for the King of Kings battle royal. The first team will be Steve Williams and Koko Ware facing off against Bill Dundee and Randy Savage. (C+, 69) --Before the match, Bill Dundee says that sometimes you have to work with jerks and weirdos and tonight is no exception. He also tells Williams and Ware that it’s nothing personal tonight because he wants a shot at the Southern heavyweight title. Dundee also takes a jab at Cornette, saying his Momma wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied. (B, 81) King of Kings Qualifying Match --Bill Dundee and Randy Savage def. Steve Williams and Koko Ware in 10:02 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop by Savage on Williams. Dundee and Savage got along strangely well during the match, prompting Russell and Dave Brown to wonder how two people like Dundee and Savage and their personalities could get along with so much on the line. (B, 82) --After the match, Bill Dundee offers a handshake to Savage on the win with the crowd behind Savage. Savage responds by punching Dundee and beating him down before leaving the ring. (B+, 86) --Jerry Lawler hypes his upcoming title match against Manny Fernandez, reminding Lance Russell that everyone’s favorite ball boy, Cornette, and his tennis racket won’t be there to help Manny tonight. (A+, 100) AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match --Jerry Lawler def. Manny Fernandez in 16:05 by pinfall following a piledriver in a bloody match. (B+, 87) Lawler makes his 6th defense of the Southern title. Show Rating: A, 89 TV Rating: 0.41 (311,860 viewers) Post Show Notes --I make an offer to The Spoiler. He is not currently employed as he was not re-signed by Georgia. He will be a nice addition to the roster if terms can be reached.

07-23-2020, 11:52 AM	#55
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 3, April 1983 Louisville, Kentucky Attendance: 14,768 (Capacity: 15,000) --Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He tells Russell he has a great idea that will make everyone happy. He says that he has yet to have an opponent for the King of Kings event because of the tag team qualifying matches. He offers that the losers of the five tag team qualifiers be put in their own battle royal on Saturday’s Championship Wrestling telecast. The winner of that 10-man battle royal would face him in the main event of King of Kings. (A+, 100) --The Fabulous Ones def. Phil Hickerson and Troy Graham w/Jimmy Hart in 6:57 by pinfall after a Stan Lane Savate Kick on Graham. (B-, 75) After the match, Lane and Keirn hype their tag team success. Keirn also says he and Lane have discussed that if their names were called tonight or Saturday, they will be ready to fight, whether its together or against each other. (B-, 75) --Bill Dundee comes out and challenges Randy Savage to match later in the card, referring to Savage’s sucker punch of Dundee on Saturday’s show. He says it obvious that Savage doesn’t appreciate it when people help him so he will teach him a lesson about respect. (B, 81) --Promoter Eddie Marlin comes out and announces the next King of Kings qualifying match: Junkyard Dog will team with Buzz Sawyer to take on Ricky Morton of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express and Norvell Austin of the Midnight Express. (B-, 75) Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and says there’s a conspiracy to keep him from winning the King of Kings battle royal. He calls out JYD and says not to mess this match up or their will be a price to pay. JYD comes out and the two begin arguing. (A+, 100) --King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Tommy Rogers in 5:48 by pinfall after the Big Splash. (B-, 74) After the match, Hart hypes Bundy and tells Wendell Cooley he doesn’t know what he’s trying to pull with the fake masked man attacks but he can’t hide from the First Family. (C+, 66) Cooley comes out and accuses Hart and Bundy of orchestrating the attacks, which they deny. (C+, 70) --Jim Cornette comes out to a chorus of boos from the Louisville crowd for an interview with Lance Russell. Cornette says he’s ashamed to be at home in Louisville, Kentucky, in front of a bunch of uncultured backwoods hicks who need an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes. Cornette then hypes Norvell Austin’s tag team with Ricky Morton, saying that the only thing worse than kissing your sister is teaming with someone that looks like your sister. (B-, 72) King of Kings Qualifying Match --Junkyard Dog and Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Ricky Morton and Norvell Austin w/Jim Cornette in 12:25 when the match deteriorated and Morton and Austin were counted out fighting each other outside the ring while JYD and Sawyer were fighting each other in the ring. (B, 81) --Jerry Stubbs def. Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart in 7:01 by submission after the Figure Four Leglock. (C+, 70) --Bill Dundee def. Randy Savage in 16:39 by pinfall after a distraction by Manny Fernandez. Fernandez distracted referee Jerry Calhoun while Savage retrieved a chair. Savage’s attempted chair shot on Dundee missed, hit the ropes, and bounced back to hit Savage in the face, knocking him out for the Dundee pin. (A, 92) Show Rating: A, 92 Weekly News --Dick Slater is the new Southwest Heavyweight Champion, defeating Gino Hernandez. --I re-sign Leroy Brown and Don Bass to three month contracts at $900 per appearance. A pretty good bargain when considering that both are good workers in their tag teams.

07-24-2020, 10:28 AM	#56
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 3, April 1983 Albany, Georgia Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) --Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler. He hypes his match later in the show and his Southern title defense at King of Kings against the winner of tonight’s battle royal. (A+, 100) --Eddie Marlin comes out to announce the fourth qualifying match for the King of Kings battle royal. Manny Fernandez and King Kong Bundy will team up against Moondog Spot and Robert Gibson. (C, 63) King of Kings Qualifying Match --Manny Fernandez and King Kong Bundy def. Moondog Spot and Robert Gibson by pinfall in 4:20 after Fernandez, Bundy, and Spot ganged up and beat down Gibson. Bundy pinned Gibson after a Big Splash. (C+, 67) --Jimmy Hart comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Hart says that Junkyard Dog was too worried about fighting his tag team partner, Buzz Sawyer, last Monday night and almost cost them a chance at the Southern title. JYD comes out and lets Hart know that Sawyer is not in the building tonight. He chases and eventually catches Hart, who tripped himself up. He gives Hart two dog headbutts while on the Civic Center floor before King Kong Bundy helps him escape to the locker room. (B+, 86) --Wendell Cooley hypes his upcoming title defense against Leroy Brown. He says he knows the masked man will eventually make a mistake and he will find out who it is and he’s sure the person responsible will be part of the First Family. (C+, 67) NWA Mid-America Title Match --Wendell Cooley def. Leroy Brown in 4:56 by pinfall after a Wildcat Slam. (C+, 66) The masked man appeared midway through the match and distracted Cooley. Cooley makes his 8th defense of the Mid-America title. After the match, Cooley chased the masked man to the back where a car was waiting on him to take him away. (C-, 55) --Eddie Marlin comes out and announces the final qualifying match for the King of Kings battle royal. Steve Keirn and Stan Lane will team together to face Ricky Steamboat and Jerry Stubbs. (C+, 69) --Ricky Steamboat is interviewed by Lance Russell. Steamboat hypes his upcoming tag match with Jerry Stubbs against “the best tag team in the world”, the Fabulous Ones, and thanks the fans for supporting him in the CWA. (B+, 86) King of Kings Qualifying Match --Ricky Steamboat and Jerry Stubbs def. The Fabulous Ones in 8:35 by pinfall after Steamboat landed a flying crossbody on Keirn. (B-, 76) After the match, both teams offer a handshake to each other as a mutual sign of respect. (B-, 74) --Lance Russell hypes the upcoming battle royal by running down the list of participants, in which the winner will face Jerry Lawler at King of Kings for the Southern title: Steve Keirn, Stan Lane, Moondog Spot, Robert Gibson, Ricky Morton, Norvell Austin, Steve Williams, Koko Ware, Dennis Condrey, and Moondog Rex. (B-, 72) --Dennis Condrey wins the battle royal for the right to face Jerry Lawler at the King of Kings main event. The last two remaining were Dennis Condrey and Steve Williams. Jim Cornette distracted Steve Williams long enough for Condrey to push him over the top rope for the win. (B, 79) After the match, Cornette celebrated with Condrey along with Norvell Austin as Williams sat stunned in the corner. (C, 62) --Bill Dundee comes out for an interview and thanks Manny Fernandez and the bad reflexes of Randy Savage for helping him win this past Monday night. As Savage comes out to respond, Dundee says that Savage and Fernandez should know you can’t put anything over on the Superstar. (B+, 86) AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match --Jerry Lawler def. Sabu the Wildman in 9:41 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B, 82) Lawler makes his 7th defense of the Southern title. After the match, Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin beat down Lawler as the show ends. (B-, 72) Show Rating: B+, 86 TV Rating: 0.42 (321,380 viewers) Post Show Notes --The King of Kings battle royal is set: Bill Dundee, Randy Savage, Bobby Eaton, Adrian Street, Junkyard Dog, Buzz Sawyer, Jerry Stubbs, Ricky Steamboat, Manny Fernandez, and King Kong Bundy --The winner will get a title shot at Jerry Lawler, or the Southern heavyweight champion at that time, at next month’s Night of Champions. --I sign The Spoiler and re-sign Leroy Brown and Don Bass. --Former CWA wrestler, Wayne Farris, has been let go by Southeast Championship Wrestling. He is now unemployed. I ask for negotiations and he says it is too soon to return to CWA. He still considers himself a freelancer.

07-27-2020, 12:55 PM	#57
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 4, April 1983 Natchitoches, Louisiana Attendance: 2,840 (Capacity: 3,700) --Jimmy Hart comes out with King Kong Bundy and Buzz Sawyer and is interviewed by Lance Russell. Hart wants Eddie Marlin to come out. He asks Marlin why King Kong Bundy has not received his Mid-America title shot and Cooley defended the belt this past Saturday against Leroy Brown. Marlin agrees with Hart and tells Hart that Bundy will receive his title shot on Saturday’s TV show because of Bundy’s participation in the King of Kings battle royal on Thursday night. (C, 62) --Jerry Stubbs def. Troy Graham w/Jimmy Hart in 5:40 by submission after a Figure Four Leglock. (C, 59) --Lance Russell interviews Wendell Cooley about Eddie Marlin’s announcement that he must defend the Mid-America title against Bundy this Saturday. Cooley accepts the challenge ahead of him and that he expects the masked man to show up, if he has the guts. (C, 65) --Jimmy Valiant def. Phil Hickerson in 6:42 by pinfall after a Boogie Woogie Elbow Drop. (C, 60) --Randy Savage def. Bobby Fulton in 6:52 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop. (C+, 70) After the match, Savage says that Bill Dundee’s win over him this past Saturday was the biggest fluke in the history of wrestling. He promises Dundee he will be coming for him during King of Kings. (B, 81) --Steve Williams def. Sabu the Wildman in 7:47 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75) --Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee come out to hype their match with the Midnight Express, saying that they’ve won the Southern tag team titles three times and don’t be surprised if number four is tonight. Jim Cornette comes out with the Midnight Express and argues with Lawler and Dundee with Cornette telling Lawler he needs to be worried about defending the Southern heavyweight title against Dennis Condrey. (B, 82) AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match --Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee def. The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette by disqualification in 11:47 when Randy Savage and Manny Fernandez attacked Dundee and Lawler. (B, 81) --The beatdown continued until Cornette landed tennis racket shots on the heads of Lawler and Dundee. (B, 80) The Midnight Express retain their titles on a disqualification. Show Rating: B, 78 Post Show Notes --A solid card for a Mid-South region show. The show rating was lower than usual compared to our recent outings. Still, I’ll settle for a B show outside our home region. Hopefully, this will be a nice lead-in for Thursday night’s big event.

07-28-2020, 05:14 PM	#58
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA King of Kings Thursday, Week 4, April 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) --Lance Russell opens King of Kings by showing a video hyping the battle royal and how each wrestler got there through the tag team qualifying matches. (A, 90) --The Fabulous Ones def. Leroy Brown and Ray Candy in 9:40 by pinfall after a Savate Kick by Lane on Brown. (B, 80) After the match, the Fabs are violently attacked by the Sheepherders, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan, and run into the ringposts multiple times, bringing blood to both Lane and Keirn. (C, 62) --Wendell Cooley comes out and hypes his championship match with King Kong Bundy on Saturday’s show. He tells the fans he will be ready for the masked man if he decides to interfere. Cooley also warns any member of the First Family, including Jimmy Hart, to stay out of his matches. (C+, 67) --Ricky Morton def. The Spoiler in 11:49 by pinfall after a missile dropkick. (B-, 75) --Jerry Lawler comes out and hypes his Southern heavyweight title defense against Dennis Condrey in the main event. Lawler ends the interview by reminding the competitors in the King of Kings battle royal that one may be crowned the King tonight but there’s still only one King of Memphis. (A+, 100) King of Kings Battle Royal --Buzz Sawyer wins the King of Kings battle royal in 22:50 after eliminating the Junkyard Dog. (B, 80) JYD got the most eliminations. Bill Dundee and Randy Savage were among the last competitors with Sawyer and JYD. Sawyer wins the title shot against the Southern heavyweight champion at next month’s Night of Champions. The order of elimination was as follows: --Jerry Stubbs was eliminated in under 1:00 by King Kong Bundy; --Adrian Street was eliminated by JYD; --King Kong Bundy and Manny Fernandez were both eliminated by JYD; --Bobby Eaton was eliminated by Randy Savage; --Ricky Steamboat was eliminated by Buzz Sawyer following a Savage low blow; --Bill Dundee and Randy Savage were both eliminated by JYD when Dundee caught Savage on the top rope getting ready for an elbow drop on JYD; as Dundee prepared for a superplex from the top rope, JYD knocked both Dundee and Savage off balance and onto the floor; --JYD was eliminated by Sawyer; JYD had Sawyer up for the Thump when Sawyer grabbed the ring rope and pulled both competitors over the top; Sawyer held on while JYD hit the floor. --Lance Russell interviews Buzz Sawyer and Jimmy Hart. Sawyer says that people’s worst nightmare came true because he will be the new Southern champion come the Night of Champions. Sawyer barks all the way back to the locker room. (A+, 100) AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match --Jerry Lawler def. Dennis Condrey w/Jim Cornette in 20:59 by pinfall after a piledriver in an excellent match with superb wrestling and great heat. (A, 89) Lawler makes his 8th defense of the Southern heavyweight title. After the match, Lawler celebrated his victory. (A, 90)

07-30-2020, 10:24 AM	#60
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 4, April 1983 Decatur, Alabama Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) Pre Show Match --Buddy Landel def. Jerry Stubbs in 6:38 by submission after a Figure Four Leglock. --As the show opens, Lance Russell interviews Randy Savage, who explains that his problems with Bill Dundee are not over. He asks Dundee if he’s ready to “feel the madness”. Savage then displays a fit of intense anger by threatening Russell and Dave Brown at the announcers desk. (A+, 97) --Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware def. Rip Rogers and The Spoiler in 6:46 by pinfall after an Alabama Jam by Eaton on Rogers. (B-, 76) After the match, Eaton and Ware cut a promo hyping their quest on winning the Southern tag titles from the Midnight Express. (B-, 71) --The Fabulous Ones come out for an interview with Russell. Keirn explains that they knew the Sheepherders would be back one day to finish what they couldn’t a few months ago when they took the tag titles away from the Sheepherders. Lane adds they don’t care if a little more blood is spilled. (B, 78) NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title Match --King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Wendell Cooley in 6:14 by pinfall after a Big Splash. The masked man attempted to interfere in the match but was met with fury by Cooley as they fought outside the ring, much to the surprise of Bundy, who just stood in the ring and waited. --Adrian Street then came out and piledrived Cooley on the arena floor as Jerry Calhoun was distracted by Hart. Cooley’s lifeless body was then thrown into the ring for Bundy to finish. (B-, 76) King Kong Bundy wins the Mid-America title for the first time. After the match, Jimmy Hart celebrates the title win with Bundy. (B, 80) --A disgusted Lance Russell attempts to interview Adrian Street and the masked man. Street says that “Gwendolyn” should have been more focused and careful in his match with Bundy. Street then introduces his friend, who removes his mask. The person is revealed to be a debuting Hercules Hernandez. Street blows a kiss to the TV audience as he leaves the set. (C+, 68) --Bill Dundee comes out and says he wants to give Lance Russell and Dave Brown an extra pair of eyes for the upcoming match between Randy Savage and Tommy Rogers. (B, 82) --Randy Savage def. Tommy Rogers by pinfall in 7:58 after a flying elbow drop. (B-, 75). After the match, Dundee is clapping as Savage makes his way toward the announcers table. Savage again says its too bad they were thrown out of the ring together by JYD at King of Kings because he was close to finishing Dundee. Dundee responds that it doesn’t matter because the last time there was a match with Savage, he needed Manny Fernandez’s help and didn’t know how to use a chair. (B+, 86) --Jim Cornette comes out and hypes Dennis Condrey’s effort against Jerry Lawler at King of Kings, saying that Lawler was lucky the match didn’t last another two minutes as Condrey had the match won. (B+, 86) Cornette then hypes the Midnight Express and their tag team title reign. (B+, 88) --Ricky Steamboat def. Rick Rude in 7:43 by pinfall after a flying crossbody. (B-, 76) After the match, Steamboat thanks the fans for coming out tonight and that he should have known that Savage would use underhanded ways to get ahead in the battle royal and wasn’t prepared for it. (B+, 86) --Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. Lawler hypes his almost three-month reign as Southern champion. Buzz Sawyer and Jimmy Hart make their way out and interrupt Lawler. They tell him that at next month’s big event, Night of Champions, the Sawyer era begins and Lawler will fade into obscurity. Lawler responds by saying that Sawyer’s best day couldn’t match The King’s worst day and he will walk out with the title. (A+, 100) --Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Steve Williams in 13:19 by pinfall after the Flying Burrito. (B, 82) After the match, Cornette’s Dynasty comes out and congratulates Manny on his victory. (B+, 87) Show Rating: B+, 88 TV Rating: 0.39 (293,580 viewers) Post Show Notes --Bill Dundee asks for a $430 pay raise. He is currently making $1280 per appearance. No problem with this. He is a cornerstone of CWA.

07-31-2020, 01:38 PM	#61
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	April End of Month Review --Buzz Sawyer wins the King of Kings and is poised to take on Jerry Lawler in the hottest storyline in the company. --Bill Dundee and Randy Savage’s feud is the second hottest storyline but could surpass Lawler/Buzz come Night of Champions. Dundee defeated Savage on the Monday Night Tour in week 3, which rated a 92. Manny Fernandez lurks in the background of this feud as Dundee continues to insult Cornette and Savage refuses to be stuck to either Cornette or Hart. --Adrian Street is the mastermind behind the masked man attacks on Wendell Cooley, much to the surprise of King Kong Bundy and Jimmy Hart. Cooley and Street will rekindle the solid feud from January and February, along with Hercules Hernandez. --The Fabulous Ones and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express continue their drive for the tag titles, held by the Midnight Express. The Sheepherders have entered the fray and have their sights on getting retribution on the Fabulous Ones, who took the tag titles from them in January. --Ricky Steamboat’s contract ends in just over a month so he will be around for the Night of Champions. He is a freelancer so he will move on after his contract is over. Best Matches of April Singles – Bill Dundee defeated Randy Savage on the Monday Night Tour in Week 3 with a 92 rated match. Tag Team – Bill Dundee and Randy Savage defeated Steve Williams and Koko Ware on Championship Wrestling in a King of Kings Qualifying Match with an 82 rated match. Best Card of the Month Monday Night Tour, Week 3 rated a 92. The main event was Dundee vs Savage. Finances and Prestige --We made $533,128 in April. This puts us at $1,555,480. Jerry Jarrett has rated by performance as excellent. --Our prestige sits at 63, up from a 61 on April 1. Our momentum is 100 based on winning all US regional battles in April. CWA Titles Roll Call AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, 100 prestige (no change from last month) --Jerry Lawler, 8 title defenses, Won February 1983 AWA Southern Tag Team Champions, 100 prestige (no change from last month) --The Midnight Express, 2 title defenses, Won March 1983 NWA Mid-America Champion, 81 prestige (+15 from last month) --King Kong Bundy, 0 title defenses, Won April 1983

08-01-2020, 10:23 AM	#62
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	Here's a look at the game world on May 1, 1983 Company Rankings in order and change in America from January 1 with world ranking in parentheses. Listed below each promotion is the company champion. 1. Georgia Championship Wrestling, +2 (1) --NWA National Heavyweight, Masked Superstar 2. World Class Championship Wrestling, -1, (5) --NWA Texas Heavyweight, David Von Erich 3. Southwest Championship Wrestling, +5 (6) --SWCW Heavyweight, Dick Slater 4. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, -2 (7) --NWA World Heavyweight, Ric Flair --NWA United States Heavyweight, Greg Valentine 5. World Wrestling Federation, NC (9) --WWF World Heavyweight, Don Muraco 6. Mid-South Wrestling, NC (12) --North American Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog 7. Championship Wrestling Association, +2 (13) --AWA Southern Heavyweight, Jerry Lawler 8. Championship Wrestling from Florida, -4 (15) --NWA Florida Heavyweight, Bob Orton, Jr. 9. American Wrestling Association, -2 (16) --AWA World Heavyweight, Wahoo McDaniel 10. Pacific Northwest Wrestling, NC (17) --NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight, Billy Jack Haynes 11. Central States Wrestling, NC (21) --NWA Central States Heavyweight, Manny Fernandez 12. World Wrestling Council, NC (23) --WWC Universal Heavyweight, Carlos Colon 13. Southeastern Championship Wrestling, +1 (24) --NWA Southeastern Heavyweight, Tommy Rich 14. World Wrestling Association, -1 (25) --WWA World Heavyweight, Greg Wojokowski --Some moving going on with CWA moving up two spots nationally and worldwide. Southwest continues their meteoric rise. They are now the third ranked company in America and sixth worldwide. --The AWA looks to be in a steady decline. I will “break away” from the AWA and NWA soon (although there was no alliance to start the game) and focus on a new CWA World Heavyweight title with an eye on unification with the Southern and Mid-America titles. A TV title might also be added to the mix to defend on every episode of Championship Wrestling. --Championship Wrestling from Florida really surprises me. With a roster of Dusty, Orton, Windham, and The Snake, they’ve only averaged a 58 in their five shows from April. Jake Roberts was part of the two highest-rated matches in April but is stuck in the midcard with wins over their lower midcard , openers, and enhancement talent. Dusty is the head booker. American companies in the red Central States at -$589,686 World Wrestling Council at -$259,560 World Wrestling Association at -$167,032 Southeastern at -$65,106 --I’ve noticed that for all of the in-ring success Southwest has had, they are losing around $20,000 per month. They sit as just over $67,000 in the bank right now. World Class and Georgia, on the other hand, have over $2.2 million on hand. CMLL is the richest company in the world right now with $3.3 million. --The wrestling landscape in America will probably look very different in the next two to three months. Other champions from around the world All-Japan – NWA International Heavyweight, Jumbo Tsuruta Calgary Stampede Wrestling - CSW North American Heavyweight, Leo Burke CMLL – NWA World Middleweight, Rayo de Jalisco Maple Leaf Wrestling – NWA Canadian Heavyweight, Raymond Rougeau New Japan – NWA World Junior Heavyweight, Tiger Mask; IWGP Champion – Andre the Giant Franchise Players Ricky Steamboat Ricky Morton Jerry Lawler Buzz Sawyer Junkyard Dog Most Popular Workers in America 1. Andre the Giant 2. Superstar Billy Graham 3. Wahoo McDaniel 8. Junkyard Dog 38. Buzz Sawyer Most Popular Workers in the World 1. Andre the Giant 2. Harley Race 3. Superstar Billy Graham 13. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams 83. Junkyard Dog

08-03-2020, 03:02 PM	#63
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 1, May 1983 Tallahassee, Florida Attendance: 15,000 (Sell Out) -Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell hyping his title defense tonight against Randy Savage and his opponent for Night of Champions, Buzz Sawyer. (B-, 76) He is then ambushed by Sawyer and members of the First Family. (B, 79) Sawyer then taunts Lawler, repeatedly yelling if that’s crazy enough “fo’ the Kang”. (B+, 87) NWA Mid-America Title Match --King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart def. Jimmy Valiant in 8:13 by pinfall after a Big Splash. (B-, 74) Bundy makes his first defense of the Mid-America title. After the match, Jimmy Hart hypes Bundy and his title win over “Gwendolyn” this past Saturday on Championship Wrestling (C+, 68) Hart then tells Lawler that come the end of the month, Buzz Sawyer will be the new Southern champion. (C+, 69) --The Sheepherders come out for an interview and are immediately attacked by the Fabulous Ones. Keirn and Lane throw the Sheepherders into the ring and beat the hell out of them for two minutes before the Sheepherders can finally escape. (C, 62) --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Terry Taylor by submission after a full nelson. (C, 60) Street hypes the strength of Hercules and the demise of “Gwendolyn”. He says it looks like it will be awhile before he returns to the promotion. (C+, 67) --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. Phil Hickerson and Troy Graham in 6:40 by pinfall after a double dropkick on Graham. (B-, 74) After the match, as Morton and Gibson are leaving the ring, Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express come out and taunt the R’n’R Express, telling them they can leave so the fans can see a real tag team. (C+, 68) Morton and Gibson respond by telling Cornette there’s only one way to see who the best tag team is and put the tag team titles on the line. Cornette said he didn’t say anything about a match or putting the belts on the line. (B-, 72) --Lance Russell interviews Bill Dundee, who says that Savage acts like he’s the best but he didn’t win the King of Kings battle royal, Dundee pinned him in the middle of the ring after Savage hit himself with a chair, and will probably lose to Lawler tonight. He says that Savage talks a big game but can’t beat anyone in a big match. (B+, 87) --Bill Dundee def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette by disqualification in 15:37 after Randy Savage interfered in the match, leading to a 2-on-1 beatdown of Dundee. (B+, 87) The beatdown continues until Jerry Lawler comes out for the save and helps Dundee drive Savage and Manny from the ring. (A, 91) --Buzz Sawyer comes back out and grabs a chair away from a fan. He comes over to Lance Russell and says crazy is hitting yourself over the head with a chair. He proceeds to himself in the head with the chair several times before drawing blood, taking Russell by surprise as he gets away from Sawyer. (A, 90) AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match --Jerry Lawler def. Randy Savage in 17:17 by a quick pinfall after a Dundee distraction on Savage. (B+, 88) After the match, an irate Savage comes over to Lance Russell and swears vengeance on Dundee, challenging him to any match of his choice at Night of Champions. (B+, 85) Show Rating: B+, 86 Post show notes --Some of the promos on this show were lower than usual. Can’t figure out why. Maybe I need to get out of the Southeast a little bit. --Junkyard Dog asks for a $1270 pay raise to what he’s worth at $3570. I give him the full raise, which makes him happy. I would say he’s worth it, we have some money to spend and it makes people happy. --Lawler and Sawyer are sitting at an 86 on storyline heat with Dundee and Savage right behind at 84. Anything less than B+ rated matches at Night of Champions would be a disappointment. --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express have challenged The Midnight Express to the tag team titles but Cornette balks. Game world notes --Central States has lost two of their five TV slots for Wrestling at the Chase. The struggle continues for them. Naturally, I attempt a takeover and am rejected. --A slew of upcoming retirements have hit the timeline: co-founder of the AWA, Wally Karbo; former WWF champion, Stan Stasiak; Bob Orton, Sr; Mae Young; Mildred Burke; Whipper Billy Watson; Tojo Yamamoto

08-04-2020, 09:33 PM	#64
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 1, May 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) Pre Show Match --Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart def. Bobby Fulton in 5:39 by pinfall after a Rude Awakening. (C, 61) After the match, Jimmy Hart hypes Rude as the next big thing in wrestling and a future champion. (C+, 67) Pre Show Match --Bobby Eaton def. Bill Ash (one-night deal) in 7:20 by pinfall after a spinning neckbreaker. (C+, 70) --Ricky Steamboat comes out to be interviewed by Lance Russell. Steamboat says he is tired of Buzz Sawyer’s antics lately and challenges him to a match later in the show so he can be humbled. (A+, 97) Sawyer and Jimmy Hart come out and accept Steamboat’s challenge with Hart saying nothing or nobody is gonna stop the Mad Dog from winning the Southern title. (A, 90) --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Jerry Stubbs in 6:08 by submission after a full nelson. (B-, 72) After the match, Street tells Lance Russell that Hercules is his bodyguard, just in case “Gwendolyn” wants to make a move on him. (C, 65) --The Sheepherders, Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan, come out for a promo with Lance Russell. Boyd and Morgan express their displeasure at the Fabulous Ones for their attacks on the “most respected and feared team in professional wrestling”. (C-, 56). --The Fabulous Ones come out and spray their way toward the announcers table. Keirn says the entire arena is filled with the smell of goats and sheep. Lane wonders aloud to Keirn if that was the just the smell of their old ladies. (B-, 75) AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match --The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette def. Rick Gibson and Terry Taylor in 7:21 by pinfall after Dennis Condrey landed a full nelson faceslam on Gibson. (B-, 75) The Midnight Express make their third defense of the AWA Southern tag team titles. --After the match concludes, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out and sarcastically congratulate the Cornette and his team. Ricky Morton again challenges the Midnight Express to a title match, this time at Night of Champions. Cornette says he will think about it and get back with them. (C, 64) --Jerry Lawler comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He asks Russell what have we come to when people are hitting themselves in the head and drawing blood on purpose in 1983. (B-, 74) Buzz Sawyer then comes through the crowd and attacks Lawler at the announcers table. Sawyer lays Lawler on the table and performs a diving splash onto him from the edge of the ring through the the table. (A+, 100) --Bill Dundee def. Don Bass in 8:25 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 76) --As Dundee is leaving the ringside area, Randy Savage comes out for an interview with Lance Russell. He says he has yet to hear an answer from Dundee on what type of match he wants and, furthermore, challenges Dundee to any type of match at Night of Champions. (B+, 88) --Ricky Steamboat comes out and cuts a promo. He says that promoter Eddie Marlin has approached him and asked him about an inter-promotional match at the Night of Champions. He says he doesn’t know who he is facing but welcomes a challenge from any wrestler from any part of the United States. (B+, 83) --Junkyard Dog and Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette fought to a draw in 9:52 when Jerry Calhoun lost control of the match and declared a double stoppage. (B, 82) --Following the match, Jim Cornette taunts JYD and challenges him to a no time limit, no disqualification match at Night of Champions so he can’t have the chance to cheat. JYD agrees to the match. (B-, 71) --Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Ricky Steamboat in 16:27 by pinfall after a small package. The match had sensational wrestling and fantastic heat. (A, 91) Show Rating: A, 92 TV Rating: 0.44 (335,910 viewers)

08-06-2020, 05:05 PM	#65
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 2, May 1983 Pine Bluff, Arkansas Attendance: 2,987 (Capacity: 4,000) --Jim Cornette comes out with the Dynasty to start the show. Cornette says that he has consulted with his business manager, his mother in Louisville, Kentucky, and says that he will accept the challenge made by the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express for the tag team titles at Night of Champions. (C, 62) --The Moondogs w/Jimmy Hart def. The Fantastics in 7:29 by pinfall after Spot used his bone to hit Bobby Fulton and get the pin. (C, 60) --'Dr. Death' Steve Williams def. Buddy Landel in 9:12 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 73) --Williams then gives an interview with Lance Russell. He says he’s never liked Jimmy Hart and the First Family. He challenges any member of the First Family to a match at Night of Champions. (B+, 83) King Kong Bundy and Rick Rude sprint out and beatdown Williams, with Hart watching from the announcers desk. (C, 62) --Bill Dundee def. Hans Schroder (one-night deal) in 6:49 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 75) After the match, Dundee tells Lance Russell that he needs a little more time to think about his match stipulation but will have an answer by Saturday for the TV show. (B, 79) --Junkyard Dog def. Rip Rogers in 8:37 by pinfall after the Thump. (B-, 75). Following the match, JYD says that he can’t wait for the match with Manny Fernandez at Night of Champions because Manny has something he wants. Russell looks confused as JYD walks away. (B+, 87) --Randy Savage def. Koko Ware in 12:17 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop. (B, 81) Savage continues to punch Ware after the pin. Bill Dundee comes in to make the save for Koko. (B, 79) Show Rating: B, 81 Post Show Notes --I make my first talent trade. This one is with Georgia. I will probably do all talent swaps for three appearances. I am trading their National Heavyweight Champion, Masked Superstar, in exchange for Steve Williams and $7,000. He is not available on Saturdays but will appear on two Monday night shows and the Night of Champions event. The biggest event of the year needs massive star power. He will be paid $2,650 per appearance. --A rule I will have is that I can’t job out the incoming talent in all three appearances. For challenge sakes, a borrowed worker will not take more losses than wins for the duration of the contract (usually three appearances). --Out of the blue, Southeastern Championship Wrestling has a hostile relationship with Southwest, the WWF, and CWA. The common denominator is that none of the companies are part of the NWA. It will be interesting to see where this goes.

08-07-2020, 09:00 PM	#68
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	The next show will be lengthy but quite important in the DOTT '83 universe.

08-09-2020, 03:41 PM	#71
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 3, May 1983 St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 4,167 (Capacity: 5,000) --Jim Cornette opens the show by hyping the Central States Heavyweight champion, Manny Fernandez, and his title defense against Jerry Oates in tonight’s main event. There is a smattering of cheers at the mention of Central States. (C+, 70) --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Terry Taylor in 6:38 by disqualification when a returning Wendell Cooley attacked Street and then Hercules and began choking him out with a piece of rope. (C, 59) Cooley then rages over to the announcers desk and is interviewed by Lance Russell. Cooley challenges Hercules to a match at the Night of Champions. (C, 60) --Lance Russell shows highlights of this past Saturday’s tag match involving Randy Savage, Bill Dundee, Buzz Sawyer, and Jerry Lawler and Lawler’s post match syruping and feathering of Sawyer. (B, 81) --Porkchop Cash def. The Spoiler in 8:01 by pinfall after a Cash In. (C+, 68) --King Kong Bundy comes out with Jimmy Hart. Bundy tells Lance Russell that after he beats Steve Williams at Night of Champions to retain his Mid-America title, he will have his eye on bigger and better things. (B, 79) --The Sheepherders def. The Fantastics in 7:02 by pinfall after Jonathan Boyd’s flying headbutt on Bobby Fulton. (C-, 55) --Lance Russell calls out the Fabulous Ones for an interview. Keirn and Lane hype their Night of Champions match versus The Sheepherders. They say it will be a major step in them getting back the tag team titles. (C+, 68) --”Dr. Death” Steve Williams def. Buzz Tyler in 9:25 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (B-, 75) --Junkyard Dog cuts a promo talking about his match at Night of Champions versus Manny Fernandez. He says he can’t wait to Thump Jim Cornette after he wins the Central States title. He asks Lance Russell who would name a move, the Flying Burrito, besides an idiot managed by an idiot. (B+, 84) --Masked Superstar def. Jimmy Valiant in 11:31 by pinfall after a swinging neckbreaker. (B, 80) After the match, Masked Superstar promises a victory against the nice guy, Ricky Steamboat, on Thursday night. (B-, 71) --Buzz Sawyer rages out to the announcers desk and asks Lance Russell why the match from Saturday night was shown. Russell says he’s just following what was written on the paper in front of him. Sawyer warns Russell not to show it again or he will beat him down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and back. (A+, 98) Jerry Lawler comes out with another bucket of syrup and threatens Sawyer for a second layer as Sawyer slowly retreats away from ringside. (A, 93) Central States Heavyweight Title Match --Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Jerry Oates in 9:38 by pinfall after the Flying Burrito. (B, 79) Manny makes his 16th defense of the Central States title. Show Rating: B, 82 Weekly News --I re-sign Bill Dundee to a deal at $2,250 per appearance. I also re-sign Sabu the Wildman at $1,100 per appearance. --Tully Blanchard is the new Southwest champion, his 7th reign.

08-10-2020, 06:50 PM	#72
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	The card for Night of Champions AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Jerry Lawler (c) vs Buzz Sawyer Central States Heavyweight Title Manny Fernandez (c) vs Junkyard Dog AWA Southern Tag Team Titles The Midnight Express (c) vs The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express NWA Mid-America Title King Kong Bundy (c) vs Steve Williams Last Man Standing Match Bill Dundee vs Randy Savage Masked Superstar vs Ricky Steamboat The Fabulous Ones vs The Sheepherders Hercules Hernandez vs Wendell Cooley

08-12-2020, 07:46 AM	#73
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Night of Champions Thursday, Week 3, May 1983 Louisville, Kentucky Attendance: 15,000 (Sell Out) --The Fabulous Ones def. The Sheepherders by pinfall in 6:44 after a Savate Kick by Stan Lane on Rip Morgan. (B-, 75) --”Dr. Death” Steve Williams comes out and hypes his title match with King Kong Bundy. Williams says he will be the first to bodyslam Bundy since Bundy came into the promotion almost three months ago. (B-, 75) NWA Mid-America Title Match --”Dr. Death” Steve Williams def. King Kong Bundy w/Jimmy Hart in 6:44 by pinfall after Williams’ two Oklahoma Stampedes on Bundy. (B-, 75) Dr. Death wins the Mid-America title for the first time. --Lance Russell interviews Ricky Steamboat about his upcoming match against Masked Superstar. Steamboat says he is excited about facing Masked Superstar and says the fans are the reason he is getting this opportunity. (A+, 100) --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Wendell Cooley in 7:52 by a quick rollup when Adrian Street threw salt in Cooley’s eyes with referee Jerry Calhoun down, allowing Hercules the pin. (C+, 67) --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out and tell the Midnight Express to be ready for the match of their lives. They also warn Jim Cornette to keep his distance from the ring or he will feel four boots to the face. (b-, 71) --Lance Russell interviews Masked Superstar. Superstar says that he supposes it is nice that Ricky Steamboat says nice things about him and respects him and how excited he is to wrestle him. Superstar then tells Lance the only thing he wants to do is beat people up and win. (B, 79) AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. The Midnight Express in 12:51 by pinfall after a double dropkick on Dennis Condrey. Jim Cornette ran into the ring during the match, hoping for a disqualification and title retaining but was met with a missile dropkick by Ricky Morton. (B-, 80) The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express win the Southern tag team titles for the first time. --Bill Dundee comes out for a promo and taunts Randy Savage about the upcoming Last Man Standing Match and how Savage only thinks with his emotions, not with his brain. He says he will find a way to beat Savage, whether Savage likes it or not. (A, 94) --Masked Superstar def. Ricky Steamboat in 14:05 by pinfall after a spike DDT. (B, 80) --Lance Russell interviews Randy Savage in advance of his match with Bill Dundee. Savage tells Dundee that it doesn’t matter if he has emotions or not, Dundee will be knocked out tonight and then touch all four corners and he will be the last man standing. (A+, 98) Central States Heavyweight Title Match --Junkyard Dog def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette in 15:38 by pinfall after a Thump. Again, Cornette tried to distract JYD and referee Jerry Calhoun but he was met with a vicious headbutt, drawing blood on Cornette. (B+, 85) JYD wins the Central States Heavyweight title. --Buzz Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and gives a fiery, rambling promo on Jerry Lawler. He tells Lawler it took a full day for Jimmy Hart to get all of the syrup and feathers off him from last week’s attack. Buzz says he will do something tonight that will hurt Lawler more: taking the Southern title from him in front of his adoring fans. (A+, 100) --Lance Russell reminds the fans in attendance that the next match is a no holds barred match and there must be a winner. (B-, 76) Last Man Standing Match --Randy Savage def. Bill Dundee in 18:47 when Savage touched all corners with the hand of an unconscious Dundee. Manny Fernandez ran in during the match and wrapped a cloth with some chemical on it around Dundee’s head, putting him to sleep. Savage then touched all corners dragging Dundee along to each one. (B, 82) --Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler, who hypes his three-month reign as Southern champion. He taunts Sawyer, saying it sounds like he and Jimmy Hart had some good bonding time over the past few days. He wonders if Hart stayed with Sawyer and gave him a full body bath to get the syrup and feathers off of him. Sawyer fumes in the ring as he waits for the title match. (A+, 100) AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match --Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Jerry Lawler in 22:24 by pinfall after a Bulldog in a match that saw a bloodfest from the early minutes of the match. (A+, 99) After the match, Hart and Sawyer celebrate the title victory as Sawyer coats Hart’s cheap white suit with blood. (A, 90) Sawyer wins the Southern heavyweight title for the second time. Show Rating: A+, 97

08-14-2020, 09:57 PM	#75
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 3, May 1983 Starkville, Mississippi Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) Pre Show Match --Jerry Stubbs def. King Cobra in 6:58 by pinfall after a figure four leglock. (C+, 66) --Jimmy Hart comes out carrying the AWA Southern title with Buzz Sawyer following behind. Hart says he told everyone that Sawyer was going to end Lawler’s reign as champion. He tells Lance Russell to get ready for a new age of Memphis wrestling with the First Family in charge. Sawyer hypes his win and says Lawler couldn’t hang with the Big Dog and he will do it again, if necessary. He warns Ricky Steamboat he will be the next victim in the main event tonight. (A, 90) --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Bob Yuma (one-night deal) in 6:51 by submission following a full nelson. (C, 61) After the match, Street hypes the upcoming TV title tournament, saying that Hercules is the clear favorite to win. (C, 65) --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express come out to a hot crowd and hype their title win over the Midnight Express at Night of Champions. They say that although they’ve both held tag gold before, it means more this time because it might shut Jim Cornette up. (B, 79) --Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware def. Sabu the Wildman and Lou Winston in 7:29 by pinfall after an Eaton Alabama Jam on Sabu. (B-, 75) After the match, Eaton and Ware hype their participation in the TV title tournament. (B-, 73) --Lance Russell interviews Jerry Lawler, in which Lawler says that he has no excuses for losing the Southern title to Sawyer. He says that since Hart wants to run around acting like the champion and wearing the belt, maybe he would like to fight the King. Otherwise, he will ask Eddie Marlin for a rematch, although Sawyer is not obligated to grant it. (A+, 100) --Randy Savage def. Porkchop Cash in 8:30 by pinfall after a flying elbow drop. (B-, 76) After the match, Savage taunts Bill Dundee, telling Lance Russell that it’s hard to win matches when you’re asleep, like Bill Dundee was at Night of Champions. Lance reminds Savage of why he fell asleep and Savage explains that Manny Fernandez was just telling a bedtime story to ‘mini-Superstar’ and that a no holds barred match means that nothing is illegal. (A+, 100) --Bill Dundee def. The Spoiler in 9:01 by pinfall after a piledriver. (B-, 75) Dundee quickly exits the ring after the pin as a camera follows Dundee to the dressing rooms. Dundee then attacks Jim Cornette and Manny Fernandez near the restrooms. Dundee finds the nearest cord and begins choking out Fernandez while Cornette runs away screaming for help. (B, 79) AWA Southern Heavyweight Title Match --Buzz Sawyer w/Jimmy Hart def. Ricky Steamboat in 15:43 by pinfall after a diving splash. (A, 93) Sawyer makes his first defense of the Southern title. --Sawyer continues his assault on Steamboat after the match as Junkyard Dog comes out to make the save. Sawyer tries to surprise attack JYD when his back is turned on him but is repelled after Steamboat comes to and helps drive Sawyer and Hart from the ringside area. (A+, 100) Show Rating: A, 92 TV Rating: 0.54 (407,020 viewers) Post Show Notes --Jerry Jarrett has given me an additional goal: it is of high importance to keep JYD above 71 overall popularity in America. --Ricky Steamboat has left Mid-Atlantic. He will now be unemployed. --I go into talent trade discussions with Georgia again. I borrow Larry Zbyszko for three appearances at $2,200 per appearance. I am also exchanging $20,000 for the agreement. I don’t mind throwing around money at this stage. Larry is a 99 in psychology and 92 on the mic. This will be worth it.

08-16-2020, 03:33 PM	#76
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 4, May 1983 Knoxville, Tennessee Attendance: 12,700 (Sell Out) --Lance Russell reminds the fans in attendance that the TV title tournament will begin with three matches this Saturday on Championship Wrestling and an announcement by Jerry Jarrett. (C+, 68) --”Dr. Death” Steve Williams comes out and hypes his Mid-America title win over King Kong Bundy at Night of Champions. He says he has heard that Bundy will not be around anytime soon after his loss. Williams says that the Mid-America title is a prestigious belt and getting it out of the First Family and Jimmy Hart’s greedy hands was the best thing to happen for the promotion. (B-, 74) --Jimmy Valiant def. Sabu the Wildman in 6:41 by pinfall after the Boogie Woogie Elbow Drop. (B-, 74) After the match, Valiant hypes his charisma and talks a lot in first person as he plays up to the crowd. (C+, 69) --Wendell Cooley def. Phil Hickerson in 7:28 by pinfall after a Wildcat Slam. (C+, 68) After the match, Lance Russell interviews Cooley about his loss at Night of Champions after Adrian Street threw salt in his eyes. Cooley says that Street has gotten dumber over the last four months. He says that Street shouldn’t even be considered for the TV title tournament. (C, 64) --The Super Destroyers def. The Fantastics in 6:50 by pinfall following a superplex by Super Destroyer #1 on Bobby Fulton. (B-, 72) NWA Mid-America Title Match --”Dr. Death” Steve Williams def. The Spoiler in 9:32 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede (B, 81) Williams makes his first defense of the Mid-America title --Junkyard Dog comes out for a promo hyping the main event versus Masked Superstar. He says he respects Superstar but he will be next in line for the Thump. He also tells the fans he has a special challenge for Buzz Sawyer on Championship Wrestling this Saturday. (A+, 100) --Junkyard Dog def. Masked Superstar in 16:01 by pinfall following a Thump. (B, 82) Show Rating: B, 82 Post Show Notes --I request and receive a working agreement with All-Japan Pro Wrestling. They have a solid roster with some workers that I would like to have but since I’m regional and they are bigger, those workers would consider AJPW a priority over me. --Masked Superstar ends his three-match deal with us. He had 2 wins and 1 loss. Back to Georgia for him. --Mid-South Wrestling did not re-sign Bill Dundee so that leaves us as his only employer. --Roddy Piper is the new Pacific Northwest Champion, defeating Billy Jack Haynes in Butte, Montana. It is his third reign as PNW Champion.

08-18-2020, 10:06 PM	#77
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 4, May 1983 Huntsville, Alabama Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) --Lance Russell opens the show by showing footage from earlier today as Bill Dundee and Manny Fernandez are seen brawling in the parking lot in front of the Von Braun Center. The Midnight Express join in the brawl and help Manny beat down Dundee. Manny finishes off Dundee with a piledriver on the hood of a Pontiac Grand Prix. (B, 81) --Lance Russell explains to the fans at home that the tournament for the new CWA Television title will take place over the next five Saturdays with 16 participants, culminating with the semifinals and finals on the last Saturday in June. He adds that the title will be defended on weekly TV. (B-, 72) *CWA Television Title Tournament Match* --Buzz Tyler def. Terry Taylor in 6:19 by pinfall following an avalanche. (C-, 58) Tyler advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament. --Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express come out and express their frustration that they will not be given a rematch for the Southern tag titles and they helped take it out on Bill Dundee. (B, 80) --The Fabulous Ones come out and interrupt Cornette, declaring that they are clearly the #1 contenders for the titles. Keirn says that Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin couldn’t even win 1-on-1 contests with them. Cornette steps in and challenges Keirn and Lane to singles matches against Condrey and Austin at the Battle of Memphis. (B-, 72) *CWA Television Title Tournament Match* --Jerry Stubbs def. Sabu the Wildman in 6:32 by submission following a figure four leglock. (B-, 72) Stubbs advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament. --Lance Russell interviews Jimmy Hart, who hypes Rick Rude’s participation in the TV title tournament. He says that everyone overlooked Buzz Sawyer and he took away Lawler’s Southern title. He says that people are underestimating Rick Rude and that he will bring another title to the Family. Rude hypes his physique and taunts the Huntsville men for not being man enough to tell their wives to start exercising more. (C, 65) --Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Porkchop Cash in 6:33 by pinfall after a Flying Burrito. (B-, 75) After the match, Cornette and Manny taunt Bill Dundee and tell him to stay out of the Dynasty’s business or his head will hit pavement next time. (C+, 67) --Jimmy Hart comes out with the Moondogs and says that if the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express had any guts, they would defend the tag team titles against the Moondogs at the Battle of the Memphis. (B, 80) Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson come out and accept Hart’s challenge. (B, 79) CWA Television Title Tournament Match --Jerry Oates def. Troy Graham in 4:35 by submission following a spinning toehold. (C, 63) Oates advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament. --Randy Savage comes out for a promo with Lance Russell. Savage that it’s time for the Macho Man to achieve greatness and gold in Championship Wrestling. Savage challenges ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams to a match for the Mid-America title. (B+, 83) *AWA Southern Tag Team Title Match* --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. Ray Candy and Leroy Brown in 9:56 by pinfall after a double dropkick and pin on Brown. (B, 82) Morton and Gibson make their first defense of the Southern tag titles. --The owner of CWA, Jerry Jarrett, makes his way out to the announcers table. Jarrett announces that the Missouri Heavyweight Champion, Super Destroyer, will defend his title Monday night in St. Louis. Jarrett says if he successfully defends the title there, Jarrett will waive the 30-day title defense requirement and he will face the Mid-America champion at Red, White, and Bruise on July 4 to unify the titles and form the new CWA American Heavyweight Championship. (C+, 67) --Junkyard Dog comes out with Jerry Lawler and tells Buzz Sawyer that since he can’t face him for the title unification until July 4, he has an offer that Sawyer can’t refuse. He challenges Sawyer to a tag team match at the Battle of Memphis with Lawler and himself facing Sawyer and anyone of Sawyer’s choosing. (B+, 84) --Sawyer comes out with Jimmy Hart and accepts the challenge. He tells JYD and Lawler that they need to be careful what they wish for. He says he has an old friend in mind and tells JYD and Lawler to be in St. Louis on Monday night to see. (B+, 87) --Jerry Lawler def. Buddy Landel in 9:41 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B, 82) Show Rating: B+, 83 TV Rating: 0.53 (400,940 viewers)

08-19-2020, 09:07 PM	#78
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	*May End of Month Review* --All titles changed hands at the Night of Champions event, with Buzz Sawyer defeating Jerry Lawler for the Southern heavyweight title in the hottest storyline in the company, sitting at 96 heat. *Best Matches of May* Singles – Buzz Sawyer def. Jerry Lawler at the Night of Champions event (99). The match is being considered as one of the best matches in the United States this year. Tag Team – Bill Dundee and Jerry Lawler def. Randy Savage and Buzz Sawyer on Championship Wrestling in Week 2 (85) Best Card of the Month --The Night of Champions event rated a 96. The main event was the Southern title match between Buzz and Lawler. *Finances and Prestige* --We lost $87,150 in May due to buying out Central States Wrestling and the World Wrestling Council. Jerry Jarrett is still pleased at my performance. The bottom line reads that we have $1,468,330 available. Still a considerable amount. Ticket sales for May were the highest to date at just over $1.8 million. --Our prestige is now 70, up 7 points from a 63 on May 1. Our momentum is 100 based on winning all US regional battles in May. The only region I don’t have coverage in is New England. The WWF wins that one. I can’t get any TV coverage in New England unless I go ‘Small’ or combine with other networks, which I’m not doing at this point. If I did somehow get coverage there, it would help guys like Buzz, Lawler, and JYD expand their popularity in America. *CWA Titles Roll Call* AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, 100 prestige (no change from last month) --Buzz Sawyer, 1 title defense, Won May 1983 AWA Southern Tag Team Champions, 100 prestige (no change from last month) --Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, no title defenses, Won May 1983 NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion, 100 prestige (+19 from last month) --’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams, 1 title defense, Won May 1983 NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion, 95 prestige (+10 from last month) --Junkyard Dog, no title defenses, Won May 1983 NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion, 94 prestige (no change from last month) --The Super Destroyer, 3 title defenses, Won February 1983 *Company Rankings* ranked in order and change in America from January 1 with world ranking in parentheses. Listed below each promotion is the company champion. 1. Georgia Championship Wrestling, +2 (1) --NWA National Heavyweight, Masked Superstar 2. Southwest Championship Wrestling, +6 (5) --SWCW Heavyweight, Tully Blanchard 3. World Wrestling Federation, +2, (6) --WWF Heavyweight, Don Muraco 4. World Class Championship Wrestling, -2, (7) --NWA Texas Heavyweight, David Von Erich 5. Championship Wrestling Association, +4, (8) --AWA Southern Heavyweight, Buzz Sawyer --NWA Central States Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog 6. Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, -4 (10) --NWA World Heavyweight, Ric Flair --NWA United States Heavyweight, Greg Valentine 7. Mid-South Wrestling, -1, (11) --North American Heavyweight, Junkyard Dog 8. Championship Wrestling from Florida, -4 (15) --NWA Florida Heavyweight, Bob Orton, Jr. 9. American Wrestling Association, -2 (16) --AWA World Heavyweight, Wahoo McDaniel 10. Pacific Northwest Wrestling, NC (17) --NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight, Roddy Piper 11. Southeastern Championship Wrestling, +3 (22) --NWA Southeastern Heavyweight, Tommy Rich 12. World Wrestling Association, +1 (24) --WWA World Heavyweight, Greg Wojokowski --We are now the 5th ranked promotion in America and on the heels of World Class. Southwest jumps to #2 and is now one of the top five promotions in the world. Mid-Atlantic and World Class are the biggest decliners this month. --It appears that Georgia, the WWF, and World Class are here to stay. They are all financially strong and are putting on shows in the C+ to B range consistently. As I said in the beginning, it will be a challenge to break into the top three unless I get to ‘Cult’ status. --I still plan to make the break from the AWA and NWA titles “official” next month, just in time for the July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise. I’m still juggling some things around in my head. I will likely just rename the Southern tag titles the World Tag Team titles. The TV title will still stand. I will not mention the Central States tag titles since they were vacant. The winners of the big tag team match at RW&B will become the World Tag Team champions. I’m not confident enough to have two sets of tag titles yet.

08-19-2020, 09:23 PM	#79
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	Who would you want to bring in the most, should you have the opportunity to do so? For me, it'd be Piper. __________________

08-19-2020, 09:46 PM	#80
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	No doubt for me it would be Piper, followed by DiBiase. It's difficult to not sign someone like Piper but he works for three companies at this point in the dynasty and I would not be the priority company. Basically, he's four nights a week and I would be lucky to get him any. It's also a challenge to just wait things out in this particular dynasty and not accidentally go into the editor.

08-19-2020, 10:07 PM	#81
Comey College Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT via PA via CA via PA	When did Foley start showing up? I read Have a Nice Day, but nearly twenty years ago. (I just looked up his first book on Amazon. No Kindle version. That's interesting.) __________________ Last edited by Comey : 08-19-2020 at 10:09 PM.

08-19-2020, 10:32 PM	#82
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	The editor says Foley is set to debut in July '83. He has 77 in brawling, 83 in hardcore, and 90 selling. A superstar in waiting. If I get to cult, I will hold off signing him until someone else can offer a written.

08-20-2020, 11:15 PM	#83
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	*American companies in the red* World Wrestling Association at -$245,227. Southeastern at -$94,747 *Other companies in the red* All-Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling is almost gone. They are looking for buyers for a -$479,919 debt. All-Star Wrestling (Al Tomko) is at -$106,981. Atlantic Grand Prix sits at -$83,870. Southwest, the second-ranked American company, is sitting on shaky ground financially after May. They have $15,423 in the bank. They will probably join the list above next month unless they cut some of their roster. If they continue hemorrhaging money at this rate, it will still be quite a while before they fold. CMLL continues to be the richest company in the world right now with $3.65 million. World Class is the richest American company at $2.57 million. *Other champions from around the world* All-Japan – NWA International Heavyweight, Jumbo Tsuruta Calgary Stampede Wrestling - CSW North American Heavyweight, Leo Burke CMLL – NWA World Middleweight, Rayo de Jalisco Maple Leaf Wrestling – NWA Canadian Heavyweight, Raymond Rougeau New Japan – NWA World Junior Heavyweight, Tiger Mask; IWGP Champion – Tatsumi Fujinami (won in May 1983) *Franchise Players* Ricky Morton Buzz Sawyer Jerry Lawler Larry Zbyszko Junkyard Dog *Most Popular Workers in America* 1. Andre the Giant 2. Wahoo McDaniel 3. Superstar Billy Graham 7. Junkyard Dog 38. Buzz Sawyer 39. Steve Williams *Most Popular Workers in the World* 1. Andre the Giant 2. Harley Race 3. Superstar Billy Graham 15. “Dr. Death” Steve Williams 83. Junkyard Dog 97. Buzz Sawyer

08-21-2020, 07:49 PM	#84
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 1, June 1983 St. Louis, Missouri Attendance: 4,804 (Capacity: 5,000) Pre Show Match/Promo --Rick Rude w/Jimmy Hart def. Dare Bergeron in 5:45 by pinfall after a Rude Awakening. (D+, 52). After the match, Rude insults the men in attendance, telling the women in the audience ‘this is what a real man looks like’. (C, 59) --Jim Cornette comes out with his Dynasty. He hypes Norvell Austin’s match this coming Saturday in the TV title tournament and Manny Fernandez’s dominance of Bill Dundee. Cornette says that if Dundee isn’t still in a neckbrace next Thursday night, be at the Mid-South Coliseum in Redneck-phis, Tennessee, and fight Manny one more time. (B, 79) --Meng def. Rick Gibson in 7:23 by submission after a Tongan Death Grip. (C+, 68) --Jimmy Hart comes out and hypes the Moondogs, telling Lance Russell that here stands the next Southern tag team champions and it might be a good idea for Porkchop Cash and Terry Taylor to go ahead and lay down. (C, 63) --The Moondogs w/Jimmy Hart def. Porkchop Cash and Terry Taylor in 8:09 by pinfall in a hard-fought match after Moondog Spot hit Terry Taylor with his bone as Jerry Calhoun was preoccupied with Cash and Moondog Rex. (C+, 68) --Lance Russell interviews Randy Savage, who exclaims that all he’s heard is ‘Steve Williams this, Oklahoma that, Stampede this, Title that’. He says no rookie should have had a chance at any title before the Macho Man. Williams comes out and tells Savage to be there in Memphis next Thursday night and that he will join Bundy on the list of people to leave the territory. (B+, 88) NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title Match --Super Destroyer def. Jerry Oates in 9:24 by pinfall following a superplex. (B-, 75) Super Destroyer makes his 2nd defense of the Missouri title. He is also granted a waiver of the 30-day title defense requirement. --Buzz Sawyer comes out and introduces his partner for the match at the Battle of Memphis, Larry Zbyskzo. Sawyer and Zbyskzo hype the tag team match. Zbyskzo ends the interview by saying that with the best brawler in wrestling teamed with the best technician in wrestling, they will send JYD and Lawler packing. (A+, 96) --Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette def. Jimmy Valiant in 11:37 by pinfall following a Flying Burrito. (B, 79) --Jerry Lawler def. Super Destroyer #2 by disqualification following interference by Sawyer and Zbyszko. (B+, 86) The three men continue beating down Lawler until the crowd erupts as Junkyard Dog enters the ring swinging his chain and helping Lawler drive Destroyer, Sawyer and Zbyzsko from the ring. (A+, 100) Show Rating: B+, 87 --I signed a game-created wrestler, Dare Bergeron. That actually sounds like a cool name so hats off to the TEW engine. He has good brawling (79), great basics (91), decent mic skills (68), great safety skills (96), and can sell (93). It will be awhile before he gets his first win in CWA. This is probably the best game-created character I’ve seen so far. I sign him at $160 per appearance. He is only 17 years old. --I have to find a good program for one or both Super Destroyers. They are too valuable to just job out all of the time but that might be what is needed in June.

08-22-2020, 07:23 PM	#85
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Championship Wrestling Saturday, Week 1, June 1983 Atlanta, Georgia Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) Pre Show Match --Wendell Cooley def. Danny Davis (one night deal) in 7:12 by pinfall following a Wildcat Slam. (C+, 70) --Lance Russell starts the show by hyping the six-man tag main event with Jerry Lawler, Junkyard Dog, and Bill Dundee going up against Buzz Sawyer, Manny Fernandez, and Randy Savage. (B, 81) Sawyer, Manny, and Savage come out and promise a beatdown in Georgia tonight. Sawyer says that Larry Zbyzsko is right down the road if Lawler or JYD want him to come visit. (A+, 100) --Russell hypes the continuation of the TV title tournament tonight with three matches. (B-, 72) *CWA Television Title Tournament Match* --Adrian Street def. Tommy Rogers in 5:48 by submission following a sleeper. (B-, 76) After the match, Street hypes his client, Hercules, and his title qualifier later in the show. (C, 62) Street advances to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament. --Lance Russell interviews the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express about their upcoming title defense versus the Moondogs next Thursday night at the Mid-South Coliseum. The Express say they are ready for the challenge and plan on keeping the titles for a long time. (B-, 76) As Morton and Gibson are exiting the interview area, the Moondogs attack Morton and Gibson with the Moondog bones and beat the Express to a pulp, leaving both in a pool of blood. (C+, 69) --The Fabulous Ones def. Roger Smith and Don Bass in 8:24 by pinfall following a Keirn piledriver on Bass. (B-, 76) After the match, Keirn and Lane talk about their singles matches versus Dennis Condrey and Norvell Austin at the Battle of Memphis, saying that after next Thursday night, it will be back to tag team business and winning the tag titles back. (B, 80) --Jimmy Hart comes out and hypes the First Family’s upcoming title wins. He says that after the Moondogs win the tag team titles, Rick Rude wins the TV title, and Sawyer retaining the Southern title, there will be a parade in the streets of Memphis, Tennessee. (B-, 71) *CWA Television Title Tournament Match* --Hercules Hernandez w/Adrian Street def. Bobby Fulton in 5:06 after Fulton submitted to the full nelson. (C-, 61) After the match, Hercules flexes for the cameras while Street wonders aloud where “Gwendolyn” is. (B, 77) --Jim Cornette is interviewed by Lance Russell. Cornette says his team is ready for Keirn and Lane next Thursday night and reminds the fans that both Condrey and Austin are accomplished singles wrestlers, and not just former tag team champions. (B-, 76) He also talks about the ‘Australian chihuahua’ Bill Dundee and his upcoming loss to Manny Fernandez in the six-man tag and next Thursday night in Memphis. He says that after next Thursday night, Bill Dundee may not have a neck to help keep his thick head on. (B, 82) *CWA Television Title Tournament Match* --Bobby Eaton def. Norvell Austin w/Jim Cornette by pinfall in 7:48 following a Cornette distraction turning into an accidental tennis racket headshot onto Austin. (B-, 76) Eaton becomes the sixth wrestler to advance to the quarterfinals of the TV title tournament. --Bill Dundee, Jerry Lawler, and Junkyard Dog come out and hype their match versus Manny, Sawyer, and Savage. Lawler says all Sawyer is good at is running his mouth and telling anyone and everyone how crazy he is. JYD tells Sawyer to hug that belt as long as they can because he will win it soon. (A+, 100) --Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, and Junkyard went to a no contest with Randy Savage, Manny Fernandez, and Buzz Sawyer in 15:31 when referee Jerry Calhoun lost control of the match and all of the action spilled out to the ringside area. (B+, 86) Show Rating: A, 89 TV Rating: 0.51 (386,860 viewers) Post Show Notes Television Title Tournament Quarterfinals --Jerry Stubbs vs Buzz Tyler --Hercules Hernandez vs Jerry Oates --Bobby Eaton vs Adrian Street --Rick Rude/Rick Gibson winner vs Phil Hickerson/Koko Ware winner --It's curious how I ended up with so many 76 rated angles and matches. --This is the last TV show before the Battle of Memphis event next Thursday night. This will give another three weeks to get ready for the big July 4th event, Red, White, and Bruise.

08-25-2020, 10:06 PM	#86
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Monday Night Tour Monday, Week 2, June 1983 Conway, Arkansas Attendance: 4,718 (Capacity: 5,000) Pre Show Match --Sabu the Wildman def. Dare Bergeron in 6:12 by pinfall after a flying chop. (C+, 68) --Steve Williams is out for an interview with Lance Russell when Randy Savage interrupts. Both have an argument before Russell steps between them. (B+, 85) --Dennis Condrey def. Terry Taylor in 7:14 by pinfall following a full nelson faceslam. (C+, 69) --Bobby Eaton and Koko Ware def. Meng and the Barbarian in 7:03 by pinfall following two Alabama Jams on the Barbarian. (B-, 75) --Jerry Lawler and Junkyard Dog come out for an interview hyping their tag match against Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko on Thursday night. Buzz and Larry storm out the four men begin to brawl around the ringside area. (A+, 99) --Steve Keirn def. Buddy Landel in 8:30 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B-, 71) *NWA Mid-America Title Match* --Steve Williams def. Super Destroyer #2 in 11:34 by pinfall following an Oklahoma Stampede (B, 81) After the match, Randy Savage comes out and tells Williams that a rookie wrestler won’t be any problem against an established wrestler like himself. He tells Williams he’s not worried about their match on Thursday night. (A, 89) *NWA Central States Title Match* --Junkyard Dog def. The Spoiler in 9:44 by pinfall after the Thump. (B, 81) JYD heads over to the announcers table when Lawler comes back out, where they are interviewed by Lance Russell. They hype their tag match on Thursday night and promise the fans a victory. (A+, 100) --Larry Zbyszko def. Bill Dundee in 16:01 by pinfall following a small package. (A, 89) After the match, Larry taunts JYD and Lawler, saying they have no chance against a legend like himself. (A+, 95) Show Rating: A, 90 Post Show Notes --A solid show going into the June Battle of Memphis event. Larry sets himself up as a major threat to Lawler and JYD by defeating Bill Dundee. He and Sawyer will be a formidable tag team. --Larry Z could be the backbone of the roster if not for the fact that he’s not available on Saturdays due to his Georgia contract. I have a couple of more important contracts to deal with at the end of the week. --Moondog Spot is becoming a problem backstage. He briefly improved his behavior after being called out on it by the rest of the locker room. Of course, our old friend Jackie Fargo ordered him to cut it out and…buy drinks for everyone after the show.

08-27-2020, 10:49 PM	#87
tucking fypo H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pistol City	CWA Battle of Memphis Thursday, Week 2, June 1983 Memphis, Tennessee Attendance: 10,000 (Sell Out) *Pre Show Match* --Meng and the Barbarian def. The Fantastics in 6:48 by pinfall after a Meng superkick on Tommy Rogers. (C+, 66) *Pre Show Match* --Bobby Eaton def. Rip Rogers in 6:48 by pinfall following an Alabama Jam. (B-, 71) --Jim Cornette opens the show with an interview with Lance Russell. Cornette tells Russell and the fans that they will see the best singles wrestlers that make a tag team tonight in the Midnight Express. He says after they win both matches, they will be winning the tag team titles on July 4. Cornette ends the interview by asking Lance how Memphis girls turn on their bedroom lights. “They open the car door, Lance!!” Russell feigns disgust as Dennis Condrey makes his way out for a match. (B, 81) --Dennis Condrey w/Jim Cornette def. Stan Lane in 11:09 by a quick pinfall after a distraction by Jim Cornette. (B, 80) Lance Russell calls Cornette over to call him out on his interference. Cornette says ‘if you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying’. (B, 81) --Steve Keirn def. Norvell Austin w/Jim Cornette in 7:40 by pinfall after a small package when Stan Lane distracted Norvell Austin by attacking Cornette and ripping his pants off of him, forcing him to the backstage area. (B-, 73) After the match, Keirn, Lane, Condrey, and Austin brawl around ringside as Lance Russell pleads for them to go somewhere else. (C+, 69) --Jimmy Hart comes out and hypes the Moondogs upcoming title match against the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. (B+, 84) *AWA Southern Tag Team Titles* --The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express def. The Moondogs in 9:34 by pinfall after Morton took Spot’s bone to the top rope when referee Jerry Calhoun was down, threw it to Moondog Rex, who caught it, while Morton missile dropkicked the bone into Rex’s face for the cover. (B, 80) The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express make their 2nd defense of the Southern tag team titles. --Bill Dundee def. Manny Fernandez w/Jim Cornette in 15:35 by pinfall following a piledriver. (B+, 85) After the match, Dundee chases Cornette, who had duck taped his pants together, away from ringside. Dundee pulls Manny to the outside onto the announcers table and piledrives him again. (B, 80) --A video montage is shown of the events leading up to the Steve Williams/Randy Savage title match. (B+, 86) *NWA Mid-America Title Match* --’Dr. Death’ Steve Williams def. Randy Savage in 16:17 by pinfall after an Oklahoma Stampede. (A, 93) Williams makes his 3rd defense of the Mid-America title. --Junkyard Dog and Jerry Lawler come out and hype their tag team match against Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko. (A+, 100) --Before the match, while JYD and Lawler are in the ring, Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko cut an interview with Lance Russell with Zbyszko taunting Lawler and Sawyer barking at JYD, who barks back at him. (A+, 100) --Junkyard Dog and Jerry Lawler def. Buzz Sawyer and Larry Zbyszko in 20:32 after a Thump by JYD and ensuing piledriver by Lawler on Zbyszko. (A+, 99) JYD and Lawler celebrate the win as the show ends. (A+, 97) Show Rating: A+, 97 Post Show Notes --Great show with our highest show rating of 1983, exceeding last month’s Night of Champions by 1 point. Also, another match of the year candidate, this in a tag team match, and far exceeding any tag match I’ve had in this run. --Larry’s three appearance run comes to an end as he heads back to Georgia. --I check to see if I can strike up a working agreement with the WWF, since there are only a couple of Saturdays that would come into conflict. They have a few notable faces that could work in CWA. Just a few. --It turns out that Jerry Jarrett wants nothing to do with the WWF or Vince McMahon. Still some hard feelings about what happened in real life, I guess. --Dr. Death and Savage put on what would have been the best match on any other card in another promotion. Savage is slowly becoming a legit contender and Dr. Death has established his potential dominance. No backstage attitude could lead to a stellar run if he can keep it up. The Creative Team thinks that Savage is an upper midcarder. I put him at main event status just because...its Randy Savage!! --The tag team scramble continues as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express defend against the Moondogs while the Midnight Express and Fabulous Ones split their singles matches. A big announcement is coming in the future for these teams at Red, White, and Bruise.