Along Came Jones: A Journey through the Territories

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[CENTER][SIZE=3][B]The Week in Wrestling: Week 1, May 1985[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER] [B]Ox Baker[/B] won his second [B]Central States Heavyweight Title[/B], defeating [B]Harley Race[/B] at the Wrestling at the Chase show in front fo 2,038 fans. At the same show, [B]Team Iron (The Missing Link and Buzz Sawyer)[/B] defeated [B]Wild and Wicked (Adrian Street and Len Denton)[/B] for the [B]Central States Tag Team Titles[/B]. [B]Thunderbolt Patterson[/B] has left [B]Georgia Championship Wrestling[/B] due to contract expiry. [B]Mike George[/B] has left [B]Central States Wrestling[/B] due to contract expiry. [B]Subhuman Race (Magnum TA and Robert Gibson)[/B] defeated [B]The Human Chess Team (Kevin Sullivan and Big John Studd)[/B] for the [B]AWA World Tag Team Titles[/B] at the AWA All-Star Wrestling show in front of 1,742 fans. It is the second AWA Tag Team Title for the duo. [B]Ken Patera and Sweet Stan Lane[/B] defeatd [B]Ivan Putski and Nikita Koloff[/B] for the [B]AWA Southern Tag Team titles[/B] at the CWA All-Stars show in front of 1,647 fans. [B]The Exploders (Jim Garvin and One Man Gang)[/B] defeated [B]Kamala and The Missing Link[/B] for the [B]WCCW American Tag Team Titles[/B] at the World Class Wrestling show in front of 7,576 fans. This marks the fifth American Tag Title reign for the tandem. [B]Robert Gibson[/B] signs with [B]Georgia Championship Wrestling[/B] on verbal terms. [B]Wild Bill Irwin[/B] signs with [B]American Wrestling Association[/B] on verbal terms.