bravesfan Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 In a time where traditionally strong territories such as St. Louis and Florida and fabled promotions like the AWA and the NWA were faltering due to Vince McMahon, Jr.'s aggressive corporate raider tactics and revolutionary television and marketing strategies, Watts' Mid-South thrived and prospered. When Watts had Mid-South running on all cylinders, he was rivaled only by Jim Crockett, for having the most entertaining promotion.However, Mid South was not immune to the WWF's talent raids. By 1986, Watts had lost the Junkyard Dog (arguably Mid-South¹s biggest star) and Hacksaw Butch Reed to Titan. Still, Mid-South was the territory for me. The action was second to none and the title matches, the commentators, the angles, and the talent were all first-rate.At the start of 1987, the World Wrestling Federation was in the midst of a huge boom for itself. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant, and Randy Savage vs. Rick Steamboat were about to bring the house down at Wrestlemania III. The National Wrestling Alliance (mainly Jim Crockett Promotions) had Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen, Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, and one tremendous tag team scene with teams like Anderson/Blanchard, the Road Warriors, the Midnight Express, and the Rock n' Roll Express. In the southern part of the United States, especially in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,Tennesee, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Bill Watts had the Universal Wrestling Federation. Less than a year before, Watts had taken the Mid-South wrestling territory and made an attempt to take it national. He had a solid roster with the likes of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Ted DiBiase, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, the Fabulous Freebirds, and others. Some younger talent was starting to flourish as well, such as Rick Steiner, Sting, Shane Douglas and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert. Also, at the time Jim Ross and Michael Hayes were the top announcing team for the company. They had obtained a nationally syndicated TV deal, and all seemed poised for becoming a threat to the WWF and their top perch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravesfan Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Roster Skandor Akbar Angel of Death Black Bart Buddy Landell Ted DiBiase Shane Douglas Hacksaw Jim Duggan Cactus Jack Eddie Gilbert Chavo Guerrero Hector Guerrero Missy Hyatt Bill Irwin (also Super Destroyer) Scott Irwin (also as Super Destroyer) Kamala "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel Dick Murdoch One Man Gang King Parsons Boyd Pearce Al Perez Jake Roberts Big Bubba Rogers Jim Ross Buzz Sawyer Dick Slater Rick Steiner Sting John Tatum Terry Taylor Jack Victory Savannah Jack Bill Watts "Dr. Death" Steve Williams "Gorgeous" Gary Young Tag teams Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner) The Jive Tones (Pez Whatley and Tiger Conway) The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams) Tatum & Victory (John Tatum & Jack Victory) stables Devastation Inc. (One Man Gang, *Kamala,*The Missing Link,*Black Bart) Hyatt & Hot Stuff International(Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert, Missy Hyatt, Rick Steiner, Sting) Champions Mid South Heavyweight Champion- Hacksaw Jim Duggan Mid-South North American Champion- Dr. Death Steve Williams Mid-South Tag Team Champions- The Fantastics Mid-South Tv Champion- Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravesfan Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 occ----the roster may seem so so for now, as by this time frame some of these guys were on their way up north,and also I forgot to add the Super Destroyers to the tag team roster,anyways expect first card up later tonight,plus if it seems I forgot something or someone,please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympia Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 good luck.. hope u can groom some talent to replace any lost by the raids. There is plenty good young talent on the reservation and also in the smaller surrounding territories to keep the coffers full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravesfan Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Mid-South Wrestling Tv taping preview Main EventMid-South HWT Title Match "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan © vs The One Man Gang w/Skandar akbar Devestation Inc. Have declared war on Mid-South Wrestling and thier first priority is to take out the top guy in Mid-South Wrestling. Can the Hacksaw defeat Akbar and his stable of goons,or will Akbar and his men be victorious and leave Mid-South Wrestling devestated? Dr. Death Steve Williams vs Big Bubba Rogers These two guys have been going at it for the past month,anything can happen when these two tough guys hookem up Mid-South Tag Team Title Match The Fantastics© vs Jhon Tatum and Jack Victory Fresh of their grueling battle with the Sheepherders,Bobby and Tommy are now putting thier titles up against the newley team of Tatum and Victory. Mid-South Tv Title Match "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert© vs Terry Taylor Taylor has been granted his rematch after loosing the Tv Title to Gilbert (thanks to outside interference by Sting and Stiener) Savanah Jack vs Kamala w/Skandar Akbar can Savanah Jack tame the Uganda beast? If I was a betting man I wouldn't bet the farm on it. Shane Douglas vs "Gourgeous" Gary Young Shane Douglas returns to Mid-South wrestling and his first opponent is a vetran heel wrestler who claims to be a rookie,but he has been around for atleast 3 years. Will Douglas's return be succesful? Only time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravesfan Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Mid-SouthWrestling tv taping Venue: Irish McNeils Boys Club Location: Shreveport,La Main Event/Mid-South Hwt Title Match======================= "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan© vs The One Man Gangw/Skandar Akbar ================== ==================== Dr. Death Steve Williams vs Big Bubba Rogers ==================== Mid-South Tagteam Title Match ===================== The Fantastics© vs Jhon Tatum and Jack Victory ====================== Mid-South Tv Title Match ====================== "Hotstuff" Eddie Gilbert©w/Missy Hyatt vs Terry Taylor ======================= ==================== Savanah Jack vs Kamala w/Skandar Akbar ==================== ==================== Shane Douglas vs "Gourgeous" Gary Young ==================== all comments -suggestions-predictions are welcomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHK1978 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Main Event/Mid-South Hwt Title Match======================= "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan© vs The One Man Gangw/Skandar Akbar ================== ==================== Dr. Death Steve Williams vs Big Bubba Rogers ==================== Mid-South Tagteam Title Match ===================== The Fantastics© vs Jhon Tatum and Jack Victory ====================== Mid-South Tv Title Match ====================== "Hotstuff" Eddie Gilbert©w/Missy Hyatt vs Terry Taylor ======================= ==================== Savanah Jack vs Kamala w/Skandar Akbar ==================== ==================== Shane Douglas vs "Gourgeous" Gary Young ==================== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar fan Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 very old school. I like old school wrestling. I am doing a MID-SOUTH WRESTLING old school dynasty/diary myself.....anyways keep up the good work and good luck with the UWL Bravesfan, Thanks for the post. Much appreciated. I saw your thread a few days ago and am watching it because I'm interested to see where you take things with the UWF. Interesting story. In 1985, Vince McMahon had bought the wrestling timeslots on TBS and was airing the WWF on both USA and TBS. In the original deal, McMahon's programming on TBS was supposed to be taped at the TBS studios for airing on the network. That didn't last long as Vince just started airing WWF programming that was taped elsewhere aired on his other WWF shows. This lead to a fallout between Vince and Ted Turner. Turner retaliated by putting Watts' then Mid-South wrestling show on the station and it was a superior in-ring product and got bigger ratings than Vince's shows on TBS. Turner had talks with Watts about bankrolling Mid-South and making it the national promotion on TBS before a behind the scenes mover and shaker named Jim Barnett steered Turner in the direction of Jim Crockett, Jr., who ran Mid-Atlantic Wrestling. Crockett's promotion had much bigger names than Watts with guys like Flair, Blanchard, Dusty, etc. So, Vince wound up selling his TBS air-time to Crockett for $1 million. In the meeting where the deal was struck, McMahon apparently turned to Crockett and said: "You'll choke on that million." Three years later Vince was proven right even though the NWA had a better wrestling product. But, one has to wonder what might have happened if Turner had instead bankrolled Watts. Pro wrestling might be a completely different landscape than it is today. And we might still have at least two major promotions in business. (Sorry, TNA just isn't a big-time player IMO because they're no threat to WWE right now.) What might have been... Anyway, good luck with your endeavor. I'll definitely be checking out the shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar fan Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 PREDICTIONS: Main Event/Mid-South Hwt Title Match======================= "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan© vs The One Man Gangw/Skandar Akbar ================== ==================== Dr. Death Steve Williams vs Big Bubba Rogers ==================== Mid-South Tagteam Title Match ===================== The Fantastics© vs Jhon Tatum and Jack Victory ====================== Mid-South Tv Title Match ====================== "Hotstuff" Eddie Gilbert©w/Missy Hyatt vs Terry Taylor ======================= ==================== Savanah Jack vs Kamala w/Skandar Akbar ==================== ==================== Shane Douglas vs "Gourgeous" Gary Young ==================== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awa worshipper Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 <p>MId-South/UWF was my 2nd favorite organization #1 being the AWA so this has me interested.</p><p> Predictions.</p><p> <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> vs Gary Young</p><p> Gary Young I always liked and still a fan of the Franchise to this day</p><p> </p><p> Savannah Jack vs <strong>Kamala w/Akbar</strong></p><p> Jack got over pretty well but never as huge as Watts wanted</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Eddie Gilbert</strong> vs Terry Taylor</p><p> Both were about at the same point in their career in 87 Gilbert</p><p> maybe slightly ahead but not by much.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Fantastics </strong>vs John Tatum/Jack Victory</p><p> Fantastics were always a poor mans RnR Express so trying to recapture the magic.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Steve Williams </strong>vs Big Bubba Rogers</p><p> A push since both were "hosses" but gotta go with the hometown favorite</p><p> </p><p> Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs<strong> One Man Gang</strong></p><p> I see Duggan getting poached by the WWF soon not so sure about One Man Gang</p><p> So Duggan loses,Gang wins only to drop the title later on to Williams.Gang then heads North to New York</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravesfan Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 <p></p><div style="text-align:left;"><p><span style="color:#000080;"><strong>Mid</strong></span>-<strong>SouthWrestling tv taping</strong></p><p> Venue: <strong>Irish McNeils Boys Club</strong></p><p> Location: <strong>Shreveport,La</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>====================</p><p> Shane Douglas</p><p> vs</p><p> "Gorgeous" Gary Young</p><p> ====================</p><p> Gary Young is already in the ring as Shane Douglas makes his way to the ring. Gary young seems to draw a little heat from the crowd as he tries to cheat his way to a quick victory,but Douglas who gets the crowd behind him finally takes control of the match and catches Young with a belly to belly suplex. Winner of the match Shane Douglas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <em>Aftermatch</em></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>After the match Jim Ross goes down to ringside to get an interview with Douglas,who thanks the fans tonight and tells Jim Ross how excited he is to be in Mid-South Wrestling,and with the fans behind him he knows he has a bright future here.<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> ====================</p><p> Savanah Jack</p><p> vs</p><p> Kamala w/Skandar Akbar</p><p> ====================</p><p> SKandar Akbar and Kamala are met with a chorus of boos as they enter the ring.Kamala wastes no time as he attacks Savanah Jack before the bell rings. Savanah Jack gets the fans behind him but his defense against The Uganda Giant lasts about as long as a chocolate cake would in a room with a fat kid. Kamala gets the win via a huge splash.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <em>Aftermatch</em></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Gen.Skandar Akbar gets a mic and tells everyone to beware of Devastation Inc. and that Jim Duggan will pay with his blood and bones tonight.<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As Mid-South Wrestling returns from a commercial break Jim Ross shows us a video(to the music of Living in America by James Brown) of a black athlete working out at some gym. The clip shows this athlete lifting weights and doing pull ups and push ups.After the video plays Jim Ross tells that the athlete's name is All American Ron Simmons and he is coming to Mid-South Wrestling soon.<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Mid-South Tag team Title Match</strong></p><p> =====================</p><p> The Fantastics©</p><p> vs</p><p> Jhon Tatum and Jack Victory</p><p> ======================</p><p> Tatum and Victory are in the ring waiting for their shot at the Mid-South Tag team champions. Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers make their way to the ring to ZZ Tops Sharp Dressed Man. As usual as Tommy and Bobby make their way around the ring they are mobbed by female fans. The match starts out pretty evenly matched,but it didn't take long for Tatum and Victory to pull out the cheap shots. For a good 7 to 10 minuets Tatum and Victory worked on an already injured Fulton(who sustained an earlier injury to his leg by the sheepherders) by keeping him in their corner and double teaming on Fulton. It seemed that every time Fulton would get a little strength going Tatum and Victory would pull the old fake tag and double team Fulton as the refs attention was diverted by getting Rogers out of the ring for trying to save his partner,but instead this was allowing Tatum and Victory to double team an already beat up Fulton. Tommy gets the fans behind Bobby by cheering him on. Finally Bobby catches a break and gets the the tag. Tommy who freshly rested hits the ring and explodes on both Tatum and Victory. Tatum and Victory finally cut Tommy down and start to double team him. Bobby gets back in and knocks Tatum out of the ring. Meanwhile Tommy catches Victory with a missile drop kick and the Fantastic's catch a dazed Victory with the rocket launcher and get the victory.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <em>Backstage</em></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>We are shown Hacksaw Jim Duggan backstage in the locker room with Jim Ross. Duggan tells Ross that he is proud to be an American and he is proud to stand with old glory(an American flag that Duggan has waving around) and it is gonna be a cold day in hell before some un American scum and his army defeat Hacksaw and the good ol USA. Hacksaw tells Akbar that he is ready to go to war and ready to battle. The interview ends with Duggan chanting USA...USA...USA....<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Mid-South Tv Title Match</strong></p><p> ======================</p><p> "Hot stuff" Eddie Gilbert©w/Missy Hyatt</p><p> vs</p><p> Terry Taylor</p><p> =======================</p><p> Next up we have Eddie Gilbert coming out to the ring on crutches,claiming that he somehow injured his knee and would not be wrestling Terry Taylor tonight. He goes on ranting that Taylor has had chance after chance anyways and as much as he wanted to give Taylor his rematch it just wasn't going to happened. This brings out an angry Terry Taylor who gets in Gilbert's face and tells Gilbert that he is a liar and coward. Taylor grabs Gilbert and backs him into the corner of the ring,only to be blind sided by Sting and Steiner. As Sting and Steiner pummble Taylor,... Gilbert ask them to hold Taylor up. Sting and Steiner hold Taylor up as Gilbert lays Terry out with his crutch,before any more damage can be done, Mid-South officials run to the ring to help Taylor.</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Aftermatch</em></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As The officials are helping a hurt Taylor, Eddie Gilbert,Sting and Steiner are gloating about what they did,as Jim Ross reminds them that Cowboy Bill Watts will be back next week and he wouldn't want to be in their shoes.<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> ====================</p><p> Dr. Death Steve Williams</p><p> vs</p><p> Big Bubba Rogers</p><p> ====================</p><p> This match is a slobber knocker as Jim Ross would say. Both Guys go at it tooth and nail.The Fight spills out onto the arena floor and after both men who have eached pushed the ref and thrown the rule book out the door. The ref decides to DQ both guys (instead of getting knocked around)Finally after the two continue brawling,some of the wrestlers and refs come out of the back and separate the two.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <em>down at ringside</em></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Jim Ross gets us ready for the main event, but reminds that next week Cowboy Bill Watts will be back from his business meeting and will have an announcement regarding his trip and will address the Eddie Gilbert and Terry Taylor incident.<p> </p></div></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Main Event/Mid-South Hwt Title Match</strong></p><p> =======================</p><p> "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan©</p><p> vs</p><p> The One Man Gangw/Skandar Akbar</p><p> ==================</p><p> Hacksaw gets a very huge pop as Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen plays ,as Duggan makes his way to the ring caring Old Glory in one hand and the 4 x 4 in the other. Duggan gives the crowd a thumbs up and a big hoooooooooooooooo! Akbar and the One Man Gang on the other hand are met with a chorus of boos as they head to the ring. Duggan and Gang go at each other,with neither man getting the advantage. Gang gets in a couple of cheap shots and send Hacksaw out to the arena floor. While gang has the refs attention Akbar begins attacking Duggan with a chair. Duggan finaly makes it back into the ring. Duggan who know seems to be getting the best of Gang sets Gang up for his three point stance spear(Duggans signature move) but Gang pulls the ref into the spear. Duggan checks on the ref which gives the Gang enough time to attack Duggan. Meanwhile Akbar gets in the ring has a chair. Gang holds Duggan while Akbar goes to hit Duggan,but Duggan ducks and Akbar hits Gang sending him down to the mat. Duggan yells out a huge hooooooo...then knocks Akbar out of the ring. Duggan then turns around to hit an already groggy Gang with the three point stance. The ref recovers in time to make the 3 count.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <em>aftermatch</em></p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34128" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><em>The Tv tapings come to a close as Duggan celebrates by parading around in the ring holding Old Glory waving the American flag around as the chants of USA...USA...USA..start to echo through the building.</em><p><em> </em></p></div></blockquote></div><p></p><p></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravesfan Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 sorry if the write ups are sloppy and short,(longer work hours at work)anyways next card up soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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