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He had a face only a mother could love, yet it was impossible for me not to…

 

He’s the “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, one of my favorite wrestling personalities of all time. Losing him this month hit me pretty hard and left me scrambling for all kinds of vintage “Dream” footage, relishing both his performance on-screen as a wrestler as well as his storytelling ability as the brilliant booker behind NWA/Jim Crockett television.

 

This steady diet of 80’s NWA footage has led me to start this little diary as a tribute to man himself. Using Genadi's popular Golden Age Mod, this is my attempt to play as Dusty, head-booker of JCP in 1987.

 

This is my first diary-attempt after lurking for years (so please be gentle). I’ve seen a lot of people start and stop, and freely admit that I have not done the challenge of a diary and realize that I may not be able to keep it up as well (although I'll be doing my best). I hope people follow along at my little attempt to pay tribute to one of my favorites and join along ...

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...This is where we wrestle.

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Roll Call of Champions:

 

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NWA World Heavyweight Champion:

 

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Ric Flair (6th reign) (August 1986- Present)

 

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NWA United States Heavyweight Champion:

 

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Nikita Koloff (1st reign) (August 1986-Present)

 

 

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NWA Television Champion:

 

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Tully Blanchard (3rd reign) (November 1986-Present)

 

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NWA World Tag Team Champions:

 

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The Awesome Twosome--Manny Fernandez (2nd reign) and Rick Rude (1st reign) (December 1986-Present)

 

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NWA United States Tag Team Champions:

 

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Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (1st reign) (March 1987-current)

Ronnie Garvin & Barry Windham (1st reign) (December 1986-March 1987)

 

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Jim Crockett Senior Memorial Cup--Tag Team Tournament held every April

1986: The Road Warriors

 

 

 

Current Roster:

*Faces in blue; Heels in red

 

Main Event:

 

Barry Windham

Dusty Rhodes

Nikita Kolofff

Road Warrior Animal

Road Warrior Hawk

Ole Anderson

Arn Anderson

Big Bubba Rogers

Lex Luger

Ric Flair

Tully Blanchard

 

Mid-Card:

 

Jimmy Garvin

Ricky Morton

Robert Gibson

Ron Garvin

Bobby Eaton

Dick Murdoch

Ivan Koloff

Kevin Sullivan

Stan Lane

Vladimir Petrov

Ed Ganter

Jimmy Valiant

Lazer Tron

Mike Graham

Mike Rotundo

Ron Simmons

Black Bart

Bobby Jaggers

Chris Champion

Manny Fernandez

Rick Rude

Sean Royal

Shaska Whatley

The Barbarian

Tiger Conway Jr.

 

Curtain-Jerkers:

 

Basher

Denny Brown

Italian Stallion

Spike

Johnny Ace

Teijo Khan

The Warlord

Tommy Angel

Bill Mulkey

Randy Mulkey

Thunderfoot I

Thunderfoot II

Tim Horner

George South

Rocky King

The Terminator

 

 

Tag Teams:

 

Jimmy Valiant & Lazer Tron

The Mulkey Brothers (Randy & Bill)

The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal)

The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff)

The Garvins (Jimmy & Ron)

The Rock N' Roll Express (Robert Gibson & Ricky Morton)

The Thunderfoots

Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin

The Mod Squad (Spike & Basher)

The Awesome Twosome (Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez)

The Jive Tones (Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.)

The New Breed (Chris Champion & Sean Royal)

The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane)

The Russian Team (Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov)

 

 

 

Stables:

 

The Four Horsemen:

Arn Anderson

Ric Flair

Tully Blanchard

Lex Luger

JJ Dillon

 

Paul Jones' Army:

Ivan Koloff

Manny Fernandez

Paul Jones

Rick Rude

Shaska Whatley

Teijo Kahn

Vladimir Petrov

 

 

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Show Index:

 

March 1987:

 

03/07/1987: World Championship Wrestling

03/14/1987: World Championship Wrestling

03/19/1987: March Supercard from The Nashville Auditorium

03/21/1987: World Championship Wrestling

03/28/1987: World Championship Wrestling

03/29/1987: WWF presents: Wrestlemania III (if you're into that sort of thing...)

 

April 1987:

 

04/04/1987: World Championship Wrestling

04/11/1987: World Championship Wrestling

04/16/1987: The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Night 1

04/18/1987: World Championship Wrestling

04/19/1987: The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Night 2

04/25/1987: World Championship Wrestling

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Saturday March 7, 1987

IL E&P Jones Center (Great Lakes)

5,289 fans on hand

Announce Team: Bob Caudle, Tony Schiavone and David Crockett

 

Tim Horner vs. Dick Murdoch

 

“Captain Redneck”, Dick Murdoch goes toe-to-toe with the young “White Lightning” Tim Horner in this opening contest. Horner comes out like a house of fire, but it doesn’t take long for the unruly brawler to take control. Ultimately Murdoch toys with his opponent for a few before finally putting the young upstart down with a Brainbuster.

 

Victor: Dick Murdoch via pinfall.

Time: 7:51

Referee:Earl Hebner

Rating: 58

 

At the podium with Bob Caudle:

Caudle throws the broadcast to a replay of events from last week when, during a tag match for the United States Tag Team titles between The Midnight Express and Garvin and Windham, Jim Cornette threw some kind of fireball into the face of “Hands of Stone,” Ronnie Garvin. The footage goes on to show Ron’s brother Jimmy coming to Ron’s aid before storming off after Cornette in the locker room. The clip ends with Jimmy Garvin having to be restrained.

 

 

Following that setup, “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin and his wife Precious join Bob at the podium to discuss the well-being of his brother, Ron Garvin following that dastardly fireball attack. Jimmy is still very emotional, saying that he was always the rule-breaking brother, not Ronnie. It should’ve been him to have this kind of incident. He goes on to say that blood is thicker than water and Jim Cornette, The Midnight Express, and “that fat tub” Big Bubba will all pay soon enough!

 

Time: 8 minutes

Rating: 52

 

Mike Rotundo vs. Bobby Jaggers

 

This is a sea-saw matchup between the young, athletic Mike Rotundo and the crafty veteran Jaggers. Rotundo’s athleticism eventually prevails as he scores a pinfall following a picture perfect Flying Lariat.

 

Victor: Mike Rotundo via pinfall.

Time: 9:12

Referee:Teddy Long

Rating: 42

 

 

Pre-Recorded Vignette

 

 

A prerecorded video message featuring the Russian Team, Ivan Koloff, Vladimir Petrov and their manager, Paul Jones plays next. Ivan is holding a microphone as Petrov stands behind his veteran mentor looking menacing. Paul Jones stands off to the side smiling smugly. Koloff addresses his former comrade, Nikita Koloff: going on to challenge the “Russian turncoat” for the United States Championship at the March Supercard. He runs him down for abandoning the Motherland and joining up with that “pig” Dusty Rhodes and parading an American championship.

 

Time: 5 minutes

Rating: 70

 

The Thunderfoots vs. Awesome Twosome w/ Paul Jones (Non-Title)

 

The NWA World Tag Team champions demonstrate their prowess in this one-sided affair. Rude and Fernandez exude a confidence and cockiness that irks the local crowd, but they seem to relish in it. Rude scores the pinfall following a devastating Rude Awakening on Thunderfoot I.

 

Victors: Awesome Twosome via pinfall.

Time: 7:33

Referee:Earl Hebner

Rating: 44

 

Announcer Hype for March Supercard

 

Tony Schiavone, Bob Caudle, and David Crockett discuss the big event taking place on Thursday March 19th. They reveal two big matches that have been signed: Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers in a steel cage and Ric Flair defending the World’s title against Barry Windham!

 

Time: 4 minutes

Rating: 50

 

The Rock N’ Roll Express vs. New Breed

 

The RnR Express were hot tonight, getting all the fans on their feet with exciting quick, high-flying action. The New Breed attempted to slow the pace down by cutting Morton off from Gibson. It didn’t last long however as Morton showed his signature heart and fire to battle back, making the hot tag to Gibson who nailed a dynamite Missile Dropkick on Chris Champion for a pinfall.

 

Victors: The Rock N’ Roll Express via pinfall.

Time: 10:06

Referee:Earl Hebner

Rating: 60

 

At the Podium with Tony Schiavone:

 

 

James J. Dillon, Tully Blanchard (with Dark Journey) and Arn Anderson join Schiavone for an interview. Dillon starts off by demanding that Ole Anderson owes the Horsemen an apology for his actions regarding the treatment of Lex Luger. Arn continues by saying that his family is The Horsemen, and Ole is the one who is turning his back.

 

Lastly, Tully Blanchard transitions into how great it is to be a Horsemen and how great it is to be the NWA Television Champion. Tully goes on to say that the competition has gotten stale and old and that why he’s willing to walk in the ring right now on the Superstation TBS and take on anyone who is man enough to face him in an open challenge!

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 55

 

Television Title Match:

Ole Anderson vs. Tully Blanchard ©

 

Tully couldn’t believe his eyes when his former Horsemen partner, Ole Anderson was the one to answer the open challenge! Blanchard pleaded with referee Teddy Long to get the match called off, but Ole got things started by pummeling Blanchard with a series of fists and knee strikes.

 

Blanchard hit the floor to regroup and tried to avoid tying up again with the irate older Anderson brother. James J. Dillon and Dark Journey, who were both on the floor accompanying Blanchard, created the distraction that Blanchard needed to take control with a cheap shot.

 

But Ole was able to battle back, slowly getting the people to cheer him. As James J. Dillon began to feel the tide change, he slid into the ring and clobbered Anderson resulting in Disqualification.

 

Victor: Ole Anderson via DQ.

Time: 15:38

Referee:Teddy Long

Rating: 64

 

Post Match:

Ole quickly sent Dillon to the mat, easily overpowering his former manager. Blanchard came to Dillon’s aid, but even the with the man advantage, Ole was still in control as he distributed a flurry of punches and kicks to both Dillon and Blanchard.

 

“The Enforcer” Arn Anderson hit the ring next, jumping his own brother from behind! Now, with a three on one man advantage, Ole was finally succumb.

 

 

Just as quick however was the arrival of Barry Windham, the latest thorn in the side of Ric Flair and the Horsemen! Windham and Ole went back to back, cleaning the ring of Horsemen as tonight’s program came to a close.

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 56

 

Show Rating: 56

1.27 Rating on TBS

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Thanks for the kind words everyone! Also thanks to anyone who has taken the time to check this out.

 

I pretty much have the next episode of WCW ready to drop at any moment and I have a good chunk of the March Supercard done up. I booked it like a PPV (with commentary and a few interviews) even though I have no distribution contract. (Hopefully my name recognition will increase nationwide at a fast clip).

 

Maybe think of it like a Turner Home Video release? Idk. Haha.

 

After the next WCW I will put up the Supercard prediction sheet. I think I'll run a joint-contest for a both Supercard and the Jim Crockett Cup. At the moment I'm thinking of leaving WCW out of the prediction game because most matches are too obvious at the moment.

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Saturday March 14, 1987

NJ Dillon Gymnasium (Tri State)

1,248 fans on hand

Announce Team: Bob Caudle, Tony Schiavone and David Crockett

 

Italian Stallion vs. Lex Luger w/ JJ Dillon

 

The newest “associate member” of the Four Horsemen, Lex Luger, demonstrated his abilities against “local talent” Italian Stallion. This match was never really in doubt as Luger showcased his strength and athletic ability before putting The Stallion away with the Torture Rack.

 

Victor: Lex Luger via submission.

Time: 6:33

Referee:Teddy Long

Rating: 37

 

At the podium with Bob Caudle:

 

 

Following the matchup, James J. Dillon and Luger join Bob Caudle at the podium. Dillon goes on to discuss the upcoming Crockett Cup in April. He has to decide whether Luger will team with Tully, Arn or Ric--all combinations will be unstoppable.

 

In fact he’d like to demonstrate the well-oiled machine that is the Horsemen on March 19th. If Ole Anderson can get two partners to agree to team with him, he can take on Tully, Arn and Lex in a 6 man tag match.

 

Next, Dillon wants to talk about Barry Windham who claims he returned to the NWA to win the richest prize in this industry: Ric Flair’s World Heavyweight Championship. Well Barry Windham made the mistake of his life by trying to go toe-to-toe with the Horsemen and “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson will take care of Windham later tonight.

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 54

 

 

Ron Simmons vs. Shaska Whatley w/ Paul Jones

 

The young rookie Ron Simmons takes on the veteran Whatley in the next matchup. The announce team puts over that Simmons is college-standout from Florida State and a former All American as well as spending time in the NFL with Cleveland Browns.

 

After a back and forth exchange, Simmons is able to take down Whatley with a big, athletic Flying Shoulder Tackle for the pinfall win.

 

Victor: Simmons via pinfall.

Time: 7:27

Referee:Teddy Long

Rating: 31

 

At the podium with David Crockett:

 

 

Jim Cornette, backed up by Big Bubba Rogers, joins David Crockett at the podium. Cornette starts by ranting on Dusty Rhodes. He goes on about how everyone thinks that Dusty Rhodes is “sooo great,” and no one has won more Bunkhouse Stampedes than the ‘Dream. “Well nobody until Big Bubba Rogers!” On Thursday, March 17th Dusty Rhodes is in the for the fight of his life when he faces Big Bubba inside a steel cage to declare once and for all who the true King of the Bunkhouse is.

 

Next, Cornette shifts his focus to the Midnight Express and their quest for US Tag Team titles. He goes on to say that Eaton and Condrey should’ve had Garvin and Windham beaten months ago. He has been so disgusted with the team’s inability to get the job done that his mother has FIRED DENNIS CONDREY!

 

He took matters into his own hands when he dropped a fireball in “that idiot” Garvin’s face two weeks ago and he took matters into his own hands by finding the perfect replacement for “Loverboy” Dennis-- “Sweet” Stan Lane!

 

"Beautiful" Bobby Eaton and "Sweet" Lane Lane head to the ring to illustrate this NEW Midnight Express...

 

 

Time: 7 minutes

Rating: 52

 

The Mulkey Brothers vs.The Midnight Express

 

Cornette joins the commentary table for the match to hype up his new combination.

 

The Mulkeys never stood a chance, as Stan Lane and Bobby Eaton clearly demonstrated a special tag team chemistry. Lane looked to be more than a replacement for Condrey, and the two sealed the victory with an impressive new move that Cornette revealed was called "The Rocket Launcher."

 

Victors: The Midnight Express via pinfall.

Time: 8:24

Referee:Earl Hebner

Rating: 44

 

Non-Title: Nikita Koloff © vs.The Barbarian w/ Paul Jones

 

The US Title was not up for grabs in this one, but Nikita attacked the powerful Barbarian like it was. The two big men bounced off each other several times, trying to establish who the stronger man was.

 

In an unusual turn of events for Nikita Koloff, Barbarian proved to be the stronger competitor in the early going, knocking the Russian down to the mat first! Barbarian kept the boots on the US champ as Paul Jones cheered from ringside.

 

Nikita, with the crowd firmly behind him, began to battle back, powering out of a big bear hug. Koloff continued the fight, downing the Barbarian with his signature Russian Sickle clothesline! Just as the pinfall seemed academic, Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Petrov stormed the ring to attack their former comrade. Referee Earl Hebner called for the bell and the disqualification.

 

Victor: Nikita Koloff via DQ.

Time: 10:10

Referee:Earl Hebner

Rating: 56

 

Post Match:

 

 

Ivan Koloff leads Barbarian, Vladimir Petrov, and Paul Jones in a gang-like beatdown of Nikita Koloff.

 

 

But it only takes a moment before the arena erupts as Dusty Rhodes hits the ring and makes the save for his Super Powers teammate! The mere threat of the vaunted Bionic Elbow is enough for Paul Jones’ Army to hightail it to the back!

 

Time: 4 minutes

Rating: 61

 

At the podium with Tony Schiavone:

 

 

Following a commercial break, Dusty Rhodes with Nikita Koloff at his side, join Tony Schiavone at the podium. Rhodes starts by saying that Ivan has made a big mistake by messing with big Nikita Koloff, daddy. On March 19th, in a loaded Nashville Auditorium, Nikita Koloff will take out Ivan Koloff for the last time!

 

Next, he talks about how much he’s enjoyed watching the NWA on the SuperStation TBS over the past few weeks as Barry Windham has had Ric Flair on the run! There's no doubt in the Dream's mind that Windham is a stud and "The Nature Boy" is counting the days to Nashville. He’s so proud of Windham and excited to see a new thorn in the side of the Horsemen.

 

Lastly, “The Dream” goes off on his upcoming cage match with Big Bubba Rogers in Nashville. Business has got to get settled! He promises bloodshed and violence for Jim Cornette’s big man. Dusty Rhodes is the king of the Bunkhouse and we’ll prove it once and for all in the Nashville Auditorium!

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 72

 

Barry Windham vs.Arn Anderson w/ JJ Dillon

 

The crowd was buzzing for this main event (specifically, David Crockett was very excited from the commentary table). Anderson, who Schiavone says is “the measuring stick” in the Horsemen, comes at Windham with all he has: both brute strength and ability to technically wrestle. Windham was more than Anderson’s match however, and the son of Blackjack Mulligan dished as good as he got.

 

The two exchanged a variety of reversals and mat wrestling with Anderson coming out a little worse for wear. "The Enforcer" hit the floor to walk off Windham's advances and consult with JJ Dillon who was advising to slow things down.

 

Eventually Anderson returned and offered to lock with Windham but only to set him up for a kick in the gut. Anderson kept on the pressure from there however, assaulting the number one contender with a barrage of slams and strikes.

 

Windham came back by reversing a punch exchange and letting loose some inner fire that gots the fans on their feet! Windham came out on with a flurry punctuated with a big flying lariat! He then set Anderson up for a big Superplex and artfully floated over for an impressive three count!

 

Victor:Barry Windham via pinfall.

Time: 16:24

Referee: Earl Hebner

Rating: 59

 

 

No sooner did Windham have a moment to take in the win, when The World's Champion Ric Flair, dressed in a custom suit, delivered a face-full of custom-leather loafer!

 

Flair continued pounding Barry, standing him up in the corner and letting loose a wild series of stiff chops leaving Windham's chest glowing red!

 

Flair walked to the center of the ring and let out a loud "Woooooo!" to the crowd. He strutted to the ring ropes to tell at a fan in the front row to "Shut your mouth!"

 

The momentary distraction is all Windham needed however! Even after the battle with Anderson and the attack by Flair, Windham clotheslined Flair to the mat. Next, he picked him up and sent him into the ropes before depositing with a giant back drop sending Flair's shoes flying into the air!

 

 

Flair rolled out of the ring holding his back calling back insults to Windham who stood proudly in the center of the ring holding the champ's shoes.

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 69

 

Show Rating: 61

1.50 Rating on TBS

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NWA Supercard

March 19, 1987

The Nashville Auditorium

 

NWA World Heavyweight Championship:

Barry Windham vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair ©

 

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

 

NWA United States Championship:

Nikita Koloff © vs. Ivan Koloff

 

Special Grudge Match:

Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Midnight Express

 

NWA World Tag Team Championships:

The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Awesome Twosome ©

 

Ole Anderson plus 2 mystery partners vs. The Horsemen

 

Plus: A special 20 man Battle Royal with $5,000 to the winner!

 

 

Bonus Questions:

Who will be the 2 mystery partners to join Ole Anderson?

Who will win the battle royal?

Will any competitor make their debut on this show (not counting one I have booked in a throwaway dark match)?

 

 

*card subject to change

 

Official Prediction Contest Rules:

 

*Winner most participate in at least 2/3 "special events" during the contest period. Period includes "March Supershow," "Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Night 1" and "Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Night 2."

 

**Winner will got to highest percentage including bonus questions

 

***Disclaimer: I have never run a prediction contest before, so in the in event that a rule revision is necessary, I reserve the right to change prediction stipulations.

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NWA World Heavyweight Championship:

Barry Windham vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair ©

-can't see Flair letting it go yet

 

 

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

-the diary is dedicated to Dusty Rhodes after all...can't have him jobbing to Bossman in your first major event

 

NWA United States Championship:

Nikita Koloff © vs. Ivan Koloff

-Uncle Ivan is Uncle Old

 

Special Grudge Match:

Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Midnight Express

-This is a tough one that could go either way...coin flip for Garvins

 

NWA World Tag Team Championships:

The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Awesome Twosome ©

-maybe this your way to get the tag belt off Rude and get him on to bigger and better things?

 

Ole Anderson plus 2 mystery partners vs. The Horsemen

-Having a hard time coming up with partners for Ole here which is the main reason I'm going Horsemen here

 

Plus: A special 20 man Battle Royal with $5,000 to the winner!

-No idea who is even in this

 

 

Bonus Questions:

Who will be the 2 mystery partners to join Ole Anderson? er...The Funks?

Who will win the battle royal? Dick Murdoch?

Will any competitor make their debut on this show (not counting one I have booked in a throwaway dark match)? Well, seeing my answer to question 1, how about Terry and Dory?

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NWA World Heavyweight Championship:

Barry Windham vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair ©

Pretty simple win here, but it should be a huge match.

 

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

I know that you are playing as Dusty and that we are all in mourning about him, but let's be realistic here. My rose-colored glasses aren't THAT tinted. This is exactly the kind of match that Dusty would put himself over in, whether he needed it or not.

 

NWA United States Championship:

Nikita Koloff © vs. Ivan Koloff

Nikita makes a great champ usually, hopefully you manage to tie him down to a written deal before the WWF comes calling - which they WILL do if they get to international size. Personal experience.

 

Special Grudge Match:

Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Midnight Express

So am I understanding right that you basically dropped the Garvins vs. Flair storyline, or is that being pushed off until the JCC?

 

NWA World Tag Team Championships:

The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Awesome Twosome ©

Copy and paste what I said about Nikita here for Rude; well, except for the personal experience part.

 

Ole Anderson plus 2 mystery partners vs. The Horsemen

I've played this mod enough times to know who should go here ;)

 

Plus: A special 20 man Battle Royal with $5,000 to the winner!

 

 

Bonus Questions:

Who will be the 2 mystery partners to join Ole Anderson? The Road Warriors, who are available on weekends for supercards but not during the week to be on WCW.

Who will win the battle royal? Not knowing who is in it, I'll just go with the guy who should be in who is highest on the card - that being Dick Murdoch.

Will any competitor make their debut on this show (not counting one I have booked in a throwaway dark match)? Nope, save big debuts for shows where more than just one area will see them.

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NWA World Heavyweight Championship:

Barry Windham vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair ©

Don't see Flair dropping the title yet, should be a great fight

 

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

This was the Dreams type of match (just like the hell in the cell was the Undertakers type of match) The Dream doesn't loose this one

 

NWA United States Championship:

Nikita Koloff © vs. Ivan Koloff

I see an early hibernation for the Russian bear ( Ivan is a good worker,but his better days are behind him)

 

Special Grudge Match:

Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Midnight Express

Revenge for the Garvins(Ronnie)

 

NWA World Tag Team Championships:

The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Awesome Twosome ©

Don't see Rude and Fernandez loosing, unless you are going to give Rude a singles push

 

Ole Anderson plus 2 mystery partners vs. The Horsemen

 

Plus: A special 20 man Battle Royal with $5,000 to the winner!

 

 

Bonus Questions:

Who will be the 2 mystery partners to join Ole Anderson?The Road Warriors?????

Who will win the battle royal?Jimmy Valiant

Will any competitor make their debut on this show (not counting one I have booked in a throwaway dark match)?

 

 

enjoying this.... This time period was when wrestling was at its best especialy the NWA

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Hey dude, nice first show! I think you did a good job nailing the time period and the "feel" of those late 80's WCW shows on TBS. I look forward to seeing how you grow from here.

enjoying this.... This time period was when wrestling was at its best especialy the NWA

 

Thanks guys. I am really trying to keep the authenticity of the time period. Unfortunately this has kinda hurt my grades for WCW...but I'm confident things will improve on that front. At the end of the day I want to tell a good story over "conquering the world."

 

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

-the diary is dedicated to Dusty Rhodes after all...can't have him jobbing to Bossman in your first major event

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

I know that you are playing as Dusty and that we are all in mourning about him, but let's be realistic here. My rose-colored glasses aren't THAT tinted. This is exactly the kind of match that Dusty would put himself over in, whether he needed it or not.

Steel Cage Match to establish King of the Bunkhouse:

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Rogers

This was the Dreams type of match (just like the hell in the cell was the Undertakers type of match) The Dream doesn't loose this one

 

This is def. a signature "Dream" matchup...and his bloody forehead is glorious.

 

NWA United States Championship:

Nikita Koloff © vs. Ivan Koloff

-Uncle Ivan is Uncle Old

NWA United States Championship:

Nikita Koloff © vs. Ivan Koloff

I see an early hibernation for the Russian bear ( Ivan is a good worker,but his better days are behind him)

 

Oddly enough Ivan is NOT on Time Decline yet!! He must have some crazy destiny roll! Ole is the only one on that list at the moment!

 

Nikita makes a great champ usually, hopefully you manage to tie him down to a written deal before the WWF comes calling - which they WILL do if they get to international size. Personal experience.

Copy and paste what I said about Nikita here for Rude; well, except for the personal experience part.

 

I am very much aware of the presence of the New York territory swooping in. Luckily, so far so good (my biggest issue has been All Japan...man they can spend!).

 

I will admit that I have signed a handful of choice workers to Written deals. Hopefully my financials hold up better than Crockett's actual checkbook.

 

NWA World Tag Team Championships:

The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Awesome Twosome ©

-maybe this your way to get the tag belt off Rude and get him on to bigger and better things?

NWA World Tag Team Championships:

The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Awesome Twosome ©

Don't see Rude and Fernandez loosing, unless you are going to give Rude a singles push

 

I have some plans for Rude down the line, but I'm not in a rush to break up the Awesome Twosome either. Such an underrated team of the 80's and certainly not talked about enough IMO.

 

Special Grudge Match:

Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. The Midnight Express

So am I understanding right that you basically dropped the Garvins vs. Flair storyline, or is that being pushed off until the JCC?

 

Well, I admit that I am not an expert so I could be wrong, but in my research (AKA rabid consumption of vintage WCW in days of late), I think the Flair/Garvin story had not begun by March of '87 and would start a bit later. I understand why Genadi would use it in the mod, but the first thing I did when I fired up this game is redo all the storylines to more accurately portray (to the best of my ability) what was happening at this time.

 

The big story at the end of February was the Corny fireball to Ronnie Garvin. I don't think the Precious/Flair deal happened until after the Crockett Cup.

 

Plus: A special 20 man Battle Royal with $5,000 to the winner!

-No idea who is even in this

Who will win the battle royal? Not knowing who is in it, I'll just go with the guy who should be in who is highest on the card - that being Dick Murdoch.

 

I apologize for not listing all the entrants. I like to think of a prediction card as an event poster and I can't realistically see them listing all 20 names (especially if they aren't stars).

 

 

Anywho, thanks for commenting/predicting! Keep the predictions and feedback coming!

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I am enjoying the diary a lot. As was stated, you've nailed the era very well. One glaring mistake though. Ron Simmons was out of Florida State, not Miami, that was The Rock. Saying things like that could get you thrown out of Tallahassee as that rivalry between FSU and Miami was just heating up.
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I am enjoying the diary a lot. As was stated, you've nailed the era very well. One glaring mistake though. Ron Simmons was out of Florida State, not Miami, that was The Rock. Saying things like that could get you thrown out of Tallahassee as that rivalry between FSU and Miami was just heating up.

 

Thanks for the insight smartman. That's a pretty big error. Clearly this is the pre-Jim Ross NWA. I will make the edit.

 

March Supercard should be up some time this weekend.

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NWA Supercard

March 19, 1987

The Nashville Auditorium, TN (South East)

15,000 fans on hand (sell-out)

Announce Team: Bob Caudle, Tony Schiavone and David Crockett

 

Dark:

Dick Murdoch and the Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers) defeated Tim Horner, Jimmy Valiant & Lazer Tron in 12:14 by pinfall. (57)

 

Live:

 

The Horsemen make their way to the ring first as the fans in Nashville, TN rain a chorus of boos down on Luger, Arn, Tully and JJ Dillon.

 

Ole comes out next and only comes about halfway down the aisle before stopping. A buzz starts around the Nashville Auditorium as the fans anxiously await to see Ole’ partners.

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The familiar guitar riffs resounds throughout the arena signifying the arrival of the baddest tag team on the planet…

 

 

In the ring, the Horsemen go ballistic to see Hawk and Animal return from their latest tour of Japan. Hawk, Animal and Ole charge the ring like a house of fire, pummeling all three members of the Horsemen sending them scurrying to the floor. Suddenly, Dillon realizes he’s left all alone in the ring! Animal hoists the Horsemen’s “executive consultant” over his head in a giant military press before hurtling him over the top rope onto his Horsemen constituents below as the Nashville Auditorium erupts!

 

Blanchard, Luger and Arn regroup on the floor with the haggard-looking JJ. Anderson demands that referee Tommy Young calls for a disqualification but technically the contest has yet to even begin. Young does force Hawk and Animal into their respective corner however, allowing Ole and Blanchard to start the contest properly.

 

After a few technical exchanges, Blanchard takes control of the older Anderson brother and the Horsemen use a series quick tags to cut Ole off from his partners. The Horsemen keep the pressure on Ole for most of this one and the fans anxiously await for Road Warriors to get an opportunity.

 

It’s about the 10 minute mark before Ole starts to battle back against his younger brother Arn. Ole digs deep and explodes on Arn with a series of big right hands knocking Arn momentarily silly. Ole finally frees himself long enough to tag in Hawk and fans explode!

 

Hawk quickly takes over Arn with a series of big clotheslines. Just for good measure, Hawk delivers giant right hands to both Blanchard and Luger on the apron. Luger and Blanchard jump into the ring and Tommy Young begins to lose control.

 

Animal and Ole jump into the fray as well, all 6 men are brawling! Ole and Luger pair off on the floor as the Road Warriors knock Blanchard down with a big double shoulder-tackle. Next, Hawk and Animal pick Arn up for the dread Doomsday Device! With Anderson on Animal’s shoulders, Blanchard shakes the top rope crotching Hawk!

 

Arn Anderson begins to furiously pound on the head of Animal as Blanchard hits the big man in the knees. Anderson comes down in a heap, grabs his Horsemen partner and drags him out to the floor. The Horsemen regroup together outside and promptly head to the back taking the countout loss as opposed to continuing the battle.

 

Victors: Ole Anderson & The Road Warriors via countout.

Time: 16:04

Referee:Tommy Young

Rating: 76

 

 

The World Tag Team titles were up for grabs in this next contest. The crowd (especially a vocal female contingent) were firmly in the corners of the challengers tonight. (Many were even waving signs like “I Love You Ricky!” or “I Love You Robert!”) The champions, for their part, sauntered out to “Smooth Operator” and showed disdain for the crowd throughout their introduction.

 

Gibson started the match off with Fernandez and quickly took control with a flurry of dropkicks and hiptosses. Gibson tagged in Morton who continued to work on the “Raging Bull,” with an arm-ringer, snap suplex, and standing leg drop. As Morton cinched in a snug chinlock on the champ, Paul Jones jumped on the apron calling too referee Scrappy McGowen that the hold was “an illegal choke.” The momentary distraction allowed Rude to club Morton from behind with a big forearm and took over the match despite Fernandez being the legal man.

 

The Nashville Auditorium was not shy in their disdain for the underhanded tactic, but all the same it allowed the champs to take control. Rude continued levying the pressure on Morton delivering a devastating piledriver to the teen heartthrob! Following the vicious maneuver, Rude taunted the local fans by gyrating his pelvis! From the commentary table, David Crockett made his disgust known.

 

The action continued this way for several minutes as Rude and Fernandez exchanged tags and Morton was tossed around like a ragdoll. Gibson, from the apron, started to clap his hands alongside the Nashive Auditorium as the fans willed Ricky back to his feet, dropping Fernandez with a huge standing dropkick out of nowhere! Morton had just enough left in the tank to dive to his partner and make the hot tag!

 

Gibson came in delivering big fists to Rude and Fernandez, knocking both men down! He followed it up with a big time double-noggin’ knocker bringing the fans to their feet! Rude rolled to the floor, leaving Manny Fernandez, the legal man, dazed in the ring. Gibson tagged in Ricky Morton who scaled the top turnbuckle to deliver a missile dropkick. The tension in the air was palpable as David Crockett screamed “we’re about to see new champions!”

 

Paul Jones jumped onto the apron knocking Morton to the mat! Scrappy McGowen began admonishing Jones, but it was only a ruse to distract the official! Unbeknownst to the ref, Rude slid under the bottom rope with one of the championship title belts in his hands and clocked both Morton and Gibson over the head! Fernandez, barely moving, draped his arm over the fallen Morton as the referee, totally unaware of the foreign object, counted three!

 

Victors: Rude & Fernandez via pinfall.

Time: 15:46

Referee: Scrappy McGowen

Rating: 71

 

Turner Broadcasting Home Video Exclusive: Backstage with Tony Schiavone:

 

 

We cut to the locker room area where Tony Schiavone is standing by with World’s Champion, Ric Flair. Flair grabs the microphone from Schiavone and more less shoves him out of the camera shot.

 

“Barry Windham! You think you’re some kind of hot shot, pal? Huh? Do ya? You walk onto the Superstation TBS and think you can go toe-to-toe with the greatest wrestler on the planet! Who do you think you are, pal? Huh?

 

“You’re looking at the 6 time champion of the world! Custom-made from head to toe, jack! If you want to be the man, you gotta beat the man and until you do that, you haven’t achieved a thing! Ya hear me? So tonight you have the opportunity to show the world what kind of man you are. You get to step into the ring and compete for the richest prize in this sport! You think you have what it takes? Huh? You think you can go all night long with ‘The Nature Boy!’?

 

“It ain’t gonna happen, jack. It just ain’t gonna happen…

 

“Wooooo!”

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 100(!)

 

 

The new-look Midnight Express made their way to the ring led by Cornette, complete with garish suit and tennis racket, yammering to the fans down the aisle-way as Big Bubba Rogers brought up the rear.

 

When "

" came over the arena speaker system, signifying the arrival of the Garvin brothers and Precious, the Nashville Auditorium exploded! Jimmy was not his usual "flashy" self, but looked serious and bee-lined to the ring. Ronnie had his left eye covered with a patch and lots of medical tape, clearly concealing the burns from Cornette's fireball a mere 3 weeks ago. Ron's face was grim, and "Hands of Stone" and one-half of the United States Tag champions was intent on revenge.

 

Right off the bat, the Garvins came at "Sweet" Stan and "Beautiful" Bobby, who quickly hit the floor, giving the Garvins a chance to cool off before starting the match. Cornette made referee Earl Hebner back the Garvins into the corner before he'd let his men step foot into the ring. After a few moments of Cornette bickering back and forth with Jimmy and Ron, action finally started with Bobby pairing off with “Gorgeous” Jimmy Garvin.

 

Jimmy took the early advantage on Eaton clamping in on a side-headlock. Eaton escaped by sending Jimmy into the ropes, Jimmy leapfrogged over the backdrop attempt and hooked onto the ropes to avoid Eaton’s dropkick! Garvin grabbed Eaton by the hair and let loose a series of big haymakers before tagging in his brother Ron to the delight of the fans.

 

Ron draped Bobby in the corner and let loose a giant chop to the chest the resounded through the arena and left Bobby’s chest glowing! “Rugged” Ronnie picked up Bobby and repeated a second chop on Eaton as the fans continued cheering wildly. Ronnie let Eaton crawl over to “Sweet” Stan

and make the tag.

 

The Express were able to take the advantage here as the commentary team explained that Ronnie was clearly not familiar with Eaton’s new partner. Lane was able to surprise Garvin with some karate kicks before going on to attack the covered up eye. The Express made some quick in and out tags to exploit the double-team as they continued to work on Ronnie’s injured eye.

 

Within a few minutes of the rabid assault, Garvin’s medical bandage was soaked red with blood as Eaton pounded the eye with right hands and knee drops. From the floor, Precious got the fans cheering for the Garvins brothers, willing Ronnie to battle back and tag in a fresh Jimmy as Cornette stomped around covering his ears. Eaton climbed to the top preparing to bring a big leg drop down across Ron’s bloody face, but Ron rolled out of the way as Eaton crashed onto the mat!

 

Ron made the big tag to Jimmy as Bobby tagged Stan and Jimmy dropped Stan with a series of punches before sending him into the ropes and over with a high back body drop! Feeling the tide turning, Cornette slid into the ring to bring his tennis racket to bear on Jimmy only to encounter Ronnie's bloody, intense face. Ron blocked the racket shot and grabbed Cornette by the lepel as the arena was excited to see “Hands of Stone” finally get his revenge on the pipsqueak manager.

 

In the confusion, neither Garvin brother saw Big Bubba slide into the ring and pick up Cornette’s forgotten tennis racket! He clobbered Ron in the back as the referee called for the disqualification.

 

The scuffle wasn’t over however as Jimmy came at Cornette’s giant bodyguard, attacking him with everything he had. Rogers wobbled on his feet, but the big man wouldn’t go down That’s when Ronnie came off the ropes with a giant right hand connecting directly with Big Bubba’s jaw! The man collapsed through the ropes onto the floor with Cornette, Lane and Eaton.

 

The Garvins stood tall in the ring, but this war is clearly not over.

 

Victors: The Garvins via DQ.

Time: 15:52

Referee: Earl Hebner

Rating: 81

 

Turner Broadcasting Home Video Exclusive: Ringside with Tony Schiavone:

 

 

We cut to ringside area where Tony Schiavone is standing by with Jim Cornette. In the back of the shot we can see Big Bubba draped over the shoulders of the Midnight Express as they help him to the back. Schiavone asks Cornette about the match they just witnessed and a breathless Cornette begins to rant:

 

“Ronnie and Jimmy Garvin, you may have won the battle, but I can assure you the war has only just begun! If you want to keep going toe-to-toe with The Midnight Express then you better be prepared to loose all four of your eyes, arms, legs and every other part of your body!

 

“Just because it was your hand that the referee raised tonight you may think of yourselves as winners! Well I don’t see the face of winner when I look into that mangled up mush of Ron Garvin’s!”

 

Tony goes on to ask about the condition of Big Bubba Rogers as he heads into his big cage match with Dusty Rhodes…

 

“Well Dusty Rhodes may think he just caught the break of a lifetime because Big Bubba had to be helped to the back! Let me tell you something Tony Schiavone: I came prepared for such an occasion and I’ve brought with me a pile of smelling salts that will have Big Bubba up again in no time at all! We know what’s on the line tonight--so Dusty Rhodes--we’re coming for you next!”

 

Time: 5 minutes

Rating: 84

 

 

Ivan, accompanied by Vladimir Petrov, made his way out first, allowing the champion privilege of last introductions. The fans in attendance were clearly in the corner of "The Russian Nightmare," as the United States champion made his way to ring.

 

After the ring introductions the match began with a standard collar/shoulder tie up where Nikita easily over matched his "Uncle" Ivan. Nikita flexed his hulking muscles for the crowd as Ivan barked insults at his former protege. Ivan came at the champion again suggesting a second tie up. Nikita laughed but happily agreed falling into Ivan’s trap as he kicked Nikita stiffly in the gut before proceeding to deliver a series of clubbing forearms across the big man’s back.

 

With the much larger and stronger champion on the mat, Ivan proceeded to work over Nikita’s right arm, clearly trying to take the “Russian Sickle” lariat out of play in tonight’s matchup. “The Russian Bear” locked in a tight hammerlock as he did his best to keep Nikita grounded to the mat. He kept the pressure on by occasionally dropping a big knee drop into the champ’s lower back.

 

Nikita’s power was too much for Ivan however and soon Nikita had battled his way back to his feet, escaping the hold by backing the challenger into the turnbuckle. Nikita took control from here delivering a series of big strikes and slams to the smaller, craftier Ivan. After a close two count, Nikita began to show some frustration with Ivan’s ability to hang with the champ in this match.

 

Nikita picked up the dazed Ivan and whipped him into the corner. Nikita charged his former mentor, intending to spear him across the midsection, but at the last moment, Ivan moved out the way causing Nikita’s own momentum to wrap his already injured shoulder around the ringpost!

 

This was the opening Ivan needed as “The Russian Bear” pounced on the damaged shoulder. He kept the pressure on with elbow strikes and a wrenching arm-wringer. Ivan twisted Nikita’s arm in a hammerlock and scoop-slammed the big man right on the injured arm. Next, Ivan climbed the rope rope readying himself to finish Nikita off with a flying knee drop.

 

Nikita rolled out of the way at the knick of time and bounced back to his feet. As Ivan popped up, Nikita ran him over with the Russian Sickle and the Nashville Auditorium cheered wildly! As Long began to slap the mat for the three count...

 

 

Vladimir Petrov stomped on Nikita turning the pinfall into a disqualification.

 

Ivan and Vladimir were not done however, ramming Nikita’s bad shoulder into the ring post one final time before storming off among a chorus of boos.

 

Victor: Nikita Koloff via DQ.

Time: 15:11

Referee: Teddy Long

Rating: 67

 

20 Man Over the Top Battle Royal

$10,000 and future title considerations to the victor

Featuring: The Barbarian, Black Bart, The Mulkey Brothers, Denny Brown, Ed Ganter, George South, Italian Stallion, Johnny Ace, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Graham, Mike Rotundo, Rocky King, Ron Simmons, Shaska Whatley, Teijo Khan, The Terminator, The Warlord, Tommy Angel, Vladimir Petrov

 

The competitors quickly pile into the ring for this contest and it doesn’t take long for a full-scale donnybrook to break out. The tough Russian, Vladimir Petrov, demonstrates his power very early on here, quickly eliminating both Mulkey brothers, Denny Brown, Italian Stallion and Tommy Angel. That’s good enough to win him the award of most eliminations, but unfortunately that counts for very little as Ron Simmons and Ed Ganter combine to end Petrov’s hot streak, unceremoniously dumping him on his head.

 

The action continues for a few more minutes and the eliminations continue to pile up leaving the final five competitors:

 

 

Ron Simmons, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotundo, Black Bart, and The Barbarian. In one corner, Barbarian and Black Bart worked together on trying to eliminate the former FSU Seminole, Ron Simmons. In an opposite corner, Rontundo had Sullivan balanced on the ropes trying to force him over. Sullivan jammed his thumb into the eye of Rontundo to escape the predicament. Next, “The Gamesmaster” sent Rontundo head-first into the turnbuckle, dazing him enough for Sullivan to heave him over the top.

 

On the other side of the ring, Barbarian took advantage of his temporary alliance with Black Bart by turning on him, dumping his unsuspecting ally over the top with little flare. From the floor, Bart was heated as he yelled obscenities up at the big man. Barbarian paid him little heed as he continued to drop big forearms across the back of Simmons. Sullivan, giving the two men a bit of room, yelled over to Barbarian clearly trying to coordinate some kind of attack.

 

Barbarian held Simmons up so Sullivan could deliver a shot, but as Sullivan came off the ropes, Simmons escaped and Sullivan knocked the big man in the jaw! Simmons delivered a big right to Sullivan knocking him down before turning his attention to the large Barbarian. A running clothesline was good enough to send Barbarian over the top!

 

Simmons had the Nashville Auditorium rooting him on as it was him and Kevin Sullivan left standing. As the final two competitors circled each other, Sullivan simply kicked the big man square between the legs and the fans let their displeasure be heard. Simmons buckled and fell to the mat. David Crockett expressed disgust with Sullivan’s action on commentary.

 

Sullivan kept the pressure on the football standout, delivering a bevy of stiff kicks and stomps. Sullivan grabs Simmons by the hair and drags him over to ropes. He yells to the floor where we see that the Barbarian has not left the ringside area. Barbarian powers right through a group of officials and rolls back into the ring! Clearly, Sullivan and Barbarian have worked out some kind of deal here. With the help of menacing Barbarians, Sullivan easily tosses Ron Simmons over the top to become the winner.

 

Winner: Kevin Sullivan

Rating: 61

Time: 10:02

 

Post match:

 

As referee Earl Hebner raises Sullivan’s hands in victory, Simmons rolls back into the ring to the delight of fans! Sullivan and Barbarian are clueless to Simmons return. The former All-American drops into a 3-point football stance as the crowd erupts in favor to see Simmons get his revenge. As Sullivan and Barbarian turn around, Simmons charged and mowed both men down to the mat! Maybe he wasn’t the winner in the record books, but Simmons did win over the crowd with his performance tonight.

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 59

 

 

As we come to our semi-main event of the evening, the ring has been enclosed on all four sides by a chainlink steel cage about 8 feet high. As the ring crew puts the finishing touches on getting the cage fully secured, Bob Caudle explains that victory can be attained by pinfall or submission. There are no disqualifications, time limit draws, and there must be a winner.

 

Cornette led his man out first. Rogers was put together well, complete in hat, sunglasses and suit jacket. If Big Bubba was feeling any ill effects from Ron Garvin’s punch earlier in the evening, he was hiding it well. When Dusty Rhodes made his way to the ring next, it may have been the loudest the arena had been all evening long. The fans in Nashville loved “the son of a plumber” and weren’t shy about it.

 

After both men were securely locked into the cage alongside referee Scrappy McGowen, it felt like an eternity before the action began. The two stood nose-to-nose. It was clear that Dusty was yammering to his bigger opponent, but Bubba betrayed no emotion as he towered over “The Dream.”

 

All in an instant, the talking was done and Dusty reared back and began firing quick jabs at Rogers. Rogers stumbled back a few steps before shaking off the punches and came back at Rhodes with his only thunderous shots. Rhodes was not able to shake off Bubba’s blows nearly as easily as his knees began to buckle to the mat. Rhodes tried to will his way to his feet, but Big Bubba just layed in a series of headbutts that send Rhodes down flat.

 

Big Bubba took a moment to strut around the ring, pointing to the downed Rhodes, antagonizing all the fans. Cornette chirped around the ring merrily, yelling “he makes my mama so proud!” As Rhodes rolled on to his hands and knees and began to climb his way back to his feet, Rogers stalked him delivering a series of stiff kicks to the ribcage. Next, Rogers straddled Dusty, jumping down with his massive frame onto the lower back of the former 3x NWA World champion.

 

Rogers went for the first cover of the contest, but Rhodes kicked out at a 2. Bubba made his way over to the side of the cage to confer with Jim Cornette who handed his man a 6 inch length of chain!

 

As Rogers wrapped the chain around his big fist, Dusty had again climbed to his feet. Rogers reached back ready to bring the chain to bear across Dusty’s forehead, but Dusty his the big man in the midsection with his own right hand. Dusty kept the series on, as he began a funky flurry of right hands at the big man that had him wobbling! Dusty delivered an eye poke to Bubba causing the big man to finally drop the chain. Rhodes grabbed Rogers by the back of his head and whipped him into the steel mesh of the cage! Blood began to trickle down the face of Big Bubba and the fans went wild!

 

Rhodes grabbed Rogers and signaled to the crowd that the opposite side of the cage was Bubba’s next destination. This moment’s hesitation was all Bubba needed however as he delivered a big elbow to the jaw of “The American Dream.” Now it was Dusty’s turn to taste the unforgiving chain link, as Rogers grated Dusty’s face across the cage and blood poured down.

 

Rogers scooped Rhodes and deposited with a big slam. Next he picked up the chain that Cornette had given him earlier, looking to finish off Rhodes once and for all. Being a man that never quits, Dusty wearily got to his feet just in time to be on the wrong end of a faceful of fist and chain. It seemed “The Dream” was clearly done for as Bubba signaled that it was the end and layed atop Rhodes for a pinfall.

 

Once again Rhodes kicked out at another two count and Rogers couldn’t believe it! Rogers picked up Dusty and once again whipped him into the cage before catching him with a giant, vice-like bearhug. Rogers wrenched in across the lower back of Rhodes, driving his bloody head across Dusty’s chest. Rhodes, looking haggared and worn down seemed bearly concious. McGowen went to check his drop for signs of life. Twice the hand of Dream dropped, but on the third time Rhodes began to wave a finger that he wasn’t going to quit! The fans surged in their support for hteir hero. Rhodes began pealing back the head of Big Bubba, biting his forehead! Bubba’s screams could be heard and the pressure of the bite was enough for Rogers to release the hold! Dusty wasted no time as Bubba backed off, quickly picking up the chain!

 

Now it was Rhodes turn to deliver shots with the chain wrapped around his fist! Somehow, some way, Rogers just wouldn’t hit the mat however as he walked around ring like a zombie.

 

Rhodes tucked the chain into his right elbow pad, and scaled the second rope before coming down on Big Bubba with a big time Atomic Elbow that finally brought Big Bubba down for the three count!

 

Victor: Dusty Rhodes via pinfall.

Time: 19:43

Referee: Scrappy McGowen

Rating: 78

 

Pre-Match:

 

Just before the ring introductions before the main event, Tony Schiavone, flanked by the president of the NWA and Jim Crockett Promotions, Jim Crockett address the fans. He reveals that by order of Jim Crockett Jr. himself, JJ Dillon and the Four Horsemen are banned from ringside for this matchup! The fans in the Nashville Auditorium wildly cheer their support for this announcement.

 

Time: 4 minutes

Rating: 62

 

 

Number one contender, Barry Windham made his way out to the ring first and the fans were happy to see the young firebrand. He came out with little flare, a simple leather vest to accompany his red trunks and signature cowboy boots. Next the familiar sounds of

filled the arena, signifying the arrival of the World's Champion, "The Nature Boy," Ric Flair who presented a sharp contrast to the challenger. Flair was adorned in a powder blue, sequined robe as was his custom.

 

Both men entered the ring before the formal ring introductions were made. The ring announcer also made the rules of the contest clear:

 

-a title change would only occur with a pinfall or submission

-due to building curfew, the match was scheduled for a 45 minute time limit

 

With the rules clear and the introductions made, referee Tommy Young held the most prestigious title in all of wrestling high over his head for all to see and the bell rang!

 

Flair and Windham began the match with a collar and elbow tie-up--neither man establishing a clear strength advantage. After a moment, Windham was able to take the champion into a tight side headlock. Flair pushed Windham off into the ropes, but his grip was too strong and instead both men went down to the mat with Windham’s headlock still firmly cinched in. Flair countered by rolling Windham onto his side hoping to catch the challenger with a quick pin attempt, but Windham released the hold.

 

Flair came at Windham only to be caught by the challenger in a second side headlock as Windham used Flair’s own momentum to drive him back down onto the mat. This time Flair was much closer to the ropes and was able to extend his foot for the break. Flair rolled to the floor for a breather as Windham smiled in the ring, clearly feeling confident that he had the champ’s number. Flair pointed at Windham and barked some unkind words as he stepped back into the ring.

 

Windham offered another tieup, but Flair came with a knee to the midsection instead. He then bit into the challenger with quick series of vicious knife-edge chops to the chest. Flair sent Windham into the ropes but Windham ducked a clothesline, and came back with a flying clothesline of his own. Flair clearly had the move scouted however and he hit the mat as Windham sailed right over the top rope taking a hard-looking tumble to the arena floor.

 

Flair followed the challenger out the ring tossing him into the crowd barricade before lighting up his chest with more chops. Flair rolled into the ring two twice to break referee Tommy Young’s count as he continued to pound on Windham on the floor before he finally brought the action back into the ring.

 

It was about this time that we got the first announcement of time: 15 minutes had passed and 30 minutes remained before building curfew.

 

The time cue was all Flair needed to move on to his patented strategy of attacking the legs to soften up the challenger for Figure-Four. Flair started his attack by draping WIndham’s foot over the bottom rope, standing on his ankle before viciously jumping on it as Windham writhed in pain. Next, Flair picked up the tough Texan and delivered a big time shinbreaker! Again, Windham writhed in pain on the mat as he clutched at his injured leg. Flair took the opportunity to strut across the ring punctuated by a classic “Wooooooooo!” Having the challenger where he wanted him, Flair called for the Figure-Four leglock and the Nashville fans went crazy. Flair picked up Windham’s legs and stepped in only for Barry to reach up and wrap the champion up in a small package! Tommy Young hopped over and hit the mat to count…

 

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Flair kicked out at the knick of time and the Nashville Auditorium exhaled it’s collective breath following the nearfall.

 

Both men climbed to their feet and Flair charged at Windham who blocked a right hand and began delivering his own haymakers! Windham backed the champion into the corner and climbed atop the second rope and began to fire away with big fists as the fans counted to 10 alongside the challenger. When Windham let up, Flair walked out of the corner only to fall flat on his face!

 

The ring announcer chimed in again here, reporting that 30 minutes had passed and 15 minutes remained in the contest.

 

Feeling that he didn’t have time to waste, Windham, noticeably limping from Flair’s attack, picked up “The Nature Boy” with a handful of hair and sent him into the ropes for a high back body drop. Again Barry covered the champ, and again only for a 2 count. Windham was relentless in his attack as he next delivered a compacted side suplex, bridging up for yet another pin attempt. Flair was resilient however and was still able to kick out at 2.

 

Seemingly running out of things to throw at Flair, Windham set the champ up for standing vertical suplex. Flair was able to lock his foot around Windham’s ankle however, blocking the attempt. Flair reversed the suplex with a standing suplex of his own and the challenger came crashing hard to the mat! Both men lay spread out trying to recover, breathing hard, laying it all on the line for the 15,000 strong who showed up here tonight.

 

After a moment, Flair draped his arm over Windham’s chest, but the challenger shot his shoulder into the air on the 2 count! There was still life in the man from Sweetwater, Texas!

 

The ring announcer reported that 10 minutes remained in the contest!

 

Flair for the second time of the evening called for the Figure-Four. He grabbed Windham by the boots and dragged him dead center to the ring, stepped in, and fell back! The hold was applied and the pressure was on! Windham shook his head back and forth, his blond, stringy hair sending beads of sweat flying. Flair could be heard yelling “Ask him!” repeatedly to Tommy Young, but the challenger was resilient and pounded the mat as the fans roared for Windham to hang on! Windham began pressing his palms against the mat in an effort to drag himself inch by inch closer to the ropes! Ever so slowly Windham was able to scrape and claw his way to the bottom rope leaving Flair with no choice but to break the hold!

 

“Five minutes remain!” Blared through the arena!

 

Flair once again went for the feet of big Windham, looking to cinch the hold in one more time! Windham kicked and kicked and sent Flair reeling back into the corner. Windham, using the ropes to aid him, climbed to his feet and came at the champion, matching him toe-to-toe. He let Flair have a taste of his own medicine, delivering some vicious chops of his own! Next, Windham hoisted Flair atop the turnbuckle. Everyone in the crowd knew that Windham was looking to put the champ away with his signature Superplex!

 

Flair realized what was happening as well and tried to punch his way out, but Windham’s will was stronger! Two more right hands by WIndham and the champ was dazed enough for Windham take him over with Superplex as the fans nearly blew hte roof off the Nashville Audirorium!

 

Windham gracefully floated over for the pin!

 

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and Tommy Young’s hand was a mere moment from slapping the mat a third time when he noticed Flair’s foot draped across the bottom rope! Windham sprung up thinking he had won the match! The young challenger raised his arms in victory thinking that he had one the richest prize in the sport!

 

Tommy Young threw Windham’s hands down, trying to signal that the match was not over but Windham was confused and began arguing with the official.

 

The brief moment was all Flair needed to slip behind Windham and roll him up with handful of tights and his feet on the ropes!

 

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The bell sounded as it was announced that Flair was the winner.

 

Quickly JJ Dillon sprinted into the ring to aid the sweaty, worn-out champion to his feet. Windham sat in the middle of ring stunned as he pounded the mat in frustration. Everyone in the building knew that Windham had taken Flair to the limit...

 

Victor: Ric Flair via pinfall.

Time: 44:36

Referee: Tommy Young

Rating: 98

 

Show Rating: 91

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Nice show. I really liked your write-up of the main event. It had a really 80's feel of Flair's title matches, especially with the time limit count downs. My only "complaint" would be that after Bubba got knocked out by Garvin, it felt like he shouldn't even be in the ring with Dusty. I am really enjoying this so far, as it is when I first started watching wrestling. Good job!
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Hey Crossface, you totally nailed it on this show. Especially the main event (as jgriff said). I also liked how most everyone came out of it looking strong, even in defeat. Simmons, Windham, The RnR Express--they are still standing tall despite being losers.

 

Too bad it wasn't on PPV because you got great ratings and it def. would've been a big step toward National.

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Thanks for the kind words about the show guys! RingRider, thanks for the Monthly Spotlight nomination too! That was totally unexpected!

 

Quite honestly, I posted the show last night and was too excited to post it/too tired to proofread it and it probably should be cleaned up a bit. I'll go back eventually and clean it up I'm sure.

 

jgriff, re: your point about Big Bubba...to be honest I struggled with the same issues while booking/writing the show. On one hand I really wanted Ronnie to get some measure of revenge while simultaneously knowing that I needed Big Bubba in the semi-main with Dusty. I tried to Corny "smelling salts" thing, but I guess no one took the bait. Understandable complaint and one I will learn from for sure.

 

Lastly, I am off on vacation until Sunday night. I will post a prediction scoreboard and get to work on the next WCW as soon as I get back.

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<p>Actually, I laughed at the "smelling salts" line from Cornette, just because I could picture him saying that. Now for your next WCW, I fully expect him to say that, despite him saying there'd be no excuses, that there was an excuse.</p><p> </p><p>

There were a lot of non-finishes and DQs going on, and I almost thought that maybe you were going time limit on the main event, but Ric pulled it out right at the end! Hey, that's just Dusty booking for ya. Looking forward to seeing what you can pull off next in this very interesting game.</p>

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<p><strong>Prediction Contest Standings:</strong></p><p> </p><p>

RingRider: 4/9</p><p>

Beejus: 6/9</p><p>

horseman4lyfe: 7/9</p><p> </p><p>

This contest will run through both nights of The Crockett Cup (but more on that when WCW gets posted a little later on today!)</p><p> </p><p>

Lastly, thanks to anyone who voted for the March Supercard for Monthly Spotlight!</p>

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Saturday March 21, 1987

CA Amador Pavilion (South West)

1,767 fans on hand

Announce Team: Bob Caudle, Tony Schiavone and David Crockett

 

Dark:

Jimmy Garvin defeated Johnny Ace in 7:45 by pinfall. (47)

Lex Luger & Tully Blanchard defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazer Tron in 12:56 by submission. (50)

 

Live:

Show Open

Still shots highlighting the World title match between Ric Flair and Barry Windham from Nashville are shown. Bob Caudle, Tony Schiavone and David Crockett do some voiceover work explaining that even though Ric Flair retained his title during this match, the ending was not without controversy and Jim Crockett Jr. is on hand tonight to make an announcement.

 

Time: 5 minutes

Rating: 49

 

Mike Graham vs. Tiger Conway Jr.

 

Mike Graham, a second-generation wrestler from Florida and a solid technician, was able to take the win in this opening contest. Graham rolled Conway through and caught him in a Boston Crab for the submission. The announcers pointed out that Graham would be teaming with another great technical wrestler, Mike Rotundo, during the upcoming 1987 Crockett Cup.

 

Victor: Graham via submission.

Time: 7:03

Referee: Scrappy McGowen

Rating: 42

 

At the podium with Bob Caudle:

 

Jim Crockett Jr. announces that the annual Crockett Cup will be held over two nights, a few nights apart in Chicago (Thursday, April 16th) and New York (Sunday, April 19th). 28 teams will be involved in a single-elimination tournament and a 1 million dollar purse will be awarded to the winners. 6 teams have been granted byes for the qualifying rounds. He’s proud to announce that The Super Powers, Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes, are the first team who will receive that bye. More teams will be named in coming weeks.

 

Next, he’d like to address the Four Horsemen. JJ Dillon will have to decide which combination of men he would like to use in the Crockett Cup tournament, but it will only be 1 team because Ric Flair will be defending his title in New York against Barry Windham. He will personally oversee a contract signing between the two men in Chicago.

 

Time: 5 minutes

Rating: 43

 

The Thunderfoots vs. The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette

 

Jim Cornette sat down at the commentary table for this one. As Eaton and Lane did their thing in the ring, Cornette used his time on the microphone to address some of the fallout from the Supercard in Nashville. He goes on to run Ronnie and Jimmy Garvin down saying that this thing is far from over!

 

Because of Ron Garvin’s unprovoked assault on Big Bubba Rogers, Dusty Rhodes won match that he had no business winning! Cornette then goes on to say that Ron Garvin and Barry Windham have yet to even defend their US Tag Team titles and he’s challenging them next week, here on the Superstation!

 

Meanwhile, Eaton and Lane have once again proven themselves a very effective combination, putting the masked Thunderfoots down at about the 10 minute mark with, what many are calling one of the most impressive moves in tag team wrestling, The Rocket Launcher.

 

Victors: The Midnight Express via pinfall.

Time: 10:03

Referee: Teddy Long

Rating: 55

 

Pre-Recorded Vignette

 

 

Ole Anderson is on his couch for a sitdown interview. He discusses his recent legacy since joining up with JJ Dillon and the Horsemen. After being in this business for twenty years, he’s realized that he’s marred his family name by consistently double-crossing both the fans and his fellow wrestlers who trusted him. Even though Arn and Ric are family, they’re not acting like men. It’s time for Ole, as the older cousin, to set an example.

 

So he’s asking the man he turned on when all this Horsemen business started, Thunderbolt Patterson, to come meet him live on World Championship Wrestling next week. He wants to look the man in the eye, apologize for turning on him and reunite their team for the Crockett Cup.

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 48

 

At the Podium with Tony Schiavone:

 

Tony Schiavone welcomes Paul Jones to the interview area. Jones goes on about the “real R and R express,” Rick Rude and “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez. They are the team to beat in the NWA by virtue of the fact that they are the World Champions. They deserve one of Jim Crockett’s first round byes and will prove it tonight against Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff!

 

 

The interview is interrupted by the arrival of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, the Rock and Roll Express! Morton and Gibson jab their fingers into Jones’ chest and say that they should be the NWA World Tag champions right now! They had Rude and Fernandez beat in the Nashville Auditorium and it was his shenanigans and blatant cheating that cost them their shot!

 

Jones says that Morton and Gibson couldn’t beat Rude and Fernandez on their best day and they need to get in line like everyone else and promptly walks off to get him men ready for their match tonight.

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 52

 

The Road Warriors w/Paul Ellering vs. The Kansas Jayhawks

 

After not being seen on WCW for a few months while touring in Japan, The Road Warriors, last year's Crockett Cup winners, returned to the SuperStation TBS in grand fashion. The crowd was clearly thrilled to see the ripped, painted superstars return and cheered them mightily against Dutch Mantell and Bobby Jaggers, the Kansas Jayhawks.

 

Mantell and Jaggers did all they could to hold off the onslaught from the powerful duo, but despite their craftiness, Hawk and Animal were just too much power. In the end, Hawk covered Jaggers after the Doomsday Device and the Warriors ended the night looking strong.

 

Victors: The Road Warriors via pinfall.

Time: 12:15

Referee: Earl Hebner

Rating: 60

 

At the Podium with David Crockett:

 

 

The World's Champion, "The Nature Boy," Ric Flair, comes out to respond to the insinuation that Barry Windham deserves a rematch. He’s outraged at Jim Crockett and the NWA Board of Directors for taking him out of the Crockett Cup and the 1 million dollar purse!

 

He goes on to say that Barry Windham is just like everyone else; another wannabe, another cheap contender who is always just a half-a-step behind the best wrestler in the world! Windham may think that he's the man because he hung in there World's champ for almost an hour...but the reality is that he didn't walk out of the Nashville Auditorium with 10 pounds of gold!

 

So, if it's another go around that Windham, Crockett and the NWA want, than that's what they'll get--he just hopes they don't expect a different result!

 

Lastly, Flair gives the information of his hotel room out and says that any single women in the San Francisco Bay area who wants to party...come on down! Wooooooo!

 

Time: 6 minutes

Rating: 98

 

Non-Title: The Super Powers vs. The Awesome Twosome w/ Paul Jones

 

Koloff, the mighty Russian, starts this off for the Super Powers, but Rude and Fernandez are hesitant to get going and spend the first five minutes or so simply exchanging tags and jumping in and out of the ring to consult with Paul Jones angering Koloff, Rhodes and the fans in attendance. It's not until Koloff tags in Rhodes, that Rude finally agrees to tie-up and get any semblance of action going.

 

Rhodes and Rude seem evenly matched in the strength department and the two struggle around the ring until Dusty flashes the Bionic Elbow and Rude drops the mat and once again rolls to the floor outside.

 

Tommy Young begins to admonish the Paul Jones and the Twosome for not competing fairly, and Rude tags in Fernandez who takes his turn with "The American Dream." Again we have another tie-up, and once again Dusty breaks by slapping Fernandez square in the face. He then takes over "The Raging Bull" in a side-headlock and tags in the big "Russian Nightmare" who promptly stands Fernandez up in the corner and pounds him mercilessly with a series of clubbing blows.

 

Next, Koloff tosses Fernandez halfway across the ring who scrambles to make the tag to Rude. Rude comes in and runs right into a big back-body drop! Rude rolls to the floor again and the crowd boos accordingly. Koloff tags in Rhodes and Rude comes back into the ring.

 

Rude takes control of Rhodes with a cheap kick to the mid-section before delivering a devastating belly-to-back suplex. After some theatrics for the crowd, Rude comes off the top on the "Dream" with a big fist-drop good for a two-count. Rude tags in Fernandez, who keeps the pressure on by latching in a tight, rear chinlock, forcing his knee into Rhodes back.

 

 

As the action in the ring continues, the fans suddenly get very wild to see that Gibson and Morton have arrived at ringside! Jones runs over to greet the Rock n' Roll Express, screaming that they have no business at here! Morton seizes Jones by the lapels of his jacket and Fernandez drops the hold on Dusty Rhodes as Rude drops off the apron to save Jones' bacon.

 

Rhodes is able to make the tag to Koloff who waits, ready for Manny Fernanez to turn around. As soon as he does, The Russian Sickle catches Fernandez square in the jaw and The Super Powers are able to secure a pinfall win over the Tag Team Champions of the World, ending tonight's program.

 

Victors: The Super Powers via pinfall.

Time: 20:01

Referee: Tommy Young

Rating: 62

 

Show Rating: 68

1.47 Rating on TBS

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