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Latest on Punk Situation, WWE Staff Happy He’s Gone, New WrestleMania Lineup Discussion

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The CM Punk situation is personally being handled by Vince McMahon himself, as opposed to Triple H or WWE’s Talent Relations department.

WWE officials are not happy at all about the story getting out and there being a big deal publicly. The hope was to keep it as an internal issue and deal with it within the company.

There were meeting with the WWE creative team all last week discussing WrestleMania XXX plans if Punk does not return, as well what to do with him if he does come back. The meetings were not as a result of Punk walking out specifically but also a by-product of fans rejecting segments and the reaction for Daniel Bryan at the Royal Rumble. A source noted that “anything is possible” at this point in regards to the WrestleMania XXX card and nothing should be considered official or locked in with the exception of John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt.

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Dave Meltzer noted on last night’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio (subscription required) that there are many people in WWE that are “not unhappy” that CM Punk apparently quit last week. Meltzer noted that there “was a lot of negativity towards him from a lot of people in the company.”

Meltzer also stated that Vince McMahon wants Punk to return since there aren’t many other top stars in the company. As for why Punk left, Meltzer said that there may not one specific reason. As to rumors about Punk leaving because Daniel Bryan was replacing him against Triple H at WrestleMania, he said that the direction was changed only after Punk quit and Punk was scheduled to face Triple H at the show until that point.

As noted earlier, Punk was not happy to be facing Triple H at WrestleMania. With his contract expiring in July and people within the company not expecting him to re-sign, he likely knew the direction that the match would go in.

John Cena Suffers Injury

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WWE Superstar John Cena did not work at the live event in Kansas City on Sunday as scheduled. It was announced during the show that Cena is suffering from some type of eye injury. Refunds were offered to fans in attendance.

With Cena out, Daniel Bryan came out and challenged Randy Orton, Cena’s originally scheduled opponent, for the main event.

For what it’s worth, Cena did wrestle Orton at Saturday night’s WWE live event in Orlando, FL.

NWA/WCW Saturday Night 1-3-87 ScreenCaps

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Fighting Spirit Review: Big Japan on 1/2/14

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Date: January 2nd, 2014
Location: Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Announced Attendance: 1,353 (Super No Vacancy)

Unlike when I completed a review of a DDT show a few days ago, at least I have reviewed a Big Japan match in the last five years so I am pretty familiar with their product. I don’t watch Big Japan much since I am not a big fan of some styles of hardcore deathmatches, but as always I go in with an open mind and I do see some wrestlers I enjoy on the card so I am sure there will be more good than bad here. Here is the full card:

– Takayuki Ueki vs. Yuichi Taniguchi
– Jake Crist and Dave Crist vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba
– Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, and Shinobu vs. Madoka, Oosugi, and Senga
– MASADA and Takahashi vs. Saburo Inematsu and Mototsugu Shimizu
– Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Koji Kanemoto
– Jun Kasai, Jaki Numazawa, and Masashi Takeda vs. Yuko Miyamoto, Ryuji Ito, and Danny Havoc
– Shinya Ishikawa and Kawakami vs. Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi
– Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight Championship: Isami Kodaka vs. Takumi Tsukamoto

I’m not feeling too squeamish, so let’s get started!

Takayuki Ueki vs. Yuichi Taniguchi

Tie-up to start, side headlock by Taniguchi and he takes Ueki to the mat, headscissors by Ueki but Taniguchi quickly gets out of it.  Wristlock by Taniguchi and he hits an armdrag takedown.  Taniguchi pulls Ueki back to his feet but Ueki rolls out of the hold and reverses the wristlock.  Taniguchi rolls out of it as well, hammerlock by Taniguchi and he rolls up Ueki for a two count.  Back up, wristlock by Ueki but Taniguchi hits a drop toehold before applying a stretch hold and then a crossface.  Ueki inches to the ropes and forces a break.  Taniguchi picks up Ueki, Irish whip, and Taniguchi delivers a back elbow.  Reverse chinlock by Taniguchi, he picks up Ueki and hits a scoop slam.  Elbow drop by Taniguchi, cover, but it gets a two count.  Taniguchi picks up Ueki but Ueki elbows him off.  Ueki goes off the ropes and he catches Taniguchi with a crossbody for a two count.  Ueki clubs Taniguchi into the corner, he gets a running start and hits a back elbow strike.  He gets a running start again and this time hits a dropkick on Taniguchi in the corner.  Scoop slam by Ueki, cover, but Taniguchi kicks out at two.  Ueki picks up Taniguchi and clubs him into the corner again, he gets another running start but this time Taniguchi moves out of the way and hits a running double chop to the throat.  Jawbreaker by Taniguchi and he hits the Northern Lights Suplex for a two count.  Taniguchi puts Ueki in a single leg crab hold and Ueki quickly taps out.  Your winner:  Yuichi Taniguchi

Match Thoughts:  A really simple match but it still had its issues.  Ueki’s strikes didn’t look like they hurt at all but Taniguchi still stood there and took two long developing strikes anyway.  I kept expecting him to move if nothing else to teach Ueki to make his offense look stronger.  The ending was expected but Ueki still has some work to do just judging from this one match.  Score:  3.5

Jake Crist and Dave Crist vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Masato Inaba

Jake and Hoshino start things off.  Tie-up, wristlock by Hoshino into a hammerlock, but Jake hits a side headlock takedown.  Headscissors by Hoshino but Jake quickly gets out of it.  Tie-up, Hoshino pushes Jake back into the corner and he slaps him in the chest.  Kicks by Hoshino in the corner and he charges Jake, but Jake pulls himself up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving crossbody.  Hoshino comes back with a quick trip and both men return to their feet.  Jake tags in Dave while Inaba is also tagged in.  Dave goes off the ropes and they collide with no result, Inaba then pretends to go off the ropes but instead rakes Dave in the eyes.  Shoulderblock by Inaba but Dave comes back with a dropkick.  Standing moonsault by Dave, cover, but it gets a two count.  Hoshino runs in the ring but Dave hits a lariat on both of them, but they regain the advantage.  Dave kicks them both back and hits an overhead kick onto Inaba.  Inaba falls out of the ring, Dave gets a running start in the ring and hits a tope con giro onto Inaba while Jake hits a moonsault at the same time to the floor onto Hoshino.  Dave slides Inaba back into the ring, cover by Dave but it gets a two count.

Dave picks up Inaba but Inaba kicks him in the leg and chest.  STO by Inaba and he makes the tag to Hoshino.  Hoshino goes on the second turnbuckle and hits a diving hip attack.  Hoshino picks up Dave with a gut wrench hold and slams him over his head, cover, but it gets a two count.  Hoshino goes to pick up Dave but Dave kicks him and tag in Jake.  Lariat by Jake to Hoshino, cover, but it gets two.  Jake is up first, he picks up Hoshino, Irish whip from the corner, reversed, and Hoshino kicks him low.  Inaba comes in the ring; Inaba hits a lariat onto Jake in the corner as does Hoshino.  Double vertical suplex to Jake and Hoshino hits a running doublestomp.  Senton by Inaba, cover, but Dave breaks it up.  Inaba throws Dave out of the ring while Hoshino picks up Jake, Inaba goes off the ropes but Jake throws Hoshino into Inaba.  Enzigieri by Jake onto Hoshino, he grabs Inaba and snaps his neck over the second rope.  With his head still hanging over the second rope, Jake and Dave then both hit dropkicks from the floor onto Inaba.  Dave then holds Inaba for Jake, and Jake delivers a superkick.  Inaba falls out of the ring, Jake grabs Hoshino and with Dave they deliver the Killing Spree.  Cover, and they pick up the three count!  Your winners:  Jake Crist and Dave Crist

Match Thoughts:  This match was really fun, but it worries me when four minutes of a nine minute match is taken out in a sneaky manner.  What was the other half of the match like?  But the part that they showed was quite entertaining, I had never seen the Crist brothers (aka Irish Airborne) before but they have some unique moves and added a layer of unknown to the match for me as I never knew what was coming next.  For a clipped undercard match, no complaints at all, and it piqued my interest to see if there is a reason the match was clipped or if this is a tag team I should be more aware of. Score:  6.5

The Brahmans and Shinobu vs. Madoka, Tsutomu Oosugi, and Senga

They brawl before the bell rings, with Oosugi getting attacked by the Brahmans in the ring.  Double Irish whip to the corner, Oosugi avoids one and kicks back the second, and Madoka comes off the top turnbuckle with a diving crossbody onto both of them.  The Brahmans are dropkicked out of the ring, and Senga is tagged in.  The Brahmans and Shinobu all get into the ring, but step back when they see that Senga now has a shaved head.

Kicks by the Brahmans but they keep sliding off his head when going for a side headlock.  Eventually all three jump him and send Senga into the corner, they get a big metal box and send a bowling ball into it, but it doesn’t work and Shinobu ends up getting hurt.  Senga is pushes into a different corner and has water splashed on him.  Shinobu slaps Senga into the corner, Irish whip, but Senga avoids the charging Shinobu and hits an enzigieri.  Senga tags in Madoka, Madoka kicks Shinobu out of the ring and then does the same to both the Brahmans.  Irish whip to the corner and Madoka hits a running kick.

Oosugi comes in the ring, they stack the Brahmans in the corner and get the metal box.  Madoka sets it up at the Brahmans groin, Senga gets back in the ring and they use his head as a bowling ball, which rams the box into the Brahmans.  And hurts Senga.  Senga recovers, then all three men hit tope con giros onto their opponents outside of the ring.  Madoka slides Shinobu back into the ring, he goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile dropkick.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Madoka puts Shinobu on his shoulders but Shinobu gets out of it and delivers a kick combination.  Shinobu goes off the ropes but Madoka blocks the strike, Madoka goes off the ropes but Shinobu levels him with a lariat.  Cover, but it gets two.

Shinobu picks up Madoka and slams him in front of the corner, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Madoka recovers and pulls his pants down, exposing his ass.  The Brahmans come in the ring from behind and shove Madoka face-first into Shinobu’s exposed rear, Shinobu picks up Madoka and holds him for the Brahmans but Oosugi and Senga run back into the ring.  Oosugi are thrown out of the ring but by now Madoka is mostly recovered and he moves out of the way of the sign attack, causing Shinobu to get hit.  Madoka then hits the Ranhei onto Shinobu, cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Madoka, Tsutomu Oosugi, and Hercules Senga

Match Thoughts:  With this low quality video I couldn’t tell the Brahmans apart, luckily they did everything together so it didn’t actively matter.  This kind of match always leaves me annoyed more than anything else, as some of the wrestlers in it are quite skilled but this type of match doesn’t really give them a chance to show it.  It is more just goofy nonsense, which is fine but I just know they are capable of more.  Plus let’s face it, the Brahmans are pretty useless.  But using Senga’s head as a bowling ball was cute and there certainly were no boring parts, so it wasn’t a complete wash.  Score:  4.5

MASADA and Takahashi vs. Saburo Inematsu and Mototsugu Shimizu

They brawl to start the match, taking it outside the ring.  MASADA pairs with Shimizu and throws him into a row of chairs while Takahashi is thrown into a column.  MASADA comes over and grabs Inematsu, taking him back to ringside and elbowing him in the head.  MASADA gets a chair seat and hits Inematsu repeatedly in the head while elsewhere Takahashi hits Shimizu with a chair.  Inematsu throws MASADA into the ring post as Shimizu slides Takahashi into the ring.  Inematsu and Takahashi are in the ring with chairs and swing them at each other, Inematsu gets the better of it and hits Takahashi in the back.  He goes to hit him again but MASADA comes in the ring and takes the chair from him.  MASADA hits Inematsu with a chair and hits a lariat onto him and Shimizu.  MASADA sets up chair up in the ring upside down and hiptosses Shimizu into it.  Inematsu kicks MASADA and they trade headbutts.

Inematsu goes off the ropes and he hits a Polish Hammer, cover, but Takahashi breaks it up.  Takahashi throws Inematsu into the corner and hits a splash followed by a vertical suplex.  Cover, but it gets two.  Scoop slam by Takahashi, he gets a stack of chairs and puts it onto Inematsu.  Rolling senton by Takahashi to Inematsu on the chairs, cover, but Inematsu kicks out.  Takahashi picks up Inematsu and goes for a German suplex, but Inematsu blocks it.  Shimizu hits Takahashi in the back with a chair and hits a backdrop suplex.  Shimizu grabs Takahashi and goes for a Fisherman Buster but MASADA comes in the ring and breaks it up.  MASADA powerbombs Shimizu onto a chair, cover, but Inematsu breaks it up.  Takahashi takes Inematsu out of the ring, while in the ring MASADA stabs Shimizu in the face, sticking sticks of some sort into his head.  MASADA picks up Shimizu and hits a brainbuster, he then picks up Shimizu and hits a second brainbuster.  Cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winner:  MASADA and Masaya Takahashi

Match Thoughts:  Well besides the ending being a bit unnecessary (stabbing someone in the face seems a bit harsh for a clipped mid-card match), at least the brainbuster made sense as a finisher since he had sticks jabbing out of his head.  Not all of this was shown which is surprising since it was only an eight minute match in the first place.  Pretty basic brawling with nothing to set it apart, at least not in a positive way anyway.  Score:  4.0

Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Koji Kanemoto

Hashimoto greets Kanemoto while he is still on the apron before the match starts and the two trade blows.  Hashimoto goes outside the ring and brings Kanemoto with him, but they are separated since the match didn’t start yet.  Kanemoto gets in the ring and Hashimoto does as well, and they both hit lariats on each other.  Hashimoto and Kanemoto trade elbows and then punches, Kanemoto goes off the ropes but Hashimoto kicks him.  Hashimoto goes off the ropes but Kanemoto kicks him back as well.  Kick combination by Kanemoto but Hashimoto pushes them back and both wrestlers hit high kicks on each other.  Back up they trade elbows again and then slaps, back kick by Hashimoto and he goes off the ropes, but Kanemoto kicks him in the stomach.  Hashimoto ducks a high kick but Kanemoto applies the cross armbreaker.  Hashimoto gets a foot on the ropes to break the hold, punches by Kanemoto and he knees Hashimoto in the corner.  Hashimoto punches him back and throws Kanemoto in the corner before hitting Kanemoto down to a seated position.  Facewash by Hashimoto but Kanemoto catches his foot when he goes for the running one and trips Hashimoto.  Kick to the face by Kanemoto, he picks up Hashimoto and throws him down in the corner.

Kanemoto now hits the Facewash in the corner, ending with a pair of running ones.  Kanemoto picks up Hashimoto and hits a piledriver.  Cover, but Hashimoto kicks out at two.  Kicks to the body and head by Kanemoto, he goes to run off the ropes but Hashimoto grabs him around the waist.  Kanemoto elbows out of it and goes off the ropes anyway but Hashimoto hits a lariat.  Hashimoto picks up Kanemoto and elbows Kanemoto, Irish whip, reversed, but Hashimoto moves when Kanemoto runs in and kicks him into the corner.  Running Facewash in the corner by Hashimoto and he delivers a dropkick.  Hashimoto picks up Kanemoto and hits a snap DDT, he picks him up again and kicks him in the side of the head.  Cover by Hashimoto, but Kanemoto kicks out.  Hashimoto picks up Kanemoto again and hits the Falcon Arrow, he goes off the ropes and delivers the PK.  Cover, but again Kanemoto gets a shoulder up.

Both wrestlers slowly get up and they trade elbows and slaps while on their knees, they get back on their feet while continuing to trade strikes until a jumping kick by Kanemoto sends Hashimoto to the mat.  Cover by Kanemoto but it gets a two count.  Kanemoto goes up to the top turnbuckle and delivers the moonsault, cover, but it still gets two.  Kanemoto picks up Hashimoto and applies the Ankle Hold.   Hashimoto is eventually able to make it to the ropes, Kanemoto kicks Hashimoto in the leg until he falls down and re-applies the Ankle Hold.  Hashimoto quickly reverses it into an Ankle Hold of his own, but Kanemoto reverses it back.  Hashimoto reverses it back again, but Kanemoto is able to reverse the Ankle Hold yet again.  This time Hashimoto can’t reverse it and he taps out.  Your winner:  Koji Kanemoto

Match Thoughts:  What an odd little match.  The first large chunk of the match was really good but the random trading Ankle Holds at the end was bizarre.  They had done no real leg work leading up to that point and were mostly just doing strikes and kicks.  Then suddenly they decided to trade Ankle Holds until Kanemoto won.  I liked that Kanemoto gave Hashimoto an equal amount of offense and Hashimoto did a good job portraying the underdog trying to overthrow the veteran, I just wasn’t a big fan of the ending.  Score:  6.0

Jun Kasai, Numazawa, and Takeda vs. Miyamoto, Ryuji Ito, and Danny Havoc

There are the trap contraptions in two of the corners, where if a button is pushed light tubes come down and hit the person in the corner.  They brawl to start the match, going outside of the ring.  Miyamoto and Kasai eventually get in the ring, Kasai tries to push Miyamoto into one of the traps but Miyamoto fights back.  Irish whip by Kasai to the other corner but Miyamoto slides down.  They trade punches, knee by Miyamoto and he tries to throw Kasai into the trap, but Kasai slams on the breaks.  Kasai throws Miyamoto towards the trap but Miyamoto slides out of the ring.  Meanwhile Takeda and Ito get into the ring, and Takeda breaks a light tube onto Ito.

Irish whip by Takeda to the corner, and Ito sets off the trap.  Ito stays there as Miyamoto and Havoc get into the ring, but Miyamoto flips them both down to the mat.  Kasai and Numazawa get in the ring now and they slam Havoc to the mat.  Takeda hits a running dropkick onto Havoc, cover, but Havoc kicks out.  Numazawa gets a chair and sets it up in the ring, they pick up Havoc  and suplex him onto the chair.  Cover by Numazawa, but Miyamoto breaks it up.  Takeda punches Miyamoto into the corner and they all hit running strikes onto Miyamoto.  Numazawa and Miyamoto pick up Miyamoto but Ito comes off the top turnbuckle with a missile dropkick onto both of them.  Kasai gets a light tube but Ito kicks it back into his face.

Miyamoto and Numazawa are sent for an Irish whip, and all three of their opponents kick them to the mat and hit elbow drops.  Most wrestlers leave the ring leaving Miyamoto and Kasai, Miyamoto goes up to the top turnbuckle but Kasai blocks the diving clothesline.  Irish whip by Kasai to the corner but Miyamoto hits a lariat.  Miyamoto picks up Kasai and slams him in front of the corner, he goes up to the top turnbuckle with a light tube, but Kasai has recovered.  Kasai picks up Miyamoto and slams him into the light tubes in the corner, lariat by Kasai and a cover, but it gets a two count.  Numazawa comes in the ring and drops Miyamoto with the Schwein, Kasai goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits the Pearl Harbor Splash, cover, but it is broken up.  Havoc and Takeda trade punches in the ring, waistlock by Takeda, Havoc goes off the ropes but Takeda hits a release German suplex.

Takeda goes off the ropes and hits a knee to the chest, cover, but it gets a two count.  Takeda picks up Havoc and tries to slam him into the remaining trap, but Havoc blocks it.  Miyamoto comes in the ring and dropkicks Takeda in the chest, which knocks both him and Havoc into the corner, setting off the trap.  Miyamoto grabs Takeda and hits the Yankee Driver, cover, but Kasai breaks it up.  Numazawa comes in the ring as well, double Irish whip to Miyamoto but he hits the handstand rebound elbow strike.  They call out of the ring and Miyamoto sails out onto both of them with a tope con giro.  In the ring Havoc puts Takeda on his back and hits a Death Valley Driver.  Ito then comes off the top turnbuckle with the Dragon Splash, cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Yuko Miyamoto, Ryuji Ito, and Danny Havoc

Match Thoughts:  The corner mouse traps to me are a bit overly contrived, which Big Japan enjoys doing, as I don’t think it would hurt any worse than just being thrown into a bundle of light tubes.  Anyway for this type of brawl it was fine, but the match was too short and had too many people to really get into a groove.  It was mostly just a few minutes of brawling, wrestlers hit their finishing moves, and one team wins.  Nothing terrible, just an average match.  Score:  5.0

Shinya Ishikawa and Kawakami vs. Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi

Shuji and Kawakami start things off.  Waistlock by Kawakami, Shuji reverses it into a wristlock but Kawakami reverses that into a hammerlock.  Side headlock by Shuji and he takes Kawakami to the mat, headscissors by Kawakami but Shuji gets out of it and both men are back to their feet.  Shuji tags in Okabayashi while Kawakami tags in Shinya.  Shinya and Okabayashi circle each other, tie-up, wristlock by Shinya but Okabayashi reverses it.  Hammerlock by Shinya into a side headlock, Okabayashi Irish whips out of it and the two collide with neither man going down.

Shinya goes off the ropes with the same result, he goes off the ropes again, Okabayashi next goes off the ropes but Shinya catches him with a dropkick.  Shinya picks up Okabayashi and elbows him in the back of the head, elbows by Okabayashi in the corner and he tags in Kawakami.  Stomp by Kawakami, snapmare, and he applies a reverse chinlock and he elbows Okabayashi in the back of the head.  Kawakami punches Okabayashi into the corner and tags in Shinya.  Wristlock takedown by Shinya and he applies a headscissors, but Okabayashi gets a foot on the ropes.  Shinya tags in Kawakami, stomps by Kawakami into the corner and he hits a series of back elbows.  Irish whip by Kawakami out of the corner, reversed, Kawakami applies a side headlock as Okabayashi charges in but Okabayashi gets out of it with a backdrop suplex.

This gives Okabayashi time to tag in Shuji, Shuji knocks Shinya off the apron and then throws Kawakami into the corner.  Running lariat by Shuji, he slams Kawakami in front of the corner and hits a second turnbuckle doublestomp.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Shuji picks up Kawakami, Irish whip, and he knees Kawakami in the stomach.  Shuji picks up Kawakami and applies an arm trapped choke.  Kawakami wiggles to the ropes and gets a foot on the bottom rope to force a break.  Shuji picks up Kawakami and goes for a slam but Kawakami gets out of it.  Waistlock by Kawakami, Shuji elbows out of the hold but Kawakami elbows him back and the two trade blows.

Kawakami gets the better of it at first but Shuji hits a knee, Kawakami comes back with a German suplex but Shuji hits a running knee as Kawakami gets up. Both men tag out, Shinya applies a sleeper to Okabayashi, Okabayashi elbows out of it but Shinya hits an elbow.  Okabayashi chops Shinya down to the mat before hitting a running powerslam, cover, but it gets a two count.  Okabayashi picks up Shinya and puts him in the Argentine Backbreaker, but Shinya punches out of it.  Octopus Hold by Shinya but Shuji breaks it up.  Kawakami comes in and throws Shuji out of the ring, while in the ring Shinya picks up Okabayashi and elbows him into the corner.  Irish whip by Shinya and he hits a pair of running elbow smashes, cover, but Okabayashi kicks out.

Reverse chinlock by Shinya and he applies a sleeper with a body scissors.  Okabayashi gets a foot on the ropes to break it up, Shinya picks up Okabayashi and hits a series of elbows.  Cover, but it gets two.  Shinya goes off the ropes but Okabayashi ducks the lariat and puts Shinya in the Argentine Backbreaker again.  Kawakami runs in to break it up, Shuji then comes in and throws Kawakami out of the ring.  Shuji stays in the ring, they throw Shinya into the corner and both men hit strikes.  Lariat by Okabayashi, cover, but it only gets a two count.  Okabayashi picks up Shinya and goes for a powerbomb but Shinya gets out of it.  Shinya goes for the Octopus Hold but Okabayashi pushes him off and they trade elbows and chops.  Okabayashi goes off the ropes, elbow by Shinya and he hits a jumping kick.  Irish whip by Shinya but Okabayashi slams on the breaks when he goes for a dropkick.  Okabayashi runs off the ropes and hits a lariat, cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winners:  Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi

Match Thoughts:  It felt like this match ended too soon.  They were still going neck and neck, trading holds, and suddenly Okabayashi wins out of nowhere with a lariat.  And it is not like the lariat is his death move as he had already hit others in the match, this match just seemed more to fuel the Kawakami vs. Shuji feud than anything else (they brawled after the match ended).  But the match was still good, there were some solid strike exchanges and “big man” action.  It just felt like it wasn’t ready to be over yet before it was over.  Score:  6.5

(c) Isami Kodaka vs. Takumi Tsukamoto

This match is for the Big Japan Death Match Heavyweight Championship.   Just to summarize the pre-match weapons lineup – two sides of the rings have light tubes attached to the ropes.  Kodaka brought down a ladder which is lying in the ring, and Tsukamoto brought in what looks like the steel steps (without the steps) on a metal pole.  Tie-up to start, Tsukamoto pushes Kodaka into the ropes, Kodaka switches positions with him and gives a clean break.  Waistlock by Kodaka, reversed into a wristlock by Tsukamoto but Kodaka reverses it back.  Side headlock takedown by Kodaka but Tsukamoto gets out of it and kicks him in the stomach.  Irish whip by Tsukamoto towards the light tubes but Kodaka slams on the breaks, Kodaka then avoids a Tsukamoto charge but Tsukamoto stops before hitting the tubes.

Irish whip by Tsukamoto and Kodaka goes back-first into the light tubes, but he dropkicks Tsukamoto who goes into the light tubes as well.  Tsukamoto rolls outside the ring as does Kodaka, Kodaka grabs a tube and hits Tsukamoto in the face with it.  Kodaka jabs the light tube into Tsukamoto’s face, but Tsukamoto gets a light tube and breaks it over Kodaka’s head before returning the favor.  Kodaka kicks Tsukamoto low and punches him into the stands, sitting Tsukamoto in a chair.  Kodaka then runs around the ring and goes for a running knee but Tsukamoto moves out of the way.  Tsukamoto gets back into the ring with Kodaka slowly following, but Tsukamoto hits Kodaka as he gets onto the apron.  Dragon screw leg whip by Tsukamoto in the ropes, he then grabs a pair of light tubes and sets them down in the ring.

Tsukamoto grabs Kodaka and goes for a Fisherman Buster but Kodaka elbows out of it and slams Tsukamoto onto the light tubes.  Kodaka grabs a bunch of light tubes and kicks them into Tsukamoto’s back.  Kodaka picks up Tsukamoto, Tsukamoto punches him off but Kodaka kicks him and then kicks some light tubes into his chest.  Kodaka goes off the ropes but Tsukamoto ducks, Kodaka goes off the ropes again but this time Tsukamoto hits a scoop slam.  Irish whip by Tsukamoto from the corner and Kodaka goes full speed into the ladder.  Tsukamoto then throws Kodaka into the other corner and connects with a superkick.  Tsukamoto gets the ladder and lays it down flat in the middle of the ring, he picks up Kodaka and goes for a suplex on the ladder but Kodaka blocks it.  Kodaka goes for a suplex but Tsukamoto blocks that, and then Tsukamoto hits a Fisherman Suplex onto the ladder.  Cover, but it gets a two count.  Tsukamoto gets his metal box on a pole and goes up to the top turnbuckle, but Kodaka moves when he jumps off.

Kodaka then grabs it and rams Tsukamoto with it.  Kodaka throws the weapon in the corner, he then goes up to the top turnbuckle and hits a diving crossbody, but Tsukamoto rolls through it for a two count.  Back up they trade elbows which Kodaka gets the better of, he puts a light tube down in the middle of the ring and scoop slams Tsukamoto onto it.  Tsukamoto quickly gets back up, puts down his own light tubes and slams Kodaka into them.  Kodaka gets back up, gets a bunch of light tubes and again slams Tsukamoto into them.  Tsukamoto returns to his feet, puts down more light tubes and slams Kodaka into them, Kodaka gets up and slams Tsukamoto, and the two trade body slams back and forth.  Both men end up exhausting themselves, Kodaka is up first and hits a backdrop suplex.

Kodaka sets up the super tall ladder near the corner, he slams Tsukamoto in front of it and puts a bundle of light tubes on top of him.  Kodaka climbs to the top of the ladder but Tsukamoto is up and shakes it.  Kodaka falls down to the turnbuckle, he then climbs the ladder with the light tube bundle while Kodaka climbs the other side.  Tsukamoto hits Kodaka with the light tubes, he then grabs Kodaka and hits a vertical suplex from the top of the ladder down to the mat.  Tsukamoto gets a bunch of light tubes onto Kodaka’s chest and hits a senton out of the corner, he then goes up top with his metal box on a pole and hits Kodaka in the head with it.  Tsukamoto hits Kodaka with it again, he picks up Kodaka and goes for the Killswitch, but Kodaka blocks it.  Tiger suplex hold by Tsukamoto, but Kodaka kicks out at two.

Tsukamoto picks up Kodaka, scoop slam in front of the ladder, and Tsukamoto climbs halfway up, but Kodaka rolls out of the way of the twisting senton.  Big boot by Kodaka and he drops Tsukamoto with a brainbuster, cover, but it gets two.  Kodaka grabs a bundle of light tubes, puts it on Tsukamoto’s chest and goes up to the top of the ladder, nailing the double knee drop.  Cover, but it only gets a two count.  Kodaka picks up Tsukamoto, he goes off the ropes but he misses the Isamuashi Zan.  Superkick by Tsukamoto, cover, but it gets a two count.  Tsukamoto gets the ladder and lays it down in the middle of the ring, he then puts some light tubes on it as well.  Tsukamoto picks up Kodaka and hits the Killswitch onto the light tubes and ladder, cover, but Kodaka kicks out at two.  Tsukamoto puts some light tubes onto Kodaka, he goes up to the top turnbuckle but Kodaka is up and hits Tsukamoto from behind.

Kodaka then joins Tsukamoto, but Tsukamoto elbows him off.  Kodaka comes back and climbs up top again, but again Tsukamoto elbows him off.  Kodaka does a kip-up and hits Tsukamoto before he can do a move, he goes up top again and this time he hits a side Russian leg sweep off the top turnbuckle.  Kodaka gets some light tubes but Tsukamoto ducks his attack and hits an enzigieri.  Kodaka tosses Tsukamoto some light tubes and punches him in the chest, but Tsukamoto blocks the Isamuashi Zan.  Quick kick to the head by Kodaka, he goes off the ropes and this time is able to deliver the Isamuashi Zan.  Cover, and he picks up the three count.  Your winner and still champion:  Isami Kodaka

Match Thoughts: I gotta be honest, I am just kind of over the light tubes.  I understand why they use them, it adds some intrigue but do minimal actual damage to the body (obviously they get cut up from rolling around the ring in them but they tend to be superficial cuts, not gushers).  But I have seen them so many times that it has lost any type of ‘wow’ factor.  On the plus side, they didn’t spent a lot of time setting up these big moves which happens sometimes and they kept a decent pace throughout the match.  The dueling body slams was odd but I guess that is the hardcore version of running off the ropes and trying to knock your opponent over.  It wasn’t bad, I just was waiting for most the match for the bigger spots such as the ones using the ladder that to me were more exciting, such as the diving double knee drop.  I know the light tubes aren’t going anywhere, I just like a little variety in my death matches.  Score:  6.0

Final Thoughts:

Best Match: Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi. This match won’t rock your world or anything, but was a good “strong style” match with wrestlers that don’t mind hitting each other really hard.  All four wrestlers were given a chance to shine and overall it was a really solid match.

MVP:   Isami Kodaka. While he is a bit goofy at times, he gave and took some big moves in the main event and came out the victor.  He is different than the last guard of Big Japan (Ito, Kasai, etc.) which is also an added bonus.  Plus it is nice his finisher is just a “regular” move and not an overly contrived big spot that realistically would be hard to set up.

Overall:   Almost all of the matches were at least clipped a little bit, which as you probably know I am not a big fan of.  I think that is one reason none of the matches really went over the line of “really good”, some of them just felt incomplete and I could tell that I was missing something.  The main event was perfectly fine but aside from a few spots it was just your average light tube death match.  An above average experience overall since there was a good variety of action here, but no match made this event something that is a “must see.”

Grade: C-

Memphis Results: 1982

By
Crazymax Jack
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(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Tim Dills, Jason Campbell, Mark James, and various news clippings)

Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) Results 1982
Promoting the Areas of: Tennessee and adjacent cities
Promoter: Jerry Jarrett

 

1/5/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,436)
Stan Lane defeated Chief Thundercloud.
Roy Rogers defeated Gypsy Joe.
Ricky Morton defeated Bobby Eaton via DQ.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a “no DQ” match.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin via DQ.
The Cuban & Iranian Assassins defeated Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn.
* Note: This was a Tuesday show.

1/11/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,991)
Tojo Yamamoto & Ricky Morton drew The Nightmare & Speed.
Bobby Eaton defeated Roy Rogers.
Dream Machine defeated Ric McCord.
Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Don Anderson & Dutch Mantel.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey in a “no DQ” match.
Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, & Steve Keirn defeated Jimmy Hart, The Cuban & Iranian Assassins.
Jerry Lawler won an “elimination” match.

1/18/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,209)
Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Ric McCord.
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Bobby Eaton via DQ.
Stan Lane defeated Chief Thundercloud.
Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, & Norvell Austin defeated Ricky Morton, Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Southern Tag Champs Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee defeated The Nightmares & Speed.
Steve Keirn, Bill Dundee, Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Speed, The Nightmare, The Cuban & Iranian Assassins in an “elimination” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Southern Title.

1/25/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,568)
The Nightmare & Speed drew Ricky Morton & Ric McCord.
Dutch Mantel defeated Roy Rogers.
Stan Lane, Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton, The Cuban & Iranian Assassins.
Dream Machine & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Jerry Lawler & Tojo Yamamoto.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin.

2/1/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,648)
Jay Strongbow, Jr. defeated Kenny Shane.
Roy Rogers & Ric McCord defeated The Nightmare & Speed.
Stan Lane defeated Dream Machine.
Dutch Mantel, Ricky & Robert Gibson drew Bobby Eaton, The Cuban & Iranian Assassins.
Jerry Lawler defeated Sweet Brown Sugar (5th Rnd) via DQ in a “boxing” match.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey via DQ.

2/7/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Roy Rogers defeated Speed.
Ric McCord defeated The Nightmare.
Dutch Mantel defeated The Cuban Assassin.
Ricky Gibson defeated Dream Machine via DQ.
Stan Lane defeated The Iranian Assassin via DQ.
Jerry Lawler & Robert Gibson defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton.
Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, & Norvell Austin defeated Bill Dundee, Steve Keirn, & Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Dutch Mantel defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Title.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

2/15/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Gypsy Joe defeated Chief Thundercloud.
Roy Rogers defeated The Cuban Assassin.
Dream Machine defeated Ric McCord.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin.
Bill Dundee defeated Tojo Yamamoto in a “kendo stick on a pole” match.
Dutch Mantel defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Title.

2/22/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,500)
Ric McCord defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Roy Rogers defeated The Iranian Assassin.
Ricky & Robert Gibson drew Sweet Brown Sugar & Dream Machine.
Stan Lane defeated The Cuban Assassin.
Bill Dundee & Ricky Gibson No Contest with Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose.
Stan Lane defeated Kenny Shane & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap” match.
Norvell Austin defeated Steve Keirn via DQ.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Bobby Eaton.

3/1/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,262)
Roy Rogers defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Cuban & Iranian Assassins.
Gypsy Joe defeated Ric McCord.
Stan Lane & Bill Dundee defeated Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar.
Southern Tag Champs Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose No Contest with The Monk & Dream Machine.
Steve Keirn defeated Norvell Austin in a “chain” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Southern Title.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 3/8/81. However, CWA did run a show at Cook Convention Center. Results Below..

3/8/82 – Memphis, TN. @ Cook Convention Center
* Southern Tag Title Tournament
First Round: Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Monk & The Angel
First Round: Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Steve Keirn & Ric McCord
First Round: Dutch Mantel & Stan Lane defeated Luke Graham & The Dream Machine
First Round: Bobby Eaton defeated Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Joe Stark & Roy Rodgers
Semi Finals: Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose
Semi Finals: Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Stan Lane & Dutch Mantel
Finals: Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson
Stan Lane vs. Gypsy Joe (w/Jimmy Hart) in a “Bounty match”
Southern Champion Jerry Lawler defeated Norvell Austin

3/15/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,050)
The Monk & The Angel defeated Joe Stark & Chief Thundercloud.
Dream Machine & Luke Graham defeated Ric McCord & Rip Rogers.
Norvell Austin, Dennis Condrey, & Randy Rose defeated Roy Rogers, Steve Keirn, Danny Davis.
Steve Keirn & Robert Gibson defeated Southern Tag Champs Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler No Contest with Dutch Mantel.

3/22/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Norvell Austin defeated David Price.
The Monk & The Angel defeated Ric McCord & Tom Maley.
Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Roy Rogers & Eric Embry.
Luke Graham, Dream Machine, Jimmy & JR Hart defeated Stan Lance, Eric Embry, & Danny Davis in a “handicap” match.
Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Steve Keirn & Robert Gibson.
Dutch Mantel defeated Jerry Lawler in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Title.

3/29/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
The Monk & The Angel defeated Joe Stark & David Price.
Dennis Condrey, Randy Rose, & Norvell Austin defeated Roy Rogers, Eric Embry, & Ric McCord.
Steve Keirn & Stan Lane defeated Dream Machine & Luke Graham.
Danny Davis defeated Jimmy & JR Hart in a “handicap” match.
Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dutch Mantel in a “barbed wire” match to win the Southern Title.

4/5/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,091)
Ric McCord defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Bobby Fulton defeated JR Hart.
Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Roy Rogers & Dutch Mantel.
Steve Keirn, Stan Lane, & Eric Embry defeated Luke Graham, The Angel, & Dream Machine.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated The Monk.
Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Robert Gibson & Steve Keirn in a “no DQ” match.
Andy Kaufman defeated Jerry Lawler (6:50) via DQ. (This was the famous encounter where Lawler “broke the neck” of Kaufman)

4/12/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 9,121)
Luke Graham, The Angel, Randy Rose, & Dennis Condrey defeated Roy Rogers, Bobby Fulton, Eric Embry, & Danny Davis.
Mid-America Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Norvell Austin.
Southern Tag Champs Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee via DQ.
Jackie Fargo & Jerry Lawler defeated The Monk & Dream Machine.
Robert Gibson No Contest with Jimmy Hart & Bobby Eaton in a “handicap” match.
Bobby Eaton won a “two-ring battle royal.”

4/19/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,101)
Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey defeated Stan Lane & Roy Rogers.
Robert Gibson defeated Jimmy & JR Hart in a “no DQ hair vs. hair” match.
Dream Machine defeated Dutch Mantel in a “no DQ mask & hair vs. title” match to win the Mid-America Title.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Sonny King.
Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn in a “no DQ” match.

4/26/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,042)
Gypsy Joe defeated Eric Embry.
Sonny King & Robert Gibson defeated The Monk & The Angel.
Jimmy Hart defeated JR Hart.
Mid-America Champ Dream Machine defeated Stan Lane.
Jerry Lawler & Dutch Mantel defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin.
Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee defeated Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Tag Title.

5/3/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,969)
Bobby Fulton defeated The Hollywood Hippie.
Roy Rogers defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Sonny King defeated Gypsy Joe.
Robert Gibson defeated The Angel.
Stan Lane defeated Mid-America Champ Dream Machine via DQ.
Dennis Condrey, Norvell Austin, Sweet Brown Sugar, & Bobby Eaton defeated Jerry Lawler, Dutch Mantel, Bill Dundee, & Steve Keirn.

5/10/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Tojo Yamamoto & Gypsy Joe defeated Roy Rogers & Bobby Fulton.
The Iron Sheik defeated Bobby Fulton.
Dutch Mantel & Stan Lane defeated The Angel & Dream Machine.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy & JR Hart in a “handicap” match.
Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee.

5/17/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,650)
Stan Lane & Roy Rogers defeated The Angel & The Hollywood Hippie.
The Iron Sheik defeated Danny Davis.
Dutch Mantel defeated Dream Machine to win the Mid-America Title.
Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey to win the Southern Tag Title.
The Monk defeated Stan Lane in a “boxing” match.
Dutch Mantel & Jerry Lawler defeated Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar.

5/24/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,984)
Roy Rogers defeated The Invader.
King Cobra defeated The Angel.
Ron Bass defeated Bobby Fulton.
The Iron Sheik defeated Joe Stark.
Stan Lane defeated The Monk in a “street fight” match.
Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee in a “hospital elimination” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bobby Eaton defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Mid-America Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated Kendo Nagasaki in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Title.

5/31/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Roy Rogers defeated The Invader.
Ron Bass defeated Tom Maley & Pat Hutchinson in a “handicap” match.
The Iron Sheik defeated Bobby Fulton.
Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Bill Dundee via DQ.
King Cobra defeated Bobby Eaton to win the Mid-America Title.
Southern Tag Champs Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Steve Keirn & Stan Lane via DQ.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Kimala via DQ. (Kimala’s MSC debut)

6/7/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Bobby Fulton defeated The Angel via DQ.
Ron Bass defeated Joe Stark.
The Iron Sheik defeated Roy Rogers.
Mid-America Champ King Cobra defeated Bobby Eaton.
Southern Tag Champs Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Steve Keirn & Stan Lane in a “no DQ” match.
Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Bill Dundee via forfeit.
Kimala defeated Jerry Lawler in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Title.

6/14/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,188)
Roy Rogers defeated The Angel.
Bobby Fulton defeated Eddie Dean.
Dutch Mantel defeated Bobby Eaton via DQ.
Steve Keirn & Stan Lane defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin in a 2/3 falls match. 1-Keirn & Lane won the first fall., 2-Condrey & Austin won the second fall, 3-Keirn & Lane won the third fall.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated King Cobra.
The Iron Sheik defeated Ron Bass via DQ.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton via DQ.

6/21/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 9,000)
Steve Keirn defeated Dream Machine.
Ron Bass defeated The Iron Sheik in a “bullrope” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Bobby Eaton & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap” match.
Mid-America King Cobra defeated Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated Stan Lane.
Jerry Lawler & Carl Fergie defeated Southern Tag Champs Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin via DQ.
Bill Dundee defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a “scaffold” match.

6/28/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Dream Machine defeated Roy Rogers.
Stan Lane defeated Bobby Eaton in a “karate” match.
Southern Tag Champs Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Ron Bass & Carl Fergie.
Mid-America Champ King Cobra defeated Dutch Mantel.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated Steve Keirn.
Jerry Lawler defeated Iron Sheik via DQ to earn a match with Jimmy Hart.
Jimmy Hart defeated Jerry Lawler in a “lumberjack” match.
Bill Dundee defeated Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ in a “barbed wire” match.

7/5/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,908)
Bobby Eaton defeated Carl Fergie.
Ron Bass & Stan Lane defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bill Dundee defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a “coalminer’s glove” match.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated Steve Keirn.
Dutch Mantel defeated King Cobra to win the Mid-America Title in a “no DQ” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated The Iron Sheik via countout in a “no DQ” match to earn a match with Jimmy Hart.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Hart via DQ in a “lumberjack” match.

7/12/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,365)
Bobby Fulton defeated The Angel.
Steve Keirn defeated Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ.
Bobby Eaton defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Mid-America Title.
Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Ron Bass & Stan Lane to win the Southern Tag Title.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated Bill Dundee.
The Iron Sheik defeated Jerry Lawler in a “no DQ” match.

7/19/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,861)
Terry Taylor defeated Bobby Fulton.
Steve Keirn defeated Dream Machine.
Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Dutch Mantel & King Cobra via DQ.
Stan Lane & Ron Bass defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin in a “bullrope” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bill Dundee defeated Kimala’s Assistant.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated Jerry Lawler.

7/26/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,897)
Norvell Austin defeated Bobby Eaton.
Steve Keirn drew The Iron Sheik.
Stan Lane defeated Dennis Condrey via DQ.
Bill Dundee, Bobby Fulton, Steve Keirn, & Stan Lane defeated Dennis Condrey, Norvell Austin, The Iron Sheik, & Jimmy Hart.
Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated King Cobra & Dutch Mantel in a “no DQ” match.
Southern Champ Kimala defeated Ron Bass.
JJ Dillon defeated Jerry Lawler via DQ.

8/2/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 11,300)
Dutch Mantel defeated The Enforcer.
Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Bobby Fulton & Terry Taylor.
Mid-America Champ Bill Dundee defeated Ricky Morton.
Kimala defeated Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Jerry Lawler defeated JJ Dillon in a “no DQ” match.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated Kimala & JJ Dillon via DQ.

8/9/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 11,300)
Carl Fergie won an “elimination” match. Also in the match were: The Angel, Norvell Austin, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Fulton, King Cobra, Sweet Brown Sugar, and Terry Taylor.
Steve Keirn drew Dutch Mantel.
Dream Machine & Jim Mitchell defeated Ron Bass & Stan Lane to win the Southern Tag Title.
Mid-America Champ Bill Dundee defeated Bobby Eaton.
Jerry Lawler defeated Kimala in a “no DQ hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Title.

8/16/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 10,411)
Dutch Mantel drew Dennis Condrey.
Steve Keirn defeated Norvell Austin.
Stan Lane defeated Carl Fergie via DQ.
Ron Bass defeated The Angel.
Dutch Mantel, Ron Bass, & Steve Keirn, & Stan Lane defeated Norvell Austin, Dennis Condrey, Carl Fergie, & The Angel.
Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Jim Mitchell & Dream Machine to win the Southern Tag Title when Eaton defeated Mitchell.
Jimmy Hart defeated JJ Dillon.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated Kimala & Kendo Nagasaki. (With the Jimmy Hart vs. JJ Dillon feud running, Dillon sent his men Kimala & Kendo in to take on the Lawler & Dundee, who for one night only were managed by JIMMY HART!)

8/23/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,881)
Dennis Condrey defeated Bobby Fulton.
Stan Lane defeated The Enforcer.
Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Terry Taylor & Steve Keirn.
Bill Dundee defeated Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Carl Fergie.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Kimala via DQ.

8/30/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,845)
Carl Fergie defeated Bobby Fulton.
Dennis Condrey drew Robert Gibson.
WWA Tag Champs Spike Huber & Steve Regal double count out against Buddy Landel & Mike Graham.
Steve Keirn & Terry Taylor defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bill Dundee defeated Dutch Mantel via DQ in a “bullwhip on a pole” match.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Kimala via DQ.

9/6/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,200)
Bobby Fulton & King Cobra defeated The Angel & Dream Machine.
Dennis Condrey & Carl Fergie defeated Buddy Landel & Robert Gibson.
Buddy Landel won an 8-man “elimination” match.
Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Steve Keirn & Terry Taylor in a “Texas tornado death” match when Keirn submitted.
Dutch Mantel defeated Bill Dundee to win the Mid-America Title.
WWA Tag Champs Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeated Kimala & Rick McGraw via DQ.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Baron Von Raschke via DQ.

9/13/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,886)
Buddy Landel & Bobby Fulton defeated The Angel & Gypsy Joe via pinfall.
Stan Lane defeated Carl Fergie.
The Rockin’ Wrestler defeated Dream Machine.
Kimala & Rick McGraw defeated Steve Regal & Spike Huber in a “no DQ” match.
Bill Dundee defeated Dutch Mantel in a “taped fist” match.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated The Super Destroyer.
Bill Dundee & Terry Taylor defeated Southern Tag Champs Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ.

9/20/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Bobby Fulton defeated Jim Mitchell.
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeated Carl Fergie & Dream Machine via DQ.
Stan Lane drew Rick McGraw.
Mid-America Champ Dutch Mantel defeated The Spoiler.
Kimala #2 (Stan Frazier) defeated Big Red.
Jerry Lawler & Terry Taylor defeated Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton via DQ.
Kimala #2 & Crusher Broomfield defeated Dutch Mantel & Jerry Lawler via DQ.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 9/27/82 due to the Mid-South Fair being held at the coliseum. However, there was a show at Cook Convention Center on 9/25/82. Results Below.

9/25/82 – Memphis, TN. @ Cook Convention Center
Buddy Landel fought Carl Fergie to a DRAW
“U.S. Women’s Tag Champs” Sherri Martel & Leilani Kai defeated Vivian St. John & Velvet McIntyre
Terry Taylor & Stan Lane defeated Southern Tag Champs Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ
The New York Dolls (Dream Machine & Rick McGraw) defeated WWA Tag Champions Steve Regal & Spike Huber to win the titles
Mid-America Champion Dutch Mantell defeated Kimala #2 (Plowboy Frazier)
Jerry Lawler won a MIXED Men & Ladies Battle Royal
Southern Champion Jerry Lawler defeated Jerry Blackwell in a “Title vs. $10,000” match

10/4/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,499)
Carl Fergie defeated Bobby Fulton.
Buddy Landel defeated The Spoiler.
Stan Lane & Terry Taylor defeated Carl Fergie & Kimala.
WWA Tag Champs Rick McGraw & Dream Machine double DQ against Steve Regal & Spike Huber.
Kimala & Jacques Rougeau defeated Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton via DQ.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Dutch Mantel via DQ.
* Jim Cornette made his active debut on this card

10/11/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,655)
Dutch Mantel defeated The Angel.
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeated The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams).
Jimmy Hart & Kimala #2 defeated Kimala & Kimala’s Assistant.
Terry Taylor & Jacques Rougeau defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton via pinfall.
Rick McGraw & Dream Machine No Contest with The Fabulous Ones. (This was the debut of Jackie Fargo’s “Fabulous Ones” Tag Team. Based on a creative decision, Keirn replaced the originally planned Terry Taylor as part of the team for fear Lane & Taylor together was too “pretty boy”, and Keirn would add the edge they needed. Well, it worked.)
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Jerry Lawler to win Southern Title.

10/18/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,000)
Robert Gibson, Bobby Fulton, & Buddy Landel defeated The Spoiler, Carl Fergie, & The Angel.
Mid-America Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Crusher Broomfield.
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated Steve Regal & Spike Huber.
Southern Tag Champs Bobby Eaton & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Terry Taylor & Jacques Rougeau in a “no DQ” match.
The Fabulous Ones defeated Rick McGraw & Dream Machine.
Southern Champ Nick Bockwinkel defeated Jerry Lawler in a match were the piledriver was legal.

10/25/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,847)
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeated Carl Fergie & The Angel.
Crusher Broomfield defeated Buddy Landel.
WWA Tag Champs Rick McGraw & Dream Machine defeated Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor. via pinfall
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated Dutch Mantel & Bill Dundee.
The Fabulous Ones defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated Southern Champ Nick Bockwinkel via DQ.

11/1/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,112)
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor.
Bill Dundee defeated The Angel.
Jerry Lawler pined Dream Machine.
The Fabulous Ones defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton.
Jesse Barr defeated Mid-America Champ Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Jackie Fargo, Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, & The Fabulous Ones No Contest with Bobby Eaton, Sweet Brown Sugar, Dream Machine, Rick McGraw, & Jimmy Hart in an “elimination” match.

11/8/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,329)
Spike Huber defeated Carl Fergie.
Steve Regal defeated The Angel.
Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantel defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton via DQ.
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor.
Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones defeated Jesse Barr & Crusher Broomfield.
Jackie Fargo defeated Jimmy Hart in a “lumberjack” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Nick Bockwinkel in a “no DQ hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Title.

11/15/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,056)
Carl Fergie defeated Buddy Landel.
Jacques Rougeau & Terry Taylor defeated The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) in a “coalminer’s glove” match.
Jesse Barr defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Mid-America Title.
Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Bill Dundee & Bobby Fulton.
WWA Tag Champs Rick McGraw & Dream Machine defeated Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones via DQ.
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee via DQ.
Jimmy Hart & Sabu (Coco Samoa) defeated Jerry Lawler in a “handicap” match. As a result, Sabu won the Southern Title.

11/22/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,583)
Terry Taylor won an “elimination” match. Also in the match were: Crusher Broomfield, Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, Jacques Rougeau, and Sweet Brown Sugar.
Dutch Mantel defeated Jesse Barr to win the Mid-America Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Hart & Sweet Brown Sugar in a “handicap” match.
Bill Dundee defeated Southern Champ Sabu via DQ.
Dream Machine & Bobby Eaton defeated The Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Title.
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee.

11/29/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,692)
Jacques Rougeau defeated Rick McGraw.
Jim Cornette & Jesse Barr defeated Jimmy Hart & Sweet Brown Sugar.
Adrian Street defeated Bobby Fulton.
Terry Taylor defeated Sabu to win the Southern Title.
The Fabulous Ones defeated Dream Machine & Bobby Eaton in a “no DQ hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) in a “no DQ” match.
Apocalypse defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Mid-America Title.

12/5/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Jesse Barr defeated Marauder #1.
Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Dutch Mantel & Bobby Fulton.
Adrian Street defeated Marauder #2.
Jacques Rougeau defeated Apocalypse to win the Mid-America Title.
Southern Champ Terry Taylor defeated Sabu via DQ.
Southern Tag Champs The Fabulous Ones defeated The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams).
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated WWA Tag Champs Rick McGraw & Dream Machine via DQ.
Jerry Lawler won a “two ring battle royal.”
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

12/13/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,465)
Bill Dundee won an “elimination” match. Also in the match were: The Angel, Dream Machine, Bobby Eaton, Carl Fergie, Bobby Fulton, Spike Huber, Dutch Mantel, Rick McGraw, Steve Regal, Sabu, Adrian Street, and Sweet Brown Sugar.
Mid-America Champ Jacques Rougeau defeated Apocalypse.
Southern Champ Terry Taylor defeated Jesse Barr.
The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated The Fabulous Ones to win the Southern Tag Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Hart in a “steel cage” match.

12/20/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,889)
Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton defeated Bobby Fulton & Dutch Mantel.
Mid-America Champ Jacques Rougeau defeated Jesse Barr.
Southern Champ Terry Taylor defeated Apocalypse.
Bill Dundee defeated Adrian Street via DQ.
Southern Tag Champs The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) double count out against The Fabulous Ones.
Jerry Lawler defeated Sabu.

12/27/82 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 10,086)
Dutch Mantel & Ricky Morton defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton.
Bill Dundee & Terry Taylor defeated Adrian Street & Apocalypse.
King Cobra defeated Carl Fergie.
The Angel defeated Larry Herr.
Jesse Barr defeated Big Red.
Bobby Eaton won a “blindfold battle royal.”
Southern Tag Champs The Sheepherders (Boyd & Williams) defeated The Fabulous Ones via DQ.
Sabu defeated Jacques Rougeau to win the Mid-America Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated AWA World Champ Nick Bockwinkel. As a result of this match, the title was held-up (only recognized in Memphis).

Memphis Results: 1981

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(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Tim Dills, Jason Campbell, Mark James, and various news clippings)

Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) Results 1981
Promoting the Areas of: Tennessee and adjacent cities
Promoter: Jerry Jarrett

 

1/5/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,517)
Tommy Gilbert, Koko Ware, & Ricky Morton defeated Jimmy Kent, The Angel, & Bill Irwin.
Sonny King defeated Gypsy Joe.
Billy Robinson drew Tony Charles.
Billy Robinson won a “battle royal.” Also in the match were the competitors of the first three matches.
Tojo Yamamoto, Jimmy Valiant, & Dream Machine defeated Carl Fergie, Bill Dundee, & Tommy Rich in a “no DQ loser leaves town” match when Fergie was pinned.
Jerry Lawler defeated Paul Ellering. As a result, Lawler received a match with Hart and a mystery partner.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Valiant & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap” match.

1/12/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,934)
Hector Guerrero defeated Jimmy Kent.
Tony Charles & Ken Lucas defeated Gypsy Joe & Angel.
The Bounty Hunters defeated Koko Ware & Tommy Gilbert.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich defeated Jimmy Valiant & Tojo Yamamoto.
Jerry Lawler defeated Austin Idol (20:54). As a result, Lawler won Jimmy Hart’s gold record of Keep on Dancin’.

1/18/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Koko Ware defeated Gypsy Joe.
Hector Guerrero defeated Bill Irwin.
Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Angel & Skull Murphy.
The Bounty Hunters defeated Sonny King & Ricky Morton.
Dream Machine defeated Ken Lucas.
Billy Robinson defeated Tony Charles via forfeit.
Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Jimmy Valiant.
Jos LeDuc defeated Jerry Lawler via DQ. As a result, Lawler received ten lashes. LeDuc’s manager Jimmy Hart would have received the lashes if LeDuc had lost.
Note: This was a Sunday show.

1/26/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,687)
Hector Guerrero & Sonny King defeated The Bounty Hunters via DQ.
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Koko Ware.
Tommy Rich defeated Bill Irwin.
Dream Machine defeated Ricky Morton.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Dundee.
Jerry Lawler defeated Ron Bass.

2/2/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Sonny King defeated Ali Hassan via DQ.
Dream Machine defeated Tommy Gilbert.
Dream Machine, Angel, & Gypsy Joe defeated Eddie Gilbert, Sonny King, & Ricky Morton.
Eddie Hogan defeated Buddy Wayne.
Tony Charles pinned Billy Robinson.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant defeated Hector Guerrero.
The Bounty Hunters defeated Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich in a “no DQ hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title. The Bounty Hunters’ manager Jimmy Kent had his hair on the line.
Jerry Lawler pinned Austin Idol.

2/9/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 9,007)
Hector Guerrero pinned Gypsy Joe.
Eddie Gilbert & Eddie Hogan defeated Ali Hassan & The Angel via DQ.
Dream Machine, Ali Hassan, Gypsy Joe, & Angel defeated Sonny King, Eddie Gilbert, Eddie Hogan, & Hector Guerrero in an elimination” match.
Tony Charles defeated Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich defeated Southern Tag Champs The Bounty Hunters via DQ. The stipulations had Rich’s hair and Dundee leaving town vs. the titles and Jimmy Kent’s hair.
Jerry Lawler defeated Hulk Hogan (14:28) via DQ.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 2/16/81. However, CWA did run a show at Cook Convention Center on 2/15/81. Results Below.

2/15/81 – Memphis, TN. @ Cook Convention Center
Tommy Gilbert defeated Gypsy Joe
Tojo Yamamoto & The Dream Machine DREW Sonny King & Hector Guerrero
Eddie Gilbert, Bill Dundee & Eddie Hogan defeated Jimmy Hart, Ali Hassan & The Angel
Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee defeated Southern Tag Champions The Bounty Hunters in a “No DQ” match
Jerry Lawler defeated Southern Champion Jimmy Valiant
Jerry Lawler defeated Austin Idol
* Note: This show advertised CWA Champion Billy Robinson vs. Tony Charles. It’s possible the unscheduled Lawler vs. Idol match replaced the CWA Title match. We have yet to find confirmation that Robinson vs. Charles took place.

2/24/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Tommy Gilbert defeated Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Jimmy Valiant, Dream Machine, & Wayne Ferris defeated Eddie Gilbert, Koko Ware, & Sonny King.
The Bounty Hunters defeated Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich. in a “loser receives ten lashes” match.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson pinned Tony Charles.
Jerry Lawler & Jackie Fargo defeated Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel via DQ.
* Note: This was a Tuesday show.

3/1/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Sonny King, Tony Charles, & Tommy Gilbert defeated Tojo Yamamoto, The Angel, & Ali Hassan.
Wayne Ferris defeated Roy Rogers.
Dream Machine defeated Koko Ware.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Eddie Gilbert.
Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee defeated The Bounty Hunters.
Jimmy Valiant won a “battle royal.”
Jerry Lawler, Jackie & Roughhouse Fargo defeated Jimmy Hart, Austin Idol, & Dutch Mantel.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

3/9/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,916
The Turk & El Toro defeated Eddie & Tommy Gilbert.
Dream Machine defeated Chief Thundercloud.
The Angel & Ali Hassan defeated Koko Ware & Ron Sexton.
Tojo Yamamoto & Wayne Ferris defeated Sonny King & Roy Rogers.
CWA Tag Champs Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel defeated Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Wayne Ferris.
Southern Champ Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Valiant.

3/16/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Koko Ware drew The Angel.
The Turk & El Toro defeated Sonny King & Ron Sexton.
Dutch Mantel defeated Vinnie Romeo.
Big Red & Eddie Gilbert defeated The Bounty Hunters via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated Southern Tag Champs Wayne Ferris & Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jack Brisco.

3/23/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,101)
The Turk & El Toro drew Big Red & Eddie Gilbert.
Dutch Mantel defeated Sonny King.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Wayne Ferris.
Jerry Lawler defeated Terry Funk via countout.
Jerry Lawler & Tommy Rich defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi.

3/30/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,382)
The Bounty Hunters & Jimmy Kent defeated Sonny King, Big Red, & Eddie Gilbert.
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Ron Sexton.
Dutch Mantel defeated Koko Ware.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Bill Dundee & Dream Machine to win the Southern Tag Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated The Angel & Gypsy Joe in a “handicap loser leaves town” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dory Funk, Jr. via DQ.

4/6/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,147)
Eddie Gilbert defeated Jimmy Kent (4:41).
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Big Red (2:34).
The Bounty Hunters defeated Koko Ware & Chief Thundercloud (5:52).
El Toro & Turk defeated Ron Sexton & Vinnie Romeo (2:17).
Dutch Mantel defeated Sonny King (7:40).
Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi (17:02) in a “mask vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title when Dundee pinned Fuchi.
Jerry Lawler & Plowboy Frazier defeated Terry Funk & Dory Funk, Jr. in a “Texas Death” match.
– Dory pinned Lawler (7:10).
– Dory pinned Lawler (8:06).
– Frazier pinned Dory (8:21).
– Frazier pinned Dory (13:38).
– Frazier pinned Terry (15:49).
– Terry pinned Frazier (17:01).
– Lawler finally defeated Terry who was unable to answer the ten count.

4/13/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,800)
Koko Ware defeated Jimmy Kent.
Ron Sexton defeated Vinnie Romeo.
Sonny King defeated Buddy Wayne.
The Bounty Hunters defeated Big Red & Eddie Gilbert.
Masa Fuchi, Atsushi Onita, & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Dream Machine, Bill Dundee, & Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Jerry Lawler & Kevin Sullivan No Contest with El Toro & Turk & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap” match.

4/20/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,102)
Sonny King defeated Vinnie Romeo.
Koko Ware defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Barbie Doll defeated Diamond Lil.
Tom Thumb defeated Billy the Kid.
Sue Ferrera defeated Wendi Richter.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated The Turk & El Toro.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel.
Jerry Lawler double DQ against Kevin Sullivan.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 4/27/81. However, CWA did run a show at Tim McCarver Stadium on 4/26/81. Results Below.

4/26/81 – Memphis, TN. @ Tim McCarver Stadium (Attendance: 3,700)
* Eddie Gilbert & Suzette Ferreira defeated Billy the Kid & Diamond Lil (See Note)
Roy Rodgers defeated Jimmy Kent
Sonny King defeated Tojo Yamamoto via DQ
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated The Bounty Hunters (w/Jim Kent)
Dutch Mantel & Austin Idol defeated Mr. Onita & Masa Fuchi via DQ (Manager, Tojo Yamamoto was placed in a cage for this match)
Jerry Lawler defeated Kevin Sullivan
* Note: On the bill was a Eddie Gilbert & Suzette Ferreira vs. Jimmy Hart & Wendi Richter mixed tag, as well as Billy the Kid & Diamond Lil vs. Tiny Tom & Barbie Doll Mixed Midgets Tag. One result claims Eddie Gilbert & Suzette Ferreira defeated Billy the Kid & Diamond Lil, but that could be a typo combining both original matches from the ad. We’ll continue research on this matter.

5/4/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,078)
Sonny King & Chief Thundercloud defeated Ron Sexton & Roy Rogers.
Koko Ware drew Eddie Gilbert.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Dutch Mantel & Giant Frazier.
The Turk, El Toro, & Jimmy Hart defeated The Bounty Hunters & Jimmy Kent in a “loser leaves town” match.
Southern Tag Champs Wayne Ferris & Kevin Sullivan defeated Bill Dundee & Dream Machine.
Jerry Lawler pinned Jerry Blackwell.

5/11/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,200)
Sonny King defeated El Toro.
Eddie Gilbert defeated The Turk via DQ.
Plowboy Frazier, Koko Ware, & Dutch Mantel defeated Tojo Yamamoto, Masa Fuchi, & Atsushi Onita.
Wayne Ferris, Kevin Sullivan, & Jimmy Hart defeated Bill Dundee, Dream Machine, & Roy Rogers.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dory Funk, Jr. (32:00) via DQ.

5/18/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,718)
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Ron Sexton (3:03).
The Nightmares defeated Eddie Gilbert & Koko Ware (6:47).
Sonny King & Tim Leonard defeated The Turk & El Toro (2:14).
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Dutch Mantel & Plowboy Frazier (9:18) when Onita pinned Mantell.
Bill Dundee & Dream Machine defeated Wayne Ferris & Kevin Sullivan (14:29) to win the Southern Tag Title when Dundee defeated Ferris.
Bill Dundee won a “two-ring battle royal.”
Roy Rogers defeated Jimmy Hart (1:32) via DQ.
Terry & Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Jack Brisco & Jerry Lawler (27:51) when Dory pinned Lawler.

5/25/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Chick Donovan defeated Eddie Gilbert.
Atsushi Onita, Masa Fuchi, Tojo Yamamoto, & The Nightmares defeated Koko Ware, Ron Sexton, Sonny King, Plowboy Frazier, & Dutch Mantel.
Kevin Sullivan & Wayne Ferris defeated Bill Dundee & Dream Machine to win the Southern Tag Title.
Roy Rogers defeated Wayne Ferris (3rd) via DQ in a “boxer vs. wrestler” match.
Jerry Lawler pinned Terry Funk (20:36).

6/1/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,000)
Sonny King defeated Buddy Wayne.
Plowboy Frazier defeated Jim Dalton.
Koko Ware defeated Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Tim Leonard & Chief Thundercloud.
Roy Rogers defeated Chick Donovan via DQ.
Bill Dundee pinned Stan Lane to win the U.S. Junior Heavyweight Title.
Dream Machine, Jerry Lawler, & Dutch Mantel defeated Kevin Sullivan, Wayne Ferris, & Nightmares via DQ in a “handicap” match.

6/8/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,891)
Sonny King drew Tojo Yamamoto.
Steve Keirn defeated Jim Dalton. (Steve Keirn’s Memphis Debut)
Chick Donovan defeated Roy Rogers.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Koko Ware & Plowboy Frazier.
Kevin Sullivan, Wayne Ferris, & The Nightmares defeated Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Dream Machine, & Dutch Mantel in a “no DQ” match.

6/15/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,500)
Sonny King defeated Jim Dalton.
Plowboy Frazier defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Atsushi Onita defeated Tim Leonard.
Chick Donovan defeated Koko Ware.
Southern Tag Champs Kevin Sullivan & Wayne Ferris defeated Steve Keirn & Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Jerry Lawler & Dream Machine defeated Jimmy Hart & The Nightmares in a “handicap piledriver” match.

6/22/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,981)
Sonny King defeated Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Plowboy Frazier defeated Jim Dalton.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Roy Rogers & Koko Ware.
Steve Keirn pinned Chick Donovan.
Wayne Ferris, Kevin Sullivan, & The Nightmares defeated Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantel, & Dream Machine. As a result, Hart was able to book the next bout as his dream match.
Jimmy Hart pinned Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Title. Wayne Ferris and Kevin Sullivan were the referees.

6/29/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 10,129)
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Sonny King & Koko Ware.
Chick Donovan defeated Steve Keirn via DQ.
Wayne Ferris defeated Roy Rogers.
Dutch Mantel lost a “battle royal” to Wayne Ferris, Kevin Sullivan, The Nightmares, & Jimmy Hart. This was Sullivan’s dream match.
Dream Machine defeated The Nightmares in a “no DQ handicap” match. Dream Machine’s mask was at stake in the match. This was Nightmare #1’s dream match.
Dutch Mantel defeated Kevin Sullivan. Sullivan’s manager Jimmy Hart was banned from ringside. This was Mantel’s dream match.
The Nightmares defeated Bill Dundee & Dream Machine in a “no DQ” match. The Nightmares’ masks were at stake in this match This was Machine’s dream match.
Jerry Lawler pinned Jimmy Hart in a “no DQ lumberjack” match. This was Lawler’s dream match.
* Note: Notice the attendance of this show as compared to others, nearly DOUBLED. Everyone and their brother came out to see Jerry Lawler FINALLY get his hands on Jimmy Hart in this type of situation.

7/6/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,340)
Atsushi Onita, Masa Fuchi, & Tojo Yamamoto drew Plowboy Frazier, Koko Ware, & Roy Rogers.
Chick Donovan defeated Sonny King.
Dream Machine & Dutch Mantel defeated The Nightmares in a “no DQ mask vs. mask” match.
Steve Keirn defeated Ron Bass to win the Mid-America Title.
Southern Tag Champs Wayne Ferris & Kevin Sullivan defeated Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee.

7/13/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,209)
Roy Rogers defeated Jim Dalton.
Sonny King defeated Tom Stanton.
Steve Keirn & Koko Ware defeated The Nightmares.
Masa Fuchi, Atsushi Onita, & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Dream Machine, Dutch Mantel, & Steve Keirn.
Plowboy Frazier defeated Chick Donovan via DQ.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated Wayne Ferris & Kevin Sullivan in a “no DQ Lawler’s hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
The Nightmares defeated Dutch Mantel & Dream Machine in a “no DQ hair vs. mask” match.

7/20/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 9,284)
Bugsy McGraw pinned Dream Machine.
Bill Dundee pinned Atsushi Onita.
Ron Bass pinned Jerry Lawler.
Steve Keirn pinned Masa Fuchi.
Steve Keirn pinned Ron Bass.
Bugsy McGraw pinned Bill Dundee.
Steve Keirn pinned Bugsy McGraw to win the vacant Southern Title.
The Nightmares defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Dutch Mantel defeated Tojo Yamamoto in a “bull whip on a ladder” match.
Steve Keirn & Bill Dundee defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi in a “hair vs. hair” match.

7/27/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 9,628)
Sonny King defeated Tom Stanton.
Roy Rogers defeated Jim Dalton.
Bugsy McGraw defeated Koko Ware.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Nightmares in a “no DQ” match.
Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantel, & Steve Keirn defeated Atsushi Onita, Masa Fuchi, & Tojo Yamamoto in a “bull whip on a pole” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dream Machine via DQ.

8/3/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 11,600)
Koko Ware & Roy Rogers defeated Jim Dalton & Tom Stanton.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi.
Plowboy Frazier No Contest with The Phantom.
Dutch Mantel defeated Tojo Yamamoto via DQ in a “judo jacket” match.
Jerry Lawler & Jimmy Valiant No Contest with Dream Machine & Bugsy McGraw.
The Nightmares defeated Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn via DQ.

8/10/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
The Heartbreakers defeated Koko Ware & Roy Rogers.
The Phantom defeated Chief Thundercloud.
Ricky & Robert Gibson No Contest with Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi.
Dutch Mantel defeated Tojo Yamamoto in a “bullwhip vs. kendo stick” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dream Machine via DQ.
Bill Dundee, Plowboy Frazier, & Steve Keirn defeated Bugsy McGraw & The Nightmares in a “back alley street brawl” match.

8/17/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,889)
Koko Ware defeated Tom Stanton.
Plowboy Frazier & Roy Rogers defeated The Heartbreakers.
Southern Tag Champs Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn.
Dream Machine, Bugsy McGraw, & The Nightmares defeated Jerry Lawler, Steve Keirn, Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Dutch Mantel defeated Tojo Yamamoto in a “steel cage stretcher” match.

8/24/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,089)
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Heartbreakers.
The Nightmares defeated Koko Ware & Roy Rogers.
The Nightmares, Jimmy Hart, & The Heartbreakers defeated Koko Ware, Roy Rogers, Plowboy Frazier, Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Dutch Mantel & Bill Dundee defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi via DQ.
Bugsy McGraw defeated Steve Keirn to win the Mid-America Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated Dream Machine in a “no DQ loser gets tarred and feathered” match to win the Southern Title.

8/31/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 9,110)
Roy Rogers defeated Buddy Wayne.
Koko Ware defeated Assassin #2.
King Cobra defeated Assassin #1.
Dutch Mantel defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Dutch Mantel, King Cobra, Koko Ware, & Roy Rogers defeated Tojo Yamamoto, Wayne Ferris, & The Assassins.
The Heartbreakers defeated Plowboy Frazier in a “handicap” match.
Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi to win the Southern Tag Title.
Mid-America Champ Bugsy McGraw defeated Steve Keirn via DQ.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Nightmares in a “no DQ loser leaves town” match.
Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee defeated Dream Machine & Jimmy Hart in a “no DQ loser leaves town” match. (Hart was supposed to leave town)

9/7/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,236)
Koko Ware defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Assassins.
Bill Dundee & Dutch Mantel defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi.
The Nightmare & Speed defeated Plowboy Frazier in a “no DQ handicap hair vs. hair” match.
The Heartbreakers defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton in a “no DQ hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Steve Keirn defeated Bugsy McGraw in a “no DQ hair vs. title” match to win the Mid-America Title.
Dream Machine defeated Jerry Lawler in a “no DQ loser leaves town” match to win the Southern Title. Koko Ware was the referee. As a result, Machine’s manager Jimmy Hart was allowed to return. If Machine had lost, the entire First Family would have left town.

9/14/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,371)
Steve Keirn & King Cobra drew Bugsy McGraw & Koko Ware.
Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantel, & Roy Rogers defeated The Nightmare, Speed, & Jimmy Hart.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Heartbreakers to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bill Dundee won a “battle royal.”
Jimmy Valiant defeated Dream Machine to win the Southern Title.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton via DQ.

9/21/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,912))
Roy Rogers defeated The Assassin.
Mid-America Champ Steve Keirn No Contest with Dutch Mantel.
Bill Dundee defeated The Heartbreakers in a “handicap hair vs. loser leaves town” match.
Southern Tag Champs Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Nightmare & Speed.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert in a “no DQ” match.
Dream Machine & Sweet Brown Sugar (Koko Ware) defeated Rocky Johnson & Jimmy Valiant.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 9/28/81 due to the Mid-South Fair being held at the coliseum. However, there was a show at Cook Convention Center on 9/26/81. Results Below.

9/26/81 – Memphis, TN. @ Cook Convention Center
Roy Rodgers defeated Chic Donovan via DQ
Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Southern Tag Champion Ricky Gibson in a handicap match (Robert Gibson was unable to compete)
Duch Mantel defeated Mid-America Champion Steve Keirn to win the title in a “No DQ” match
Ricky Morton, Eddie Gilbert & Bill Dundee defeated Mr. Onita, Masa Fuchi & Tojo Yamamoto
Southern Champion Jimmy Valiant defeated Dream Machine (The stipulations of the match stated that if Valiant won, Jerry Lawler would be reinstated and Valiant would get a loser leaves town match with Jimmy Hart.)
Jimmy Hart defeated Jimmy Valiant in a “Loser Leaves Town” match.

10/5/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Eddie Gilbert defeated Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Stan Lane defeated Ricky Morton.
Bill Dundee defeated Dream Machine.
Dutch Mantel defeated Chick Donovan.
Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi defeated Roy Rogers & King Cobra.
The Nightmare & Speed defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Jerry Lawler No Contest with Sweet Brown Sugar.

10/12/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,000)
Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert defeated Bobby Monroe & Assassin #1.
Stan Lane No Contest with Steve Keirn.
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Roy Rogers.
Bill Dundee defeated Chick Donovan.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Nightmare & Speed via DQ. in a “hospital elimination” match.
Southern Champ Dream Machine defeated Dutch Mantel.
Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Jerry Lawler in a “no DQ” match.

10/19/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,345)
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Chick Donovan & Bobby Monroe.
Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton defeated The Nightmare & Speed.
Steve Keirn defeated Stan Lane via DQ.
Mid-America Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Southern Champ Dream Machine via DQ.
Jimmy Hart defeated Jerry Calhoun.
Bill Dundee & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Atsushi Onita & Masa Fuchi in a “loser leaves town” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Sweet Brown Sugar in a “barbed wire” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated Karl Krupp via DQ.

10/26/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Speed & The Nightmare defeated Ric McCord & Roy Rogers.
Tommy Gilbert defeated The Super Destroyer via DQ.
Ricky Morton defeated Gypsy Joe.
Ricky & Robert Gibson drew The Cuban & Iranian Assassins.
Karl Krupp, Stan Lane, Jimmy Hart, & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Tojo Yamamoto, & Steve Keirn.
Mid-America Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Dream Machine in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Title.

11/2/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Roy Rogers defeated Gypsy Joe.
Ricky Morton defeated Speed.
Tommy Gilbert defeated The Nightmare.
The Cuban & Iranian Assassins defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson in a “no DQ” match.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated The Super Destroyer.
Southern Tag Champs Sweet Brown Sugar & Stan Lane No Contest with Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn.
Karl Krupp defeated Jerry Lawler in a “no DQ” match. Jimmy Hart was the referee.

11/9/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,100)
Ricky Morton drew Speed.
Tommy Gilbert defeated The Dream Machine via DQ.
The Dream Machine won an “elimination” match. Also in the match were: Plowboy Frazier, Ricky Gibson, Robert Gibson, Tommy Gilbert, Ricky Morton, The Nightmare, Roy Rogers, Speed, and Super Destroyer.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Gypsy Joe.
Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry Lawler defeated The Cuban & Iranian Assassins.
Southern Tag Champs Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar double count out against Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn in match with three referees. As a result, the title was held-up.
Jerry Lawler defeated Karl Krupp in a “lumberjacks with whips” match.

11/16/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,823)
Ricky Morton drew Gypsy Joe.
The Super Destroyer defeated Roy Rogers.
The Cuban & Iranian Assassins defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson via DQ.
Jerry Lawler, Tojo Yamamoto, & Ricky Morton defeated Karl Krupp, The Nightmare, & Speed.
Dream Machine bat Southern Champ Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Jerry Lawler defeated The Super Destroyer.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy hart via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar to win the held-up Southern Tag Title in a “no DQ” match.

11/23/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,393)
Ricky Morton defeated Gypsy Joe.
Bobby Eaton defeated Roy Rogers.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Cuban & Iranian Assassins via DQ.
Andy Kaufman defeated three female fans and drew the fourth when time ran out.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Dream Machine via DQ in a “title vs. diamond ring” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated The Super Destroyer via DQ in a match where piledrivers were legal.
Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Stan Lane & Sweet Brown Sugar in a “Texas death” match.

11/30/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,851)
Stan Lane defeated Roy Rogers.
Bobby Eaton defeated Tommy Gilbert.
Steve Keirn defeated The Nightmare.
Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey defeated Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert.
The Super Destroyer & Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee via DQ.
The Cuban & Iranian Assassins defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson in a “loser get ten lashes” match.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Dream Machine in a “no DQ” match.
* Note: Andy Kaufman introduced himself as the “World’s Inter-gender Champion” and stated he only wrestled women.

12/7/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,122)
Ricky Morton defeated Gypsy Joe.
Roy Rogers defeated The Nightmare via DQ.
Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Ric McCord.
Dream Machine defeated Dutch Mantel in a “loser wears a chicken suit” match.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via DQ.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Cuban & Iranian Assassins in a “strap on a pole” match via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler defeated The Super Destroyer & Sweet Brown Sugar in a “no DQ” match.

12/14/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,627)
Gypsy Joe drew Tojo Yamamoto.
Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin defeated Ricky Morton & Roy Rogers.
Dream Machine defeated Ric McCord.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Stan Lane via DQ.
Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated The Cuban & Iranian Assassins via DQ.
Bill Dundee, Ricky Gibson, & Jimmy Valiant defeated Sweet Brown Sugar, Bobby Eaton, & The Super Destroyer.

12/21/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,520)
Roy Rogers & Ricky Morton defeated The Nightmare & Speed.
Dream Machine defeated Ric McCord.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Sweet Brown Sugar & Bobby Eaton.
Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin via DQ.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel pinned Stan Lane.
Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn defeated The Cuban & Iranian Assassins. As a result, Dundee received a match with Jimmy Hart.
Bill Dundee defeated Jimmy Hart via DQ.
Bill Dundee defeated The Super Destroyer (10:00) when Destroyer failed to make two pins.

12/28/81 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Gypsy Joe defeated Dennis Upton.
The Nightmare & Speed defeated Ric McCord & Tom Leonard.
Dennis Condrey, Norvell Austin, & Randy Rose defeated Ricky Morton, Roy Rogers, & Chief Thundercloud.
Bobby Eaton defeated Tom Maley.
Southern Champ Dutch Mantel defeated Sweet Brown Sugar via DQ.
Bill Dundee, Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Stan Lane, The Cuban & Iranian Assassins via DQ.
Randy Rose won a “two-ring battle royal.”

“MEMORY LANE” EPISODE #3 – BUNGEE-MANIA RUNS WILD

By
Crazymax Jack
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INTRO

Takes me back to fonder days in the business. Waking up weekend mornings to tune into Saturday and/or Sunday morning rasslin. NWA World Wide Wrestling was a staple for Jim Crockett Promotions going back to 1975, and continued on under Turner Broadcasting’s ownership in some form or another through it’s sell to the WWE. World Wide would generally have at least one, if not several “feature matches” that pitted top stars against one another, rather than just the usual squash matches we were accustom to on WWF syndicated programming. This particular video and theme came from a memorable time in the NWA’s run, stretching from their boom period in 1986 and running well into 1989.

 

SEGMENT OF THE WEEK

In honor of our feature match later in today’s program, I present to you an odd piece of footage from the Global Wrestling Federation in the early 1990’s. Global was the successor of USWA Dallas, which was the successor of World Class. The GWF aired 5 days a week at 4pm eastern on ESPN, back when you could get your wrestling fix any day of the week. At this point, “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez had forced his way into a booking position with the company after it’s initial boom period had went bust. This particular segment features the very capable “Maniac” Mike Davis playing his version of the “special” character, later made famous by people like Dave Sullivan & Eugene. Mike had spent most of the 80’s as a journeyman wrestler, and had mild success as one-half of the Rock & Roll RPM’s (along with Tommy Lane) in places like Memphis, Dallas, and the AWA. Davis had turned into this mentally challenged character as part of a fun-loving baby face character that was very interactive with the fans. As we headed into the 90’s, one of the hot new trends was Bungee Jumping, or anything to do with Bungee Cords. In this segment, Mike gets slingshotted by a Bungee Cord into the sky where he proclaims he visited the moon, and brings back a “Moon Rock”. This moon rock would become part of Davis’ character, almost like pet of sorts. It’s definitely a unique segment, check it out below.

 

SQUASH OF THE WEEK

If we’re going to do this thing, let’s do it right. When you talk squash matches the first names that come to your mind (other than the jobbers) should be the Road Warriors. There was nobody who did the squash match better. They no sold everything thrown at them, and treated the matches as if they were real fights, at times beating the holy hell out of their opponents (legit) and throwing them around without a care for their well being. Well if this was a real sport their behavior would make complete sense, but since it’s not I have to pity everyone who agreed to step in the ring for these beat downs. Imagine, knowing in advance you have a LEGITIMATE chance of having your neck broke, or spending the rest of the day in the Emergency Room for shitty payoffs just to say you were on TV. Their squashes certainly added reality to the sport. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not knocking their squashes, coming from this side of the TV screen, I can say that I loved the old Roadie squashes. Here’s one of my favorites as Hawk & Animal destroy poor Roger Bond & Jason Walker.

 

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Last week, I touched on how big World Class Championship Wrestling was in bringing in the modern era of the cameras, theme music, and all that good stuff. Another thing that WCCW perfected in the early years of the 80’s was music videos. Michael Hayes will brag until he’s blue in the face about how much he played a part in bringing Rock & Roll to wrestling, and in many ways it’s true, Hayes was a big supporter of combining the two. I don’t know how hands on Fritz was in selecting 1980’s pop music, but here we go with an oldie but a goody… It’s a music video featuring all the stars of WCCW set to the tune of “You Might Think” by the CARS. Fair warning, anyone with epilepsy may want to avoid this particular video, as the zooming in and out can screw with the eyes.

 

INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK

This is one of my personal favorites dating back to… well… when it first aired back in 1995… In this interview we have Al Snow & Unabom (Kane) cutting a promo on the Rock & Roll Express, who they’d been in a heated feud with at the time. Al Snow was never short on words, the SMW roster would actually come and watch Snow tape some of his promos due to how entertaining they could be. In the years before scripts, when wrestlers were not only permitted, but encouraged to cut their own promos, there were very few better than Al Snow. Al’s promos were creative, passionate, and in this instance, HILARIOUS. Watch as Al & Unabom put on wigs and pretend to be Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson. The future Kane doesn’t really say much, but he does cross his eyes to mock Gibson. Snow’s tirade that follows had me trying to catch my breath as I was laughing so hard. This was at a time when you just didn’t hear things like this in wrestling, everything was so cartoony in WWF land at this time. It was totally unexpected, it caught me off guard and had me in stitches. Snow cracks some jokes on both the R&R members, and even pulls out a letter written by “Robert Gibson’s mom” that he claims was “written in sign language” (because she’s deaf). Enjoy!

 

BLAST FROM THE PAST

I’ve added another feature to Memory Lane. I think this feature truly captures the “Memory lane” feel as we go back in time for a black and white classic from the old days. This week, I just had to dig up this classic match between big Moose Cholak vs. “Arriba” Luis Martinez. You’ll see Moose enter the ring with a MOOSE HEAD the size of his entire 300+ pound body. It’s really awkward and looks like it would topple the big man. This is clearly where Vince got the idea of Mantaur wearing the Buffalo head in his early matches. Truly a sight to behold, and it’s followed by the two legends of the Great Lakes area going one-on-one.

 

FEATURE MATCH OF THE WEEK

I warmed you up earlier in the program with “Maniac” Mike Davis taking a slingshot ride into space via the bungee cord. Well here’s part 2 of the Bungee deal. You didn’t think they rented a Bungee Cord for just ONE segment did you? No-no-no… This is the FEATURE Bungee presentation. The first, and to my knowledge only, BUNGEE CORD MATCH featuring “Teen Heartthrob” Chaz taking on his arch-rival Steven Dane. These two had quite the rivalry going on, without getting too detailed into their issues let’s just say a lady named “Alexis” played a part in their rivalry. This feud would become so epic that only one type of match could contain them. No, not a Steel Cage match. No, not even the dreaded Shark Cage Match, but you’re getting close. The Bungee Cord match would take Dane & Chaz several dozen feet in the air, where they would proceed to “fight” on a caged platform not unlike the shark cage. The goal? To throw your opponent off the platform, thus forcing them to Bungee Jump. I won’t spoil the fun, so check out the match and I’ll get back with you on the other side of things.

Did you see that? Seriously, did you see that? They rent a bungee cord from a CARNIVAL, so you know that’s safe. Then they proceed to tussle around until Dane takes the plunge. But that’s not the kicker… As the machine is lowering the cage, mid-way down Dane “yanks” Chaz off the platform. Chaz comes falling out of the platform at a random height, with the bungee cord wrapped around his shoulder to shorten the length in order to prevent him from smacking the ground. No measuring, no planning involved, Chaz just falls at a random point and PRAYS he has just enough slack to bounce, but not make a splash on the ground. Lucky for Chaz, he made it. His daddy Tug Taylor should be proud!

 

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s random hodgepodge of wrestling goodness, I’ll be back next week with a new episode and a good wrestling match as the feature, I PROMISE. As always, I’m open to your ideas for future matches/angles to appear as part of this column, so feel free to send in your picks or comment below!

 

Memphis Results: 1980

By
Crazymax Jack
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(Credit for the following results go to numerous sources, including, but not limited to, Tim Dills, Jason Campbell, Mark James, and various news clippings)

Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) Results 1980
Promoting the Areas of: Tennessee and adjacent cities
Promoter: Jerry Jarrett

 
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1/1/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Paul Ellering defeated Buddy Wayne.
Big Red defeated Tojo Yamamoto.
Sonny King defeated Ricky Morton.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Assassins to win the Southern Tag Title.
Jerry Lawler & Jimmy Hart defeated Ken Lucas & Steve Regal. Jimmy Valiant was the referee.
* Note: This was a Tuesday show.

1/7/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,689)
Buddy Wayne defeated Jerry Barber.
Jerry Bryant defeated Bub Smith.
Sonny King defeated Paul Ellering.
Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Valiant, & Jimmy Hart defeated Big Red, Steve Regal, & Ricky Morton.
The Assassins defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson to win the Southern Tag Title. To win the match, the Gibsons would have had to unmask the Assassins.

1/14/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,891)
Paul Ellering defeated The Grappler.
Sonny King defeated Larry Hardin.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Assassins & Coach (Troy Graham) in a “handicap” match in a “hair vs. mask” match.
Steve Regal, Ricky Morton, & Big Red defeated Jerry Lawler, Jimmy Valiant, & Jimmy Hart. Bill Dundee was the referee.
Jerry Lawler vs. Ken Lucas in a “piledriver” match. Bill Dundee was the referee.

1/21/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,961)
Paul Ellering drew Ricky Morton.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated The Medics.
Southern Tag Champs The Assassins DDQ Ken Lucas & Steve Regal. As a result, the title was held-up.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant defeated Plowboy Frazier.
Bill Dundee defeated CWA Champ Jerry Lawler via DQ. As a result, the title was held-up.

1/28/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,287)
Ricky Morton defeated Jerry Bryant.
Sonny King drew Paul Ellering.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Sugar Bear Harris & Buddy Wayne.
The Assassins defeated Ken Lucas & Steve Regal “in a no DQ” match to win the held-up Southern Tag Title.
Jackie Fargo & Bill Dundee defeated Jerry Lawler & Jimmy Valiant via DQ.

* Note: On February 1st, 1980, Jerry Lawler would break his leg during a pickup football game that included referee Jerry Calhoun. The King would be sidelined for at least 7 months before his official return to the ring. This would initiate the infamous Jimmy Hart TV interview about “shooting a horse when they break their leg”. Hart basically dumped the King on TV, thus setting Lawler up for a huge baby face run upon his return.

2/4/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,891)
Robert Gibson defeated Paul Ellering via DQ.
Steve Regal & Ricky Morton defeated The Assassin & Sonny King.
Bill Dundee defeated Sugar Bear Harris.
The Assassins defeated Bill Robinson & Ken Lucas.
Ricky Gibson defeated Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant via DQ.

2/11/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,236)
Ricky Morton vs. Buddy Wayne.
Steve Regal defeated Jerry Bryant.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Sonny King & Sugar Bear Harris via DQ.
Paul Ellering & Ali Hassan defeated Bill Dundee & Jimmy Valiant.
Ken Lucas & Billy Robinson defeated The Assassins via DQ.

2/17/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,216)
Steve Regal & Ricky Morton defeated David Oswald & Buddy Wayne.
Robert Gibson defeated David Schultz via DQ.
Ricky Gibson defeated Dennis Condrey via DQ.
Ray Candy & Sugar Bear Harris DDQ Sonny King & Tom Shaft.
Jimmy Valiant & Bill Dundee defeated Paul Ellering, Ali Hassan, & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap” match.
Ken Lucas & Billy Robinson defeated The Assassins in a “no DQ” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

2/25/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,793)
Steve Regal won a “battle royal.”
Ricky Morton defeated Buddy Wayne.
Ali Hassan defeated Steve Regal.
David Shultz & Dennis Condrey defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Ray Candy & Sugar Bear Harris defeated Sonny King & Tom Shaft in a “Texas tornado death” match.
The Assassins defeated Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas in a “no DQ masks vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bill Dundee defeated Jimmy Hart in a “back alley street brawl” where Dundee had his feet tied together.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant pinned Paul Ellering.

3/2/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,740)
Steve Regal & Ricky Morton defeated Bub Smith & Buddy Wayne (12:5) when Regal pinned Smith.
Steve Regal & Ricky Morton defeated The Assassins via DQ.
Bill Dundee pinned Sonny King (13:35).
Dennis Condrey DDQ Robert Gibson.
David Schultz DDQ Ricky Gibson.
Southern Tag Champs Ken Lucas & Billy Robinson defeated Paul Ellering & Ali Hassan (17:22) when Robinson pinned Hassan.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant pinned Paul Ellering. Tommy Marlin was the referee and Ellering’s manager Jimmy Hart was handcuffed to Bill Dundee.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

3/10/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,217)
Ricky Morton pinned David Oswald.
Paul Ellering & Ali Hassan defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Southern Tag Champs Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas defeated David Shultz & Dennis Condrey.
Sonny King defeated Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant via DQ.
Bill Dundee & Steve Regal defeated The Assassins.

3/16/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,410)
Jerry Bryant pinned Buddy Wayne.
Robert & Ricky Gibson defeated Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris (13:02) when Robert pinned Latham.
Dennis Condrey & David Schultz defeated Steve Regal & Ricky Morton.
Bill Dundee pinned Sonny King.
Southern Tag Champs Paul Ellering & Ali Hassan defeated Jimmy Valiant & Ken Lucas via DQ.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

3/24/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,194)
Jerry Bryant defeated David Oswald.
Sonny King pinned Ed Flugart.
Dennis Condrey & David Schultz defeated Bill Dundee & Steve Regal.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham via DQ.
Jimmy Valiant, Billy Robinson, & Ken Lucas defeated Paul Ellering, Ali Hassan, & Jimmy Hart via DQ.

3/30/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Steve Regal pinned David Oswald.
Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas defeated Sonny King & Ali Hassan when Lucas pinned Hassan.
Dennis Condrey & David Schultz defeated Bill Dundee & Ricky Morton when Condrey pinned Morton.
Ricky & Robert Gibson No Contest with Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant defeated Paul Ellering via DQ.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

4/7/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,127)
Sonny King & Ali Hassan defeated Steve Regal & Ricky Morton.
Bill Dundee defeated Danny Davis & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap” match.
Ken Lucas defeated David Schultz.
David Schultz & Dennis Condrey defeated Billy Robinson & Ken Lucas via forfeit to win the vacant Southern Tag Tile.
Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris defeated Ricky & Robert Gibson.
Paul Ellering defeated Jimmy Valiant to win the Southern Title.

4/14/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,830)
Ali Hassan defeated Ricky Morton.
Sonny King & Jimmy Hart defeated Steve Regal & Jerry Bryant.
Southern Tag Champs Dennis Condrey & David Schultz defeated Bill Dundee & Jimmy Valiant.
Southern Champ Paul Ellering DCO Ken Lucas.
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham.

4/21/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Ricky Morton defeated Ken Wayne.
Sonny King defeated David McGee.
Southern Tag Champs David Schultz & Dennis Condrey defeated Steve Regal & Jimmy Valiant.
Southern Champ Paul Ellering defeated Ken Lucas.
Ricky Morton, Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Wayne Ferris, Larry Latham & Danny Davis.
Bill Dundee defeated Jimmy Hart & Ali Hassan via pinfall in a “handicap” match. Dundee had to win two falls in fifteen minutes or lose his car.

4/28/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,259)
Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Sonny King & Ali Hassan.
Ricky Morton, Terry Sawyer, & Buddy Fuller defeated Larry Latham, Wayne Ferris, & Danny Davis.
Bill Dundee pinned Ken Lucas.
Southern Champ Paul Ellering defeated Rocky Johnson.
Southern Tag Champs David Schultz & Dennis Condrey defeated Steve Regal & Jimmy Valiant.
Billy Robinson pinned The International Superstar (Bill Eadie) to win the CWA Title.

5/5/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,945)
Ken Lucas, Ricky & Robert Gibson defeated Ali Hassan, The International Superstar, & Jimmy Hart.
Ricky Morton & Terry Sawyer defeated Larry Latham & Danny Davis.
Dennis Condrey & David Shultz defeated Jimmy Valiant & Steve Regal.
Paul Ellering & Sonny King defeated Jackie Fargo & Rocky Johnson.
Wayne Farris pinned Buddy Wayne in a “lights out” match.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Duke Myers via forfeit.
AWA World Champ Nick Bockwinkel defeated Bill Dundee via DQ.

5/12/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,318)
Robert Gibson defeated Buddy Wayne.
Ken Lucas & Carl Fergie defeated The International Superstar & Ali Hassan.
Terry Sawyer defeated Danny Davis.
Southern Champ Paul Ellering defeated Sonny King.
Bill Dundee & Ricky Morton defeated Wayne Farris & Larry Latham.
Rocky Johnson & Jimmy Valiant defeated Dennis Condrey & David Schultz to win the Southern Tag Title.

5/19/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,715)
Robert Gibson defeated Buddy Wayne.
Billy Robinson defeated The Beast.
Jimmy Valiant defeated David Oswald & Bob Owens in a “handicap” match.
Ken Lucas & Carl Fergie defeated Ali Hassan & The International Superstar.
Southern Tag Champs Rocky Johnson & Jimmy Valiant defeated The Rough Riders.
Bill Dundee & Ken Lucas defeated Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham.
Southern Champ Paul Ellering defeated Sonny King.

5/25/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,490)
Ken Wayne drew Tony Boyles.
Sonny King defeated Robert Gibson.
Bill Dundee, Ken Lucas, & Ricky Morton defeated Wayne Ferris, Larry Latham, & Danny Davis in a “hospital elimination” match.
Southern Tag Champs Gypsy Joe & Skull Murphy defeated Jimmy Valiant & Bobby Eaton.
Tommy Rich defeated Southern Champ Paul Ellering via DQ. Sputnik Monroe was the referee.
* Note: This was a Sunday show.

6/2/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,436)
Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Ken Wayne defeated Tony Boyles
Sonny King pinned Carl Fergie.
Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham defeated Bill Dundee & Jerry Jarrett via DQ.
Southern Champ Paul Ellering defeated Jimmy Valiant.
Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas defeated Gypsy Joe & Skull Murphy to win the Southern Tag Titles. (Morton subbed for Bill Dundee)
Note #1: Jerry Lawler visited as a spectator on this show, receiving a warm welcome from the fans.
Note #2: There were alternate results that claimed Ken Lucas/Morton defeated Tony Boyles & ???, but there appeared to be typos in the ad and the original plan was for Ken Wayne vs. Boyles. We’re going with Wayne over Boyles as it makes more sense. We’ll continue researching this card.

6/9/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,135)
Sonny King & Ken Wayne defeated Robert Gibson & Tony Boyles.
Jimmy Valiant pinned The International Superstar.
Southern Tag Champs Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton defeated Gypsy Joe & Skull Murphy.
Paul Ellering defeated Carl Fergie.
Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham defeated Jerry Jarrett & Bill Dundee in a “no DQ” match.

6/16/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,922)
Carl Fergie & Tony Boyles defeated Gypsy Joe & Buddy Wayne.
Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham defeated Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto.
Southern Tag Champs Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton defeated Karl Krupp & The Great Togo.
Bill Dundee defeated Southern Champ Paul Ellering via DQ.
Bill Dundee KO Ken Wayne” in a “boxing” match (4th – 0:31).

6/23/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,260)
Robert Gibson defeated Ken Wayne.
Sonny King defeated Carl Fergie.
Karl Krupp defeated Jimmy Valiant.
Southern Tag Champs Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas defeated The Manchurians.
Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham.
Bill Dundee defeated Southern Champ Paul Ellering via DQ.
Tojo Yamamoto won a “two-ring battle royal.”

6/30/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,879)
Ken Wayne defeated Tony Boyles.
Robert Gibson defeated Sonny King.
El Mongol defeated Carl Fergie.
Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry Jarrett defeated The Manchurians.
Jimmy Valiant & Bill Dundee defeated Karl Krupp & Paul Ellering.
Southern Tag Champs Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas DDQ Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham.

7/7/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,756)
Bill Irwin drew Carl Fergie.
NWA World Women’s Champ The Fabulous Moolah defeated Wendi Richter.
Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry Jarrett defeated The Manchurians.
Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas defeated Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham in a “no DQ” match.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Karl Krupp in a “steel cage strap on a pole” match.
Bill Dundee defeated Paul Ellering in a “steel cage hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Title.

7/14/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,689)
Bill Irwin defeated Eddie Gilbert.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Paul Ellering (22:04).
Southern Champ Bill Dundee defeated Karl Krupp.
Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto won “double elimination tag team tournament. The other teams were: Wayne Ferris & Larry Latham, The Manchurians, Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton, Sonny King & El Mongol, and Jimmy Valiant & Carl Fergie.

7/21/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,482)
“Double elimination tournament” featuring Carl Fergie, Eddie Gilbert, Bill Irwin, Jerry Jarrett, Sonny King, Karl Krupp, El Mongol, Jimmy Valiant, and Tojo Yamamoto.
Lone Eagle defeated Billy the Kid.
Southern Champ Bill Dundee defeated Paul Ellering.
Southern Tag Champs Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas defeated The Manchurians.

7/28/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 8,114)
The Manchurians & Sonny King defeated Carl Fergie, Eddie Gilbert, & Tony Boyles via pinfall.
Jimmy Valiant drew Bill Irwin.
Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel to become the first CWA Tag Champs.
Karl Krupp & El Mongol defeated Ken Lucas & Paul Ellering (sub for Ricky Morton) to win the Southern Tag Title.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Bill Dundee (27:45).

8/4/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,089)
Sonny King defeated Jerry Bryant.
Jimmy Valiant & Carl Fergie defeated The Manchurians.
Bill Irwin defeated Eddie Gilbert.
Ken Lucas, Paul Ellering, & Ricky Morton defeated Karl Krupp, El Mongol, & Jimmy Hart.
Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel defeated Jerry Jarrett & Tojo Yamamoto to win the CWA Tag Title in a “no DQ” match.
Bill Dundee defeated Billy Robinson (36:04) to win the CWA Title. Lou Thesz was the referee.

8/11/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,978)
Southern Tag Champs El Mongol & Karl Krupp defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry Jarrett.
Tony Atlas & Tommy Rich defeated CWA Tag Champs Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel via DQ.
Billy Robinson defeated Bill Dundee (29:23) to win the CWA Title.
Bill Irwin defeated Jimmy Valiant to win the vacant Southern Title. Also scheduled for the tournament were: Paul Ellering, Carl Fergie, Eddie Gilbert, Ken Lucas, Ricky Morton, and Sonny King.

8/18/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 5,500)
Sonny King defeated Carl Fergie.
Tommy Rich defeated Paul Ellering.
Bill Dundee defeated Dutch Mantel.
Southern Tag Champs Karl Krupp & El Mongol defeated Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton.
Southern Champ Bill Irwin vs. Jimmy Valiant. As a result of this match, the title was held-up.
Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Karl Krupp & El Mongol.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Nick Bockwinkel.

8/25/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,040)
Tojo Yamamoto & Ken Lucas defeated The Manchurians.
Billy Robinson defeated Sonny King.
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champ Les Thornton defeated Ricky Morton (18:14).
Eddie & Tommy Gilbert defeated Karl Krupp & El Mongol to win the Southern Tag Title.
Tommy Rich No Contest with Bill Dundee.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Irwin in a “no DQ” match to win the held-up Southern Title.

9/1/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 7,604)
Carl Fergie defeated Ken Wayne.
Tommy Gilbert defeated Sonny King via DQ.
Tojo Yamamoto defeated El Mongol via DQ.
Gypsy Joe defeated Tony Boyles.
Bill Irwin drew Bill Dundee.
Tojo Yamamoto, Carl Fergie, Bill Dundee, Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Karl Krupp, El Mongol, Bill Irwin, Sonny King, & Gypsy Joe.
Tommy Rich defeated Jimmy Valiant to win the Southern Title.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Hart.

9/9/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 6,382)
Tony Boyles defeated El Mongol.
Sonny King & The Angel defeated Tony Boyles & Carl Fergie.
Southern Tag Champs Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Tom Stanton & Frank Savage.
Gypsy Joe & Bill Irwin No Contest with Tojo Yamamoto & Bill Dundee.
Jerry Lawler defeated Karl Krupp.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Tommy Rich to win the Southern Title.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Lou Thesz.
* Note #1: This was a Tuesday show.
* Note #2: Jerry Lawler’s return would prove to be short-lived as he attempted to return too early from the injury. This would be the King’s last Coliseum match until the final week of the 1980 year.

9/15/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,461)
Tom Stanton defeated Tony Boyles.
Joe Stark defeated El Mongol via DQ.
Sonny King & The Angel defeated Eddie & Tommy Gilbert to win the Southern Tag Title.
Tommy Rich defeated Carl Fergie via count out.
Bill Dundee & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Gypsy Joe & Bill Irwin in a “hospital elimination” match.
Southern Champ Jimmy Valiant defeated Karl Krupp via DQ.
King Cobra won a “battle royal” to win the Memphis Title.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 9/22/80 due to the Mid-South Fair being held at the coliseum. However, there was a show at Cook Convention Center. Results Below.

9/22/80 – Memphis, TN @ The Cook Convention Center (Attendance: 3,189)
Koko Ware defeated Frank Savage
Carl Fergie defeated Tom Stanton
Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Southern Tag Champions Sonny King & The Angel via DQ
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Jimmy Hart in a special 5 minute match
Killer Karl Krupp defeated CWA Champion Billy Robinson in a Non-Title Match
Bill Dundee defeated Gypsy Joe
Southern Champion Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Irwin
Tommy Rich defeated Memphis Champion King Cobra to win the title in a match where Rich would pay $5,000 to the fans if he lost.

9/29/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 4,429)
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Danny Davis.
Eddie & Tommy Gilbert defeated The Angel & Sonny King in a “hair vs. title” match to win the Southern Tag Title.
Bill Dundee defeated Mid-America Champ Bobby Eaton via DQ. (This was Bobby Eaton’s Memphis Debut)
Jimmy Valiant defeated World Brass Knuckles Champ Don Fargo via DQ.
Memphis Champ Tommy Rich defeated Robert Gibson.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Karl Krupp.
Mid-America Tag Champs Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton defeated Bill Irwin & Larry Latham.

No Show Scheduled at the Mid-South Coliseum on 10/6/80. However, CWA did run a show at Tim McCarver Stadium. Results Below.

10/6/80 – Memphis, TN. @ Tim McCarver Stadium (Attendance: 2,642)
Gypsy Joe defeated Robert Gibson
Guy Mitchell defeated Koko Ware
Mid-America Tag Champs Ricky Morton & Ken Lucas DRAW with Southern Champs Tommy & Eddie Gilbert
Tony Charles defeated Mid-America Champion Bobby Eaton via DQ
Bill Dundee defeated Southern Champion Tommy Rich via DQ
Austin Idol defeated CWA Champion Billy Robinson to win the title
* Note: The original card showed Austin Idol vs. Dundee, Tommy Rich vs. Tony Atlas

10/13/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Lone Eagle defeated Butch Cassidy.
Koko Ware, Eddie & Tommy Gilbert defeated Sonny King, The Angel, & Guy Mitchell via DQ.
Tony Charles defeated Bill Irwin.
The Magnificent Zulu defeated Ricky Morton.
Mid-America Champ Bobby Eaton defeated Ken Lucas.
Jimmy Valiant & Bill Dundee defeated Austin Idol & Tommy Rich via DQ.

10/20/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,604)
Bill Irwin defeated Carl Fergie.
Tojo Yamamoto defeated Larry Latham via DQ.
Tony Charles defeated Danny Davis.
Bill Dundee defeated Gypsy Joe.
Zulu defeated Robert Gibson.
Tony Atlas defeated Tommy Rich via DQ.
Bobby Eaton defeated Austin Idol via forfeit to win the CWA Title.
Tojo Yamamoto, Tony Charles, Jimmy Valiant, Carl Fergie, & Bill Dundee defeated Sonny King, Larry Latham, Danny Davis, Gypsy Joe, & Bill Irwin.

10/27/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,800)
Ricky Morton defeated Danny Davis.
Tony Charles defeated The Angel.
Ken Lucas drew Sonny King.
Guy Mitchell & Gypsy Joe defeated Bill Dundee & Carl Fergie.
Danny Davis defeated Jimmy Hart via DQ.
Austin Idol defeated The Magnificent Zulu via DQ.
Bill Irwin & Larry Latham defeated Eddie & Tommy Gilbert to win the Southern Tag Title.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Southern Champ Tommy Rich via DQ.
Billy Robinson defeated Bobby Eaton to win the CWA Title.

11/3/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,684)
Eddie & Tommy Gilbert defeated Sonny King & The Magnificent Zulu.
Robert Gibson defeated The Angel.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson DCO Guy Mitchell.
Jimmy Valiant & Bill Dundee defeated Tommy Rich & Bobby Eaton.
Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton defeated Larry Latham & Bill Irwin to win the Southern Tag Title.

11/10/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,109)
Tommy Gilbert defeated Larry Latham.
Tojo Yamamoto drew Gypsy Joe.
Sonny King defeated The Magnificent Zulu.
Southern Tag Champs Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton DDQ Bill & Scott Irwin. As a result, the title was held-up
Tommy Rich & Bobby Eaton defeated Bill Dundee & Jimmy Valiant in a “no DQ” match.
CWA Champ Billy Robinson defeated Guy Mitchell (22:55).

11/17/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum
Robert Gibson vs. The Angel
Sonny King vs. Gypsy Joe
Tojo Yamamoto vs. Larry Latham
Tommy Gilbert vs. Guy Mitchell
Tommy Rich vs. Carl Fergie
Jimmy Valiant vs. The Magnificent Zulu
Bill Dundee vs. Bobby Eaton
Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton defeated Bill & Scott Irwin to win the held-up Southern Tag Title
14-Man Battle Royal
CWA Champ Billy Robinson vs. battle royal winner

11/24/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,449)
Tony Charles defeated Gypsy Joe.
Sonny King defeated Bill Irwin.
The Angel defeated Koko Ware.
Robert Gibson defeated CWA Champ Billy Robinson via DQ.
Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee defeated Jimmy Valiant & Tojo Yamamoto via DQ.
Roger Kirby & Guy Mitchell defeated Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton to win the Southern Tag Title.

12/1/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,698)
Sonny King No Contest with Ken Lucas.
Tony Charles defeated Gypsy Joe.
Ricky Morton drew The Angel.
Bobby Eaton defeated Robert Gibson.
Tommy & Eddie Gilbert defeated Southern Tag Champs Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby via DQ.
Tommy Rich & Koko Ware defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Jimmy Valiant in a “no DQ” match.

12/8/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,160)
Carl Fergie defeated Gypsy Joe.
Robert Gibson defeated Bill Irwin.
Sonny King defeated The Angel via DQ.
Bobby Eaton defeated Tony Charles.
Southern Tag Champs Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby defeated Ricky Morton & Bill Dundee via DQ.
Jimmy Valiant & Tojo Yamamoto defeated Tommy Rich & Koko Ware via DQ.

12/15/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 2,789)
Sonny King defeated Bill Irwin.
Bobby Eaton & The Angel defeated Tony Charles & Ricky Morton via DQ.
Koko Ware defeated Jimmy Valiant via DQ.
Billy Robinson defeated Robert Gibson.
Dream Machine defeated Carl Fergie.
Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee defeated Southern Tag Champs Roger Kirby & Guy Mitchell via DQ.

12/22/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 3,761)
Gypsy Joe, Tojo Yamamoto, & The Angel drew Ricky Morton, Koko Ware, & Sonny King.
Billy Robinson defeated Tommy Gilbert.
Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee defeated Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby to win the Southern Tag Title.
Tony Charles defeated Bobby Eaton & Jimmy Hart in a “handicap hair vs. loser leaves town” match when he pinned Eaton.
Tommy Rich defeated Jimmy Valiant in a “back alley street brawl” match.

12/29/80 – Memphis, TN. @ The Mid-South Coliseum (Attendance: 11,069)
Ricky Morton & Sonny King defeated Tojo Yamamoto & Gypsy Joe.
Tommy Gilbert defeated The Angel via DQ.
Jimmy Valiant defeated Carl Fergie.
Tony Charles, Ricky Morton, Carl Fergie, Sonny King, & Tommy Gilbert defeated Jimmy Valiant, Tojo Yamamoto, Bill Irwin, Gypsy Joe, & The Angel.
Southern Tag Champs Tommy Rich & Bill Dundee defeated Guy Mitchell & Roger Kirby in a “loser leaves town” match.
Jerry Lawler defeated The Dream Machine. As a result, Lawler received a match with Jimmy Hart.
Jerry Lawler defeated Jimmy Hart.

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