[NWA] USWA House Show Circuit: 5/22 & 5/23/92!

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Presents
Tuesday Night At The Gardens
Tuesday Night 5/22/92

Louisville Gardens
Louisville, Kentucky

USWA's regular Tuesday stop at the gardens kicked off with singles action as the youngest of the Armstrong Family: Brian Armstrong went one on one with Wolfie D. Back and forth encounter here between both rookies, that see's Wolfie take advantage of a missed charge in the corner from Brian and act quick scoring with an inverted DDT for the victory at 7:05.

Post Match- Wolfie arms himself with his trusty can of spray paint and looks to tag the yellow streak down the back of Brian, only for Brickhouse Brown to hit the ring and run 'em off!

Tag team action followed as the Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) make their return to the Gardens making quick work of the makeshift duo of Bobby Knight & David Young, pinning Young off a top rope double dropkick at just 4:11.

A return match from this past weeks TV see's Scott Armstrong go one on one with the East Coast Brotherhood's "Suicide Blonde" Chris Candido w/ "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble . Fun little match that plays out similarly to this past Saturday's encounter, but this time around Triple B ends up accidently tripping up his own charge! Scott then scores with a superkick to pick up the win at 12:30.

The USWA Tag Team Championships were on the line as the Disciples (Maxx Payne & The Demolisher) w/ Daryl Van Horne took on the duo of Marcus Alexander Bagwell & "Nightmare" Danny Davis. Try as they might the baby faces were no match for the destructive force that is the Disciples. Finish see's Payne catch Bagwell in his Payne Killer (Fujiawara armbar) for the submission at 15:45.

Post Match - The duo turn their attention to Davis after the bell, but LUCKILY the Bruise Brothers are out to even things up just moments later. Van Horne is able to convince his duo to make a quick exit.


Intermission During intermission USWA Heavyweight Champion: Eddie "Hot Stuff" Gilbert & "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol strolled out to brag over the house microphone that they pulled the wool over everyone's eyes this past Monday Night at the Coliseum and were now fully aligned. Jerry Lawler came out and promised to make Idol pay later on tonight. This was done to get the crowd up to speed on what occurred the night before obviously.

Singles action see's Koko B. Ware go one on one with Bodyguard Rod w/ Billy Joe Travis. Rod's singles match debut, and he impresses taking the fight to Koko thru and thru. B. Ware makes a huge comeback and sets up on the top rope, but the official gets distracted by Rod leading to Travis shoving Koko off the top rope and crashing to the canvas. Price finishes his foe off moments later with the California Crusher (Ace Crusher) at 8:13.

Tag Team Action follows as the BruiseBrothers (Don & Ron Harris) out and out destroy the Bad Crew (Dog & Rose) w/ Tony Rumble, with one of the Harris' pinning Rose in just 2:20 off a double team flapjack (H-Bomb).

Post Match- The Disciples hit the ring for a huge pull apart.

Singles action see's Brian Christopher make quick work of Shaun Summers, putting him away full nelson face buster in just 5:50. Chris Candido & Tony Rumble were out to scout this one.

Your Semi-Final saw Jerry "The King" Lawler go one on one with arch rival "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol Back and forth contest, both men ended up juicing. Tons of heat, crowd was really into all the near falls. The action spilled to the outside, Idol misses a charge and eats the ring post leading to the King beating the count and earning the count out victory at 19:32.

Post Match- Idol threw a fit on the outside as the King celebrated. He threatened the official, but thankfully didn't follow thru on it.

And your main event is a huge one, Champion Vs. Champion as USWA Heavyweight Champion: "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert puts the gold on the line against newly crowned TV5 Champion: "Superstar" Bill Dundee. These two are no strangers, not for a long shot. Plays out just as it did this past Monday (5/14) at the Mid South. A good long, southern style main event. Punches are thrown, blood is shed, and in the end Gilbert STEALS the win with a double leg takedown into a pin, making sure to position his feet on the second turnbuckle for additional leverage at 16:58.

Post Match- As Dundee explains his case to the official, he's BLIND SIDED BY AUSTIN IDOL! Idol & Gilbert double up on Dundee, until JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER hits the ring for the save! Lawler took to the microphone and a challenge was made for next week right here at the Gardens: Lawler & Dundee Vs. Idol & Gilbert.

Quick Results:
Wolfie D defeated Brian Armstrong via pinfall, with an inverted DDT at 7:05.

The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) defeated Bobby Knight & David Young, when Fulton pinned Young off a top rope double dropkick at 4:11.

Scott Armstrong pinned Chris Candido off a superkick at 12:30.

The Disciples (Maxx Payne & Demolisher) retained the USWA Tag Team Championships over Danny Davis & Marcus Bagwell, when Payne made Bagwell submit to the Payne Killer at 15:45.

Bodyguard Rod defeated Koko Ware via pinfall off the California Crusher at 8:13.

The Bruise Brothers (Don & Ron Harris) defeated Bad Crew (Dog & Rose) when Don pinned Rose off the H-Bomb at 2:20.

Brian Christopher defeated Shaun Summers with a full nelson face buster at 5:50.

Jerry Lawler defeated Austin Idol via count out at 19:32.

USWA Heavyweight Champion: Eddie Gilbert defeated TV5 Champion: Bill Dundee (only USWA title was on the line) via pinfall at 16:58.

Presents
Wednesday Night At The Evansville Coliseum
Wednesday Night 5/23/92


Evansville Coliseum
Evansville, Indiana

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And we're kicking off our Evansville stop with singles action as the brash rookie Wolfie D goes one on one with archrival: Brickhouse Brown. Usual match up from the two at first, but much longer as these two battle to a 20 minute time limit draw!

Post Match- Brickhouse wants five more minutes, Wolfie D does the typical heel tease, faking an interest then thinking better of it to boo's.

Tag Team Action follows as The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) mix it up once again with the ever elusive Bad Crew (Dog & Rose) w/ "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble . Rumble looks revealed when his team makes it past two minutes, but don't get your hopes up Tony 'cause it's Bad Crew, and Bad Crew sucks. Finish see's Rogers get the pin on Rose with the Rocket Launcher at just 4:48.

Marcus Alexander Bagwell see's action next taking on Bobby Knight . A surprisingly back and forth encounter. But Marcus will not be denied as he picks up the victory off his trademark Fisherman's Suplex in 10:29.

Just before intermission it's a return match from this past weeks TV as the newly crowned TV5 Champion: "Superstar" Bill Dundee takes on former champion (well for just under 6 minutes) Billy Joe Travis w/ Bodyguard Rod. This one gets more time than TV of course, but has just about the same result as Dundee comes out on top after dropkicking Travis into Rod (as Rod's on the apron) and cradling him up for the victory at 12:10.

Post Match- Que the water works from Travis, and a "Crybaby" chant lead by Bill Dundee follows in short order.

Intermission
During intermission Idol & Gilbert hit ringside much like last night to fill the fans in on their new found partnership. Tonight Jerry Lawler goes one on one with Eddie Gilbert for that USWA Heavyweight Championship & Idol damn near guarantees he's getting involved!

Back from intermission with tag team action as Scott Armstrong teams with Brian Christopher to take on "Suicide Blonde" Chris Candido & Shaun Summers w/ "Boston Bad Boy" Tony Rumble in a preview for the up coming Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament. Much like this past Monday night there are some fun interactions with Candido & Christopher in particular, but after taking a good butt kicking Candido walks out on the match leaving Shaun Summers all alone to face defeat at the hands of a double super kick in 8:10.

"Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol see's singles action next against crowd favorite Koko B Ware. . Idol heels it up thru and thru, underestimating Koko at times allowing him to make a few big time comebacks. Koko looks for the Ghostbuster to finish, but "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert is out to provide a distraction.. this allows Idol to score with a low blow and a quick suplex of his own for the tainted victory at 15:45.

Post Match- Idol & Gilbert double up on Koko a bit, but the King is there to make the save! Lawler then challenges Eddie right then and there.. and yes... the main event is on fans!

USWA Tag Team Champions: The Disciples (Demolisher & Maxx Payne) w/ Daryl Van Horne put the titles on the line against arch rivals: The Bruise Brothers (Don & Ron Harris). Huge brawl, that saw the Harris twins actually CONNECT with the H BOMB on Demolisher, BUT VAN HORNE breaks up the pin for the DQ at 11:11.

Post Match- The Bruise Brothers get their hands on Van Horne to a huge reaction, but take to much time allowing the Disciples to pull themselves together and drag Van Horne off to safety!


Main Event- USWA Heavyweight Championship is on the line as Jerry "The King" Lawler challenges "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert for the gold! Rabid crowd makes this one feel like something special. Lawler takes a good beating, battles back from behind.. STRAPS are down! Few huge right hands and a suplex sets up the dreaded FLYING FISTDROP from the top.. COVER...

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AUSTIN IDOL HITS THE RING FOR THE DQ at 25:48!

Post Match- The heels double up on the King, tease a spike piledriver but KOKO B. WARE is out for the save! Lawler takes to the microphone and challenges the duo to face Koko and himself RIGHT here NEXT WEEK!

Quick Results:

Wolfie D & Brickhouse Brown battled to a 20 Minute Time Limit Draw.

The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) deafeted Bad Crew (Dog & Rose) when Rogers pinned Rose off the Rocket Launcher at 4:48.

Marcus Bagwell pinned Bobby Knight with the Fisherman's Suplex at 10:29.

NON-Title: TV5 Champion Bill Dundee defeated Billy Joe Travis with an inside cradle after interference from Bodyguard Rod backfired at 12:10.

Scott Armstrong & Brian Christopher defeated Shaun Summers & Chris Candido, when Scott pinned Summers off a double superkick at 8:10.

Austin Idol defeated Koko B. Ware after a low blow and a suplex at 15:45.

The Bruise Brothers (Don & Ron Harris) defeated USWA Tag Team Champions: The Disciples (Payne & Demolisher) by DQ when Daryl Van Horne interfered at 11:11. The Champions retain.

Jerry Lawler defeated USWA Heavyweight Champion: Eddie Gilbert via disqualification when Austin Idol interfered at 25:48.

[Chief]

Two very, very good cards.

I'm glad to see things with Gilbert/Lawler and Idol/Lawler progressing nicely. Gilbert and Idol picked up great wins in these two cards, especially Gilbert over Dundee. I love how much Gilbert cheats during his matches.

The alliance between Idol and Gilbert is working out nicely SO FAR but I can't wait to see it crumble when Idol becomes #1 Contender.

Billy Travis needs to find a new bodyguard stat cause Rod is causing more trouble then he's worth.

The tag division is looking great with big wins for the Bruise Brothers and Fantastics. I still like Danny's pairing with Bagwell and would like to see the Disciples rough Bagwell up some more.

Wouldn't like to see Brown go 20 minutes with Wolfie D but Wolfie is off to a great start in the USWA. 20 mins will definitely season him.

The Jr. Heavyweight division is just as solid as the tag division and I cannot wait to see Brian Christopher and Chris Candido wrestle.

Normally I would complain about two DQs in a row in the top two matches of your second card BUT this is Tennessee and I know the rules are different and DQs are more commonplace. So no complaints there.

Really fun set of shows. USWA is off to a good start in your hands.

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The placement of the tag title match in night 2 is totally my fault.. typically I try to avoid two DQs in a row, didn't plan for it trust me. I posted the show, forgetting the tag match all together and when I went back in I placed it as the semi without thinking twice about it.

[Grape Ape]

Dude, you need to slow down! You're the only one able to post shows and I am already behind on my reading.

Two really nice house shows. Despite what they are, lots of great action here. furthering the angles and rivalries from the very first show.

Nice to see Wolfie D build some steam with a win and a TL Draw. For some reason, I always dig when someone does something with their undercard guys to make them interesting, rather than make them fodder for the guys a little higher up on the food chain. Wolfie fits the bill here.

Dynamite tag division, minus your feelings on the Bad Crew, being just that, bad. I can imagine Tony Rumble not being all that happy with what his charges are accomplishing. With the Fantastics, the Disciples and the Bruise Brothers, you've got a good set up for the division.

I'm a Billy Travis fan nad love that you're using him as a crybaby. Fits him so well. Throwing in Rod Price makes Billy the Kid a contender for the TV belt and just a little bit better than he really is. While I am a Dundee fan, I have no problem with Billy grabbing that TV5 belt and hold on to it for a long time.

At the top, you have a good trio in Lawler, Idol and Gilbert. That's always good for a Memphis style slugfest and buckets of blood. The additions of Koko and Bill Dundee into the mix just adds to it. Good stuff every time out so far.

You explained off the back to back DQ's but even without the explanation of a mess up, I don't have a problem with it, even if it was intended. It hasn't been the norm AND Jerry did announce that they were returning next week, so I am sure we'll have a bit of a finish of some kind.

I know you're quite proud of your previous Memphis work elsewhere, which was quite good by the way but I have to say I am digging this version of more. This is nowhere in the neighborhood of some of the "forced" appearances on your cards - everything here seems to flow just right and everyone "belongs", if that makes sense.

[somethingsavage]

Two tremendous cards to kick off your tour of house shows, Drew. I've always been a fan of your approach to house shows, going back through Dream Gate & the Council days on the island. That's carried over here, with dynamite action & a fun variety of matches packed into each night. I'm dealing out bonus points right out the gate - for the graphics & nifty images of the venues. Liking that.

Not a good weekend to be in the East Coast Brotherhood. Candido keeps his swagger by WILLINGLY walking away from his losses, but they're still losses. Eager to see how her performs under the pressure of the junior heavy tourney soon. And I can't help but laugh at your treatment for the Bad Crew. You're perfectly cool with pointing out the obvious & saying, yeah, they suck. I seriously enjoy the heck out of that. Never hesitant about poking fun at things like that.

Yeah. I'm not too big on all the non-finishes either. That's purely personal preference. The same applies to hot-shot title changes, but it also gets a free pass, because of the region we're dealing with here. I understand Mempho. Heck, I grew up loving the stuff. Still, even as a young mark, I found it frustrating how often titles would change hands (sometimes with seemingly no meaning), and the constant "bait & switch" tactics of non-finishes. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying you're going to employ any of those errors here. I'd like to think I know your style better.

But nah. I see why things went down the way they did. It really only became noticeable, because the two title bouts were placed directly next to one another. Without that, I probably wouldn't have picked up on it. That's a testament to all the fun post-match activity you've got piled into these encounters. That is another Memphis staple that I'm glad you've maintained in your arsenal here.

Neat use of the intermission time, too. I wish more fantasy promoters & writers would pick up on that. I've been to TONS of house shows in my time, and there's ALWAYS something going on during intermission. It's not just an empty gap of time. Whether it's simply a ring announcer shilling merchandise, hyping a bigger card, talking about their return to the area at a later date, or actual wrestlers coming out & entertaining the crowd - there's always something.

Kudos for staying creative with it. You used it as an outlet to plug your fans into everything that's been going on. Nice touch. Still not as big on the duo of Idol & Gilbert as I probably should be. I'm hoping there's a promo or something coming down the pike that will totally sell me on it though. I get the idea. I get that they're the evil Mega Powers to Jerry Lawler here. They're the Two-Man Power Trip of this area. But I don't know. Maybe it just hasn't "reached" me yet. That's not to say it won't.

Eager to see how you play their personalities off one another. Idol & Gilbert are two distinctly different characters, for sure. So that could be what sends it over the top for me. All in all, these were two great nights of authentic, genuine, true to life Mempho 'rasslin. Thumbs up for that, and a big thumbs up for having Lawler announce the main events for the return tours to these locations. Very cool. It helps to sort of give each town its own individual "format" for the running house shows. Tremendously cool idea, in my eyes. Hope to see that continue.

[appstorm]

Wolfie's can continues to figure into everything. Great, totally unexpected win by Scott Armstrong over Candido. Davis didn't click with Bagwell so that tag quest continues for Davis. Lawler and I dol was great but i would watch out for Dundee in a tag if I were the King. The Fantastics are continuing to build momentum.

Loving this.