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Post by Cory Olson on Jul 5, 2008 16:25:28 GMT -5
INDEPENDENCE DAY BASH
Card #173: 7-4-08 Texas Stadium in Irving
1) Magnificent Muraco won his USWA debut match over S.D. Jones by countout, after executing a Hawaiian Hammer on the floor. **¼
2) Antonino Rocca defeated George South by submission with the Argentinian Backbreaker. DUD
3) Dan Severn beat The Masked Superstar by submission with a choke sleeper. ***¾
4) In a special attraction match, WWC Universal Heavyweight champion Carlos Colon & CWC Dominican Heavyweight champ Jack Veneno defeated Black Gordman & The Great Goliath when Colon made Goliath submit to a sleeperhold. **
5) Bobo Brazil pinned The Sheik in a bloody No-Disqualification Match after a Coco Butt. *****
6) Rikidozan pinned Rick Rude after a hiplock. **½
7) Capt. Lou Albano, Southern Heavyweight champion Killer Kowalski, Greg Valentine, & The Killer "B"s defeated Jimmy Snuka, Jimmy Valiant, Yukon Eric, & The Killer Bees in an Elimination Match. The order of elimination was:
• Jim Brunzell pinned Kowalski after blocking a top rope double sledge with a dropkick to the face.
• Buff Bagwell submitted to a sleeper from Brunzell.
• Valentine made Valiant submit to the figure-four leglock.
• B. Brian Blair submitted to Valentine’s figure-four.
• Snuka was counted out when he left the ring to attack Magnificent Muraco, who had interfered as Snuka was covering Valentine.
• Eric submitted to Valentine’s figure-four.
• Brunzell was DQ’d when Blair came back down and interfered, attacking Beefcake. ****¼
8) Buddy Rose pinned Danny Hodge after a Bombs Away to capture the USWA Texas championship. DUD
9) The Destroyer defeated Giant Baba by DQ when Baba shoved down referee Kevin Christian, who was warning Baba to let Destroyer out of the corner. After the match, Baba was attacked and injured by Destroyer, The Masked Superstar, and King Kong Bundy. *½
10) Ed “Strangler” Lewis retained the USWA World Heavyweight championship by pinning Frank Gotch with the Strangler’s Headlock. ***¾
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Post by Cory Olson on Jan 3, 2009 22:54:23 GMT -5
NEW YEAR’S KNOCKOUT V
Card #192: Municipal Auditorium in Nashville[/b]
1) Buddy Rose & Danny Doring defeated Cousin Luke & S.D. Jones when Rose pinned Jones after a Bombs Away. ***
2) In a special attraction, Chris Hero pinned Delirious after a Hero’s Welcome. **½
3) Diamond Dallas Page won his USWA debut in less than a minute, pinning Johnny Rodz after a Diamond Cutter. DUD
4) Brad Armstrong & Koko B. Ware upset The Midnight Express when Ware pinned Dennis Condrey after a Ghostbuster. **
5) The Crusher pinned Larry Zbyszko after knocking him backwards into an exposed turnbuckle with a Crusher Bolo. ***½
6) The Killer Bees defeated The Killer "B"s in a match where the losing team had to split up for one year. B. Brian Blair made Buff Bagwell submit to a sleeper. Afterwards, Capt. Lou Albano and Brutus Beefcake walked out on Bagwell. ***¾
7) In a special attraction 2-on-1 Handicap Match, Andre the Giant defeated George South & Larry Sharpe when Andre pinned both men after body slamming Sharpe, then tossing South on top of Sharpe. ½*
8) Frank Gotch made Rikidozan submit to the Gotch Toehold, after Rikidozan missed a roundhouse kick on the floor and hit the ring post. After the bell, Gotch held the toehold on until Giant Baba and Ed “Strangler” Lewis made the save. *¼
9) Magnificent Muraco & Greg Valentine defeated World Tag Team champions Jimmy Snuka & Jimmy Valiant in a non-title match when Muraco pinned Valiant with his feet on the ropes after delivering a neckbreaker. *½
10) Nick Bockwinkel beat Ed “Strangler” Lewis by countout when Bockwinkel removed Lewis’ walking cast and stomped his injured ankle on the arena floor. ¾*
11) The Sheik retained the Southern Heavyweight championship over Bobo Brazil in a Steel Cage Match by making him submit to a Camel Clutch, while using a sharp object to jab Brazil. **
12) The Destroyer retained the USWA World Heavyweight championship against Giant Baba in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match.
• Destroyer won the first fall with an Intelligent Sleeperhold.
• Baba won the second fall with a Russian leg sweep.
• Destroyer won the deciding fall by submission with the figure-four leglock. ****
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Post by Cory Olson on Apr 9, 2009 20:07:42 GMT -5
200TH USWA CARD
3-13-09 Mid South Coliseum in Memphis
The first two matches were the first round matches in the Clash at the Coliseum tournament.
1) Danny Hodge pinned The Destroyer with an Oklahoma side roll after Destroyer missed a Bombs Away. **¾
2) Nick Bockwinkel made Dan Severn submit to the Bockwinkel Sleeper. ¾*
3) Mike DiBiase made his USWA debut pinning Virgil in a minute after the top rope knee drop to the back. DUD
4) Buff Bagwell & Chris Candido defeated The Dream Team when Candido pinned Brutus Beefcake after a Blonde Bomb. Beefcake suffered a neck injury from the Bomb. ***½
5) Steve Williams & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan defeated George South & Larry Sharpe when Williams tagged in, hit South with a lariat, and pinned him. **
6) Diamond Dallas Page defeated Buddy Rose by countout, when Rose raced to the back after The Crusher carried Sherri Martel back to the locker room. DUD
7) Larry Zbyszko defeated The Crusher by DQ when Crusher threw Zbyszko into an exposed turnbuckle, from which Zbyszko removed the pad. **
8) The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette beat The Killer Bees & Brad Armstrong by countout when Dennis Condrey gave Armstrong a face-first leg sweep on the arena floor. **¾
9) Ted DiBiase pinned Dick Hutton after a second rope elbow drop. ***
10) Jimmy Snuka & Jimmy Valiant beat Magnificent Muraco & Capt. Lou Albano when Snuka pinned Albano after a Superfly Leap. ***½
11) Danny Hodge won the Clash at the Coliseum tournament making Nick Bockwinkel submit to an Indian Deathlock. Johnny Valentine was the special guest referee and gave an interfering Bobby Heenan an Atomic Skullcrusher at the end. Hodge won $25,000 and the next shot at the USWA World Heavyweight championship. *½
12) Ed “Strangler” Lewis pinned Frank Gotch with the Strangler’s Headlock to win the USWA World Heavyweight championship. ***½
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Post by Cory Olson on Apr 11, 2009 11:20:01 GMT -5
As some promoters do, I use paper belts that I sticky note on to my cards. (Swarm has drawn some great ones for GWF in the past, that I used when I played a GWF fed on a regular basis.) I thought I'd post pictures of the title belts that I use in the USWA. I'll post each belt picture on its respective title history post as well. Thanks to Kayfabe Memories for these! USWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP This is the belt that Jerry Lawler wore, after he "unified" the AWA and WCCW World titles. I believe when the USWA officially formed in '89, this same belt was used for the rest of the company's existence. USWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP These were actually the AWA Southern Tag Team title belts, used in the late '80s in the Memphis territory. USWA SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP This was the Memphis territory's main singles belt, other than when the World champ would come in for a defense. (Usually it would be the AWA champ defending in Memphis. At times, the NWA champ would come in. For a period in the early '80s, Memphis had their own World champ--the CWA champ.) This version was used from 1981 through 1987, and was also used as the CWA Heavyweight title belt through 1989. USWA TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP This was actually World Class's version of the belt, used in the mid to late '80s. It may have been used in the actual USWA in Dallas as well, but Kayfabe had a different one pictured for the early '90s version. USWA MID-AMERICA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP This championship came originally from the Nick Gulas promotion. When Jerry Jarrett took over Gulas' cities, the Memphis territory continued to recognize the title. This was typically viewed as the second most important championship in the Memphis territory, behind the Southern title. (The International championship may have been equal in importance as well.) The Southern, International, and Mid-America titles were unified into the CWA Heavyweight championship in 1987. |
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Post by Cory Olson on Jul 4, 2009 16:02:56 GMT -5
INDEPENDENCE DAY BASH 2009
Card #212: 7-4-09 Chilhowee Park in Knoxville
1) S.D. Jones & Cousin Luke defeated Virgil & Johnny Rodz when Jones pinned Rodz after two consecutive head butts. **¾
2) Buddy Rose & Danny Doring beat George South & Larry Sharpe when Rose pinned South after the Bombs Away. Neither Doring nor South tagged in in this match. Afterward, Rose and Sharpe attacked Doring. DUD
3) Jimmy Valiant made Brutus Beefcake submit to a sleeper. **
4) In a special attraction, Chris Hero pinned Mike Quackenbush after a back suplex into a bridge. ***
5) The Hennigs beat The Crusher & Diamond Dallas Page when Larry Hennig made a blind tag and pinned Crusher after The Axe. ****¼
6) Bobby Eaton & Jim Cornette (substituting for Dennis Condrey) defeated Brad Armstrong & Koko B. Ware when Eaton pinned Ware after the Alabama Jam and interference from The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Prichard). ¾*
7) Antonino Rocca made The Destroyer submit to the Argentinian Backbreaker. *
8) Magnificent Muraco & Greg Valentine beat Buff Bagwell & Chris Candido when Muraco pinned Candido after a neckbreaker. ***¼
9) In a special attraction, Terry & Dory Funk, Jr. captured the NWA World Tag Team titles from Rick & Scott Steiner when Terry pinned Rick after a double team back suplex. ***¾
10) Ted & Mike DiBiase, Steve Williams, & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan won an Elimination Match over Team RPW (Frank Gotch, Dick Hutton, Dan Severn, & Danny Hodge).
• Duggan pinned Hutton after a flying spear.
• Duggan eliminated Severn, also with a flying spear.
• Hodge pinned Williams with an Oklahoma side roll.
• Mike DiBiase pinned Gotch after a top rope knee drop to the back.
• Hodge made Mike submit to an abdominal stretch.
• Ted pinned Hodge after a right hand punch, leaving Ted and Duggan as the survivors. ****½
11) Nick Bockwinkel beat Johnny Valentine by DQ when Valentine wouldn’t release a sleeper, while Bockwinkel had the ropes. After the match, Valentine was attacked by The Hennigs and Bockwinkel and suffered a leg injury. *
12) Ed “Strangler” Lewis pinned Jimmy Snuka after pulling him off the top rope with the Strangler’s Headlock to retain the USWA World Heavyweight championship. ***¼
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Post by Cory Olson on Dec 25, 2009 14:43:33 GMT -5
NEW YEAR’S KNOCKOUT VI
Card #231: 12-31-09 Reunion Arena in Dallas
1) Johnny Valentine retained the USWA Southern Heavyweight title by pinning John Pesek after a chop to the chest. *½
2) Larry Zbyszko pinned Antonino Rocca after a piledriver. **½
3) Chris Candido won a 12-Man Battle Royal to earn a shot at the USWA Texas championship on February 15, 2010. The order of elimination was:
• Johnny Rodz by Brutus Beefcake
• S.D. Jones by Buddy Rose
• Cousin Luke by Virgil
• B. Brian Blair by Larry Sharpe
• Jim Brunzell by Buff Bagwell
• George South by Candido
• Beefcake by Bagwell
• Rose by Virgil
• Sharpe by Virgil
• Bagwell by Virgil
• Virgil by Candido ***
4) Larry Hennig beat Ed “Strangler” Lewis by DQ when Lewis wouldn’t break the Strangler’s Headlock on Hennig, who had grabbed the ropes. *½
5) The Heavenly Bodies beat Brad Armstrong & Koko B. Ware in a No-Disqualification Match when Stan Lane pinned Ware with a loaded superkick. After the match, The Bodies dropped Ware face-first on the guard railing, and then on the arena floor. ****½
6) Curt Hennig pinned Diamond Dallas Page with a Hennig Plex after attacking him before the bell. ¾*
7) Team RPW defeated Ted & Mike DiBiase, Steve Williams, & “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan in a Battlezone Match. (For this match captains Frank Gotch and Ted DiBiase agreed to enter last for their teams.) The order of elimination was:
• Duggan pinned Dick Hutton after a flying spear.
• Danny Hodge pinned Duggan after an Oklahoma side roll.
• Mike DiBiase pinned Hodge after a top rope knee drop to the back.
• DiBiase pinned Dan Severn after a top rope knee drop to the back.
• DiBiase was disqualified against Gotch for not letting Gotch out of the corner by the five-count, when he was punching Gotch.
• Gotch beat Steve Williams by DQ when Williams hit Gotch with a steel chair.
• Gotch made Ted DiBiase submit to a rolling kneebar, after he dodged an attempted double sledge from the top rope by DiBiase. After the final match, Gotch and DiBiase shook hands. ****
8) Bobby Eaton beat Chris Hero by countout to retain the USWA Texas championship after giving Hero a bulldog on the floor. ***¼
9) Jimmy Snuka & Jimmy Valiant defeated Magnificent Muraco & Greg Valentine in a Steel Cage Match to win the USWA World Tag Team championship when Snuka pinned Valentine after a Superfly Leap off the top of the cage. As a result of a pre-match stipulation, Snuka and Valiant got five minutes with Capt. Lou Albano (Muraco and Valentine’s manager) in the cage. Snuka pinned Albano at 2:34 after throwing him face-first into the cage. (Had Muraco and Valentine won, Snuka and Valiant would have had to split up for one full year.) ***¾
10) Nick Bockwinkel made Johnny Valentine submit to the figure-four leglock to retain the USWA World Heavyweight championship. The Crusher was the special guest referee for this match. **¾
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Post by Cory Olson on Jul 18, 2010 21:27:34 GMT -5
INDEPENDENCE DAY BASH 2010
Card #250: 7-4-10 Tim McCarver Stadium in Memphis
1) Buddy Rose & Larry Sharpe defeated Virgil & Johnny Rodz when Rose pinned Rodz after a Bombs Away. ***
2) The Killer Bees beat Danny Hodge & Bob Roop when Jim Brunzell pinned Roop after a dropkick. DUD
3) Larry Zbyszko pinned USWA World Tag Team champion Diamond Dallas Page after a piledriver. **¾
4) USWA Texas champion Chris Candido & Buff Bagwell defeated Bryan Danielson & Matt Jackson when Candido pinned Jackson after a Blonde Bomb. *¼
5) Curt Hennig defeated USWA Southern Heavyweight champion Bobby Eaton in a non-title match by pinfall after The Axe. *****
6) In a special attraction, Little Beaver pinned Sky Low Low to win the NWA World Midget championship after Low missed a splash off the top rope. ***
7) Jimmy Snuka & Jimmy Valiant defeated The Dream Team when Valiant put Brutus Beefcake out with a sleeper. As a result of a pre-match stipulation, Valiant won a future singles match with The Dream Team’s manager, Johnny Valiant. (Had The Dream Team won, Jimmy Valiant would have gotten his beard shaved.) ***¼
8) Johnny Valentine pinned John Pesek after two Atomic Skullcrushers. *¾
9) The Heavenly Bodies beat Bob & Brad Armstrong in Bob’s USWA debut when Tom Prichard pinned Bob after a double team back suplex, after Jim Cornette had attacked Bob with his tennis racquet outside the ring. ½*
10) USWA World Tag Team champion The Crusher pinned Larry Hennig in a Beale Street Fight after a Crusher Bolo. ****¼
11) Ted DiBiase, Steve Williams, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, & Capt. USA defeated Ivan Koloff, The Iron Sheik, & The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov) when DiBiase pinned The Sheik after a power slam. ***
12) Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Nick Bockwinkel in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match to retain the USWA World Heavyweight championship in two straight falls.
• Lewis made Bockwinkel submit to the Strangler’s Headlock in the first fall.
• Lewis pinned Bockwinkel with the headlock. ***¼
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Post by Cory Olson on May 10, 2011 19:41:55 GMT -5
NEW YEAR’S KNOCKOUT VII
Card #269: 12-31-09 Rupp Arena in Lexington
1) George South pinned Cousin Luke after a flying body press. ¾*
2) Virgil made B. Brian Blair submit to the Million Dollar Dream. ***
3) S.D. Jones upset Ray Stevens in Stevens’ USWA debut, pinning him after two head butts. ¾*
4) Jimmy Snuka, Jimmy Valiant, & Andre the Giant defeated The Dream Team & Johnny Valiant by DQ when Johnny shoved down the referee and tried to flee the ring. (The Dream Team had walked out on Johnny before the end of the match.) Afterward, Jimmy caught Johnny and brought him back to the ring, where Andre splashed him. **¼
5) USWA World Tag Team champions The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Prichard) defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong in a non-title match when Prichard pinned Brad after Jim Cornette shoved him off the top rope. Due to a pre-match stipulation, Cornette got to lash Bob with a leather strap 10 times after the match. Cornette continued to lash Bob past the 10 times, until Brian Armstrong came out of the crowd. (Brian was arrested and taken out of the building. Had The Armstrongs won, Bob would have gotten five minutes in the ring with Cornette.) ***½
6) Curt Henning pinned Jim Brunzell with the Hennig Plex. DUD
7) Ted DiBiase, Steve Williams, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Danny Hodge, and Bob Roop defeated Ivan Koloff, The Iron Sheik, The Bolsheviks, and Fritz Von Goering in an Elimination Match. The order of elimination was:
• Duggan was disqualified for hitting Boris Zhukov with a 2X4.
• Williams pinned Von Goering after an Oklahoma Stampede.
• Hodge submitted to Iron Sheik’s Camel Clutch.
• Zhukov was disqualified for hitting Roop with a Russian flagpole while Roop attempted a pin on The Sheik.
• Nikolai Volkoff was counted out after DiBiase hit him with an elbow drop off the second rope to the arena floor.
• Koloff was eliminated by Williams after an Oklahoma Stampede.
• Roop pinned Sheik after suplexing him back into the ring from the apron. ****
8) USWA Texas champion Bryan Danielson made World Tag Team champion Bobby Eaton submit to the Cattle Mutilation. **
9) Southern Heavyweight champion Diamond Dallas Page and The Crusher defeated Nick Bockwinkel and Larry Hennig in a Stretcher Match. Hennig went out on a stretcher after Page and Crusher hit a spike piledriver on him on the arena floor. negative*
10) Ed “Strangler” Lewis pinned John Pesek to retain the USWA World Heavyweight championship after a knee smash to the head while Pesek attempted a double leg takedown. ***¼
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Post by Cory Olson on Jun 26, 2011 23:11:52 GMT -5
I was reading through this thread, to see what kinds of things I already had on here, and what might be good to add. I realized that while I had the entire tournament results listed to determine the champ, after Bobo Brazil got stripped due to injury, I never wrote up the results for the tournament to decide the first champion, which was Bobo!  Better late than never! TOURNAMENT TO CROWN FIRST USWA SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION  FIRST ROUNDFebruary 7, 2004: Civic Coliseum in Knoxville1) Red Bastien defeated Ted DiBiase 2) Jimmy Snuka defeated Killer Kowalski 3) Bobo Brazil defeated Ox Baker 4) The Destroyer defeated Gorgeous George SEMIFINALSFebruary 14, 2004: Rupp Arena in Lexington1) Red Bastien defeated Jimmy Snuka 2) Bobo Brazil defeated The Destroyer FINALSFebruary 21, 2004: Municipal Auditorium in Nashville1) Bobo Brazil defeated Red Bastien to become the first champion
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Post by Cory Olson on Jun 26, 2011 23:43:51 GMT -5
TOURNAMENT TO CROWN FIRST USWA MID-AMERICA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION FIRST ROUNDMarch 7, 2011: Municipal Auditorium in Nashville1) Buddy Rose defeated Virgil 2) Brian Armstrong defeated Jeremy Wyatt 3) Danny Hodge defeated Larry Sharpe 4) Nigel McGuinness defeated B. Brian Blair SEMIFINALSMarch 14, 2011: Northeast Mississippi Jr. College in Booneville, MS1) Brian Armstrong defeated Buddy Rose 2) Nigel McGuinness defeated Danny Hodge FINALSMarch 21, 2011: Rupp Arena in Lexington1) Nigel McGuinness defeated Brian Armstrong to become the first champion |
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Better late than never! 