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What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 29, 1995

September 10, 2020September 11, 2020 by LScisco

(Based on comments, it seems like the Blog is favoring SMW in its feud with the USWA. SMW’s TV is missing most of this inter-promotional feud because of its taping schedule, sadly)

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Russell interviews Tracy Smothers, who runs down the USWA. He repeats a lot of the same talking points that he used last week.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – June 22, 1995

September 4, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown call today’s action from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 15, 1995

August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Brown tells fans that Brian Christopher will be out of action for six weeks with a broken shoulder blade. Russell follows up by saying that Randy Hales was hurt in the Rock N’ Roll Express-PG-13 USWA Tag Team Championship match in Memphis on Monday.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 8, 1995

August 20, 2020August 21, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are calling the action and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – July 1, 1995

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are calling the action, broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

A video package highlights Brandon Baxter’s issues with Jimmy Valiant.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – June 17, 1995

August 1, 2020 by LScisco

(I was doing a 2.5 hour move yesterday, so I was not able to get my regular USWA column up. Read below about what was happening in Memphis in mid-June 1995!)

Dave Brown and Corey Maclin are handling the announcing today and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Brown interviews Brandon Baxter, who proclaims a new era in the USWA. He welcomes out Doug Gilbert, Brian Lee, and Jimmy Harris and dubs his group “the Legend Slayers.”

What the World Was Watching: USWA: A Night to Remember

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 by LScisco

This show took place at the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky on June 11. According to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer, the show drew a crowd of 3,500 and a gate of $25,000.

Corey Maclin welcomes out Jim Cornette, who walks to the COPS theme and is sporting his military-style jacket from WrestleMania X. Cornette puts over how the Gardens is better than the Omni or Madison Square Garden and then welcomes out Lance Russell. Russell and Maclin will be doing commentary.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – June 3, 1995

July 20, 2020July 17, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown call the action and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Russell interviews newcomer Billy Jack Haynes. Haynes puts himself over as a heel and demands respect from the crowd, who get on his case. This segment started well but Haynes got distracted by the crowd and he lost his train of thought.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – May 27, 1995

July 9, 2020July 10, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Footage of Doug Gilbert turning against Jerry Lawler in their tag team match against Brian Lee and Jimmy Harris at the Coliseum is shown. After this, a brawl broke out between Gilbert, Lee, and Harris against Lawler, Bill Dundee, and PG-13.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – May 20, 1995

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are doing commentary and they are taped from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Since Russell missed last week’s show, he is oblivious about what happened so Brown clues him in. That is not a good look to start the broadcast.

Russell interviews Downtown Bruno, who puts himself over as the best manager in the WWF. He says Uptown Karen will be Gorgeous George III’s new valet and he is forming a stable known as the Downtown Connection that includes George, Karen, the Gambler, Brickhouse Brown, and Johnny Rotten. Bruno runs down Miss Texas and challenges her to a match where the loser must eat dog food.

Monday Night Raw – January 23, 2006

June 24, 2020 by Thomas Hall

Monday Night Raw
Date: January 23, 2006
Location: Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 7,900
Commentators: Jonathan Coachman, Jerry Lawler, Joey Styles

It’s the go home show for the Royal Rumble and that means it’s probably going to be time for a bunch of people to be thrown over the top in a big segment near the end of the show. Other than that we need Edge’s final night as champion before John Cena takes it back from him after three weeks. Let’s get to it.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – May 6, 1995

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Footage of Jerry Lawler defeating Razor Ramon for the USWA Unified World title in Memphis is shown. Ramon was initially declared the winner after decking Lawler with Jimmy Harris’ walkie talkie, but the decision was made to restart the match and when Sid distracted Ramon, Lawler schoolboyed his opponent for the victory.

USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee and Harris tell Russell that Lawler is a marked man.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – April 29, 1995

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and they are broadcasting from WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Brown interviews Scott Studd, who argues that USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Brian Lee will not give him a title shot. Lee walks out and says Studd does not deserve one.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – April 15, 1995

May 27, 2020May 29, 2020 by LScisco

Footage of Jerry Lawler throwing a fireball in Mabel’s face at the recent Mid-South Coliseum show is played.

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are handling commentary and they are coming to us from the WMC-TV5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown notes that the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship is held up due to referee problems in Brian Lee’s matches with Brian Christopher.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – April 8, 1995

May 21, 2020May 22, 2020 by LScisco

Today’s commentary is different as Dave Brown and Corey Maclin are in the booth and they are in the WMC-TV 5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – April 1, 1995

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are doing commentary and are in the usual WMC-TV 5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – March 25, 1995

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in the booth and are coming to us from the WMC-TV 5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

Russell interviews Wolfie D and he welcomes J.C. Ice back. Ice says that only he knows when his neck is ready and when it is he is going to make Doug Gilbert and Tommy Rich pay. Wolfie D hypes a piledriver elimination match and says that Bill Dundee is going to be his partner in this match.

What the World Was Watching: Sunday Blood Sunday II

April 21, 2020April 22, 2020 by LScisco

Like Super Saturday Night Fever, this card was taped from a fan in the crowd. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew 1,100 fans to Knoxville’s Civic Coliseum.

What the World Was Watching: USWA Championship Wrestling – March 4, 1995

April 15, 2020April 17, 2020 by LScisco

Lance Russell and Dave Brown are in charge of commentary and they are at WMC-TV 5 studio in Memphis, Tennessee. They hype a new look for today’s broadcast.

The end of last week’s USWA Unified World Championship match between Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee is shown.

What the World Was Watching: Smoky Mountain TV – February 25, 1995

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 by LScisco

Jim Ross and Les Thatcher provide commentary for today’s matches, which are still airing from Lenoir, North Carolina.