Sept 3 , 1984
The payoff for this one night, 11 match tournament was a brand new 1984 Cadillac. Handsome Jimmy Valiant was the eventual winner. The Boogie-Woogie Man, got wins over Lanny Poffo, Mr. Ito, Ric Rude and in the finals got a huge win over the Southern Heavyweight Champion, King Kong Bundy.
Other notable tournament matches included Tommy Rich beating Eddie Gilbert, King Kong Bundy defeating Jerry Lawler (with Bundy’s Southern title at stake) and Ric Rude defeating Randy Savage.
A weird week in that there was no tag team matches on the card... Randy Savage’s early tournament loss was a precursor to his eminent babyface turn the following week… In terms of quality performers, this card looks to be pretty solid and the attendance came in at 6,775…Sept 10, 1984
The main event featured Eddie Gilbert defeating former partner, Tommy Rich. Eddie was having a great run as the International Champion.
Tag teams returned to the cards and the Southern tag team champs, the Nightmares (w/Jimmy Hart) continued their dominance over the Rock n Roll Express.
The big news of the week was the turning of Randy Savage into a fan favorite. He was teamed with Jerry Lawler against the powerful team of Ric Rude and King Kong Bundy with their manager Jimmy Hart. When it was all said and done, Savage and Lawler were disqualified in the match.
A solid card… The Dirty White Boys (Deaton & Anthony) showed up this week… The attendance was down a little, (6,400)…
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