MACW HOUSE SHOW
Sun, Oct 7, 1982
Cumberland County Memorial Arena
Fayetteville, NC
Afternoon Show
 
OPENING MATCH
Young Chris Hamrick pick up a win over veteran Kenny Jay with a backslide.
 
SECOND MATCH
Johnny Saint & Kendo Nagasaki were victorious over Bobby Duncum & Jack Venneo as Nagasaki used a nerve claw on Venneo for the submission win.
 
THIRD MATCH
Johnny Weaver stole a win from Jay Youngblood by placing his foot on the ropes for leverage during the pin.  Fans tried help Jay explain what happened, but the ref says since he didn't see the infraction he can't change the decision!
 
INTERMISSION
 
SEMI-FINAL MATCH
Jim Duggan survived in his match with Nelson Royal when Duggan moved out of the way when Nelson ran towards him while he was in the corner.  Royal hit the turnbuckles hard and Duggan scooped him up for a running power slam and the pin.
 
MAIN EVENT
US Champion Terry Allen and Ricky Steamboat won by disqualification over Paul Jones & Jumbo Tsuruta when Tsuruta was caught throwing some sort of powder at Allen.  Steamboat had pushed Terry out of harms way and caught the brunt of the substance.  Allen managed to pull Steamboat from the ring before JJ Dillon's men had a chance to inflict more damage.
 
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MACW HOUSE SHOW
Sun, Oct 7, 1982
Lumberton Recreation Center
Lumberton, NC
Evening Show
 
OPENING MATCH - MIDGET TAG TEAM
Referee Sonny Fargo had his hands full with these four characters as they literally ran circles around him.  The fans were thoroughly enjoyed, especially the finish which saw a double pin by Tiger Jackson & Cowboy Lang on their opponents Butch Cassidy & Billy the Kid.
 
SECOND MATCH
RT Tyler lucked into a win over George Gulas as both men collided in the middle of the ring, and Tyler just happened to fall on Gulas for the pin!
 
THIRD MATCH
Great Kabuki & Mr. Fugi (with manager Billy Spears) defeated Tom Pritchard & Tracy Smothers.  As Spears was arguing with referee George Gadaski, Fuji held Smothers as Kabuki blew the green mist into Tracey's eyes.  Fuji then had the easy pin for the victory.
 
INTERMISSION
 
MID ATLANTIC TELEVISION TITLE
Former champ Ray "Hercules" Hernandez won by count-out over Mighty Igor.  The two were fighting out on the arena floor when Hernandez rammed Igor's back into the steel ring post and then beat the count back into the ring.  Igor remains champion as the title cannot change hands on a count out.
 
MID ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Iron Sheik (with manager Waldo Von Erich) retained his title by pinning Jimmy "Boogie Woogie" Valiant.  The pin came after referee Tommy Young was accidentally knock down at Sheik & Valiant collided with him.  Sheik recovered first and appeared to have something in his boot as he kicked Jimmy in the head and covered him for the win.

The fans in Fayetteville would have been happy to see Steamboat and allen but one fellow in a Custom 500 would have been distraught at seeing his hero Johnny weaver cheat like that. Actually, I am enjoying the heel run for Royal and Weaver. Nice win for Duggan. A few years and Smothers/Pritchard have potential. LOL! Valiant getting pinned by the Iron Sheik would have had the Lumberton faithful ready to riot.
 
Solid.

Weaver / Royal is not only interesting, I am enjoying it being played fairly subtly.  I was shocked by Igor taking Hercules' strap but it looks like Herc is gonna do something about it.  
 
Quite enjoy MACW in the way the veterans are handled so well.  It is easy to lose sight of that.
 
And for some reason, Lumberton sounds like a place that would go nuts for the midgets!  As these are not "A List" venues I think the star power was nicely restrained.

I am sorry that I haven't got to post more.  I look at Tsuruta as a suplex machine, a bad man. I had a run with him previously in the WWF with him pinning Ric Flair for the IC Belt.  I think he needs a manager to get him over the top and JJ can do that. Kabuki and Fuji are going to be the more 'typical heel' Japanese and I think Valliant would be a great yet odd mentor for the young Al Snow.  
 
I hope to get my TV caught up by the weekend and my house show booker is kicking butt.