AWA Mid-South Championship (Fri. 1-25 Taping) Airs 1-26-83  
at the Irish McNeil Boy's Club in Sherveport, La.  
 
The show opens video action clips of Mid-South stars North American Heavyweight Champ Akira Maeda, the Mid-South Tag Team Champs The Rogeau Brothers, The Spoiler & 'Maniac' Mark Lewin w/mgr. 'Playboy' Gary Hart, Junkyard Dog, 'Dirty' Dick Murdoch, "Killer" Karl Kox, Mid-South Jr. H. Champ Hiro Matsuda w/mgr. Rock Hunter, Brass Knuckles Champ 'Bruiser' Brody, Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods, 'Rip' Tyler & 'Outlaw' Eddie Sullivan w/mgr. Percy Pringle III, Professor Tora Tanaka with manager Rock Hunter, Mid-South Ladies Champ Sherri Martel, sensational Tom Pritchard and AWA World Champs Jerry 'King' Lawler, tag team champs Jesse Ventura & Adrian Adonis and jr. champ Tiger Mask before the Mid-South logo hits the screen as we fade to the studio desk with the announcing team of "Cowboy" Bill Watts and Boyd Pierce.
 
Bill announces that today's big match is a North American Heavyweight Title Match between champ Akira Maeda and Junkyard Dog who defeated Madea in a non-title match last week. The other matches will be 1 fall with TV time remaining.
 
First Match. North American Heavyweight Championship Match. TV time limit. (CHamp): Akira Maeda lost the title to (Chall): Junkyard Dog when JYD hit the big thump on Maeda at the 6:56 mark. The champ was more aggressive than last week but the challenger was pumped and would not be demied. After the match, JYD and Akira Madea shook hands.
 
Commercial break includes local interviews
 
First Stand By Match.1-fall 10-minute time limit. Four Man Tag Team Match. Tom Jones & 'Porkchops' Cash over 'Rip' Tyler & 'Outlaw' Eddie Sullivan w/mgr. Percy Pringle III when Cash nails Sullivan with a headbutt and cover at the 7:10 mark. PP blows his top at Tyler & Sullivan who proceed to publicly fire PP on the spot!
 
Commercial break includes local interviews
 
Second Stand By Match. Non-Title Four Man Tag Team Match. 1-fall 10-minute time limit. The Masked Spoiler 1# (Don Jardine) & 'Maniac' Mark Lewin w/mgr. 'Playboy' Gary Hart cheat out a win over the Mid-South Tag Team Champs Jacques & Raymon Rougeau when Lewin sleeper Jacques at the 8:45 mark while Raymond battles Spoiler & Hart outside of the ting. The loss is an unpopular one for the popular Rogeaus who felt Hart caused the interfernce and distraction.
 
Commercial break includes local interviews
 
Bill comments on the feud between 'Dirty' Dick Murdoch & 'Killer' Karl Kox with several video highlights from their war throughout Mid-South. Includes highlights from a Texas Bullrope Match from Tulsa, Okla,. An I-Quit Match from Jackson, Miss.and a Light's Out Match from New Orleans, La.. Watts says that this feud is going to come to a head with both men requesting a steele cage match with loser leaves Mid-South for a year stipulation! (9;55).
 
Commercial break includes local interviews
 
Third Stand By Match. Single Match. Non-Title Match.1-fall 10-minute time limit. AWA Mid-South Jr. Heavyweight Champ Hiro Matsuda w/mgr. Rock Hunter is held to a time limit draw with the young star Tom Pritchard.
 
Commercial break includes local interviews
 
Fourth Stand By Match. Single Match. 1-fall TV time remaining. El Canek drew Prof. Tora Tanaka w/mgr. Rock Hunter when TV time expired.
 
Back at the desk, Bill & Boyd run down today's action and remind the fans to tune in next week for more AWA Mid-South Wrestling.

JYD now has that NA belt and nothing may stop him now. Percy has to get a team that fits him sometime, doesn't he? I wish all the best to Pritchard.
 
Great show.

Big deal for JYD, he has been built up to this moment quite nicely.  Interesting reaction from Maeda - a house rematch?  Would be a moneymaker.  Prichard has made strides.  Tough competition here, he might not be ready for a massive streak.
 
I like MS best for how you handle the roster.  A competitive match can be found at every turn.  You sprinkle in the predictable matches to make it balanced and prove the old "on any given night".  Right now, I see 4+ TT's that can be champs.

Cowboy Tom seems ready to go to the top in '83. I could definitely see him as World Jr. Heavyweight Champion by the end of the year.
The veterans Lewin and Spoiler vs the young Canadians is going to be a great feud.