Mid Atlantic and World Wide Television update for the end of February 83 and update for house shows for first days of March. NWA World Tag Team Titles: 
NWA World Champions Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood are confronted by The Andersons, Ole and Arn. The Andersons demand a shot at the world tag team champions. NWA Rep Sandy Scott says the champions have agreed to meet Ole and Arn on March 15 in Richmond, Virginia. Youngblood says they will prove who the better team is in Richmond.
Ernie Ladd and Master G throw themselves into the world tag team title hunt. Ladd says The Nation is all about “The Gold”.
United States Heavyweight Title: A banged up Harley Race challenges champion Wahoo McDaniel via videotape. He says he not only wants the US Title but he is making it his personal quest to get rid of McDaniel once and for all.
Hulk Hogan gets into a confrontation with Wahoo on the 2/26 taping of MACW. The show goes off the air with the two of them slugging it out. Hogan the following week declared, he will soon be the new US Champion, because he has “beaten the greatness out of Wahoo”.
Wahoo says he is ready for Hogan. He says,
“If Hogan wants a fight…I have plenty of fight to give him! “ Buddy Rogers says, soon he will rule the Mid Atlantic area. He says when Wahoo falls to Hogan, the next stop with be the NWA World Title. He says the fans will have no choice but to vote Hogan in to challenge David Von Erich for the belt.
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Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Title: Harley Davidson is walking around with the boot of The Iron Sheik tied around his neck. He says he must’ve gotten “the trick boot” because the Sheik hasn’t loaded his boot since. He says when he wins the Mid Atlantic Title, he is
“gonna have the biggest pig pickin’ this area has ever seen!” 
The Mid Atlantic Champion, Iron Sheik says the boot is stolen property and he wants it back. He says he will face Davidson in any kind of match, the “Hillbilly” wants. Sheik says he will “beat the big ape, take back my boot and show I am the greatest Mid Atlantic Champion ever.”
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[b]NWA Television Title: [/b]
After a match where he successfully defended the Television Title against Superfreak Johnson on WWW on 2/19, Mark Youngblood was jumped by the Nation of Ladd. Nearby was Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood who fought off Ladd and his friends. Youngblood vowed revenge.
The Nation of Ladd’s Master G says he will win back his NWA Television Title. He says The Nation needs gold. Ernie Ladd added,
“Gold belts, money and woman. That is the good life!” Larry Zbyszko, along with Buddy Rogers, says The NWA Television Title will be around his waist by the end of March. Rogers adds, Hogan will be US Champion and Zbyszko will be the NWA Television Champion. He says things are looking good for The Elite.
Eddy Mansfield, with manager Rip Hawk and tag team partner, Tiger Chung Lee, says he will be the first man to conquer the NWA holding both the Television Title and the Tag Team Title. He says the best part is he will beat a Youngblood to accomplish both goals.
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Atlantic States Tag Team Titles: Champions, Ole and Arn Anderson, along with Gene Anderson, are not happy. First, Arn isn’t happy with having to wait until March 15th to face Steamboat and Youngblood for the world tag team Titles. Then Ole addresses Bruiser Brody and Abdullah the Butcher situation. He says there is no reason for the Andersons to face them and refuses to put the ASTT Titles on the line against them.
Johnny Weaver and The Tasmanian Devil, Buzz Tyler are hot on the trail of the tag team champions. On the 2/26 of the WWW broadcast, Weaver and Tyler defeated Gene and Arn Anderson but the victors were attacked by Ole Anderson after the bout and the show went off the air with the Andersons giving a beatdown to the popular duo until Paul Jones and several wrestlers came from the back to break up the melee.
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The Roddy Piper – Magnum Terry Allen Situation: 2/19 MACW, Allen came out and showed the world his scarred and burned face from Piper’s attack the previous week. Allen says he wants Piper, “And give him one of these (pointing to his face). He says anytime he sees Piper he is coming after him. Allen then grabs a baseball bat and smacks it in his hand. “I can fight fire with fire, Piper!”
On the same broadcast, Piper came out wearing his Scottish best and made a joke saying Allen has a
“Jeckle and Hyde complex” and “it’s written all over his face!” While Piper is laughing at himself, Mr. Hyde appears and clocked Piper in the chops. Piper scrambled to get away as Sandy Scott and wrestlers from the back came out and separated the two. Magnum was able to rip the kilt off of Piper. Then in front of everyone pulled out a lighter and burned the kilt as Piper watched and tried to get at him. Being held back by the wrestlers and Scott, Piper swore revenge.
On 2/26, MACW, while Allen was being interviewed by Bob Caudle, Piper walked out. The two men just stared at each other without saying a word. Out came Sandy Scott holding some papers. Scott adamantly told both men, he wanted no trouble from either of them. If anything happens between the two, he promised to fine both men heavily.
Scott says this feud has gotten dangerously out of control. He adds the only way to solve this is for the two of them to get in the ring and settle it. He says he has withdrawn both men from consideration for the NWA World Heavyweight Title shot in Greensboro on April 13th.
Instead he says he has a counter proposal for both men. He says he has two contracts, one for Allen and the other for Piper for a Cage Match Saturday night April 13th in Greensboro. He says it would be a no disqualification, no time limit, anything goes, and because it is such a dangerous match, he, Scott, will referee the match.
Both men look at Scott. Allen nods in agreement without saying a word. Piper looking at Allen says nothing as he motions for the contract and a pen. The only time either man’s eyes leave the others is when they sign the contract.
Scott then says there is one more stipulation: Neither man can lay a hand on each other until the 13th if so both men will be fined and suspended without pay indefinitely. Piper gets ready to say something, but stops and looks at Scott and nods.
“Terry, do I have your word?” Scott asks. Not taking his eyes off Piper he nods in agreement.
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Rip Hawk Hawk comes out on WWW saying he knows something of tag team wrestling and his men, Eddy Mansfield and Tiger Chung Lee are the best tag team in the world. He says he knows imposters when he sees them and, “this Rock-n-Rock Express is nothing but a bunch of posers.” He says in his day, those two kids would’ve been sent home crying. Mansfield echoed Hawk’s words while Lee just laughed and nodded his head.
The following week on WWW, The Rock-n-Roll Express, Ricky Morton, along with Robert Gibson, issued the challenge to Rip Hawk’s men, Mansfield and Lee, to face them anywhere. He says they are going to learn just how tough they can be. Morton also had a few words for The Nation of Ladd, saying they are willing to shut their mouths anytime they
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Matches of note: - Charlottesville, Virginia – University Hall – 2/23/83 – NWA World Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood defeated Ernie Ladd and Master G in a successfully title defense. On the same card, Harley Davidson beat Mid Atlantic Champion The Iron Sheik in a non-title street fight.
- Wheeling, West Virginia – Wheeling Civic Center 3/1/83 – Abdullah the Butcher and Bruiser Brody defeated Larry Zybszko and Hulk Hogan when Brody pinned Zbyszko. Also on the card, US Champion Wahoo McDaniel defeated Roddy Piper, and Ole and Arn Anderson defeated Magnum Terry Allen and Paul Jones to retain the Atlantic States Tag Team Titles after the match The Andersons were attacked by Brody and Abdullah.
- Morgantown, West Virginia – WVU Coliseum – 3/2/83 – Abdullah The Butcher and Bruiser Brody went to a bloody double disqualification with Ole and Arn Anderson in a match for the Atlantic States Tag Team Titles. Also on that card, Harley Davidson defeated Mid Atlantic Champion, The Iron Sheik in a strap match, Wahoo McDaniel successfully defended the US Title against Hulk Hogan, Magnum Terry Allen defeated Ernie Ladd, Roddy Piper defeated Paul Jones, Mark Youngblood beat Larry Zbyszko.
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