World Class 1983

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World Class Championship Wrestling TV 04.06.1983
Dallas, TX
Attendance: 8085
TV rating: 0.41
Show: 74

At the announcers table, Bill Mercer and Gary Hart welcome us to the show. Hart officializes the lineup for the American Tag Titles tournament. Kerry and Kevin von Erich will face King Kong Bundy & Samu in the first round, the winner will face the team that will prevail between Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy and Jimmy Garvin & Terry Taylor! On the other side of the bracket, Chris Adams & Tommy Rich will face Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon, while Mr. X & José Lothario will fight The Fantastics! Hart gets interrupted by Ted DiBiase, who's a bit annoyed about having to fight in the main event of Tag Star Wars, he's got nothing against von Erichs and Freebirds either... but him and Ric Flair will do anything to destroy the Funks! (78)

WCCW Texas Heavyweight Title: King Kong Bundy (c) (w/ Skandor Akbar and Samu) def. Tommy Rich in 9:55 (71)

Postmatch Chris Adams mends a wounded Rich, while The Fantastic watch. While leaving the ring, Adams warns Armand Hussein's squad because they want to win the tag titles! (59)

Brian Adias & Ricky Morton def. Bill Irwin & Bobby Eaton in 7:37 when Adias pins Irwin (65)

Postmatch Eaton is mad at Irwin and yells that he might have to bring in a partner of his own! (62)

Jimmy Garvin (w/ Sunshine) def. Al Madril in 6:56. The announcers notice that Garvin is not happy at all, as he's teaming with Terry Taylor at the tournament (64)

On stage Marc Lowrance interviews Mr. X and José Lothario. X wants to win the tournament and get some gold, so the Fantastics better be ready. José looks at him sideways and, when asked by Lowrance, says that him X have personal issues to sort out but he won't comment on it as of now (67)

The von Erics def. Great Kabuki, Checkmate & Magic Dragon (w/ Armand Hussein) when David submits Checkmate (72) (12:46)

Postmatch Lowrance interviews the von Erichs, who are determined to get some revenge for themselves, their dad and the fans! Kerry and David are determined to keep the Tag Titles undisputedly by winning the tournament. Kevin says that he has no issues with DiBiase or Funk either, in June he will only have eyes for Michael Hayes and he will make him tap out both there and during their title match! (83)

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Show notes

- This was my biggest attendance for the show, with a main event that was good but that I didn't feel was going to sell so many tickets, so I'm quite satisfied

- Crowd of course was hot for the final segment and the main event delivered too. Kabuki worked with the von Erichs a lot in 1982 and their chemistry is very positive

- Gary Hart will be both matchmaker and colour guy for now, I haven't decided yet what to do long term with this 2 positions. Fritz will be back one day of course. I have nothing against Jim Cornette, I really wish he would have stayed, but if he's going there's no point to keep him in that desk for another 4 weeks

- Bundy and Rich had a positive match and my brawl of the night. Bundy's performances have constantly improved this year. Rich also looked good selling the beating in the postmatch

- Adias tore his biceps during the tag match, but he won't miss any shows

- My plan was to put Cornette and Eaton together at some point, but with Cornette going I need a B plan

- I feel like the Garvin/Taylor story has played out a lot, I still need the blowoff but I don't want them to interact weekly anymore or it will be repetitive. I will try to do the mixed tag match at the Independence Day Star Wars

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