TV reviews 1/25/86

Memphis TV 1/25/86 Big angle of the day The Fantastics were attacked and left bloody heaps by the KIWI Sheepherders(Taras Bulba/Rip Morgan and the quiet reserved Lord Johnathan Boyd) The Fantastics were doing a post match interview with Lance promoting the "win a date with the Fantastics" contest. 1st Buddy Landell comes out because he does not want his "Win a date with Buddy Landell"contest to be overlooked. Lance says the Fantastics have received over 400 letters entering their contest.While conversely Landell has gotten 2 responses to his contest! Buddy walks away in disgust saying the contest is fixed. While the Fantastics are answering those allegations the get blindsided by the Sheepherders with steel chairs. Bobby Fulton did one hell of a blade job on his own forehead.He looked horrible! Boyd grabbed the Mic from Lance and said his boys were gonna scar the Fantastics up so bad not even these hopeless desperate redneck women would date them! (that is a complete guess at what he said because he was screaming so loud with that thick Aussie accent that I did not understand a damn word. He may have asked viewers to send in their very favorite pie and sweet tea recipes!)
     Bill Dundee defended the AWA Southern Title against a very young Tracy Smothers. Winning by hitting him with a chain because you know he's a heel!
   Squash match victories by Larry Hamilton(never saw him before have no idea who he is.) The Fantastics had a damn good eight minute bout with Tony Faulk and Pat Rose. Buddy Landell/Dutch Mantell also won a tag bout. Dirty Rhodes quick victory! Solid show good wresting what a novel concept!
    NWA Worldwide wrestling 1/25/86 Show starts with a Babydoll interview. Dusty is not on the show this week but Arn is still next. We do get a interview with Dusty's orthopedic surgeon who says he no longer needs to wear his steel toed boot as his ankle has healed after being broken four months previous by the Horsemen.
     One other thing of note During a tag bout  with Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard Babydoll again comes out running down JJ Dillon for being the scum of the earth, Dillon shows up and threatens to slap her like Blanchard had done. Because he knows Dusty is not there! But curses foiled again as Boogie Woogie comes to save the day as JJ runs scurrying away! Speaking of Jimmy Valiant during his squash with Vernon Deaton he threw ole Vernon out between the ropes He sails out of the ring and hits the concrete floor so damn hard the crowd gasped!(you gotta see this) Jimmy rolls him gingerly back in the ring and hits the gentlest elbow drop for the pin you have ever seen! Arn and Tully hit poor Rocky King with a top rope gourdbuster. It looked scary as hell!
     Mid-south wrestling Tv 1/26/86 The 1st 15 minutes are spent recapping events from January(the reason given being to update new fans in the Mid-South tv market as new towns/stations get the show.) The have in ring interviews by Terry Taylor, and "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch.
A Mid-South tag team Title bout is next with champions "DR Death" Steve Williams and Ted Dibiase facing former champions The Nightmare( Moondog Rex) and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert with their manager "Sir" Oliver Humperdink. Standard tag match very quick for a title match. The heels got the heat on Doc early(makes sense because when you think" babyface in Peril" you think Doc!)  Match finish is Dibiase has the Nightmare in an O'Connor roll, Gilbert comes in to clothesline him, but Ted sees him coming ducks out of the way. Gilbert gets punched in the face by Williams. Dibiase maintains the rollup and gets the pin!
      Dick Slater has a in-ring interview He says he wants Roberts TV title to go along with his North American Championship. Roberts comes out and says he wants a shot a Slater's belt as well. Dick says he will wrestle Jake anytime, but the DDT must be banned in the match! Roberts says ok as long as Slater's valet(and real life girlfriend)Dark Journey is banned too. Jake says she's trash. Well a man cannot take that a brawl breaks out. Journey sprays some sort of black stuff in Jake's face. He is in great pain and blind and Delivers a DDT to Journey thinking she is Slater! Slater goes crazy covering Dark Journey with his body screaming! Well done angle here folks! There were squash match victories by The Fabulous Ones and Buzz Sawyer. Plus Dick Murdoch /Masked Superstar lost via DQ vs Al Perez and Bret Sawyer for using a chair.