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May 9, 1987: New UWF World Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner &amp; Sting cut their first promo as champs after defeating Chris Adams &amp; Terry Taylor.

A classic. Around 1980, KTBS channel 3 in Shreveport, Louisiana ran a feature on Killer Karl Kox, armed with his Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling gear bag and Halliburton. With some classic fan reaction shots we see Kox go to battle with The Grappler whom he was feuding with.

May 14, 1980: Future Ugandan Headhunter Bad News Harris is the Southeastern Heavyweight Champion in Knoxville, and he's got some things to say about Killer Karl Kox and their match tonight in Hyden, Kentucky.

April 30, 1983: New United States Heavyweight Champion Roddy Piper makes it short and sweet when he addresses Greg Valentine and Dick Slater.

May 10, 1986: The debut of the JCP clothing collection, complete with a sunny-voiced Tony Schiavone hard-selling over some generic game show music - which makes this even better.

May 14, 1988: After their match on World Wide Wrestling, Barry Windham brutalizes George South with his new offensive maneuver: the black-glove claw.

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May 18, 1985: Pandemonium gone wild to close World Wide Wrestling as Dusty Rhodes has had enough of Tully Blanchard. To get to him, The Dream would go through the entire bad guy locker room - literally.

May 3, 1986: Baby Doll the Perfect 10 joins Tony Schiavone at the podium on World Championship Wrestling to explain some things to the people about her journey in the wrestling business. The Perfect Ten won't forget Jim Cornette, and neither will her boys.

May 2, 1987: On World Wide, Jim Cornette introduces The Midnight Express. Prior to the match, Beautiful Bobby Eaton has a run-in with cameraman Jackie Crockett.

May 3, 1986: The Midnight Express have issued an open challenge to anyone, except most of the actual tag teams in JCP. Thankfully two guys were in the parking lot looking for work. Ever hear of em? It's Frank &amp; Jesse James. Here's Jim Cornette's promo and the start of the match.

April 25, 1987: With Ronnie Garvin bearing down on Jim Cornette, the manager states his case as The Midnight Express take on Rocky King and Mike Force during NWA Pro. Speaking of force, apparently Sweet Stan had all of it during his takedown because Force wasn't getting back up.

April 12, 1986: The Axis Powers of Paul Jones are here and they're looking for The Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant. Shaska Whatley has more slide in his glide than he's ever had before. Sadly, forty years later, it is still unknown if Teijo Khan had more dip in his hip.

May 3, 1986: Prior to joining the commentary desk for the Tully Blanchard-Ronnie Garvin showdown, Dusty Rhodes joins David Crockett to watch the VTR and give his feelings on what happened last week between Baby Doll and Jim Cornette.

May 2, 1987: Last things first. Let's just get to World Championship Wrestling and watch one of the most memorable brawls in the show's history go down when Ronnie Garvin - momentarily - gets his hands on Jim Cornette.

May 3, 1986: The finish and the fallout of The James Boys battle against The Midnight Express.

April 7, 1990: No, you're not hallucinating. It's Jim Cornette interviewing boat Captain Mike Rotunda, who is flanked by Norman The Lunatic and Abdullah The Butcher - who shake down Corny for his candy.

May 9, 1987: New UWF World Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner & Sting cut their first promo as champs after defeating Chris Adams & Terry Taylor.

May 3, 1986: The Midnight Express have issued an open challenge to anyone, except most of the actual tag teams in JCP. Thankfully two guys were in the parking lot looking for work. Ever hear of em? It's Frank & Jesse James. Here's Jim Cornette's promo and the start of the match.