WWE must have this 1983 TV stuff on file, it would make great Hidden Gems material in full just because it would show multiple territorial legends in each hour.
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- Hulk Hogan, Jim Brunzell, & Greg Gagne defeated Ken Patera, Jesse Ventura, & Bobby Heenan when Hogan pinned Heenan with the legdrop (AWA - 3/13/83; St. Paul, MN)
- North American Heavyweight Champion Butch Reed pinned Magnum TA with a clothesline (Mid-South - 7/27/83; Shreveport, LA)
- Ron Bass makes an early appearance (via Florida) which seems a little goofy except he was a top guy there and depending on the exact time frame may have been the lead heel when this aired. He had been a Rhodes buddy and turned.
- Kevin VE, Jimmy Garvin, Dr D, Rotundo (Florida), Steamboat and Youngblood, David VE, Mike Graham, Krusher (Barry) Darsow, Freebirds, Neidhart
-Jim Duggan vs Reed
- JYD vs Big Boris Zuhkov (in Mid-South he was an American turncoat, other areas he was just Russian born)
- TIGER MASK vs Mr. Saito~!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!
- Los Medicos (via WWC)... that one I'll have to explore
It looks like once 1984 hit and Vince attacked the NWA's St Louis "strong hold" and gobbled up Verne's A-team in one swoop, that Florida was the only area that still sent tapes in.
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