World Wide Wrestling on TBS 2/26/1988
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World Wide Wrestling
On TBS 2/26/88 6:05 PM EAST
Taped 2/12/87 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
President: Ole Anderson
Play by Play: David Crockett, Bob Caudle with Lance Russell
Referees: Jerry Calhoun, Rick Hazzard, Nick Patrick, Dick Woehrle, Scrappy McGowan, David Manning
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David and Bob open up with tonight’s STARRCADE ON TOUR EVENT LINEUP!
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
WORLD TITLE- JERRY LAWLER V DUSTY RHODES
WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE FANTASTICS
NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- RON SIMMONS V SUPERSTAR GRAHAM
TERRY TAYLOR + JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious V WAHOO MCDANIEL + MANNY FERNANDEZ
JIMMY VALIANT V ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER SUDANESE DEATH STRETCHER MATCH
RON GARVIN V DR D DAVID SCHULTZ
ARMSTRONGS V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS w/Gary Hart
Plus a six-man tag team match!
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3/6 SPARTANBURG, SC
3/14 ROANOKE, VA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
MATCHES ANNOUNCED STARTING NEXT WEEK ON WORLD WIDE WRESTLING!
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NON- TITLE MATCH
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon DEF. ITALIAN STALLION + JOHNNY RICH
The boys join Lance Russell!
Arn: “Fantastics, the time is running OUT! You heard it last week, the Armstrongs, Murdoch and Adonis, rumors of other tag teams coming to Atlanta, you can complain all you want about what happened in Jacksonville the bottom line fellas are you did NOT get the job done! This is World Wide Wrestling fellas, and we have a Top 10. Tonight, in Augusta might be your last chance, tell them Tully!
Tully: “WORLD WIDE WRESTLING! You have Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Taylor, Manny Fernandez, Wahoo McDaniel, and as AA mentioned the Armstrongs, Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis, and let’s not forget Ron Simmons, Ronnie Garvin, even Abdullah the BUTCHER, Jimmy Valiant and Gorgeous Jimmy . . . . .ALL THE STARS ARE HERE IN ATLANTA!
“But let’s face facts, when it comes to the undisputed greatest tag team of the decade, all are in the shadow of yours truly and Arn Anderson and JJ Dillon! Fantastics, we take nothing away from you, but the bottom line is THIS: whether its Starrcade on Tour tonight in Augusta, Roanoke, or Spartanburg, or even if your feeble challenge lasts to Clash of the Champions, each time you both will be looking up at the lights, looking at us as the referee raises our hands in victory, and know too you are on the outside looking at these . . . the World Tag Team Championships!
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As “Jesus Christ Superstar” plays in the background highlights of Superstar Billy Graham’s matches are shown.
Pretape with Graham: “TONIGHT Ron Simmons its STARRCADE ON TOUR, TONIGHT IS THE WAR, as the biggest pythons in the world challenge you for the National Heavyweight Championship! Don’t believe your own hype, Ron Simmons, and don’t listen to the doubters: the Psychedelic Superstar is a former WWWF CHAMP-ION and I am in my best shape EVER Daddy-O! And in a few hours at the Bell Auditorium the Superstar will become the NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND SHOCK THE WORLD!
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MANNY FERNANDEZ V MIKE DAVIS
During the match, Bob and David point out to three GIANT boxes behind them that they say are fill of cards and letters that say the fans want to see Manny kiss Precious!
Manny wins a competitive match! Ole Anderson calls Manny over, and a slightly exhausted Ragin’ Bull joins Ole, David and Lance!
Ole: “Manny Fernandez, the overwhelming number of letters and postcards are in these boxes, and the verdict is clear:
“LATER THIS HOUR, TBS WILL SHOW YOU DEFEATING JIMMY GARVIN AND KISSING PRECIOUS!
MANNY CELEBRATES AND HEADS TO THE BACK WHILE JIMMY GARVIN WITH PRECIOUS MAKES A BEELINE TOWARDS OLE!
Jimmy: “THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, OLE ANDERSON! Just wait until I call my good friend Ted Turner, AND not only put a stop to this abomination of that oily Mexican putting his lips on my Precious, HE’LL HAVE YOU FIRED!
Ole: “Jimmy Garvin, I knew you would make some last moment desperate threats once I made my decision, but let me show you the document that convinced me to broadcast Manny Fernandez kissing Precious on TV: THE BIGGEST LETTER OF THEM ALL---- a memo from none other than your so-called ‘friend’:
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“TED TURNER!
Ole pulls a sheet of paper from his jacket and reads:
“Ole Anderson, I clear and approve of World Wide Wrestling showing Manny Fernandez beating that JERK: Jimmy Garvin and kissing Precious on TBS- signed------- TED TURNER!
OLE SHOVES THE MEMO INTO JIMMY’S CHEST WHO READS IT AND SPAZZES OUT!
David: “JIMMY! IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE TOP! Ted Turner? He says: SHOW IT!
Jimmy Garvin: “DAVID CROCKETT! I DON’T CARE WHAT TED TURNER HAS TO SAY!!!!! SOMEONE WILL PAY FOR THIS! NO ONE HUMILIATES GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN OR HIS LADY, PRECIOUS! JUST WAIT!
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NON- TITLE MATCH
JERRY LAWLER w/Luna def. TOM BRANDI
The King and Luna join Lance!
Lance: “Starrcade on Tour visits Augusta tonight, and Jerry Lawler ever since what happened in Jacksonville with you beating Dusty Rhodes for that title with an assist from this woman, Dusty Rhodes has been hot on your tail!
Luna: “BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA LANCE RUSSELL, who is still the world champion? JERRY LAWLER! His power is accumulating, as match after match he sucks more and more power from Dusty Rhodes, and when this is all over, the American Dream will become a shadow of the man he once was!!!
Jerry: “Luna makes some good points, Lance, and let’s face it, with the Queen of Darkness by my side, making sure Dusty Rhodes doesn’t try to cheat, I will soon diminish him and destroy what was left of the American Dream! At the end of the day, with the Queen at my side, I will LAY WASTE to Dusty Rhodes, World Wide Wrestling, the entire wrestling industry, and the only thing left standing will be me and her, LOOKING WITH GLEE OVER MILES AND MILES OF DESTRUCTION! HAHAHAHA!
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Lance is joined by Manny Fernandez: “FANS it’s the moment you asked for, Manny if you would be so kind as to narrate this footage as its STARRCADE ON TOUR in Jacksonville, its Manny Fernandez v Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin, and Manny if you win, you get to KISS PRECIOUS!
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WAIT! THEY KEEP KISSING!
Manny: “As you can see here Lance SHE LIKES IT! SHE WANTS MORE OF THE RAGING BULL!
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DUSTY RHODES JOINS LANCE!
Dusty: “Let me address the nation, if you will. First of all, none of my business, but Terry Taylor and Jimmy Garvin, the act you both have perpetrated on Manny Fernandez will NOT be forgotten by the Ragin' Bull! Now, on to my business, Jack . . . . Jerry Lawler, King Lawler, your woman, Queen of Darkness LUNA says the King will suck the life out of the American Dream in 1988 and I will be reduced to nothing more than a shadow. But see, King and Luna, the Dream is ALREADY A SHADOW! A dark shadow blanketing YOUR TITLE REIGN JERRY LAWLER! This is a shadow that will haunt you, chase you, live in your nightmares night after night all across Starrcade on Tour and it will be the American Dream and all the great World Wide fans whether it be Augusta, Roanoke, Spartanburg and even if it takes us up to Norfolk for Clash of the Champions, Jerry Lawler remember the common man eventually catches up with the King, and when all is said and done, THIS common man will suck the life out of YOU AND REGAIN THAT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, BABY!
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NON- TITLE MATCH
STARRCADE ON TOUR
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
WORLD TITLE- JERRY LAWLER V DUSTY RHODES
WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE FANTASTICS
NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- RON SIMMONS V SUPERSTAR GRAHAM
TERRY TAYLOR + JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious V WAHOO MCDANIEL + MANNY FERNANDEZ
JIMMY VALIANT V ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER SUDANESE DEATH STRETCHER MATCH
RON GARVIN V DR D DAVID SCHULTZ
ARMSTRONGS V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS w/Gary Hart
Plus a six-man tag team match!
3/6 SPARTANBURG, SC
3/14 ROANOKE, VA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
MATCHES ANNOUNCED STARTING NEXT WEEK ON WORLD WIDE WRESTLING!
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On TBS 2/26/88 6:05 PM EAST
Taped 2/12/87 at Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Promoter: Topo
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
President: Ole Anderson
Play by Play: David Crockett, Bob Caudle with Lance Russell
Referees: Jerry Calhoun, Rick Hazzard, Nick Patrick, Dick Woehrle, Scrappy McGowan, David Manning
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David and Bob open up with tonight’s STARRCADE ON TOUR EVENT LINEUP!
2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
WORLD TITLE- JERRY LAWLER V DUSTY RHODES
WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE FANTASTICS
NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- RON SIMMONS V SUPERSTAR GRAHAM
TERRY TAYLOR + JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious V WAHOO MCDANIEL + MANNY FERNANDEZ
JIMMY VALIANT V ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER SUDANESE DEATH STRETCHER MATCH
RON GARVIN V DR D DAVID SCHULTZ
ARMSTRONGS V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS w/Gary Hart
Plus a six-man tag team match!
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3/6 SPARTANBURG, SC
3/14 ROANOKE, VA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
MATCHES ANNOUNCED STARTING NEXT WEEK ON WORLD WIDE WRESTLING!
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NON- TITLE MATCH
ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon DEF. ITALIAN STALLION + JOHNNY RICH
The boys join Lance Russell!
Arn: “Fantastics, the time is running OUT! You heard it last week, the Armstrongs, Murdoch and Adonis, rumors of other tag teams coming to Atlanta, you can complain all you want about what happened in Jacksonville the bottom line fellas are you did NOT get the job done! This is World Wide Wrestling fellas, and we have a Top 10. Tonight, in Augusta might be your last chance, tell them Tully!
Tully: “WORLD WIDE WRESTLING! You have Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Taylor, Manny Fernandez, Wahoo McDaniel, and as AA mentioned the Armstrongs, Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis, and let’s not forget Ron Simmons, Ronnie Garvin, even Abdullah the BUTCHER, Jimmy Valiant and Gorgeous Jimmy . . . . .ALL THE STARS ARE HERE IN ATLANTA!
“But let’s face facts, when it comes to the undisputed greatest tag team of the decade, all are in the shadow of yours truly and Arn Anderson and JJ Dillon! Fantastics, we take nothing away from you, but the bottom line is THIS: whether its Starrcade on Tour tonight in Augusta, Roanoke, or Spartanburg, or even if your feeble challenge lasts to Clash of the Champions, each time you both will be looking up at the lights, looking at us as the referee raises our hands in victory, and know too you are on the outside looking at these . . . the World Tag Team Championships!
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BREAK
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As “Jesus Christ Superstar” plays in the background highlights of Superstar Billy Graham’s matches are shown.
Pretape with Graham: “TONIGHT Ron Simmons its STARRCADE ON TOUR, TONIGHT IS THE WAR, as the biggest pythons in the world challenge you for the National Heavyweight Championship! Don’t believe your own hype, Ron Simmons, and don’t listen to the doubters: the Psychedelic Superstar is a former WWWF CHAMP-ION and I am in my best shape EVER Daddy-O! And in a few hours at the Bell Auditorium the Superstar will become the NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND SHOCK THE WORLD!
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MANNY FERNANDEZ V MIKE DAVIS
During the match, Bob and David point out to three GIANT boxes behind them that they say are fill of cards and letters that say the fans want to see Manny kiss Precious!
Manny wins a competitive match! Ole Anderson calls Manny over, and a slightly exhausted Ragin’ Bull joins Ole, David and Lance!
Ole: “Manny Fernandez, the overwhelming number of letters and postcards are in these boxes, and the verdict is clear:
“LATER THIS HOUR, TBS WILL SHOW YOU DEFEATING JIMMY GARVIN AND KISSING PRECIOUS!
MANNY CELEBRATES AND HEADS TO THE BACK WHILE JIMMY GARVIN WITH PRECIOUS MAKES A BEELINE TOWARDS OLE!
Jimmy: “THIS IS AN OUTRAGE, OLE ANDERSON! Just wait until I call my good friend Ted Turner, AND not only put a stop to this abomination of that oily Mexican putting his lips on my Precious, HE’LL HAVE YOU FIRED!
Ole: “Jimmy Garvin, I knew you would make some last moment desperate threats once I made my decision, but let me show you the document that convinced me to broadcast Manny Fernandez kissing Precious on TV: THE BIGGEST LETTER OF THEM ALL---- a memo from none other than your so-called ‘friend’:
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“TED TURNER!
Ole pulls a sheet of paper from his jacket and reads:
“Ole Anderson, I clear and approve of World Wide Wrestling showing Manny Fernandez beating that JERK: Jimmy Garvin and kissing Precious on TBS- signed------- TED TURNER!
OLE SHOVES THE MEMO INTO JIMMY’S CHEST WHO READS IT AND SPAZZES OUT!
David: “JIMMY! IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE TOP! Ted Turner? He says: SHOW IT!
Jimmy Garvin: “DAVID CROCKETT! I DON’T CARE WHAT TED TURNER HAS TO SAY!!!!! SOMEONE WILL PAY FOR THIS! NO ONE HUMILIATES GORGEOUS JIMMY GARVIN OR HIS LADY, PRECIOUS! JUST WAIT!
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NON- TITLE MATCH
JERRY LAWLER w/Luna def. TOM BRANDI
The King and Luna join Lance!
Lance: “Starrcade on Tour visits Augusta tonight, and Jerry Lawler ever since what happened in Jacksonville with you beating Dusty Rhodes for that title with an assist from this woman, Dusty Rhodes has been hot on your tail!
Luna: “BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA LANCE RUSSELL, who is still the world champion? JERRY LAWLER! His power is accumulating, as match after match he sucks more and more power from Dusty Rhodes, and when this is all over, the American Dream will become a shadow of the man he once was!!!
Jerry: “Luna makes some good points, Lance, and let’s face it, with the Queen of Darkness by my side, making sure Dusty Rhodes doesn’t try to cheat, I will soon diminish him and destroy what was left of the American Dream! At the end of the day, with the Queen at my side, I will LAY WASTE to Dusty Rhodes, World Wide Wrestling, the entire wrestling industry, and the only thing left standing will be me and her, LOOKING WITH GLEE OVER MILES AND MILES OF DESTRUCTION! HAHAHAHA!
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Lance is joined by Manny Fernandez: “FANS it’s the moment you asked for, Manny if you would be so kind as to narrate this footage as its STARRCADE ON TOUR in Jacksonville, its Manny Fernandez v Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin, and Manny if you win, you get to KISS PRECIOUS!
Joined in progress:
After a hammer and thongs match Manny PINS JIMMY! Precious runs into the ring to check on her beau only to look up and see THE RAGIN BULL STANDING OVER HER! She backs off and begs off, and Jimmy recovers and gets between Manny and Precious but here comes WAHOO MCDANIEL! He pushes Jimmy away and puts him in an Indian deathlock, and while distracted, MANNY GRABS PRECIOUS’ ARM AND KISSES HER!
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WAIT! THEY KEEP KISSING!
Manny: “As you can see here Lance SHE LIKES IT! SHE WANTS MORE OF THE RAGING BULL!
Jimmy is apoplectic and tries to stop them but Wahoo holds him back as MANNY AND PRECIOUS KEEP SWAPPING SPIT! THE RAGIN' BULL IS A LATIN LOVER!
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We are back with Manny and Lance!
HOLD THE PHONE!
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ITS JIMMY GARVIN WHO ATTACKS MANNY FROM BEHIND AND THROWS HIM IN THE RING, BUT MANNY MAKES A COMEBACK!
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ITS TERRY TAYLOR WHO WAYLAYS MANNY WITH A CHAIR, AND JIMMY GARVIN BEATS ON HIM AS WAHOO RUNS IN, BUT WALKS RIGHT INTO THE STEEL CHAIR AS WELL! They throw Wahoo out of the ring who takes a bad bump on the concrete floor as Garvin stomps on Manny mercilessly and what is this? Taylor reaches in his pocket and HANDS AN ELECTRIC RAZOR TO GARVIN, and puts Manny in a full nelson as GARVIN SHAVES OFF MANNY’S MUSTACHE!!!!
David: "TERRY! JIMMY! TERRY! JIMMY! STOP IT! STOP IT!
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THEY SHAVE OFF THE MUSTACHE AS WAHOO finally regains his senses and enters the ring and dances with the tomahawk chop that scares off the heels! WHAT A HUMILIATION FOR MANNY FERNANDEZ, CLEAN SHAVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!
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DUSTY RHODES JOINS LANCE!
Dusty: “Let me address the nation, if you will. First of all, none of my business, but Terry Taylor and Jimmy Garvin, the act you both have perpetrated on Manny Fernandez will NOT be forgotten by the Ragin' Bull! Now, on to my business, Jack . . . . Jerry Lawler, King Lawler, your woman, Queen of Darkness LUNA says the King will suck the life out of the American Dream in 1988 and I will be reduced to nothing more than a shadow. But see, King and Luna, the Dream is ALREADY A SHADOW! A dark shadow blanketing YOUR TITLE REIGN JERRY LAWLER! This is a shadow that will haunt you, chase you, live in your nightmares night after night all across Starrcade on Tour and it will be the American Dream and all the great World Wide fans whether it be Augusta, Roanoke, Spartanburg and even if it takes us up to Norfolk for Clash of the Champions, Jerry Lawler remember the common man eventually catches up with the King, and when all is said and done, THIS common man will suck the life out of YOU AND REGAIN THAT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, BABY!
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NON- TITLE MATCH
TERRY TAYLOR DEF. BRAD REINGHANS or however you spell it
with a figure four leglock, which he won’t let go. WAIT! MANY FERNANDEZ STORMS TO THE RING AND TERRY LETS GO, AND FLIES OUT OF THE RING, MANNY GIVES CHASE AND CATCHES THE US CHAMPION AND WAILS ON HIM, BUT HERE'S JIMMY GARVIN AS A PIER SIX BRAWL BREAKS OUT JOINED BY WAHOO MCDANIEL AS WE MUST SIGN OFF AS THE DRESSING ROOMS EMPTY TO BREAK EVERYONE UP!David: "WAHOO! MANNY! ROOSTER! GORGEOUS! ALL FOUR, IN A TAG TEAM MATCH TONIGHT IN AUGUSTA AS ITS STARRCADE ON TOUR!!!!
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2/26/88 AUGUSTA, GA
WORLD TITLE- JERRY LAWLER V DUSTY RHODES
WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES- ARN ANDERSON + TULLY BLANCHARD w/JJ Dillon V THE FANTASTICS
NATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- RON SIMMONS V SUPERSTAR GRAHAM
TERRY TAYLOR + JIMMY GARVIN w/Precious V WAHOO MCDANIEL + MANNY FERNANDEZ
JIMMY VALIANT V ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER SUDANESE DEATH STRETCHER MATCH
RON GARVIN V DR D DAVID SCHULTZ
ARMSTRONGS V DICK MURDOCH + ADRIAN ADONIS w/Gary Hart
Plus a six-man tag team match!
3/6 SPARTANBURG, SC
3/14 ROANOKE, VA
AND MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS:
CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS ON PPV AND CLOSED CIRCUIT
3/19/88 NORFOLK SCOPE!
MATCHES ANNOUNCED STARTING NEXT WEEK ON WORLD WIDE WRESTLING!
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Working on it now.