30 YEARS AGO – WWE LIVE EVENT RESULTS (9/13/1996): Bill Dundee vs. Randy Hales, Brian Christopher vs. Tommy Rich to earn a USWA Title shot and WWE Title shot, plus Koko B. Ware, Luna Vachon

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USWA LIVE EVENT REPORT
“NIGHTMARE ON HOLLY WOOD DREAM MATCH”
SEPTEMBER 13, 2026
MEMPHIS, TENN. AT THE EXPO CENTER
REPORT BY GEORGE WREN, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT

(1) Steven Dunn beat Bart Sawyer at 5:17 to earn a USWA Hvt. Title shot. During the match Sawyer acted as a heel pulling Dunn’s hair, raking his eyes, and using the ropes to cheat. Sawyer responded by pulling out brass knuckles. Referee Downtown Bruno (a/k/a Harvey Wippleman) blocked Sawyer’s punch. Dunn pinned Sawyer with his feet on the ropes.

(2) Frank Morell beat Bill Rush to earn back his position as a full time referee in the USWA. Rush thumbed Morell in the eyes. Morell made a comeback and applied the claw for the win.

(3) Flash Flanagan beat Mike Samples at 5:29. Flanagan pinned Samples with a sunset flip off the top rope.

(4) Brickhouse Brown beat Koko B. Ware at 12:56 thus Ware must team with Brown. Brown said it will be the best night of his life if he beats Koko. Brown suggested Ware just quit and then they can go in the back, get dressed, and go have a few drinks. Ware told Brown he doesn’t want to be his partner. They brawled at ringside. Ware used the timekeeper’s bell on Brown and then piledrived him. Brown pulled out a chain. The fans told the ref, so the ref took it from Brown.

Brown begged Ware to be his partner over the house mic, adding, “I’m trying not to hurt you.” Ware had Brown in a sleeper when Brown pushed Koko backwards into the ref. With the ref down Brown took his chain out of the ref’s pocket and hit Ware to score the win. As Ware chased Brown to the back, Ware accidentally pushed the ref down. Ware called Brown “Sh–house Brown” over the house mic.

(5) Brian Christopher beat Scott Bowden at 5:47 in a fan lumberjack match. Before the match Christopher said he would pick ten fans who have big belts and who hate Bowden. Bowden wore street clothes to the ring and was taped up with duct tape. Bowden said the USWA threatened to suspend him for life if he didn’t show up for this match. He said, though, that if any fan hits him with a belt, he would make them sorry. Christopher threw Bowden out of the ring. Bowden pulled his belt off and whipped Christopher and threw him to ringside. The fans didn’t touch Christopher. Christopher superkicked Bowden for the pin. Christopher stripped Bowden to his underwear. Fans whipped him all the way to the locker room.

(6) Bill Dundee (w/Samantha) beat Randy Hales at 4:07. Before the match, Dundee told ring announcer Corey Maclin to ring the bell because Hales wasn’t going to show up. Hales surprised Dundee and threw powder into his eyes. Samantha got on the mic and told Hales to quit. Hales, Samantha, and Dundee traded insults over the house mic. Dundee hit Hales with Hales’s shoe for the pin. Dundee said Hales fights like a lady and told Samantha to make him feel like a lady. Samantha then put make-up on Hales. Dundee told the cameraman to take a close-up of Hales’s face. Hales then got up and chased Dundee and Samantha to the back.

(7) Miss Texas beat Luna Vachon (w/Vampire Warrior) at 6:09 in a back alley brawl. Before the match Maclin said if Vampire wants to be at ringside, he must remain seated. Vachon gave Texas a powerbomb. Texas stripped Vachon to her wrestling gear and pinned her.

(8) Wolfie D beat Bill & Jamie Dundee at 24:18 in Jamie Dundee’s dream match. Before the match Wolfie bragged he has the fans on his side. Jamie gave the fans the finger. Fans chanted “Wolfie.” Wolfie ran Jamie into the guard rail for a pop. Wolfie got another pop when the Dundees took a powder outside the ring. The Dundees then got the timekeeper’s bell and rammed Wolfie’s head into it. Wolfie bladed heavily. Jamie said if the fans “don’t shut up, I’ll kill Wolfie.” Jamie gave Wolfie a frankensteiner.

Bill said Jamie didn’t need his help. Jamie backdropped Wolfie on the announcer’s table, breaking it. Jamie gave Wolfie a superplex and went for a cocky cover with his foot on Wolfie’s chest. Jamie then went for another cocky cover and Wolfie reversed it for the pin. After the match the Dundee’s double-teamed Wolfie when Jesse James Armstrong made the save. They carried Wolfie on a flat bed out of the ring to the locker room.

(9) Bill & Jamie Dundee (w/Samantha) beat Wolfie D & Jesse James Armstrong in Wolfie D’s dream barbed wire match. JJA said Wolfie could not wrestle due to the previous match, but he would take on both Dundees. A bandaged Wolfie eventually came out and cut a piece of the barbed wire to enter the ring. Bill threw powder into JJA’s eyes for the pin.

(10) Brian Christopher beat Tommy Rich at 9:13 to retain the USWA Hvt. Title and to earn a Unified and WWF Title shots, plus Rich has to leave the USWA for 30 days. Before the match Rich said after he won the USWA Hvt. Title, the fans will want his autograph and will want to hug him, but he won’t hug any of “you greasy rednecks.” Rich said Christopher better hug all of his fans now because he’ll be gone. Fans chanted, “Tommy sucks.”

Special referee Tony Falk made Christopher break every hold because Rich complained about hair pulling. Falk blocked a punch from Christopher, which gave Rich the advantage. The fans chanted “Go Brian, Go.” The fans told Falk that Rich was using a chain. Falk didn’t see it. Rich choked Christopher with a chain and his wrist tape. Fans chanted, “We want Frank (Morell).” Christopher double-DDT’d Falk and Rich for a pop. Falk then refused to count. Christopher then hit Falk with a chain. Rich then piledrived Christopher. Rich had Christopher pinned when referee Bill Rush came out to make the count, but Christopher kicked out before three.

Rich then attacked Rush. A fan threw a boot into the ring. Christopher hit Rich with the boot for the win. Rich confronted Falk. He said he promised to make sure he won if he paid him off, so he demanded his money back. Falk fled. Rich ripped on the fans who responded by littering the ring with garbage.

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