bill-watts Stories - Cageside Seats
Will Showtime pull the plug on Strikeforce within six months?
The future of the Strikeforce promotion on Showtime is not looking very rosy. I would imagine Showtime is privately pissed off at Dana White for pillaging the Strikeforce roster to bolster UFC's flagging PPV business. Despite both Nick Diaz and Alistair Overeem playing hardball in negotiations...
Everything that you ever wanted to know about Savannah Jack
In 1986, Savannah Jack surfaced in Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation as the "procurer" (implied to be a pimp, drug dealer, or both) for General Skandor Akbar's Devastation Incorporated. He eventually turned babyface, won the UWF TV Title, and became known for having the worst superkick...
SMW invading WCW: The version Eric Bischoff didn't want you to see
In 1993, with his good friend Bill Watts running WCW, Jim Cornette decided to work with him to promote Smokey Mountain Wrestling, a territory he had started based out of Knoxville, Tennessee. It started with WCW showing a tape of the Rock 'n' Roll Express beating Cornette's Heavenly Bodies team...
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