Various: WWE Network Hidden Gems, Viceland Ratings, Indies

WWE Network Hidden Gems Addition

This week’s addition to WWE Network’s Hidden Gems series is Mid-South Wrestling themed, featuring one classic event.

This gem is the entire July 28, 1985 Wrestlefest 1985 event from Mid-South Wrestling featuring a NWA World Heavyweight Championship match of Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair (c).

07/28/1985 – Mid-South Wrestlefest 1985

Dusty Rhodes battles ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair, while Ted Dibiase faces Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts in this star-studded spectacular.

Full card of MSW Wrestlefeast 1985:

• Al Perez vs. Mark Ragin
• One Man Gang vs. Wendell Cooley
• Nord the Barbarian vs. Brickhouse Brown
• The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) vs. Eddie Gilbert & Jerry Gray
• Ted DiBiase vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
• Dutch Mantell vs. Butch Reed
• Bill Watts, Hacksaw Duggan, & Dick Murdoch vs. Kareem Muhammed, Kamala, & Skandor Akbar
• Mid-South North American Championship – Wahoo McDaniel vs. The Champion (c)
• NWA World Heavyweight Championship – Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair (c)

Viceland’s Dark Side of the Ring Ratings – April 24, 2019

Wednesday’s episode of the Dark Side of the Ring documentary series drew 214,000 viewers on Viceland, up from last week’s 181,000 viewers.

This episode featured the tragic death of Bruiser Brody in 1988 and the circumstances leading to his murder in World Wrestling Council. Viceland previously aired this episode online as the pilot episode for their Dark Side of the Ring series.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

The National Wrestling Alliance released a new episode of their Ten Pounds of Gold series focusing on the upcoming NWA World Heavyweight Championship match between Marty Scurll and champion Nick Aldis at this Saturday’s Crockett Cup 2019 event in Concord, North Carolina.

Conrad Thompson announced that Bret Hart and Tom Magee will be hosting a panel at the Starrcast II convention discussing their famous “lost match” from 1986 in WWF.

ROH announced a new match for the card of their May 8th ROH-NJPW War of the Worlds 2019 event in Buffalo, New York:
– Rush vs. Silas Young