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In 1830, at President Andrew Jackson’s urging, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in order to free up land for the nation’s expanding white population.
The act granted the president the power to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes to relinquish their lands east of the Mississippi River in exchange for unsettled lands west of the river.
While some Indians complied peacefully, the Cherokee, among other tribes, resisted. In 1838, U.S. troops rounded up the Cherokees from their traditional lands in the southern Appalachians, held them in camps then forced them to relocate to Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma.
An estimated 15,000 to 16,000 Cherokee people made the grueling journey west, following one of several routes that collectively became known as the Trail of Tears. Along the way, some 3,000 to 4,000 of them died from disease, malnutrition and exposure.
Check out seven facts about this infamous chapter in American history.
Davy Crockett objected to Indian removal.
Frontiersman Davy Crockett, whose grandparents were killed by Creeks and Cherokees, was a scout for Andrew Jackson during the Creek War (1813-14). However, while serving as a U.S. congressman from Tennessee, Crockett broke with President Jackson over the Indian Removal Act, calling it unjust. Despite warnings that his opposition to Indian removal would cost him his seat in Congress, where he’d served since 1827, Crockett said, “I would sooner be honestly and politically damned than hypocritically immortalized.” The year after the act’s 1830 passage, Crockett lost his bid for reelection. After being voted back into office in 1833, he continued to express his opposition to Jackson’s policy and wrote that he would leave the U.S. for the “wildes of Texas” if Martin Van Buren, Jackson’s vice president, succeeded him in the White House. After Crockett was again defeated for reelection, in 1835, he did go to Texas, where he died fighting at the Alamo in March 1836.
Renegade Cherokees signed a treaty selling all tribal lands.
John Ross, who was of Scottish and Cherokee ancestry and became the tribe’s principal chief in 1828, was strongly opposed to giving up the Cherokees’ ancestral lands, as were the majority of the Cherokee people. However, a small group within the tribe believed it was inevitable that white settlers would keep encroaching on their lands and therefore the only way to preserve Cherokee culture and survive as a tribe was to move west. In 1835, while Ross was away, this minority faction signed a treaty at New Echota, the Cherokee Nation capital (located in Georgia), agreeing to sell the U.S. government all tribal lands in the East in exchange for $5 million and new land in the West. As part of the agreement, the government was supposed help cover the Cherokees’ moving costs and pay to support them during their first year in Indian Territory. When Ross found out about the treaty, he argued it had been made illegally. Nevertheless, in 1836 it was ratified by a single vote in the U.S. Senate and signed by President Jackson. The treaty gave the Cherokees two years to vacate their lands. In June 1839, after the Cherokees had been forced to relocate to Indian Territory, several leaders of the so-called Treaty Party, who’d advocated for the New Echota agreement, were assassinated by tribe members who’d opposed removal to the west.
Martin Van Buren ordered the roundup of the Cherokees.
During his two terms in the White House, from 1829 to 1837, Andrew Jackson was responsible for putting Indian removal policies in place; however, he left office before the 1838 deadline for the Cherokees to surrender their lands in the East. It was Jackson’s presidential successor, Martin Van Buren, who ordered General Winfield Scott to forcibly evict the Cherokees. Scott’s troops rounded up thousands of Cherokees and then imprisoned them in forts in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama. During these roundups, the Indians weren’t given time to pack and family members, including children, sometimes got left behind if they weren’t home when the soldiers showed up. The Indians were transferred from the forts to detention camps, most of them in Tennessee, to await deportation. At both the forts and camps, living conditions were bleak and diseases rampant, and an unknown number of Cherokees died.
The Trail of Tears wasn’t just one route.
The first group of Cherokees departed Tennessee in June 1838 and headed to Indian Territory by boat, a journey that took them along the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. Heat and extended drought soon made travel along this water route impractical, so that fall and winter thousands more Cherokees were forced to trek from Tennessee to present-day Oklahoma via one of several overland routes. Federal officials allowed Chief John Ross to take charge of these overland removals, and he organized the Indians into 13 groups, each comprised of nearly a thousand people. Although there were some wagons and horses, most people had to walk.
The route followed by the largest number of Cherokees—12,000 people or more, according to some estimates—was the northern route, a distance of more than 800 miles through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and into Indian Territory. The last groups of Cherokees made it to Indian Territory in March 1839. A century later, Route 66, the iconic highway established in 1926, overlapped with part of this route, from Rolla to Springfield, Missouri.
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Not all Cherokees left the Southeast.
A small group of Cherokee people managed to remain in North Carolina, either as a result of an 1819 agreement that enabled them to stay on their land there, or because they hid in the mountains from the U.S. soldiers sent to capture them. The group, which also included people who walked back from Indian Territory, became known as the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Today, the group has approximately 12,500 members, who live primarily in western North Carolina on the 57,000-acre Qualla Boundary.
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The Cherokees rebuilt in Indian Territory.
In the first years after their arrival in Indian Territory, life was difficult for many Cherokees. However, under the leadership of Chief Ross the tribe rebuilt in the 1840s and 1850s, establishing businesses and a public school system and publishing what was then America’s only tribal newspaper. When the U.S. Civil War broke out, the Cherokee Nation found itself politically divided. Ross initially believed the Cherokees should remain neutral in the conflict, but there was a faction who supported the South so the chief made an alliance with the Confederacy, in part to try to keep the Cherokees united. Ross soon grew disillusioned with the Confederates, who had abandoned their promises of protection and supplies to the Indians. Ross spent the rest of the war in Philadelphia, where his second wife had a home (his first wife died while walking the Trail of Tears) and Washington, D.C., trying to convince President Abraham Lincoln that the Cherokees were loyal to the Union. Ross died of illness on August 1, 1866, having served as principal chief for nearly 40 years.
The U.S. apologized to Native American groups in 2009.
In December 2009, President Barack Obama signed a bill that included an official apology to all American Indian tribes for past injustices. U.S. Senators Sam Brownback of Kansas and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota led a bipartisan effort to pass the resolution, which stated: “the United States, acting through Congress…recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes.” However, the resolution did not call for reparations and included a disclaimer that it wasn’t meant to support any legal claims against the United States.
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At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations.
By the end of the decade, very few natives remained anywhere in the southeastern United States.
Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River.
This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears.
THE “INDIAN PROBLEM”
White Americans, particularly those who lived on the western frontier, often feared and resented the Native Americans they encountered:
To them, American Indians seemed to be an unfamiliar, alien people who occupied land that white settlers wanted (and believed they deserved).
Some officials in the early years of the American republic, such as President George Washington, believed that the best way to solve this “Indian problem” was simply to “civilize” the Native Americans.
The goal of this civilization campaign was to make Native Americans as much like white Americans as possible by encouraging them convert to Christianity, learn to speak and read English, and adopt European-style economic practices such as the individual ownership of land and other property (including, in some instances in the South, African slaves).
In the southeastern United States, many Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek and Cherokee people embraced these customs and became known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.”
Indian removal took place in the Northern states as well.
In Illinois and Wisconsin, for example, the bloody Black Hawk War in 1832 opened to white settlement millions of acres of land that had belonged to the Sauk, Fox and other native nations.
But their land, located in parts of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, was valuable, and it grew to be more coveted as white settlers flooded the region.
Many of these whites yearned to make their fortunes by growing cotton, and they did not care how “civilized” their native neighbors were:
They wanted that land and they would do almost anything to get it.
They stole livestock; burned and looted houses and towns;, and squatted on land that did not belong to them.
State governments joined in this effort to drive Native Americans out of the South.
Several states passed laws limiting Native American sovereignty and rights and encroaching on their territory. In a few cases, such as Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court objected to these practices and affirmed that native nations were sovereign nations “in which the laws of Georgia [and other states] can have no force.”
Even so, the maltreatment continued.
As President Andrew Jackson noted in 1832, if no one intended to enforce the Supreme Court’s rulings (which he certainly did not), then the decisions would “[fall]…still born.” Southern states were determined to take ownership of Indian lands and would go to great lengths to secure this territory.
INDIAN REMOVAL
Andrew Jackson had long been an advocate of what he called “Indian removal.”
As an Army general, he had spent years leading brutal campaigns against the Creeks in Georgia and Alabama and the Seminoles in Florida–campaigns that resulted in the transfer of hundreds of thousands of acres of land from Indian nations to white farmers.
As president, he continued this crusade.
In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the federal government the power to exchange Native-held land in the cotton kingdom east of the Mississippi for land to the west, in the “Indian colonization zone” that the United States had acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
(This “Indian territory” was located in present-day Oklahoma.)
The law required the government to negotiate removal treaties fairly, voluntarily and peacefully: It did not permit the president or anyone else to coerce Native nations into giving up their land.
However, President Jackson and his government frequently ignored the letter of the law and forced Native Americans to vacate lands they had lived on for generations.
In the winter of 1831, under threat of invasion by the U.S. Army, the Choctaw became the first nation to be expelled from its land altogether.
They made the journey to Indian territory on foot (some “bound in chains and marched double file,” one historian writes) and without any food, supplies or other help from the government.
Thousands of people died along the way.
It was, one Choctaw leader told an Alabama newspaper, a “trail of tears and death.”
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
The Indian-removal process continued. In 1836, the federal government drove the Creeks from their land for the last time: 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who set out for Oklahoma did not survive the trip.
The Cherokee people were divided:
What was the best way to handle the government’s determination to get its hands on their territory?
Some wanted to stay and fight.
Others thought it was more pragmatic to agree to leave in exchange for money and other concessions.
In 1835, a few self-appointed representatives of the Cherokee nation negotiated the Treaty of New Echota, which traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for $5 million, relocation assistance and compensation for lost property.
To the federal government, the treaty was a done deal, but many of the Cherokee felt betrayed:
After all, the negotiators did not represent the tribal government or anyone else.
“The instrument in question is not the act of our nation,” wrote the nation’s principal chief, John Ross, in a letter to the U.S. Senate protesting the treaty.
“We are not parties to its covenants; it has not received the sanction of our people.”
Nearly 16,000 Cherokees signed Ross’s petition, but Congress approved the treaty anyway.
By 1838, only about 2,000 Cherokees had left their Georgia homeland for Indian territory. President Martin Van Buren sent General Winfield Scott and 7,000 soldiers to expedite the removal process.
Scott and his troops forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while whites looted their homes and belongings.
Then, they marched the Indians more than 1,200 miles to Indian territory.
Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera and starvation were epidemic along the way, and historians estimate that more than 5,000 Cherokee died as a result of the journey.
By 1840, tens of thousands of Native Americans had been driven off of their land in the southeastern states and forced to move across the Mississippi to Indian territory.
The federal government promised that their new land would remain unmolested forever, but as the line of white settlement pushed westward, “Indian country” shrank and shrank.
In 1907, Oklahoma became a state and Indian territory was gone for good.
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Trail of Tears
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"I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades. And in the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and started toward the west....On the morning of November the 17th we encountered a terrific sleet and snow storm with freezing temperatures and from that day until we reached the end of the fateful journey on March the 26th 1839, the sufferings of the Cherokees were awful. The trail of the exiles was a trail of death. They had to sleep in the wagons and on the ground without fire. And I have known as many as twenty-two of them to die in one night of pneumonia due to ill treatment, cold and exposure..."
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Private John G. Burnett, Captain Abraham McClellan's Company, 2nRegiment, 2nd Brigade, Mounted Infantry, Cherokee Indian Removal, 1838-39
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Timeline
1700- Settlers continued to increase their number by birth and by immigration. There wasn’t enough land to go around so the settlers moved ever westward. More land was needed for tobacco plantations, as England demanded ever mote taxes. The Cherokees would leave a hunting territory for a few seasons to allow the wildlife to recover. When they returned they found the forest cut, dozens of cabins, and no wildlife in sight. The Cherokees would try to scare the settlers away, but the settlers had guns. When the settlers won, they called it an Indian war. When the Indians won, the white men called it a massacre.
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1750 - The King of England made treaties with the Indians and gave them ‘King’s Grants’ to the land they claimed. The British sent soldiers to protect the boundaries and to regulate the fur trade between the Indians and the colonies. Soldiers took Indian wives and began calling the children after their own family names. Traders and Indian Agents caught smallpox in the settlements and rapidly spread it to the Indians who had no immunity. Within a few short years, the Indian population was reduced to about one-tenth of its original size.
The traders offered guns for furs. The Indians slaughtered hundreds of animals for furs to trade, and when they looked for game to eat, it had been nearly wiped out. The Cherokees would leave an area to let the game recover, and the settlers took this as a sign that the Indians had abandoned the land, and move in.
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1775 – During the Revolutionary war, the Cherokees took the side of the British and attacked white settlements in their territory. After the war, many British soldiers decided to stay in the Cherokee Nation with their families. The new American government refused to honor the earlier ‘King’s Grants’ and sent the American Army to force the Cherokees to sign new treaties, which required them to give up more land.
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By 1800, the Cherokee Nation had shrunk to less than ¼ of it’s original size. Most Cherokees had retreated to lands in northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee. Many had adopted white ways. The US government and the State of Georgia adopted anti-Indian policies, and used soldiers to enforce the new laws.
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1812 – General Andrew Jackson wanted to drive out the Indians, but they were too strong for his army. He settled on a policy of divide and conquer. He started the French and Indian War of 1812 with the help of the Cherokees, they thought that by helping Andy Jackson drive out the Creek Indians, they would be given special treatment and left alone by the whites. Chief Tecumseh, of the Shawnee, tried to unify the remaining Indian Nations in a last ditch stand to resist the white invasion. In 1813, Chief Tecumseh died in battle and his dreams of a unified Indian Nation died with him.
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1815 – The US government forced or tricked many Cherokees into signing treaties to trade their lands for land in Arkansas and Oklahoma. About half of the Cherokees left for the New Territories and became known as the Old Settlers.
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1828 – Andrew Jackson was elected president, and Gold was discovered in Georgia. The US government was split as to protect the Cherokees land claims, or to let Georgia drive them out. Gold fever swept the south. Miners and get rich quick scam artists invaded Cherokee Territory murdering, raping, and burning. Chief James Vann, a district judge for the Cherokees, captured, tried and hung the criminals. Georgia threatened war over the outrage of Cherokees hanging white men. The Cherokees sent lawyers and statesmen to court to argue their case. The federal government had given them treaties for the land and they should be protected from the citizens and army of Georgia. Georgia governor, George Gilmore stated, “Treaties were a means by which ignorant, intractable, and savage people were induced to yield what Civilized Peoples had a right to possess.”
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1830 – The US Supreme Court decided in favor of protecting the Cherokees land rights. President Andrew Jackson defied the Supreme Court and sent the army to Georgia to drive out the Cherokees. Jackson proclaimed, “Justice John Marshall has rendered his decision, now let him enforce it.” President Jackson signed the ‘Indian Removal Act’, which required the forced removal of all Indians east of the Mississippi River to the new ‘vacant’ land obtained in the “Louisiana Purchase, to be guaranteed to the Indian tribes for as long as they shall occupy it”. Between 1830 and 1839, hundreds of Cherokee families fled the district, to Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. Even while these cases were being argued in court, the state of Georgia organized a land lottery to divide up the Cherokee Nation into farms and gold claims.
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1831 – The Choctaws were driven from their homes in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. The federal government had agreed to pay to feed and clothe the Indians on their journey, but the money never came.
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1836 – The Creeks were driven out at the point of a gun, put in chains and forced-marched by the US Army. Some 3,500 men women and children died of hunger and exposure along the way.
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1837 – The Chickasaw loaded their belongings on wagons and headed west. The Seminoles chose to fight. After a long bloody war, the survivors were herded like cattle into any boat that would float and taken across the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi.
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1838 – Seven thousand federal troops, under the command of General Winfield Scott, were dispatched to the Cherokee Nation. Without warning, the troops broke down doors and drug people away to stockades. Those that moved too slowly were prodded with bayonets. In October, the Cherokees were herded into wooden stockades with no food, water, blankets, or sanitation. Most of them were barefoot and had no coats or blankets, yet they were forced to cross rivers in sub-zero weather.
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They were forced-marched, with army guards, as far north as Indiana, on their way to Oklahoma. Thousands of men, women, and children froze to death, died of starvation and disease. The soldiers forced the Cherokees to abandon their dead at the side of the road. What few pitiful possessions they owned, had to be dropped at the side of the road in order to carry the sick and dying. Soldiers and settlers plundered the ancient Cherokee burial grounds for buried treasure. Family possessions left behind were plundered and burned. Of the 22,000 Cherokees who started this death-march, some 5,500 died on the way. One thousand six hundred Freedmen walked the Trail of Tears along with the rest of Cherokee.
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At the plantation of Spring Place, the Georgia Guard threw a burning log onto the stairs to smoke out the people that lived there. The man who had won the house in the Georgia state lottery was there, urging the soldiers on to get ‘those people’ out of ‘his’ house. The Georgia Guard drove the missionaries out of their homes and school nearby, and turned it into a brothel for the army.
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The witnesses
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A guard (some years later) wrote, “I fought through the War (Civil War), and I saw men shot to pieces and slaughtered by the thousands, but the Cherokee Removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.”
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A traveler from Maine wrote “Aging females, apparently nearly ready to drop into the grave, were traveling with heavy burdens attached to their backs – on frozen ground with no covering for their feet except what nature had given them. We learned from the inhabitants of the road where the Indians passed that they buried fourteen or fifteen at each stopping place.”
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John G Burnett, a soldier who participated in the Removal wrote, “Men working in fields were arrested and driven into stockades. Women were dragged from their homes, by soldiers whose language they did not understand. Children were separated from their parents and driven into stockades with the sky for a blanket and the earth for a pillow. The old and infirm were prodded with bayonets to hasten them to the stockades. In one home, death had come during the night, a sad faced little child had died and was lying on a bear skin couch and some women were preparing the little boy for burial. All were arrested and driven out, leaving the dead child in the cabin. I don’t know who buried the body.
In another home was a frail mother, apparently a widow and three small children, one just a baby. When told that she must go, the mother gathered the children at her feet, prayed a humble prayer in her native tongue, patted the old family dog on the head, told the faithful creature goodbye, with a baby strapped on her back and leading a child with each hand, started on her exile. But the task was too great for the frail mother. A stroke of heart failure relieved her suffering. She sunk and died with her baby on her back, and her other two children clinging to her hands”
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The survivors
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Butrick: Butrick crossed the Ohio on Dec. 15, 1838, he didn't see the Mississippi River until Jan. 25. Even then, it took three more weeks to get all the people in his contingent crossed. From the time the first contingent crossed the Ohio in November to the last part of Butrick's group in February, The Cherokees spent three months in Southern Illinois.
According to Butrick's diary, by Dec. 29, 1838, the detachments were spread out across the region. "One detachment stopped at the Ohio River, two at the Mississippi, one four miles this side, one 16 miles this side, one 18 miles, and one 13 miles behind us. In all these detachments, comprising about 8,000 souls, there is now a vast amount of sickness, and many deaths," wrote Butrick who himself was suffering from fever and a cough.
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Quatie Ross: Although suffering from a cold, Quatie Ross, the Chief John Ross wife, gave her only blanket to a child. "Long time we travel on way to new land. People feel bad when they leave Old Nation. Women cry and make sad wails, Children cry and many men cry...but they say nothing and just put heads down and keep on go towards West. Many days pass and people die very much." She died of pneumonia at Little Rock. Some drank stagnant water and succumbed to disease. One survivor told how his father got sick and died; then, his mother; then, one by one, his five brothers and sisters. "One each day. Then all are gone."
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Samuel Cloud: Samuel Cloud turned 9 years old on the Trail of Tears. Samuel's Memory is told by his great-great grandson, Micheal Rutledge, in his paper Forgiveness in the Age of Forgetfulness. Micheal, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is a law student at Arizona State University.
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It is Spring. The leaves are on the trees. I am playing with my friends when white men in uniforms ride up to our home. My mother calls me. I can tell by her voice that something is wrong. Some of the men ride off. My mother tells me to gather my things, but the men don't allow us time to get anything. They enter our home and begin knocking over pottery and looking into everything. My mother and I are taken by several men to where their horses are and are held there at gun point. The men who rode off return with my father, Elijah. They have taken his rifle and he is walking toward us.
I can feel his anger and frustration. There is nothing he can do. From my mother I feel fear. I am filled with fear, too. What is going on? I was just playing, but now my family and my friends' families are gathered together and told to walk at the point of a bayonet.
We walk a long ways. My mother does not let me get far from her. My father is walking by the other men, talking in low, angry tones. The soldiers look weary, as though they'd rather be anywhere else but here.
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They lead us to a stockade. They herd us into this pen like we are cattle. No one was given time to gather any possessions. The nights are still cold in the mountains and we do not have enough blankets to go around. My mother holds me at night to keep me warm. That is the only time I feel safe. I feel her pull me to her tightly. I feel her warm breath in my hair. I feel her softness as I fall asleep at night.
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As the days pass, more and more of our people are herded into the stockade. I see other members of my clan. We children try to play, but the elders around us are anxious and we do not know what to think. I often sit and watch the others around me. I observe the guards. I try not to think about my hunger. I am cold.
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Several months have passed and still we are in the stockades. My father looks tired. He talks with the other men, but no one seems to know what to do or what is going to happen. We hear that white men have moved into our homes and are farming our fields. What will happen to us? We are to march west to join the Western Cherokees. I don't want to leave these mountains.
My mother, my aunts and uncles take me aside one day. "Your father died last night," they tell me. My mother and my father's clan members are crying, but I do not understand what this means. I saw him yesterday. He was sick, but still alive. It doesn't seem real. Nothing seems real. I don't know what any of this means. It seems like yesterday, I was playing with my friends.
It is now Fall. It seems like forever since I was clean. The stockade is nothing but mud. In the morning it is stiff with frost. By mid-afternoon, it is soft and we are all covered in it. The soldiers suddenly tell us we are to follow them. We are led out of the stockade. The guards all have guns and are watching us closely. We walk. My mother keeps me close to her. I am allowed to walk with my uncle or an aunt, occasionally.
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We walk across the frozen earth. Nothing seems right anymore. The cold seeps through my clothes. I wish I had my blanket. I remember last winter I had a blanket, when I was warm. I don't feel like I'll ever be warm again. I remember my father's smile. It seems like so long ago.
We walked for many days. I don't know how long it has been since we left our home, but the mountains are behind us. Each day, we start walking a little later. They bury the dead in shallow graves, because the ground is frozen. As we walk past white towns, the whites come out to watch us pass. No words are spoken to them. No words are said to us. Still, I wish they would stop staring. I wish it were them walking in this misery and I were watching them. It is because of them that we are walking. I don't understand why, but I know that much. They made us leave our homes. They made us walk to this new place we are heading in the middle of winter. I do not like these people. Still, they stare at me as I walk past.
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My mother is coughing now. She looks worn. Her hands and face are burning hot. My aunts and uncles try to take care of me, so she can get better. I don't want to leave her alone. I just want to sit with her. I want her to stroke my hair, like she used to do. My aunts try to get me to sleep by them, but at night, I creep to her side. She coughs and it wracks her whole body. When she feels me by her side, she opens her blanket and lets me in. I nestle against her feverish body. I can make it another day, I know, because she is here.
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When I went to sleep last night, my mother was hot and coughing worse than usual. When I woke up, she was cold. I tried to wake her up, but she lay there. The soft warmth she once was, she is no more. I kept touching her, as hot tears stream down my face. She couldn't leave me. She wouldn't leave me.
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I hear myself call her name, softly, then louder. She does not answer. My aunt and uncle come over to me to see what is wrong. My aunt looks at my mother. My uncle pulls me from her. My aunt begins to wail. I will never forget that wail. I did not understand when my father died. My mother's death I do not understand, but I suddenly know that I am alone. My clan will take care of me, but I will be forever denied her warmth, the soft fingers in my hair, her gentle breath as we slept. I am alone. I want to cry. I want to scream in rage. I can do nothing.
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We bury her in a shallow grave by the road. I will never forget that lonesome hill of stone that is her final bed, as it fades from my sight. I tread softly by my uncle, my hand in his. I walk with my head turned, watching that small hill as it fades from my sight. The soldiers make us continue walking. My uncle talks to me, trying to comfort me. I walk in loneliness.
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I know what it is to hate. I hate those white soldiers who took us from our home. I hate the soldiers who make us keep walking through the snow and ice toward this new home that none of us ever wanted. I hate the people who killed my father and mother.
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I hate the white people who lined the roads in their woolen clothes that kept them warm, watching us pass. None of those white people are here to say they are sorry that I am alone. None of them care about me or my people. All they ever saw was the color of our skin. All I see is the color of theirs and I hate them.
There were ten million Native Americans on this continent when the first non-Indians arrived. Over the next 300 years, 90% of all Native American original population was either wiped out by disease, famine, or warfare imported by the whites.
By 1840 all the eastern tribes had been subdued, annihilated or forcibly removed to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi.

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WCW TV September 6 th to October 27th
Tom Zenk defeated Paul Orndorff for the WCW World Television Title less than six days after he won. Orndorff left the company the following day. On the same show Rick Rude made his in ring debut squashing Tommy Rich.
Sid Vicious took on Danny Spivey in a Feature match on an edition of Saturday Night. Both men meshed well. Tony Schiavone even commented that in another lifetime they could have been a great team. Vicious powerbombed Spivey for the pin. After the match Rick Rude hit the ring and attacked Vicious but Vicious turned the tide and ended up Clotheslining Rude over the top and to the floor. Dangerously and Rude were angry and embarrassed after this. Sid stood in the ring and shouted his catchphrase "I'm Sid Vicious and Sid Vicious..." The fans finish "Rules The World"
Meanwhile Scott Hall was annoyed after losing to Sid at Fall Brawl and wanted to get himself back in contention so what better way to get him up the card again than defeating Sting. Hall challenged Sting and Sting accepted the challenge for Halloween Havoc.
Rude got a clean win over.Nikita Koloff and it was announced he would be the challenger for Vicious at Halloween Havoc.
One week before Havoc Sid teamed with Sting and they took on Rick Rude and Scott Hall. At the conclusion Sid had Rude set for the Powerbomb and Scott.Hall came off the top and hit Sid with Paul E's Cellphone while the ref was distracted by Paul E. Rude scored the pin on Vicious.
Big Van Vader has set his sights on Lex Luger and his U.S Heavyweight Title. Vader and Harley Race challenged Luger to a match at Halloween Havoc but Luger asked who he had beaten recently. Then after an enhancement match Vader and Race attacked Luger and Vader dropped 3 Vader Bombs on Luger. Luger did a had a video interview with Jim Ross the following week from home. Luger was nursing several broken ribs torn abdominal muscles and a spinal strain. Luger said he would put the belt on the title against Vader, and he was looking revenge. Luger goes into Havoc injured.
Steve Auatin pinned Tom Zenk after using the ropes for leverage to become New WCW World Television Champion, ending Zenk's Reign after only 3 weeks.
The Diamond Exchange DDP and Kevin Nash teamed with One Man Gang wrestled The Steiners and Ron Simmons in a 6 man tag team. After taking a corner charge attack from O.M.G, Rick Steiner was left vulnerable and Nash powerbombed him from the pinfall. The Diamond.Exchange will challenge the Steiners at Havoc for the World Tag Team Titles.
Brian Pillman has been feuding with Matt Borne after Borne blinded his friend El Gigante with a fireball at Fall Brawl.
Arn Anderson and Barry Windham will put an end to their feud in a lights out match at Havoc.
WCW Saturday Night ratings averaged 4.9 which is a big drop with WCW Main Event averages 4.5
House shows are solid headlined most nights by Sid Vicious defending against Barry Windham.
Halloween Havoc 1991 October 27th 1991 UTC Arena 11,557 Sold Out PPV Buys 420,000
Bobby Eaton defeated Terry Taylor in an awesome match at 13 mins 27 secs. This was Taylor's first time on TV in a while, he worked heel so well.
Tom Zenk pinned One Man Gang in 4 mins 24secs. Gang jump started the make and pretty much dominated until he missed a corner charge and Zenk hit a sudden Superkick for the victory.
The Fabulous Freebirds defeated Prime (Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion) in 8 mins 55 secs when they hit the double DDT on Champion for the pin.
Marcus Alexander Bagwell made is way to the ring for his debut but he was attacked by Cactus Jack who appeared more manical than ever. He hit the Double Arm DDT on Bagwell to the ramp, rolled him to the floor and dropped the Cactus Elbow. Why did Cactus turn? We will have to wait for an answer.
WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin defeated Ron Simmons by count out when Dan Spivey came down and brawled with Simmons at ringside.
Brian Pillman defeated Matt Borne by DQ when Borne through himnover the top rope. The match was wild and stiff. Borne plays sinister too well.
Arn Anderson defeated Barry Windham in a Lights Out Match in controversial fashion. Throughout the match Anderosn had worked Windham's arm as Windham pummeled him into a bloody mess. At the conclusion Windham missed a clothesline into the post and just slumped there. A bloodied Anderson just snapped, picked up a chair and started hitting Windham's arm with the chair as it sat against the ring post. Anderson kept beating the arm until Windham lost consciousness and fell to the floor, the referee called for the bell (at 16 mins 32), Anderson punched the ref and Arn locked an armbar on Windham, yanking and pulling at his arm. Anderson's ally Dustin Rhodes came down to calm him down and it took him a long time to get Anderson off the arm then to complete his turn Anderson slammed Dustin from behind into the steel ring post and bust his head open. Anderson was booed all the way to the back. Jim Ross remarked "That's the Arn Anderson we all know"
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Diamond Exhange (DDP and Kevin Nash at 11 mins 22 secs when Rick hit the diving Bulldog on Nash for the pin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger was defeated by Big Van Vader at 8 mins 21 secs. Luger came to the ring injured and Vader just devastated him with Big hammer blow,s, body checks and slams. The end came when Vader landed The Vader Bomb for the pinfall. The crowd were astonished. The winner and New WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader.
Sting defeated 'The Diamond Studd' Scott Hall at 16 mins 21 sec when Hall submitted to the Scorpian Deathlock. This match showed both mens skills well. A great contest at main event level.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious was challenged by 'Ravishing' Rick Rude who was accompanied by Madusa and Paul E Dangerously. Sid started of strong with brawling and some impressive power moves, he surprised by performing his kip up followed by a clothesline spot for a 2 count. Paul E distracted the ref and Rude hit Vicious low to start the heat. Rude beat on the big man for quite some time then it was time for the Rude Awakening. Rude turned Vicious in the Rude Awakening but he powered out spun Rude around and hit a chokeslam. Both men were down. At the conclusion Vicious now in full control hit another chokeslam and it was time for the powerbomb. Vicious set Rude for the bomb then Paul E came of the top rope with the Cell Phone but Vicious through Rude to the side and caught Paul E by the throat and planted him with a chokeslam. As the ref got Paul E's unconscious body out of the ring, Rude nailed Vicious with brass knuckles, Vicious never went down but rocked off the ropes, again one more shot with the knuckles, Sid again rocked off the ropes, Sid stayed vertical but he was out on his feet, Rude Awakening as the ref gets back into position. 1-2-3. A broken Paul E Dangerously crawled into the ring as Rick Rude celebrated this monumental victory over Sid Vicious. Gary Michael Cappetta announced "Your winner and NEW WCW World Heavyweight Champion 'Ravishing' Rick Rude" Jim Ross " God damn it, they robbed Sid, they robbed him" Schiavone "A new era may have just begun" Ross " Unfortunately so..." Rude looked elated and Paul E was rapturous. Rude held the Big Gold Belt over his head as the PPV cast came to a close.
WCW News October 27th to November 24th
Sid Vicious tore his bicep at Halloween Havoc he is expected back in the new year..
Lex Luger is expected off TV until around Starrcade to sell his injuries.
Scott Hall was injured at Havoc he was be working a managerial role with the Diamond Exchange for the time being
Barry Windham has a legit hand injury going into Havoc so he will now have time for surgery.
Ricky Steamboat had signed a multi year deal. (In this timeline he has never been World Champion)
A number of NJPW stars are expects to compete in the Lethal Lottery match.
WCW TV October 27th to November 24th
The Lethal Lottery rules are explained 2 Rings 40 wrestlers 20 wrestler will enter each ring at 90 sec intervals Eliminations are decided by over the top rope elimination. Once one Man is left in ring one and one man is left in ring two Both those men will meet in one ring and have a match that will be decided by pinfalll or submission. The winner is The Lethal Lottery Champion and he will have a guaranteed World Title Shot at Starrcade.
Cactus Jack was interviewed by Erc Bischoff to explain his actions at Halloween Havoc. Cactus said he tried to be normal he tried to be a good guy but the fans in WCW only loved the brutal side of Cactus. Cactus asked Eric "Was Halloween Havoc brutal enough?" Bischoff responded "Jack you ruined a big night for Marcus Alexander Bagwell. The kid has done nothing to you. It's a shame" Cactus loses it " You arectelling me to be ashamed, ashamed Eric?" Eric responded " No, No" Cactus planted Eric with the double Arm DDTon the concrete floor. Security went straight after Jack, no one had ever attacked an announcer like that in WCW or in any major american wrestling show, this was a shocker. Cactus was suspended straight away.
Arn Anderson was invited to team with New WCW World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude and they took on Bobby Eaton and Dustin Rhodes. At the conclusion of the match Eaton dropped the Alabama Jam on Rhodes allowing Anderson to pin him. After the match Paul E Dangerously got in the mic " Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to remind you who I am, I am Paul E Dangerously and I am the man who guaranteed you Rick Rude would defeat Sid Vicious at Halloween Havoc. Now here he is Rick Rude is World Heavyweight Champion but working with the type of low class talent they have here in WCW, a real Champion needs friends and whoever is Rick's friend is my friend and whoever is my friend, I make sure they get all I can give and what I can give is money, woman and success. So Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you our friends The Beautiful Madusa, The Enforcer Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby Eaton and two more men that will round out our group here. May I introduce to you The Living Legend Larry Zbyszko and the WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin." Austin and Zbyszko make their way to the ring and shake hands with everybody there. " Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you my friends and now my business partners, The Dangerous Alliance".
The following week Arn Anderson, Eaton and Zbyszko work in a losing effort against Sting and The Steiners but after the match Austin and Madusa assist their team mates to beat the three fan favourites down.
Brian Pillman is named number contender for Vader's WCW U.S Heavyweight Title. Matt Borne, Marcus Bagwell and Ron Simmons are all heavily featured on TV.
Ron Simmons defeated Danny Spivey and Kevin Nash over two weeks of TV. Ron Simmons will be Rick Rude"s first challenger for the WCW World Heavyweight Title and they will meet at WCW Lethal Lottery PPV.
Lethal Lottery 1991 November 24th Caeser's Palace 14,000 in attendance 390,000 PPV Buys
WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin pinned Tom Zenk after Madusa kicked Zenk in the face when Zenk.was draped over the middle rope.
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Fabulous Freebirds by pinfall at 11mins 32 secs when Scott hit the Frankensteiner on Jimmy Garvin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader pinned Brian Pillman with a Vader Bomb at 9 mins 11 secs. Both men managed an exciting match despite their size difference. Vader let Pillman look like a real threat.
Ricky Steamboat returned and won the very first Lethal Lottery Match. Steamboat won in ring 1. Dangerously Alliance members Arn Anderson, Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko teamed up to eliminate Sting in ring 2. After Austin and Zbyszko eliminatesd themselves, Arn Anderson won ring 2. The match concluded when Sting and Dustin Rhodes held of members of the Dangerous Alliance to allow Steamboat to pin Arn Anderson and win the match. This match included Riki Choshu,Hiro Hase,Masa Chono, Masa Saito, Pegasus Kid, Jushin Liger, Tony Halme and Scott Norton from NJPW.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude defeated Ron Simmons at 14 mins 31 secs after Paul E Dangerously hit Simmons with his Cellphone while Madusa distracted the referee. This allowing Rude to stalk Simmons and hit the Rude Awakening for the 1-2-3. Simmons put on a star making performance here and Rude worked well as the heel Champion as well as the new top guy.

Roster as of September 6th

• Brad Armstrong
• Barry Windham
• Arn Anderson
• One Man Gang -Lex Luger -Sting -Bobby Eaton -Tom Zenk -Sid Vicious -Cactus Jack -Brian Pillman -Nikita Koloff -Kevin Sullivan -Tommy Rich
• Terry Taylor -El Gigante -Big Van Vader
• Kevin Nash -Dustin Rhodes
• Larry Zbyszko -Marc Mero -Matt Borne -'Diamond Stud' Scott Hall
• Ron Simmons
• Mr. Hughes
• Steve Austin
• Diamond Dallas Page
• Danny Spivey
• Rick Rude
• Marcus Bagwell

Tag Teams
-The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin
-The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott
-The State Patrol Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright

• The Young Pistols Tracy Smothers Steve Armstrong
  
• Primetime Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion
  

-The Diamond Exchange Diamond Dallas and 'Big Money' Kevin Nash
Managers -Harley Race - Paul. E Dangerously
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers
WCW World Television Champion Paul Orndorff
WCW News September 6 th to October 27th
With Paul E. Dangerously leaving the commentary booth there is a shake up in the WCW commentary team. Tony Schiavone will now join Jim Ross and Gordon Solie as the colour man.
Mid September Paul Orndorff's contract expires.
Rick Rude has signed a multiyear deal.
Handsome newcomer Marcus Bagwell has joined the roster.
Dan Spivey has returned to the roster.
Nikita Koloff will be taking a break at the end of October.
Dustin Rhodes is dating Terri Boatwright aka Alexandra.York expect her repackaged soon.
WCW TV September 6 th to October 27th
Tom Zenk defeated Paul Orndorff for the WCW World Television Title less than six days after he won. Orndorff left the company the following day. On the same show Rick Rude made his in ring debut squashing Tommy Rich.
Sid Vicious took on Danny Spivey in a Feature match on an edition of Saturday Night. Both men meshed well. Tony Schiavone even commented that in another lifetime they could have been a great team. Vicious powerbombed Spivey for the pin. After the match Rick Rude hit the ring and attacked Vicious but Vicious turned the tide and ended up Clotheslining Rude over the top and to the floor. Dangerously and Rude were angry and embarrassed after this. Sid stood in the ring and shouted his catchphrase "I'm Sid Vicious and Sid Vicious..." The fans finish "Rules The World"
Meanwhile Scott Hall was annoyed after losing to Sid at Fall Brawl and wanted to get himself back in contention so what better way to get him up the card again than defeating Sting. Hall challenged Sting and Sting accepted the challenge for Halloween Havoc.
Rude got a clean win over.Nikita Koloff and it was announced he would be the challenger for Vicious at Halloween Havoc.
One week before Havoc Sid teamed with Sting and they took on Rick Rude and Scott Hall. At the conclusion Sid had Rude set for the Powerbomb and Scott.Hall came off the top and hit Sid with Paul E's Cellphone while the ref was distracted by Paul E. Rude scored the pin on Vicious.
Big Van Vader has set his sights on Lex Luger and his U.S Heavyweight Title. Vader and Harley Race challenged Luger to a match at Halloween Havoc but Luger asked who he had beaten recently. Then after an enhancement match Vader and Race attacked Luger and Vader dropped 3 Vader Bombs on Luger. Luger did a had a video interview with Jim Ross the following week from home. Luger was nursing several broken ribs torn abdominal muscles and a spinal strain. Luger said he would put the belt on the title against Vader, and he was looking revenge. Luger goes into Havoc injured.
Steve Auatin pinned Tom Zenk after using the ropes for leverage to become New WCW World Television Champion, ending Zenk's Reign after only 3 weeks.
The Diamond Exchange DDP and Kevin Nash teamed with One Man Gang wrestled The Steiners and Ron Simmons in a 6 man tag team. After taking a corner charge attack from O.M.G, Rick Steiner was left vulnerable and Nash powerbombed him from the pinfall. The Diamond.Exchange will challenge the Steiners at Havoc for the World Tag Team Titles.
Brian Pillman has been feuding with Matt Borne after Borne blinded his friend El Gigante with a fireball at Fall Brawl.
Arn Anderson and Barry Windham will put an end to their feud in a lights out match at Havoc.
WCW Saturday Night ratings averaged 4.9 which is a big drop with WCW Main Event averages 4.5
House shows are solid headlined most nights by Sid Vicious defending against Barry Windham.
Halloween Havoc 1991 October 27th 1991 UTC Arena 11,557 Sold Out PPV Buys 420,000
Bobby Eaton defeated Terry Taylor in an awesome match at 13 mins 27 secs. This was Taylor's first time on TV in a while, he worked heel so well.
Tom Zenk pinned One Man Gang in 4 mins 24secs. Gang jump started the make and pretty much dominated until he missed a corner charge and Zenk hit a sudden Superkick for the victory.
The Fabulous Freebirds defeated Prime (Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion) in 8 mins 55 secs when they hit the double DDT on Champion for the pin.
Marcus Alexander Bagwell made is way to the ring for his debut but he was attacked by Cactus Jack who appeared more manical than ever. He hit the Double Arm DDT on Bagwell to the ramp, rolled him to the floor and dropped the Cactus Elbow. Why did Cactus turn? We will have to wait for an answer.
WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin defeated Ron Simmons by count out when Dan Spivey came down and brawled with Simmons at ringside.
Brian Pillman defeated Matt Borne by DQ when Borne through himnover the top rope. The match was wild and stiff. Borne plays sinister too well.
Arn Anderson defeated Barry Windham in a Lights Out Match in controversial fashion. Throughout the match Anderosn had worked Windham's arm as Windham pummeled him into a bloody mess. At the conclusion Windham missed a clothesline into the post and just slumped there. A bloodied Anderson just snapped, picked up a chair and started hitting Windham's arm with the chair as it sat against the ring post. Anderson kept beating the arm until Windham lost consciousness and fell to the floor, the referee called for the bell (at 16 mins 32), Anderson punched the ref and Arn locked an armbar on Windham, yanking and pulling at his arm. Anderson's ally Dustin Rhodes came down to calm him down and it took him a long time to get Anderson off the arm then to complete his turn Anderson slammed Dustin from behind into the steel ring post and bust his head open. Anderson was booed all the way to the back. Jim Ross remarked "That's the Arn Anderson we all know"
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Diamond Exhange (DDP and Kevin Nash at 11 mins 22 secs when Rick hit the diving Bulldog on Nash for the pin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger was defeated by Big Van Vader at 8 mins 21 secs. Luger came to the ring injured and Vader just devastated him with Big hammer blow,s, body checks and slams. The end came when Vader landed The Vader Bomb for the pinfall. The crowd were astonished. The winner and New WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader.
Sting defeated 'The Diamond Studd' Scott Hall at 16 mins 21 sec when Hall submitted to the Scorpian Deathlock. This match showed both mens skills well. A great contest at main event level.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious was challenged by 'Ravishing' Rick Rude who was accompanied by Madusa and Paul E Dangerously. Sid started of strong with brawling and some impressive power moves, he surprised by performing his kip up followed by a clothesline spot for a 2 count. Paul E distracted the ref and Rude hit Vicious low to start the heat. Rude beat on the big man for quite some time then it was time for the Rude Awakening. Rude turned Vicious in the Rude Awakening but he powered out spun Rude around and hit a chokeslam. Both men were down. At the conclusion Vicious now in full control hit another chokeslam and it was time for the powerbomb. Vicious set Rude for the bomb then Paul E came of the top rope with the Cell Phone but Vicious through Rude to the side and caught Paul E by the throat and planted him with a chokeslam. As the ref got Paul E's unconscious body out of the ring, Rude nailed Vicious with brass knuckles, Vicious never went down but rocked off the ropes, again one more shot with the knuckles, Sid again rocked off the ropes, Sid stayed vertical but he was out on his feet, Rude Awakening as the ref gets back into position. 1-2-3. A broken Paul E Dangerously crawled into the ring as Rick Rude celebrated this monumental victory over Sid Vicious. Gary Michael Cappetta announced "Your winner and NEW WCW World Heavyweight Champion 'Ravishing' Rick Rude" Jim Ross " God damn it, they robbed Sid, they robbed him" Schiavone "A new era may have just begun" Ross " Unfortunately so..." Rude looked elated and Paul E was rapturous. Rude held the Big Gold Belt over his head as the PPV cast came to a close.
WCW News October 27th to November 24th
Sid Vicious tore his bicep at Halloween Havoc he is expected back in the new year..
Lex Luger is expected off TV until around Starrcade to sell his injuries.
Scott Hall was injured at Havoc he was be working a managerial role with the Diamond Exchange for the time being
Barry Windham has a legit hand injury going into Havoc so he will now have time for surgery.
Ricky Steamboat had signed a multi year deal. (In this timeline he has never been World Champion)
A number of NJPW stars are expects to compete in the Lethal Lottery match.
WCW TV October 27th to November 24th
The Lethal Lottery rules are explained 2 Rings 40 wrestlers 20 wrestler will enter each ring at 90 sec intervals Eliminations are decided by over the top rope elimination. Once one Man is left in ring one and one man is left in ring two Both those men will meet in one ring and have a match that will be decided by pinfalll or submission. The winner is The Lethal Lottery Champion and he will have a guaranteed World Title Shot at Starrcade.
Cactus Jack was interviewed by Erc Bischoff to explain his actions at Halloween Havoc. Cactus said he tried to be normal he tried to be a good guy but the fans in WCW only loved the brutal side of Cactus. Cactus asked Eric "Was Halloween Havoc brutal enough?" Bischoff responded "Jack you ruined a big night for Marcus Alexander Bagwell. The kid has done nothing to you. It's a shame" Cactus loses it " You arectelling me to be ashamed, ashamed Eric?" Eric responded " No, No" Cactus planted Eric with the double Arm DDTon the concrete floor. Security went straight after Jack, no one had ever attacked an announcer like that in WCW or in any major american wrestling show, this was a shocker. Cactus was suspended straight away.
Arn Anderson was invited to team with New WCW World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude and they took on Bobby Eaton and Dustin Rhodes. At the conclusion of the match Eaton dropped the Alabama Jam on Rhodes allowing Anderson to pin him. After the match Paul E Dangerously got in the mic " Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to remind you who I am, I am Paul E Dangerously and I am the man who guaranteed you Rick Rude would defeat Sid Vicious at Halloween Havoc. Now here he is Rick Rude is World Heavyweight Champion but working with the type of low class talent they have here in WCW, a real Champion needs friends and whoever is Rick's friend is my friend and whoever is my friend, I make sure they get all I can give and what I can give is money, woman and success. So Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you our friends The Beautiful Madusa, The Enforcer Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby Eaton and two more men that will round out our group here. May I introduce to you The Living Legend Larry Zbyszko and the WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin." Austin and Zbyszko make their way to the ring and shake hands with everybody there. " Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you my friends and now my business partners, The Dangerous Alliance".
The following week Arn Anderson, Eaton and Zbyszko work in a losing effort against Sting and The Steiners but after the match Austin and Madusa assist their team mates to beat the three fan favourites down.
Brian Pillman is named number contender for Vader's WCW U.S Heavyweight Title. Matt Borne, Marcus Bagwell and Ron Simmons are all heavily featured on TV.
Ron Simmons defeated Danny Spivey and Kevin Nash over two weeks of TV. Ron Simmons will be Rick Rude"s first challenger for the WCW World Heavyweight Title and they will meet at WCW Lethal Lottery PPV.
Lethal Lottery 1991 November 24th Caeser's Palace 14,000 in attendance 390,000 PPV Buys
WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin pinned Tom Zenk after Madusa kicked Zenk in the face when Zenk.was draped over the middle rope.
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Fabulous Freebirds by pinfall at 11mins 32 secs when Scott hit the Frankensteiner on Jimmy Garvin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader pinned Brian Pillman with a Vader Bomb at 9 mins 11 secs. Both men managed an exciting match despite their size difference. Vader let Pillman look like a real threat.
Ricky Steamboat returned and won the very first Lethal Lottery Match. Steamboat won in ring 1. Dangerously Alliance members Arn Anderson, Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko teamed up to eliminate Sting in ring 2. After Austin and Zbyszko eliminatesd themselves, Arn Anderson won ring 2. The match concluded when Sting and Dustin Rhodes held of members of the Dangerous Alliance to allow Steamboat to pin Arn Anderson and win the match. This match included Riki Choshu,Hiro Hase,Masa Chono, Masa Saito, Pegasus Kid, Jushin Liger, Tony Halme and Scott Norton from NJPW.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude defeated Ron Simmons at 14 mins 31 secs after Paul E Dangerously hit Simmons with his Cellphone while Madusa distracted the referee. This allowing Rude to stalk Simmons and hit the Rude Awakening for the 1-2-3. Simmons put on a star making performance here and Rude worked well as the heel Champion as well as the new top guy.

Roster as of September 6th

• Brad Armstrong
• Barry Windham
• Arn Anderson
• One Man Gang -Lex Luger -Sting -Bobby Eaton -Tom Zenk -Sid Vicious -Cactus Jack -Brian Pillman -Nikita Koloff -Kevin Sullivan -Tommy Rich
• Terry Taylor -El Gigante -Big Van Vader
• Kevin Nash -Dustin Rhodes
• Larry Zbyszko -Marc Mero -Matt Borne -'Diamond Stud' Scott Hall
• Ron Simmons
• Mr. Hughes
• Steve Austin
• Diamond Dallas Page
• Danny Spivey
• Rick Rude
• Marcus Bagwell

Tag Teams
-The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin
-The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott
-The State Patrol Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright

• The Young Pistols Tracy Smothers Steve Armstrong
  
• Primetime Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion
  

-The Diamond Exchange Diamond Dallas and 'Big Money' Kevin Nash
Managers -Harley Race - Paul. E Dangerously
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers
WCW World Television Champion Paul Orndorff
WCW News September 6 th to October 27th
With Paul E. Dangerously leaving the commentary booth there is a shake up in the WCW commentary team. Tony Schiavone will now join Jim Ross and Gordon Solie as the colour man.
Mid September Paul Orndorff's contract expires.
Rick Rude has signed a multiyear deal.
Handsome newcomer Marcus Bagwell has joined the roster.
Dan Spivey has returned to the roster.
Nikita Koloff will be taking a break at the end of October.
Dustin Rhodes is dating Terri Boatwright aka Alexandra.York expect her repackaged soon.
WCW TV September 6 th to October 27th
Tom Zenk defeated Paul Orndorff for the WCW World Television Title less than six days after he won. Orndorff left the company the following day. On the same show Rick Rude made his in ring debut squashing Tommy Rich.
Sid Vicious took on Danny Spivey in a Feature match on an edition of Saturday Night. Both men meshed well. Tony Schiavone even commented that in another lifetime they could have been a great team. Vicious powerbombed Spivey for the pin. After the match Rick Rude hit the ring and attacked Vicious but Vicious turned the tide and ended up Clotheslining Rude over the top and to the floor. Dangerously and Rude were angry and embarrassed after this. Sid stood in the ring and shouted his catchphrase "I'm Sid Vicious and Sid Vicious..." The fans finish "Rules The World"
Meanwhile Scott Hall was annoyed after losing to Sid at Fall Brawl and wanted to get himself back in contention so what better way to get him up the card again than defeating Sting. Hall challenged Sting and Sting accepted the challenge for Halloween Havoc.
Rude got a clean win over.Nikita Koloff and it was announced he would be the challenger for Vicious at Halloween Havoc.
One week before Havoc Sid teamed with Sting and they took on Rick Rude and Scott Hall. At the conclusion Sid had Rude set for the Powerbomb and Scott.Hall came off the top and hit Sid with Paul E's Cellphone while the ref was distracted by Paul E. Rude scored the pin on Vicious.
Big Van Vader has set his sights on Lex Luger and his U.S Heavyweight Title. Vader and Harley Race challenged Luger to a match at Halloween Havoc but Luger asked who he had beaten recently. Then after an enhancement match Vader and Race attacked Luger and Vader dropped 3 Vader Bombs on Luger. Luger did a had a video interview with Jim Ross the following week from home. Luger was nursing several broken ribs torn abdominal muscles and a spinal strain. Luger said he would put the belt on the title against Vader, and he was looking revenge. Luger goes into Havoc injured.
Steve Auatin pinned Tom Zenk after using the ropes for leverage to become New WCW World Television Champion, ending Zenk's Reign after only 3 weeks.
The Diamond Exchange DDP and Kevin Nash teamed with One Man Gang wrestled The Steiners and Ron Simmons in a 6 man tag team. After taking a corner charge attack from O.M.G, Rick Steiner was left vulnerable and Nash powerbombed him from the pinfall. The Diamond.Exchange will challenge the Steiners at Havoc for the World Tag Team Titles.
Brian Pillman has been feuding with Matt Borne after Borne blinded his friend El Gigante with a fireball at Fall Brawl.
Arn Anderson and Barry Windham will put an end to their feud in a lights out match at Havoc.
WCW Saturday Night ratings averaged 4.9 which is a big drop with WCW Main Event averages 4.5
House shows are solid headlined most nights by Sid Vicious defending against Barry Windham.
Halloween Havoc 1991 October 27th 1991 UTC Arena 11,557 Sold Out PPV Buys 420,000
Bobby Eaton defeated Terry Taylor in an awesome match at 13 mins 27 secs. This was Taylor's first time on TV in a while, he worked heel so well.
Tom Zenk pinned One Man Gang in 4 mins 24secs. Gang jump started the make and pretty much dominated until he missed a corner charge and Zenk hit a sudden Superkick for the victory.
The Fabulous Freebirds defeated Prime (Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion) in 8 mins 55 secs when they hit the double DDT on Champion for the pin.
Marcus Alexander Bagwell made is way to the ring for his debut but he was attacked by Cactus Jack who appeared more manical than ever. He hit the Double Arm DDT on Bagwell to the ramp, rolled him to the floor and dropped the Cactus Elbow. Why did Cactus turn? We will have to wait for an answer.
WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin defeated Ron Simmons by count out when Dan Spivey came down and brawled with Simmons at ringside.
Brian Pillman defeated Matt Borne by DQ when Borne through himnover the top rope. The match was wild and stiff. Borne plays sinister too well.
Arn Anderson defeated Barry Windham in a Lights Out Match in controversial fashion. Throughout the match Anderosn had worked Windham's arm as Windham pummeled him into a bloody mess. At the conclusion Windham missed a clothesline into the post and just slumped there. A bloodied Anderson just snapped, picked up a chair and started hitting Windham's arm with the chair as it sat against the ring post. Anderson kept beating the arm until Windham lost consciousness and fell to the floor, the referee called for the bell (at 16 mins 32), Anderson punched the ref and Arn locked an armbar on Windham, yanking and pulling at his arm. Anderson's ally Dustin Rhodes came down to calm him down and it took him a long time to get Anderson off the arm then to complete his turn Anderson slammed Dustin from behind into the steel ring post and bust his head open. Anderson was booed all the way to the back. Jim Ross remarked "That's the Arn Anderson we all know"
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Diamond Exhange (DDP and Kevin Nash at 11 mins 22 secs when Rick hit the diving Bulldog on Nash for the pin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger was defeated by Big Van Vader at 8 mins 21 secs. Luger came to the ring injured and Vader just devastated him with Big hammer blow,s, body checks and slams. The end came when Vader landed The Vader Bomb for the pinfall. The crowd were astonished. The winner and New WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader.
Sting defeated 'The Diamond Studd' Scott Hall at 16 mins 21 sec when Hall submitted to the Scorpian Deathlock. This match showed both mens skills well. A great contest at main event level.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious was challenged by 'Ravishing' Rick Rude who was accompanied by Madusa and Paul E Dangerously. Sid started of strong with brawling and some impressive power moves, he surprised by performing his kip up followed by a clothesline spot for a 2 count. Paul E distracted the ref and Rude hit Vicious low to start the heat. Rude beat on the big man for quite some time then it was time for the Rude Awakening. Rude turned Vicious in the Rude Awakening but he powered out spun Rude around and hit a chokeslam. Both men were down. At the conclusion Vicious now in full control hit another chokeslam and it was time for the powerbomb. Vicious set Rude for the bomb then Paul E came of the top rope with the Cell Phone but Vicious through Rude to the side and caught Paul E by the throat and planted him with a chokeslam. As the ref got Paul E's unconscious body out of the ring, Rude nailed Vicious with brass knuckles, Vicious never went down but rocked off the ropes, again one more shot with the knuckles, Sid again rocked off the ropes, Sid stayed vertical but he was out on his feet, Rude Awakening as the ref gets back into position. 1-2-3. A broken Paul E Dangerously crawled into the ring as Rick Rude celebrated this monumental victory over Sid Vicious. Gary Michael Cappetta announced "Your winner and NEW WCW World Heavyweight Champion 'Ravishing' Rick Rude" Jim Ross " God damn it, they robbed Sid, they robbed him" Schiavone "A new era may have just begun" Ross " Unfortunately so..." Rude looked elated and Paul E was rapturous. Rude held the Big Gold Belt over his head as the PPV cast came to a close.
WCW News October 27th to November 24th
Sid Vicious tore his bicep at Halloween Havoc he is expected back in the new year..
Lex Luger is expected off TV until around Starrcade to sell his injuries.
Scott Hall was injured at Havoc he was be working a managerial role with the Diamond Exchange for the time being
Barry Windham has a legit hand injury going into Havoc so he will now have time for surgery.
Ricky Steamboat had signed a multi year deal. (In this timeline he has never been World Champion)
A number of NJPW stars are expects to compete in the Lethal Lottery match.
WCW TV October 27th to November 24th
The Lethal Lottery rules are explained 2 Rings 40 wrestlers 20 wrestler will enter each ring at 90 sec intervals Eliminations are decided by over the top rope elimination. Once one Man is left in ring one and one man is left in ring two Both those men will meet in one ring and have a match that will be decided by pinfalll or submission. The winner is The Lethal Lottery Champion and he will have a guaranteed World Title Shot at Starrcade.
Cactus Jack was interviewed by Erc Bischoff to explain his actions at Halloween Havoc. Cactus said he tried to be normal he tried to be a good guy but the fans in WCW only loved the brutal side of Cactus. Cactus asked Eric "Was Halloween Havoc brutal enough?" Bischoff responded "Jack you ruined a big night for Marcus Alexander Bagwell. The kid has done nothing to you. It's a shame" Cactus loses it " You arectelling me to be ashamed, ashamed Eric?" Eric responded " No, No" Cactus planted Eric with the double Arm DDTon the concrete floor. Security went straight after Jack, no one had ever attacked an announcer like that in WCW or in any major american wrestling show, this was a shocker. Cactus was suspended straight away.
Arn Anderson was invited to team with New WCW World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude and they took on Bobby Eaton and Dustin Rhodes. At the conclusion of the match Eaton dropped the Alabama Jam on Rhodes allowing Anderson to pin him. After the match Paul E Dangerously got in the mic " Ladies and Gentlemen I'd like to remind you who I am, I am Paul E Dangerously and I am the man who guaranteed you Rick Rude would defeat Sid Vicious at Halloween Havoc. Now here he is Rick Rude is World Heavyweight Champion but working with the type of low class talent they have here in WCW, a real Champion needs friends and whoever is Rick's friend is my friend and whoever is my friend, I make sure they get all I can give and what I can give is money, woman and success. So Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you our friends The Beautiful Madusa, The Enforcer Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby Eaton and two more men that will round out our group here. May I introduce to you The Living Legend Larry Zbyszko and the WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin." Austin and Zbyszko make their way to the ring and shake hands with everybody there. " Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you my friends and now my business partners, The Dangerous Alliance".
The following week Arn Anderson, Eaton and Zbyszko work in a losing effort against Sting and The Steiners but after the match Austin and Madusa assist their team mates to beat the three fan favourites down.
Brian Pillman is named number contender for Vader's WCW U.S Heavyweight Title. Matt Borne, Marcus Bagwell and Ron Simmons are all heavily featured on TV.
Ron Simmons defeated Danny Spivey and Kevin Nash over two weeks of TV. Ron Simmons will be Rick Rude"s first challenger for the WCW World Heavyweight Title and they will meet at WCW Lethal Lottery PPV.
Lethal Lottery 1991 November 24th Caeser's Palace 14,000 in attendance 390,000 PPV Buys
WCW World Television Champion Steve Austin pinned Tom Zenk after Madusa kicked Zenk in the face when Zenk.was draped over the middle rope.
WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated The Fabulous Freebirds by pinfall at 11mins 32 secs when Scott hit the Frankensteiner on Jimmy Garvin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader pinned Brian Pillman with a Vader Bomb at 9 mins 11 secs. Both men managed an exciting match despite their size difference. Vader let Pillman look like a real threat.
Ricky Steamboat returned and won the very first Lethal Lottery Match. Steamboat won in ring 1. Dangerously Alliance members Arn Anderson, Steve Austin and Larry Zbyszko teamed up to eliminate Sting in ring 2. After Austin and Zbyszko eliminatesd themselves, Arn Anderson won ring 2. The match concluded when Sting and Dustin Rhodes held of members of the Dangerous Alliance to allow Steamboat to pin Arn Anderson and win the match. This match included Riki Choshu,Hiro Hase,Masa Chono, Masa Saito, Pegasus Kid, Jushin Liger, Tony Halme and Scott Norton from NJPW.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude defeated Ron Simmons at 14 mins 31 secs after Paul E Dangerously hit Simmons with his Cellphone while Madusa distracted the referee. This allowing Rude to stalk Simmons and hit the Rude Awakening for the 1-2-3. Simmons put on a star making performance here and Rude worked well as the heel Champion as well as the new top guy.

Roster as of July 15th

• Brad Armstrong
• Paul Orndorff
• Barry Windham
• Arn Anderson
• One Man Gang -Lex Luger -Sting -Bobby Eaton -Tom Zenk -Sid Vicious -Cactus Jack -Brian Pillman -Nikita Koloff -Kevin Sullivan -Tommy Rich
• Terry Taylor -El Gigante -Big Van Vader
• Kevin Nash -Dustin Rhodes
• Larry Zbyszko -Marc Mero -Matt Borne -'Diamond Stud' Scott Hall
• Ron Simmons
• Mr. Hughes
• Steve Austin
• Diamond Dallas Page

Tag Teams
-The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin
-The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott
-The State Patrol Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright

• The Young Pistols Tracy Smothers Steve Armstrong
  
• The Hardliners Dick Slater and Dick Murdoch
  
• Primetime Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion
  

Managers -Woman -Harley Race -Alexandra York
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers
WCW World Television Champion Bobby Eaton
WCW News July 15th to September 5th
Butch Reed, Al Perez and Junkyard Dog are all gone
WCW has signed ongtime journeymen Todd Champion and Curtis Thompson. Both men have dropped their mustaches and they will team as Primetime.
Bill.Kazmier and Van Hammer both had tryouts but nothing was there.
Tully Blanchard has signed a short deal.
Great American Bash draw the biggest PPV in WCW history with 430,000 but it still fell short of the 440,000 which Royal Rumble 1991 draw, making it the biggest PPV so far in 1991. Both numbers far from Wrestlemania V's 767,000 buys.
The recent scandals for the WWF have hurt their popularity more and it appears WCW are gaining ground due to a hot product.
WCW TV July 15th to September 5th
'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall defeated Sting by Countout in a match to determine the number one contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Title at Clash of the Chsmpions: Fall Brawl. Sting was attacked by Steve Austin at ringside which caused the finish.
The next week in a tag team match 'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall and 'Big Money' Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious and Lex Luger when Nash nailed Luger with a roll of quarters for the pinfall. This was a najor upset and Nash is now in line for a WCW U.S Title match again at Fall Brawl.
Sting cost Steve Austin a match against Marc Mero when he distracted Austin.and Mero rolled him up. Sting then attacked Austin and put him in the Scorpian Deathlock. The security team hit the ring but no one could get Stinger to release the hold until Lex Luger hit the ring and talked him down.
Austin cut a promo on Windham the following week and asked him where is was when Sting was pulling his damn legs off. Windham said he wasn't even in the building at the time. Both men still appear on the same page.
Windham has his own issues now with former Horsemen partner Arn Anserson who told Windham they have a score to settle since Windham beat his skull in when the Horsemen split months previous.
Windham attacked Anderson but Dustin Rhodes came out for the save. The following week Windham issued a challenge for a tag team match at Fall Brawl Anderson and Rhodes Vs. Windham and..... Windham introduced Tully Blanchard. Blanchard says " Anderson we rode up and down the roads, we were friends, were were kin, we were Horsemen. Then politics screwed my career and I never heard from you ever again. This man Barry Windham has been in my side through personal problems, Money problems, he's been a friend. Where were you? Tagging along with Flair and cashing your pay cheques, that's where." After a pause Tully continues "Now I see Dusty's kid is hanging on your coat tails. What happened Arn, after all we went through with that fat ol' bastard and now you are cozying up to his kid, Uncle Arn hey?" Big heat "At Fall Brawl, At The Clash, myself and Barry Windham are gonna show you who were the real main event players in the Four Horsemen".
'Maniac' Matt Borne has been playing mind games with El Gigante leading into their match a Fall Brawl.
After an enhancement match One.Man Gang and Kevin Sullivan attacked Ron Simmons.
Clash of the Champions Fall Brawl September 5th Garrett Coliseum Montgomery, Alabama 12,500 Sold Out TV Rating 7.1
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated New Japan's Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP World Tag Team Champions. Scott pinned Hase following a Frankensteiner at 14 mins 21 secs.
Big Van Vader with Harley Race pinned Marc Mero with a Vader Bomb atv5 mins 22 secs.
Ron Simmons pinned One Man Gang after a Diving shoulder block from the middle rope at 5 mins 21.secs.
Paul Orndorff pinned Bobby Eaton for The WCW World Television Title at 9 mins 21 secs after Bobby missed the Alabama Jam that led to The Piledriver for the finish.
Prime (Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion) defeated The Hardliners at 7 muns 22 secs when Champion pinned Dick.Slater after a spinning back elbow.
Larry Zbyszko defeated Brad Armstrong at 8 mins 21 secs with the Larryland Dreamer.
Sting defeated Steve Austin at 16 mins 11 secs after hitting a top rope crossbody for the pin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defeated 'Big Money' Kevin Nash by Submission at 10 mins 32secs when he locked him in the Human Torture Rack.
Arn Anderson and Dustin Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham at 18 mins 27 secs. During the match Dusty Rhodes came to ringside. The match broke down into a four way brawl at the end. As Anderson and Windham brawled on the floor, Blanchard was clotheslined by Dustin out onto the entrance ramp. Blanchard exchanged words with Dusty then spat in his face, Dusty retaliated with a bionic elbow sending Tully over the top back into the ring. There Dustin hit Tully with a running Bulldog for the 1-2-3.
"The Maniac' Matt Borne defeated El Gigante in 4 mins 21 secs. Gigante had Borne in The Claw while Borne was on the apron, the ref stepped in the get the big man to release the hold. Gigante shrugged the ref off and in that moment of distraction Borne throw a fireball in Gigante's face. Borne quickly got in the ring and schoolboyed Gigante for the win.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious defended his title against 'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall. Vicious started strong and shone strong for the first few minutes. A trip from DDP changed all that. Hall put a massive beatdown on Vicious. Jim Ross pointed out " Everyone is very aware of the power and size of Sid Vicious but Hall is also a massive individual" Hall set Sid up for a Diamond Death Drop and Sid responded with a back bodydrop to start his comeback. At the conclusion Sid had Hall by the throat for a Chokeslam, DDP entered the ring to interfere but Sid grabbed him too and Chokeslammed them both. The referee rolled Page out of the ring and Vicious Powerbombed Hall for the One-Two-Three at 16 nins 23 secs. As Sid celebrated Paul E. Dangerously got up from the commentary position and got into the ring. Jim Ross said "What is that jackass doing?"
Paul E got the microphone "Mr. Vicious if you would just give me a moment of your time" Sid looked at Sid in confusion. "Mr. Vicious the past 7 months you have run through just about every threat to that title this company has to offer. You have been astonishing" Sid nods "You have defeated Vader, Sting, Ric Flair, 'The Diamond Studd' Scott Hall and the list goes on. So where to next Champ? Who here is left to truly challenge Big Sid Vicious? Nobody!" Paul E. Continues "Maybe it's time to just hang it Sid? 30 years old and you have conquered WCW. Maybe it's time to find new places to conquer Mr. Vicious? Or maybe it's time for the myth you have become to have the light of day shone on it." Vicious looks more intense "Maybe it's time for people to see that you are not 'The Man', that you are just 'A Man'. Vicious says off mic "You tell.me Paul" "Maybe it's time to reset the power structure around here, maybe it's time a new Alpha ruled over the pack" Sid again off mic says "I'm the man Paulie" Paul continued "Mr. Vicious I have looked all over to find 'The Man' who would be 'The Man" Paul E now leaves the ring and walks up the aisle "Let me introduce to you and the whole world, The Man who was born to be 'The Man'. The alpha everywhere he goes, The man who was born to be King accompanied by Madusa, the next WCW World Heavyweight Champion 'Ravishing' Rick Rude. Rick Rude in a suit and tie comes out on the stage area with Madusa wearing evening dress. Paul kisses Madusa's cheek and shakes Rude's hand. Sid Vicious smiles "Come on Rude" And gestures him to get in the ring. Rude just stares at Vicious then he Dangerously and Madusa leave. The camera is on the World Champion as the show comes to an end.

Roster as of July 15th

• Brad Armstrong
• Paul Orndorff
• Barry Windham
• Arn Anderson
• One Man Gang -Lex Luger -Sting -Bobby Eaton -Tom Zenk -Sid Vicious -Cactus Jack -Brian Pillman -Nikita Koloff -Kevin Sullivan -Tommy Rich
• Terry Taylor -El Gigante -Big Van Vader
• Kevin Nash -Dustin Rhodes
• Larry Zbyszko -Marc Mero -Matt Borne -'Diamond Stud' Scott Hall
• Ron Simmons
• Mr. Hughes
• Steve Austin
• Diamond Dallas Page

Tag Teams
-The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin
-The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott
-The State Patrol Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright

• The Young Pistols Tracy Smothers Steve Armstrong
  
• The Hardliners Dick Slater and Dick Murdoch
  
• Primetime Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion
  

Managers -Woman -Harley Race -Alexandra York
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers
WCW World Television Champion Bobby Eaton
WCW News July 15th to September 5th
Butch Reed, Al Perez and Junkyard Dog are all gone
WCW has signed ongtime journeymen Todd Champion and Curtis Thompson. Both men have dropped their mustaches and they will team as Primetime.
Bill.Kazmier and Van Hammer both had tryouts but nothing was there.
Tully Blanchard has signed a short deal.
Great American Bash draw the biggest PPV in WCW history with 430,000 but it still fell short of the 440,000 which Royal Rumble 1991 draw, making it the biggest PPV so far in 1991. Both numbers far from Wrestlemania V's 767,000 buys.
The recent scandals for the WWF have hurt their popularity more and it appears WCW are gaining ground due to a hot product.
WCW TV July 15th to September 5th
'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall defeated Sting by Countout in a match to determine the number one contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Title at Clash of the Chsmpions: Fall Brawl. Sting was attacked by Steve Austin at ringside which caused the finish.
The next week in a tag team match 'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall and 'Big Money' Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious and Lex Luger when Nash nailed Luger with a roll of quarters for the pinfall. This was a najor upset and Nash is now in line for a WCW U.S Title match again at Fall Brawl.
Sting cost Steve Austin a match against Marc Mero when he distracted Austin.and Mero rolled him up. Sting then attacked Austin and put him in the Scorpian Deathlock. The security team hit the ring but no one could get Stinger to release the hold until Lex Luger hit the ring and talked him down.
Austin cut a promo on Windham the following week and asked him where is was when Sting was pulling his damn legs off. Windham said he wasn't even in the building at the time. Both men still appear on the same page.
Windham has his own issues now with former Horsemen partner Arn Anserson who told Windham they have a score to settle since Windham beat his skull in when the Horsemen split months previous.
Windham attacked Anderson but Dustin Rhodes came out for the save. The following week Windham issued a challenge for a tag team match at Fall Brawl Anderson and Rhodes Vs. Windham and..... Windham introduced Tully Blanchard. Blanchard says " Anderson we rode up and down the roads, we were friends, were were kin, we were Horsemen. Then politics screwed my career and I never heard from you ever again. This man Barry Windham has been in my side through personal problems, Money problems, he's been a friend. Where were you? Tagging along with Flair and cashing your pay cheques, that's where." After a pause Tully continues "Now I see Dusty's kid is hanging on your coat tails. What happened Arn, after all we went through with that fat ol' bastard and now you are cozying up to his kid, Uncle Arn hey?" Big heat "At Fall Brawl, At The Clash, myself and Barry Windham are gonna show you who were the real main event players in the Four Horsemen".
'Maniac' Matt Borne has been playing mind games with El Gigante leading into their match a Fall Brawl.
After an enhancement match One.Man Gang and Kevin Sullivan attacked Ron Simmons.
Clash of the Champions Fall Brawl September 5th Garrett Coliseum Montgomery, Alabama 12,500 Sold Out TV Rating 7.1
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated New Japan's Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP World Tag Team Champions. Scott pinned Hase following a Frankensteiner at 14 mins 21 secs.
Big Van Vader with Harley Race pinned Marc Mero with a Vader Bomb atv5 mins 22 secs.
Ron Simmons pinned One Man Gang after a Diving shoulder block from the middle rope at 5 mins 21.secs.
Paul Orndorff pinned Bobby Eaton for The WCW World Television Title at 9 mins 21 secs after Bobby missed the Alabama Jam that led to The Piledriver for the finish.
Prime (Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion) defeated The Hardliners at 7 muns 22 secs when Champion pinned Dick.Slater after a spinning back elbow.
Larry Zbyszko defeated Brad Armstrong at 8 mins 21 secs with the Larryland Dreamer.
Sting defeated Steve Austin at 16 mins 11 secs after hitting a top rope crossbody for the pin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defeated 'Big Money' Kevin Nash by Submission at 10 mins 32secs when he locked him in the Human Torture Rack.
Arn Anderson and Dustin Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham at 18 mins 27 secs. During the match Dusty Rhodes came to ringside. The match broke down into a four way brawl at the end. As Anderson and Windham brawled on the floor, Blanchard was clotheslined by Dustin out onto the entrance ramp. Blanchard exchanged words with Dusty then spat in his face, Dusty retaliated with a bionic elbow sending Tully over the top back into the ring. There Dustin hit Tully with a running Bulldog for the 1-2-3.
"The Maniac' Matt Borne defeated El Gigante in 4 mins 21 secs. Gigante had Borne in The Claw while Borne was on the apron, the ref stepped in the get the big man to release the hold. Gigante shrugged the ref off and in that moment of distraction Borne throw a fireball in Gigante's face. Borne quickly got in the ring and schoolboyed Gigante for the win.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious defended his title against 'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall. Vicious started strong and shone strong for the first few minutes. A trip from DDP changed all that. Hall put a massive beatdown on Vicious. Jim Ross pointed out " Everyone is very aware of the power and size of Sid Vicious but Hall is also a massive individual" Hall set Sid up for a Diamond Death Drop and Sid responded with a back bodydrop to start his comeback. At the conclusion Sid had Hall by the throat for a Chokeslam, DDP entered the ring to interfere but Sid grabbed him too and Chokeslammed them both. The referee rolled Page out of the ring and Vicious Powerbombed Hall for the One-Two-Three at 16 nins 23 secs. As Sid celebrated Paul E. Dangerously got up from the commentary position and got into the ring. Jim Ross said "What is that jackass doing?"
Paul E got the microphone "Mr. Vicious if you would just give me a moment of your time" Sid looked at Sid in confusion. "Mr. Vicious the past 7 months you have run through just about every threat to that title this company has to offer. You have been astonishing" Sid nods "You have defeated Vader, Sting, Ric Flair, 'The Diamond Studd' Scott Hall and the list goes on. So where to next Champ? Who here is left to truly challenge Big Sid Vicious? Nobody!" Paul E. Continues "Maybe it's time to just hang it Sid? 30 years old and you have conquered WCW. Maybe it's time to find new places to conquer Mr. Vicious? Or maybe it's time for the myth you have become to have the light of day shone on it." Vicious looks more intense "Maybe it's time for people to see that you are not 'The Man', that you are just 'A Man'. Vicious says off mic "You tell.me Paul" "Maybe it's time to reset the power structure around here, maybe it's time a new Alpha ruled over the pack" Sid again off mic says "I'm the man Paulie" Paul continued "Mr. Vicious I have looked all over to find 'The Man' who would be 'The Man" Paul E now leaves the ring and walks up the aisle "Let me introduce to you and the whole world, The Man who was born to be 'The Man'. The alpha everywhere he goes, The man who was born to be King accompanied by Madusa, the next WCW World Heavyweight Champion 'Ravishing' Rick Rude. Rick Rude in a suit and tie comes out on the stage area with Madusa wearing evening dress. Paul kisses Madusa's cheek and shakes Rude's hand. Sid Vicious smiles "Come on Rude" And gestures him to get in the ring. Rude just stares at Vicious then he Dangerously and Madusa leave. The camera is on the World Champion as the show comes to an end.

Roster as of July 15th

• Brad Armstrong
• Paul Orndorff
• Barry Windham
• Arn Anderson
• One Man Gang -Lex Luger -Sting -Bobby Eaton -Tom Zenk -Sid Vicious -Cactus Jack -Brian Pillman -Nikita Koloff -Kevin Sullivan -Tommy Rich
• Terry Taylor -El Gigante -Big Van Vader
• Kevin Nash -Dustin Rhodes
• Larry Zbyszko -Marc Mero -Matt Borne -'Diamond Stud' Scott Hall
• Ron Simmons
• Mr. Hughes
• Steve Austin
• Diamond Dallas Page

Tag Teams
-The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin
-The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott
-The State Patrol Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright

• The Young Pistols Tracy Smothers Steve Armstrong
  
• The Hardliners Dick Slater and Dick Murdoch
  
• Primetime Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion
  

Managers -Woman -Harley Race -Alexandra York
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious
WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers
WCW World Television Champion Bobby Eaton
WCW News July 15th to September 5th
Butch Reed, Al Perez and Junkyard Dog are all gone
WCW has signed ongtime journeymen Todd Champion and Curtis Thompson. Both men have dropped their mustaches and they will team as Primetime.
Bill.Kazmier and Van Hammer both had tryouts but nothing was there.
Tully Blanchard has signed a short deal.
Great American Bash draw the biggest PPV in WCW history with 430,000 but it still fell short of the 440,000 which Royal Rumble 1991 draw, making it the biggest PPV so far in 1991. Both numbers far from Wrestlemania V's 767,000 buys.
The recent scandals for the WWF have hurt their popularity more and it appears WCW are gaining ground due to a hot product.
WCW TV July 15th to September 5th
'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall defeated Sting by Countout in a match to determine the number one contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Title at Clash of the Chsmpions: Fall Brawl. Sting was attacked by Steve Austin at ringside which caused the finish.
The next week in a tag team match 'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall and 'Big Money' Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious and Lex Luger when Nash nailed Luger with a roll of quarters for the pinfall. This was a najor upset and Nash is now in line for a WCW U.S Title match again at Fall Brawl.
Sting cost Steve Austin a match against Marc Mero when he distracted Austin.and Mero rolled him up. Sting then attacked Austin and put him in the Scorpian Deathlock. The security team hit the ring but no one could get Stinger to release the hold until Lex Luger hit the ring and talked him down.
Austin cut a promo on Windham the following week and asked him where is was when Sting was pulling his damn legs off. Windham said he wasn't even in the building at the time. Both men still appear on the same page.
Windham has his own issues now with former Horsemen partner Arn Anserson who told Windham they have a score to settle since Windham beat his skull in when the Horsemen split months previous.
Windham attacked Anderson but Dustin Rhodes came out for the save. The following week Windham issued a challenge for a tag team match at Fall Brawl Anderson and Rhodes Vs. Windham and..... Windham introduced Tully Blanchard. Blanchard says " Anderson we rode up and down the roads, we were friends, were were kin, we were Horsemen. Then politics screwed my career and I never heard from you ever again. This man Barry Windham has been in my side through personal problems, Money problems, he's been a friend. Where were you? Tagging along with Flair and cashing your pay cheques, that's where." After a pause Tully continues "Now I see Dusty's kid is hanging on your coat tails. What happened Arn, after all we went through with that fat ol' bastard and now you are cozying up to his kid, Uncle Arn hey?" Big heat "At Fall Brawl, At The Clash, myself and Barry Windham are gonna show you who were the real main event players in the Four Horsemen".
'Maniac' Matt Borne has been playing mind games with El Gigante leading into their match a Fall Brawl.
After an enhancement match One.Man Gang and Kevin Sullivan attacked Ron Simmons.
Clash of the Champions Fall Brawl September 5th Garrett Coliseum Montgomery, Alabama 12,500 Sold Out TV Rating 7.1
WCW Unified World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated New Japan's Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP World Tag Team Champions. Scott pinned Hase following a Frankensteiner at 14 mins 21 secs.
Big Van Vader with Harley Race pinned Marc Mero with a Vader Bomb atv5 mins 22 secs.
Ron Simmons pinned One Man Gang after a Diving shoulder block from the middle rope at 5 mins 21.secs.
Paul Orndorff pinned Bobby Eaton for The WCW World Television Title at 9 mins 21 secs after Bobby missed the Alabama Jam that led to The Piledriver for the finish.
Prime (Curtis Thompson and Todd Champion) defeated The Hardliners at 7 muns 22 secs when Champion pinned Dick.Slater after a spinning back elbow.
Larry Zbyszko defeated Brad Armstrong at 8 mins 21 secs with the Larryland Dreamer.
Sting defeated Steve Austin at 16 mins 11 secs after hitting a top rope crossbody for the pin.
WCW U.S Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger defeated 'Big Money' Kevin Nash by Submission at 10 mins 32secs when he locked him in the Human Torture Rack.
Arn Anderson and Dustin Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham at 18 mins 27 secs. During the match Dusty Rhodes came to ringside. The match broke down into a four way brawl at the end. As Anderson and Windham brawled on the floor, Blanchard was clotheslined by Dustin out onto the entrance ramp. Blanchard exchanged words with Dusty then spat in his face, Dusty retaliated with a bionic elbow sending Tully over the top back into the ring. There Dustin hit Tully with a running Bulldog for the 1-2-3.
"The Maniac' Matt Borne defeated El Gigante in 4 mins 21 secs. Gigante had Borne in The Claw while Borne was on the apron, the ref stepped in the get the big man to release the hold. Gigante shrugged the ref off and in that moment of distraction Borne throw a fireball in Gigante's face. Borne quickly got in the ring and schoolboyed Gigante for the win.
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious defended his title against 'The Diamond Stud' Scott Hall. Vicious started strong and shone strong for the first few minutes. A trip from DDP changed all that. Hall put a massive beatdown on Vicious. Jim Ross pointed out " Everyone is very aware of the power and size of Sid Vicious but Hall is also a massive individual" Hall set Sid up for a Diamond Death Drop and Sid responded with a back bodydrop to start his comeback. At the conclusion Sid had Hall by the throat for a Chokeslam, DDP entered the ring to interfere but Sid grabbed him too and Chokeslammed them both. The referee rolled Page out of the ring and Vicious Powerbombed Hall for the One-Two-Three at 16 nins 23 secs. As Sid celebrated Paul E. Dangerously got up from the commentary position and got into the ring. Jim Ross said "What is that jackass doing?"
Paul E got the microphone "Mr. Vicious if you would just give me a moment of your time" Sid looked at Sid in confusion. "Mr. Vicious the past 7 months you have run through just about every threat to that title this company has to offer. You have been astonishing" Sid nods "You have defeated Vader, Sting, Ric Flair, 'The Diamond Studd' Scott Hall and the list goes on. So where to next Champ? Who here is left to truly challenge Big Sid Vicious? Nobody!" Paul E. Continues "Maybe it's time to just hang it Sid? 30 years old and you have conquered WCW. Maybe it's time to find new places to conquer Mr. Vicious? Or maybe it's time for the myth you have become to have the light of day shone on it." Vicious looks more intense "Maybe it's time for people to see that you are not 'The Man', that you are just 'A Man'. Vicious says off mic "You tell.me Paul" "Maybe it's time to reset the power structure around here, maybe it's time a new Alpha ruled over the pack" Sid again off mic says "I'm the man Paulie" Paul continued "Mr. Vicious I have looked all over to find 'The Man' who would be 'The Man" Paul E now leaves the ring and walks up the aisle "Let me introduce to you and the whole world, The Man who was born to be 'The Man'. The alpha everywhere he goes, The man who was born to be King accompanied by Madusa, the next WCW World Heavyweight Champion 'Ravishing' Rick Rude. Rick Rude in a suit and tie comes out on the stage area with Madusa wearing evening dress. Paul kisses Madusa's cheek and shakes Rude's hand. Sid Vicious smiles "Come on Rude" And gestures him to get in the ring. Rude just stares at Vicious then he Dangerously and Madusa leave. The camera is on the World Champion as the show comes to an end.