USWA Championship Wrestling: 1981
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of USWA Championship Wrestling Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
CWA TV 01/10/81
Jan 10, 1981 · 50 min
Six-man Tag Match: Southern Heavyweight Champion "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant, Tojo Yamamoto, and The Dream Machine vs Koko Ware, Tom Maley, and Pat Hutchinson (first fall) Recap: Lan
CWA TV 01/24/81
Jan 24, 1981 · 58 min
Hector Guerrero vs Gypsy Joe Tom Maley & David Price vs Tojo Yamamoto & "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant Koko Ware & Tommy Gilbert vs The Angel & Skull Murphy (David Strawn) Dr. Bill Ir
CWA TV 02/01/81
Feb 1, 1981 · 51 min
Interview: Austin Idol Recap: Austin Idol (w/Jimmy Hart) vs Jerry Lawler Interview: Jerry Lawler Interview: Hector Guerrero Recap: Southern Heavyweight Title Match: "Handsome"
CWA TV 02/08/81
Feb 8, 1981 · 58 min
Tom Maley & David Price vs The Bounty Hunters (w/Jimmy Kent) Gypsy Joe vs Tommy "Wildfire" Rich David Oswald vs Eddie Hogan Rick Morton & Eddie Gilbert vs "Handsome" Jimmy Valia
CWA TV 02/15/81
Feb 15, 1981 · 51 min
Southern Tag Championship Match Recap: The Bounty Hunters (w/Jimmy Kent) vs "Superstar" Bill Dundee & Tommy "Wildfire" Rich Interview: "Superstar" Bill Dundee & Tommy "Wildfire" R
CWA TV 02/28/81
Feb 28, 1981 · 51 min
Interview: Jimmy Hart, "Dirty" Dutch Mantel, & The Dream Machine TV Title Match: Dutch Mantel vs Champion Koko Ware Tom Maley vs Dream Machine 8-man tag match: The Bounty Hunter