Sonny Myers tries to stop him to no avail and Grappler #2 gets in the ring and gives Jay a forearm to the back. Grappler #1 with an Irish Whip on Jay Youngblood and #1 gets ready to give Jay a backdrop, but Jay delivers a double axehandle on Grappler #1. Jay manages to tag his brother and Mark Youngblood brawls with both Grapplers. Mark rammed The Grapplers heads together. Mark with an Irish Whip and a backdrop for Grappler #1 and a punch for Grappler #2. Jay Youngblood is back in the ring and he brawls with Grappler #2. Mark Youngblood with an Irish Whip and a Tomahawk chop for Grappler #1. Mark with another Tomahawk chop but Grappler #1 with an eyerake. Jay with a punch on Grappler #2 as Grappler #1 throws Mark Youngblood over the top rope.   Referee Sonny Myers calls for the bell and The Youngblood brothers win by disqualification, but The Grapplers aren’t done yet. Grappler #1 with a kneedrop on Jay. Grappler #2 is holding Jay and Grappler #1 kicks the mat three times, that’s how he loads his Orthopedic boot! He kicked Jay in the head. Mark makes his way back into the ring. The Grapplers with a double forearm shot to Mark’s back. Grappler #2 holds Mark and Grappler #1 loads his boot again. He kicked Mark in the stomach. The Grapplers with a double vertical suplex on Jay Youngblood and they give Mark a double bodyslam. Rick Stewart says that “This is a massacre.” Grappler #1 drops an elbow on Mark, and Grappler #2 drops an elbow on Jay, and they each drop another elbow on the Youngbloods. Grappler #1 knelt down in front of Mark and punched him repeatedly in the head and Grappler #2 does the same thing to Jay. Ron Ritchie and Dusty Wolfe come to the ring to run The Grapplers off.   After the match, Mark Youngblood made his way over to Kevin Wall and Rick Stewart for  an interview.   

Kevin: Mark Youngblood, this is exactly what you expect from The Grapplers.   

Mark: That’s right, Kevin. You know I’ve dealt with The Grapplers once before. Grapplers, I know what you guys are made out of. I tell ya what you guys proved yourself well. I don’t know what he hit me with, Kevin but, you know, it knocked the wind out of me, it knocked the wind out of Jason. I guarantee it’s not gonna happen anymore. Kevin, I’m not gonna let these people down. I never have, I definitely won’t let them down again. I brought my brother with me. We’ve come here to do one thing, we’ve come here to win. You know, I brought my brother, my brother wants to help me and I’m definitely gonna help him.   

Kevin: All right, there you have it, Mark and Jay Youngblood.   

On February 17, 1984 in St. Louis, there was a rematch, but this time The Grapplers were able to score a pinfall on Mark and Jay Youngblood. Mark Youngblood was no stranger to The Central States area, but he was probably better known there as Mark Romero. He wrestled for much of 1982 and 1983 in the Central States area. Mark Romero held the Central States TV title twice, winning it the first time on April 8, 1982 and losing it to Hercules Hernandez on May 27, 1982. Mark Romero regained the TV Title  from Hernandez on December 13, 1982 but he was defeated by Roger “Nature Boy” Kirby on January 13, 1983. The team of Mark Romero and Mike George held the Central States tag team title twice. The lost the belts to the team of Dewey Robertson and Hercules Hernandez sometime in the summer of 1982 but George and Romero regained the belts on August 19, 1982 before they lost them  to Robertson and Hernandez again on September 30, 1982. Mark Youngblood came back to the Central States area as Mark Romero in July 1985 and again in October 1985.   

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