Hot Stuff International

[zawa]

Hot Stuff is currently causing all kinds of mayhem in my Memphis fed. He's got Doug and Tommy with him and he also brought in the Russians (Ivan and Nikita Koloff and Boris Zhukov). Currently being managed by Madison Rayner (since I have no Missy Hyatt). Eddie recently won the NWA junior heavy weight title in a tournament in Japan. He's been crowing ever since that he is the real world champion.

[Cory Olson]

Hot Stuff, International was a big part of my USWA from game years 2011 to 2015. Eddie came in to manage a group that had already been establish for a few months of Ivan Koloff, the Iron Sheik, and the Bolsheviks. I really wanted to play up the international part of the stable's name. The heels had already been feuding with Steve Williams, Ted DiBiase, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, and other babyfaces when Gilbert came in. At the end of 2011, DiBiase turned heel and joined up with Hot Stuff, kicking Koloff out of the group. In 2012, I had Volkoff become Bepo Mongol and brought in Geeto to have the Mongols be Hot Stuff's tag team. Zhukov stuck around for a while as a singles competitor. In 2013, the Mongols left the group and went on their own for a while. Gilbert brought in Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito as his team and they ended up being one of the most dominant tag teams in USWA history. Gilbert also got Sherri Martel, who had been the valet for Buddy Rose and Larry Sharpe, to join the group as a valet and to accompany him when he wrestled. That year, Zhukov left and Doug Gilbert joined the group. At the end of '13, DiBiase lost the Southern title and a Loser-Leave-Town Match to Williams. In 2014, Gilbert brought in Terry Gordy to feud with Williams. They feuded all year but in the middle of that feud, Gilbert won 25-man Two-Ring Battle Royal to earn a Southern title shot. Gordy had just won back the Southern title so Gilbert said he would not use the title shot right away against his own man. When Williams regained the title, Gilbert went after it himself and kicked Gordy out of Hot Stuff, so he could win the title for himself. In 2015, with Gilbert doing more wrestling, he hired Sir Oliver Humperdink to be the manager for the group and the group became Hot Stuff, International.

Jumping ahead to 2016, Humperdink brought in Kevin Sullivan, unbeknownst to Gilbert. (Gilbert and Humperdink initially had sort of a co-leadership role with Gilbert knowing whom Humperdink was going to manage next and bring into the group.) Sullivan ends up betraying Gilbert and breaking his leg. Along the way, Humperdink also brings in the man Eddie betrayed years earlier--Koloff to team up with Gilbert's former charge Saito. It's all come full circle.