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Night 2! Here we go! The Russians might have lost the match, but they put sportsmanship first. Uncle Ivan paid big time for that slap. Once the Horsemen kick it into gear, watch out! The New Breed found that out. Road Warriors and Demolition ended the way it should have. Hopefully, somewhere down the line these teams will meet again in our game. The Olympians were robbed by Cornette's cheating Express Prichard's injury is the deciding factor as Fuller retains. Steiners beat the Horsemen in a classic! Awesome visual for the finish. Wow! Garvin eeks out the win over Slater. I'm hoping for a rematch. This is such a fun match up. The Midnight Express back up Cornette's words and take home the trophy! This was a great final match up. The Midnights are at the top of their game while the Steiners are on the verge of greatness. Very well written tournament and fun to read. I'm already looking forward to next year.

Crockett Cup! First round, let's do this! Dreamboats were on the verge of advancing until Uncle Ivan put a stop to that. I like the story here with Ivan playing the classic Russian heel while it looks to me Salman and Victor want to keep it clean. Not sure there was anything the Guerreros could do against the raw power of the Steiners. Good description with New Breed's win over the Koslowski Brothers. Made perfect sense. Arn and Tully are such a great cohesive unit. Demolition looked pretty damn impressive. Road Warriors advance and now we have a dream match set for the next round. That's why this tournament is so awesome. Olympians prove that honor and integrity always comes out on top LOL. Thanks for giving their gimmick some NWA love. Cornette really has his Midnights in the zone. Great first night. Bring on night 2!

Things are happening. Really interested in seeing what you do with Spivey. I wonder who Heyman has his eye on??? Dusty and Bossman battling it out for the number one contender spot will be great TV. I'm loving Savage as a tweener champ, Opens up all kinds of possibilities.

Satisfying opener for Terri and the fans. This was a great blow off to a well built story. Sting's in! I'm sure the fans were disappointed with Missy's no show, but it makes total sense. I'm sure now that Gilbert got the win, we'll see Missy pop up real soon. It took a lot of help, but Funk gets in the Crowning. I thought the Woman's match was a blast! The Richter swerve was great. This gives the Woman's division a lot of heat. Debeers does it again. Bringing in Saito was a damn good move. I'll say this, when Debeers gets his comeuppance, that's going blow the roof off the place. I'm sure the Freebirds had no problem taking that win. I think this story has some legs. Big cage match blow off as Lawer looks strong heading into his big title match. Looks like Piper and Jake still might have some unfinished business. Psycho Sid is born! Awesome way to introduce this character. Thanks to the numbers, Flair retains. However, this opens up a Dibiase/Williams-Arn/Tully feud. I'll take it! Great set up to WrestleWar!

Welcome back! I'm excited to see what you do with Central States. Renesto's the man!

Always good to see young lions like Austin and Cactus battling it out. Eddie getting his resurgence on. The Sin City Superstars are back! Man, whoever is behind the triangle has some guts messing with the Oregon Wrecking Crew. Hennig's losing it. Portland, Malenko and Lynn continue to tear it up. The SCS look better than ever. Cornette has his Midnights geared up for Vegas and the Crockett Cup. Hennig snaps but it's on the Widowmaker's time. Awesome is doing a good job of softening Pillman up for Rose. Steamboat retains in a fun champ vs. champ match. Eugene, Lee is looking prime time. Soultaker continues his path of destruction. Looks like Regal has a new contender to face. Come on DDP, that was an impressive win for Bigelow. I think Kawada should be angry with the Triangle, since they pissed off an already unhinged Haynes. Warriors end the night with a fun title defense. YES! Steamboat vs. Tenryu! Bring it on!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 4-12-89 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. We're only one week away from our next big pay per view, Champagne Slam. That event will take place inside Market Square Arena. You will see five 10 man tag team elimination matches. On that night you'll also see Stan Hansen face Dory Funk Jr. Terry Gordy will take on Hulk Hogan, in an explosive match up. And Jumbo Tsuruta defends the AWA world title against El Canek. What an incredible event that will be. We've got a great show lined up tonight. Listen to this main event. Paul Orndorff teams with the Bruisers to take on Larry Cameron, Buzz Sawyer and Kokina. (deep breath) ok, let's get to the ring. Leo Burke vs. Dave Lavene Burke makes it look easy and wins the match with the sleeper. Burke is joined at ringside by his Champagne Slam teammates, Bill Kazmaier, Spike Huber and the Rose Cousins. Burke says they're not shook by the announcement of Vader coming in as a replacement for Doll. Burke says his team all has scores to settle and they will get settled at Champagne Slam. Commercial Break Sweet Dreams vs. Neil Jordan and Van Moore Sugar hits a missile dropkick on Moore as Dream follows with a jumping elbow drop for the win. Sweet Dreams are joined by their Champagne Slam teammates, Vinergy and Gary Young, along with the Vin man. Everybody is holding a broom. Nelson: What's with the brooms? Dream: At Champagne Slam, you're looking at the winners and it's going to be a clean sweep babay! They all start waving their brooms and laughing as Nelson shakes his head. Commercial Break 'Superstar' Bill Dundee vs. Todd Rooney Dundee is fired up tonight and wins the match with the Bombs Away. Nelson: Bill, at Champagne Slam you'll be teaming with Bob Armstrong, Iceman Parsons and the Fantastics to take on Austin Idol, Larry Zbyszko, AWA world tag champs the Guerreros and a man you've had several issues with TV champ Brian Adias. Dundee: Brian Adias! I've had your number and every time you've cheated and weaseled your way out of things. At Champagne Slam, I'm targeted you! I'm going to put you down and eliminate you as I help my team to victory. Have mercy! Commercial Break Highlights are shown of Big Van Vader demolishing wrestlers in Japan. Big Van Vader will be at Champagne Slam! 'The Fabulous One' Steve Keirn vs. Carl Kellerman Keirn wins the match with a reverse DDT. Nelson: Steve, at Champagne Slam you'll be teaming with Nikita Koloff, the Gunslingers and Carlos Colon. Your opponents will be Sgt. Slaughter, Chicky Starr, the Olympians and a man you wrestled here on TV a couple weeks ago, Tony St. Clair. Keirn: No doubt about it, there's going to be a lot of hate in that ring. Last time we met, old St. Clair pulled a fast one and got me. Listen up St. Clair, that wont happen again and at Champagne Slam, I'm going to be all over you boy. You claim to be the best, but after I get through with you, you'll be simply defeated. Commercial Break Brian Adias is standing on a Hollywood lot. He's wearing a pink tank top, sunglasses and has the TV title on his shoulder. Adias: I'm taking time out from my demanding schedule to address a couple issues. First is you Hulk Hogan. How dare you promote your movie on AWA television last week. Hollywood is my town and you better stay in your own lane and keep out of mine. I'm not going to tell you again. Next up is Champagne Slam. Blockbuster Brian Adias will be there and so will the ratings. I've heard Bill Dundee is still crying about all the butt whippings I've given him. Well Billy, keep crying, because you got another one coming at Champagne Slam. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to give the director my rewritten script. (Brian looks at his script) Oh yea much better. Commercial Break Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy vs. Ray Glader Gordy destroys his opponent and wins the match with the Oklahoma Stampede. Afterwards, Gordy picks up his opponent and clamps on the Asian Spike! Gordy then hurls him out of the ring. Nelson: Come on Terry, all that was unnecessary. Gordy: Hogan! I hope you're watching brother because that's nothing compared to what I'm going to do to you at Champagne Slam! While you're out promoting your little movie, I'm kicking teeth in, stomping heads and kicking ass! You're on my tracks and the Bam Bam freight train is going to run you over! When I'm finished with you, they'll be peeling you off the canvas! Gordy storms out of there. Nelson: Fans, you wont want to miss that one. Right now let's hear some pre recorded comments from the Immortal Hulk Hogan. Hogan's lifting weights and stops. Hogan: I told everybody I was here to conquer Mount AWA. Well at Champagne Slam, Hulk Hogan starts his journey. I'm now faced with a monstrous obstacle in Terry Gordy. Oh, I've taken down monsters and beasts before and I've slayed the biggest dragons in wrestling. But now I'm faced with a challenge like never before. But let me tell you something brother, with the power of all my Hulkamaniacs behind me, there's no challenge big enough that can stop Hulk Hogan. So, Terry Gordy, whatcha gonna do when the power of Hulkamania runs wild on you!!!! Commercial Break AWA Mid American Champ 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff and The Bruisers vs. AWA Southern Champ 'Lethal' Larry Cameron/'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer and Kokina w/Skandor Akbar As you would expect this match quickly becomes a no contest. Missing Link hits the ring and attacks Buzz Sawyer. The British Bombers run out and brawl with the Bruisers. Jim Morris charges the ring and goes toe to toe with Kokina. The champs Orndorff and Cameron have a furious exchange. It's chaos once again between these teams. Commercial Break Nelson: My goodness, I can't imagine what Champagne Slam will be like. I hope the referees get a bonus that night. (regroups) Fans, at Champagne Slam Jumbo Tsuruta defends the AWA world title against number one contender El Canek. This match has taken the international media by storm. Let's take a look at a special highlight package featuring both men. The show ends with Steppenwolf's Rock me baby playing as highlights are shown of sensational wrestling moves by Jumbo and Canek.

The Assassin's plan seems to be working as his Beasts have given Garvin some brutal matches. Prichard bounces back to get the win. The question is, how bad has his leg been hurt. My teams from the AWA will definitely have their hands full in the first round.

Yamada had his moments but Sekishima's experience comes into play to get the win. Props to Anjo for hanging tough against the odds. Strong ending for Nakano to seal the win for his team. Suzuki and Shamrock gelled really well together. These guys will get some buzz after that performance. Hug impresses the crowd with a striking win over Aoyagi. Smith proves that body shots hurt. Vrij was dominant tonight and shows he's a legit contender. Onita bounces back from his Backlund loss, but Kido didn't make it easy for him. That brutal headbutt definitely sealed the deal as Fujiwara puts Fleming down. Takada catches a break but like they said, a win's a win. I know Ruas will live to fight another day. Fun show

Solid aftermath from Mania. What happened to Warrior???? Sherri is officially in the Dangerous Alliance. The Genius's poem was classic. Very interesting main event scene. Savage as the tweener. Bossman and Rhodes vying for a world title shot. And now throw in Rude. Looking forward to watching all this unfold.

Damn! Dibiase gets his revenge in a big way. After last week, I thought Flair had the serious momentum heading into Clash. This week changed everything. Great build. We get a little preview with Sting, Dr. Death, Murdoch and Funk. I think Terri is tired of Rogers antics. She might leave him hanging in the tag match. WOW! Piper and Lawler together in a cage match with Muraco and Snake! A lot more tickets just got sold. I'm sure Missy will walk out with the winner LOL. Medusa responds and has no problem accepting Mimi's challenge. Something tells me Debeers has something up his sleeve. It's fun to have a match built on just words. RnR vs. Freebirds are the types that can do this. Luger and Humungous get some shots in. Great way to end the show. Clash is set and I'm ready!

Suicide Blondes are looking to get in title contention. Incredible win for Gunn! Man, Hennig's having a rough patch. Always a treat to hear Cornette on the mic. Soultaker is on a brutal rampage. Windham is losing it. Triangle of Terror, show yourself! Vancouver, In singles or tags, Malenko and Lynn just can't stay away from each other. Lee's been coming on strong. WHOA! Just what are the intentions of the Triangle of Terror? They're messing with some heavy hitters. Ace's interference backfired in a bad way. Steamboat retains, but Tenryu is waiting. Kelowna, Great weekend for Soultaker. What's going on with Severn? Once again, Rose capitalizes on interference. It's a given that when Regal defends his title, the fans are going to get their money's worth. I guess that's the end of Ace's run with the Playboy Club. You can always count on Pillman to end the night on a high note.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 4-5-89 The show opens with Brenda Britton standing at a podium in front of Market Square Arena. Media from Japan and Mexico are in attendance as well as several businessmen and spectators. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to the Champagne Slam AWA world title press conference. Let me turn the time over to the AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Morrow walks up wearing a white suit, fedora hat, sunglasses and is holding a champagne bottle. He holds the bottle up and smiles. Morrow: A toast to de world title bout for Champagne Slam. On Friday April 19th, live on pay per view, here at de Market Square Arena. Jumbo Tsuruta will defend de AWA world title against de number one contender El Canek. Let's bring out de competitors. Canek comes out wearing a suit with his mask on. Ray Stevens leads out Jumbo Tsuruta (also wearing a suit). Jumbo stands with the world title on his shoulder. Morrow stands between them as flashes from cameras go off. Morrow then backs up as Jumbo and Canek stand face to face. Jumbo takes the title off his shoulder and holds it high in front of Canek. It's a cool shot for the magazines. Commercial Break The High Chiefs vs. Neil Jordan and Harold Bannister Chiefs obliterate their opponents and win the match with a double rib breaker. The Chiefs are joined at ringside by Mike Miller and Cannonball Griz. Nelson: Mike Miller, I understand you have an announcement regarding Champagne Slam. Miller: Yea, thanks to the heartless jerk Spike Huber, our teammate Glamour Doll will not be able to compete at Champagne Slam. Poor guy's got a broken face. However! Gerry Morrow has allowed us a substitute partner. So, Leo Burke, Bill Kazmaier, Spike Huber and the Rose Cousins, say your prayers, because Big Van Vader will be our partner at Champagne Slam! Nelson: Oh my goodness! I can't believe it! We all saw Big Van Vader at Superclash and this man is nothing short of devastating. Commercial Break Sgt. Slaughter vs. Scott Casey These two will be on opposite sides at Champagne Slam. Casey's Gunslinger partner Johnny Mantell shakes Casey's hand and heads to the back. Casey gets early momentum and has Slaughter bouncing all over the ring with hip tosses, dropkicks and scoop slams. Casey goes for the running bulldog but Slaughter rides the momentum and throws Casey into the turnbuckles. Slaughter shakes the cobwebs. Casey staggers up as Slaughter grabs him and hot shots him on the top rope. Slaughter covers Casey with a handful of tights 1..2..3! Slaughter picks up Casey and clamps on the Cobra Clutch. Slaughter wrenches away until Johnny Mantell runs in. Slaughter tosses Casey and exits the ring. While Mantell is tending to Casey. Slaughter comes back in the ring, grabs Mantell from behind and clamps on the Cobra Clutch. Slaughter wrenches away. The crowd goes wild as NIKITA KOLOFF hits the ring. Just as Slaughter drops Mantell, Nikita nails Slaughter with the Russian Sickle! Nikita jumps down and pounds away on Slaughter until several officials run out to stop him. Commercial Break The Dragon Kings vs. Roland Jenkins and Todd Rooney Takano hits a snap suplex on Rooney, then tags in Fujinami, who finishes things off with a dragon suplex. The Dragon Kings are joined by Tom Brandi and the San Juan Saints. Brandi does the talking and says he has the best Champagne Slam teammates in the business. He says Sweet Dreams, Vinergy and Gary Young all have big mouths that need to be shut. And after they get through with all of them, Vin Man will be sulking in his tears. Commercial Break Highlights are shown of Stan Hansen destroying his opponents with his lariat. Stan Hansen goes one on one with Dory Funk Jr. at Champagne Slam. 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong and The Fantastics vs. AWA World Tag Champs the Guerreros and 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko We get a wild one here. Everybody gets a little shine until all hell breaks loose with a pier six brawl. During the brawl, Austin Idol runs in the ring and attacks Bob Armstrong. The Ref signals for the DQ. The fight still goes on. Zbyszko goes out and gets a chair but Iceman Parsons runs out and nails Zbyszko from behind. The Fantastics stereo dropkick the Guerreros out of the ring. Parsons body slams Zbyszko onto the Guerreros. Idol swings Armstrong to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Armstrong swings back and clotheslines Idol down. Armstrong picks up Idol and puts him down again with a Jawbreaker. The fans are loving all this. Commercial Break Chicky Starr vs. Ray Glader Starr has fun toying with his opponent before finishing him off with a corkscrew elbow drop. Nelson: Chicky, as you know Carlos Colon will be at Champagne Slam and you two will be on opposite teams. Starr: Ah senorita Carlita. The man who lost his manhood. Carlos, I took that from you and at Champagne Slam, you're not getting it back. Commercial Break The British Bombers w/Skandor Akbar vs. 'Big' Jim Morris and The Missing Link With all the chaos tonight, all other Champagne Slam teammates have been banned from the arena. Morris and Smith start things off. Smith gets in some hard shots and tags in Taylor. The Bombers double slam Morris. Taylor hits a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor swings Morris into the corner and charges in but Morris lifts his knees as Taylor crashes into them. Morris tags in Link. Link pounds away on Taylor and slams him down. Smith runs in but gets slammed down by Link. Link picks the Bombers up by their hair and knocks their heads together. Link continues to work over Taylor. Smith runs in and gives Link a high knee to the back. Morris runs in and shoulder blocks Smith down. Akbar gets on the apron. Morris walks over, grabs Akbar by his shirt and lifts him off his feet. While the Ref is distracted with this, Link headbutts Taylor down. Boos as BUZZ SAWYER hits the ring and clotheslines Link with a chain! Sawyer exits as Taylor rolls over and covers Link. The Ref turns around, runs over and counts 1..2..3!!! Sawyer was supposed to be banned from ringside BOOOOOOOOOOO! Commercial Break Ken Resnick: Ok fans, this has been one crazy night. I can't imagine what Champagne Slam will be like with all those 10 man elimination tag matches. Speaking of Champagne Slam. Making his return to in ring action on that night will be my guest at this time. Please welcome the immortal Hulk Hogan!!!!! Eye of the Tiger blasts as Hogan storms up the aisle in jeans, boots, yellow bandana and of course a Hulkamania T- Shirt. Hogan enters the ring and acknowledges the cheering fans. Resnick waits for the cheers to settle down. Resnick: What an unbelievable response. Ok, Hulk Hogan, before we get to Champagne Slam, I understand you have another big announcement to make. Hogan: Well, let me tell you something Killer Ken! As you know Hulk Hogan ventured to Hollywood awhile ago and filmed a movie. That movie is called No Holds Barred and brother I'm here to tell all my Hulkamaniacs that No Holds Barred will be in theaters this May! This movie will have all the action, excitement and adrenaline that Hulkamania can bring. There's a big stir in the crowd as TERRY GORDY heads into the ring. Resnick: Please Terry, after everything that's happened tonight, we don't want any more problems. Gordy: Shut up little man! (looks at Hulk) I can't tell you how sick and tired I am of hearing your name! You come out here and you're talking about a movie! Brother, do you have any idea of what you're dealing with at Champagne Slam? Your going to get run over by a freight train and that freight train is Terry Bam Bam Gordy! And I can tell you this, there's no way in hell that you're going to make it to your movie premier! Gordy steps back. Hogan looks at the crowd. Hogan: Let me tell you something Terry Gordy. I know exactly what I'm dealing with at Champagne Slam. I've been in the gym hang'n and bang'n with the weights and training like a madman. Gordy: (interrupts) Hold on big boy! You can lift all the weights you want, but weights don't hit back, but Terry Gordy hits hard! Gordy pushes Hogan back. Hogan rips off his T-Shirt! The fans are going wild. Hogan pushes Gordy. Gordy staggers back, then charges Hogan. Both men start a furious punch exchange! Security, officials and prelim wrestlers run out. It's chaos as the show ends.

I think Garvin and Slater are going to tear the house down. This is such a great match up. Well, Rod and Tommy did their jobs. Great idea putting these guys with Fuller. Only a matter of time until we get the big Valiant/Whatley reunion. Add Rich and the Nightmares and we've got a big feud going with Jone's army. Can't wait for the Crockett Cup. The Guerreros and Olympians are ready!

WrestleMania 5! Let's do this! Steiners opening up the show with a win is a great way to kick things off. Duggan and Haku give the fans a fun hard hitting match. After a couple fan favorite wins, Bossman changes the tone in a big way. He looked like a beast during his squash win over Herc. Hahahahaha! Oh wow, clever move by having Beefcake turn Taylor into the Rooster. That was so creative. The Von Erichs rocked the place tonight. Feel good moment at the end. Davey Boy gets a big showcase tonight. He really solidified himself as a single's wrestler with that big win over OMG. Tito was on fire tonight, but the Rude Awakening is such a devastating finisher. After a fantastic build up, Demolition proves who the best team in the WWF is. Props to the Rockers on their outstanding performance. Americana Dusty Rhodes tour is in full swing. Martel vs. Muta was everything I thought it would be and more. What a match! Sherri once again gets involved and that's all Muta needed to win the IC title. I always thought if Muta went to the WWF IRL, he would have made the perfect IC champ. Now we get to see it happen. Andre and Snuka are WWF legends. They deserved a big Mania moment. Main event time and man did these guys deliver. Warrior was on his A game, but that finish was classic Savage. That clean finish really put Savage on a new level. I loved the bonus coliseum footage. This really shows where the WWF is heading. Elizabeth is back and Bossman has established himself as the number one heel. Props to you and the hard work you put into this epic show.