Mad Dog

Live crowds hate it and it seems to be fairly panned online.

Isn't that in character?

Weekend House Show Report: July 7th, 1984 live from Toledo, OH Chris Markoff defeated Pat Rose at 5:11 Angelo and Lanny Poffo defeated Danny Fargo and George Weingeroff at 12:49 Blue Demon Jr,, Brad Rheingans and Brett Wayne Sawyer defeated Don Carsen, Larry Hamilton and Roger Kirby at 15:00 Bruiser Brody defeated Mike George at 8:03 The Fantastics defeated Baron Von Raschke and Killer Karl Krupp at 11:17 Main Event: AWA National Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer defeated Terry Taylor at 22:17

Great Lakes All-Star Wrestling #1: 7/7/1984 Verne Gagne opens the show at the announce table. Gagne: Welcome to Great Lakes Championship Wrestling. We're going to be bringing you the most exciting hour of wrestling every week. I would like to take this moment to introduce our television announcer Gordon Solie. Solie: Thanks for that Verne. You know, we haven't even been open for a week and we already have a big super show with Georgia Championship Wrestling coming up in a few days. And the match I am really looking forward to on that card is Hulk Hogan defending the AWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ted Dibiase. Two of the all time greats in our sport going for the top prize. I believe we have a pre-taped Hulk Hogan segment later today and we will be breaking down more of that card. But we also have an exciting hour of wrestling coming up here. Bruiser Brody, The Fantastics and Tommy Rich will all be in action this afternoon. And we have a big main event today as Angelo and Lanny Poffo are in tag team action against the Iron Sheik and Ivan Koloff. Let's take it to the ring for our first match... Bruiser Brody defeated Pat Rose at 2:39 Brody made short work of Rose here and finished him off with the Jumping Knee Drop. Brody tossed Rose out of the ring after the match. AWA National Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer is out with Gordie Solie. Solie: Coming up on that big super show will be this man defending the National Heavyweight Championship against Hacksaw Butch Reed the man he beat for that belt. Reed is one of the top men in all of wrestling. Do you think you can beat him twice for that belt? Sawyer takes off the belt and holds it up. Sawyer: I want the cameraman to get a nice close up of this belt for Butch Reed. Reed, I want you to take a nice long look at this belt because you're never going to hold it again. This show is it for you. We fight this last time and then you are going back to Georgia and I'm taking this belt with me and staying in the Great Lakes area. And don't be fooled. You think you have your buddy Iceman Parsons as the referee but this belt is around my waist because of him. I don't even care about beating you Butch Reed. I just want to deny you this belt which obviously means so much to you. You wore this belt like a badge of honor and it made me sick. It actually makes me happy to know you lay awake at night thinking about how you can't have this thing you hold so near and dear. You know Solie, I'm in a good mood today. I think I want to give someone a wrestling lesson. This is the debut of a brand new TV show so let's make things fun. This is an open challenge to anyone and everyone. I am getting in the ring right now and I will even put the belt on the line. Buzz Sawyer climbs in the ring and stalks around for a couple of minutes until finally Shawn Michaels comes out and says that he accepts the challenge. AWA National Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer defeated Shawn Michaels at 10:09 Michaels frustrated Sawyer early with a few arm drags and a drop toe hold. Michaels continued to push his advantage by keeping a higher pace and even almost scored a pinfall off a quick cross body block off the middle rope. Sawyer dodged a dropkick and took over. Sawyer just punished Michaels with a series of forearms and a chinlock. Sawyer sent Michaels into the ropes but Michaels caught him with a sunset flip. This upset Sawyer and he blasted Michaels with a kick to the face. Sawyer landed some more forearms on Michaels before sending him into the ropes and hitting the Powerslam for the victory and to retain the belt. Tommy Rich comes out for an interview. Solie: Another big match on the super show is going to be our very own Tommy Rich taking on Harley Race. Rich: Harley Race and I have a lot of history. Even from the start of my career, Harley Race has always been there in some capacity. I would really like to earn a shot at the AWA World Championship in 1984 and I think I am going to have to go through the constant thorn in my side to get there. The stakes are high in this one. Verne Gagne comes out holding a title belt. Gagne: I wanted to come out for a minute and add a few details to this match. I decided that since this is such a big show and such a great match that I wanted to add a stipulation to it. I am holding here the Great Lakes Heavyweight Championship belt. I can't think of two men better to be my first champion than Tommy Rich or Harley Race. So this match is now going to be a title match. Rich: That's a nice looking title belt. I will be there and I am going to be the 1st ever Great Lakes Heavyweight Champion. The Fantastics defeated Butch Moffot and Tom Stanton at 4:27 The Fantastics outclassed Moffot and Stanton in this one. They finished things off with the Rocket Launcher. AWA World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan is standing in a locker room. Hogan: You know Ted Dibiase, it's your big moment in the sun. You get your shot at the Hulkster and his AWA World Heavyweight Title. I hear you out there talking a big game about how you're going to be the one. But let me tell you this Ted Dibiase. There have been dozens of men all over this great country of ours that have talked a similar game about how they are going to be the one. But I am still standing here with the belt. So let's be real for a moment Ted Dibiase. Do you have what it takes? Do you have the heart of a champion? When you are laying in that ring beaten and bloody, can you dig down deep and find the will to go on? This belt is everything. Money, women, fame and glory all wrapped into 10 lbs. of gold. Holding this belt must feel like what holding Excalibur was like back in the day. Do you have the courage and the determination to reach for it all? Whatcha gonna do Ted Dibiase when Hulkamania runs wild on you. Tommy Rich defeated Mike Miller at 3:18 Quick and easy victory for Tommy Rich here. Main Event: Iron Sheik and Ivan Koloff defeated Angelo and Lanny Poffo at 18:36 The Poffos cleared the ring early but Sheik and Koloff quickly gained control. They used quick tags and power moves to work over Lanny for a good portion of the match. Lanny finally made the tag and Angelo came in. He took down Sheik and Koloff with clotheslines. He slammed Koloff to the mat and Lanny hit the moonsault press. Angelo went for the pin but Sheik made the save. Danny Fargo and George Weingeroff attacked Lanny Poffo on the outside. This allowed Sheik to hit the sidewinder suplex and for Koloff to apply the Bear Hug for the submission victory. It's a 4 on 2 beatdown on the Poffos until Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell run in for the save. Solie: What an hour of TV. Join us next tim as I have just been told we have a big main event. Angelo Poffo, Lanny Poffo, Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell will take on The Iron Sheik, Ivan Koloff, Danny Fargo and George Weingeroff in an eight man elimination match. Also in action will be the Masked Superstar, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Brett Wayne Sawyer.

So who was worse Justin Credible as ECW Champion or Matt Taven as RoH Champion? I'm kind of thinking Taven.

Weekend House Show Report: July 5th, 1984 live from Cincinnati, OH Frank Morrell defeated Kelly Kiniski at 6:02 Brett Wayne Sawyer defeated Black Gordman at 4:57 Brad Rheingans fought Blue Demon Jr. to a 20:00 time limit draw Jim Brunzell defeated Chris Markoff at 11:31 Ivan Koloff defeated Greg Gagne at 15:19 Main Event: Tommy Rich defeated AWA National Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer by count out at 24:38 July 6th, 1984 live from Dayton, OH Crusher and Dick the Bruiser defeated Don Carsen and Larry Hamilton at 8:53 Bruiser Brody defeated Bubba Smith at 2:01 The Fantastics defeated Baron Von Raschke and Killer Karl Krupp at 13:48 High Flyers defeated Iron Sheik and Ivan Koloff by DQ at 11:03 Masked Superstar fought Terry Taylor to a 30:00 time limit draw Main Event: Tommy Rich defeated AWA National Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer by DQ at 20:50

He is and he's exactly the type of guy their audience would want. Looking at their roster, they have 8 people that did serious time with WWE. That's really a very small segment of their roster. I'm not going to worry about it until they are throwing money at every single person the WWE releases.

I think it helps that Cody has had better matches and has done little bit sized one match programs that have delivered. But Cody has also done some really great promos for AEW too.

He has history with Spears too. They were tag champs in OVW so they can probably play up a brothers in arms or a mentor type relationship. I am also a little confused by the Spears thing because I think if he had not been in WWE he would have been in that Bullet Club circle.

I thought the time limit draw was a really good look into what they want to do with the promotion. That really showed, to me, that they are serious about wins and losses mattering. They took a guy that I didn't know a lot about in Darby Allin and made me care about him in a relatively short period of time. The other thing I really love about AEW so far is you usually have a good idea where the winner is headed for his next match.

I think you kind of have to throw some of the Fyte Fest stuff out the window. That was really just a house show they decided to stream and was catered to a video game crowd. I think the variety they provide on their shows has been great and is one of the ways they do feel different than WWE. When WCW was really on fire in 96-97 their shows had that same kind of variety to them.

I would never have thought two shows into AEW that he would have the two best matches in the promotion.

I would keep Cheeseburger. He is over and they desperately need to keep anyone with any remote goodwill from the fans. Just don't put him in angles like they did with Bully Ray. Let him curtain jerk shows and get a pop and lose. I think you could easily fix the women's division. Look at what AEW did by putting some actual effort into it. The problem with WoH is that it's only existed for the booking team's wives and girlfriends to pull a paycheck. There's no reason that they can't bring in 6-8 quality workers.

Cody vs. Dustin for Match of the year. NXT New York for best show. New Japan for best promotion is kind of a default pick. Cody for most improved. Cody vs. Dustin for feud of the year. I don't know on wrestler of the year. Several guys have had some great matches but have also laid some eggs. I don't think anyone stands out head and shoulders above anyone else.

I didn't even notice that until someone pointed it out. It was just such a natural move on her part it slipped by me.

So after two shows of her, I'm willing to call Aubrey Edwards the best referee in pro wrestling. She is just a fucking machine out there. Her facial expressions for some of the moves are just great. She inserts herself perfectly into the action and adds to the action like a referee should.

Also, they should keep the third man they had tonight over Alex. I thought he had good chemistry with Excalibur and JR and added to the broadcast.

Yeah, she turned the post surgery corner on Friday and started eating again. It's just managing her until she heals and can have the stitches out. Thankfully we were able to afford the bills to get her fixed up.

What I really like about AEW is they are very careful to make sure storylines are moving forward. You usually come out of a match knowing where they winner is going next. It feels like most of the matches have stakes to them.

I think he's probably better served without the belt for awhile. I think him just doing wild shit like this will get him more over than title matches.

Moxley just laughing at the end. Wow, they really have something big with him.

Not as good as Double or Nothing but I was highly entertained by this show.

Moxley took his boots off.