-Sunday August 25th-
-The Superdome-
-New Orleans, LA-
-AWA World Class Wrestling-
-and-
-AWA Continental Championship Wrestling-
-Present-
-The Battle for New Orleans-
Nearly 20,000 rabid fans have packed the Superdome in New Orleans for the first jointly promoted card between World Class and Continental! Two announce desks have been set up, Marc Lowrance has been given ring announcing duties for the night, and The Battle for New Orleans is about to begin!!
1) -20 Man $20,000 Winner Take All Over the Top Rope Battle Royal- (Michael Hayes, Buddy Roberts, One Man Gang, Lars Anderson, Great Kabuki, Kendo Nagasaki, Wendell Cooley, Scott Casey, "Nightmare" Danny Davis, "Nightmare" Ken Wayne, Brian Adias, Bruiser Brody, Ricky Steamboat, Jay Youngblood, Mark Youngblood, "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin, Iceman King Parsons, Stan Stasiak, Bobby Duncum, Phil Hickerson)
Elimination #1: There was one obvious choice when this began. At nearly seven feet tall and close to 500 pounds, the One Man Gang loomed larger than nearly everyone in the ring. Bruiser Brody was the first to charge at him and catch him with a big boot to the face that sent him back against the ropes. From there nearly half the men in the ring swarmed him, lifted him, and dumped him out of the ring.
One Man Gang is Eliminated
Elimination #2: Ken Wayne and Danny Davis, The Nightmares were playing it smart and sticking together. They had been sticking to a corner of the ring and pretty much beating up anyone who got to close. Mark Youngblood had been locked up with Jimmy Garvin and they backed into that corner. Davis and Wayne each grabbed hold of Youngblood, and began to assault him. Garvin was quick to disappear from that corner, as The Nightmares made quick work of Youngblood and tossed him to the floor.
Mark Youngblood is Eliminated
Elimination #3: Scott Casey had been getting double teamed by Kabuki and Kendo Nagasaki, but the timely intervention of the strange duo of Lars Anderson and Brian Adias had broken that up. Casey was a bit staggered as he moved away from that grouping, and he unfortunately came into contact with Iceman King Parsons who simply knee'd him hard in the groin, then scooped him up and out of the ring.
Scott Casey is Eliminated
Elimination #4: Two men in the twilight of their careers, back for one last shot at glory had found one another and were battling it out for supremacy. Lars Anderson and Stan Stasiak were throwing haymakers at one another just waiting to see who would fall down first. Luckily for Lars Anderson, he lost the battle and dropped to the canvas just as Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts of The Fabulous Freebirds charged across the ring with a double clothesline. Thus it missed him, and sent Stasiak over the top rope and to the floor!
Stan Stasiak is Eliminated
Elimination #5 & #6: Brian Adias and Iceman King Parson found one another and that was it for then focusing on anyone else. First the punches flew, then they got locked in a death grip of trying to force one another over the top rope. That was all Duncum and Hickerson, The Highwaymen needed to walk up behind them and shove both men over the ropes and to the floor.
Brian Adias is Eliminated
Iceman King Parsons is Eliminated
Elimination #7: "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin had been pretty successfully avoiding people until he got cornered by The Nightmares. Now Davis and Wayne were doing quite the number on him, and things were looking bleak for him. Then a large furry boot caught Davis in the face and sent him sailing over the top rope!
"Nightmare" Danny Davis is Eliminated
Elimination #8: Bruiser Brody wasn't finished as he clubbed Ken Wayne hard across the back, then reached down and lifted him into a bodyslam. Brody walked him in a complete circle, then dumped him over the top rope onto his partner who just got to his feet!
"Nightmare" Ken Wayne is Eliminated
Elimination #9: Jimmy Garvin saw an opportunity and grabbed the leg of Bruiser Brody, he tried to hoist the big man up but wasn't having much luck. Fortunately for Garvin, Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts were paying attention and joined the festivities. The three of them got Brody most of the way out of the ring, then of all people, a final push from Wendell Cooley got the job done.
Bruiser Brody is Eliminated
Elimination #10: Hickerson and Duncum had been brawling with Nagasaki and Kabuki in the other corner while that was going on, but Kabuki had ended up getting tied up with Ricky Steamboat, leaving Nagasaki on his own. Try as he might, he couldn't overcome the combined power of The Highwaymen, and they ended up dumping him to the floor.
Kendo Nagasaki is Eliminated
Elimination #11: Garvin, Hayes, and Roberts proceeded to thank Wendell Cooley for his help by stomping the crap out of him. Lars Anderson came over and looked all set to join them, but instead blasted Buddy Roberts with a huge clothesline that sent him out of the ring!
Buddy Roberts is Eliminated
Elimination #12: Duncum and Hickerson had gone to work on Kabuki after getting rid of Nagasaki, but failed to notice Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood regrouping behind them. Steamboat and Youngblood nodded at one another and nailed Hickerson from behind with a huge Double Dropkick that sent him sailing over the top and out of the ring.
Phil Hickerson is Eliminated
Elimination #13: Bobby Duncum turned around to confront Steamboat and Youngblood,but Kabuki who was on his knees stiff armed him in the groin. Duncum staggered a few steps away allowing Kabuki to get up, and fire a huge thrust kick at Duncum that sent him out of the ring.
Bobby Duncum is Eliminated
Elimination #14: Garvin and Hayes went after Lars Anderson as soon as he eliminated Roberts and were peppering him with punches, but Anderson was holding his own agaisnt both men. Wendell Cooley got to his feet and grabbed Hayes from behind by the hair. He pulled Hayes away from the brawl and was attempting to maneuver him toward the ropes, but Hayes raked the eyes, grabbed a handful of hair, and chucked Cooley out of the ring.
Wendell Cooley is Eliminated
Elimination #15: A couple minutes passed without an elimination, all six men remaining had been pairing off. Jay Youngblood and Ricky Steamboat had just nailed Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin with double chops. Lars Anderson had apparently seen enough of the two working together, and grabbed Youngblood in a waistlock and muscled him over the ropes and to the floor.
Jay Youngblood is Eliminated
Elimination #16: Hayes and Garvin were leaning against the ropes, when The Great Kabuki turned toward them and charged at them. Hayes and Garvin side stepped and each grabbed a leg, bundling the face painted Japanese warrior out of the ring.
The Great Kabuki is Eliminated
Elimination #17: Ricky Steamboat blistered Lars Anderson with a chop. Lars Anderson blasted Ricky Steamboat with a right hand. Chop. Right Hand. Chop. Right Hand. Chop. Ricky Steamboat ducked the right hand and the momentum spun Lars Anderson around. Steamboat hooked Anderson and nailed him with an atomic drop. Anderson staggered forward toward the ropes and Steamboat nailed him with a dropkick to the back that sent him out of the ring.
Lars Anderson is Eliminated
Elimination #18 & #19: As Steamboat was getting to his feet, Garvin and Hayes grabbed him from behind and rushed him to the ropes trying to eliminate him. They managed to throw him over, but failed to notice that he held on! Steamboat was in the process of skinning the cat when Michael Hayes noticed that he wasn't eliminated. Hayes went back over to finish the job, but was shocked when Steamboat wrapped his legs around the head of Hayes. Steamboat had pulled Hayes most of the way out of the ring by the time Garvin noticed what was happening. Jimmy took in the scene for a moment, shrugged his shoulders, then charged in with a knee to the back of Steamboat. "The Dragon" lost his grip, causing both he and Hayes to tumble to the floor.
Michael Hayes is Eliminated
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat is Eliminated
Winner: "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin
2) Super Black Ninja w/Mr. Fuji vs Steve Olsonoski - U.S. Super Junior Championship
Highlights:
A very fast paced match with Steve O holding his own with the Ninja more so than he did in their first bout…..after about 12 minutes of action Olsonoski had things going his way, he went to the top rope for a dropkick but Ninja side stepped him and avoided contact….he then went to the top rope and hit his patented moonsault for the 1-2-3!
Winner: Super Black Ninja
3) The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Dennis Condrey) w/Jim Cornette vs The Islanders (Samu/Tonga Kid) - AWA World Class Tag Team Titles
Before the bell could be rung, Eaton and Condrey charged across the ring and attacked. Condrey caught Tonga Kid in the back with a knee that sent him sailing out of the ring between the top and middle ropes. While Eaton nailed Samu with an elbow to the back of the head. Condrey turned around and joined Bobby and the two of them stomped Samu repeatedly. The Midnight Express pulled Samu across the ring to their corner as Referee Jerry Usher angrily admonished them. Eaton hopped onto the apron, while Condrey continued the assault.
The Midnights made frequent tags, confined Samu to their corner, and relentlessly worked over his lower back as Cornette paraded around ringside like he'd just won a gold medal! Every time Samu stated to mount any sort of comeback, Bobby and Dennis would cut it off with a double team move, and every time Tonga Kid's temper got the best of him, The Midnight Express used the referee pushing him out of the ring as an opportunity to do more cheating!
Finally, when Samu was shot into the ropes and The Express bent down for what appeared to be a double backdrop, Samu put on the brakes, grabbed the heads of Eaton and Condrey and gave them a double noggin knocker!! As they both stumbled around momentarily stunned, Samu leapt toward his corner and tagged in Tonga Kid! Tonga came in and delivered a huge chop to Eaton! Huge chop to Condrey! Headbutt to Eaton! Headbutt to Condrey! Thrust Kick to Eaton! Thrust Kick to Condrey!
Both members of The Midnight Express rolled out of the ring and were trying to regroup on the floor, but the next thing they knew, Tonga Kid was on the floor with them, and he gave them a double noggin knocker!! Tonga tossed Beautiful Bobby back into the ring, and as he was going to follow him back in, WHAM!! Jim Cornette cracked Tonga Kid in the back with the tennis racket!
As the bell was ringing, Tonga Kid turned around and stared down Cornette who's eyes grew wide as dinner plates, and when Tonga Kid stuck out his tongue, Cornette turned white as a ghost. Tonga Kid let loose with a thrust to the throat that sent Cornette flying backwards into Dennis Condrey and both of them crashed to the concrete. Tonga rolled back into the ring where Samu was throwing Bobby Eaton out of the ring, and The Islanders stood tall.
Winners, by Disqualification: The Islanders
4) The Rat Patrol (Scott Armstrong/Steve Armstrong/Johnny Rich) vs The Soul Patrol (Brickhouse Brown/Koko Ware/Norvell Austin) - Losing Team Can No Longer Use "Patrol"
Highlights:
The Soul Patrol are in full on heel mode here taking every shortcut in the book in this six man tag. However, after several minutes of action the Rat Patrol have things going their way and look to be on their way to victory…..Brickhouse Brown comes around and pulls Johnny Rich off the apron and starts brawling around ringside as Austin pulls Scott Armstrong off the apron to do the same….which leaves Steve Armstrong up on the top rope about to come off with a sunset flip on Koko Ware….as Armstrong nails the sunset flip….the referee is outside trying to regain control of the other four fighting at ringside…..as Armstrong has Ware pinned…..from out of nowhere ICEMAN KING PARSONS slides into the ring and kicks Steve in the back of the head…..and quickly slides out of the ring as Ware puts an arm across Steve Armstrong…..Brown tells the ref to "get yo ass in there and count" as he slides under the bottom rope and makes the three count!!
Winners: The Soul Patrol (Brickhouse Brown/Koko Ware/Norvell Austin)
After the match, Brickhouse Brown takes the microphone….
Brown: "Listen up…..now that we've taken your stupid name away from you three…..I want to officially get rid of this stupid name that Les Thatcher gave us when we came to Continental….do you really think we want to call ourselves 'the SOUL Patrol'? Just more stereotypical wrestling promoter "B.S."…..so from this day forward, you will refer to us as 'the Bruthahood'!" (Ware grabs the mic)
Ware: "And let me add to that…..we want to wish our bruthas, Shaska Whatley and Tiger Conway the best of luck tonight against those Road Warriors…..fight the power and bring home the gold!! The Movement continues!!" (Brown/Ware/Austin give the familiar fist salute of the Movement)
5) The Road Warriors (Animal/Hawk) vs The Movement (Shaska Whatley/Tiger Conway Jr) - AWA World Tag Team Titles
To the shock of pretty much everyone, Tiger Conway Jr started the match by immediately slapping Hawk in the face. Hawk reached up and touched his cheek, then smirked at Conway and nodded his head, almost like he respected the guts. Then Conway slapped him again. This time Hawk laughed, and then grabbed Conway by the throat with both hands and hoisted him in the air. He held him aloft for a good fifteen seconds before throwing him hard to the canvas on his back. Conway quickly crawled over and tagged in Whatley.
Shaska came in and circled Hawk, finally locking up with him after walking around him several times. Whatley held his own for a moment, but the strength of Hawk was too much and he shoved Whatley down hard. Shaska stood up and went chest to chest with Hawk finally giving him a hard shove. Hawk laughed again, and Shaska shouted out "I Want Him" while pointing at Animal. Hawk shrugged his shoulders and tagged in Animal. Animal came in and locked up with Shaska, who held his own for a moment and was shoved down hard! Whatley pounded on the mat in frustration, and then tagged in Tiger Conway Jr.
Conway came into the ring, and when Animal went for the tie up, Conway shot around him and grabbed a waistlock from behind. He tried several times to take him down, but when that failed, he opted to take an arm. That didn't work either as Animal whipped him into the ropes and put him down hard with a shoulder tackle. Conway got back up and started trash talking. The look of amusement on the face of Animal said it all, and he held his hand out toward the rope. Conway charged into the ropes again, and again Animal put him down with a huge shoulder tackle. This time it was Conway who was pounding the mat in frustration, but instead of getting to go tag, he found himself being yanked to his feet by his afro. Animal had apparently had enough fun and games!
Animal lifted Conway high over his head in a press slam. Conway started squirming and kicking, and managed to slip out the back and land on his feet. Animal turned around and went to blast Conway with a big punch, but Tiger ducked and Animal caught Referee Rick Hazzard directly in the face! Hazzard crumbled to the mat in a heap, and seeing what happened Conway immediately kicked Animal as hard as he could in the balls. Hawk hit the ring to attack Conway, and Whatley was in right after him.
Chaos erupted as Iceman King Parsons, Brickhouse Brown, Koko Ware, and Norvell Austin all hit the ring with steel chairs. Brown, Koko, and Austin ganged up on Hawk, pulled him out to the floor and beat him unmercifully with the chairs. In the ring Parsons clubbed Animal over the head with a chair then he, Whatley, and Conway set Animal up and gave him a huge double assist Spike Piledriver onto the chair.
The four intruders took their weapons and disappeared. Hawk lay bleeding on the area floor. Tiger Conway covered the still not moving Animal, and Shaska Whatley shook Rick Hazzard into consciousness before standing like nothing ever happened on the apron. Groggily Hazzard crawled toward where Conway was covering Animal and counted One...Two....Three.....
WINNERS, AND NEW AWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: SHASKA WHATLEY & TIGER CONWAY JR: THE MOVEMENT!!!
INTERMISSION
6) Kerry Von Erich/Mr. Olympia vs The Grapplers (The Grappler/Grappler 2)
The moment the bell rang, all four men were in the middle of the ring exchanging punches! Kerry and Olympia quickly got the upper hand and sent both Grapplers scrambling for the floor, and the Superdome crowd was loving it! Once Referee Ron West got things under control, the opening minutes saw all four men tagging in and out and having a fairly standard tag team match. That lasted until The Grapplers attempted to double team Von Erich, and then Olympia hit the ring and again we had all four men brawling like crazy!
Once Ron West got Olympia out of the ring, Grappler 2 hopped back into the ring and locked up with Kerry to get things back underway, and quickly found himself on the receiving end of another round of punches, and when Kerry threatened The Iron Claw, he quickly tagged out to The Grappler!
The Grappler came in and didn't fare much better, also eating a big barrage of punches, then deftly ducking out of the way when Kerry went for the Discus Punch. Grappler locked up with Kerry again, and this time managed to whip him into the ropes, Grappler 2 stuck out a knee and caught Kerry in the back, allowing Grappler to nail him with a clothesline. After this, The Grapplers isolated Von Erich in their corner and went to work.
The masked men made quick tags, when they bother to tag at all, as they sometimes just switched in out. Either way they worked Von Erich over with headlocks and facelocks. Hammered him with forearms to the back, and elbows to the head. Repeatedly slammed him to the mat, or took him over with different variations of the suplex. They tried several times to pin Von Erich, but each time he kicked out.
Finally, it looked like Kerry caught a break when he was whipped into the ropes and The Grappler bent down for a back body drop. Kerry had the energy to leap over him, and catch him in a sunset flip. The stunned Grappler got counted for a Two, and then rolled out of it. Kerry crawled toward Olympia, but Grappler 2 was in the ring in a flash and kicked Kerry in the head. Olympia jumped into the ring, but Referee Ron West pushed him back out, allowing both Grapplers to drag Kerry back to their corner and make the illegal switch.
Grappler 2 had Kerry in a front facelock, but Von Erich found a reserve of strength and fired an elbow into his stomach, once, twice, three times. Grappler 2 let go, Discus Punch!! Grappler 2 went down! Kerry went down! After a few seconds both men began crawling toward their respective corners. Grappler 2 arrived first and made the tag. The Grappler quickly went after Kerry, but with a burst of energy, Kerry jumped forward, AND TAGGED IN MR. OLYMPIA!!!
Mr. Olympia hit the ring like a man possessed and began firing away on The Grappler with lefts and right, and then whipped him into the ropes and nailed him with a huge clothesline! Grappler 2 charged back in and got a big hiptoss for his trouble. Then when he was quickly back to his feet, Olympia nailed him with a big atomic drop and followed that up with a dropkick to the back of the head of Grappler 2 that sent him out of the ring and to the floor.
Olympia turned around and found The Grappler now charging at him with a Lariat, but Olympia was able to duck it and Grappler ran directly into Von Erich on the apron who nailed him with a huge right hand! Grappler turned around and staggered into Olympia who swiftly kicked him in the gut, and dropped him into the mat with the DDT. Ron West counted the One, Two, Three
Winners: Mr. Olympia/Kerry Von Erich
7) The Stud Stable (Robert Fuller/Jimmy Golden/Buddy Landell/Al Madril/Hercules Hernandez) w/"Tn. Stud" Ron Fuller vs "Dr. D" David Schultz/Brad Armstrong/Adrian Street/King Kong Bundy/Mystery Partner- 10 Man Elimination Match
Highlights: Once the Stud Stable had entered the ring……their opponents Mystery Partner was the last one to be introduced and the crowd went wild when George Thorogood's familiar 'Bad to the Bone' played and the masked BULLET made his way to the ring!
Elimination #1: "The Great" Al Madril pinned "Exotic" Adrian Street after hitting him with a chain
Elimination #2: King Kong Bundy pinned Jimmy Golden after a 'big splash'
Elimination #3: Hercules Hernandez pinned Brad Armstrong with his feet on the ropes
Elimination #4: King Kong Bundy was disqualified when the referee reversed a decision after Bundy pinned Madril but Madril slipped a chain in the back of Bundy's singlet as Bundy was getting up after the pin and Landel convinced the referee that Bundy hit Madril with the chain to get the pin.
Elimination #5: The Bullet eliminated Robert Fuller by putting him out with a sleeper
Elimination #6: "Dr. D" David Schultz pinned Al Madril after a piledriver
Elimination #7: "Dr. D" walked out and eliminated himself after Ron Fuller came over and gave him a briefcase containing his $25,000….Schultz checked the money and then accepted Fuller's offer of a handshake….before dropping Fuller with a big right hand to the face and walking out with the cash….leaving the Bullet all alone….and Ron Fuller laid out on the floor before being carried out by Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden
Elimination #8: The Bullet pinned Hercules Hernandez with a school boy roll up…..the crowd went wild when Bullet pinned Hercules…but Hernandez quickly jumped up and chop blocked the Bullet taking out his knee and then worked his leg over until Les Thatcher came down and threatened to fine and suspend him if he didn't vacate the ring…but the damage was done.
Elimination #9: After fighting valiantly for another several minutes after the attack from Hercules, the Bullet was finally eliminated when Landel locked him in a figure four leglock but the Bullet refused to submit but finally Brad Armstrong came back down to ringside and threw in the towel to stop the match before the Bullet suffered long term injury.
Winners: The Stud Stable by way of Buddy Landel
8) Barry Windham vs Big John Studd - AWA World Class Television Title/Central States Title Unification Match
While Windham is one of the few men that Studd doesn't absolutely dwarf in size, he certainly has him in weight and power and that was the story of the early portion of this match. From the moment they locked up Studd used his weight advantage to back Windham into a corner, and then proceeded to just hammer on him with fists and forearms. Studd then scooped him up and took him down with a big bodyslam. After that Studd pulled Windham up and clamped on a side headlock. The match continued like this for several minutes with Studd using his size and power to wear down Windham.
Finally Barry got his first offense of the match when Studd whipped him into the ropes and went for a clothesline. Windham was able to duck it, and caught Studd with a big dropkick. While it didn't take Big John off his feet, it had him reeling, and Windham came in firing with several huge right hands. Barry made the mistake of trying to whip John Studd into the ropes, and Studd threw a short clothesline that put Windham on the mat. Studd reached down and pulled Windham up by the hair, and picked him up for another big bodyslam. Windham managed to wiggle onto the shoulder of Studd and dropped down behind him, and dropkicked Big John hard in the back.
Windham quickly ascended the turnbuckle, and when Studd turned around, Barry jumped off with a flying cross body block! Unfortunately for Windham, Studd caught him! Big John went to spin around with Windham and slam him, but in doing so, one of Windham's feet inadvertently caught Referee Alfred Neely in the head and sent him to the canvas. Windham soon followed, slammed hard by Studd. Studd followed it up by placing one foot on the chest of Windham and stepping up and over him. Studd reached down and pulled Windham to his feet, and hooked him for a Double Underhook Suplex. He executed it beautifully and sent Windham sailing across the ring.
As Studd got back to his feet, he failed to see the man enter the ring behind him holding a steel folding chair. When that man yelled out "HEY YOU BIG SON OF A BITCH!" Studd became alerted to his presence and turned around. That is when "Dr. D" David Schultz smashed that chair directly into the forehead of Big John Studd. Studd teetered for a moment, then like a giant oak tree that got sawed down, fell straight back to the mat with a resounding thud. Schultz head up the noticeably dented chair, inspected it, smiled, then exited the ring.
Barry Windham was slow getting to his feet, and when he did, he had no idea why John Studd was laid out in the middle of the ring. He just knew that twenty thousand people were screaming "PIN HIM" so he stumbled over and covered Studd. At the same time, Alfred Neely was shaking off the effects of being kicked in the head. He looked and saw Windham covering Studd and counted the One, Two, Three.
WINNER, and STILL CENTRAL STATES CHAMPION, AND THE NEW AND FINAL WORLD CLASS TELEVISION CHAMPION: BARRY WINDHAM!!!
9) Nick Bockwinkel vs Kevin Von Erich - AWA World Class Heavyweight Title
Nick Bockwinkel was pacing in his corner and looked less confident than usual, potentially due to having just seen his cohort Big John Studd taken out of the arena by medical personnel. Kevin Von Erich was fired up, having to be sent back to his corner by Fred Sinclair several times before the bell rang. When Sinclair called for the bell, Kevin skipped the collar and elbow and shot straight for the legs of Bockwinkel. He took him down and immediately began raining punches down on the champion. Von Erich then went for The Iron Claw early, but Bockwinkel was able to buck his hips and get out from under Von Erich. Nick quickly went to the floor to regroup.
Kevin wasn't having it and followed him out to the floor, where he grabbed a handful of Bockwinkel's hair and smashed him face first into the apron. He then rolled Bockwinkel back into the ring and followed him back in. Nick was quickly to his feet and backing toward a corner, but Von Erich was on him and continued assailing him with punches. Soon Kevin climbed onto the turnbuckles and began punching away as the crowd counted along. That came to an end when Bockwinkel grabbed both of Kevins legs and walked him out of the corner for a reverse atomic drop. Nick then immediately grabbed a side headlock and took Kevin over.
The match slowed significantly down after this, as Bockwinkel began to work his pace. Grinding Kevin with headlocks, hammerlocks, and every other kind of painful maneuver he could think to lock in. Bockwinkel also went for several cradles and other pinning variations, but Von Erich managed to kick out of them all. Then Nick added a little cheating to the mix, an abdominal stretch with some help from the ropes here, using the tag rope to choke Von Erich there!
Bockwinkel had Von Erich in the abdominal stretch for a second go round, and the crowd was rallying behind Kevin. Finally, Von Erich mustered the energy and tossed Bockwinkel over with a big hip toss! Kevin was hurting, but with the fans behind him, he began to fire up, and when Bockwinkel got to his feet, Kevin let loose a huge dropkick that sent Nick into the turnbuckle. Kevin was up quickly and whipped Bockwinkel across the ring. Nick hit the opposite buckle hard, and when he stumbled out, Kevin came in and caught him with a flying scissors!
Kevin quickly ascended the turnbuckles, and when Bockwinkel got to his feet, Kevin came off with his Turning Crossbody Block! He caught Bockwinkel square in the chest, but Referee Fred Sinclair was too close to Bockwinkel and one of Kevin's feet caught him in the face! Kevin landed on top of Bockwinkel in a pinning position, but Sinclair fell to the mat near the ropes, and then rolled to the floor holding his head. Kevin laid on top of Bockwinkel for a moment, then slapped the mat three times himself. Kevin got up and pulled Bockwinkel to his feet. Von Erich went to whip Nick into the ropes, but Bockwinkel reversed it. Kevin hit the ropes, but managed to hook his arms and stop his momentum. Bockwinkel charged him, but Kevin ducked down and back dropped him to the floor!
Kevin jumped out of the ring and grabbed Bockwinkel by the hair, Bockwinkel immediately raked the eyes of Kevin and smashed his face on the apron. Bockwinkel rolled Von Erich back in the ring. Bockwinkel took a moment to recover, and then slid back into the ring. Bockwinkel grabbed the leg of Von Erich like he was going for the Figure Four, but as he bent over, Kevin's hand shot up and locked Bockwinkel in The Iron Claw!! Bockwinkel tried to pull the wrist of Kevin away, but Kevin was already sitting up and squeezing for all he was worth, and soon Bockwinkel was down to a knee. As Kevin got up to a knee, Bockwinkel was down on both knees.
Referee David Manning came running to the ring as Kevin got to his feet and drove Nick Bockwinkel onto his back, Kevin straddled the Champion and continued to apply The Iron Claw for all it was worth. Bockwinkel struggled a bit longer, but eventually the movement ceased. Manning counted One, Two, Three!!!
WINNER, AND NEW WORLD CLASS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: KEVIN VON ERICH!!
As Kevin was celebrating his victory, referee Alfred Neely slowly made his way back into the ring shaking his head. He grabbed the title out of the hands of Von Erich and was immediately in a conference with Manning, Von Erich, and Ring Announcer Marc Lowrance, all while Bockwinkel was still laid out on the canvas. After a few seconds Kevin Von Erich angrily threw his hands in the air and walked away from the group, and kicked the bottom rope. Marc Lowrance then made the announcement that Kevin Von Erich had been Disqualified for throwing Nick Bockwinkel over the top rope, and thusly Nick Bockwinkel was still the World Class Heavyweight Champion.
Winner, and Still World Class Heavyweight Champion, by Disqualification: Nick Bockwinkel
10) Ted Dibiase vs Terry Gordy - AWA World Heavyweight Title - 60 Minute Time Limit
Highlights:
Before the match started, Ted Dibiase took the mic and told Gordy if he knew what was good for him he would forfeit this match because his neck is not up to what he's going to put him through….Gordy's reply was simply a middle finger which seemed to really rattle Dibiase and he really came after Gordy in the early part of this match……the match was pretty even back and forth until about 20 minutes in when Gordy went for a backdrop and Dibiase countered with a swinging neckbreaker…..from this point on Dibiase zeroed in on the neck of Gordy looking to exploit the previous injury……for the rest of the match Dibiase hit Gordy with every variation of a neckbreaker and neck submission in the book….but couldn't put Gordy away…..Gordy made a big comeback around the 53 minute mark and had Dibiase reeling…Gordy hit the ropes and went for a "Thesz Press" and Dibiase caught him around the waist and dropped him with a "hot shot" across the top rope right on his neck…Dibiase covered and scored the 1-2-3!!
Winner, and still AWA World Champion: Ted Dibiase
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