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AWA The Happening Live on Pay Per View Saturday October 10th, 1991 From the Sullivan Arena, Anchorage Alaska AWA World Title Bout Kokina (C) w/Adnan Al-Kassie vs. Bad News Brown AWA World Tag Team Title Bout El Canek and Mil Mascaras (C) vs. The Guerreros AWA International Title Bout Konnan (C) vs. 'The Love Machine' Art Barr w/ The Vin Man AWA TV Title Bout 'The Latin Heartthrob' Al Perez (C) w/Lou Perez vs. The Cobra Finals for the AWA National Tag Team Titles The Mavericks vs. The Iceman and The Superstar w/Austin Idol AWA 6-Man Title Bout Demolition (C) vs. Rampage and Scott 'Flash' Norton w/ Ted Arcidi Bootcamp Match The Big Bossman vs. Col. Debeers The Ultimate Warrior vs. The Barbarian Carlos Colon vs. Chicky Starr Gama Singh vs. Norman the Lunatic w/Dr. X The Hangman w/Nell vs. Leo Burke Battle Royal- Winner receives 100,000 dollars and a new Cadillac

Damn, any one of those elite 8 can walk away with 5 grand and a title shot Sherri and the Heavenly Bodies are heel gold. I have to admit I'm pulling for them to take the titles Mr. Perfect is tuned up and ready Oh man Garvin vs. Golden segues into a cage match announcement with Fuller and Armstrong added. Love this old school southern feud Friendship aside, Austin and Rich want to win the tournament After that squash, I wouldn't mind seeing Bundy and Gordy go at it The promos were on fire tonight. Dutch continues to crack me up. The tension keeps building between the Freebirds. Dory and Murdoch want another fight. Wright is always a highlight. The wrestlers did a great job putting over the tournament. You've really nailed this territory

Done with the Clash and right into the Omni. Never a dull moment in WCW. After an incredible run in PCW, the Patriot comes into WCW with some fire Taker's rising in the rankings. If he gets through Steamboat, I imagine we're going to get that dream match with Sting Luger sure picked himself some heavy back up with the Road Warriors. The bad guy Scott Hall is back! Damn, those are some big time matches signed for the Omni.

I'm really enjoying this year's tournament of lions. It seems there's an amped up intensity. I like the final four because all these guys have a great story going. Really well done. Severn vs. Taz is so intriguing. Can't wait for their showdown Eddie's gunning hard for that TV title Cow Palace Awesome's in destruction mode Owen gets one over Doesn't look good for Busick especially with another match with Eddie looming WHOA! What just happened to the Playboy Club? I always loved your masked men debuts but this one might be my favorite Windham beats a distracted Scotty Mike is awesome but he might've made the biggest mistake of his life Fresno SOBs continue their rise When Anvil came back, the first thing I thought of was his Fresno streak. He picks up right where he left off Dudley Boys were in sync tonight Man, that masked man really rattled the Playboy Club If the Refs don't mind a table, looks like PCW is getting a little extreme Midnight's retain but Fastball's coming on strong

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 9-18-91 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight, the Mavericks take on the Tribal Nation and the winners will face the Iceman and the Superstar at the Happening in the finals for the AWA National tag team titles. We've got a huge program tonight. AWA World champ Kokina along with Adnan Al-Kassie... Somebody frantically runs up to Larry Nelson and says something Nelson: Fans, something is going down in the parking lot and we have a cameraman out there right now! We cut to the parking lot. The Big Bossman and Col. Debeers are brawling. Bossman hurls Debeers on a car hood. Debeers rolls over and off. Bossman goes around after Debeers but Debeers nails Bossman with a tire iron! Debeers shakes the cobwebs and starts beating on Bossman with the tire iron. Debeers is rushed by security. Back to Larry Nelson Nelson: My goodness! The hatred between those two is at an all time high. I just hope this can get settled in the Bootcamp match at the Happening. (deep breath) Ok, let's just get to the ring. Rampage and Scott 'Flash' Norton w/Ted Arcidi vs. 3 Local Talents This trio gets their shot at the AWA 6-Man titles at the Happening and tonight they're clearly sending a message to Demolition. Rampage put their opponent down with double boots to the face. Norton comes in and finishes things off with a powerslam! They continue the beat down and hurl all of their opponents out of the ring. Arcidi yells into the camera "Demolition! You're dead meat!" Commercial Break 'The Raging Bull' Manny Fernandez vs. Todd Rooney Manny's hits the ring in his jeans and red bandana. He tosses the bandana and gets down to business. Manny swings Rooney to the ropes and hits the flying burrito for the win. It's announced that Manny will be in the Happening's battle royal. Commercial Break We see Chicky Starr in front of an AWA banner. His head is bandaged up from that beating Colon gave him in Puerto Rico. Starr: Colon! This is only the beginning. You and me will meet again at the Happening and this time you will not be walking out. I personally guarantee that! The Missouri Tiger vs. JT Southern Both men hold a countout victory over the other and we hope things get settled tonight. The bell rings and the fight is on. These guys take turns pounding away at each other. The fight gets intense and both men go through the ropes and end up fighting all the way up the aisle resulting in a double countout. Well, nothing resolved but both men will get another crack at each other in the Happening Battle Royal. Commercial Break 'Unpredictable' Dick Slater vs. Neil Jordan Slater just beats his opponent down and finishes things off with a Russian Leg Sweep. Nelson: Dick Slater, I know you have your sights set... A man wearing a suit and sunglasses walks out and hands Slater an envelope. The man leaves. Slater opens the envelope and looks inside. Slater nods and just walks away leaving a puzzled Larry Nelson. Commercial Break The Barbarian vs. Clinton Stitch Barbarian nearly decapitates his opponent with a clothesline from the top rope to get the win. Wait a minute! The fans go nuts as the Ultimate Warrior hits the ring! Barbarian turns around as Warrior clotheslines him down. Warrior runs in place. Barbarian staggers up as Warrior swings off the ropes and drops Barbarian with a flying shoulder block! Barbarian rolls out of the ring as Warrior shakes the ropes. The place is electric! Commercial Break The Hangman w/Nell vs. Gary Brimson Hangman destroys poor Brimson and easily wins the match with the Hangman's neckbreaker. Nell walks over to Larry Nelson. Nell: Leo Burke, I want you to pay close attention here. Nell gives Hangman the signal. Hangman pulls Brimson up and puts him back down with the Heart Punch! Moments later, Brimson is stretchered out. Nell: Leo Burke, it's real simple. It's time the Hangman puts you out to pasture. You're a poor soul who doesn't know when to peacefully walk away. Fear not because the Hangman will retire you quickly. (looks at Nelson) You've been here a long time too. Perhaps your time has come as well. Hangman puts his noose around Nelson's neck. Nelson freaks out and runs away. Commercial Break Bobby Blaze vs. Ray Glader Blaze looks great and wins the match with his Northern Lights Suplex. Blaze is another added to the Happening's Battle Royal. Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Title Tournament Semi Final Match The Mavericks vs. The Tribal Nation There's a lot at stake here and both teams are on their A game. Mavericks control a segment. Young suplexes Chris as Storm follows with a big elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Mavericks remain in control until Mark nails Storm with a knee to the back from the apron. Tribal Nation control the next segment with a lot of heel tactics. Chris chokes Storm on the bottom rope as Mark leapfrogs over Chris and hits a body guillotine on Storm. Storm weathers the storm and eventually makes the tag to Young. Young cleans house and takes control. Young works over Mark and hits a dropkick from the middle ropes. Chris runs in as does Storm. We get a wild brawl. Chris is tossed out of the ring. Chris grabs his tomahawk. Los Boricuas run out and nail Chris from behind. The tomahawk goes flying. Inside the ring, Mark is all by himself. Storm nails Mark with a spere and Young follows with a DDT 1..2..3!!! Big POP! Nelson: Ok, wow! It's now set for the Happening. The Mavericks will face the Iceman and the Superstar for the AWA National tag team titles. Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, listen to this main event for next week's program. AWA International champ Konnan will team with the AWA world tag champs El Canek and Mil Mascaras to take on Art Barr and the Guerreros. That should be an outstanding match up. Ok, joining me now is Adnan Al-Kassie and the AWA world champ Kokina. Adnan looks pissed and Kokina looks like he's ready to destroy anything in his path. Nelson backs up as Adnan snatches the mic. Kokina gives a loud roar and that makes Nelson turn around and walk away. Adnan: Bad News Brown! You came out and attacked Kokina from behind last week. You think you have the upper hand but that is very far from the truth. If that is all you have in your arsenal then you are in serious trouble! At the Happening, Kokina isn't just going to beat you. Kokina is going to rip you apart and break every bone in your body. I know you want to regain this AWA world title so badly but the only thing you should be worried about is survival. That sounds like very bad news to me. Kokina looks right into the camera, taps on his title and lets out a monstrous roar.

It's so cool seeing Papa Shango arrive. IRL, I think they could have done so much more with this gimmick. I'm looking forward to see what you do with him. Bruno's announcement makes this historic match a must see. Excited to see who will become the first champion. Madril is working overtime to get some dirt on the Desperados. I never thought I would ever see a Doink/Desperados crossover LOL another great thing about the UWF, you just never know what's going to happen Things are heating way up with Ross/Patriots and the Russians. A feud like this always sells The Power Twins and Bruise Brothers feud has been built up so well. Add in Ellering and this is money. Classic TV move with the main event running out of time. It's a great tease leaving the fans wanting more. Props to you on making the absolute most of the free agents.

Budro got a bigger fight than expected but ends up with the W Poor Embry. There's just no stopping Bundy right now Maybe I'm wrong because Ahmed going toe to toe with Bundy helps Austin FINALLY take care of Dutch Hennig vs. Armstrong in 91 rocks! Hennig pulls it out but Brad looked pretty damn good Rich always was a great bleeder and tonight was no exception as IRS carved him up bad. Loved the Garvin/Fuller match and the creative story behind it. After 12 long years Garvin gets his moment TNT retain but the story was the aftermath. Sherri comes through and Hot Stuff and the Doctor have arrived. These two were made for each other. Hayes is really on thin ice with Gordy. It's only a matter of time before Gordy runs out of patience. Great job with the match write ups. I liked the format

Hase gives Pillman a scare but Pillman ekes it out. I always liked that finish. Keeps both guys strong I've been waiting for it and now it's official. Teddy and the Bad Man baby! Damn, Sid looks like a beast tonight. At least Bulldog didn't get his shoulders pinned. Horrible night for the Steiners! Lose the titles and get a Nasty beatdown. After Ventura's ruling, I guess it isn't all bad news. This was a big win for Taker. He's now moving up a level in competition. I think Simmons can rebound from this. The babyfaces best the Dangerous Alliance. Seems the Alliance is a bit off their game lately. Even in defeat, Cactus did exactly what he was supposed to do. Jeez, now Luger has Abby to deal with. IRL, I enjoyed the Abby/Jack love hate alliance. This should be fun. Sting survives Tenryu to retain but both men came out looking strong.

Man, I think PCO and Sabu are about to get hard core Wright remains focused and it's paying off Looks like the Citadel have come to an agreement. It's cool they've got their boss's back Cash just scored a huge confidence boosting win Lynn could be the dark horse in the tournament Last week I said Condrey might want to think twice about going after Slaughter again, but this man is hell bent on revenge Maybe Eagle should take some time off and heel up Portland Since defeating Iron and Steel, the Headbangers have moved up a level. I think the New Foundation are in for a bigger fight than expected Morley takes Candido down with a brutal finishing sequence Dreamer seems to be on the rise Midnights are really clicking lately Damn! That 6 man tag was loaded! I have to say, that cage match was one of the best blow offs in this game. So well written and full of drama. Piper gave the Playboy Club a lot of trouble but in the end, Rose proves he's still the man in Portland. Eugene Gunns win a battle in their war with the Dudley's Big win for Big V Slaughter sends Condrey a message to bring it on Can Severn tame the Tasmaniac? Savage shines in the 6 man tag RVD hits the splash and ends the weekend on another high note

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 9-11-91 We open with footage of the Carlos Colon vs. Chicky Starr match from Puerto Rico. Chicky's a bloody mess as Colon continues to stomp down on him. Colon starts choking Starr. The Ref tries to break him off several times but Colon just keeps choking. Finally, the Ref calls for the bell and DQs Colon. The bell rings but Colon keeps choking Starr. Security swarms the ring. Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Wow, you just saw what went down in Puerto Rico last week and one thing's obviously clear, Carlos Colon didn't care about winning the match, he just wanted to get his revenge on one Chicky Starr. Tonight, you'll see 2 more first round matches in the National tag team tournament as the Mavericks take on the Hit Sensations and the RPMs clash with the Iceman and Superstar. Also, the Cobra and Jimmy Del Ray will wrestle for a TV title shot at the Happening. AWA 6-Man champs, Demolition will be in action and the AWA world champ, Kokina will be here. Ok, let's get to the action. Leo Burke vs. Trent Watkins Burke's on his game tonight as he knocks Watkins silly with a running forearm blast and finishes things off with the sleeper. Nelson: Leo, it appears Nell and the Hangman have issued a threat to you. I know you heard their ominous words last week because you signed to face the Hangman at the Happening. Burke: Well, it seems like Nell and the Hangman think it's time to put me out to pasture well think again. I've been around this business a long time and I even thought my best years were behind me but this year was a turning point for me and I've never felt better. I'm going out on my terms which means Nell's ominous threats are nothing but empty ones. Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Title First Round Tournament Match The Mavericks vs. The Hit Sensations w/Malia The first few minutes is evenly matched. The Mavericks have really come into to their own lately and tonight they show off impressive teamwork. The recently arrived Hit Sensations show off some real chemistry and have some shining segments. A few minutes later, the Sensations are in control. Scotty tags in Vic. Scotty holds Young in a full nelson as Vic comes off the top rope with a double ax handle. The Sensations double team Young. Storm has enough and charges in. As the Ref guides him back, the Sensations swing Young to the ropes and hit a flap jack. The Ref runs over 1..2..Young gets his foot on the rope. After taking more pounding, Young's finally able to make the hot tag to Storm. Storm cleans house and takes command. Storm back drops Scotty. Vic runs in and gets back dropped. Storm stays in control until Vic runs in and clips him from behind. Young's all over Vic. Malia gets on the apron. The Ref's distracted with Young and Vic. Scotty swings Storm towards Malia and she's ready to hit him but Storm reverses it. Scotty stops as Malia freezes her punch. Young dropkicks Vic into Scotty and Malia. Scotty staggers back as Storm nails him with a spere 1..2..3! Big Pop! The Mavericks will face the Tribal Nation in the semi finals. Commercial Break Footage from WrestleRock is shown when Col Debeers arrived and severely injured the Big Bossman. That segues into last week's show when the Big Bossman returned and handcuffed Debeers and proceeded to give him some payback. Nelson: Fans, I've been informed that at the Happening, the Big Bossman will face Col. Debeers in a bootcamp match. Oh boy! Ok, speaking of the Happening, last week it was announced there will be a battle royal and the winner will receive 100,000 dollars and a brand new Cadillac. On that note, here with me now is Jackie. Jackie, I know you have something to say regarding this. Jackie: That's right! First off, I want to thank Austin Idol for giving me this opportunity. I met with the man Austin referred me to and it went better than ever. I'm pleased to say he has agreed to my services as a manager. My man will make his debut in the Happening Battle Royal and trust me, he's going to win it and we're going to drive off in that Cadillac. And that's only the beginning baby! Commercial Break 'Maniac' Matt Borne vs. Neil Jordan Borne's aggressive tonight and wins the match with the Northern Exposure. Borne cuts a promo and says Jackie's getting way to ahead of herself because he's going to be in the battle royal and plans on winning it! Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Title Tournament First Round Match The Rock n Roll RPMs vs. The Iceman and The Superstar w/Austin Idol The RPMs still seem to be a little banged up from that attack by Dundee and Parsons at Title Night. They're a bit off their game but still bring the fight. They stay in control with quick tags and aggressiveness until Idol trips Lane and Lane staggers into a clothesline by Parsons. This pisses Davis off and he chases Idol outside the ring. Parsons and Dundee beat down Lane in the ring. Davis sees this and slides back in. He's going off but the Ref guides him back. Dundee and Parsons continue to work over Lane. Dundee hurls Lane out of the ring. Dundee distracts the Ref. Idol slams Lane on the concrete. Once again, Davis runs over and chases Idol. Inside the ring, Parsons tags in Dundee. Dundee goes to the top rope. Parsons swings Lane to the ropes and nails him with the Hip Attack as Dundee follows with the Bombs Away 1..2..3! BOOOOOOO! On the outside, Davis is hitting Idol. Dundee and Parsons run out and attack Davis. They double slam him on the concrete and celebrate their win. Jackie even comes back out to congratulate them. Due to last week's draw between the British Bombers/Jumbo Tsuruta and Shinya Hashimoto, Dundee and Parsons get a bye into the finals. Commercial Break Nelson: Ok, the winners of the Mavericks/Tribal Nation match will face Bill Dundee and Iceman Parsons in the finals. It's just a shame that Austin idol can't keep from interfering. (shakes his head) Alright, joining me now is the AWA International Champ, Konnan. Konnan comes out dressed in a silk shirt, sunglasses, bucket hat and the title on his shoulder. Nelson: Konnan, you'll be defending that International title against Art Barr at the Happening. Boos as the Vin Man strolls out in his Hawaiian shirt and fedora. Nelson: Come on Vinnie, we don't want any trouble. Vin: Whoa Larbo, relax, I'm only here to talk with the soon to be ex champ. (looks Konnan up and down) You know, you come out here trying to be soooooooo cool in your cooooool shirts and your cooooool sunglasses. Pal, you don't know what cool is. Look at me, I'm cool. The Love Machine Art Barr personifies cool. He's out training because he knows that when he wins the International title, he's the one who's going to make it cool. Konnan, you're nothing but a goof. Vin flips Konnan's hat and starts to walk away. Konnan calmly sets down his title and takes off his sunglasses. Konnan grabs Vinnie and hurls him into the ring. The fans are on their feet cheering as Konnan hoists Vinnie on his shoulders and drops him with the Konnan Crash. Konnan smiles and locks Vinie in the Tequila Sunrise! Vinnie's screaming. Konnan releases and gives Vinnie a pat on the head. Konnan picks up Vinnie's fedora and shoves it down Vinnie's head. The camera picks up Larry Nelson laughing. Commercial Break AWA 6-Man Champs Demolition vs. Samson Smith, Todd Rooney and Ray Glader This is just a beating and Demolition finish things off with the Decapitator. Nelson: Ok, at the happening, you three will be defending your titles against Rampage and Scott Norton. That's a pretty scary trio. Crush: Oh yea, they can beat up some chumps but they've never experienced anything like Demolition! Smash: We don't get scared and we don't get intimidated! We are the intimidators! Ax: We're ready to beat people up and at the Happening, that's exactly what were going to do to those three punching bags! Commercial Break Winner gets a TV Title shot at The Happening The Cobra vs. 'Gigolo' Jimmy Del Ray TV champ Al Perez is on commentary. The first few minutes is fast paced back and forth action with both guys bringing some high octane offense. Perez doesn't seem impressed with any of this. Cobra is in control and puts Del Ray down with a high dropkick and follows with a snap suplex then swings off the ropes with a senton 1..2..Kick Out. Later, Del Ray takes control and puts Cobra down with a flying back elbow smash. Del Ray follows with a vertical suplex and a knee drop from the middle ropes 1..2..Kick Out. Perez keeps talking about himself. After more high flying action, Del Ray catches Cobra and drops him with a stun gun on the top rope. Del Ray slams Cobra and goes to the top rope. Del Ray leaps off with a moonsault but Cobra moves at the last second. Both men slowly stagger up. Cobra grabs Del Ray and hits a bridging belly to back suplex 1..2..3! After a minute Del Ray gets up and offers his hand to Cobra. Cobra shakes it and Del Ray exits. Perez yawns at this then looks up at Cobra and holds his TV title high. Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, joining me now, along with Adnan Al-Kassie is the AWA world champion, Kokina. Adnan leads Kokina out. Kokina has a snarl on his face as the title lays on his shoulder. Hold on! From behind, Bad News Brown pushes Adnan out of the way and starts unloading on Kokina! Brown tags Kokina with several punches. Adnan gets back up but Brown punches him back down. Brown continues to unload on Kokina. Officials run out as the show ends.

Thanks to Luna and the goblet, VW gets his win back Beverly Brothers taking a vacation after one match cracked me up. Textbook heel move Hmmmmm, I'm suspicious of that clown Oh man, UWF better reenforce that ring when the Bruise Brothers and Power Twins collide Dream Machine is back babay!! I've really missed him Akbar's not fooling around. Super D has arrived! Papa Shango! Man, the UWF is getting cooler every week Valiant's having the time of his life

Nelson's a suplex machine A rolling double wristlock sounds really painful. Once Anjo got in groove it was only a matter of time. He worked a great match Miyato finally gets that heel hook in to seal the win Once Fujiwara gets that armbar on there's no escape. Congrats to Funaki. He earned that trophy by defeating a hot Shamrock Damn! That finishing sequence by Vader was absolutely devastating! Tamura and Yamazaki pull it off and win the tag titles. They worked hard to get to this point and deserved this. Wow, Takada defeats Maeda in thrilling fashion. It'll be interesting to see how Maeda rebounds from this. I'm excited to watch Takada challenge Vader. Those first round brackets are insane. Whoever wins the tournament will definitely have to fight harder than ever.

Man, the promos were top notch tonight. Great job capturing all the different personalities. Hennig's win over territory favorite Smothers was damn impressive. We'll see if he can do the same to Armstrong Wright's men are ready to take all the gold Loved the masked angle with Fuller and Golden. This puts even more heat on Fuller's title bout with Garvin Dutch thought he had a way out with Horner but it backfires in a big way because he's got Austin now. Bundy's in beast mode right now Armstrong and Rich will always give these fans something to cheer about Not sure Gordy's happy about Hayes being here. He costs him the match and also made enemies with Funk and Murdoch. The commentators are such a huge part of the show and really hyped up the upcoming events well.

I agree with AD. I'm thinking we're eventually going to get the epic dream match between Sting and Taker. This is what fantasy booking is all about If all goes well at the Clash, York International just might take the Dangerous Alliances spot as top faction I can't imagine where the Luger/Cactus match is going to go Sid has Sting's title on the mind but Bulldog's being built pretty strong right now. Be careful Sid With all that's going on, WCW better get ready for the man they call Vader. He's time is coming and soon.

I always liked the Tournament of Lions because it's such a great way to showcase the younger stars Ultimo kicks it off with the win Owen gets props for that great sell job. He respects the business but not the League of Gentlemen After that match maybe Condrey should think twice about wanting more of Slaughter Modest advances over an old rival Hamrick gets the win but give it up for Stevie, I think he finally got over with Tina Cornette's investing some quality time with Guido It seems like Young's out to prove he's on par with his partner Vancouver Could it be that Wright's finally getting focused I think the New Foundation got more than expected from the Headbangers Vito impresses but Windham gets the W Eddie wants that TV title bad Wow, I think Bigelow just sealed the deal for a title shot Oh man, I know Martel's beyond pissed now Kelowna Thrillseekers keep on rolling Malenko stays in contention Always love a fun 8 man tag It's going to be a lot of fun watching Scotty and Stevie's title run. I can't help but root for these guys Big upset for Hamrick getting the pin on the CA champ Kid keeps the LHW division hot