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The WWF puts out some big house shows on the road to WrestleMania Spivey had a red hot weekend until he took that cane shot from Brown. The Commonwealth and Northern Invasion trade battle wins. The Manny/Bart feud continues to escalate. Debeers keeps pushing it with Duggan A hit by the branding iron followed by a DDT. Damn, rough night for Tito as Mania approaches.

Paul E's always looking into official documentation. I hope for Nikita's sake his paperwork is in order RnR and the Freebirds is always a good go to feud DDP is about to get a lot of in ring experience when he faces the Stinger Always liked the Orndorff/Roma pairing. Looks like they're getting a nice push here Nice build to the Sid/Bulldog Clash match. Two powerhouses going at it will be a blast to watch

Rough week for Pretty in Pink. I think Tasha's just about done with them Cool seeing Misty and Kat getting main event treatment The slow build is working because I can't wait for Morton to defend against Wild Dog If he's working for Tasha, then she found a good hitman with the Cuban Assassin.

One person I would not have wanted to be was the man facing Kawada after his title loss Fastball's winning and having fun I felt Scotty's slaps from here! Maybe this will finally wake Stevie up. After all the previous drama, Candido shows he can get focused as well Young hangs in there but Gordy's in the zone now FOJ wants back in the title picture Eddie's a proven contender but Busick owns the TV title right now Portland Sandman and Vito keep their feud going while Cornette runs for his life from Peaches The crybaby chants are too much for Candido. Just when I thought he was getting his focus back Lane gets a sweet victory Jericho rebounds with a beautiful win Condrey doesn't lose much in PCW so Bigelow's definitely back on track. Hart gets the fall after an ALL-STAR tag main event Eugene Wow Guido gets a submission victory. He's come a long way in his feud with Scorpio I think Blackman really needed that solo win. Coast to Coast is in total sync Liger and Dragon get the win and some first hand scouting RVD caps the weekend off with a successful CA title defense

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 3-13-91 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody, and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. The AWA world title tournament continues with four more first round matches. AWA world tag team champs Dick Slater and Ron Garvin will be in action. AWA Commissioner Magnum TA will be out here later to make a huge announcement regarding the tournament. Ok, let's get to the action. AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match 'The Modern Day Warrior' Kerry Von Erich vs. AWA National Tag Champ Jimmy Del Ray Jimmy makes the mistake of trying to trade blows as Kerry blocks his shots and unloads. Kerry swings Jimmy to the ropes and back drops him. Jimmy staggers up as Kerry dropkicks him down. Kerry continues his momentum until Jimmy stops him with a mule kick. Jimmy regroups and takes control. Jimmy puts Kerry down with a flying back elbow smash. Jimmy hops on the middle ropes and comes down with a double forearm drop 1..2..Kick Out. Jimmy swings Kerry to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Jimmy goes to the top rope and attempts a moonsault but Kerry puts his knees up as Jimmy crashes down on them. Kerry rises. Jimmy slowly staggers up as Kerry puts him back down with his discus punch 1..2..3! Kerry cuts a promo and says he's stamped his ticket to Champagne Slam and is going there to win the AWA world title! Commercial Break AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match AWA TV Champ Gama Singh vs. Iceman Parsons w/Jackie Jackie distracts Gama long enough for Parsons to nail Gama from behind with a forearm blast. Parsons stomps down on Gama then chokes him on the bottom rope. Parsons swings off the opposite ropes and his Gama with a body guillotine. Parsons chokes Gama. The Ref backs Parsons up as Jackie runs over and slaps Gama. Parsons swings Gama to the corner and charges in but Gama moves. Gama clears the cobwebs, grabs Parsons and hits a belly to back suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Gama swings Parsons to the corner, charges in and monkey flips him over. Gama hops on the middle ropes. Parsons staggers up as Gama nails him with a flying dropkick 1..2..Kick Out. Gama swings off the ropes as Parsons rises and hits a flying press that sends both men over the top rope. The Ref starts the count. Both men slowly rise. The Ref hits 10 as Parsons slides in. Jackie lays low and grabs Gama's boot to prevent him from getting back in the ring. That second costs Gama the match. Jackie takes off. Gama's irate. Gama's pleading his cause to the Ref but the Ref says he didn't see her. Parsons slides out of the ring and holds up his arms in victory. Commercial Break AWA World Tag Champs Dick Slater and Ron Garvin vs. Neil Jordan and Franklin Beals After being on the winning team at War Games, Slater and Garvin are in total sync. Slater hits a Russian Suplex on Beals. Slater tags in Garvin who finishes things off with a Scorpion Deathlock. Nelson: Ok champs, I know your signed for a title defense at Champagne Slam but your opponent's haven't been named yet. Slater: That doesn't make one bit of difference to us! We'll take on any team and we're ready for a fight Garvin: Any team that wants a shot at these world titles, just come and try us. The Bunkhouse Boys run out and ambush the champs! Fists are flying as both teams brawl into the commercial break. Commercial Break AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match El Canek vs. AWA 6-Man Champ J.W. Storm w/Austin Idol Canek frustrates Storm early on and almost gets a quick pin with a running bicycle kick. Canek continues his assault and puts Storm down with a high knee. Canek swings off the ropes and hits a senton 1..2..Idol distracts the Ref. The Ref is yelling at Idol. Canek walks over and warns Idol. Canek turns around as Storm clotheslines him down. Storm regroups and gives Canek some angry stomps. Storm swings Canek into the corner and follows with a running shoulder thrust and follows with several more shoulder thrusts. Storm swings Canek to the ropes and hits a nice powerslam 1..2..Kick Out. Storm goes to the top rope. Canek staggers up. Storm goes for a flying shoulder tackle but Canek dodges it. Idol gets on the apron but Canek sends him flying with a dropkick. Storm staggers up as Canek nails him with an Enziguri 1..2..3! Canek's on his way to Champagne Slam! Commercial Break AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match 'British Bomber' Tony St. Clair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta The fans get a treat with two international styles going back and forth. Tony rocks Jumbo with European uppercuts. Jumbo blasts Tony with chops. Both men bust out a variety of suplexes from their arsenals. It's back and forth action. Tony gets control, swings Jumbo to the ropes, does a somersault and headbutts Jumbo in the mid section. Tony cradles Jumbo 1..2..Kick Out. Tony swings Jumbo to the ropes and back drops him. Jumbo staggers up as Tony puts him down with a heels first dropkick. Tony follows with a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Tony hoists Jumbo up for a suplex but Jumbo fights it and executes a swinging neckbreaker. Jumbo swings Tony to the ropes and just about takes his head off with a lariat. Jumbo hoists Tony up and powerbombs him down 1..2..3! Jumbo's going to Champagne Slam! Commercial Break Nelson: Wow, what a night of tournament action and more to come next week. Ok, with me now is the AWA commissioner Magnum TA. Magnum, I hear you have some big news concerning the AWA world title tournament. Magnum: (Big Smile) Yes I do Larry. I'm so excited I can hardly control it. After meeting with doctors, Hulk Hogan has been cleared to wrestle in 2 weeks! Nelson: WHOA! Is that right? So, so what exactly does that mean for the tournament? Magnum: It means Hulk Hogan WILL be in the tournament! Massive POP! Magnum: Hulk wanted to address all his fans and he'll do that next week. Nelson: This is incredible! I'm speechless! I only wish I could see Gerry Morrow's face right now. Magnum: As Morrow would say, that would be priceless. After everything Hulk Hogan has been through, he deserves his chance to regain the title he once held. This is tremendous news and I'm sure we're all excited to hear from Hulk next week. Nelson: On that high note, we'll see you all next week!

Liked the house shows continuing the feuds like Warrior/Snake, Brown-Spivey/Slick, Duggan/Debeers and Dynamite/Benoit. Funk definitely made the right decision with both Andre and Tito going after him. Big win for the Bolsheviks beating a red hot High Energy The WWF classics Snuka and Andre will always be loved Damn, looks like Funk chose a side. Bart might need to convince Murdoch to join him. Debeers, Berzerker and Spivey show what the heels are made of. Haku proves he's still one of the baddest men on the planet by beating the always tough Wahoo I'm counting down the days to Mania!

The Steamboat/Hennig story gets top bill this weekend and now we're going to get a thrilling conclusion with an iron man match. Two elite workers going at it for 30 minutes will be awesome TV Davey Boy gets the big title shot but man Sid's ruling the world right now RnR comes back with strong support. We'll see how they do matching up with WCW's stacked tag roster I like the fun TV feud going on with Pillman and the Mountie. I would love to see Brad Armstrong sneak in a title match with Pillman. Nikita and the Rhodes have formed a nice alliance. Nice rivals for the Dangerous Alliance Sting stays in the spotlight and I wonder how long before him and Sid lock horns again

TNT is ready to explode! This promotion is loaded! With those matches booked, the kick off show will definitely have the wrestling world buzzing with excitement.

Adams sends a message that he wants another shot Wright has the talent but his arrogant attitude might be his downfall Thanks to Snow, Severn's snapped Thrillseekers could be wearing gold this year I don't see an end in sight with the Money Train and Thrillaz WOW! I didn't think anybody could stop Kawada's reign but Regal steps up and does it. This title fits Regal well and I have a feeling Kawada's going to be even more dangerous, if that's possible Vancouver Like everybody else, Fastball takes advantage of Stevie LOL Martel and Eddie put on a show stealing match. Hopefully we get another Dragon keeps his momentum going as he heads into a title shot Busick and Albright! More please! Iron and Steel rack up another title defense Oh man, Richards enthusiasm gets him a beating from an irate Rose. For some reason Scotty's not giving up on him. Wont be long before Rose has enough of both of them Kelowna Look at that, Guido finally gets that win over Scorpio Hamrick wins a battle Bigelow rebounds with a solid win Coast to Coast prove their title win wasn't a fluke Liger ends the weekend with another exciting LHW title bout

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 3-6-91 Footage is shown of last week's unsanctioned match between Hulk Hogan and Gerry Morrow. Hogan's attacked by Tsuruta, Hashimoto and Saito. They triple powerbomb him twice and Morrow finishes things off by bashing a bottle of champagne over Hogan's head. Morrow's locker room comments follow as he reveals his lawyers have successfully reinstated him as a wrestler. Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Right off the bat, AWA Commissioner Magnum TA is joining me. All yours Magnum. Magnum: Thank you Larry. As you all know, the AWA world title tournament begins tonight and we're all extremely excited. I need to first address some things. Hulk Hogan was severely injured last week and unfortunately will not be able to compete in the tournament. I will say this, when Hogan is cleared, he will be getting a future world title shot. I wish Hulk a very speedy recovery. As for Gerry Morrow (deep breath) he has in fact been reinstated as a wrestler. (BOOOOOOOS) oh believe me, I don't like it one bit. But I'm not going to let him distract everybody from this prestigious tournament. Magnum holds up the AWA world title. Magnum: This is what it's all about. Thirty- Two men will be involved and tonight you will see 4 first round match ups. All roads lead to Champagne Slam and tonight it all begins. Nelson: Ok, you heard the Commissioner now let's get the AWA world title tournament started. AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match The Big Bossman vs. Chavo Guerrero Remember only licensed managers will be allowed at ringside so Chavo walks out without his brother. He yells at the booing fans. Bossman made an appearance in St. Paul and makes his AWA in ring debut right now. He sprints to the ring and Chavo bails out quick. The bell rings and the fans cheer as Bossman slides under the ropes and chases Chavo. Bossman grabs Chavo and hurls him into the ring. Bossman gets back in. Chavo throws a punch but Bossman blocks it and lays into Chavo. Bossman swings Chavo to the ropes and kicks him in the gut, then suplexes him over 1..2..Kick Out. Bossman continues to work over Chavo and swings him into the corner and charges in but Chavo moves. Chavo regroups and rakes Bossman's eyes and chokes him on the top rope, then rakes his face across the top rope. Chavo continues to choke Bossman on the top rope, then flings him back. Chavo stomps down on Bossman, swings off the ropes and hits a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Chavo swings Bossman to the ropes and hits a flying back elbow smash then follows with an elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Chavo swings Bossman to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Bossman stops and uppercuts Chavo. Chavo staggers back as Bossman clotheslines him down. The fans fire Bossman up. Bossman picks up Chavo and slams him down then follows with a boot rake to the head. Bossman picks up Chavo and gives him a back breaker. Bossman swings Chavo to the ropes and hits the sidewalk slam 1..2..3! Nelson: Big Bossman, welcome to the AWA. You're now on your way to Champagne Slam and a chance at the AWA world title. Bossman: I told you I was here to serve law, order and justice and that's the kind of champion I'll be. I'm going to Champagne Slam and I'm going to win the world title! Commercial Break AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match 'The Rocker' Shawn Michaels vs. 'Latin Desire' Al Perez This one starts quick. It's lighting fast in the opening moments as these two go toe to toe exchanging high octane offensive moves. Perez gets momentum and puts Michaels down with a high dropkick. Perez follows with a snap suplex, goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a double forearm drop 1..2..Kick Out. Perez swings Michaels to the corner, Michaels reverses it but Perez hops on the turnbuckles and comes back with a reverse press but Michales ducks it. Michaels regroups and stomps on Perez. Michaels swings Perez to the ropes and nails him with a flying forearm blast 1..2..Kick Out. Michaels hoists Perez up and drops him with a delayed suplex. Michaels goes to the top rope and comes down with a flying elbow drop but Perez moves. Both men stagger up. Michaels goes for a big swing but Perez ducks and atomic drops Michaels into the corner. Michaels hits hard and staggers back as Perez executes a German suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Perez hoists Michaels up for his Helicopter Drop but Michaels fights it and gets his feet under the top rope. Both men tumble down. Both men stagger up but from out of nowhere, Michaels nails Perez with a superkick 1..2..(Perez's foot is under the rope but the Ref doesn't see it) 3! Nelson: Impressive win Shawn.. Michaels: Hold up Larry, I'll take it from here. The Rocker Shawn Michaels is flying solo now and it's time I fulfilled my destiny and become the AWA world champion. I'll see all of you chumps later. Commercial Break We see a familiar set. It's none other than the Beauty Shop. Out walks Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody! (BOOOOOOOOS) Brenda pauses and takes in all the boos. Britton: The Beauty Shop makes its triumphant return and this is the reaction I get? As always, you all disappoint me. The Beauty Shop wouldn't come back if it wasn't for a guest as important as my guest tonight. So you all better stop your booing and show some respect for the Champagne man himself and greatest AWA C.O.O. ever, the one and only Gerry Morrow! Morrow walks out wearing a white suit and fedora. The boos are deafening. Morrow enters the ring and kisses Brenda's hand. Morrow looks around with a smile. The boos get even louder when Morrow takes off his fedora and gives the fans a bow. Britton: Forget about these animals Gerry, they have no class and no manners. Morrow: AHHHHHHHH Brenda, my truest friend of dem all. I want to thank you for bringing de Beauty Shop back just for me. Britton: Oh, it's my pleasure Gerry. The floor's yours Gerry. Say whatever you want. Enlighten these idiots. Morrow: De Champagne man is back and it feels so good. I have de money, I have de clothes, I have de champagne, I have de connections and I have good friends. Britton: Yes you do. Connections meaning the best lawyer's money can buy and friends meaning the men from Japan. Morrow: HAHAHA dat is correct Brenda. My lawyers did a fine job reinstating me. Dat is what money can do. And it pays to have friends. Mr. Tsuruta, Mr. Saito and Mr. Hashimoto are on de payroll of Morrow Enterprises. Now, they are of course their own men, but when their services are needed, they will be there. Just as de so called immortal Hulk Hogan about dat. Oh and by de way, dat champagne bottle I used to hit Hulk Hogan over de head wit was worth every penny. Might be de best investment I ever made HAHAHA. (more boos) Now, this tournament is simple a formality. It will conclude at de Champagne Slam. How fitting right? De very event dat I created. Britton: That's right! You created it and everybody knows that! Morrow: Dat is right! So, picture dis Brenda. I win de AWA world title at Champagne Slam and we have a toast right in de middle of de ring. Dat will go down as de most iconic image in de history of professional wrestling. HAHAHA den de Champagne Man will have it all! The boos are louder than ever Britton: In case you forgot, let me remind you. It all happens here. Until next time, toooooodles! Commercial Break AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match Kokina w/Sheik Adnan Al Kassie vs. Mark Youngblood Adnan gives Youngblood a stern warning on what he's dealing with. The bell rings and Kokina charges and barrels Youngblood over. Kokina one arm slams Youngblood down. Kokina picks up Youngblood and swings him to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Youngblood swings back and nails Kokina with a double axehandle. Kokina wobbles but stays standing. Youngblood chops away. Kokina's staggering. Youngblood goes to the top rope and comes down with a tomahawk chop but Kokina is still standing but staggering. Youngblood swings off the ropes but Adnan grabs his foot. Youngblood turns around and grabs Adnan. Kokina regroups, runs over and nails Youngblood from behind. Kokina grabs Youngblood and hits a big belly to belly suplex. Kokina drags Youngblood over to the corner. Kokina gets on the middle ropes and crashes down with a jumping seated corner senton 1..2..3! Adnan proudly cuts a promo and says there's nobody that can stop the destruction of Kokina and this is only the beginning! Commercial Break AWA World Title First Round Tournament Match The Magnificent Muraco vs. The Equalizer Equalizer attacks at the bell. He clubs away on Muraco, then continues with angry stomps. Equalizer hoists Muraco up and throat drops him on the top rope. Equalizer stomps and huffs around the ring before continuing to stop down on Muraco. Equalizer swings Muraco to the ropes and puts him down with a big boot to the chest. Equalizer drops a big elbow 1..2..Kick Out. Equalizer huffs at the Ref. Equalizer swings Muraco into the corner and charges in but Muraco lifts his knees as Equalizer crashes into them. The fans cheer Muraco on. Muraco punches away on Equalizer, swings him to the ropes and back drops him. Muraco picks up Equalizer and hits a gut wrench suplex. Muraco grabs Equalizer, swings him to the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Muraco hoists Equalizer up and drops him with an inverted piledriver 1..2..3!! Nelson: Don, I know you must be happy that your business with Tully Blanchard is finally over. You're now heading to Champagne Slam for a chance at the AWA world title. Muraco: Larry, brotha, you're right. Now that that weasel Tully Blanchard is out of my life, I'm clear headed and focused. My eyes are on Champagne Slam and the AWA world title! Nelson: There you have it. Fans, switching gears, I know we all want to wish Hulk Hogan the very best of luck. I can tell you that all your cards and letters always help and the power of Hulkamania will never die. Hulk, we all miss you and can't wait for your return. Fans, I'll see you next week for more tournament matches.

WrestleMania is really coming together Beefcake takes down the hammer but can he win the crown. Can the power of Billy Jack take down the monster Earthquake? I have a feeling Slick's going to get some bad news at Mania If the Outlaws are quiet that means a storm's coming The tag teams get highlighted Nasties and Fantastics in a street fight, bring it on! Warrior and Snake are two of the biggest names and get a high profile match at Mania.

R.I. gets a fun card with legends like Andre and Snuka along with hot new talent like Brandi and Disco. The Commonwealth/Northern Invasion feud is drawing some good heat. Loved the tournament in Boston. Billy Jack looks strong as he heads to Mania to face Earthquake. Everybody will want to see if he can clamp the full nelson on Quake. In Toronto, Debeers continues to get nuclear heat. High Energy is winning their way to a title shot. The Ronin have momentum going into Mania. Jake and Warrior turn up the heat on their new rivalry.

WrestleWar! Here we go! Pillman's always the way to go to get the fans energized LOL, only Hayes could survive like that. Props to the Bullet. The man still has it At least Holly got one move in. Taker's coming on strong I remember hating it when the VHS versions would cut several matches Hall's moving up Jannetty putting in time as a solo OOOOOHHHH Paul E added even more heat to the Nikita/Rude feud Doom's dominating the tag team scene right now. That match was a statement Steamboat and Hennig steal the show as Steamboat pulls it off. I'm thinking Paul E may have found a way to get the decision reversed Great write up with the War Games. Totally felt like I was there live. Sting's Squadron gets the win but man Sid delivers the final image. Poor Owen. WCW delivers once again

Renesto's losing his patience with Tasha The Dudley's bring the comedy and take care of business At least Richie was thinking of Tasha but his gift turns into chaos. Looks like Tasha found herself an enforcer. At some point I think I need a Dudley's/Crazies match LOL The final shot of the chicken at the end cracked me up

Things get crazy right off the bat as Debeers gives Ross a brutal beating. Luckily Duggan makes the save. Debeers vs. Duggan will be pure gold Beefcake gets a poetic countout win over Berzerker to get his shot at the crown Nasties and Fantastics will fight another day Manny just couldn't keep it clean. Great segment with Jake attacking Warrior. Went from light hearted comedy to serious drama in a second. Tito gets the win and Funk sends a message. The road to Mania just got real. All your Mania pieces are coming together

I agree with AD, Vines and Sword are a blast from our game's past. Tenryu and Bedlam is the money match and all hell's going to break loose next week. Tex and Pierce will fit in well here Love the classic bodyguard angle but I don't think they expected Bagwell getting some back up so soon Johny B Badd's been rock'n the main event slots

Windham vs. Condrey is a great match up to kick off the Aloha Spectacular. This win puts Windham back in title contention. I know Dibiase was pleased with his new man Lee after that victory. Candido was pissed but should be ecstatic to get some kind of victory over Piper Oh no, even Scotty is starting to lose his patience with Richards Well, now Richards is in hot water with the Playboy himself. How can Richards redeem himself from this night I loved that finish that put the FBI over the SOBs The Citadel puts a big stamp on Stormfront WOW! Van Dam puts an end to Douglas's hot streak and is now wearing gold Coast to Coast came in with momentum and were in full heel mode as they bring home the gold. At least my guys the FOJ had a credible run. Of course Liger and Eddie tear it up. Strong finish by Liger! Hell of a way to cap off night one Night 2 Lightning strikes twice for the Thrillseekers The Serial Thrillaz make Finlay proud I'm sure Dreamer loved putting Wright's smug face down with the DDT Damn! Mike gets the most awesome win of his career! He's definitely a big time player now It wont be long before Kawada sets his sights on the PCW title. The man is unstoppable! OOOHHHHH a potential Liger/Dragon LHW title bout? Bring it on! Oh yea Spinebuster Slam baby! However, it looks like that put Sabu over the deep end. Iron and Steel retain. I can't wait to see who's next Hart and Adams put on a classic to end the night. Hart retains but Adams just might get another shot. Great job! This literally had something for everybody.

Unsanctioned Match Hulk Hogan vs. 'Champagne' Gerry Morrow The program opens with highlights of Morrow's referee actions at SuperClash where he screwed Hulk Hogan out of the world title. It was later proved that Morrow did indeed accept money from an account managed by Tully Blanchard. Morrow was suspended from the AWA and terminated from his position as AWA C.O.O. We see highlights from last week when Morrow along with Brenda Britton made a shocking appearance on AWA TV. This brought out Hulk Hogan and led to Commissioner Magnum TA ruling an unsanctioned match. The lights at the Hammond Center dim as the AWA's in ring logo is covered. Magnum TA addresses the viewers that this is an unsanctioned match and will not be in the AWA record books. The fans boo big time as Gerry Morrow walks to the ring wearing a white tuxedo and white fedora hat. He gets in the ring and soaks in all the boos. The boos turn to a thunderous roar as Hulk Hogan heads to the ring wearing jeans and a Hulkamania tank top. Hulk has nothing but anger in his eyes as he's locked on Morrow. Hogan enters the ring, rips off his tank top and throws it at Morrow. The bell rings as Hogan charges Morrow! The fans are going nuts as Hogan unloads on Morrow with closed fists! OH NO! Jumbo Tsuruta, Mr. Saito and Shinya Hashimoto hit the ring and attack Hogan!! They just bombard Hogan with chops, punches, kicks and stomps! Hashimoto picks up Hogan and hits a Vertical Drop Brainbuster! Saito grabs Hogan and executes his Saito suplex! Saito and Hashimoto double slam Hogan as Jumbo comes off the top rope with a knee drop! All 3 men pick up a lifeless Hogan and triple powerbomb him down! Morrow clears the cobwebs and says something to the Japanese. They hoist Hogan up and drop him with another triple powerbomb! The Japanese bow to Morrow and exit. Brenda Britton walks into the ring with a bottle of champagne. Morrow slowly takes off his tuxedo jacket and rolls up his sleeves. Brenda hands Morrow the champagne bottle. Morrow kisses Brenda's hand and raises the bottle. Hogan is out of it. Morrow grabs Hogan by his hair and raises his head and sets it against the ropes. Morrow raises the champagne bottle and then bashes it over Hogan's head!! Hogan's unconscious and is a bloody mess. Morrow raises the broken bottle in a toast gesture, smiles and exits the ring. The boos are deafening as the fans throw garbage at Morrow all the way up the aisle. Medics and security rush the ring to attend to Hogan. The place is chaos. Commercial Break Ken Resnick is in the locker room Resnick: Fans, I'm shocked and appalled at what we just witnessed. The door swings open and in walks Gerry Morrow and Brenda Britton. Resnick: You have a lot of nerve barging in here like that. Oh yea, you must be real proud of yourself Morrow. Magnum TA bursts in Magnum: I never thought you could sink any lower Morrow but you just proved me wrong! They're taking Hulk to the hospital and he's bad shape. Here's the deal. I'm going to personally make sure you are never seen in the AWA again! I've never seen such a cowardly act in my life! Now get the hell out of here! NOW! Brenda hands Morrow an envelope. Morrow calmly opens it. Morrow: AHHHHHHHH MR. T.A., I told you dat you were a foolish man and Hogan was de biggest fool of them all but you did not want to listen. Remember dis envelope from last week? You were in such a hurry to try and punish me dat you did not bother to read de documents inside. Yes, I was indeed terminated from my position as AWA C.O.O. However, thanks to my brilliant lawyers, I have been reinstated as a wrestler. Resnick goes into shock as Magnum looks like he's ready to give Morrow a belly to belly suplex. Morrow: Dat is right! HAHAHAHAHA! DE Champagne Man is back! And as for my actions tonight, well, what can you do? After all, it was a non sanctioned match HAHAHAHAHA So, you see Mr. T.A. I will not be going anywhere and again thanks to my brilliant lawyers, I will indeed be participating in de upcoming tournament. It is a shame we will not be seeing de Hulkster compete. I know how badly he wants dat world title back. HAHAHAHA a very good day to you Mr. T.A. Brenda: And until we meet again tooooooodles! Morrow and Brenda exit Resnick: Magnum, what just happened? Can he do this? Magnum: (long angry pause) I need to go check on Hulk. Resnick: Fans, this was truly a shocking turn of events. I don't know what to say. I guess right now, we should all just hope Hulk Hogan will be ok. Goodnight, everyone.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-27-91 We get a recap of what went down last week with Hulk Hogan, Gerry Morrow and AWA Commissioner Magnum TA. The result will be an unsanctioned match between Hogan and Morrow following this regularly scheduled AWA program. Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Well, you just saw highlights from last week and I can't believe I'm saying this but after tonight's episode there will be a special televised unsanctioned match between Hulk Hogan and Gerry Morrow. After what Morrow caused at SuperClash, I can't believe he actually had the audacity to even show his face in the AWA. Morrow might have paid for his actions so to speak but that's nothing compared to the punishment he'll receive at the hands of former AWA world champion Hulk Hogan. Stay tuned for that big event immediately following this show. Ok, let's get to the ring. The Missouri Tiger vs. Carl Kellerman Tiger overwhelms his opponent with power moves and finishes things off with a flying shoulder tackle from the middle ropes. Commercial Break The Equalizer vs. Trent Watkins Equalizer stomps and huffs as he beats his opponent senseless, then wins the match with a jumping stomp off the ropes. Commercial Break The Tribal Nation vs. The Bunkhouse Boys This match is hard hitting from the start. The Boys put their fists to work while the Tribal Nation's chops are in full force. Tribal Nation take over and almost get the win when Mark clips Golden from behind as Chris hits a flying press but Golden breaks the pin. Boys comeback and almost score a fall with a double clothesline on Chris but Mark saves the day. Things get crazy and turn into a pier six brawl. As the Ref is guiding Mark back to the corner, Golden takes off his boot and whacks Chris over the head. Houston covers as the Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Big win for the Bunkhouse Boys! Commercial Break We come back and see Greg Gagne at an airport. Gagne: As I told you at Superclash, the great Greg Gagne is traveling all the continents to find my ACE wrestler. When I find the most elite wrestler, my brains will take his talent and skills all the way to the top of the AWA. Now if you'll excuse me, Europe awaits. Nelson: I know I'm looking forward to Gagne's return (rolls his eyes) ok, switching gears. With me now is the AWA commissioner Magnum TA. Magnum, I know you're a bit preoccupied with the unsanctioned match after the show but I also know you have more information on the upcoming world title tournament. Magnum: Thank you, Larry and yea, I'm a bit anxious about the match later on. This will be a first for television and there's a lot of hatred involved. However, let's address the tournament. In the next few weeks, you'll see the first round match ups of the 32 man tournament. The tournament will start next week. The winners of the first round match ups will advance and wrestle the next round at Champagne Slam. The winners of those matches will be in a battle royal and the winner of the battle royal will be the new AWA world champion. Needless to say it'll be a long road to the world title and the man standing at the end will have definitely earned it. Commercial Break Maxx Payne vs. Gerald Goodeve Payne destroys his opponent and then clamps on the Payne Killer. The Ref signals for the bell but Payne will not release the hold. The bell keeps ringing and the Ref is yelling at Payne to release the hold but Payne wrenches away with a sadistic smile. The Ref winces as Payne breaks the poor young wrestler's arm! Officials run in. Payne releases the hold and continues to smile. This man is insane. Commercial Break Leo Burke and Bobby Blaze vs. Gary Young and Ricky Santana w/Austin Idol Idol proudly shows off Young and Santana's 6 man titles before exiting. Blaze and Burke work well together as they fluster Young and Santana. Thanks to a trip by Idol, the Idols take control. Young hits Blaze with a knee lift as Santana follows with a neckbreaker but he cant put Blaze away. Blaze eventually makes the tag to Leo and Leo cleans house. Another distraction by Idol gives the Idols control again. Young holds Leo as Santana comes off the top rope with a double axehandle but Burke breaks free as Santana hits Young. Idol gets on the apron but Blaze runs over and dropkicks Santana into Idol, knocking Idol off the apron. Young staggers up as Leo cradles him 1..2..3! Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, I've just been informed that because of his despicable actions earlier, Maxx Payne will not be allowed to wrestle in the upcoming world title tournament and is suspended for 30 days. Serves him right after what he did. Ok, back to the ring. AWA International Champ Carlos Colon vs. Dave Winters Colon looks fantastic and wins the match with a flying clothesline from the top rope. Colon does a cartwheel to show his excitement. Nelson: Carlos, I've been told that you will not be competing in the tournament because you're scheduled to defend your International title at Champagne Slam against the legendary Mil Mascaras. Colon: That's right. Although it is unfortunate that I won't be competing for the world title, I am looking forward to the opportunity to defend this prestigious title against a true International legend in Mil Mascaras. I said I would be a fighting champion and I want to wrestle the very best the world has to offer. Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Gama Singh (C) vs. AWA National Tag Champ Tom Prichard w/Jimmy Del Ray Gama starts off strong with hip tosses, take downs, arm drags and arm bars. Prichard takes control after a high knee and works Gama over with slams and suplexes. Prichard goes for an elbow drop but Gama moves and regains momentum. Gama dropkicks Prichard down and follows with shin breaker. Gama works on Prichard's leg and clamps on the Indian Deathlock but Del Ray reaches in a rakes Gama's eyes to break the hold. Prichard limps around then clotheslines Gama down. Prichard hits a vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Prichard starts choking Gama in frustration and angrily stomps away. Prichard swings Gama to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Gama kicks him. Prichard staggers as Gama dropkicks him down. Del Ray gets on the apron. Gama goes to him and they start arguing. Prichard gets up, runs over and goes for a high knee but Gama moves. Prichard collides with Del Ray. Gama grabs Prichard and hits a bridging back suplex 1..2..3! Gama retains! Commercial Break Nelson: (laughs) Well, the Heavenly Bodies interference just backfired as Gama Singh retains the AWA TV Title. Well fans, coming up immediately after this program is..... There's a huge commotion as none other than 'WILDFIRE' TOMMY RICH comes out wearing a T-Shirt that says 'I never lost the AWA world title' Nelson: Good Grief! I can't believe this! Tommy Rich! What are you doing here?! Rich: Oh you better believe it Larry Nelson! I heard something about the AWA being fired up with a world title tournament. Well, that got good old Tommy Rich fired up! As my shirt says, I never lost the AWA world title. Remember that Larry? Nelson: Yes, I remember it quite well. You were stripped because you nearly caused a riot at the Mid South Coliseum. Rich: I was stripped because of that no good coward Jerry Lawler and the man in his pocket Jerry Jarrett. Well, they're long gone from the AWA and as a former world champion, I have the right to compete in the tournament. In other words Larry, I'll see you in the tournament. Great to see you again! Rich leaves Nelson: (watches him walk away, still in disbelief) I...I'm at a lost for words. (shakes his head) Ok, stay tuned for the upcoming unsanctioned match between Hulk Hogan and Gerry Morrow. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one.

Once Haku clamps on the Tongan death grip, it's all over Ross gets his shot at Debeers I feel sorry for Jake's next victim I like the Manny/Bart storyline. Two stablemates ready to solve their problems the Outlaw way Looks like Biff and Brown's stables will be getting involved soon. A good single's match with everybody brawling at the end is always good heat. Beefcake and Berzerker will battle for a shot at the crown. Either way, Lawler's in for a big challenge. I can't wait for the Brown/Slick blow off at Mania. Everybody wants to see Slick get some bad news. High Energy and the Nightmares is a fun TV main event. SNME will be determine a lot for Mania.

The stars get to shine with solid TV showcases. Liked the descriptions of the finishes. The War Games is stacked!

Love Morton bringing in Misty Blue. Tasha's getting nuclear heat and the fans will erupt when Misty gets her hands on Tasha. This is great TV! Frank and RVW had me cracking up when they were both trying to wrestle the REF In a twist, Wild Dog calls out the newly crowned TV champ. Morton's going to have a lot on his plate. Also, loved the pictures as the story's being told. Nice touch Awwwwww poor Tasha. I mean she couldn't get at least one letter. This was hilarious. The Wild Dog/Morton side story is interesting. We'll see how much patience Wild Dog has. The place must've been rock'n watching Misty put a hurting on Tasha. The feud needs to continue so we get the DQ and an awesome brawl to end the show.

Texas Tough, here we go Obviously big things ahead for the Ebony Express I'm sure Sullivan played a huge part creating the Moadid gimmick. Talk about intimidating! Can Ams get to shine and it appears opportunity awaits I can see how Irwin would get tired of getting thumped in the head by Link. His head must've been throbbing Fans get double satisfaction with both HTM and Hart getting the yellow paint It might not have been pretty but I would be entertained watching Steiner and Abby beat each other to a bloody mess RnR do the professional job. This elevates the Destruction Crew to a new level. Damn, Jerry Jarrett just sent a strong message to the talent. I have to agree with Jarrett, Muta was the right call and he had to keep his mainstays Austin and Wallstreet strong. I wonder how pissed Mascaras was Sullivan really does have a strong hatred for the Steiners Props to the Road Warriors for doing the job. It's the right thing to do and they did put over the right team. Vader's power and Jack's craziness will mesh so well together. Loved that visual of the Lawler's taking out Rich and Gilbert with their stereo finishers. I can't imagine the pop this would've gotten in Memphis. Luger doesn't win the title but leaves Savage laying. I get the DQ finish because it was too soon for Savage to lose the title and too soon for Luger to take a pin. The story continues I enjoyed the behind the scenes info. Let's us in on the reasons for the bookings. The follow up was great. New stars like Moadid and the Ebony Express are getting good exposure. Austin and Wallstreet remain top contenders. Link/Irwin is a fun feud to have in Texas. The Sullivan/Steiners feud has a lot of steam. With a stacked roster it's good to have solid working hands like Horner, Sugar and Graham to help put the newer stars over. I always liked writing for Keirn and it's good to see him back home again. After their big win over RnR, the Destruction Crew have some serious momentum and deserve a good run with the titles. Lawler gets a big blow off with the HTM. Now that Lawler has dismantled the First Family, I wonder if he'll get back into the title picture. Wow, the fans in Memphis get a huge treat as Savage defeats Luger in the cage! It'll be interesting to see if JJ can get Luger another shot. Great week for the USWA!

It's cool that we can watch and see how far the New Breed can go in our world. Tenryu and Bedlam will make Watts a lot of money. I know I would pay to see this big match up Bagwell continues to impress. I agree, I think he has the stuff The vignettes continue to hype up Venis and the Dudleys. Love your play on words. Hammer and the Headbangers are ready to rock Global. Warrior and Kabuki remain a frightening duo Badd with the kiss that can't miss takes down the mighty Zeus.

AWA picks up Mil Mascaras and Mike Shaw