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Seattle Showdown! Let's do this! Sons take the loss but seem to have a long range plan. Douglas has worked his way up to a serious contender Sabu gives Bigelow a stern test but Bigelow goes on a rampage to get the big win and maybe a title shot soon. Thanks to DDP, Harlem Heat gets the upset win. Kawada is snapping. Poor Billy Blackman solidifies his reign by beating one of the toughest around. Dibiase has indeed invested well in the OWC WOW! Busick takes advantage of the circumstances and wins the TV title. I popped at the former AWA TV champ winning the PCW TV title After a brutal cage match, the Dreamboats finally get their moment. Austin caps off an incredible feud with a big blow off win over Awesome. That stun gun into the cage was an awesome visual. Night 2 I thought for sure the Citadal would win it but the Hexagon rebound Going the distance with Adams moves Vito up a notch Heartbreakers didnt have a chance against a determined Iron and Steel Another great blow off as Windham finally puts Lee down. Loved that bull rope clothesline Man, what's up with Kawada??? I wonder how Tenryu will feel about this. Hart takes down the PCW legend. Whoever this mysterious woman is, she sure knows how to put together a stable. Not that it needed it, but the LHW division just got an adrenaline shot. I was happy to see my guys the FOJ hanging with the MVC It's almost impossible to beat 3 midnight express members. Awwwww Slaughter gets robbed but that's ok because this door remains open. Another mega show delivers. Outstanding job!

Ole's not playing and he's definitely not afraid to get his hands dirty. High stakes match is set. Calis gets the cheap win but Titan gets another shot at Volunteer Slam Ole strikes again and the fans win because there's going to be an intense bullrope match coming Vampire and Kabuki freak the fans out. I like the different vibe they bring. Great segment with Well Dunn, Ellering and the Harris Brothers. I like that Well Dunn looked strong while Ellering's ominous words are heard. Batten's looking to make waves but I have a feeling Adnan's Kongs are going to wreak havoc. Cool move by adding the TV title to the Gilbert/Champion match. Scott gets the big pop and Bob finally gets a crack at Fuller. Volunteer Slam has been built up so well. I'm definitely buying a ticket.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-30-90 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight, we'll be hearing from the AWA world champion Hulk Hogan! The Takano Dragons take on the Starrs. Bobby Blaze goes one on one with Austin Idol. The Olympians face the Soul Patrol. All that and a lot more, so let's go to the ring. The Enforcers vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Massive boos as Anderson and Zbyszko enter the ring. They take care of business as Zbyszko hits a swinging neckbreaker and tags in Arn. Arn swings his opponent to the ropes and hits the spinebuster slam for the win. The fans go nuts as the Rock n Roll Express hit the ring and go off on the Enforcers! They swing them to the ropes and hit stereo back drops. The Enforcers stagger up as RnR stereo dropkick them out of the ring. Morton grabs the mic from the ring announcer. Morton: Anderson! Zbyszko! We've been hearing your empty threats for weeks. You want a shot at the world tag titles? Come and get it! We'll be more than happy to accommodate you at WrestleRock! Bring it on! The fans are up and cheering as Morton tosses the mic. Commercial Break The Olympians vs. The Soul Patrol The Soul Patrol aren't playing around as they control the early minutes. They hit a double suplex on Patera. Rheingans runs in and gets stereo punched back to the corner. The Soul Patrol continue to frustrate the Olympians. On the outside, Rheingans grabs a chair. The Soul Patrol put Patera down with a double back elbow smash. The Ref guides Walker back to his corner. Rheingans comes in and blasts Jones with the chair. Walker runs in and chases Rheingans out of the ring while Patera covers Jones 1..2..3! BOOOOOO! Commercial Break Footage from a house show is shown. Tony St. Clair is heading to the ring. The Missing Link comes out of nowhere and attacks St. Clair. Link works St. Clair over until security runs out to stop things. Nelson: I still have no idea why the Missing Link has targeted Tony St. Clair, but this situation is getting out of control. Ok, joining me now are the Destruction Crew and JW Storm. JW, you made it clear that you three have joined forces here in the AWA. Storm: Hey, you're looking at the future of the AWA. Just look at us... Cheers as Steve Disalvo walks out. Storm: Well, well, well. Tell me something Disalvo, what's a nerd like you doing out here with the cool crowd? I mean, didn't you learn anything from the beating we gave you a while back? The Destruction Crew are cracking up. Disalvo: Oh, I learned plenty from you and you're right about one thing Storm. Storm: Oh yea? Enlighten me you dumb goof. Disalvo: A man does need friends around here. And it just so happens that a couple of buddies from the gym have offered their services. Disalvo hits Storm as the Power Twins run out and pound away on the Destruction Crew! Disalvo and the Power Twins send Storm and the Destruction Crew running. Disalvo and the Power Twins bump fists. Disalvo: It's great to have friends. Commercial Break The Takano Dragons vs. The Starrs These teams have been feuding and once again things get out of control. Both teams stay in the ring fighting as the Ref signals for the Double DQ. Commercial Break AWA TV Champ David Sammartino vs. Clinton Stitch Sammartino hits the belly to belly suplex and it's all over. Wait a minute! King Kahlua hits the ring with something in his hands. Sammartino turns around as Kahlua throws a fireball at him! Sammartino turns his head and goes down. Kahlua grabs the TV title and runs away. Medics rush the ring to attend to Sammartino. Commercial Break Nelson: My goodness! That was a terrifying sight. We'll give you a report on David Sammartino as soon as we can. King Kahlua crossed a line tonight. (regroups) Ok, joining me now is Superstar Billy Graham. Superstar, it's been signed for WrestleRock. Your man Don Muraco will face Jumbo Tsuruta inside a steel cage. These two have been at each other for months and now things will finally get settled. Where is Don? Graham: Look here daddy, Donnie's back in Hawaii getting mentally and physically ready for Jumbo at WrestleRock. Boos as Ray Stevens and Jumbo Tsuruta walk out. Stevens: You know Muraco's running scared! He's hiding and won't even show up at WrestleRock. It's a shame because it looks like he left you all alone. Jumbo walks up to Graham. Stevens puts his arm on Jumbo's shoulder. Stevens: Relax Graham, just relax. We won't hurt you today. Stevens and Jumbo start to walk away. Stevns comes back Stevens: Oh Billy, I lied Jumbo clotheslines Graham down! Nelson is shocked. Stevens tells Jumbo to finish him. Jumbo hurls Graham into the ring. Jumbo runs in, hoists Graham up and powerbombs him down! Nelson: Ray please! Stop this. Stevens looks up at Jumbo and gives him a thumbs down. Jumbo hoists Graham up again and powerbombs him down! Stevens: I warned Muraco that we weren't playing games anymore. This is all Muraco's fault. It's all on you Muraco! Graham is eventually stretchered out. Commercial Break Carlos Colon vs. Trent Watkins Colon's pumped up and wins the match with a diving clothesline from the top rope. Nelson is still shaken up, so Ken Resnick has taken over interviews. Resnick: Carlos, I'm sure you heard the words from Col. Debeers. The man has declared war on you. I've been told that you two will meet at WrestleRock. Colon: Debeers! I don't think you know me very well. I've been attacked numerous times before. I've been in the most violent matches known to man. I've been in wars and I've survived it all! Debeers! I'm the one declaring war on you! Commercial Break Resnick: Standing here with me is Cactus Jack. Cactus, you and Buzz Sawyer have been in the bloodiest matches I've ever seen. I'm sorry to bring this up, but you've yet to defeat him. When will this end? Cactus: Buzz likes to have fun and so do I. I think we've been having a lot of fun together. I'll tell you when this will end! One more match at WrestleRock! Falls count anywhere. Come on Buzz, let's have some fun, one more time. Bang Bang! Commercial Break 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol vs. Bobby Blaze Blaze's is fired up as he hip tosses, arm drags and dropkicks Idol all over the ring. Blaze goes for his Northern Lights Suplex but Idol hits him low. Idol takes over. Idol executes a shin breaker and then clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock! idol wrenches away but the Ref is telling him to break the hold. Remember, Idol's been banned from using it. Idol gets up thinking he won the match but the Ref DQ's him and reminds him of the ban. Idol shoves the Ref, then starts stomping away on Blaze. Idol hoists Blaze up and piledrives him down. Idol gives a few more stomps before leaving. Commercial Break Resnick: Wow, tonight's been a very explosive night. I can tell you that luckily David Sammartino was just singed on the side of his head and will be ok. Still a big scare indeed. I also know that King Kahlua has been ordered to give the TV title back to officials. I'm afraid Superstar Graham wasn't as lucky. He's been taken to the hospital. Next week AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow will be here and he'll be announcing who Terry Taylor will be defending the International title against at WrestleRock. Ok, right now let's take you to the AWA world champion, Hulk Hogan. We see a rehabilitation center. Hogan is slowly doing leg extensions. He's sweating hard and stops. Hogan: Everybody wants to know if Hulk Hogan will be ready to go at WrestleRock. Oh yea, Ric Flair and his goons really did a number on my leg. It's been in constant pain and rehab has been tough brother. But let me answer the question and Ric Flair, I want you to pay close attention. HELL YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS! I'll be at WrestleRock! Nothing and I mean nothing will keep me from defending the world title at the biggest event of the year! And absolutely nothing will keep me from getting my hands around Flair's scrawny neck! I'm going to train harder than ever and I promise all my Hulkamaniacs that I'll be back better than ever! So Ric Flair, whatcha going do when the power of Hulkamania runs wild on you at WrestleRock!

Vader's on the path to a world title shot. Cool seeing Valiant up north at this point in his career. Him and Albano are a great nostalgic pair. Thanks to a miscue by the Russians, Billy Jack advances. Nice job with the quick promos to give your guys some shine. Duggan and Bart get in good showcases. Hopefully down the road we see Duggan chasing the IC title. Slick was smart to give Brown his space. Brown advancing is bad news for the other qualifiers.

AWA Report Friday July 11th and Saturday July 12th Live on pay per view From the Metrodome in Minneapolis MN Brenda Britton gives a rundown of the matches currently signed for WrestleRock 90 AWA World Title Bout Hulk Hogan (C) vs. 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair Steel Cage Match 'The Rock' Don Muraco w/Superstar Graham vs. Jumbo Tsuruta w/Ray Stevens El Canek vs. King Kong Bundy w/Greg Gagne 'The British Bomber' Johnny Smith w/Les Thornton vs. Mr. Saito The Renegade Warriors vs. The Can Am Express Taped Fist Match Special Referee- Randall 'Tex' Cobb Leo Burke vs. Jimmy 'The Stud' Golden The Swords of Light vs. Good Vibrations w/The Vin Man More matches to be announced In concert both nights-AC/DC Special ring announcer for the AWA TV title bout- Jasmine Guy Singing the National Anthem on Night 1 and America the Beautiful on night 2- Bonnie Tyler And now a word from the special guest WrestleRock promoter, Don King "Only in America can an epic event like this take place. There's going to be some wrestling and some rock'n at WrestleRock 90. "

Akbar and Budro just cant get things together lately Dutch has been doing a masterful job avoiding Gaylord. It'll be the ultimate pay off when Gaylord finally gets his hands on him. Hmmmmm, I wonder what Rich's true motives are here??? Southern Boys get the win and the Freebirds seem content to move on Poor Keirn got blasted and flattened. The main event was filled with fun Memphis chaos. After a wild finishing segment, Orndorff gets the coveted title shot. Looking forward to the battle of the piledrivers. A lot on the line at the Mid South Coliseum

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-23-90 Highlights of Title Night are shown. Sammartino retains his TV title in a draw with Kaluah. We see the 3 team chaos involved in the National tag title match. Debeers interference costing Carlos Colon his chance at the International title. RnR retaining the world tag titles. The footage ends with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko attacking Hulk Hogan inside the cage. Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. As you just witnessed, a lot went down at Title Night. I can tell you that Hulk Hogan was just released from the hospital and suffered damage to his leg. He will need to go through some rehab and I've been told that we will be hearing from him next week regarding his world title defense against Ric Flair at WrestleRock. Tonight, Ric Flair, Arn Andeson and Larry Zbyszko will be here. You'll also see Buzz Sawyer take on his rival Cactus Jack. Also, the Jive Tones go up against Latin Desire. All that and a lot more. 'The British Bomber' Johnny Smith w/Les Thronton vs. Carl Kellerman Smith is all over Kellerman and wins the match with a superplex. Nelson: Les Thornton, I need to address a couple of things that concern you. First, a couple weeks ago, you stood in the back as you watched the Missing Link ambush and attack Tony St. Clair. Just what is your affiliation with Link? And it's just been announced that your man Johnny Smith will take on the Japanese legend Mr. Saito at WrestleRock. Thornton: I will certainly address your questions Mr. Nelson. I have no affiliation with the Missing Link. I saw what was going on and took great pleasure in watching the Missing Link give that traitor Tony St. Clair exactly what he deserved. The Missing Link is unchained, unhinged and uncontrollable. It seems St. Clair is in big trouble and that's fine with me. Now onto bigger things. Mr. Saito is making a big mistake coming to WrestleRock and getting in the ring with the British Bomber. If Saito thinks he's going to get to the top by beating Johnny Smith, he better think again. Mr. Saito will be a nice feather in the cap for the British Bomber. Good day Mr. Nelson. Commercial Break The Olympians vs. Neil Jordan and Walter Riggens Rheingans hits a gut wrench suplex and tags in Patera, who finishes things off with the swinging full nelson. We see footage from Milwaukee as the Olympians get a tainted win over the Soul Patrol, thanks to a loaded towel. Nelson: After seeing that footage, I'm not surprised but I'm sure a lot of people would expect better from Olympians like yourselves. Rheingans: Are you kidding us? You're looking at two men who represent the USA with the upmost honor. Patera: That's exactly right. You people boo Olympic champions but cheer clowns like the Soul Patrol. Clowns that dance out here in Uncle Sam costumes. It makes us sick! Cheers as the Soul Patrol come out. Rheingans: Well, looks like the AWA has sent in the clowns. Jones: You guys talk about honor but always resort to cheating to get a win. Patera: Whoa! We won that match fair and square. Sounds like the two of you are poor losers. Rheingans: Losers is right! Walker: How about we go at it again. Right here, next week! Patera: Sounds great to us. Oh, by the way, how's your buddy Tom Brandi doing? The Olympians laugh. The Soul Patrol get heated but Nelson gets in between the teams to calm things down. Commercial Break The Hangman w/Nell vs. Todd Rooney Hangman hits the Hangman's neckbreaker and it's all over. Nelson: (nervously watching the Hangman play with his noose) Uh Nell, it seems you've been scouting out the Snowman recently. Nell: AAAAHHHH yes, the Snowman. I've indeed had a keen eye on him. You see the Snowman is quite the physical specimen. He's very strong in body but the man has a weak soul. A soul that must be taken. They say only the strong survive (long pause) well, we shall see about that. Fair warning Snowman, you're next. Hangman stares down at Nelson, stroking his noose. Nelson drops the mic and gets out of there. Commercial Break Latin Desire vs. The Jive Tones w/Tiger Conway Jr. The National tag champs, the Mavericks come out to do commentary. The match is back and forth for a few minutes. The problem is both the Jive Tones and Latin Desire keep making comments to the Mavericks about getting a title shot. Then the Jive Tones and Latin Desire start arguing on the outside about a title shot. Chaos ensues as both teams fight into the Mavericks. The Mavericks get involved and once again all 3 teams are fighting. The match is declared a double c.o. Commercial Break Nelson: Joining me now is Col. Debeers. Boos as Debeers swaggers out twirling his mustache. He shakes his head at the booing fans. Nelson: Col. Debeers, at Title Night you hit Carlos Colon with a club and costed him his chance at the International title. As if that wasn't enough, you hit him with that front face piledriver after the match. What is exactly your problem with him? Debeers: I'll tell you what my problem with him is! That untouchable lowlife peasant thwarted my mission when he eliminated me from the Champagne Challenge battle royal. I had that won. The world title shot was mine! But that inferior peon Colon ruined everything! My mission has been temporarily derailed. Those things happen in war. But now Carlos Colon is the target! I will annihilate my target and terminate Carlos Colon. Carlos Colon! I wage war on you! Commercial Break King Kong Bundy w/Greg Gagne vs. Ray Glader Bundy hits the big splash and demands the 5 count for the easy win. Nelson: Greg, you might have thought you finished off El Canek, but I got word that he's challenged Bundy to a match at WrestleRock. Gagne: (laughing hard) Oh really? You know, I was willing to put this all behind me, but I guess that masked moron will never learn. He's a stupid idiot if he wants to get in the ring with this man at WrestleRock. Bundy: I can't accept Canek's challenge because Canek is no challenge! But I'll be more than happy to give him a beating at WrestleRock. Gagne: There you have it Nelson. Now, I really don't want to hang around with you anymore Nelson, but before we leave I want to bring out a good friend who's returning to the AWA. Trust me, nobody knows more about technical wrestling than this man. I'm talking about Mike Graham. Graham comes out and shakes hands with Gagne and Bundy. Gagne: Floor's yours Mike. Gagne and Bundy exit. Graham: It's nice to get an introduction by a true wrestling legend and gentleman like the great Greg Gagne. I'm here in the AWA to simply show everybody what a real wrestler is. Technical wrestling is my name and game. A wrestler with my skills cannot be defeated and I'm going to prove that. If anyone doubts that, just step into the ring with me. I dare you. Commercial Break Cactus Jack vs. Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer The bell rings and the brawl is on! Once again these guys just pound and pulverize each other. Jack stretches Sawyer's face while screaming. Sawyer comes back and bites Jack's forehead. Both men are bleeding. They go to the outside and fight all around the ring. Jack chokes Sawyer with a cable, then hurls him back in the ring. Jack goes to the top rope and crashes down with a knee drop but Sawyer moves. Jack hobbles up as Sawyer quickly powerslams him over 1..2..3! Sawyer gives Jack a few stomps. It looks like Jack is smiling and actually asking for more stomps. This pisses Sawyer off. Sawyer swings Jack to the ropes and gives him another powerslam. Sawyer leaves. After a couple minutes, Jack sits up, wipes the blood off his face and smiles. This guy is nuts. Commercial Break Nelson: Ok, joining me now is Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko. Massive boos as the 3 men come out. Arn and Larry are wearing jeans and collard shirts while Flair is sporting a suit. Nelson: We all saw what went down at Title Night. Hulk Hogan just got done fighting Stan Hansen in a bloodbath and you three obviously took advantage. Some would call that very cowardly. Arn: Well, we call it business. The opportunity presented itself to us on a golden platter and we took care of business. You're looking at the elite in pro wrestling. We took out the world champion and thanks to a most pleasant surprise, we cracked the heads of the world tag champions. Life's going pretty damn good. Zbyszko: Hulk Hogan is the biggest spudhead of them all. Right behind him is the Rock n Roll Express. Arn and my business is the world tag team titles. Those long haired girly men wanted to get involved and we took care of them. And now we're going to take their titles! Flair: On day one I said I was here for two things, Hulk Hogan and the AWA world title! At Title Night, I got to you Hogan! I put you down and out with the figure four, right in the middle of the ring. I'm the dirtiest player in the game and will do whatever it takes to win the AWA world title. Hogan! If by some miraculous miracle you make it to WrestleRock, then I'll do the same thing! Only this time I'll be walking out with the world title. The three of us are the most premier dominant group in wrestling. We're going to stand atop of the AWA, holding all the world titles. Hogan! Title Night was just a sample. At WrestleRock, you're mine! The world title comes home with the Nature Boy! WOOOOO!

First off, I loved that story about your friend training with Austin Idol. That's way too cool! Idol's always been one of my favorites and hearing that was freak'n awesome. On to the show, Ole lays down the law and forces the Harris bros into a fight with Kaz and Cairo. Harris's are looking unstoppable. It's so great seeing Ellering back in our game. If he's not with the Road Warriors, being in SMW with the Harris's works for me. The end the Bullet program is brilliant and will provide us with weeks of fun TV. Damn, here comes Rip Morgan! Something about the Gilbert/Champion program is so entertaining. Sometimes the basics is what works best. Bullet's fired up tonight! Simpson with a nice debut but Jimmy Jack really spoiled that. I'm glad Jimmy wasn't a one and done appearance. He's a perfect heel for SMW. Whoa! Vampire and Kabuki together will bring a dark and sinister vibe for sure. Titan's gimmick fits in so well here. Callis is the perfect rival for him. Bullet gets the big win but takes a beating Thankfully Scott arrived to save the day. This feud keeps getting better. This has been a blast to read. Can't wait for more.

Sons continue to ride their wave of momentum Italian Stallion is going to be a force in PCW Man I cant wait for the Iron and Steel/MVC collision! Lee sends Windham a powerful message Sarge is tuned up for Dibiase I figured it was only a matter of time before the Playboy Club got the best of Piper. Lee really did a number on him LA Will Awesome be able to do that to Austin? Spinebuster Slam! Malenko and Eddie have been coming up short lately I think this mysterious woman has a big surprise coming for the Sinister Windham sends a message of his own to Lee. Dibiase always has a trick up his sleeve or in his glove Santa Barbara Nobody gets up from the Monster Mash I can tell Martel is going to do very well in PCW Regal's been knocking them down Severn and Blackman is another team who could go toe to toe with the MVC When the Midnights turn it up, watch out Douglas almost takes Condrey to the limit. Condrey's run has been off the charts.

Owen and Bulldog vs. Chono and Sasuke is one hell of a match to kick things off. Steamboat evens things up and makes Paul E's list. I'm still behind Varsity Club Rotunda Well, Diamond Stud definitely lived up to Ventura's hype as he decisively wins the TV title Too bad the street fight didn't live up to expectations. I wonder what's next for Sherri and Spivey. I liked how you called the El Gigante segment. It played out about as good as could be. Props to Tully. I'm sure this wasn't easy for him to do LOL The Rockers finally get the best of the Road Warriors in a classic. This was one of my favorite programs and delivered an epic blow off. WOW! Nikita, Pillman, Sting, Paul E, Samoans, Zeus, Gary Hart and Robocop! WCW 1990 at its best! I can't wait for the Nikita/Sting encounter! After quite a night, Luger and Muta cap things off with an awesome match. Luger's finally the undisputed champion. Great job in setting up a Steamboat/Paul E feud. I'm curious to see who challenges Luger next.

I've said this before, but Slick and Big Cat is a genius pairing. POP better be ready because the Bees have some serious momentum going. I never get tired of the Rougeaus heeling it up. Jake plants Tugboat with the DDT and advances You've built up Haku so well that I'm thinking he just might dethrone Warrior. Let's not forget, he does hold a previous win over him. Billy Jack puts his bad cousin down Loved that finish with Tito getting the win. I can easily see Heenan frantically waving his arms at Berzerker LOL It's been a great ride to KOTR with more to come

The promos set the tone and we're ready for SNME! Vader is a monster in the battle royal, but in the end the Doctor of Desire stands tall and gets his shot at Bravo. The Genius outwits Silver King to win a battle. Wow, the WWF scores big by booking Elton John for KOTR Dustin gets a little too excited and Funk puts him down with the branding iron. More to come. Oh no, Rude looks a little annoyed with Heenan. This could get interesting. In the midst of all the chaos, Haku keeps his crown. Warrior vs. Haku will be epic. The line up for KOTR looks damn good. The Bees prevail in yet another classic showdown with Badd Co. The Bees earned their title shot. This was a really good set up for KOTR. Great job

Hmmmm is HTM actually slowly turning into a babyface? The Grapplers shenanigans never get old The Southern boys deserve a run with the titles. I like how Dutch controls most of the match with Shoo-baby only for Dundee to get the flash pin. JJ and Anvil are just getting warmed up Kerry looked strong tonight. That discuss punch on Akbar was quite the visual Steiners get a measure of revenge but I think Doom will be back for another round Lawler's having a great time. I guess it is good to be King. Slater's going to be pissed as I'm sure Orndorff is too. Bossman has arrived and is going to serve law and order for the King. I like the potential match between the bounty hunter and lawman. Lawler adds more intrigue to his upcoming title match.

The Sons are rapidly getting over PCO can definitely count on his countryman Martel watching his back Cornette's got himself a future star with the Italian Stallion Austin's tuning himself up for Awesome This mysterious woman has been a game changer I have a feeling Piper's going to get in the head of Scotty Cow Palace, I'm still amazed at how agile Bigelow was The Karachi Krunch means game over I wonder if Tatum is having second thoughts about messing with Regal The Thrillseekers got some hard earned experience wrestling the MVC Blackman inflicted some pain on Eddie Dibiase's reign is off and running Fresno Jett gets the best of his rival Since going solo, Kawada has been on an aggressive roll The Iron and Stee/Harlem Heat feud is getting pretty intense Sabu rebounds well Patriot gives Cornette another reason to throw a tantrum Condrey continues his epic run Get ready Seattle because 2 action packed nights are coming

AWA Title Night St. Paul Civic Center 5-16-90 Resnick: Hello everybody and welcome to Title Night! You're going to see Hulk Hogan defend the AWA world title against Stan Hansen inside the steel cage. Plus, four huge title bouts and one big bonus match. Ok, let's get to the ring! AWA TV Title Bout David Sammartino (C) vs. King Kaluha Kaluha attacks at the bell and goes to work on Sammartino. Kaluha hits a snap suplex and follows with several elbow drops but can't put Sammartino away. Sammartino weathers the storm and fires back. Sammartino back drops Kaluha. Kaluha staggers up as Sammartino scoop slams him. Sammartino scores several near falls but Kaluha stays alive. Kaluha turns the tide with a vicious eye rake and takes control. Kaluha almost puts Sammartino away with a hot shot but Sammartino gets his shoulder up. After a missed knee drop, Sammartino makes the big comeback. Sammartino fires away on Kaluha but the bell rings, signaling a time limit draw. After a couple minutes, the Ref gets the TV title, but Kaluha snatches it away. Kaluha tries to hit Sammartino with it, but Sammartino ducks and belly to belly suplexes Kaluha over. Official ruling- A time limit draw. David Sammartino retains the TV title AWA National Tag Team Title Bout The Mavericks (C) vs. The Jive Tones w/Tiger Conway Jr. After just a few minutes of action, Latin Desire hits the ring and attacks the Jive Tones. Gary Young is caught in the crossfire, which brings in Embry. All 3 teams keep fighting. The Winners of the Match by DQ- The Mavericks Bonus Match If Idol wins, he gets the world title shot at WrestleRock If Flair wins, Idol is banned from using the Las Vegas Leglock 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair vs. 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol Both men have quite the entrances. The opening minutes consists of flexing by Idol and strutting by Flair. Idol tries to kick Flair low, but Flair grabs Idol's leg, spins him around and atomic drops him. Flair gives a WOO and the fans WOO back. Flair picks up Idol and delivers a hanging vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Flair shocks Idol by going for the figure four but Idol scrambles out and rolls out of the ring. Idol yells at the booing fans. Idol hops on the apron. Flair goes over but Idol rakes his eyes and snaps Flair's head on the top rope. Idol does a strut and flexes. Idol stomps down on Flair, picks him up and slams him down hard. Idol hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a forearm drop 1..2..Kick Out. Idol chokes Flair on the bottom rope, swings off the opposite ropes and hits a body guillotine. Idol gut wrench suplexes Flair. Idol gets up and follows with a standing fist drop 1..2..Kick Out. Idol gets pissed and starts stomping on Flair's leg. Idol grabs Flair's leg and drops an elbow on it. Idol yells "It's over darling!" Idol clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock! Idol wrenches away as Flair fights it. Flair sits up, reaches and grabs Idol's hair, then rakes his eyes to break the hold. Flair uses the ropes to help himself up. Flair limps around. Idol gets up as Flair chops him into the corner. Flair follows with several chops. Flair hip tosses Idol to the center of the ring. Idol sits up as Flair executes a neck snap. Flair grabs Idol's leg and kicks it several times. Flair drags Idol to the corner. Flair goes to the outside. Flair grabs Idol's leg and whips it into the steel post. Flair grabs the leg again and whips it into the post. Flair gets in the ring, hoists Idol up and hits a shin breaker. Flair yells "Now we go to school!" Flair clamps on the figure four! Flair wrenches away. Idol screams in pain. Flair puts even more pressure on. That's all Idol can take as the Ref signals for the bell. The fans are up and cheering. Flair kisses his hands and raises his arms to them. Winner of the Match- Ric Flair AWA International Title Bout 'The Red Rooster' Terry Taylor (C) vs. Carlos Colon The bell rings. Taylor slicks his ponytail back and flings his hands at Colon. Colon pounds away on Taylor, swings him to the ropes and clotheslines him down. Colon does a cartwheel and pumps his fists. Taylor tries to roll out of the ring, but Colon grabs his tights and drags him to the center. Colon works Taylor over for the next few minutes and the title seems within his grasp. Colon goes for a body press but Taylor ducks it as Colon tumbles to the outside. Colon gets to the apron as the Ref gets to 9. Taylor nails Colon with a knee lift. Taylor follows with a double arm suplex 1..2.. Kick Out. Taylor swings Colon to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Taylor swings off the ropes and hits a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor swings Colon into the corner and charges in, but Colon nails Taylor with his boot. Both men are reeling. Colon hops on the middle ropes. Taylor rises as Colon nails him with a double axehandle 1..2..Kick Out. Hold on! Col Debeers comes to ringside with a club in his hand. Colon swings off the ropes as Debeers nails Colon's back with the club. Colon goes down. The Ref didnt see this. Taylor staggers up and gives Colon a backbreaker 1..2..3! Taylor rolls out of the ring, pats himself on the back, grabs his title and holds it up high before exiting. Debeers enters the ring twirling his mustache. Debeers picks up Colon and puts him down with a front face piledriver. Winner of the Match and STILL AWA International Champ- Terry Taylor AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Rock n Roll Express (C) vs. Good Vibrations w/The Vin Man The first few minutes is all RnR as they work over Good Vibrations with text book tag wrestling. Good Vibrations takes a powder as Vinnie regroups them. Good Vibrations do regroup and get in some solid offense. They give the fans a scare when they hit a double Russian Leg Sweep on Gibson but Gibson kicks out. Another scare comes when Beach slams Morton as Jammer follows with his California Splash but Morton survives. The fans fire RnR up and they take back control. RnR hit a double suplex on Beach. Jammer runs in but RnR put him down with a double punch. Vinnie hops on the apron but RnR double dropkick him off. Beach staggers up as RnR put him down with a double dropkick for the crowd roaring win. Winners of the Match and STILL AWA World Tag Champs- The RnR Express AWA World Title Steel Cage Bout Hulk Hogan (C) vs. Stan Hansen Hansen storms up the aisle, swinging his cowbell and mowing over anything that's in his way. Hansen enters the cage and gives his Texas Bullhorn sign. The crowd explodes as Eye of the Tiger blasts. Hogan comes out wearing the red and yellow. The title is strapped around his waist. He's intense as he stares up at Hansen. Hogan sets his title on the table and enters the cage. Hansen runs over and nails Hogan with the cowbell. The cowbell falls as the Ref kicks it out of the cage, then shuts the door and locks it. Hogan's already bleeding as Hansen pounds away on him. Hansen swings Hogan towards the cage but Hogan manages to reverse it and slams Hansen's face into the cage. Both men are down. Hogan clears the cobwebs, picks up Hansen and smashes his head into the cage several times. Now Hansen's bleeding. After 10 minutes of non stop fighting, both men are a bloody mess. Hansen swings Hogan to the ropes and flips him over with a knee to the gut. Hansen follows with a rib breaker 1..2..Kick Out. Hansen picks up Hogan and hurls him into the cage. Hansen chokes Hogan with his boot. Hansen swings Hogan to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Hogan swings back and puts Hansen down with the Axe Bomber. Hogan staggers around, picks up Hansen and atomic drops him into the cage. Hansen staggers back and into a back suplex by Hogan 1..2..Kick Out. We get to the 20 minute mark and both men are bloody, bruised, battered and beaten down. Hansen swings Hogan to the ropes and puts him down with a punch between the eyes. Hansen picks up Hogan and delivers a swinging neckbreaker 1..2..Kick Out. Hansen is pissed, grabs Hogan by his head and slams it into the cage. Hogan staggers up and is leaning against the ropes. Hansen charges but Hogan back drops him into the cage! Both men are hurting. Hogan leans up against the turnbuckles. Hansen slowly gets up as Hogan hits a clothesline and falls on top 1..2..3!! HUGE POP! After a couple minutes, the Ref brings Hogan his title. Hogan slowly gets up. Hansen rises, stares at Hogan and gives a slight nod before leaving. Hogan stands up and raises his title high as the fans blow the roof off the place. Winner of the Match and STILL AWA World Champ- Hulk Hogan OH NO! Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko run into the cage and attack Hogan! They punch away. Hogan starts to fight back. There's more! RIC FLAIR comes out, pushes the Ref over, grabs his key and enters the cage. Flair closes the door and locks it. Flair charges and clips Hogan behind the knee. Flair, Arn and Zbyszko put the boots to Hogan. Arn and Zbyszko hold Hogan's leg as Flair goes to the top rope. Flair comes down with a knee drop on Hogan's leg. Flair goes to the top again. Arn and Zbyszko hold Hogan's leg as Flair hits another knee drop on it. The Rock N Roll Express storm down the aisle and try to open the door. RnR start to climb the cage. Arn and Zbyszko hop up on the top rope. RnR get to the top but Arn and Zbyszko slam their heads on the top of the cage as RnR both fall to the outside. Flair puts the Figure Four on Hogan! Flair wrenches away. It's clear that the bloody Hogan has already passed out. Flair keeps wrenching away. The fans are in riot mode. A swarm of security and officials get the door open and run inside. It takes security 30 minutes to escort Flair, Arn and Zbyszko through the rioting fans. Hogan is eventually stretchered out.

AWA @ The Mecca, Milwaukee WI 5-15-90 The Hangman w/Nell defeats a Local Talent with the Hangman's Neckbreaker 'The British Bomber' Johnny Smith w/Les Thornton vs. Power Twin Dave Dave's strength shines as he rattles Smith with numerous power moves. In the end, Thornton trips Dave, Dave staggers into a running high knee from Smith and it's all over. The Takano Dragons vs. The Starrs After a TV defeat to the Takanos, the Starrs did a post match attack and roughed them up pretty good. Tonight the Takanos get some payback as they attack the Starrs before the match and relentlessly beat them down. The Ref declares this a no contest. The Swords of Light vs. The Destruction Crew Both teams have their working boots on and wrestle to a time limit draw. Leo Burke vs. Jimmy 'The Stud' Golden The fists fly in this match as these guys hammer and pummel away on each other. Golden swings Burke into the turnbuckles and charges in but Burke moves then rolls up Golden for the pin. Golden quickly gets up and clotheslines Burke from behind, then gives him a few stomps followed by a piledriver. The Soul Patrol vs. The Olympians The Soul Patrol were disgusted by the Olympians putting Tom Brandi out of action and issued the challenge. It's clear the Olympians took the Soul Patrol lightly because the Soul Patrol caught them off guard and dominates the first few minutes. The Olympians regroup and get in some offense but it doesn't last long. The Soul Patrol regain the momentum. Patera gets hurled out of the ring. While on the outside, he wraps something in his towel. While the Ref guides Jones to his corner. Walker slams Rheingans and swings off the ropes but Patera nails him with the loaded towel. Walker goes down as Rheingans covers him for the 1..2..3! Cactus Jack vs. Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer Once again these guys deliver a bloody brawl. After 10 minutes of ferocious fighting, Sawyer executes a quick powerslam for the hard earned victory. Cactus goes down to Sawyer again, but he slowly rises, smiles and does the Bang Bang with his fingers. This man will not stay down. 'The Rock' Don Muraco and Bobby Blaze (sub for El Canek) w/Superstar Graham vs. Jumbo Tsuruta and King Kong Bundy w/Ray Stevens and Greg Gagne Thanks to Bundy and Gagne, El Canek is out with a rib injury. Blaze steps up tonight and proves to be a solid fill in. Muraco and Jumbo have some fierce moments. On the outside, Graham has to deal with both Stevens and Gagne. In the end a pier six brawl breaks out. Jumbo and Muraco fight to the outside. Blaze hangs tough with Bundy but Bundy puts him down with a clothesline. Bundy swings Blaze into the corner and hits the Avalanche. Blaze falls down as Bundy drops an elbow for the pin. On the outside, Muraco swings Jumbo into Stevens. Stevens goes flying. Jumbo staggers back as Muraco back suplexes him on the concrete.

Nailz vs. Valiant is such an oddball match up but I would be all over it There's just something about the Genius/Silver King feud that makes it so entertaining. The Fantastics can deliver a lot of classics with this tag roster Haynes and Nikolai get to shine. I wouldn't mind seeing these two cross paths. You have quite a choice to make for Bravo's next challenger. The two names that stick out to me are Bad News and Prichard. SNME will be a great set up for KOTR. Cant wait to see how all this unfolds. The DDT is always a great way to end a show.

Welcome! You started off SMW with a bang by going with the classic Armstrong/Fuller feud. This will get good buzz and fill the seats. Bad Crew get the job done by establishing themselves as heels. Ole Anderson is the perfect choice to head SMW. No nonsense and loves to settle things in the ring. I liked the Champion/Gilbert confrontation. Both are arrogant and mouthy. This will be fun. Sato has a solid debut and could do very well here. Very ominous words from Vampire Warrior. He brings something fresh and different to the game. The Colossal Kongs with a massive debut win over a credible team. This immediately gets them over as the monsters they are. Damn! The Harris Brothers destroy the tag champs. Talk about bursting onto the scene. Paul Ellering was icing on the cake. Great stuff! Loved the first show. SMW is off and running. I can't wait for more.

Steamboat arrives in WCW! Good grief! Next week's 8 man is going to be insane! Love the squash match descriptions. Funny and straight to the point. JJ and Steamboat pull a swerve on Tully as El Gigante nails him with the worst punch ever LOL Capitol Combat is really shaping up Zenk's roll as TV champ continues with a nice win over Rotunda. However, the Diamond Stud is waiting

The Memorial Day spectacular is loaded with title bouts. As if Lawler didn't have enough on his plate, the Anvil is back and wants a piece of him Oh man what a great angle. The top 4 heels battling it out with Lawer as the Ref. Only in Memphis. This is going to be epic! Dutch and Gaylord has been such a fun mid card story. Now it's even better with Dutch hiring a new bodyguard. It's a smart idea for the youngsters to group together. I hope this works out for them I like the idea of Dundee putting his title on the line against Dutch, just to teach him a lesson. One of the all time game favorites, TOMMY RICH is coming back to Memphis! I can't imagine what he's going to do.

I can't wait to see what Martel does in PCW Sandman sure knew how to shut Rose up. This will be a fun feud Watch out, Regal's a driven man I think Kawada is going to go on a terror Young's contending with Busick for best Spinebuster slam I think the Hexagon's plan for the Citadel has clearly backfired MVC pull it out but damn what a match up. Portland, Italian Stallion has a bright future here Hmmmm, who is this mysterious woman?? Poor Cornette is losing it Scotty keeps his cool reign going The OWC have proven to be serious assets and champs for the Terror Sarge stands tall in the end and gets his shot at Dibiase. That's a money making match up Eugene. Coast to Coast just wont leave the Dreamboats alone Dibiase better watch out because Bigelow is racking up a lot of wins Oh yea, two of the hardest hitting tag teams fighting for 20 minutes. Great stuff This mystery woman is putting together quite the stable Dreamboats get some satisfying payback Barr's reign is off to a great start DAMN! Look at those matches for Seattle Showdown!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-9-90 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight's huge and I literally mean huge main event will be El Canek taking on King Kong Bundy. JW Storm clashes with current rival Steve Disalvo. We'll also be talking about next week's big Title Night card. All that and so much more, so let's get to the ring. AWA World Tag Team Champs The Rock n Roll Express vs. Cal Robins and Carl Kellerman The fans are up and cheering as RnR hit the double dropkick for the win. Nelson: Ok, at Title Night you guys will be defending against Good Vibrations. I also have to ask if you've heard about the so called target the Enforcers put on your back. Gibson: Ricky and I always focus on the task at hand. Right now that's Title Night and Good Vibrations. RnR is here to stay and we're taking Good Vibrations to tag team school. Now tell them about the Enforcers, Ricky. Morton: Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko! Don't think for one second we're intimidated by your empty threats. Any time you wanna go, bring it on! But right now, it's all about us retaining at Title Night. Vin Man, I hope your boys are ready because the Rock n Roll Express are always ready! Commercial Break The Renegade Warriors vs. Neil Jordan and Franklin Simms The Warriors put Jordan down with a double chop, then follow with a double suplex for the win. It's announced that at WrestleRock, the Renegade Warriors will face the debuting Can Am Express (Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon) Commercial Break The Snowman vs. Winston Thorpe Snowman swings Thorpe to the ropes and nails him with a running double axe handle smash for the win. During the match, Nell was standing at the aisle observing the Snowman. Snowman gives Nell a look. Nell gives a slight smile and walks away. Commercial Break 'The Mighty Yankee' Steve Disalvo vs. 'The Future' JW Storm These guys have been hammering on each other for months and the pounding continues tonight. It's a back and forth power match with each man really showcasing their strength. Disalvo gets the upper hand and puts Storm down with a flying shoulder tackle. The Destruction Crew hit the ring and attack Disalvo! They stomp down on him, pick him up and double slam him down. Storm gets up and joins the attack. The Ref is signaling for the DQ but the beating continues. Storm swings Disalvo to the ropes and puts him down with a spear! The Destruction Crew finish things off with the Wrecking Ball. The three men go to ringside. Nelson: Hold on a minute! Just what was that all about? Three on one? Really? Storm: Hey, a man needs friends around here. You're looking at the future of the AWA. JW Storm and the Destruction Crew are serving notice and that dope Disalvo was the example! Commercial Break We see Military drills going on in a desert scene. Col. Debeers walks up to the camera. Debeers: I said from the beginning that I was on a mission in the AWA. A mission is all about strategy and planning. Rest assure I will accomplish my mission. Now, there have been casualties. The Commission have been released of their duties. They were not up to the task. At Champagne Slam, I was very close to accomplishing my mission, but thanks to that untouchable Carlos Colon, my mission hit a snag. Colon! You better be on high alert because I will do whatever it takes to get the job done. King Kahlua vs. Todd Rooney Kahlua hits an elbow drop from the top rope for the win. Kahlua cuts a vicious promo on how he's going to take the AWA TV title away from David Sammartino at Title Night. Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Champs The Mavericks vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez The Mavericks hit a double running bulldog for the win. Nelson: At Title Night, you guys will defend against the Jive Tones. Latin Desire is also making a lot of noise for a rematch. Mavericks talk about how the Jive Tones always take the coward's way out and they're ready to take them down once and for all. They also say they'll be more than happy to beat Latin Desire again. Commercial Break 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol vs. Ray Glader Idol flexes and showboats throughout the match before finishing things off with the Las Vegas Leglock. Nelson: Ok Idol, at Title Night it's you and Ric Flair. If you win, you get the WrestleRock world title shot, BUT, if he wins, you will be banned from using the figure four for life. Idol: It's called the Las Vegas Leglock and it's MY move! Mine! Ric Flair, oh darling, you fell right into my trap daddy. You think you're going to beat me with my move. HA! Not a chance brother! You're going to be the one screaming in pain and begging for mercy when I clamp my Las Vegas Leglock on you. And when that's all over, I'm going to WrestleRock and I'm going to win the AWA world title. Flair, you've been an Austin Idol wannabe long enough. It's time for the real Austin Idol to shine. Idol flexes, then struts away Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, before we get to our main event. I... Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys plays as Vinnie leads his team out. All 3 men are wearing Hawaiian shirts and sunglasses. Nelson: Come on Vinnie, what gives? Vin: Relax and hang loose Larbo. You know, we heard those outdated goofs earlier talking and we thought we should come out and give this show a shot of charisma. My team Good Vibrations are going to kick sand in the champs faces and then take their titles back to the beach. You can count on that! Stay cool Larbo. Nelson rolls his eyes and says the main event is next. Commercial Break El Canek vs. King Kong Bundy w/Greg Gagne The bell rings and Gagne gets out of there quick as Canek and Bundy trade big blows. Bundy gets the upper hand and swings Canek to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Canek swings back and hits a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. Canek goes to town on Bundy. Canek swings off the ropes but Gagne trips him. Canek stumbles but turns around, sprints and takes Gagne out with a suicide dive through the ropes (BIG POP)! As Canek gets back in the ring, Bundy clotheslines him down. Bundy drops several knees on Canek, picks him up and slams him down. Bundy picks up Canek and powerslams him over 1..2..Kick Out. Bundy continues to work Canek over. Bundy slams Canek, swings off the ropes and goes for a big splash but Canek moves. Canek staggers up and regroups. Bundy staggers up. Canek swings off the ropes and puts Bundy down with a flying forearm blast. Canek hops on the middle ropes and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Canek backs up into the corner. Gagne staggers up, hops on the apron and clamps the sleeper on Canek. Gagne's standing on the apron with the sleeper hold clamped on as Canek is against the turnbuckles fighting it. The Ref has enough and signals for the DQ. Bundy gets up, runs to the turnbuckles and Avalanches Canek! Gagne keeps the sleeper clamped on. Bundy backs up to the opposite corner and charges in with another avalanche! Gagne releases the sleeper as Canek just slides down the turnbuckles. Bundy drags Canek to the center of the ring. Gagne smiles and gives him the thumbs up. Bundy swings off the ropes and hits the BIG SPLASH! Officials and prelim wrestlers run in to stop this madness. Commercial Break Nelson: My goodness! I can't believe what we just saw. Canek was helped out of here and looked to be in very bad shape. We'll hope to have an update on his condition soon. (pauses) well, switching gears. At Title Night, Hulk Hogan will defend the AWA world title against Stan Hansen inside the steel cage. Right now we're going to take a special look at their violent and chaotic history. AC/DC's Highway to Hell plays as we see a video of Hogan and Hansen's altercations, Champagne Slam double c.o. and clips from their intense promos.

Jake has sinister words for Kevin. However, I don't think the Golden Warrior will back down Will Dustin be ready for Funk and the Outlaws. King Brutus, it does have a nice ring to it. But it'll be a tough task getting the crown from Haku Genius and Silver King, I'm ready for more Damn, the Samoans looked devastating A lot of men will be fighting it out for a shot at Bravo's IC title I like the contrasting styles with Tito and Berzerker. Brown gives the Bad Man some bad news. Snuka gets the visual of the night with some assistance from Andre

Title unifications and a UWF title match. The Memorial Day card will be the place to be! Freebirds are fed up and end their friendship with the Southern Boys. This has the makings of a good ol southern feud Akbar is very confident that his man Budro is going to play spoiler for Kerry Hart makes sure his family isn't forgotten Kerry vs. Savage is going to tear the house down All 4 contenders make legitimate claims for a shot at the King. Pitbulls are out, the Grapplers are in while Doom takes advantage of all the chaos. Great stuff going on in the tag division. I wouldn't want to be Dutch when Gaylord finally gets his hands on him. Jimmy Hart brings in his old buddy the Anvil. Anvil will fit in just fine here.

The first two bouts really set the tone for tonight's action. Johnson seems like he was born to be here. I couldn't imagine taking that Full Nelson suplex Malenko vs. Taylor is indeed a clinic. That was a masterpiece of technical work. I would pay big money to watch the Russians and Koslowski's go at it for the tag belts Yamazaki frustrates Ogawa with that last minute spin kick. Beautiful timing. Fujinami has taken the UWF by storm Damn, Fujiwara making Maeda submit is huge. The title picture is so interesting right now with Fujinami and Fujiwara having legit claims for a shot. I also wouldn't mind seeing Taylor get a shot. Your detail and description continue to amaze me.