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Eugene, Candido and Lynn fire the crowd up in another great LHW showcase. Lee puts down a fighting Payne. With direction from a different source, Payne could make waves again. I was always fond of the Destruction Crew. Impressive win. One thing's for sure, Death Sentence isn't afraid to use any kind of weapon. A little different ending to the LHW title bout with a 3 on 1 beatdown. I'm sure Cheetah can round up some help. Props to you on the Deseret play on words. Very creative. No doubt about it, there's a storm coming!

Wow! You got me on the Regal turn. Did NOT see that coming. However, I am looking forward to watching British Steel under Backlund's tutelage. Dustin shoots up the ranks after pinning CA Champ Rose. Hart and Pillman work well together and now Pillman is once again a title contender. Jeez, the Blood Syndicate is on the verge of dominating Pacific. A Midnight's/Wild Things program is going to be off the charts. Portland, You know you're in for a good night when Anvil and Yoshi kick things off with 15 minutes of hard hitting action. Malenko's get a big win over Footloose. I really think the Malenko's needed this one. Backlund gets a little dirty to defeat a game Perez. LOL, Rose reminds me of Zbyszko in a way. Both men are masters of the stalling game and it usually works. OH YEA! Tina Ferrari has arrived. Her and the SCS will be magic. Rock'n 6 man tag to end the night and what a visual of Billy Jack powerslamming Singh.

I'll give that no good Fuller some credit, he is the mastermind of distractions. I think you have something with Jones and the Nightmares. Prichard's fired up tonight but Morgan cools him off quickly with a choke slam. Heck of a TV match. Zero Fighters make a strong statement regarding Battlebowl and the world title. Renegade Warriors get a nice showcase to prove they're still in the hunt. Great TV main event as the Garvin's go toe to toe. What a great feud. Worldwide, Hangman's Neckbreaker, Death Sentence and a powerbomb. Those are some devastating finishers. Foley's helmet is the deciding factor as the Sheepherders get by the Patriots. Whoever this guitar player is, he sure knows how to put on a show.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 6-9-88 The camera pans across a room in the Marriot Hotel in Minneapolis. The room is full of reporters. There's a huge WrestleRock banner hanging behind a long table, with a podium at the middle. Seated at the table are AWA owner Verne Gagne, AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow, Brenda Britton, various members of the AWA committee and sponsors. On one side of the podium sits Nikita Koloff wearing a nice white suit. On the other sits the AWA World Champ Bad News Brown. Brown's wearing a cool suit, unbuttoned with a couple gold chains showing. The world title sits in front of him. Gagne: As you all know, WrestleRock 88 will take place on Saturday July 15th from the Metrodome in Minneapolis Minnesota. This tremendous event will also be shown live on pay per view. The main event will be Bad News Brown defending his title against the Memorial Day Tournament winner and number one contender Nikita Koloff. Each man will now have a chance to comment. Let's start with Nikita. Nikita stands up and shakes Verne's hand, then steps to the podium. Nikita: A few months ago Nikita come to the AWA with one goal in mind, to win AWA world title. It's been a hard and tough road but Nikita now has his shot. I am in the best shape of my life and have been training non stop. At WrestleRock Nikita will accomplish his goal and become world champion. Nikita sits down. Gagne: Thank you very much Nikita, now we'll hear from the world champ Bad News Brown. Brown sits there a few seconds before standing up. He brushes by Verne and goes right to the podium. Brown: Nikita Koloff talks a big game and thinks he's just going to walk into WrestleRock and beat me for my title. Well Nikita, I have some bad news for you. Not going to happen! I've held this title for a year and have beaten them all! Steamboat, Lawler, Colon, Dick the Bruiser, the list goes on and on and on. Nikita Koloff, you're just the next guy I beat. It's as simple as that. You don't have what it takes. You might have some muscles but I know you're soft and weak. Brown goes and grabs his title. Brown: This here is my title and there's no way in hell a chump like Nikita is going to take it. Nikita stands up and walks up to Brown. They're face to face as cameras flash. Brown is yelling and pointing in Nikita's face. Nikita pushes Brown's hand away. Brown sets his title down and pushes Nikita. Nikita shoves Brown back. The next thing you know, fists are flying! They grab each other and fall through the table! Security, Verne and Morrow are trying to break them up as they roll around on the ground punching each other. Commercial Break Back at the Hammond Center 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson vs. Gale Burgess DJ is wearing a face guard thanks to Kevin Kelly. DJ pinballs his opponent all over the ring before finishing him off with a flying shoulder block from the top rope. Nelson: It's great to have you back DJ. I'm sure you have some words for your former world tag team champ partner Kevin Kelly and of course his manager the Vin Man. DJ: Everyday I look in the mirror I have to think of those two punks and what they did to me. I know a lot of people thought I was crazy to think our partnership would work but I thought holding the world titles would outweigh our rocky history. I thought wrong and now Kelly and Vinnie will feel twice the pain I felt! Commercial Break 'The Man of Steel' Tony Atlas w/Greg Gagne vs. 'Big Guy' Duke Myers Pretty much a back and forth slugfest with both men getting in some hard shots. After a few minutes, trouble starts as Crusher Blackwell and The Fortunate Ones surround the ring. Duke is obviously distracted until the fans are up and cheering when El Canek and The Guerreros storm out! All hell breaks loose as Canek and the Guerreros brawl with Blackwell and the Fortunate Ones. Atlas and Myers end up on the outside as well. The Ref throws the match out. Gagne sprints out of there. After some serious fighting, Blackwell, Atlas and the Fortunate Ones retreat. Nelson: My goodness... wait a sec, Canek, Meyers and the AWA world tag champs Hector and Chavo Guerrero are coming over. Go ahead guys. Chavo: You know Larry Nelson, this should be a happy time for the Guerreros. We have the world titles and should be focused on defending these great titles but instead, we've been in a hospital room with our brother Mando. He's hanging in there but it will be a long road to recovery. Hector: You can rest assured that at WrestleRock, inside that steel cage, we're going to rip Gagne's Gang apart and that includes you too Greg! Yea, these tag titles are on the line and we're more than okay with that because there's no chance we're losing them, not with Canek on our side. Blackwell, Fortunate Ones and especially you Greg, we're doing this for Mando and you all will pay and pay dearly! Commercial Break 'Crippler' Rip Oliver vs. Joe Czack Oliver hits the piledriver and it's all over. Nelson: Great win Rip Oliver. So, what's next on your AWA agenda? Before Rip can answer, RAY STEVENS walks out. Stevens: Well, hello "Crippler" been awhile. What? Did you think I was just going to ride into the sunset? That I was going to just forget about you? Oh no, we're not done, not by a long shot. Oliver: Ray, if you want another match, fine by me. Stevens: I must admit that I am at the tail end of an illustrious career, but I am glad to hear you're up for a match. You see, I'm going to try my hand at managing and after doing some worldwide scouting, I've found someone who's not only a crippler but a bone crushing wrestling machine. If you've got the guts, if you're a real crippler, then you'll agree to face my client at WrestleRock. Nelson: Wait a minute, who is your client? Stevens: Now why would I want to spoil the surprise for all these great fans. What do you say Oliver? Do you have the guts? Oliver: I do and you of all people know I live up to my crippler name. I'll take on your man at WrestleRock and you better be prepared for another defeat. Stevens: (laughs) Oh we'll see about that. Commercial Break The celebrities are coming out for WrestleRock. Irene Cara will sing the National Anthem. Randall 'Tex' Cobb will present the trophy to the WrestleRock Rumble winner. REO Speedwagon will perform a concert after the event. Be There! AWA National Tag Team Champs Venomous vs. Badd Co. w/Baby Doll If Badd Co. wins they get a National tag title shot at WrestleRock. If Venomous wins, Badd Co. and Baby Doll will leave the AWA. Not a dull moment as these teams go at it with some high octane offense. Both teams are evenly matched and the chemistry is unreal. Venomous excite the crowd with some high flying aerial moves, while Badd Co. comes back with double team stereo maneuvers. Even Baby Doll is on the edge. After a few minutes of see saw action, Venomous takes control. Then something strange happens. Two men in yellow suits and yellow masks come out and stand with their arms folded in the corner of Venomous. Cobra is on the apron and keeps looking down at them. Kat is in the ring with Tanaka but keeps looking over at the mysterious men. Kat tries to stay focused as he hoists Tanaka up for a suplex but Diamond takes advantage of the distractions and clips Kat's knees from behind. Tanaka falls on top as the Ref counts 1..2..3! Thanks to this bizarre distraction, Cobra is a second too late. The mysterious men simply walk to the back. Baby Doll is jumping up and down. Badd Co. slide out of the ring and the 3 hug. They're heading to WrestleRock! Commercial Break Nelson: I can't believe it but I think those two men we just saw are the Killer Bees. I have no idea what they're motives or intentions are but I think they're presence just costed Venomous the match. Not sure what to make of that. Well, Badd Co. will now get a National tag title shot at WrestleRock. Switching gears, this weekend the AWA will be at the Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing Minnesota. You'll see such matches as Austin Idol vs. Lanny Poffo. The Glamour Boys vs. The Harris Brothers. Nick Busick vs. Kokina, Scott Putski vs. Cannonball Griz and plenty more. Let's get back to the ring, this should be a wild one. The Gunslingers vs. The Unhinged Outlaws This one never officially starts because the Ref never gets control. Both teams bring bull ropes to the ring and neither team is afraid to use them. It's chaos as both teams swing away at each other. After a quick exchange, the Outlaws slide out of the ring and grab a mic. Barr: Hey Gunslingers! You boys like to fight do you? Well, so do we! Why don't we find out who the real cowboys are here. How about we go at it in a bunkhouse match at WrestleRock. Unless you two city slickers are afraid to get your hands dirty. Casey grabs the ring announcer's mic. Casey: You want a fight? Boys, you got one! Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Brian Adias (C) vs. Chicky Starr Adias controls the opening moments with hip tosses, arm drags and dropkicks. The tide turns when Adias goes for a back drop but Chicky kicks him. Chicky controls the next few minutes with eye rakes, closed fists, slams and knee drops. Chicky goes for an elbow drop but Adias moves. Adias fires up and scores several near falls but can't put Chicky away. Chicky gets back into it with some old fashion rule breaking. The fans pump Adias up and these two start trading blows as the bell rings. The 10 minutes have expired. Both men pause and then start exchanging more punches. Commercial Break Carlos Colon vs. Trent Watkins Colon wins the match with a flying clothesline from the top rope. Colon celebrates but BUZZ SAWYER hits the ring with a chain. Colon turns around as Sawyer goes for a clothesline but Colon ducks. Sawyer turns around as Colon kicks him low! Colon yanks the chain away and starts choking Sawyer with it! Colon wrenches away as Sawyer spits up. Prelim wrestlers hit the ring as Colon chokes Sawyer like a mad man. WrestleRock 88 Saturday, July 15th From the Metrodome, Minneapolis MN Live on Pay Per View Singing the National Anthem- Irene Cara AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff STEEL CAGE MATCH! The AWA World Tag Team Titles will be on the line AWA World Tag Champs The Guerreros and El Canek vs. Crusher Blackwell/The Fortunate Ones and Greg Gagne AWA Mid-American Title Bout 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko (C) vs. Tatsumi 'The Dragon' Fujinami AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Venomous (C) vs. Badd Co. w/Baby Doll Carribean Death Match! Carlos Colon vs. 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer The Ultimate Warrior vs. Giant Haystacks Bunkhouse Match! The Gunslingers vs. The Unhinged Outlaws 'Crippler' Rip Oliver vs. ??? w/Ray Stevens Synergy vs. The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin 2 more matches TBA Special message from AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow regarding the WrestleRock Rumble Match Morrow: HAHAHAHA de WrestleRock Rumble Match will be very unique indeed. It will be a taped fist Battle Royal where pins, submissions and over the top rope eliminations will all count. Now, as you all are aware of, there is a lot of bad blood in de AWA. Well, I hope dis match will take care of a lot of it. I'm going to throw them all in there and let them fight. De winner will be presented dis grand trophy by legendary tough guy Randall 'Tex' Cobb. De winner will also receive an AWA world title shot at their convenience. De participants will be, Nick Busick Kokina Johnny Rich Dream Machine Scott Putski Cannonball Griz Tony Atlas Duke Myers The Glamour Boys The Harris Brothers Kevin Kelly DJ Peterson REO Speedwagon will perform a special concert after the wrestling event.

I'm starting to think Bock and Brisco want a certain type as world champ. Spivey can be that guy. However, I don't think beating Steamboat will be as easy as they think. I already see a lot of teams gearing up for the 6 man titles. This will be a lot of fun. Race and Dusty one more time! Texas Death style! LOL, whenever a cake is involved, we all know a manager is going to get it in the face. The Rockers have guts. Orton is a solid choice for Zenk's first title defense. Love the contrast here. Only Jake can be a heelish babyface. Chaos in a lumberjack match, what a surprise. Vega seems to always be one step ahead of Konan. A lot going down in WCW!

No matter what, it's always a plus having star power like JYD on the card. BOOOOOOO, that no good Eddie Gilbert manages to get one over again. Don't worry, the Steiners will get their day, I'm sure of it. AD put it best, the Barbarians survived. I figured Reed and Snowman would be a wild one. Things have elevated with Snowman bringing in some big time muscle. I think Reed is going to need some backup. This great story continues. It finally happened! Williams has ended Dibiase's reign! This really put Williams over as he fought the odds and outsmarted all the heels. I'm ready for the reign of Dr. Death. Vader didn't win the title but the monster has been unleashed! It's time! It's time! It's Vader time!

Snowman is playing serious mind games with Reed. Psychological warfare at its best. On the flip side, Reed just wants to fight and has strong words of his own for Snowman. This is a well built story and people will pay to see this match. The Steiners are officially a team in our world. Big test coming up in a handicap match. Hot Stuff Inc. seem confident and ready. We'll see. Williams should've known that Dibiase has a lot of paid protection. Can Williams overcome the odds and take Dibiase's prize possession? The Barbarians and Outlaws have given us a lot of classic Mid South brawls, the Lakefront fans might get the biggest one yet. Poor Manny is jumped, but Vader gets his chance and makes the most of it. Luger and Woman might've created a monster. A lot is going to go down in New Orleans. Get your tickets now!

I love how Lance isn't afraid to get jabs in on Dutch. They're chemistry brings so much entertainment to the show. And of course, Dutch and Wright support each other 100%. Will the Christians represent in the tournament? The tag tournament is really shaping up as it goes international with representatives from Japan coming in. Gordy is ready to mow the heels down. Looks like Landel is number one on the hit list. Rich is in big trouble now as Slater's "people" are coming to collect. I can't wait to see how this pans out. I have a feeling the summer of 88 will be a Rich/Slater blood feud. Damn, Street definatley got the best of Dutch in that verbal exchange LOL. Shaska defeats Scorpio in a fun and competitive TV match. Great way to end the show with Shoo Baby in Dundee's hands. Bad night for Dutch.

Fuchi can dish out some serious pain. I can get behind a Taker/Hall feud. Both these guys are young, raw, big and on the verge of superstardom. Bring it on! Flowers is smart by having Miller as his enforcer. Great segment with Anvil and Bret. I respect Anvil's motives and think he can make his mark in solo action. Cactus reminds people how crazy he can get. Brookside goes all the way heel and it looks like Backlund has filled the Anvil vacancy. Vancouver, Footloose has got some serious buzz going. Candido is on the winning track. Since losing his title, Hennig is trying to find his place. Fighting with Death Sentence will keep him busy. Christopher stays focused without Cornette, and shines. This kid's going places. Making a champ tap out keeps Bret in the main event scene. Diamond retains but Pierre once again proves he's one tough dude. Kelowna, Fuchi is on a roll. Nice win over Burke. FOJ looks to get back in the title hunt. I looked at the Payne/Furnas match as a crossroads for both men. Furnas comes out on top and his stock is rising. While Payne might need to regroup. Tenryu has a nice showcase with a win over a very credible Smothers. Satisfying win for Owen. As always, the LHW title match delivers and caps off a night. Every guy that's held the title has had a memorable reign. Cheetah Kid is in the midst of one right now.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 6-2-88 Highlights are shown of the Memorial Day Event. The video ends with a split screen shot of Nikita Koloff on one side, raising his arm in victory and Bad News Brown on the other side, raising his fist and world title. Brenda Britton and AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow are standing in front of the Metrodome in Minneapolis. There's a huge 'WrestleRock' banner hanging behind them. Britton: Hi everybody! Welcome to our first WrestleRock report. WrestleRock 88 will take place right here in the Metrodome on July 15th. Gerry, I know you have a lot to talk about, so the floor's yours my friend. Morrow: AHHHHH Thank you Brenda. Last weekend we had quite de Memorial Day event. I would like to congratulate Nikita Koloff on winning de tournament. As you know, he will now face Bad News Brown for de AWA world title at WrestleRock. There will be a special press conference next week from de Marriot Hotel. Both Brown and Koloff will be there. Now, back to Memorial Day. Dat night we saw chains, chairs, lead pipes and nun chucks. It was utter chaos and our medical staff worked overtime. A lot of wrestlers were hurt physically and very, very upset. I have heard their complaints and they have been addressed. So, at WrestleRock, de following matches have been set. Larry Zbyszko (C) vs. Tatsumi Fujinami- AWA Mid American title bout Carlos Colon vs. Buzz Sawyer- Carribean Death Match Also, The Ultimate Warrior vs. Giant Haystacks The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin vs. Synergy Britton: Wow! Gerry, what a line up! Morrow: Oh Brenda, dat is only de beginning. More matches will be announced, including a big one later today. Morrow pulls out a golden trophy in the shape of a fist. Morrow: Brenda, at WrestleRock, there will be a WrestleRock Rumble Match. It will be a taped fist battle royal. The winner will receive dis trophy and a guaranteed world title shot in de near future. Participants will be announced in de coming weeks. And, presenting dis trophy to de winner will be Randall 'Tex' Cobb. Oh yes, de stars are coming out for WrestleRock. Brenda, why don't you conclude dis by telling de people who else will be at WrestleRock. Britton: I would love to! The sensational Irene Cara will be singing the National Anthem! Listen to this, after the wrestling event, REO Speedwagon will perform in concert! Gerry, you've outdone yourself! Until next week's press conference, tooooodles! Commercial Break The Ultimate Warrior vs. Ollie Thompson Warrior storms the ring, pounds away on Thompson, presses him up, drops him and hits a body splash for the win! Nelson: Ultimate Warrior, you've taken the AWA by storm and have beaten all in your path. Giant Haystacks issued the challenge and you accepted. That happens at WrestleRock. Are you prepared for a behemoth like Haystacks? Warrior: The bigger they are, the harder they fall! At WrestleRock, Giant Haystacks will fall to the Ultimate Warriorrrrrrrrrr! (Shakes his head and arms) AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH! Commercial Break 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer vs. Trent Watkins Sawyer tears Watkins to shreds before finishing him off with a powerslam! Nelson: Buzz Sawyer, since you've arrived, you've been causing serious problems for Carlos Colon. Just what is your issue? Sawyer: (Maniacal laugh) I'm just having fun. Nelson: Well, we'll see how much fun you have at WrestleRock, when you face Colon in a Caribbean Death Match. Sawyer: That sounds like a lot of fun! Colon! You think you got me on this, but you fell right into my trap. Now I can beat you up as bad as I want! I can hurt you as much as I want and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it! Get your affairs in order Colon! Commercial Break Nick Busick and The Gunslingers vs. The Unhinged Outlaws and Kokina w/Abbuda Iaukea We get a wild one here as all 6 men go at it. Busick is still hurting a bit from Kokina's attack a couple weeks ago, but he's going toe to toe with Kokina right now. The Gunslingers and Outlaws are having a serious slugfest. The Ref can't get control and signals for the Double DQ. The bell's ringing but the fists continue to fly into the commercial break. Commercial Break Badd Co. w/Baby Doll vs. Todd Rooney and Ray Glader Obviously Baby Doll has made a quick impact because Badd Co. looks refreshed and focused tonight. Tanaka superkicks Glader into a bridging back suplex by Diamond for the win. Nelson: Well..... Baby Doll: I don't have time for you Nelson. You just saw the resurgence of the very best team in wrestling, Badd Company. Everybody is talking about WrestleRock. Well, I promised my team big things and I always deliver. Next week Badd Co. will face the AWA National tag champs Venomous in a non title match. I have worked out a deal with Gerry Morrow and here it is. If my team loses, all three of us will leave the AWA. However, if we win and we will, my team will get a National tag title shot at WrestleRock. I have faith in Badd Company and therefore I have nothing to worry about. The stars are coming out for WrestleRock and it only makes sense that the biggest stars are there. Commercial Break The Harris Brothers vs. Seth Maxwell and Phil Elliot The Harris Brothers head to the ring. WHAM! They're attacked from behind by the Glamour Boys! The Glamour Boys swing Ron into the steel post and follow with a double dropkick on Don! The Glamour Boys jump down on the Harris Brothers and pound away. Prelim wrestlers run out to break this up. Commercial Break 'The Man of Steel' Tony Atlas w/Greg Gagne vs. Hank Simpson Atlas brutalizes his opponent before finishing him off with 3 consecutive Overhead Suplexes. Crusher Blackwell and the Fortunate Ones join Gagne and Atlas at ringside. Nelson: Well, looks like the gang's all here. I'm sure your all very proud of yourselves after what happened on Memorial Day. Gagne: Watch the sarcasm nerd! First up, I understand Duke Myers has asked for a match with Tony Atlas next week. Tony, tell good old Duker what's in store for him. Atlas: Duke Myers! You're going to pay for letting the great Greg Gagne down. You want me in the ring? Come and get some boy! Gagne: (Smiles) Let's talk about Memorial Day. We finished off that masked freak El Canek and then we not only destroyed Chavo and Hector but we put Mando out of commission. I told you Gagne's Gang rules this place and I was right. Now, the way I see it, my Fortunate Ones should be the world tag team champs. Where's our belts? Go get them nerd, now! Nelson: Funny you should mention the titles. It appears the Guerreros have talked with Gerry Morrow and a match has been signed for WrestleRock. Listen to this. The match will take place inside a steel cage! It will be El Canek teaming with Hector and Chavo Guerrero. Their opponents will be Crusher Blackwell and the Fortunate Ones. And, the world tag titles will be on the line. Gagne: Ok, now you're talking. This is even better! After my boys are done, Canek and the Guerreros can share a hospital room with Mando. Everybody laughs. Nelson: Hold on Gregory, one more thing. YOU will be in the match as well! The fans go wild. Gagne is stunned and shocked and collapses into Blackwell's arms. The Fortunate Ones are yelling at a smirking Larry Nelson. Commercial Break AWA Mid-American Champ Larry Zbyszko vs. Henry Conway Zbyszko irritates the fans with a pre match nun chucks display. Larry gets the win with a swinging neckbreaker. Nelson: Larry, Tatsumi Fujinami wrestled you to a draw in the tournament and then you knocked him out with your nun chucks. Come on, there was no need for that. However, Tatsumi will get a shot at your title at WrestleRock. Zbyszko: You know Nelson, I can't tell you how good it felt to crack Tatsumi's spud head. At WrestleRock, I'm walking in the match with nothing but confidence and I'm walking out with this Mid American title. It's so simple, even an idiot like you can understand. Commercial Break Winner gets an AWA TV Title Shot next week 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Chicky Starr Starr made it to the finals of the Memorial Day Tournament and looks to carry that momentum to a TV title shot. However, standing in his way is a fired up Johnny Rich. These two go back and forth for a few minutes. Rich goes on a tear with hip tosses, dropkicks and slams. Chicky rakes the eyes and comes back with rake burns, chokes, stomps and knee drops. Chicky delivers a hanging vertical suplex and follows with a standing leg drop 1..2..Kick Out. Chicky swings Johnny to the corner and charges in but Rich lunges forward with a clothesline. Rich fires up and goes to town on Chicky. Rich back drops Chicky and follows with a neck snap 1..2..Kick Out. Rich swings Chicky to the corner but Chicky stumbles into the Ref and the Ref goes down. Rich slams Chicky, then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop, but the Ref is still down. Boooooos as DREAM MACHINE slides under the ropes with a wooden chair. Rich gets up to check on the Ref as Dream shatters the chair across Rich's back. Dream picks up Rich and drops him with a piledriver. Dream quickly exits. The Ref slowly rises as does Chicky. Chicky swings off the ropes and hits the corkscrew elbow drop 1..2..3! Chicky gets a TV title shot next week. As Nelson closes the show, Dream Machine runs over. Dream: Johnny Boy! You couldn't leave this be. You had to shoot your mouth off last week. You want this to continue? Fine by me babay!

I'm with Kev, the Garvin's feud is one of the best in the game right now. RnR vs. The Andersons in Ashville, no doubt would draw a big house. I like pairing Jones with the Nightmares, not sure the Youngblood's would agree. I don't think anybody can escape Wright's octopus hold. Looks like Gilbert has picked up some friends. Kaz vs. Kamala! Bring on more! The NWA is tearing it up!

World at War! The fans are warmed up with a series of dark matches. The European title match really set the tone. WOW! Zenk takes the TV strap from Hayes! Didn't see that coming. I've always thought Zenk was solid, so I'm looking forward to his reign. I'm not sure anyone can stop Spivey right now. Vega takes the Mexican title! It's going to be hell to pay when Konnan gets a hold of the Conquistadors. Good grief! The Twin Towers unify the titles in a brutal way. That was devastating. Jake (and Damien) get put over in a big way. Muta is just too cool and smooth. The world title match delivers but controversy surrounds the finish. I loved all the reactions here. This situation is out of control. Great use of pictures! It really did give a cool visual. The match was everything I thought it would be. Team Rhodes walks out victorious and the fans go home happy. What a night! WCW is rock'n!

Oh man, the fans had a lot to cheer about in Paragould. Great night for the babyfaces. Brandy Mae gets the fans warmed up. Local veteran favorite gets a win. The Renestos have a successful debut, and DJ's back fired interference actually helps the team she's currently managing. Great stuff! Pat Rose is giving Ash quite a chase.

AWA @ The St. Paul Civic Center 5-28-88 Annual Memorial Day Tournament- Winner will get an AWA World Title Shot at WrestleRock Round 1 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. The Dream Machine Just as the Ref signals for the bell, Dream nails Nikita with a running forearm blast. Dream swings Nikita to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Dream stomps away on Nikita and follows with a standing leg drop 1..2..Kick Out. Dream drops down and chokes away on Nikita. Dream picks up Nikita and swings him into the corner and follows with a charging knee to the mid section. Dream executes a backbreaker 1..2..Kick Out. Dream swings Nikita to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Nikita kicks him. Dream staggers up as Nikita mows him over with a shoulder block. Nikita catches his breath. Dream rises as Nikita scoop slams him down and stomps away. Nikita follows with a jumping fist drop 1..2..Kick Out. Nikita picks up Dream, but Dream rakes his eyes and kicks Nikita a bit low. Dream does some foot shuffling as he nails Nikita with jabs. Dream swings Nikita to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Nikita swings back and puts Dream down with a flying shoulder tackle. Nikita picks up Dream, swings him to the ropes and just about knocks his head off with the Russian Sickle 1..2..3! Huge Pop! Winner of the Match and advances to the Semi-Finals- Nikita Koloff El Canek vs. Crusher Blackwell w/Greg Gagne Mando isn't with Canek as Canek told him to stay with his brothers and prepare for their title match later tonight. No love lost here as these two go right at it. Gagne won't get off the apron but Canek handles that by swinging Blackwell into Gagne. Gagne goes flying off. Canek swings Blackwell to the ropes and puts him down with a clothesline. Canek swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..Kick Out. Canek continues to work over Blackwell, then swings him into the corner and charges in, but Blackwell meets Canek with a back elbow smash. Canek staggers back as Blackwell clotheslines him down. Blackwell regroups. Blackwell works over Canek with kicks, stomps, choking and powerful slams. Blackwell suplexes Canek, gets up and drops a big elbow 1..2..Kick Out. Blackwell swings Canek into the corner and goes for the avalanche but Canek moves. Blackwell is just lying upright against the turnbuckles. Canek regroups. Canek swings Blackwell into the opposite corner and follows with a running clothesline. Canek swings Blackwell to the opposite corner and hits another running clothesline. Blackwell staggers out as Canek grabs him and body slams him down! The fans are going wild as Canek goes to the top rope. On the outside, Gagne reaches in his sweatsuit jacket and pulls out a lead pipe. Canek crashes down on Blackwell with a flying leg drop. Canek's head is close to the ropes as he covers Blackwell 1..Gagne runs by and nails Canek's head with the led pipe! Canek is knocked out. The ref stands up and looks out at Gagne. Gagne's far away with his back turned. Blackwell slowly rises and grabs the ropes to help himself up. Canek is out cold. Blackwell drags Canek to the center of the ring. Blackwell swings off the ropes and hits the splash 1..2..3! BOOOOO! Gagne runs in and raises Blackwell's arm Canek is eventually helped out by several Medics. Winner of the Match and advances to the Semi-Finals- Crusher Blackwell AWA Mid-American Champ Larry Zbyszko vs. Tatsumi Fujinami Of course the first few minutes is Larry doing his stalling routine. Larry finally gets into the ring and Tatsumi seizes the opportunity, by grabbing Larry and clamping on a sleeper! The fans are cheering as Larry frantically fights for his life. Larry is able to get to the ropes. The Ref breaks it as Larry slides out of the ring for more stalling. Larry finally gets back in the ring. Tatsumi approaches but Larry nails him with a spin kick. Larry grabs Tatsumi and executes a delayed vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Larry puts his martial arts skills to work and mixes in some technical skills and a lot of rulebreaking but can't put Tatsumi away. Larry swings Tatsumi to the ropes and goes for a back drop, but Tatsumi hooks Larry's arms and suplexes him over 1..2..Kick out. Tatsumi regroups and executes a variety of suplexes and slams on Larry. Tatsumi swings Larry to the ropes and puts him down with a big chop. Tatsumi picks up Larry and executes a bridging back suplex 1..2..Kick out. Tatsumi swings Larry to the ropes and delivers an incredible belly to back suplex backbreaker. Larry's hurting bad. Tatsumi then executes the dragon suplex 1..2..Ding, Ding, Ding! Tatsumi gets up, thinking he won the match. The Ref explains to him that the 15 minute time limit has expired. The fans and Tatsumi are disappointed. Tatsumi puts his hands on the top rope and lets this sink in. Larry rolls out of the ring and crawls to the announcer's table and grabs his nun chucks. Tatsumi raises his hands to the fans as they cheer him on. Tatsumi exits the ring and starts to walk up the aisle. WHAM! Larry nails Tatsumi on the back of his head with his nun chucks! Larry just starts hammering away on Tatsumi with the nun chucks. Larry picks up Tatsumi and delivers a swinging neckbreaker for good measure. Larry gets nuclear heat and trash thrown at him as he heads up the aisle. Once again, Medics are out helping Tatsumi. He's eventually stretchered out. Official Decision- Time Limit Draw, neither man advances in the tournament. Carlos Colon vs. Chicky Starr These two are no strangers to each other, going back to their Puerto Rico days. The bell rings, Chicky smiles and offers a handshake to Colon. Colon smiles and extends his hand. Chicky tries to kick Colon, but Colon's one step ahead and grabs Chicky's leg, spins him around and atomic drops him into the turnbuckles. Chicky hits hard and staggers back as Colon grabs him and executes an overhead suplex. The opening moments is all Colon as he pinballs Chicky around the ring. The tide turns when Chicky gives Colon a desperate low blow. Chicky clears the cob webs and stomps down on Colon, then gives him a gut wrench suplex. Chicky picks up Colon and rakes his face across the ropes, then chokes him on the top rope and flings him back. Chicky swings Colon into the corner and works him over with chops, punches and kicks. Chicky swings Colon to the opposite corner and charges in but Colon lifts his knees and Chicky hits them head on. Colon takes a breather. Chicky staggers up as Colon puts him down with a dropkick. Colon pumps his fists as the fans cheer. Chicky staggers up as Colon goes off with punches and puts him down with a jumping headbutt. Colon picks up Chicky and spins him around, but Chicky's boot hits the Ref and the Ref goes down. Colon slams Chicky down and goes to the top rope. Chicky staggers up as Colon nails him with a flying clothesline. Colon covers but the Ref is down. Colon goes to check on the Ref. Massive boos as BUZZ SAWYER hits the ring with a chain. Colon stands up as Sawyer clotheslines him with the chain! Sawyer runs out of the ring and back up the aisle. Chicky slowly rises and helps the Ref up. Chicky swings off the ropes and delivers a corkscrew elbow drop on a lifeless and bloody Colon 1..2..3! BOOOOOS! Chicky celebrates like he won the lottery. For the 3rd time tonight, Medics have to come out. Winner of the match and (because of the Zbyszko/Tatsumi draw) advances to the Finals- Chicky Starr The Ultimate Warrior defeats Gene Ligon with a military press drop/body splash. Warrior's gaining serious momentum with the fans. Tournament Semi-Finals 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. Crusher Blackwell w/Greg Gagne The bell rings and this time Gagne bails quick when Nikita threatens him. Blackwell takes advantage of the distraction and attacks Nikita from behind. Blackwell pounces down on Nikita, picks him up and slams him down, then slams him down 2 more times. Blackwell picks Nikita up. hoists him up on his shoulder, runs with him and puts him down with a shoulder breaker 1..2..Nikita gets his shoulder up. Blackwell and Gagne berate the Ref. Blackwell argues with the Ref a little too long. Blackwell once again hoists Nikita on his shoulder but Nikita wiggles free, jumps down behind Blackwell and pushes him into the turnbuckles. Blackwell turns around and charges Nikita but Nikita back drops him over! Blackwell slowly rises as Nikita punches away. Nikita punches Blackwell to the ropes. Nikita swings off the opposite ropes and comes back with a running clothesline that sends both men over the top rope! Both men tumble to the concrete. The Ref starts the count. Gagne gets on the apron which stops the Ref's count. The Ref is yelling at Gagne. Nikita and Blackwell slowly start to rise. Gagne turns around and tries a double axehandle on Nikita, but Nikita catches Gagne and throws him into Blackwell. Gagne falls to the side, which leaves Blackwell wide open as Nikita nails him with the Russian Sickle! The Ref's count is at 9 when Nikita slides back into the ring. The Ref hits 10! Big Pop! Nikita raises his arm to the cheering fans. Winner of the match by C.O. and advances to the Finals- Nikita Koloff Kokina w/Abbuda Iaukea defeats Salvatore Bellomo with the Samoan Drop AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Guerreros (C) w/Mando vs. The Fortunate Ones w/Greg Gagne After what happened to Canek earlier, Mando wants a piece of Gagne bad. Gagne taunts Mando and before you know it, all 6 men are fighting! The match hasn't even started but there's one heck of a fight going on. The Guerreros and Fortunate Ones are fighting in the ring. Mando grabs Gagne by his hair and hurls him out of the ring. Mando goes to the outside and pounds away on Gagne. Wait a minute! Here comes Crusher Blackwell! Blackwell nails Mando from behind with a clothesline. Blackwell picks up Mando and powerlams him on the concrete! The Guerreros see this and storm to the outside. They start pounding on Blackwell. The Fortunate Ones each grab a chair and blast the Guerreros from behind! Gagne gets to his feet and tells his Gang to finish the job. The Fortunate Ones pound the Guerreros with chair shots, then pull their heads up to make them watch. Blackwell hits a splash on Mando. Blackwell gets up, backs up and hits another splash on Mando! Gagne smiles as he stomps down on Mando. The Guerreros try to fight but the Fortunate Ones clamp on camel clutches so they can still watch. Blackwell hits a 3rd splash on Mando! Finally, wrestlers and security come out to stop this madness. The heat is insane! The match is ruled a NO CONTEST AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. Dick The Bruiser After what just went down, the fans need a reason to cheer and Bruiser gives them just that. The legendary wrestler gets a standing ovation as he comes down the aisle and into the ring. Brown looks like a man with a mission as he never takes his eyes off Bruiser. The introductions are made. A lot of people can't believe this match is going to happen but here we are. The bell rings and there's a stare down. Brown punches Bruiser. Bruiser holds his jaw and nods, then punches away on Brown. The fans are up and cheering as Bruiser nails Brown with a series of punches. Brown stops the momentum with a knee to Bruisers mid section. Brown gives Bruiser a series a rabbit punches, then stomps down on him. Brown picks up Bruiser and slams him down, then follows with a delayed knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Brown continues to rough up Bruiser but there's no quit in Bruiser. Brown goes for a back drop but Bruiser sends him flying with an uppercut punch. Brown starts to rise as Bruiser nails him with a knee lift. Brown staggers up as Bruiser scoop slams him down. Bruiser stomps Brown into the corner and continues with punches, kicks and more stomps. The crowd's going wild. Bruiser picks up Brown and slams him down, then goes to the top rope and comes down with a boot to the chest 1..2..Kick Out. Bruiser picks up Brown and goes for a Russian Leg Sweep but Brown holds onto the ropes as Bruiser crashes down. Brown regroups and looks pissed. He grabs the top rope and drops several knees down on Bruiser. Brown picks up Bruiser and hits 3 consecutive back breakers. Brown swings Bruiser hard front first into the turnbuckles. Bruiser staggers back as Brown delivers the Ghetto Blaster 1..2..3! Brown slides out of the ring. Bruiser is dazed. It takes some time but he finally manages to get up on his own. For this, he gets a rousing ovation. Just as he starts to gather his senses, WHAM! Brown puts him down with another Ghetto Blaster. Brown snatches the mic. "I told you all I was going to send a message. Anyone who wants to challenge Bad News Brown, you think about this!" Brown drops the mic, picks up Bruiser and puts him down with another Ghetto Blaster. Winner of the Match and STILL AWA World Champ- Bad News Brown Tournament Finals- Winner will receive an AWA World Title Shot at WrestleRock 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. Chicky Starr Chicky is all smiles and full of confidence as he struts around the ring. Nikita is laser focused and no non sense. The introductions are made and the bell rings. They lock up and Chicky hip tosses Nikita over. Chicky is pleased with himself and flings his sweat down at Nikita. They lock up again, Nikita rears back and pushes Chicky across the ring and down. Nikita gives Chicky a trap pose. Chicky's pissed and charges Nikita but Nikita back drops him. Chicky staggers up against the ropes as Nikita clotheslines him over the top. The fans cheer and Nikita hears them. Chicky finally gets on the apron. Nikita grabs him, but Chicky rakes his eyes and snaps Nikita's head on the top rope. Chicky goes to the top rope. Nikita staggers up as Chicky nails him with a double axehandle 1..2..Kick Out. Chicky chokes Nikita on the middle ropes, then backs up and delivers a body guillotine. Chicky picks up Nikita and delivers a vertical suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Chicky picks up Nikita and goes for another suplex but Nikita fights it and suplexes Chicky over. Nikita regroups. Chicky rises as Nikita grabs him and executes an overhead suplex. Nikita slams Chicky and follows with a jumping knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Nikita swings Chicky to the ropes and charges in but Chicky moves. Nikita hits hard and staggers back as Chicky rolls him up with a handful of tights 1..2..Kick Out. Chicky clears the cobwebs, grabs the top rope and stomps down on Nikita and chokes him with his boot. Chicky swings Nikita to the ropes and puts him down with a high dropkick. Chicky struts and smiles as he swings Nikita to the ropes and nails him with a double thrust shot. Chicky swings off the ropes and goes for the corkscrew elbow drop but Nikita moves. Both men stagger up and trade punches. Nikita gains the momentum and pounds away on Chicky. Nikita swings Chicky to the ropes and powerslams him over 1..2..Kick Out. Nikita picks up Chicky but Chicky rakes his eyes. Chicky swings Nikita to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Nikita swings back and puts Chicky down with the Russian Sickle 1..2..3!!!! Mega pop!!!!! The fans are on their feet as Nikita raises his arms in victory. Nikita is on his way to WrestleRock. Winner of the match and tournament- Nikita Koloff WrestleRock 88 Live on Pay Per View Saturday, July 15th From the Metrodome, Minneapolis MN

Things got worse for DJ as she finds out she's going to have to wrestle. LOL, this is getting better and better. Dundee gets a nice crowd pleasing win over Terror. Dundee's really making a name for himself here. Well, Tom brought up some valid points and Tim seems to agree. Zebra Kid, show yourself! Tojo dismantles poor Jurgan and looks tuned up and ready for the tag series. Big loop coming up for IPW.

Bock brings more intrigue to the big world title bout. Just what's going on here? Both sides pump up the War Games match and I'm sure more tickets were sold. Looking forward to the Rockers/Towers match. I have a feeling Herc might be a factor. Jake's promos are so cryptic and menacing. Can't wait to see what he does in WCW. The fans must've been wondering what they were watching in the Luchadors match LOL. That was some great entertainment. The International storylines are bringing a new edge to the States. I really hope the Japanese and Luchadors cross paths. Zenk pins the TV champ, no doubt giving him a confidence boost in their upcoming title match. However, don't count Hayes out. Bring on World at War!

Having Manny in the corner is a game changer for Vader. Maybe now he can be 100% focused on Luger. Dibiase gives his reasons on why Adnan wanted him and not Williams. However, I think Williams made the stronger case and backed it up in the ring tonight. You have made Snowman one of the most talked about wrestlers in the game. He cut one heck of a promo and even Reed took some time to ponder his words. Well, Woman wasn't exactly wrong about Vader. One thing's for sure, Vader will get the chance to prove himself once and for all against Luger. I can't wait for the Steiners vs. Hot Stuff match. This feud has been built up so well. Ladd gives the wrestlers and fans what they want. We're in for a great show on June 3rd. Hansen gets the big win over Nord and that's good momentum heading into the tag match. I agree with Ladd's logic. It's always easy to end with a big brawl, but you don't want too much overkill.

Seattle Showdown, let's do this! Fuchi has a solid return, but the Demon racks up another impressive win. Damn good finish for Hashimoto. Footloose keeps on rolling as they pick up a great win over the always game Malenkos. Anvil is rough but clean. I wonder if Burke will try and recruit Anvil. Dustin evens things up with a Bearer less Payne. No doubt about it, the Holly's made the right move aligning with the Diamond Exchange. After a rock'n feud, the Midnights finally put a stamp on the Destruction Crew. What a match! Flowers retains, but Regal proves himself as a solo. Wild Things prove who the real heels are. I think they're going to have one hell've a reign. Once again, you've elevated the LHW division like no other. Christopher proved he can hang, but man Cheetah is on an entirely different level. Night 2. Brookside's story is one of my favorites going on. He's in the beginning stages of a serious heel run. Hall and Lee could be trouble for the stacked tag division. Taker gets spotlight win, but Pillman proves he can hang with the big boys. Miller's return is spoiled by St. Clair. There's a reason he's called tough. Snow rebounds quick by adding Pug. Unfortunately, they faced the Blood Syndicate. After that wild brawl, there will be more to come. Well, if you're going to put on weight, use it to your advantage. Gotta love Rose. Hennig gets payback on Backlund. I have a feeling Backlund's going to seriously snap. OOOHHH, maybe Backlund should give Brookside a call. FOJ have to be disappointed with that result. Rematch! Perez was getting over with his submission game and held his own against Severn. However, Severn is in a submission league of his own. Windham and Hart end the night with a classic. I would expect nothing less from these two greats. Windham is in his prime and it's going to be hard taking the title off him. PCW once again delivers.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 5-26-88 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. We have a big main event for you as Austin Idol takes on Lanny Poffo. Brian Adias will defend his TV title against Pat Tanaka. After what happened last week, Scott Putski will team with Synergy to take on Cannonball Griz and the Original Midnight Express. AWA national tag champs, Venomous will be in the ring. Giant Haystacks returns from his European tour and will take on 3 men. Duke Myers makes his return to the AWA and we'll be talking about this weekend's big Memorial Day card at the St. Paul Civic Center. Well, let's get to the ring. 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Ray Glader Rich is on fire tonight and finishes things off with a flying elbow drop from the top rope. Nelson: Johnny, we all saw Dream Machine load his mask to get that win over you and win a spot in the Memorial Day tournament. I'm sure you're disappointed. Rich: I'm not going to make any excuses, but I'll say this, Dream Machine! This isn't over! Commercial Break Giant Haystacks vs. Sam Smith, Gus Windsor and Marcus Moreno Haystacks demolishes his opponents, slams them down on top of each other, then drops a gigantic elbow for the win. Nelson: Giant Haystacks, I know you had a very successful tour of Europe... Haystacks: Shut up! I destroyed all the competition over there! I'm back and I'm gunning for you Ultimate Warrior! You beat my partner Dave Taylor and now he's out of here. Well, let's see you try and beat me! I'm going to crush you down to nothing! Commercial Break The Fortunate Ones w/Greg Gagne vs. Arnie Goldstein and Stu Jersky Gagne smiles proudly as Stubbs and Young execute a double DDT for the easy win. Gagne cuts a promo on the Guerreros and says his Fortunate Ones are going to wipe the floor with them this weekend and win the AWA world tag team titles. He also says if Mando gets in his face, he'll knock him down! Commercial Break Scott 'Powerhouse' Putski and Synergy vs. Cannonball Griz and The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin The match starts off with a pier six brawl. Putski sends Griz over the top rope with a clothesline as Synergy double dropkicks the Midnights out of the ring. Norvell quickly runs over to calm his team down. The Ref gets order and the next few minutes is back and forth action. Synergy and the Midnights go back and forth with hot tag action. Putski and Griz go at it with fists flying. Eventually another pier six brawl breaks out. The Ref is trying to break up Synergy and the Midnights. Putski is all over Griz, when Norvell hops on the apron. Putski goes towards him, but Norvell throws powder into his eyes. This allows Griz to grab Putski and powerslam him over. The Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Champs Venomous vs. Neil Jordan and Rex Manning The champs look great tonight. Cobra hits a snap suplex on Jordan as Kat follows with a frog splash for the win. Venomous cut a promo and say they've really hit their stride and are ready for all challengers. Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, this weekend at the St. Paul Civic Center, the AWA brings its annual Memorial Day Tournament. 8 men will compete for a shot at the AWA world title at this year's WrestleRock. The men competing will be Nikita Koloff, Dream Machine, Carlos Colon, Chicky Starr, El Canek, Crusher Blackwell, Tatsumi Fujinami and Mid-American Champ Larry Zbyszko. Along with the tournament, you'll see 2 big title matches. The Guerreros will defend the world tag titles against the Fortunate Ones. And, Bad News Brown will defend the AWA world title against none other than Dick the Bruiser. We heard the strong comments from Bad News Brown last week. Let's see a special video of Dick the Bruiser. Johnny Cash's 'The Man comes around' plays as highlights from Bruiser's illustrious career is shown. Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Brian Adias (C) vs. Pat Tanaka w/Paul Diamond The early moments are back and forth. Tanaka swings Adias to the ropes and goes for a back drop, but Adias leap frogs over, swings off the ropes and puts Tanaka down with a shoulder block. Tanaka rises as Adias scoop slams him back down and follows with a fist drop 1..2..Kick Out. Adias swings Tanaka into the corner and follows with a running clothesline. Adias grabs Tanaka and gives him an airplane spin, but as he's spinning him, Diamond gets on the apron and grabs Tanaka's legs to stop the momentum. Both men crash down as Diamond denies everything to the Ref. Adias slowly rises as Tanaka nails him with a Karate kick to the head. Tanaka picks up Adias and hits a gut wrench suplex, then follows with a bridging back suplex 1..2..Adias gets his shoulder up. Tanaka swings Adias to the ropes and hits him with a flying forearm blast 1..2..Kick Out. Both Tanaka and Diamond yell at the Ref. Tanaka picks up Adias and goes for a suplex but Adias blocks it and suplexes Tanaka. Adias fires up and goes to town on Tanaka with hip tosses, dropkicks and slams. Adias swings Tanaka to the ropes and back drops him. Diamond gets on the apron but Adias dropkicks him off. Tanaka slowly rises as Adias grabs him and executes a cradle suplex 1..2..3! Adias retains! Adias celebrates with the fans, then exits. Badd Co. are in the ring looking pretty down. There's a commotion as BABY DOLL comes out. She gets in the ring and talks with Badd Co. After a minute, they all walk out together. Commercial Break 'Big Guy' Duke Myers vs. Clinton Stitch Myers looks rough and tough as he finishes things off with a rib breaker. Nelson: Duke Myers, it's been a couple years since we've seen you. What brings you back to the AWA? Before he can speak, Greg Gagne strolls out. Gagne: Well, well, well, look who's back. Been awhile Duker. The last time I saw you was when you failed me as a bodyguard and left me at the mercy of my enemies. So, what? You're back here begging for your old job back? Well, I got news for you, I already have some muscle and he won't ever let me down, unlike you. As a matter of fact, let me introduce you to him. WHAM! Duke is leveled from behind by TONY ATLAS. Atlas pounds away on Duke, picks him up and slams him down hard on the concrete! Gagne: You should've never shown your ugly face here again, Duker. Commercial Break The Unhinged Outlaws vs. Todd Rooney and Trent Watkins Barr executes a backbreaker on Watkins and holds him as Deaton comes off the top rope with a stomp to the chest for the win. Outlaws cut a wild promo. They swing their bull ropes and warn the Gunslingers who the real cowboys are around here. They yell some more and call the Gunslingers cowards and wimps. They tell the Gunslingers they have a fight coming and coming soon! Commercial Break 'The Universal Heartthrob' Austin Idol vs. 'Luscious' Lanny Poffo The boos reign down as Poffo skips to the ring. The boos quickly turn to cheers as Idol runs out, grabs Poffo and swings him into the steel post! Idol picks up Poffo and executes a shin breaker. Idol clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock and wrenches away. The match has never officially started. The Ref is trying to get Idol to break the hold, but Idol keeps wrenching away as Poffo screams in pain. Officials run out to help the Ref. Idol continues to wrench away before finally releasing the hold. Poffo rolls over, holding his knee, screaming in agony. Idol starts to walk away, but runs back and stomps away on Poffo's knee, before officials can get him away. The show ends with a shot of Poffo's agonizing face.

Alright! Looks like I'm going to get my Buffalo Soldiers/Stud Stable feud. Ron Garvin puts both Jimmy Jam and Tully on notice. I wouldn't mess with a determined Garvin. The Lawmen, I like it. I've always been a big fan of Cooley and it's great to see Jaggers and Travis involved in a cool faction like this. Arn always did have the best spinebuster. Good to see the Pitbull back. The powerbomb is a fitting finisher for him. Man, it's great seeing Super D here and with Jones. The Chiefs give the fans a hard hitting main event. Wahoo wins this battle but I'm sure Lightfoot will want another fight. Both these guys have something to sink their teeth into. Worldwide is a great showcase show. It really is a good way to keep everybody in the spotlight. Love the bar scene. I miss these days when vignettes would get wrestlers over before their debuts.

First off, the magazine covers are so damn cool. Brings a lot of realism to our game. Keep them coming brother! Dark Journey just couldn't help herself LOL. The one line said everything in the Weiss vs. Plowboy match up. If I was there live, I would've loved every bit of the Rose/Knighton angle/match. This was great stuff and the pay off was well worth it. No matter how many times Reno and Wolf go at it with Tojo and Headhunter, it always seems fresh. I still can't call who's going to win the series. This is what keeps the fans coming.

LOL, poor DJ. She's just not cut out to be a farmer. I wonder what Bruno and Dundee have in mind for her next gig. Cuban Assassin gets the heat, but the American saves the day. Can't go wrong with a feud like this. Tojo and Headhunter now have an advantage after that sneak attack. Nice angle with Rose commentating during the Ash match. I know the fans were out of their seats when Ash nearly took a pin. I'm enjoying this feud.

World at War gets all the hype tonight and I'm sure will have no problem selling out. Ok, Hart's stable now has some serious muscle with Crush. The International flavor is all around WCW. Literally something for everyone. Spivey might've had the promo of the night and is really breaking through. Hayes is working that TV title baby! Roma is a guy who I thought should've had bigger pushes. Hopefully he gets a chance to excel here. I'm very interested in seeing what Jake does. The War Games has been built up so well, especially with Rhodes and Race heading things up. Steamboat vs. Savage is the one I'm waiting for. I have a feeling something huge is going to happen.

AWA @ The Brown County Arena, Ashwaubenon WI 5-21-88 'Crippler' Rip Oliver defeated a local talent with the piledriver The Harris Brothers defeated Gene Ligon and Salvatore Bellomo with a double chokeslam on Ligon The Ultimate Warrior defeated Paul Diamond- Diamond's partner Tanaka was on the apron when Warrior swung Diamond into him. Warrior then pressed Diamond up, dropped him and followed with a body splash for the exciting win. Kokina w/Abudda Iaukea defeated Scott 'Powerhouse' Putski- Putski put his strength to good use and had Kokina reeling several times until he was tripped by Iaukea, which caused Putski to stumble into a Samoan Drop. The Gunslingers vs. Unhinged Outlaws was ruled a No Contest when both teams brawled before the bell rang and kept fighting throughout the arena. 'The Man of Steel' Tony Atlas w/Greg Gagne defeated 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich- Rich took Atlas to the limits with his southern fighting style until a distraction from Gagne allowed Atlas to grab Rich from behind and execute a bridging back suplex for the win. 8-Man Tag Team -2 out of 3 falls Match Nikita Koloff/Carlos Colon/El Canek and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Chicky Starr/Dream Machine/Crusher Blackwell and AWA Mid-American Champ Larry Zbyszko w/Greg Gagne Fall 1- Crusher Blackwell pinned El Canek with a big splash after Gagne (from the apron) hit Canek in the back of his head with Zbyszko's nun chucks. Fall 2- Nikita Koloff pinned Larry Zbyszko- Gagne tried to use the nun chucks again, but a groggy Canek punched Gagne off the apron. A pier six brawl broke out and Zbyszko turned around just in time to catch a Russian Sickle. Fall 3- Ended in a wild double DQ.

Oh yea! Terry Gordy has arrived! I think Budro's reign might be in trouble. I'm really looking forward to Gordy's impact here. I love how things can get started by a simple look. Can't wait to watch this Street/Rogers situation unfold. The tag title tournament is getting serious attention. Once again, poor Dutch has to prove himself. The Russians proved to me they belong in the tournament. I hope Jerry comes around and allows Wright's team in. I mean if you can't trust Wright, who can you trust? Slater gets a rematch with Budro, but his issues with Rich might get in the way. Dundee and Keirn might be the tournament favorites. Unless Dutch can sidetrack them. Jarrett proves he's one tough kid and Slater might be totally focused on Landel after all.