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AWA Special TV Presentation Ken Resnick: Hello AWA fans and welcome to this very special TV event. At SuperClash 2, former AWA world tag team champions Jumbo Tsuruta and Tatsumi Fujinami wrestled each other in an absolute classic, with Jumbo edging out the victory. Japan couldn't wait to sign the rematch. That match happened earlier this week in Tokyo and tonight you're going to see that match. Get ready, here we go. From the Tokyo Dome Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Tatsumi Fujinami Before the match, there's a grand ceremony consisting of dancers, streamers and flowers. The introductions of two of the most well respected and revered Japanese wrestlers are made. The bell rings and it's go time! The first few minutes is wrestled cautiously as both men trade holds and takedowns. Things pick up when Tatsumi goes for a back suplex but Jumbo reverses it and sends Tatsumi flying with an overhead German suplex. Jumbo follows with a gut wrench suplex, vertical suplex and back breaker before applying the Boston Crab. Tatsumi fights with all his strength and is able to reach the ropes. Jumbo swings Tatsumi to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Tatsumi stops and hits a double underhook DDT! Tatsumi regroups. Jumbo staggers up as Tatsumi puts him down with a front dropkick. Tatsumi goes on a suplex rampage before hitting a rib breaker. Tatsumi swings Jumbo to the ropes and applies an abdominal stretch. Jumbo fights hard and finally hip tosses Tatsumi over. Jumbo tries to regroup but Tatsumi quickly backslides him 1..2..Kick out. Tatsumi swings Jumbo to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Jumbo swings back and puts Tatsumi down with a high knee. Jumbo clears the cobwebs. Tatsumi staggers up as Jumbo grabs him and hits a swinging neckbreaker. Jumbo picks up Tatsumi and body slams him, then goes to the top rope and crashes down with a knee drop 1..2..Tatsumi gets his shoulder up. Jumbo swings Tatsumi to the ropes but misses a clothesline, Tatsumi swings back and clotheslines Jumbo. Both men stagger up, Jumbo chops the back of Tatsumi's head and follows with a running neckbreaker drop 1..2..Kick Out. Jumbo swings Tatsumi to the ropes but misses a lariat, Tatsumi swings back but Jumbo puts him down with a big boot to the head! Jumbo picks up Tatsumi and hoists him on the turnbuckles. Jumbo hops up and goes for a superplex but Tatsumi punches and chops Jumbo until Jumbo finally falls back and down. Jumbo staggers up as Tatsumi nails him with a flying body press 1..2..Kick Out. Jumbo rises as Tatsumi hits him with an enzuguri 1..2..Kick Out. Tatsumi swings Jumbo to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Jumbo kicks him. Both men are down and reeling. Both men rise as Jumbo grabs Tatsumi and executes a high angle belly to back suplex 1..2..Tatsumi gets his shoulder up. Jumbo picks up Tatsumi and comes down with a brainbuster. Jumbo slowly picks up Tatsumi and hoists him up for a powerbomb but Tatsumi punches down on Jumbo. Both men crumble down. Jumbo gets up and swings Tatsumi into the corner and charges in but Tatsumi raises his knees as Jumbo hits them head on. Tatsumi executes a belly to back suplex backbreaker and follows with his dragon suplex 1..2..3!!! The fans show these two the upmost respect with a long applause. After a couple minutes, Tatsumi and Jumbo shake hands and bow to each other. Winner of the match- Tatsumi Fujinami

Lance and Dutch are so good together. This dynamic works. The thing I love about smaller territories is it gives guys who might've been lost in the national shuffle a chance to shine. Big Money Marcus is in a good place. Jarrett promises to bring wrestling back to the way it was. he'll have his work cut out, dealing with some of these heels. Yes! The Fabulous One is home. Douglas sets high standards using the Franchise moniker. Oh, how the game has missed Ron Wright. Sawyer gives the show a fun moment by upsetting the Hood. DWB would be an excellent acquisition for Wright. Dutch gives pointers to the Franchise LOL, but I don't think he liked Shane's comeback. And the first feud is set. Can't go wrong with the classic Russian monsters going up against the all American babyfaces. Great format. The show flowed really well. The big question is, will the King eventually show up?

Charlotte Smiley gets his shot. Morgan puts an end to Billy Joe's win streak. After that win, the Renegade Warriors should find a partner and go after the 6 man titles. The fun midcard feud between Bart and Kaz continues. Huge win for the Commandos! Defiantly their biggest. Taylor better thank Jimmy Jam. Smiley comes up short, but getting a handshake from Flair puts him over. Albany The Haitian Sensation is a solid guy to put in the opener. Kabuki shows that his thrust kick has some serious impact. Great week for the Commandos. Hase puts a stop to the Moondogs cheating. SSM gets a big win over Finlay but gets into an immediate fight with Kabuki. Moondogs get payback. LOL, love the New Breed's reaction. Fun impromptu main event as SSM and Zero Fighters send the fans home happy with a win over Paul Jones's army.

Can't go wrong with Muta opening up a televised special event. Once again, I like how your elevating Sabu and Taz by feuding with Snuka. Damn! Twin Towers send a strong message to the Road Warriors. I'm loving the International feud between Konnan and Pegasus. Gets both men over. Rockers pull it out against the Islanders. I wonder who's next? If you want to make a name for yourself, then attack Dusty Rhodes. Watch out because the Predator is on the hunt. The Savage/Freebirds feud continues with more nuclear heat. Savage might need some friends. Steamboat solidifies himself as the true undisputed champ! Nice sportsmanship at the end. Steamboat has an incredible Dawn of War resume. Love the addition of the figures at the end. You've built up quite the collection. Nice!

Aloha! Smart booking having Steamboat kick things off with an exciting visual and c.o. win over the imposing Big Cat. Southern Boys move up a notch by beating the Hollys in a very competitive match. Perfect showcase for a stacked tag division. Animal has taken his spot amongst the PCW big boys. Both Blackman and Snow have rebounded well. That win over the Malenkos solidifies this. The Cheetah Kid's stock is rapidly rising. He also showed he can mix it up when need be. Pierre might be the toughest guy in PCW. After that win over Cactus, the competition better take notice. Owen puts up one heck of a fight, but in the end, Buzz really finished him off well. This is one of my favorite feuds. WOW! Backlund's incredible Submission reign comes to an end at the hands of Severn. Outstanding match! Feel good celebration really put the match and title over. Once again LHW champ Pillman gives the fans a show. The LHW matches continue to shine. I thought for sure the Wild Things would take the titles. Nice jo keeping this chase going. I must say, the British Steel story has been one heck of a roller coaster ride of emotions. Bret vs. Anvil was the epic showdown I was waiting for and man did they deliver. Bret retains but Anvil made him earn it. Aloha Night 2! Bull gets the big win, but Christopher is making a name for himself. Taker gets the shine in the heated 6 man tag. Rose and Billy Jack is the classic PCW feud. So glad you went back to these two. FOJ and SCS's have been great additions. Babyfaces get the win tonight, but no way the Playboy Club are finished. You know I popped when my man St. Clair avenged his loss against Payne. Golden Guns edge out a win over the Suicide Blondes in another young teams showcase. Hall's on a different level this time around. Flowers found that out. RPG has some serious bragging rights coming after his Destruction Crew get one over on the Midnights. This feud has a lot of steam and could become one of the biggest in the game. I agree, Coast to Coast are legit! The odds were against them, but man they prevailed. Hennig and Widowmaker tear it up! Chaos ends the night with factions going at it. Can't wait for the rematch. Awesome show! The tag division got over. Cheetah Kid might be Pillman's next challenger. Some big wins by some big heels, which means babyface champs, Severn, Hitman, Hall and Hennig have a variety of challengers to work with.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-24-88 Highlights from Winnipeg are shown. It ends with Carlos Colon standing tall after defeating Abbuda Iaukea in a Carribean Death Match. Larry Nelson: Hello fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight you'll see Brad Rheingans take on Dave Taylor with the winner getting a TV title shot at the next Title Night. Cannonball Griz faces Johnny Rich. Badd Company teams with a mystery partner to take on Synergy and DJ Peterson. Gerry Morrow will have a special announcement regarding the next Title Night. A lot going on, so let's get to the ring. The Glamour Boys vs. Bert Stevenson and Ry Cooper The fans are on their feet as Simpson puts Cooper down with a missile dropkick and Doll follows with a splash from the top rope for the exciting win. Glamour Boys cut a promo and say they may not have won the world tag team titles, but that doesn't mean it's all over. Expect big things. Commercial Break Nelson: With me now is the current C.O.O. of the AWA, Gerry Morrow. Gerry, the next Title Night will take place on March 11 inside of Roberto Clemente Coliseum, located in Puerto Rico. I understand you have some big news regarding this tremendous international event. Morrow: HAHAHA, indeed I do Larry. Mr. Carlos Colon has impressed me so much, that I am going to give him a shot at de AWA World Title, in his homeland. Dat's right, Bad News Brown will defend de AWA world title against Carlos Colon at Title Night. I'm excited for dat match. Also, Austin Idol will defend de Mid American Title against de Marvelous One, Mike George. Venomous will defend de National tag titles against de Midnight Express. Now, I have something very special planned for de AWA world tag titles. Next week, there will be a battle royal. De last two remaining will get to team up for a world tag title shot at Title Night. Nelson: Very intriguing. Morrow: Yes, it is. I can't wait to see how dis all plays out. BOOOOOS as Greg Gagne (limping) and Crusher Blackwell (eyeing Morrow) come out. Gagne: Gerry, you and I have been friends for a long time. Last week everybody saw that insane masked man El Canek attack Crusher and myself! I'm just getting over a serious injury because of Canek and he hurt me again. Now Gerry, I think you should suspend that lunatic. No, better yet, he should be banned from the AWA, never to return again. Morrow: AH Greg, we are very good friends. However, I told you that my old rival Blackwell could be reinstated with de understanding dat El Canek would get a match with him. You did agree to dis and dat match will happen very soon. Good luck gentlemen. Morrow walks away as Blackwell stares at him. Gagne is fuming but calms down. Gagne: You know what? Crusher, we'll handle Canek our way. Think how much fun that'll be. Blackwell smiles and nods. Commercial Break Synergy and 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson vs. Badd Co. and ??? w/DDP DDP and Badd Co. enter the ring. DDP snatches the mic. DDP: It's me, it's me, it's DDP. Teaming with BA Double D Company, is the newest member of the Diamond Mine. The International sensation, the one and only Chicky the Super Starr! Chicky Starr struts in the ring and hugs DDP and high fives Badd Co. Synergy and DJ turn the boos into cheers as they enter the ring. The match is back and forth non stop action. Badd Co. and Synergy are in the midst of a heated rivalry and it shows tonight. DJ comes in and pinballs everyone with his power moves. Chicky shows he's worth every penny as he puts on a solid performance. Things get nuts and all 6 men start brawling. The Ref is tied up with Synergy and Badd Co. BOOOOS as the Vin Man and Kevin Kelly come out. DJ goes to the top rope but Vinnie distracts him, which allows Kelly to come from behind and push DJ off the top rope. Chicky gets up, swings off the ropes and hits his corkscrew elbow drop on DJ as the Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! Vinnie and Kelly laugh all the way to the back. Commercial Break 'Quebecer' Richard Charland w/Frenchy Martin vs. Neil Jordan Charland hits an inverted atomic drop, then quickly grabs his opponent and finishes him off with an inverted piledriver. Nelson: Frenchy, last week Corporal Kirchner laid down the boot camp match challenge to your man Richard Charland. Frenchy: We have gladly accepted. However, Corporal Kirchner is no challenge at all, so this will be no problem for Richard Charland. Kirchner! Your service in the AWA is over! Commercial Break 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. Todd Rooney Nikita fires the fans up as he puts Rooney down with the Russian Sickle for the easy pin! WHAM! From behind Chris Adams nails Nikita with a chair to the back of the head! Baby Doll grabs the chair. Adams grabs Nikita and lays him against the turnbuckles. Baby Doll holds the chair in front of Nikita's face. Adams backs up, then runs forward and superkicks the chair into Nikita's face! Nikita's a bloody mess! Officials run in as Adams and Baby Doll slowly exit the ring to thundering boos. Commercial Break Nelson: What a horrific incident! Nikita Koloff was completely unconscious as medics treated him. My goodness, I hope he's ok. Fans, tomorrow night, the AWA will have a very special TV event. We're going to show you the Jumbo Tsuruta, Tatsumi Fujinami rematch from the Tokyo Dome. I can't wait to see that one. Ok, back to the ring. The Guerreros w/Mando vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Chavo nails Lopez with a high knee lift as Hector follows with a German Suplex for the win. Mando stands between his brothers and holds their arms up high. Commercial Break 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Cannonball Griz w/Norvell Austin Griz overpowers Rich with some hard hitting offense. Rich isn't going down that easily and takes the fight to Griz. Griz cuts off Rich's comeback when Rich goes for a back drop but Griz stops and drops a massive forearm blast to Rich's head. Griz swings Rich into the corner and charges in with a running clothesline. Griz swings Rich to the opposite corner and goes for another clothesline but Rich moves. Both men are staggering around. Rich hops on the middle ropes and puts Griz down with a double axehandle. Rich swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop 1..2..NO! The Midnight Express hit the ring and stomp away on Rich! The Ref signals for the DQ. Dream Machine walks down the aisle and just watches as the Midnights swing Rich to the ropes and execute the flapjack! Griz picks up Rich and powerslams him over. Norvell and his men celebrate before leaving. Dream Machine walks into the ring with a mic. "I told you babay, you need friends around here" Dream Machine drops the mic on Rich's chest. Commercial Break Kokina w/Professor Bill Ash vs. Carl Kellerman Kokina is ruthless and finishes things off with the Samoan Drop! Ash cuts a promo and says now that Kokina took care of Billy Jack Strong, Nick Busick is next! Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, next week you'll see the interesting battle royal, where the last two men standing will team up for a chance at the AWA world tag titles at Title Night. Carlos Colon will be here as well as the AWA world champ Bad News Brown. Let's get to our final match. Winner gets a TV title shot at Title Night Brad Rheingans w/Mark Fleming vs. Dave Taylor w/Giant Haystacks Brad and Taylor put on a wrestling clinic for the first few minutes with neither man gaining an advantage. Things heat up a bit as Taylor starts blasting Brad with European uppercuts. Taylor executes a snap suplex 1..2..Kick Out. Taylor goes for a vertical suplex but Brad blocks it and suplexes Taylor over. Brad swings off the ropes but Haystacks nails him with a punch to the back. Brad goes to his knee. Fleming runs around the ring but Haystacks plows him over! Haystacks picks up Fleming and slams him on the concrete. The Gunslingers run out and double team Haystacks! Inside the ring, Taylor picks up Brad but drops him when he sees what's going on outside the ring. Brad quickly rolls up Taylor 1..2..3! Brad looks out and sees his partner lying there. Brad runs out and tends to him. Taylor runs out and joins the fight as United Kingdom and the Gunslingers fight all around the ring. Chaos ends the show. Winner of the match- Brad Rheingans

Ladd's a man of his word. Doesn't have favorites and settles things in the ring. Ladd is the man! Super D is hot on Duggan's trail and wants that TV title. Jake and Ellering are so damn good together! It's great to see Reed back in Mid South. Him and Luger are going to pack the houses. Adnan wants out of his match tonight but Ladd makes things plain and simple for him. The Barbarians rock as a team! I'm so glad we finally get to see these two team up. WOW! Dr. Death takes down Vader in a big way! Luger is going to have his hands full with Death and Reed coming after him. JYD gives the fans and viewers a most satisfying moment. Adnan felt the pain of the thump LOL. Like Luger, Dibiase is in big trouble with JYD and Jake getting title shots. I really like how you've set up multiple contenders for the top titles. Ladd has Mid South clicking on all cylinders!

AWA @ The Winnipeg Arena, Manitoba Canada 2-19-88 'Crippler' Ray Stevens defeated Salvatore Bellomo with a piledriver. 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson and 'Mr. Magnificent' Kevin Kelly w/The Vin Man wrestled to a Double DQ when both men knocked the Ref down while punching each other. Afterwards both men kept fighting with Vinnie taking a tumble during the brawl. Mean Streak vs. The Technicians The Technicians started strong by simply outwrestling Mean Streak. Both Rheingans and Fleming brought their technical A game. However, once Mean Streak turned on their power, the Technicians had a hard time dealing with it. The ending was explosive as Mean Streak sent Rheingans through the ropes with double boots to the head. They finished Fleming off with a double chokeslam for the decisive win over the former National tag champs. Billy Jack Strong vs. Kokina w/Professor Ash Tough hard hitting contest as these big men go toe to toe. Kokina takes control with chops, thrusts, headbutts, vicious choking, nerve holds and spine tingling slams. Billy Jack comes back with forearm blasts, clotheslines, jumping headbutts, and double axehandles. Billy Jack does the unthinkable and hoists Kokina on his shoulders, but Ash reaches under the ropes and trips Billy. Both men tumble down, with Kokina on top. Kokina regroups, hoists Billy up and crashes back with a Samoan Drop for the pin. AWA Mid American Champ Austin Idol and The Guerreros (Hector and Chavo) vs. 'Marvelous' Mike George and The Fortunate Ones (Jerry Stubbs and Gary Young) This match is fast paced, wild and chaotic. Idol and the Guerreros spend a lot of time taking turns pinballing George and the Fortunate Ones all over the ring. Gagne's Gang manages to regroup and get their time and shots in. A pier six brawl breaks out. Idol has George in the Las Vegas Leglock, Chavo is punching away on Stubbs. Hector goes for a clothesline but Young ducks it and Hector flys over the top rope. Stubbs lowblows Chavo as Young sneaks up and executes the tornado DDT for the win. BOOOOOOO! Caribbean Death Match! Carlos Colon vs. Abbuda Iaukea Colon heads down the aisle to the fans cheers. WHAM! Abbuda nails his back from behind with a Persian Club! The match is on! Abbuda picks up Colon and slams him on the concrete, then stomps away. Abbuda grabs a cable and chokes away on Colon. Abbuda picks up Colon and rams him back first into the steel post, then slams Colon on the ground. Abbuda stomps away on Colon's back, then clamps on the Camel Clutch! Abuuda wrenches away as the fans try and fire Colon up. Colon is shaking his fists and starts to rise. Abbuda is shocked. Colon rises and runs backwards, slamming Abbuda into the steel post. Both men just fall forward. Colon has the look of a madman as he starts to stagger up. Colon grabs Abbuda's head and lights him up with fists. Colon slams Abbuda's head into the steel post, then does it again. Abbuda is busted open and bleeding bad. Colon grabs Abbuda and hits several consecutive backbreakers. Colon grabs a chair and hits Abbuda's back several times. Colon grabs a cable and wraps it around Abbuda's neck. Colon clamps on the camel clutch while choking Abbuda with the cable! Abbuda is out. The Ref signals for the bell. Colon stands up and raises his arms in victory. His war with the Iaukea's is finally over. The fans roar as Colon stands in triumph. 'The Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff vs. 'Gentleman' Chris Adams w/Baby Doll The fans are on their feet as Nikita explodes all over Adams. Baby Doll has terror in her eyes as she watches Nikita dismantle her man. It's all Nikita and the crowd is loving every minute. Baby Doll finally manages a distraction which allows Adams to send Nikita through the ropes with a high knee. Baby Doll earns her money and gives Nikita a painful back scratch. Adams gets back in the game and takes it to Nikita and scores several near falls. Adams hits a vertical suplex and follows with a knee drop from the top rope but can't put Nikita away. Adams misses a clothesline attempt, Nikita swings back and steamrolls Adams with a shoulder block. Nikita goes on a slam rampage and sets up for the Russian Sickle, but Baby Doll hops on the apron. Nikita heads over and warns her. Adams staggers up and charges Nikita but Nikita moves. Adams comes to a screeching holt to stop himself from colliding with Baby Doll. Nikita comes from behind and rolls up Adams 1..2..3! Mega Pop! AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. 'The Latin Heartthrob' Al Perez Perez wastes no time and goes right after Brown with hip tosses, dropkicks, back drops and slams. Brown comes back and pulls out his Judo arsenal. Brown gets ruthless and pounds away on Perez with fists, clubbing and mauling, but can't put Perez away. Brown charges Perez in the corner but Perez nails him with both boots. Brown staggers back as Perez puts him down with a clothesline. Brown staggers up as Perez scoop slams him down and hits a jumping fist drop. Perez goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop 1..2..Brown gets his foot on the rope. Perez hoists Brown up and is going for his helicopter drop but Brown rakes his eyes. Perez goes down as Brown comes down and rolls out of the ring. After a few seconds, Brown gets on the apron. Perez staggers up and goes to Brown, but Brown hits him and snaps Perez's head on the top rope. Brown gets in the ring. Perez staggers up as Brown grabs him and hits a bridging back suplex 1..2..3! Winner of the match and still AWA World Champ- Bad News Brown

Great job hyping up the clash. Taz and Sabu get their big TV break by getting some serious heat on Snuka. Feuding with Snuka will certainly elevate those two. The promo were full of energy, especially Steamboat. Bring on the Clash!

This is going to be awesome! Jarrett can now fully get back to running things his way. Lance and Dutch are the perfect balance. The deal with Turner, the big signings and the uncertainty of Lawler. Can't wait to see how all this plays out.

Royal gets crafty to get the win over Cocoa. I always liked it when a wrestler had a gimmick name for his finisher. 'Just a swingin neckbreaker' is a perfect example. Jones and his monsters send a strong message. Morton eeks one out over Dundee in a sweet match up. Ron is a man on a mission! Jimmy Jam has a tough road ahead. I like how SSM communicates with notes. Very creative idea. I've always had some difficulties trying to get messages across by foreign babyfaces. This is exactly why I'm going to use Mando as a mouthpiece for Canek. Golden will be a nice back up plan for Fuller in his TV title defenses. Worldwide, Smiley, Commandos and Morgan get nice showcases. Get ready Fuller, because former champ Wright is coming after you. Good idea paying homage to the NWA's history with the Heritage title. A lot at stake come Superbrawl. Jimmy Jam adds intrigue to the Garvin feud. I'm sure Ronnie will have no problem finding a partner. The NWA is really clicking!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-17-88 Larry Nelson: Hello AWA fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. As you all know, the AWA returns to Winnipeg Canada this weekend for a huge card. Those wrestlers appearing have already arrived in Winnipeg. However, not to worry because we have two big title matches tonight. Larry Zbyszko defends his newly won TV title against Scott Putski. Also, Venomous will defend their National tag titles against the Original Midnight Express. All that and so much more. Let's get to the ring. Corporal Kirchner vs. Trent Watkins Kirchner hoists his opponent on his shoulders and hits the Fireman's Carry Slam for the win. Kirchner parades around the ring, waving the American Flag, then heads over to Nelson. Nelson: Corporal Kirchner, you've certainly had your hands full with Richard Charland and his manager Frenchy Martin. Kirchner: Charland! It's time we settled this once and for all! You and me in a boot camp match! I hope you heard me Frenchy. Does your man have the guts to accept? Commercial Break United Kingdom vs. Hal Connors and Louie Rawlings Taylor knocks Connors block off with a spinning forearm blast. Haystacks follows with a giant elbow drop for the win. Wait a minute! The Gunslingers hit the ring with a bullrope! They double clothesline Haystacks with the bullrope! They turn around and double clothesline Taylor with the bullrope! The fans are going wild. Commercial Break Nelson: My goodness, it looked like the Gunslingers got a little payback on United Kingdom for that chair shot last week. Ok, switching gears, tomorrow night in Winnipeg, Bad News Brown defends the AWA world title against Al Perez. Perez gave Brown a lot more than he bargained for at Title Night. Let's here some pre recorded comments from Al Perez. Perez: Man, I came so close to achieving my dream of becoming AWA world champion. However, I came up short. No excuses, I've studied that match and learned from my mistakes. I've been given another golden opportunity and believe me I'm going to win that title! Nelson: No doubt about it, Perez is focused and determined. Another match that takes place in Winnipeg will be the Carribean Death match between Carlos Colon and Abudda Iaukea. Let's take a look at their history. A music montage of the Colon/Iaukea history is shown to Jimi Hendix's Purple Haze. Commercial Break Chicky Starr vs. Neil Jordan Starr arrogantly walks to the ring in an athletic sweatsuit and towel around his neck. Starr swings his opponent to the ropes and puts him down with a double thrust, then follows with a corkscrew elbow drop for the win. Starr wipes his face with his towel and throws it down on his fallen opponent. Commercial Break AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Venomous (C) vs. The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin Venomous controls the early segment and have the Midnight's in total disarray. Thanks to a distraction by Norvell, Midnight's are able to change the tide. Midnight's regroup and show why they're one of the best cohesive units in wrestling. They hit double slams, double suplexes and stereo high knees. Venomous ride the storm out and makes a serious comeback by putting their high flying offense to work. We get a pier six brawl. Venomous double dropkick Condrey out of the ring. They stereo kick Rose and double snap suplex him. Ding, Ding, Ding! The 10 minute time limit has expired. Norvell and Condrey help Rose out of the ring. Norvell raises his men's hands up and says they should be the champs. The Ref hands the titles to Venomous. Venomous raise them high as the fans cheer. Commercial Break The camera zooms in on the glowing pink 'Beauty Shop' sign, then pans down to Brenda Britton. Britton: Hi everybody and welcome to a very special beauty shop. Please stand and rise for the AWA Chief of Operations, my best friend, Gerry Morrow! Morrow comes out in a white suit and white fedora. He hugs and kisses Brenda's hand. Morrow: Pleasure is all mine Brenda. Britton: Oh Gerry! You're such a gentleman. I have to say, I've been more than impressed of the job you're doing. I understand you have some big announcements. Morrow: Ah, but of course. Because I can only make these announcements on de show where everything happens. Britton: You're to kind Gerry. The floor is all yours. Morrow: Very well. De first announcement is our next title night will take place on Saturday, March 11th and it will take place in Puerto Rico. De AWA is going worldwide on my watch. And my next big announcement is dat our next pay per view event will take place on April 15th at de Market Square Arena. Brenda, do you want to know de name of dis event? Britton: You bet I do! Morrow: Champagne Slam! HAHAHAHA! Britton: (applauding) Gerry! That's brilliant! You're so innovating, it's perfect! We're going to leave on that high note. Until next time, tooooodles! Commercial Break 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich vs. Bert Stevenson The Wild One by Jerry Lee Lewis blasts on the speakers as Rich high fives fans on the way to the ring. Rich slams his opponent, goes to the top rope and crashes down with a flying elbow drop for the win! Nelson: Johnny Rich, you've been racking up a number of wins here in the AWA. I'm sure you would like a title shot... Boos as the Dream Machine walks out. Dream: Johnny! Johnny! Johnny! What the hell are you doing babay? Rich: Not sure I follow Dream. Dream: Come off it! Your cousin Tommy was a legend in the AWA. In my opinion, the greatest AWA world champ of all time. Now you come in here, talking about redeeming the Rich name. Coming out here dressed as some 50's greaser, being all buddy buddy with these idiots out here. So, again, what the hell's the matter with you? Why don't we hang out and let me talk some sense into you. Rich: Look Dream, I am trying to redeem the Rich name and with all due respect I would like to do things my way. Dream: You really are a stooge, you know that. Accidents happen around here and when they do, you're going to wish you had a friend babay! Dream storms off leaving Rich and Nelson shrugging their shoulders. Commercial Break AWA World Tag Team Champs The Bruise Brothers vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Business as usual as the Bruise Brothers swing Dutro to the ropes and put him down with stereo double axehandles to the head! Bruise Brothers cut a promo and say it doesn't matter who they face, aint nobody gonna take the titles from them! They have the titles around their necks and give the camera menacing muscle poses. Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, with me now is Mando Guerrero. Mando, I understand you won't be in Winnipeg because you wanted to make a special announcement tonight. Mando: That's right, but don't worry because I know my brothers and Austin Idol will handle business with George and the Fortunate Ones. Larry, as you know I've been on the sidelines for a bit. During that time, I went out and got my manager's license. Of course my brothers Hector and Chavo are with me. and right now I would.... Massive boos as Greg Gagne comes slowly walking out. Nelson: Hold on Greg! What are you doing here? You're suppose to be in Winnipeg. Gagne: Hey Larry, how about noticing that I'm out of that wheelchair and walking. Man, I really can't stand you! The Doctors said because of my excellent health I was able to heal quicker than the average man. As for you Mando, I have an announcement as well. Making his triumphant return to the AWA, Gagne's Gang's newest member, Crusher Blackwell. Nelson: Oh no! Mando, maybe we should just get out of here. Blackwell strolls up to Mando and stares him down. Mando: Hold on Larry. Greg, you interrupted my big announcement. Gagne: Well, these will be your last words, so I hope they're memorable ones. Mando: Oh they are. Please welcome out my newest client. El Canek! Canek storms out and plows over Gagne! Canek and Blackwell have a wild and furious exchange! Mass security and officials run out. Punches and bodies are flying everywhere as the commercial hits. Commercial Break AWA TV Title Bout Larry Zbyszko (C) vs. Scott 'Powerhouse' Putski Zbyszko backs Putski away as the bell rings. Zbyszko starts yelling at the Ref to back Putski up. Putski has enough and dropkicks Zbyszko out of the ring. Putski goes to the apron. Zbyszko staggers around as Putski drops a double axehandle on him. Putski picks up Zbyszko and hurls him back in the ring. Putski goes to the top rope. Zbyszko staggers around and turns as Putski nails him with a flying press 1..2..Kick Out. Putski picks up Zbyszko but Zbyszko nails him with a mule kick. Zbyszko regroups, grabs Putski and hits a gut wrench suplex. Zbyszko follows with a backbreaker, then goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a knee drop 1..2..Kick Out. Zbyszko continues to work over Putski with technical moves combined with old fashion rulebreaking. Zbyszko goes for a suplex but Putski blocks it and suplexes Zbyszko. Putski fires up and is all over Zbyszko with slams, dropkicks and clotheslines. Putski swings Zbyszko to the ropes and goes for a back drop but Zbyszko kicks him and quickly follows with a spinning neckbreaker 1..2..3! Zbyszko falls back against the turnbuckles as the Ref walks over and hands him the TV title. The Ultimate Warrior is standing in the desert as the sun sets. He's looking up at the sky and shaking. "This is the power that makes the sky crumble and the earth shake!" AAAAHHHHH!!!!! The Ultimate Warrior is coming to the AWA!

The NWA rocked both Greensboro and the Omni! Still lov'n Radiance Billy Joe should have a great time in the NWA. Mega Man gets the best of an overzealous Morgan. Great match up! I always liked the classic booking of feuding wrestlers interfering in each other's matches. Keeps the heat going. Zero Fighters beat Jones's army at their own game. Trinity have looked like unbeatable monsters since regaining their 6 man titles. Damn! 60 minutes of Flair and Tully. Hell yea! Ron Starr lives up to his 'Rotten' moniker. Warriors move up a notch, defeating the always credible Tough Guy Inc. Abby has been rebuilt so well here. With the Andersons gone, Wright is able to focus and get the win over the youngest Anderson. Dundee's Bombs Away puts down the Mega Man. Props to Debeers for holding his own against Brody. Hopefully we get more of this. Like Greensboro, the Atlanta fans are treated to a main event classic, with the Andersons taking RnR to the limit.

Super D looks tuned up and ready for Duggan. Vader's stock is going way up, especially after that win over Goliath. At this point in time, Herc and Rick Steiner would be one fun hard hitting match up. Scotty gets a big time win over Gilbert. I think Gilbert and Missy will have words with Rick. Snake gets payback on Nord as he gets closer to Dibiase. Thanks to Goliath, Duggan is able to finish off Rotunda. Reed is back baby and the crowd loves it! Adnan finally gets some interference in as he helps Dibiase retain over JYD. DAMN!!! Vader goes through the cage and splashes Williams! What a stunning visual. Vader vs. Williams is going to rock! Reed gets involved and shows Luger his power. I'm all for Reed going after Luger's title. Great set ups here.

A lot of intrigue heading into the Clash. Bigelow is on the verge of snapping. On the flip side, Steamboat remains calm and focused. I wonder what Race has in store for Rhodes. Savage vs. the Freebirds is going to be money! Looks like Snuka can be thrown in there as well. Can't wait until the Road Warriors and Twin Towers collide. With all that going on, Konnan and Pegasus have a very cool storyline going on. Everything is really coming together in WCW.

AWA @ The Allen Town Coliseum, Fort Wayne Ind 2-12-88 Chicky Starr defeated a Local Talent with a corkscrew elbow drop The Original Midnight Express w/Norvell Austin defeated Gene Ligon and Salvatore Bellomo with a double hot shot The Dream Machine defeated Corporal Kirchner- Frenchy Martin came out and distracted the Ref, which allowed Richard Charland to sneak in the ring and clothesline Kirchner. Dream Machine followed with a jumping elbow drop for the tainted win. Cannonball Griz w/Norvell Austin and 'The Wild One' Johnny Rich battled to a hard hitting double countout. Both men came out looking strong. Synergy and 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson defeated 'Mr. Magnificent' Kevin Kelly and Badd Co. w/DDP and the Vin Man- Action packed roller coaster match that had the fans on the edge of their seats for 30 minutes. One of the highlights was Adias hitting a slingshot press (to the outside) on both DDP and Vinnie. During a pier six brawl, Rice won the match with a sunset flip from the top rope on Tanaka. DJ and Kelly kept fighting up the aisle. 'Quebecer' Richard Charland w/Frenchy Martin defeated Billy Jack Strong by DQ- Strong was DQed, when Corporal Kirchner hit the ring and attacked Charland. After the match, Kirchner apologized to Strong and Strong seemed to understand. AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Bruise Brothers (C) vs. The Glamour Boys The Glamour Boys have been putting up some solid outings against the champs on the loop. Tonight was no different. The Glamour Boys had the fans up and cheering with their high octane offense. On the flip side, the Bruise Brothers literally focused on their strengths and put their incredible power to work. In the end, Doll went for a flying press on Cameron, but Cameron caught him and powerslammed him over for the win.

I like this new aggressive side to Steamboat. Pierre is sort of the tough guy gatekeeper. Buzz got the win but it wasn't easy. The family storyline works so well with Lee and Taker. Looking forward to watching this play out. Bull is coming on strong, I'm glad my man St. Clair was able to pull it out. Never underestimate the Southern Boys. Cheetah gets over, even in defeat. No shame losing to the Widowmaker. Cow Palace, Malenko's show they're in contention as well. Animal continues his onslaught. Cornette has quickly made a difference with Christopher. His match with Cyrus shows the LHW division is up there with the stacked tag division. The FOJ/SCS feud is gaining momentum. Rose adds a lot to it. British Steel retain but the Wild Things are closing in. Hennig vs. Flowers is a fun match up. Hennig retains but Flowers is a legit contender. Fresno, Cheetah Kid rebounds and will be a serious LHW contender. Golden Guns get a key win over the Holly's. Watch out! Big Cat is pissed! I know Bret was watching Anvil's win over Owen. Cornette gets some good bragging rights over RPG. However, this one is far from over. Pierre knocks down another tough customer. Regal put up a fight but Backlund is the submission king. Brigade and NOE get crazy to end the night. Damn, get ready Hawaii because 2 stacked nights of action are coming!

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-10-88 Highlights from Title Night are shown. Venomous, the Bruise Brothers and Bad News Brown all retain. Larry Zbyszko wins the TV title! And Austin Idol is the new AWA Mid American champion. Larry Nelson: Hello fans and welcome to another edition of AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight you'll see DJ Peterson take on longtime rival Kevin Kelly. The Gunslingers face off against United Kingdom. Scott Putski will wrestle Jerry Stubbs for a TV title shot next week. AWA World Champ Bad News Brown will be here. All this and a lot more, so lets get to the ring. Badd Co. w/DDP vs. Trent Watkins and Neil Jordan DDP cheers as Tanaka karate kicks Jordan into a back suplex by Diamond for the win. The fans cheer as SYNERGY hits the ring and waits. DDP is frantically waving his arms trying to warn Badd Co. Badd Co. turn around as Synergy sends them through the ropes with stereo dropkicks. DDP tends to his team as Synergy soaks up the cheers. Commercial Break AWA TV Champ Larry Zbyszko vs. Melvin Tyler Larry's smugness is at an all time high tonight and wins the match with a swinging neckbreaker. Nelson: Larry Zbyszko... Zbyszko: (abruptly cuts off Nelson) Whoa whoa whoa! Listen spudhead, I want you to announce me as the new AWA TV champion! What's the matter with you? You give us Larry's a bad name, you know that? Nelson: (Rolls his eyes) My apologies. Our new AWA TV champion, Larry Zbyszko. Larry, you ended the amazing 13 month reign of Nick Busick. Zbyszko: Let me stop you right there. Of course I did! The only reason that dope Busick held this title so long was because he ducked me for 13 months. Now the AWA has a class act champion who will represent them well. 13 months will be nothing for me because nobody is qualified to beat me. Welcome to Larry Land! Zbyszko twirls his finger off his head, shines his title and walks out. Nelson: That was a lot to take in. I want to inform you fans that Nick Busick is undergoing surgery on his shoulder and will be out of action for a bit. We wish him a speedy recovery. Commercial Break Nikita Koloff vs. Harold Bannister Koloff makes short work of Bannister and takes him down with the Russian Sickle! Nelson: Big news fans, the AWA comes back to Winnipeg Canada next Saturday! On that card Chris Adams will face my guest at this time, Nikita Koloff. Nikita, after what happened to you a few weeks ago, I know you can't wait for Winnipeg. Nikita: Baby Doll! Chris Adams! You made a big mistake! In Winnipeg you will feel the wrath of the Russian Nightmare! Nikita does a trap pose. Commercial Break Carlos Colon vs. Wayne Bouma Colon is looking great and wins the match with a flying clothesline from the top rope! Nelson: Carlos, last week Abbuda Iaukea returned in a brutal way and challenged you to a Carribean Death Match, you accepted and that match will happen next week in Winnipeg. Colon: Abbuda! I finally exterminated your father from the AWA. I thought this was over but I was wrong. Abbuda comes running out, Colon turns around as Abbuda throws a fireball! However, Colon dodges it! Nelson runs away as an enraged Colon tackles Abbuda! Colon pounds away as officials quickly run out to break this up. Commercial Break 'Dynamite' DJ Peterson vs. 'Mr. Magnificent' Kevin Kelly w/The Vin Man Vinnie bails as DJ goes to town on Kelly. The first couple minutes is all DJ as he pinballs Kelly all over the place. A trip by Vinnie changes the momentum and Kelly takes full advantage. Kelly puts his power to use and hammers away on DJ. Kelly goes for a suplex but DJ blocks it and suplexes Kelly. DJ fires up and gives Kelly a taste of his power. Vinnie hops on the apron. DJ grabs Vinnie and presses him over his head. Kelly staggers up as DJ throws Vinnie into Kelly. DJ hurls Vinnie out of the ring. Kelly slowly staggers up as DJ swings off the ropes and hits Kelly with a flying clothesline 1..2..3! Big POP! Commercial Break Mean Streak vs. Hank Hill and James Conway Devastating squash as Mean Streak easily win the match with a double chokeslam! Nelson: Mean Streak, you've gathered quite a bit of buzz since attacking the Technicians. Miller: Hey, we said we do what whatever we want and there isn't a damn thing anybody can do about it! Brian: If those goody goody technicians want to try, then bring it on! Commercial Break 'Crippler' Ray Stevens vs. Noah Rogers Stevens is brutal and aggressive before hitting the piledriver for the win. Nelson: Ray Stevens, I was shocked at your actions last week. Rip Oliver is in the hospital thanks to you piledriving him on the concrete. Stevens: That man made a mockery of the crippler name. I came here to show the world what a crippler is. Rip Oliver! When and if you're ever cleared to wrestle again, Crippler Ray Stevens will be waiting! Commercial Break The Gunslingers vs. United Kingdom Gunslingers work over Taylor with quick tags and fluid teamwork. Taylor finally tags in Haystacks. Gunslingers charge but Haystacks knocks them down like bowling pins. Haystacks hurls Casey out of the ring and hammers down on Mantell. Haystacks tags in Taylor. Taylor uses his brute wrestling style and hard hitting offense to get several near falls on Mantell. Mantell ducks a clothesline, dives over and tags in Casey. Casey is all over Taylor and hits a jawbreaker 1..2..Haystacks drops an elbow on Casey's head. Mantell comes off the top rope and nails Haystacks with a double axehandle. Haystacks is staggering. The Gunslingers swing off the ropes and nail Haystacks with a double clothesline. Haystacks falls back and gets tangled in the ropes. While all this was going on, Taylor went to the outside and grabbed a chair. He slides in the ring and hits Mantell across the back. The Ref signals for the DQ as Taylor quickly slides out of the ring and untangles Haystacks while Casey checks on his partner. Commercial Break Nelson: My guest at this time is the new AWA Mid American Champ Austin Idol. Big pop as Idol comes out to Joan Jett's 'Do You want to touch me' Idol holds up his title to the cheering fans. Idol: Oh darling, I'm feeling so good and I'm on top of the world! Austin Idol is the AWA Mid American champ and brother it feels great. Now I've been told that I'll be defending this title against Mike George. Mike, I beat you to win this title and I'll beat you again. Make sure you relay that message to Gagne. Commercial Break Kokina w/Professor Bill Ash vs. Winston Thorpe Kokina hoists Thorpe up and hits the Samoan Drop for the win. Nelson: Professor, you and Kokina will have your hands full with Billy Jack Strong. Ash: Being a Professor means I'm a very smart man. Billy Jack Strong stuck his nose in our business because of respect for Nick Busick. In my book, that makes him an idiot. Where's Busick? That's my point! Billy Jack Strong, it wasn't worth it and you'll realize that when Kokina tears you apart limb by limb. Commercial Break Winner gets an AWA TV Title shot next week Scott 'Powerhouse' Putski vs. Jerry Stubbs w/Gary Young Young announces that Greg Gagne hooked him up with a one night manager's license. Young distracts Putski as Stubbs hits Putski from behind with a forearm blast. Stubbs works over Putski and chokes him on the bottom rope. He breaks as Young slaps Putski. Stubbs picks Putski up and rakes his face across the top rope, then distracts the Ref as Young grabs Putski and snaps his head on the top rope. The fans go wild as Chavo and Hector Guerrero run out and pound away on Young! Stubbs sees what's going on and goes towards the ropes. Before he can get out of the ring, Putski pushes Stubbs into the ropes and rolls him up 1..2..3! The fans are up and cheering. The Guerreros give him a thumbs up. Commercial Break Nelson: Coming out now is the AWA World Champ, Bad News Brown. Brown walks out in his buttoned down suit and gold chain. His title is on his shoulder. Nelson: Bad News Brown, your title reign has been nothing short of impressive. At Title Night, Al Perez gave you a real run for your money and has been granted a rematch next week in Winnipeg. Brown: Why does that chump deserve a rematch? I already beat him to a pulp. Nelson: Well he did get a 3 count but your foot was under the ropes. Brown: So what! That's part of the game. It don't matter. I'm going to beat that spineless cockroach again and this time he'll have no excuses and he won't want another match with me, and that's bad news for Al Perez! AWA returns to Winnipeg next weekend! AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. 'The Latin Heartthrob' Al Perez Nikita Koloff vs. 'Gentleman' Chris Adams w/Baby Doll Caribbean Death Match Carlos Colon vs. Abbuda Iaukea Mid American Champ Austin Idol and The Guerreros w/Mando Guerrero vs. 'Marvelous' Mike George and The Fortunate Ones w/Greg Gagne Billy Jack Strong vs. Kokina w/Professor Bill Ash Mean Streak vs. The Technicians

Butch Reed is a friend indeed! Great to see him back! I was hoping sooner or later this would happen. The Barbarians have joined forces! Can't wait for their inevitable showdown with Herc and Steiner. Poffo gets in an impressive debut. Herc and Steiner are some bad dudes. Loved the Jake and Ellering promos. Gilbert and Missy talked a lot about family but wouldn't let Rick get a word in. I wonder how long Rick is going to take this? Super D wants Duggan bad! Will Woman and Luger remain this confident come match time with Dr. Death? Thanks to Super D, Rotunda retains. Duggan's going to get his payback, only a matter of time. Gordon's right, I would love to see that Lakefront card live.

Wright and Finlay is one hell of a way to kick things off! Finlay gets the win with a pretty brutal finish. Good to see Ross getting some shine. Forming the special forces with the Commandos is brilliant booking. WOW! Didn't see this coming as Radiance brings in Jimmy Jam and Precious! Now we have a big time brothers feud! This is going to be awesome! I like that you reignited the Moondogs/Youngbloods feud. I enjoyed their previous feud and now they get to go at it on a national stage. Lightfoot's heel run gets better and better. What a promo! Street and Dundee are focused and ready for the RnR Express. Can't wait for the rematch! After some wild chaos, Fuller is the new TV champ! I liked SSM's reign and it put him over with the NWA fans, but man Fuller's reign is going to be so much fun. His promos alone will make for some great TV. Worldwide, Solid showcases for Starr, Brown and Tough Guy Inc. Jaggers vs. Fuller will be all sorts of Southern fun. Yamada and Hase are going to help SSM get some payback on Jones and thugs. SuperBrawl is really shaping up to be something special.

The Gauntlet match was so much fun! Great idea to crown a TV champ. Orton looked good. Konnan and Pegasus give the fans a taste. Freebirds do the numbers game. In the end, the Superfly stands tall with the belt. So happy to see Snuka wearing gold. Good set of promos that set things up well for Clash of Champions. Very interesting concept with the US champ being able to cash in the title for a world title match. Adds a lot of intrigue. Steamboat and Bigelow will have a banger of a rematch. Road Warriors and TT's is going to be explosive! And The American Dream is back baby!

The round tables have added so much to the storylines. Good work on a very creative idea. Well it was only a matter of time before Sullivan drew Roop in. Sullivan will do anything it takes to get Maha back. Smart move getting Lawler out there on the mic. Humperdink's building an army of his own and Black Tiger's coming in. As each week passes another layer is added. This is what keeps viewers tuning in. After watching that promo, Humperdink might want to enlist Roop. Hansen vs. Leduc will be chaos!

AWA TV Special- Title Night 2-4-88 From the Mecca in Milwaukee Ken Resnick: Hello AWA fans, it's great to be back with you and here at the very first Title Night. 5 tremendous title matches lined up. Before we get things going, I'm here with the AWA TV champ Nick Busick. Nick, you were scheduled to face Rip Oliver, but thanks to Ray Stevens, Oliver will not be able to wrestle. Larry Zbyszko has been announced as the substitute. You were allowed a week to prepare but chose to defend that title tonight. Are you sure you want to do that? I know you've been having issues with your shoulder. Busick: Yea, this shoulder has caused me some issues. Because I was getting it looked at yesterday, I was unable to watch Billy Jack's back. I felt I should've been there for him since he was there for me. As far as defending the TV title tonight. I said I would be a fighting champ and I've been just that for over a year. Ken, I'll be ready for Zbyszko. Resnick: Ok, there you have it. Let's get the night going. AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Venomous (C) vs. The Technicians Venomous defeated the Technicians at SuperClash to win the titles. Technicians were prepared for the rematch until an unexpected attack by Mean Streak tampered that. Technicians were obviously still feeling the effects but managed to keep Venomous grounded with some solid mat work. Technicians turned things up with some intense grappling and scientific wrestling. Venomous got things going their way and turned things way up the high flying offense. The wear and tear caught up with the Technicians as Cobra hit a superplex on Fleming and Kat followed with a moonsault for the win. Afterwards, Venomous helped Fleming up and shook hands with the Technicians. Winners of the Match and still AWA National Tag Team Champs- Venomous AWA TV Title Bout Nick Busick (C) vs. 'The Living Legend' Larry Zbyszko Instead of stalling, Zbyszko immediately goes after Busick's shoulder. Zbyszko works it over and goes for a running shoulder breaker but Busick wiggles his way behind Zbyszko and pushes him into the turnbuckles. Busick regroups and has Zbyszko pinballing everywhere. Slams, clotheslines, back drops, forearm smashes. Busick's rock'n and roll'n. Busick clotheslines Zbyszko over the top rope. Zbyszko staggers around on the outside and now plays the stalling game. Busick gets impatient and goes out after him. Zbyszko rakes his eyes and swings Busick towards the steel post, Busick reverses it and swings Zbyszko into the steel post. Busick charges Zbyszko but Zbyszko moves as Busick hits shoulder first into the steel post. Zbyszko clears the cobwebs and swings Busick shoulder first into the steel post. Zbyszko hurls Busick into the ring. Zbyszko picks up Busick and drops him with 3 consecutive shoulder breakers 1..2..NO! Busick somehow manages to get his shoulder up! A pissed off Zbyszko goes to the top rope. Busick gets to his knees as Zbyszko crashes down with a knee to Busick's shoulder 1..2..3!!!!! Nick Busick's 13 month TV title reign has come to an end. Zbyszko grabs the TV title and raises it high. He looks at the camera and says "Welcome to Larry Land!" As Nick Busick is being helped out, the fans give him a standing ovation for one epic title run. Winner of the match and NEW AWA TV Champ- Larry Zbyszko For the AWA Mid-American Title Austin Idol vs. 'Marvelous' Mike George w/Greg Gagne Gagne couldn't do much interfering due to still being confined to a wheel chair. Idol takes full advantage and is all over George. George turns things around when Idol goes for a back drop and George punts him hard. George controls things for awhile with a variety of suplexes, slams, rulebreaking and then goes into submission moves. Idol hasn't been used to hearing the fans cheers but he's getting them tonight. Idol slowly and surely starts to fight back. He really gets momentum when he nails George with a hot shot on the top rope. Idol goes to town on George's leg. He slides out of the ring, pulls George's legs and slams his leg on the steel post. Idol waves at a furious Greg Gagne. Idol slides back in, pulls George's legs apart and drops several elbows on the leg. Idol picks up George and drops him with a shin breaker. Idol clamps on the Las Vegas Leglock! The fans stand up and cheer as George submits! Gagne is going nuts. Idol acknowledges the fans support. Gerry Morrow comes in and presents Idol with the new Mid American title. Idol holds it up and takes in the cheers. Winner of the Match and NEW AWA Mid American champ-Austin Idol AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Bruise Brothers (C) vs. The Glamour Boys The Glamour Boys received this much deserved title shot after winning their feud with the Midnight Express. The Bruise Brothers have been dominant champs since July. Thanks to the Road Warriors they lost Snowman but Atlas and Cameron seem more brutal than ever. The Glamour Boys control early and take the champs off their game with high octane offense and impressive chemistry. Bruise Brothers come back hard and really punish the Glamour Boys. However, the Glamour Boys just wont quit. This irritates and angers the Bruise Brothers and they inflict more pain and punishment. The Glamour Boys have the comeback of a lifetime as incredible adrenaline kicks in. They double back drop Atlas and double dropkick Cameron out of the ring. The Glamour Boys go to opposite top ropes. Atlas staggers up and gets nailed with a missile dropkick from Simpson! Doll follows with a top rope splash 1..2..Cameron breaks it! Simpson goes for a flying press on Cameron but Cameron catches him in mid air! Doll dropkicks Simpson's back and Simpson falls on top of Cameron. Atlas blasts Doll from behind. Atlas stomps on Simpson and helps Cameron up. They hurl Simpson out of the ring. They pick up Doll, swing him to the ropes and put him down with stereo double axehandles 1..2..3!! Winners of the Match and STILL AWA World Tag Team Champs- The Bruise Brothers AWA World Title Bout Bad News Brown (C) vs. 'The Latin Heartthrob' Al Perez Big time main event feel. Perez has been on an unbelievable roll with high profile wins at Collision at the Coliseum and SuperClash 2. Brown has been champ since July and has defeated all challengers. The first few minutes is back and forth with neither man gaining an advantage. Brown came to fight and Perez is going toe to toe with him. Both men get to shine in this roller coaster match. After 15 minutes, Perez is feeling it but Brown cuts him off with a knee to the mid section off the ropes. Brown goes into beast mode and hammers away on Perez but can't put him away. Brown gets frustrated and baseball slides Perez out of the ring. Brown goes out after him. Perez slides back in the ring. Brown gets on the apron, Perez punches away and suplexes him back in the ring. Perez swings Brown to the ropes and back drops him. Brown staggers up and Perez dropkicks him down. Brown staggers up and Perez scoop slams him down. Perez swings off the ropes and hits a jumping elbow drop. Perez goes to the middle ropes and comes down with a forearm drop. Perez swings Brown to the ropes and hits a sidewalk slam. Perez is fired up! He picks up Brown and hits the helicopter drop 1..2..3! NO Wait! The Ref sees Brown's foot on the rope. Perez thinks he won. He jumps up in pure elation. The Ref jumps up and explains the situation to Perez. Perez can't believe it. Brown clotheslines Perez from behind! Brown leans against the ropes and regroups. Perez staggers up as Brown clotheslines him down again. Brown swings off the ropes and hits a delayed knee drop on Perez. Brown picks up Perez and swings him hard, front first into the corner. Perez hits the corner and staggers back as Brown drops him with the ghetto blaster 1..2..3! Brown stands in the middle of the ring holding his title and fist high. Winner of the Match and STILL AWA World Champ- Bad News Brown. Resnick: Fans, what a night this has been. I'll see you next month for our March edition of Title Night.

The Holly's get a big confidence building win. Watch out NOE, because the Bulldozer has drawn the line. Something as simple as a name change can work wonders. Pierre earning Anvil's respect is pretty damn impressive. Sin City Superstars pull out an old trick on the Force. Rose has taught them well. WOW! First, I was surprised Cornette chose Christopher but oh man I wasn't expecting Vic to show up. It all pays off. Cornette is a very smart man. Portland, Going the distance with the Malenkos is a moral victory for the Weapons. St. Clair vs. Buzz! Bring it on! Tony defiantly lived up to his tough moniker. Maxx has become one of PCW's baddest monsters. Nice throwback match with Rose and Haynes. I like this SCS/FOJ feud going on. Backlund is the greatest scientific heel of all time. Even in defeat, Jimmie Lee made a name for himself. Hennig is such a great underdog champ. Eugene, Cornette is quickly working wonders with Christopher. How did you think of this pairing? Genius! Furnas has really gotten his power over. AD said it best. RIP Perez. Cheetah has had some momentum going but Cactus put a stop to it tonight. If he keeps these kinds of wins up, Hall might be looking at a lengthy CA title run. Barnburner tag title match to end the night. I popped when I saw this match posted. Looks like we're going to get more. Oh yea!

Paul Jones has his Moondogs looking like serious threats. Jaggers is always a solid hand. Morgan's path of destruction continues in the NWA. The Commandos and Trinity would be some fun brawls to watch. Garvin kos the Gigolo. Hase walks out with a big win over Kabuki. Taylor vs. Manny is a perfect main event for this venue. Fun match. Greenville, Finlay gets his big shot. Having the Andersons mentor young Brad is a great way to build this kid. First Gigolo gets ko'd and now Chic gets the Combat kick. Not a good wknd for Radiance LOL. Kaz and Bart have a fun little feud going. I can see Borne really breaking out this year, especially with Jones in his corner. New Breed add more heat with the SPC. Tully and Wright would be a real treat. Flair continues to retain against all comers.