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AWA Report Friday July 11th and Saturday July 12th The Metrodome, Minneapolis MN Live on pay per view The special guest celebrities, Bonnie Tyler (Singing the national anthem on night 1 and America the beautiful on night 2) and Jasmine Guy (special TV title match ring announcer) hype up WrestleRock. AC/DC concert footage is shown to pump up their 2 concerts at WrestleRock. A word from the special guest promoter, Don King "Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair. Two iconic figures at the height of their careers will wrestle for the AWA world title. Only at WrestleRock will a world title bout of this magnitude take place." New matches signed AWA International Title Bout 'The Red Rooster' Terry Taylor (C) vs. ??? AWA TV Title Bout David Sammartino (C) vs. King Kaluha Falls Count Anywhere Cactus Jack vs. 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer 'Lionheart' Tony St. Clair vs. The Missing Link This week's WrestleRock Promos The Rock N Roll Express are standing in front of the Metrodome with the titles on their shoulders Gibson: Enforcers, we think your bark's a lot bigger than your bite Morton: What, you guys thought you were going to waltz right into the AWA and bully the world tag team champs? You thought wrong boys! Nobody is going to rock WrestleRock like the rock n roll express! The Enforcers are standing in front of a WrestleRock banner Zbyszko: You know, the rock n roll express are the true definitions of spudheads. Those two long haired girly men are going to find out real soon what tag team wrestling is all about. It's about time real men held the world tag titles. Anderson: One thing's for sure, a crime will be committed at WrestleRock. Not jaywalking, not petty theft but aggravated assault! Your holding what we want. At Wrestlerock those titles are ours! Footage from Title Night is shown of the vicious attack inside the steel cage. Flair finishes things off with the figure four and Hogan is stretchered out. AWA World Champion, Hulk Hogan is pumping iron at the gym. Every rep, he yells Flair's name. He stops and looks into the camera. Hogan: Ric Flair! At Title Night, you made the biggest mistake of your life! As you can see, I'm getting stronger and stronger each day. The power of Hulkamania is more than you can comprehend, but at WrestleRock, you're going to find out what strength, power and determination is all about brother. So Ric Flair, whatcha gonna do when the power of Hulkamania runs wild on you! Hogan goes back to pumping iron.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 6-6-90 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight, Ric Flair will be in action as he tunes up for his world title showdown with Hulk Hogan at WrestleRock. The Destruction Crew takes on the Power Twins. Tony St. Clair finally gets a one on one match with the Missing Link. All that and so much more. Ok, joining me now is the AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow. Brenda Britton walks out. Britton: You're excused Nelson. Nelson rolls his eyes and walks away. Britton: Hi everybody! Please welcome out the best C.O.O. in the business, Gerry Morrow. Morrow walks out in his suit and fedora hat. Britton: Gerry, the biggest event of the year, WrestleRock 90 is on the horizon and kudos to you and all your hard work. You're giving the world the most epic main event in wrestling history with Hulk Hogan defending the world title against Ric Flair. It's unbelievable. I understand you're out here to discuss another title match set for WrestleRock. I'm talking about the International title. Morrow: Ahhhhhh thank you for de kind words Brenda. WrestleRock is shaping up to be de grandest event in AWA history. And yes, you are right. I'm here to announce who Terry Taylor will be defending de International title against at WrestleRock. Boos as Terry Taylor struts out. He's wearing a suit, ponytail slicked back and the title on his shoulder. Taylor: Hold up just a second Gerry. Don't make that announcement just yet. As a matter of fact, don't make that announcement at all. Because it doesn't matter who my opponent is. I've proven without a shadow of a doubt that I'm the cock of the walk in the AWA. I've been running this henhouse for months and nobody has come close to taking my title. So do me a favor Gerry. Keep my opponent a secret. I'm just plain bored and this could give me a little excitement. So keep it under wraps, ok. At WrestleRock, the Red Rooster will come out victorious to the surprise of, well, nobody. Man, I feel great! Rooster! Taylor slicks back his ponytail and struts away. Morrow: (smiling) very well. If dat is what Mr. Taylor wants, that is what he will get. His opponent will be a mystery to all of us. Britton: Amazing! You see, everything happens when I'm around. Until next time, tooooodles. Commercial Break The Swords of Light vs. Todd Rooney and Clyde Putnam The Swords are in sync tonight. During the match, Vinnie and Good Vibrations come out to scout their WrestleRock opponents. Konnan hits a sidewalk slam and tags in Gama, who finishes things off with the Boston Crab. Vinnie and Good Vibrations laugh, shake their heads and wave their arms as if to say the Swords wont be a challenge. Commercial Break Mike Graham vs. Harold Bannister Graham puts on a technical display and wins the match with a back stabber followed by a crucifix pin. Nelson: Impressive win Mike. I understand you still have an open contract out for WrestleRock. Graham: Key word being still. You know, I'm not surprised nobody has signed on to wrestle me, because there's no wrestler in the AWA that can beat a true wrestling technician like me. I don't need a flashy moniker or cool looking ring gear. I get the job done in the ring with my sheer wrestling ability. I have a feeling WrestleRock will be a night off for me. And I thought this was the major leagues. What a joke. Commercial Break The Power Twins w/Steve Disalvo vs. The Destruction Crew w/JW Storm After what happened last week, these teams go at it hard and heavy. Both teams show off their tremendous strength and execute a lot of impressive power moves. During the match, Storm and Disalvo yell back and forth. At one point, Storm tries to interfere but Disalvo's on him. They fight into the ring while the match is going on. Chaos ensues as all 6 men start slugging it out. The Ref calls for the double DQ. The bell keeps ringing but they keep fighting. Commercial Break Nelson: My goodness a lot of bad blood there. That's going to be one heck of a 6 man match at WrestleRock. Ok, with me now is the Soul Patrol. I know you guys have something to say to the Olympians. Walker: That's right Larry. The Olympians talk and talk about honor but all they do is cheat. They've beaten us by cheating, but we're not out here crying about that. Jones: Oh no, we're out here for a solution. Since the Olympians love to cheat so much, well hey, we can play that game too. Olympians! We're challenging you to a tornado tag match at WrestleRock! That way you can cheat all you want and so can we. Nelson: Alright, the challenge has been laid down. The Soul Patrol leave Nelson: Now joining me are the reigning AWA national tag team champs, the Mavericks. At WrestleRock, you'll be defending your titles in a 3 way match against Latin Desire and the Jive Tones. The champs are wearing silver jackets with maverick horses on the back. They hold their titles up high as the fans cheer. Young: Both those teams have been thorns in our side for months. It's time to show them why we're the ones holding the titles. Embry: You said it Gary. There's only one way we can solidify our reign and that's to take both teams down at once. And trust me, that's exactly what we're going to do at WrestleRock! Commercial Break Leo Burke vs. Ray Glader Burke looks good tonight and wins the match with the sleeper. Hold on! Jimmy Golden hits the ring with taped fists. Burke turns around as Golden nails him with a punch. Golden follows with a fist drop. Golden grabs Burke's hair and starts hitting his head with his taped fists. Golden stands up and starts swinging his taped fists at the air. Commercial Break 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer vs. William Hillman Sawyer powerslams his way to victory. Nelson: (nervous) Buzz, I'm sure you heard the challenge made by Cactus Jack last week. Falls count anywhere match at WrestleRock. Sawyer: (Screaming) Jack wants to have more fun? (maniacal laugh) That's good for me because at WrestleRock I can beat him up all over the stadium! Yea, that sounds like a lot of fun to me. Sawyer laughs like a lunatic, which creeps Nelson out. Commercial Break Footage from last week is shown as Jumbo Tsuruta gives Superstar Graham 2 powerbombs. Nelson: With me now is Ray Stevens. Ray, that was one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen. The Superstar might never return to the AWA. I hope you and Tsuruta are proud of yourselves. Stevens: Hey! This is all on Muraco. We told him we weren't playing around anymore but he didn't take us seriously. Right now he's being a beach bum in Hawaii while Jumbo is in Japan doing some serious training. Do you think Muraco got our message? Muraco sprints out and tackles Stevens! Muraco just starts pounding away on Stevens with closed fists. Muraco picks up Stevens by his shirt and swings him into the steel post. Officials come out but Muraco picks up a chair and threatens them. They back off. Muraco hits Stevens back with the chair. Muraco picks up Stevens and slaps him across the face. Muraco hoists Stevens up and executes an inverted piledriver on the concrete! My goodness! Muraco stands up and looks down at Stevens. Security and Medics rush out. Muraco has pure evil in his eyes. It looks like Stevens and Tsuruta have brought back the Magnificent One. Commercial Break El Canek vs. Willie Lopez It takes a bit to get Stevens stretchered out of there. After processing all that, the fans get a treat with the return of El Canek. Canek's ribs seem to be healing fast as he looks tremendous tonight. Canek gorilla slams Lopez down and follows with a body splash for the win. It seems Greg Gagne and King Kong Bundy may have underestimated Canek. Commercial Break King Kahlua vs. Neil Jordan Kahlua hits a snap suplex and follows with an elbow drop from the top rope for the win. Nelson: After that fireball incident last week, David Sammartino says he'll gladly defend the TV title against you at WrestleRock. The sad thing is after that time limit draw at Title Night, you were probably going to get another TV title shot. I mean why did you have to resort to such despicable tactics. You're really luck Sammartino is ok and wasn't seriously burned. Kahlua: I was probably going to get a rematch? Probably doesn't work for me. It's high time the AWA took notice of King Kahlua. I took matters into my own hands and did what had to be done. Sammartino knows he was a broken man at Title Night. That TV title should be mine! At WrestleRock, I'll make sure it's mine! Commercial Break 'Lionheart' Tony St. Clair vs. The Missing Link St. Clair eagerly waits in the ring. After a few minutes, Link doesn't arrive and the Ref has no choice but to declare the match a forfeit. Nelson: Tony, I'm not sure what to make of all this. I mean, the Missing Link has attacked you on TV and at several arenas throughout the territory. For no reason might I add. Tony: It figures he wouldn't show up face to face. That makes him... WHAM! From behind, the Missing Link hits Tony with a headbutt! Link picks up Tony and rams him back first into the steel post. Link hurls Tony into the ring. Link goes to the top rope. Grabs the back of his head and hits Tony with a diving headbutt. Officials once again come out to stop this madness. Commercial Break 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair vs. Vic Dutro Flair struts and Woooos his way through the match. Flair clamps on the figure four and it's all over. Nelson: At WrestleRock, Hulk Hogan will defend the AWA world title against this man, Ric Flair. Ric, you and the Enforcers really did a number on Hogan's leg at Title Night. However, Hogan is rehabbing hard and promises he'll be better than ever at WrestleRock. Flair: Do you really think that matters at all to me? You're looking at the greatest specimen to ever to walk down that aisle. I'm Ric Flair and I'm custom made from head to toe. So, Hogan! Pal! You can do all the training you want. You can eat all the vitamins you want, and you can say all the prayers you want. But none of that will help you! You haven't got a chance Hogan! You're stepping into the ring with the most premier dominate athlete in history. You're not on my level Hogan. The only title missing from my resume is the AWA world title. And WOOOO! How great it will be to walk into WrestleRock and defeat the immortal Hulk Hogan in front of all his little Hulkamaniacs. WOOOOO! I'm coming for you Hogan and like I promised from day one, I'm going to win that AWA world title! WOOOOOOO!

Could this be the start of a Kokina push Poor Valiant. That powerbomb must've looked brutal Fun seeing the Bolshieviks get a push. They could get some good heat winning the US titles I know this is late in his career, but it's always a special moment when Andre wrestles on TV Love the event center promos mixed in. Classic WWF A Nailz squash match is always cool to watch Duggan advances with a win over his rival. HOOOOOO!

Yamada and Fuke kick things off with a pretty damn good match. Both men have bright futures ahead Paulson's slowly but surely rising the ranks. After a scare, Johnson comes back and shows off his freakish power The Soviets are such a cohesive unit. They're on their way for a chance at the tag titles. The Koslowski's earn their way to a shot at the belts. The Koslowski's vs. the Soviets is a dream match that will draw some big money and buzz. Zouev and Kopylov give the fans a Sambo clinic and both get a much deserved applause of respect from the fans. That was an impressive submission sequence by Zouev Props to Suzuki for hanging tough. Han's one of my favorites here and hopefully he's on the road to a title shot. Fujinami scores the fall and no doubt Sayama took notice. This was a brilliant way to set up the inevitable title match showdown. After a great night of action, the main event keeps the fans alive. Maeda and Ogawa get the crowd pleasing win but it looks like some one on one's are in the near future. This show was a lot of fun. I'm excited for the huge July event.

Watch out WCW, because the Varsity Club is back! JJ and Tully are bringing out the brawlers and monsters for battle Clash is really shaping up. Luger and Nikita have been on a collision course. Power and Glory vs. Owen and Bulldog could steal the show. I can't wait until Sting gets in the ring again. Looking forward to seeing how you book 90's Freebirds.

Only a matter of time before Gaylord gets his hands on Dutch Always love seeing two Mid South vets like Budro and Iceman go at it. Gilbert and his entourage defeat Dundee for the Tri State title. By dismantling the Guerreros, the Steiners send a strong message to Doom Hammer and Anvil, that just sounds like they were meant to team up. After that impressive win, we might see more of this team. Savage and Kerry give the fans their money's worth. Savage winning clean here is a big deal. Damn, I thought the Steiners sent a message, but Doom really went overboard here. Orndorff was really built up well for this match. Lawler makes the ultimate comeback, satisfies the fans with a piledriver and prevails. Another fun show at the Coliseum. Great job Kev

AWA Report Friday July 11th and Saturday July 12th Live on pay per view From the Metrodome in Minneapolis MN Brenda Britton: Hi everybody, here's your Wrestlerock update. AWA C.O.O. and my best friend Gerry Morrow has decided that due to all the chaos surrounding the AWA National tag titles, at Wrestlerock, the Mavericks will defend their titles in a 3 way match against Latin Desire and the Jive Tones. Brenda also says The Hangman will wrestle the Snowman at WrestleRock. Mike Graham has put out an open contract for Wrestlerock if anybody has the guts to get in the ring with a real wrestler. Also just signed, JW Storm and the Destruction Crew will face Steve Disalvo and the Power Twins. Here's some WrestleRock promos. Snowman: That Nell thinks he can intimidate me with words. Not a chance. Let's see how tough the Hangman is when I knock his teeth out. My soul belongs to me and so does the Hangman's ass! Vinnie: It appears the Swords of Light have signed to face my good vibrations at Wrestlerock. What's with their name? The Swords of Light? Is that some kind of positivity thing? Well, nothing's more positive than good vibrations and we're going to put a positive beating on them at Wrestlerock. YEA! Randall 'Tex' Cobb: I've been law and order at Wrestlerock before and I get to do it again. Those boys Burke and Golden have been in some hellacious fights and I'll see to it there's a winner at Wrestlerock. New matches signed AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The RnR Express (C) vs The Enforcers AWA National Tag Title 3-Way Bout The Mavericks (C) vs. Latin Desire vs. The Jive Tones w/Tiger Conway Jr Carlos Colon vs. Col. Debeers The Hangman w/Nell vs. The Snowman 'The Mighty Yankee' Steve Disalvo and The Power Twins vs. 'The Future' JW Storm and The Destruction Crew

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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