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The promos set the SNME tone and we're ready to go! Wow, Tito couldn't have picked a better partner to deal with Earthquake. Fun 8 man tag to kick things off with Tito's team getting the hot win. This match got the crowd going. Whoa, what's Jake doing here? Damn, Slick's right, Zeus earned his money tonight. Warrior's in bad shape Kevin gives Heenan and Rude a real scare, but Rude edges out the win. Warrior got the worst part of this deal. Jake's the master of being evasive lol Nailz put a hurting on Bossman. We'll see how Bossman recovers from this. Awesome southern tag ends the night. Dusty takes advantage of Funk's miscue to get the win. I hoping we get Dusty and Funk, one on one. Next stop, WrestleMania!

Gaylord made a smart move coming back to Memphis. This is a place he can thrive. It didn't take long for the Southern Boys to get over with the fans Man, it's great seeing Orndorff back in the game. I'm all for a battle of piledrivers match with Lawler Jarrett better give Fuller what he wants because the fans will want to pay to see him lol The Taker team is bringing the eeriness to Memphis I'm already buying a ticket to next week's show to watch Dundee and Dutch fight everywhere Dustin looks great but I think Lance accidently fired up Savage Memphis+Main Event=Chaos. Love the slow burn storyline with Slater. What's really going on in Hennig's mind. Another wild week in Memphis

Liked the description of Battleground. Sometimes these types of matches are better on paper, but hey, it gave these guys something to do Owen and Bulldog give it their all but the heels heel it up to retain. I liked this match up Hall's getting the superstar push Rich was fired up but damn, so was Garvin. I'm loving this feud Sherri has her Skyscrapers looking unbeatable Muta and Liger might've stole the show. Muta retains and has eyes on the world title Pillman upsets Arn. This win will catapult Pillman in a big way Wow, I thought Muta and Liger stole the show but I think the Rockers and RW's upstaged them. It seems the Rockers are the fan favorites here after that decision. Bring on the rematch Watch out WCW, Nikita's on the rampage! Luger finally gets his solidifying world title moment. Sting proves he's a great friend as Luger finally gets the best of Flair.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 3-1-90 Highlights from Title Night are shown. All Champions retain their titles. Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. We have a lot of action tonight, but before we get to that, please welcome... Brenda Britton comes walking out. Britton: Hit the bricks Nelson. Nelson rolls his eyes and just walks away. Britton: Hi everybody! Please welcome out the greatest AWA C.O.O. ever, Gerry Morrow. Morrow strolls out wearing a white fedora hat, sunglasses and white suit. Britton: Gerry, I know this upcoming pay per view on April 12th is very dear to you. Morrow: Hahahahaha yes it is Brenda. As you know I created Champagne Slam and this year will be de third annual event from de Market Square Arena. Tonight I am going to make two very big announcements. Dis year I have something very special planned. My concept is called de Champagne Challenge. There will be 2 battle royals. De winner of each battle royal will face each other later in de night. Then, de winner of that match will be presented with de best bottle of champagne by yours truly. But not only dat. De winner will also receive an AWA world title shot at our biggest event of da year, WrestleRock 90. Brenda: Oh wow! Gerry, that's brilliant! Morrow: Hahaha, thank you Brenda. The man who wins de Champagne Challenge will get de opportunity of a lifetime at WrestleRock. No doubt about it, he will have earned it. However, dat is not all. Brenda: You mean there's more? Morrow: Hahaha yes. At Champagne Slam, Hulk Hogan will defend de AWA world title against de number one contender, Stan Hansen. Brenda: Oh my! This event is going to be incredible! My goodness! Well, as always you fans get all the biggest scoops from me. Until we meet again. Toooooodles! Commercial Break 'The Mighty Yankee' Steve Disalvo vs. Trent Watkins Disalvo walks out wearing his sunglasses and JW Storm's leather jacket. Disalvo dominates and wins the match with a running shoulder breaker. Disalvo cuts a promo wearing Storm's jacket and says if Storm wants it back, come and get it! Commercial Break The Power Twins vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez The Power Twins win the match when Larry executes a backbreaker on Lopez and holds him as David comes off the middle ropes with a knee drop to the chest. Power Twins cut a promo and say they can't wait to knock over Good Vibrations and the Pinhead Man...again. Commercial Break Highlights are shown from last week when King Kong Bundy attacked El Canek. Nelson informs us that Canek broke a rib but will be in the Champagne Challenge as will King Kong Bundy. The Olympians come out. Nelson: Can I help you guys? Rheingans: Just stand there and hold the mic! Tell them Ken. Patera: Last week that punk Tom Brandi got the biggest fluke win of his pathetic life. Brandi! You and me, next week! Get ready punk because I'm going to rip you apart! Commercial Break The Mavericks and Bobby Blaze vs. The Jive Tones and King Kaluah w/Tiger Conway Jr. A lot of heat in the ring. The match starts off with a pier six brawl and we get several more during the match. After a see saw segment, another brawl breaks out. Kaluah and Blaze fight on the outside. Whatley and Gary Young fight to the outside also. The Ref is distracted by the outside fighting. Inside the ring, Embry puts Skip Young down with a running bulldog, but Conway runs in with a chair and blasts Embry. Conway rolls out of the ring. Skip puts his arm over Embry as the Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! BOOOOOOO Commercial Break 'The British Bomber' Johnny Smith w/Les Thornton vs. Carl Kellerman Smith easily wins the match with a Superplex. As Thornton and Smith go to ringside, thundering boos hit as Col Debeers walks out. Debeers shakes hands with Thornton and Smith. Nelson: Col Debeers, what are you doing out here? Debeers: Last week, everybody witnessed a true atrocity when that weak champion Hulk Hogan walked out of our match with the world title. Did you people think I was just going to walk away? Oh no, I've only just begun. Those who have participated in helping Hogan must now pay dearly for their actions. Next week those Untouchables and the so called AWA world tag team champions the Inferior Express will team up to face myself and my Commission. (looks at Thornton) Mr. Thornton, I have the upmost respect for you. You and I see things the same. I'm out here to get your permission to obtain the services of Mr. Smith for our match next week. Of course, in return, I will owe you a favor. Thornton: I did witness that injustice last week Col Debeers. I know exactly how you feel. Johnny Smith and I would love to help. You're right, it's time the AWA received a wake up call. We will be there next week and I think I will be calling in that favor soon. Debeers twirls his mustache and nods his approval. Debeers, Thornton and Smith once again shake hands. They exit and leave Nelson looking concerned. Commercial Break 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer vs. Neil Jordan Sawyer decimates Jordan before winning the match with a powerslam! Sawyer starts biting the head of Jordan. CACTUS JACK hits the ring and attacks Sawyer! Jack hits, bites and stomps away on Sawyer. Jack lifts Sawyer up and drops him with a double arm DDT! Jack smiles and gives his Bang Bang trademark. Commercial Break Jumbo Tsuruta w/RayStevens vs. Harold Bannister Poor Bannister is going to be sore for a week. Jumbo obliterates him and puts him out of his misery with a powerbomb. Nelson: Ray, at Title Night, Don Muraco got the best of your man.. Ray cuts him off Stevens: Muraco! Graham! You ruined everything! Jumbo was on his way to winning back his world title but now everything has changed! You can bet Jumbo will be in the Champagne Challenge and trust me, we'll get back on track. But before that, Jumbo is going to annihilate you Muraco! And Graham, you better watch your back! Commercial Break Nelson: Fans, before we get to our main event, we have a huge show lined up for next week. AWA World Champion, Hulk Hogan will be here to address his Champagne Slam title match with Stan Hansen. There will be a TV title drawing match. Tom Brandi has accepted Ken Patera's challenge. I've just been informed that the Mavericks and Jive Tones will wrestle for a National tag title shot at Champagne Slam. And the AWA tag champs the Rock n Roll Express will team with the Soul Patrol to take on Col Debeers, the Commission and Johnny Smith. Wow, what a show. Ok, let's get to the ring. Brutus Beefcake vs. Jimmy 'The Stud' Golden Both of these men have been entered into the Champagne Challenge. It seems a battle royal is right up Golden's alley. However, lately Beefcake has been unhinged and seems ready to take on several men at once. Both men go back and forth with some hard hitting shots. Golden takes control and puts Beefcake down with a clothesline but Beefcake kicks out. Beefcake makes a comeback and has Golden reeling. Beefcake applies the Sleeper and wrenches away. Golden's arms are flailing, and he takes the Ref out. Golden fights the sleeper and both men end up going over the top rope. OH NO! Nell leads the Hangman out. The Hangman attacks Beefcake, lifts him up and drops him with a Hangman's neckbreaker! Nell rolls Golden back into the ring. Nell leads the Hangman to the back. The Ref groggily gets to his feet. He sees Beefcake on the outside and makes the 10 count. Golden staggers up and raises his fist. Officials come out to help Beefcake.

Great way kick things off with an exciting Trios title bout. This really sets the tone Busick and Douglas are clearly on the same page now and the Hexagon found that out. Oh yea, only a matter of time before Iron and Steel gets a title shot Finlay made Sarge bleed but Sarge triumphs in the end. Kid and Rob make the Sinister proud After that battle, Gordy and Hart are in for a war Good thing Austin has an ally. Condrey has had such an impressive singles run here that I knew he would hold gold at some point. Tonight was his night. Props to Regal on a great run. Dreamboats eke one out but I'm sure Coast to Coast will finagle a rematch. From LHW champ to TV champ, Scotty has built up quite the PCW resume. No shame for Hash, he had a stellar reign. Night 2 Thrillseekers kick off night 2 with a bang Rose and Piper have enough to deal with in each other, not sure they want to involve the Sinister. Who knows where this is going to lead. Very intriguing storyline Sabu defeats a hot PCO I agree, the OWC are on par with the rest of the Terror Cornette and the Midnights will pay Bigelow gets a huge win. Whatever he said to Piper, it worked Lee doesn't give Windham a chance to celebrate. Stay tuned for more Azul retains in yet another LHW thriller I told you Cornette and the Midnights would pay Steamboat slays Williams. And then there was one. Will Dibiase be the one to dethrone Steamboat or will Steamboat finish a clean sweep. Cant wait to find out. Awesome show!

It's so great reading Monsoon and Heenan's classic banter After all the promos, I'm hyped for SNME Nailz vs. Bossman is going to be one hell of a brawl. Speaking of brawls, Dusty and Duggan vs. The Outlaws is going to give the northern fans an old school southern show. I'm looking forward to Tito's surprise I can't imagine who Rude and Warrior's opponents will be. I'll be tuning in to find out.

The Mortons are on fire and I'm sure the USWA is taking notice. Big Dave has certainly noticed. I thought Starr was going to be in big trouble when Lock came out, but damn he gave Humperdink a beating. I'm sure Lock has something up her sleeve. The Mortons take care of business. I think Falk is going to have a long talk with Big Dave.

I like your show's formats. The description of the squash matches always crack me up. Love the battleground concept. This will put a lot of shine on the mid card feuds I see Scott Hall climbing the rankings I agree with AD, Nikita and Tatanka could be a fun US title program Get well soon Sting! After a lot of drama and intrigue, it all comes down to Luger and Flair at WrestleWar. Bring it on!

The Southern Boys will thrive here. Love the ambiguity with Slater. The man plays this role so well. Parsons rocks the house, but his partner 2 Cold goes down to the numbers game. BA and Dutch go at it again, but this time Brad has some serious back up. Jarrett and Dustin get the crowd pleasing win. Nice touch with Goto enjoying the whacking Sid goes down to a broken leg. Luck was with the Freebirds tonight. We'll see how Fuller rebounds The build to the Lawler/Savage match was gold. The promos were outstanding. Everything made total sense from both sides. Poor Lawler just has to many enemies and it costed him yet again. I can't wait for the fall out with Lawler, Savage, the First Family, Hot stuff and Slater. What a great story.

AWA Title Night Winnipeg Arena, Manitoba Canada 2-22-90 Live on Sports Channel America Resnick: Hello everybody and welcome to another AWA Title Night. Five big title bouts and one bonus match. I'm going to stop talking, so we can get to the action. AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Latin Desire (C) vs. The Renegade Warriors The night kicks off with a fast paced tag title bout. The Warriors hit hard with intensity and want those titles bad. They give the champs a lot of close calls. Latin Desire gain control and show off their brotherly chemistry by working over the Warriors with some nice double team maneuvers. The Warriors come back with a vengeance. Mark is all over Al with chops. Mark swings off the ropes but (from the apron) Lou pulls the top rope down and Mark takes a nasty spill to the outside. Lou quickly hops down and hurls Mark back into the ring. Chris runs over and attacks Lou. While they're fighting on the outside, Al hoists Mark up and executes the Helicopter Drop 1..2..3! Winners of the Match and still AWA National Tag Champs- Latin Desire AWA TV Title Bout Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart (C) vs. 'The Future' JW Storm Fun power match as both men really put their strength to work. Anvil goes on a shoulder block and tackle spree but Storm somehow survives. Storm makes a comeback. Storm gives Anvil a series of slams followed by a backbreaker but can't put Anvil away. Hold on! Steve Disalvo comes to ringside and grabs Storm's leather jacket. Disalvo puts it on and walks around the ring. Storm sees this and goes nuts. Storm heads for the outside but the Ref is telling him to stay in the ring. Storm is yelling at Disalvo. Storm turns around and Anvil clotheslines him down. Anvil hoists Storm up and hits the Anvil Flattener 1..2..3!! Anvil celebrates as Disalvo walks off with Storm's leather jacket. Disalvo stops and grabs his shades that Storm stole. Disalvo puts them on and gives Anvil a nod. Anvil strokes his goatee and laughs. Winner of the Match and still AWA TV champ- Jim Neidhart Bonus Match Jumbo Tsuruta w/Ray Stevens vs. Don 'The Rock' Muraco w/Superstar Graham Stevens is hell bent on getting Jumbo his world title match. He says Muraco is in the way and once they beat him, it's title time. Muraco and Graham have been on the same page and think it's time for some title matches as well. Stevens and Graham have words before the match, but the Ref gets things under control. The match is slow and hard hitting. Muraco takes control and puts Jumbo down with a sidewalk slam but Jumbo kicks out. Jumbo comes back hard and takes it to Muraco. Jumbo nearly gets the win with an Enziguri kick but Muraco gets his foot on the rope just in time. This gets Stevens on the apron. Jumbo and Stevens are saying they got the 3 count. Graham walks over and yells up at Stevens. Stevens starts pointing and yelling down at Graham. Muraco staggers up. Jumbo turns around as Muraco grabs him and surprises him with a Samoan Drop 1..2..3! Jumbo kicks out a half second too late. Stevens turns around when he hears the announcement. Stevens is pissed! Stevens hops off the apron and blames Graham. Stevens pushes Graham, but Graham pushes Stevens to the ground. Winner of the Match- Don Muraco AWA International Title Bout 'The Red Rooster' Terry Taylor (C) vs. David Sammartino The bell rings and Taylor slicks back his ponytail and flings his hands at David. Big mistake! The first few minutes is all David as he pinballs Taylor all over the ring with hip tosses, back drops, scoop slams and clotheslines. Taylor stops the momentum with an eye rake and hurls David out of the ring. David gets on the apron but Taylor snaps his head on the top rope, then suplexes him back in the ring. Taylor is smooth as he controls the next few minutes. Taylor goes for his flying 5 arm but David ducks it. David regroups and goes to town on Taylor. David hits an overhead suplex. Taylor staggers up as David hits another overhead suplex. Taylor staggers up and falls back against the turnbuckles. David gets excited, hops up on the turnbuckles and starts hitting Taylor as the fans count along. Taylor grabs David and hits an inverted atomic drop. Taylor scoops David's legs and pushes forward with his own legs on the turnbuckles 1..2..3! Taylor quickly slides out of the ring, staggers around and pats himself on the back. Winner of the match and still AWA International Champ- Terry Taylor AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Rock n Roll Express (C) vs. The Destruction Crew After winning their tournament matches with questionable tactics, the Destruction Crew get their big shot. RnR say they're ready for anything. Fast start for RnR as they fluster and frustrate the Destruction Crew with high flying moves, quick tags, flying headscissors and of course classic tag team double teaming. Destruction Crew turn the tide, thanks to a knee to the back on Morton from Bloom (on the apron). Morton plays face in peril for a long segment. The Destruction Crew batter Morton. Morton finally makes the hot tag and Gibson cleans house for a while, but with Morton still reeling, the Destruction Crew regain momentum. The Destruction Crew turn in up on Gibson and give him a pounding he'll be feeling for a long time. The Destruction Crew go for a double back drop but Gibson kicks Bloom and uppercuts Enos, then dives over and tags in Morton. Morton's refreshed and on fire. Morton dropkicks Bloom out of the ring. Morton works over Enos and hits a sunset flip, but Bloom runs in and nails Morton. Gibson charges in and everybody is fighting. RnR get the advantage and double clothesline Bloom over the top rope. Enos staggers up as RnR hit the double dropkick for the win! Winners of the Match and still AWA World Tag Team Champs- The Rock n Roll Express AWA World Title Bout BOOTCAMP MATCH Hulk Hogan (C) vs. Col. Debeers This match has been brewing for months and the fans can feel the intensity. Thundering boos as Debeers strolls to the ring twirling his mustache. Debeers holds up his club and sets it down, then grabs the mic Debeers: The time has finally come. Tonight, your so called American hero will be exposed and meet his demise. This is your wake up call! The thundering boos turn to thundering cheers as Eye of the Tiger blasts. Hogan sprints to the ring and clotheslines Debeers down! The Ref signals for the bell. The fans go wild as Hogan beats Debeers down. Hogan clamps on a headlock and punches away on Debeers. Hogan lets go as Debeers just falls down. Hogan stomps away on Debeers and rakes his boot across Debeer's face. Hogan hoists Debeers up and sets him upside down on the turnbuckles. Hogan kicks away on Debeers. Debeer's body just slides down. Hogan continues to stomp away on Debeers. Debeers is bleeding now. Hogan hurls Debeers outside the ring. Hogan goes to the outside. OH NO! The Commission run out and attack Hogan. They swing him into the steel post. Cheers as the Rock n Roll Express run out. They attack the Commission and chase them off as the fans continue cheering. Debeers staggers up. He sees Hogan is down. Debeers grabs a chair and hits Hogan several times on his back. Debeers puts his boot on Hogan's chest, drives the chair down on Hogan's throat and chokes him. Debeers picks up Hogan and slams his head on the apron and hurls him back into the ring. Debeers looks around the ring and picks up his club. Debeers gets in the ring. Debeers hits Hogan's back with the club. Debeers picks up Hogan and slams him down, then drops a knee 1..2..Hogan kicks out! Debeers swings Hogan to the ropes and puts him down with a back elbow smash. Debeers picks up his club and goes to the middle ropes. Debeers crashes down and hits Hogan with the club 1..2..NO! Hogan gets his shoulder up. The fans are up and cheering. Debeers is furious. He picks up Hogan and goes for the front face piledriver but Hogan fights it and back drops Debeers over. Hogan is still reeling but grabs Debeers club. Debeers rises as Hogan blasts Debeer's gut with the club. Hogan regroups. Debeers is keeled over. Debeers straightens up as Hogan swings off the ropes and nails Debeers bloody head with the club. Hogan tosses the club. Hogan picks up Debeers and slams him down. Hogan swings Debeers to the ropes and gives him a big boot to the head. Hogan swings off the ropes and hits the LEG DROP 1..2..3!!!!! MEGA POP! Hogan holds up the AWA world title and soaks in the cheers. Hogan sets the title down and gives the roaring fans his poses. Winner of the Match and Still AWA World Champion- Hulk Hogan

Coast to Coast are tuned up and ready for some gold The heels in PCW better be ready for the bad good guys Iron and Steel Austin makes sense clearing things up Damn will Steamboat survive against Williams? If there was ever a title suited for PCW, it's the trios title. The Money Train are great choices to hold the belts first. These will be some very entertaining title matches. LA The way they've been working together, Windham and the Thrillseekers could be in line for a trios title shot. Thanks to Tina's distractions, Scotty's been racking up wins I can go for more Tenryu/Bigelow matches I think Regal's ready for Condrey Damn, is the Kid ok? Steamboat couldn't have found a better tune up for Williams. Santa Barbara Hart will always give respect when deserved Adams superkick is still one of the best finishers Gordy bangs up Snow Sarge wins another battle against camp Cornette Malenko and Chono give the fans their money's worth Azul closes things out on another exciting note

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-21-90 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight you'll see The Takano Dragons take on the Starr Cousins. Tom Brandi faces Ken Patera. And don't forget tomorrow night here on Sports Channel America, you will see Title Night from Winnipeg. But right now, let's get to the ring. Bobby Blaze vs. Neil Jordan Blaze takes care of business and wins the match with a Northern Lights Suplex. Nelson asks Blaze about his issues with King Kaluah and Blaze says the issues are still there and will get settled soon enough in the ring. Commercial Break Good Vibrations w/The Vin Man vs. Sam Smith and Joe Bellows Vinnie celebrates as Beach slams Bellows and Jammer follows with the California Splash for the win. Nelson: Vinnie, as you know the tag team division in the AWA is more competitive than ever. Last week your team and the Power Twins went to a draw, but the Power Twins certainly got the last laugh. Vin: Come on Larbo, is everything a joke to you? Those two muscled up lame brains are going to pay a hefty price for tossing me around like that. Good Vibrations are going to get the last laugh by kicking sand into those dopes faces! Commercial Break 'Thrilling' Tom Brandi vs. 'Olympian' Ken Patera w/Brad Rheingans Brandi's still trying to get back on the winning track while Patera is currently enjoying a pretty good singles run. Brandi starts off strong and seems to be focused and pumped up. A distraction by Rheingans is all Patera needs to take control. Patera dominates with some power moves and seems to want to put a hurting on Brandi. Rheingans also gets in a lot of cheap shots. Patera decides to give the fans some poses. Patera hoists Brandi up for a slam but Brandi cradles Patera 1..2..3!!!! HUGE POP! Patera hops up and Rheingans hits the ring, but Brandi rolls out and celebrates with the fans. The Olympians are having a melt down while the fans continue to celebrate with Brandi. This is just what Brandi needed. Commercial Break The Soul Patrol vs. Trent Watkins and Dale Renner Jones swings Renner to the ropes and gives him a punch to the stomach as Walker comes off the top rope with a sunset flip for the win. The Soul Patrol cut a promo and say Hulk Hogan will take care of Debeers at Title Night and the Commission better be on high alert. Commercial Break King Kaluah vs. Arnie Goldstein Kaluah wins the match with a hot shot on the top rope. Kaluah cuts a promo and says Bobby Blaze is certainly playing with fire and will get burned. Commercial Break Brenda Brittan is on screen and says next week AWA C.O.O. Gerry Morrow will have a major announcement regarding the next pay per view, Champagne Slam. Nelson: I'm definitely looking forward to the Champagne Slam announcement. Ok, with me now is El Canek. This man recently returned from a successful tour of Mexico... BOOOOOOOOOS as Greg Gagne walks out. Nelson: Really Greg? Why can't you just leave well enough alone? Gagne: Are you kidding me Nelson? After all the hell this masked moron put me through, you want me too just walk away? That's not going to happen. You see, I promised a giant surprise and Greg Gagne always keeps his promises. (looks at Canek) You're doomed! WHAM!!! From behind, Canek is blasted by KING KONG BUNDY!!! Bundy pounds away on Canek, then rolls him in the ring. Bundy swings Canek into the corner and follows with an avalanche! Canek falls forward and down. Bundy swings off the ropes and follows with a BIG splash! Bundy gets up, swings off the ropes and hits another BIG splash! Gagne: (smiling) Well, I guess that takes care of that. Commercial Break Nelson: I can't believe what we just witnessed! Greg Gagne is the most cowardly and sick man I've ever met. I can't believe he had King Kong Bundy do his dirty work. El Canek was helped out of here and he looked in bad shape. My goodness, I hope he'll be ok. Well, let's go to the ring. Commercial Break 'Lionheart' Tony St. Clair vs. Marvin Rey St. Clair executes the floating butterfly suplex and it's all over. Nelson: Tony, it seems Les Thornton and Johnny Smith aren't through yet. Thornton even called you a traitor. Tony: Yes I heard that. Look, I went back to my roots and want to bring the UK pride back. If anything, Thornton is disgracing the UK. I'll take care of him and Johnny and be the wrestler the UK can be proud of. Commercial Break The Takano Dragons vs. Chicky and Ron Starr Both teams are in the tag title hunt and a big win here could propel one of them to a title shot. Takanos work well and have the Starrs reeling. Starrs manage to come back and control things. The Starrs double slam George and follow with stereo elbow drops but can't put George away. George eventually makes the hot tag and Shunji pinballs the Starrs all over the ring. Thanks to some cheating, the Starrs regain control. While Chicky is in the ring, the SWORDS OF LIGHT run out and yank Ron off the apron and start pounding away on him. Chicky sees this and gets distracted. Shunji tags in George. Chicky tries to go to the outside, but George pushes Chicky to the ropes and rolls him up 1..2..3!! Chicky pops up and goes to the outside, but the Swords pound away on him too. The show ends with a music montage of the Hulk Hogan/Col Debeers feud See you at Title Night

SNME is going to rock with Bossman and Nailz going after that nightstick. "Yella bellied mongoloid" LOL Funk did throw out the best insults. I hope Funk and Dusty feud for a while. Snuka wants some revenge. I could visualize the craziness and intensity of that promo. WOW! Watch out WWF, the Samoans have arrived! SNME gets even better with an 8 man tag. Maybe Tugboat can be the man to stop Earthquake. WrestleMania always showcased celebrities. I have a lot of fun booking celebs for my biggest events. So, it's cool to see you doing this. Always a nice touch to make the event look like an extravaganza. Demolition saves Warrior and keeps the heat on their feud with POP.

AWA @ The Allen County Coliseum 2-16-90 'Thrilling' Tom Brandi vs. Jimmy 'The Stud' Golden Brandi has fallen on some hard times since losing the TV title and is still looking to get back on track. Unfortunately, he's up against the man who put Leo Burke in the hospital. Brandi goes off with some high flying and exciting moves and gets several near falls. Golden turns the tide with a low blow out of the Ref's sight. Golden puts a pounding on Brandi and finishes him off with a piledriver. 'Olympian' Ken Patera w/Brad Rheingans vs. Bobby Blaze Blaze has been off to a good start in the AWA and his future is bright. He currently has a grudge to settle with King Kaluah, but tonight he's up against Patera and needs to focus on both him and Rheingans. Blaze puts up a valiant effort and showed off some tremendous talent, but thanks to a cheap shot from Rheingans, Patera was able to put his power to work and defeat Blaze with a full nelson slam. The Mavericks (Eric Embry and Gary Young) vs. The Jive Tones (Shaska Whatley and Skip Young) w/Tiger Conway Jr. The Jive Tones blamed their tournament loss to the Swords on the Mavericks because they said thanks to Embry's chair shot on Conway the week prior, they lost focused. I guess the Jive Tones forgot that it was Conway who brought the chair in the ring which gave the Jive Tones a cheap DQ over the Mavericks, which caused their elimination. Tonight's match is a heated fight. During a pier six brawl, Conway tries to interfere but it backfires when Gary Young atomic drops Whatley into Conway. Embry gives Whatley a running bulldog (and dropkicks Skip Young in the process) which gives the Mavericks the win. Cactus Jack vs. 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer This has been a bizarre feud. Jack's AWA debut was an attack on Sawyer. Sawyer got the win in their first match up. That didn't seem to bother Jack, because he attacked Sawyer again on TV last week. These guys brawl all over the place and both men bleed. They end up fighting on the outside (again) Jack suplexes Sawyer on the concrete. Jack goes on the apron and runs off with an elbow drop to the outside, but Sawyer out of instinct rolls out of the way at the last second. Sawyer slowly rises, picks up Jack and powerslams him over on the concrete! Sawyer rolls into the ring as the Ref hits the 10 count. Jack refuses help to the back. He gives a weak smile and makes the bang bang signal with his hands. This guy is nuts. The Soul Patrol (Mike Jones and Bobby Walker) vs. The Commission (Sgt. Kruger and Sgt. DeKlerk) Debeers went out and recruited his soldiers, the Commission to help in the cause. The Soul Patrol immediately became a target when they stopped the Commission from helping Debeers in his attack on Hulk Hogan. Soul Patrol gel well and fluster the Commission with some high octane offense. The Commission come back and heel it up with double team moves and flagrant rule breaking. DeKlerk goes for a cover on Walker but after being fed up with the constant cheating, Jones runs in and breaks the pin attempt. Krueger runs in but Jones punches him back. The Ref guides Jones back. This allows the Commission to give Walker a double rib breaker. The Ref turns around, runs over and counts 1..2..3! Brutus Beefcake vs. The Hangman w/Nell Beefcake was riding high after surviving the elimination match at SuperClash. Things came crashing down when Nell decided to target Beefcake and sent the Hangman after him. The Hangman lived up to his name when he literally hung Beefcake with his noose over the top rope. This set something off in Beefcake and he has vowed revenge. For some reason Beefcake sets a chair on the apron. The bell rings. Nell is calmly scolding Beefcake. Beefcake grabs that chair and hits Hangman over the head! The Ref signals for the DQ. Nell is shocked and quickly exits the ring. Beefcake just starts hitting Hangman with the chair. Beefcake looks out at Nell and gives him a maniacal smile, then continues to hit Hangman with the chair. Officials and Security swarm the ring. I think Beefcake has snapped. 'Lionheart' Tony St. Clair vs. 'The British Bomber' Johnny Smith w/Les Thornton Since SuperClash, Thornton has called St. Clair a traitor and says Smith will bring the pride back to the Parliament. These two give the fans a 30 minute classic. It's technical, hard hitting and intense. After putting each other through the ultimate test, both men get a second wind and go on a brutal European uppercut exchange. Smith gets the upper hand and goes for a German Suplex, but St. Clair reverses it and executes a bridging back suplex for the pin. The fans cheer as Thornton gives St. Clair a stern stare. Thornton mouths the words "This isn't over"

Sorry for the late response. I don't know how I missed this post. The UWF is on pace for an explosive 1990 Backlund is adding some intense fire by demanding a title shot. I would pay top dollar to see that. Ogawa is rapidly on the rise Fujinami is back with a vengeance as he pulls off a gigantic win over Maeda. What a match! I'm sure the UWF is already counting the money for a rematch Poor Sayama and the UWF title had to follow Fujinami and Maeda. Sayama's reign is off to a good start, but man does he have a lot of contenders waiting in line

Bittersweet decision for Lee and Z but hey at least the fans get to see another great match Gossett really has been stricken by the love bug but I don't think Tasha feels the same LOL. Meanwhile, Falk's still hoping for that first win One thing's for sure, I wouldn't want to be Bobby Starr OH YEA! Gypsy Joe shows up but unfortunately, we don't get to see the brawl on TV. Classic formula to get the fans to the arena

Fun card in Philly Genius, Prichard and Saito get showcased well The Rougeaus have been a blast in our world. The fact that they're holding the US titles is priceless Rhodes wins the battle of the Outlaws. However, he still has Funk to deal with Nailz spoils Bossman's chance at the title. Great heat here. Their showdown is going to be explosive

With Luger, Sting, Flair and Muta, the world title scene has been a lot of fun and chaos. It all comes down to Luger and Flair at WrestleWar. Nikita overcomes a game Pillman to win the US title. As AD pointed out, this adds more intrigue to the world title since Nikita is the number one contender. Also loved the continuity with the Horsemen's issues with Pillman. Another big match up will be the Road Warriors and Rockers. Who will reign supreme? Smith and Owen vs. Power and Glory could be a show stealer but then again we've got Muta vs. Liger. Damn, WrestleWar is stacked!

There's a storm coming in PCW I agree, Sarge is still capable My man Busick is on a terror Austin and Pierre get some payback LOL, it didn't take long for coast to coast to cause problems Cornette's senior squad gets the job done Cow Palace, Windham's got his eye on the Bulldozer The youngsters give the fans another exciting match that goes the distance If you're looking for muscle, call Iron and Steel Who can stop Hashimoto? Savage comes out to give a stern reminder of who he is Rose comes close to the gold again, but Steamboat edges it out Fresno, Scotty stays in the title hunt Never turn your back on Dibiase Azul picks up another thrilling win Sarge and the FOJ win another battle Blackman might have Malenko's number It was tough but Regal retains

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-15-90 Larry Nelson: Hello everyone and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight you'll see the world tag team title contender's tournament finals as the Swords of Light take on the Destruction Crew. El Canek returns from his tour of Mexico. The Power Twins clash with Good Vibrations. AWA International champ Terry Taylor teams with the AWA National tag champs Latin Desire to take on David Sammartino and the Renegade Warriors. I hope security is on alert because Stan Hansen is back. And the AWA world champion, the immortal Hulk Hogan will be here! Tag Team Contender's Tournament Finals Winners will get an AWA World Tag Team Title shot at Title Night The Swords of Light vs. The Destruction Crew After defeating 2 teams to get here, it all comes down to this. Both teams look ready to go as they enter the ring. The bell rings and the Destruction Crew blindside the Swords. They hammer away and stereo swing the Swords to the ropes and go for back drops but the Swords stereo leapfrog over the Destruction Crew, swing back off the ropes and hit stereo flying presses. The Ref gets some order and things settle down. The Swords continue to fluster the Destruction Crew and take turns working both Enos and Bloom over. Gama and Konnan double suplex Enos. Konnan covers but Bloom runs in with a stomp. Gama charges but the Ref guides him back, which allows Bloom to slam Konnan, drag Enos over and tag himself in. The Destruction Crew take over the next segment and put a hurting on Konnan but can't put him away. The Destruction Crew go for a double clothesline but Konnan ducks it and comes back and clotheslines both men down, then makes the hot tag to Gama. Gama cleans house. Gama has Bloom reeling and puts him down with a dropkick from the middle ropes. Gama tags in Konnan. Konnan executes a back suplex on Bloom but Enos breaks the pin attempt. Gama runs in and we've got a pier six brawl. The Ref is tied up with Gama and Enos. Konnan hits a sidewalk slam on Bloom and covers. WAIT! Chicky and Ron Starr hit the ring! They attack Konnan and put him down with a double DDT, then quickly exit. Bloom slowly rolls over and covers Konnan as the Ref turns around, runs over and counts 1..2..3! The Destruction Crew wins the tournament Commercial Break Stan Hansen vs. Arnie Goldstein Hansen (with a wad of tobacco in his mouth) comes barging down the aisle, swinging his bull rope and cowbell then pushes Larry Nelson over and hits him with the cowbell. Hansen enters the ring and just destroys his opponent before finishing things off with the Lariat! Larry Nelson was set to interview Hansen but is nowhere to be found. Hansen barges back up the aisle yelling and threatening the fans, swinging his rope and cowbell at them. Commercial Break The Power Twins vs. Good Vibrations w/The Vin Man Both teams are looking to climb the rankings and want to make a good showing. The fans get some enjoyment as the Power Twins pinball Good Vibrations all over the ring with their impressive power moves. The tide turns, when Vinnie trips David and he staggers into a swinging neckbreaker from Jammer. Good Vibrations keep David in the corner and work him over. Jammer slams David as Beach swings off the ropes and hits a jumping kneedrop 1..2..Larry breaks it. Jammer runs in, but Larry scoop slams him. Beach charges but gets a scoop slam. David gets up and sends Jammer flying with a running forearm blast. The bell rings, signaling a 10 minute draw. Vinnie is irate and runs into the ring. It hits him that he made a huge mistake and he quickly tries to exit, but the Power Twins grab him and hoist him up. Beach and Jammer slowly rise as the Power Twins throw Vinnie onto them. All 3 men fall over like bowling pins. Commercial Break 'The Mighty Yankee' Steve Disalvo vs. Trent Watkins Disalvo simply overpowers his opponent and wins the match with a running shoulder breaker. As Disalvo puts on his sunglasses he's clotheslined from behind by JW Storm (wearing his leather jacket)! Storm reaches down and picks up Disalvo's sunglasses. Storm puts on the sunglasses and walks out of the ring. Ken Resnick runs over. Resnick: JW Storm! What was that all about? Storm: These sunglasses look great with my leather jacket and they're going to look even better with the TV title I'm going to win next week. Commercial Break Resnick: Fans, with me now are the AWA World Tag Team Champs, the Rock n Roll Express (big pop) Ok, it's now official, next week at Title Night, in Winnipeg, you two will defend against the Destruction Crew. Robert: That's right, Ricky and I watched the entire tournament carefully and we were ready for anything. Now we know and it's on at Title Night. Ricky: The Destruction Crew used all the dirty tricks they could to get here, but RnR is way ahead of their game and that won't work on us baby. We're going to show them what real tag team wrestling is all about! Commercial Break El Canek vs. Ray Glader Canek looks better than ever and wins the match with a gorilla press slam followed by a senton. Canek goes out to talk with Resnick. The fans start booing big time as none other than Greg Gagne comes walking up. Resnick: Oh my, Greg Gagne, I have to say, I wasn't expecting this. Gagne: Shut up nerd, I have a lot to say. You know, all my problems started with this masked moron. All my suffering, all my injuries, all my physical and mental pain, all that grueling rehabilitation, started with you (pokes Canek's chest) I tried everything to get rid of you. I spent a lot of money on Bounties, assassins, hit men, but somehow this damn fool kept coming back! (calms down) well, it's time to finally get rid of you once and for all (pokes Canek's chest again) You hear me? The fans cheer as Canek pushes Gagne down. Canek just walks away. Gagne regroups and stands up. Gagne: That's it! I have a big, no, a really big surprise coming and it's coming soon! Commercial Break AWA International Champ 'The Red Rooster' Terry Taylor and the AWA National Tag Champs Latin Desire vs. David Sammartino and The Renegade Warriors We get a preview because all of these men will be involved at Title Night. The fans are into this fun and fast paced 6 man tag. Sammartino flusters Taylor and Taylor is quick to tag out. Latin Desire and the Warriors go at it at a fever pace. After a few minutes of intense action, Sammartino finally gets Taylor in the ring and goes to town. Latin Desire runs in to help out, which brings in the Warriors. All 6 men are going at it with fists flying. Taylor rakes Samartino's eyes and goes for a slam, but Sammartino cradles Taylor 1..2..3!!! Big POP. Taylor gets up and is pissed. Taylor charges Sammartino but gets back dropped. The Warriors chop Latin Desire out of the ring. The last image is Taylor throwing a tantrum in the ring while the fans laugh. Commercial Break Resnick: Fans, my guest at this time is the AWA World Champion, the Immortal Hulk Hogan! Eye of the Tiger blasts as Hogan heads up the aisle. Hogan enters the ring and gives the fans a thumbs up. Resnick: Hulk, next week at Title Night in Winnipeg, you will defend the AWA world title against Col Debeers in a bootcamp match! This has been brewing for a while. Hogan: Well you know something Killer Ken, that no good coward Debeers has been a thorn in my side for way too long. Oh yea, he's given me some bumps and bruises but he's never confronted me face to face like a man. There will be no excuses at Title Night. I'm going to beat him at his own game brother. Resnick: LOOK OUT! Hogan turns around as Col Debeers throws salt in his eyes! Resnick rubs his own eyes and falls down. The fans are booing as Debeers smiles and twirls his mustache. Debeers lifts up Hogan and puts him down with a front face piledriver. Debeers picks up the AWA world title and holds it up as the fans continue to boo. Title Night Winnipeg Arena, Saturday 2-22-90 AWA World Title Boot Camp Match Hulk Hogan (C) vs. Col Debeers AWA World Tag Team Title Bout The Rock n Roll Express (C) vs. The Destruction Crew AWA International Title Bout 'The Red Rooster' Terry Tayor (C) vs. David Sammartino AWA National Tag Team Title Bout Latin Desire (C) vs. The Renegade Warriors AWA TV Title Bout Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart (C) vs. 'The Future' JW Storm Bonus Match Jumbo Tsuruta w/Ray Stevens vs. 'The Rock' Don Muraco w/Superstar Graham

Vader's getting the monster push and rightfully so. I'm excited to see what he does here. Nice touch pairing Fuji with him I've said this before but Duggan and Dusty vs. The Outlaws is such a great old school type feud. Brown getting annoyed with Slick cracked me up. Both men would've played this scene perfectly Heenan's champs the POP are looking better than ever You're doing an excellent job with the Tito/Bravo feud. Such a heel move by Bravo A lot of intrigue with the pick your poison matches Rude's been dominating as world champ. If there's one man that could stand up to Andre, it's Haku. Great week.

Hickerson is making good on his promise of keeping order by bringing in Renesto Jr as a Ref. Speaking of the Renestos, I liked that Tim mentioned the USWA title. I'm looking forward to seeing the champ make an appearance here. Lee is wasting no time by signing Zebra Kid. The story about the reversed decision is so simple but so effective. Falk gets his wish but his guys come up short. After only 2 weeks, they have shown a lot of improvement. Fun card at the HS. The main event was intense, especially with Lock and Humperdink out there.

A Road Warriors/Samoans banger is a great way to kick off the clash With Jesse's help getting him over on the mic, I see big things ahead for the Diamond Stud Damn, what a segment. The Horsemen's distraction allows Nikita to do a big number on Sting. The drama continues Power and Glory retain. I do like Wahoo mentoring Tatanka Bulldog gets in a nice showcase. I can see him in the title picture soon Man, genius idea booking Nash as a skyscraper. Definitely a better start than IRL Nice booking in the Garvin/Martel match. Keeps things hot Rockers retain against the newly named SEC. I think the name fits their look. Maybe they just need a manager. Z man looks great but Muta is amazing Pillman gets his big moment. Nice twist with Luger taking the pin. It looks like him and Sting are going into WrestleWar a little banged up.

Keirn shows he's still a favorite here I agree with AD, I like those little touches you add in to get the fear of the Takers over. One thing about Memphis, they'll give you a wild street fight A feud with Gilbert will definitely help get Dustin over here. I'm sure the Freebirds will be gunning for the Stud Stable now more than ever Tojo has put together some heavy assassins. With Gilbert already on his mind, Dustin might be getting in over his head here. Fun main event. I would have gotten my money's worth on that crazy ending. Lawler refusing medical attention. Savage taken out in cuffs and Hennig simply leaving was great stuff. The inevitable Lawler/Savage match will set records.

AWA TV @ The Hammond Center 2-7-90 Larry Nelson: Hello everybody and welcome to AWA Major League Wrestling. Tonight you will see the semi final matches in the world tag title contender's tournament. Also, the names drawn in the match for a TV title shot at Title night are JW Storm and former TV champ Tom Brandi. King Kaluah takes on Bobby Blaze. Col Debeers will be here today. All that and a lot more, so let's go to the ring. World Tag Team Contender's Tournament Semi Final match The Swords of Light vs. The Jive Tones w/Tiger Conway Jr. Conway's head is bandaged from that chair shot by Eric Embry last week. The Jive Tones attack at the bell but the advantage doesn't last long as the Swords clear the ring quick. Conway rallies his men and they regroup. Gama's all over Whatley with hip tosses and dropkicks. Gama tags in Konnan who continues to work Whatley over with Lucha moves. Whatley bounces over and tags in Young. Konnan is all over Young, until Whatley trips Konnan from the apron. Konnan stumbles into a dropkick by Young. The Jive Tones control the next segment with a lot of heeling and double teaming in the corner. They double slam Konnan and follow with stereo elbow drops. Young covers but Gama breaks it. We get a pier six brawl. Conway gets on the apron but Gama dropkicks Whatley into him. The Swords execute a double back suplex on Young. Konnan covers 1..2..3! The Swords of Light advance to the finals Commercial Break 'The Rock' Don Muraco w/Superstar Graham vs. Neil Jordan Muraco finishes things off quick with an inverted piledriver. Nelson: Don, Superstar, we received word this week that at Title Night on February 22 in Winnipeg, you Don Muraco will face Jumbo Tsuruta in a bonus match. I'm sure the winner will be in line for a world title shot. Ray Stevens has promised that his man Jumbo will annihilate Muraco to get their rightful title shot. Muraco: Promises, promises. Those are just words brother. I'm coming to title night to get the job done Jack! Graham: That's right Donnie! And Ray Stevens, don't even think about getting involved Because if you do brotha, you'll have to answer to me! Commercial Break The Soul Patrol vs. Vic Dutro and Willie Lopez Living in America by James Brown blasts and the fans are on their feet as the Soul Patrol come out. The Soul Patrol are on fire tonight. The finish sees Jones swing Dutro to the ropes and hits him in the mid section as Walker comes off the top rope with a sunset flip for the win. The Soul Patrol cut a promo on the Commission and basically tell them to bring it on! Commercial Break Bobby Blaze vs. King Kaluah These two AWA new commers are out to rise the ranks tonight and go all out in a fun back and forth contest. Blaze shows off some great wrestling skills mixed in with suplexes and slams. Kaluah hits hard with some bruising shots and vicious knee and elbow drops. They continue to go round and round until the time limit expires. Both men regroup. Kaluah offers a handshake. Blaze shakes his hand, but Kaluah pulls him in and puts him down with a short arm clothesline. Kaluah swings Blaze to the ropes and hot shots him on the top rope. Commercial Break An advertisement is shown for the next pay per view event, Champagne Slam on April 12th Nelson: Fans, next week the AWA world champion, the immortal Hulk Hogan will be right here in this ring (Big POP). On that note, my guest at this time is Col. Debeers. Nuclear heat as Debeers strolls to the ring twirling his mustache. Nelson: Col Debeers, at Title Night in Winnipeg, you will face Hulk Hogan for the AWA world title in a bootcamp match. Debeers: (looks around at the booing fans) I told you when I arrived here that I would open everybody's eyes. It's obvious to me that all these untouchables are still asleep. Nikita Koloff's eyes were open and he was robbed by the powers that be, so he left this deplorable place. But I'm still here! And Hulk Hogan, you must now face the consequences in a bootcamp match. A bootcamp match is nothing but a playground to me. Simple War Games. However, for you Hulk Hogan, it will be your demise. And then, only then will everybody be awake. Commercial Break 'Mad Dog' Buzz Sawyer vs. Trent Night Sawyer brutalizes his poor opponent and puts him out of his misery with the powerslam. Wham! Sawyer's nailed from behind by Cactus Jack! Jack pounds away on Sawyer, then puts him down with a double arm DDT. Jack smiles and looks into the camera and yells "BANG BANG!" Commercial Break Winner receives an AWA TV Title shot at Title Night 'Thrilling' Tom Brandi vs. 'The Future' JW Storm Brandi's had some hard luck lately and wants to get back into the TV title picture. Thanks to the luck of the draw, he gets his chance tonight. Storm's been involved in a feud with Steve Disalvo but will gladly put that aside for a shot at the title. Brandi puts his high octane offense to work as he flusters Storm with back drops, arm drags and dropkicks. Storm comes back and unleashes his power arsenal. Storm almost puts Brandi away with a Samoan drop but Brandi hangs on. Brandi makes a comeback and has Storm reeling. Storm stops things with an eye rake. Storm swings Brandi to the corner, but Brandi hops on the turnbuckles and comes back with a reverse flying press, but Storm carries the momentum over and with a handful of tights and gets the 1..2..3! Commercial Break Nelson announces that the Renegade Warriors will get a rematch with Latin Desire for the National Tag Titles at Title Night. Latin Desire comes out wearing black vests with red hearts on the back. The National titles are around their waists. They do look pretty damn good with the belts. Lou: The Renegade Warriors? Really? Again? Jeez, how many times do we have to beat those clowns? Nelson: Well, in fairness, last time the illegal man got the pin. So, the AWA officials decided this was fair. Al: It's a joke, that's what it is. You know what? It doesn't even matter. We'll beat those goofs again and then maybe, just maybe we can move on to some real competition. Commercial Break Brutus Beefcake vs. Clinton Stitch Beefcake does his strutting and wins the match with a flying knee. Nelson: Brutus, it's great to see you back in good spirits after what the Hangman did to you. I understand, you two will collide soon. Beefcake: The Hangman hung me over that top rope and almost squeezed the life out of me. But here I am, doing my thing and living life. Nell calls me a lost soul, but here's news for you Nell. I've never been more aware in my life. You failed to get the job done and now it's time for Bruti to put an end to your Hangman. (maniacal smile) I'm coming for you Hangman! Brutus walks away, then comes back and looks into the camera Brutus: (maniacal smile) I'm coming for you too Nell Commercial Break World Tag Team Contender's Semi Final Match The Takano Dragons vs. The Destruction Crew We get a nice see saw match. The Destruction Crew have been around a while and it shows as they use some impressive double team maneuvers. Takanos come back hard and show off some impressive double team maneuvers as well. The action is intense. Shunji puts Bloom down with a diving clothesline 1..2..Enos breaks it. George runs in and dropkicks Enos out of the ring. The Ref guides George back. Shunji hoists Bloom up for a suplex, but from the outside, Enos trips Shunji and holds his legs as the Ref runs over and counts 1..2..3! George is a second too late. The Destruction Crew advances to the finals